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The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21
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Memphis, dc, Ia duel was
tonight to-day in ARKANSAS. "pp"sit:
thi. city between M.s-rs. Lake and
Chambers, Mississippi candidates for
Congress, with rifles at fifty PAGES.
Three. shots We're exchanged. At
the third firr Mr.. Lake was wounded
in the head, supposed Inortaily.-
Chambers was uuinjurtl. Tie diff
Guilty occurred during the canvass.
Great .xeriions were made by friends
10 bring about n reconciliation.
Richmond. Oct ll-'rwelvc Yam
kee prisoners reached here to-day.
taken by scouts belonging to C"bb's
legion, near Newport News. They
Z, b..t"ng to the 10th New York reg
iment.
| Indications here point to stirring
events at All early day.
| Nashville, Oct IA special dis
patch to tile Union and American
from Bowling Green to-day, says
that owing To n misconstrnction OF
orders, one of the pickets at Green
river destroyed part Of the railroad
bridge yesterday.
/ Memphis, DC, l5-The st. Louis
Republican Of the 10th, has infor1nn-
ton from Lexington to the effect that
McCullocl, was ut Johnston with
Prices army, which was marching on
Sedalia, where Seigel had $1,000
troops. Prices army was advancing,
not rctreaiing.
A special Washington dispatch.
Of the sth, says the Fremont Blair
embroglio remains statu quo. Blair
was still under arrest.
The Potomac was greatly swelfed.
, preventing the passage of the rebels.
Federal circumstances report the
rebels at least $50 strong, occupy
,, ing their former positions.
Gen. Smith advanced from the,
Chain Bridge, occupying Lewis
vile.
Nashville, Oct. lj.-rhe Louis.
Vile Courier to-day confirms the re.
port Of the destruction of two spans
of iron railroad bridge over Green
river, from a misapprehension OF or
ders to the officer in charge any
movement forward that may have
been contemplated by our forces Is
g necessarily delayed by this inexcu'
; sable blunder.
Lincoln's force at Smithtand is re-
r ,,orted to be about 400. The Lin.
4 coinites destroyed all the water Graf.
!. of every kind on the Cumberland
}, river, as far up as Ross Ferry, a dis
!, lance Of twenty seven miles, and re-
h turned.
: Parties from Western Virginia di
d rect report that Rosencranz has gone
to kentucky. -,
n The Louisville Journal of the Git
= reports the capture Of New orlean;
without firing gun.
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Postage .Stamps.-'The public will
be pleased TO learn that the Postofiice
Department is At length about to
commence the issue Of letter stamps.
The FIVE cents stamps will he dis
tributed early next week. Various
causes have rendered it i,nprscticable,
we are assured, to afford the public
this convenience before. w. have
seen a proof impression Of the new
stamp, and think il will compare
favorably with those Of other cavern
ments.-RicAmoxd DisratcA.
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III. New York Tribune OF goth

The New York Tribune Of Goth
ult. says:
It is distinctly r,,'norel that Mss-
srr. Besja,ain and Fernando Wood
are already engaged in preparations
for mammoth peace meeting. to be-
held in this city between the 18th
November and the 10th uf Dec ember
probably about the Ath or 5th Of
Dcce,nber-at viii IN thes. gentle.
men are said to expect tia. the Pres.
ident will issue a proclamation de-
claring cessation IF hostilities. "'
proposing an ar,nistice tor the pur
pose Of seeing On what terms r'ac.
can be- lad.
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The Prysi.irsf ~ tie CamD.--

