The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-08


ready to cooperate with her sister States n
carving out any system thai may be agreed
upon bv such convention of delegates iht
Hoosier legislature may pass as many resolu
tons as The members choose; but All winch
may be similar to Lie foregoing will merely *
cite smile al the south. The proposition adj
i vznced is not only impracticable. but extreme
+ Iy Iudicrous, The people Of Indiana may pay
any kind OF lax they please; but The people Oh
the south viii not sell their property TO please
The freesoiers and aboIitionjsts oil Indiana; nor
would the southern States, under any eonside-
ration whatever. permit ''ihe appropriation Of
The surplus money annually remaining in the
treasury Of the general government for The
! purpose OF buying mp slaves and coonisInS them
in foreign country. Fanatics are prone TO run
wild in their calculations
Accents WANTED. We daily perceive in
the northern papers advertisements with this
u i similar catching caption, holding forth
extraordinary inducements to young and en-
er.etic men with small capital Eithert the
inducements are not sufficient. or the young men
are very scarce, for these advertisements are
often continued for months. In looking over a
copy of The n York Sun We found six Of these
notices, AL OF them anxious TO furnish full par
ticuIafs on receipt Of n postage stamp. Some
are in want of $40 men, another 1000, and
others again wish 10 engage "a young man oil
genleeI address in every town and city in The
/ Union" Some OF tie advertisers promise a
bet profit of $50 10 500 per month"; others
from $3.50 10 $3.50. The seed scattered broad
cast By these advertisements brings forth a
plentiful harvest Of ''interesling young rlorth
erners, " who, imagining any description OF labor
derogatory 10 their dignity, Turn itnerant ped
lars and nfrst the southern States with all sorts
OF ''patent" lotions, pills. worm medicines and
grease for the hair, together with wash boards
and churns, which hey, with unheard of peril
n#city, persist in offering to and even forcing
upon unwilling purchasers. Not unfrequently
the young gentlemen are engaged in vending
some trashy. catch penny volume put forth by
obscure publishing houses. Sometimes they are
while thus engaged secret agents for the under
ground railroad, and If their eIoquence does not
always induce the fnassrf or mistress To pur-
chase their trash, they can tamper with the ne
yroe3nd write home wonderful accounts Of
tile "crueties' practieed at the south 1t is
becoming time that sOutherners should set their
faces against such adventures.
DEMOCRATIC TEsTINoNY.-Tbe Tallahassee
(Florida) Sentinel states that it has seen let
ter TO a citizen offs town from prominent dem
ocrat Of Kansas, lale of Virginia, who repre-
sents ex-governor Geary t5zbe decided aboli
zionist. Reporting The information derived from
this letter, the Sentinel says:
"Geary has sold out TO the ''freedom Shrek
ers, and is fishing for a seat in the T. States
senate when Kansas comes in AS a State He
is charged with interfering with the judiciary
and playing into the hands of the frcesoilers
BY vetoing every bill passed by the legislature
that doesn't smack Of Freedom" Sound
enough al first. he has turned 10 be Il real Buck
and Breck and free Kansas democrat at heart.
IN the language Of The letter writer as black
An aooiiIonIsi AS any one OF the late Worcester
WI, ''''''''' ~
"' -'0''' ~ - '"S'--''oh' the ho'o-
~ appears 10 nave
o''" ''0 ann "''u p'"'5 VI t''e '"'e au"'hls'fa
''' 'n"N S"outo
~ "Pp'''''e" avn u iA'''iSaS'
Benjamin F. HaIIett, the maker of the demo
cratic platform at Cincinnati, and of The freesoI
platform at Buffalo, has been dismissed BY the
president from the office of L. S. district atlor-
ney for Massachusetts. and Charles Levi Wood
bury appointed to the place. The amusing part
Of the affair, is that Woodbury. vainly sought to
obtain the very same appointment when Pierre.
was inaugurated president. 1t would appear
that H"IIett is too notorious demagogue to suit
the new administration.
The Hartford lcann T;n,an :
stance OF the successful breeding of fish by ar
'''ic'"' means IN that city. During the past
"'"''' MI T. Z. Kellogg placed box, with