The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-11-19

| the 81. Louis hepuolican, wiring iion DIV" 10
vile, Nebraska territory, thus explains hov
people become land holders there
The process is simply this: one designing t
become settler. goes out upon the prairie ant
finds a vacant quarter, upon which he drive
a stake, and writes his name upon 1t, that be
ing a preliminary step to the establishment o
a claim. He next procures few hundred tee
of lumber, hauls it upon the claim, and at tn
expense Of from fifty dollars up TO any amour
he may chose to expend thereon, erects a hous
into which he moves with his household goods
chattels and effects. Thus he becomes emit
lied to the free and exclusive use and ENJOY
ment of the premises until theland is brough
into market; then, by the payment of one dol
lar and ayenty- five cents per acre, he may &C
quire a fee simple title to one hundred and SIX
tv acres of land as fair and fertile as ever wa;
moistened by the rains of heaven. And, may
add, that it will probably be a year yet before
the public sales in this territory; so that set
tiers may have the proceeds OF next year:
crop to assist them in paying for their lands.
| Old boreas now gives US an occasional bias
from the north, and several visits, recently paC
us BY Jack Frost" admonish us of the neal
| approach of winter, and the constant ringing
upon our ears of thesaw, the hammer and the
trowel, affords the comfortable assurance that
our mechanics are ousiy engaged IN prepar-
| ing to give the hoaT headed old gentleman a
warm reception.
Harvesting here is just completed. Hay
enough has been sared to supply any demand
that we could reasonably anticipate, and as
much, think, may be said of corn-crops OF
that grain have been most fattering, the yield
has more than equaIed the antlcipations OF our
farmers. The extraordinary severity of last
winter destroyed, in great degree, our wheat
crops but it in no wise discouraged our farm
ers; they have planted largely this fall; and I
have no doubt that next harvest will demon
strate the superiority of Nebraska as a wheat
growing country. In our genial cline, and the
fertility OF our soil, We have sufficient guar
antee thatin the production of all the agricu-
tural staples of the great west, Nebraska may
successfully contest the palm with any State or
territory O the Union.
F1SASc14L,-The Picayune, of the 9Th inst,
in its week. review of the money market, says:
The money market, without acquiring any posi-
tive strngery, has been hardening this week,
a1deoutdoo, facilities are generally dearer, es-
pecan for that class of paper running from
four to six months. The banks, under gra-
dual loss of specie, are becoming poorer, and
unable to meet the various demands on them
for exchange and discounts, SO that necessarily
a partial contraction must be resortcd to- which
tends to throw some paper into the street. Ne
EQUATIONS ofpme names maturing within nine
ty- five days % three and half months have
been made at 7, A five months was passed
this morning at2. \ short time since this could
have been sold readily at g. We notice, furth-
ermore, transaction by one party to the extent
Of 100000 at p cent. for first class sigma
lures, ranging from nine TO twelve months
Some good second class paper ranging from four
and half TO SIX months was done to-day at 9
G10 y cent. Amongst the factors money is
lot so abundant as before, but capitalists are
'oming in prepared to take the right kind of pa
Der at = cent. In well informed circles the
opinion generally prevails that we shall con-
Inue TO tighten more especially ifwinter should
ommence before any improvement in nayiga-
ion. The dropping condition Of the exchange
market constitutes however, favorable symp-
ON, since further decline Of I@8 p cent,
'hich is far from improbable, would attract
ither in specie some portion of the balances
ue and maturing.
MExrco-The last accounts from the frontier
this poor, distracted country, represent that
re revolution which broke out few weeks ago
| tie States bordering on the Rio Grande. is
'pidly spreading. The rebels, under general
idaurri, had succeeded in capturing Camargo
nd was preparing to advance on Matamoros. /
he Monterey ''Boletin Official states that the
reatest enthusiasm is felt by the people of the
tates of Nucvo Leon and Coahula in Vidaur-
s cause, and that no fears were entertained
y them that the general government would be
Die to suppress the revolution, although
rye army was reported to be advancing IA
d}y against the revolutionists, under the COM
and Of general Rosas Landa. 1t makes no
ference how many revolutions take place in
exico, or how many battles they fight, one
ing is certan-the number of killed and
bundled is extremely small. !,
lie A-fMlNoI-tS-~i 10 iS pplltl tDdk me gen
al government abandoning all hope of sub
ling the few SeminoleS in Florida. have con-
uded to buy them of, and that Alligator is now
gagged in negotiating the terms The gov
nment agrees to take the stock, etc, of the !
dams at fair valuation, and pay them Che :
m of S37O,0o0 They also agree to guar
tee to Billy Bowegs the craftsmanship of the
be, even if they have to give him different !
cation west of the Mississippi. This has al I
'ys been the sore spot with Billy, as that por- S
n of the tribe who emigrated some years ago
We chosen Micanopy for their chief After :
e death of Billy he is to be. succeeded by i
ing Sam JONES' who in point of talent and a
,quence is said to be a second Philip or Red
cket. He is now o8 years of age, but is next I
Billy BowIegs, the leading man in the nation. :
The Fremont journals in the north and west Il
nifest great indignation at the arrest of some :
0 s'peaceable free-state emigrants'' in Kan I
BY governor Geary, but who were subse- G
emily released on giving their parole to be- !