The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-13

4 lion, . the Washington correspondent ofth
S Baltimore Sun, in his last letter, says that tn
e explosion of the war rumors and the dissipa
f ton OF all fears and hopes of collision wit
] Great Britain, have had a remarkable stron;
: effect upon the house, and rendered it entire
e Indifferent to an organisation. By the sam
e token, the house is the most quiet and compos
] ed, and, apparently content body of men tina
r were ever assembled. It is no longer to be be
a lieved that the general government is very de
: sirous to obtain appropriations for deficiencies
e and lacking in their trouble with Palmerston
e they have no trouble whatever, and are no
: likely to have. Mr. Champion is on the mos
? cordial terms with our government, while hi
r conduct is approved by his government, ant
therefore he is even less likely to be dismisse,
than he isto be recalled. The true is, the ap
| pontment of Mr. Dallas as minister to Grea
Britain, demonstrates in manner not to b.
misunderstood that president Pierce has again
| crawfshed, and that, notwithstanding the higl
and manly tone of bis message, he is now seek
ing to cultivate friendly relations with her ma
jesty's government.
i He goes on to say that the Kansas message
does not involve the necessity of immediate
Legislation. It's recommendations are very jul
dicious A law authorizing the inhabitants
when they desire it, by a duly elected conven
ton of delegates to frame a state constitution,
and thus prepare through regular means, fol
its admission into the Union, would prevent any
threatened disturbances in future. An appro-
priation to defray the expenses attending the
execution of the laws in the territory is also We
~ proper, but is not Of an urgent nature. The
expense already incurred under governor Shan
mons order calling out the militia, amount to
several hundred thousand dollars, which has to
be paid by the general government, and will
in all probability meet with strong opposition
from the freesoilers and black republicans in
the house. There are many who believe that
law and order in the territory can be best pre-
served by refusal on the part of the general
government to interfere in the disturbances
that may arise.
The above was written previous to the cleo
ton of Banks as speaker.
Senator Brown, of Miss, presented to the
U. s. senate, on the 7th ut., memorial from
John A. Raglan, setting forth that he has dis
covered plan to prevent the OVERLOOKING ofthe
Mississippi river and to reclaim inundated lands
and asking grant of every alternate section he
may SO reclaim, in order to enable him to car
ry his plan into execution. The memorialist,
as matter of course, declares his plan entire
ly practicable and comparatively cheap, and
says it can be completed in three years. The
gentleman is not very modest in his demands at
any rate. The memorialist also proposes to
turn the superhuous waters of the Mississippi
river into Hudson's bay and the Atlantic ocean
through a canal of one mile in length to the
head of the great Assinbon river, in Mime
sofa territory which canal he asserts will open
steam navigation from the Atlantic almost to
the great south pass of the Rocky mountains,
and from Hudson's bay to New Orleans. He
also proposes, by authority from Texas, to turn
the superhuous waters of Red River into the
gulf Of Mexico through very short canals to the
heads of the Sabine and Trinity rivers, which
canals, he says, will open steam navigation
from the gulf of Mexico to the gold regions Of
Santa Fe. The hon. Mr.. Brown is a smart
man and Mr.. Raglan great genius, we would
therefore be greatly obliged to them if they
would inform the people of Louisiana and Tex
as where they can find the "superfuous wa
tiers of Red River
Governor Wells, the new chief-magistrate
of Maine, in his message to the legislature, ad
mits that he believes slavery to be an evil, but
thinks it is not the part of wisdom, in order to
remove one evil, to bring upon ourselves an
avalanche of evils. He believes that when the
owners of slaves desire to relieve themselves of
the institution, they will adopt gradual enamel
patton, and points to Liberia as the scene ofthe
lutuTc SItdtHcsS VI tiio Ae9 " idSo' IlC 10 dulC
a philosophers; but the negro is only great
when he is in sugar, cotton, corn, or tobacco
field. The governor acquiesces in the abroga- |
ton of the Missouri compro mise, endorses the
doctrine of squatter sovereignty, and sums up
the subject of slavery with: ''The southern peo-
pie are subjected to the burden of slavery; they
know how to treat it better than we do, and it
is alike alien to patriotism, and a true sense of
religious duty to inhame the minds of southern
citizens and aggravate their condition by a con
slant course of censure, and an unnecessary in
reference with their AFFAIRS The governor
talks good sense. ,-
A bill is now pending before the New York
Legislature, which provides that all bills of ex
change, drafts, or checks, payable at sight,
shall be due on presentation without any days
of grace, and that it shall not be necessary to
present for acceptance any such check before