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Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-02
TELEG R A PHO.

steamer stepping Stone run the block
ade last night, bringing rs contra
bands from Virginia.
Adyices from Europe by the last
steamer exhibit favorable tones from
the French press and growing sym
pathy for the Federals England
growls, and shows Il stomach for war.
A postofice was established at Beau
fort to-day.
Gen. Butler is here, receiving in
structions in regard to his expedition
South.
Wilmington, Del, Nov. 2o.-Du-
points powder mills exploded today,
destroying three mills and killing
three men.
Richmond, Nov. 27.-Congress to-
day refused to pass law authorizing
an advance to be made to the planters
on their crops in Treasury notes or
Confederate bonds, and much sur
prise is expressed at the absurdity OF
the proposition
Congress admitted Missouri as ono
OF LnS CONIeueiatC cldLcS.
The New York Herald Of the 25th.
says there is nothing important from
Washington Troops are designated
for winter quarters near Washington.
Arrests were made in Maryland of
parties giving aid and comfort to the
Confederates, and supplying the
South with Northern newspapers.
English papers bring reports of
speeches made by the Confederate
Minister and Lord Palmerston at the
Lord Mayors banquet in London
The same night Yancey and Mann
made speeches at another entertain
ment in London, at which Yancev
said he was pleased at the attitude Of
France, Eng gland and Spain towards
the belligerents at the South.
New York, Nov. 25.-The Etna
has arrived from Liverpool. bringing
three days later intelligence. Cot
ton was firm.
The king of Portugal, Sir Howard
Douglas, Geotfcrry st lillian, and
Major Van Arnim are all dead.
\ letter was received at Baltimore
from ar officer of the French army,
stating nat the ministers voted unani-
mously a s,s'inst ecognizinS the South
en- Confederacy.,
The Herald says the steamers
Constitution and Forest City, the van
of Buffers division, sailed South on
Saturday.
Nashville, Nov. 2s.-St. Louis
dispatches Of the 2lst state that Hal
lsck has issued orders in consequence
OF important information respecting
the numbers and condisiozs> oe the
Federal forces being conveyed to the
enemy by fugitive slaves, .ast such
persons shall not hereafter 90 permit
ted to enter the lines Of any camp
or force on march, and any now with
in such lines shall be Immediately
excluded there{rom.
The latest accounts from Price
place him in Berry county, making
Preparations to advance on Spring
field.
Cairo, Nov. 20.---Ihe expedition
that left here in search of j eff. Ihomp-
son has returned lie passed through
Charleston, Mo, ten hours in advance
of the Federal troons.
Tho steamer Maria Denniny ar
rived to-day with IL rit:ed cannon
Mr.. Thomas J. Hart, Of Columbia
has succeeded in pertecting his in
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-02
Fer the Benefit Of the Soldiers.

The Ladies' of-the Military Aid So
ciety Will be pleased to receive weei
and yarn or socks already knit. Pay
will be given for the same if desired.
Mas. ROLAND JONES,
President.
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-02
Thf Senai- Neaus.
Pa1er Currency.
EDIToR SEMI-WEEKLY News:

