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The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-14
Cheering Signs.

diOuSSU' SoiAptshy ~A'SA o"He'HJ
regiment after regiment are flocking
to the field, and within the last week
or two our arms have achieved several
very important advantages. The
victory in Arkansas, doubted by
many, and totally disbeieved by
others, seems more fully confirmed.
An officer directly from the head
quarters Of Gen. Beauregard, and
who reached here in the Vicksburg
stage on Wednesday afternoon, states
that he saw the dispatch announcing
the victory. Five thousand Of the
enemy, it is said We're killed and
| wounded, and seven thousand taken
prisoners, and our army still in pur-
suit. And the Merrimac, alias the
Virginia, has signaled her advent
upon the waters by sinking the L. S.
frigate Cumberland and Bleaching the
Congress, the two vessels engaged in
blockading the river at Newport
News. In addition to all this, we
have been successful in every little
skirmish for the last week or two,
and our defences on the Mississippi
above Memphis arc becoming impreg
nabIe. The following from a late
number of the Memphis Appeal will
be read with great satisfaction:
| Yesterday, we had an interview
with several army officers from Co
lumbus, and among them Capt. J. A.
Barnett, and also with his Excel
lency, Gov. /. G. Harris, from whom
we learned in general and much Of a
particular character Of the move
ments on foot by Gems. Beauregard,
Polk, and others, for the protection OF
Memphis and the defence Of the Mis-
sissippi river.
All was, TO our mind, before the
information derived from these gen
tlemen, doubt and distrust; but from
what we learned Of them, We now
feel as confident OF the success OF the
present defences to guard the river,
and the impractic;bility of the enc
my's descent with their g,nboats
and their transports to Memphis, as
We are of any conjectural opinions
whatever. We had fears of Il battl.
at New Madrid. II the Federals at.
tack our forces at that place, they
will be repulsed, beyond all reasona
bic doubt. with a tremendous loss
The facts IN our possession, de
rived from the most reliable sources
warrants the entire confidence which
: we feel, and Justify us in giving til,
; assurances of the convictions of
> deliberate Judgment to Our readers
1t would not be proper for rs to ente;
into details, or state the facts OF
which our convictions rest, or w,
should most assuredly do so. If OF
fellowcountrylaen were possessed 0
: all the facts which we have, ant
5 could see the Transporting events from
l our stand point, thousands and ten
= of thousands would rise from 4 feel
ing of fear and dependency to con
4 tidence and hope. We frankly con
| TESS we felt apprehenSive yesterda,
: which we do not tcel to-day.
l. Our reverses will institute a ney
!, policy, and establish measures to ex
J; pei the invading foe, both by Ian,
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-14

The weather during the past week
has been warm and cloudy, but no
rain.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-14

Boastius.-The Cincinnati Com
mercial says: The keen prospective
eve Of Gen. Halleck is doubtless now
upon Memphis, the key to the Cult
of Mexico. When Memphis falls,
then goodbye to "New Orleans and
intermediate landings as The steam
beat bills say.
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A very destructive fire, involving a
r,Ss Of about 100000, occurred in
Helena, Ark, on the morning of the
9th nit. The fire originated in a
building i'll Front Row, and occupied
BY some soldiers, to whose careless
ness the fire is attributed. Two entire
squares, the principal business portion
Of the city, We're laid in ashes.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-14

day. On the next day we fell back on
Fayetteville, where we remained two
days, then fell back here. The object
is to draw the enemy down as far as
possible, and if they come, but few
will be left to tell the tale. We have
SO pieces Of artillery, the enemy
have 80. The army is increasing
rapidly. Price is encamped two miles
west of us.
-Neu Dodec-Thc Confederate
States government, which buys hay
by weight for the army horses, have
found in great number Of bales re-
Gently purchased oak stumps, fence
rails. logs of wood, bits of iron, rocks,
and other articles, put III by the en-
terprising owners to increase the
weight OF the articles and their own
profits Some people will stoop to
anything TO make cent.-liichmond
Dispatch.
I'h. big rock which has so long
hung threateuingIy over the East
u,.rn..-....a,,3 \-ir,,;ni, ,.,;lroal tract,
.b;s sd. ,f l... W.,t,ur, hr;dr,. f.l,
during the heavy rains on Saturday
nirht, hereby OBTAINING the trains
Knoxville Register.
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The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-14

