The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-06
General Intelligence.

fine I2th inst. The steamship Alps also arrived at
this port, bound for New York. She lett LlyerPooIo Oh
the same day with the Niagara.
TtyrRpooL, March 2th-The total sales OF COTTON
during The week ending Friday evening, amounted TO
II ono bales. The sales on speculation during the
same period amounted to 10000 bales, and the sales
for exportation were 1900 bales. All QUALITIES have
advanced from to I'd. per p9und. Inc saieS -
dav, amounted to I0,000 bales.
The advices from Manchester continued to be OF q
favorable character. There was an increased demand
from the continent and greater activity Prevalleo III
consequence. no
past week, closed firm and quiet. All qualities have
slightly advanced. The sales Of the week amount TO
$4,000 bales.
The British parliament have been mostly occupied
in discussing the government reform bill. The cues
ton of reform is the engrossing topic of the press, and
seems to be upUernost in the public mind OF England
Lord John Russell has given notice IN parliament OF
his intention to offer an amendment to the bill which
threatens to upset the present ministry
The trials Of members of the Phoenix club, and
-e4hara, whn waaa arrested ~ tie charge # treason, ~
progressing slowly in Ireland.
Lord Cowley's peace mission to Austria Is thought
to have been unsuccessful.
The French funds at Paris have declined l per cent,
owing to the prospect of war.
The Sandman government still continued It's pre-
%parations for war,
The Paris correspondent of the London Herald, says
the homes of the continuance of peace are daily melt
inc away under the influence of war articles in the
semi official journals of Paris. The extensive mill
tary preparations OF France are progressing with IN
abated yigor.
The Paris Constitutional says the effective force Of
Austria in Italy has been increased from 5O,090 men
to $50, 600 men.
LARGE quantities of ammunition and cannon have
arrived at Pavia and Venice, provided with carriages
as if for a state siege.
The Turin correspondent Of heLondonH Herald says
every thing appears more warlike than ever. Here
presents that the king of Sardinia and his ministry
are anxious for war at any price.
The Echo d'Ttalia of March 10th, learns on good
authority, that the Hungarian patriot kossuth, passed
through France, with the consent and eonnivance OF
the French government, and arrived ~incognito at &C.
noa. 1t is supposed that he will place himself at the
head of the Hungarian soldiers now in Lombardy. 1t
is a we'll known fact that during the last ten years,
Kossuth has been studying military science.
Later advices had been received in England from
China. The Yang Use Kiang river, in which the
British men Of war had been nearly all grounded, has
risen and foated out the briggs Furious and Cruiser
/ Further operations against Canton were expected.
New York, March 30th.-The steamship Persia
reached her dock at 10 O'Clock this morning. Sheieft
Liverpool on the 18th of March, seven days after the
departure of the Niagara and Alps, which arrived at
Halifax.
LIvEnpoo1, March l9-Of the $4,000 bales of cot
ton sold during the week. 1900 were taken by specu
Iators and 1000 taken for expectation. Prices steady
at previous quotations.
4 liberal subscription was made in Liverpool and
LONDON IDf QnC " Ell pOllltLl GNllto II Recently ilIHIcu
at Queenstown, Ireland, rather than let them proceed
to the United States.
Up to Friday night, the 18th, the apprehensions of
approaching war had increased on account of the 81
lence Of the French government and press in regard to
lord COwley's mission to Vienna.
I'll is reported that the Lyons railway had been or
dered to keep in readiness a sufficient number of rail
way carriages to transport 10000 soldiers (the mum
Der asked for by Sardinia at a moments notice.
Private letters from Paris says that prince Napoleon
il shortly To bp. qnUpiptal viaprnV 0f A IpIprS
The Austrian journals are very bellieose IN their
tone towards France.
