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Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18
Louisiana Abroad.

Saws the n. Orleans Delta: ''That
profound old paper, the New York
Commercial Advertiser, continues its
boasts Of the prevalence of Union
and Rcactionary sentiments in Lou
isiana. The following is its last
effort on this theme"
The letter We published last even
ing from New Orleans, has naturally
attracted a great zeal of attention, and
given encouragement to the idea that
a reaction against the Southern Con-
federacy, positive in its character, is
about to find practical expression in
Louisiana. The history OF this State
under the Confederacy .iustiiies this
expectation. The original actual set
tiers of Louisiana were a most simple
hearted and excellent people, who
have lived on the continent North
and South for many generations, la"
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

Prophecy REGARDING MAMMOTH
SHlPs.-A prophecy is made by Mr..
Dudley Mann, regarding the Great
Eastern, which is coming here again
to go into the freighting business,
that a generation will not pass away
until that which is now regarded as
ga triton among the minnows will
find by her side vessels three hundred
feet longer than herself, and Of thir-
ty thousand tons measurement.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

SCARCITY OF GOLD SoUTH.-Not-
withstanding the influx of gold, it
appears that but little Of it finds it's
way South. Southern merchants are
complaining that they have to pay
FIVE per cent for gold with which
to pay duties on the imports.
A Georgia paper, referring to this,
asks: "Why is it that our banks,
who controle the cotton, have not an
abundance of specie with which to
enable our merchants to pay their
duties! Will some Of our merchants,
who are familiar with commercial
and banking operations inform us
why, with the immense influx of
specie from Europe, it commands a
premium Of five ger cent. in Savan-
nah % \ principal reason is that
the South is heavily III debt to those
with whom it has traded, and is now
paying in cotton the debts which it
contracted before it entered upon the
hazardous path of secession. 1t must
pay, at least in part, to obtain fur
ther credit.
We find the above in Il Cleveland
paper, and We're forcibly struck, at
the thought ofsuch thing existing in
the South. SO far as our personal
observations are concerned, we have
40 doubt of the scarcity of gold in
some parts of the South, Yet, strange
to say, that we could not get paper
few days since, for gold, without
paying per centage for it; how is
this, there must be mistake some
where. While in New Orleans, a
short time ago, the banks were retu-
sing to receive silver. From what
we have noticed in the different pa
pers of this and other States, we are
inclined to believe that there is not
such a carcity of gold in the South,
as some persons imagine.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

SECESSION CLAUSE AT LLoYDs.-
The london Daily News, of the
22d, says: The news from America,
stating that the United States troops
have been recalled from Mexico, and
the national ships of war from the
Mediterranean, has produced no ap-
probable effect at Lloyd's on premiums.
The following clause is now intro
duced into policies by the companies
and private underwriters: Warrant
ed free from all loss, claim or damage
arising from the seizure, detention or
any other hostile act Of the govern
nnent or people of any revolving or
seeding States Of the Union gener-
ally known as the United States"
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18
% Postmosters are requested to
act as agents. for the Nescs, AID re-
tainten per cont from amount for~orded.

Our article published in yesterdays
paper, headed they are gone, was
somewhat butchered up by our ETY.
pos" and we hope that our readers
had no difficulty in making it out
Typographical errors will occur i'll
spite of vigilance, and every one will
say cit wasn't me-" before we actua-
ly have any chance to put our inter-
rogatories.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

The patriotic ladies ofour town have
been very busy during the week, ma
king outfits for the companies. Some of
them we understand, have gone on the
steamers, to finish the balance Of the
suits for our brave soldiers. The la
dies of Shreveport deserve much Gre
dit for the part they have acted, they
toiled like bees, and the hum of the
sewing machines could be heard,
while they smilingly guided the cloth
which was to encase the bosoms of
our gallants.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

the federal legislature, by adopting q
perfectly opposite course, hasjustified,
if anything can, that movement which
has led to successful instruction and,
in all probability, permanent separa-
ton. When the proper time arrives
for the adjustment Of the foreign re-
lations Of the new confederation, in
dependence will not be the less likely
to be recognised because it is accom-
panied by an evident anxiety to assert
those principles Of commercial free
dom which in themselves are equally
just and polite.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