Through your paper l wish to
make Il few suggestions. In the
Confederate States great discount,
or shave is being made on all paper
currency.
In consequence Of the blockade,
we are deprived of two hundred and
fifty million dollars exchange fer our
great staples, cotton and tobacco.
Now TO meet and supply this great
deficiency, We need prompt and wise
Legislation. It does seem 70 me, that
these difficulties can be met and
remedied.
Let the Confederate Congress, now
in session, issue Traasury notes, OF
| from five to ten hundred million dol
lars, redsemable from two years after
oar independence up 70 twenty years /;
based for redemption on direct tax
and tariff revenue. These Treasury
notes not to draw interest The Con-
felerate States Government must
then loan to the several States Of her
Treasury notes, the amount the re-
spectlve States may want
The Confederate Government will
by loan, make her notes a legal ten
der in payment Of all debts.
The States, Though, legislation,
must act promptly-boldly-
patriotically, removing all law, that
makes gold and silver only. a legal
tender for debt. And by law make
the Confederate Treasury notes a
legal tender in payment of all debts.
This must be the Iona 1fde circula-
ton of the States, and Of the Gov
ernment.
The Confederate Government will
stand bound for the redemption Of all
her notes, and all the respective
States bound to the Confederate Gov
! ernment for loans.
| This much having been established
tho currency OF the Government will
be equal and General, and no acculnu-
lation of interest.
The usual plan Of selling Govera-
sment and State bonds, at this, time
would be almost an impossibllity
and if any sale, it would be at 2
ruinous discount, and positively. nc
better secured to the holder Of these
notes, ana who VIII dispute the ac
ceptance of the whole country Gt these
notes at par.
Having fixed permanently a mon
ey currency for both the General ane
States Government, all taxes can bt
paid. The States can make advance
on cotton and tobacco, and hold these
articles in safe keeping until the
nations Of earth shall need them NOR.
than we their money.
Some may think the writer OF this
article visionary, l am aware. w.
arc now engaged III war, an unholy
war-iaraticai- war-oi
the part of our enemies. Our enc
mics say we have rebelled, and are
rebels, and mus. be subjuSated. Wha
do they mean by subjugatien' An
swer-freedom to slaves and slavery
to Eetmen.
! Thus situated, and in these time:
OF great emergency, you may We
ask ilat shall be done!
| | again auswer-That the legisla
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-02

C0r. Market AMI lIiiQm streets,
"lLL give special attention to making
w Shoes for Ladies and Misses, and
hopes to receive a liberal patronage in this
new enterprise. Repairing neatly executed
at short notice s2O-3m
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-02
M; a p S .

NJ a p s
NkONK'S Large American Map
with the States Of the late Union
laid off in counties. Also Mexico
and Central America, can be found
forsale at Hyams', Ball Il Dashieis
nan 7. II. Morris for less than orig
al dcost, having been purchased at an
auction. Price So v2nls
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1861-12-02

Coyns.-Soak the feet or not (ac-
cording to disposition,) taIe piece
Of linen or lint folded four or five
times over, so as to be left sufficient
ly largo to well cover the corn-say
about an inch square-dip it in water,
and after gently squeezing to pre-
vent being too wet, put it on the corn,
and bind round the toe a, piece Of
oiled silk or India rubber cloth leave
it on all night, and in the morning
the heart of the corn viii be SO en-
larged by absorbing the moisture,
that it can be easily picked out BY
the fnger-nails. Repeat rs often as
necessary. If done about every ten
days or fortnight, the corn, is bu;
little tro.,ble or pain.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-25
The Army of F<anayyhn.
frrcm he Re mond Epquler, 2lst |

