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Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1862-01-14

CHarlesfoa Hoybos Bayricuded.-
The Lincolnites succeeded, on the
night of the 10th ultimo, in sinking
fifteen Of their stone hulks on
the Charleston bar. The Courier
observes that, if placed in a single
file, and allowing the large amount OF
200 feet obstructing capacity to each
vessel, the whole will blockade about
5000 feet. In connection with the
above the Mercury remarks:
Charleston harbor has water front
from the Rattlesnake Shoal to
Folly Island beach-of about six
miles, with numerous passages to
and from the sea. On the occurrence
of the first heavy northeaster, after
the sinking Of the wrecks, the force
OF the wind, the heave of the sea,
and the action Of the quick-sands,
will, according to all previous expe-
ricncc, dissipate the Yankee obstruc-
tions with a rapidly nearly as great as
that of the late terrible conAagration.
We have known new aud irst-class
ships, of nearly 1000 tons capacity,
loaded with railroad iron, stop on the
bar, in mid channel, and in few
weeks there would hardly be trace
Of them, and what could be found
had worked upon the shallow part Of
the bar. The permanent closing of
Charleston harbor by sinking vessels
at the entrance. we cansider an i'm
possibility; and nothing but Gov
ernment mad with folly and revenge
would attempt it. This attempt of
the Yankees, however, will have one
good effect, in tending to quiet the
nerves of any excitable citizens who
may have supposed that the Lincoln
ties intended an attack on our city
from the sea.
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1862-01-14

jim Lane Again on the Stunzp.-
The notorious Jim Lane, of Kansas,
who is furiously for stealing negroes,
as well as for Cameron's policy Of
arming them, in speech at WASH
ington City the other day, illustrated
his position as follows:
won quite reputation when /
went to school, as fighting boy
Every Saturday night we "fought
out" I was within one of the head,
hut the champion, Joe Darrah, was
great hulk of fellow, weighing
twice as much as did, and as strong
as an OK, I couldn't whip him at fair
play. Ours was the rough and tum-
BILE style. 1 knew I could whip if /
waited to grow, but my reputation
demanded that I should do it then.
So I watched for bile to come, or
something to happen that would give
me the advantage. One day / heard
that Joe had been in swimming, and
had cut his leg below the knee. So
l went up to him and got him to show
me the exact spot. l kept quiet, and
when Saturday night came, I was
ready to fight him. Joe struck out
at me; 1 lodged his heavy blows,
and went in and kicked him on the
shin. (Great laughtcr.) He below
ed like calf and cried enough -
Laughter.) We are now at war
with the South, and am in to whip.
Voice, "Hit him on the bruise! -
l'n'noderate laughter long continued.)
The Cincinnati Commercial pub
fishes the above and then puts it to
Jim Lane in the following pertinent
style:
But, Senator Lane! is the rebellion
''a great hulk of fellow, weighing
twice as much" the as Government
Would you have kicked Joe upon tn.
bruise if you had been "a great hulk
IF fellow, twice as big as he was ~
Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1862-01-14

