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Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05
War News and RullnOrs.

Under this heading, u lato number
of the SonH Wrsfyn contains most
! sensible article from which we make
some extracts.
The public mind, for months past,
has been howildercd, distracted and
lnystiiiod by sensational rnmors. Tho
report Of battles and victories m
nounced MS reliable to-day, arc proved
Tomorrow to be- without foundation,
TIL ut last most people scarcely place
confidence in any reports ut all. The
OWL OF such constant series Of fnlae
information spread broadcast by indi-
viduals and the public press, must bo
manifest tosvcry one
The evil of tllcso false rnmors has
been incalculable 1t is vain TO hold
the press responsible for them. The
great fault is with the people. Their
impatient credulity and appetite for
news demand constant food. They
will not be satisfied with anything
that Is reasonable, probable, or au-
tlcntic. Sensational and exaggerated
intelligence is essential to thoir quiet,
their very existence. We could as
su'ne no more disagrecablo and odious
task than to attempt to uhheceive
them, and prevent too easy faith in
news, which is agreeable to their
views, feelings and hopes. This sin.
gular weakness aud infatuation is not
confined TO the exeitabIo and uDrcilcct.
ing, to quid nuucs and rowH.scekors,
Ii extends ia some oi the most sober,
scdate, eoolhoaded Of our people.
Hundreds, may thousands of this class
20 about the streets, nervously aud
excitc,lly in1uiring Of this or that man
IT ho believes tho rninors from Corintl,
from the peninsula, or tho Potomac,
and If l,o should he tllsj rara avis Of an
investigativc, rejecting and reason
ing man, and should discredit the ri.
mors referred to, he IL set down either
us MI hhpel'eVlng IhoInas, or han Siis
pected Of other deficiencies. Many Of
these runor gormanlsers evidently
believe everything that may be
agreeable 10 their hopes and feelings
--lishcliovc and discrcdit everything
Of the reverse character This is u
wo can not appreciate.
II such unsupported rulnors produce u
eShilaration, IL is followed |
hy n worse oppression and crushing
reaction. Reasonable men ought to |
be willing TO wait before they yield |
either to iubilation or depression, wait
until they Gun get something which |
has an appearance of roasonablcness,
and authenticity They |
will thus ayoid the disogrceablo feel.
ings Of those who have prcmaturely |
and at the same time enjoy
I'll the pleasures Of iusiIiablo jubila.
ion. And should the Intelligence be !
iniavorabIc, they will ho better prepared
Q receive and digest il, than if they
lad given too easy o credit to news Of
IN opposite character
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05
Rector, y proclamation:

"Untowar,l events have placed her
beyond the pale Of protection; rnucl,
impaired though, mol incapable Of re-
sistancc, she will strike a blow for
liberty and continue to bc frcc; if left
TO her fate she will carve u new dcs-
tiny rather than be subjugatcl It
was for liberty she struck md not for
subordination to any created secondary
power north OF south Her best friends
arc her natural allies; nearest ut home,
who will pulsatc when sho blcedR,
whose utmost hope is not beyond her
existence. If the arteries OF the Con.
federatc heart do not pcrmcat beyond
the east bank of the Mississippi, let
puthcrn Missourians, Arkansians,
xas and the great west know il
~ prepare for the future. Arkansas
ION abandoned, snbjugated, is not
hiAlsas rs she entered the Confeder-
a's svernment. Nor will she remain
Afhaas u Confederate State, dcsol-
a''u wilderness; her children
,'een's ,'s, ,m the wrath to como will
pu''o 'iN new ark and launch it on
nIw new, ""Sl seeking y haven some
Mr m,'o,.' ol,luality, safety and rest.
;,' ,;,I y; I'o'I acr my countrymcn, there
y ,, sun = o'' in Giload, the good
samaritan "'bc found-Strilc now
ana ever ,'f w homes and liberty,
against ali me- vho invade the one Or
dispute the cthe
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05
THURSDAY, 5 JUNE, 1862.
For tho Union

