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The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-07-29

In the House Of Lords on the 18th ult.,
the Earl of Caravan asked foY information
relative to the report current of the
the proposition made by France for con-
certing jointly terms of mediation, between
the belligerents in this war, Earl Russell,
IN answer TO the inquiry says that no pro-
pcsals of the kind have been made on the
part Of either government, and adds that III
his opinion, it would be q most inappropri-
ate time for such a mediation. That there
was certainly no intention on the part OF
her Majesty's government to interfere q,
the present moment.
This we Judge will settle all doubt il the
minds Of our readers, as to what they may
he looking for across the waters. The idea.
of Foreign Intervention, therefore, may be
looked upon as q hoax, and all We have
learned lately be considered untrue.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-07-29
Stravs Show the WAY the WIND
H1oxvS.

Hon. Benjamin Wood Of New York, one
of the few friends OF the South, delivered Il
speech in the T. s. House Of Representa-
t:ves, traught with much common sense.
He obtained the unanimous consent Of the
House to have his remarks printed, some
of which we publish in so-day's paper.
Mr. w. by his actions has always favor
cred the South, in fact too much for his own
good. His paper, the New York News, ii
will be remembered, was suspended on
account of it's bold stand in favor Of the
South.
The substance of Mr.. Woods remarks
amounts to this: He advises cessation OF
hostiiities, with . view OF making settle,
ment, and having peace pieturing in Its
true coilors the horrors of war among q
people springing from the same grand,
sires. The unaninrity with which consent
was given to permit the publishing Of his
remarks, shows how the current runs
, 1862-08-07
PUT THE FOOT DOWN FIRMLY.
An APE cal from Tennessee LOyalIsts

From the Nashville Patriot, Augutt I'd
Months and months ago-has it been q
trymen that be intended as the executive OF
lie Iepublic afo gutIis foot dowu frmiv.,' It
was not to be the dtlicafe nat of inc dancers
foot as he g1ides alopg with ETHEREAL and noise
less motion, but rather the solid and ponder
Gus stroke Of the elephants foot. which
it's weight. Months have glided by-the re-
be'lion still rages-the deadly suleli of BATH.
is in the air, aud blood and guupoyaer taiut
tycry b1eezc-and thousands Of true hearts
have become strangely still and cold on the
field Of carnage. Never, Oh never more eh III
sid Winthrop, whose eyes darkened Tish
the film Of death while they fought for the
glorious old 1ag. They offered up their lives
to FAVE the lives and liberties Of others
many Of whom, ne fear, are not worth the
precious sacrifice. And treason RACES, and
Traitors are insolent, and loyal men are iusult-
cd, pluEdered and ezi1ed, and the land groans
in anguish. It is the darkest night ot time.
NeYeF was euch . nation racked with such
pgouy. Mr. President, do YOU still hesitate
to strike cur enemies !? Do you still dream Of
the possibility Of conciliating men who tell
you With eneers and furious igprecAioss that
1tey will not be conciliated? Danish the idle
dream, and eird your loius for action. The
rebels are mating vigorous, determined, car
nest war, and We IRE hesitatiug and nnde-
eiGcd. Il VIZ title thus much longer the na-
tion is lost beyond redemption, the stars and
bars will noat indeed ' from the dome Of the
federal capital,' as secretary Walker boasted,
ard Tooahs will call the roll Of his slaves
in the shadow Of Bunker Hill Monument.
If we falter NOW, at what point Of degreda-
tion and dishonor may We hope to stop
Why may not the Northwest, the great
Middle States and New England bow to the
unresisted guerilIas Of JEFF Davis, who will
| ride oyer the xhole country as tri1mphantly
as the army Of Mahomet The Eastern pa
pers announce that there will be no complaint
1encefsr ward Of lack Of vfgor in prosecut~
ing the war; the president has so declared.
We hope the declaration NAV be verified, Let
the 'spresident put bis foos down firmIy." l.
| is ung1aceful as well as fa;iguing to stand for
| monibs at time, with one leg poised in mid
| sir. like q sbiYering rooster on q cold day.
| 1t would be 8 bad altitude for historical
| portrait, lor the president to be sketched
| with bis legs forming figure four, ol
lie outline Of little h, with tie fore1eg trun
Gated It would be bad attitude. We say, an6
| we hope the president won't adopt it himself
nor allow any Of hi: suoordinates to 10 So VI
| would rather See the cabinet and all the majol
| avI txtr-oa5cz. r,cu. r,7z o7,J scfA;n., T., ~
, 1862-08-07
HE q. e. LAND OFH1CEs
Entries under the late Regulation
Act.


