The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-29
General Intelligence.

btli dISt iCh court, issued all injunction
the central board of commissioners the spner;staa
dent OF elections DC, appointed by governor VIZ
life, preventing and restraining them carryins -;
effect the act relative to elections in the parish .a
leans, passed at the last Legislature. !"
ST.. JOINS. n. f., July 22-The steamship C;,,.
sian, from Liverpool 18th inst, has arrived 0 "a
Canadas advices caused advance of ll6d il l q
Liverpool cotton market, which closed with an n
vancing tendency. Fair Orleans s 5-lSd.: m;ddto
Orleans SID mug
The Jewish bill was defeated in the house Of H.,
by large majority. The ministry ask for f5O0 o@
for the China and Persian wars. Pamersfon ~
promised to announce the government regulatians as
regard to the supply OF free negroes for the Frep
West Indies. -- 'sa
Italy is quiet J. Mazzini has escaped since l..
late revolutionary efforts failed. As
WASHINGTON, July l6-Despatches from ASH,
wall to she navy department say that the Saratos
was ordered to sail for San Juan del Norte on r.
10th ultimo.
Captain Montgomery, of the Roanoke saws h
unless some immediate provision is made for the SOL
Nicaraguan filibusters he will be compelled tolaa
them at New Orleans. -
The well men have been sent by the bark Rele.s,
The following promotions have been made: Lien,
tenant colonel Bolton, promoted to colonel; Charla
S. Marchant, to lieutenant colonel;- Morris lien
tenant-eolonel; and - MeRae, major; Alvin 6. Hd.
lenbush, of Pennsylvania, and Robert s. BartboIo
new, of Maryland have been appointed assstsn.
The cadets recently graduated with the breys
of I'd leutenants, have been assigned their rank n
the army, and ordered to join their respective CON-
panes forthwith.
The following appointments have been made bv
the president:-Richard K Meade of Va. envo
extraordinary to Brazil. +aa-.gs.&%
Benjamin f. Angle of New fork, Minister resi-
dent for Sweden - 9
Mirabeau B. Lamar, of Texas. minister resident "a,
the Argentine confederation; Wyman B. s. Moore
of Maine, consul general for the British N Amer
can provinces, from September. 557. |
WASHINGTON, July I7-01r government has r.
eognised the directory under the head of the hon
LaSere, of New Orleans, as the only bona fde Te
huantepec company.
The government has forwarded instructions to Mr.
Forsyth, our minister in Mexico, to insist on the &C.
curly and rights guaranteed to American citizens
under the Tehuantepec grant, considering that the
eighth article of the Gaddens treaty may be relied
upon sufficient to cover these demands. -
The hon. J. P. Benjamin, Z. S. senator goes GU. to
Mexico with instructions agent of the Tehuane
pee company The mail contract is to be awarded
to the company, and the transit opened on the 18th
Of November next. s
President Buchanan expresses much satisfaction
at the concluson of these arrangements, he was
DESTROYS of breaking up the Panama monopoly
WASHINGTON, July live have the following ad
ditional appointments: Consul at Valparaiso VIM
Previtt, of Ohio consul at Tahiti, Society Islands
Henry Ounce, of California; consul at Oporto John
F. Porter, South Cardinal consul at Cayenne Saml
Z Fabens; consul at Santa Martha, New Granada
Francis NJ Weems Florida; commercial agent, Apia,
Navigators Island, James 6. Derrickson, Maryland;
consul, Curacao, Moses Jeshurum, New York; assO
ciate Justice for Minnesota, Charles E. Frandreau.
The appropriations for California land surveys
have teen exceeded by sl75,00O, therefore the ae
counts of the deputy surveyors have been suspend
ed till the next congress provides means.
The secretary decides that the surveys shall Be
continued with the late appropriations and the old
liabilities lie over. -.-r
Major Parke G. Howe, of the marine corps, died
to-day.
