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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-26

Secure OF ANOTHER BRirsH YEssEL orr The Rio
GRAypE.-The Houston Telegraph, Of the 18th inst,
contains the following:
w, are indebted to G. F. Stuborn, esq, Of New Or
leans for this intelligence 9h0 received il hi five days
and half from Brownsville by private express.
BROWNSVILLE, Feb. 7--The federal steamer Ports
mouth, y guns ii now lying Of the bar AZ the mouth
Of the Rio Graude. She has seized British steamer
belonging to 0eting & Co.. British house Of Mata-
moros with considerable cotton on board, loaded at
Natamoros and putting prize crew board has sent
her to parts unknown, supposed to New 1ok or Key
West The commander Of ghe Portsmouth announces his
dissemination to seize yship loaded with from
the Rio Grande.
4 British vessel OF war e daily looked Tor
The above seizure took place while the captain and
sgDercargo we're On shore getting their papers ready
to sail
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-26
Tie Richmond wig says, tile following, from tie

TIE new federal general Hitchcock haa been ordered
tt tals command at Cairo
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-26

Ill TIE Missouri Confederate generals are said to be
natives Ct Virginia,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-26

~ s~''' '"'' " ~
FLoUE-Our friends in New Orleans reiy upon get
ting their supplies Of a5ur, wheat and meat from ShreYe
port, Texas ncighbeFs should without the least de-
Law send an thew have TO spare Immediately Money,
ao,,tt ,yi IL IA m here 10 NV cash ior these i'll
5;,,ersolJa articles
---*s~--
Dies" ms ''''s' a. . i''' ,''0V' :
IN shreveport e 'tiie O 'aNi,s money i'o' '''s
peeni'es VT soon a4II'e' " IN X"
U0' 0oU',''' ~ M.
made from grass fed cattle will not make summer can
.les without plenty IF baeswaz. we are told that
our cypress wamps are full Of bee-trees-if they were
cut down IN April and Nav they would pay much bet
Ter than making cotton for tx o. seven cents pound
----"ae
The 22nd Of February, the anniversary q y ~
ngtons birt-the Inauguration day OF 1eff. DAVIS as
president Of the Southern Goniederacy-passed oil
in Shreveport without theeieast demonstration q feel
- ---as-------
COL Charles DeAcrse, editor o. the CIarksYie stan
dard, has dropped tHe grey goose quii' ana MAKES
very patriotic TO raise regiment to go TO the pat
ue-held' 1he cooHel very justly concIuaeS 'uaC "
sword can destroy more OF Il enemy than the pen.
uo+ - Ioarr, NJ NJ Trocst IL C3ondra late
5.u III N,+ori-ocros r-riop diad N that tov, On
,Ea Tstb f~st,nt IT, VAS native of France fine
scholar, and gifted writer.
W. - s. pr.r+.. 49,
-. -, N A. .,,,,Iorob r,.Ia
800 LII, 5t.at,,..., f,,r, tho 1,1,or.+,.
-, .,n.4... g. C.,.. y
Ia,3 10 n.a. ind t,rIots and shot We are told
that all along our rivers and bayous many persons
particularly planters who have quantities of old lead
lying about and entirely vaIue)ess to them. Ifthey
would have it gathered Up and sent to Baton Rouge,
they would get good price fer it. and at the same
t'me assist 'ue government 4 NJ" = s'H'5
hehI 10 many poor '"'''',e7 "'o "'e '0"
Inc means oL 4 L1elLHool .---
soczs.-Tho time is rapidly approaching when all
will require socks for summer wear Knitting is an
essv and amusing employment Our ladies should get
Att with wIlingndss-one pair Of home knit socks
will last as long as three pair of store sIeazy manufac
tured ones We are glad to learn that the ladies of
Bossier and Bicnvie parishes have taken to spinning
weaving and knitting in cool earnest. Surely our
ladies Of Caddo Ddsoto and Texas will not let them
sevesbe but to thu blush Of shame by being ezccucd
by the former
virgipi, n the midst Of al her troubles, and not
tbst,n1fng the blockade bts not failed to pay the
interest an her bonds in London.
~e~------
The Richmond Examiner says the paper DILL mere
has divided Tor three months PfontS' one nu"u'su pr
CENT inc pFon'S Oelns 'ou' '''' 'e'. e"P'''' ~
,;rls,r ,nirira money and the vbisksv
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-02-26

New Orleans, the Era No. Z, Tleta and Fulton.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
WOOD BROTHERS.

