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To Clean knires.-The most sim
pie and best way is to rub brick dust
on them with half a raw potato
There appears to be some virture in
the juice Of the potato which aids in
cleaning the steel.
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-10
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woo-&6 MARKET

In the city of Shreveport buyers
are offering for first quality, 40 cents;
y ib., second quality 25035.
The quotations of this commodity
in the City of New Orleans, are 45
"a so cents ~ lb for American.
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VicllSburS WhIg.

Published in Vicksburg, Miss. by
NJ. shannon. Terms, in advance,
Daily per annum, sS; Weekly, s..
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-10
SVEN New Orleans
Cattle Market. .-.A=zz

Carefully revised by the latest n.
0. papers
Arrived on the 9th inst, SOC
Texas cattle. Sales, 2:.3 TcIas cat
tie, II hogs, and 20 veal cattle.
Stock on sale, SAT Texas cattle, 522
hogs, sl4 sheep and a95 veal cat
tie. The quotations are:
Texas. p head, lstqty 80 ooa4O or
I'd qty .. 20 OOG3O o.
Veal Cattle, % head =. IL OO4l3 Ou
Sheep, y head, lstqty oo@ . oH
interior. .. 9 500 3 o.
Hogs, 100 lbs gross 10 OeIi3 Ou
Mileb Cows, y head 80 OO055 Oh
I'd quality. 16 OOD3O 90
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-10
Uhe SEMI -apgeeklu Nems.
p @B u R Y o
KISSES.

KISSES.
."Oh, kiss me and go!'
Said the maid of my heart,
And proffered her lip
AS a hint to departrr-
"The midnight approaches,
My mother will know.
My kindest: aud dearest,
Oh, kiss me and go"
She gave me the blessing,
In such p sweet wsy,
The thrill of its pleasure
Enticed me- to stay;
SO we kissed till the morning
Came in with its glow,
For she said every moment,
"Oh, kiss me and go"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
Cotton inIndia.

Great rays of statistics from India are
given in the London papers to prove that
the people of India are going into the cot
ton business extensively. A Calcutta let
ter in the Times, under date of Sept. 23d,
says: -ti.lI lii lig alii6a bF6
The native mind seems to have been
thoroughly reused on the cotton question.
Accounts from all parts Of the country,
but more especially from the rich cotton
districts on the banks of the Gadavery,
speak of the area of land cultivated with
cotton as far as exceeding the proportion
Of any previous year. Bombay and Mad
ras have taken the lead in this race, but
neither central India nor the northwest
have been slack in their preparations. If
these have not been as forward as might
have been expected, the cause lies in the
uncertaily which has hitherto prevailed re-
garding the duration of the civil war in
America. If that were 10 be an affair of
only few months, and if, at the expira-
tion of that time the Southern States were
to roturn to their normal condition of cot
ton suppliers to England, the only result
of the enterprise Of the native capitalist
would be terrible losses and possibly ruin.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
Fires on ,he PrairIes

The fires on the Prairies of the West
have been unusually destructive this fall.
Much property and several lives have been
destroyed. A Western Missouri Journal
relates the very narrow escape of mail
driver and expressman from the fury CT a
gale and fire which swept over the plains
some thee weeks ago. The wind was SO
mighty that the mail coach was in con-
slant danger of being overturned, when it
was discovered that prairie fire was ap-
proaching. The account says:
The driver seeing the immediate danger
be was in, laid whip to the mules, and
fled before the devouring element with all
the rapidity they could travel, but on
came the mountain of fame leaping and
glittering in volume at every additional
stride. Death of the most horrible char
acter seemed to be the certain doom of
the driver and expressman, fortunately
there were no passengers along.) when
suddenly the mules, frightened by the loud
roar and cracking Of the flames, whirled
around, oserturning the coach, breaking
the coupling and causing the fore wheels
to become diseDgaged from the body with
these they dashed through the flames and
ran back to The nearest station. The dri-
yer and expressman ran their heads INTO
the boot of the coach, and covered them
selves with the fifteen mail bags on board,
thus saving themselves from instant death,
not, however, without getting much scorch-
ed. Of the fifteen mail bags, with their
contents, ten were burnt up. The driver
and expressman made their way back to
the Pawuee station, on the Little Blue, the
one they had loft in the morning, where
they found their mules had arrived pretty
well singed. -. -.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
lE Rock On FoR TANN1Na LEATHER.