From he Re mond Epqnler, 2ls
The events of the last ten days in the depart
ment of Kanawha have been fraught with such Pc
culiar interest, that it is with great satisfaction we
lay before our readers reliable information from
that region.
The friends of Col J. Iucius Davis will be graft
fed at his brilliant dash into Kanawha valley, an
authentic account of which, embodied in his official
report to his commander, Gen. Wise, correspond
ent was kindly permitted to copy and enclose to
u.s. Those who know Col Davis, will be able to
appreciate the genuine modesty, only equaed by
his chivarous courage, which places himself in the
background and awards the chief place to Colonel
Garrison the brave Lieutenant Colonel of the LIST
Cavalry. They are both well known to the enemy,
and the more dreaded, the better they become ac-
quanted. ~ ',1
Gen. Wise dispatched the five cavalry companies
spoken of by Colonel DAVIS, under command OF
the latter and acting Lieut.. Coll N. Clarkson on
the Sth of September, from his own camp, near
Hawks Nest with instructions 10 penetrate the
Kanawha Valley at any and all points practicable.
and strike with his utmost yigor wherever and
whenever they could do SO with effect. Scarcely
had they crossed New River, when dispatches ar
rived from General Floyd that his entrenched posi-
ton, at Camp Gauey, short distance above Car
niax Ferry, at the junction Of Meadow river with
Gauley river, was threatened by concerted move
ment between General Cox upon one side, anu a
large force from towards Summersville on the
other. General Wise was himself threatened by a
force, believed to be superior to his own, on the
main turnpike between his camp at Hawks y es!
and Gauley Bridge, the stronghold OF Gen. Cox,
and the gate OF the kanawha Valley. 10 Keep this
foe in check was absolutely esssentia to the safety
of both commands; consequently General Wise
moved to the relief of Gen. Floyd, with such eau
tiOus crcunlspecton as his own security aha lit
protection of the rear of the former demanded.
Upon the eyenng'of the 10th, at five minutes
past four, the enemy led by General Rosencrant,
in person, descended from his command opposlt
Valley Mountain, attacked Gen. Floyd at CAM
Gauley The battle ragged until seven, when thu
enemy gave up the contest, WITH as IS believed
! Abont midnight Gen. Floyd quietly, but hnrriedl,
withdrew and crossed the river with his whol
| force and. the most of his baggage; some of tn
| latter camp equipage, tents. etc. and a number Q
fat cattle were unayoidably abandoned. So quietl
was the Withdrawal conducted that the enemy,
is reported, fired with great vigor upon the dt
| serted breastworks of Camp Gauey at daylight
the morning. The enemy are conceded to hay
acted with great spirit in their attempts to fore
Gen Floyd's position, but they were met by fc
more than worthy :" Clleir steel, and suffered, il
thought more severely than they ackaowleag
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-25

VALUABLE RECIPEs.-To Cheaper Bdcon--Pen
up your old cows, oxen and steers, give them
plenty of corn and fodder for two months-kill
them and put them down with salt, and you will
fad the price of bacon will trouble you less than
it ever did before. For particulars, see Virginia
Housewife. ..s
To Cheupen CoHee-Dont use the stuff There
isn't one cook in five hundred who ever did any
thing else than abuse it,. Some of the papers are
rye bread crlsts, acorns, etc, etc. Swamp mud
will blacken water just as et!ectually, but neither
of the nj will make coffee, any more than chalk will
make cheese. Ii you must. have a warm drink,
take boiling water and put little milk and sugar
in it. 1t is good compared with what is called GOf
fee in nine out of tent is the nectar of the
gods to lager beer, and does you no harm, while
the coffee fills your stomach with mud banks and
shoals, against which the bark of human life is
often wrecked. The greatest humbug in the world,
as commonly understood and practieed, is coffee !!
Think of paying forty cents pound for charcoal
to embitter and blacEen the water you drink.
The practice should be suppressed by the Board OF
Health, if there were no war to do 1t.
All the foreign luxulies whether OF diet or dress,
will give us no kind of concern ii we learn to DO
without them-wheh can be done in a few days.
The only trouble is salt and to think thas salt
should be scarce and high with the great Atlantic
brine tub on borders, is q reflection upon the
Intelligence and enterprise OF the Confederate
States. If a planter, living beside lake OF ex.
pressed cane juice should lament over tho scarcity
of sugar and syrup in his family, there would b
| but one response 90 You Internal fool, go get
| kettle aud boil down some of that cane juice
| Ditto a people, living beside salt pond and to'
lazy TO boil down or otherwise evnporate the Ratei
The salt business is'a bad spot the Confeaeraa
| Statos Macon {Ga.) Telegraph. s'-
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SPuNEY TENANT.-A late London paper con.
tains the following advertisement; A gent teman
who is about to leave the house in whio' he re-.
sides, and being desirous to return it to his land.
lord in the same condition in which he found if
will pay a fair price for five hundred full.growr
rats, an acre Of poisonous weeds, ans A eaft.ioad
Of rubbish; the weeds to be planted in the garden
the rubbish left on the doorstep nd the rats srf
iered to run loose through the b.ouse. Address,
etc.
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g.. Collectors Office, Sept. 70, 1851
rS.Notiee to Masters of Vessels, I'm ports rs,
And oTHERs.Noiice hereby given for information OF
ves5es interested that Honorable
Secretly Of The Treasury has Issued under date Of the
22d August 1851 Treasury Regulations authorizing
foreign countries in view the nciency Of the blockade
harbor the of the Confederate and dis
their cargoes without regard the being estsb
shed port OF epry on The masters owners OF said yesels
reporting to the Collector the collection DISTRICT md
conforming TO the requirements Of the laws under his
supervision. ..a .-.... ..a,--. ..--. .--.E
SEQ 6t = Fl HATCH Collector
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-25

