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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-04-25

FOR go ARTILLERY.
Rep'rs cannon and carr'gs, $1,000 90
20 Caisons, $3.50 90 572O 60
bnttery wagons STA 90 4192 90
STraveling FORCES, SAT- IS 1852 90
o. Sets wheel harness, SGT % 1904 90
l.2 Sets lead harness. $50 25 4317 90
6oo,2o horse artliry sabres So 20 4377 90 eos 90
FOR 1900 INFANTRY
IL, 100 Rifle muskets S13 90 SPA 273 co
16,l0 Sets inftry eq umts,S Sl3 90 Ga, ,I22 90
2.221 Non-commissioned off,
GERS and musicians swords, 1896 80 500 e3l 80
Total s445os1 60
The above estimates are predicted upon
the prices furnished by the Ordnance De-
partment at Washington.
To place the number of troops in the
field, to mount the cavalry, provide horses
for artillery and baggage train, to furnish
equipage, &c, would require sum at least
equal to the above. Respectfully sub
mi,ted, D. l.. WOOD,
Quarter Master General.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-04-25
w. DENNISON.
QUARTER MASTER GENERALS s OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, April Is, 1851.
To His Ercclicncy, WILLIAM Dennison,

To His Ercclicncy William Dennison,
Gorernor and Commander in Chiefc:
SIR: have the honor herewith to sub
NIT estimates for arming troops as per
your directions, predicted upon an expen,
diture OF four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, viz:
Estimate of cost of arming 1000 cav
airy, 920 artillery, and 1900 infantry,
allowing for the serviceable arms owned
by the State fit for troops on n war footing !;
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

The Richmond Examiner under
stands tina he Secretary of the Treas
urv has succeeded in aTesting the
parties engaged in circulating coun-
tcrtcit Treasury notes. 1t seems that
few sheets of impressions of tens and
fives were stolen from the bundle, while
on the way from New Orleans to Rich
mond, in charge Of the express COM
pany, and were signed il IA very bun
Cling manned, with fictitious names.
All parties the Examiner says. on
Gagged in the matter are in custody,
and the notes in their possession hav"
also been secured, so that no urprc-
hcnsious need be cntctain"d of the
further circulation of countertcits.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
The Late Engagement Oh the Gau-
ley River.

The Richmond Examiner, of the
10th, has the following
The city was filed yesterday and
on Saturday, with the most lively
and exaggerated rumors of the late
affair on the Gauiey, between Gen.
Floyd and a detachment of Rose
crantz's forces. Reports of various
character and extent We're excited by
the fact that the postmaster ut Lew
isburg had written to the postmas-
ter Of this city, on the way bill, a
brief message, stating some facts of
the engagement, derived from an of
fcer of Gen. Floyd's command. The
following is the statement referred
to:
Gen. Floyd had another engage
ment with the enemy at Gauley on
the 10th and routed them, killing
900, wounding 1000, and taking some
prisoners. a few hours after the
engagement he heard that the other
wing Of the enemy had crossed the
rivera few mifes above him, in or
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

Il never but once" said the colo
mel, .'wa- in what | call real gen
uine quand-ary. It was during my
electionecring campaign for Congress-:
at which time | strolled about in the
woods SO particularly pestercd by
politics, that ! forgot my rife. Any
man may forget his rife, You know
but it isn't every man can MAKE
amends for his torgettuiness by his
inventive faculties, guess. II chan
ced that as l was ~strolling along,
considerable deep III congressionals,
the first thing that took my fancy
was the sfstrliug Of some Young
bears, which proceeded from Il hol-
low tree; the entrance being more
than forty tept from the ground. |
mounted the tree; but | soon found
that | could not reach the cubs with
my hands; 50 | went, feet foremost.
to see il | could draw them out with
my toss. l hung on, at the top Of
the hole, straining with all my might
to reach them, until at last my hands
slipped, and down / went more than
twenty feet 70 the bottom of that
black hole, and there l fo,7rd my
self almost hip-deep in a family of
fine young bears. ] soon found that
might as well undertake to climb
up the greasiest part of Il rainbow, as
to get back, the hole in the tree be-
ing so large, and its sides so smooth
and slippery from the rain. Now
this was n real, genuine, regular,
quand-ary! If so be ! was to shout,
it would have been doubtful wheth-
er they would hear me at the settle
ment and if they did hear me, the
story would ruin my election for
| they were n quantity too cute TO
vote for man that had ventured iu-
to place that he couldn't get him
self out Of Well, now, while | was
calculating whether it was best TO
shout for help, or to wait in the hole
until after the election, | heard a kind
of fumbling and grumbling oven
head and, looking up, l saw the
old bear coming down stern foremost
upon me. My motto is always 'gc
ahead Z ana~as soon as she had low
cred herself within my reach, | go
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
I E L E G r 4 ? HIC