IL is q shame and public wrong that the
most widely circulated Pro.Slayery organ in
our city il the one which insisted, until after
the bolnbardment OF Fort Sumter, that the
true way by which the Free States should
avoid Disunion and civil war was by accept
ing the Montgomery Constitution, joining the
Southern Conicderacy, and thus making the
jeff. Davis Government our own. This speci.
tic would have been adequate and effective.
No burglar will wantOnly take your life if,
after having politely shown and helped him 10
your plate, your watch, your money, aud other
portablos, you present him with deed Of tue
house and lot and ash him to stay to break
last The Herah knew how much would sat-
isiy the slaveholding traitors, and insisted On
giving them enough. They might, aud prob
ably would, have refused admission into their
Confcderacy to the New-EDgland States, even
on The Heroids TERMS but it had long before
been settled in our Pro-Slayery journals that
New. England should be kicked out of the
Old Union, and OF course they would not
have objected to her exclusion from the
new. THE TRIBUNE has been pretty hear
tly abused for having proposed TO let the
Cotton States 20 rather than enable them, By
lnauguratng a Civil War, to drag the Border
Slave States into the abyss Of Rebellion. The
Heroid, on the other hand, has never had sufii-
Gent credit for haying-when the question Of
Union or DsuniOD, Peace or War, hung
trembling in tho balance-boldly and squarey
urged that complete and abject humiliation of
the Republic at the feet of the rebellious Slave
Power, which would really have averted Dis
union. We could never have coayed the
traitors peaceaby back into our Union, but
they could not well have refused us, in their
contemptuous loathing, the privilege OF crawl
inc in at the back door Of theirs. And why
not! Honor, sei-respect and decency must
have reyolted at the baseness OF our conduct;
but what matter, SO long as we could con-
tinue to sell our dry goods and collect at least
fraction of our Southern Debts Honor
then. to The Herald, which not only clamored
for Peace. but pointed out and advocated the
only course whereby it could have been pre-
served
Mr. Ben. Wood ia q gentleman who has not
of late been surfeited with praise. There are
points in his character and history which even
we cannot eulogize But there is this to be
said for Ben-and we say 1t boldly-howeyer
black hearted traitor, DC not Lypocfile
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
G. ZEN I.I{&L EWS.

In Senate, Yesterday, the Judiciary Committee
reported back the bi to punish persons giving or
offering 10 give consideration to members Of Con
Sress Tor procuring contracts from the Government
Mr. Wright offered resolution setting forth that it
appeared that Senator j. +. Simmons Of Rhode Island
used his ofkcisl influence to procure contract from
the Government: for one G.. Is. Shuberth, for which
it wi" syreed that he (simmons) should receive
$4,000, etc. Therefore, Resolccd, That the said
james +. Simmons be expelled from his seat in the
senate. The resolution was laid over. A resolution
20 adjourn on the 18th Of July wss referred to the
finsncs Commute. Tie bill regulating the grade Of
amcen in the nsvy was Tecommitted To add section
regulating pay. The bill creates the ranks Of Com.
nodores and Admiras. Tue report from the Con.
ference Committee the Indian Appropriation bill
~M agreed to. The New Treasury Note bill was
amended ~ ~ v reserve t75,09Q,00O for prompt
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
TuE DEBATES IN CONGRESS.

John c. Rlye., Of the once famous editorial
firm of ''Blair q Ryes" now publisher OF
The Daiiy Globe and The Congressional Globe,
has published an instructive statement OF tho
cost aud recOmpense of his enterprise which
is mainly sustained by Government patronage.
The statement would have been for more Sim
ple aud lucid had Mr.. Il. omitted all reference
70 hostile computations, showing that the work
might be done much cheaper, aud confined
himself to n simple statement oil tile aggregates
Of his annual expenditure aud of the amounts
paid him by Congress. Still, We have enough
to Justify hi, general conclusions that his com.
peusation is not excessive and that the Gov.
ernment would save nothing by transferring
the work to irs own prnting-cfce. We ap-
prebend that TIE GioJs would DC rendered lees
valuable aud satisfactory by any such change,
while the saving Of eXpense would be very
questionable.
There is question which Mr.. Rives dOss
not discuss which seems TO us more impor'
tant and pertinent than that he so cieyerly
hanO!e--thls, namely, Why should such publ
cation be sustained at the public expense az
aH9 Even if IT be conceded that an official
and authentic record of the debates in either
House should be made and preserved, we can.
not regard tho multiplication and diffusion OF
copies Of those debates as within the iegiti-
mate sphere of Government Let those who
want to read speeches buy and pay for them:
let whoever wants any partcnisr sP"oeh 70
ported gratis foot the bill. We protest. as
publishers by trade, against the Government
setting up an opposition shop, supplying Gus
toner, for nothing, and taxing us 10 foot tho
b.ll. Ii isn't the fair thing.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03

