The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-08-21

t5e seyentae elI morning stating that e2 s Il
the eiqhtb yirgia Gs0 eighteenth Aissjni ,as vita
Teasb,irg Trnt So ana RICHMOND boqit,. Ngent
bundled 81 Roni.5 3Iil9'lngr in pursuit - Paa
slde ofthe Potomac TIE enemy az. Cepredatir, nv
other side pts'eAtlng esosps F.S'e7
NEW oRLrASs, August To-, zoe
houston Telegraph, dated August IN Ira troE n.
on the s5th OF July between col Basia,. fsporaa a..
the federal troops at fort Fillmore y. eoullap5 ~
the defeat OF the federolists. with s . Resulted
weanoea' me southerners were usbr-.9 Killed sni
The fedsraIlsts fled but we're pursnas
command tsEen prisoners Ave hundred aua tue gAo,
1EAAs--Ihe Galveston News, Of tho % TIMBER
The companies encamped near IN. Ae ID inst s
Virginia, the Waco guards CO Sousg to o.,
Green Rifles, Capt Garter from Ana.; Ryan; tie A.,
Gonzales, Capt. Kerr; COMPANY So a COMPANY 6o
Townsend; one from Montgomery Va oerEson N.
Porter from Corsieaua, Capt. gi,IIss copAy CsS.
county, Capt. hutchinson: from n ron irns,
county, Capt Martin, The Bavon oit, 1esoa RlL
Bolts fine Houston company also ~ oga'9 e, cap
Harrisburg this week. ~ mo cam
On the 18th of July every able-bo3;.s
nan county was expected to be al W. nag in aele,
him ali the arms ne possessed-rifes sbo aug oRagg
swords, and six-shooters; in order to ls aas
military strength Of the county to classf H elc
pose, for the Mimic bullet ''p'sa ioiaspg,
The News of the 9th inst. hasae
turns of the State election held on H. Struggling,
sufficient to give ali indication of The I'm wi butuo
paper has the following: uS Iheaus
Gen. Van Dorm arrived at San An,oni,
last. '1V On Satrds,
The Tezes and New Orleans rallrooa
was to commence running It's train rs,, u5asi'ard
Houston to Liberty !es~r9ag, ica
Gen. Whitfield, of Kansas celebritv
Hailettsvle, LaVaca county, with asT.
teers for the seat Of war in Missouri TE H. Fts.
grievances to settle with the Kansas abo. sens'ls
Passengers from San Antonio, arrived iss.
port that 1000 federal troops were eoncs5,s Il.
Fillmore, IN Arizona near fort Bliss ra,s W s
Vas with about zoo mounted Texans and 6aId'
Of artillery. ANtdPec.s
numterof the merchants Of ClarksyiI. p.,n
county, give notice that they will ree4iyo o a7
rate bonds and treasury notes in nsvrss. az v
chandise which they have for sale ana In ~ " n
amounts due them for previous sales d
or accounts. bots
/ The Houston Telegraph il requested IN s.r...,
Dr. Carter, OF soul6 university has hee1 co NV ASE
by the president to raise al i1depeDler, -,5laei
! the Confederate service. 's'nsail si
| A Russian gentleman died recentIg abil, .
carriage near Bourges lie measured mo- - aiA47g
feet around the waist and HE weight va. 'l 'ta
that it required six men to move the bo3y i t.
| carriage. 'VA ls
CRARBoE.--The Charlton bes been vs,, co.. u.
season on Mr. Byrns lower bayou Sale pan7'a ai
there have been fe" cases on Cypremor. NM j N
cases were fatal. ''S we
We often hear Of newly d.seorsredsovsregY rsn.s..
for this malignant disease, but in the End
I -, mo- ia ~ go FlAfr
one season, may prove nearly worthless ia - 9's
less the best remedy yet discovered il gbis i.o1gf
quantities from half pint to pint uo; Il .Si,a
intoxicated, and repeated occasonsny far says..l'
eessve days. This has cured many quite psHg,,..
cases, but it may frequently fail
NEW DISEASE AHosQ HuLEs.-Ars Coehrane tsl,,
Patterson7e, has lately lost ten or fifteen ro1s g
denly, by disease which appears in some re.rfa M
diptheria and in Others Ike charbon The dsasss
pears to be spreading somewhat in the ugiqbtorbo8
1t Is very malignant and fatal
The St Mary volunteers have had orders 10 oaj, I'M
Berwick, bat it is not yet known 10 what Geld gssta,
they viii be sent. franklin ia Ba7ns,
GENERAL LToS.-A gentleman gho left s. Lgg.so1
Saturday last, furnishes the Louisville Courier cf No.
day morning with intelligence that zen. LYON vas la
by his own men at Springfield, Missouri.
