The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-01
General Intelligence

ST. LOUIS. Sept. l6-We have an ace,,..
explosion on board the steamboat SOVEREIGN al
ter he boiler burst killing two of the hana eaes
We also have accounts of the sinking Of 'I tIs
boat Audubon. - Tue steam
Wehave very interesting intelligence to-a,u,
Kansas. -aay from
The prisoners arrested BY the United Stot.
thorltles have been released on giving IS 0o aa
he Mlssourlans who went into the ;oall.
aid their brethren in repellng the awless
by the horde of aboltionists led by Lane aasoa
companions are going home. lo bis
Lane promises to disband his forces
SEPT. 19-We have later intelligence from r..
All was quiet in the territory. hahsas
Governor Geary had been inaugurataa
clared his firm determination to enforce tho he de.
| Lane had not dsbailded his forces. Jaws
The governor will prevent any more f,b.z
the territory. SAaasa
ST. Louis, Sept. 2O.-our Kansas advess
the 18th. Fifty pro-slavery men under are to
body of free solers. They captured the ba, Wnha
provisions of the a5oltionsts. On tho nas and
! Robinsons command was attacked by 9no s "a day
ers under Harvey, and two hours hard fob;'e soil
sued, in which twelve abolltlonists and T en-
slavery men were killed, after which Harr .se pro-
posed an armistice Of thirty days which nror plo-
was accepted by Robinson fposllloh
! 1t is reported that force Of $500 Misson,;
before Franklin, with determination to rad are
town. Ae
The advance guard had had a skirmsh with ],
free soiers and battle was expected soon ''A Tue
The tree oilers under Harvey had been captp,.a
| by a body of dragons. poured
The steamboat Polar Star has lust arrived 8
Missouri river. She brings accounts that fftv ao
erners, under command of captain Robinscy,s oaa
attacked by party of two hundred abolition;,ss. e
Hickory point One Of the southerners was L y
and nearly all OF them We're wounded. The abaT
tionists were repulsed Twelve of them NO. " 1
ed, and seventy We're wounded On the neyt a al
captain Roblnsen,s party defeated hundred AKA
tlonlsts at Grasshopper creek, and killed ts .V'
them, besides capturing large quantity of nnna'
2lst. We have later accounts from Kansas SIT NJ.
Intelligence Is interesting and important 1A'
Its stated that Reeds men would poto Tar.z
and there await the commands of governor ae,
they having enrolled themselves in the newly 10Y
Missed militia, and become citizens Of the errns
4 me insurgents, we are informed have disban5a
and Lane, with one hundred and fifty men has rss;.
ed towards Iowa, taking with him all the borsas a
other property stolen by the force under bs ean
mand. VA. 20 eohl-
Governor Geary delivered his inaugural aadross
at Lecompton, on the 18th inst He deprecsSes the
continuance OF strife, caused by the interference If
the eitizehs OF other States promises Justice 10 ali
Irrespective OF party and expects obedience to lie
laws Of TIE legislature until their repeal. Hehas
issued proclamation disbanding the volunteer mill
TIA, and commanding all armed bands to zdisnas.
or quit the territory. fs
NEW York, Sept. 16.-Mr Coleman. the presido,,
OF the San Francisco vigilance committee who A.
riSed here In the steamship George Law from Asnin
wall has been arrested OH a charge of ben,
ed in the unlawful arrest of James Maoeev VIII.
. he was engaged IN guarding quantity Of arms Ia
longing to the State Of California and expeine h;,
from that State. Mr.. Coleman gave bail in ihe sn
OF SoOoo0 for his appearance to answer the CHARGE
A great Fillmore mass meeting took place at Pitts.
burg, on the evening Of the 9Th Sept Music and
] hammers nj atr Th,g,H
7 A Washington dispatch of the 10th septenba,
says, owing to the unsettled condition of Ncarasna
the cabinet and president have determined nottora
celve the new minister accredited to this govern
ment. This determination has produced co1sidera.
bic excitement.