| EBI INC bIlpn.
From the disasters our arms hav,
sustained since the opening Of ths
spring campaign, it is evident, Mr.
Editor, our affnira arc near crisis
| Unless we are victorious In tho nntici
pated great battles in Virginia and a
Corinth, there Is every prospect thai
the wnr will continue for years. w,
have laid down our u,timat,tm indie
pcndcnee, which neither interest nol
honor will permit us to abandon, but
to which tho Federal Government, flush
Cd with It's recent SUCCESSES, will moi
probably, at present, yield It is to be
feared also, that dis#onsions may grow
up in uur midst. Gov Rector, in n
recent proclamation, already hints at
the formation Of another Contederacy
to DO formed by States West of the
Mississippi chickering's, ordinations
| and rccrimination, exist among many
Of our high officers aud statesmen,
fraught with evils to tho common cause
Different views of public policy will
always exist in times like these, when
nothing but unity of feeling, opinion
and action can secure success.
II we arc threatened with evils like
these, what remedy ought to be ap-
piled? Let us not he frightened by
shadows at sound or namc. A good
surgeon often applies the actual eau
tory to save his patient. Let us have
u Dictator in whom oil the powers of
tho State may be concentrated who
may, il necessary, suspend tho func.
tons Of the magistraey, tho constitn
tion and laws, and direct with concen.
trated and rcsistlcss energy against
tho enemies Of the Confcdoracy the
whole civil aud military powers. We
want u Cincinnatus, sklful in arms,
wise IL council, pure in manners, pa.
triotic and unseiiRh in heart; then
there would he unity of plan and action,
then would victory crown our ban.
ncrs.
Tho term Dictator has sometimes
created dread because bad men have
sometimes abused their powers to o..
grandize themselves. Sylla and Crsar,
under this name, governed Rome, after
trampling down the constitution and
laws; but they ru'cd as conquerurs.
and it tnattcred not whether thcv as.
sumod tho title of Dictator, king, Fin.
pcror OF President Rohcapcrro was
truly Dictator in France, but effected
his purposes by his reign of terror
through the revolutionary tribunals.
DR.. Francis became Supreme Magis.
trato in Paraguay under the name of
Dictator; but among the feeble and I'M.
race he governed, there
was no public opinion to check and
moderate his tyranny. On the other
hand, koscinsko in Poland, Bolivar in
South America, kossutl in Hungary,
achieved all their successes as Dictators
and never abused their power. Arc
there not men in our Cpnleleracy
worthy ol being trusted with supreme
control, for tiinc, III order to save us
from the disasters which tlteaten us7
If we have no one worthy of this high
trust, it may safely be said we are nm.
worthy Of being an independent people
TO withhold confidence in tho hour of
peril, is as unwisc as it is to bestow
Il unnecessarily. Let us avoid both
evils: but let us remember it IL no time
10 trcmblo nt II sound while the Goths
re laundering ut the capitol
prrutrt-,
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05
POETRY
UNDER TIE ROSES.
BY GRACE APPLETON

Over onr door way roses twnc--
Tis humble home, but half divine
In IL tange of roses md cglantne
Wee little windows cannily look
From under The old rooftroc, into brook
Froicking down from rocky nook
Welcome darling" they seem to say,
To the musical streamlet tripping away,
Glccinlly down through the meadow hay,
Or, wistfully, sometimes" Prithcc stay"
But never tho hughing wave delay,
Tho ever 40 softly echoine "aH"
To the lean-to roof gray icheus cling.
Over II great elm branches fling,
Drowsy shadows, and lazily swing,
Singing and swinging TO and fro
In odorous air, their tassels flow
Tendcrly over the cot below
And the silla are vclvcted o'cr with moss
Soft ns lady's silken foss--
Thresholds fairy queen might cross.
lTithcr md thithcr the robbins fi'
Or ehucily under the roses sit,
Asking lihtrty--ncver bitl
Happy M ever The birds arc vel
Happy as never the birds can be;
For the birds can't love- as love thccl
Under the roses VIC sit and dream,
Till sorrows only like rosc-leaves seem
Floating away on the ripping stream!
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05

At Grenada, Mas, of pneumonia, on the
18th April, 1862, BESJAMrs II, T. b., son
Of Col. Il. q. & V. J.. KEsxEY, Of Na'chi-
toches parish, 1A, aged % years md f4 days.
He was n member Of Company A, lNh Reg
In. NoInntccrs
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The little and short $. 3 .;,.
hnt excellent mcn are Of - ~ .,1',' '''
like the dust Of gold OF ~ sr,,1lnst
sparks Of diamonds S"'e''
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DR.. Barton, on l ,g told that Mr..
Vowel was dead, 8, ;a,nd "lvh,t i
Vowel dead 2--I.ct iha th,ntr,l u
was neither nor ""
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1862-06-05

