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The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

LITTER from Bncn"s tyres C.rfi
Har.-By an arrival from New
York we have the Commercial Times
OF Buenos Avres to July 10Th. The
Argentine Confederation appears t."
he in full fame of civil war again.
The province of Bucnos Avrcs has
taken up the cause Of tia provinces
of San Juan and Cordnva. and has
sent an army into the field against
the national Government, commanded
by the provincial Secretary Of War.
Gen. Bartolome Nitro Urquiza COM
mands the national army, which is
said to bo 20 900 strong. with $1,000
reserve. There Ind been IL" con
.tiirt as Vet but tn" national Con
gress had declared R,Ienos A>ros to
be in a state of rebellion. that must
be put down at all hazards.
The Ruenos Ayrc~ papers are Very
fierce, and say tha;, .as the champion
OF State rights against a central des-
potisn, the province has nothing L"
tt.ar
Lopez. Of Paraguay, who less than
two wears ago, mcditated u treaty be
tween tlie provinces and the Sonfcde-
ration, and euarantird a peace. has
backed ont OF lis par; of tn" agree
mcnt. and s;lvs he Nil not have any
thin. to i" with either O: the brl.:@-
,rcniS. HIS interference" "a the for
,ner occasion, it will be recollcc-
ted. was in acknowledgment Of Ir-
uuiza's officer in per,nadin- Colnuis-
s4ioner Bowlin 70 return 10 the | nj
ted States without settling the claim
ot The American company. Having
secured favorable solution of that
question for the time being. and not
fearing u renewal Of the demand ioI
the payment Of damages, while the
civil war continues III the United
States, Lopez has no hesitation what
ever in rcpudiating his pledges -
soc that peace is preserved IN the
Argcutiny Contcderation.-Ex.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

But even if the story Were not true,
il must soon become so, for there il
more than one arlDed vessel fitting
out i" British ports. and intended TO
be run under the British flag till they
have escaped the blockade and Ian
dcd their cargoes. Tl,en- 1Lex will
become ships Of war. no doubt. and
cruise rs the Southern national feet.
The English Government, true to it,,
neutral ground, will no, interfere to
prevent the fitting out Of thee YES
sells until lis OWN interests begin T."
SITTER.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
THURSDAY.
What a Spanish General Thinks
OF 'sOWr Army. ~

General Lana; who is on a visit t,
the Federal camps around Washing
ton, has written letter to the Diarit
de la Marina, of Havana, which con
tains the following in regard 10 til,
Grand (9 Federal Army:
1t is necessary to see this place t.
be convinced Of what is occurring,
and to form an idea of what kind OF
an affair an army is, composed of
men without any military habits,
and led by oiiicers-chiets aud Gene
rals-for the most part devoid of the
Knowledge necessary. Excepting
the war material in the transporta-
ton department, such as wagons, gun
carriages, ambulances, &c.. which is
magnificent, all else is Il confusion
of ill-clad men, without any military
instruction, and, what is worse, with
out trying to acquire it, since during
the time l remained there l have
seen them pass days and nights in
the camps without doing any thing
the exception of the battalion drill
tor short while in the morning, and
again in the evening.
For all 1 have searched, 7 have
not succeededin finding either cavalry
or artillery. True the latter they
Abandoned on the Bull Run field of
battle, and the former they have new
er had except i'll comparatively in
significant numbers. What they
have is draught cattle such as have
never seen anywhere; the harness
and gun-carriages are all bran-new
since they lost those they previously
had i'll the battle, and that, too, in
great numbers, as every one says.
Certainly, all that money can pro-
cure is had here in abundance; bat
there are things which cannot be i'm
provised. Hence it is that, accor-
ding to my opinion. These gentry
will be beaten as often as they 90 in
to battle-at least for the present
Nothing of all that is said by the
Southern papers on the result of the
hattie is exaggerated. Here it is
known perfectly we'll that the Fede-
ralists, besides having run away he'll
tcr-skelter, lost about 1900 mus
kets, seventy odd % all their
wagons and their provisions, field
train, tents, and a. great part of their
knapsacks. 1t is only necessary to
take Il peep at an oncampmeht to
notice that not one of these latter is
t. be seen. The soldiers use. no more
clothing nor uniform than what we
understand by barrack dress, and
their clothes are, so clumsiiv worn,
dirtyNand motley, that It's necessary
to STE to believe. Boards and long
hair are also very much in fashion
wonder If they imagine the enemy
will be frightened by showing them
disheveled heads and dirty, hairy
faces.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
Whisky Scene in the Federal Army.

