The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-04-13

that road to the neighborhood OF Horn nlil5 N Lime
stona county. accessible to the whole cotton region OF
eoa+roI Tax9s. and much of the wheat growing region
ne fine nper part of the State. Col. Adams commences
1rork where Mr.. Bremond leaves off, thlrfy-two and Q
half miles above Hampstead, OF elghIty-tWo ana q nan
miles above Houston. Mr.. Bremond mas nearly TOUR
hundred hands at work, and his eohJfae5 hlusv oe com
pIeted bv the first of November. Col. Adam IS to have
ffv miles in running order by the hrst OF July, leoos
and thirtv-two and O half miles by the hrst OF Noyem-
Der blowing. eistod oeyerythng-grade inc ROAD,
buy and Law hebron, furnish ties, bulld WAFER TANKS, &c
The companies design is obuild twenty-five miles OF
road every wear until the terminus on Red River IS
n5scbad fisherman Patriot.
4 number of citizens Of Kaufman and Collin coun-
ties have held a meeting in which they declare that
sentiments have been expressed by preachers Of the
northern methodist episcopal church n Their midst,
on the subject of slavery, eminently calculated to DIS
tnrb our peace and harmony, . and that they will not
allow them to preach such doctrines. That's the way
to talk. /A, +.
Abingdon. Virginia. on 18th instant, aged eighty
Years The deceased W. major in the twelfth regi-
ment United States in v during the war with
Great Britain, and SER with great credit on the
northern frontier. He was a gentleman OF hne TRAITS
of character, and enjoyed largely the respect and es-
TEEN of the community in which he lived.
The treasurer Of Dubuque county, lowa-one o.
Brien-has defaulted to the amount of SlO8,OOO. One
of his operations was the sale of Dubuque bonds for
40 cents on the dollar above the amount he paid ever,
$40. 900 being his profit on that transaction.
A great Ice Hill land slide occurred az Troy, New
York. on Thursday night, the 18th with destructive
consequences, as it broke down and buried up a large
portion of st. Peters college, IN course OF erection.
The building was intended to be q very large one; 2J0
feet in length and five stories high, with two towers.
The slide was noiseless until it struck the side OF the
building. when there was fearful crash OF walls and
timbers. The centre Of the building Is buried up TO
the depth Of several feet.
The legislature Of Arkansas, which has just ad-
iourned, enacted law to prohibit free negroes remain
ing in the State. The law sells them into slavery #
they remain i'll the State after q certain time. Inc
legislature also passed. an act prohibiting owners or
captains of steamboats,, or other water crafts nayIga-
ting any of the rivers in that State from hiring or per
hitting free negroes travelling on them.
The same legislature passed an act prohibiting the
circulation of bank notes under ten dollars after the
4th of July next, and that of twenty dollars after the
fourth of July, 1860. The penalty is not less than
fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars.
The Arkansas Democrat of Monday %, says: A tor
nado, on Sunday week last, passed between this place
and Camden, laying down whole forests. 1t extended
for some five or six miles in width, and such was its
force that trees four and five deep, were thrown across
each other. 1t is said that between Washington and
louisville it was far worse than on the Camden road.
On Sunday last was the first time the stage has come
through from Camden. On Saturday last 1T hailed
very hard ut this place for a few moments. Rain still
continues.
The Canadians have surveyed and are about CON
~structing a canal to connect lake Huron with lake On
tarlo. rms VIII very greatly shorten t5e distance ny
water from tne 2Gates auJacGHI 70 Iahes AlicnlS"n anu
oft to divert large part Of the traffic which now comes
down lake Erie.
Another important Canadian enterprise now on foot
is the deepening Of the st. Lawrence and Welland ca
nails, in order that vessels Of considerable draught may
pass directly to and from the ocean, obyiating the ne
eessity of transshipment of cargo.
Archbishop Hughes, of New York, is out in a com
munieation, giving a history of certain occurrences IL
II -I II Ct T.I- H. 100 ~ FL1i
city, which have led to his suspenGing from the min
istry there Of two priests, revs. Alfred Dayman anc
Frederick Ferdinand Des Camps. The two priests, i
appears, had published q previous communication IL
the newspapers, stating that an interdict had been
put upon them, because one Of them had preached
a sermon in which occurred the expression, hell wa!
paved with the skulls of bad priests The substance
Of the archbishop's reioinder is that the parties allud
ed have been guilty Of lrregularity, insubordlnaloT
and schism. He represents Mr.. Dayman as coming t.
this country about two years ago, in great destination
and experiencing, in a variety OF ways, the charity
and good offices of the archbishop adds that within
the last five weeks it has come to his knowledge that
Mr.. Dayman accompanied on the voyage by a young
female whom he represented to be his niece, although
it has since come out that the lady does not stand ia
that relation to him. As for the other r~e6elhousp priest
Mr.. Des Camps the a~rchbishp hints thathe IS mentally
unsOund. The priests say they are determined to or
ganise another church, notwithstanding the archbish-
op 5 lnterdIct-
The diary Of Washington, just published, informs
US that when he made his grand tour through the
northern States n lfo9, he took with him his slave
Billy h5a t<btul attendant through fho feyqlatiena-
y W.T. = : EstS I'LL t.lAs ssllLaI naS9Ins
ot "a az az 4 " Ia 49, - 80 \ W;ob - 9G = JeIts la0IL'
-, ~ y]" ba - f,,nI binsoif insaraona4a 4 =; ro4 ~ stHo
800 e., tno o~l Nv Is $50 10 ~ - :; ;u4I - ~ PI LEs
psiL5 p B q ~, . S SS' t6o Sf oto M - : - az .l oI r. ~ ms
Lar laws had prevailed in the northern States during
the revolutionary war, he would have been marched
off to the penitentiary for having with him ahis faith
full attendant. General Washington, according to
the black republican code, was a criminal TO be pun
ished by ten years incarceration.
In the Louisville Courier OF the I'D ult, we ind
the following: by passengers from Lebanon we
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blaze, and the Young lady was fatally burned. He
sister, Mrs. Burr Harrison, in her efforts to save her
fred her own dress, and was perhaps even more Sc
verely burned. There is but little hope Of her recoy
cry - Is Igareoi NJ. 9huck ana oJnef members OF the
ann " NJ Hi9o ~ 10 Iei9Fe ~ Young L'uy iron
1 Tg PeIliou5 slvuasl2e, were ourAeq' cum seriously
! II . scene , SeItiyIhs oe4oHa lLe expression Q
language me otloe was oaoIy oofn6 rom me "9lS
Up, any, Lne Il In, ouI1eu rom Her heaq. AIer me-