The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-08-07
General IntelligienIoe.

/ Race on SUNDAY afternoon boundt0f New fosk.
LIyERPooL, July 23-The saleB if cotton the past
week comprised 900 bales of 4'hich spectators
took % coo and exporters 20,090 nefior grades are
4 Id TO i'd higher, while the faiH-and midditng have
/ barely advanced Id. The sales on Friday we're about
/ | p 600 the market closing firm.
2I-The amount of cotton s4IdI on Saturday Was
| i S 900 baIes-market closing firm,
! NEwsToRK, August 1.-Napohof ana portion o.
his suit left for Washington to-day, leaving princess
/ Cothilde and other ladies here
CAIRO, August 2-Scouts report Fhe soatherneFs at
| New Madrid well armed and drllRd3 They have Two
regiments of cavalry and five batteries, tfen Pillow
commands. He has issued proclamation promising 70
drive the invaders from Missouri.
Scouts also reports jeff Thompsonthty miles south
Of Birds point with five thousand CoNteder&tes
WAsHINGroN, July 3l.-Bauks Is strongly posted ut
Harpers Ferry Nothing known Of the southern moves
mens in that vicinity The officers Of the tre Zouaves
and New York 10th regiment are rRsiEning The pres
dent calls on New Jersey for three regiments. Scott
had thirteen government employees Arrested.
Mcclellan prohibits officers and bolters from leaving
camp and visiting hotels.
EVERYTHING is quiet at Harper's Ferry Banks Is &C.
cuped in ntrenching and drilingI
The house bill transferring coltrdl of district ator
news and marshals from the interior department to the
attorney general, passed, bill providing for the
monthly pay of troops passed.
The London Telegraph and STAR denounee ldncolns
| message as unsatisfactory.
Secret movements in progrRss TO remove seces
sionists from the departments.
4 The Fire Zouaves were paid to-day
Dix is closely watching the Maryland legislature to
prevent them from passing ordinance Of secession IN
secret session.
Mcclellan expresses the opinion that this will be an
artillery war and asks for manF batteries possible
to be provided. Mcclellan orders ia line of pekets
along the Potomac Hapers FPrrF, for the purpose
of preventing any correspondence between the Mary
anders and sontherners
| WASHINGTON, August 1.-5enate-i-The supplement-
| arv bill increasing military ensfm#nts, pAssed-al5o
the bill increasing consular representation during the
! revolution, passed.
Mcclellan is examining to see ii there areany incom
petent officers yet in the army.
Eighteen of the three months regiments have left.
Congress will not adjourn this week.
The house will kill the senate's tariff bill.
An elaborate conference ia expected between the
house and senate the direct tax bs which was mod
fled by the house
A bill providing for the monthly pay ofthe troops
has also passed.
The whole number of killed, wcuHied anG missing Of
| the Fire Zouayes is 235
The direct taxation bill includes 81 per cent. in
come cents on distilled and CENTS on feIlnentng
/ liquors.
| All democrats and southern men opposed the bill,
which passed by majority of IL
Cox proposed peace propositions Il; the house only II
members voting in its favor, including Cox, Webb,
| Morris Nugcnt Pendleton, FaIlandtgham and White
Ohioans Crayens, Holman, Lane and VOORHEES,, ndian
ans; Logan, Richardson and Robinson, lllnoisans,
The senate adopted the amendment to the tariff BILL
increasing the present tariff ten per gent and charging
ten per cent. the free list-wHcf was opposed BY
seven members
John Underwood of Virginia, hos been confirmed
! fifth auditor of the treasury
In the house, the bill appropriaEng million aud
quarter of dollars for twelve ghtdsaught swift steam
| ers passed.
In the senate, the bill prohibiting he saa Of iutoxi
eating liquors the army, passed.
The bill for Furnishing rasGally contractors has become
a Law.
The tariff bill has passed - % tosl8.
The federals fled from Hampton, but Gen, Butler
| ordered them to return
WASHINGTON, June 3--0tfcial dispatches to Patter-
son will show that the entire blame If the Ball dis
aser rests on him, disobeying positive orders Orders
first given engage Johnson; chat being imposs
BILE he get between Johnson and Manassas that
being impossible he to harras ohnsons rear; that
failing, he to repair to Washington and form
junction with Mcdowell, simultaneously with Johnsons
uniting his forces with Beauregard.
In the senate the bill authorisng Welles to purchase
and charter vessels aid in the collection f revenue
passed
The conference committee the ttx anil tariff bill
has been in session twentyfour hours andare getting
up general bill, which covors the entire ground
| The New York Herald's correspondent says it is
pected the army the Potomac will not Icing be kept
idle The reorganization proceeds With great rapidly
Gen. Mcclellan will doubtless strike as he get
| ready, regardless of the weather
RIcHN0SD, July 27,--It is rumored here day that
the number of small arms captured t Manassas incud
ing FIVE thousand found in the captred wagons is be-
tween twenty and thirty thousand. ! fear, however
this cxageration Every day Odds to the convic
ton of the completeness of our grand victory and to
the importance of its results.
We have captured;
/ /. Over sixty magnificent rifed cannon.
2. About 1000 wagons, of which at least 500 were
loaded
/ 8. About 1900 horses.
4. Supplies for a full campaign fer 50,OG men
/ 5. Over 90 900 stand Of arms.
/ 6. Enormous quantities of knaEsacks haversacks,
pistols blankets, bayonets aceoutremens and clothing
of all sorts
In addition to all this they have lost in Killed wound
ed missing and deserters not less than from fifteen to
twenty thousand men
RICHMOND Va, July 30.-The appointment of Beau
regard general in the Confederate army was unani
mously confirmed by congress. Hi$ commission is to
date from the 25th of July.
Congress passed aud made public the postal bill per
hitting soldiers to send letters without the payment
of postage. The postage is to be collected at the office
of destination. The bill confers the privilege on
members of congress
] RICHMOND, July 31.--Congress has been in secret
session all day resolution made public permit
ting the first regiment Of North Carolina volunteers
be mustered into service for the time agreed upon by
them when they volunteered, and To be paid for the
services already rendered. This INCLUDES the pay of
the private cadets from the North Carolina military in
stitute.
The president approved of the resolution making
disposition of the donations make by churches on fast
day. The donations will be used raleve the wounded
at Manassas The amount at 5,27B so was taken up
for this purpose.
CuLPEPPER, C. Fl. 27.-A whole Indiana regiment was
captured yesterday They were caught in the noun
tains Leesburg and were nearly starved out We
also captured yesterday major Potter and party OF
New Yorker
FORTRESS MosRoE, July 2e-An expedition consist.
ing of propeller and six launches burned nine Con.
federate sloops and schooners last night.
Next year is the thousandth anniversary of the foun-
daton of the Russian empire They intend TO celebrate
the occasion with of their grand national religious
festivals The spectacle at St. Petersburgand Moscow
: will probably be very magnificent; and the recent
manumssion of serfs will give it peculiar significance
CLARKsBURe, (ya.) August l.-Wsise burned Candy
bridge and fell back to Lewsburg.
LOUISVILLE, July 3l,--Two of Lincoln's lieuenants
exchanged shots in the neighborbood of some
women and children, just previous to Hollis speech
general Settlement ensued Rosseaus soldiers leading
; the way
LOUISVILLE, August The St. Louis Democrat SAYS
that boats with eight thousand men, woatd leave OF
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