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

perm .. oslne r. :. bringing dates fras Ii,
pool to the lafh December In relation u J, Live
ously related capture Of Kars, we baroso The PER,
lars, except those furnished by the s.s 10 psre'
officer Of the garrison, named Kennaa,e. u i
stratagen. passed the lines Of m Who
purpose Of Fastening tile advance If oesetay fgra
the relief of Kars This officer states h paehats
liams was about to send nag of IVA. la gen WI
truce (not clearly explained which NJ, aoa
place, 'ieh mel Eth.
/ Nothing further is known, but if i IN
The garrison surrendered for lack Of osies sa
There were only 5000 soldiers in Kars isloas.
force 70 cut through the Russian ARM ~ 80
i rounded it. That su,
4 The only event of importance that b,s -
in the crmea, is the attack By Russaasa nsprsl
80 900 men on the extreme French lines n iefce
continued several hours the French raea;.. he fgh
forcements, meanwhile when the Rnss;s.hs fea
drew. The loss, which was very considarsalis With
sides, we have not yet learned No.s on bGA
i Both armies are we'll housed, and safs.;
4 provisions is at their command sieheT f
/ The firing against the north Of seh...
continues, and is likely to continue. stopoi still
/ The government of Naples publishes !. o.p..
convention with the United States for H. sa u o
of defining the neutrality laws, and natae.pp utpos
under them. ngha
| The queens order to the privy council a.,
the issue Of notes to the amount of ELS. 500 se
the specified bank charter of the bank of sSNYoad
In regard to peace, we have mass Of eontslasls.
~ rumors, reports and statements regarl;ns q
gotiations Oh foot They generally % to .as Ne
ever that fhc negotiations have not proeressas
1t is well known that differences exist IN NJ pa a
cabinet on the matter OF peace. Lords pai o'ldsa
and Pamure urge the prosecution of the NJ ."esl9a
rest of the cabinet, supported by Napoleon he
the Importance of embracing the present onno.
ty to negotiate peace which will be sasflpoeua
all parties, without being derogatory to
of either 1t is, however, still matter If ol
uncertainty as to whether these negotiatioss aha
suit IN peace or whether when the spring ona,s e
war will dominance with renewed actiyifS fS1s'1 he
The hon. JoshuasR. Giddings has written .i.u
to the Ashtabula {Ohio) Sentinel, which i L letter
open avowal Of the position determined psoa 1s as
friends of Mr.. Banks. This position wax dfso y ne
and adopted in caucus of black repob;c.ssa sd
fore going into the election From this lsfsa oe'
pears that the anti savery caucus held on san-s
preceding the meeting of congress- resolved ma
mously, upon the motion Of Mr. Giddngs, thsr,s-
would support no candidate for speaker nal !!
wax pledged $50 organize the standing commit 4s
the house, by placing on each majority ~ u!
friends of freedom who are favorable to makin,.s
ports on al petitions committed to them Ifs.ts
house should eyer be organized upon this plan tbs.
would be great danger of becoming disorganz45I.s
fore the legal expiration of its session. With tba
standing committees composed of majority If H. 4
Itionists, the exciting subject of slavery sopS L
introduced, whenever possible, into the repors A..
mating freEa such committees, which would necass
rily give rise to angry debates and serve TO fan @
flame the fires Of sectional amnesty that nov, ma,
wade the halls Of congress, as well as the wboia
country. The inevitable result of such state q
things would be the dissolution of congress .na
perhaps of the Union y
A letter in the New Y rk Sun, from Wasbinro,
says, the reports from the Messilla valley ar ~
ceedngly interesting, and the private notes Of h.
United States officials are worth their public n.
ports, twice over. The whole country is vast o.
held, silver copper, iron, Platina gypsum, andcoa
n the stquantIties in the region along thePs
,os, and up to the 33d parallel, which had been con-
idered heretofore the poorest section of the RiOB
10 valley. y4tas1 sse ~ 49,
The hon. John Appleton, of Maine, late secretary
If legation in London, has resumed the editOrs
harge of the Eastern Argus, published in Portlsad
Maine.