TIE Pr,si.ic~f ~ tic Camp.-'Ihc
LyncI,burs (Va) Republican. niiu-
ding to the recent visit Of President
Davis to the camp Of the &. =. 4. ON
the Potomac, says:
President Davis reached the juno
fion on Monday, and was received
by regiment from his own State
Mississippi, and in response t" their
enthusiastic reception Of him, made
them short address, in the course
Of which he told them "ti,nt they had
work before them-work Of tlss most
important kind-work ia which l-
had come to bear with them his par,
He did not intend TO say to them go
and do this but come. follow
me- He intended to lead them him
self on to glorious victory or n pairi
otic soldiers grave" Our Informant
describes the effect Of President Da
vis's speech as perfectly electrical
The light "f battle shon. in ever,
eye, while the cry If dead tbs on,
lead us on" burst from every lip.
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terms, and il is said will settle the
pending difficulties. This, though,
we think is canarsl. The influence
Of Fernando Wood in that particular
section is. beyond doubt. very great.
aud should there be any truth about
his undertaking the step, we have an
idea that the result will be the down.
fall Of the Lincoln party, for really
sucl, u detestable party must be short
lived. Time will prove the fallacy
Of their doctrine.
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A special dispatch to the New
York Tribune from Washington on
the 9th. is highly important. Advices
had been received from Cuba that
the Spanish war steamer I.eouo was
waiting at Cadiz for the result of the
cabinet conference in relation to the
European coalition against Mexico
and that upon an ultimaturn Spain
might have immediately dispatched
to the Governor General Of Cuba
In the meantime an expedition is he,
ing fitted ont in Havana, for Mexico
under Pretext Of going to San Do
mingo. The expedition consists o.
six batteries Of howitzcrs and l0,00t
men, all Of which will be ready ts
start the latter part Of next month
1t has been given out that Spain il
taking these steps on her own re
sponsibility. but advices state differ
emily; that England aud France viii
send their quota Of insn. which viii
cooperate with the Aeet in the Gull
The whole country will be startle,
at the extent of the movement, an,
in view Of the regulation. Mexic,
will be regarded rs the least impor
tant object. 1t looks further North
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Publicity has been given to the
-viol alton Of the Savannah, blockade.
Nv the British steamer Bermuda
This news is said to have proceeded
from the dinner table Of Lord Lyons.
"Reminiscences against the com
pletinS of the cargo, and sailing Of
the vessel were made in London, by
Minister Adams, but the foreign office
did not feel at liberty, or did not See
its obligations to arrest the unIaw
full voyage.
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We have at hand, thanks to

We have at hand, thanks to the
courtesy Of a feiend. copies Of the
Mobil. News and Of the Telegraph,
Of the evening Of the 10th. Brief let
tiers contained in both from Pensac"-
Ia correspondents shed but little light
over the somewhat confused accounts
already received by telegraph.
The expedition was under the
command Of Brig. Cen. R"n"els.
says one account, while smother
names Gen. Anderson in that capaci-
ty. The authority for the first state
nent is the special correspondent OF
the Advertiser. Register and News !;
for the latter "a private member OF one
of the Mobile companies is the s'-
thority.
From none Of the letters or tel.'-
grams received does i. appear how
many and what troops Of the enemy
were met Oh Santa Rosa Island by
the gallant Adventures, in this night
attack and surprise The Billy Viii
son Zouave Regiment j. all that is
mentined, and that was put to fight,
at the first attack. So that whom it
was we fought with, long enough and
hard enough, to loose so many mrr,
ms We seem to have done, is still UNI
explained.
! One Of the letters alluded to says :
We drove the entire force encan,-
ped inside the fort though Ill tell
you We bought our victory at an ad-
vanced rate. We are over 100 short
this morning. aud have about Is OF
90 in the hospital. Gen. Anderson
was wounded, but not MORALLY. We
took prisoners; among them is
Major Vosdes, (Bill Brown took him
but l tell yon those Mimic rife bullets
do whistle some. sure. ! got off scott
free again. though l had some cl"ss
shave.
I Another. in til. same paper, says
The skir,nish is described AS ter
ribl.. Our company {Mohiic Cont
n-ntals} was represented by 13 men
who acted as sPikers ana burners
one of whom was killed aud Oh,
wounded. About fifty Of our force,
were killed and fifty more woundes
1
commanding officer, was wounded u
the arm. Several of our officer
were killed.
Til. telegraph accounts alrcat.,
published lay rs give the loss Of tn
enemy rs being Very great, and on
own, forty in killed and wounded
The number of our men engaged II
this expedition is variously stated
the special correspondent Of the Ad
v.rtis-r puts il at 1000: one Of I'll
. Tel.sra, h -correspondcn,S says "125
Of US left Pensacola )" and the Other
one Of the citizens of Mobile, VIII
was in Pensacola. but not ia the Ell
, .rrpri-e, says ".he force was IA"
!, men
: We must await the official reP"'
, of The officer leading the expedition
= or, at least, Of the Pensacola paper
i, for a connected and COMPREHENSIVE
j. accnun. OF this spirited and saitan
4 afiair-P,ca yaRr.
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Dasaace 10 tLe Lia~o's G~~Lod