The following hit is u part ct Mr.
Russelps last letter to the Times
Sergeant, will YOU come and look
at this mans pass called out Il sen.
Try Mt the Long Bridse, the other day,
do you think Fms going 10 shout my-
self hoarse for you!'
And when the sergeant did arrive
the sentry who had been sitting down,
when came up, used bad language
and threatened to report him
Yesterday evening, as was riding
through Georgetown, saw an officer
fall in his men to go on some patrol
or relief. They were drawn up by
the side of the street.
What have you got in that bottlel'
said the officer to one of his men.
Whisky
Let's have drain quoth the af-
fable subaltern.
Don't take it all, then, responded
the proprietor, producing from his
haversack the black bottle, which had
been detected by the eagle eye Of his
superior.
The officer held it up to the light,
guuSed the contents, -smeit the mouth,
and then took a long pull, which was
followed by a sounding smack of the
lips and 'fust-rate' of great inten-
sity.
The bottle was restored, and then
Shoulder arms--by the right-wheel
quick march, and away went bot
tie, officer, andmen.
1t would be very unfair TO assert
that such officers are common, and
such practices usuai;. but. that there
is ON questions OF discipline an ex-
traordinary deviation in principle,
sentiment and practice ia the Ameri-
can people from, those of any other
people, requires no proof, when we
see Col. Richardson, in an official
document respecting the coYduct OF
his troops at Manassas, accusing his
senior officer. Col. Miles in reply,
publishing statement which appears
in all the newspapers, in which he
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

House and burnt il. The federal
fioss' II four killed, and seven taken
prisoners, and many wounded. The
Co,li''ieratcs had none injured so far
az heard from.
Two persons have been put to death
IN st. Louis, agrecably to til. Pro.
CfTIT1ari0n OF + rcmont.
The correspondent of the Rich.
m""d Dispatch. writing from Fairfax
IN the 18th, says the action took
place on the nth near Munson,s
Hill. The Washington Artillery
with two ritird cannon, two. howit-
~rrS, and supported by two companies
ct infantry, done great execution.
The Fsderals were in strong force
but became panit stricked and fed,
leaving their gus, hats, haver-sacks.
and coats behind. The Confederate
force was only four hunpred, Will.
that of. the FcdcraIs was near four
thousand. No Conf-,ierates were
hurt.
The Now York Herald Of Friday,
gives a cifcuD,staatiui account of the
total wreck of the privateer Sumter.
on the island OF Trinidad. on the 18th
OF August. One of the crew desert.
ed, says the vessel was most probu,
bly, wrecked Intentionally by the
crew. who were dissatisfied.
The Herald urgently calls ON Gen.
Dix to declare martial law through
out Mary land.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

Fremont has published deed of
lnanumission, freeing two slaves, it
reads az follows: Frank Lewis and
Hiram Reed, heretofore held Ia ser
vice or labor by Thomas J.. Snead,
are hereby declared to be free and
forever discharged from the bonds of
servitude; this deed giving them full
right and authority to have, use and
control their own labor, wnaout any
accountability to said Snead Nr~ bis
representatives.
This is one of the 1despot's absurd
actions, what is to follow we are Yet
TO Learnt Fremont mustn't forget that
jeff. Thompson has an evv on him.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

| y letter from petersburg, ir%lna,
TO the Schenectady Star, gives the
| following delightful description of
! the manner OF preparing chewing
tobacco in that region -
commence on the upper floor,
which is as dirty as a COW stable. la
! the corners are large heaps of tnbac-
co. At one end is a large cauldron,
into which is put liquorice. rum and
tonca bean. On one side the room is
large space, like a mertar bed, int"
which is put the weed, TO be sprin-
kled with the above dccoction. Two
or three darkies are stirring the to-
bacco up with their feet. 80 that all
portions may become equally satura.
ted. ...-
AFTER this operation it il dried
Ipen poles over head, until it ia fit
for working in the room below.
'.On the second story, the leaf is
Invested Of its stem by numerous
black women and children. II is then
in supple state, made into rolls an
inch or two in diameter, and of any
required length.
"On the ground floor, the rolls are
squeezed into plugs, and carefully
packed for transportation to the to-
bacco-loving people Of the North.
Some may think part of this descrip-
ton highly colored, but it is literally
true account of what | saw
more than once; and if what j heard
be true, the drugs and filth are hard
ly portrayed.
at might be supposed that people
here do not chew, but it is not so );
almost everybody does, but then they
chew the clear leaf And it is wor-
TRY of remark that the hands enga-
ged in these make no account of
throwing their spittle and their cuds
into the heap for the second mastica-
ton.
We have witnessed similar opera
tions la the manufacture of chewing
tobacco. and excluding the part of
tanning 1t down with the feet, vouch-
safe for it's correctness.-Ed Neacs.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

