The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-03


resolutions
Resolved, That this conference petition fol
the enactment Of a law by congress for com
plete protection Of female passengers on imml-
grant vessels; that the power TO punish viola
tons in all cases which occur on board of yes
sells, foreign as we'll as American, landing at
American ports, shall be referred to the crimi;
nal courts of that city; and that the sexes be
separated during the voyage, families excepted
Resolved, TO petition for the enactment OF
a law that all ships shall be required to have a
competent physician on board, who shall have
graduated, and have his diploma from a medi-
cal college,
Resolved, To petition for the enactment of a
law requiring all captains of vessels to deliver
the effects of passengers who may die during
the passage on board the vessel to the agent OF
said vessel. and furnish the consul of the de-
ceased's government with notice thereof.
In the opinion of the convention the enact
ment of the foregoing laws would tend greatly
to the comfort and security of Immigrants.
M1ss1ss1pp1-Go Gov McRae was permitted
to walk over the course in the 9Th COMPRESSION
al district of this State, TO fill the vacancy oc-
casioned by the death of general Quilman
without opposition. He is of course elected
The Natchez Courier, in speaking of the result
of the election in that Adams) county, and
the fact that governor McRae was the only can
didate, remarks-'Out of about 100 adults
who voted, he got 553 leaving about 400 who
preferred nobody to represent them rather than
governor McRae, and expressed that prefer
ence in their votes; and it is equally true that
many voted for him inadvertently, knowing
that be was unopposcd, and that it would make
no difference in the result, and therefore not
taking the trouble to erase his name from the
ticket. This carelessness swelled his vote at
several precincts; but yet it is an undeuiable
fact that his name was freely scratched by
men Of his own party faith, who like not the
man, nor the nomination, nor the way in which
it was made.
The Irregular party nominees seem to have
been unfortunate in all parts of the State at the
recent election. In Pontotoc county, which
is strongly democratic, the regularly nomina-
ted democratic ticket was defeated throughout.
The same thing occurred in NoSubec county,
and to some extent in Attala and other coun-
ties, in the 9th judicial district, Hancock is
elected Judge, Notwithstanding Daniels was the
democratic nominee; and in the LIST district
Patton beats the regular nominee for district
attorney We infer from the figures as they
come to hand that the people of Mississippi are
decidedly averse to involving their judicial and
county offices, &c, in the whirl pool Of national
politics.
In addition to the above, we may give the
following item from TIshemingo county remark
ing that Tisheminyo is usually good for a de-
mocratic majority of 1000 votes The Renzi
Clipper, of the 9th inst, says: 1.-The demo
cracy have elected in Tishemingo county, five
of the nominees and lost four of them. We
still have majority of the county officers
the probate clerk. circuit clerk, treasurer, sur
veyor and ranger; while the Americans have
the sheriff, probate Judge, assessor and coroner.
Speaking Of the result of the recent cleo
tons in the north and west, the Mobile Regis
ter, the chief organ of the Alabama democra-
cy, says: "The telegraph brings us news of
the success of the black republicans in several
of the States of the north. While we deplore
this evidence of the prosperity of black repub-
licanism so far as regards the contest between
the black republicans and the democrats who
have suffered defeat at their hands, we own
TO good degree of ''serene Indifference at
the result. Since the northern democratic can
cSdates have all been guilty of the perfdy of
abandoning the Kansas conference act and
identified themselves with the Doug as defec-
ton against the administration and the south,
we have felt little or no sympathy with them.
We have felt that the ties of our fellowship
with them were pretty nearly dissolved. We
have not many tears to shed over their defeat
Our southern brethren may at least learn from
these results that nothing is to be gained by
concessions to the northern anti slavery senti-
ment. Some of the southern democrats have
looked with favor upon the course of these
northern democrats-Douglas and others-in
their reputation OF Lecompton and the con-
ference act, lnasmuch as they deemed that
thereby the democratic party would sustain it.
self in the anti slavery sentiment, these north
ern democrats have been beaten in Ohio, Penn
! syIvanla and Indiana Even Mr.. Douglas has
not been able to sustain the fortunes of the de-
mocratic party in the northwest or the new
northern platform upon which lie had led it.
The Mobile Register is the properly of col
lector Sanford and John Forsyth, u. States
minister to Mexico-both federal Office hol-
ders.
Mr.. BUCHANAN AND CuBA.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Times says
that Mr. Buchanan's policy, in endeavoring to
purchase Cuba, aims at five things. viz:
| i. TO satisfy tie bishop and clergy of Spain
that the catholic church would not wane any
and be forced to a secondary position on the
island, in the event Of its transfer to the United
States.
2. To satisfy queen Chrstiana that her thir-
ty millions of private property on the island
would not be subject to the principles Of agra
rianism, but would be doubled in value by the
transfer.
8. To satisfy the agriculturist that his mar
ket would not be injured, but improved, by
having not only the ports of Cuba, but the
whole country, free to his produce.
4. To satisfy the commercial interest that
! free trade would be accorded them here, while
they could discriminate at home according to
their own pleasure.
And lastly, to satisfy tie government that a
transfer IF the island is actually necessary 10
secure lasting peace between the two countries
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