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soldier. who was at the battle Of Rs.hsl
says:
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The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

Rcpoytcd Engagement at slip
bl0nd-The rumor was extensive
last evening. that during yesterday
forenoon the Lincoln gun-boats APP
preached and opened fire upon the
Southern troops lately landed on
ship Island, and that our men fired
back, and that the gun-boats with
drew. and lha, nobody was hurt. II
was reported that this news was re-
ceivcd at military headquarters here
but as none of our numerous friends at
Mississippi City and other places in
sight of ship Island tclegraphed us
anything about it, we give oar state
inent as town rumor and nothing
more. \. =. Crescent.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

iSecreiasy .G9MeySn RageEke tpoils.
The following from the New York
Herald of the 29th ult.y, Shows that
Lincoln's Secretary q War 10 not to
be foiled in his contsol ~ such =
lucrative place as the ,nons4Dly OF
selling goods to ali army Of perhaps
a half million Of men. He has bag
ged the whole game sssas.
The difficulty about theyappaint-
ment Of certain army sstisrs has. oc-
casioned a change, in the mode Of thsic
appointment. Hithesto. siiey ,lsav.
been appointed by what is deaonina-
a Council of Administrator zompo-
sed Of the commanding officer aud
the three officers next ia rank Of any
part Of regiment for which the
sutler was to be selected. By an or
der Of the War Department thsse ap-
pointments ,Will hereafter be made by
the Secretary of War. The posi-
ton ofsutler is lucrative ore. It
gives a monopoly IN the way # sell
| ing goods, and the pay.is assumed
by the army regulations to the ex-
tent of the pay Of each officer or man
indebted to the sutler. The profits
are estimated by experienced army
officers at one thousand dollars per
annum per company in the field, and
as the new regiments to be raised
will number each over tweaty-three
hundred men, the post ofsutler to
one of these regiments is one of the
most lucrative otficies in the gift of
the government.
| Considerable dissatisfaction has
been expressed at the assumption by
the Secretary Of War of this, extern
sive patronage-lftherto controlled
by the officers of the army Themselves.
As they are to depend in great
measure upon the honesty and clever
ness of the sutler for the comfort and
accommodation of themselves and
the soldiers under their command,
they believe they ought to be allow
ed to retain the privilege ofseieeting
the person who is to furnish the ex-
ira supplies that are usually procur-
ed of the sutler. They resent this
innovation with much warmth, and
insist that it will prove a serious de-
| triment to the service.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

see, is commanded by Gen. Bee of
your State. The second, composed
Of the fifth, seventh and eighth
Georgia, and the first Kentucky regi
ments. is commanded by Col. Barlow,
Of the eighth Georgia regiment, Col.
Mcdonald, who commands IL mount
ed guerrilla band OF nearly Il thou
sand men, now holds Romney, and
night before last some thrilling Incl
dents occurred in that neighborhoof
A scouting party Of the enemy,
numbering some sixty horse, crossed
the Potomac and were met by a por-
ton of Capt. Turner Ashby's compa-
ny of McDonald's guerrillas. The
scouts retrcatcd rapidly, and Capt.
.Ashby sent his brother Dick ga first
Iieutenant) and ten other men to fol-
low and watch them. 1t wss very
dark, and by some mistake, young
Ashhy and his companions fell into
an ornuuscade. lie was very dan
gerously wounded, being cut to pieces
18th sabres, and shot several times:
,wo others were killed and all the
rest cpaturcd, save one who fled, and
told Capt Ashby what had happened.
His company had returned towards
Romney, and there We're only ten be-
sidcs, himself left But sending the
fugitive after the main body, with
the ten trusty companions, who eager
ly asked TO share his danger, he rode
on, di.mounted when within few
yards Of the spot which had been de
scribcd To him, and the eleven, with
sabres, pistols and bowie knives and
reviewers, charged the federal scouts
now reduced TO tortytive.
Those who witnessed It say it was
one of the most desperate fights ever
had. Capt. Ashbv killed with his
own hand five Of them, and eleven
others fell by the hands of his com
panions. Twelve or fourteen made
their escape, and the rest were either
wounded or taken prisoners. 1t is
said that Capt. AShby laughed sar-
donically during the whole fight, oc-
casiona!ly shouting avenge the blood
of the Ashhv's."
Two expeditions have been sent
from this point to Harper's Ferry,
within the past two weeks, upon ru-
mors that the enemy We're about to
rebuild the bridge over the Potomac,
or to occupy Harper's Ferry. On
their arrival they found no coniirma-
ton of the reports, but they did not
return without completing the de-
strictiou Of NIL the uublic nroprrtv
except the Nupnrintrndemt's house,
used as headquarters while We We're
there, and saved only because lis con
Migration might "ndanger private
propcrty,which was in every possible
way scrupulouslv respected. They
ais" blew up the bridge over the She
uaudoah. and destroyed the trestlc on
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for
a good distance up tn" river.
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The Lincoln Comet.

