The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-09

n rnelish press are as ignorant Of our politics
are Of our geograpngE . D. au old
suntles EatIand in a crisis which tests the very
and NeT .bat are the Iife-blood Of both, must Pc
pficips .hanf The union which the northern and the
stronger states are alike threatening to dissolve
ea'lse,tlsetts will never aim stan at europe 70
nth CAROLINA queen" Our London cotem-
e. make o .hanld remember that though we may have
pofsfs lille domestic squabbles, II Is always dam
oaf oa en- Il stranger to interfere il them. Massa.
sas would see all Europe bleeding at every pore,
10 thrones tumbling into deserved decay, Pc
and ~ would permit foreign insult to South Caro-
fore ~ y nass unrevenged. We may be distinct as
llaa,ggl in our home quarrels but we are al
tie Won Done as the sea" whenthe blast of war calls
way 70 stand shoulder to shoulder for the Union.
uPou - philadelphia Sun.
the minutes, OF journal, Of the recent metho
d = Inference held in Oregon we gather the follow
dlss .1he number of church members, $50 on pro-
hs; 100 total q 49S, being increase during the
pas ference 81 $685. There are 81 stationed members
htsen churches, finished and in process Of COM
agG ay averaging III size 2915 feet by AZ. and far
lining church accommodations for about 1000 per
III There are seven parsonages three seminaries,
college and three church lots Cost Of churches
$4,000. parsonages 81 300 seminaries and colleges
s55Al9; total cost $59,6l9 on. There are 81 Sum
~ schools ISL employed in teaching; scholars
,62, volumes ID library 6,246; bible classes W.
mount collected for missionary purposes SoSo %;
IN The bible canse 1886 SO a.
hu M Max Strobel who figured very conspicuously
10 now famous Hertz trial. at Philadelphia, pub
Ines letter OF the British government on this con-
.;nent. and explaining the anlmus which prompted
w. assume the attitude he did in the trial in ques
~. .;an He denies all mercenarys motives, but ac
ssnvledges that revenge for his alleged injuries IN
INC INC promised captaincy in the English army and
De Getting it, and the principle of self preserva
~, ~: prompted him to betray TO the American au
sies the actions of the British government, thro
~ minister and consuls inthe United States.
''@ Waershaum is mineral Of white earthly appear
"a and composed of silien and carbonic acid. 1t
sonnd in Piedmont w ales, and other parts Of the
rid When first dug up it is soft and greasy and
,atbers like soap, and on this account is used BY
come of the Tartar tribes for washing their Clothes
n place of soap. The well known Turkish tobacco
l,es are made Of ILL., by process like that OF making
battery ware The bowls Of the pipes are prepared
In sale in Germany, by soaking them first in taow
and then in wax, after which they are polished up.
Block island part Of Rhode IslandD il 50 isolated
tenn. the rest of the world that the intermarriage Of
bose more or less nearly related by blood are more
common than elsewhere. The consequences have
fan very unfavorable to the ply steal condition Of
the inhabitants. The Providence Journal mentions
,be death at that place, Of Mrs. Nancy Dodge, wife
~ Iohn r. Dodge leaving three deaf end dumb sons.
oaat proportion Of the inmates of the asylums for
The deaf and dumb, the blind and the idiotic, are
t,nd TO be the product of ntermarriage Of cousins
A dead horse in New York is worth more than 1
living in other places. In that city, It Is said
~ the papers, dead horse is worth seventeen dot
Az ana half His hide is sold TO the tanners for
one dollar and nalf, his bones are burned and sold
TO the sugar reners for refining purposes, and to the
farmers for manure; his meat is pressed ard tic
grease used by the soap and candle makers, white
the entras and remnants fed to the hogs to make
pork for home consumptlon
company has been formed in California for corn
meneiig telegraph line designed ultimately TO
meet the Pacific with the Atlantic States. At last
accounts they about to erect the wires between
San Francisco and Los Angeles. and as soon as tho
right If way can be obtained toprosecute the work
until it strikes the Mississippi. They talk about
having the line in operation throughout within the
space of eighteen months. 5a&s 5E a ;ss
The Charlottesville (Va.) Advocate has been shovr
a memorial to the legislature of Virginia, which; il
being circulated, proposing material alterations, q
the slavery laws, as follows: Forbldding the 80
paration Of parents and young children; recosDls
ing the marriage Of slaves and to allow persons q
color to be taught to read and write $50 as TO assIs
their moral and mental elevation"
The late appeal of the English consul at Cologne
against his Sentence (for illegally enlisting in tht
foreign legion) has been unfortunate The court as
condelnned him to six mouths Imprisonment instead
of three and his secretary, who was acquitted, mas
been now sentenced to three months Imprisonment.
A writer in the London Times suggests the arn-
pioyment Of the fugive slaves IN Canada on the cot
Ion plantations of Jamaica, partial remedy fol
Epgland's dependence America for cotton.
a gentleman informs the Sacramento Tribune that
there resides within few miles of that city girl
only sixteen years of age, who weighs four hundred
and fifteen pounds, and is increasing IN flesh at the
rate Of three pounds per week. t9ss at4
has been discovered that Ohio, since the aGop.
ton Of her constitution has militia officer higher
in grade than a captain. The opinion Of the attnr
ney general has been given to this effect. What 9
Slate-no general, colonel or majorg 5i IsH :.s
"Father Bradley a venerable baptist clergyman
died few days since in Minnesota. He was born Or
tile 5th Of July, l770 and since 1890 has been active
II engaged in ministerial and educational duties v
he was once imprisoned in Massachusetts for his op
position to the law taxing all for the support Of thu
established church. s
The South Carolina conference have resolved tt
sell their interest," as individuals il the stock 81 tn
South Carolina railroad company, because the com
pany would work the Sabbath day, and theg dit
not wish to partake in making money on that day.