The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-01

which she crop is subject in this climate. w. 70
greatly pleased to notice the increasing interest ae
planters manifesting in the cultivation of MI our
We should make all of our breadstuffs at homa
LooUsrs .--The Oxford Miss Mercury Of tbe 1oa
ult SAYS the great quantity Of locusts in and t
town are particularly annoying already, and so,
think that they will soon be unbearable TheirnoiS
is incessant both night and day. The ouan+.I 's
wonderfully increased in the last two or three
The Memphis Appeal learns that six miles Gnn,
of that CITY, the locusts are appearing in swarmz %
ing IN every thing in the gardens; the chickens
fond of them that many have been killed by oyaa
gorging with them.
KENDALL FOR GOVERNOR OF TExAs-The DailvH.
raid, published at San Antonio, Texas contain. ~
following announcement: owe are requested H. ~
friends Of George W Kendall esq., Zone Of tbe' NM
prietors of the New Orleans Picayune,) Of CoTmJ
county, to announce his name as candidate for tbs
office of governor, at the ensuing August election
BrsRoP OF TExAs-Rey. Alex. Gregg, Of Cheraw
South Carolina has been elected episcopal bsbon of
the diocese of Texas.
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT MANoHAo.-Ihe Baton Romeo
Advocate of the Oath ut, says, learn that sboS
inc fair came off at Manchac church on Spnda
morning last between two young named VIM
Craig and Oscar Foreman, which resulted in bob
being seriously shot. The young men, we under
stand, are cousins. We have no particulars of the
origin of the affair.
SAIMoN-rhe fishermen of the Susquehanna river
are now catching large number Of these fish. Its
stated that ten-pounders have been captured
ShamOkin, Pa, and many weighing three pounds
and under are taken in the seine.
DIsUNroy MoYEMENr-The Mobile Mercury state,
that active movements are going in thatcity look
ing to secession from the Union ]2flm
EARLY CoTToS-A correspond 6rt2 no
Whie. writing from the parish 5-.tr+
saws | send you a few forms OF ia cal. al
on Il two hundred acre field will ave-
and planted on the 22d of March.
The CRoPs.-A gentleman who has NJ w.
from az extended Journey through Mic
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, furnish es
Statesman the following notes of the grown
the localities through which he passed:
In Michigan the wheat and grass CROP
and promises an abundant harvest Thee
of April had delayed the getting in of sp s.
and the warm sun of the last ten or twelve las
done much to prepare the SOIL and the farnlvs were
busily improving the time.
IL Ohio the wheat and grass looks well, but not 50
forward as in southern Michigan.
In Pennsylvania, east of the Mountains, the wheat
rye and grass crop is very forward the oats also be-
ing further advanced than those above mentioned.
/ In New Jersey the winter crop looksgery well but
not so forward in Pennsylvania. The warm weather
had made the soil very dry.
The Marshall Flag of the 9th ult says, the crops
/ in Harrison county, up to this time, are doing WE'LL
| As vet they have not suffered for rain norher
4 sprang up last night and wrought a great ehangen
/ the atmosphere 1t was almost too cool for comfort
this morning, whereas heretofore, for short time It
\ had been unusually hot
We learn from the Raymond (Hlnds county Ga
zette of the 18th ult thatthere Is very fair pros
pect for the establishment of cotton factory in that
! town at no distant day One OF the oldest and most
influential citizens of that town has taken the matter
in hand and has already, from four or five citizens
! received encouragement to the amount OF SjODO0 to
$40 900 The Gazette believes the work will 60
GREAT Destruction OF HoGs.-A correspondent Of
the Springfield Republican, writing from Pleasant
Plains Ill, May 5th, says:
Il, I,n, Laar, az of hoe oh tO
date suppose it is something entirely new with the
farmers ofthis part of Illinois And as know ono
other name to style the unwelcome epidemic, will
call it cholera
Last night | fed my hogs as usual, they all seemed
Ia be feeding and doing well on pasture. wenttohe
PASTURE this morning about O'Clock, and found sew
entv hogs dead and many that We're dying. At ten
o'clock there were ninety dead, at twelve O'Clock one
hundred and nine The average length OF time they
would live after taking it, would be from heen 70 hr,
tv minutes All efforts to administer relefwere IN vain
The Charleston Mercury says that if the Douglas
squater sovereignty party in the north atemptto en-
tel the Charleston convention they ought to be turned
ont of it, but does not think that they will seek to en-
terit They are much likely to take part IN the
black republican convention, as they undoubtedly viii
With M party in the next presidential election e
the northern democracy as BAG as the 4lacs ~
leans, after all , Yet hoy 69STFdai SUPPORT 6ou5
Davis, or Brown or Toombs, or some other southern
sectionalst obtain the nomination.
