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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-09-11
NEW STORE.

SAM LEVY,
Texas street, adjoining the Phoenix,
AS taken the stand lately occupied by NJ. Levy and
L has opened large assortment Of Dry Goods,
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, all which viii be sold
at the very lowest prices.
NOTICE.
FENHE undersigned having been appointed sole agent
4 for the Creditors Of 4. Hum3 4 Co., of Shreye-
port La is the only person authorised % settled the
debts and collect the claims OF the coneer
ULCER LAUNE,
OHice-Branch Citizens Bank.
Shreveport La, June %, 1s6l-iuy1o-tf
NOTICE.
DURING my absence from this parish, u. G. SCOGIN.
~ Esq, is my authorised agent and fully empowered
TO transact all business. j. >. GAABLlN.
Shreveport August 4, 1851.
NOTICE.
nURING my absence from the parish \. j. STACEY,
~ Esq. is my duly authorised agent
Shreveport May |, l86l-f q }. WELLS
NOTICE.
BTR0M and after date NJ LEVY, is my duly authorised,
agent fully empowered to transact any business for
Shreveport January 30, 186I-feb6
NOTICE.
DURING my absence from the parish, L. NJ Mutt, Esq.
willact agent forme and my mother SUSAN IABER
aprl7 F. D. TABER.
NOTICE.
undersigned have this day formed c6partner
Il ship under the name and style of A. vi. Hull 4
FoRwARDING COMMISSION and GROCERY business at the
old stand Thankful for past favors we respectfully
hot a continuation Of the same. \. NJ HULL,
H. +. HULL,
Shreveport, April ~ 1860 D. 3. HULL.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
TENHE c6partnership heretofore existing between the
4 subscribers, under the name of Hull 4 Fyfe,
this day dissolved BY mutual consent Either Of the
parties authorised to use the name OF the firm II
Personsindebted to said firm willpIease settle
and those having claims willpresentthem forsettement
as the business must be closed up. A. NJ. HULL,
Shreveport, April %, 1860. WH. Z. FNFFE.
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L. N. MUTT,
A TTORNEY ATLAW Shreveport, La.-Will practice
IA in the courts the Parishes Of Caddo Bosser Cla
lorne and Benve. silly
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N ~ - rtEE NJ ~ ~ ~ "a ID

milan STREET Three Doors below the Commercial Hotel
"a HAVING just returned from New Orleans, with 4
IA choice selection of goods consisting in part OF
III cloths, black, blue brown and othertancy oTs
fine French black doeskn, together with fancy c&ss.-
eres Of the latest styles; yestngs plain and fancy cut
velvet with variety of silks and cassimeres fancy and
plain which he is prepared to manufacture at the short
est notice the and in the
fashonabestve. Having had experience in allthC nm
cipa cities ii the Union he feels himself competent
please the fastidous Soliciting continuance OF
favor fhs old patrons he desires them to call and
anime his stock Histens moderate and exclusively
CASH.
~ AIlwork done guarantiedto fit, ornosale. nov16
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FOR SALE.
FOR RENT OR SAFE.
500 Acres of FTpimprOyed

800 :. -. . -, ,I $500,
80 20 a Cles VI = lta, @ i1,''l" To-
S99 2t 1IFp e1i 'lu'sle. ~,oNgf III i"
&SSA heIgilDorhooo' nela2 ING hoIih-eaSt ana hoflh
-- west quarters OF section NO - range 10. u ana
toWTns1lP 20 70. a., 3;.5,. ,..1,...- -.
Terms OF tFo GaSL 'ne paiail%e III one, TWO
and three years to bear eight per cent interest from
aate tae purchaser 10 give MS lhree PFom's'eIF notes
p9laPe q ABOVE VIII mortgage importing confession
particulars apply to ~ P H. RoSSoN,
HIIeFeRoTL SoF. :, 80. agent.
~ MI D. N, Mla Sno" inc premises 10 any
Pel22n M1s.l4S - P"Iolls-2e
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NURTNG my absence from the parish Al. STACEY,
, Esq, is my duly authorised agent
Shreveport MAY l. 1SBl-tf 0. J. WELLS.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

The Louisville Democrat does not much
like Gen. Fremont's proclamation, regar-
ding it as unnecessarily severe. 1t says,
nevertheless:
It's part, however, of the fortunes of
war. When the negro property Of Union
men is confscated by secessionists, we can
expect nothing else than the Generals of the
United States army should feel at liberty to
do the same. 1t does not affect the Union
feelings either one way or the other in this
State, and is rather regarded as an act to be
expected in war than commended.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