A,a,ried coq who were noto'
rious far their mtinual quarre's,
chana their ma Of life, and be
came noted lubir coniugal hap
piness Tho old dy, having nocn m
asked i cause one change, replied;
"The ol man anthavc got on wei
enough ogcthcr re We kept the E, two
bear 7a in ,,s house "Two bears" ex
claimed the nolpor. Yes sac
she, 'bcY and toWr.
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ATTENTION.
HEAnQUfRTERS, Brteod,r Gcner0rs
O1,rc, lOh Bri@ode Lo~,s,nm H'hta,
Ndtthtochcy, Jom la, 1862.
GEN ERAL ORDERS.

lst. In obedience to orders No 800, from
Ills Exccllcncy the Governor and Commander
in Chief, no cotton can hereafter be shipped
from the interior Of this Brigade, to any point
on the Mississippi river, or to New Orlcana,
for storage or salc.
I'd, All cotton shippe in contravcntion Of
the foregoing paragraph Of this order, will
be rcshippcd to some point in the interior
at the eypensc of the owner.
81. The Coloncls and commissioned officers
Of the several regiments Of this Brigalc are
charged with the execution Of 'hesc order
and will sec that they arc ljgidly enforced
BY order Of
JOHN BLAZE SMITH.
bup Geo. lQH Eftg Lo MI
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80. JOscpli's Guards.
OFFICERS.

Captain, WIN A. Strong.
First Lieutenant, w. l.. Robinson.
Second =" I. s. PrudhommcL
Third " A. l.. Dcblicux.
Ord Scrgt, James Hickman.
ID F" Leon Grencaux.
PR1vATES.
A. lrudhommcf c. Lavcaptrc,
Ernest Dehlieux Emile DGblicux.
4. Deblieux, John II. 1Icrtzog,
Il. Raillio, Walter Hopkins,
a. j. lcstagc, Wm. lsaac Tobn,
John L. Hartman. A Louis Dcblicnx,
Oct. Fourot, T.. ID. Nores,
W. +. Hickman, Joseph Michel
Amb. J. Landrcaux,
WIN A. STRONG,
CaPfon
JAS. ?. 1IlcKMAN,
Orderlg Sygcat.
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Tho Police Jury Of our Parish is in
session since Monday last.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28
From Washington.

wAsntXGToX, March 2G.-A despa'cllE re-
cetYed tonight from Cairo. bringing the
latest intelligence from Island No. 10, says:
the main works Of the sntmy on mainland
are overlooked, and also nearly the whole
oftbe Mississippi valley in thar vicinity.
This delays effective operations by our
forces at present.
Tie Secretary of War issued an order
yesterday, stopping the release of parole
prisoners taken a; Fort Donelson. 1t is
known that an agreement for the exchange
of prisoners was made some weeks ago,
under the direction of the Secretary Of
War by Gen. Wool with Gen. Cobb, by
which all our prisoners were to be deliv-
cred the next day under flag of truce at
Crnney Island. A boat was sent to receive
them but no prisoners were brought from
Norfolk, the same was repeated for two
days without success. An explanation was
demanded by Gen. Wool but none furnish
ed. Pending this breach of faith by the
rebels all release or exchanges will be re-
fused by the government.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28
The SiRuRlIon about VVInchesterand
tIle upper end Of the valley.

