The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-15
General Intelligence.

slw ssyan arrived at Quebec this morning from
rssrnool which port she left on the S4tn uiS ,ca
I'M liverpool cotton market had advanced lug
The sales for the three days previous o oan hass
the Ango-Saxon had amounted to 81 700 paies
Is uhich SPECTATORS and exporters took i4'ooo'
OF wn1Tn H. sales reached TO- 600 bales, and
the market closed nrm. t.ar Gales have
Since the sailing Of the iast sleanel Ga.
hsen effected at the following rates. iair oiieA's
lid middling Orleans, 6s8tgo1192d.
f4sui, Ia;cIty between the allied powers and Rus
ihe ala,or 10 liz isles Of Serpents, off the mouth
ha Danube was not settled, and 1t IS stated that
in consequence OF the present slale y -. plao
hs all;e1 eets are ordered to remain in the BLACK
SEQ Saxon. differences between the queen Of Spain
"a General o Donnell, are said to have occurred.
NV YoRK, October flames DAVIS, OF me pan
FRANCISCO Vigilance committee, was arrested to-aay
= tba instance of Charles p. Duane one Of the exled
Gaiforpians. DAVIS was admitted to bail in the sum
Bosros, Oct. 7.-Wm. Dwight, .jr., cotton mer-
chant failed to-day His liabilities are large,
QUEBEC, Oct IA dispatch from our correspond
ent. dated Liverpool, Sept Path, o'clock, r N,
saws the sales of cotton Wednesday were estlma,
ted 10 reach $4,000 bales. Of which spectators and
exporters took 1000. The market was unsettled and
excited an advance Of l-16d. per pound
NEW YoRK, Oct. 2nd.-The steamship Tennessee,
from San Juan de Nicaragua, which port she left on
the 22d Of September, has arrived. She brings ac
counts that affairs in Nicaragua are assuming most
favorable aspect
The utmost confidence in the stability Of general
Walkers government prevailed amongst all classes.
Gen. Walker army consisted Of 1900 Americans,
besides the native troops, and all were in good health
and spirits. $3.50 f,l5&4 b5 #t.r s=@zEH a. $3.50
News having been received at Granada that a par
ty Of men adverse to Walkers government were oc-
cupyng the rancho Of San Jacinto general Walker
despatched force Of forty men, under lieut. Melon
aid, to attack them.
Mcdonald proceeded with his command to the
place, and made the attack but finding the adverse
party too strong to warrant him in ordering an as
saut. and having six men killed and seven wound
ed, he Withdrew his command, and retired from the
Leaving small party to watch the enemy, lieut..
Mcdonald with the remainder Of his troops, return
ed to Granada.
On the receipt of the news at Granada, a party of
citizens, numbering sixty, headed by lieuts. Cole
Millikin and Wiley Marshall, volunteered to 60 and
attack the rancho. 81. - is5s5s5EsA III
This proposition was accepted, and the volunteers
proceeded TO the rancho. Cole divided the men into
three parties of twenty EACH and made the attack at
three different points.
The volunteers succeeded in driving the enemy
from the enclosure into the house. but in following
up the attack were then repnsed with loss Of fif
teen wounded and missing, including the three COM
manders.
The loss of the enemy was about one hundred
Their whole force was estimated at four hundred
The rancho, at last accounts still remained in pos
session of the enemy. $a
tack the rancho again aa5@
Ex-president Rivas, we are informed, is not now
acknowledged by any party in Nicaragua. 5o E
1t is stated that the invading troops of Honduras
and San Salvador are in deplorabe condition from
sickness and starvation that from twenty to fifty of
them are dying daily of the cholera and that general
Walker has cut off their of obtaining supplies.
