The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-08
IMPORTANT FROM KEY Wrsr T

LIE ere" ~ Sit was stated i'll the uortl
on the 18th ut that two yessels--the Rms EapeH
Adelaide, Of Nassau and the Confedon,.s schooner
| Beauregard, OF Challeston-had been oot ptIFatceF
United States vessels and carried ipto e. "a by the
prizes ThefolloTing particulars are tak4I T. est a
in the New fork Express, dated Key Wos eteg
The Adelaide was eapturedby the United -ist
Connecticut Capt. Noodhull, near CANE q s'eauer
the It'll ut She is loaded with coffee ueSera, on
having several cases oil the latter Tb '4 swords
Lieut. Hardee, relative Of tactics HorJ epeieargo
in the Confederate army. lie claims tL Z, a on oihce
property, and acknowledges that he was tats az big
Savannah. a Ito
The Adelaide has made several yoyaoa,.too
since the. blockade The Adelaide has 6an savannah
the district attorney, and seized BY tie Ti itaelSa 0g
marshal, who has placed guard on board IL '"tea
Smith have been taken fort Tayor Nj ' T and
commander consenting to receive them mia 'in1 he
Woodruff returns from the fleet when tbey uI P,aa
to New Y ork. slAeR
. The Confederate privateer Beauregard coc,u,.,
Capt Gilbert Hay, captured on the Ioor,a9y
10Th ut, one hundred miles E. N. E. Of AbacS ~ tle
United States sloop W G. Anderson ientenaa " the
Rogers. Noresistance was made by the BeanraT5 ~
superiority Of the armament Of the Andero O,'ae
great that it would have been madness to g
strength. 'Hef
While the Anderson was approaching lien -,
we're engaged in throwing shot shell nnsk crew
and before the capture most Of the ammunition ~
only powder IA few pistols one or two ,iao s 9't
pivot gun on deck remaining The crew 'l1 .ls
in number at placed in irons and trar.f
Il "a the ship Prize. Master Davis with noE@s
took charge Of the schooner, andmpidy bronpbtEass
= Key West.
y LATE FROM NEW MExIoo-The following lou.
y from New Mexico find in Washington disrsI 7
the 9th ut;
Judge Army has arrived from New Mexico b,i,..
, dispatches from the federal army in New Mexico t9as
1t government He reports strong Union treIn. Y
{ that territory.
rs Col Candy, in command of the military ,Iep.,u..
If New Mexico has taken forts Craig and Stant
the Messilla border driving the Texans away ma ~
u ut the latest dates route for fort Fillmore ia DIS
sess the eueRay there that post having been traoJ
surrendered by Col Lynde to an inferior force If T
% ans; thence he intends marching into Arizona 10 d.
off the rebels Having sufficient force there can h.
III no doubt Of bis success.
III The Indians for thc greater part are peace,EI M
=! friendly to the government. Judge Army on the nc
~ hither passed at the big bend Of the 4rkaps, G
cd camps of the Confederate troops of the plains cor
ing Of aboat 6H0a AIapahoes, Kirwas CamanrEss
ny CheyeHnes ami Prairie 4pachts. They desired br =
say when be reached Washington, that they would fs
for their great father, the defender Of the Union
a. Gov Connolly has recommended to the cg,I,to,.
nc assembled the repeal Of the slave code enacted M
III years ago and from the tone of the public feeling an
&c act for that purpose will be passed Kit Carson coI
oue commanding regiment Of mounted rangers sonl
81 querque.
ed GIN. McCULLocn.-'II ermes,' the Richmond c,
On respondent of the Charleston Mercury writes:
ne ''Ben McCulloch is at the Exchange. Saws he n
Al, fine army of $3.50 men, but no one to command
IA them Hence his visit here. Conessea he Is aog,n
rs eral Saws Price and his command will certauI1b b
o. taken prisoners. gentleman reports this who heard
Oh him say it. Ben is dazzling partisan nothing more
e. He has been clog and nuisance to Price Attic
battle of Gak hills his utter incompetency was mani
ere fest This is the common talk in town.
rr The British ship Cheshire, from Liverpool inatenpt
VI ing to run the blockade At Savannah was captured
BY the gunboat Augusta, and has been sent to Nep
a.. York in charge OF prize crew. She had valuable
cargo on board.
ro. The information by telegraph Yesterday politically
hat that is regarding Messrs S!idelI and Mason o
Hes eether TOD much the say-so-stye to command full
credcnce.