We have been questioned over and
over again as to the authority bv
which we hailed our visitor Of the
northern region of the heavens the
Charles V comet.
We can only say that we suppose
it to be such, because the Charles Y
comet, one Of the most brilliant on
record, is looked for about this time
in that quarter. But we are not in
clined to be dogmatical, and have no
objection to substituting for this
name that of the "Lincoln Comet"
a quite appropriate designation if we
are mistaken, and equally or more so
if we are not.
The comet of 1856 is cemmoaly
understood to have caused the abdi-
cation of Charles; but as that act
took place on the 25th Of October,
1855, and the comet appeared in 1856.
1t is more likely that it appeared be-
cause he had abdicated. This one
probably appears because Abram
ought to abdicate. Had he resigned
already. he would at once have sunk
into such insignifcance that no coles
tial body would have taken any no.
tice of him; it is his position only
which gives him importance.
Another reason why we are in
clined to think that this is a sum-
mons to Old Abe to give up his mis-
used power is that, like Macbeth's
air-drawn dagger,
1t marsIals him the way that he should co."
to-wit, from Washington to Spring
field, for anybody who has noticed its
track for the past three or four nj ghts.
must perceive that its direction is
westerly, slightly verging northward,
and Springfield is just about one de-
gree north of Washington.
That it is Old Abe's comet is fur
Their Obvious by its getting played
out so fast; for its lustre is sensibiy
diminishing. and the tail (emble,natic
Of his party or his army, as you
please growing less every twenty
four hours. Its appearance in the
north, revolving round and round
without setting, shaking its train
without intermission over the terror
stricken heads of the Black Rep,bh-
can crew, carries with it an interprc-
tation too obvious to require com
ment.
To sum all up; if there is be-
lever in astral influences and por-
tents, who holds that, in accordance
with celestial proprieties, comet
ought to appear about this time, we
defy him 20 draw a programme of the
time and style of it's advent and sub
sequent department, more betting
the eXigencies of the case than that
which the present comet has so far
followed out.-Mo5ike Adyevtiser:
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22
THURSDAY.
70 Miss Fannie T.sssof Shrerepora

Her voice, tbs an angels song,
Did mover to this world belong.
Unless twas made by God to win
Man from the dsrkcned depths Of sin.
Within hc. humid melting eyes.
A brilliant ray of laughter lies
Soft as the broken solar beam
That trcmblcs in the azure stream.
But fate round me ne.er hath strewn.
Gifts to make that heart mine own.
Doomed to love-ah. love in vain:
And loving, be not loved again.
My only hope pcrchance some dream,
May bid the false the true 10 seem.
And tho this heart in waking pine,
Tis bliss to dream and call her mine,
a REAGAN GI'BRD
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

the ,nidsliipmen, After the enemy
had retired the steamer Swain arri-
we'd with Lieut.. Col. II. W. Allen, OF
the fourth regiment, from Mississippi
City, with three companies.
MINOR Smith is now in command,
terrifying the island, and H larger
force may shortly be expected. So
much for our first naval brush with
tn enemy, in which it is but just TO
saw that our officers and men all ac-
ted with the greatest spirit and gal
lantry-Picayunc.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

The St. Loui. State Journal. com
mcn;ing upon a statement of the Re-
publican, that Gen. McCulloch had
but six hundred mcu under him, who
Were without munitions OF war,
arms OF supplies says:
For the comfort Of that sheet and
its coad tutors, WE state these facts, for
the correctness Of which we make
ourselves responsible:
First, on the 18th of june. Major
Nctulloch was encamped at Fort
Smith. with l0.ol0 trained. veto
ran s"ldicrs-with an extra supply Of
guns and munitions of war. Thence
he moved for Missouri. viii. increas-
ing numbers, to form a junction with
the state troops. now NOR" than SIX
Thousand strong, at one point.
Second. At Pocahoutas. Arkansas,
six thousand Arkansas troops were
cncaIup.d. en- route for Missouri with
all necessary equipments.
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Gen. Johns,on'S ARMY.
-icrog~t ot' It's Dpr-rufjoav.