BANK AMERICA,
New Orleans. Sept. l6, 1861.
a3-At called meeting OF the Board of Di-
this Bank nelh this the President laid before the
Board the Proclamation of Governor of thus State,
the of specie payments the banks
New Orleans the object under the regulations therein
forth. Said Proclamation whereupou
unanimously
Resolved That the Bank Of America acceeds the
meation of The Governor
with all its Liabilities and that regulations proposed
his EXcaecy in his Proclamation, for the OF s
sere banks daring the suspension, be hereby adopted
SELF If A. u. FORTIER, Cashier.
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Where the Naval Expedition is Destined.

Where the Naval Expedition is Destined.
BIcHMoaD, Sept 24-A well-inforned gentle
man. recently from New York, gives it as his de-
cided opinion from facts communicated, that 1t il
we'll Understood in interested circles there that
Yankee proprietors- of large interests in Bruins
wick, Georgia, have indused Lincoln to fit out an
expensive expedition, with about 10000 men, to
take Brunswick and establish navy yard, and
open a port for the shipment of cotton, navel
stores and live oak 80, .s. ...p.r m...
Sagacious men here think there ia much reason
to believe this, as the Federal Government is al
most wholly controlled by schemers and specu-
lators " 5-.E|s er-.oss - . .. 5 ..
Suppression of Baltimore gapers
A lady who arrived to-day from Baltimore re-
ports that the Exchange South and Republican
had been suppressed and that the San would soon
suffer theirfate. .sf, .--', ',i- F.. ...@- ~
Prison for Secession Ladies'.
She also states that the Peabody Institute is being
fitted up as prison for Secession ladies.
More Prisoners of War,
The Central train brought down this morning
forty more Yankee prisoners.
Meeting of the Cabinet.
The Examiner Of this morning iatimates that
there was long Cabinet session held yesterday on
the policy OF pushing the war beyond the limits of
the Confederacy. 1t says the Cabinet is divided
some preferring ordering the army into winter
quarters, while others favor anonwaFa movement
Those Prisoners Of War.
NEW ORLEANS Sept. 2i.-A telegram from Holly
Springs says that the prisoners of wag destined for
New Orleans have gone via Montgomery.
- From the North Carolina Cast.
. WILMINGgoS, Sept. 24.--A suspicious looking
bark, which has been off the coast several days
captured the schooner Mary A. Pendsr on Sunday,
twenty miles north Of the mouth of Cape Fear
river. The crew escaped in a boat and arrived
here yesterday.
The Pender was returning home from Charleston
with seventy.tive casks 81 lime for Fort Macon
Two pilots, it is believed, have been decoyed on
board of the bark. .
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-25