Richmond, Sept 2o-The Enquirer
of this morning, says. in its news
column. that a large feet 81 federal
vessels Of war has been lying in
Hampton Roads the present week,
and that a raid on some portion of the
Southern coast is doubtless in con-
temptation. The ftderai, are Ilrac-
ticing daily with l5-inch coluariad
at Old Point.
twenty refugees from Maryland
reached here yesterday, inclnding
two members of the Legislature.-
They say that outrages on the per
sous of women, the destruction Of
property and the imprisonment of IN
nocent citizens are of daily occurrences.
The Examiner, of this morning,
says that another package of I'M
signed t6n-dollar Treasury notes
has been stolen on the route from
New Orleans. The department has
determined TO suppress the whole is
sue of tens engraved by j. Manou-
vier, of New Orleans.
Many Yankees are building up
their notions and endeav oring to es-
cape before the expiration of forty
days, and many pseudo friends of
the South are arriving from the North
to protect their property from seques-
tration. "
New Orleans,-Capt. Myers of the
c. S. steamer Oregon, says the Plea
yune, reports that the steamer Mas
sachusetts and two ships-of-war We're
lying inside of Ship Island, about
ten miles from Mississippi City. \
number of boats We're seen going to
and fro from the ships to the Island
and the us. flag was flying from the
fort
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
wednesday,
TIE P,1cateer .Jsf: Docis.-FouI
Play. Deputy Marshal j Beasley

TIE PtTcateer .Jsf: Doris.-E,oul
Play. Deputy Marshal j. Beasley
Of the Confederate Court, succeeded
last Saturday night in alresting. four
'conspirators belonging to the crew of
the JEFF. Davis. We learn that Il
conspiracy existed among the passen-
gers and a portion of the crew of the
privateer to kill the captain and other
officers Of the jeff. Davis, and to take
the vessel into the port of New York.
this conspiracy has been disclosed
since the'return of Capt. Coxetter and
crew to Charleston. and proof of the
designs of the conspirators establish
ed by the affidavit of one of the crew.
IT is thought that tn, conspiracy had
some agency in the strandinS of the
jeff. Davis on the ST. Augustine bar.
charleston Mercury, 10th.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

Free Speech ard a Free Press
The Dayton (Ohio) Empire speaks
out boldly under the caption, PRO
test and Prison. -
With the people at their back, the
Democratic press can well afford to
abide the'result. In the meantime,
let our friends throughout the State
throughout the North and West
arouse the people to sense Of the
dangers which surround them. Bet
ter by far, that every fortress in
America should be filed with priso-
ners, than that the people should
yield without a protest the right of
free speech and free press.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
1fairs IN Kcntucky.-Private ad-

THURS IN Kentueky.-Private ad-
vices indicate quiet, but serious and
movements towards the
separation of Kentucky from the
Lincoln Government. at is not gen
orally known that Congress, at its
last session, before the adjournment,
passed an important bill, OH the Sc
cret calendar, for the extension of the
aid of the Confederate Government
to the movements towards indepen-
dence in Kentucky, on the terms
analogous to those offered TO Missou-
ri. This wise and timely measure
of comfort to Kentucky promises the
early realization of the results con-
templated by it.
Richmond Ex.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

The proprietor of faro bank (say
ashiugton dispatch OF the Sthin J
vas arrested to day. it being reported
that a pavmaster in the navy, who Is
detained here TN custody, has been
patronixing his establishment by
large adventures. The other gambling
houses principally onthe avenue, wer
closed early last night, probably for
fear that their business would bc in
tcrlrupted or suspended by the Coy
errment.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

