The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-03-27

2eh'eAaOn hIjQufneF, ''eF witch a.
CoIuNBrs, March 22-Ths la,lsIa,.
elected John Sherman s senator eel u tits Stat.
LI7TtR Rock, March 21.--The o,iirr' N9.
me connection OF Arkansas with the IDS, doys,
voted down IN the convention TO-DAY ~ Qlon ~
ment followed. Great eyo.
We extract the following items FROM a
(Tex Chronicle, an able democratic ;ol.
Of me taflff OF the confederate States ~ PeaIne
The first result IN New Orleans Was 70 1Ale'iea saw
Of |hskey Inc duty is thirty per cent " ~ las ps
nau vendors OF the article have advanced = Cacc
% Jehas per gailoa, our friends, who insPPe
The Montgomery correspondent II
Mercury, {evidently in tie interest Of ~ fe Chafs
plains with no little ascerbilty, TINT ~! e6f
was "overslaughedn by the provisional "iu' genueu
not having been rendered seat in tha e'leat Ia
dent Davis. The Mercury 100 sbigbI laoaet pe
Barnwell, Keitt and other, who ~ " gnaltar
cooperation party Of 1852" should he III Of tae ID
cabinet, to the exclusion Of the aorn.oS "a e1 Ia
ever he was to receive his share of the Rael 7
in the shape of an appointment to tho P,.. fse
about which the "disgused" Vriteriu tho nRs
vt is sheer CANNON There is not the
Of it, 80 itsaems, squabble has ares5r laelhoo
for office. '''ly Commenced
1t is to be hoped that this fellow pl...
office Rhett deserves an Office. and Ph' neyga
all manner of means, have an Office mt .'s should,
We publish this week several ordinonaS-1l
the State convention. The State functios passed "
do not seem to agree well together md ba A1s
and present State government are gotto. VVaeAaOa
outs. The State government not bei1o -eaqed!G
favor with the people just now and tba as@ueualyh
ing more under arrogated than deesat.J' az
tanly claim ittlefavor with The neo. yIVGeH or
all sovereignty exists; thereioreitis :. se
people will not submit quietly to the aat
governments, each claiming to control ~ N'Hcs Of two
VIII adhere to their agents. who rggar7 ~ VAef bu.
powers. Or if extraordinary powers ava l.-i Set
will appoint new delegates with special in.,r: heY
usurpaton of their rights the people will IA
may sometimes acquesce, but they ppva e., 0tY
such precedent unrebuked We NAV ran ssleS lA
pope's prayer, with an amendment 10 anil, The
Lord save Us from the Turk the devil Tho y GHes
politicians. sa md
We publish il our to-day's Issue sr,,,a
constitution of the confederate States Of 49, as
have since received the whole Of Il Tboaa a''a We
things taken from the constitution Of the DaSs 4sal
Some artieiFd, 'u"eFer are quite al inproysrs.,''
the old constitution. The president for "a
elected every six years. he should be elected
period. Ten years, as proposed in the ,a -"asef
which framed the original constitution von a,slla
been still better. 1t will be seen also tst Ie
of representatives is limited at one for eycrv
sand, and for the time being. South Csroir9 'T Vu'
entitled TO six Georgia, ten; the State of Il.b.Ve
the State Of Florida; two; the State Of Nissssrn
the State Of Louisiana, six Tie constrror s f.,.
adopted, and the many laws lately adonted "a le
likely to be adopted will open quite 6eld f .nSv
The professors of law are in tie habit Of reiqrro
multifarous, and the absurd laws Shch have hsan
acted. The new government will certainly rive Wa,
many more. Tie conflict Of LAWS between ia dias,.n,
~. II. L
under the same constitution there is much coraet h
tween the laws Of the different SIates how much nav,
so will it be when two sections Of the country s n
different constitutions? The Legislation which Win az.
viii be most intricate. 1t will be necessary for ano
Story to throw some light upon the sabec Of tbs nm.
tiict Of laws. The student Of law will meet with nsv
difficulties at every step in the science However N.
is a subject which has not yet given trouble Tbpcos.
