The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-12-08
General Intelligence.

received by the steamship Africa
Letters dated Liverpool, Wednesday, Nov 18th,
state that cotton firm, and estimate the sales
that day at 5000 bales, and quote middling Orleans
at 6 15-l6d
There had been violent gales the English coasts
during which number of vessels went ashore and
other property was destroyed and numerous lives
were lost. No American vessels We're lost.
The French emperor had issued decree to the
effect that the equality of religious belief is absolute
and complete under the French law. The French
papers were ordered not publish the speech of the
! king of Portugal at the opening OF parliament.
The French government had appointed commits
sion to fix the amount Of indemnify due from Portu-
gal in the Charles ct Georges affair
Trade in the manufacturing districts of France vas
! in an unfavorabe state.
! Several Jews had been appointed members OF the
! council of Algeria. .5 sa-sr. -s-a:
/ General Concha has been nominated president of
! the Spanish senate. f-s 9#
| The Riff pirates on the coast of Africa had sur
rendered to the commandant of Spanish expedition
! sent against them. a-r,
The king in his speech at the opening of the Por-
tuguese chambers says that serious msunderstand-
| ing has arisen with France in consequence OF the
capture of the French ship Charles ct Georges The
question being taken from the field of right in which
he sought to maintain it, he says he was obliged to
yield to the exacion Of the delivery OF the vessel
The documents relating to this deporable conflict, he
says will be submitted, and he hopes the cham
bers will approve Of the proceedings of the govern
ment and relieve it of the responsibility 1t was tor
! ced to incur. .-. ...-.r
HALIFAX, Nov 29-The Canard steamship Euro
pa has arrived at this port, with Liverpool advlces
to Saturday. the goth inst, which are three days Ia
ter than those by the North Briton, at Portland
LIVERPOOL, Nov 20.-The sales of cotton during
the week foot up to $1,000 bales, of which amount
for expectation All qualities of cotton have advan,
ced I'd. Some of the better grades have advanced
3-16 on our quotations of Saturday by the Africa
Holders offer their stock freely, but show no anx-
ety to sell Middling qualities have improved the
most. The sales on Friday, the 18th, were 5000
bales of which spectators and exporters took lOUo
bales The market closed firm at the following quo
tations: Orleans fair, 734d; middling, l-l6d: The
stock at Liverpool is 332 OOU bales, OF which
| bales are American.
! Robert Owen, late minister to Naples, is dead.
The Great Eastern steamship company has been
organised and El40 900 have been raised on the new
stock, but more will be required to complete her.
! The French frigate Neophyte has been lost near
Cadiz.
Lords Palmerston and Clarendon are paying visit
10 the emperor Napoleon, at Compagne
letter from Rome reports that all the great catho
lie powers have demonstrated with the pope and re-
quested the return of the Mortara boy to'his parents
at Bologna The pope in reply to these remonstrances
and appeals says such acourse is impossible.
WAsH1NGroN, Nov. 26-Judge Rose has been ap-
noiuted consul at Guaymas, Sonora, and proceeds
here shortly Ben Mccullough goes to Sonora on
private business aud not business for the govern
Inent as has been reported. Large numbers OF Mex
icans residing in Sonora have entered into league
to revolutoniSe the State, with view OF ultimate
annexation to the United States
| George Fitzhugh, Of Virginia., of the most
prominent writers on African slavery, has published
an article in the Richmond Enquirer, in which he
takes decided ground in favor Of .'protecton'' as
southern measure chasing free trade along with free
| SOIL free love, and all such lsms.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 27.-At the meeting of the Pacl-
fic railroad convention to-day the report of Mr..
Fow1kes, the president of the road, was adopted by
a majority of four thousand votes. resolution was
passed recurring the payment of fifty cents each
Share of stock that has been issued. The proceed
ngs of the convention ordered to be published.
The convention adjourned this evening to meet in
! New Orleans the Goth OF December for the cleo
ton of officers and the transaction OF such other busl-
| ness as may come before them.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 26-The house of representa-
tves to-day concurred IN the senate resolution, by
vote of ffty-one against forty declaring the cleo
ton of Messrs. Bright and Fitch, to the U. States
senate illegal, unconstitutional and void.
! 1t is reported by the Londonderry Ireland) jour
nal of the 9th October last, that the Londonderry
Dorcas association Composed of ladies' sent over
to Canada recently, large quantity OF clothing tor
the fugitive slaves from the United States, and Will
shortly renew the supply.
The will of the late judge VIM Jay, of West Ches-
ter county, New York, just made public, contains
the following: Il bequeath to my one thousand
dollars in trust to be applied by him. at his dlscre
ton, in promoting the safety and comfort of fugitive
/ slaves
Peter Nelson, of South Troy, New York, recently
discovered that his wife loved somebody else better
than she did him, and unlike most Outraged hus-
bands he sought out the destroyer of his peace
and disposed OF his better half for SIT i'll cash and
a sewing machine valued at so.
The Nicaragua affair at Mobile seems to have been
4 flash in the pan, and to have already vanished IN
! RI thin air as every sensible man must have sup
posed it would The gist of the whole matter as We
rather from the statement Of general alter Smith,
as find it in the Mobile papers, is this: Invita-
tons had been freely distributed throughout the in
terror assuring persons who would consent to en-
bark for Nicaragua that vessel would leave Mobile
on a fixed day. Under this impression, several hun
dred men assembled there and paid their passage to
a Mr.. Hessee. The day came, but the vessel did not
Co. the customhouse authorities refusing to give her
! a clearance. The men became indignant, and as
sembled in front of Mr.. HIS Office with apparently
hostile demonstrations, and dsbelieving his asser
tons that he doing all he could to get clear
ance. Becoming alarmed, he requested Gen. Smith :,
who is deputy collector of the port, to go and con
firm his statement and explain to the the true
facts of the This he did, and having stated to
them that clearance would not be granted unless
: instructions to this effect received from Wash
i ington wound up follows: Il further stated that
as they had been allured hither by invitations free
distributed throughout the interior, with assurances
of fixed day of departure, | was of opinion that
Mr.. Hessee was bound to return the passage money,
which, as said, had been paid, and provide for
their board whilst detained here, and added that
thought he was liable to them individually for dam
ages on account of pecuniary losses to which they
have been subjected. then suggested the appoint
ment by them of committee to settle with Mr.Hes
see which done at once, and the meeting quiet
ly dispersed.'
f 1t is not stated what became of the men, but we
are left to infer that they returned to their homes
peaceably, somewhat wiser than when they left.
The vessel, the Alice Tainter, we have already
stated, was chartered to take cotton to Hamburg.
A FATHER AND Two DAUGHTERS ARRESTED FOR Rob-
D1SG THE MAn.-During the past two three months,
says the Cincinnati Gazette of the 18th ult several
letters and packages containing money have been
missed from the mail on the route between Wash
ington, the county seat of Fayette county and Co
lumbus. Complaint made to the post office de-
partment, and VIM. S '. Prentiss special mail agent,
was commissioned to investigate the matter. Going
to Washington, he dispatched decoy package con
tanning between forty and fifty dollars in bills, and
half dollar in silver and then followed it up along
the route. After the mail passed the postotfee at
Duff's fork, Fayete county, the package was found
to be missing. Mr.. Prentiss immediately returned
to Duff's forks, and calling upon the postmaster, W
A. Phelps, demanded the package He indignantly
denied all knowledge of it, but the agent insisted
that the money had been taken at that office. Final
ly a daughter of the postmaster, aged about fifteen
years, acknowledged that the package had been ia
ken y her and her sister Sarah and restored nor