The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-16
General Intelligeno.

| ,,;,, H. -, = ~ - he documeu
hyihg the message the subject ~ Sf' " aee.
ca are very volunlllous and Of NM, Central M
Duch;than: oar minister to Great Br. iihterest
has already eNpoundcd the vio,,l 'aln, il an, VI
ment on the subject, TO that Of lre,, Of onr p
Inc loiiowing appear to be the 90 .h TAIN @
the condition OF the question: Na'oina Don.
IN me month Of June, 1851. Mr.. NJ.
a dispatch 70 Mr.sBuchanan that tn declare,
la - hl,ed States can never yield 10 ~ N.Y.
e' im.a pati',n ,hat the Clayton and Bnpe
Alter some spicy diplomatic cen osnse operas
quot OF Great Britain III reference Il i Of The
Marcy proceeds to declare that if ra,t me
persist IN holding possession of the D aih s6o
In defiance of what he shows to bo ~ tiiaafan isaF
United States under that treaty. ia 81 lghts
oe convinced that her purpose il to Hi staes "
piy as a naval and military station. ~ eaea s.
the pe.eef able IN the event of certain oa order E
sh I 70 ahect 1nJnriously Interest,"
she mas come to predetermination ~ ;ts, and N
our affairs Great Britain will Thus H. aeffeie wv
testify render the continuance of onr e urges naa
tloms with hervery precarious. 'n'eabe nj
NE manner In which Mr. Buchanan !,
the entire bearing of the question las discus,
tons is very able: and Mr.. Marcy na dis insts
brush government the immediate setnss es upoaS.
question before Mr. Buchanan retires froa III,
MI. Buchanan Is instructed to ask tba EngaN
Jfeat Britain " distinct terms whet5as.
tends tolnsist on not abandoning her ~ she
slons as to the effect of the CLAYTON pn
and on not abandoning all claim TO antlaser tea,
tfai america and the Ruatan islands. ca.
MI Buchanan accordingly addressed
eect 70 the BRITISH government; and IN - tatlss
October lord Clarendon replies that tb W p me 2
eminent declined re.opening the dsensa'it ls sog
ganerai question The British eoyern.aso Of Ia
aunerss TO the positions which It had pras;, he add
ken on the subject. ~ p'esiousrs.
1t appears bya Washington dispato.
burg Wing, that on the 3lst ut.' thu 10 VieE
the presidents message was sent TO II" on vach
presidents private secretary appeared !, senate Tie
with letter from the president. and IN ~ he ho
great excitement prevailed motion 10 ,thereupCu
man to receive the letter was neeativa3 ar. Cling.
OF "No reading wanted until after an amid cries
NEW York, JAN We have dispatcSaaln l1zatIopH
aay rom Montgomery, Alabama, announa mere To-
the mail route. 'ns thfoughOu,
u Communication has been entirely sns,,.,
railroad being entirely submerged til pheaaed The
swept away and in short, there being o.1uses all
lndatien of the country. general H.
We learn from authentic source tb,.
mas been made by gentlemen elected a. = plleaoa
he American convention, to be held IN
N February next, to the hon. j. M. Clavtoa aAuepaa
ne use OF MS name as acandidate for the sss
atthat convention, and that he replied b.t hssacy
81 his present position as senator of the fsa
20 any oinef pupiic station, and declined
candidate for the presidential ofce-yat;ssaoens
elligeneer. asenal 10.
A dispatch to New York, dated I'd instant,
Vhat,polnt is not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tho iron
i the hon John Macpherson Berrien of Coo. aeaIa
his prove true, one of the greatest and nsas sa'
the natlon has ceased from his eartbv a bs men
one to his final rest We trust the report maui aud
vt untounded. Neither the nation or Geors;, 'u'a
ford to spare such a man 'a'e can
NORTH CARoLINA.-The Murfreesboro' fr9c....,
arms that on Wednesday, January a. John F,sa
ome person unknown ''US "
Mr.. 3. W. Thatch was waylaid and sbo,l,,,
ear his residence in Chowan county r ( ~,
lat Mr., Ihatch had large sum of money IN I;'
the time he was shot David Morris bas bsan 4.ah
sted on suspicion - 'seu A.