! New YORK, Sept 22.-Mr. Corwine the Q. satas
commissioner appointed to make full investigation
at Panama into all the facts and circumstances Of The
dreadful riot at Panama some months ago has made
his report to our government. He says that in bis
opinion the government of New Granada is utterly
unable to maintain law and Order on the Isthmus
and he RECOMMENDS that the government of the Z,
States take immediate forcbe occupation of the 18th
mus from ocean to ocean. z-s
The cabinet at Washington now has the subject
under consideration.
Hon J. c. ENTHUSIASTICALLY Baltimore Sun of
the 10th utimo states that this gentleman had been
compelled to give up public speaking account
of Ill health, and has returned home.
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of the 9th ult, gives the following account Of one
of the recent fires in Frankfort. 'On Sunday about
l O'Clock, fire broke out i'll Heming & Quinn's car,
riage shop, in Frankfort, which spread with great
rapidty, and consumed nearly all the buildings on
that square, including the methodist church Mr.
Ben Johnson S brick residence, Mr. 'Hara's house
livery stable and a number of frame dwellings in
that vicinity The loss of property is very great
probably thirty forty thousand dollars The
methodist church was insured for three thousand
dollars, Haming d Quinn for fifteen hundred dol
lars, aud 0 Hara for one thousand dollars This is
the second disastrous fire which has occurred at the
capital within the last two years, each of which have
laid In ruins nearly whole square.
FICKsBURG, Sept. 22-The steamer Western sunk
yesterday about twenty miles below this place at
Aliens woodward. The water is up to the pilot
house. The passengers, officers crew and books were
all saved. Part of the snag up and broke the
steam pipe.
TREMENDOUS Torch LIGHT PRocEssIoS-We learn
from the Memphis Eagle, that the great Fillmore and
Donelson demonstration in that city the night of
the 18th ul, was one of the greatest affairs of the
kind that ever came off in that city. The process
sion formed at Court square, with torches, flags
omnlbusses, and the life boat of the steamer lingo
mar on wagon in which We're seated band Of
musicians. As the procession, which nearly
mile IN length, passed through the Streets rockets
Roman candles and other fire works were let off and
the magnlticence of the sight was dazzling. hhad
oesi dHloulceu THAI the SpeaRlng would take place
IN the city hall, but it found impossible to get
the crowd even into that immense room; they had
to erect stands in Court square, whence the speeches
were made. The meeting was addressed by Messrs.
James 4. Anderson, J. K. Clinton, David Num-, Ju-
MUS G. Sneed, c. Frazer, Thos. D. Eldridge, NJ A.
Haynes, Il. F, Looney, John F. Sale and j. G. Hol-
land in short but eloquent speeches, which were re-
celved with immense applause. Speaking Of this
demonstration, the Eagle Of the 18th says:
CIV e wonder what those democrats think who
have been saying that Fillmore stands no chance
The grand rally of last night is only earnest Of
what we will do iii November
The Lexington (Virginia) Star, of the 18th ult.,
states that for time one Daniel Prince has been
hanging about that place, telling negroes fortunes
and giving them incendiary advice. On Tuesday
night week, several young of the place treated
his face to a coat of varnish and lamp black and
packing up his possessions ordered him to leave the
town, which he did. The Star adds that he was a
resident of Richmond last winter.
In consequence of the fall and destruction OF the
old Charter oak, in Hartford the papers Of that city
were dressed IN mourning We are Informed that
the bells of that city We're tolled at shutdown, and
that dlrge was performed at noon, by Colts band,
over the PROSTATE tree.
The Cincinnati Commercial states that the receipts
of wheat from Kentucky, this season. over the Gov
ington and Lexington railroad are fifty per cent.
greater than last year.
The magazine pistol is new device in the line OF
firearms. From the description given itappears thai
this pistol is constructed that after being charged
with cartridges and caps, it can be fired fourteen
successive times as fast as the hammer can be COCK
ed and the trigger pulled placing it far ahead In ca
pacity of any tirearm of the same size ever invent