The fine passenger steamer w.
Burton, will leave this evening, at 5
O'Clock, positively, for New Orleans,
and all way landings. Capt. F. A.
Boissat commanding, and j. J. Com
pere, our attentive friend, in the
Office.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

1t Is stated tina, the largest steamers
that have left, and Others that are
loading in the harbor Of New York
have on board 10000 bags for sand,
several hundred horses, plenty OF for
aging carts, boats for surf-iandlng,
oars, carbines, tent-poles, canvas, can
non and ammunition, for long ca,n-
pairn. These are the facts stated in
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18
Particular Attention.

Items or advertisements intended
for the Daily Nescs, must be handed
in prior to four O'Clock, P. NJ. other
wise they will not appear in our issue
of the following morning.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18
war, War, War.


Our town is perfectly upset in the
way Of business, since the receipt Of
the news from Charleston, every one,
suddenly seems to be fred with the
spirit of Mars. Men of all ages, and
occupations, have focked in from the
country, and neighboring Parishes !;
having heard that recruits were in
demand; they fairly ran to the Office
of rendezvous, and with steady hands
placed their names on the the list
presented to them for their sigma
lures. We appreciate such men, for
their love Of independence, and wish
them aspeedy and safe, return, hoping
to see them crowned with laurels of
victory.
We have so many rumors OF war,
and contradictory reports from all
quarters, that we have concluded
there will be no war. A few Skin
mishes may take place, III fact, they
will, but there need be no apprehen-
sion Of a general war, as many seem
to think unavoidable. There is no
longer any doubt of the intention of
the federal government to make a"
attempt to collect tllerevenues they
are bound to make the effort; but
they will never harbor the thought
of concentrating the step. In this
effort, they know the result, but to
appear right in the eyes of the world
they must do it. True it is, that if
the northern people We're not divided
in opinion, we might then contem-
plate bloody future, for We would
not yield a ,jot, so long as there was
any true patriot alive in our land;
while they, on the other hand, IN
cowardly spirit of spitef,lness, would
use every exertion to subdue us
We could here very appropriately
introduce the Republic of Mexico as
an instance. 1t would be war of
determination.
BY the steamship America, which
arrived at Boston, from Liverpool,
we have important news respecting
the blockade of our Southern ports,
the British Minister to the United
States notified President Lincoln that
his government would not recognize
such a procedure, unless it We're com
plete and effective. England can not
do otherwise, for her interest lays
with us of the South, and it would re-
suit injuriously to her. AS regards
the love Of England for us, outside
of our commercial relations, we would
not venture an assertion, however.
the sayingis, "money makes friends
Other foreign powers, it is supposed
will pursue the same course towards
this measure. Mr.. Gregory, on the
22d ult. gave notice that he would
"bring forward the question of the
Of a prompt recognition by
Great Britain Of the Southern States
of America
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

MORE ARMY REsIGNATIoNs.-T
New York Evening Post, of the 9th
inst, says that a great sensation was
produced among the officers at Gov
ernor's Island and the other military
posts in that vicinity that morning
by the resignation Of Major Holmes.
Major Holmes was commander OF
the forces at that station and general
superintendent of the recruiting bus
mess there. The Post says:
He is native Of North Carolina.
and is understood to have resigned in
consequence of his sympathy with the
secessionist He entered the service
thirty-oney years ago.
The Major seems to have selected a
time to resign when it will be most
annoying to the Government. 1t is
not probable, however, that his resis-
nation will interfere seriously with the
rapid movements Of the Government
which are now in progress, although
it may cause temporary confusion.
1t is also said that Major johnson
now on duty here, has resigned. He
is Kentuckian by birth.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

The town Of Mount Scion, in Va,
Augusta county, was, on the goth
ultimo, almost totally destroyed by
fire. The particulars We have not,
beyond this, that it was accidental.
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18
Opinion of Lord PalmerStOn'S Or
gan,