Cairo and have returned home.
Nashville, Jan. S.-The Louisvill.
Journal of the Sd denies that thu
Northern bank Of Kentucky has sus
pended.
The St. Louis Democrat SAYS or.
ders have been received from Wash
ington directing the suspension o
coin payments. The demand 70,
United States Treasury notes has
been received at the Sub Treasury in
this city and obeyed.
A dispatch from a leading New
York Banker to leading house in
St. Louis, on the 30th, says United
States Treasury notes are not redeem
ed, and that they cannot be received
on deposit until provision has been
made for their payment.
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the
3lst, says it is reported that Gen.
Buell. writes to Washington that his
army in Kentucky is an armed mob,
and that he must have time to get them
in proper trim before advancing.
Richmond, Jan. S.-The statement
published that the Treasury Depart
lnent had purchased gold at large
premium to pay the January and
March interest on the funded debt,
is unfounded. The gold had been in
the Treasury some time to meet this
payment.
Confederate bonds of fifteen mil
lions, payable in March are quoted
at lO2, with interest off.
The dispatches received recently
from Europe by the Department
were written prior to the reception
in England of the news of the cap
ture Of Mason and Slidell. They
represent the feeling in France and
England as being very favorable to
the cause of the Confenerate States.
New Orleans, Jan. S. To-day
has been appropriately celebrated as
a State holiday, commemorative of
the valor of our ferefathers, but not
over the defeat of Great
Britain in that memorable battle
The military was reviewed by Gems.
Ruggles, Lowell and Lewis, and also
by Gen. jeff: Thompson, Of Missouri,
by invitation.
Richmond, Jan. 9.-No business
of Importance was transacted in Con-
gress to-day, SO far as known.
Heavy firing was heard last night
at Aqua Greek. The Yankee yes
sells engaged our batteries. No body
was hurt on our side, and nothing is
known of the damage to the Federals.
The Green Briar raid, it is co, d.
I'd, was by Yankee plundering par
y, who took off horses, cattle, and
'ther property. The Yankees, it is
believed, escaped into Ohio.
The Lynchburg Republican has
intelligence from Winchester stating
hat some little skirmishing had oc-
:urred, with only few casualties.
The Contederates burned the bridge
'ver Capon river and destroyed dam
10. 6 Of the Chesapeake canal, and
ridges of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail, Dad, and then returned in the
Erection Of Winchester. The Con-
rderates lost in the expedition about
EN-.
On Monday; about fourteen miles
elow Romrey, the Confederates, in
mall force, We're attacked by 1000
'ankees. We lost three or four kill
ID, a few prisoners, two cannon, three
aggage wagons. The enemy des-
royed the property.
Several Southerners near Ro,nney /!
'ere captured. !
In one of our expeditions, we cap {
ared two cannon, thirty or forty
dollars worth of clothing
nd military stores.
Capt. Alexander, Of an Arkansas {
ngiment, in a letter from Camp AL i
.ghany, dated the 9th, says no at
ack had been made on that camp or
IL Monterey. The enemy, after de- :
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Shreveport semi-weekly news., 1862-01-14

Says the Bowling Green Courier: {:
We still have glorious, charming
weather. 1t seems to be made for
the special purpose Of inviting and
urging the Yankees onward towards
Bowling Green. But they won't
come. They feel safer at respecta-
bic distance from Buckner's Indians
and negroes"
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JOIN w. JONES, w. NJ.
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meets on the lst and I'd Saturday of each
month, at ~ =. NJ. EMMETT D. CRAIG.
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TPlace of meeting, at the Masonic Hall
on Texas street, over Mayors Office. no24
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The Memphis Avalanche says:
The wheat crop is said to be among
the most promising for years. 4
larger extent of land has been sown
than usual, and the prospect now is,
according to the observations of the
we'll informed, that it will be most
abundant. A portion of it may be
expected in market in May.
The Efficient Bhockade.-The Aug
usta (Ga) Constitutionalist, of the
Sd inst, says:
Three arrivals have taken place in
Confederate port, this week. One
a ship, we understand; the second, a
schooner, with 700 sacks Of coffee
and 16 casks of sperm oil, &C., and
the third, a steamer. 1t is not neces-
sary to mention the port.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-01
From the Indianapolis Journal
THE RECORD OF SECESSION IN
INDIANA. -aI at.r
TcoNCLUDBD.7

