The Des Arc weekly citizen., 1861-08-14
BLoCKEl

A <tpi river are egingIlready to have Fik feSi1 ate effect Wer the following from JIowa State Joui, 'wAich shows ,learly 4patthe blockade h%etO be re- rnayed f.om the Mississippi tha Northwest will be ruined:
 The blows dealt by the smirstration 10
 punish disloyalty are most ffulh their re coil The loyal Northwess bag rulneu by measures taken to harassld lturo tne country of the Southern Misshppt Wheth- CT the Administration knowit \ not IS question somebody else must4sw& Whea' in this city, of good merchtas qualVy; will not bring twenty-five cenia bhel; corn haa been % sold and delivered onhurtd miles east of us for seven cents per asnf and SUI down-down is the fearful tetens It al ,nars onnoared to ns that the bter lcy was to drain the South of specie ad cfentraIe it here.
 The loyal Northwest and thelisi Soutn eooI aElgo tbe esects of the bow.fhe last stimulated to greater endeavors soYbroaa- CT acres, and lives while we hngf. wei can tell the "blood invoking'' adlates or this war, that the "plain men" ofF. Lln- coln's proclamation are becoming fsed.- They see ruin staring them in thfal Iney see every avenue which has hithrtfought wealth choked up--more, they9ee ldences of the animus of this war, and all them; Republicans as well as democrats, dbegin- ming to think. From every hilltop Iowa the cry will soon come, '.PEAcE, tatof re- strictioxs. unlock the channel of trt give us peace and life.n We know it: state nothing from hearsay or conJectue;aE aE the monotony of the people which wiitfcome stronger with the need. The Mfslppl must be opened and the northwest sa1 The effects which have resulted fh the blockade of the Mississippi in the Nfwest will speedily be experienced, 1ndeeks ai- ready being experienced in Kentuc1 The Southern States have heretofore been tsprin- cipal market for the sale of the surplusk kduc- tions of our farmers. This trade, Neyef is now efectually cut off by the high Eded measures of the Lincoln AdminisiratE Il is said that from every hill top In lth the cry will soon come: ''Take off the rest hion unlock the chanels of trade; give uieact and life" Will Kentucky be less deteEnsc than Iowa Will she not rise in her Eht and reopen the avenues of trade, and ahe people from the bankruptcy which thfen to engulph them.-[ Louisville Courief.k
 WHAT A ZoUAvE THINKS OF A Mtss4PP BOWIE KN1FE.-The Baltimore Sun tel tn following
 One of the New York Fire Zouavey, ,Eh was wounded at the battle of Manasss 0 Sunday last, stulwart, hardy fellow, olof siderable intelligence, passed through thielt yesterday en route homeward, remalnlRbe several hours waiting for the cars. N, course, has the privilege, like all oths, tell his own tale, without pprehendiRlf f the present at least, successful contradiio From him l obtained thrilling narratis a rencontre between his regiment and rx ment of Mississippians.
 After the battle had been raging for sd hours, according to the account of this Zo yian hero, he saw an immense body of Y sissippians, accompanied by some (beievet bel Batimorians, rush furiously over tha c federate ramparts. They at once saw the c spicuous uniform of the ZouaYes. and mad them. The Mississippians, after approach near enough, sent terrible yolley from tt rifles into the -IoQava ranks IT Thiia i oIs dG,s threw thef guns slde ana cAal until eacl contenog enemy met rae U Id and ham to handl terrible combat
 The hississippns, having, discarlfd thqr rifles alter the fr,ire, fell back uppn lnf Iese were or hngeI amp ,ions. kighteen towenty inches long, heTy in proportion, an sharp or two edg4d at pel poiIt Attachedto the handle was also a Iass7. some eighto ten feet in length, VIII oneend securelyyound round the wrist.
 My informantays when these terrific wal riow approacheto within reach ot fhelr Iaf SO, not waiting tcome in bayonet range, thei threw forward aeir Bowie knives at ttf Zouaves after tn fashion of experienced haf boomers strikingit whale.
 Frequently tho plunged in, and nenetrat q a soldies body, and were iPrked ot, ready to strike gain whilst the first yictm sunk into death On several occasions, ne terrible Bowie knife was transfKed in a Zonave and the kouavfs bayonet in a Mislis- sippian. both iapaledand falling together SC skiilfullv was this dhdly instrument handled by the Niississibpiayk that he could project l to the full lass5 etgth, kill his victim, with draw it again wih sudden impulse, ant catch the handle dnerrlngly.
 if bv any mis Aance the Bowie knife misse it's aim. broke the cord fastening it to tn arm. or fell toJhe earth, revolvers were neS resorted to arI used with similar dexterity The hand to land closing in with both pstC and Bowie bife, cutting, slashigg, carvin! and shootitgalmost in the same nlopent, VI { awful beyo5 description. Blood @ished froo hundreds ofwounds, until, amid leath, pitt fnl groaps nd appalling sights, t staunche the very erth. My Iouave champion say himself an, comrades did hard fighting, stoo up manfullt to the murderous conflict, bt never before knew what undauntedbravery an courage meant.
 He felt no further ambition to engage such rencdntres. Having been shot throug the wrist by revolver, after escaping tn fearful Mississippi weapons, and disable from further active participt pttion jn the strnsg gle he willingly preferred to reap the glol won, convinced that to fghiagainst Mississil piaas with Bowe knives ans pistols, after r'