The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1860-09-19

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5i po'' 'io nroyince maintain quiet aspect The
Affairs III satisfied with uragua fusion policy
peopt Il mines have been discovered in the PROV
New 5if,r.ible excitement prevailed the subject
nee. III tothe new diggings had already commenced.
aat T.. ( steamer Argentine and the brig Dolphin
4,t San Juar--alI wen,
F'ft Z" ,pc Sent. lO-Afler the adjournment Of the
MH .:i,a State convention last Saturday, the Doug
sa7,uttee concluded to accept the proposition
s sl' nLipritgc committee for ten electors lieu
iIe r1,or and i canal commissioner, and recon-
paali' t,e State committee to ratiiy their action.
penat- -, Mr.. Sept LITTLE returns thus TAR indi-
fJfi lection of the black republican candidate for
cse W, . and 4, full ticket by large majority.
probable that the six black republican car
"a Car congress will be elected.
,diaes Lrroy Sept l3.-The president has appoint
Mn, Carroll consul at st. Helena; Mr. w. \.
ed NJ If Michigan consul at Honolulu; and Mir. James
BlIE 1snrty consul at the same place. He has also
fIls,,d the appointment OF secretary OF legation to
come 4 Mfr. George w. Heard, of Boston.
Vg t.rarE VAL Sept 1l.-Col. Grover has left this
NH ~ Texas via Richmond and Memphis, with the
cR tiou of meeting large command of the knights
ftFe golden circle
d dDs+7n[,RE Sept Senator Douglas arrived here
hit and addressed an audience of some five
End people amid much enthusiasm. He spoke
HOa,-+ ~, hours He reviewed Mr. Brecknridge's
I.: foa speech very severely, and pronounced him
a9a and uotthe representative of the true national
I,o.r,ic party. He was afterwards serenaded. he
u o,tsont in a few days to canvass Ohio etc
n,,,r n IT, Sept. lO.-'rhe telegraph line has just
I'M complccd to this point and is working success
sTy THE line win, in all probability, be completed to
rr+ Kearnev by the first Of next November.
CLEVELAND, ONO, Sept lo.-Ihe Inauguration of
Aastatue of Com Oliver II. Perry wasiudced brilliant
FiE The crowd around the statue very large, and
rr one seemed to take great interest in the proceed
George Bancroft, Esq, delivered long and eloquent
mech which was received amid great enthusiasm.
ST. JOSEPH tMo.) Sept. THE overland California
and Pixies peak pony express arrived at this point last
rt bringing San Francisco dates to the 18th ultimo.
T6encwsis unmportant. The friends of Bell and Ev-
rct stimulated by the news from Kentucky and North
f1rolina are enthusiastically organising
SrJosErH, Sept. l0.-Thc central overland pony ex-
Press aryedat this point to-day, bringing San Francisco
hates to the 18th ult. There were no Indians on the
Due to cause any delay, the express through in
shedule time.
SN FRANcIsCo, Aug. 29.-Busincss has for some
hgs past been somewhat duller and is Stacking Off
Tepcc Of goods of various descriptions were decin-
hg
Political meetings continue to be held with frequency
Indifferent portions of the State.
Senator GUN, was to have addressed an assemblage
dba people on the Goth ult
Yearly all the Irish citizens Of San Francisco will
mbely support Douglas for the presidency
The black republicans OF California have decided
UPON holding four barbecues in the interior of the State
Agricultural affairs are very promising. The weather
dhte has been very fair.
CHICAGO, Sept S.-Thc steamer Lady Egin of the
Lake Superior line, in leaving here last night was run
iaOby the schooner Augusta, off Wankegan, at two
O'clock this morning.
The Lady Elgin sunk in three hundred feet water,
within the short space of twenty minutes
Only seventeen persons were known to lie saved in
Gliding the clerk steward and porter.
SIZE had on board from three hundred and fifty to
four hundred persons, among who were the Black
Yager and Rifles, and several fire companies, from
Milwaukee.
Col +. 4, Lumsden, of the New Orleans Picayune,
and famly were on board, and are supposed to have
been lost.
The tug Queen left this morning for the scene
ofthedisaster
CNcMS4TI, Sept. lO.-The -four market to-day was
quiet while the sales embraced about 600 bbls at
s. 256S5 80.
Whskey closed dull, at a decline lc There were
ales to-day at l94c i2 gallon.
Mess pork is worth Sl9 % ~ Dbl There were no
6uycrs to-day.
LOUISVILLE, Sept 1n.-The Ohio river at this point
falling with five feet water in the canal by the mark
LOUISVILLE Sept 6.-'rhe river at this point is rising
rapidly, with five feet Of water in the canal
The Washington Union Guard SAYS that Robert p.
Scott ESD. made very able Union speech at Culpener
courthouse recently at the close of which, twenty de-
uocrats declared themselves for Bell aud Everett
RvSA|AYS-Ihe Blstrop TEX Advertiser says that
aewood5 around B4srop seem to be alive with runa-
vdgnegroes. Some Of them hail from long ways off,
ml declare their intention 70 enter the Mexican terri
tory, where they expect to be free
REVOLT AT SING SING PnIsoN-The New York Her
ad of the 9TH, says:
Between y and / O'Clock yesterday, a darng attempt
vas made by about half dozen convicts at the Sing
Sing prison to escape which, by the prompt action OF
ae guards, Was prevented but not however until TWO
had beenseriously stabbed From what information we
could ascertain, it appears thatsome half dozen of the
mluesin the hat department had laid plan to escape
n iy jumping on board Of sloop which stops almost
gay week at the prison dock to take away goods
ldsr plan was to get on board and while two or three
zel the captain, the others would heave off the lines
iAge being quite current running at the end of the
as&Mest Ell the time, the sOop would soon be carried
away and the sails hosted they intended to cross the
Mer and make their escape in Jersey. The gang was
ATone Kelly desperate fellow, the same VINO killed
one Of his telew-c0nvicts, about three weeks ago.
The party made for the slOOp few minutes before
one and were in the act OF casting off the lines when
1T movements were observed by one of the keepers
tmed Hoxe. He Immediately fired upon them and
a1 fan down to the soop The captain of the vessel
HoEas in the cabin 1T the time and whose name we
oad not ascertain hearing the firing, on deck
SeR he was met by Kelly, who dealt him blow with
Jerk in the back Mr.. Hoxe, seeing Kelly with the
Alue attempted to seize him, when Kelly turned upon
n aud stabbed him twice, once in the abdomen and
the leh leg, both wounds being serious. BY this
ae several of the guards arrived and all of the party
aelPmpty arrested and locked up. The wounded
a we've placed under the of physicians and it is
iolg4 that the wounds of lloxie viii prove fatal
goasignees of Merchandise per Steamboats,.
d. a. u. Hull d Co.'s-J W Wells L Co.. Lewis
u, Armstrong & Francis; Krchoff & Co: Robt
-39aes L Davidson; I w Templeton; 4 S Kottwitz;
lheson; Donohoc J w Domell.
d. HoGeA d B1ek7lers.-C Rem; j II Payne; DR..
glagis; Jackson n Bro; Hooper Boles; Morrison
'M0odsou Seaton Bro; S Cooley.
simpson d; CaHoWt.-A S Kottwitz; J Draifous &
@g ] L Domell; Flanagan Yates; DR.. Cole.
Steamboat Register.
ARRIVED
-Sal1-Reub White, from New Orleans
Shreveport Price-Current.
l@rPort embraces aetual sales made yesterday]
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