The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-11

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Ii dinden Female College, or the 9Th ul. which
: owing 10 4 pressure OF work and the absence
E our usual aid. we are forced to curtail OF i:
Y fair proportions Tie writer states: 1--WE ba
b splendid concert-a grand enc. may say
# OF which fact colonel Mat. Watson and co!ont
=, Nelson, Of your town. who were here and sa'
0 and heard for themselves, will bear testimony
q I have witnessed all the concerts that ever too
2 place in M;nden College, from first to last. an
!, am certain we have never had one more worth.
9 of enconfuul than that which came OF On las
5 Friday evening There were more performer
z than ever figured before-Inore large ones AM
r / more small ones--they were ali more handsome
= ly and taztefuIlF attired, and performed thel
parts with more ease and grace, with less EN-
f barrasment, ifnot more artistically. The srutl
is. MIR. Ford has most fourishing school
larger and more harmonious than any teacher
ever before had in Mlnden: and tits CRAFTY Ing
10 know that he is men who will wear we'll .
Il will afford much qualification to our citizens
20 learn of the prosperity ofthe Rev. Mr.. Ford's
academy
The writer also describes a grand ball,which
came off The evening following at the Masonic
hall, .swbere were assembled many hand
some girl and many gay fellow The belle
of the evening, "or rather the star, was the
Blue Swan" Set upon elastic springs, and
dressed as tastetuIIy as chaste and refined
taste could suggest, she moved upon the floor
in the winding mazes of the gidty dance as a
living embodiment of all that is beautiful and
fascinating in both arr and nature. No swan
ever moved upon smooth surface more grace
fully than did this one"
The annual reports to the legislature of Mas
sacbusetts present feature well worthy the
attention of the south. They show that the
amount annually expended to promote popular
education in that commonwealth OF fanaticism
and other notions including the annual ex
penditure for erecting and repairing school
houses, the expense Of the Normal schools, DC,
and exclusive of school books, Of instruction in
collegiate, professional and charitable insutu-
tons, is s.. 346, 800 Sc; which including the
estimated cost Of books, &c, and not including
the cost Of instruction in colleges, professional
schools and reformatory institutions, shows that
the sum expended for popular education in
amounts annually to more than
sI2 for every person in the State between five
and fifteen years Of age. This is a description
Of expenditure We would have the south rival
the north in. Too nucNnoney cannot be de-
voted towards educating the rising generation.
We are among that large class of American
:jtizens, says the Philadelphia News, who be-
jeve that State cour& have no power nor au-
hority, under the constitution Of the L. States
0 issue naturalization papers, and that it is
'ower belonging exclusively 10 the federal
ourts, and which congress cannot delegate to
tate courts. We believe, therefore, that it is t
Ugh time that the legislatures of the States 5
loud correct the evil, if the State courts t
ontinue the practice of naturalsing aliens !
here are two modes OF remedying this evil,
nd We hope, ere long, to see both adopted in r
ur own State. The one is, to pass an act pro- f
billing our State courts from naturalising.
nd the other is, to require naturaIised citi- !
ms TO reside two or three years in the State, p
fter being naturallsed, before they shall excr h
Sc the right Of suffrage. Pass these measures, f
nd We shall, in degree, be relieved from the 5
'ils now affecting US. "
CoTroS IN FRAAcE.-The imports Of cotton
TO Havre for the year 1856, were 450 900 Il
ales, against 4IG, 239 bales in 1855, and about O
1868 in 1854. The imports into all the n
Jrts in France in 1856 were sos, 223 bales. D
he stock in Havre on the 1st January, was ;s'
1927 bales, against 81, 267 bales in 1856; in r.
355, $1,000 bales, and in 1854, 81, O75 bales. re
cry little cotton except American appears to p
; used in France as yet. At Havre, in 1854, a
e imports Of other descriptions than those Of -
c United States, were only 1904 bales from s
rail, So from Egypt, 1858 from the East In ia
es, and 6l63 from other countries. d
A bill is before the Pennsylvania legislature el
prevent the sale Of improper medicines. 1t &C
Divides that no druggist or any other person tn
all seq or give away any medicines or medi- Ct
compounds to any person unless the name ri
erect is written Or printed legibly in English re
'on the bottle or covering Of the medicine; or ri
1t be compound, its component parts shall ca
stated. Thi is not to apply to medicines ~ y,
Id or delivered on the authority of a written 70
escHptlon from physician to lis patients. tn
ny violation Of this acti to be punished bv til
e imposition Of a fine Of fifty dollars. te
disease called cholera is making fearful q
voc among the swine throughout the west er
States. The Madison lind. Courier says q
that city, at Milton, and in Carrolton. XIV.
disease has ragged as fatal Epidemic St
'rge numbers Of hogs have died at the last III
med place, and some two hundred at Nil :,
D. The hogs often died in haitian hour after
ey were attacked. The Vernon la. ] Courier re
ties that hundreds Of hogs have recently died In
cholera IN that vicinity, and that sulphur in al