The Memphis Enquirer expresses the confdentb
lief that the opposition will gain two members Ofco
gress from the western division of Tennessee.
The Richmond Enquirer is becoming alarmedat The
democratic prospects in the south 1t lamens most
pteously that in than half of the congressional
districts of the south, where vacancies are to be sup
piled for the next congress, issues have arisen full
peril to democratic success. The greatest peril to dem
ocratic success in Virginia is the nomination of eol
democratic candidates.
The Southern Citizen, democratic journal, thus
states who and what the most formidable enemy The
south has:
But good can come of ignoring the fact that the
democratic party is broken and gone-that the north
5fh wing of it is the most formidable enemy the south
mas, ont that the control of it can only be obtained
sioni"
It CORES lohoei' IF the National Integencer who
> territory, says that the 1sonJs n Jsnnta with Great
Britain, the northwest raoT Van Copvers
3 island, are fifteen or twenty = nrTbpr and ofgss.
military Importance and decareS La tho bonrda
u line claimed by the Americans is IL afraI apdo5
yous one and that it is the one Contemplated at the
T. time of the treaty, although not named @Tbe Nation.
j alInteligencer comedies with the opfnAe Gifts cor
. respondent, deeming the American view OF H. cues.
" ton correct, and that of the British officials aS
:" symptuous.
The Washington cores ondeut of the BatimoreSa
i says The administration are tits believed, tG@ @h'
to the chances now afforded for theaequisitono Oa0
and our European diplomacy will be at once al 1
. to that end and without some hope that 1t TI&
effective before the termination of next session Oh cor
- gress.
Theslayeholders OF maryland will hold con,sllg g
It at Baltimore on the ID Wednesday of June 'e US
purpose of deysing some system to be prese2te! Io
o. Legislature of Maryland at its next session having
~ its subject the better regulation oft free neS0
lation of that State" rts
The Galveston Civilian of the Dist inst says LIZ
~ steamer Betty Powell, capt Mauk, left layioar a
Trinity river bound for Galveston, on The lol p a
with a cargoof 666 bales cotton. Whenoboqt
above Patricks ferry, under way, on the l'' Ia' t
" discovered to be fire, in the after part OF uI
and cargo. Every possible exertion was maze 5
officers crew and passengers to eXtngush 1nen ,.
finding it impossible to save the boat or cargo, be
rounded to and abandoned The boat bUfl h nos1.
~ waters edge The cargo is total loss, WIN RE
ception of 80 bales left at Calhouns ahau 5a5 MOI
loss is about as follows: Value OF cotton SIy .
r value of boat SIS 600 Totnl loss S4Oobl- 90 bct
- ton 1893 bales were insured to the extent "
:. $40, $50. There was no insurance on tne oopy .a
~ Giving long list of new buildings, N 5yss4
" in contemplation III that city, the mobile There
ii says: We are informed by reliable persons, q
is, at the present time, more building 5g, bs
has been known since the yearlo52 ana tl'S bors
- makers are kept constantly employed 9ne ocban
u able to meet the demand for brick O5L aUJ con-
"a also all hurried and in the present
!" mand very high wages. Few, who are Wiling
need now go in search Unemployment rsro
&c The cheshire IN H. Republican s5ls a;THt