Damace 10 Me Liaro's G~~bod's.
w. learn from n gentleman VIII"
was some distance above Columbus,
and directly opposite I" tl'e L'nc"i"
Gunboa,s during the last engagement
tina, on. Of them. and probably two.
were seriously injured. One rec.iv-
-i ball through her pilot .houS'..
another in her wheel, aud third tore.
off ai,au, three fee, Of III. iron casing
On her side. The h"nt started to
leave hu, could not get out Of the
range fast enough and wa, taken i'll
tow nv on- of her companions. An
other Of III. boats had pirc. tori,
oil her side in a similar mannrr. and
our informant, II very Ictiabt- gen
ti.man. thinks si. had t" To t"wcd
of also, but his position Was no, -
favorable. 10 see as will, the first men,
iinn.d. Son.. Of tn, shots fired from
our guns went entirely overtir boats
Memphis Avalanche.
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Later fsom Te~~cssce.-We have
been shown a letter to Mr.. Robert NJ.
duncan, from his brother. n farmer
Of Hardin county, Tennessee. The
writer says that all provisions ex-
cep, pork will be cheap in that por-
ton of the country this winter, many
hogs having died Of the cattle dis.
ease" not only this summer, but f".
three seasons past. Many horned
cattle, also, had died. hut n.v.rtl'.'
less beef would b. sufficiently reason.
able and abundant. Fr"sts occur.
red in that region on the 10Th and
both uls.. but were iigh. and did moi
kill vegetation.
In speaking of the change Of poll
teal sentiment, the writer states
that though Hardin and Wayn'
counties both voted largely agains
separation from the old inion, the,
ar,. now almost unanimously Of on'
mind. and great numbers Of tl'"s'
who voted against separation arr nov
in til. army and among it's mos, ar
( dent Mobile Advert
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Let the residents of Shreveport
bear in mind that he who fails to at
tend militia drills, will have his name
enrolled on the "black list" besides
suljecting himself to fine, and
what's worse, perhaps free boarding
in the corporation hotel. situated nj
one of the extreme ends Of the public
square. Don't forget this.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

We understand that the Vigilance
Committee 1t Alexandria are very
cautious about permitting strangers
to remain there without undergoing
an examination. We acknowledge
our appreciation Of such a course
and would like to hear Of its adop.
ton in Shreveport. Let no stranger
stop in our midst for the shortes,
space Of time without being visited by
the Vigilance Committee. Now il
the time for spies to commence max
ing their appearance. therefore let III
b. ON the look out for the sneakin,
hounds, and if We do get one, ~
must make much Of him.
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Very De.pot- Species IF Assho,i-
ky.-The Times considers the sove-
reign assumptions ofundelsga1ed pow
or by President Lincoln a. inves,i-
eating him with very despo,ic
species Of authority" and thus deliv-
crs itself in reference thereto:
We Seem in reading ssch reports
to he carried away from Republican
Washington 70 Milan under the Aus
trian or Naples under the Bourbon
rule. To complete the picture, we
actually find in the land Of political
liberty and social freedom the abrupt
establishment. Of system which the
old States Of Europe seldom v~ntured
to defend, and have now begun to
discard. Passports ase dispensed
with over many parts Of the Cont
nent. but they are vigorously insis-
ted Oh in the United States. tits
not merely on the frontier between
the two armies that these document~
are required. No person whatever
can depart from any port Of the Uni
ted States, or land At any port Of the
United States without q passport
from the Federal Government. 4
Traveller would find hilns..lf at more
liberty in Venice than in New
York.
] We nre not rejecting upon the
{ edits "a unnatural or Otherwise
They jar strangely, it is true. with
our ideas Of !An,crica and its institu-
. tons, but they are the unavoidable
incidents Of war. president, Lincoln
{ could do no less, and we are fully pre-.
, pared, indeed. to find that he does n
, great deal more War has brouyh,
, host Of cxigcncies in its trim. II
the President is no longer merely
Z til. Chief Magistrate Of the people
r but the head Of the National forces,
: he must exercise something like mill
: tary authority. The institutions o.
( trace must give way I" the necessi
: ties of war. and the pe"pl. see this
n ~ We ] the Government. \ New
4 York journal has actually cried alout
o for censorship of the press, and an,
calculated to give vigor t" the -
: mimistration would probably NEE
u with general approval. All s"ei
;. acts, however, must needs tend II
F. one way-to the limitation Of public
r liberties and the extension of ofiicia
k power. This much is in.vitabl,
and tl,e only point. indeed. aanittin;
4 Of questions, is the impression hk:l.
:. to b. left hereafter "ntl,c institution
j. of the country. Will the Americans
l. when the war is concluded, return t
,. their old forms Of Government! w
doubt it much.
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The War a Military necessity Hsth
TIE NorlA.-Says the 40. Picayune,
among the many reasons assigned by
Northern men for the vintlictive war
waged against the South, we do not
recoflect to have seen the honest
truth more plainly told, than has fell
from the lips Of Gen. Mcclellan, as
set forth in the following extract:
A few months ago Gen. Mcclellan
was asked by friend from Kentucky
DO you expect by this war to subju-
gate the South?
Subjngate the Soutl, 2 he replied.
No sir, the North can 40 more sub
jugate the South than the South can
subjugate the North.
What then do you propose as the
object and. justification Of this horrid
warl
The answer was
Well sir, this war is a military ne.
eessity to the North. We are oblis.
I'd to fight you or we will have to
fight one another. There is an i'm,
preston abroad unfavorable to oul
courage; the same opinion prevails
At the South; and if we did not figh,
we should lose the control over q
large portion Of our own people. Sc
we are under a necessity u fight.
The Central Presbyterian, Of Rich
mOnd, ia responsible for the state
ment, having received-it from goo'
suthority."
In our opinion, the above wl,eshe
intended rs joke or fact, contains
the truth Of the whole course Of tn
North.
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On account OF the heavy rains, the
roads are almost impossible. The
stage did not make its appearance
yesterday until about two O'Clock in
the afternoon.
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Hon. John G. Brcckinridge, it is
currently reported, has joined Cen.
Buckn.r's army as private. 1t is
said that he will issue an address. in
a few days, rcsisnins his seat in the
United states Congress.
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THE NEWS Condemned