[From the N. T Herald
The following letter explains the regu1a-
tlons Of the Land Office respecting entries un-
der the late graduation act:
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, July "a, 1862.
s1R: I received this morning your letter OF
the 14th inst, respecting entries which had
been made nnder the late graduation act Of
4th Of Angus, Ssh Of course, prior to its recent
reI eal, and presenting the following inquiries,
viz:
LIST. Will men over twenty-one years of age
who have purchased Land under the gradua-
tlon act, and paid therefor. lose the same if
they have left the said lands and are now in
I'd. Will those persons now working on
Euch lands, having purchased the same, suffer
the same loss if they enlist into the United
8tates service?
Both of these questions I answer emphat-
cally in the negative, and as showing how
carefully the Executive has guarded the rights
OF onr patriotic citizens falling in the Glass of
purchasers above mentioned, the folio wing
extract is presented from the last annual re-
port Of this Office, viz:
Information having been called for also, In
n gard to the course to be pursued IN reter-
eEce to settlers under this lsW, who were desi-
rous Of en1isting as volunteers in the wal, this
office has prescribed the following regula-
tfGus: In all cases where such affdaVits have
been duly filed, the entries actually made, and
the parties have done no subsequent act to
show that such entries are not bona tlde under
the laE, the time Of their actual continuance
IN the military service will not be counted to
their prejudice, provided that an affidavit is
fled with the register by the purchaser stat
ing the date OF the entry OF the party into the
United States service, with the particulars.
Thereafter the matter will stand IN absyauce
Such entries will not be declared forfeited
until an opportunity. is given to the purchaser:
who may return to their settlements to show
they have done 80, and compiled With the
spirit aud intent of said act by actual settle
|. 2enr and cultivation which are nor perqni
site to the delivery Of the patents.
"a In case the purchaser Should be killed Of
die in actual service, upon presentation O.
satisfactory evidence Of the fact, and of SOM
act tending to chow the bona fide Intention 0
the decedent to fnliu the requirements Of th'
law, bis claim will be conferred to his heirs Q
| legal representatives.
"Yery respectfully, your obedient servant
~. II. EDMUNDs, Commissioner.
, 1862-08-07
The Dakofas aud Ojlbwas--A ScaIp-
Ing Affair.


To the Editors Of she st. Paul Press:
We have been hoping 1ba. the eternal Gu
Mlty existing between the Dakotas and the
OHbwas mfgAt sometime be permitted to die
.out-that the sca1p-danca and the glory OF
wearing eagle feathers might by aud by be
forgotten, and only be remembered as anuorQ
the things OF the past; But only about a
lage in one Of the islands OF Lake Tfaverse-
attacked the few Dskotas living there, by
night, and killed two, wonnding some Others.
In That case, We understand, they faaed to get
the ecalps.
And now again, only day before yesterday,
Sabbath, the Goth inst, another party Of Ojib-
wss msde dasb, at mid day, on Red Iron set
tlement, twelve miles above this place, and
killed . man aud his son- We had rather ex-
peeted that short hair, wearing ha. and pan
falcons and otherwise appearing like white
man, might be. some protection to an Indian
mSn from this scalp warfare. But in this case
the man Was farmer IudIan-a very tndustri-
ous, energetic man. His scalp with short hair
Will be danced around at the O1ibwa village,
and young men will court women while they
together sing the war song, al this summer
long,
Tine question Is, what will our government
| do in this case? Our civilized Indians are not
| expected to go to war. They have buried the
tonahawk; aud fo1aaken the war-path, and
Shall they be protected2 By the treaty oI
1858 they are prohibited from going to var on
| other Indian tribes, and are required to sub
nit al grievances to be settled by:the United
| States authorities ;: :
twill be, then, question for Supcsinten.
| dent Thompson TO settle Doubtless he viii
! not let his OjibWa children impose upon hi:
| Dakota children Yours truly,
DA1orA M1ss1on, July ., 1ssa
, 1862-08-07