WASHINGTON, July 18-The president has recei7
ed a dispatch from governor Walker. of Kansas, da.
ted l7th stating that serious ms direction had bro
ken out at Lawrence, and that he called out body
of y. S. troops, and suppressed it.
Immediately on the intelligence of the instruction
reaching governor Walker he started for Lawrence
The caases of the outbreak is not exactly known
yet, but it is supposed to have originated from op
position to some territorial 1aws-probably the
the tax laws.
The cabinet are now consulting on Kansas affairs
WASHINGTON, July Cot is understood that our
government requires from New Granada the cession
of the island of Tobogo in the bay of Panama, In
demnity for the past and security for the future
I6itis said the British government will propose to
acquire from New Granada the isle del Rey in Pan
anna bay. - ..-e~s- ---
WASHINGTON, July Ex-Governor Medary, of Ne
braska, asks the war department. for permission to
muster volunteers for defence against the savages at
upper Sioux agency. Secretary Floyd refuses, bu.
will send orders to fort McHenry and Macknaw for
troops to join those at forts Sterling and RdgeY to
meet the apprehended disturbances with the Mir
nesota Indians, whose annuities are cut off until
they deliver up the Spirit lake murders.
Governor Walkers proclamation is under consid.
Grafton by the cabinet
Major Ben Mccullough has arrived from Kansas,
W here he had hean 10 rhatf could no
spared for Utah. .-.F* Il
july 22--Gen. Wool has publisheda letter explain.
ing his military conduct in not interfering with Wal.
ker in his California expedition to Central America
1t appears that secretary Davis instructed him not
interfere in cases of civil misdemeanor
Gov. Walker entered Lawrence with eight compa-
MES Of dragons, and issued his proclamation declar
ing that he would not allow the people to adopt the
city charter granted by the bogus Legislature. The
people say that they won't oppose the troops, unless
fired upon, when civil war will at once be declared
New York, July 15.-The royal mail steamship
America, from Liverpool on the afternoon of the 4th
has arrived at Halifax route for Boston.
LIVERPOOL, July 4.-Cotton remains steady and qu-
ct, the market being generally unchanged, though
some descriptions had advanced slightly. The whole
stock of cotton in port amounts to $4,000 bales Of
which 495 900 are American The sales of the week
amounted to $500 bales, spectators taking 1880,
and exporters 5000 bales. The market closed quiet
and steady, with an advance some qualities. Or.
leans fair, Sgd; Orleans middling, Lied.
AdVices from Manchester are favorable. The sales
have been about average, without any quotable
change.
The news by the America is generally unimpo-
tant A revolutionary movement has taken place in
Naples. a party of the insurgents had seized
steamer and proceeded TO the island of Ponses and
liberated three hundred prisoners confined there.
The steamer was afterwards captured by frlgate
large number of arrests have been made
A reduction of the rate of interest by the bank OF
France is shortly expected.
The Italian conspiracy proves to have been more
serious than at first apprehended. Twenty-one OF
the consplrators have been arrested. Advlces from
kabylIa announce more victories by the French ar
my. The emperor Louis Napoleon and the empress
Eugene will visit the Manchester exhibition.
The steamer Fox, fitted out by Lady Franklin, has
sailed from Aberdeen for the Arctic ocean. The
steamer Great Eastern will be launched IN
September but will not sail for Portland cher first
port,) until some time next April.
SPAIN.-The Mexican question is still as before
reported The Mexican minister is still at Madrid
ITALY.-Tn addition to the movement at N aples, an
movement took place at Leghorn,but
was suppressed.
It has been ascertained that these rebellons have
been under the auspices of Mazzini. Two hundred
have been arrested and large amount of arms aud
ammunition seized
It is reported that an instruction was attempted
at Sapri
TURKEY.-The Belgian minister is awaiting his
passports. He is charged with fermenting Difficult
les in the principalites. This rupture Is saidto
nave been brought about by lord Stratford de Rad
,liffe. -