The situation about TVInehester and
tIIe upper end OF thc Valley.
AT this writing We have nothing entire
ly satisfactory from our forces at and near
Winchester The first news of our COM
ple,e success has been fully confirmed
We have whipped the rebels badly-aI.
though we have suffered severe lose
We have driven them to Strasburg and
beyond, and have punished them dreadfulIy
along the whole line of their flight. We
heard through private sources that at Cedar
Creek, some eight or ten miles from Stras-
burg, they were so hard pressed as to turn
aud make stand against us, the result of
which was thu capture of fifteen hundred
Of them and the killing and woundiug Of
an additional number. This news we have
through source entitled to credit, but it
is possible that there is some mistake
We give it only as creditable rumor.-
There is no doubt, however, that the rebels
have been very badly cutup. Our cannon
played on them ut times during their fight
with fearful effect, AS we learn from Wash
itstOn. Whole crowds of them were
brought down at times by the bursting of
shell freely sent after them.
As to how many of them will escape and
where they will escape to, we have yet to
learn. AT Strnsburg there is railroad to
Mt, Jackson, about twenty miles. Sup.
posing that the rebels could embark their
forces in the face Of pursuing enemy and
get to Mt. jackson. they would have to foot
it over the turnpike from Mt. Jackson to
StauntOn, some sixty miles. In case they
simply saved their persons and not their
baggage aud provision trnius, as is assert
ted, they would come out at the end OF
their journey in deplorable state of de.
moralizatiOn. 1t occurs to us as among
the possible things that detachment Of
our forces may have been sent from Ma.
n"ssns Junction to Strasburg, as they ca.
silly could be, and Instructed to iutercept
the retreat of Jackson by burning the
bridges and tearing up the track of some
portion of Strasburg and Mt. jackson road
This idea would naturally present Itself
on an examination of the map, and we
should not be surprised to bear Of it yet
Could our forces only succeed in keeping
"ptO therebels Asfaras stauntOn, by uleanl
of achievements, we think the last act
the drama would rapidly set in. In thai
event the rebels would be reinforced from
GOrdO"sviile by rail aud then would ocurr
The grand chance of marching our army
from the lower Potomac on to Richmond
We expect to hear of some such news a.
this yet before we have done with the Win
chester tight and its consequences. Th,
bali is moving, and will be kept moving
vigorously, We r1ay all depend on that.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28
FROM BRAxToN COUNTY.
BRAxToN County, March 90, 1856,

BRAxToN County, March %, 1862.
Editors LntelEigeneer:
AT meeting of the Union citizens of
Braxton county, held on tho 22j inst, the
following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously passed
WHEREAS, It is always the right, it is
in times like the present, the duty of Ame-
rican citizens to assemble in primary
meetings and make declarations of love
and loyalty to the Government of their
own founding and choice, and SO encour.
age and support their agents in every con-
stitutional effsrt, to preserve its integrity,
Therefore
ResOlred, That we endorse aud highly
approve the policy of our Governor in sub
DUNG this unholy rebellion in our midst and
in our opinion the legislature ought to have
passed such laws as the Governor recon-
mended ia his message to them at their
last regular session, requiring rebels to
take the oath, and confiscats their proper
" in certain cases.
ResOlrsd, That we approve the course
pursued by our Representative in the
House of Delegates, ut Wheeling, and we
do instruct him to vote for such laws as tue
Governor recommended to the Legislature
at the last session, as we believe it to be
the only efficient means by which the re-
belliOu in our midst can be subdued.
JAMES G.. Mccoy, President.
G. II. CLARK, Sec'y.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28

The War In the HIAsIsslppI Valley.
The intimatiOn that JEFF DAVIS Intends to
go West seems to be authentic Messrs.
Currier and Atkins, members of the con-
federate congress from Tennessee, tele-
graphed from Richmond to the editors of
the Memphis appeal, on the llth :-"Pres-
ideut Davis is coming West ssou. Rally
everybody to his staudardr' We do no
understand by this that Davis then inteud-
ed to leave Virginia at once, but that he
contemplated tue necessity of leaving Vir-i
glnia at some time as one OF the PROBABLE
tiles, and that he would then go South and
be with his army of the Mississippi in the
last aud decisive conflict. 1t is not un-
likely that motives Of personal prudence
would lead him to wish TO be as near the
southwestern border as possible when the
grand smash comes. Since tue date of his
despatch it has become evident that the
rebels will by no means abandon Virginia
without a bold struggle, and Davis cannot
very well have tile face to quit his capital
so long as his soldiers are willing to stand
up lot us OeIenSe.
But it looks very much as if the rebels
were gathering for the nal stand along the
Alabama and Georgia liue on the Tenues-
see river and the Memphis and Charleston
railroad. Johnston and Hardee are con-
cOntrating their forces ut Chattanooga, and
the troops are being drawn from the sea
coast to strengthen the army, while those
at New Orleans and Mobile are moving up
to Memphis aud to Corinth, east of Mem
phis. General Grant and General Smith,
at Savannah, Tenn, are near Corinth, and
Gen. Buell's division is moving towards
Chattanooga. Gen. Buffers expedition
aud Com. Porler's mortar feet are on the
way to New Orleans. II the rebel ACCOUNTS
are to be received, the approaches to
that city are very strongly defended, and
the advance Of our feet will be hotly
contested. General Beauregard directs all
the rebel operations in the Mississippi val
ley; all the available militia of Georgia.
North Carolina, Arkansas and Mississippi,
are being concentrated on tue Mississippi
line recruits are accepted for ninety days
or for any indefinite time; munitions and
stores are being rapidly collected at Chat
tanooga. and everything Indicates great
vigOr in the efforts of the rebel command-
ers at the South. The long contest at
Island No. 10 is evidently soon to be fol
lowed by great battles in Southern Ten
nessee. Truly mOmentOus events are pend
ing, and probably before the middle of
April the fate of the rebellion, both in yir.
GINA and in the valley of the MississiT pi
will be decided.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28
C. N. CLARK, Sec'y.