Caddo Contederates.-This COM
pany organized yesterday and elected
the following officers: Rev. George
Tucker, Captain by reclamation; L.
q. Lewis, 1st Lieut.; j. b. Smith,
81 Lieut.; Sam'l Beckwith, Sd Lieut..
The Confederates are fine company,
and will give good account of them
selves if they have proper showing;
hey leave for the city on Wednesday
next. The Confederates number
>omese1enty- i've or eighty members.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-03-14

Caddo Pioueers.-The Pioneers
from over the Lake, came to town
yesterday with the intention of leav-
ing on last evening for the city, but
owing to some misunderstanding did
not get off. They leave to-day at IL
o'clock on the Era No. 4. The fol-
lowing is list of the officers SO far
os vet elected: G.. d. G.. Williams,
Captain; j. NJ. Christian, Ist Lieut.;
Charles ellis, I'd Lieut.; j. d. Jor-
dan. Sd Lieut.. The Pioneers are
composed of good fighting material.
and should an opportunity present
itself, we shall hear of them again. ~.
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An extensive gun factory has been
set in operation at Holly Springs,
Miss. \ considerable number OF
9un-barrels are rolled out every day,
aud contracts have been entered into
to supply the government with So
900 guns in Il short time.
, 1862-04-22

Gen. PTentfEs Makes a Speech.
It was pleasantly told Of Gen. Prentias, when
moving through Northern Missouri last fall,
that he would march Ill day aud address the
people at the cross roads every evening. As
he a1wass makes good speech, it Was not SO
bad for the people after all. But they are tell
ing at Savannah and Pitisburg Of later, and
his latest speech at Grand Junction, Mississip-
pi, where he was taken prisoner from the
field Of Sunday. A correspondent tells the
tale for us. He says Gen. Prentiss was con
fined in large hall and excited great curiosity
among the populace- He bore their staring
with great good humor, but when they began
TO ask questions he told them he would make
them speech If the comnandant would al
low. That officer on being consulted gave his
consent and his countenauce by dropping In
hi1ase6, when Gen. Ben. lifted up his voice
and went in on rousing Union speech. He
told them Of the Government that YES, Of its
henehcence and mildness, Of its power, and
the poeition it had won before the world, and
Of the hoplesEness Of their struggle with It,
And then he talked pathctically Of the dear
old flag and the times gone By when 1t foated
over an united land, and at this point his elder
listeners broke down and tearfu1ly heard him
through. Tic story:i is told On the authority
Of twelve men Of the aged persuasion who
have come into Gen. Hallcck's lines and pro-
fcssed Their Tnionism, revived by Gen. PREM
tlfs' speech, and desire to take the oath Of
allegiance. That is the story that comes to u.s.
, 1862-04-22

Two more important events in the progress
of our arms aggainst rebellion are chronieled In
our news columns to-day-the occupation Of
Fredericksburg, Va, By Gen. Mcdowell. and
The capture Of Appalachicola, Florida, By Fed
eral gunboats.
The achievement Of Gen. Mcdowell is Of
great importance, Fredericksburg being on
the south bank OF the Rappahannock, aud by
railroad fifteen miles south OF Aquia Creek,
on the Potomac, and only about sixty miles
north Of Richmond. The possession Of tie
Raprshannock at this point and Of the rail
road TO Richmond, and is Of incalculable i'm
portance to us in the present state of the
campaign in Virginia
The occupation Of Appilachieola, on the
Gulf COST, places ut our command IN in
portant cotton port, and also river that is
navigablc into the heart Of Georgia
Before the present week Is ended we viii, it
Is probable, hear Of even greater achieve
mente than these, on the Gulf coast and in
Yirginia.
, 1862-04-22
a Riot at St. Louis