payment Of deposits; authorizing the secretary, a.
discretion to redeem the notes OF this issue In CON-
Discussion was had upon motion to amend % as TO
tax hank, rer cent per snnum on their circulation,
and il was reiected-Yeas 10, Nays q. An smeod-
nent WAS adopted limiting the amount of small notes
to s25, 100000. The bill was then psssed-Yeas 80,
Nays 49,
In the House, the Presidents recommendation that
a vote of thanks to Capt Foote he parsed was re-
ferred to the Naval Committee. The House con-
Cured in the Senate amendments to the Army APP
preparation BILL one item was 500 OOO,O 900 for boun-
ties 10 volunteers or their heirs. Bills were passed
to compensate parties concerned for Losses by the
sinking Of the gunboat Varuna, aud the laundering
of the steamer Governor; also for relief OF widows
and orphans of those lost on the Cumberland and
Congress. The Senate resolutions Of thanks to Com.
Coldsborouqh. Lient. Worden. and Com. fsrragut
were passed.
Gen. Hunters answer 20 the question rs to
whether lie bad armed fugitive slaves as soldiers
SC. in his Department, vas laid before the House
Yesterday Ii Is spicy document, taking the ground
tina, The only fugtves he had thus far seen were the
masters, and the only quiet and loyal people the
slaves. The General has the laugh against Mr..
Wickife 0he inQuiring Congressman, most de-
cidedly.
The President Yesterday signed the Pacific Rail
road bill, the Internal Tax BILL and the Anti-Polyg'
amy act FOR Utah.
Secretary Chase compliments the state OF Mary
land for the prompt manner in which the D'Fec'
Tax of Aug. 5, 1861, has been paid.
The Indians are again troublesome along the
Overland Telegraph route, cutting the wires and at
lacking the repairing parties
The steamer Etpa outward bound, was boarded
Yesterday off Cape Race by the News Yacht, and
furnished with dispatches up to Tuesday afternoon.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
BROOKS AND SUMNER.

TO n. Editor II The ~ J. T,iomc
SIR: In its recent reply 20 An article o. yours,
The albany fundamentally o;heriseas.srtS bald
NAKED Gehood Il says tina, Soas Carolina Brooks sI'
peei from the House tor his asssa. Senator sumner
There ID not word Of truth 10 the statement reference
70 PAGE 1923 OF The Congy0gat Globe Sept AAN.'ta
Congress. viii show.
This resolution was offered:
P,red That Preston S Broo.s b- al he 4. fotAwi.h
.xpe e from this House as RePesen,'i'r on 'He S'-0
OF south Carolina
Thu. Yea. and Nays ordered md theGe "re-fs-''
I21; Nays, %.
So (,wohirds no. voting IN favor thereby the e.''tio'
W., notagreed TO-"
Tha, is tho Official record OF the affair
I'm, Inc Alta. article is o. remarkable for what does nos
for what il doe. For in.euco: It does not state
., not single Democrs. vo,ei for she expulsion II f'o
state tina, every single Democratic Rep'en'a'' "ho
At all yst.d aga,n, tn. resolution fails to state that tho
t r tho Democratic journals North ard every OF tho
South Justified the act Of BROOKE It does not state ''
IN, rutire extent OF Slsv. Auercs he W" s
l.usd voted cane, and other evidences Of Southern anu
slsyeholding gratitude. aud tnSt she'e usn0H'
ued until he passed out 81 THIS word ,...,..,
IA, Ala, fail. I. state that Il wa bis aP0os' n0'
defender. n.o.-.,..,
CLANCY Jons. Floronce Engi,h Kelly in the h0u'eah'
Il, D.nocra,c norton Of tho Senate, virtually sas
tanned troohs In his outrage and that move"
.uce then Inc A,as. beau ideal OF sentsus "nane'',
nd .a,s.m.,,v,s an th. Committee Of Investigator ana
opposed any action In the premises az, .,
The naomi. h.y. long memories aid The hna' VI" nafay
h, .b, 10 cepyince them that II w' snyhns else nAn ."
.oolovis, for IN. ACT Il now ostensibly condemns
'P'''s''' ~ '"' wv UNADlLLa.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
MATERIALS FOR HIsTORI-HEBEs
PLOTS TEN YEARS AGO.

