The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-06

or;can party recently achieved signal
ING e. etronr democratic county OF Alabama
victory riorence Gazette sends out the wall OF woe
and ~ The democrats Of Iauderdaie are az last
ufeFcohei overcome There was q time when the
tered an and anti know nothing party OF Lauder
democlA ii In a complete and full majority. ltmay
dale ms 10 hear us make this acknowledgment,
saFPIor speak the truth Our ranks are thlnned
but We snmmer's great battle, near eleven hundred
lnncratc soldiers presented ana uholoheh iloLl 70
deao'sa To-day, only forty-four enrolled voters
The ene ~ the faith. Whether those who stood by
stanu Il f,nght with US in that glorious battle for
u.s. snu ana f;oious liberty have fallen Ii the battle
cgl1 @ their face to the foe, or deserted and gone
hei =. he enemy behooves Us not to say, pat ~ Is
ooisnt modification to know that the aetnoefaIic
lao trails in. the dust. IA l. ~ Sta4e
V n'astic,t was convened in Naugatuck, On the
Of OIL, 9o limo for the inauguration OF Fillmore ana
nTeIson club in that town, and TO sliHuiate iiAe
psnzafions in other parts OF the egate. hele
ara delegates from New Haven, Wesvllie, a.ld ses
WEI We, .s IN the line Of the railroad, including one
err. fron Waterbury, who came in wagons, on
t,na and all sorts OF vehicles The enthusiasm
~ bigh and State convention will soon oe caiea'
f@u rsw1v invented shoe is attracting much atten
ion ii Philadelphia The sole is made entilely -
Sfta percha, the shoe otherwise being IKE the
7arv leather made The sole - applied 20 ~
h
When stretched the last i hrst PlheeuIeu ~
ah and tbe gutta pereha in a soft state is then
Ireesed by mechanical means upon thls inner sore
he material is forced through the punch holes, and
III Aloe is then held together as u It had been peg
va w tLo1gh much more securely, for the gutta per-
sils entirely the punch holes, and even forms
'n f rivet head on the inside of the SHOE These
yoas II i said can he made thirty per cent. cheap
tan the leather soled shoes, entirely mpervi
o,e 10 water and may be worn, like leather soled
hoes at any season of the year, without nconveni
ente.s
,assed 10 captain John G. Todd, from an eminent
"honist in the north, enclosing him sample of pa
sa-nsapufactured from the hull Of the cotton seed
III: he sent to the north. Captain Todd has char
.noE nending for cotton seed oil and paper manu-
S...,r;,ig company He is fully impressed that the
snss quality Of paper can be made from the fibre Of
he cotton plant we'll that from the ochre. In
1eed the sample made from the hull of the cotton
COED clearly shows the important fact, that in the
manufacturing establishment, contemplated by a
company through his enterprise, the many millions
n bushels of cotton seed that rot annually in Texas
ran be made a source of wealth.
The cotton seed yield some 81 per centum Of yalu-
able OIL whilst the oil cake is in great demand for
food for animals, and recent investigations prove
il to be as valuable for agricultural purposes, to
many plants, as the guanofor manure.
The Buffalo car company lately shipped a lot of
rot Advertiser says fair ahead of any thing in
their line yet seen Id the west. One Of them con-
tans six staterooms each room having two seats and
fine cushioned backs long enough for person to lie
upon. The backs of the seats are hung with hinges
at the upper edge, that they may be turned Up at
pleasure thus forming two single berths, one over
The other where persons may sleep with all the com
fort Imaginable. In one end of the car is a small
with marble washbowl looking glass, etc.
On the opposite side of the from the state
is row Of seats with revolving backs, similar to
BARRIERS chairs, arranged that the occupants may
sit straight recline in any easy attitude at plea
sure. The other five cars have each two or three
similar state-rooms.
A committee of the Boston board of trade has re-
ported tavorably upon proposition to establish a
regular line of steamers between Boston and New
Orleans. for which act of incorporation pass
I'd at the last session Of the Legislature Of Massachu
setts.
Secretary Marcy declines running for the office OF
governor Of the State of New York having filled that
post for six years which he thinks is long enough
or any one man to hold the office.
Reports have been in circulation that yellow fever
savannah, and Charleston. Investigation by the
mayors of these cities, and Others has proved the
,ntre falsity Of the reports.
Buffalo paper says freight train left that city
,ver the Central railroad, few days since, which
consisted of 300 cars all loaded with -four and con
ownship Of wheat fields on one trainl
A recent letter from Paris, says, last week ship
Dad of $50 emigrants left the city Of Anvers for the
United States 1t is said that the French emigration
o America will this year be immense. The provin-
,ial French are sober and industrious people.
Three Roman catholic priests have lately been ar
aligned in Dublin, for altering the wills Of deceased
oerons to fall into the possession Of estates
,y defraudng the rightful heirs.
The Richmond miss. 6azette says, James H.
Newsom, upon whom sentence of death was passed
the last term of circuit court made his fourth
scape from prison Thursday evening.
A few days since little son of Mr. Bower was
drowned in Memphis, Tennessee, by falling in the
immersion pool of the baptist church.
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