The mask of neutrality is no lon
ger retained by the Kentucky Lin
colnites. The Louisville Courier says
that they are openly recruiting for the
Abolition arms in that portion of the
State. Among the traitors engaged
in the dirty business were eX-Con-
gresham j. S. Jackson, of the Hop
kinville District, and Curr;m Pope,
once a prominent citizen and coun-
Gilman Of Louisville, both of whom
have commissions from Lincoln as
colonels.-TVic Sun.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
Ircie.ar Iron NOri. =.

portahlc Steam Engines with or
without wheels Stationery Steam
Engines with double tiuc boilers.
Circular Saw Mills ~! the most mod
ern and improved construction. w"
challenge the trade to produce a bet
ter or more effective article ut "a less
price. Cotton Gin and Grist Mill
Skating.
Circular Saws.
Burrows Corn and FIGURING Mill.
Strauh Corn Mills.
India Rohbcr Betting.
Woodwruth Planning and Matching
Machines.
Artesian Well Tools and Pipes fur
nished TO order.
Steam Guages, Whistles, &c,
a 4 every description of Plantation
and Railway Machinery.
send and get an illustrated catu-
logue of our Machinery, free by mail;
ali we ask is a preference at the same
price with equally good Northern
Works. Addr,es +. VI. INENS,
Ne. 80 St. Charles St, \. O.
No S-ly.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

- Talking with the editor of
evening Journal, Quilp inquired
What 5 the use of your extra COM
ing as ii does, 80 soon after the reg
mar issue p Use" replied the can
uid editor, "why to contradict the
telegraph dispatches in the first cdi
ton - Quilp caved incontinently
and confessed that he saw it.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
IRON RAILINGS,

for galleries and balconies, which
will be sold Mt MANUFACTURERS
PRICES (adding transportation).
Purchasers are invited to call and
examine the various styles, at the
Southern Marble Works of
w. HECON,
Corner of Texas and Edwards SITS.
NV Post Oitic" is Shreveport La.
no 6--dIy.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

"A tight grip of her tail in my left
hand, and with my little buck-horn-
hafted pcnknife in the other, l com
menced squirting her forward. III be
shot if member OF. Congress rose
quicker in the world than I did !
She took me out in the shake of n
lambs tail"
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
Branch Of the Citizens. Bank.

SHREVEPORT, 2:sd Sept. 1861. !
NHIS BANK will, hereafter, pay
i and receive at its counter, at par.
the Treasury Notes of the Contedc-
rate States, and the Notes of the other
Banks of New Orleans.
Owners of paper deposited in this
Bank for collection, unless willing to
be governed by this regulation, are
requested to withdraw the same.
ULCER LAI\E,
-2I-,t Cashier.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

The man everybody likes is Gen
orally fool. The man nobody likes
is usually a knave. The man who
has friends who would die for him,
and ~foes.who would love to see him
boiled alive, is usually a man of some
worth and force.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30


der to surround him on this side OF
the river He then fell back. This
report is reliable, as it was brought
by an officer engaged. Our loss, one
killed and eight Wounded"
We have not been able to confirm
the apparently extravagant state
ments of this report, except in Il
very partial measure. Up to yes
terday the War Department had re-
ceived no dispatches of the action.
The possession Of full information
of the affair was ascribed to an Off
Ger of the Government, who was re
ported to have received private dis
patches. On inquiry, this informa-
ton was ascertained to have been de
rived from postscript hastily writ
ten on the back of private letter.
agreeing in its main statements with
those that had reached here from
Lewisburg, and also confirming these
accounts of the extent of the enemy 5
loss, but Stain. the loss on our side
at about 250 men.
1t was also stated that Gen, Floyd
had fallen back, on account Of his
flank being threatened by a detach-
mcnt of the enemy.
There is no doubt that there are
eNtravaganccs in the accounts. on
both sides, OF the proportion Of their !
loss.
1t was further reported, last even (
ing, in the accounts brought by pas /
seu@ers from tlle West, that Gen.
Floyd had effected 4 junction with !
Gen. Wise, lad rrcrossed til" Ganley, |
given battle to l;o~rncraI I, and driv-
eli him back with an immense loss .
1t is not unlikely that ii there has
been another "ctior since last 'lI,cs-
day, the accounts Of the results of
the two affair anay haze become
and confused. The general
fact, however, ct our successes. III /.
the West is put beyond question: by /
The concurrence Of all the testimony
,hat has yet reached US.
We have it from good authority I.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30

