The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-09-08
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open northern rouae 70 tne &&4SA4 isE opening
,fis route, which was surveyed werner Stevens
;.,m;praton to the north wet N6ssld pass throuph
~ avn possessions, instead M those of Great mi.
~ .s;r and new States would grow up III those r;ch
mineral and agricultural regions, now nothing but
Tbe overland Paci6c mi! ornpany will commence
,nnng through mails fron thu Mississippi river 4
san Francisco % the 18th VI September This route
i divided into six sections, each sectioB having 4
is,,nerintendeht as follows: ii From tha Miss;s-
sum river To Preston 2. From Red River 10 fort
snPpdhourne via Belknap. 3. From fort Ghadbourna
nl 81 Paso. II From Ell Paso to Tucson II Arizo-
~ S. From Tucson 70 fort Tumah. Il From fort
ynmah to San Francisco
IT. imagine it is yarn. Psora is thd technical
W, for the disease commonly known as The Itch
sWe have received q hasty message from York, con
ewing the sad and alarming intelligence that the
't f4riphtful contagious disease, Psora is raonp
~ hat borough, defying the skill Of the most eype
I;anced physicians, and carrying off, in few hours
~ whom it attacks. The usual specific, sulphur
aas nrored in the present instance entirely neffica
a;ous The utmost CONSERVATION regns in the town
III The inhabitants are leaving in crowds by eyerv
aa..a;nahle conveyance. Some of the most public
snr;ted and devoted citizens, however remain, and
sre unremtting in their attention to all who need
assistance.
rsmed John Butts, while going home Intoxicated,
tan the street. and rolling into the mouth Of
cover came near being eaten by rats 1t seems
~, as officer Lewis was going his rounds about 70
dock at night, he discovered pair of legs stick
I'm mt from the well-hole of the sewer He forth.
r3b repaired to the spot and failing to arouse the
"1ner Of the legs, caught him by the heels and drew
him out. when it appeared that one of his ears was
eaten off by rats The yernin had just commenced
heir repast, and would doubtless have finished him
Two genteelly dressed young men visited the
{ mint in Philadelphia on the 18th ult. by permits
s;op of the superintendent, and were shown through
the building by an attendant. They were left alone
few moments in of the rooms, and managed
With false key, to open of the cases. from which
thew distracted about $500 in gold. They left the
building unsuspected, but afterwards ferreted
emf by tRepolice and identified.
II .snsstated that Cincinnati, containing over two
hundred thousand inhabitants and doing a larger
business than any other western city, has only fifty
thousand dollars of banking capital under the name
Of the Commercial bank The banking business is
therefore done by private bankers, whose entire ca
nital as sworn to, is only ST. ,656, JIG.
We learn from the Batesville ARK Balance that
aman was found hung up to tree,near Grand Glaize
Jackson county, recently, having a card pinned to
his back on which was written, Tennessee horse
thief" The parties who committed this outrage up
on law and humanity are not known The Balance
very Justly condemns the lawless act
A large collection of stables was destroyed by fire
in Cincinnati a few nights ago, and upwards of 10
cows and several horses persisted in the flames The
spectacle presented by the animals roasting in the
flames, frantic with agony, is said by the CONNER
cia to have been terrible and narrowing in the very
extreme.
The State Of Georgia is represented to be in such
state Of financial health that she snap her fin
ger in the face of the money doctors, and ask them
to present their bills In other words she has suf-
fcient money in her treasury to pay all her debts,
and then possesses reasonable balance for spend
ing money.
We learn from the Lexington (Miss.) Advertiser
tibet Mr.. VIM. NJ. Lansdale, who was shot at that
y. 49, %1oJ 0tt L. ,FAa,
gering thirteen days. died the evening Of the 23d
The examination of doctor Land resulted on the Goth
in the court admitting him TO bail in the of ten
thousand dollars.
They are building at Green Bay, in Wisconsin, a
ship of 800 tons burthen, of the native timber and
when completed will be loaded with cargo Of lum-
Der for ship building, and taken direct to Liver
pool. The vessel is ready for launching, and is a
staunch and noble craft
The Boston papers are very much dissatisfied with
the English electricians at Trinity bay The Boston
journal says "they seem to be an arrogant, self
conceited self-opnonated clique, with the genuine
old fashioned John Bull prejudces against yankees
and yankee inventions
The Boston atlas says there was slight frost il
the suburbs Of that city the night Of the 18Th ult
1t was an uncommonly cold nghtfor August. The
Journal says that in birmingham, on the morning Of
the Goth, the mercury stood at 42
The Vicksburg Wing learns that the 9Th congress
sional district democratic convention which met at
Brookhaven on the 26th ult nominated ex governor
McRae for congress, to fill the vacancy occasoned
by the death Of general Quitman
The Donaldsonville (La.) Coast Journal reports
that there is much sickness in the back settlements
down bayou Lafourche, and large mortality among
the negroes some Of the plantations. The dis
ease is typhus fever.
We learn from the Mississippian that governor
Melville has appointed the hon John + Cushman
of Lafayette, Judge of the 18th judicial district Of
Mississippi, in place Of judge scruggs, resigned
The Cleveland Leader describes steam excava-
tor now being used in completing the enbankment
on the Cleveland and Erie railroad at Girard The
editor says-We much surprised at the great ra-
pidity with which the dirt is excavated and trans
ferred to embankment, distance OF about one
eighth of mile. One locomotive and an indefinite
Eumber of required to each excayator. Tenn
porary tracks are laid from the embankment to the
excavator,. with a side track and switch near the
latter so that the empty can be run up to the
machine for the load, when they are switched out
to the main track. and instantly another car is run
up to the excavator, loaded, and sent awhlZzlng
down the track to the locomotive, and SO bn ndef-
ntely. The switching is done by horses, and the
time required to up the car, load it, ad send it
down the main track does exceed 20 seconds, and
We them load four cars per minute for several
minutes. The excavators are placed on temporary
tracks or blocks, and are moved by their own pow
The shovel of the excavator IS SO large that
shovelul fills the car. The depth to which the ma
chine cuts is about IL feet and the surface already
gone over about ten acres.
Three French chemists, as we learn from House
hold Words, have been experimenting on the sub
ect, and their labors have led them to the conclu-
sion that the ocean holds dissolved two millions of
tons of silver. They took water from the coast Of
St. Malo, few leagues from the land, and analysed
in two ways. A portion of the water they acted
upon by the usual tests of silver, and the precious
metal was clearly ascertained The remainder of the
water they evaporated, and the salt they obtained
they boiled with lead. The lump Of impure lead,
they placed on saucer made of lime and then sub
mitted it to heat sufficient to melt the lead but not
to effect the silver, should any be present The lead
it Melted was sucked up by the porous saucer
and finally small gobulo of silver was seen glis-
tening in the vessel This process is called cupel-
lation and is the ordinary mode of procuring sill.
yer from the ORE Again and again they repeated
theexperiment with the same success. From these
experiments, they made the calculation that cubic
mile of the ocean, contains two pounds and three
quarters weight of silver.
New Orleans Market.
august 3l-There was fair demand for cotton yes
terday, and prices were firm.
Inferior, 5-@7-l Middling, H---@1lh
Ordinary s-@lO- Good F" 10
Low middling, 0A@loa Midling fair--@-