The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-07

The New York Times says, there are i -
and its immediate suburbs, twelve wbisLaa mat cir
ries which convert daily into bad LIQUOR oan'sl
els of good corn, making annually Il az oooash
Ions. But this is only the production Of Nsaess
which is all sold there as matter of cow Wv lok
receipts of country whiskey amount to ahont Tia
900 gallons annually so that the quantitv s.i
during the year does not fall short of 90 o noo
Ions, being more than three times the ousnJo gsL
/ in Cincinnati. Of this intolerable uuanti,n y soa
key which flows through that city as thon.b .Rhi
canal, about one-third is made into alseaaE,Sa
used in manufacturing operations of varioSs ahd
and one quarter is exported to foreign couptr;a A
very small portion of that which remains ~ |
as whiskey while the larger part passes tn uraes
hand of the reetifyers, and is retailed to an ;rs
and confding public under the various naA a0eet
cognac dark and pale; Holland gn Irish w rLbAesa
Glenlivat, and all other possible liquors which axe
ing men delight to lacerare their vitals with MAt
ly all the whiskey that goes to France, and b..s&
| no small quantity of it, comes back to ne ;eE
shape of brandy, though some of it returns IN III
sonelv labeled Chataux Margaux, or some Of tbaa aa
| Chateux or Espagne, which abound in tho oI 'ls
manufacturing maginations Of Frenchmen." ''''s
| The Cairo and Fulton railroad bill has passea,.,
houses of the legislature of Arkansas and the fa
of the road say this will ensure its construet"1a
The Cairo and Fulton company, as readers k~a>
was chartered by the legislatures of Missong w
from some point on the Mississippi opposit. foa
mouth of the Ohio river, via Little Rock, Arkan..F
to the Texas boundary, near Fulton, in Arkars
the point to which the projected lines Of railroad,
the south converge for connection with the sopd
ern line of roads to the Pacific Congress mad
very liberal grant of land in aid of the work and.
bill which has now passed in the Arkansas lepsI
ture is to make that grant effective. The act cas
veys lands directly to the company for the purpms
of the road with only two conditions that bona 81
settlers on the lands along the line may purcb,%
from the company these improved lands not to
coed quarter section, and that the company sb,T
within two years, either grade twenty five miles
the road, or complete ten miles OF the same as b.
may select.
Sir David Brewster states that SO strong has bas
the belief that the sun cannot be a habitable vorS
that scientific gentleman sent paper to the Pov.
society," in which he maintained that the light ofik
sun proceeded from a dense and universal aun
which may afford ample light to the inhabitants b.
MEATH and yet be at such distance aoft as not tok
among them; that there may be water and dry Ian
there hills and dales rain and fair weather, audhr
as the light and the seasons must be eternal, thes
may easily be conceived to be by far the most bis
full habitation of the whole system. In less TIN
ten years after this apparently extravagant notg
was considered proof Of his insanity, it vi
maintained by Sir William Herschell as ration.
and probable opinion, which might be deduciG
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sun.
The Alexandria (Va) Gazette says, Messrs W.
Carey and VIM. Marcy, residing near Balls crQ
roads, IN this county, arrested man yesterday mos
ing, who gave his Cornelius Hughes, a.
says he is from Connecticut, for attempting 10 il
duce slave of Mr.. Carey to run off. Hughes vi
carried before Justice Wesley Carlin who after hes
ing the evidence, committed him to Jail to awaits
before the county court, at its Janua7
term. 1t appears that Hughes saw Mr.. Garey's ssT
i'll w ashlngtCn and attem pied then to persuade BIZ
to escape, but the negro refused, and told Hughes
he would accompany him home he would go off W.
him next morning. Hughes went to MIR. Carer
however, informed his master of the circumsta6a
and thus led TO the arrest of Hughes.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 18th ult, says
his interesting and eloquent speech, at the suppea
Wednesday night, governor Wise emphaticallya
nounced that nothing could tempt him to leave hi
present position in which the democracy of VirgA.