The Kew Nephew of sam Houston
Bostonians recently had public sale Of
themselves On their Common. when clerical
Job Trotter, hai1ipg from Texas, told them
wetpingly all about the ,sweetly loyal death
Of his il1ustrious nncle, who made such
death as has not been known since the days
Of Kirby, Of patriottc, histrionie fame, " 7fho
enyeloped himself in the star sp7uEled ban
ner, &C." The Christian Times, of this citys
hss "reminiscences On the point:
About one year since, a man calling himself
Capt. J. L. Smith visited this region, alleging
thxt he was al escaped Union man from Texas,
and that he was feeeed by the rebels, etc, etc
While at ST. Paul, MINI, and at Rockford, in
this State, be passed himself of % clergy
mnn Of the Baptist church In Galveston, snd
obtained money from several congregations
to help him on his ray. The same man has
recently been heard from at Bangor, Maine,
under the name Of Charles f. CLARK, and has
there obtained money in 3 similar way.
!, It would be we'll for c1ergymeu Of all de-
nominations to look out for him, and Il pos
sible hand him over to the police He has 9
Light complexion and gentemanly address, Is
rather below the medium stature, talks fu-
entity about the South, and especially OF Sam
Houston, Gov. Clarke, and other celebrities.
AZ Bangor he claimed that he was q son OF
Gov Clarke, and his wife 3 daughter OF Ssn
Houston. 1t is: time his race WIS stopped,
and the pspeRs would do service by eS-
posing him.
, 1862-08-07

SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF A sRcEsH SYH-
esterday afternoon quite 4 rem
counter occurred between James Jameson
and Joseph LedHe, on the, southeast
corner Of the square. What was the
sxsct origin Of the adair ne are not
definitely advised; but we are informed that
Ledlie Ind for come time been reg4ling q
crowd with 8 conversation in which he hroach-
ed bold and unn1istakable secession sentI-
ments, which were most disgusting to those
who listened to hin, and that Jameson gage
him to understand as much. Tnereupou Ledlie
becoming personally offensive, Jameson gsve
him several severe blows With his fists IN the
face, knocking Ledlie off his pins and some
what maIring his features The combatants
we're at this point separated, and Ledlie was
taken to OILERS drug store, where his wounds
were dressed. Any man who, living under the
protection Of the government, will talk witt
the tongue of traitor, ought not to expect tc
receive any better treatment If Jameson i:
fined for what he did, he Will find any numbel
Of friends who will pay the costs, aud tell liu
to 60 again and do likewise. (fu
Journal
, 1862-08-07

THIS disloyal demegogue is tzavcrsing the
State Of Indiana, bewaiGng the war cx-
penses and heavy taxation. He Is the came
Voor10cs who voted, on every occasion, and
in all its pzotean shapes, for the National
1ntelkgencer swindle Of $35, 500, than
which there never was more g1aceless or
less defensible fraud, sought to be perpe-
trated on the treasury. We can conceive
how man might have honestly voted
for This gouge once, though we should want
the best ki1d Of evidence Of his ignorance
But it is exactly impossible that an honest
man should have voted for it q second
tune. VOORHEES, voted for it all the time.
He is beautiful creature to be gabbling
about heavy taxes, to he sure.
, 1862-08-07
The Enemy's Strength nea1 Rich
HAnnA.

