The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-08-05
robn W Forney's new paper "The Press is ex-
"a 10 appear, at Philadelphia, about the lst oil

"a "a h connected does not seem to like the pro
- and has written article implying that it does
not portend good to AIT Buchanan administration
:, i yery distinctly implied that colonel Forney
links MI Buchanan ungrateful for political ser
Us IN not having given Mr.. Forney foreign mis-
on or seat in the cabinet 1t discloses the fact
HI Nh Forney was offered the consulate at Liver
III reunited to be worth $4,000 year. with the
PJsrtaEing on the part Of friends to add ten
annsand year for four years, for the ostens ible
tv IL corresponding for two or three newspapers;
III really to make his compensation for four years
.Donsnlshp amount to 100000. 1t seems Mr.. For
nav declined this; and prefers the experiment Of
atyr,;ng a new paper. He must have very indie
andant disregard Of money-looking to the rewards
r nolitical influence and postion-raher than pro-
G. 81 All idea Of the possible success Of his news
ner proiect which seems to us, to say the least,
Pap exaggerated AT all events, there is sufici-
~, mystery about the position and intention Of Mr..
Eorney. to make his paper looked for with great
# IS stated that the suspension bridge at Niagara
falls is not to be permanent structure, and that
abain bridges cannot be depended on for longer
nerod than seven years, the action OF the weather.
md the wear and tear to which they are exposed
rendering them dangerous after that time. design
has been made of tubular bridge, to connect the
limited States with the Canadas, and to take the
Mace of the suspension bridge. Its dimensions are
aas foows: Length of bridge, $40 feet; length of
centre opening, 400 feet; length of each side open
ing 300 feet height of piers above water 224 feet
width of railway double track,) pa feet; width of
each footway 10 feet; width of each carriage way
10 feet
An attentive correspondent advises u.s. SAYS the
Louisville Courier of the 18th ult that the greatest
excitement prevails in Woodford county, Kentucky
in consequence of the failure Of Mr.. Jas. Shonse Of
Marseilles, which was made public on Monday last
AS far as developed the failure amounts to several
hundred thousand dollars, and already some twd
hundred thousand dollars Of forged paper has been
brought to light Nearly every citizen in Woodford
and many in Franklin and the adjacent counties
have suffered, more or less. The forger absconded
early on Monday morning, and has not since beer
heard from. Mr.. S. has been regarded, HERETOFORE
as one of the most respected citizens Of Woodford
county.
and tract society Of the Mississippi conference Of thu
M. E. church has been chartered with a capital Of
twenty-five thousand dollars about one half vi which
sum IS already subscribed. The object Of the socie
ty is to purchase and sell and distribute gratutous
w. moral and useful and religious books and tracts
il Mississippi and Louisiana This Is to BE done by
means Of coporteurs to be employed by the society
and sent in every direction into the country Thew
expect do business to the extent Of probably $50
900 year, or more
new treaty with Mexico will soon be negotiated.
Many Of the restrictions which exist between the
two countries will be removed The treaty which MI
Forsyth effected, was returned some time since ami
it is understood that in the arrangement Of new
treaty. the principle of commercial reciprocity will
American colonies The OVERLOOKING treasury of tie
nation and the food of revenue pouring into it, seem
to require outlet. 1t was suggested time ago
by Gen. Gadsden, when minister to Mexico, that he
could not obtain good commercial treaty with Mex
leo without buying it,
Col Ethan Allen is grand daughter resides at Mill
Point, Ottowa county, Michigan She has in her
possession the identical sword with which the col
onel backed up his demand for the surrender Of Tic
onderopa-ssin the name of the Great Jehovah and the
fol he 6ic o1d fash
ed one The blade is twenty inches in length
and slightly curved. Length ofhandle seven inches
making the entire length of the weapon thirty four
inches. The handle is of bone or horn. The mount
ing is of silver, but was washed with gold while
worn by captain Allen, to match his uniform
A letter from Rome mentions the death of baron
Gazd, who by his talents in business in very few
years amassed colossal fortune. He arrived in
Rome as a journeyman baker, with seventeen cents
in his pocket and at his death left of the largest
fortunes in the city. In memory of the seventeen
balocchi with which he commenced, he has always
held that number in veneraton. He had seventeen
farms, seventeen houses, and seventeen different
kinds of money.
The great monument which it is proposed to erect
at Plymouth Mass. in commemofation Of the Puritan
fathers will be one Of the most magnificent sptct-
mems Of sculptural art in this country lii to co-
sist Of colossal figure Of Faith, pointing to THE
skies, and holding Bible under the arm. THe
figure will be Of granite seventy five feet high, MAJ
structure Of one hundred and fifty feet -
The Lyons IN. vi Republican states that Il. N.
Hotchkss Of that village is the greatest producer IF
peppermint in the world He has from 20O to 300
under cultivation; $50 acres Of which can be
overlooked with water to the depth OF six to ton
inches, at pleasure. This process enables him TO
continue to grow the crop upon the same soil for
series Of years, and protect the young shoots IN wl2
ter by watery covering. Between April and july
he EMPLOYS more than 100 laborers upon his planta-
NJ sells he
London and other places and his annual trade fully
amounts tofrom $4,000 to t$l25,0OO
A Washington correspondent says: "Gov Wise, OF
Virginia, will write letter to the southern States
approving of Gov. Walkers course of Kansas. ltls
expected that the democratic senators and candidates
for congress in the south will sustain Gov. alke
course before the people.
1t is stated by Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald, 'that the first movement thatls
made or intmation given of an intended expedition
by Walker and his friends against Central America,
whether it starts from New York or New Orleans will
ifthe administration has the power, be crushed opt
at once, and the parties dealt with in manner that
will be anything but pleasant"
In lecture China DIR. Bowring said it been cal
cuated that if all the bricks, stone and masonry o
Great Britain gathered together, they would
not furnish materials enough for work such as the
wall of China; and that all the buildings in Londpn
put together would not have made the towers and tr-
rets that adorn it.
The New York correspondent of the Charleston
Courier in his letter of July 18Th says, among the
recent failures in this city that Of Geo. p Put,
nam & Co., publishers. They have been obliged
heretofore to succumb to the pressure Of un ortune
circumstances. The death Of one OF the partners
Mr. Leslie, by drowning, last week, in a lake down
Long Island, has probably caused this last sus-
pension.
Lemons are recommended for dropsy in Russian
medical Journal and are said to be beneficial in the
most hopeless cases. The first day one lemon was
given after taking the peel off and cutting it up lto
small pieces in sugar; the two following days three
were given, and afterwards eighteen every day foi
nourishment meat was given. In every case the VIZ
ter came off on the seventh day.
Hon. Mr. Clingman, Of North Corolina, has an-
nounced himself in favor Of the distribution OF all tue
US surplus revenue whether derived from duties
on imports from the sale Of public lands, among
the several States.
A letter from Washington says that processes
against Brigham Young and other mormons Tor trda-
son and felony, will be issued and that they will re
tried. The question between United States law and
mormon occupation will be settled, whether with or
without force.
Quite business has been carried on IN London Ply
Some witty swindlers who have notified numerous
gentlemen that the degree of LII D. had been cen,
ferred upon them by the Rackensack University OF
Arkansas, and notifying the new doctors that zee
OF two pounds muSt be forthcoming in order to Sc