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The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12
There's IL Good Time Coming.

From every section OF the Contederacy
we now receive cheering intelligence OF the
achievements of our arms. Barely have we
pictured with pride the daring ofour gallant
soldiers, in one portion OF our country ere
we are directed to another. The Almighty
surely is with us and the Northern hordes
of OR euemies-are daily experiencing
disaster. No longer do they draw up III line
array ed for battle, with anything like hopes
of success, but contrary, they feel like doom
ed men. and the genuine feeling OF a brave
soldier. xghting in a Just cause Is not known
amono, them. Like culprits about to eApa-
t;ote their crimes on Il scatfold, they take
the respective positions assigned to them
nwartlly feeling what they dare not express
in language-deicat
Our brave Southerners are just the re-
Verse They have suffered tiom injuries. II
not inflicted upon themselves. upon some
dear relative: An icnonous lie hereafter
they see ahead, if victory does dot crown
their efforts, :.d with Il full discrimination
to accomplish what they have enlisted iof'
they aresaver eager for the fray, and any
thing .hcy may have left undoue, in the be,
ginning, will be fully made up now. \"
more defeats they cry. and rushing in the
midst of their enemies. they route them. and
cause them to re;race their steps honlewaro
| with CONSERVATION depicted IN their conHte
nances.
Gems. Ruggles and breckenridge have
paid the Federals an official visit at Baton
Rouge, which does no: seem 10 be rcilshed
according 20 mcagrc accounts published to
day. That we will prove masters Il I'll
ground at that place, is not to be doubted
Next on the programme. we suppose, VIII
an attempt on our part. Al rctaklng the CIT
! of New Orleans, and if we are correctly IL
formed, it can be accomplished wlthoi
much hiudrance AS IL is, the possesslo
Of New Orleans affords the enemy no adj NJ
,ares, and though they may he loath Ia pa
with it, still much resistance viii not /
shown 70 our forces. We op;ne tina; on tn
S approach OF our forces they VIII 'skeddaddl
10 use word from :heir vocabulary, 2lo"'
ing. to I7,n) BE Of good cheer, deat ,ea
), er there d, u good time coming wait
little ion".r.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12
SAVANNAH NEVER TO BE SuRREN-

pERED-We are rejoiced to be able
to announce that Brigadier General
Lawton has determined under no
circumstances to surrender the city
into the hands Of the enemy but to
defend it to the last ex tremity. Tliis
determination was formally commu-
uicated to the Mayor yesterday
whoreupon Il special meeting OF co"n-
Gil was called, and a resolution unan-
imously adopted to give all the sup
port in their power to the heroic
purpose.
We like this way of setting out
when people are struggling for
their homes and firesides against a
ruthless invader. The bond thus
entered with the public, is sacred
one. and every true Georgian will be
ready to seal it with his blood.
| One thing more remains to be
done, and then we shall be able to
measure arms with the enemy. Let
the commanders of our various bat
terics call together their respective
garrisons and swear them never to
labandcn a gun so long as it sets on
its carriage, and soldier is lett to
man it.
! The proceedings cf Council on
this matter are as follows:
The following resolution was III
;roduced aud adopted:
BY Alderman Roberts
Whereas, A communication Ea'
: been received from the Commanding
G General, stating that he will defen'
u to the last extremity; and. whereas
!, the members of Council unaninousl.,
approve of the determination OF tn
= Commanding General; theletore,be
i Resolved, That Council will rem
IS der all the aid that is in nheir power t
x sustain the General, and to carry GU
u his laudable Observation-Disclosures
5, nah Republican,
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12
Northern Pen and Ink Portraits