had placed him. His declaration was receiveds l
thunders of applause. Governor Wise also exprea
ed the opinion that it due to Virginia that som
of her distinguished citizens should be calleds
aid the incoming administration in carrying ou!
policy. All of the eloquent speakers at the supp
who referred to the subject avowed their eonfdsIa
hat the next administration, like the present woaE
pursue policy based upon the vital and consery.
tive principles OF the staterights democracy of Va
The Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool acc0a
its hearty approval to the declaration of the Pan
congress In respect to maritime war. It also 40
proves Of the additional proposition which the goF
,rnment of the United States has made the cond
ion of its adherence to the declaration of the PAN
congress, viz: That private property of the subeca
" citizens of belligerent on the high shalk
from seizure by public armed vessels Of s
,ther belligerent, except it be contraband.
About ~ O'Clock Sunday night week, the liver
table owned by Thomas F. Stevens, at the cornerd
3roughton and Barnard streets, Savannah, was con,
,letely destroyed by fire. Upwards of forty horses
number of which belonged to citizens, were bun
d to death A large stock of corn, oats, hay, and
'ther provendor, was also consumed. Mr.. stephens
oss is quite large, he only having an insurance.
i QUO on his stock. Several negroes who slepta
he building, barely escaped with their lives.
The Staunton VA Spectator says that Mr.. r.
lendy, of that county, who deals largely in catten
Pennsylvania, had 900 deposited in the Lsncas
er bank Being in Lancaster, and hearing runG
hat the bank was unsafe, he proposed to withdrT
rs money, but the officers assuring him there WI
10 danger, he was on the point of allowing it tori
aain. He finally concluded, however, to take it out
nd the next morning the bank was closed.
4 letter from Toronto, SAYS the Canadian schema
or railroad to the Pacific, is again about to
rought before the provincial parliament. ThePre
ect looks to the construction of road from IakeSa
erior to the valley of the Assiniboine, and theme
Ultimately to the Pacific. The matter has been al
owed to sIumber since 1881 when it was faYorablE
aported upon by committee of the legislature
Mr.. H. H Fultz, of Lexington, Mississippi, has
ffected an improvement in cotton gins conslstingf
living the cotton to be ginned spiral motion in The
eed box, over the saws, that the cotton is lad
pass from end of the feed to the other, to pre-
ent fresh surface of it to the action of the saws
passes along; also to prevent the staple from be-
lg cut off by the saws.
SINGULAR NoT1sG.-In Gallatin county, Kentucky
even of the Fillmore and Doneison electors receig
80 votes, and the twelfth one, Mr. Rankin who
,sides in the congressional district in which Gsl
n is embraced, received 49, On the other hand
even Buchanan and Breckenridge electors received
SO votes, while Mr.. Kelsey, the twelfth, who lives
the district, received 404
Andrew Thompson, Robert MCGOWAN, and jams
rowne, election inspectors of the sth dstric. of he
h ward, New York, have been indicted by tn
rand jury for malfeasance in office not having ad
mustered the necessary o&th to persons challenge
the late election. They were held to bail in ths
I'm of $1,000 each.
About two centuries and half ago the legisi
ire of Scotland enacted that "a good and sufficeBi
hool should be erected and maintained in ever
arlsh. o these i've words, "a good and suficie1t
hool,' introduced into an act of parliament na
rger than mans thumb, is Scotland indebted 1t
Is day for nearly every solid glory she possesses
Catharine Albert, beggar and fortune teller, died
haleisn, n q, recently. On examining her effects
.ooo IN gold silver and notes, Were found, togehs
TN evidence OF her owning plantation in Ken
eky, and 20 shares of railroad stock Aroundher
'dy was belt full of gold coin.
ne limitation OF the time of the day for marrying
England Is fixed by statute. The period between
IN the morning and noon is assigned as the legal
ne for all marriages. The custom here and the