The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-04-17
General Intellioanoo

lott sumter, al o'clock this morning NJ opened On
turned Tue hfe' brisk eannonading is bs Tort re-
rhefe Is no information from the ii'ng keptup
military are under arms and the Who'll SsaooaFd Tia
on the streets The harbor is filed vim population ara
tators. YIN anxious sraa
The firing continued all day. Two 90
guns were scnced, and it is reported Il .oFt suntqr
been made in the southeast wall M oa hay
happened to any of the forces. Onv 'suaity Vet
nineteen batteries have opened fire ON sven Of Tie
remainder have been held ready for tho lort Tie
Two thousand men reached the city this feet
embarked for Morris island '''' morning, AID
MoNrGoMERY, April 9.--President Davis m,a.
three thousand troops. Ai'oanaot
The Mississippi brigade of eighteen b,,s
arrived at Pensacola on the It'll Three bnS nta
seventy Georgia troops for Pensacola nossa1 and
here within the last forty weight hours. uH0Qsh
MONTGOMERY, april l2.-The conflict oo,.
Charleston. Gen. Beauregard opened bs aaeneedi
fort Sumter this morning at hap-past Ia5eFs0 o.
BosToN, April 1.-THE Massachusetts laaiaA
present session, passed bill authorship Il"
to increase the number of volunteer militia So.ernor
two thousand troops on a war footing put
The working force at the Charestown INV
been increased to 1900 men. ddha
MONTGOMERY, April IA call from thau..,
ment will be made tonight on each Of the coas at
States, for three thousand volunteers eycentiD
which will be called on for fifteen hundred oaql
CHARLESTON, April 9.-The city presents ..,u.
face, but there is deep feeling underneath 4I'l'r
Prodigious preparations are progressing f.,
Tense of the place and the surrounding fos.I e De
The enthusiasm is great Our first citizens
listing in the ranks "el
WASHINGTON April 9.-Adninistrlton c;,.
sistenty state that the recent preparations aro p,
fensive purposes. V' ar,
Fort Pickens has been, will be, reinforced ,.,,
administration will either relieve major Ard anu Tie
secure his evacuation without dishonor ''Ol OF
The assurance of the inaugural is repeated 49,,
government will not be the aggressor but uiil - Tue
the laws leaving the responsibility those who
hostilities.
WASHINGTON, April l1.-Five companies ,ooL =.
army oath at the war department to-day Tbe GE NY
ton lasts three months.
PHILADELPHIA, April 11.-All officers at I'm 49,.
yard are ordered to be ready for active seryice ,i
ten DAYS, and to report to the frgate Minnesota On @
Ist and the Mississippi on the 10th of Nav.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE steamer Coatzoco,,...
arrived here to-day from Indianola via Kew Vas, anS
Havana with above 400 troops. She reports b,,i.u
landed two companies of infantry at Key West
ALBANY, n. Y, April l0-The democrats boyo 20,
ried the city ticket by 1900 majority.
NORFOLK Va, April l0.-The L. S steam looDof.
war Pocahontas sailed to-day under sealed orders
n.
row recommend to the legislature appropriation Of
$500, 900 for the purchase of munitions Of wa, Hs
thinks it is the duty of the State to assist the genera,
government.
MEMPHIS, April S--A fire brokeOutn HckmanKy
on the night of the 9th by which the business portion
of the town was destroyed The loss ia put down 4,
1925, 900, on which there was insurance Of $1,000
GALVESTON, April 9-It is reported that the United
States troops still remaining in Texas design eoncena
ing at some given point
The steamers Star of the West and Empire Ciiy ea.
tered by the United States government to transport
troops from Texas, are still lying off Indanoh
The Mexicans at Matamoras have planted ean1Gs
pointing towards Brownsville.