\ Washington correspondent OF !;
the st. Louis Republican dashes Off !,
this picture of pair of worthless IL
Congress-:
Chandler, of Michigan. n promin-
ent member of the soap and talio"
chandler family, is quite lively IN
tlli. branch of business. but oevotcs
the rAos of his immense capacities to
70 the coniiscation of gin, whiskey,
ru,u and brandy. He is man OF
vast intellect His logic is massive.
his cloauence electrical his person
Al appearance very imposing. l
think, in short, he imposes upon the
! deceucy, good manners and patience
of the senate IS much as any man III
it.
/ When talking. his face lights up
VERY much as IN cxcrucia'ed lobster
does W zen being hoiled, and he re
minds one OF Clay or Webster, just
as = hog suggest tbs idea Ola canary
bird or an angel, His isstures are
very graceful, and suggests at once
the struggles Of ane&asPerated jack
ass tied TO a post, he can, bite By :
rope he can't break.
i His rhetorical requirements a's
wonderful, and by their continued
cxercise have become rs striking as
:, the muscles of blacksmiths arm
q In this respect he resembles Mr.. Ed
II ward Everett, just as Sazelle or
lion.
5 As an auctioneer Of damaged DIR,
= Goods. Chandler could entrance tn
II Senate and House. 1t is said her
i that, from his long service az co"r
" ,er-iu,nper, he still retains tondnes
P for the handling of silk and calico
which is truly tender and touchl"!
8 He is fine specimen of the all-h'
le decency- all-the- morality party
u Abe Lincoln, and in his habits, oha
acter and general standing, makes
10 splendid contrast with his predece
IN sor, Gen. Lewis Cass.
Jake Howard, also Il Senator fro
W the niger be-crazed State Of Mich
~. - gan land other) ganders, is irresisi
''h BILE on corn juice, and the continue
Oh rrigation OF his stomach and varlo
corporeal diversities with 'arde
~ Iiouids will, l think, if the season
re- favorable, produce d clever crop
4 delirium triangles. When 1t com
to a regular set-to at drink--a reg
lar republican drunk--I bet on Mic
iran. Two ambitious heroes II
can out-swallow, out absorb, out &C
ces sumo Chandler and Howard can,
ed be found.
Isl They represent. l am happy
9Th state, the Name Law ana o"'iu
est School interests "i S''oh's"" '"
great fidelity.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

The editor Of the Mobile News is
in receipt of New Orleans papers of
Wednesday last, from which the
following items are taken:
The United States flagship Hart
ford, Com. Farragut, in company
With the frigates Richmond and the
Brooklyn, aud several gunboats, AZ
rived Tuesday afternoon from Vicks
burg, and achored IN front Of the
city.
The U. s. gunboats, New London
and Grey Cloud, have just returned
from Mauchac, jacksonville and
Covingson. No attempt whatever
has been made to reconstruct the
bridge or build another.-Delta, 80
On the 22d the steamboat Ceres
in Federal government employ, ate,
landing some negroes who were to bt
returned to their owners, was return
ing to Vicksburg, when she was free
upon by three peices of artillery sta
tioned along the shsre, thirty-tw'
shots being fired in quick succession
consisting of grape, six pound ball
and shells Eight shots passe
through the boat, and charge Of crap
landed in the hull, one six poun
round shot went through, the hull 81
inches below the water line, six sho.
passing through batween the uppt
and lower decks, and one through ht
cabin killing Capt. Brooks. ofthc It
Vermont regiment,
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

BY advertisement published IN to-
days paper, in another column, it Will
be seen that subscri bers of cotton and
money to the Government Loan are
required to comply Immediately with
the terms of their subscriptions,
Read the particulars.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

FROM KNoxvILLE-Late advices
from Knoxville represent thatth Fed
erals made dash into Clinton, Is
miles north of Knoxville, on tho 25th
instant, rifled the postotfice and arrest
ed the postmaster.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

The Memphis Appeal says that
Capt. John S. Shirley, the builder of
the gunboat Arkansas, is about ieav-
ing for Richmond for the purpose Of
contracting with the Secretary Of .he
Navy for building 1natoto this form
liable war vessel. The Capt. has
the machinery already secured.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12
TUESDAY,. AUGUST II, 1862.

