The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-06-18

OF the American people willing to place the affair
ri of government. While Mr. Fillmore occupied til
Oh presidential chair he threw off all sectionais an
or administered the government III accordance with tn
provisions and spirit of he constitution, and exhit
a tied his nationality BY warm and manly support
n the compromise measures.
That the American party in the coming contes
4 will do their duty | have doubt. | for one Wi
l. not be found wanting. Very respectfully,
Your obed't sery't, N. WATSON.
It To Messrs. " aiter Rossman, T. ". Bledsoe, J. [
IS Hodges and A. B. George, committee
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q Some young gentleman" advertises in thu
n Philadelphia Sun that he sis DESTROYS of ex
e changing chest of tools for a gold watch" .
+ This straw shows the tendencies of the presen
'age progressive'' and it is one that too ma
It ny young men of the times are apt to point
| They are too eager to part with the working
implements ofindustry for gold watches, snowy
gilt chains and other gimcracks of fnery and
! foppery. Repugnance to work of any and all
kinds, and childish delight for gewgaws and
outside trappings keep large proportion of our
mechanics il" a state of comparative want, and
bids fair to bring US in the end down to a level
with the Spaniards and Mexcans To meet
unnecessary expenses comes the desire to Dor,
row and buy on credit, and so long as these
can be readily effected there is less inclination
and desire to work. and of course less prospect
of freeing themselves from debt. Hold on
boys to your tool chests, your yardsticks, ave,
to your ploughs and hoes, and discard forever
this hankering for snowy chains, trinkets and
other paraphanalia of glded Incidence and lazi-
ness. Have an ambition above making your
person mere machine wherein to display fan
cy goods. o.
Mr.. John NJ. Bathard, of Boston, offers a |
premium Of one Thousand dollars for the best
written essay on the subject of legislative en-
actments designed 10 regulate the manufacture,
sale, and use of intoxicating liquors, to be &C
companied with an outline of law for consid-
Grafton. The essay to be submitted previous
to the LIST May next, 1857, and to be adjudg- I
ed by judge Gilchrist, governor Clifford doctor
Ninton, Nahum Capen and Peter Cooper
Here is fine opportunity for young essayists
and lawyers to display their talent and secure
SHDoIdItidI 1tNdiu
In the T. S. house Of representatives, on the
I'd inst, two reports were made BY the commit
lee appointed to investigate the Sumner assault.
The majority reported in favor of the mmed-
ate expulsion ofBrooks, and strongly censured
the conduct of Keith and Edmondson. as bejng
aware Of the intended assault and taking no
measures to prevent it, The senate ought al
so to expel Sumner, and thus adjust the whole ,
affair.
Mr.. Weller, few days ago, presented petit 7
ion IN the u. S. senate, signed by rs, 900 citi-
zens of California, praying for wagon road to g
the Pacific with the Atlantic States
He also introduced bill for the construction of j.
l military road from the western boundary of P
Missouri to Carson valley, and another for the a
construction of a military road from Ell Paso to -.
ort Yuma He is running wild on internal o
a
Great excitement has been caused in New n
ork by the publication of a pamphlet entitled
'Hards and Softs, or, which is the true Demo g
racy" 1t commences with the opposition of
he democracy of New York to the annexation q;
f Texas, and shows up the leading democrats tt
Who voted for Van Buren, and Adams and the u
Vilmot proviso. The pamphlet caused soft 81
hell Pierce stock to depreciate SO per cent in n n
ne day. The shot was fred by the hardshells. to
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D plair in n loftop f,o - IL m
1ocratic friends and patrons says that the hon. W
ames Buchanan recommended the deposit of tn
le $4,000 of government money in Simeon st
'ameron's bank for the purchase of the Wash te
'gton Globe (now the Union) for Mr. Polk; til
nd that the fruit of that purchase is now doing ST.
j it can to cut Buchanan's throat As Blair We
as the proprietor of the Globe, of course he tn tn
nows all about the sale and where the pur- liz
1ase money came from. 50 50
The Homer Advocate, of the 10th inst, an CO.
ounces the reception of several cotton blooms of
ON the plantation of Mr.. John Murre}, Clai- :,
orne parish. The Concordia Intelligencer, an
SO, acknowledges the reception of blooms OF
ON the plantations of Messrs. B. Alexander, of
F. Dobyns and Joseph E. Miller, Concordia RE9a
lrisb; and the Texas Republican from the sy
antations of Messrs c. K Andrews and E. P. rat rat
Tomack.
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The Washington Star says that Mr. Cramp- of
ms father was made baronet in $50, and 1 Ist
now lady Palmerston's own physician. Mr. AM
hampton is bachelor, and yhen he repre- tic; to-
mated the British government in this coun- vid
Y, resided in Georgetown. Heis an amateur t t,lt
list, a devoted lover of field sports, and an of
angler He had an intimate friend con-
ip with Mr.. Webster through the sthook and sag
e, bob and sinker'' Of
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Inc Norloik Argus reports that gold NINE sell
S been discovered On James river in Charles the
ty county, Virginia, about eighty miles from the
orfo]k, on the farm of Z. F. Nance, known as PEG
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