Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-20
CoseREss-Walker and the Southern

Walker and the Southern
Convention ion, the Washington cor.
respondent of the Baltimore Sun, writes ::
The revision Of the tariff and some pro-
jec, for the construc,iAp of railroad to
the Pacific, will be the two chief subjects
Of consideration at this session, and these
are subjects which arfAnot governed by
party lines. There i'll certainly be no
less than three or fourf distinct projects in
relation to a Pacific raj road, and the pros
pect is that not onesof them will be
adopted.
Whatever scheme for a revision and
reduction Of the tariff may be adopted by
the House, the Senate will supersede it
by very different project, and thus this
subject, as well as that of the Pacific rail-
road, may 60 over to the next Congress.
Smaller projects, in great numbers, affect
ing individual interests, will have a rare
chance for success.
The Administration is supposed TO he
divided and embarrassed in relation to
their course respecting Nicaragua. 1t is
thought Mr.. Wheeler, who returned on
leave of absence, will not be sent back,
and that diplomatic relations with Walkers
Government will remain suspended during
the remainder of the term of the present
Administration.
But the President, who himself is under
stood to have decided the question upon
the reception of father Will, is yet to de.
termine the question which now presents
itself. The Cabinet may draw distinc-
ton between the Rivas Government, and
the Walker Government which succeeded
it. But whatever the Administration may
do on this subject, it is quite certain that
the Southern Commercial Convention,
which is to be held at Savannah on the sth
of December, will take decided measures
to sustain General Walker, and recon.
mend his movement strongl y to the support
of the Democratic party and the Buchanan
Democratic Administration.
DIsARM1NG THE RowD1Es.-Under this
heading the Baltimore Sun has the fol-
lowing:
The good work of disarming the row.
dies is still going on according to the d.
rection Of the Mayor. and the prospect Of
a large armory becoming so clearly appar.
ent that an apartment for their storage is
seriously talked Of Every day additions
of all kinds of small arms are made, and
the imperative command is that the order
shall without any respect whatever to per.
sons, be rigidly enforced. A day or two
since, the Mayor was waited upon by
Country Thompson, who demanded his
pistol, valuable one, which was taken
from him by policeman, he being under
arrest at the time on the charge of at
tempting to shoot one of his political
friends at a public house in Frederick st.
The Mayor told him he would like TO
CRAFTY him in any good thing, but he could
not give up his pistol; and would not
unless compelled to do so by virtue Of a
recourse TO law. The meeting Of the two
was quite interesting.
A short time afterwards his Honor was
waited on by committee Of youths aged
from ten to twenty years, who also de-
manded that their pistols be returned to
lhem-which of course was refused. One
Of them. however, the smallest fellow in
the crowd, as if to intimidate or influence
the Mayor, told him who his father was.
/" Indeed" observed his Honor, " should
like 10 see your father; / should like to
see all your fathers about this matter; tell
them to come and see me, boys, and | will
talk to them about it, The idea of being
styled boys seemed to offend them very
highly, and they left the Hall seemingly
quite indignant.
TALL PIsToL SHoor1NG.-The great
pistol shooting match in New York be-
tween John Travis, Of New Orleans, and
Sam. A. Suydam, for $1,000, came off on