The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-30

one million three hundred and seventy-three thou
sand dollars have been expended reconstruction 70
date.
Revenue receipts to day, $4,000 -.
The Indebtedness OF Southern rairoaas 70 '"o ~
arnment is between six and seven millions. o.
admiral Portcrs steam launch eApioaeo III 5 ~.
ern river killing the 6hef hhSstieel roy y Ia i ;r
Clark, CocksWaln Shea and negro III e'i'"'' 'lN
RIrHaoNp October ai-This afternoon, IN speech
in the Capitol Square. aunu'cutt NJ @
men here One of them in the crowd SAD ne was
dd liar when the negroes attempted to MOP MN,
They caught an unoendlng Dutchman ana we're apous
to kill him. when the pollce rescued MN. rug
foowed the officers TO the station-house, thfo"nS
stones and behaving in very dsorderiy manner AZ
is quiet now, but much excltemeh1 III feafu W 'h
election exists. ~, .,o.+
NO was heId here to-day about four thousand negroes
and few whites being present Inc mee.ihs !" %
dressed BY c. K. Hopkins and few other MITES
BRADLEY Sims and other negroes. 70 oissul psnoo
occurred until after the meeting when mere "eio se
oval collisions between the country ana cry hee.o1s
which were promptly suppressed by the poi'oe' anu
'eI n''rISopp October 21-The Synod, after long
discussion referred the matter OF the union o. e o
and new schools to the Union Conmitee wiz '' 80;
olntons of its Presbytercs. The SYNOD hopes WI,
action will lead to the reunion OF the curch, ho' oh
in doctrine but in spirit, truth and love. 4 .,,o
C.sc1SSAr1 October 2l-The Enquirer prese.s n n.s
name If George H. Pendeton as the cnoce Oh e"e nc
mocracy of OHIO Kentucky and the Northwest ior
President upon the platform OF the CONSTITUTION
Equal Justice to all sections OF our common cou.iy
with equality to all and special privileges 10 nohe 'e
currency for the bondholders that the people are
compelled to receive the prompt payment OF the puoe
debt as it falls due, in legal tender OF the na'on, me
immediate restoration of the Southern states 10 tue
Union with their full share of representatives IN oo1n
branches of the Government guaranteed oy lhe coz
sttuton and universal amnesty for all political Oh
fences. ., D; f the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. died here OF yelo"
fever. ~ ... f.o,, ro,lou
MOBILE October 21.--SiS lnterments ifo'h Se"o"
fever the past two days 4u g.. ..
hours ending at six O'Clock this morning lo
At Galveston Yesterday there were no lhtefueh.s
from fpyer Absentees slowly returning, put
deemed lprudent The fever in the interior IS aoa'l
for want of material nv ~.,p.,hl,a,
comm1ttee to initiate the Presidential campaign meets
here on the 18th December. That OF the democrats
meets November l.. Returns from Virginia ihoica'e
the success of the Convention The Radicals Pieao'
;natp and the result shows the whites and blacks ar
raved against each other almost soiloF; n,..
The Democratic candidates are elected IN Baltimore
BY 5000 majority. ,;, ~
Hartford Connecticut, to-day. mi,
Judce Chase writes Underwood that he will be IN
Richmond at the opening of court, and II the deience
Iii nv Mr. Davis at once he will remain IN Rlch
mond after the opening of the Supreme Court mere IN
December ....ots "a f.,
the q hours ending at o'clock this morning.
WasH1xGroS, October 24-The announcement OF
Marmaduke's pardon premature 1t IS on lhe
Presidents table with the Attorney Gent,n
Colfax at the Cooper Institute, advocated lnpeach
ment and Grant the Radical nominee tor the next
Presidency. e l.:
| General Grant has General Thomas report of his
proceedings during the recent Nashville election, COW
erng correspondence between Grant, Thomas, brown
low and Mayor Brown. Particulars are inaccessible
The retrenchment committee have conhheo tnehi-
selves to the examination of books and papers lhey
have as yet examined no witnesses In the present
stage of the investigation, speculation as 10 she co
missions action is idle. -,
General Grant is at work day. Seward is at the
White House to-day. DR.. Sam. Bard, OF Atlanta Ha,
is in town. General Howard has returned heSeh Ia
receipts to day. 5000 600 The Postmaster General ad
verses contracts under the postal treaty with
England. A departure alternate days is cohtem
plated I'D
condition with only 81 feet water in it.
Cofax says of Grant "IIe is the nobest and the
greatest, uniting, as be does, the pertnacty of wei
ngton with the dash of Napoeon and his modeS'y IS
only equaed by his merit"
NEW ORLEANS October 25.-Fever interments for the
"a hours ending at O'Clock this morning Il.
The Hamburg steamer Bavaria arrived in the river
with 800 passengers, the first experimental trip
looking to the establishment of line between New
Orleans aud Hamburg.
The Crescent of to-day says private letter from
Corpus Christi gives intelligence that the towns of
Brazos Santiago and Brownsville, Texas city of Malta
and village of Bagdad, Mexico, extensively
damaged by the recent storm 1t devastated Galve on.
The steamer Pzarro left Brazos for this point the
29h ult, and has not been heard from since. 1t is
sidered certain that she went down with all board.
WILMINGTON. n. G., October 24.-The opposition to
the Convention is increasing, but orly will prob
ably vote in favor of it. Very few negro delegates
will be elected in this State, the whites having major
y of about %, 600 The conservatives will undoubtedly
control the body.
RICHMOND October 2t.-Returns at Gen. Schofield' S
headquarters show concuSvcly that the State in
favor of the Convention and it is also certain that the
Convention will be Radical by - majority. This city
elects the following Radicals after three days contest
Hunnicutt Judge Underwood, Morrissev and two col
ored men. The Radical ticke did receive white
votes, the conservative ticket so coored votes in
the city. The negroes voting the conservative ticket
were chased from the polls by negro mobs Hunnicutts
arrested for tearing up conservative tickets in
the hands of negroes, at Monroe ward polls and sent
to the Libby. He subsequently released.
CHARLESTON, October 24.- Senior Romero expects to
sail for Mexico in the steamer Wilderness about the
end of this week
WASHINGTON, October ga. S. White Secretary of
the Indian Commission, teegraphs, October list that
treaty has been made with the Comanches and hiowas
Prospects good for peace with the Cheyennes ARA
phoes Apaches.
Secretary McCuoch has issued the following: ssMer
chandse intended for ports and places in the interior
may be duly withdrawn from warehouse and trans
ported by inland to Galveston and from thence via
Aleyon and Gonzales to San Antonio and from thence
by way OF Eagle Pass, Preside del Ncrte or San Eli
carlo to its destination in Mexico, under restrictions
and requirements provided in section G. chapter of
the reguations.o
WHEELING, Va October 25.--Legislatve elections
have been held in West Virginia The returns are
meagre, but show diminished vote The Democrats
have made large gains as far heard from The CITY
majority Brooke county elected the democratic ticket
" God, Marshall, Writ, Berkeley, and probably Harr
son, have gone Republican.