Persons sending US remittances will be
good enough to send no other paper money
than Louisiana State or Confederate Notes,
or Shreveport Corporation bills, none other
viii he receiyed. Individual and other cor
oora,ion, bills are of no use to US, as "e
cannot get them off our hands
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

Col. J. L. Wilkes, has favored us
with several late papers for which he
will accept our thanks.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

1t is reported that the Yankees are NOV
i.,c their army stores from New Orleans.
This is significant. Guess Butter smells
"a mice"
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

INFORMANT, If TRuE.-I'he Tai
lahassee Floridian, of the 2Sth nit,
says:
Reliable gentlemen who arrived IN
Tallahassee on Thursday, bring the
news that English and French war
vessels are not only blockading tn"
entrance to the ports OF Fernanda
and jacksonville: but are actually
capturing Northern merchant vessels
which attemp: to enter those ports.
This, we suppose, is what diplonasts
would call an armed protest against
the course Of the Lincoln Government
or, rs others would term it hostlil-
ties without an actual declaration OF
war. We give the report as We
heard it.
4 similar story was received here
by telegraph from Savannah ie"
days ago. 1t does not bear the I'M
press of probability. but it is slngu
liar that the report should be reitera
. ted, with tho seeming guisc
Observation-Disclosures Wing
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

When subscribers see II Seo
pencil mari, on heir paper, 1t SiI-
mites that the time paid tor mas
Expired.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

Gold is selling in Louisville, a
twenty per cent. premium.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

The Chicago Times says that the Kan
KEGS loss at Alurtreesboro, was POO killed
ana wounded. about 1900 prisoners, in
cl,diue Cen. Critteuden, about 1900 stand
Of arms, over 5000 pounds Of ammunition,
Ioo tents a battery OF 8 brass pieces and
large amouut Of connissary and othel
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

The Mobile News says that Gen.
Bragg and Staff have lately arrived
Il, their place Of destination. A hint
to the Intelligent is sufficient.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

Hhere 1eaS it The Louisville Journal
says that wagon train was recently sur
prised on Red River by some Confederate
guerillas, who gou-ed seventeen men 5
eyes out, cut out their tongues and left
them on the road 20 perish
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12

The Vicksbuag Wing says that city is
beginning to exhibit signs OF actual life
again The people are iiocking back and
resuminc their business.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-08-12
PAPER! Paper!! Paper!::

This is the cry now among IL" neWSpa-
per folks Wei, nobody IS "a blame but
themselves We proposed a; least one
year ago, the pTopliefy OF erecting paper
,niil somewhere about here, offering to coz
tribute our mite 10y taking shares, Ton our
pa!us, we We we've laughed At by the ,n:i-
iori,y, We nIle,! ou' pipe with The ridicu!c
thrown at w., and put.sd away at our ease,
thinking what a wonderful creature Is
man Now We smile, Ike a prophet o! Old
named Nowthepeop!esey esa!eopenyo'lsee.
We are told that certain enterprisjng
gentlemen IN our midst are thinking OF
making an effort to esta bIiSh q paper uill
here, if they can procure the requisites
I, We have promised to do our share, and
! will aid, # We can, in any and all enter
p.;ses OF industry. Whether the machinery
required for such al undertaking could be
procured now is n question Of doubt in oIu
minds When We nIged the people To ot
this, we knew here TO got the mach merry
land talent needed, now we do not How
lever there is nothing like trying. ana W.
I trust that the persons who have taken tn
matter in hand, viii not talk much ahou
lit but proceed immediately TO act. l
a uaper could be established, it viii prov
lone of the best interests for cap!tuilsts. an
the em.alkers therein viii receive the eVel
lasting PRAYERS Of the editors, printers an
devils of North Louisiana, Arkansas al
rcxas
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06

Mr. Beecher had ride lately after fast
horses, and he descants thus
If horse has had swiftness put into
him, it is fair to give him a chance to
develop bis gifts. OF course there is a
bound. Reason in all things. Even in
trottng, 1t is easier and pleasanter for
some horses to SO twelve miles an hour
than Tor others to SO three. They were
made So Does il hurt n swallow to 90
swltter than an OK? Why not? Be-
cause he was made SO. Ii Is easy to do
the thing we were made to do easily
And good horse was made to 90 tast.
He does it, when wild, of his own accord.
He does not lose the relish for speed even
when domesticated.
Take fine fed horse, who, in harness
looks as If he were pattern OF mdorea-
ton, very deacon OF sobriely, and turn
him loose in pasture. Whew, what a
change! He takes one or two steps
slowly. just to be sure you have let 90 of
him, and then with squeal he lets his
heels ligh in the air, till the sun flashes
from his polished shoes. and then off he
goes, faster and fiercer, across the lot, till
the fence brings him up. And then his
eye flashes. his name lifted and swelling.
his tail up like kings scepter, he snorls
defiance 10 you from aIar and with a
series of rearngs, running sideways,
pawings and plungiugs, tricking and
whirls, he starts again, with immense en-.
Joyment, into another round of running.
Do you not see that it is more than fun ?
1t is ecstacy-it is horse rapture!
l never see such a spectacle that am
not painfully impressed with the inhu.
manlty OF not letting horses run. Fast
ness is virtue. Our mistaken moderation
is depriying him OF it. drive fast on
principle do it for the sake Of being
at once with nature To drive slow, only
and always, is TO treat horse as if he
were an OK, You may be slow ifyou
think proper; but your horse should be
kept up TO nature. He would have had
but two legs if it was meant that he
should 80 only at "go. to meeting" pace.
He has four legs. OF course be ought
to do a good deal with them.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06