w Rock on FOR TANNING LEATHER.
AN important discovery in regard to the
practical uses of PETROLEUM oil, now found
10 such quantities, gas been made by MI.
John Lamb, q tanner Of Vernon couty Pa.
He says that since August, he has been
using the oil of several wells in that coun-
ty, in his tannery, as a substitute for fish
oil, and with astonishing success. During
the last month, be prepared one hundred
sides of upper leather, and eight dozen calf
skins with this OIL They have been ex-
hibited to practical leather dealers from
Pittsburgh and Boston, and quantity
sent to the Eastern market with entiro
satisfaction to dealers. II makes aclean-
er and smoother finish than the fish oil,
fills up instead Of opening the pores Of the
leather, so as to make it almost water
proof, and gives it the finish Of the finest
calfskin. It is also superior article for
mixing blackiug, having the quality Of cut
ting the lamp.black.a The smell does not
remain after the dressing process is COM
pleted. The oil is used in the crude slate
costing one-third the price of fish oiL-
Pitts. Chr0n. Iem1af bsgloFdf bsiieEni
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28

HItis indignantly denied from Wash
ington that the Grand Army is going in
to winter quarters. The circumstantial ev-
idence Of some car load Of lumber on
the way to Washington is explained. It
is said this is for stables for the quadru-
peds and not at all for biped soldiers; but
that "those who remain will be made COM
fortable." It is said the soldiers laugh
sardonically at the idea of going into win
ter quarters. To abide the inclemencies of
the winter in tents represents vigorous war
policy.
We might, in our anxiety for the COM
fort and preservation Of our brave soldiers,
remark that they are entitled 10 protection
from the winter wherever it finds them; I;
and that the inadequate Generalsbp of the
campaign season will hardly be made up
by the exposure Of the army to the inclem-
encies of Generals December and january
but our appreheusions are quieted by the
assurance that "those who remain will be
made comfortable" Those who moyo
South can make climate TO suit them
selves.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
TIProN, Mo. Nov. %.


The burning Of the principal part of the
town Of Warsaw is confirmed BY gentle
man frop that vicinity this evening.
The main business portion Of the town,
consisting of one large block, and several
smalles ones, were in flames when the gen
tleman left. The town being scattered.
1t is probable that nearly all the residence
escaped. a 1i
The Quarter Master and Commissary
Departments were located in the large
block, but greater portion of the Govern
ment stores had been removed. 1t is sup
posed to be the work of secessionists.
The troops who were there at the time
were on the march to Sedalia, and left. the
morning following the fire, which occurred
on Thursday. -
LATER, VIA SEDAL1A.-The town was
fred about p. m. Thursday. All the
business portions of the town is in ashes.
The troops which were stationed there left
about s p M, and are now here. A por-
tion of the commissary stores for which we
had no transportation, were burnt by Or
der of the commanding officers,
1t is thought by the commanding Off
Ger that the town was fired by the citizens,
and man dressed in citizens clothes was
seen, coming from the building in which
the fire first originated. 80 -.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
COTTON.