II, as Is asserted by those who art fond Of
magnityiDg the enemy's strength. he rebels
are concentrating such IN 1mmens8 force as
800 Goo men shout Richmond, thei are evil
irg themselves to fisks which no vie general
would hsZsrd. They draw 8 gred part OF
their subsistence, for the Virginia {rmy, from
the South and Southwest and thef most I'M
Fortant line Of communication, tie Virginia
and Tennessee rai!road. would be exposed to
an attack, through East Tenntss and
Bision Of their forces as Is CONNOLLY stated.
But with such 9 Tast army az SOC, GOO. or even
zoo, COO men, about Richmond, they could not
for week even support themselves with this
artery Of supplies tapped.
Doubtless there Ia very considerable febel
force sbout Richmond; but, unless our west
ern generals are culpably remtss in their du-
ties, ne must believe that the rebels are in
fierce a1soat various points in the west and
southwest. Buell. is- motion166, Of course,
-becanse he has the enemy before him In eupe-
rior force; Morgan Il, ,-so-far aa is -kRoWn,
It'll at Cumberland Gap, With q considerable
force, but he would be at Knoxville If he had
rot before him an enemy too numerous to
attack with advantage. Vicksburs yet resists
hot that the navy could not capture 1t at
any time, but because the rebel army In Mis-
s1eslppt and Louisiana 0ntnnmhem- 2nE- force
We have in that neighborhosd, to maintain
possession of the place when the nayy wins Ill.
Now, il, az seems mdispntable, the enemy
ontnumbers Us at all these points, Is It posi-:
BILE or probable that he has got Box, 900
men to spare to concentrate -ahont
ichmond. If go, either he has 5 much
greater force than the population Of the South
can be supposed to yield, Or our army has
dwind1ed down to q smaller force than the
nation supposes,
In Virginia, however, the central position
Of the enemy Is worth AT leas1
men. With his army he can watch our two
and he has not even the problem to preven
their junction, for the position Of Genera
Mcclellan, on the. James, isolates him AMI
makes It impossible for, him to help or b
helped by Pope. Meantime, the rebel com
mander can select which Of our two armies
will attack; can make his preparations to tina
end; and when he is ready, fall On, with th
chance that the other win not even know 9
it; and the certainty thst neither can e1
fectuauy, Or il time, come to the others aid
Under these circumstances, the rebels d
not need to concentrate their entire force
Virgins, but can spare considerable army
| act e1sewhere--M. 7. Eyening Pos.
, 1862-08-07

In The supreme court yesterday, 5nagment
of custer from Office was rendered 10 the
K,nemau delivering the opinion Of the cour5,
re court a5jo1rnea until Tueaday, the
: 18Th Of August. ats 2. NJ, when DECISIONS
vii be rendered ii a1l cases which have been
!: submitted, hut 1ot:Syet deeided-and also IN
Iuch cases ~ mha;yy; At that time BE- submitted
far 10th partfeg-but no cases not already
submitted, Ti)l be taken under advisement at
the prctent term, except BY consent.-Lez'-
eaee01h Tunes,
, 1862-08-07
TIE OLE POLICY OF THE WAR.