BEGIN WIru THE CHLD.-Let the first
word your child lisps be Washington. -
Hang on his neck, on that birthday, and
that day Of his death, at Mount Vernon, the
medal Congress, by its dark ribbon !; tell him
the story Of the flag, as it passes glittering
along the road ; bid him listen to that plain,
old fashioned. siiring music of the Union
lead him, when school is out at evening, to
the grave of his grand father, the old soldier
of the war bid him, like Hannibal, at nine
years old, lay the little hand on that Consti-
tuition, and swear reverently to observe 1t
lift him up, and lift yourself tip, to the high,
Of an American feeling; open to him. and
think for yourself on the relation of America
to the States show him upon the map the
area to which she has e1tepded herself; the
climates that come into the number of her
months; the silver path of her trade, wide
as the world tell hun of her contribution
to humanity, and her protests for free gov.
ernment keep him with the glad and sol.
emn feasts of her appointment bury lbel
great name in his heart and into your hearts
contemplate habitually, lovingly, intelligent
ly, this great abstraction, the vast reality o.
good and such an instruction may do some
what to transform this surprising beauty
into national life, which shall last while
sun and moon endure. e.-R.fas CAoate.
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The members of the Mackerel Brigade,
now stationed on Arlington Heights, to watch
the movements of the Potomac, which is ex
pected to iise shortly, desires me 10 thank
the ladies' of America for the supplies of
havelocks and other delicacies Of the season.
just received. The havelocks, my boy, are
rather roomy, and we took them for shirts
at first : ard tfe Ski t. are so narrow mind.
ed that We took them for havelocks. Ifthe
womeeD of America could manage to get a
little less linen into the collars of the latter
and little more into'the other department.
OF the graceful ''garmnt," there would Re
fewer colds in this division of the Grand AR
my. The havelocks, as have said before,
are roomy- very roomy, my boy. William
Brown, of company g., put one on last night
when he went on sentry duty, and looked
like broonstick in pillow case, for all the
world. When the officer came round and
caught..sigh of William in his havelock, he
was struck dumb with admiration for mo-
ment. Then he circulated :
"What splendid moonbeam p
William made movement, ani the SER
geant came up.
whats that..white object ?" says the off
Ger to the sergeant.
Thunder y roarcd The officer ''tell him
to 60 to Lis tent and take off that night
gown"
You're Mistaken says the sergeant
"the sentry is William Brown, in his have
lock, which was made by the women of
America"
The officer was so justly exasperated at
his mistake that he went immediat ,ly to his
headquarters and took the oath three times
running, with little sugar.
The oath is very popular, my boy, and
comes in bottles. take it incidentally my
self
The shirts made by the ladies Of America
are noble articles, as far down as the collar,
but would not do to use as an only garment.
Captain Mortimer de Montague, of the skir-
mish squad, pnt one on when he went to
the presidents reception, and the collar stood
up so high that he couldn't put his cap on,
while the other department didn't reach quite
to his waist. His appearance at the White
House was picturesque and interesting, and
as he entered the drawing room, Gen. Scot.
remarked very feelngly--
"Ah here comes one of ~ wounded he
roes."
Shes not wounded, General" remarked
an officer standing by.
"Then why is his head bandascd upso p
asked the venerable veteran ..-...
"Ohr says the officer, "that's only one of
the shirts made by the patriotic wimmin Of
America"
In about five minutes after this converse
ton l saw the venerable veteran and the
wounded hero at the office taking the oath
together .-[Cor. N. Y. Mercury.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

Pitts is a fast man, sharp man, a man o
business tact, and when Pitts goes into a
store to trade, he always gets the lowest cash
price, and then he says:
"Well, I'll look about, aud if don't find
anything better that suits me, I'll call and
take this"
Pitts, likeall fast men, is partial to women
and young ones in particular. He wished I.
wed.
His business qualities would not let him
wait, 50 of he travels, and calling upon q
lady friend, opened the conversation by re-
marking that he would like to know wha
she thought about his getting married.
"Oh, Mr.. Pitts, that is an affair in WHICH
am not 50 very greatly interested, and pre-
fer to leave it to yourself"
But" says Pitts" you are interested, and
my dear girl, will you marry me?"
The young lady blushed very red, hesita
ted, and finally. as Pitts was we'll to do in tn
world, and morally, financially and political
ly of good standing in society, she accepted
him. Whervupon the matter of fact ma,
responded:
"Well, well, I'll look about and if dom
find any body that suits me better than you
~ come back
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