!
ing Post, of the 22d, also remarks
The time has not yet arrived whel
foreign nations can either be aske,
or expected to enter into diplomatic
relations with the new confederation
which has sprung up in the Gul
States. The negotiations of Mr.. JET
ferson Davis and the Congress as
sembled at Montgomery, are a
present confined to the object OF
obtaining from the Federal Govern
ment that recognition of the right o.
secession which in reality would con
vert IL once powerful national union
into a mere league ofsovereign States
each member of which would be JUS
tilted in Withdrawing, at any moment
from the association. In the pre-
sence of the exciting and, at the
same time, melancholy intelligence
which every mail brings from Amcri.
ca, it is curious to observe the care.
full manner in which all parties in til,
British Parliament have wisely and
genera usly abstained from the ex.
preston of any opinion which might
in any sense embarrass the action
either of the Federal Government O,
the leaders of the Southern Contede.
ration. With the exception of q
question respecting the collection OF
import duties at Charleston, and q
notice calling upon the British Gov,
eminent to recognize the indepen.
dence of the new republic, no En-.
glish Minister nor member of Par.
lament has said one word which
either directly or indirectly, can bea,
upon the unhappy and apparently
irreconcilable differences which nj:
tiict the people Of the United States
The reason for this abstinence is OBJ.
vious. The English people and thei,
representatives in Parliament know
that any expression of sympathy o,
antaSonism to either party would no,
only be interpreted as an unjustifia
Bile interference, but as an act of fol
ly certain to provoke the jealousy
and the indignation of a sensitive
people.
But whilst the North, with its hos
tile Morrill, tariff, is recurring to anG
extending that system of protection
which has estranged the South, and
must tend to ALLEVIATE the sympathies
Of this country, whose commerce it is
SO certainly calculated to injure, the
new confederation has endeavored t.
place itself in the most favorable hgh,
towards foreign nations by repeating
the navigation laws which confined
the coasting trade to American ship.
and by providing for the free naviga
ton of the Mississippi. Every on,
who is acquainted with public law
knows that riverian conventions usu
ally occasion more trouble and diff
Guilty than any other species of inter
national arrangement. The case o
the Danube affords an apt illustration
The policy of the free commercial III
tercourse which in these two particu
lars the South has inaugurated is i,
every respect creditable to the wis
dom of Mr.. jefferson Davis and hi
colleagues, whilst, on the other hand
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

So long as Louisiana maintained
French predominacy. we would ask
what State was more thoroughly
well governed, and more creditablc 10
the Confaderacy. Louisiana from the
beginning was an old Wing State.
Mr.. Clay was the peoples political
idol, and it was only by the infusion
of Anglo-Saxon emigrants from the
Southern States, that she became in
fected by the spirit Of ultra pemoc-
racy, now so rampant under the name
of secession.
Then follows fierce personal on
slaught Oh certain prominent political
gentlemen Of this State who were born
at the North, to whom the Advertiser
assigns the chief agency in getting up
the secession feeling III this State
gentlemen who though faithfully aud
efficiently cooperating with our peo-
pie in the movement for independence.
had as little to do in the direction or
control of that movement as any
three citizens of equal prominence in
our whole population. Whilst we do
not think it proper to reproduce the
calumnies hurled against these gen
tlemen, We freely give another Of our
citizens the benefit of the commenda-
ton of the Advertiser:
Bouligny, the only Congressman
from the seeding States that remain
ed true to his oath, was of the original
population OF Louisiana. We might
give the names Of all the prominent
secessionists of Louisiana, but not
one would be found of the old French
stock.
That is very good. We should
like to know OF what stock are ex-
Governors Roman, Mo,,ton and He
bert, who are all earnestly enlisted in
behalf Of the Independence of the
State, and two of whom were among
the original secessionists. We would
inform our ancient contemporary that
the reverse Of his assertion is true;
that all the old Creole families in the
State are ardently enlisted in behalf
of Southern Independence, and that
for the one member of the ancient
family Of the BouliSnys, who is put
down for Union, We can mention a
dozen others Of the same stock who
are for the Contederacy Of the South.
Indeed, if there is another Of the
same family who is for 1.-The Union,'
it is not known to members Of that
family. We assume what we hope is
not true, that the Advertiser is au-
thorized to define the position of Mr..
j. E. Bouligny. The Advertiser.
however, is confident Of the strength
of Unionism in Louisiana. 1t says:
1t is only necessary to look at the
present agitation i'll Louisiana, to see
that the Union feeling is there pre-
eminently struggling for an expires
sion.
In that State the demand to bring
the Constitution of the Confederate
States before the people is most en-
ergetically insisted upon, and we have
just ground for hoping that, ere long,
the suppressed sentiment in favor OF
the Union will achieve a triumph,
and strike the first blow by the ballot
box that will eventually topple down
the whole secession movement No
people of the country are naturally
more law-abiding than the Creoles Of
the Sugar State. They are simple,
honest and contiding, and hence the
present misrepresentation by the willy
demagogues who, coming from add
Shreveport daily news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-04-18

