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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of Avoyelles.
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT couR1

SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.
Succession de Marguerite Guillory, deceased
RY VIRTUE of an order issued by the
~ honorable Court of the 18th Judicial
District. in and for the Parish of Avoyelles,
State of Louisiana, will be offered at public
auction, to the last and highest bidder, by
the undersigned, public auctioneer for the said
parish
WEDNESDAY, the 18th of Decem., 1861,
lo.-The plantation on which the deceased
last resided situated in that part Of the parish
of Avoyelles commonly called the CORNER,
containing one hundred a:1d eighty superficial
arpents more or less, bounded North by lands
of Zenon Mayeux, South by Francois Vile
marette and Paulin Ducote, East by lands of
Villeneuve Roy and West by public lands,
with all the buildings and improvements the
reon situated or in any wise appertaining
thereto
2o.-The slave ANTOINE, mulatto man
aged so years.
3o.-Four head of horses.
4o.-Two COWS and one calf.
5o.-One pair of oxen.
COL lot of hogs.
7o.-Two beds and beddings-
8o.-8 chairs.
9o.-One corn mill etc etc.
l0o.-3O barils of corn.
1lo.-1 BILL of flour.
l2o.-The kitchen forniture.
l3o.-Un lot of sundries.
l4o.-l armoir.
l5o.-One table.
To,roc ,rd Nopl;4;ore
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~It seems now founded in fact, al
though not as vet officially returned,
that Capt, F, Cannon has been elected to
the State Senate, by small majority.
Hon. A. NJ. Gray and f. Ricord Esq,
furnished the gallant soldier SO close a
race, that they may we'll rest assured that
if beaten they were not defeated.
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Terms and Conditions.

Ill sums of ten dollars and under, payable
ON the first day of April 1862, and all sums
above ten dollars payable in four equal and
annual instalments, maturing severally on the
lst day of April of each of the years 1862,
1863, 1864 and 1865. Purchasers to furnish
their notes to the order of the administrator
with two good securities in soido beariug
eight per cent per annum interest after matu-
rity till paid. The land and slave to remain
specially mortgaged until the full and final
payment of the principal and interest that may
accrue. The notes to be made payable at the
Office of the Recorder If this parish.
MarksviIle, Avoyelles, on this Is day of
November 1861.
LEON GAUTHIER,
Public Auctioneer.
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The Wig, Of this morning, prints the
correspondence between Brig. Gen. w.
Il. i. Walker, of Georgia, and the
Secretary Of War, relative to the resigna-
ton Of the former, In giving the reasons
tor bis resignation, Gen. Walker says
ne has been overslaughed by the appoint
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The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1861-11-16
JOHN FrNNEY,
T. 0. SULLY,
r. GARDERE,
HENRY RENsHAw,
Subcommittee.
NOTICE..

The following gentlemen compose the per-
manent Committee for the relief of the sick
and wounded soldiers of the Southern Conte-
deracv
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
Nnrvn Hnneh Rnr

The intelligence most anxiously looked
ard hoped for just now is that our troops
accompanying the naval expedition have en-
tered Charleston, sacked, burned and totally
DESTROYED it. We trust when they do arrive
there that the place will be effectually wiped
out totally annihiiated, because it seems tc
have been the hot-bed where the seed of this
desolatipg rebellion were germinated. An
old Quaker remarked, on being interrogated
as to whether it was right and proper to kill
the rebels "Well," said he, sit may not be
strictly proper to shoot, kill and MAIN those
bad men, but trust the Government will
so effectually blockade the ports that they
will be unable to get any thing to eat" We
do not wish the people of Charleston any
particular harm, but really it would give US
heartfelt pleasure to learn that the town had
been sunk deep in the ocean. There is a
rumor that the place has been captured, and
to- days news may confirm this.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
Where Is PilSetone

The recent victory of our troops over the
rebels, at PiketoD, has given it quick notori-
ETY., and the inquiry on all hands is, where is
Piketon2
1t is the county seat of Pike County, the
extreme eastern county of kentucky, and is
about thirty miles south of Prestonburg, on
the Louisa Fork of the Big Sandy. Its dis
tance from Paris, Kentucky, is about one
hundred and twenty miles in a right line
and, we suppose, about one hundred and
seventy-fve miles as the Second Ohio Reg
iment marched. 1t will be known to the
future historian, and remembered as the spot
where one of the most brilliant little victories
Of the campaign was,achieved.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
The Arrest OF Major ]. H, Phinney.