As there has been good deal of gossip
about difficulties in the I'd Iowa Regiment,
now in service in Missouri, especially in ref
erence to charges in the field officers Of said
regiment, with several reports of elections of
such officers, we lay before our readers the
following extract from letter, received by
us from member of one of our Davenport
companies in this regiment. The letter is
dated jackson, Mo-, Sept g., and we may
say no part of it was ever intended for pub
lication Davenport Gazette.
"Lt. Col. Tuttle arrived here a few days
ago, with an order from Gov. Kirkwood, for
an election for field officers for our regiment.
He objected to calling it Immediately on his
return, as number Of the officers were alb
sent, and he would have to wait till all re-
turned (the commissioned officers hold this
election.) and in the meantime he tried to
gain the consent ofthe officers to submit the
question to the men, as he found Major
Croker had made himself unpopular with
the men by the strict discipline he had exer-
cised while we were in company with the
Illinois regiments. The officers refused to
do so, but the men found out COL Tuttle
wished them to elect their owr officers, and
of course there was cry of indignation
against the officers for refusing. So, Major
Crocker, to settle it, Withdrew his name as
candidate, and before his friends knew what
was going on, COL Tuttle called meeting
for an election, and we got there and found
but one candidate, and he, Lieut.. Col. Tuttle,
was elected Colonel, and Major Crocker 1t.
Colonel The Majorship was postponed till
the rest of tire officers returned. Nineteen
out of the 35 officers voted of which Col.
Tuttle received Is votes, minority of the
whole number. and of these 15 full one half
were Crocker's friends write this to ex-
plain what may seem to you very strange
action on the part Of this regiment, and Col.
Tuttle's unfitness for even the position he
held before, although no doubt good and
brave man. Crocker withdrew against the
wishes of his friends, but he felt that there
would be trouble in regard to the men, and
he wished to avoid it."
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NOT YET.


Oh country, marvel Of the earth
Oh realm to sudden greatness grown
The age that gloried In thy birth,
Shall It behold the overthrown
Shall traitors lay that greatness low
No, Land Of Hope and Blessing, No
And we who wear thy glorious name,
Shall we, like cravens, stand apart,
When those whom thou hast trusted ann
The death. blow at thy generous heart?
Forth goes the battle-ciy, and low
Hosts rise In harness, shouting, No!
And they who founded, in our land,
The power that rules from sea to sea,
Bled they in vain, or vainly planned
To leave their country great and freeG
Their sleeping ashes, from below,
Sand up their thrilling murmur, No
Knit they the gentle ties which long
These sister states were proud to wear,
And forged the kindly links SO strong
For idle hands in sport to tear
For scornful hands aside TO throw
No, BY our fathers memory, No
Our humming marts, our iron ways,
Our wind.tossed woods on mountain crest,
The hoarse Atlantic, with his bays,
The calm, broad Ocean Of the West,
And Mississippi's storrent-fow,
And loud Niagara, answer, No
Not yet the hour lie nigh, when they
who deep in Eds dim twilight sit,
Earths ancient kings, shall rise and say,
"Proud country, welcome to the pit
no soon art thou, like us brought iowY
No, sullen group Of shadows, No!
For now, behold, the arm that gave
The victory in our fathers day,
Strong, as of old, to guard and save
That mighty arm which none can stay
On clouds above and fields below,
Writes, in meme sight, the answer, No
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

MRs. PARTINGroN's LAsr.--Ike goes for a
soldier. Mrs. Partington makes farewell
address: ["Ike, my son, stand up while
dress you-hold my bonnet and specks. +
"Fellow soldiers: 1t is the abandoned duty
of all to be patriarchal in these times, and to
hand down unrepaired, the glorious flag of
all seeding generations. Here Ike COM
menced counting off the new fashioned cheer,
swinging the old bonnet up and down as he
went in, one. two, three-tiger.l "March
hesitatiagly in the contented field, and if a
rebel demands your quarters, tell him you
had but three, and the last one is spent; then
If he won't quit and leave, quit yourself like
man. and may you have glorious cham
paign of it."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

Freddy, fair-headed youngster of four
summers, after being, the other day, for
some time lost in thought, broke out thus :
"Pa, can God do anything?" "Yes dear"
Scan he do everything, Pa 2" "Yes, DEAR
Gould he make two year old colt in two
minutes ?" .""Why, he would not wish to do
that, Freddy" ''But if he did wish to,
could hep "Yes, certainly, if he wished
to-" "What, in two minutes 9'' eyes, in
two minutes" swell, then, he wouldn't
be two years old, would he p
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Irish DrOllery..am entirely Cos
mOpOlltaM Hibernian.