ST. LoC1s, April PA riot occurred in
East ST. Louis saturd az night in which three
men were injured. In consequence Of the
high water in the river the inhabitants
stopped up the cu1yert on the Ohio & Missis-
Eippf R. B., to prevent the town being
submerged The Road Master fearing
the track would be washed away
proceeded with some track hands to remove
the distractions, they we're met by a crowd
who ordered them of. The matter vas refer
red to The Provost Marshal who cent over a
guard Of sixty men TO quell the disturbance
and protect the railroad men. They found
Is or 100 men assembled to prevent the OBJ
BtTucions being removed.
The crowd was ordered to go, and the guard
advanced Several shots were fired at them,
but no one injured. The guard then charged
bsyonets in the crowd, a1o three men were
injured, one seriously
Yesterday Col. Parsons and Mr.. Bacon, the
President Of the road, vent over to examine
into the matter, and decided to allow the oh
st1uctious to remain, as their removal iuyol7
ed tie destruction Of large amount Of pro
pe1ty, It is doubtful whether the embank
1nent Of the road will prevent the town beint
submerged, IS the road is nearly overdowct
in several places.
, 1862-04-22
Worthy Of HtS Name.

Charles Carroll, Of CarToIlton, grandson Of
the famous sjgner Of the Declaration Of 1nde-
pendence, is, With one or two exceptions the
largest Shareholder in MARYLAND. Kind Us
parent to his three hundred negroes. he halls
the Presidents plan Ct emancipation With
gladnees. He has told his slaves not to leave
him. because the time would conc when they
would be free on their native soil, and that
then he would employ them rs free laborers st
good wages.
Colonel NJ lavish, another grandson Of the
Eigncr, owns fifty slaves, and is heartily in IA
vor Of emancipation. But then he is Repub-
ncar in politics, believes in the Chicago plat
form, and spoke, acted and voted for Abrah a1n
Lincoln.
, 1862-04-22

General Banks is proceeding slowly but
surely down the Valley Of the Shenandoah, to
tale possession Of the two important rebel
points-Goraonsyille and staunton-both Of
which are railroad centres
The object Of General Banks is, no doubt,
to get possession Of the railroad and telegraph
lines, cutting of communication between
Richmond and the Southwest, and then adj
vance easteriy while Mcdowell advances south
CITY agairst Richmond
, 1862-04-22

Ecauresard.s Dispatch Intercepted by
Gen. Mtkcheil--Effa Confession Of

Gen. N1tschell--.Hfa Confession Of
WeAkneas.
WASHINGTON, April 2L-The following is
the telegram from Gen Beauregard, intercept
Cd on the wires By Gen. Mitchell, and which
is q full confession Of the hopelessness Of the
rebel cause in the West:
"CoHETa, Aprl9 9.
*tTo General Samuel Cooper. Richmond:
"An present probabilities are that when
ever the enemy moves on this position, he
viii do so By an overwhelming force Of not
less than S. ,oD men. We can now muster
only about 81, QUO electives. Van Dorn may
possibly join us In few days with about
5000 more. Can We be reinforced from Penn
berton's army? If defeated here, we lose the
Mississippi Valley, and probably our cause.
Whereas, We could even afford to lose, for a
while, Charleston and Savannah for the pur,
pose Of defeating Buell's army, which would
not only insure us the valley Of the Missis'
eippi, but our independence"
, 1862-04-22
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The dispatch purporting to come from
Gen. Beauregard at Corinth, and intercept
ed by Gen. Mitchell, if there be particle
Of truth ia the story Of its interception, is
entirely bogus: and was written precisely
for the market into which it came. twas
Intended to fall into Federal hands. 1t
will do to laugh about, but Gen. Halleck
viii not be caught mapping, nor will the
far-signted Astronomer General be duped
Gen. Bcau1cgard cannot win point BY
such transparent manoeuyre.
, 1862-04-22
TheEreAt Frexhet.

