The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-06-24

R4ros ROUGE, June 15-The democratic conyen
ton assembled at l2 o'clock, the attendance being
very full.
4 new delegation from ST. Tamnany parish asked
admission to the in the place OF the Bowie
delegation
The committee on credentials were unable to agree
upon the claims of the delegations from St. Tarnfna
n.y. and consequently referred the matter back to the
convention
The Bowie delegation from ST. Tammany offered
to produce to the convention evidence of the validity
of their claim, which offer was rated out by call
for the previous question.
The whole vote of the convention, taking in the
two delegates from the parish Of ST. Tammany,
amounts to So, making necessary to choice tboth
St Tammanv delegations voting) 80 votes With
Init one delegation from St. Tammany the number
If votes are So; necessary to choice 30
Immediately on the rejection of the offer of the
Bowie delegation to produce the evidence Of their
tile Mr. Bowie, with half Of the delegates present.
withdrew from the convention.
The delegates who were left after the Withdrawal
of Bowie and the delegates who accompanied him,
proceeded to cast their votes for candidate for con
,ress for the third congressional district.
The remaining delegates gave Thos. Green David
son, of ST. Helena. twenty four votes, this number
being FIVE votes less than majority of the whole
convention.
Az vet ii is impossible to say what course that
norton of the delegates who have withdrawn from
the convention will take, but it is highly probable
that they win organisea new convention.
There is much excitement among the democrats,
while the lockers on from the American party are
immensely ticked at the prospect.
While the convention to nominate democratic
candidate for congress in the third congressional dis
trct has been session, the vote of city the
fax for the New Orleans ana Baton Rouge railroad
was TAKEN resulting III vote OF LA Tor the tax and
65 against it.
CONCORD, June 10.-The State democratic coIyen-
ton has nominated Asa ?. Gate for governor
A returned Nicaragnan named Robert Augustine
4 -. |. r1 sr
a gun shot wound and intestinal sickness, was
brought to the first district lookup last evening at
the instance Of Mr.. William Coleman, Of Texas who
charges him with having broken out of The Texas
penitentiary in company with others, and with hav-
ing killed and robbed the jailer, after dong which
they made their escape to Nicaragua. Augustine
had been sentenced to imprisonment for five years
for shooting man ID Bear county 1t IS reported
that Augustine was at time the leader Of the band
of desparadoes with whom the citizens Of San An
tonic had such serious conflict recently He con-
fesses to his having escaped from the panitentiary
as stated He is considerably broken down BY sick
ness and walks upon clutches. He was remanded
this morning to await a requistlon from:the COVER
nor of Texas. nj @. Times
N1cARAaUA-A gentleman who came passenger
BY the Philadephafro San Juan del NoSte OF Grey
town. states that when he leftthere were no Walker
men at the place. By bungo arrivals from above
the news at Greytown was, that the Guatenialians
1and Hondurians had returned home leaving force
IN charge Of Riyas and Granada but tha since Wal
ker left the country, the old intestine feuds had
broken out aresh and that those two northern States
were preparing for warupon each other. The Costa
Ricans have returned home, though lie Castillo
and San Carlos forts are still fortified by them The
natives at Greytown in bad spirit and the expec
tation is that Walker would have very little trouble
in overrunnng the country again if he went there
with l0O9 men, and the means requisite, There are
but two vessels Of the English feet now left at Grey
town. Col. Kinney is supposed to have been lost
having gone up the coast weeks since in leaky
coasting vessel and had not been heard of when our
informant left ~-.
The New York correspondent of the Charleston
Courier says, private advices from Washington an
nounce that Mr.. Anthony Barclay, who was recalled
at the instance of the late administration has been
invited to return to this country and assume his
former position as her maestys consul, by general
Cass, secretary Of state. This is reliable much
as the Geographic dispatch was this morning re
ceiyed by one of his sons. The reasons assignee
that Mr.. Barclay has not been already appointed
is that the English government would not send any
other consul than Mr.. Barclay and waited to see i
he would be received by our government
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express, VII
ting from Murfreesboro', NJ G., makes he following
statement:
Moneyed men in the lower counties have beer
greatly alarmed by the reported failure Of The late
cashier Of the Farmers Bank Of Elizabeth city ant
his failure may affect the bank very niourously.-
There is great run with these bills, and genera
dstrust. His liabilities, it is thought, wi II not
coed $4,000, and If SO, the results will not be 81
disastrous as will imagine, as his assets are es
timated at least 100 600