OFFICE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I
City of New Urleaus sept. So 1861.
R9-Ectjce is hereby gjvcs. that in az cord
with resolution No 500 appuP ed March y, 1861
ozng the Ghamen of The FINANCE Committees OF the Com
Council dnrng twenty days that sealed pro-
posno will be received by them for III" edemp Of The Bonds
issued favor of the POnlcha4in Railroad Com
pany, such may be deposited the Cili.
2ens Bank after paying all coupons Of interest due
aili oad B0nds.n
Sealed Proposals will be recaived until the 3Uh September
1861 6s o'clock Z N tn Office the Finance Commit
ia City Hail. sale to the city OF THIRTY Fl t,
BONDS issued in Of the Pcnchartran Railroad Com
pauy.
Proposals be addressed P 5. Wilt and j. b. Leefe,
Clrnen of the Finance Committees the Common Council
the city Orleans aud endorsed Proposals sale
PonlcIartrain Railroad Bonds
P S. WILTZ.
Chairman Finance Committee Board OF Aldermen
JNO. b. LEES E,
Chairman Finance Committee Board Assistant Aldermen.
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The WAR AS PROGRESSES No country has
ever witnessed war similar to the one into which
Lincoln has plunged the Am erican people. The
mad ambition of Seward ssaf ided to the clownish
aspirations of usurper, and thus i" in pair, y they
driving on the engines political and physical
death, through country ately peaceful, prosper
Gus, happy and free L - s = !
This, however, in itssre suits is not aiwar waged
to- make or to unmake sZman. Two diverse social
systems have met eact other in the field of that
" irrepressible cenflic ~ which draws blood, not
words Our war IS lot one for or against slavery,
the asseVefatlonsF # Northern politicians to the
contrary hotwithsf anding The social condition of
me Southern pea Die is different frem that of the
YANKEES, as hnf ,rality differs from meanness, or
'fTSeiy Ts s 1890 rom cowardice.
me hhpeh9 ing war was inevitable, and the
SCUM nave The advantage of resisting encroach-
itsnts sn IN hp efty of person, press and speech
ing slaF question is merged in the higher one
oi u alfosa human rights which for centuries have
seen sfs asured up in English history, and which it
mas psf n reserved for Lincoln and his minions to
"SiaP on Republican soil.
SS Oh war must result in the triumph of South
efD arms-the triumph of right over wrong. God
y just and his Providence watches over all things.
lie is seen in the red glare of battle as in the
, peaceful field. Thus far our standard has been
borne victorously over the field of conflict, and
. we have an abiding trust that the day is. not far
distant when our Confederacy will be fully reeog
nized, and we shall go on to the contamination o
l. the great purposes of government, resting on
n " liberty regulated by law lRch. Enquirer.
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CITIZENS BANK LOUISIANA,
q. g. New Orleans. Sept. IL. 1861.

Mg-At ia called meeting OF the Board of Di-
dent laid betoe The Board Pocamaon Of the Governor Of
this dated This day recommending The bankb OF New Or
leans suspend specie with the under
regulations therein forth. Said Proclamation read
wiiereHpon Il unanimously
Resolved That the Citizens Bank Of Louisiana hereby ac-
ceed Of the suspend specie
forthwith all its liabilities that the regu
aons proposed by his Exceleucy his Proclamation Of this
day for the the several banks during The
pension be and they hereby adopted follows, wit
l. The circulation of the banks-ha Canal,
Cizen Bank of Louisiana, and The Louisiana State Bank
shall the coin held by them respectively,
and the circulation Of the Free Banks shall be restricted the
of bonda deposited with the Auditor Of the
State, in accordance with existing laws.
3 The Of specie will not interfere with
the weeklynd monthly the Board Of Currency
with the fundamesta governing Banks oppo
tion TO the recommendation herein made.
g. The Banks will receive ueposit and In debts
due theIn the of the Confederate
pay them At their counters. ..F ....
l. The Al weekly must be made through the
Board OF Currency End all balances paid in Confederate Notes
or COIN. - By order: - no. Fr-'
sel5 tt EUG. ROUSSEAU, Cashier.
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IETAIRIE JOCKEY CLUB
e. a nSN Of the State Of Louisiana.
@%TsssSHS1A WINTER MEETING OF 1861.