Why harp upon the old policy Of the
uar2 asks reader Of the TRIBUNE.
Simply because as yet the orders Of tue
War Department have not as yet enforced
tho new one, and made it universal and
binding upon sil our commanders. Gen
Pope may use rebel property and make dis
loyalty dangerous in his department., but
the old policy Of the war Will still cost us
precious lives, aud expensive delays in
other departments. Too much cannot be
done to enlighten the people on the old
policy which has so successfully thwarted
the abundant zeal Of the country in the di-
rection Of making this q short and dcs-
peTate war"
4 letter from an officer in this city, now
in the Shenandoah valley, is in point. It IS
to his father, prominent Democratic Office
holder, our present Mayor. The son gives
plain and vivid picture Of the aspects Of
the rebellion in that noble valley, the finest
grain growing section Of Virginia. The
yicissitudcs Of the war have seen the She
nardoah successfully in federal and rebel
occupancy, and through all Of these
changes tits now painfully apparent how
much safer it has been to be . traitor than
8 Unionist. The farms Of the former are
now covered with bounliful harvest,
their home=teads carefully preserved, for
during federal occupation the soldiers oi
the Union have been freely detailed to pro.
| teet rebel property, and keep the slaves o1
rebel masters quietly at work. In painful
contrast with these are the desoiated homes
aud dcyasted farms Of loyal men who have
alone been the sufferers thus far in tht
Shenandoah. Major Sherman writes hi!
horest disgust at carrying on war aftel
such q fashion, a sentiment shared by tht
army everywhere. A few fossil general:
remain to become converts, when the worl
Of making war in earnest will begin. I
has already begunfn the Shenandoah.
, 1862-08-07

The most summary, as well as the most
just manner of treating bushHhackers, Was
Shown In the act Of one Of cur soldiers: As'
the train was running from Huntsville to
Stevenson 8 few days since. an innocent=look-
irg man was seen sitting by the roadside On
drew up bis rife and shot the man through
the body. Great indignation was expressed
b5 all; the soldier put under arrest; the train
stopped ard several officers went oyer to pick
up the @poor innocent naAn." The man WAS
9s 5 ayE M sRS p s 1sfF ~ es Sss Sg gs
soldier, was instantly released. It appeared
ttat the soldier recognized the fuan as one
who had shot at bin while On picket duty,
and thus enacted summary vengeance,
, 1862-08-07
Gen. Ross ,.ef. 5ll1uots Condseatang
HEADquARrEzs ID DIVISION, 4
Dlsrucr or JACKSON. I
RnxwIp Tom 1nfY S1Bf. tS52. !


GEnERA1 ORpER No. 5.-1n order to maln-
tain peace and qu!et, and protect persons :SY and
property from 1noies1atson OF injrty IN faas
district, it. VII be necessary to occupy this
place with small force until the close Ct our
na.ional difficulties. And In order fhat our
troops may easily protect themselves against s
the guerilla bands inftatlng. the country 1t y
necessary to erect foFtiheationa. ..~ >.,
do, therefore, hereby call upon Al owners
Of elafes living within ten miles Of this post,
70 forHord at once to these head 4uarters a.
least threefourtha of their male slaves, ron
the ages Of sixteen to forty. five years, to aid
10 said work "A blanket Or guilt will be fur
niehed By the oxner, If possible to every fHo
f1aTes forwarded. :.
Rattons, cooking utensils, and working in.
plements VIII be furnished BY the quarter
mastar. 1t Is hoped that there will be no de-
lay in at once responding to this cali: Aud i
Is confidently believed that the patriotic ctsit:
zens Of Hasdemans county Wilf gl4dly eo-ops::
rate with our trodps in putting 4 stop to the
destruction OF life and property which is dis
graclng onr country and race. -Bv order Of
Brig. Ge,iI L. F. Ross.
F. a DALLAA, A. 4. G,
, 1862-08-07

