The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-11-17


dividends.
Within the next year, two hundred miles Of
additional road, completed and equipped, will
be in operation These roads, with but sin
gle exception, are mainly the results Of the
enterprise, the energy and capital OF our own
people.
: We have cotton and wool and paper factories,
rolling mills, foundres and machine shops
merchant mills, in fourshing condition, and re-
munerating the proprletors by handsome re-
turns on the capital invested.
The cotton crop of the present year will
bring twenty-five millions of dollars at present
prices. The crop of cerealsls worth twice that
sum, the sugar and cotton crop not being lnclu-
ded in the account. -E
The State tax is not quite one-twelfth of one
per cent-the net income of the State road
will be three hundred thousand dollars. The
State debt amounts to about two millions, and
a tax of fifth of one per cent would pay 1t
in two years. Our banks are solvent-our mer-
; chants in the best of credit, and the people
generally out of debt, with full crops of cotton,
corn ETC., on hand. The country is healthy,
with the exception of the epidemic in Savannah.
: We have six male colleges, and colleges for the
fair sex in almost every village containing five
hundred inhabitants, in the State. Looking to
this statement of facts, is there a State in
, chrisendom in the en- joyment OF SO many of
} the material elements of comfort, prosperity
} and success as the great State of Georgia. Ii
: then, at this time, she occupies so proud posi-
: ton, what will she be when all her projected
: lines of railroad are mpleted-when the mines
} of gold and copper and coal that now lie deep
in the bosom of her mountains, are opened, and
; the rich deposits brought to market. When,
5 instead of but fourth, as she now has, of her
; rich lands in cultivation, the full half of the
] rich valleys in the north shall bear golden
harvest, and the plains of the south and west
! shall be white with the kingy staple When
? that day shall come, Georgia will not only be
: the EN- ire State of the south, but the empire
State of the world. Georgia Telegraph
ABOLITION RAscAL1rY.-A meeting was held
f. in Frankfort, Franklin county, Ala, on the
D 28th ult, to give an expression of opinion Of
, the people of that county on the Imprisonment
! of Geo W. Shaw, in Pittsburg, Pa. The facts
q as stated by the meeting, are about these: &
8 W. Shaw was formerly citizen of Tuscumbia,
Ala. He removed to Pittsburg A negro boy
named Wash, the property of George 0. Rag
land, escaped from bis master about the year
, 1852, and went to Pittsburg, where he was re-
cognized by said Shaw as the slave he had
formerly known in Tuscumbia, aud he informed
Raoland of the fact of his being in Pttsburg.
In the year 1857, Wash left Pittsburg and
went to Missouri and his master being informed
2 of the fact, employed Mr.. Julian, citizen OF
: Tuscumbia, and said Shaw, to go and capture
t him. They found said Wash in Brunswick,
: Mo-. and arrested him and brought him back
] to his master at Tuscumbia. The said negro
!; acknowledged when arrested, that he was a
: slave of Ragand, and was recognized by many
of the citizens of Tuscumbia, to whom he had
f been well known, as the same boy.
S After the arrest and delivery of said negro,
Shaw returned to his home in Pittsburg, where
he was Immediately arrested and indicted for
2 kidnapping free person-upon which charge
he was committed to Jail, and since last March
has been in prison.
: The said boy was, and has always been a
f slave, there can be no doubt; and, in view Of
2 these facts, said Shaw has committed no offence
against the laws of Pennsylvania or any other
State, but his prosecution is the act of fanatl-
] csm, and desire upon the part Of the aboli-
! tionists of that section to do violence to the
| rights of a southern mali and southern liter
5 ests. AChenS news.
, THE wo-HEADED G1RL.-We are just from
the levee of Mile Christian Milly, and we
. speak the fresh impressions OF the interview
Our difficulty in speaking upon the subject
: arises chiefly from our reverence for the rules
of grammar. We don't know whether to use
singular or plural forms Of speech. The body
or trunk of this curious and Interesting being
is certainly one, at least below the stomach
this is proved by every test that can be applied
: At the same time the chest, head, neck and
/. arms are those of two distinct persons, and
below the trunk there are four distinct and per.
e fectly formed lower limbs, all of which are
:. used in locometion.
: The brain and intellectual organization are
: those of two distinct persons, but with strong
+ desire to sympathize, so that although capable
s of attention to two different objects at the same
= time, yet their mental operations are less .hrm
: and coherent than when the powers of both are
e directed to one and the same object.
= Each head and face is that of a sprIghtly
little negress, seven or eight years old; tbt
s large bills presenting very fair picture of theil
o appearance Indeed, we have seen nothing IL
\ print regarding this lusus nature that is no
Vt fully warranted by the facts OF the case, a
: presented to our senses. We are sure tina
there is not particle Of deception or humbue
. in the whole matter; and that it is altogether
: the most wonderful production Of nature tha
;; has ever occurred in the history of the human
u race. The Siamese twins are commonplace
: besides the 1.-TWO headed girl. We feel SAT
), in saying to everybody, 90 and see them Tor II
q if you prefer it.) Franklin (renn.) Revie"
If We have been democrat all our politics
t. life - literally Graded in democracy. Gu
; father was democrat before US, and the onl
1t brother of large family, who has been dem
d ocrat uninterrupjedly. No, general, Bethume
l. we never fancied whg principles; and yeal
e before we could vote, we read old father Ritcl
d les paper with as much delight as ever gil
d of sixteen did the pages of a romance.
i Editor Federal Unio'
u Don't fancy Wing principles, Ell! What d
W you think of the heavy internal improvement
20 bills, lately voted by democratic congresse:
- and the present movements of the democrat
party for the enactment of higher protectly
,s tariff? What think you Of the old wings VIII
- b,,o ,oo, o,0t uGur r,artv in Gaorria n 1eadin