The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-07

5 A correspondent Of the Independence Belg
i says: "Lamartine, after making great effort
i to save the wreck of his shattered fortunes
efforts which have been feebly seconded by hi
countrymen is about TO assign all his propert,,
. for the payment of his debts, and seek a HON
, in the United States. The estate given to hin
several years ago by the sultan has been take'
from him by the Turkish government. It turn
, ed out to be one of those presents that brin!
ruin upon the recipient. Lamartine expect
| ed that large subscription list to his cours
, of literature would have diverted the disaster
but tits asserted that is not yet large enough
| to pay the expense of publication ss.
Our RAIL RoAD.-We perceive by a card il
the New Orleans Picayune, signed IN. D
Coleman" that he has succeeded in obtaining
the following subscriptions to the Vicksburg
Shreveport and Texas railroad:
) For $1,000 each Messrs. S. W. Oakley; Fellowes
Co; Goodrich Il Co.: Brander, McKenna g. Hubbard
Williams, Phillips 4, Co.; John Thornhill; Cuddy
Brown & Co.. Samuel j. Peters; II. Frellsen d 20.
North, Smedes d Co.; 0. Q. Woodman; Dyas Co
J.. j. Mcmahon; Andrews Sierau; james Robb
and James D. Denegre.
Messrs Pitcher, Goodrich d Co., $75O.
For $500, j. M. Vernon; W. A. Violet d Co.; BE
moist, Shaw d Co.; Cammack, Squires d West; b
NJ Lowe; Stark, Stauffer Co.; W. W. King; Mckle
roy d Bradford; Henderson & Gaines; G. G. Gaines;
Duncan Logan; McCutcheon, Howell Co.; Payne,
Steele d Co.; Geo. M. Pinckard Co.; Ward, Saun-
ders Hunt John NJ. Bell; A. Carriere; W. H. Letch-
ford l. Co.. C. A. Barriere d Bro; M. Harris; W. H.
Avery; NJ. ellis; NJ. B. Brady; Jos. W. Carroll and
Joseph Hoy. --...5
For $3.50, Messrs Sherman. Wharton d. Co.; c. R.
Railey d Co.; Gquel d Jamison; Thos B. Lee; J. j.
Bard and j. NJ. Savage.
| V1RG1N1ANs GOING CRAzY.-A Miss Martha
Burwell, of Botetourt county, Virginia, recent
ly died, having previously emancipated thir-
teen slaves and made provision for their reno
val to Liberia. --- .....
Capt Jas. H. Terrell, of Charlottesville, (Va.)
who died in that place lately, emancipated, and
made ample provision for their removal to Ii
IBERIA, eighty or ninety slaves. They had bet
ter have left them to their poor relations.
The Washington Sentinel (democratic) con-
cedes that if president Pierce is nominated at
Cincinnati, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Jersey
and Delaware, will all be lost to the democratic
party. We think the most Of them viii be lost
to that party at any rate.
A Mr.. Smith, of Tennessee, in late speech
on the Kansas question, gave a political clas-
si6cation of the house: Of the 234 members
who compose the house, he read the names of
100, a clear majority Of the whole house, who
were elected as know nothngs, or by the aid
of know nothing votes.
The American party in Philadelphia, have
nominated the following municipal ticket: For
mayor, Jas. G. Hand; controller, S. S. Leidy;
solicitor, F. C. Brewster; receiver of taxes, J.
Kelly; city commissioner, Robert G. March.
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PROGRESS OF THE Press -Constantinople
letters state that the sultan has given permis-
sion for the publication of a newspaper in the
Arabic language, for circulation among the in
habitants of Syria, Egypt and other places in
his empire where the Arabic is spoken. We
bid the Crescent power an adeu.
The Southwestern Baptist says, the rev
Z. Williams, of the protestant methodist church,
was recently baptized into the fellowship of the
Brooklyn baptist church, in Conecuh county
Alabama, by the rev. w. G.. Morrow
STEVENS IRON STEAM BATTERY.-The New
York correspondent of the National Intelligent
GER, in his letter of March e. says: The great
iron steam battery building for the government
by Mr.. Stevens, at Hoboken, believe is nearly
at standstill for want of funds, the amount
appropriated, and which it was understood was
to finish her, being nearly or quite exhausted
Great secresy is observed as regards her, and
no one is allowed admission. From az intelli-
gent party, who had charge of a portion of the
work upon her, learn she is upwards of 400
feet long, and is to be built entirely ofiron, and
perfectly ball proof even to the immense and
powerful missiles of the most modern invention
Estimates, understand, have been forwarded
10 Washington that it will require about $780,
700 more to finish her; and, if all I hear about
'er is correct, even that large sum will fall short
If the actual amount that will yet be wanted
She has two propellers, and three engines to !
work each propeller. Now, as each shaft has
hus three engines to work it, they must all
move with the most uniform and mathematical
precision to work at ALL for of course one can
lot make the smallest fraction of revolution
more or less than the other two without derang-
ng the action of the propeller. There are to be
IN board other engines besides the above six,
smong them two small ones as ''blowers," to
Keep up high state of ignition Of the stone coal
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MURDER IN ARKANsAs.-We learn from
gentleman who returned from Marion yester-
lay, that a most diabolicaI murder Was COM
nitted upon the person of Mr.. jenkins, highly
gentleman of Crittenden country,
IN Tuesday evening last, within two or three
hundred yards ofhis residence, four miles west
If Marion. He was returning to his home from
Marion when he was deliberately shot down,
;harge of buckshot and pistol ball being
edged in his body. Circumstances led to the
lrrest of a man named Hendricks, the keeper
# drinking house in Marion, and Mr.. Gar
ct, who formerly resided in south Memphis.
and Carrot were examined before