The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-01

Purchased for Liverpool, 0,ooo
/ 10 Hayre 5000
| Do. Spain, 6,oOo
Do. Coastwise, etc. ETC., S000-39, GOO
| actnal stock. sc, 500
| From which must be deducted trash ..r
! and understandable cotton, 5,ooo -,
/ Cotton not offered being limited above
! present prices, - 2o,ooo-2o.ooo
Leaving supply on sale, bales 81 ,oOo
The result shows plainly that the amount of
cotton remaining on hand for sale at this time
is comparatively small, and that good de-
mand for only ten or twelve days would take
the whole stock off the market, as but little adj
| diton can now be made from fresh receipts
| The SAGE OF AsHLAND.-A correspondent
of the Carolnian, during recent tour through
the western States, visited Lexington, Ky, and
found his way to the grave of Henry Clay. In
the cemetery, short distance from town, he
searched for the remains of Harry of the West
first among those covered with entablatured
slabs, obelisks, pyramids and imposing monu-
ments; but the name was found on none of
He then sought it among the less imposing mar
bic tablets, but found it not. A young lad at
last led him to the spot where a little earthen
mound covers the mortal remains of the great
statesman, marked only by path worn by the
footprints of his devoted countrymen, which
told thatthe patriot stillliyed in the hearts ofthe
people, Near by the mound, was the monu-
ment affectionately inscribed by Mr. Clay to
his mother. On an adjoining eminence, which
is beautiful site, with an area of haitian acre,
circular form, the people of Kentucky intend to
erect monument of Kentucky marble, and Of
exquisite design, which is to rise 1870 feet III
height, and under which the remains of Ken
tucky's favorite son will be deposited. The
cornerstone of the monument will be laid on
Saturday next, the glorious anniversary of
American independence. A more fitting day
could not have been selected
We have an interesting item of intelligence
for those persons who are in the habit of play
ing the character of ''lobby members in the
halls of congress, or in the legislatures of the
different States. A Mr.. n. F. Bryant brought
suit against the Boston and Maine railroad
company, for payment for services rendered, in
lobbying for the interests of the corporation in
the legislature of 1856, and claiming as his due
$4,000. After a thorough examination of the
case, the jury broughtin verdict in favor OF
Bryant for six hundred and forty eight dollars.
The papers considerable decision of the jury as
virtual verdict for the defendants, and pro-
nounce it perfectly satisfactory to the railroad
company In charging the jury judge Mel
son took occasion to make an extended refer
ence to the law relative 10 bargains Of this de-
scription, holding that secret and underhand
lobbying was illegal; but that open and undis-
gused endeavors to influence legislature in
! favor of particular measure was lawful and
proper, and that payment for such services
could be enforced by law. Gentlemen engaged
in this business may govern themselves accord
ingy.
! Circular addressed to the different chambers OF
commerce and the cotton factors of the United
States, solicits attention to the following facts:
"What will become of the cotton mixed with
sand, dust and trash, we know not. No one
here will have it. We bought a few days ago
lot of decent ordinary New Orleans short
staple, at I'd. u b. On first opening them we
thought them rather dusty, and ordered our
men to put 100 lbs through the cleaning ma
chine. 1t lost in the process 141 y cent. Sc
lected three bales, taking out 100 lbs. 1t lost
475 70 cent! Not satisfied, l ordered the trial
to be repeated on another 100 Tbs. The loss
was 45I 49 cent. This loss consisted in invis-
ible dust and visible sand. We test all our pur-
chases of cotton in the same way, and we find
middng New Orleans to lose from 5d@64 "a
cent; good ordinary, 1903 ~ cent; good In
dia, average quality, 1908 y cent. Now can
any spinner be expected to buy this sanded,
dusty cotton? We say not, and pay his way.
Don't send any more of the rubbish. Your
planters are doing themselves no good by this
years system of packing cotton in Louisiana
and Mississippi
We again urge our planters to send their cot
ton to market in the best possible condition.
They will be more than repaid for their care
and extra labor.
The New York Observer, religious paper,
in the course ofan able article on: 1.-The past
and present condition of the negro" thus shows
up northern philanthropy"
Before the ancestors of those negroes were
torn from their homes in Africa, by the slave
traders of New England, and placed under the
influence of christianity at the South, they
were among the most degraded and miserable
of the human species--slaves of cruel masters,
and victims of bloody superstitions, believers
in witchcraft and worshippers of the devil
And now, what is the condition of their de-
sscendants? Several years ago. more than 3OO,-
600 of them were members of the Protestant
Evangelical churches in the slaveholding States!
Nlne-tenths OF the negroes of the south are still
slaves, but is slavery under christian masters in
| America, the same as under heather tyrants in
Africa? Degraded as these slaves may still be,
compared with the sons ofthe pilgrams ofNew
England; or even with the mass of the labor
ers in some of the enlightened countries of Eu-
rome, can 5000 600 or | 600 600 neproac