Personal articles will not be published,
either as communications or advertisements.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-06-11

after it. The Madison Courier prints the
following suggestions Of an old farmer in
that vicinity, in reference to the best way
of dealing with this pest
An old farmer, living a few miles from
this city, says that some years ago he had
meadow very badly infested with this des-
trrctive worm, that he turned his hogs on
the meadow, and they ate the worms with
great avidity and completely destroyed
them, at the same time getting very fat
themselves. He thinks the turning loose of
large lot of hogs upon them is the surest
and most speedy way of stopping the rava-
ges of this worm. But he also suggests
another plan, of continually blowing deep
fresh burrows in advance of them to stop
their progress.
The following suggestions in reference to
the same matter, are offered by a CORES
pendent of the St. Louis Evening News
We print them for the benefit of our farm
ers:
Such has been the destruction caused BY
the Army Worm this season, that am in
duced TO make some suggestions to the farm
ers OF this and surrounding counties for
their guidance in the future
And first, the Array Worm will never
disturb your crops after a wet Fall and a
cold Winter. This destroys the germ which
is nicely deposited in the sod of old mead
ows and pasture lands. An universally
dry Summer and Fall are always followed
by warm Winter. This, then, is followed
by Army " orms, Cat Worms, Grasshop-
pers, Crlckets, &c, and, in fact all insects
that ever engage in opposition to farmers.
In order, then, to protect yourselves fully
against this foe, you should begin late in
the Fall and plOw your meadows, so as to
dlsarrange the plans of these insects and ex-
pose their deposits to whatever frosts may
come. In this way they are destroyed. a
second blowing in Midwinter, if the ground
will permit of it, and additional freezing,
Will not leave one to tell the Story of their
destruction.
Ten acres of old meadows will produce
Army Worms enough to eat and destroy all
you can plant and SOW on a section of land.
Now, If this is so, you had better pillow up
your meadow and renew it than to lose
your meadow and all other crops. Should
you doubt my theory, you can very easily
try 1t on small piece of your meadow, and
If you please, try to call to your mind an in
stance when the Army Worm has attacked
your Corn or other crops, whether they
came from sod ground or old meadows.
| understand some of the farmers are
blowing up their meadows to plant them in
corn. would not doubt for moment but
ample time yet remains to produce a good
crop of Corn; but the same difficulty will
most likely arise-the cut worm, will, in all
probability, find the Corn as fast as it comes
out OF the ground, as all sod ground must
be well supplied with them. This season,
experience teaches me that the only way to
get rid of these destructive pests is to IN
roof their houses in the fall, and let them
freeze to death during the winter
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-06-11