DRAWING 1T MlLD.-Wc have repeat
edly had occasion to praise the ingenuity
Of the rebels in devising new TERMS
Stealing government property was '.res-
rnuing" it. in their dialect. In the rebel
account of the battle at Pea ridge, it is
stated that Gen. Van Dorm says he is not
whipped, and that the withdrawal of the
large army "is looked upon as one of the
most brilliant acts of the present war"
To get defeated and run away is hereafter
to be termed not misfortune or disgrace,
but "a brilliant act" The South is ra-
diant with such brilliancy just now from
North Carolina to Arkansas. II
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28
The CsnsorshIp orthePre,,.


The report of the Judiciary Committee OF
tue House of Representatives on the tele-
graphic censorship of the pres shows con-
clusively that tue censor who was station.
cd ut Washington was entirely unified for
his place. lie had been maker of rnatl,-
ematicaI instruments, and confessedly had
no particular interest in public affairs aud
no familiarity With them lie made the
most egregiOus blunderS, and most ridicu-
lous determinations. For instance, the
following dispatch was not allowed to pass:
"GOV. Boutwell, has been invited 10 deliy.
er an address here on Feb. %. Slight
snow storm Is not that u remarkable
specimen of contraband news2 Items
which were published in the Washington
papers, aud circulated freely were forbid
den to go North by telegraph. News that
could not pass the censor ut Washington
was sent by mail to Baltimore and other
cities and published with immunity. While
every one was forbidden to send a word
about the settlement of the Trent question
before the publication of Mr.. Stewards dis
patch, Mr.. Russell, the correspondent of
the London Times, was permitted to send
the following message:
4Samwel lE4rd, INe,r York Hotel, Near York /.
Act as If you heard some very good
news for youself and me as soon as you
get this. W. IL. Russell.
By which ''Our own, it is believed, and
Mr.WSrd. made some profitable specula.
tions.
There are other and grave charges which
seem to need explanation. The committee
find that few dispatches rejecting upon
military officers, aud particularly upon
Gen. Stone, or upon civil officers, were
presented by the correspondents, because
they were given to understand that such
could not be sent. The rules in
this point have, however, been very much
and there no cause of complaint
AZ present, so Tar as We know. The cen-
5erah,p is now in the hands of the War
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-28
TnE SECRETARY OF rHE rnEAsuRY.

O. G. Memminger, the Secretary of the
Treasury of the rebel Cabinet, is n native
of South Carolina. He never was dis
tinguished by Lis connection with the gov
eminent at Washington. but has filed the
position of Secretary of State aud Chair
man OF the Committee of Ways and Means
iu the Legislature of South Carolina, He
strongly opposed the qualification doctrine.
but was afterwards identified with tho CO.
operative secession party. He went to
Virginia rs commissioner from his State
on the subjectof the John Brown raid
His visit resulted in nothing decisive. He
represented South Carolina as a deputy in
the first or provisional rebel Congress, and
is considered u splendid financier. If he
eau make anything out Of the present state
of the rebel treasury he is worthy of that
consideration.