EN- burg on Wednesday, lst inst, that tile yankee
'h troops were landing in force on the main land Tie
Nie Bay of Biloxi opposite Ship island ia Mississippi The
coast IS almost barren and they can get but little IN
Gus that neishborhood The Wing cannot imagine what
ana they intend to accomplish unless it is land attack
avs on Mobile and that viii be, to them long and dtl
ais gerous march The New Orleans Crescent Of the li
asT saws there was later intelligence received ya
terday from Mississippi sound The lederas Assem-
rea bling rapidly on Ship island They preparing o
descent somewhere Oh the mainland Ihlrty,hreb
ops forty sails are reported be in the harbor bedesev
and era small craft What they intend to DO will Fooa
L blv be made manifest the present month.
ON CANADA AND TIE UNITED STATES III the eyentosaF
ON with England the New York Herald INDUCES The b
re- lowing beautiful speculatons regarding Canada
ana In the event Of England in her folly declaring sa
against the United States, the annexation Of the Bn
ms North American possessions to which Mr. Seward o1
one ed forward in his speeches made before the pa
any miuistraton came into Office Will inevitably follow
u audi wee
lou bred and fifty thousand troops into Canada III FtsA
ests and overrun the province in three weeks more
ibef would take longer time to capture the'Gadel
hen bee but STILL time would do the work Ia uH Ia
cd sion we should be aided by large portion te Il
tain apts two-thrds OF whom in favor OF SnslA'l
'ate to the United States. The press OF the country I
reat have led to contrary opinion, but the press y Nv
means represents the general feeling on Tue Su'..
pom In a very short time could if necessary, u"5
adj million of men in the field 10 secure tie e24 p5
to And what-resistance out OF Quebec touu 'y Et
pack government offer to the tide oil nyaaoa wv At
tells could not be easily overcome even by ly.o"
d as the force we should bring into operation Ls ~
own in all North America IS insignificant, heF ,''yu il
au few and far between and her frontier toa ul
'era Canada would therefore, be at our mercy 0"''s
the of crossing the boundary line. ;l Crest
Dads Meanwhile in view Of the possible rupture
eayy Britain let congress abolish our tre"'s' ", i,
from which she been deriving sucn SEgo' 'o , r
IMAM advantages, and let us ISOE'e oU'a'''
ince without delay. r., Ire,yeh ,r.
here SxoTurr FAMINE IN IRELAND.-Ihe uPFol IJ
quar- vest is already making itself felt IN ine "s n, .
where the clergy Of all creeds and the o'll . NITRATE
alton themselves called upon to exert tleh's1 want
a. rs with them lies the evils OIL lLait"1''sl Es
the local Journal the Sligo Champion 3'!S ,s.s
moment the people in the west OF lreiaNu :rn,g5g
Lou That must eventuate in appalling distress % q
Il ad ha not done for their relief As REGARDS ,roea
and SLIGO we have it on the authority Of mi slut
one If those considerate landlords VINO lcrIs RE
this thar eve, to cts-that in some quarters ,I & hef
s. es not 50 well off as they were III Io1j' ~ bu!1
Ld some little hoard from previous s'',s IN, tire
eived thav are witheutauy means III coase. r eypra
from It ,rs baipa 50 savere-"so pay 10 .! trs d
s;yafy term H. In the districts alluded w TI ,.l.
had tt, fsnss are unable to pay their rents H.. Frs
chief t;, of th government has been called " H. one
limo .oL Ir.t 7 tr oaIv answer youel'aeos csa
al de - ,o a the venerable Archdca'0l
nded I'"' " ' Prt Paro wit 'thc subject @o
ers- to receive the anxious attentlo" VI 10 tta
nded ment" Of what avail IS TINS a,e5nime: ai
eeing if the people are left to perish III ' s and unl
num- week The winter has set in with Sauu' y We d
severity and :f something beno' uo'e n rnloa Herald
the consequences Ar Twelve oeoh n
rough @Npa" -, ta State powder mills inaS Inv y s
round i'l az St Marine Hospital at l'reta' anp
OOdQ aSS,s 9', t,.r shook the whole city to It's
stones. ~. the sky for aap hs
oyes- pillar of flame shot up TO Inc and and then Gao, ~
2itk Illuminating the whole heavens, ,j5en. too O,d