In regard to cotton. the Tunes CORES
pondent has tho following:
On the 18th Capt. X. Saxton, Of the
Quartermastes's Department, detailed Ii.
A. j. Hclbrook, with fifty sharpshooters
from the 46th N. Wv. N, and embafted
on the steam propeller Parkessbure, Of
New York, leaving At about IL A. NJ
They landed FIRST at spot known as Skull
ereek-perhaps il is = golgotha ere now
where, at high water a boat drawing
twelve feet of water can pass without
obstruction. Lieut.. Holbrook had orders
TO sieze ali quartermaster and subsistence
stores, and here be sent ten in advance,
and commenced reconnaissance.
Going up the beach, which is alive, fair
ly with oysters and cultivated beds, he met
a sloop called the family, Of Savanna, COM
manded by Capt. Johnston, of Bluffton, s.
c., which laid high and dry at low tide
His men dug under her, and at high tide
she came away with jerk from the Park
ersburg. He found at this point corn
house, with two thousand bushels of corn
in the cara white and veIy fine sort Of
corn, and by aid of old -four barrels he
managed, through perseverance, and luck,
TO get aboard Of the propeller 500 bushels.
He also found 81 bales Of COTTON in shed,
on what is called Pickney's Island, owned
by the widow Pickney, There is sufficient
cotton here and on Pope Island, unginned,
to make, at q safe calculation, 5000 bales,
and corn houses filled to the top,-say
10000 bushels in the ear. He brought
down with him bale, the first speci-
men bale seized here, and made signal of
it between the fore and main mast of the
steamer. This is ofthe best sort-Sea Is
land. He dragged it on Two wheels
mile to the waters edge, when, getting it
on an old dug-out, towed it to the steamer.
He arrived at headquarters last evening,
the 18th, at sunset, with this one bale and
500 bushels of corn in the hold-all that
could be brought down on-top of her coal.
Here, on this Island, and on Pope's Island
and Pirckney Island and Blufftou, there
is cotton in bales, and lying around loose,
amounting to some 10000 bales-inclu-
ding that at Beaufort and its immediate
vicinity.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
The Rebels after Gen, Lane.

The rebels forces in Southwestern Mis-
souri, appear to be active as ever, and Gen.
Lanes Kansas Brigade has fallen back be-
fore them to Fort Scott and made call
for troops. The circumstances in brief
are thus stated by the Leavenworth Times,
of the 18th. 20 slirss a,li ,it.el,+,5
Lieut.. Anderson, of Gen. Lanes Staff
has arrived at Leayenworth with dispatches
calling for troops to be sent to Fort Scott.
zen. rel, Lanes Brigade proceeded dfrom Spring
.n nela 10 Lamar, Mo-, where Lane learned
'na' rebel force was a Bowers Mills. 25
mlles south Of Lamar, and started out with
ms cavalry to give them battle. Uuop
nearing the Mills, it was ascertaiped hat
the force was some 10 900 strong. Lane. ;s
force not being sufficient 70 COM v;,h a. ,h.r, >
be was compelled to put bacI "nd ,..La T
his way to Fort Scott, where Gsnsro, r' iI"ns I"s
was on the 16tb with his entire ca.s.-s 0.ns
and battery ten pieces. The rebel ~uu srna,,.
were within sixty miles. and an nt,scI ps an
Fort Scott was anticipated. Reinforcs.
ments were 10 be sent down immediatelv
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28

The ancient Virginia town Of Alexan-
dria, cut off from the Old Dominion so
early in the rebel war, has now become a
Union city in its county and municipal Of
fcers, and has taken fresh start in busi-
ness. Some two weeks ago, Provost Judge
Freese decided that the secession Office
holders of Alexandria had forfeited their
official position by refusing to take the oath
of allegiance to the United States Govern
meni, and the reconstructed Government
Of Virginia, as required by the ordinance
of the Wheeling Convention. This deci.
sion swept every secessionist out of Office.
The ousted F. F. VS. carried the case to
President Lincoln, who fully sustained the
decision of Judge Freese. The order is
sued makes it Imprisonment for any Sc
cessionist to attempt to attempt to perform
any official function within the lines of our
army. 8iod y4i ,il s,,lsa. ~ -
The Union men of Alexandria held an
election for county and municipal off
GERS en- the goth, and filed the vacant Off
ces. The occasion was gala.day among
the Union men. l7 49, 5i ie tss ..li 7
1t is stated that business in Alexan-
dria has greatly revived of late. The
stores on the principal business streets are
again open, and are doing fourishing
trade. Even Virginians are learning that
prosperity can only be enjoyed within the
Upion. -t {,l.-,sf 81 ,,f.,..,,. -......,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28

I President DAVIS hessaee 70 'ne
rebel Congress = poo'nneo' - s esloen'
that the oocumen' was mean. .ot sno Nossn
q well - tor the Soutn' snd ior noennd
and France more tnan e''eer. DAyls con-
graduates ms people tna' moi only nave
Their armies oeen ao'e % moro soeee1'0n
TO 'nelf country oo' a'so 'na' new o'a'es
have entered tne Conieoelacs. ins Paft
OF tne message must nave Oeeo wI'''en %
tore the oomoardmeus OF iofss WALLER
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
WAsH1NeroN. Nov. %


