The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-30

ri a year.
q The secretary nextspeaks in Mandatory term
{ of the independent Treasury, and considers
i eminently successful in all its operations. II
reports that the transfers BY the Departmental
- disbursement during the fiscal year amour
i to S5e. 4o7, 674 o3, made at cost of a frae
n ton over $40 100; whilst the premium on tn
:, sale of treasury drafts has amounted to owe
: $4,000 The receipts and expenditures dun
4 ing the same period of time, amounting t
j, s131.513. $50 SO, have all been in the eonst
4 tutional currency of gold and silver, withou
: any percepdble effects upon the currency. Q
# on the healthy business operations of the coun
, try. We have not space to follow Mr. Guthri
d through all the details of his report and Wi
: therefore close our review.
: The fact mentioned in the following extrac
d from the Raleigh Register is, we believe, tru
e in every respect. The democrats OF the norti
Il muster up vote of thirteen or fifteen for Rich
e ardson. Where stand the balance of the north
q ern democracy? The Register says: a
It is stated BY Washington correspondent
that Richardson's vote for speaker consists O
ffty-three southern democrats, eight southern
3 wings and Americans and thirteen northern
n democrats Who are all those other northern
national democrats voting for? Another
correspondent tells us they 1.-THE balance of the
northern democrats are anxious for the cleo
ton of Banks, of Massachusetts, notorious
freesoier We call the attention of the Stan.
dard, and the democracy of North Carolina, to
this ugly fact.
What have The southern wing of the 'tgreat"
democracy to say in regard to the conduct of
| the northern democrats. The southern. demo-
crazy and the office-holders' organs have been
| for the past three years laboring, and using ev
cry exertion their fertile brains could invent, to
impress upon the people of the south that the
democrats at the north were ..nasional' and
"sound on the slavery question: Now, when
the test is applied, we find these self-same
highly extolled national democrats of the
north voting with the freesoilers and black re-
publieans.z To say the least, they have q GU
rous way of demonstrating their nationality,
and their soundness on the subject of slavery.
LAND sALEs.-The DeSoto Columbian has
been informed that the department has order
ed the sale ofthe lands embraced by the old |
claims of Doulet, Wallace, LATTE, DC, which |
were reserved at the time of the final sale ofthe |
lands in the district of Natchitoches. AS these
lands are situated mostly, if not entirely, within
ha RI r I,a n
be OF much Importance to its citizens Though
not subject to private entry previous to being
offered at public sale, bona fde settlers are en-
titled to the privilege of preemption. The Col
lmban congratulates the citizens of DeSoto up
IN the prospect of being able to buy or recover
he lands by a safe title, and believes thatthey
viii contribute to the population and the reve-
Tue of the parish. The Columbian adds:
We are indebted in great measure, for this
privilege, to the active exertions of our late
member OF congress, judge Jones; to the prompt
ctlon OF our present member, the hon. J. NJ.
,andldge; and to the influence of few of our
itlzens, who have continually kept the matter
efore the department ..r-. {
A correspondent of the New York Evening
'ost, democratic writing from New Mexico, ..
1akes mention of serious charge brought 2
galnst don Gallegos, the delegate in congress I
ON that territory. He says: I
j "1n the court of Albuquerque, few weeks
nee Padre Gallegos, our present representa-
We, had suit involving property which he af- )
rms he bought Of the bishop of the catholic y
hurch here. The bishop denies the charge,
tys he never sold, and consequently that the !
apers, deeds, DC, are forgeries. The case =
as laid over by the court, because of some le- +
al informaity.' Q
Don Galegos, is Mexican, and although he ;,
unable to comprehend or speak the English S
nguage, occupies seat in the house of re- t
and haS enrolled himself among t.
lie Piercites.
Looking over Colton's private correspondence /
Henry Clay, just published, we notice, says II
re National 1ntelligencer, the following para ;:
raph in letter addressed by him, in septem- G.
er, 1849. Some of his friends now at the cap D
Of might profit by his advice: g
CATER three weeks, Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia, Il
democrat, was elected speaker, and it was SO r.
UGH more important that the house should be a
'ganised than that whether wing or democrat Il
,ould be chosen, that am glad that an cleo
on was made :,
Henry Clay was ever prompt to sacrifice par c,
and self when the interest of the country ii
ould be benefited in the slightest degree e'
ut the interest of the country is never thought
by the soft freesoilers and black republicans r
no unrebuked occupy seats in congress, and a,
e striving to undermine the government and g
sstroy its time honored institutions. CT
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The Washington Union, the official organ of re
,esident Pierce and his party, abiding to Mr.
uller, the American candidate for speaker of m
e house Of representatives, says:
Mr.. Fuller yesterday addressed the house, n,
I'd in briefspeech of greet good sense and lie
scellent temper he defn! ;is position, which W
Guiding his prompt response to Mr. Percy
'alker, of the Mobile district, may be summed to
as follows: Acquiescense in the legislation