angles TO his position. He fired conf
cal ball at the file in which the flag was
carried, cut down the whole file and
threw the flag to the earth. The otLer
three shots, equally effective, scattered
the regiment like smoke. The naval
maxim is established that three guns in a
battery are equal to one hundred ahoat.
The proportion of power between those
IN embrasures. against those in position
in an open field, is nearly as great.
When we consider that Capt. Ayres,
with his fire of spherical case shot, from
a level corn field, a. ainst large and
exceedingly strong work, silenced every
gun in it, we can appreciate the marvel
Gus skill and science with which this
officers justly celebrated battery is work
ed. Every shot took effect within the
embrasures and over the enemy's pieces.
He literally swept and cleared the rebels
away from their guns, and furnished
new and most interesting fact in the
history of artillery warfare-the possible
superiority of guns in plain over an
equal number protected by earthworks.
The affair is the subject of general and
admiring comment to-day among all the
West Point officers who have heard of
it.
The sharp shooting was marvellous.
Ten men, with the telescope rifle, kept
the rebels two hours away from their
largest gun. Every man who came near
it was drilled. 1t was utterly useless
for that long time. The rebel COM
mander had finally to drive up an entire
regiment to the piece and man it by su
periority of numbers-more gunners
than could be killed. 1t was fired thus
four times, when shot from Kennedy's
battery dismounted it. The value of
sharp shooters is a demonstrated fact Of
the greatest military importance.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06
seoetrp.
Not Yet.
By WM. CULLEN BRYANT.

Oh country marvel of the earth
Oh realm to sudden greatness grown
The age that gloried in thy birth,
Shall it behold thee 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 aim
The death blow at thy generous heart
Forth goes the battle-cry, and 10
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 free
Their sleeping ashes from below,
Send up the thrilling murmur, No!
Knit they the gentle ties which long
These sister States were proud TO wear,
And 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 mountan-crest
The hoarse Atlantic, with his bays,
The calm, broad Ocean of the West.
And Mississippi's torrent flow,
And loud Niagara, answer, No.
Not vet the hour is nigh, when they
Who deep in Eds dim twilight sit,
Earth's ancient kings, shall rise and say,
Proud country, welcome TO the pit
So soon art thou, ike us, brought low %
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 men sight, the answer, No.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06
Chicago Tribune, April 29th.

Our dispatches this morning announce
that Gen. Fremont's forces are in pos
session of Staunton, which is an impor.
tant town in the very heart of Virginia.
Fremont's column is pouring over the
mountains from Western Virginia to aid
Gen. Banks Division to drive the rebels
southwark. Since the troops under
Banks, Mcdowell and Fremont, are no
longer held back by Gen. Mcclellan,
they are showing what they can do. Ev-
cry days report chronicles further ad-
vance into Secessia. The Stars and
Stripes now float over more than half of
the Old Dominion, and the work of sub
jugation goes bravely on While the
rebels are holding the strip of land be.
tween the York and James rivers against
the grand army under Mcclellan. the
combined forces Of Mcdowell, Banks
and Fremont, may march upon and seize
Richmond. We can see nothing to pre-.
vent 1t. Banks is near Gordonsville with
at least $4,000 men. Mcdowell is on
the south side OF the Rappahannock, and
Fremont Is at Staunton, a couple oiday's
march from Banks column, ut tho head
OF 10000 or more men, Here is force
of 10000 and upwards pressing forward
on the capital of Jetldom, and where is
the enemy that is able to resist or re-
ulse them? Should Richmond be ia
ken, the rebels at Y yorktown will quickly
get "a fire in their rear'-leayine them
TO " "skedaddle" or surrender. Things
are working down in Old Virginia.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06
From Prentice.