A son of the Emerald Isle, but not him
selfgreen was taken up, (for he was at the
time do,cn,) near rebel encampment, moi
far from Manassas junction. In a word
Pat was taking quiet napin the shade, and
was reused from his sIumber by a scouting
party. He wore no special uniform of eithe,
army, but looked more like spy than ar
alligator, and on this was arrested.
"Who are your "What is your name p
and "Where are you from ~ were the
first questions put to him by the armed par
ty.
Pat rubbed his eyes, scratched his head
and answered;
"Be me faith, gentlemen, them is agly
questions to answer, any how an before
answer any O. them, I'd be afther AKIN ye
be yer lave, the same thing"
SWELL" said the leader" weare of SCOTS
army. and belong to Washington"
"Allright," said Pat 81 know'd ye was
gintleman, for am that same. Long life te
Gineral Scott"
"Aha +! replied the scout, "now you ras.
cal you are our prisoner" and seized him
by the shoulder.
"How is that" inquired Pat, ."are We moi
friends?"
"No," was the answar, 1--WE belong to Gen
eral Beauregard's army"
'Then ye tould me lie, me boys, and
thinking it might be SO, I told ye another
And now tell me the truth, and III tell yor
the truth, .too."
swell, we belong to the State of Soutt
| Carolina"
$50 do l." promptly responded Pat, "ar
to all the other States up the country, tot
and there, I'm thinkin', hate the whole u,
ye. Do you think would come all th'
way from Ireland to belong to one State
| when had right to belong to the whole o
| 'em ?"
The logic was rather stumper; but they
took him up, as before said, and carried hin
for further examination.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

We understand that the members of the
peace party, the white rag party, the shirt
tail party, the diaper party, didn't hold its
proposed meeting on Saturday night. 1t died
before the time came, and there was no white
flag for its winding sheet.
The jeff. Dayis party, then died as neu
trality party, and has now died as a peace
party. The thing has died three times
If tits cat, it has got to go thro' the inter.
estins process six times more. Louisrill.
Journal.
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Physiological research establishes the fact
that acids promote separation OF the bile
from the blood, which is then passed from
the system, and thus preventing fevers, the
prevailing disease of Summer All fevers
are "hillous;" that is, the bile is in the
blood. Whatever is antagonistic of fever is
cooling" It is common saying that fruits
are cooling" and also berries of every des.
cription it is because the acidity which they
contain aids in separating the bile from the
blood. Hence the great yearning for green's,
an lettuce, and salads in the early Spring
these being eaten with vinegar; hence, also,
the taste for something sour-for lemonades
in attacks of fever. But, this being the
case, it is easy to see that we nullify the
good effects of fruit and berries in proportion
as we eat them with sugar, or with sweet
milk or cream. If we eat them in their nat
ural state, ripe, fresh, perfect, it is almost
impossible to eat too many, or eat enough to
hurt us, especially if we eat them alone, and
not take any liquid with them whatever.--
Hence, also, is butternilk, or even common
milk, promotive of health in the Summe
time Sweet milk tends to billiousness in
sedentary people sour milk is antagonistic.
The Greeks and Turks are passionately fond
of milk. The shepherds use rennet, and
milk dealers alum, to make it sour the soon.
er. Buttermilk acts like watermelons on the
system. Halls Jour. of Health
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marking us from the other end Of the plat
form.
~ shall write to you from Washington
"Shall you? Oh thank you! shall have
SO much to say in reply"
sand to your father, by the same mail"
"Yes."
"If had only something Of yours for 1
token! Have you pair of scissors abou
you? Here is curl YOU wouldn't missr
"No, will send it to you. Here, take
these flowers; was cutting them for you al
the time, and I didn't know it. Isn't il
strange-and good, too og''
II must have something else-these flow
ers are not part of you, your own, peculiar
property. Can't you spare this glover"
II was off and in his breast pocket.
"All aboard T. shouted the conductor.
"Good-by, darling! I'll bring home name
for you to be proud Off
"God bless youl Fight like lion, only
-oh don't get shot"
"Never fear! My heart is in your keep.
ing! Once more, my own darling, good. by.
Another quick embrace, and he was on
the car.
l think my voice mingled in the hearty
cheer that went up from every throat as the
train swept away from the station, and that
my handkerchief kept company with those
that waved till the last car vani shed in the
distance But hardly knew it. My happi-
ness had come upon me so suddenly, that I
felt dased, bewildered, almost stupi6ed with
joy. l woke up, though, as Faith and walk
ed home, together with our middle-aged es-
cort. Faith was sobered down now, and
spoke demurely, as was her usual habit.
"What did they stop for, Mr.. Ross, after
all ?"
"Therc was something the matter with the
engine, believe, Miss Faith. Quite lucky
chance for some folks, though, wasn't it?''
"Indeed it wasp I thought, with a glad
thrill. "Indeed it was! But it. wasn't a
chance was one Of Gods blessed provi-
dences! And oh! if He will but help me,
when my lover comes home from the wars
-as God grant he maybe shall find wife
worthy Of tie glorious name he has promised
her -
And this, you see, is what owe the war.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