The Richmond Whig in commenting
on the message of President Davis, says
we are two people from this time forward.
We are assured the Yankees are determin-
ed not to quit US happen what may. II
they cannot conquer us, their calculation is
that they will be conquered by us. They
have made up their minds to submit tame
ly to their fate. Well, if we must, we
must though we shall have great aver
sion to the task, our choice is after drub-
bing them soundly and making them pay
the expenses Of the war, to turn them loose
upon themselves prey to their own vio-
lent passions.
The Richmond papers of Wednesday
contain dispatches from the rebel army,
the substance Of which is as follows: /
The smallpox, violent type Of. the
Typhoid fever, and the Black Measles,
were prevailing, causing frightful mortali
ty among the rebel troops near Bowling
Green, Kentucky. Large numbers were
dying daily.
Gen. Floyd's army has fallen back four
miles south of Raleigh, c.. H., aud the
Federal troops have been largely reinforced.
e Gen. Lees command has retired 10
Meadow Bluff. - fassi,l
The rebels reported two killed and sew
eral captured in skirmish last week in
Western Virginia. So -.
The roads are in bad condition making
it difficult to obtain supplies.
A dispatch from Manassas in relation TO
the skirmish near Falls Church during the
past week, acknowledges two killed and
three wounded. They claim to have taken
10 prisoners and killed five federals. iiFs7
b The Richmond WAig announces the
death of John Huges, delegate to the
State Convention from Randolph, who
was killed at the battle Of Rich Mountain.
The Richmond Examiner of Wednes
day, confirms the report that the rebel Col.
Croghan was killed in the recent engage
ment between Floyd and Rosencrsnz. D.
A despatch from Charleston, I 7th, ssys
the unexpected failure Of the shore bate
ries to dsmolish at least one Of the attack
vessels, has sadly shaken the confidence 10
the efficiency Of our guns against the
Frigates and Iron clad gun boats
which they may have again to encounter,
and now SO alarmed are many of the sor-
did souls that infest all the Southern cities,
that the effect may be already seen in the
Of freight trains which leave
almost hourly for the interior.
ia In Savannah the panic is even more
general and decided, whole peighbolhoods
having been suddenly deserted by the exr
,dus Of the wives and children OF those
who are in arms at Fort Pulaski and the |
batteries on the Savannah river. 'e9sis 2. %. |
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
re- me ordnance for dividing the old

H The ordnance for dividing the Old
q Commonwealth of Virginia, and erecting a
new State of the counties west of the Al
9leghany Mountains, has been adopted by
the voters by majority of nearly, if not
quite, one hundred to one, and new Con-
yention, the members of which have just
been chosen, win assemble at Wheeling
yon The 2eth instant, to ratify the action of
the people. The new State will be called
the Kanawha, and viii contain a popula-
tion of two hundred and eighty-two thou
sand, including about eight thousand
slaves.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
Nrw Yoax, Nov. gy.~

Times correspondence Ill l. now de-
6nitely ssscertained in military circles at
Washington that Beauregard recently ten
dered bis resignation as : General Of the
rebel army in consequences Of his difference
with jeff. Davis as to the conduct of the
var. Violent parties have sprung up
among the rebels tn this question, Beau
regard representing the offensive war par
~, who believe in invading the North and
wintering in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York, and JEFF. Davis representing the
defensive war party, who trust to time and
the patient defense of their own soil to
give them that independence. The Beau
regard party complain that the policy Of
Davis has led to the invasion of South
Carolina, and will gil the cotton States
with the horrors of war and end in their
destruction, and it believed that Davis has
succumbed to the war policy to prevent
South Carolina and Georgia from seced-
inQ from the rebel States. General Beau
regard was induced to withdraw his resig-
nation.
Kentucky has now furnished TO the Gov
ernment her full quota of the balf million
Of men called for the national defense, and
proposes to raise as many more for the
services until the rebel armies are driven
from her soil. u o..gi 81
Six thousand stand of French rifed
arms arrived here yesterday, and are al
ready being distributed among our troops
BY Col. Kingsbury, and the ordinance Off
Ger of General McClellan's Staff. Several
thousand more, now in New York, will ar
rive within few days. .rl., sfa,
The Heralds despatch says: A letter
received from Flag Officer Foot, to-day, of
the fotilla which is to operate on the Mis-
sissippi, states he is making rapid progress
and will soon have it in readiness 10 pro-
ceed on its way. s'a .'ai.d f1t 'a sr
A letter to the Herald from George F.
TAin, dated London Nov. 9th, states that
several vessels loaded with stores and am
munition for the rebels, had already left
for Southern States, and others were pre-
pairing to follow. The night before his
letter was written the Gladiator, one of
the old Listson screw steamers took on
cargo of arms and munitions uf war, and
was TO clear next day for Tenerietfe and
Nassau. The estimated value of the car
go is 100000, and it comprises every
thing necessary for the equipment Of an
army of $4,000 men, SO far rs arms are
5,e 9l.as 1g irr-s .
He states in addition that the English
government have recently sold nine con-
demned sloops of war to party who has
Of them again to the Rebel Ma
Wy Department. Besides these, two East
India men-of.war Of 1900 tons and 500
horse power each, are in treaty for. .ll
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28