The Raleigh Standard learns that vouno n,., /.
e name OF PEBBLES was murdered at his place :.
miles from Srnithfeld. paw . OF
The Richmond (Va) Dispatch says there has bo.,
severed on the farm of Mr. James Page, about IL
, na1 isem slaunton, an apparently inexhausHe
ninatlon proved to contain large portions of nn,a
ltPetre and N all, the nitrate IS strongly evident
In the case Of Kissane, Cole. Cummings 4 ~ L
cted IN the Martha Washington case. the motion
quasi the Indictment came up, and was pot on
sed By the district attorney, who stated that III
ath OF Sidney G. Burton, the principal witness far
prosecution, was the reason for his PURSUING that
lrse. An order was then issued by the court to
scharge the parties.
he steamer ATLANTA, in descending The bayon
rtholomeW lately with very heavy load Of cotton
u &c snag near Mr.. Hunters plantation and i'm.
dlately sunk The boat is total loss Init tho
ton was all saved, and not bale damaged.
ne cultivation OF cotton has made such progress
the province of Constantia that the governor
1eral Of Algeria has ordered special warehouse
i commission OF reception, to be established at
ma and at Guelma
Ne have information. saws the New Yort s,n ~
lch we think full reliance NAV be placed thattbe
+ has declared that the war has but lust BEGUN:
t seven years is the shortest limit which he as.
MS to it. % sES5
The British discovery ship Resolute. which was
Lndoned IN the Arctic sea By the last exnIariupex
ition, was brought into New London on the aaa
:, by capt. Bridlngton, with all her armament,
res, equipments, dc. When found she had drift.
'ver one thousand miles from the place where she
abandoned. Her stores, ETC., are valued at up-
DIS Of 100000
here are within ten miles of the Boston state
Sc 3o0 oO0 volumes in private Libraries, said IL
les beng of 1000 volumes and upwards. Ten
hese Libraries contain $4,000 volumes, giving an
age OF 1900 each; and twelve contain 100000.
g an average of 1884 each III :
ccordlng to the Cleveland Morning Leader, the
9 improvement company intend opening books
ultaneously IN Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Wheel
Cincinnati and Louisville, on the 9Th of Janua-
The company propose to slack-water the Ohio
! from Pittsburg to Louisville
he Cherokee nation have authorised their chief
zen correspondence with the different missionary
as, Tor the purpose of demonstrating against
ing abofltlonlsts among them under the pretext
eiDg missionaries 8
ne Wisconsin legislature will stand, politically,
!, senate, ID republicans and - democrats: as
bly,, I'D republicans, 45 democrats, and one as.
blyman uncertain -
ne Desert News says that beautifully white, fine
silky cotton has been raised at Santa Clara, in
4, which Q iirglnlan says is as good as any he
saw. =
he French government demanded of the Holy
that the reply to the Piedmontese memorandum
I'D not be published contemporaneously with the
OF the king Of Sardinia to Paris.
ofd ralmerston has written private letter to
lnguished gentleman now In Washington, sta
that The British government anticipates the dis
'al OF Mr.. Champion by this government. 4
hey are talking of building suspension bridge
the Mississippi river at st. Louis. The esti-
ID cost is 100000 &a+a
aring the present session of The Alabama legis-
re, says the Selma Sentinel, there have been
It one hundred cases of divorce granted During
last session of the same body there were about
same number granted. Certainly there must be
dissatisfaction among husbands and wives in
'ama. Winston we believe has never as yet ve-
one OF these divorce bills, prevented, probably,
feeling Of congeniality to all parties who want
divorced. This is pretty fair freeloveism sane
I'd by law. ,.s IL
IA ashington dispatch, of the Dist ultimo, to the
lmond Enquirer, says:-An alteration occurred
avenue, this evening between Mr..
n, member of congress from Virginia, and the
'r OF the Washington Star, in reference to a re-
Of Mr. Smith 5 remarks in the house published