The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-08

.ini., tahaccO il much larger than one - 1h"tt
lad and a New Orleans Or Kentucky ho5s-
head much larger than either. Nc a'ef@ =;
weirht of cargo per iaosslaead 10 NE" VT
leans is 1900 lbs.
r5e Sam. variation is found ia the weight OF
eaton. The following is the average weight
and measure per bate Of the different kinds Oh
cotton received At Liverpool in 1856
Average Wright. cable measure
Mobile. "a - lbs. . . fs+ =. per bale
View Orleans, sso !. -
sis 1'ls,d 333 SIS
Pa,, I,.aia 3s3 IS
Egyptian z49 O. q. "a
fSraziI;a,s ls2 II
Il will be seen that. sinyulariy enough. the
East Indian bales are much better pressed and
hacked than United States cotton. Hour own
cotton could be pressed and packed as well as
the East Indian. it would make a vast differ
.nce in our frei.hting slips. as a New Orleans
bale of cotton Of 455 pounds would occupy but
about 10 cubic feet. instead OF 81 teeL. IAN
any of OUT readers inform Us why the East In
dian cotton is So much better compressed! =
Here appears to BE- a chance for yankee in5e
nutv to make fortune in improving IN the
mode of packing
We understand that one cargo Of Mobile cot
ton this year averaged SIS pounds per bale.
AMI cargo from Apalacicola 523 pounds per
bale A slip would take from New Orleans
$40 more bales than from Apalaehicola, but
would have some Sky thousand pounds hess
weight in her cargo. Charleston S. {. cot
ion IS now much better pressed and packed
than heretofore Boston journal
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spondent of tie Baltimore American writes as
follows. On the 2oth ult.: "A letter was re-
celseel here to-day from W. W. Drummond, T.
S. supreme judge in Utah territory, BY the ad-
miniStratiof IL gives sad and deplurable
picture of matters in that territory. The fol-
lowing is taken from the letter: The leading
men Of the church are more traitorous than
ever. Only lew days since all the papers,
records, docktts, and nine hundred volumes OF
the laws were taken out Of the supreme court
clerk : office and burned. And this is not the
only instance of the kind. | say to You again
and through You 10 the president. Ii is ln'pos-
>ble for lis Ia enforce the laws in this territory.
Every man here holds his life at the will of
Brigham Young. AMI hsre We are without pro
TIC hon. am firmly Of opinion that Babbit
Was murdered by mornons under direction OF
Brig ham Young, and not by Indians. Muir
der is common thing here: and mormons can-
not be punished will mormun jury. Wines
cS officers and governor 10 pardon. Ills too
cruel and must not be endured. A man, not
member of the church is murdered, robbed,
castratrd and imprisoned. solely for question
Ing the authority of the church. Persons arr
now in The penitrnliary, convicted before the
Il
crime l. there any other country where this
abuse is or would be endured? Let all. then,
take hold aud crush out one OF the most trea-
>onable organisations in America. The a !!
ministralun have had the matter under seri-
ous consideration, and will soon appoint gov
.-rn,,r, understand, WIN will take sufficient
military force into the territory ~ carry out the
VS. 10 thefuIIcst extent
NEGLECTED DEAD.-We noticed some time
since in the Norfolk Argus an account of the
condition of the grave of Jefferson. Mr. JEFF
ferSon was buried at Monticello, his country
seat, in AlbemarIe county. The estate has
long since passed away from his family. and
his remains now resi- in soil owned by stran-
gers. A plain tombstone once marked The spot, |
but every stranger who paid visit to his final |
mento, until il has almost entirely disappeared. |
While Virginia is making appropriations to
have statues Of the author of the declaration
OF IN dependence cast in bronze. to grace her |
Washington monument and 10 be set up as an .
ornament in her university. would it not be /
well TO have his grave enclosed and projected .
from The Expectations of those who make SO !
frequent pllgrlmages 10 Monticello?
i
is not confined to tire case of Jefferson. Patrick
Henry lies buried in the county of Charlotte,
not only without ii tombstone tumark his grave,
but even without enclosure around it. Il
can scarcely be found by those who, in pass
ing. would pay his remains a tribute of respect
80 With Madison, who repoSes near his old re-
Sldence IN Madison formerly Orange county, |
while Monroe was suffered to die out of the
limits oi his native State and 10 share tomb
with another in some obsure Cemetery in the
city of New York. We believe that Nh. Ran
doph's grave Is also unprotected. and this is
probably the case with many others of Virui-
MA llIustriuus SONS
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier
FINISHES Il romantic story of Young lady of
thzaoethiown. n. j., being confined BIZ her
parents IN lunatic asylum in Hartford. CON
arcticut, to prevent her from running away
With her true 'loyer.' Tie writer concludes:
Some OF The relatives and intimate friends of
He Young lady. hearing what disposition had
'een made OF her, at once asserted that the
examination of the physicians and the eonfne
nenl IN tie a>y lum were all a cheat and shan,
ma '"ere only pretexts 10 conquer another ma =;
aay. Il has been said that a town n..t;n,,
vas held and The place made so hot that tbt
am'is WHO took part in making a lunatic ont
u i"'e-s'rk girl found it pleaSan,rr to leav.
nan TO remain. The last report | heard was
"a' i'~yrfs had been engaged to look into the
n"'''r 10 establish the fact that the yonny la. t
y never WAS insane, and to desehn the Irue
motives which ncie So strange proceeding. j.,
Is preiH certain that there will be a law suit.
nd probably several libel suits The scene 3
l THIS affair Is laid in EIizAbethtown. or as it
now called. the CITY of EIizabeth.'
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NEW GRASApA.-The Panama eorresnend- r
mt OF the New 4ork Herald writes on the 1o,h
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