Richmond, Oct lit is reported
that the federal feet having several
thousand men, we're trying to effect a
landing on the ceast Of North Caro-
lima in Onslow county. A conflict
occurred this forenoon near Evans
port, on the Potomac. The feet was
withdrawn. Damage unknown. Ter
large steamers engaged four OF our
batteries, and after heavy firing re.
treated. A dispatch was published
in Baltimore to the effect that Gen
Price had obtained victory owe,
Fremont,
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Rv Yesterdays stage We received
but little mail matter. and no later
news than previously published by
us, and, outside Of "a few Virginia
exchanges. did not get any PAPERS
Jus, a, this particular exciting time,
such things arr assravas;ns.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

The kentucky Legislature has
passed resolutions instructing Brock
iuridge and Powell to resign their
seats in tho United States Senate.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

The regiments that are sent out Oh
picket about the Potomac sometisNcs
have an interesting time shooting
Yankee pickess. Our regiment was
GU. las. week on its first tI3p. ,ondl
did pretty well, CONSIDERING thu Ut
has only two rifle companies, which
alone are capable of doing much cx-
ecu,ion. owing 10 the distance which
they are apart. 1t returned with the
satisfaction If tnS8ng h;iled ak Yam
KEGS and taken ONE. prisoner. III"
practice Of shooting At each 9TH
er's pick.,s is quite Interesting ms
well ~ exciting. and the SCENE IL, In
some instances, quite amusing. They
will shoot until they are tired. and
them. hoisti"g a white handkerchief
go to meet each other tor the purpose
Of holding \ friendly conve rsati"n.---
| When they have convrrss,d enough
they return to their posts, and com
m-ssc. shoosing again. They will NJ
longer he allowed that privilege. how
ever. ~ the practice Of firing ON each
others pickctr is now strictly forbid
den.
1t is gratifying to state that thu
health Of the regiment is greatly i'm
proved. The measles cases are abou
all over. Several VIII" have hnt
,neas.ls years ago hav. taken then
again in camp. Typhoid fever II
prevailing to some extent. Only tw'
or three case. Of it. however, are con
sihersi in any way dangerous. Tn
surgeons say til. present cases mr.
much mili-r and NOR. easily man
aged than tn. tirrt.-Chas. Courier
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

Bishop Early will preach at tn"
Methodist Church tomorrow tSnn-
day. at 10A o'clock, A, A., aud Dr.
X. II. Read, at night.
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All yesterday the rain continued
to fall. We report a rise in the river
at this point.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

Capt. Winnans and his company,
we learn, will take their departure
from our city, in q day or two.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

that all Of the enemy vessels are
somewhaa iWsred, and that there
must have been many casaslties
among their csows. but q this moth
isg can b. known "a yet.
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Yesterday evening We were visited
hy severe storm. IL rain.,d and
the wind blew in a terrible manner.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-10-21

