The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-03-25
General Intelligence.

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arrived At this port bringing San Francisco pans ns
to the 9th Of February. f4pen
The George Law brings million in treasure
We learn from the San Francisco papers H.. :
treasurer Of the State Of California has besa ae
peached and that twelve robbers have been eraoa ~;
at San Diego. Business in California was ran;assa
improving.
fhelegislatures of Oregon and Washington ,.,.
z NV York, March l7.--Ttis reportedthat on.
ernnent will recall Mr.. Forsyth, the q. S. mn sos'
in Mexico account of his having entered n.
recent negotiations without Instructions 49, ~
The cotton market is dull. and prices are in favo.
If the buyer ss4ass& ND
WAsH,saroS March l0.-The senate has r.,;c
commercial treaties with Chill Persia, and Vaasd
la The judiciary committee will report that Nv
lack sufficient testimony IA the case of Welsh tows.
rant decided opinion. In the case If Cameron ~
committee report that he is entitled TO a seat
MARcH l2-Samuel Medary, esq has been 3.
pointed as governor Of Minnesota, and j B Anda.
son as governor Of Washington territory-tLe lasa.
appointment to take effect on the expiration Of voy
efnor Stevens commission.
The senate, to-day, have amended and raifedb.
Dallas Clarendon treaty, by q vote Of thirtyous
5agans, fifteen.
WASHINGTON, March l3.--The senate has given,
decision sustaining Mr.. Cameron in his seat US sea
ator from Pennsylya
The case of the Indiana senators has been tsblpa
for this session. @e
Phillip Clayton. of Georgia, has been confrmedbv
the reslae. assistant secretary Ut the treasury
vice Peter G.. Washington, resigned. Mr.. Clay,on
under The late administration, was second audiord
the trea Jury department. Picayune.l
John Scott cunningham has been confirmed i,
plr~er Of The navy.
The hon. Elisha whittlesey, comptroller Of II.
treasury, has resigned.
March Ia he senate has confirmed WilliamE
Venerable, OF Tennessee. minister to Guatemala.
he senate has also confirmedJ ]. Page Hopkins "a
consul at 1abasco, Mexico; joel W White. Of Con.
ntcticut, consul Lyons, France; +. A. Thornton,
IF North Carolina, consul A pinwall Peter La.
| Sanseu an (Seuzeneau) Of Louisiana, consul at
Matamoros; Charles g. Baylor Is consll at Manehss.
ter England.
The Senate has also confirmed A. B. Ragan. Of
| Georgia, as paym,aster in the army and P. H. Mont
| gomery, Of Arkansas, as army store keeper.
| The Sandwich islands treaty is dead.
Mr. Marigny has declined the appointment Of post.
| master at New Orleans.
MARCH Is Henry B. Andrews has been confirm.
ed as postmaster at Galveston.
| The senate has adjourned sine die
The office Of attorney general Of the q. States was
rendered 10 Mr.. OConnor, of New York but he very
positively declined. Judge Black, Of Pennsy wanna,
was then nOmlAated
The latest northern papers report that the opposi
ton to the appointment Of hon. Clancy Jones as
posttasle r general which caused him to decline the
| domination, was made by John W Forney and his
| friends
| Mr. Buchanan, it is stated, has emphatically an.
HOuneed That lie Will carry OUT IHe pTlucipi vi TOTE.
| ton in office through the whole Union vaca,ine
! commissions as they expire.
In the u. S. senate, Oh the 9Th instant senator
Crittende offered resolutions approving the course
of The late administration IN regard 70 the rules of
maritime law proposed ny the Paris conference
The billto distribute the surplus revenue nowin
tile treasury among the several States of the Union
which had been passed by the house, was not COZ.
sdered nshe senate, 1.-THE late session OF congress
Among the appropriations made by congress dur
ing the late session one for the exploration and
SURVEYS for ship canal across the is hmus OF Darl
en- and The extension of surveys and completion ol
the exploration Of the Panama and Paraguay rivers.
