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The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06
Entire Suspension OF Business

The following private dispatch was
last evening received by one OF our
leading commercial hou~es and kindly
placed 1t orr disposal for publication:
.Sr. Louis, April 20.-Ihe express
has been stopped send by special
messenger. DON'T trust the mails.
"AU business has stopped. Can't
ship anything"
And dis il the actual state of
affairs to which the Lincoln Govern
lncut. in its mad career Of coercion,
has brought things in the Queen City
Of the West. We have one con~o-
lation. however, in recording ii. The
shirt OF A!effis.ourians has not yet
been crushed out, and the Govern
mcnt which thus madly thinks tc
Subdue a brave and long suffering
people, will soon find itself stopped.
. Daily Papc,, at .>hr"rcpo1.-Mr
John Dickinson, late Of the Natcli
toches Chronicle, ha. commenced tho
publication OF daily paper nj ShrcV"
port. called the Daily News. In :
stirring time like this, when each ia!
brings forth more than year. III I'll,
dav Of stagc-coachcs and slow trave
overland; the weekly paper has bu
small claim to the title OF Il me'c
paper. We wish Mr.. Dickinson, al
the success his enterprise merits
Gazette j. CoD'ct.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06

The river at this point continues TO
fall slowly. Our planters give Us
hattering accounts Of their prospects
thus far. During yesterday evening
We were visited by a light rain.
As we are going to press We learn
that The steamers Emma and Capt.
Lane, bound from ST. Louis to the
Indian nation, laden with corn, are
undergoing search by our authorities.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06
From the Memphis Argus, 25th
4 Visit TO CairO---'ric Abolition
Preparations.

Esmoyfd Dcsrcnf on Mo S0wfh-NHnbor ot
Tro0ys IN Cair0--EhsTc HIcy 0Tc trom-
famping an fhs GmyS--SOWtiorH W''ioiS
Dixpossdf to hc tr,eHdiy- Ihrc"tsio Drorn
lniro- Commerce Hhoiiy stopped-Aboh-
ton 1hiering-Sei-nre IF Mt"phis Prep
,riY--P rDWtHtt Wian!sHHS at t"tFo, hr0Ff-
sHg ,rtih Hc Peopie, f'c.
We returned this morning from
Cairo, Whore q Sgiourn of II hours
satisfied IL. that we must make every
necessary arrangement to repei an IN
yasion from the troops now concen-
trating there.
There is in Cairo and vicinity about
2 100 troops, and the number is in
creased by the arrival Of every train.
These troops are principally from tn"
State of lllinois--inost Of them from
that uuprinciplod hole, Chicago.
\ large number of them are camped
along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers
for the ,Nrpose OF preventing any
attempt to cut The lcyee by the taIro-
ties and true Egyptians. lh" people
! in Southern Illinois are very int'@=
nant at the action ot the WIZ depart
nrut in scudin@ troops 20 Cairo
/ some Of Them have -igniticd ticT
intention to drown them ont by cut
ting the lcyre. The commandments.
chief of the Illinois militia caused
the following notice to be posted IL
/ Cairo:
GEN. Il. X. SwIFr-DcV Sir
say 70 the people ot Cairo that rG"p'
, -..,,t -I,',.,. From, u,, ,t;--IlI-t of then
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06
Shreveport Weekly News.
Published erery Nonaay Morning. al
$40 80 Per. Ann1ln1.

u OVice, corner IF Jrras and 'Spr'"g
streets, oSel Bacr's stare.
I Entrance on Spring street,
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06

The remains Of Mr.. John Buck
ridge, who met his death BY tn" pre-
mature discharge Of the cannon, day
before Yesterday. were carried to their
last resting place yesterday, and
buried with military honors. May
he be at peace with his Maker. The
solemn tap of the drum, as the SAreTe-
port Srutinel=, passed our office, with
slow steps, accompanying the body
Of the deceased. were truly affecting
We hope this is the last case Of tn,
kind. that we viii h" called upon Il
record.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
LEGAL NOTICE.
AbSalom Silver, Ex'r of
John Holtry, deceased,

