The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-20

both the "svord and purse" in the hands Of
their rulers. The new institution would in a
measure draw the specie from circulation, and.
lock it up in the government vaults, and as
subtreasuries could exist only at certain points,
such as Boston, New York. New Orleans, St.
Louis, San Francisco etc, when the holder of
treasury bill residing in Shreveport, or any
town in the interior, wished 10 convert it into
gold be would be forced to have it discounted
by broker. s.s-.
BLACK ToSGuE.-We in our last announced
that this singular disease had made its appear
ance among the cattle in the parish of Natchl-
toches There can be no doubt but it will ex
tend to Caddo parish, in fact, throughout the
whole country, and it behooves the public to be
its guard We find that the mayor and trus-
tees of Natchitoches, fully alive to the dangers
arising from the use of diseased beef, have en-
acted the following ordinance and appointed
officers to enforce it:
Whereas, it is reported and this board have
grounds to believe that there prevails in this
and the neighboring parishes disease among
cattle, known as black tongue, which renders it
dangerous that beef should be eaten, unless it
is satisfactorily ascertained by examination of
the cattle, before being slaughtered, that they
are in perfect health and exempt from all d.
seases:
Be it therefore resolved, That it shall be the
duty of the constable and inspector of beef to
call upon those persons who expose beef to sale
within the town of Natchtoches, and require
them to submit to his inspection and examina-
ton, before slaughtering, each and every beef
which is proposed to be sold in the town of
Natchitoches, and no such beef shall be sold
unless it has, on the day on which it is killed,
been examined and inspected, and permission
to kill the same for sale be given by said con-
stable and inspector. And, it shall further be
the duty of said inspector, to examine all beef
which may be brought to the market for sale
on the morning on which tits sold, land none shall
be sold until examined and inspected by him
and pronounced good and exempt from disease.
And it shall be his duty to seize and destroy
all beef which shall be offered for sale without
having been examined, inspected and pronoun-
ced good by him.
The authorities of Natchitoches are evident
" determined that no diseased beef shall be
sold in that place. 1t is recommended that the
them at home, and by that means prevent them
from mixing with other cattle This is the
most eficacous plan 3 put "a stop to the spread
Of black tongue.
The Washington Union is becoming intense
in its worship Of president Buchanan, and by
that process gives an equivalent for the fat
which Wendell and Appleton, in their capacity
of "official' organist, suck from the public
treasury Here is a specimen of its hunkeyism.
Speaking of Douglas, it says:
"The true issue, not only in Illinois but in
every State in the Union. is the administration
of MIR. Buchanan, as the representative of the
democratic party, against all opposition, wheth-
er as open enemies or false friends"
This is 'soficial' and authoritative. The
people of the United States are given to under
stand and must bear in mind that the only
issue hereafter is the administration of Buch-
anan against all opposition. The so-styled
''principles" of democracy, the prosperity of
the Union, the faithful administration of the
laws, all and everything, is to be ignored, and
the question to be decided upon is the unquali-
fed endorsement Of the Buchanan administra-
ton. That is the "only issue;' the presidents
special organ has officially proclaimed the law.
Quartermaster-g general Jesup, u. S. A, has
entered upon a newspaper campaign, through
the columns of the Washington Star. He is
making an angry defence of the mode in which
he obtained possession Of Osceola, the Seminole
chieftain, as a prisoner Of war. Osceola came
to the camp of Jesup under promise of pro-
lection to treat. The general says that the true
name Of the Indian was Powell, that he was a
spy, murderer, and had forfeited his life by
violations Of the usages of war. The
article of general Jesup is very ceremonious
and is levelled at the hon. s. Pendeton, of ir-
ginia, who in the course of a recent law aFgu
ment stated that OseHola was made prisoner
by treaehery and fraud. The old general need
not be so fiery about the matter, for all the
honor and glory of the Florida war belongs to
the Seminoes, and all the discontinue and dis
grace is the portion Of the U. S. army.
Col. Seawell, on Matagorda Bay, is reported
to have field of beautiful Sea Island cotton
for which he expects to receive one dollar per
pound. The yield of Sea Island cotton has
turned out unusually fine this season on the
coast of Texas. In many places the plants are
borne down to the ground by the quantity and
weight of the bolls. The lower portion of the
State has proved as admirably adapted to the
production of Sea Island cotton as the coast of
South Carolina or Georgia, and in a few years
will be devoted almost exclusively to that beau
tifu and highly remunerative staple.
Mr.. Yeister, of Louisville, Ky, has invented
and perfected an engine, in which electro mag
netism is the motive power. The engine con-
ssts in number Of balanced beams or frames
carrying soft-ron bars at each end, operated on
alternately by two series of electromagnetic in