1 Mr.. Marcy, it Is said. has not left the Greytown
affair to be decided by the incoming administration,
The french. through le compile de Sartiges, made 4
claim for indemnity for losses to French citizens hap
pening at the time Of the bonbardment. The legal.
ty and propriety of The course of this government
has been vindicaed in dispatch, said to be OF great
ability which wiHnot reachthe light except through
appropriate channels.
! KANsAs-Advices from Westport state that meet.
ing Of citizens passed resolutions to resist every ct.
fort from every quarter calculated 10 the form
er troubles, and extending hospitable welcome 70
eigrants from all sections Of the country, and pedg.
ing themselves to let the laws OF Kansas and Mis-.
souri, punish all violators Of the law.
ST LOUIS, March II Governor Geary, of Kansas,
is still here. 1hecanse Of his resignation is the
failure of president Pierce to support him in his
measures and The opposition Of the territorial Judi,
ment Of slavery in Kansas by the constitutional con
vention TO be held, is inevitable.
The river at this point is falling.
There is nine and a half feet water to Cairo.
FRoM PASAMA--By the Quaker City, arrived Al.
Mobile, We have seven days later Intelligence from
i the Isthnnus of Panama, brought to Havana by tho
4 George Law. which sailed from Aspnwall the 9Th
instant. The Aspinwall papers Of that date contain
mo later accounts Of affairs in Nicaragua The Coa.
/ rier announces the arrival Of the schooner Gull
III,
Mott, on the 4h instant. She brought, however. ne
intelligence of interest either from the country Of
river. The inference from this silence is, says he
Havana Diario, from which we translate. that thu
flibusters had not succeeded in forcing the passagt
Of the ALL that the want Of boats compelled
! them tohalt III the middle of the voyage.
The Panama Ssar and Herald, referring to the re
ported success of Walker on the San Juan. the cut
ting off Of the fort at Castillo by the flihusters, etc
assures its readers on authority Of colonel Kinney
that the reports false and that that point stll
< remained IN the hands of the Costa Ricans. Thu
information our readers must remember, comes to u
through i've hostile channels, the Panama Star and
/ the Herald. and the Diario de la Marina.
i There Is not word OF Intelligence from w alke
i by way of the Pacific.
/ The Milledgeville {Ga) Recorder says that, OF
Sunday night week, at half past 10 O'Clock. sever
shock Of an earthquake felt in that city, SO 50
we're that it awoke many persons from their sleep
commenced with prolonged rtmblng sound. is
thunder, DUE nom OeltW--tne SKY cIouQlGSs--WHci
4 increased with great force, causing considerable
vibration Of The earth. from east to west-the runIb
ling from the west, Soon after its cessation, strong
and cold wind Prang up. the thermometer falngin
two hours IS degrees from Sc to BY producing iss
/ in abundance.
/ The Cassville (Ga) Standard presents US with.he
most recent instance o. the marvellous in the way 81
resurrtc ions. a e-pectabe citizen, who had been
engaged in the business of lumber cutting, sickened
and died. The body was confined, the corpse waa
placed on board a steamer, and was two days ca
route for the place Of sepulture. The coffin was t.
ken shore and opened hen to the blsnded aston.
iSllnent and alright of the spectators, new-born
smile snffased the supposed dead mans features
Resuscitatives resorted to, and the Flowed and
lost" is worth his weight in spectres and collins
The Standard vouches for the positive verify Of tho
facts we have stated 1t is another and signal
4 warning against premature burials s
II The Anzeiger DIES sWestens, German paper in s.
Louis, III arguing the policy Of emancipation IN
Missouri, gives statistics of population showing ina.
slavery has only nominal existence in one-hat q
4 the S ate. There are twenty-five counties, win
white population Of 100000. that averages only u
8 slaves to each county There are twenty five othe,
countless with l2l 900 whites that average only 2O
slaves to each county. In the whole State there arc
only twenty nine counties containing more than W
| slaves.
Among the items Of the bill Of fare provided ~
the crowd who took part in 1.-THE terpshicorean haaa
Inf hal caram yuara tha foOWlHg