A grave misapprehension exists in relation
to the reported arrest of Major j. Il. Phin-
ney, who returned to this city with General
Fremont. The facts, as related to us, are,
that Major Phinney was one of GeneralFre.
monts staff and when the latter left St.
Louis for the South west he made requi-
sition upon Colonel Andrews, United States
Paymaster, for 800, 900, to meet emergencies
on the routeJn The money was placed in
Major Phinneyls hands, who was assigned
for special duty at head quarters for this
purpose. Between Upton and Warsaw two
or three of the Division Paymasters, having
no inclination to proceed with the army, re-
turned to the city, having first turned over
portions of their funds to Major Phinney to
be safely kept or disbursed. l.af
When General Fremont started on his re-
turn to st. Louis there was no other officer
authorized TO receive the funds in Major
Phinney's hands. AS one of the staff he
naturally considered his mission at an end,
and returned to the city in company with
General Fremont. On his arrival here he
was arrested as deserteT, his money chest
seized and placed under seal, and after a few
days confinement in his room he was es-
corted back to Springfield. ,- r.. ra' .
There is not the least evidence that any
illegal payments were made by Major Phin'
ney, and no pretense that he acted improp.
eriy in returning to this city. He disburseG
no money, except upon the written authority
of the Commanding General of the Depart
ment, and not dollar after Fremont ceased
to be commander. Major Phinney has th'
reputation of being a careful and pruden
officer, and this is the first time that thu
slightest suspicion has been cast upon hi
public acts, The most that can be made ou
of the chatge is that he has been guilty Of {
breach of military etiquette in not remaining
at Springfield Louis Democrat, NoO. u
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
Major. General w. FL. HaIIeck, the New
Commander of the Department Of the

Major. General w. FL. HaIIecE, the New
Commander of the Department Of the
west. a.
General Henry Wager Halleck is one of
the four Major. Generals of the regular army
of the United States. He is about forty-two
years of age and was born in New York. He
entered the Military Academy, as a West
Point cadet, in 1885; stood third in the class
and was breVetted Second Lieutenant of En-
gineeIs July l, 1889. He was acting Assist
ant Professor of Engineering at the Military
Academy from July, 1889, to June, lS4O. In
l84l he was the author of military work
on "Btumen and its Uses" &c. In January,
l845, be was appointed First Lieutenant, and
during that year he was selected by the COM
mittee of the Lowell Institute, at Boston, to
the subject being military Science and
Art" These lectures he compiled into
neat volume during the following year, add
ing thereto lengthy Introduction on the
"Justifableness of War; The work con-
tains much valuable elementary instruction
as we'll as abundance of historical illustra-
tion, and is written with considerable ability.
In lS47 ne was breVetted Captain for gal
liant conduct in affairs with the enemy on the
10Th and Goth days of November ls47, and
for meritorious service in California. Was
Secretary of State for the province Of Calf
IOIutd5 uhhSA thC kONOihhCubo VI
Generals Kearney, Mason and Riley, from
Is47 TO the end of l549 He was chief of
the sssff 10 Commodore Shubrick, in the
\ naval 4Ed military operations on the Pacific
} coast in lo47 and l84S, and was a member OF
( the convention in l849 10 form, and of the
/ committee to draft, the constitution of the
| State Of California. In July, 1853, he was
appointed Captain ofEngineers, and resigned
| August /, 1854. .a
Independent of his military capacity Gen.
eral Halleck is noted as an able lawyer, he,
at the time of his appointment being the
| principal partner in the law firm of Halleck
Billings & Co., of San Francisco. He left
his lucrative business to take up arms in
defense of the cause of the Government ot
the United States, and was created by Con-
/ gress Major General of the army, his COM
mission bearing date August 10, 1861. He
is, with good authority, reputed to be a very
wealthy man and good soldier. His clear
criticisms OF military blunders, and his just
appreciation of military excellence, mark him
as ripe, ready and practical thinker, and
promise the best results in action. Wherever
he is placed he will, no doubt, give good
account of himself and of the enemy. There
is no one at present before the public, Gene
raj Mcclellan excepted, who is more prom
ising candidate for distinguished and sepa-
rate command. . r-
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CONsTIT TUTIONAL DISEASES.
SEMINAL WEAKNESS,
1MPoTENOY OR INABILITY,
Diseases of the URINARY ORGANS,
And IMPURE BLOOD.