FATAL William Burton was
fatally stabbed, last evening, about halEpast
seven o'clock, near the corner of Fifth and
Cherry streets. by Henry Miller The two
men mad quarreled about triaiug bet,
which led to this fatal collision. We have
heard so many different versions of the af-
fair, and as Miller was Immediately arrested
and held for examination, we refrain from
giving any OF the various reports, but will
wait for the testimony before the examining
court.
Burton was cut in the neck, seyering the
Jugular vein and carotid artery. He lived
but about twenty minutes after he was
wounded. Both men have families.-T r.
Express
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-06-11

EDITOR JOURNAL :-Iu your article in
your issue of the 4th inst, headed smup-
! Cling, you did great injustice to the officers
of the Matte Cook.
The facts in the case are as follows ::
Captain Liter was not on the boat that trim
she oelng IN charge of Captain Graham
Alter leaving our city wharf passenger re-
! quested the Captain to land opposite the
mouth of Green River and take a lot of
butter from thence to South Carrolton, Ky.
This the Captain positively refused. The
man then requested the Captain to land him
at the point above designated, Atkins land
ing. This was agreed TO- and he was told
to pay his passage to that point. When the
boat neared the shore armed men were dis
covered, and then the batter man desired
aud begged not to be landed. Capt Graham
told him that if he was a traitor they were
the men in whose charge he should be
placed, and If he was spy, he should go no
farther on the boat. Acting upon this de-
termination, the Captain of the Cook put
him on shore and he thus became the pris
oner of Captain Akin.
You may have been, and no doubt were
prompted by patriotic motives, but, in this
case, your zeal lead you out of the path of
justice, for you wrouged innocent men,
Capt. Liter and the officers have, so far as
the writer knows, acted like Union-Iovinp
citizens ought to act, and l know that
goods have been refused that was thought
TO be contraband Not only this, but the
Captain of the Matte Cook refused to carry
on his boat recruits for the army of the So
called Southern Confederacy, although these
recruits were citizens of his own State
Here, then, we have evidence of the fact of
the boat refusing to put money in her safe
to the injury of the Union.
In times like the present we should be
careful in charging any man with lack of
loyalty to the Union. At all times we
should be governed by truth in making
charges against any man, or set of men. that |
reflects upon their character
A lam Liter was a citizen of this city be-
fore you were citizens of the State, and all
who know him will bear testimony of his
doing no wrong knowingly, and know.
and the community know, John Travis to be
a gentleman and a law-abiding man. In
fact, all the officers of the Matte Cook have
done all they could for1he trade of our CITY
and, knowing these facts, ! am not the onIv
citizen of this city who holds the views
above set FORTH for there is not business
man in the city but what will, when called
on, coincide with me.
In future get the facts in all cases, and in
particular would suggest the proufi.tv of
hearing from the officers of the Nattie cook.
before charging them with wrong. ana AFTER
having heard deal justly, and 10 one viii
ry,,,.
Evansville, June 10, 1861
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-06-11

Bszs- In another place will be found a card
in justification of the officers of the Matte
Cook, in the little butter affair of which we
made mention on the 4th inst. The state
meat of the manner in which The Matte
Cook became connected with the case is
fairly set forth, and to it we take no excep-
ton. In publishing the circumstances as we
received them from MIR. Geo. Foster and
Capt. Akin, we did not doubt their entire
reliability, as we never had reason to doubt
the veraclty of these gentlemen; nor have
we yet Indeed, the facts as stated by
" Union do not differ materially-except
on one pOint-from those in our article of
the 4th inst. Captain Akin says he demand
edthe man before he was given up. "Un-
ion " says different; and there we are
content to let that point rest. The card of
Union places the intentions and motives
of the officers Of the Matte Cook in very
different light from what one would con-
clude, were he to judge only from the out
side appearance of things, and we need hard
= ~ ''-' W ''AC SiotlA4Cu IL uOeS 50.
As to the advice relative to the course we
should pursue as journalists, it costs US moth
ing, and will be estimated at its true worth.
knowing the Kind spirit in which it is ad-
minisiered we shall receive it in like man.
ner. We shall at all times endeavor to be
governed by truth. Our correspondent
however, seems to forget that the question
not unfrequently arises, What is truth ~
And we need hardly tell him II 10 a question
not always readily answered