The legislature has passed bill dividing h Stale
into six congressional DISTRICTS also, bill to ket@d
for million dollars, to be secured by a speGalaz
PORTLAND, April S.-The royal mail steamhpCirl,
dian of the Liverpool and Portland line arriyvlas
port early this morning, from Liverpool on the 9she
March, and Londonderry the morning of the 2gh
LIVERPOOL, March 2s-The sales of cottQnin Liver
pool the past five days amounted to $4,000 bales q
which L, 900 are reported to have been akenOHs0a
lation and is, goo for export.
The weeks business opened active at an adule
fully Id, caused by the adyices from America 1g
subsequently,, owing to the disturbed state Of de
manufacturing districts, closed quiet at barely maiatl5
quotations
Friday and Saturday being holidays, no busineara
transacted
Richardson, Spence & Co, say the weeks busncsa
breadstufs closed with declining tendency PEcs3
wheat were, however, steady.
Various Liverpool circulars say the provision nl8a
closed dull.
LONDON, March 2s.-Tbe closing quotations for con-
soils to-day were 915 to 9I4 for money and 9ltD9i
for account.
The steamship North Briton, from Portland, and
Bremen and City of Manchester, from New York Ind
all arrived out at their respective ports
The Edinburg sailed from Liverpool on the 21lts
New York, taking out e100, 900 in specie,
New York April 8-The Liverpool New YUkai
Philadelphia mail companys steamer Edinbulg iaa
Liverpool on the 9th ult., and from QueensoWH@A
28th ult., arrived at her dock. Her commerciaIneR
gence has been anticipated by the Canadian at Fat
land.
Napoleon's speech receiving the address is REGARDED
rs ambiguous.
The pope's last allocution has been Suppressed
France is far less conciliatory than was ANTICIPATED
after the Austrian explanations.
The order for the reinforcement of Rome vas e''
fernandez.
The Paris Bourse rules dull. Rentes 66f l@
Count Cavour in speaking on the roman qlea@.
said that Italy had a right to Rome for her capita aq
that the union of the temporal and spiritual poTaa
the pope was q source OF efl.
Gen. Guyon is authorised to contract for the fRaa
army of Rome six months longer
The rumor that Austria intended aggression' isih
Piedmont is pronounced as being false.
The reactionary demonstrations are prosFesl;
Sicily.
In London, the builders strike has become qaIt'@
GUS The Lancashire weavers are turning out
1t is officially announced that prince Albert Will i"
Canada about the middle of the month of June
Adyiees from st. Petersburg states that uleFs"'
still been slight disturbances ct Warsaw. IL,
The scheme for a forced loan in Turkey l-' w.
published ,r.
China kilograms report teas advancing, paS ~"
Canton. ,,.4o
1t was certain that the American secretary Oh ei'
had been murdered at Jeddo, and that the frely.a
English ministers had retired. The American nlAN'
remained at Jeddo. pus
New YORK, April 9.-The royal mail steamer iy, ~,
Capt Judkins, of the Cunard line reached nr' "A
at o'clock this morning. Her mails for tue soa. a
go forward in the O'Clock evening tram, anu
due in New Orleans, Saturday next, the lStn' s@
The.Persia sailed from Liverpool SATURDAY Sy"S
and called off at Queenstown, the 5lst "IV' q,h
brings two days later intelligence than We ""-
Canadian at Portland ,-1,pr.
James Hewitt & Co., say in their circular y c,%s
sia that the Liverpool cotton market closed I Tue I'm
business firm, with prices in favor OF the seH''
quote midding Orleans at 7 sled. -,oossss
The imports of the week amounted 70 'V'0V'
The exports of the week were 5000. 49,. oao he
The quantity known to be at sea was ZoO''''
against 222, 600 at the same date last year ,,i.t
At the close of the week the sellers aeli .i -
Their advance, but the buyers refused 10 pa! oel
The Powhatan and Atlantic have alIeau! rJ.gi
The steamer Illinois is loading with 'roop
for the gull, and will sail as soon as READY. ,Irrs
The Baltic has also been chartered by the pu.''
tration .,roral large