The telegraph yesterday, reported the
right sort of secession in Mort Carolina.-
Forty-ive counties are said 10 have ssce.
ded from the rebellion rea6irmed LOYALTY
and devotion, TO the old Union and Con.
stitution, and established q PROVISIONAL
Government, with N. N. .Taylor at its head
as Governor. The Constitution Of tbs
Old North State, with the statutes con-
tained in the revised code of165o, we're
adopted BY the Convention, and tie Gov:
ernor was clothed with authority to tenn.
porarily fill The offices declared vacant by
the act Of the delegates Of the loyal peo-
pie. The work seems To have been done
up quickly, and may prove 70 have Been
well done. The report, however, needs
confirmation. eiao' So ~ toc--2al
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28

~ They are troubled in YrcKsBURHH
on account of the audacity Of some men
who have -four stored in their warehouses
and demand $40 per barrel for it. The
San of that city refuses to shine on such
doctrines as asking a big price for somei
thing to eat, and denounces them as trait
ors, and proposes the usual VIcksBuRaH
remedy, s. Z, seize the -four and the own
ers, and fuse up" both. And these are
the people who talked about bread-riots
in the North! Bosh!
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28

re- w The National Intel;gencer says
that among the arrivals at WAsHINeroN
hast week was Col. Charles L. ToDD, an
aid to Gen. HARRISON in 1912, and Inspec-
oor General of the army. His missoin there
is to offer his services to the Government
by again gliding on the sword which he
wore with SO much honor in bis early man
hood. Though advanced in years, he is al
most as youthful in appearance as when be
served under old "T1P" in 1872.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-11-28
Col. sherlnan,s .Rrigade.

' It is only about six weeks since Colonel
Sherman commenced the work of raising
a Brigade $500 strong at Mansfield and
such has been bis popularity and energy
that already the brigade in number Of com
panies in fun, and the companies that yet
lack the quota of l0l men will have their
complement in few days. Camp Buck
ingham is il the best Of order, and the drill
ling of the men is thorough. Several
hours are devoted to it daily, and the
school of officers establishedby Maj. Gran
ger has been Of excellent service. The
men have been uniformed as rapidly as
they came into camp, and the Mansfield
Herald says Col. Sherman will soon be
able to give the State two regiments and
half OF soldiers. Il adds: ID 4. .,,..,.r +.
The attention paid to the wants of the
men is observable. the tents are Of the
most convenient pattern-roomy and al
lowable Of thorough ventilation, Straw
for bedding and blankets have been p,ovi-
ded; and though our nights are severely
cool, everybody can sleep warmly and com
fortably. We noticed stoves 70. 4 num-
ber of tents; othen were warmed accord
ing to a planadopted BY some New Eng
land regiment-digging . shallow pit in
the centre of the tent for the fire, With a.
trench running through for the purpose Of
creating draft and carrying away the
smoke. Some men have further improved
on this plan by putting on the fire hole an
iron plate with holes, by which the fire
can be fed, and even cooking done il nee
essary. Most Of those trying the above
plan insist on its being superior to stoves,
- 1t makes the ground dry and keeps il
warm. eir- - 5v ~ l.a'y ~