The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-24

IN LeT1ngton john y. BrecknIdge arrived in
Lexington on the 9th where he warmly welcomed
by his old friends and neighbors. From special dis
! patch copy follows:
! AS soon as his presence was made known large
number of gentlemen called to pay their respects.
Gen Breckinridge received them all kindly and in that
| dignifed manner for which he is so noted. He de-
clined conversing political matters, and merely
stated that he had arrived at his home at last by per-
mission of the United States authorities
| Among the callers on him this evening were we'll
| known gentlemen and Democratic politicians from all
parts of the State, quite number having arrived dur
ing the day from Frankfort, Louisville and Nicholas
vile and other places. 1t is safe to say that up to
midnight not less than one thousand persons will have
called upon him.
Despite Of rain, the serenade took place at halfpast
ten to night, preceded by bonres and rockets large
crowd preceded by band assembled in front of his
house, the band playing and the people cheering for
Gen Breckenridge When the band had ceased play
ing Home Sweet Home" somebody called for "Hal
to the Chief" and the crowd demanded Dixie"
The rain was falling in torrents them but there were
loud calls, "Down umbrellas !" aud down went url-
brellas, and up rose the cheers
At this point General Breckenridge appeared, and
amid deafening cheers, commenced speaking his re
marks attracting close attention. and being greeted at
the close, with rounds of cheers. General Breckn-
ridge said
Fellou CN5zens-In returning home after SO long a1a
Absence would be very stral ge being if were in.
sensible to this very cordial reception from my friends
cerey. Recently have observed that it is very DIFF
cu for persons in my situation pursue that line of
conduct that they might wish to pursue. Nevertheless
it may be proper to say, that accept this informal but
most cordial welcome purely PERSONAL and containing
no particle of political significance. A voice" That's
right Indeed can and will say that the tremendous
events ohe last eight years have had greata tendency to
deaden, fno destroy old party feelings, and for my
self can truly declare that feel the political
excitemens that mark the of my former years.
han 7 ytipot vol, T TuilI,
except to express the pleasure that feel in coming
back to the people whom SO dearly loved
The SLAVE TRADE Eeyrr.-The Paris Debas re-
views interesting account of his voyage in the two
Niles, in 1860 and 1864, just written by M Guaume
Lejpan Such book, the Debats Observes is partic-
ulary worthy of remark in France where taste for
voyages and for geography is by means general,
and where people readily believe that Bucharest is the
capital of Bokhara. NJ. Lceans discoveries as to the
extent to which the slave trade is carried on in those
regions especially valuable Khartoum at the
northern extremity Of the Great Delta, may be consid
cred he tells us, Of the chief centers of this odiou
traffic. The dealers settled there under pretcnse of
trading in ivory send at their own expense sn1al2
corps d 'aaHnee on slave recruiting expeditions among
the happy negroes and their wives and children From
khartoum the slaves very often sent to Massowah
to be transported thence by Djeda to the Arrabiara
peninsula. N. Lejean calculates that, between 1858
and 1862, about six thousand slaves year have been
poured into the Egyptian territory along the course Of
the White river, and that, since them this total has
rerched the figure of fifteen thousand Eu.
rope has protested, but in her remonsrances
the Egyptian government contents itself with remark
ing that the traffic is abolished by law
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THE GEORGIA TRAGEDY.-We take the following
from an Augusta dispatch Of the l4th:
DR.. G. W. Dardcn, who killed Chas Wallace, editor
OF the Clipper, was taken from Jail at Warrenton last
night by party of disguised men, who took him some
distance from the town. where they shot him to death
Particulars of the tragedy at Warrenton, which re-
suited in the killing of Wallace by Darden and the
subsequent killing Of DArden by disguised Parties.
show that both Wallace and Darden were Democrats
and that the whole affair was purely ola personal ma
ture, originating at first in private quarrel between
friends of Wallace aud Darden and Which was carried
into the Masonic lodge, where as alleged, Darderf
blackbaed Wallace, for which the latter denounced
the former liar and scoundrel on the publication
of which Darden shot Wallace while he was passing on
the street in front of bis Office The affair is deeply
regretted and regarded great calamity by the
friends of both parties who highly esteemed and
connected in Georgia.
BIG SENATOR'S INTENTIoNs-A WASHINGTON sna
cial, of February 24th, says:
queer report started to night that Daniel Pratt
the big Indiana Senator, who is i'll town and who in
sense carries ali before him. has decided that none Of
the Senate chairs strong or large enough to hold
him, so that he contempates having one made on mr.
pose, OF immense strength with ample room and verpa
enough. 1t is also limited that Mr. Sumner will or
pose this as establishing inequality and as starting
dangerous precedent.
Some English parties represented in this country
by Mr. Everett, have procured reduction of rates os
freight on cotton from Memphis Norfolk through by
and have already shipped some 1900 bales They are
now negotiating for steamships to run regularly be-
tween Norfolk and Liverpool and the design is to
make Norfolk permanent shipping port and rem
dezsous OF the Southern railroads.
An old man in Chicago attempted to kill one Or two
OF bis daughters the other day with revolver. He
wanted to kill them because he didn't know whether
they were his daughters not. In that city n man
has right to doubt thing of that sort certainly
But the lives of his wifes children ought to be sacred
to him nevertheless.
There have been eighteen Presidents of the United
States before Grant The names of nine Of these end
ed with the letter n" OF the nine the names of six
ended with the letters on; and of the six Eve end
ed with son !" Of the six neither had SON.
There is a widow in Nashville, Tenn, one hundred
and fourteen yea old, who enjoys the pensions Of
three husbands, all Of whom served in the Revolution
ary war Her name IS Dinah yies. She has four hun,