Absalom Silver, Ex'r of
John Holtry, deceased, Preble Com. Pleas
Us. Petition ca Notes
Thomas J. BunchA wife and Mortgage.
and John II. Campbell.
f5Ihe above named def John II. Campbell,
4 is hereby notified that on the lst day of
June, 1851, the above named plaintiff filed
in the Clerks Office Of the Court Of Common
Pleas, of Preble county, Ohio, a petition
against the defendants Thomas J. Bnnch
and Wife, setting forth that the said
Thomas j. Bunch and Wife gave a
mortgage to said defendant John II.
Campbell on the east of the northeast quar-
ter Of section |, o frange 2 East, &C., in said
county of Preble, containing SO acres more
or less, to secure the sum of $3.50, according
to a note referred to in said mortgage, and
further prays for the sale of said mortgaaed
premises to pay said sum of $3.50, and inter-
est. That on the Sd day of July, 1861, the
said Thomas j. Bunch fled his answer to
said petition, setting forth that he was the
owner of the Real Estate above described,
and derived title to the same by deed of gem
eral warranty from the said John II. Camp
bell and Otilia Campbell his wife. That at
lhe Ilme Ol Tue execution OF Salu ueeu, ther0
was a mortgage upon said Real Estate, given
by the said John II. Campbell to one James
Perrine, and which said mortgage the said
John IL. Campbell in consideration Of the
sale to the said Thomas j. Bunch agreed to
pay off and discharge. That the said Camp
bell did not pay said mortgage. That the
sad Bunch was compelled to pay the same.
And the said answer further sets up, that
said note and mortgage was signed to the
sad Holtry, by the said Campbell as collat-
eral security only that after paying said debt
thus collaterally secured, there will remain
of SAID note about the sum of $3.50 and fur
Their asks that said Campbell may be made a
party to this action and that said sum of
$3.50 be decreed to the said Bunch in part
payment of the amount so by him paid to
the said James Perrine. And the delft John
II, Campbell is further notified that he ia
required to file his answer in said cause on
or before the Sd Saturday after the 7th day
Of November, 1861. Zoos / Campbell.
Sep. 26, l86lfw attys for I. j. Bunch.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
Siege U~fLexington.

There is no truth, nor shad-
ow of truth, in the statement pub
lished in certain newspapers that
Colonel MulIigan, in reply to
Prices summons to surrender, told
him to ego to I'LL" The first
summons we had from Price was a
cannon ball ; the reply to it was
another.
Neither is there any truth in the
statement that he refused to give
up his sword when it was demand
ed. His sword was not taken from
him unless it was done after his
men left the ground.
Tie statement that Colonel Null
ligan challenged Price to q fair
fight, four to one, is also false,
Colonel Mulligan had enough to
do in conducting battle like a sol
der, and o brave one; he had no
time to spend in "buncome' exhi-
billions of valor for the benefit of
sensation reporters" -[Cin. Eng.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03

Some able and excellent men are
never able to get down to the level
of children. A man of this class,
a learned theological Professor, was
engaged to address a Sunday school.
He read q number of verses from
the Bible, and then said: "Children,
| intend to give you a summary of
the truth taught in this portion of
the Scripture" Here the pastor
touched him. and said that he had
better explain to the children what
summary" meant. So he turned
around and said to the children:
"Your pastor wants me to explain
what summary means, and 1 will
do so. Well, children, summary
is an abbreviated synopsis of a thing.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
The Grand Democratic Meeting
In PrebIe County. Ohio,

A certain small man took upon
himself, a few days back, to inform
us that the Democracy of our town
and neighborhood had died. The
exact form, likeness, and power Of
the said dead body, made their ap-
pearance in the Court House, in
Eaton, on Saturday, the 28th ult.,
when and where several hundreds
of earnest, sober, educated and pat
riotic gentlemen appeared and lis
tened to the eloquent and profound
ly loyal addresses of j. II. Zoos,
Esq, and the Hon. Judge Gilmore.
The cutting and slashing speech
of Mr.. Foos, and the powerful and
humorous speech Of Judge Gil
more, were such as to put TO eter.
nal silence the ignorance, rant,
cant, and rawlings Of the Jim Grow.
hangers-on-R Republican Abolition.
Fusionists. The gentlemen placed
on the ticket, for County and State
services, are of the highest rcspec,
tability-in fact they cannot be e.y-
cclled in Ohio. They are tried,
proved, and accepted men and the
man who would vote against them
would be a traitor to the best inter
ests of his country. If America
We're searched, a more amiable, IT,
telligent, honest, gentlcmanly, and
legally wcll-informed man than
Judge Campbell could not easily
be found. The Judge is too well
known, and too highly esteemed
by all political parties for us to
dwell upon his sterling worth and
real merits; in fine, we cannot
speak more highly Of any one of
all the gentlemen whose names ap-
pear on the ticket than they de-
serve. We all know that DR..
Brookins stands high, and is just
the right man to fill the office Of a
County Treasurer; and of D.
Meeker, Esq, we have heard more
than enough in his praise as a first
class lawyer, and as a mostamiable
gentleman, of first class reputation,
to justify our saying that he is in
every respect the man to fill the
honorable position in which his
countrymen will place him, on the
9th Of this month, We hope to
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
Sept. 3Oth, 1861.
An Appeal to Democrats.