An officer in the Union army lately visited
Barnwell's Island, formerly in the sovereignty
Of South Carolina, now repOssessed by the
United States, aud at the house of William
II. Trescot, esq, well.known dlplomatlst
scholar, and defender of Southern Rights -
picked up an interesting collection Of letters
some Of which throw light upon the early
history of the Secession movement. One of
the choicest Of these has been furnished 10 us
for publication, and is as follows:
VA CONVECTION. May ,, 1851
nv DHiA SIN: You misunderstood my lat letter. if you
supposed that intended to witt South Caiora this Spring
exceedingly obliged, TO you Tor your kind invitations,
and would afford the highest pleasure to Interchange m
Drlson sentiment, with friend whose Of thnAng
40 css.y ssre.. with my But my engagements
closely 20 this city cad deny such srathca'
iion.
would bo especially g'ad to be IN Charleston next week,
and the proceedings Of your Convection 0; Delegates
from the southern Rights Associations. The condition Of
tnz in your State deeply Interests her wise foresight
AID manly dspendence have placed her the head " tho
South, to whom alone traecarted can look with
hope pleasure. MOMENTUM. the luence- which
depend npon your action. Which party viii lovsll Tho
Immediate sec,son'ts those who opposed separate
State action at this tme For my part iofbsar form
wish Were Cagoiuian II would be very different bat
when consider the serious elects the decision may have
your future weal woe, feel that citizen Of state c
has acted Virginia has right by wish.
If the General Government Above peaceaby Gnd fee
to secedc ucilles Nrsiua any other Southern State
would IA ny opinion, follow You at present But what would
bs the effect upon South Cardinal Some OF best
here supposed tina, would off Charleston great
trade which she is striking for and would
very greatly tho progress your State confess that
think differently. believe thoroughly IN theories
and that il Charleston did not grow qui fast ia
trade with other yet the relief from Federal taxaio
would vastly stimulate prosperity the yyesig,
Of the Union would be destroyed and you would he the
nucleus for Southern Confederation at distant But
do doubt from all have been able to learn, ,na the
Federal Government would force. bognnn, with the
form embarrassing to you. and east calculate excite
sympathy, a naval blockade In that event. could you
stand Teaton feeling wncn the suffering commerce
Charleston would probably maGifos Would you not lose
ttst u which SogI saeuyIa csRss the Union u yspE
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03

The British journals which syInpatiize with
the rebellion have repeatedly assured their
readers that the truth in regard to the war is
constantly kept back by our military censors,
and that none but garbled accounts are permit
ted to be published by our press In proof Of
this they are continually revealing the most
startling facts, which sec the light for the fret
time in their columns, and which give to the
contest a totally different complexion from
that which it wears with us. For instances:
Tile London Times, in one OF the last numbers
that have reached US. mentions fact which
we apprehend viii be read with some surprise,
namely, that it is the constant practice OF the
Union Generals to place cavalry behind their
troops to drive them into battle The Tunes
is moved to great pity at the suherings OF the
unhappy men who arc thus forced into con-
nict for which they Lave no heart, and de-
cares that the practice in question IS one
which it never heard of before Except in
the t9se Of leaders OF Asiatic soldiers" We
beg leave TO refresh the memory of that jour
nal on this interesting point. Such measure
was once resorted to 70 make men fight, but
it was not on this continent, nor with Ameri-
can soldiers. At the battle Of Waterloo, says
historical writer Of authority: $50 animated
and effective were the operations of tho va
rious bodies Of French not belonging to the
Guard that nothing but the arrival of the cav
airy brigades Of Vandeleur and Vivian from
the extreme left of tie allied line prevented
them from being pierced in several places.
These brigades had been relieved by the ar
rival of Prussian corps. and were made
available for the support Of tho points
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03

After the great Conservative meeting Of
Tuesday night, the managers officers, and
orators thereof adjourned to good supper Of
the metropolitan, as was right. Said supper
was got up under the auspices Of the Young
Mems Democratic Union Club, whose Chair
man, Mr.. Horatio =. Carr in the course of
Little speech let out the curiou, but not surprising
fact that the last previous meeting held under
the auspices Of this Clab was addressed by 40
less distinguished Democrat than the Hon.
Jefferson Davis, now President of TIE Southern
Coniederacy. Among others, our Sheriff, James
Lynch, of Bull Run fame made a speech.
which we copy from The ElPTess, as follows:
Sheriff James Lynch hsyiHg been loud called for
20 re pond and received with LOUD spplsuse lie COM
enced by sayng that he rOiced in Ito gra demontgioa
IL which they hid psItcpsed They owed mnc 70 he
tiuup efforts OF the Yong Mems Denoc ,c Club who
hat given them such gonous o. r1rlntF to exhibit
their devotion tho Union OF couse, there was much OF
labor OF expense much a pefsoDa exertlou attending
preparation iO great demonstration as that which
t-y had last witnessed. lie had endrayOsed 10 help them
for Ms country AID was ready TO max li3 sacrifice
sus 20 e wkeLever they insrgur ted such
another demonstration, vast H. is lnduencs 20 wonc
cearuy bear La. tue eNpelss loo lie loved ne LL no
s whole with every EFFORT cacu aec % prescve
the Kind aud cordial which they lad received az
name, aud would give a. 8 sentiment; -
ihs tonsuuti %, and its young ana noble doehor "s.
Mcclellan. Loud sPpiausel"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03