How many thousar ds of men and women are there
who are at this time suffering out miserable exst-
ence, from that pernieious practice selfpoluton
Look at their palid emaciated and disfsured faces
and their broken down constitutions, disQualifying
them from the happiness of marriage, or the enjoy
ment oflfe In this horrid situation thousands suf
fer, until death closes the scene. Let parents, guar
dians or frieI ds attend to those who suffering
with any of those horrible, destroying maladieS,
see that they are cared for and cured before it be
late. Send them Immediately to DR.. j. KATES,
No. 1853 sycati6re- street, first door below Fifth
street, Cincinnati, Ohio, physician who has made
private diseases his especial study for 80 years, and
who is certain to cure the most inveterate cases,
without MERCURY Oh ANY OTHER INJgRI-
GUS DRUGS 1t is important to those AFFLICTED, or
to those who are Interested in the welfare Of their
friends, to be careful Of the many PRETENDED DoO-
ToRs, who infest all oites publishing their great
skill in curing all diseases in few days, imposing
upon the public by using the names of eminent
physicians from Europe and other places Be,
therefore, CAREFUL and make strict inquiry before
you risk your life, you may fall into the handsoi
these chsrlatans.
N. B.-Dr. J. KATES will attend his patients
personally, and can be found in his efice, No 153
sycsmore. street, first door below Fifth, from 8
O'clock in the morning until in the evening. All
confidential.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13

The volunteers during the past two days
have sent home from Washington to their
families nearly $4,000. II is estimated that
they will send over 5000, 900 this week.
~ SICK AND WOUNDED AT WASHINGTON.
The number of sick and wounded in the
seven army hospitals in Washington,
Georgetown and Alexandria, on the lst
inst, was 929, of which there are from the
Maine Second, 8; Third, IL; Fourth, 10; Fifth,
49, Sixth, /; Seventh, 8; Ninth. 3 New
Hampshire Second, % Third, /; Vermont
Second, 10; Third, 81 Fourth, 2; Sixth, l;
Massachusetts First il; Ninth, l; Tenth, III;
Fourteenth, g. Eighteenth, /; Nineteenth, B;
Rhode Island First, l; Fourth, g. Fifth, l..
These are ell the anyway seriously sick or
disabled, but each regiment has more or less
invalids in its hospital tent. The Potomac
fever has run through the camp, and there
are some cases of army measles,
Nobly are the sick aud wounded cared for,
and young men disposed to recruit the armies
of the Republic can rest assured that they
will receive the best of medical and surgical
attendance, in addition to comfortable cloth.
ing and good fare. There is no grumblng
about poor living in the Army of the Poto-
mac, and although it is asserted that the
troops will not go into winter quarters, they
will not suffer from cold or hunger as did
the Massachusetts Continentals at Valley
Forge. .....
General Meigs has gone to New England
to see the wooden manufacturers with q view
to buying from them directly the goods
needed for the army. We trust that he will
see to it that hereafter shoddy will not be, as
it always has been hitherto, large element
in soldiers clothes and blankets.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
Very Cheering.

The recent achievements of our troops are
truly encouraging, and give reason to hope
that the unholy rebellion now raging may
be speedily and effectually crushed out.
Later dispatches confirm the victory in Ken
lucky announced in yesterdays PREss. The
naval expedition is doing good work, and it
is stated that there is prospect of a stampede
from the Potomac. We begin to think that
the Government has matured its plans, and
has gone to work in earnest to carry them
into successful operation.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
Iabor EouOrubIe,