FERRY B0Ars TAKEN-Mr Jones the railroad 81.
perintendent at humboldt, reports that federal ga.
boat descended from Cairo and TOOK possession olbs
ferry boat Running between B,andsyiIle and the ken
tucky shore, belos the mouth Of the Chic river
CoAsr DEEEscEs-Gunboats.- eou1..a
ton in the Planters Banner urging upon the peaaaa
St. Mary parish the necessity Of building lg15ga
gunboats for the protection II those -esaing 1o'A
Tech6 and other exposed points, agaia
the gunboat fotilla nov in course c. g.
north we make the annexed extract
Now this il no time to nllnce words -
lusions; it Is better that facts should Il a.
we thereby expose our weak poiatF Is
exposing our own weakness that We G
people that It is necessary to do sonnet
The fact is that we are in no way prer
such ineursions az the enemy are about
The parish of St. Mary IL the Htat
the coast from Key West to the Rio Cir a#4
tue people Of the north sFe well aSsGi
knows it as he has been in the parish. 9..
knows it, for he is acquainted nith eve
the parish and its value, aud thousands
captains OF vessels and sailors knoR ey
and plantation road, and know he's 10
to the back door Of every mans house il
let US not delude ourselves With tie vain sane
enemy are not aware of oQy vesk and explsel gass
ton. They know orr condition better than We kagsb
ourselves and are preparing to avail lhense,yesaas
knowledge, We Bill certainly be visited dadag a
coming winter, and we cannot escape vast dsstgsa
Of life and property, unless VIZ vel about pgep15
proper defences at once, and vigorously 100.
Let any acquainted with the parish, think hElIs
ment, and be will recollect seYeru points along theaas
where force of 100 to 500 men could BY aHdng@Ti
in the night and BY midnight, they could BY GA
movement, be upon the Teche, and before Ofceeol.
be rallied to meet them, millions Of d0aFs E2ft1
property could be pillaged destroyed burned OF es
away, and By daylight would hnd the invaders Oh ~
way back to their vessels,
fort with long range guns a. Morrison cdt-9f q
point Cbevreuill and another q, soutt-Fes. pax Fe-a
do much 10 prevent boats OF the eaem7 irou eal'43
into Cote blanche and Yermiou bays; but ast5s a.
at the cutSf is very wide and the Tua Is ssoF sll''
vessel would be under fire. Il beiooye3 U.s. even W,
these forts erected to procure some moJs seI ~
of keeping the enemy out Of our buys Llgora'4ss
steam gunboats are positive security agais ''e M
of the enemy on our coasts. These Sahoosa 'Y-"
built here; they should be built AZ once, sS1 sg
people of St. Mary assisted By TecTe5oEa', s0ua o'
them Such boats are being bull. eFef{Tnv'' '-''
from Charleston all around to New Orleans A
Ex-ministcr Faulkner demands an intsnEs .,H,
secretary Cameron. He is still deprived 0' ''''''
communications with his friends
An APPEAL roR PaoTzcrIos FRos Balfsa SI13 H.,
OF New YoRx.-The following apes! Is sad g ~.
been addresses to lord Lyons BY number O -.
subjects OF New York, asking protection ''4' '''
lence of northern sentiments:
To the honorable lord Lyons. ,si-re
Your lordshp-For some time past 8e pave , ''g
easy in this community on account OF Our
We need net inform you that since the tau u
ter an extraordinary excitemen. IN re5a'a "',rg.
has prevailed here, Of which one stirling cla.a
has been total intolerance Of an honest l-' 5
opinion. 'cWho Is not for Us Is against u, -,or.
the rule of Judgment. Any person not warmly Fsf.
the Justice of the war Of the north assiHs. 'us 80