Democrats of Preble County, al
low me to address you a few words
through the columns ofthe "Press."
Many of you have united with the
Republicans in nominating a ticket
under the impression that parties
should be ignored in times like
these. If the Democratic party is
not a constitutional party, then it
is we'll to abandon it. If it is
wrong to maintain its organiza-
ton noD, it was always wrong
For my part cannot see how vo-
ting the Democratic ticket will
weaken the government. Our
candidate for Governor is a sound
Union man, and why not support
him? If you abandon your candi-
dates now and vote with the Re.
p~ublicans, the time will never
come when yonr coadjutors will
give you an honorable discharge
from the union which you now
form with them. This union of
parties for special purposes oper-
ates on the same principle as the
marriage relation; it is hard to get
released from its obligations, and
is rarely done without being dis
graced in the end. The Republi-
cans hail your union with them
with cheers and great applause;
but mark my words, when the
time comes for you to take your
leave of them, they will greet your
departure with groans and Kisses.
The time will Gene when you will
find it necessary either to become
thorough Republicans or to aband-
on them, and in the latter case, you
will! be branded by them as turn
coats, weathercocks and every other
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03

see our excellent friend, John Hol-
derman, Esq, elected in triumph
as Infirmary Director. Mr.. ELI
oft Pearson will make an excellent
Representative. OF Mr.. Brinley we
know but little, but we know that
he bears an excellent character, is
well informed, and, if elected, he
will prove himself worthy of his
office. We have formed too just
an estimate of our friends from the
Old Country andnative Americans,
and have seen too much Of their de-
votion to the Union, Constitution
Stars and Stripes not to believe
most firmly, that the Democratic
Union Ticket will be the success
full one on the 9th of October, 1861
America expects every man to DC
his ~duty-Democrats, "quit ye likt
men,"
Whoever votes against the Dem
~ocratic Union ticket, is, in our opin
ion, either ignorantly or inten
tionally a traitor to his country ant
to his God. What America need
at this trying moment, is not tn
confusion Of fusion, but Democrat
ic Union, patriotic devotion to tn
Constitution, and Spangled Banner
and the restoration of peace, b,
such means as the people and on
rulers may approve. We advise
our readers in our last issu(
to vote for a sound Republican
rather than support q turn-abou
anu counterfeit Democrat, ana I'LL
week we call upon our Republica
friends, who are sound in the faitl
and true to their principles, ovot
for our true and union-loving Den
%ocrats, rather than become pal
takers of the sins, crimes and inf
deity, Of those who live to promot
sectionalism, and thus SOW tn
seeds of war and disunion broad
Z cast. There are many good, tru
and sound Republicans in Prebl
County-let them come out frol
amongst the ungodIy, and vote tn
right men into the right places.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
SHERiFF'S SALE.
Thssbia Leas, plaintiff, Preble Com. Pleas,

Thssbia Leas, plaintiff, Preble Com. Pleas,
Us. In Partition.
Levi Leas ct al deft. Case No. 1888.
Dy virtue of an order of sale issued By the
- Court of Common Pleas of Preble coun-
ty, in the above stated case, and to the Sher-
if of said county directed, l will offer for
sale at public auction, at the door of the
court house in said county, on
SATURDAY, OCT. 26, 1861,
between the hours of and 4 o'clock P. N. Of
said day, the following real estate, situate in
the county of Preble, and State of Ohio, and
bounded and described as follows, to-wit:
Being the sonth part Of the southwest quar-
ter Of section sixteen, in township No. sew
en-, of range three East, &c, containing los
and one-tenth acres, and being lot No. one,
e. in the recent survey or division Of said
section, appraised at $3045, 90.
Terms of sale, one-third of tho purchase
money cash in hand, one-third in one year,
and the residue in two years from the day of
sale, deferred payments to bear six per cent.
interest from the day of sale, and to be Sc
cured by mortgage on the premises.
j. r. MoCLEAF, Sheriff.
Zoos & Campbell, att'ys
Sep. &c, l86l-dw
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
LEGAL NOTICE,
Preble Com. Pleas.
Petition on Note aud
Mortgage.
Samuel Hart, plt'f,