lVH InE AtGhHh *tatt t3ky% 1ln |
Our city Was startled from lis usual Sabbath
propriety and 9uietness on Sunday morning
by The arrival of runners from Missouri with
intelligence that the rebels had taken posses
zion Of Alexandria and were assembled in
1a,ge numbers in that vicinity with the iuten-
ton Of making raid on Keokuk.
The alarm sas given; the fire bells were
rung, and the cttlzs1s assembled. The City
Rifles were mustered, and accompanied by
un1ber ot citizens and company Of conva-
let tcent soldiers all properly armed, they left
hbout noon Gu the ferry beat, all being under
the command Of Lieut.. Col. parrott.
On arriving at Ase3sndria they found the
rebels had sEedaddled, having been apprised
mskirg here. Ray, il appears, left here IN
tb'I sxptt SLY for the purpose OF conveying
the alarm to them.
Our friends, however, did not have au en-
ti1e1y bootless trip. They brought up as
prisoners twenty FIVE ofthe leading secession
lists Of Alezandris, together with the skunk
wto gave tie rebels notice. Aboat the time
tie shove named party LETT here, another
equad, mounte d and armed, took the Francis
yille road, intending to enter Alexandria from
the north, and thus place the rebels between
Gent notice to defeat this object and Get clear
away.
Oar citizens, aroused by the impudence
and daring evinced IN this raid, have formed
themselves into military companies, c0mprtS-
iug all The male adults in the city, numbering
many hundreds, and which, under experienced
and Efficient leaders, M4Ipr florence having
thee mmapd, will successfully bid defiance
to any force the rebels can muster In this
vicinity. 49,.
Our force made second visit to Alexandra
on Sunday night, returning with several more
prisoners, and a quantity OF boots, shoes
and clothing, which had been collected for
Iebkl purposes.
OF the secesh prisoners brought up, we have
Obtained The names Of the following: Geo
Perkins, II: g. Mitchell, J. Max well. j. Way
lard, a. ]. KImball, J. R. Gartrell. P. b
| kowlano, e. Warner, 8. Beard. J. E. Ray, D
| Musgrove, Chas. Duncan, c, L Becker, j
Ma1me'1, !. He1rett, J. Coxgnl, 8. w. Mir
gin, II. Dear, ]. II. Summers, Thos. Fitzpat
rick, - HanshaW, Pat Cunningham. y
| Prftcbett and Jas. Penn.
/ 4 rebel f1sg Was presented to the guerill
sauad during their brief visit, which said fi1g
It Is reported, WIS medeat Fl:zpatrick's hous
on Saturday last. We trust that mea15 vii
b. taken to relieve them Of any further effort
4 in that direction during the eIistipg troubles
as this Is the third time some Of these person
have been arrested. -~- -------E.
Between midnight and daylight Monda
mornipg two companies left herB Tor Mtssonl
| -one Of infantry BY the train {or Athens, 81
the ctter Of cavalry, across the Des Moines
the ford, q few miles veat-o Of here; they r
turned last evening without having seen Il
hostile force, and brought with them seYe
prisoners from st, FfancisVillet
, 1862-08-07

The Boston Journal thus notice. a new
movement In that city:
We are glnd to learn that the merchants
OF this city are moving In the matter Of CO.
rolling the young men ia their employ to 70
to the war, by promising them their situations
On their return. The city has been districted,
ard we rejoice TO learn from the gentleman
zbo canvassed Washington street, from Bed
futd to franklin street, that In no csse did he
other hand, many who signed It expressed
their earnest md hearty good wishes for the
success of the movement, and In some cases
they offered to advance the salaries Of these
3ourg men, OF make them present Of q good
sum af money. This movement ought to give
us regiment for the city Ct Boston during;
next EetE.n
, 1862-08-07

pRICKsEW WERS TO BE BUILT.
ID BoAm Of PrBtzo woE1s pFztcE,e
Cn1c4ao August 1ae. 1851 )
Sealed prcpe sas VIII be received at this o1ce until
A n MONDAY, tho, 11Ea. List: foF constructing
about l0o er Of 6feet Of 5fes % feet Of
fe1u1 eight inches thick: and 70 be laid IN cement
work comp.ete iEcludlpg au nate1ta1s and labor
cept bt3cEs. juncHonpines, aud .uan hole covers,
which Ti1l be furnished by the BoHcd.
For plans and specifications, 1nquke at this Office.
satisactcry sesnIty for the faithful performance Of
all contracts viii be required. =,
The Hea1 viii reserve the right to Eeject any OF 81
prppcsa1s at their discretion ..,
bond. the form for which eau be Obtained At this
Office will be required lrom every blGder gna!nnteE,
ing the execution Of ageeabIe with the o0
rendered. :.
By order Of the Board.