The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-12-13
General Intelligence.


Georgian Bay Canal Annexation clubs are springing
/ up all over Lower Canada French Canadian organs
/ wage a fierce war upon British dominion. The Fe
mans are quiet excepting occasional demonstrations,
new YoRK, Nov ga Fenian flagstaff has been
raised and business is transacted with all the regularity
/ oil an organised government.
There IS strong tide of emigration from the United
States to Brazil mostly from the southern States.
a case OF cholera is reported in Greenwich street
all street is dull and there is but little speculative
feeling Iae news from Mexico is yariously interpret
ed The near approach of the meeting Of Congress- the
conhIcng rumors respecting secretary McCulochs pol
cy and the alleged fact that some of the western buy
are unable to meet thirty days bills of goods bought
here, tend to increase the general uncertifude.
/ Gen Elliott late O. s. A, has been formally pardon
ed by the president
New YoRK, Nov. IA list of damages by the rebel
cruisers show they captured two hundred and seventy
five merchant vessels during the war of an AGGREGATE
tonnage Of nearly Million the majority whereof we're
! either sunk or burned
NEW YoRK.-Nearly all the privates of the veteran
reserve corps have voted IS leave the service large
number Of officers remain, most of whom ncapaci-
tated for their former ayocatons 1t is proposed to
submit enabling act to congress providing for their
admission to the regular service upon recommendation
! of a board of examiners
At the close of the war, in April the government had
three hundred and thirty locomotives, 1900 cars and
70 600 tons of iron All the locomotives except thirty
two have been sold. One thousand still on
hand, and will be sold before the first Of January.
After the trial of the Stonewal for edicaton of the
Farragut court martial the general impression seemed
to be that commodore Craven exercised sound dscre
ton in attacking her. as in case the Niagara guns
failed to make impression on the StonewaI she would
probably have sunk the Niagara with her ram.
Several of the leading merchants andslmporters rec
ommend H. A. Smythe for the collectorship of New
York.
! Gen James c. Burcher commanding the second sub
district of South Carolina denies the reports OF attempt
ed negro instructions in the Barnwel district;
/ Mrs c. c. Clay has been informed that her husband
cannot be paroled, but will be held for trial.
Major Echols of the corps of engineers IN the old ar
my has been pardoned on the recommendation OF the
attorney general to enable hlm TO take out patent
for invention which promises to be OF great benefit
| to the government.
New YORK, Dec 1.-The Tribunes Washington spe-
cial saws it has positive information that relations
with France and England are entirely satisfactory. Ma
poeons speculation in Mexico is very unpopular with
the French He viii withdraw his forces from Mexico
| as soon as compatible with his dignity.
The Spanish minister read to-day to the secretary OF
State his government dispatch emphaucay expressing
opposition to the slave trade, and pedgng most earnest
| efforts for its extrpation.
Rio Janero adyiccs of the oath of October say it
net be ascertained whether the Paraguayans are with
drawing or intend to hold their position: The main
body of the allied army its way to MERGED The
Brazians had renorcements of 1900 IN the Rio Grande
district to operate in ltapua The Brazlllans were
waiting for the completion of their ironclad war vessels
| The q. S. men-of-war Hartford, Juniata, Wasp and
Susquehannah at Rio.
! Several gentlemen from Louisiana were in Brazil
seeking suitable localities for emigrants.
| The Heralds Havana letter, of November 22d, says
the authorities had called for loan Of $1,000 pre-
pare for the reception OF the cholera.
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| the island.
Further Rio Janeiro advices say that Col Wood and
party who Brazil negotiate for lands for some
six hundred southern planters, had met with an enthu
siastic reception.
The Paraguayans are said to have Withdrawn their
troops from the Lower Parana river.
Five thousand bales of cotton arrived at Santos Har
| Dor during the month of October.
New YORK, Dee 1.-The Herad's Toronto CORE
spondent says $4,000 Fenians have enrolled and are
now drilling in Canada Nearly onehalf are said to be
! already armed. 49,
TAYLOR the Old Capitol prison for appropratng $2O
600 in gold after the fall of Richmond beongngto the
Confederate government has been released by the
rotary of war.
| turned over to the civil authorities.
No credentials have been received from members of
congress from the late discretionary States, except
from Virginia and parts of Tennessee.
ex-governor Lubbock, of Texas, was released from
fort Delaware Friday last.
WAsHIYGToY Nov. 2T.-Herschel Y johnson, of Ga
has arrived at Washington bringing favorable account
of the return of Union sentiment among the people.
e y in tvn and vii he cPmpieed b apIe time for
delivery the distant cities by special MESSENGERS for
| the press the day of its delivery to Congress.
The internal revenue is falling off The receipts on
Saturday were three-quartcrs of million.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The government detective
force, instead of being dsbanded, will be employed in
the chief cities to appTehend counerelterS OF green
backs, smugglers and defrauders of internal revenue
The daughter of ex-confederae secretary Mallory has
not obtained her fathers release.
Gen. Grant and part of his staff will leave Monday
to visit Richmond and other southern cities.
Albert Pike has been permitted to locate at Memphis
| to practice law.
RALE1oH, Nov 27-Gov Holden is still confined by
sickness 1t is thought the legislature will ratify the
amendment to the constitution.
/ WASHINGTON Dec. Only thirty-fouT members OF
| congress have reported themselves.
| Cen Townsend will probably succeed Gen. Weld IN
| the army
The reduction of the army is still going on BY the
LIST of July it will be reduced to fifty thousand men,
which is deemed sufficient fer state of peace, and it
viii only ask for thirty million dollars for the year
There is no opposition vet manifested to Coltax for
speaker and but little against Mcpherson.
Chauncey NJ. Depew the newly appointed minister to
Japan has not yet accepted His friends are pushing
him for the New York collectorship.
The collective strength of the Indians in the United
States amounts sol $780, whereof 900 have served
in the federal army during the last
The property at Puget Point Lookout is secured for
q temporary asylum for disabled soldiers and sailors
The grants of land to the northern and central Pacific
railways will exceed by careful estimates one hundred
and TWENTY-FIVE million of land. southern route
will be asked for during the coming session OF congress
The report of the controller of the currency presents
strong arguments III favor OF contraction OF the cur
| rency.
The Washington Chronicle says Gen. Grant will not
90 further than Charleston.
NASHVILLE, Nov, pa court martial has assembled
for the trial of VIM. Heferman. The defendant died
at noon yesterday.
Frank Gurlev, the murderer of Gen. R. McCook, has
arrived from Huntsville to be executed next Friday
GRENADA, Nov. 30.-A collision took place here last
night between party of State militia searching oI
arms among the freedmen and squad of negroes
assisted by some coored soldiers.
Several of the militia were wounded one severely
A large number of muskets ammunition, etc, were
found and taken from the negroes.
BEECHER GETS CONFEDERATE PARDoHED.-Judge Gray
of whom the following is told, was a member OF the
Confederate congress from the Galveston and Houston
section of country he is old and influential either
of our sister State:
Judge P w. Gray of Houston, Texas, who had come
to Washington, for pardon without having provided
himself with the usual and necessary endorsement o
his papers, about to return unpardoned when, By