The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-05-25
DEMoRALIzAros OF PARTr.-The Washing


DEMoRALIzAros OF PARTY-The Washing
ton correspondent Of the Philadelphia Inquirer
Justly remarks:
"Out of this allegiance to party, paramount
to love of country, or regard for the pubic
welfare; arises the monstrous result now so ap-
parent in this country, that in order TO keep the
party together, and in an effective condition,
every man belonging to it, and especially every
one who expects to be allowed his turn OF par
taking of public plumber, thinks It IS his duty
to stand by, advocate. sustain, and defend y
even against admitted corruptions, proven tbetts
and undeniable denominations. "When Tor the
sake of party union, all shield each, even IN
the commission of public crime, what else does
party become but a criminal conspiracy The
people should remember that every great en-
pire has hitherto fallen by internal corruption;
not one ever yet deranged By too much
honesty"
Lord Otway, the British minister in Mexico,
has issued circular in which he declares:
From a despatch which | received from earl
Malmesbury BY the last mall it would appear
that her Britannia maiesty's government, wea-
ried out BY the fruitess exertions TO obtain
from the government. calling itself the central
government OF Mexico, settlement Of the out
Standing claims of British subjects, and being
unable to bring to bear upon that government
the influence OF the British naval force now of
Vera Cruz, have determined on holding the
whole government indifferently responsible fol-
the observance of all international obligations,
rs far as England is concerned. tits therefore
the intention of her majeSty's government Ia
take advantage Of the presence Of the fleet in
the gulf and 10 hold Vera Cruz. by whatever
party it is occupied, to be, as it were. the trea-
sury of Mexico, and enfore there. as far as
possible. the payment Of all outstanding claims
Of British subjects in Mexico"
The Texas Ranger speaks in complimentary
terms of Galveston. 1t says:
The city of Galveston, the island city of the
south and the Union, is place where every
Texan can look on with pride Its pure white
cottages and stately mansions, surrounded with
flowers, the orange and the evergreen, give it
a charm almost understandable. The massive
business strand, with their bronzed fronts of
iron, stand out in bold relief, the admiration of
beholders Never have we seen place i'm
prove SO rapidly as Galveston, in the erection
Of large and magnificent buildings, and We
noticed in our recent visit to the island. that
Mr.. Osterman is building some houses on the
strand, which, when completed, will present
one block of massive buildings. richly decora
ted with iron fronts, that will be a credit to the
lone star State.
Not only are its buildings creditable, but its
citizens are equally SO. Their hospitality and
Hberalty is almost proyerbial, and never can
we forgetthe kindness we have received at their
hands.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHTED WITH GAs-Our city
is not lighted with gas yet reader, but the
company that has for some time had in con-
tenn Istion the lighting of this city with gas has
already commenced operations BY way of erect
ing their building on the west side Of the San
Pedro. We are reliably informed that they
are gentlemen of means, and no doubt will
prosecute the work with vigor. To all enter
prising persons in the States, who hesita
ing to leave the gas lighted, aristocralic and
tax ridden cities of the old States, we would
say, come to San Antonio. and you will not
only enjoy gas-light at night, but you can
breathe pure air in daytime. Texan.
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The celebrated Cherokee warrior. Deer Track,
died about the middle of April, at the age Of
70 years. He was one Of the oldest settlers in
the Cherokee nation and rendered himself "a
nous during the war with the Osages which
took place many years ago. The war occurred
in this manner The Cherokees were in the
habit OF hunting on grounds elt,fnIud by the
Osages, and the chiefs of the latter tribe sent
word to them not to kill the buffalo. as they
were their cattle, nor the bears, as they were
their hogs Deer Track and the other Chero-
kee chiefs returned for answer thatif the OsageS
owned the butfaloes and bears, they must catch
and brand Them Hostililies then commenced
forthwith.
We learn from the JetFprscnian, published at
Sparta, Blenvlle parish, that on the oh inst
the democracy OF Claiborne met in convention
and appointed delegates to the State convention
to be held in Baton Rouge this day. They also
passed resolutions endorsing the administration
and complimentary to the hon. ]. NJ. Sandige.
for his course in congress. The JeIftrsonian
saws .'the waters were considerably troubled in
adopting basis OF representation TO their par
18Th convention in August next; from what We
saw and heard, we dc not hesitate TO say. that
old Claiborne stands fast, and will be down on
Douglas and squatter sovereignty"
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SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH-About three
months ago. Mr.. Lewis Apologize, an old and
respectable citizen Of Brooklyn, was engaged
in pairing down corn on one of his toes, when
he cut too deep, causing it TO bleed He took
cold in the wound, which caused it to inAame
to such an an extent that about two months
since it was found necessary to amputate the
toe. After this operation he grew worse, in
consequence of there being not sufficient vitali-
ty in the limb. to heal the wound. Erysipelas
set in, and this eventually caused his DEATH
The Jefferson Herald of the It'll inst, SAYS,
on Friday evening last, we were sitting alone
in our sanctum, looking through our exchanges
to find an item Of news-aside from politics
when we heard the cry of fire, fire; we paused.
the next moment the alarm bell was peelng
forth in thunder tones and upon rushing out
we found that the Female academy was envel-
oped in flames and in few moments was en-
tlrely consumed. No clue has as vet been dis
covered as to how the FIRE originated. So, 500
will cover the loss.
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