MONTREAL, April 2L--@herc are heavy
1resbcts prevailing throughout Lower Canada.
Many yillages are flooded, and there has been
great destruction Of property. The locks and
dams near Ottawa are In danger. The western
trains have been interrupted for The last three
daSt. The road Il washed out near Cornwall,
but it is expected to get right to-day.
, 1862-04-22
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Diepatch to the Chicago Tribune
h,,-31 1oca

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, April q, 1861.
Gen. Rosecrans is in command Of @ corps
d'armee in Virginia. Quartermasters are hero
getting uniforms for some Of bis men.
Mrs. Flag Officer Foote is in Baltimore on
visit to her daughter.
Long Bridge is again impossible. It WAS
mended, after long crippling, last week.
Messrs. Chase, Stanton, and Capt, Dahlgren
accompanied the President in the Miami to
Aqua Creek.
McDowell's headquarters are to be trans.
fcrred to Fredericksburg.
Col. Tuttle, Of the I'd Iowa, who fought at
Donelson and at Pittsburg Landing, command
ing division after the fall Of Gen. Wallace, has
been designated as1 Brig. General
Senator Lane of Indiana, presented me-
mortal from free negroes praying for colonial
tion, and urged the importance Of granting
their prayer, and praised the troops Of 1udi-
ana ssand iowa, first born Of the Missouri
Compromise.
Gen. Shields has been nominated Major
Gene1al, and Col Gibson Brigadier.
! Mayor Bezrett's nomination to the District
Emancipation Commission has been with
| drawn.
The President has sent in a message, On
| closing an appeal from ex.secretary Cameron,
and a1o8ipg his arrest by Pierce Butler, and
justifying its necessity.
Mr.. D1yen interested the House with a
! speech aeainBt Fremont, urging trinl
Mr. Co1fa1, in replying, accuses Diyen of
waiting TIL Fremont takes the field, aud then
shooting arrows into his back.
The French Minister had an interview at
Richmond with II. Lemoine, representative
Of thirty thousand French residents Of Louis.
lana, described By the Inquirer as enthusiastic
sympathizers with the Southern rebel cause.
Col. Bayard has been nominated Brigadlel
General
Frequent letters from the West to Con
gressmen demand al investigation into tht
battle Of fittsbu1g Landing.
The rebel Senate has passed a bill raising tn,
postage on single letters to ten cents, and
| House bill prohibits the sale Of cotton, suga
and tobacco to the enemy.
| The Savannah Nesn5 says there was skir
.. | nlsh at Within :rsh Island between companie
Of the Georgia 18th and a Michigan regiment
| in which the latter was repulsed nth loss G
| 20 men, The rebels lost five killed and geYe
| wounded.
. One rebel soldier WIS killed and six wez
: wounded at Green, Tenn, By railroad acc
dent
Z Richmond papers pronounce the Yankee a,
= counts of the Shiloh battle tissue Of Il
: eroseest f4lsehoods. They deny that Beaur
: gard had his arm shot of.
/ | ~ a., ntrono+h IF f4.fs Cen VaY nnrnsa >
, 1862-04-22

HAgTroHp, Ct, April 21.-Fee food has
nov reached twenty y-edght feet, eight Inches,
twenty inches short Of 1854, which was the
greatest food ever known here
CONCORD, n. H., April 20.-The freshet in
tue Merr1mac is the highest known since 1851;
portions Of the seveTal railroads are badly
washed a bridge on the Northern Road was
carried entirely away-
, 1862-04-22

cAanDoUoLAs, CHICAGO, April q, 1862
Editors Chicago Tribune:
We beg 1caEe through your colunn
umns to return thanks TO the citizens OF Bio
Township, Knox county, for their liberal
present Of chickens, eggs, &c, which We re-
ceiycd through the hands Of Mr.. G. IF. Con
nor, on the evening Of Saturday Inst We
appreciate their kindness not alone for the
value Of the articles sent. It shows to US
that although We have not their presence,
their thoughts and their hearts are with us in
the cause for which nc are enlisted-to put
down rebellion; and If we discharge our obli-
cations to the United States as well as VIC did
at dinner table on Sunday last, no one will
Regiment Illinois Volunteers, did not do their
duty. Hoping that the citizens Of Bio will
accept our heartfelt thanks, we remain
Yours truly,
THE MEMBERS OF co. A, t5TH Rect.
, 1862-04-22
FRom PADUCAH. KY,

