The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-08-10

FL, - ~ ~ Shipment 10 Neu F@te9
branch ofagrcultural industry II ana
s distined to become the granery of tlate Tenn
The same paper expresses the con-; ~ ssoathwas
reports of the corn harvested, that ftoat.
supplied this year from the home bone VIII b h%
relying as formerly on shipments from Instead
The receipts of corn for the vear a. = view 0FRap
September 1858, at Galveston fro chung the ii
amounted to sixty thousand SACKS new N, 0AesDsa
State will have an immense surplus ,na us geaap
able also to check the importation of ~, ~ soon
lard The foreign trade Of Galveston H. DaeoHApS
ter of the present year, ending with Inaa Asguar
Ill 1888 tons OF tonnage employing 354 ns s employed
ports were $2O8, los; its exports 1907 44e 70 in.
ttade in favor of Galveston, S699 All oaianCeof
The Lavaca Herald says the eonnlato.
rpad from that place to Victoria by tbs ~ T Aen
il nowa certainty. The cotton crnns g g. danay
as now better than they were ever IeE
The crop planted this year is much lsfaass, 70 be-
previous period o. yuan atari
The Gonzales Enquirer has the follow;na.
Up the extent Of sheep raising in that regard
State. In order that the reader NAV form ss The
here remark that, from safe calculation - We viii
sheep raisers, it is estimated that not ess Vae
fourth of million of sheep have been L sual one
Texas from Mexico, since the first dav y Int
last exclusive of those imported from Ts,D.Sa nqay
nois, Missouri and Arkansas Ii is olsasasseel ILL
that by the lst OF next january this number Will
been doubled, thus making something lka ialsR
million OF sheep brought from Mexico intoon.SSila
during the year. Of the number already h,oasaae
It'll thought that about seventy or eigbtp sgagatla
have crossed the river at Lavaca -iVasaud
WHAT NATIONS FIGHr HARDEST
French and Austrian bulletins to be rue- .a,us w
are the only data we have to go upon-tbatoilnsy
Der of killed and wounded on both sides n sas nun
q fight which lasted fourteen hours, was 29s75
a. ~
comparing this with the killed and wonn9sf - w
decisive battles in this country and in Neyco - ul
constrained to conclude that our own roops ~ ~
Hsh, and even the Mexieans whom il has H.. y
habit to depreeate much harder fighters t5sa s
French aod Austrians. Let us repeat the fgn,a. Y
tabular form: Per cent S9fl5lH1
Nauon. Battle. and vonndJ
Americans and English Bunker Hill !,
Americans and English Chippewa =
Americans Buena Vista II
Mexicans Buena Vista ia
Americans Moli~o uei Rev "a
Mexieans Monno del Rey . n
Americans Valley Of Mexico - d
French, Sar and Austrians Solferino
These figures show that if the armies in Itay I'LL
fought as desperately at Soferino as our soldiers ~
English and the Mexicans did in the above snosss
nents. their loss should have been four or five tines
great as reported Did they fghtas we'll? Or arat5s
bulletins false. New York Herald
The CRors.-The last Vieksburg Southron M
the columns of papers from every grain-gFoEine ee
ti6n of the country, contain the most favo7abeint
Isrence of the development of the crops and there 4
nd room for doubling that the grain produs4qstbis
will exceed that of all previous seasons More hpS
was put in seed, and, notwithstanding all croakipa
and predictions by spectators late frost and weae
the yield will be enormous. exceed
ing that of late years though of favorable chara eF
PoIsoS1NG CAsE-The Louisianian, published Il
Floyd, Carroll parish, OF the 18th, gives the oviap
particulars of poisoning On the night OWED
nesday, 18th inst, Mrs billiard, wife Of Jacob H6
ard, of FLOYD, was taken suddenly ILL., physician
was sent for who decided that she had been Poisoned
by strychnine She died in twenty minutes after liz
physician arrived. A Jury was summoned andaia
declared that deceased came herdeb
by poison administered by her husband Mr. H wss
arrested and on Friday, 18th examined
before justice Hannegan, who bound him in The suma
five hundred dollars, to appear at the next ermofte
district court. Friday following, a crowd Of men
across a bayou and the editor of the Lousanian says
they reported on their return that they had admin
stored to him coat of tar and feathers. A ulaae
coant Of the transaction is promised.