In Erghsk> 9p,e.-rhe London
Post, falnarstouian,l in its issue OF
August 18th. classes an article on
the WARM the following language:
Actual warfare in the Emitted States
has now been wagcd for several
months Every advantage, with the
exception of General NcClcilan's
success in Western Virginia has been
on the side of the South. What has
the North gained in exchange A
disgraceful defeat, nj amount of tax
alton which is unparalleled in the his
tory of European notions, the utter
subversion of. constitutional liberty,
and, by means of proliibitory tariffs,
the alienation Of the sympathies of
their best customers and friends. II
appears. further. that slavery is not
the c;,,lsc of this lamontable contest
Ii arises from commercial jealousy
and thus we sec that in America the
great battle of free trade as opposed
protection is fought out, not by, bus
tings and platform speeches. but by
the aikttr0 ratio r0ouRl.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
-A,rest IF Preachers IN 81. Lam

A,rest IF Preachers in 81. Louis
We learn, says the Louisville Courier,
that the reign oftelror and despetism
in St. Louis is daily on the increase:
Tie arsenal is converted into a
Bastile, in which have already been
incarcerated three Baptist preachers.
Not word of these outrages appears
in tire subsned and government papers.
All the honest free papers are silen-
ced, and oar only sources Of inform
alton are from travellers, who detail
the facts.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

Testimony ga Ur'oaist-The Mem
phis Afpenl of the 18th has the fol-
lowing:
Hon. Henry NJ. Watesson recently
returned from Washington, made a
sPeechon Monday last at Nc Minnville.
The NEW ERA says: "Ie reminded
his hearers of his Former devotion to
the Union, and informed them that,
what he had seen Il, Washington had
thoroughly weaned him from his
devotion to the stars and stripes"
He said if we had no other cause, the
imbrcility and wholesale rascality OF
the Government at Washington was
'snfiicientto justify a disruption of the
old Union. He represents a complete
reign of terror AT the old capital, and
expresses the conviction that n more
despoGc and tyrannical Government
can not be found tran the one which
acsnowledgez Abraham Lincoln a.
- ,-,,' ~ -
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

A Liberol .Snbscr,p,,on--C. =.
Vance. agent Of the government, in
forms us that the most liberal sub
scription yet made by our merchants
for Confederate bonds, is that OF
Messrs. Meacham & Galbreath. who
subscribed FIVE hundred tierces of rice
for the army, amounting to about SIS.
900. With such illustrations ofpat,iot-
ism and duty to orr government we
need not fear the character ofoar city
viii be full maintained as true, patri
otto southern city.-Memphis Appeal
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

REPORTED Epgagcmcas at -f'o',rns-
bmS-We find the following in the
Memphis Avalanche OF the nth:
We learn from a dispatch from
Columbus that heavy firing WAS heard
yesterday opposite Columbus where
JEFF Thomson Is cncamped with his
Missourians. 1t is supposed that
the Federals at Birds Point had at
tackled him. Gen. Pillow, with Bank
heads Artillery and other reinforce
inents, at once crossed the river to
assist Thompson, and when the dis
patch was received he fight was still
raging.
Our readers Will await the particu-
lars with anxiety, and we shall en-
deayor to lay them before them in
our next.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

Rcreryuce.-lhe New York Herald
says: General Scott is no coward.
He has however, been guilty of blum
ders, and we are glad to see him
superseded by General Mcclellan. y
W hat a fall Ton the greatest Captain
OF the Age !" Even the dirtiest of
hlackguard newspapers i'll the North
despiseS him.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

