The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-21

the cotton crop of 1867 will be, and to prov
that it must unavoidably fall short of the yiel
las. year. DeBow's Review contains lon
and elaborate article on the subjecS from th
pen of a New Orleans factor, and another tacto
declares. through the columns of the Charles
ton Courier, it to- be already a well settle
fact that the crop will not reach three millions
bales and that it must fall short at least thre
hundred thousand bales. The members of con
eress from the southern States, finding tim
hang heavily around their shoulders, turne'
; their eyes homeward, and communicated witt
each other regarding their personal observa
tons upon the matter, while canvasslng TIT
districts during the late presidential campaign
and their conclusions upon the comparative
amount of this and last seasons crop were: tina
in Texas it will exceed that of 1855, by ~ pei
cent, in consequence of the increased amour
OF. land put in cultivation, and the addllona
number of laborers brought into the country by
immigration from other States. In some por'
tons of Arkansas, the increase will be ten pei
cent from similar causes; while in other sec
tons of the State it will fall short fully 90 per
cent The members from Louisiana reported
the crop go per cent. short; but we are under
the impression that they somewhat miss the
mark, for while the crops were unusually meagre
throughout the uplands, they were unprece-
dentedly large in the river bottoms. Missis-
sipp will fall short from one-9uarter to one
half the usual yield. Alabama, Georgia, Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Florida, tell a like
story; and in South Carolina, Mr.. Orr, esti
mates the crop to be onefourth short of 1855;
Mr. Keit at one third short; Mr.. Brooks at one
fourth short, and Messrs. Boyce and Mcqueen
at more than one fourth short. Early in the
season, factors were disposed to put the entire
crop of this season down at 100000 bales.
The receipts of cotton at the ports since the lst
November, and the information CLEANED from
well informed planters throughout the south
western States, has induced them to change
their opinion, and they are now disposed to put
down the yield at 10000 bales, and few ex-
ensive operatives rely upon less amount.
The New York Trbunes publishes, under
The head of statistics of 856, a variety of inter
esting information, by which we are informed
hat, from the LIST January to December 81,
1885, there were 116 persons killed and $50
wounded by 145 railroad accidents in the U.
States. Of the killed, 26 We're engineers and
% fremen. During 1855, 1875 persons were
illed and 629 wounded, by 143 railroad acct
lents There were SO fires during the year,
" which 1873 lives were lost. In 1856, but
2 fires occurred, while the loss of life amount
d to il9 persons. The number of fires in the
Union during 1856, where the loss of property
7as over 100000 each, was 227; and the as-
regate loss S21, 50, 900, against loss of
15,O49, 900 at 1913 fires in 1856 Add TO the
bove the amount of property destroyed by
res, where in each instance the loss was less
ian $780, 900. and the aggregate would be in
eased to probably se7 100000 in 1856, and
S18,O 900 in 1855. The number of steam
Dat accidents in 856 was 90; persons killed
SO; wounded, 1877 The number of accidents
1856 was 81; killed, 176; wounded, 1o7.-
turing the year 1856 there arrived at n York
ii ,el5 foreig immigrants, including 1886
ON Germany, $4,000 from Ireland, and
1851 from England. Thirty revolutionary
oldiers died in the United States in 1856
The Washington correspondent of the New
ork Herald states, on ''reliable'' authority,
lat political movement is contemplated in
'ngrGss in regard to the public domain, which
Ill create an excitement in the world greater
IAN the Kansas bill. This move consists of a
Il to be attached to the Kansas squatter SOW
eIgnty clause, giving to each territory, on its
mission into the Union as State the right ;
all public lands withi1lSts boundaries. as an
senl1al and necessary part of sovereignty
he writer asserts that the measure has already
celved several influential cooperators, and /
ere is no longer any doubt but that it will
ad to an animated ssntest There is to be an
argement given to the project in the shape
new Legislative compromise on the subiect
slavery. 1t would appear to be the settled t
cy OF portion of the members of congress c
squander away the public domain as speed 4
as possible. g# !,
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The San Francisco Herald publishes list of +
members of the Mormon legislature, and
ponds to them the number of their sanity h
yes. Of the council there are thirteen men, a
rs who have an aggregate of no less than Il
hundred and seventy-one wives. Elder .
moall' the president has sixty-four. One a
'mber' seventv-two years of age, has five d
ung wives. Of the thirteen members. nine e
re crippled and near sighted" There are 81
enty-s'x members of the house of represen- -
ives. They have among them one hundred "
4 nifty seven wives. One of them. s w.
'hards, "a young and handsome LAWYER" a
fifteen; Ezra Benson, cold and home!y," ~
also fifteen. Governor Young has sixty m
mt young and handsome wives. Altogether B
ty men of the government have amopo them
r hundred and twenty wives. tits humil;
az to think that such GROSS i,nmora1;tr al