THE BULL Run AFFAIR ABRoAD.-Gov.
Wright oe Indiana and Gen. Morgan of Ohio
our late Ministers to Prussia and Portugal,
who are at Washington settling their ac-
counts, say that the national defeat at Bull
Run did not injure us so much in the estima-
ton Of the foreign powers as did the depres-
sion which followed it, and which seemed to
indicate an unsteadiness Of purpose that au-
:
CURED badly.
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Renoyased Old Flint Mu.ket,

Renovated Old Flint Muskets.
The Cincinnati gazette says;-'It being
generally supposed among our volunteers
that the old flint-lock muskets are unfit for
use, even when altered to percussion locks
and riAed-that the barrels are worn out,
and that it is exceedingly dangerous to at
tempt to discharge load from one Of them
Captain Neereamer, who is now in this city
inspecting TIE alteration of these muskets,
determined to give the matter thorough
test. Accordingly he selected one from those
which he had rejected as unfit for firing, and
yestesday morning attempted to burst it in a
yard attached to Greenwood's foundry. Ten
shots were fred from it without accomplish.
ing the desired result, although the last
round contained 2lsa grains of powder and
five Mime rife balls. Mr.. Greenwood has
just finished riaing the fourth thousand OF
these old muskets. With the alteration
and repairing they get at the foundry, they
are said by competent judges to be equal to
the Enfield rife for all military purposes
The saving to the government by this pro.
cess is not less than $40 on each musket."
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LET IT RE REMENBERgD.--At the Mahcpy
Democratic State Convention On the Goth
ult., resolutions approving the action Of the
Iowa volunteers, and especially the Iowa
First, as well as paying just tribute ofre-
spect to Judge Douglas, sere cotsd 9o9n.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

Do those who clamor for peace in our
midst, says the Philadelphia Press, ever re-
feet that if they were to make any proffer Of
the sort to Davis and B cauregard, il would
be haugEtily and instantly refused.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

A New Hampshire editor was lately rob-
bed while travelling. How much the thief
made by the operation may be discovered
by the indignant epistle he Immediately sent
to his victim "You miserable cuss, here's
your pocket book. don't keep no sich-
For man dressed as well as you was to 60
round with wallet with nothing in it but a
lot of newspaper scraps, q pair of wooden
combs, two newspaper stamps, and pass
from railroad director, is contemplate
imposition on the public. As hear you are
an editor, return your trash. never robs
only gentlemen
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

Ex-President Pierce has gone South, pro-
badly for the purpose Of carrying informa-
ton, ifnot laid and comfort" to the enemy.
He should be arrested cn suspicion, on his
return to the North.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

Among the killed by tho Little Platte
Bridge disaster wss Barclay Coppie, of John
Brown Raid notoriets, tog ether with five or
six men with him, en- route to join Mont ON.
J crv's Kansas Rec men'
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-09-25

Rich Mountain, where the engagement
took place in Western Virginia, on the l tn
between Gen. Rosecrans and the rebel for
ces, is gap in the Laurel Hill range where
Staunton and Weston turnpike crosses it
between Buchanan and Beverly, and about
four or five miles out from the latter place.
1t is about as far from Laurel Hill proper
THAT is, where the Beverly and Fairmon,
pike crosses it, and where the enemy were
entsenched) as Beverly is, some 10 or II
miles. 1t is also about 25 miles from Ru
ckhannon.