PAppcAH, April 2l-Goy. Harvey, Of Wis
evening, while endearoring to step from the
steamer Dunlefth to the Mi1nehata~
4 barge containing two hundred and fifty
Government horses struck snag between
here and catro, Saturday night, sad sunk with
Ill On board.
, 1862-04-22

Rebel Prisoners Mt Madison xEts-
MADISON, Wis, April 2L-From eight to
nine hundred prisoners arrived here to-day bv
spccial train from Chicago. They are GuaT-
tered at Camp Randall, guarded By three com
pan5es OF the Wisconsin 18th regiment.
, 1862-04-22

1nyed the reply to the resolution OF this House
dltion, &c, Of the Africans employed IN General
Woole Department =
Second ndEWhat number Of Slaves hays been
other agents Of the Government, from the State Of
Tirginin, since the enemy abandoned The possess
q fs 81
and Virginia are now in the city OF Washington,
their ee3, and probable ages.
Fuurth-What number Is now In and have been
cent to Frederick, Maryland
the money Of the United States, appropriated By
Congress to prosecute the war
si1th-By what authority were both old and
5eung, male and female, gent BY rsi to Phi1sde!.
ph1a, and at whose expenae, and the amoant OF
sent.
sey.nth- II he has not the means to answer
tain the Information.
On motion Of Mr. Lo7ejoy the resolution
was tabled by vote Of s. against 81. The
Republicans generally voting In the afdrma-
tive.
On motiop of Afr. Portera resolution was
adopted instructing the e Committee on Invalid
for disabled soldiers of the present war.
The House reconsidered the vote By which
the resolution WAS to-day adopted, calling for
the expenditures Of the western department,
Mr.. OWENS resolution requesting tho
Attorney General to bring suit against Gen.
Fremont aud Mr: Beard, to recover money
obtained On the order Of Fremont, was taken
rpt
Mr. OWEN continued, the e1trayagance of
the expenditures On the st. Louis fortitea-
tions, The money having been drawn without
any Just equivalent, without any form OF law.
hi: COLFAX Of Ind. disapproyed Of the
St. Louis contracts, but the circumstances
| under which they we're undertaken offered an
| extension for them. Why did gentlemen
| wait until Gen. Fremont was in The face Of
the enemy before they indignantly pursued
| lime Why not wait Hntl the end Of the
war, Instead Of 60 acting as to cause him to
lose the confidence Of his army. in front Of
I the Toe
| Mr. BLAIR replied to Mr.. ColEax that St.
Louis never was in danger, excepting from
Gen. Fremont, who brought With him gang
Of Californians, to the prejudice Of the good
name Of the people Of Missouri. He admitted
that he Tas partly Influenced in placing Gen.
| Fremont in command in the West, but he had
suffered for 1t ind he hoped he would be par.
| doned-
Mr. OWENS resolution ~as tabled and
tn. resolution Of Aldrich, instructing The
Judiciary Committee to report back the bill
for the trial and punishment Of military off
Gers, charged with sWindling, Wss passed
| Adjourned.
, 1862-04-22
THE DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,

