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St. Mary's beacon., 1861-06-27
UNION lllDIEI..

"AVING purchased the above properl'
III the subscriber respectfully informs til
ravelling public :hat he is now prepared ,o
ccpmmodaie them. The Hotel will he thor
ug hly repaired and all ia rooms refurnished
TIE personal attention OF she subscriber Wi!
be devoted TO its management. and his hes
efforts will be gwen to make his guests com
Portable. His table will be supplied will
whatever the markr, affords, ard his Bar flu
nishpd with the best Liquors and Cigar,
His servants will always be found attentive
and accommodating. Sober and reliable
Holsters have been employed, and the sui
scrib,r will take care that his stables are nc
neglected.
He Solicifs the patronage Of the former
guests of the Houses and that OF the public
generally.
JOHN +. FENWICK,
Leonard Town
Oct. 9TH. lS5S-tf.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-06-27
ARCHITECT & BUILD En-

euVHE undersigned has made such arrange
j ments - will enable him to ex. c tic all
work in his line at BALTIMORE PRICES,
with pr.nnptIess as.d despatch. lie solicits a
call from his friends aud the pnhlc.
Y. CAVALIER,
Leonard Town
Jan. 26th. lS6O-tf.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-06-27
VALUABLE
MANUF4CTURiNG PROPERTY
ROB SAh8o

lyEIE valuable property, known as Ci.lt.
II TON FACTORY and tiRiST MIL
sw.ter uow-r,. <itua.. "a ON the Head Waacrs
nj 81 Mary. river im Saint Marys csni.ty
m and embracing al ~ three hundred and
di(tv acres Of land, is offered at Private Ss''
This property has "n it STORE Ilol'N.
which in q good and fer business. HOTEL
DWELLINGS, Workshops. &c. Tie pro-
perty will be sol on accommodating 'esa'$
For further particulars, apply 10.
THOMAS ". COUGH,
JO. FORREST.
I.-onai.. Town T.. q.
Nov. 18th. la.A-u.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-06-27

Keeps constantly on hand large assor,-
mens Of EXTRAORDINARILY GROCERIES,
FOREIGN and Domestic Liquors, Tobacco, q. :
gars, &C., which will be sold at the lowest
gsarkef prices.
SHALL only DO . CASH e0n,aission
bsiaess.
Nov. 10Th, lS60-tf.
St. Mary's beacon., 1861-06-27
GREEN 4 YOE
FAMILY GR1cERS
AND DEALERS In
PURE OLDWfA.E.S A ND LIQUOIeS,
No. SO BALTIMORE STREET,

PURE OLDWfN-E.S AND LIQUORS.,
No. SO BALTIMORE STREET.
NEAR HOLIDAY, BALTiNoRE.
HAVE constantly On hand a large and wei
L selected stock Of FAMILY GROCERIES
consisting, in part, Of
FRESH TEAs-Gre,,n and Hlack, OF various
prices aud tiavcrs.
CoFFEEs.-Mocha, Java, Laeuyra. Maracsib'
and Rio.
SUGAgs.-Ncw Orleans. Crushed. Powdered
Leaf, Granulated, c. Yellow and Clariflet
italian. Maccaroni ard Vermecelli: Coorers
Cux's Rcfitsed Gclatine; Fresh Salad ar.
Olive Oils. Cheese. English Dairy. Pine
Apple and Sap Sage; Sardincs, French,
and Spanish Olives; English and American
Pickles-Gerkins, mixed, Picralili Chow
Chow, Caultlrwsr. Walntlts and Onions.
Saucrs-J.,hG Dull, Harvey, Reading, Soho.
Mushrooms aud Worcestershire.
BRANDIEs.-.Ias. Hennesey & Co.. Vintage
1910. Otard Dupuy & Co., 1876. Native
Catawba, Bordeaux, Rochelle, aud other
brands.
FINE On WixEs.-London Dock Pert, Sher-
ry, Madeira, ListUn, SwGtt Mosellc. aud
Champagne.
WnIsKEYs-Scotch, OLD Rye, Calhoun, Old
Rapp and B"urboa, some very old aud finc.
Pure Holland Gin, Jamaica Spirits. &c.
imported and Domestic SEGAES AND To-
BACCU.
All Of which they will sell AZ reasonable
prices and respectfully Solicit - call.
March LIST, lSG0--1y.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
ThoKeR Military Bill.
4n act to raise az additional Military