The Austrian army engineers have commenced
layingmines for blowing up the bridge over the river
Ticino at Buffalo. o
Letters from Paris gives the particulars of the ti-
umph Of Paul Morphy in 1.-THE matches at chess recent
ly playedb by him. with Mongredlen, a noted German
player. MorPhy won seven games, and one was drawn;
HAyRE, March l8.-The Havre cotton market closed
steady. Orleans bas is quoted at SO francs, which
was the closing price last week.
NEw York, March 30.-The steamships Northern
Light and Illinois have arrived at this port from As
pinwal, bringing two weeks later news from South
America, and important news from Nicaragua.
The attempted revolution in Valparaiso has been
frustrated after Il severe battle of four hours duration.
The Northern Light brings later Intelligence from
Nicaragua. company of French flibusters had en-
tered Nicaragua, and seized the lake boats.
The Marshall Flag oftie 18th inst. says: We had
another white frost in Marshall on Wednesday night
last. 1t left its mark upon the tender vegetation, but
I the lftllG IS not thought To be injured. quite an I'M
welcome visitor, and certainly an unreasonable one
when we consider that many OF our nelghbOrs have
green peas. As great anxiety IS doubtless felt every
where, to know theresult ofthe suit of theStite against
the railroad company, We give it briefly with the rea-
sons of the Judge. His honor held first that the de
murrer must be sustained, because it did nofappear by
what authority the suit had been instituted, and then
stated that 1t could not be brought except by authority
of the legislature. Next, that from the petition it did
not appear that the purchasers of the road and its fran
chises, were insolvent-that from the p~leadings 1t APP
peafed that the purchasers We're one ofthe parties de-
fendant to the suit-that by the act Of 1851, the fran
chises to the purchasers with the road, and that the
act was a waiver as to them, of all causes of forfeiture
against the sold out company.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The Washington Union
newspaper establishment was sold to-day. General
Bowman, the superintendent of public printing was
the purchaser.
The frigate Lancaster, now under construction at
the Philadelphia navy yard, will be ready for her trial
trip in a week. She will probably be the flag ship of
OF the Pacific squadron. The sIoops of war at the
same yard are making slow progress.
LOUISVILLE, March 29.-The Ohio river at this point
is falling fast, with fourteen feeto of water in the canal
and ten on the fails.
GISoINNNATr. March @9th.-The steamboat Nat
Holmes, bound from Pittsbupg for st. Louis. with one
hundred and fortY-hve passengers on board, mostly
Pixies Peake emigrants. came in collision with the
steamer David Gibson, bound from New Orleans to
Cincinnati with q cargo of sugar and molasses, and
both steamers sunk in a few minutes. The collision
occurred nearly opposite Aurora, Indiana, last night.
The cabins of the steamers foated off. Fifteen or
twenty lives aresupposed to have been lost from among
the Nat Holmes passengers. One account says that
only about one hundred passengers Were saved. The
steamer Gibson had but few passengers, all of whom
are supposed to have been saved. Two or three OF
the crew are among the 2lissing.
MEMPHIS, March 2S-The overland California mail
of the 4th inst, has arrived here. The dates are an
ticipated by other arrivals.
YIcK5BuRG, March 23.-No efforts are being made
to close the crevasse at Whites plantation, and the
water is rushing in rapidly. The water in the bayou
Macon is rising fast. The river ut this point is hall
an inch above the highest mark of last year, and is
rising at the rate Of three-fourths Of an inch in twenty,
four hours. The water is on a stand from Memphis
down to Helena, and rising down from Helena to this
point. The ~erevasse at Col. Whites plantation, about
six miles above this city, is hourly widening, and the
water is pouring through with increased volume and
velocity, carrying destruction and desoIation to many
a helpless planter below. The plantation where the
break occurred will probably be irrevoeably ruined
The plantation of Col George w. Groves is already
almost entirely inundated, while about half of that o
r. W. Burney, esq, is also submerged. We hear ne
efforts being made to stop the creyasse, nor do We be
lieYe that any efforts could now check the advancing
tide of the maddened waters. Where the damage is
to stop no one can f~oretell, but we fear that it will bt
most disastrous.
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