The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-07
From Louisville and st. Louis.

nesday says:
The city yesterday was crowded
with refugees from Louisville and
ST. Louis, who fled hithcr for the pur-
1Sse of enjoying the life and liberty
such as was guaranteed them by the
government we once Acknowledged
We would give the names of a score
of these, whom We know personally,
were it not that their families and
their properties would be sacrificed
on account ot 1t.
One of the gentlemen referred TO
left here some two wee IS since, for
the purpose of bringing his family
from Cincinnati. \ Nirginian by
birth, circumstances prevented him
from sooner making the undertaking
He arrived in Cincinnati. made the
necessary arrangements, and was on
the point of leaving, when he was
arrested as spy. He underwent am
examination which lasted tonr hours.
by the Custon,h house ofiicer
and Wharf master of the city when
after taking the oath, which he did
under protest, he was permitted TO
depart. In company with his wife
he arrived at Louisville. where he
was again subjected to a rigid exam
nation. Furcs.eing the difficulties
he would encounter, he sent his wife
back to Cincinnati, and determined
to try it ,i!nmc. j..
Navigation below Louisville has
been entirely suspended, but Capt.
j. t. Archer, q! ,h" Commercial.
tan avcwe ed Seces>iunist} obtained
permission t" make one more trip.
He secured passage. i'll company
with So,nc two hundred others in II
similar prrdica,ncnt, and reached
Henderson, where he employed a W.T.
gon to convey him to the State line
MANY o: the other passengers de
barked ut Greensboro. and came
overland from that point.
When our informant left Cincin-
natl, Il large number of volunteers
We're crossing from Dhioto Kentucky.
and FIVE hundred came down t" Lou
isviile on the same boat. Tn, r.gu-
lars at Newport Barracks had march
ed into the interior Business in
Cincinnati was NJ perfect stand
still. and the work of cnlistiug had
nearly played out. At Louisville
Secession;st dare not utter his sen
timcnts. The Union men, i; Is said,
deprecate the suppression Of the
Louisville Courier one Of the editors
of which. Mr. Mckee, had been '.bas-
tiled" Capt. lIa!dcmau is >uppo-
scd to have fed to Nashville.
a large party arrived from St
Louis yesterday. In addition to Ga
king The oath" Which seems to be
very popular up there, they were
permitted to leave til" city only upon
their parole OF honor In issuing !
permits, the names, nSe, color Of eyes, |.
hair, the height, the destination, etc, 4,
etc. are put in it, and nobol Y to
whom the slightest suspicion ATTACHES /,
can leave the city. To such point /
Of slavery has Lincoln reduced that ,
city that the sentiments and acts of
each citizen is known, and he is d
marked and ruined man. who il OPP .
posed to ''the powers that be" Acts
Of inhuman barbarity have struck .
terror to the souls of the most daring.
Six gInboats are being built at
ST. Louis. Two of tf,eln win be
by the LIST of November, and ,
he others viii not be completed I'M
il December. These will all draw
six feet ot winter.
y proclamation for all "loyal" gu
cineers TO come forward and take
service with the Government, had I
oeen ISSUED, which caused quite a
Tutoring among that class. 1t was
that "A similar order"
would be issued for the benefit of
,ilots, and a sudden secession move
nent was accomplished by all who
:ould leave. The st. Louis refugees
vent to Louisville, where they took
he Commercial and landed at Owens
,oro, from which place they made
heir way overland to the Tennessee
inc. With one cxceptisn they We're
lot ,nolected. In Todd county, they