4 0fce.
The following is the act passed by
| hr Confederate Congress, on the O. h
Inst, TO raise an a4ditional military
| force to serve during the wal:
The Congress OF the Confederate
States do enact, That iii addition +"
the volunteer force authorised TO be
raised under existing laws, the i'resi-
| dent be, and he is hereby authorised
to accept the services OF volunteers,
who may offer their services, without
| regard to the place Of enlistment. OF
either cavalry, mounted rllirlnen. ar
tilleiv or infantry, to such proportion
of these several ar,ns,as he may deem
expedient, to serve toS and during the
existing war, unless sooner uischurg-
ed
Sea- That thevolunteers so Of
fering their services,ma be accepted
by the President in companies, to be
organised by him into squadrons. bat
talions or regiments. The president
shall appoint all field and staff officers,
but the company officers shall be cleo
ted by the nnea composing the cc1o-
pany, and if accepted. the officers so
elected. shall be commissioned by the
President.
SEC. ,. BE it ts1rther enuctcd. That
any vacances occurring in the ranks
Of the several companies. mustered
into service under the provisions Of
this act, may he filled by volunteers
accepted under he rules of such com
l,anies, and any vacancies occurring
in the offices of such companies. shall
be filled by elections in accordance
with the same rules,
SEC. 4. Excep, as herein different
" provided, the volunteertorces here
by authorised to be raised, shall, in
regards be subject TO. and organised
III, accordance with the provisions of
":.n act to provide for the public de-
fence" au,i all other acts for the gov
eminent of the armies of the Contcd-
crate States.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
Coed tOr Texas.

We are every day receiving names
Of subscribers from different parts OF
Texas. and besides this, the "needful, ~
invariably accompanies the names.
For this appreciation Of our endeav
ors TO publish a readable daily paper,
at this point, by the Texans. we feel
thankful, and cannot refrain from
thanking them through the columns
OF our paper. IF the people of Caddo
tour city not included) would sub
scribe to our daily as librrally as
their neishbors, they would help the
good cause amazingly. This, kind
friends, you can do, by pntronizing
home industry. Stop taking Nor
;hern Journals, and look about YOU
for what you want, and you viii find
it at your doors. Don't say 81 would
IKE to take your paper, but can't at-
tord IT, while at the same time YOU
are probably paying for several pa
pers published in the North.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
Special for the Daily News.
Rece'red yesterday Erening.

Alexandria, May lS-The Wash
ington diplomatic corps is anxiously
waiting the course of events.
The expenses of Federal War De
partments are enormous. Already
fears of raising sufficient means to
prosecute the war are arising.
Gen. Harr, of Massachusetts, a
prominent actor at Annapolis and
Baltimore, is dissatisfied. lie is dis
appointed in not obtaining "A higher
rank, which was promised him.
The Federal troops are becoming
mutinous. Bad fare is assigned as q
reason.
The celebrated New York Seventh
Regiment, on Friday night, had a iu-
neral over their junk.
Hon. Daniel T.. Sickels, of New
York, has bsen made Major Gen
eral.
The New York Tribune is becom-
ing alarmed, and says that Virginia is
full of troops, armed and equipped,
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
Mir. w. +. Buckelew will accep.
our thanks tor u California paper.

We learn that Mrs. Ben. Jacobs
while out with her husband, practis-
ing with a pistol, on Tuesday. acc'-
dentaily discharged the pistol, shoot
ng herself in the foot. DR.. Clark
shortly afterwards, extracted the bail
which did not quite penetrate through.
her foot. We are happy to sta e III,
lady is doing well, and it is hopec
will speedily recover.
While we think all the fair Sex
should learn the use of firearms IN
these warlike times, yet the many ac-
cideuts resulting from their use should
make them extremely cautious.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
Yet Another.

Old Abe, while his hand is In, is
sues another proclamation, which We
publish below:
The President has just issued a
proclamation setting forth that IN
e.ruction exists in the State of Fleri-
da, by which the lives, liberty and
property Of loyal citizens are in dan
ger, and it is deemed proper that all
needful measures should be taken
tor the protection of such citizens,
and all officers of the United States
III the discharges of their public du-
ties.
The President directs the com
Elander Of the forces of the United
States on the Florida coast, to per-
init no person to exercise any office
or authority upon the islands of
Key West, the Tortugas or Santa
Rosa, which may be inconsistent
with the laws and Constitution of
the United States. If he shall find
it necessary, to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus. and to remove from
the vicinity Of the United States
forces all dangerous Or suspected per-
sons.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

Insurrection.-Ala large number OF
Ohio troops stationed at Camp Harri-
son, near Cincinnati, got up a :" free
light" among themselves the othe,
day. Some FIVE hundred participated,
and being unarmed, made use of rails.
pailings, stones, &c. Tents and the
enclosure suffered severely in the me-
lee. Order was only restored atte,
they were confronted by an armed
force, aud threatened with a sprink-
ling of bullets. 1t is said that the
greatest insubordination is prevailing
among these hastily made levies.
Mempis Appeal, l4M.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
Thursday. May %, 1861.