S'0TkeS Sums ACCOUNT ~ 4AuHdS-
ses.-Afore de- fight commenst. Mass'r
Joe says to me, ''Sam, you'd better
go behind, or de- Yanke-s may catch
yuu.'' "Mass'r joe" says l. Il Amt
f.rel Of no Yxnk what ever eat -
goldfish, An if you amt got no dijic-
tions. Id like to stand by you"
Well, direckIy l seed the Vans a
comm An kickin up nifty big
dust. Den l hearn popin Of the
guns. jis like pourin shell Gavin in n
empty barrel. only louder. stand
stiff. Den hearn somin 60 ''wish,'
and one ob dem Jun bullits, but as
big as piccaninny's head. tore up
de ground like Mass'r Jones ole bull
down in the medder, Den the little
feIlers come singin roun dis chiie's
head like skeeters in de big cypress
swamps, an i didn't stan so stiff.
Better beliebe felt like a billed dish
cloff bout dc nees. Dis individooal' S
hart jumped up All DOM like ole
gobbler in a han baskit. and if he
hadn't KEEP de ivory shut, it oud a
iumpt rite outen his mouf, sub. But
l warnt skecreJ. no-siree Bob ; dis
chile amt one oh dat kline. But |
tell YOU what, l thot it pooty sharp
| work for de size. as de debil said
when de broatltr..ad waggin RIM obe'
his nose. bar We stood and took It
! and neber scd nutfin. Presently
seed one OF de- malicious hosifers ride
up wild his hoss, all covered wild 10th
! en-, and l knowd some body war a
swine to get hurt. l reckin you'd a
| thot all Hevin and ycarti wuz com
in together ef you'd hearn dem com
| plinents We glib de lanks. Arte'
dat fire. my h.r, what had bin stanir
strate out, curled up asin, al l felt ~
cool as de middle seed Of a cucumber
in a refriger,m. Den We pored i'll d.
grape shot, an de plum shot, and thu
bumpin shells, and dem little fellrr'
with a hole in one end what whistle:
tell day strike you, and den yo.
don't hear EN- whistle no moh. q
dc dust and de smoke. and de blood
Den gin to git mad. l didn't ker'
muffin fer my set. case dis chile ain
WIZ mUCu, no no" uut ~ Scc "'
nice white g-mmen shot down b.
dem aboli.ioners. war TOO bad.
didn't say much, CAS-. b'lcnS TO d.
Church, but l thot dam it heal
times. Den we whip EN-, and DEF
dey hull grabble at bout dc rate 9
. two hundred and forty. Day rn
outen dar boots, trowed away 'la
guns an 'quipshuns. and son Of de'
left dar shuttails hangin Oh de bush.
an fens rails. Dat wur de Eases
. ..backard movement" ebcr l went
fshin. De fuss clans l got l We,
out to make a raise; felt in hea
Oh pockets, but neher f"un nutl,in BIT
"a pack of kards and a dogberrygra
r and lead quarter. Dem abolitione'
= are de misernblist pooh folks eh'
, did see. Day Amt wuf shooti".-E'
aminpr
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pressed by the London Times:
The United States Of North Ameri-
ca have ceased to be-. Whether their
place will be taken by two Unions or
twcnty-whether the principles Of
confederation will be- merely limited
or absolutely Overwhelmingly can
venture toforetclI; events which will
leave the last state Of things with
much resemblance to the first. 1t
will have been seen, indeed. from
cur New York correspondence that
the staunchest Feds.ralis,s have now
brought themselves to contemplate
this disruption of the Union AS a
possible result.
The Subjugation Of the South I'm,
possible.-Enough has now been
learnt to show that the subjugation
of the South is next to impossible
and it's submission in the highest de
gree improbable.
We need say little in defence of Al,
assumption that the conquest of tn.
South by the armies Of the NORTH
has now become a most iInprobabl.
event. All the incidents of the wal
appear to have been in favor ct the
Confederate States. In the only en-
gagements approaching to the char
acter of a pitched battle, the South
ern troops have been victorious, 'an'
though we hear little of their ope
rations, tits ut least certain that the,
are aggressive, and that the Fede
raj Government is alarmed for tn
safety Of the capital. Hitherto, tn
lapse of time, while it has evidentl..
added to the confidence of the Soutl
has brought little accession G
3 strength to the North. The State
8 adhcring to the Union do indeed cor
q tribute men aud munitions on a seal
;. which does honor to their patriotism
but the battalions are undisciplinet
: ill equipped, aud what is more tina
q all, insubordinate. The reverses an
9 ! privations Of an unsuccessful WI
are very different from the glories
!. the brief campaign which was Col
- templated by the Presidents volu,
n teers, aud the jealousy which Il
i Americans entertain of all authcrit
Il finds its expression even in a cam
On the other hand, the SOutherner
" less addicted to the institutions Of d
. nocracy, less i,nbued with ideas
II social equality, aud conscious prob
v bly, Of . more desperate positio
II have carried far greater energy to Il
.swork Of war. We can see that
the South power is concentrated al
"a obedience enforced, and we find til
t. the natural result is n clear miiita'
g superiority,