IN Infamous. Pr1pos;tioa.-The
st. Louis Democrat, in an editorial,
under the head of"a way to peace, -
in its issue of last Thursday, deliber-
ately makes the annexed PROPOSE
ton: ~
The Southern Confederaey has
not the stake here that the Federal
Government has. Missouri, is both
the key to the valleys Of the Mis-
souri,, Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio,
and the highway front the Atlantic
to the Pacific States. Under no
consideration whatever will the peo-
pie of the free States ever, consent
that Missouri shall abide under any
common government than their own.
If necessary TO her retention, they
will desolate her utterly, and leave
her without an inhabitant.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
FRIDAY.
7He Expected Battie.--Thc Wash
ington correspond ant Of the New
York Herald writeA:

York Herald writes:
The city to-day has been filed
with excitement. At sunset last even
ing the impression was general that
this mornings sun would rise upon
battle field on the Potomac, wher.,
tn" two great armies, for so many
weeks gradually approaching eaci.
other. would be met in the thunder
ing shock that would convuIse the
whole country, and decide the result
Of the contest between the Govern
mont and the rebels.
That attack was confidently en-.
pected to-day. 1: has probably been
prevented only by TIA" heavy rain that
began this morning and has lasted
nearly all day. 1t canno, be much
longer delayed, and will probably b"
begun with tomorrow dawn. 1t
wonld be absolute FOLLY for the cnc-
my 10 make "A serious attack upon our
front. defended ~ it Is by n chain
Of Publications., and more than a hum
bred guns. So placed that their FIRE
can be directed upon any one point
OF the line.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

pm contemporaries Of the Camden
ARK Herald, are determined No; to
be behind rhe age. they are willing
not only to receive Confederate and
Stnte Bonds, for subscription. but also
rags, and waste cotton. If this does
not insur. 10 our friends large lis:
of subscribers. what wili
We viii take clean rigs, oWrs.lf,
bit theymus, be in the si,ape of pants,
coats, shirts, etc.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

The curtains of the heavens were
lifted, and a refreshing shower fell at
noon. 1t was much needed, and For
the time being cooled the atmosphere.
Last evening We were visited by n
very beav'v rAin
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
; T,ro Horrible Murders in CudcAifl

; I'ro Ho5y1bic Murders IN CuqcAif0
On Thursday morning, the 9TH inst,
Samuel & Simeon Williams were foul
ly deliberately murdered by II. ID.
w. Cherry aud General II. Malone
i'll the western part Of Orlcliita, about
Is miles from this place. Simeon
Williams, depurized by the sheriff,
and accompanied by his brother had
gone to the house Of Cherry, with
whom Malone was living, to execute
peace warrant issued against Ma
lone, and both were shot dead at the
gate. We refrainfro1n giving further
particulars at present. The murder
ers for whose arrest aAd lodgmeut in
jail $500 reward is offered by the
brothers of the murdered, ar.. still at
large.--Ouehita fatefhgenccr.7 -'.',s q
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
IN Marshal! to shreveport,

Ills pleasant these dull times to
be Imaginative. ~;nd we know our
readers will feel Is we do while Tins
writing. The Imaginary shrill wills
tie Of the loco,noti,:c as it approaches
the Depot, W" hear, but find it iln-
possible to make that sound heard
All there ii is ngain. Did You hca,
it
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

The Yankee telugrams from the
State of Missouri, arc in happy
condition of bewilderment. One re,
presents McCulloch ms falling back
upon Arkansas, and another reports
Hardee doing the same thing; and
another again tells us that Price
Rains and Churchill are advancing
with large force upoa Jefferson
City.
The enemy will probably ascertain
the truth in the course of time.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
TEl.EGRAPnlC.

Fortress Monroe, Sept. l6-The
Yorktown ran thin three miles and
and opened tr" on the blockadiug
squadron, but saw ycrs gun drove her
back. The yorktown mounts twelve
broadsi'lc and tw" piv"; guns.
The Confederate steamer Curtis
appeared this morning above New
port News.
A steamer from Norfolk made u
reconnaissance, and an attack is eX-
pcctcdirmncdia;cly on Newport News.
Washington, Sept. 10 Three
spies wcr" arrested to-day.
L. n Walker, the correspondent
of the New York Express was dan.
gcr"usiy wounded by prisoner, who
aiicrw ards escaped.
Commodore Porter las been as
signed TO ;.u important command on
the Mississippi.
The Potomac iintilln reports new
batteries five Mills below Aqua
Creek, also 4 number Of soldiers ut
Matthias Point
Th. Pensacola will not pass with
out :, sc,,.rc fight.
NcCl.iiaud vi>i;cl,lc river banks
New York. sept l6-Tho l =
steamer SHUTTER has arrived. Most
of the African Squadron an. home
ward bound.
baltimore. Sep. lG-W. \. Glenn,
the editor Of the Exchange has bern
.try ,,H
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

