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

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narra,-sales Of the week $4,000 bales, Of which
ware taken on speculation s50O bales sales lor e1
MORT $500 bales Sales Oh Friday, only oooo oaies
r. which 1000 as taken for export and speculation
The general tone of the cotton market 70 It'll o'
Orleans, Sgd; middling, lolod. e-a
The Manchester markets are active, with 1fe'
tone for cotton. l,ar Per
1t is rumcred that Francels medlalihs oee" ecu .
STA and England p-;o,
The English troops nave aiHfs' - -
gulf, ,,,,. - bullion ir
the bank of France Is 50. 600, OO0 francs.
War has been declared by England at Caicutla
against Persia.
Tbe emperor of Austria had chilling reception at
Naples.
The British have commenced hostile operations IN
i the Persian gulf. .5s-5s .s.-. s
az ainst Switzerland ...
AueUsrA, (GA) Dec 2s-The steamship Tennes-
see from New York with recruits for general ak
err obliged to put into Norfolk IN con
dition
/ New YoRK, Dec 3I-The steamship Fulton, from
Havre via southampton, which left the latter port
on Wednesday, the 18th inst, has arrived at this
port. She brings four days later news than was
brought by the steamship Baltic.
| The Liverpool cotton market was hrn, and prices
| were in favor of the seller
i The sales for two days amounted to $4,000 bales,
of which spectators took 1000.
Queen Vic; oria has visited the Arctic discovery
bark Resolute, which restored by the U. States
20 the British government.
Persia has accepted the declaration of war by Great
Britain
Tie Neufchatel question has assumed very seri-
GUS aspect.
The papers announce the death of father Mathew,
| the apostle of temperance.
The sum of FL 900 had been subscribed at Ports
mouth for the purpose of giving dinner to the T.
naval officers out in the Arctic discovery bark
Resolute, which restored by the United States
to the British government after being completely re-
| fitted.
| A deputation of London and Liverpool merchants
had waited upon lord Clarendon the foreign secreta
ry, and asked the meaning of the British demonstra
ton against New Granada. We have no account of
his reply.
The plenpotentiaries to the Paris conference will
be the before. It is reported that Great Bri
tain has agreed to abide by the decision of the major
ity, whatever it may be.
A Madrid letter says that general Concha captain
generaPof Cuba, is removed, and that general Ur-
blstondo the minister of war, will probably be his
successor
DEC 29-The James Adger has been dispatched
from this place orfok take the place of the Ten
and carry Oh her passengers and recruits for
general Walker.
The steamship Illinois, from Aspiuwall, has ar
rived at this port, bringing $1,000 900 in gold from
California.
The report of the settlement of the difficulty be-
tween Great britain ana new UFanaua, IL no" aP-
pears, untrue.
Extract of letter from general Walker president of
Nicaragua to friend in New York, dated:
VIRGIN Bay, Monday, December l, l656.-Y on will
doubtless get full accounts of the late events here
from the papers. | consider that permanent
power in Central America has been on as firm
a basis as now; do | know of single month
since have been in Nicaragua wherein we have
made as much progress towards final results the
month which has just ended. l remain, with great
regard, DC. WILLIAM WALKER.
Private letters from Nicaragua say the sick and
wounded. with the women and children, who were
in Granada before its destruction to the num-
Der of some l50 convened to the island of Ometsk
in the lake, where they suffered dreadful privations
for days, and some twenty escaped, but there
are fearful apprehensions of the fate Of the remain
der of them
WASHINGTON, Dec 22-Secretarv Marcy has stated |
in private conversation that the neutrality laws
will be rlgldly enforced against the recruiting agents
of general Walker but that the recent order for the
arrest Of Garrison, Morgan and Walker was merely |
offical preliminary to the commencement of civil
suit against those parties.
The constitutonality of the Missouri compromise
that has been argued in the Fred Scott slave case in
the supreme court, Is under consideration, and it is
to be hoped that the judges will have the boldness
to meet the question. and. thus settle, in measure
a most perplexing controversy. The opinion of the
court will not be made public until towards the end
of the term.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-General Persifor F Smith
by the senate TO the brigadership i'll the army crea-
ted last congress.
The hon. S. R. Mallory has been reelected Z. s
senator by the Florida legislature for the full term of
SIX years from the 4th OF March next, when his pre-
sent term expires.
An effort is TO be made TO equalize, in measure
the mileage OF members OF congress-now dispro-
portloned to the expense Of travelling. The pay of
members from the Pacific coast reaches over $40 900
while that of those the capitol does not amount
s10o 1t proposed that the present rate of mile
age shall be continued in cases where members have
to travel two hundred aud fifty FIVE hundred miles
and to reduce the rate over that distance 10
per mile 1t Is also proposed to charge truant metn
bers twenty five or thirty dollars for each dav of uu-
necessary abscI.ce.
PHILADELrHlA, Dec, l9-The United States receiv-
ing snip Union, at anchor off the navy yard was so
badly cut by thin floating ice that she sunk in about
thirty feet water. The United States sloop of war
Preble was at anchor close by and succeeded in sa
'lng the stores, ammunition and all hands The
mon is very old vessel and hes been unseawor
by for many years. She will be raised and broken
lp, it is said.
Huntington, the Wall street financier and forger
las been convicted and sentenced four years and
EN- months imprisonment III the 7 ork pententary.
MORE SHooriSG-l ne captain of the steamer Pele
hetstone, which arrived here yesterday was shot
IN the way down by Jack Holland of Memphis, as t
We are Informed. The captain returned his ire and
wounded him, but to what extent we are not able to
ay The captain is doing very well, though suffer
1 :
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 31-In Hardin county kentuc- :
~, family named Sleth, have been poisoned bv
legro cook9 Six of the family dead and two 7
more will die.
The medical department of the University, nclu
ing the Sbrary, museum and laboratory was de- I
troyed by fire, to-day. The loss is estimated at L
lUUUUO. The property was insured for $50 900 q
The Picayune has New Y ork dispatch, stating :
hat the president had issued orders for the arrest Of
eneral Walker, c. K. Garrison and Chas. Morgan =
.ho are charged with destroying the business of the
Nicaragua Transit company. The Charleston Mer- +
ury has the following version of the story in ew l.
ork dispatch: The officers of the United States -
government have received orders to stop the ship
aeHt of arms provisions to general Walker aud :,
he president has ordered the of Garrison and
lorgan, agents of Walker, charge of Selling >
property belonging to the Transit company ;.
The Nashville Union, abiding to the report that =
Ir. Buchanan and Mrs. Polk were to be married .
ays very emphatically, and doubtless by authority
our knowledge of the lady warrants US in SAVING q
hough Mr. Buchanan were ten times president there =.
ould be no truth in the report The editor was in !,
ant OF paragraph who started it, IL
The Savannah Republican says it is rumored that
ne hon John E. Ward, of that CITY, has been fen !.
cred high appointment, either at home or abroad
the incoming administration Mr. Ward BELONGS d
the Union wing of the southern dan,,,r,ou -