A bill has been introduced into the senate of bs
State Of Georgia, TO tax all bachelors over 2s years
or the education of orphan girls in the COMMITTEES
where said bachelors respectively reside
At special election for sheriff held in the parish
# st. Bernard, recently, Morales (American( was
iected by fourteen majority over serpas, sdemocrat
he latter had been returned by majority at the
November election, but Mr.. Morales contested the
lection, and it was sent back to the people.
At the recent municipal election in Huntsville A}
he American party ticket for mayor and aldermen
Tas successful by a majority Of Two to ene Up.
'dSiu, esq Is Inc may or eleet- ELL
In the South Carolina senate on the 18th ultimo
he bill from the house providing for the election Of
lecters OF president and vice president Of the Uni
ed States by the people, was indefinitely postponed
y a vote of "a 70 II. fz -
Three ladies of fashion, in St. Louis have recently
led suddenly. Cause-arsenic taken in very small
oses, TO give brilliancy to their complexions
The Cincinnati Gazette SAYS the indil atoms are
hat upwards Of 400 900 head of hogs will be killed
here this season.
Governor Conway of Arkansas, has appointed the
on. Thomas e. Hanly to be Judge of the supreme
ourt, in place of the hon. David Walker, resigned
A Washington dispatch SAYS that senator Douglas
as written TO his friends, that although suffering
sverey from influenza i'd the throat, he expects d
G in that city early 10 January
The New York Times says:-.We heard it sug
ested the other day, by medical man OF large er-
=rience that probably the poison of rattle snake
ould act as an antidote to that Of hydrophobia--
lie one aeutralizing the effects of the other"
A French colony in the Crimea is one of the ri
OTIS OF the day. Such an arrangement, it is con
nded, would afford outlet for the infammab!e
art OF the Partisan population, and thus take away
ie element pf revolution at home
Marshal Pelissier has recently conferred on Young
apoleon Bonaparte, formerly Of Baltimore, the de-
ration Of the Legion of honor ssfo- great zeal and
tirity in the performance of his duties during the
tire campaign -
The State Of Maine now boast Of owning feet Of
erchans vessels valued at fifty millions OF dollars,
Id greater than the commercial marine of any Eu
pean PoEe-. Great Britain alone excepted
Christopher Robinson, late of Lynn Massachu
IT'S, obtained decree of divorce on the 9Th ult,
the circuit eoart in Owen county, Indiana on the
de ground Of inconpatibilits character.
A vessel recently sailed from Malaga. direct for
harleston. South Carolina, with very full cargo Of
uits, wine, &c. Tie Mercury, however, fears that
ey will have to be seat to the New York MARKET to
It character, and then be returned to Charleston
Z SAFE to consumers, accustomed the southern
eople to rely upon the north to import for them.
Contempoyaneons with the breaking up of the
ouerite establishment, The North American Pha-
nx, We have intelligence OF the dissolution of the
'clalist colony of Berne, Switzerland, founded By
urke, the socialist The trial has been sufficient to
rove the worthlessness OF the social theory .r
1t is estimated that the growth Of tobacco in Cali
rnla the present session. will amount toffty thou
md pounds One grower in Contra Costa country.
climates that has crop viii amount TO six thousand
'1nds. Ttbaceo promises to become important as
agricultural staple of the State. &
ST. Paul. DEc "A party arrived Yesterday from
ed River, on their way TO Canada, with authentic
telligenee of Sir John Franklin and his party
heir bones lie on the coastopposite Montreal island.
here they died of hunger. i party of Esquimau1
ached them just as the last man persisted, and
ought home several relics of the expedition.
a note of a Virginia bank was recently shown 10
seription On its baek--aThis IS the very last Of
e of $1,000, which was left me four years age,bT
deceased relative Owing TO going security and
sspation, my estate. earned BY industry aud eco
my is noE all squanderrd. Let the bottle alone,
the las advice or one " no. in a short time will