The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-01-19
S liz re IL E.EP or n:
NEsDAY,..........JANUARY 10, 1859

MISUNDERSTANDING 10, 1859
The river is declining here, but there has beer
a rise of several feet at Fulton. Since cur las
the Cosuet, Era No. |, Morning Light, Lucy
Holcombe, Larkin Edwards, Era No 2, Tee-
gram, Bonita, National, Eleanor, and B. L
Hodge, have arrived fyom New Orleans; the
Era No. 3, and Hope, from upper Red River;
the Joseph Holden, femJefferson.
The reads ha*e greatly improved during the
past three or four days, and the cotton wagons
are hotrly crowding oar streets
THE BRANCH BANK Messrs Denegre, Mus
son and Tebault, ofthe Citizens Bank return
ed 70 New Orleans last evening, on the steam
cr Lucy Holcombe. They expressed them
selves highly pleased with our town, and fully
impressed with It's growing importance and
commercial advantages. On Monday, they
purchased, for $4,000. the fine residence Of
L, P. Grain, esq, on the cornerof Market and
Milan streets, and intend 10 demolish the build
ings, and erect handsome fre-proof banking
house, which will prove an ornament to the
town., A better location could not have been
selected, as it is near the centre of business,
and convenient TO the merchants, warehouses
and Steamboat landing. The bank is to obtain
possession OF the premises by the 10th March,
whea the mechanics will be put to work and
the building erected with all possible despatch,
as the directors are anxious that the branch
bank should 60 into operation at an early day. |
Mr. Denegre, the sagacious and energetic pres
ident of the institution, assures Us that nothing
will be wanting on their part to meetthe wishes
aud wants of our community, as they consider
that the Citizens Bank of Louisiana is hence +
forward interested in and identified with the I
prosperity of Shreveport.
EDUCATION country friends must keep
in mind the public meeting of citizens Of Caddo
and DeSoto parishes, to be held in Keach on
Saturday next for the purpose Of making suitl-
bic arrangements for the organization Of first
class male school,
PoRTRAlgs.-Th wishing to obtain hand
some and life-like portraits, miniatures, photo
graph or ambrotype pictures, are referred I'd
the card Of Mr. Coutant.
New CLoTH1NG.-Straus & Cd, at the Bal +,
timore Clothing House, are now opening an
entire new stock ofseasonable clothing and gem
temen's furnishing goods, of the most fashion ;
able styles, which they are selling very low.
SroyEs.-C. A. LaughIn, No. 10 on the
Leyee, has received direct from the manufac-
turers a complete assortment Of cooking stoves
Of The most apprOvedpatterns, which be offers
for sale at unusually low prices. Ii
Thanks to Mr.. lsIeade, Of the Comet, Mr.
Dunleyy, Of the Morning Light, Mr. Mason, Of
the Lucy Holcombe, Mr. Colyin, Of the Tele-
gram, Mr. Thomasson, Of the National, Mr.. G.
Il. Clark, of the Eleanor, and Messrs Graeff I
and Wilson, of the B. L. Hodge, for files oflae
New Orleans papers.
For NEW ORLEANs.-The beautiful packet
National, captain Montgomery, will leave to- !.
morrow evening.
The splendid steamer B. L. Hodge. captain .
Smoker, will leave on Saturday evening. E
The fine steamer Lecomte, captain johnson, .
will leave on Tuesday evening next
The splendid packet Lucy Holcombe, Capt f
Bateman, willleavc positively on Tuesday even q
ing, LIST February, Immediately after the ar +
rival Of the stages
These boats have unriyalled accommodations i
for passengers, and the officers are attentive and !.
careful gentlemen !,
II
RAscAHrY.-We were yesterday shown por- +
tons Of half burnt mat and new shingles dis S
covered under the front portico of the residence
Of J. G. Beal, esq, Travis street. They had $
evidently been placed there for the purpose Of
firing the house. Our citizens must be on their o
guard j
THEATRE.--Mr, ]. S. Charles and his dra- a
matte corps came up on the B. L. Hodge. d
The Sun, published at Wnnsboro, Franklin L
parish, nominates judge J. N. 7. Richardson. v
ofOuachIa, as the most suitable person to re- 0
ceiyc the democratic nomination for governor
OF Louisiana, at the ensuing election.
The steamship Quaker City. belonging to the !
LOUISIANA Iehuanepec company, arrived at n. !,
Orleans on the 9Th inst, from Minatitlan, with y
HN~@NN NASs NiiC SuIllotilid IHaAfS ana over
sl.9oo,oo0in gold. By this route passengers Fl
can reach San Francisco from New Orlesns in n
fifteen days. !
The house committee on territories have re- Il
ported TO congress in favor Of a territorial or
ganisation for Arizvnia and Dacotah. r
There were slxty-two murders committed in o
New Orleans during the year 1853. To this a
list Of deaths by violence may be added no less q
than twenty-five suicides
The Kentucky democratic state convention. NJ
on the 9Th inst, nominated B. Magofin for :,
governor, and Linn Boyd for lieutenant GOV ),
ernor
The Legislature Of Michigan on The 7th inst. o.
elected cx- governor Bingham to the U. States :.
senate, vice Stuart, whose term expires on the
Ath nf March