r@Thc stage this morning failed
to bring any later news than was pub.
lished already in our columns.
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
'1OTE Els.
TABLETS j. TONE 5 TONES
mon FENCING.
IRON FENCING,

suitable for enclosing buildings, gar
dens, cemetery lots, etc, also
The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-09-30
Particular Attention,

j. "- or Advertisements intended
,nr H.. DH'y N,a~,. must bee handed
'4 prior 10 ,nUr o'cIo,A, T.. VI other
Ms" they w.lluo' appear incur issue
II IL. NLLLNML-. L---L..,-,--
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
F;oM CHEAT MOUNTAIN. Va.
Our Tsoops, Under Gra- MiIr0y, ATTACK
the Rebel Stronghold aud Clean them
out.

PmLIrPpr. Va. Dee. ia force con-
sisting of the 9th Indiana AMI detach-
mcnt from the 18th Indiana. 25th and 32i
Ohio, the 81 and Sd Virginia regiments.
and Riggs aud Brscken's cavalry. in all
about I. 500 men. under command Of Gen
Milroy. left Cheat Mountain on the 18th,
FIR the purpose Of driving the rebels from
their forti6e,i camp on the Allegheny
Mountains. Onr forces came in sight oil
the enemy drawn up in line Of battle in
front os their entrenchmeu:s. charged up,,n
them and drove them ba-k A hot fire
WAS kept up during abe aftern ,on BY both
SIDES. and several brilliant charges were
made by our men.
Gen. Milroy withdrew at nightfall, in
tending 10 renew the attack in the morn.
ing. During the night the rebels less their
camp silently. burning everything they
could no, carry with them
Orr loss was 20 killed ami 80 wounded
The rebel loss is believed to be not less
than l50 killed. incIuding one field Off
Ger. We have 30 prisoners.
By this last brilliant achievement Cen
eral Reynolds front has been cleare OF
the enemy. there being no organized rebel
force within forty miles of our advance
post. aes'.s
A detachment sent ont from ,hn place
yesterday returned this evening with ten
rebel guerilles, including the notorious
Jack KurB.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
Uaicn Fugitivcs from Arkansas >a

E R6ELA. Mo-. Dec. 15.--Several citizens
from Arkansas have reached here during
the past week and enlisted in the Arkansas
company unicr Cspt. Ware. late mem her
of the Legislature from that Stale, These
men say the e was a Union society in Is
ard. Fulton. Independence. and Searcy
counties, numbering $500 men. which
could have made an organized stand in two
weeks more time; but it was betrayed by a
recent member and broken up and scatter.
ed. Many Of these Union men have been
arrested and taken to Little Rock. Some
have been hing. and a large number are
now in the woois. trying to effect their es-
cape from the State. l.- -.-.lr. al-L Z
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
from PORT ROYAL AND rYsEE.
Troops Gone to Feraandina-The Rss-
t hole Blockade.

New York. Dec. ia private letter
from Beaufort says the stone feet sailed
from Savannah for Charleston in comaa-
ny with q man -of-war. Ships were to be
sunk in Charleston harbor Saturday last
Tybec Island is occupied by 1000 men,
who are to throw up, batteries for use a.
gainst Fort Pulaski if necessary. II
The sLoep- of-war Savannah and three
or four gun-boats were off Tybee.y
The steamer Baltic. with 1000 troops,
left Port Royal for Fernsa.i;aa with the
Bienville and seother gun,boas The for
-t'icstions there. consisted Of g battery Of
rel men. II is thought it will fall into. our
hands after a brief struggle.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
y ON-KEslDENr NOTICE.