Samuel Hart, plth, Preble Com. Pleas.
Us. Petition on Note and
Thomas G. Horton Mortgage.
and others.
ENhe defendants Thomas G.. Horton and
J. Harriet NJ. Horton his wife, of the State
Of Indiana, will take notice that Samuel
Hart, of the county of Preble, and State of
Ohio, did, on the 2lst day of September, A.
D. 1867 file his petition in the Court of
Common Pleas Of Preble county, Ohio,
against them the said defendants, setting
forth that the said defendants Thomas Ct.
Horton and Harriet NJ. Horton his wife,
gave a mortgage to one Henry B.. Sayler on
lot number seventy-four, (74) in the town of
Winchester, Preble county, Ohio, to secure
the payment of 5000, according to certain
notes referred to in said mortgage, and that
said notes were endorsed and delivered to
the plaintiff, and prayiEg that said defend
ant, Thomas &. Horton may be compelled
to pay the sum of one hundred dollars, with
interest from the first day of September, A.
D. 1858, now claimed to be due from the de-
fendant to the plaintiff, and hat said prem.
Uses may be sold to pay the same, and tho
said defend ants arc notified that they are
required to appear and answer said petition
on or before the third Saturday after the
seventh day of November, 1861.
Zoos 4 Campbell, att'ys for prt'E.
Sep, 20, lS6l-fw
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
Thursday, : October 3, 1861.
Constitutional Rights which We Mean
To Exercise And Maintain.

"Every citizen may freely speak,
write, and publish his sentiments
on all subjects, being responsible
for the abuse of the right; and no
law shall be passed to restrain or
abridge the liberty OF speech, or Of
the press. "-ConStitution Of Ohio.
Article 1, Section II.
"Congress shall make no law re.
speeding an establishment of re.
ligion, or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or ofthe press
-Amendments to the Constitution o
the United States, Article l.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
A Fair Proposition.

A few evenings since there was
n large gathering Of people assem-
bled under Republican auspices at
indianapolis. They marched a.
bout inviting every body to shout
as they shouted and swear as they
swore. Among Others they called
upon the editor of the Sentinel,
who complied with the wishes of
the crowd, and the next day came
out with a proposition to raise a
regiment for the war, to be recruit
ed from the leaders of the "patri-
otto demonstration" He says:
"We propose to raise a regiment
for the war, to be composed Of
bankers, brokers, lawyers, preach
ers, doctors. editors and gentlemen
generally-all of whom must be
of the Republican faith. We will
not accept a volunteer unless he is
able to leave his family in a COM
Portable condition while he is in
service and provided he should be
cut off by the enemy. Bachelors,
of course, will not be subject to
this condition. We want a class OF
men who are exceedingly fierce for
war, and who, of all others, can
best be spared, if they should fall
in defense Of their country. We
want to take with us gentlemen Of
wealth, who can leave their fami.
lies in a comfortable condition
not poor men, whose daily toll
alone provides subsistence for their
Wives and children.
"IIaving been sworn into the &C.
tive militia by our Republican
friends, we feel DESTROYS to serve
our country to the best advantage.
and we know of no better way
than to raise a regiment of those
whose condition in life is such that
their loss will be least felt to those
dependent upon them.
Nov, gentlemen, roll in your
names. We promise that YOU
shall see service. If there is any
hard fighting to be done, you shall
have the post of honor and of dan.
ger. If any body is to be hurt,
you shall have the chance. We'll
lead you to glory or the grave
Now, no finching. Here is an op.
portunity to prove your patriotism
your willingness to pledge your
lives, your fortunes, and your sa'
cred honors, for the salvation o.
the Government and the honor O.
your country. We have no doubt
that Governor Morton and Presi.
dent Lincoln will behighly delight.
cd to see such a regiment in the
field, and will do all in their pow.
err to equip it properly. Step up
Andy Wallace, Judge Coburn, Bill
Wallace, and a host of similar Re-
publican patriots, whose talking
patriotism has been, and perhap;
IS, at fever heat. We offer yon al
Opportunity to smell gunpowder
and put into practice the advice
you so freely give to Others"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03