Saz-S.-Sssszs@s ~
7h rcepber 1851 with the sweepake for year ods;
d ases b OF @ On" Ss III Ace @ s t horse to save
TO nse and e5-e 18th October 1861 Three or more
sAMR Day spakes for year olds Heats Of Tgo
Miles 500 to be added by the Cubf the race run 'ono
TTEsOAY. Dec a. lsl-"Picayuns sweepstske " for al
fas o! m | NV saRs ppay"ne to add plate worth
500 If three ea aud lhs cinp 10 aa4 a. % So @ e l
seT1Der, 10 MI 10 cose 18Th day of October loGl 10
name the Judges stand the Race course on a0ndaY' D'c
WEbSKspAY Dee. H. l86l-H Heats of ywo Miles ono
Y s Eff rfsif he club 500 the
race i m he :esolH horse 70 syS n,s es on octber is
THURSDAY, Der. IL; 1854. ..D4shof Two Miles.
FRIDAY, Iec Ia, i3Gl-Hcats of One Me best three in
SATURDAY. Dee a. lS61Ieats Of Eonr Miles Entrnnse sg
money per cent "n ell pulses to 80 70 e @ ec ne
purse, o.. -yn.. n
FOR the sprrs Meeting of 1862 the following Sweepstakes
sa Il ! 37 ] ISess t9 3, s Sssg ql5 sSs
scribG-s to Gil CLUB add $50 If The race l.; run The
second horse 10 ase his Stake To n"me and close Oh December
s9UGE DAYs~erp takes for syear old Two ME Heats
$50 added by II the is the second horse tc
'1 N 1ats E :n'nS s se ?I5i a ps'ss ais
q Two Miles IgT a ags& suhseripo4s ssE ha forfeit
tFi bc CiS aid 500 I he To SI9se r., on It
] nssso" ' IT, he ns s ptgoa % oe judge stand On 's s''
WEbNEsDAY April swsepsgks for 2 veg, P 3lds
add 500 three Or START the second horse to save bis
stake. To co,e aecemOcE 1862 Three or more Suboc
bersto FILL
" swecpkes be postponed By the officers Of IN The
ahe President and vicet residents may postpone Race
for Purse only of bad weather. or upon some eS
SIDNEY STORY, Secretary,
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BAEK OF NEW ORLEANS,

BAsE NEW DKLEAEs, I
New Orleans, Sept. 16, 1851.
M-In conformity with the recomn euda-
oil ts kEcelency Gov. M0Dre this Bank does This day
pend specie Ipe the the local banks and the
Treasury Notes Of the Confederate States viii be paid at its
received pay Of all deb due the Bank
Parties having collection in this Bank hereby
tilted to withdraw The forthwith ii they willing
receive the above currency and ence!orh will be
received for collection uHless parties agree the above
BY order Of the Board .-. ~
sel9 If MORTIMER BELLY Cashier.
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OFFICE LOUISIANA STATE MUTUAL INSURANCE Co,
New Orleans Sept I3. 1861.
BS"NOtice is hereby given that an election
for Tnsees dut the eusn,ng year. will be held
this Off MONDAY 3Uh inst, between the hours Of III and
3 O'Clock. f.'S
SEA I'd A PICOLET, Sec'y
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EUG. ROUSSEAU, Cashier.

CITIZENS BANK LOUISIANA, I
..r ,, . ...t New Orleans, Sept. ID, 1851. 5
HS- PARTIES having paper osn collection ia
this Bank hereby no1td Requested unless they consent
receive Treasury Notes the Confederate States local
bank notes. in Of said paper withdraw the
ard shall reafe received coeciion where tie
require than Treasury Notes local bank notes.
in payment Of the same. By order:
sells If 4. ROUSSEAU, Cashier.
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A contractor who was building a tunnel on a cer-
tain Ohio railroad observed one morning that the
face of member of his gang had its surface all
spotted with bruises and plasters. 50 An, Jimmy"
said he, what have you been doing" moi
vary much, SUR answered Jimmy. "a was Jus,
me had a bit aY discooshen wild sfhieks