THE DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
The chief interest, however, attaches to the
operations set on foot from Fortress Monroe,
in the movement Of Gen. McClellan's army
northward to Yorktown, where it is nov
settling down before the strong entertainments
Of the heavy force Of the rebels. Our only
news Of yesterday was the following:
(Specinl Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.}
WASHINGTON, April Il.
A Richmond dispatch says Mcclellan is
waiting for iron clad gun boats to take Rich
mond by way Of the james River, and cries
out that ohstructions be at once sunken, as
The only means Of prevention. Such fears are
well grounded, according to arefusee recently
from the rebel capitol, who says there are
only four slight batteries easily taken By gun
boats on James River.
Especial dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.)
BALTIMORE, April 21st.
Since the Federa1s have taken Fredericksburg,
Virginia bank notes are selling here at fifty
cents on the dollar and scarcely saleab1e. spe-
cie..in Virginia, is now eighty per cent. pre-
iumm. z::s,.,;
ITO the Associated PseeB.l /: J
FT. MONROE, April 20-The weather to-day
| is very unpleasant with cold rain storm.
There ID 10 news Of any importance from
Yorktown az yet The ndyices from there arc
| up to this afternoon, and say that everything
| is unusually quiet
| The sale Of Ha,zer's Weekly for the present
| week has been stopped, on account Of the j.
lustrations it gives Of the vicinity Of York
| town.
FROM GEN. MILROY'S ADVANCE.
HEADQuARTERs, WHEELING, Va, April 20
To Hon E, n. Stanton, Secretary Of War:
| Intelligence just received from Gen. Mi1roy
states that the enemy, numbering about {, 500,
| with two batteries, melnding ri1ed guns, are
constructing Notifications upon the east Of the
Shenandoah. a relief Of 100 men are con
stantly at work, day and night. Therebel en-
campment is on the eastern slope Of the noun
tainE, extending down five miles from the
/ summit.
a notorious guerrilla, named Fred. ". Chan
ming, has been daptured BY cavalry company
under Gen Milroy.
{Signed.) J. G. M1LRoY,
Major General Commanding.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
Taking Richmond as the centre, the follow.
ing table shows at q glance the distance Of
-
, 1862-04-22

New YoRK, April 21.-The Office of the
Brooklyn White Lead Company, Fulton street,
amount Of from SO, 600 to Sc, GOO Of the Chi.
cago and Northwestern Railroad.
, 1862-04-22
The CITY of Appa1achfeo1a Captured
By Federal &unbo2ts.

by Federal Gnnboafs.
NV YORK, April 2L-The city Of Appa-
lchIcola has been successfully occupied BY
our troops, thus giving US another imporc.
tant point in Florida The capture was ef-
fected by the gunboats Aercedlta and saga-
more, with little opposition, Oh the Sd inst.
a few shells dispersed the rebels, aud the
non-Eeaident> portion Of the population were
found in an almost starving condition. The
blockade had: effectual1y cut off the supplies
inland were not sufficient to maintain the ord
mary comforts Of life. Under these circum-
stances, It is not to be wondered at that the
people should proclaim loyalty to the Union.
, 1862-04-22
CHICAGO, TUESDAY, APRIL y, 1862.
BIZ TEsLEGR,APH.

From Cairo and the Tennessee.
, 1862-04-22

WAsHEGToN, April 21st.-A State prisoner,
jesse D. Horton, from Nd, Was shot by q
sentry yesterday at the old Capitol prison, and
died in q feH hours after.
The recent order Of the Treasury Depart
ment forbiddi1g the shipment Of coal to for
eign and home ports, south Of the Delaware,
has been SO far modified as to confne it to the
ports north Of Cape St. Rogue, South Aneri-
ca, and ives tof that longitude.
, 1862-04-22

fear Of the return Of the rebels, majority Of
the remaining citizens will be found loyal.
Vast amounts Of grain and other forage are
stored in the immediate vicinity OF Frederlcks-
army, The enemy besides destroying the
bridges, burned the steamers Logan, Vlrginia,
and st. Nicholas, and twenty schooner5 loaded
with corn. The ST. Nicholas, it will be re-
membered, WIS captured by the "Freneh
Lady, and her accomplices in Chesapeake
Rny 1aef
, 1862-04-22
ID I T. D..

At Camp Eutles. Springfield, Ill, April 2lst, Capt
JOHN P. HAREEY, Of the 12th ulluols Cavalry, 1ats
Of ibis city, and formerly Of Chesterfield, NH.
E Vermont p-pers please copy.