time; for not only was the vessel
seized before she,had sailed from a
Confederate States port - Will
mington, in North Carolina-wbich
was not blockaded, but a French
subject, M. Bebian, was arrested,
subjected, as he complains, to per-
sonal indignities, and finally sent
as a prisoner to Fort Lafayette. l
believe the cutter in question was
a yacht belonging to the SOL Of the
notorious proprietor of a New
York paper, and was received into
the United States service in the
time of their need, on the condition
that the son aforesaid should be
provided with the commission of a
lieutenant in the United States
Navy.
GAS IN instance of the inconve-
nience of the system now pursued
by the United States Government,
and of the embarrassment caused
to them by their own acts, takethe
case of Mr.. Mure, an American
naturalized subject, and carrying
dispatches addressed to Earl Rus
sell by Mr.. ,Bunce, the British
Consul at Charleston. Mr.. Mure
is the bearer of other letters writ
ten by the people in the South,
who are, of course, Secessionists,
to their friends in Europe. Mr..
Seward discovers that among the
property of Mr.. Mure, there is not
only matter of the latter kind, but
a regular dispatch to the English
Foreign Office. What will he DO
with it? He applies to Lord Ly-
ons to come and see it opened, |
believe, and assist him in d~isposing
of it. Lord Lyons declines to do
any thing of the kind.
"The dispatches addressed tothc
British Minister have been seized,
They are in the custody of the
Secretary Of State for Foreign AT
} fairs of the Washington Govern
ment. Let the United States Gov
eminent deal with them. Mr.
Seward, of course, can not send
| the dispatches direct to Earl Rus.
t sell, and the strange proceeding Of
: forwarding the communications OF
a British Consul with his Govern
. ment by the Secretary Of State a
Washington. to the American
Minister at London, who will prob.
ably t~hereupon remit them tc
Downing street, will be the result
with what after conclusion it is
not easy to say. Of course, any
complaints founded on matter con
| tanned in private and confidential
communications between individ.
uals not owing allegiance to The
United States, which became i'm
properly known owing to the seiz.
ure Of the correspondence and the
Iaxity of the authorities, can not bC
entertained for a moment"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-10-03
For The Democratic Press.
No. v.
q also will give my Opinion

LNM w." H.r
a also will give my Opinion
Mr.. EDrToR:-While Democracy
was in the ascendant, our country
hourisAed in prosperity and glory
1t has been defeated, and our coun-
try sinks, and the Union has slid.
Its enemies rejoice, and say it is
dead, and they hope it will never
rise again. But they deceive them
selves; Etruth is mighty and will
prevail.f Democracy lives, and no
patriot IS ashamed Of its name, 1t
lives, and has no crime upon its
soul that can be washed out only
by the Blood of brothers. 1t lives,
andgooa men look to it to preserve
the Constitution, and restore the
Union bnce more. In Democracy
is theiA only hope for its resurrec-
ton from the grave to which Sec
tionalish has consigned it. 1t
is the late Republican party
which is by its own friends buried
away. lit could not stand q trial
for its hisdecds. 1t has been rid
den toldeath by Abolitionism.-
Perhaps Abolitionists may be Of
Tended at us for telling this truth.
So be it. We care not for their
politics or their religion. Their
politics provoke civil war, and their
religion was born in hell. They
are a cringing, fawning, lying.
whining, canting, Union.splitting
Union-sliding faction. Patriotism
abhors them for they continually
cast up mire and dirt. The Union
detests them, for where they are
it cannot exist. Well may they
tremble when they see the fearful.
handwriting upon the wall. "Wal
preachers are the DEVILS minis.
tors." They may brand US a dis:
unionist if they like, for we are
not on their side. We have a sou.
to dare, and an arm to strike in de-
Tense of the Constitution and the
Union under the good old Demo.
cratic banner. But they are al
liars and hypocrites-bad friend:
: Of the Union, who say hat De
mocracy is dead, and meanly try
to steal the name to cloak theil
sectional designs. Their deed:
would disgrace any good name
They have brought ruin upon oul
country, and the people begin tc
sup sorrow, and they know it,
Their walling and crashing o
teeth come too late. Nevertheless
amphibious Democrats, not having
any of their own, volunteer to bear
the manifold sins of the late Re
{ publican party, for the sake of Of
flee. For Office they will become
hewers of wood, and drawers O
water at the bidding OF Abolition
lists. The election is near at hand
and we will be pleased to see how
many of the people will vote fol-
these prophets of Baal, who helped
bravely to stir up a mob, but hac
, not the courage to lead it.
JUNIUS.
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