~ Though aGaisnt our wishes,
we are compelled to insert advertise
meats ia our Weekly, for the pr'seut
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

SUPERINTENDENT
sSN. B.-The steamers GOOD
IDEA, and WILIITEVERBE, will
leave the wharf immediately after the
arrival of the - trains. direct for
New Orleans. Farc-- Time 600
from Marshall to shreveport.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
SHREVEPORT & MARSHALL
e, 8 - s s;s:ss $50 8 s. assss
RAIL ROAD.
NY papers

Arrives Departs Tick
cts can be had on application at the
Ticket Office, at - Hotel.
AN. IMAGIN ATION
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

W. awaited the arrival @; the stage
until halt-paSt nine o'clock, and CON
Guided t. 20 20 press If the news j.
important. we shall Issue an extra.
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23

Excitement al Frynan6SnH. Fla
The Savannah Republican,, of the 9th
inst, says:
We learn there has been quite a
stampede of families from thu. town OF
Fernandimna, Florida in the last few
days, under the apprehension of a
bombaidment of the town by the Lin
coin fleets We have not learned the
particular ground on which the, eiti-
zcns anticipate an attack at this
time.
Richmond, Sept 16--L. 7. Walker
Secretary of, War, has resigned. 1t
is understood to-day that Attorney
General Benjamin viii temporarily
attend to the duties fthe War de
pertinent. Several names are men
toned as successor to Walk err, among
which is Gen. Bishop Polk.
Passengers by the cars report a
sharp engagement on Friday last,
18th. A detachment of the Wash
ingtoR Artillery and a. portion Of
Wlnder's regiment, attacked Hill
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
~. Efl.t ot-hc W. niann Papc

III, Efccf Jt'M" War rpm Papeys.
What sad havoc the war has made
among the newspapers The Suf-
folk lNa.) san. in commenting on this
subject, says:
When the war commenced wc had
fort -four exchanges on our mail
book. OF tina; number. twenty have
been discontinued, ten were cut off
10y liz. blockade, six comcto us print
I'd on half sheet, and only cish, of
the number appear as before. OF oSr
religious exchanges only two conn" to
MS filed ne before the war
The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-09-23
Pleasant to Tobacco Chewers.

\ letter from Petersburg, Virginia,
to the Schenectady star, gives the
following delightful description of
the manner OF preparing chewing
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-13
Tie Manufacture Of Powder.

SAND BATTERIES AT PEYs4coLA.-
Il correspondent at Pensacola, Wri-
ting to Georgia paper, thus de-
scribes the construction Of "ssnd bat
teries" =
"Tte sand batteries sre built by
digging square pit in the sand
some twenty feet squire, then taking
the sand and filling bags and lacines
with it. You then take them and piIo
them up some three or four feet high.
and sixteen or eighteen bags taick,
and fiil the cracks between the bags
with sand. There are places about
four feet wide left betaeen the piles
Of bags TO run the muzzIe Of guns
out. In the pit there is a passage
dug anG boarded up With sand bags
piled up around it, and perfectly
protected with sand, for the maga.
zine. The balls are piled up in the
pit near The guns. On the outside,
n the rear protected by sand bags, is
! trench some Eve fee. wide by three
IT four fset deep, for The men who
re not at work at The guns to lay in.
There are eight men to a gun, who
ave to be relieved every twenty or
twenty-five minutes, as it is very labo-
iou5 for eight men TO work gun
Feighing some ten or twelve thous-
nd pounds. There are some three
r four sand batteries between here
nc Warrington
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-06-13

|. FROM MoETRrAL.--A friend has
loaned US copy of the Montreal
Gazette of April 20th--not a. very
late date, certainly, but the paper
possesses interest just now, as com
ing from Canada. We make a sim
gle extract from an article upon our
national troubles. The italics are
our own. The editor say
"The further news seems to iudi-
cate that the old aud important State
of Virginia has seeded. If this
proves true. We fancy all is ouer acIfh
the United States Of america. If
the South is thoroughly in earnest,
it cannot be conquered By he North. "
The same article says that she sto-
ry that 600 Canadians from Quebec
aud Montreal are going to march un-
der the Northern standard is a ''ri-
diculous canard."
Montreal had been visited by a
dreadful flood, which submerged 4
large portion Of the city, and destroy
ed a great amount Of property.