BEAuREGARp calls the recens battle
field Shiloh" We presume that his
Secretary of State, Judah p. Benjamin.
will abdicate now, for the prophecy of
the patriarch Jacob was that :" the seep-
ire shall not depart from Judah until
Shiloh come"
BEAuREG ARD wants to make cannon
out Of bells. We tried TO make big gun
OF John Bell and couldn't. But he wasn't
true metal.
WnlLsr paper is SO exceedingly scarce
in the South, we can't see why the Con-
federate authorities are permitted TO waste
il by printing Confederate notes upon il.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06
NO.. I.

and its course was reversed. Its retreat
from over rebeldom was rapid. He open
ed the valve, the gas escaped, and down
he came. He could not say how fast he
came down, but it was with a rapidity he
would not care to have repeated. The
car struck the top of shelter tent--un-
der which, luckily, no one happened to
be at the time-knocked the tent into
Cpl" and left him enveloped in a mass
of collapsed oil silk. He crawed out,
and found himself in the middle of a
camp, not one hundred rods from Gen.
eral Nc Clellan's headquarters.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-06
From the Working Farmer and U. S. Jour.
GASTON GLENCOE: /:
AN INCIDENT
In THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS.
BY MAJOR MAXWELL.

The defence Of Fort Meigs, most i'm
portant frontier post, had been obstinate
~ maintained against British prowess
and Indian stratagem, and overwhelming
odds of red coated Britons, sustained BY
red skinned warriors, until the crisis
came when other steps, than simply de-
lersive ones, became an absolute neces.
sity, to save the garrison from defeat, and
the whole frontier from desolation.
1t was necessary that Gen. Harrison
should become informed, not only of
Gen. Prescott's numerical force, but al
so of his immediate designs, and contem
plated movements.
To obtain this information seemed an
entire impossibility, Tor the British Gen
erals headquarters were half mile back
from the north bank of the Maumee Riv-
er. and the whole space in front literally
swarmed with hostile Indians, whose
keen vigilance never relaxed, and whose
cunning forbade the hope of passage
through their line by any ordinary STRAIT,
agem.
Daily the strength of the garrison was
becoming weaker from chills and fever,
want of pure water, and unwbolesome
food. Large bodies of hostile Indians
had crossed the Maumee and surrounded
the fort; a general assault might any hour
be expected, and the position of Gen.
Harrison, with his little army, was be-
coming critical in the extreme. A knowl-
edge Of the British Generals movements
and intentions, would very probably in
sure the safety of the garrison and the
integrity Of the North Western frontier.
But. although il was currently known
that such intelligence would be worth a
colonel's commission to him who should
bring it to Gen. Harrison, the danger
was too imminent, the impossibility ofeva-
ding Tecumseh's eternal vigilance, too
obvious, and no volunteer stepped for
ward to undertake the dangerous enter
prise. Days passed, desperation ensued,
despair was apparent everywhere, and in
many quarters unconditional capitulation
was whispered.
In the midst of this state Of affairs, one
day at high noon. CASTOR Glencoe, the
bor6erer of Anglaize. entered the fort.
How CASTOR had passed the Gordon of
outlying British Indians, was not appar-
ent, and as the stout borderer was in no
communicative mood, nothing was learn.
ed from him on that score. Striding un-
hidden into the presence Of the com
mander. CASTOR addressed him after the
bluff hearty fashion of the frontier
Ginral. iher Major overt Lowe
Sandusky war tellin ther boys yer war
in trouble yer and SO I've come over
through ther swamp ter see if | carnt
help yer eircumwent these blarsled red
niggers and Brlishers"
+" Thank you, Glencoe. If any man
living can bring me the intelligence |
need, that man is yourself. But the risk
is 50 great, that while | tell you that
your reward in case of success will be a