-
The Charleston Courier has a let
ter from - Correspondent. da,oi
Headquarters Northeastern Divi--
ION Confederate Army. near Wiurh---
ter, june 30, giving avery inter-
"s;ing account OF the "PHru.i"As %!
ih;'t DIVISION " - hH'e nan 1"i
!!tii" lnt.thg""cc direct iEnu' zen
Johnston command ana fi:",' is "
general expectation OF grand h,.'-
II" between II and III. enemy under
PATTERSON Anc adWi.h''%F, We copy
The whole OF t!ir letter a. follows:
10 understand III" prr>rN; posi-
ton Of Cen. JoAnstoh.a command
mud form any rational conjecture 81
his plans an" purposes Il = "eg'-~a-
~ 10 Tr''rW briefly the "cc'fHho.S
81 'He p"5fi 'iern days ana group IN
th''f proper order me 'ae'? "h'G e!
Fr'ceIe q snrfT"n"c" ana '''I'nI"'
'H'!y l"!!'"eH Hic evacuation! Oh mar
per + cry: He intention to anah-
,!'l ti'!s P"'"t "h'm certain ""J'c'S
itau "eeh accom- l'S!'H' 'A'-t'" III
the 'mr OF ~ iifSf occupation. 81
u"SrH at me western rNtreihitV OF me
F"LeN "l Virginia 'thho'" rom '!!c
base me OF our "pcrAti"tS' anu is"!a-
ted by natural barriers from rapid in
terconmmiearion with Richmond
and Manassas, Is retention would
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

4 Scrap .tfom HiStory--lt is a
circumstance solnc what remarkable
that Virginia was the eight States OF
The thirteen TO give in its adhesion
to the Federal Constitution iii 1857
and is now the eight State of the
South 10 secede from it. But what
is more, her recent reclutance to leave
the Union only equalled by her origi-
nal aversion to become Il part Of it
under the Constitution that was pre-
scented for ratification.
The Convention of 1877 was COM
posed of members. a majority of whom
We're elected to reject the Federal
Constitution and it was only after
the cause declaring that "the powers
granted under the Constitution, be-
ing derived from the people of the
| nitcd States, be resumed by them
whenever the same shall be perver-
ted to their injury and oppression,
and that every power not granted
thereby, remains with them at their
will" was inserted in the ordinance
of ratification, that six or more of
the majority opposed to the measure
consented to vote for it. Even with
this accession of strength, the Con-
stitution was carried only by vote
of 80 to 7S.-Charleston Courier.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22


President Dacis.-I1lc Richmond
correspondent Of the Charleston Ceu-
rjer describes reception given by
President Davis, and concludes as
follows:
/ The President always looks Well
bat never to my mind is he SO much
| in his element as when the centre
Of an admiring tlrrong: throwing out
those brilliant scintiliations of thought
with which his fertile mind isso preg-
nant This was especially the case
this evening. Not only was each
gentleman met with kind and diff
ferent greeting from that received
by his neighbor, but, after the form
alities of the introduction We're over,
the freedom with which he moved
hither and thither, dropping acompli-
1uentto one, calling up some refninis-
cence of the past to another, touch
ing gently upon the events of the
time to a third, relating a brief but
appropriate annecdote to fourth,
and making himself eminently agree
ablcto all, did not fail to produce
upon the minds Of his visitors the
impression experienced by every
man who spends even five min
utes in the presidential presence.
Davis adornes the social circle, as
we'll as he has the forum or the field.
Combining the freedom Of the friend
with the caution of the diplomat.
yet giving full scope TO his fine con-
/ al, II, la.
out, and puts more into, his auditors.
with less restraint and less effort
than one would believe possible.
You look. you listen, and you talk.
Magnetized by one Of the most
irresistible smiles in the world,
charmed with his language, and yet,
involuntarily drawn into the express
sion of your own sentiments, You
soon forget that you are talking with
the President of the Southern Union,
and remember only the man. Such
| is President Davis in the parlor.
What he is in the cabinet, as states
man and soldier, the world already
knows.
Moving around in the crowd Were
two microscopic Davises-Maggie
and JEFF, Jr.--as handsome and
brilliant pair ofhousehold angels as
ever blessed parents heart. Mag,
gie is what the ladies would call
"a perfect gem She has large
brown, expressive eyes, long lashes
which, but for natural vivacity, would
give her an almost penstve cast OF
lcountenance round, rosy cheeks
n sweet little nose and mouth 4
dimpled chin fine growth of black
hair, clipped short on the neck, and
a clear, rosy complexion add te
these charms, tiny form pretty
enough to belong to divinity, and
YOU have pen-and:ink portrait of a
diminutive specimen of humanity
who would make q jewel of a picture
in any kind of setting whether she
belonged to President cor any
other man
! The other Davis-youns Jef-is
a chubby, broad-shouldered, grey
eyed, big headed, brownhaircd chap
) years old, fat. fair and fresh as d
rosebud. but beyond these points he
is IL boy, like amy other.
The father seems proud Of both
these bantlings, and as they edged
through the crowd and took a place
by his side once or twice, though en-.
gagged in conversation with a mum
bel Of gentlemen around him, he
still found time to bestow upon then
the smiles and careases of affection
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