"A CARGO OF AFRIoANs--A gentleman Of hseiYfs
ceived letter from Jacksonville on Monday atpet
marked 9th inst, on the back ofWhieh was endorsed
"a cargo of 600 Africans has been landed on theFu
is to be hoped that the parties guilty of such ahg
handed violation of the law Of the land may arrest
ed and dealt with to the fullest extent,
Tallahassee Fioridian, 23d July
VALUE OF A VIRGINIA STABLE.-The RichmondDs
patch says that the Messrs boswell have been Offered
the sum of SIS, SOC for their tlly Fanny Washingn
and their celebrated brood mare Nina and her tine
Revenue colts, Planet Exchequer and yearling-
Planet is estimated at $4,000, Exchequer at $780,
5he old mare and the yearling at $3.50 and Fsmy
Washington at S3.0u0s
The Franklin Banner gives in detail an ACCOUNTED
terrible conflict with a eatamount and some Iegns
on the plantation of Mr. Thos s. Bisland, OF Mar
parish. The animal having pursued the negroefo
the house, calmly seated himself ON the front plsip
some dozen or more of negroes, whovA
arriving from the sugar-house. The Banner con-
cludes the story as follows: Satisfied with theRT
tiny he entered the parlor and took formal posses
sion, and when the door was opened by negro man
he flew at him and seized him by the throat Ias
negro was powerful man, and after being severely
got him under his feet, when four oas
were fired into his head from revolver IN eAla
of bystander The overseer who had nov reached
the spot, deeming him dead ordered the negro i0F
move his body, when to the amazement OF all present.
he sprang upon a negro but was knocked OH Hs
blow from a club and finally killed with @dd
buckshot from gun, opportunity brought D a
overseer.
n MI nose, VINO QatSS IF0u1 TIE
State, at Washington, announces the fact that heiH
discovered means of navigating the air that yll@
tirely supersede the necessity of railroads ness
asserts that he is in possession of secret means Y
which armies and fleets may be destroyed ana FHA
will enable a small force to meet and conqueraM s
one. He assures the public that this dreadful POVq
shall never be exerted save in behalf OF the cause
liberty.
A Young man, native of Prussia, who foFseR
fo,a hos Had pa T lafft
since for Berlin to take charge of property Wopuo5
$4,000 to $4,000, left by an uncle, and tue sss0u
day of his arrival he was put into the array.
The Camden (Ar5) Herald warns the puolie W,
strongly against being imposed upon by two isea4
named John and F. " heller, who pretend to DC ns'+
One of the twain processes to be teacher Of @El'5
and has lost two fingers off the left hand ~.
Jenny Lind recently gave charity concert DIX
don, which was not advertised, and only lng q Nv
cracy admitted by special invitation =, tA nj
ceipts We're $4,000. She was in good heai'l, 's
sang with all her old power. IN
Gen. Paez, now in Venezuela, is said to nave
cone so disguised with the internal feud8 o.
try, that he has determined to soon leave iGf hge
ted States, to spend the remainder OF has Gays -
tirenent al,
joint stock balloon company Is beng ioHlnu a.p
New York with capital of $3.50, 900 lhey Pu r..
carrying freight and passengers to har oEe u
days Fare from New York to London, ~ ,no4,
The order of odd fellows, agreeably to then sps
on the 1st July 1859 number 2l5, ooo me ng sd
They paid ont last year, $3.50 l2l, rFeliel anu
cation of orphans. tbata
mail bag, cut open and rified OF its contents son
Gently found near that place No clue ga oRno's@
mitted the robbery had been had. .p.T,g..
Lately, at Cincinnati the widow OF Mar ARK. sass
Tor, ex-mayor of that city, lost in twenty,o
four children, all carried off by scarlet fever
Mr.. VIM. S, Chase, of Boston, has been aPPyIiTl
professor of modern languages in the hlehniOn4'
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