Job Work must be paid for on de
livery.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

"Don't the clouds begin to breal?"
1nqulred Harriet, during yesterd;, :
ram Guess 50, was the answer, as
the speaker glanced from the window.
guess they're broke, they leak haa
enough to be-"
We learn from the Z Uniontown(Ky.)
News, that on Monday night last ,Ml.
George Payne, of that county was
stopped ON The highway by four men,
.rd robbed OF $4,000.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23
: From New York.

The following interesting particu-
lars we extract from letter, received
by Mr.. w F.Buckelew from his fath-
or, who left our city not long since
for California, passing by the"may OF
New York. from which city he writes.
The letter bears date of theI 9th in
stant and was kindly placed at our
disposal by the above named gentle
man. 1t contains intelligence that
We have not as yet received, concern
ing the doings, etc, in New York. .and
coming from the source it does, it is
worth one thousand telegraphic dis
patches.
"From the way the government
and the people talk here, they intend.
if they. can, to wage this war with un-
usual vigor and without mercy-to
subdue the "rebels" at all hazards,
and at any cost, to blockade the ports
and send two millions Of men ali over
the South, kiN the men. burn all the
towns, set the negroes free, and take
possession of the land and go to farm
ing on their own hook. paying no re-
gard to the Ii ghts Of man, law or de-
cency or honesty. How far they can
carry out this unnatural. diabolical
scheme, time can only develop, Ger
tain it is, they have the men,th The ships
and the money, and they are all be-
ing freely offered One company has
been formed, consisting OF the worst
class of the community; rowdies, rob
bers, murderers, thieves, state-prison
convicts, outlaws, etc, whose sole OBJ
.ject and aim is to murder, pillase and
plumber nybody and ryhody that
may be so unfortunate as to be with
IN their reach.
The South should prepare for the
worst. Terrible times are ahead, and
God only knows what is to be the re-
suit.
business here is completely pros
trated and failures continually an
nounced Notes on the best men will
not sell at any price.
JET Davis was hung in efigv in
New York h;,rhor. few days since.
Fifty thousand dollars is to be offered
ior his scalp, SO ,hegapers say. Mil
lard Fillmore has command of a rcgi-
iIlent Of volunteers.
Lincoln HIS just issued proclama-
Ion Tor GO,O0O more volunteers.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

stroy the Gosport Navy-yard.
Philadelphia, May 1S-Senatol
Hayard, Of Delaware. proposes to re
sign, concluding that civil war can.
not be averted
Chicago, May 1S,-Senator Doug
4 las, of Illinois, is down with the ty.
| phoid fever. His friends think he
| will not recover.
Fort kearney, May .lS-The pony
eN press. with dates from San Fran
cisco to the Sth, has arrived.
The war was the engrossing topic
III California. The sentiment to s,,s.
tain the Administration is universal
Washington, May 1S.-The Ma
tional Intelligencer construes Lord
John Russel's Parliament speech in.
the recognition Of the right of South
Confederate to issue letters Of marque
and bring prizes into British. ports.
Washington, May 1s.-lt is prob
able that General Mcclellan will
ter Western Virginia with Ohio and
other Western troops simultaneously
with Gen. Buffers movement on Nor
folk, an attack by column from
Washington on three or four points
in Virginia.
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th
to the New York Herald says:
1t has been determined by the
Government to move an immense
force down the Mississippi. Nearly
the entire Northw .steyn force will be
pushed in that direction. Commo-
dore Stringham, who is in command
Of the b!ock. .ding squadron, will pro-
coed at once to the mouth of the
Mississippi. The Minnesota is to
be the flagship Of the squadron. His
instructions are said to be of the most
vigorous character Although COM
parativclv an old man, he is capa-
ble Of performing more labor and
enduring greater hardship than any
other officer in the navy.
Special Dispatch TO tho Delta
MONTGOMERY, May IS, 1851
On Monday Il resolution will be in
troduced in Congress to suspend the
Tariff during the blockade. The
object is 10 encourage the running in
"f foreign cargoes, 1t is likely that
the resolution viii pass.
Letters received from Dudley
Mann, now in London, indicate a
warm sympathy in England for the
Confederate States.
General Johnson, formerly of the
United States ARMY, is expected
here, and Will. no doubt, be- appointed
Il General in the service of the Con
tnderate States.
The Fourth Louisiana Regiment,
Col. Barrow, has been accepted by
the Secretary Of War.
st. Louis. May 1s.-1he Demo
crat learns that the encampment un-
der the command of jeff Thompson,
has been removed several miles east
Of St. Joseph, on the Hamilton and
st. Joseph Railway, where batteries
have been erected. trains stopped and
Government stores detained.
Gov. jackson guarantees full pro-
lection to the route agents along that
road.
Gen. Lyon refuses to release Mr..
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