An Irishman got out of the cars at
a raj way station for refreshments,
and unfortunately the bell rang and
the train left before he had finished
his repsst.
lIould on. cried Pat, as he ran
after the cars. .'Hould on We NUT
therin ould shame ingin-ye've got
a passenger aboard that's left be-
hind"
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

a secession flag was recently raised
amid great demonstration, ut Scully-
Vile, Choctaw Nation. 1t contained
twelve stars, the twelfth representing
that nation. IIurrah, for the Choc
taw Nation.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

A number of officers in the Nor
thern army threaten to resign unless
the rebels will agree to the following
propositions:
l. Not to erect any masked bat
teries.
,. Not to put any batteries any
where without giving three. weeks
notice.
3. Not to fire into regiments ri
ding on railway trains in the rebel
States.
4. Not to touch detached compa-
nies-on the outposts, without giving
notice of their intentions.
5, And not to put any bullets in
their guns.
There is more truth in the above
than many persons might suppose.
Private dispatches from CONSTANT
noplc. received in London Just previ-
Gus to the departure of the Persia.
state that Sir Henry Bulwer is dan
serously i'll.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

18th, news came that large Federal
force was descending the Mary land
valley, between the range of the Blue
Ridge, and approaching the Point Of
Rocks. Gen. Johnston gave orders
for the destruction OF the bridge and
til" railroad at that place, and the re-
tir,lnent Of our troops stationed there
TO Harpers's Ferry. The Maryland
and Kentucky regiments also were
Withdrawn from Maryland Heights.
The same night courier from Win
chester announced the arrival Of
Federal soldiers in considerable
strength at Ronney. Gen. Johnston
forthwith dispatched Col. Hill, Of
the Thirteenth Virginia infantry.
with three regiments, TO Ronnev---
his own regiment, the Second Ten
nessce, under Col. Vaughan, and the
Tenth Virginia, under Col. Gibbons.
On the 18Th, all the sick were or
Gcred to be removed from Harpcr's
Ferry, and all the extra bnggagc,
including tents aud cooking utensils.
to be sent to Winchester, after pre-
pairing three days food to be taken
. with us. This required nearl ! TWEEN
ty-four hours. On the morning of
I.ltb. lust at the davdovn, q terrific
sound El,. ,bc rsnnr, Of n .borsand
C,l,,nI;.J. Mini .,,, ,,.,,....;od sol
,i;ar. t,a,n -. gr,,,aI,o. aI,l,a,.h
,no.t as 80 onco,,n,n.n.. r,ara :,
hit. ,,;i., ~ La,e 5;a.o,,t
fr,n,,I, ..,, Eraro ,,o,Ia ,;, nI,a,.a
,hn r'.,,,a: onl SLan.rlaah r,.I,
.n,,5,I,n, roL, . Lraa ynl,rnn Of ,iack
smok, hound with spiral column
of red fame, which cojled around il
Ike 4 G.rv serpent. and weirhtv
froo,n.ut. Of LurnIno. wood dark enid
the air. The s.nnendous railroad
hri1,.a ocross the Potomac was y
~,
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

Eg A tough whip-lash has been
forwarded to New Haven, braided
from a piece of beef furnished to the
Third Connecticut regiment
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

Wheat fields in Alabama already
harvested. average twentyeight to
thirty bushels to the acre.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22

tr,.o,reutS viii rfoaso ,,o,,i,, mind
f',,'''' yea ''' l'''
mat when 'h"F send names OF sub
scriheg-, the money less their com
mission. must accompany the same.
H"'f" ihtHAtH,g -ih"4f.--~NF heats
selling at 81 per Hushel' corn at SOC
1''t,''f = "orlii III our 20" II lor;
per ., 3D. I o"i IL ''o''i'''''' price, ""''
In. a., VI ''ii'aii"'
~ 'i'''S =, ne ".i7i"e'e'I 10"
~ o'' i% 3i, H"s' u mem Ma, Z
~ ,I I,, . .iig'i eI'iln' 10 .io;u
y" W., g 1 'l'e -. >t,'ess ., ''S' ear III
'i'F uT T''e =, "s's a,t, Pre- I.,
~ 800 e. anu u,'" ,i'srs o' o"i
.o,'t''l9 i"i "',1s WY ,';''"i'lAN "ie