State of Indiana, MARSHALL County. Ss
In thu Marshall Circuit Court, February Term, Ises
Mary e. Berger
tsn<piaiut for Dtorre
Jacob H. Berger
The plaintiff i tIr sbre entitled cause. by Corbin q
o,rpc her has f~ in the ofse of tie
of the trcnif the Narrhsll Ciscuif Court,
complaint against said defendant for Divercc and IL APP
psrin by the AFFIDAVIT II competent person that the
fn.iant. Jacsb H. B~Tsrr l. sses< ef
indiana n il ih-refre by @ed filing
pcneDy Of said complaint against him, and ihat unless
ke aIfar- emur icre;o the calling of said
ff,c FIRST ,ay sc the ras court, g
and hid tia Coarf itsuss in the Of Ps
|ouh. tr second Monday IL February. a. D.. lss2
said complaint and the matters and things therein c.n-
tanned and alleged will be hc-rd and determined
sb>-ns. ATrESr-
dec - ISL IL. X. PERSHTNG, Clerk.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
Army Correspondence.
CAMP CuEaT MouSTAIS.

~ WEsIEnS VrnelxIA. Dec 7. 1861.
-. psAR RErrBlIcAS:-I seat myself by
the side OF q cracker barrel to write you .
few iiacs. as have nothing else to do to-
hight. and have slight inclination to say
or do something to prevent my friends at
home from forgstting me entirely. The
safest method of accomplishing this, have
concluded Is to rush madly into print. and
in this way exhibit my "lGrnin". If not my
daring. However. as speaking Of qua
causes one to think of shooting. SO the
dtterancc Of The word "aaring'' seminds me
chat may soon have chance to exhibit
kow much possess Of that quality. il
camp rumor proves true. 1t is whispered
around thu, General Milfoy is preparing TO
Lead 81 expelition TO essacks the rebels at
their new encampmcnt on Buffalo mount
ain. IF ls does. depend on it. he will
"makc q spoon or spoil . horn" lie 10
act abe man to..snsrch &c. 900 troops up
tho IhIIl. and then march them down
again.. without fight. If the enemy don't
sun. have sorter got the hang Of the
secession wlielps. anil don't fear them any
more nor cat docs "mice." AT any
rate those arc my "pheelinks'' and sincere
sentiments. at this safe distance from them.
Maybe when get in sight of them my
courage. like another respectable gentle
mans. Mr.. Robert Akers or Mr.. Bombas.
tus Furioso. I forget which. will oozc out
e the cpls of my toes. II it does there
!, viii be one hero less in the world and on
y prove that lighting is not my proper av-
ocation. I feel now little like Mr.. Job'l
WAR hcrse. who snhfIsd the battle aiar Cd,
paved the earth and cbampcd BIS Bit bus,
hang It ell. they say the smell of salt-pe'
,tas.sssssGiaes hss depressing ini1ssnct
on q fellow 5 nerves. ike tliG appSoaehha
storm has ON the barometer. or like it he'd
On The Union braves at Boil Run But.
i must command my superior elliott pen
Ito halt! What uics meas 4 has made
Well. let il 90. Il may excite the resder's
cschn,e&ion. which ] prefer to the oppo-
We LEIGH and grow fat.." Is good phi.
1osophy. Il not IN sccordance With some
5o1tf ssligioe.
h Ninth is the only R<simens now on
The mountain. bit Ne aro the stint to hold
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19

FoETKEss MosRoE. Dec. T6.-A dis
pa.ch from Richmond. ,latei the 14th inst,
says the Fedcrals. 500 strong attacked
Col. Edward Johnson at Ralley Mountain
ON the 18th inst. but were repnlSed will
great loss. after an engagement OF several
hours.
Ben. McCulloch had arrived at Rich.
mond. .s. s''af3ati tti
A passenger by the steamer from For
,ress Monroe reports the arrival Of the
steamer Connecticut at Old Point with
the intelligence that Fort Pulaski had beer
evacuated by the rebels. and is occupie
by the Fe.iera troops. ssH 81 q ss.iafe
.ii THE RumoR PROBABLY USFoUxDED.
- BAr11xoRE. Dec. live can learr
s:oshing eoufrms,ory of the reported oc-
cnpa.ioI Of Fort Pulaski by the Fedora
troops. Tho report was stated t to have Hs..
been given by 20 sengsr on the oi'
Poiut boat. aud tho rualor j. probably On
founded. a flH5ss.iig ifss ti.f@e'se "a