Tie Louisville formal, in reply to our recent
paragraph stating what had been assigned to
US as the reason Of the intensely Prc-Sayery
course of that paper-nameiy, that 1t was
mainly owned and Its policy directed by slave
holders and not by George d. Prentice, its
senior Editor, says:
T.e Loas,ils Iownai 10 ally owned ~ tie wT!sr
Of his the Ed the Editor o. IHg TKFrrB c-it
II. nouisal Editor him whose publ shfi OF lie hr.t
rage a. s senior Editor Ii either Of the oter two owners.
he po,csor Of slave iguosIt OF the facts biz cer
wnnteyer over The J1'sTEdrI political coz 81. .
In .syiog this certainly yesy far nom ute ding 20
imply Goat cous der slay-owueEs less quehet than non
saye-own-rs 70 manage Lewspsief IN sa'sho aug S'A"
We print the above il full faith, and trust
the Editor aforesaid will excuse aud respond
to our earnest question: Wa the EdItora!
in his paper which accompanied and condemned
the Presidents first Proclamation, calling out
SEVENTH Thousand Militia upon the first
tidpcs Of the surrender of Fort Sumter, writ
ten or inspired by him, the said George u.
Prentice Can we be mistaken as to the jaet
that such on article appeared as editorial IN
his columns Ii there wGs such al articc'
will Mr.. Prentice tell US just what he meant
by II 30
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03

threatened by the French. They wers drawn
I'D in rear of bodies Of infantry, ,ohom they
nould no, permit TO run 0,cay, arhich they sought
to do" As this was done under the eye and
by the order of the great Wellington himself
we submit that the SANDER of The Times was
most unhappily chosen.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-03
STATE OF THE MARKETS.

The at sence Of news from the front of Richmond
aud the call for new evies produced very heavy market
which became almost panic The call proceeded Holders
OF stocks exhibited great rety get out Of then while the
bear, aided the decline by of ring their options Ieey
gstwesn the Z, DIS considerable amount o. stock va
thrown upon Ia. ket from weak hands by the disturbance
of loans title Second Bosd the Earke vas again lower
with cciera decline Of to Il = cent in tie arces Gov
erauents were alo heavy aud Coupon SHes sold ~ lti
against 1903 Yesterday After the regular session the make"
recovered rapdy with but stocks offering considerable
disposition being shown buy The Foreign Bill market
unset ed by the rapid fluctuations in gold Leading SteIng
il non nay l2ol with some parties sskus i2l CommeicI
srrs,urcs are 9iGlNi. Francs, +6l 0i5 Fr'isis are
again G.er but not 10 active The business OF the Sub
Treasury was: Receipts. &s,3i8,52s 73-ior CL..tli.
e2g3oOo; Payments. 5000 COZ 81 Balance go 7e22' -
God fr 81 log 1904 with ses OF nearly 700 ~ tho
Board Money trfs easier among hFstcss' borrowers
bu the rate is steady at 5d6 Z cent good cosiefs
Gold Demand Notes are firm iid5 = cent premium
The make, for cste!n and State Flour IL again shade
but es setve and closes quiet trade brands STEADY
sales &c. 100 bb. Canadian les, freely oAeTed and better
Southern quiet bl. finn Rye Flour 10 In fair request and
steady CoYu Meal dull prices sustained The "h-s MAJ
ke is less active on. c. + bushel hrner particularly oI
prime auai.ie which and wanted receipts are
fsr but the supply is by adequate 70 the demand
ss include $50 800 bushels Barley aid Barley Nat se III
active; prices nomnsy the Oats arrive spsrngy
firm AID IN good demand. Rye in active request and hFn
Com Les active but with moderate arrivals prices axe hn
sales OF 1900 bush. The Pork market well supplied and
opened hesy but closes with greater hrmne,s Beef dun
prices nominal Beef Hams inactive Cut Meas 4ei t'tye
bp, steady Bacon dull aud nominal Lard hIn and IL is
desnd Butter and Cheese in faif demand prices steady