We will be pleased to receive con,ribu-
lions from our friends in and around Shreve-
port. An occasional article from oar planters.
relative to the crops, will BE- very accepiah.e.
In fact, we desire correspondence from
every section of the States
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

10 Postmasfers Gye requested to
act ds agents far the Neaos, AID re-
tam ten per centfi'om amount t6rwarded.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

We have received til. sixth num-
Der of Il neai paper started At Thibo-
u.1ux, La, by MessrS. G. l.. Minon *
T.. "A \ano-lopes, with the request
70 IN" which We do with pleasure,
at the same tune, wishing the gentle
men success il their enterprise.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

B. B. D., New Dc.eans, we thank
you for your trouble. 1t won't do
Hold on awhile.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

Taoae friendly to our undertaking. who
may hear OF any local, or other items, that
VAL prove OF Interest to our readers. viii
favor Us by handing in the same at the Office
OF the News.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

81 say Jimmy, are ye sich a blast
ed fool as to think of buying paper
instead Of getting the whiskey2'
Let me alone for that, Tim. Did
ye not see what poor face that edi-
tor had on whin Ed called upon him
for a settlement e.
"Faith an l did"
3" Well, be aisy then, I'll assist him
lor L want the paper, an l want the
whiskey. Come Tim. the love
bear ye. gets the upper hand OF me :;
we'll drink to the EDITORS health.
While listening to the above con
Versatlon, We Were not a little amused
to see how the dime was twirled be-
tween the fingers of the owner.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

Personal articles will not be published,
ather as communications OF ADVERTISEMENTS
Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-23

AGENTS.
Mr.. JOHN W. TABER, is our authorized
4.sent in Gstchitochss.
Mr.. D. 2. O:BRiEN, Nc. Is, Exchange
rcace, New Orleans, is cur authorized
Agent fog that city.
MIR. I. c. CLARKE, Bookseller, is orr au-
thoriza1 agent for Vicksburg and Natchez
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-06-27

wine, into the Indian country, except such
 supplies as may be necessary for the officers
 of the Confederate States and of the troops
 of the service, under the direction of the
 war department, such person, on conviction
 thereof, before the proper district court ot
 the Confederate States, shall in the former case, be subject to Imprisonment for a
 period not exceeding two years, and in the
 latter case not exceeding one year, as shall
 De prescribed by the court, according to the
 extent and criminality of the offence. And
 in all prosecutions arising under tAis sec tion, and under the twentieth section of the
 act to regulate trade and intercourse with
 the Indian tribes, and preserve peace on the
 frontiers, approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty -four, to which this is an amendment, Indians shall be competent
 witnesses "-Act 3d Nurh, 1S47, sec. :.
 13. "That no annuities, or moneys, or goods, shall be paid or distributed to the
 Indians while they are under the influence of any description of intoxicating liquor; nor while there are good and sufficient req
 sons for the officers or agents, whose duty
 it may be to make such payments or distri- buttons, for believing that there is any | species of intoxicating liquor within con venient reach of the indians nor until the | chiefs and headmen of the tribe shall have | pledged themselves to use all their influence,
 and to make all proper exertions, to prevent | the introduction and sale of such liquor in | their country. "-41a 3d NdrcA, 1S47 see 5
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-06-27

ONE OF THE MAJOR HENERALs.-Jo ohn Chas. Fremont, who has heen made Ma;or- General by Lincoln and is to com mand the Western Hessians, was born in Savannah. Ga, Jan Fl, 1913, and is consequently in hls forty ninth year His father was native of France, and diod in 1918. His mother with three infant children, settled in Charles ton,
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-06-27

IANERE GRAIN IMPROVES IN SOUTHERN soIL'-Ihe Columbus (Texas) Planter says:
 some ot our planters have been some what alarmed at the precocity of their corll' tasellng at three feet high A correspoSd- ent of the Bastrop Advertiser says he i naS 'red 1t, and finds that it does tolerabiy well the first year, better the second ana finely the third. He calls it abolition corn, aid says it is very natural that 1t Shoulu improve the longer it stays on southern soil
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-06-27

THINGS ARE woRKING.-The New l ofA Journal ofCommerce, of the 14th, has ln lS advertising colums twenty nine ships TOT sale and forty others for rent. The northern shipowners have already found out that Lln' coln's blockade will not pay,
Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-06-27

'a i4e aHe. a Aeasas this must changed to the State Arkansas sm by stripes ashes specially Ped y act of l6h May 1872 By me deseon which, of revived the punishment by Qapce
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All TINT PIECE or PARCEE OF GROUED
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we sane on tla OF th Broad way. at the
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gte htdrci rect, TO IN ley Twelve feet wide thence
unding the side said alley, sixteen
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rent of s28 per annum mo '->' ~ " "'''i"
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49,, of eaahc' in two equal Pay melts On credits OF
~ a SIX months, with interest from the dat of sale
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