A correspondent Of the New York Herald at Be-
lie announces the fact that the British colony Of the
Bay islands has virtually ceased to exist and that
the MOSQUITO king had informal hv tha cars
Of her Britannia majestys ship Cossack of the ter
lnination of the English protectorate, and conse-
quently the end of his rule. The writer does not
state what effectthe news had on his majesty The
islands would be transferred to the republic of Hon
duras. EB @ %@# @ W.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3Oth.-The United States gov
ernment will demand PREPARATION from New Grana-
da for injuries received at the late riot at Panama
Snow fell at Rochester, N. Y on the evening Of
the oath ut.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 2-The river at this point is swell
ing in consequence Of rise in the upper Missssp-
pi, but the Missouri and Illinois are dead low.
Our Kansas advices are to the Doth ult. All the
armed bands have dispersed. The citizens are now
returning to their claims. Business is reviving.-
Confidence was restored and peace reigned through
out the territory Warrants have been issued for the
arrest of Jones Stringfellow and other pro-savery
agitators.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-We have private advices from
Kansas to the 18th. Every thing was quiet The
border was closed against emigrants from the free
States Colonel Harvey had captured the famous
Lone Star flag of the South Carolinians
CINCINNATI, Sept. 30.-Cassius M. Clay spoke in
the court house last night. The meeting was much
disturbed 7.
The Louisville Journal of the Odd ult has the fol-
lowing: Letters from Cincinnati advises us Of sales
of city Of cut bulk shoulders at 61sc packed and that
bulk sides offered 1906, packed Sixty days
since, bulk shoulders held there at &C., and
sides at IL &c. packed. Great are the fluctuations
in the provision trade. .& Is
Ia \ ,hols-
tonists named Mckee discovered prowling
around in that locality last week He had been tam
pering with the negroes whereabouts, trying to in
duce them to run off; but they exposed him, and
forthwith he was treated to free ride on rail,
bath in the creek, and respectable backing after
which he was started off north
The Lumpkin (Ga.) Plaindealer has DOTTED its
neutrality, and hoisted the names Of Fillmore and
Doneson
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham of Pennsylvania, and
formerly member of general Jackson's cabinet, is
out in letter in favor of Mr. Fremont. e1
A hotel has just been erected in st. Paul, Mime
sofa, which, with it's furniture, cost $150,O00. So
says the Pioneer 1t is called the Fuller house.
The Fillmore men of the seventh congressional dis
trct Of Massachusetts (now represented by speaker
Banks) have nominated Isaac Story, of Somerville,
for congress. ~ a s~ #ss S.
The New York Commercial says, north and south
there is deep rooted conviction that Willard Fill
more is the for the present crisis in national
affairs that conviction is spreading every hand,
and it only remains for every citizen, who in his
conscience believes Mr. Fillmore to be the safest and
best Of the three candidates. to act up to his conve
ton, and his election will be accomplished. Sup
ported by these and by the numerous party that has
put him in nomination, and by the rccuperating old
line wings every where, why, in all sobriety and
carnestness, should Mr.. Fillmore fail of success?
The Wilmington (Del journal of the last date re-
ceiyed, contains the proceedings Of four very large
and enthusiastic Fillmore meetings. recently held in
that little State, at all Of which eloquent speeches
made, strong resolutions adopted, and the
highest enthusiasm prevailed. &s@ A'ge
The legislative assembly CT Victoria having order
ed list Of all registered voters to be published in
the local newspapers, the Nlelborne Argus, says
pondent Of the North British Daily NJ all, came
out on four different days with forty eight pages Of
double demi, the charge for the advertisement con-
tanned in these amounted El0 200
The new cent piece recently finished at the United
States mint, Philadelphia, is the size of the old half
cent and is composed Of fifty parts of copper,
seven Of NIGEL, and one Of zinc. 1t has light APP
pearance with faint red tint, and is in beautiful
contrast with the American silver and gold pieces,
and will not as the old cent did, tarnish them by
contact The weight of the new is only seventy-two
grains that of the present copper cent is one hun
dred and sixty eight. asag IT, a@@ @a
In the official returns of the State Calhoun