The Confederate Government being firm
ly constructed and eliciting the Sentine's
ardent admiration, We should next expect it
to advocate the adoption o. the rebel gov
ernment instead of our own. And this is
just what it does. On the 10th of March,
1861, it quotes from another paper the fol-
loving item of Washington news:
ga gentleman of high political position
in Georgia, has arrived in Washington from
that State, and brings cheering intelligence
of growing desire 10 restore fraternal feel
ing He states that Hon. A. b. Stephens
frankly expressed hope I" for recoLstluc-
tion F." under the Montgomery Constitution
in bis public speeches, aud that he is warm
ly applauded."
And adds the following:
Is not this the quickest process for re-
construction The Montgomery Constitution
in many respects is a great improvement
upon the Federal Constitutions. The reye-
nue. system, it provides is far in advance of
any yet attempted since the general govern
ment was organized. The territorial ques-
ton has ceased to be practical issue. S.a.
very cannot be advantageously extended, as
domestic institution, to any of the terrific
riss, and they are all now organized upon a
basis which cannot fail to be satisfactory to
the great majority of The people of the
North and South. Why should the North
fight for the shadow when they have alrea-
dy achieved the substance. If the adoption
of the Montgomery Constitution would re-
store fraternal feeling and once more unite
the States upon permanent basis the North
could we'll afford to make the concession for
ho ohU thau xrny11d br,
a reconstruction of all the States in hu-
name Union"
Note here the direct and unequivocal ad-
vocacy of the surrender of the Constitution
made by Washington and our fathers for
that made by jeff. Davis and the rebel con-
spirators at Montgomery. We only cal at
tentiou to the fact and leave it.
We have followed this duly endorsed and
adopted exponent of the views of the " De-
mocracy" through a consistent rebel record.
Not patriotic word, sentiment or allusiou
breaks the long line of its advocacy of the
overthrow of the Government, and its sur
| render to the rebels 1t is full of admira-
tion of the rebellion aud its leaders, and no.
where lays to their charge single illegal,
unconstitutional or hostile act. They are
all innocent, honest, able and brave. The
only men who, merit its csnsure are those
who insist on maintaining the Government
and resisting the rebellion. Let us see if il
keeps steadily along this road. On Thurs
day, the l1th of April, it treats Gov Nor
tou's proclamation to raise 5000 volunteers
to defend the Government, to the following
mixture of dennnciation and ridicule:
Governor Morton, on his recent visit to
/ pta1nad Gt A l.
5000 volunteers frcn Indiana if be would
adopt coercive policy toward the Confed-
crate States. This pledge was made for the
purpose, and to induce him TO abandon the
pacific policy announced by Mr.. Seward.
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-31

LEST OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN En-
pURANcE.-1n the medical statistics of the
army from 1897 to 1854, transmitted to
II on. J. d. Bright, President of the Sen
ate, by Sefferson Davis, Secretary of War,
July -, 1886, on pages cog and 62l, will
be found a statement showing the power
of endurance of South Carolina and a
New York Iegiment, respectively. South
Carolina First Regiment, 1904 men, CAM
prign of lS47, eighteen and a half months
service, loss by disease, 500: New York
Second, l,O63 men, seventeen and half
months service, loss by disease, 30 men
From this comparison Of l. Northern regi.
ment with a Southern one, in a hot coun-
try campaign, ii appears that the Southern
regiment lost by disease very nearly twice
as many as the New York regiment in
about the same length of time, and the
loss from all other causes was one-third
less to the Northern than TO the Southern
regiment -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-31
The Congressional Apportionment.

The Congressional Apportionment.
If the new constitution is adopted, tho
clerks Of the Supreme Court for the FIVE
districts established by that instrument
are to be elected in November next, but
the present clerks of the supreme court, as
we'll as county and circuit clerks, are to
remain in office until their terms expire.
The present circuit judges are to hold
their Offices until the LIST Monday of Feb
ruary, 1863. The next Supreme Court at
Ottawa is to be held in September, 1868,
and in September thereafter until other
wise provided by law.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-31
CORINTH EVACUATED

There is no doubt about it this time. A
despatch went over the lines last evening
from Gen. Hallcck to the War Depart
ment announcing the fact of the evacua-
ton of Corinth by the rebels and that our
advance occupy their works. A like DIES.
patch also passed over the lines to Gov.
Kirkwood, OF Iowa. Deserters from their
ranks say they have gone to Oklahoma,
about 60 miles south, on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-31
Three Months Soldiers.