Who feara labor? Who abhors il? Who
thinks himself degraded by it2 Surely no
wise and good person. If we would be hap.
pywe must labor. The world could not
exist il its present state Of civilization with
out labor Where would the rich be in few
years if there was no labor done? The Ia
borer is the salvation and protection of all
the comforts of our social existence. To him
we are indebted for the innumerable luxuries
and comforts of body and fancy, that meet
lis at our birth, and surround US during life.
Nor is this all that labor does for us. The
lawyer, the doctor and the preacher labor;
and by their labors we are preserved from
imposition, and claim and receive the securi.
ties of law, the benefits of health and the
pleasing realities of religion in this life and
the buoyant hopes of Heaven hereafter.
Professional Labor-the labor of the pro-
fessions in general-is equal to that of the
day laborer, and sometimes even more
onerous to bear. The statesman labors, the
author labors, the editor labors in short,
nothing comes to US worth any thing, ex-
cepting the spontaneous productions of the
earth and air, but costs labor. And labor is
honorab!e-it degrsdes 10 person-it lifts
US up ard makes us higter than n&tu,e
PLACED Uz II the scale Of hetagE We LoVa
Il Erasp Tile hand thA5 T3rks. lit g hoasss.
Laliuu Is 5iie ir3G sesE csr5Ift.sts Of good
character 6r wGrta. TIE alsn who
,funs ahnr sIcol.G acs be fed. There
ara sus wac pI4 not labor, but who
Essssgs ~ obtain a living without it.
Such sIe either dishonest Or rich. In
either case they are generally unhappy,
and are to be pitied. The intelligent rich
man labOrs quite as hard as the poor man
The rich fools, and the knayeS of the earth
are the idlers-we mean the professions
idlers. hat labor is honorable and elevat.
ing, we need only refer to the great fac
that in that country where men are indus
trious and moral, they are happy; and just
about in proportion to its idleness are the
crimes and misery of nation.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13

OUR TRooPs IN EASTERN KENTUcKY.-Col-
onel Fry's regiment, from Camp Dick Robin!
son, is still encamped there.
General. Thomas and staff reached Grab
Orchard on Thursday last. Large quantities
of commissary stores are being removed to
that point, and it is no doubt General
Thomas design to make Grab Orchard his
head. quarters for some time to come.
Colonel Bramlette's regiment left Crab
Orchard on Thursday last for Pulaski, and
are now camped at Waitsboro, on the Gum
berland River, with other forces, including
Wolford's cavalry.
The troops under General Schoepf en-
gagged in the battle of Wildcat, have ad-
vanced to London, and their pickets have
been some distance beyond Barbourville,
without finding the enemy.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
The Exchange of Union and Rebel Prison

eEss
1t is understood that the Government has
determined upon change of policy in re-
gard to an exchange of prisoners. No valid
reason can be adduced for the hesitation
hitherto manifested, to agree to such ex-
change. By the treason OF superior officers
and the pusillanimity of the previous admin
istration, some Of the ablest officers in the
army have been thrown out of service, az
prisoners on parole, which, unlike the rebels
who have been pafoled, as honorable mon
they can not violate. 1t is not only just Ia
our officers and men who are prisoners on
parole that they should be exchanged, but
the reasons assigned for refusing this ex-
change are no longer tenable. 1t would moi
be arecognition Of q separate government,
nor would it afford any further recognition
of the rebels as belligerents than has already
been given. rl .a -t
The action of the Government in sending
toTe1as transports to bring away the paroled
officers and men Of the army surrendered and
disarmed by the treaehery of the traitor
TwiRes, was az much recognition of the
rebels as helligerents rs an exchange Of pris.
oners coull be-. In military usage, the prac'
tiee of exchanging prisoners simply recog.
nizes alstate of war. 1t is one Of the modes
employed by civilized people to ameliorate
the hardships of war, and in no way furnishes
arecognitiOn of the right of the belligerent
parties further than is already furnished by
raising armies to fight an acknowledged
enemy. 1t is simply an act of humanity and
nothing more. The Government has at last
| recognized this fact, and is preparing to act
| ulCn it, New York Herald.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13

Mr.. WEEDS VISIT ABRoAD.-In the Albany
Journal of Thursday evening Mr.. Weed says,
with reference to the current newspaper
statement that he and Archbishop Hughes
were going to Europe on some private official
mission:
That it sUas our purpose to have accom-
panied our friend and former travelling com
panion, in the steamer Africa, yesterday, and
Is our intention to depart for Europe on Sat-
urday, is true. Having said so much, it be
comes proper to add, that our visit abroad
is in an unofficial character. If we cherish
the hope of rendering any SERVICE however
slight, to our country, it is as a volunteer,
and without compensation.
nreply to another statement, Mr.. Weed
says:
Mr.. Seward has not, in any manner OF
form, "dignifed" our "exit," and we visit
Europe, as we have done on former occa-
sions, in personal and private capacity and
character. N...
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
MARYLAND and VIrRinia,