ict between the two sections has given more snr,,br
sion than the conflict which nav arise in ,be lt !,
law II the first be settled amicablv the seeors vbs
settled by the struggle of intellect against intellect e
III the gorgeous arnor of eloqueuce There vAbs.
blood shed, but only the divine effuIgeBee If u.5
brought into the sparkling collision With mind js6s
sacred discharge of duty. It will be the batls on
spirit of the air, or archanges fighting, as tie bnn4
them with heavenly weaponS-sndt the arillervofrr
ment Of Logic, Of passion and of art will direct fS.
siles towards arranging and systematisng the coi.e
justice, and government will still continue to be
The contrivauee Of human wisdom to provide
for human wants"
IPlaquemine (Lal Weekly Afg1oGl
II Arkansas ever intends to enjoy the glory Of bt,
member of the southern conlederacy It is high thu
she about it. or il will be gone before she red thar
The rocket will burst before She gets round the coa
to see it 60 up. The Charleston Mercury aril.ali
don't like the way things are going on IL Mont-n4-
pfull rEaf Of, 10 lava
trade forever. Indeed if that becomes the settled po
they might well not have raised the muss TheKl
tcians of the ultra southern school will aud hemT6
after all the trouble coming out at the sane ti
went in at. All that milk will be to strain again
the old woman said when she split the slopsn hgclaH
When Arkansas comes in at the back door the Oaa
all the border States are asked in att she will Cstii
glimpse of the coat tail of certain other States sS
in" out Of the front and hear the sound Of sonai
'cussin" about being badly treated. The shoF EHe
over, and she will not be well in her seat beforetA
find the balance of them all going along to''ai
hallooing to her to wake up and not submit like 2ra
to the anti-save traders, Washington Ark TegnPh
| TAXES IN MrssIssIPPI-We learn from the Memphis
Appeal that the Mississippi legislature, nov in asl5
has levied an additional tax of fifty per cent upon A'
present State tax, and authorised the governor b.
row two millions of dollars at ten per cent paTlse
one, two and three years. out of the accrung rF'lA
OF the State.
The sheriff of Warren county, at yieksburg, Puas5a
the following proclamation:
! S., 900 PenaltY-To the tax payers Of Warel eQl'E
! By an ordinance of the State convention nlaa1
tax has been levied for the defence Of the Ssie ~
are therefore hereby notified to come forward lmHtF
ately and pay the same. And as said convention y
| levied tax on all money loaned outside o. Toe o4n'
and on all money kept from circulation within aee1S
it becomes the duty of all tax payers to appear ~
sherifs office and give in, under oath sad aSe'sl,
OF money, forthwith, under penalty OF I'VE I1oaS.,
dollars. This act applies as we'll to those VINO wy
heretofore paid their taxes as to those who bs'e Nv
paid them. WV. McRAE, Shsif
AN AcT.-To raise provisional forces Tor as ''p'-
crate States of America, and for other purposes
Section l. The congress of the confederate Satsa
America do enact, that to enable the government
confederate States TO maintain its jurisdiction o..T ,
questions Of peace or war and to provide ioF Ins
defence, the president be and he is hereby au.s
and directed to control of all military NJ
in every State having reference to Or connecIt'
questions between said States, or any Oh AsH'
powers foreign to them. ...,3s,
Sec O. And be ii further enacted, that 'ns M,
is hereby authorised to receive from the se'eiI
their arms and munitions Of war which nave LA
uuired from the United States, and which ait ss.
the forts, aTseualS and navy yaruo y, ' loaR
and all other arms and munitions which they l ..,d
to turn over and make chargeabe to TINS r,ga
Captain Lutham, alias Ruix, who has oeeH ). ts,-I
since the Sth of January, has escaped he "as ,s
with the capital offence Of taking slaves lfO VI
Of Africa on board the slave ship Cora o. 5 N
master and part owner, and which was s'p'pFea o,a:
| government vessel with slaves on Doaiu' fdIh
that he was taken from prison b an olcer
ing store on Broadway to make some pusr,asj
alleged, on Friday evening, and While tnuS HiaI
succeeding in making his escape. ~ ! Jm,
RATES OF PosrAar.-For the conTenle I.n,,s5 ID
renders and the nube generally we have PFt -,