The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-13
General Intellige,o

ton. The market still continued I FL s. doin,
ally in low and middling qualities ueGiae' g.
anxious to realise. Receipts had bo.. HoIe,s
In Manchester goods had slightly !. SergG
The French funds had further dao qNeeli1a
and there was report that the oovo1''Dedh a
seek to obtain another loan, by c6,nnssnp.IaeR
to double its capital. This was rarnsi!lingtaf
satisfaction, and it was said the d;raa1as b.
dedly against the measure We NAV iR a.
tornado in France this summer. 'o0ko on
NEW YORK, May 5th.-The trial oe, @ p
ham and John J. Echel, for the mnrda a's C,s
vey Burdell, commenced to dav. de}
NEW YORK, May 1.-The steamship
left Liverpool on the 18th April, has .AiHss
She brings one week 8 later dates "n,r,7e Is
cotton market slightly declined. .ihelhS
was quoted at I'D Holders freely ro.1 N9
low grades were difficult of sales At .hetas
decline b.,
had raised the premium. TIL
New YoRK, May 4.-The Liverpool And,
steamship Indian, from Liverpool on tb @p q, y
has arrived at Quebec. The cotton mark:
ed very dull. ~
The money market is slightly more s..:
The London papers classify the new hug" .1
mons as follows: Palmerstonians, os;'oaS
227; reformers, 40; liberal conseryst;a,' os
The British have refused to ratify tho h.S
The London Globe states that at preso Data
of Norwich has not the power Of yacsta:
and an act of parliament must be pasSa aIIo.s
lawful to accept his resignation. Unds.aat
cumstances, the vacancy is purely prosn. Ny
no steps have been taken to fill it IN 'pFsl4
The French government has adoptea q,
system of transportation for criminal. ,A
from the manufacturing districts are w.. ID
factory. ~
More startling rumors of plans to ss...
emperor of the French.
The grand duke Constantine had a,,ir.,
lon, where he was received with great Lon|as
Curious instance of the force of non ,"TS
dice has just occurred in France Manry'-ss
SAINTS in France live in the conviction tia%%&
of the potato disease lies in the vapor f@%*s
road locomotives; and laborer, receptr.% '
ing the railroad line as the train fron 95&
passing, deliberately fired a pistol at n WI
strokes, which fortunately escaped unbrr
The Spanish and Mexican difficulty H..
sidered to be in a fair way towards pss;;
ment.
WASHINGTON, May 5th The adniBist,,s
tain that the Bulwer- Clayton treaty has M.
carried out by the British governne1,
hereafter insist on its being carried ont
The entire amount Of public lands sou,,
ted in Wisconsin amounts to $40 900 OG
BosTos, May 5.-Whitney Ferris has faa
Shaw, Sampson d Brombell, Chapman LsiI
and Bigbee, Hidden 4, Co.
LOUISVILLE, May 6.-Judge CrenshaF d.
of appeals of Kentucky, died yesterday.
1TH MAY.-There are feet of water Opa
ST. LOUIS, May 5lh.-The Kansas CiyFr
learns that the Cheyenncs are concentrafg
head waters of Republican fork with the Il.
ton OF attacking any troops that may be =
their country. They have large suppIrI
and ammunition, and have made overtGFae:h
oux for assistance, which, it is reported /.
have refused.
A terrible battle has been fought at Penn
between the Snake and Blackfeet indians \
seven of the latter We're killed.
CHICAGO, May 5th.-The story PUBLISH
Missouri Republican, about the Indian t,r
fort Dodge, Iowa, is without the leastfouD3
CINCINNATI, May 5-Dispatches from CHI.
nounce that lake Pepin is open.
FIRE AT OXFORD, N. CA dispatch fral
mond, Va, states that fire occurred at 0rtr
c., few days ago, by which whole sorsr
destroyed. Loss 5000 The dispatch adj
Messrs Hansden, Mitchell, and LYNCH psr
heaviest losers.
NEW ORLEANS, May 5-The British fieate Ia
from AspinwalI, with 100 of Lockudges men, +
San Juan river, has arrived at the mouth of the
slssippi river. The men are in amiserahleds
tuse condition, and in addition to their otheIr
bles, have the measles among them.
The late heavy rains washed away FIVE bridges
did other material injury to the New 0rleau
} Jackson railroad.
The schooner G. II. Vickery, while lyinglg
mouth of the Mississippi, Oh the 4th inst, vssz
by lightning, and badly injured.
The ship Lanark, from Rio Janeiro, witt
bags of coffee, arrived to-day.
a large company has been formed in NevG
to supply that city with coal from the mnesa
Ouachita river, recently discovered The
pronounced by competent judges, to be otsv
oerior quality.
OxNARDlsM.-We heard yesterday that aBeg
alcation has lately TRANSFERRED, by which OF.
principal Carondelet street shipping hogs
ound itself minus to the extent Of eighty az
dollars. The operator was partner or cz
old the bills of the house and pocketed thega
that amount. n. 0. Ija
IN Al / nuTSQaF, JUL
Ill the lower part of town, where the Unims
'ress and all the large warehouses were stu
ogether with about sixty dwellings, were conz
With about $500 bales of cotton Two lives
ost. The entire loss is estimated at S25O0W.
a very destructive ire recently occurred att
illinois.
The North Carolina fisheries, like those on tn
omac, have been doing a very poor business
eason, and behring's are selling on the beat
z 81 per thousand. The supply is said to b
alf equal to the home demand.
The St. Louis Democrat SAYS there are unplea
umors in that city in relation to loss said
allen upon the Chicago, St. Paul and Fond d.
abroad; by the failure of an English house
cid near million. dollars of its bonds NJ
en-, the president of the road, has, it is saiij
Europe to ascertain the extent of the mistas
nd to look after what MAY be saved.
A stock company has been formed of perss
ldlng In Cincinnati and DAYTON, Ohio. who
instructed steam-wagon to run on commonu
A large building at Albion, Michigan, occu;
swelry and hardware stores, fell during a ste
he 2lst ult., burying five persons in the ruins
The Cataract house at Niagara falls, was 10
Or the season on the goth ult The Interlg
otel was to open on the 9Th inst.
ne first steamer of the New Orleans and Hg
ne FRANCOIS Arago-left New Orleans on TIL
1st., under the command of captain Gilbert 1s'
After the bred Scott decision, the democaie
assers in Gloucester, R. T., struck the names d.
olored voters from the roll The colored:ldH
Is are proceeding against them for the lso'aa
suffrage.
The number of emigrants who sailedtmn }
yerP for North America in the three months eHS
.prll LIST, was 1851, in IL ships. Eleven d.
alps landed at New York.
An Atlanta paper says that from there to W
ah, not single field of corn or cotton is sisRS
avlng been destroyed by the late cold wealth.
The digging of Artesian wells has proved
emily successful in Algeria By the aid d6
he parched arid desert, that seems as stereS
'ck, may be made to blossom as the rose.
In the New York court of Geneva sessions
)th ult., doctor Elijah Hunt was coDvictedd ?
laughter in the second degree, in causing theS
Harriet Lawson, by procuring an abortion.
ar person.
The Washington correspondent of denOsr'7
an in Cincinnati, says that the late appoints;
lptain Rynders to the U States marshaishpd!
ork was made by the president without resgts'
ounter petitions, circumstances and even 'FD
skiing the views of the cabinet" 1t is ansH
ent against which all the prouder and mars
n Of he lr.