In letter declining to speak before
county club, recently, at Havre de Grace,
Md, Hon. Reverdy Johnson gives utterance
to the noblest Union sentiments. Respect
ing Virginia and Maryland, he said
If there be retributive justice in Heaven
land the history of men and nations show
that there is), the authors of the totally
causeless rebellion which is aiming at its
destruction viii, sooner or iater, ne les OBJ
jects, and the indignation Of deluded ald
ruined people its minister. Virginia. whose
valleys and mountains are now before me-
but recently the abode of peace, prosperity
and happiness knowing the Government
only by its protection, and justly, gratefully
proud of its world wide fame, is now almost
one scene of devastation Her Masons, her
Hunters, and her unmatched Floyd-uu-
matched in the annals of official station
shsmelessly, corruptly and traitorously
abused-and their confederates, by acts at
first carefully concealed, then timidly de-
veloped, and ultimately made effectual
through turbulent violence and tyrannic
power, are. the authors of the afflicting
change. Prompted by an unholy ambition,
the better to crafty it they have for years
inculcated constitutional doctrines the di-
rect opposite of all that their fathers taught,
and destructive not only of the present
Union, but of any Union that may arise from
its ashes. ., ..
Maryland, let it be our boast, has been too
intelligent and sternly loyal to be misled by
the articles of the conspirators. Whether
under the guise of an absurd notion of State
| rights, danger to slavery, or the modern
humbug of Peace party, she will continue
to war with treason, will cling to the Oonsti-
tuition with undying attachment, and fall, il
fallshe must, among the last, rallying around
its glorious Standard and exhausting her
treasure and blood in the noble, the holy
effort to bear aloft the proudest emblem Of
constitutional freedom the world has ever
| kunwn f...N.. I'D |
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
ARREST OF A sECnss1oN PaHAcHrR.-4

ARREST OF "A SEoEssIoN PREAoHER.-A
dispatch to the Philadelphia Press dated
,Elkton, Md, November 10, says;
Great excitement was created here to o-day,
by the arrest of Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, pastor of
the Episcopal Church, by Captain Ben. Rick
etts, Company @, Big Elk Rangers. The
reverend gentleman, having made himself
very obnoxious to the Union citizens of the
town by the extreme Southern sentiments
he uttered, an order was receivedyby the cap
tain from the Government to arrest him,
which was executed few minutes before
the hour for the commencement of services
in the church this morning The prisoner
was placed in charge of an officer and taken
to Cambridge. .......
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13

y, SENATOR WILSON AND THE SHOE TRADB--
A sensational paragraph is going the rounds
of the Massachusetts, press to the effect that
Hon. Henry Wilson has contract to make
up million pairs Of shoes at 50 25. The
Senator is, we believe, interested in con-
tract tor ten thousand pairs, so that only two
cipheIs have been as yet added to the num-
ber. The papers have figured up the profit
at twenty cents pair or 100000 on the
contract, but as the Government pays only
so pair, fortune will not be realized from
the contract by Henry Wilson, "or any other
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-13
nsg- MILITARY ORnFR.-TWO COM-

p8- MILITARY ORDER.-TWO COM
PANIES more are needed to fill Colonel Artz.
mans Regiment, wh hich is nov in Camp Webster. u
This is a crack Regiment, now under marrhipgM
orders. Colonel Artzman is an experienced mil N,
itary ohiCer, having O regular military eduCa- IL
ton, and beer in three successful battles for popua
liberty. His Camp is two miles above Newport,
Campbell County, Kentucky. Rec uiting officers
are requested to bring their men, many or few, to
this Comp and they will, bo allowed time to fill up.
Leutenants will be received, and of every tht
bieutenapts will be selected as Captain by agree.
ment, and the three form one Company. Come on
with Your recruits. Many persons willing to
It cIuit for this Regiment. Such per IONS will be
well paid by Captains for their trouble and all ex
pense will be refunded. George p Webster, who
represents Campbell County, Kentucky, in The Leg
islature, is the mastering officer aud musters re-
cruits as soou brought to Damp. One months
pay is advanced, and clt thing and ratons, soon
as enlisted. All persons are At liberty to volunteer
where they please and Companies with their otcers
will be received and quertered, and paid immedi-
ately on entering Camp. 3;
Address either of the above, or
JOHN g. BECK,
nol3 tfD&Wy 81 Broadway, Cincinnati, o.