The following call, by Adj. Fuller, of this
state, for so companies of three months
soldiers, has been countermanded, and
notice is now given that no new compa-
MES will be accepted except for years or
during the war. The call for 3 months
men was occasioned by the scare at Wash
ington in consequence of the retreat of Gen.
Banks; but as the scare proved causeless,
the President has beat hasty retreat
from the measures based upon it,
With this modification, the call is still
in force:
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS STATE OF ILLINOIS. J
ADJrTANT GrSERAL's OFFICk, :
. SPRINGFIELD, May 81, 1862.
General Order No. &c.
Under the authority of the Secretary of
War, thirty companies of infantry will be
accepted for government service for the
period of three months, unless sooner dis
charged; said companies to consist of not
less than eighty or more than one hundred
commissioned officers and enlisted men,
and to be employed in performing camp
and garrison duty in this State. When
each company has the minimum number
actually enrolled, it will be organized and
elect its commissioned officers, and when
ten companies are formed they will be CT
ganized into regiment. and an election
ordered for field officers. In accepting
companies for this special service prefer.
ence will be given to companies already
organized, providing they are Immediately
rendered and are ready for duty. The
officers and privates of these regiments
will be entitled to the same pay and al
lowances af the three years volunteers
now in the service of the government.
Tenders in the northern military dis.
trict of this State must be made to the
undersigned, at Chicago, during the present
week, and ia the southern district at these
headquarters.
As these forces are required for immedi-
ate service, to relieve regiments now I'M
der marching orders for the field, the
greatest possible dispatch is requested in
their organization.
By order of the COmmander-in Chief.
ALLEN {. FULLER,
Adult ant General.
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The 4th Illinois Cavalry.

We have been favored by friend in
the army with brief sketch of the his.
tory and adventures of the 4th Illinois
Cavalry commanded by Colonel I. LYLE
DIckEY, Of this city, a regiment raised in
this vicinity last summer. Our readers
will remember the pleasure and pride
evinced by our citizens in this fine regi-
ment of volunteers during thei- stay with
us-a regiment now acknowledged, on all
hands, to be one of the best, if not the
West Tennessee. 1t will be remembered
how the regiment marched from here to
Peru and La Sale, thence down the river
to Peoria, and thence across the country
to Springfield, and finally to Cairo, greeted
by thousands of our fellow citizens along
the route; how it lead the advance in the
attack of our army on Fort Henry, and
afterwards on Fort Donelson, where both
officers and men won golden opinions for
discipline endurance, promptitude and
personal bravery; in fact, how it has been
in the front, skirmishing with and fighting
the enemy all the way from Paducah to
Corinth, where it now is doing gallant
service in the cause of the country.
"a But there are particular incidents in
the history of this regiment worthy of
special statement, and are deserving of
permanent record.
Col. T. LYLE DICKEY.
This officer, from the first, has given
his entire time and has devoted his fine
mind exclusively to his patriotic work
We are told that no regiment has entered
the service SO we'll drilled and armed rs
the 4th Cavalry; that none have been
better cared for, better provided with uni.
forms, rations, horses, and forage, and this
not because of any peculiar facilities, but
because of the forecast and indomitabIe
energy of the commander.
{, But while Col Dickey has shown him.
self capable of raising, equipping, and sus-
tanning a good regimeAt, he has shown
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MAJOR WIN. /. GIBSON.

This officer, until recently, has been the
regimental quartermastcr. discharging the
duties of that difficult position with that
faithfulness and patience SO characteristic
Of the man. On the first opportunity, Col.
Dickey promoted him, and he is now in
the field in the capacity OF 81 Major, being
the only field officer Col. Dickey had with
him on the 22d inst all the others being
either sick or on detached duty. Major
Gibson has seen service in the field III
Mexico, and also in the early history Of
the present war, and VIII doubtless distin-
guish himself in the position TO which he
has been so worthiIy promoted. His PER
sonal friends in Ottawa, land he has many
such) VIII be pleased to hear of his pro
motion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-05-31

PSI forgot to state that, so far, not
single article sent us from Ottawa has
yet reached us, exec pit 5bottlesof quinine
and = OF salacine, sent by c. B. King, 2. u.
IN a trunk of letters. We are now able
to procure most of the medicines we wish
from the Medical Purveyor, but sincere
ly regret that the kind efforts of our
friends at Ottawa should be of so little
avail and that some miserable Mieyes at
the Landing or on the boats, shoul1 be
the only ones benefited. About 100 OF
our men have been sent to general hospi-
tai The health of the regt is better than
it has been, yet there are many things
which would contribute greatly to our
health and comfort, if there were any way
to have them reach. X.