The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-01

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40 .,ditor or tba State shall be authorised, and is
hereby required to issue writ Of fer tacas asal7'
ire rronprty real and personal of said appllant WIN
in EIGHT months after the blockade sraised directed Y
the sheriff Of the parish where said applicant fesles
to have the same force and effect asa neFi iaei's
upon a twelve months bond .nI
/ SIR IL Be it further enacted, &c That the sheriff
shall execute said in case OF twelve months
bonds and pay the proceeds OF the sale OF the properly
into the State treasury in redemption OF sad beha
4 SIC TG Be il further enacted &c, Inat IN case o.
the death of said applicant, his heirs administrators
executors or assigns shah pay the proceeds OF ad cot
ton into the State treasury IN redemption OF sa boh
and in case the should not be pad; the SAID VIII
shall issue in the same il said party were
alive; and his property, whether IN the hands Oh ms m
ministrators executors heirs, shall be SUBJECT TO
seizure and sale as in case of twelve months BOND
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, &c, mat whoever
shall avail himself of the provisions OF this act ana
shall feoniousy ALLEVIATE dispose OF said cotton, ana
shall fail to pay the proceeds thereof into the State
treasury in redemption of his said bond shall be DEEM
ed guilty of felony and upon conviction thereof shall
be imprisoned hard labor not less than one year nor
more than tweny-oue years, and be fnedin sum not
| exceeding the amount OF his said bond.
SEC is. Be it further enacted &c, That when the
said cotton shall be sold by any factor commission mer-
chat or agent shall first appropriate and pay INTO the
State treasury much Of the proceeds OF the sale OF
said cotton will pay the tond OF the said applicant;
| and any factor, commission merchant or agent VINO
shall feloneousIy fail neglect to make SAID appto-
nriaton and payment out OF the proceeds Of the sale
of said cotton shall be liable to Indictment and upon
conviction shall be imprisoned at hard labor not less
than one, nor more than ten years
SHc 49, Be it further enacted, &c, That the appli-
cant after his bond has been duly executed and copy
thereof recorded herein before provided, shall have
The right to transfer the by endorsements and the
said transferee shall be entitled to the benefits
as the maker Of said bond.
! SEC 20 Be it further enacted, &c, That upon the
payment of the said bond by the said factor commits
sion merchant agent applicant the State treasurer
shall deliver the same to the party so paying, endors
ing thereon the date OF said payment; and upon the
presentation of said hed hg tAepPiic1nt or bis agent
with the endorsement thereon OF the treasurer OF Its
payment to the recorder Of the parish it shall be the
duty OF said recorder to cancel and the mort
gage created by the registry Of the copy OF said bond
SEC 81 Be it further enacted, &e, That the State
auditor and treasurer shall be entitled demand and
receive the Of fifteen hundred dollars each in full
compensation for the labor imposed upon them by the
provisions of this bill.
SEC % Be it further enacted, &c, That the Of
twenty thousand dollars, much thereof as may be
necessary be- and the is hereby appropriated out
Of any funds in the State treasury not otherwise APP
proprated pay the of engraving and printing
the said State treasury notes. and to pay the auditor
and treasurer.
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Why ENGLAND AVOIDS AN AMERICAN IMBRoGLro.-
We entertain feeling of very serious alarm when
find own and the interests of mankind entrusted to
men whom no experience can teach and no response
bity restrain to whom age brings no discretion
and power no dignity and who writes from the foreign
office essays whose style and quality would hardly pass
muster in a college debating club war between Eng
land and America at the present moment, would be a
calamity to the world In its immediate and material
effects indeed it might be gain TO the country; for
should reopen trade with the south; ard with
the north, since the Morrill, tariff have trade to
lose. But such would leave behndjt feelings fatal
to good relations between the two countries 1t would
throw the federal government into the hands Of the des
potc powers whose alliance they have always shown
strong disposition to cOurt-a disposition natural to all
dcmocaces and sure to be tostered by bitter quarrel
with England And such a would force US into
closer alliance with the Confederate States than we ever
ought TO entertain with power resting the basis Of
slavery Unless manitcsy forced upon it would be
regardcdin Europe, and by section Of own people,
as war for the sale Of cotton behalf of slavery.
There is only thing than such war, namely
tame submission to insult menace and outrage. Heare
not little afraid that may have incurred beth 1t is
possible that after lord Russell has aernated for while
between impairment lectures on the federal constitution
and quiet endurance of robbery and outrage British
vessels and citizens he may find that he has 'drfted
into war; again. again ishouored his country as he dis
hanored her at Nennas again imperiled her interests
he helped to IN s54sagain assisted this time princi
pal agent, to involve herna struggle which might have
been avoided London Herald.
Fnou FLoYDs ARNY-rHE RETREAT FROM CorroS
HuL-We have Before MS private letter written by a
soldier attached Gen Foyds brigade just after the
retreat itom Cotton Hill. He states that Floyd had
Gaafrt! hat{o tttt5 if L SITUATED m 5td of lie
kanawha river, forming d peninsula of considerable
extent The way that intention came to be abandoned
is as follows
The enemy crossed the river below Us with 5000
men and attacked us in front, to draw attention
/ from the rtar-rie main point Of attack We were
fighting then manuly when our pickets came in say
, ing we were surrounded BY large force who had
crossed the river higher up, and pushing on us in
the rear This was inst dark and night alone saved
MS We moved on quietly and with great rapidity I'M
der cover OF darkness aud saved distance by one
hour anu hall. Before morning We had passed out
or the large peninsula formed by the bending river at
f that point At sun up retreatDg column was at
: tackled by the enemy cavalry, but we drove them
back, sustaining but little loss
We came on to Raleigh c. H. (caIled Beeklev on
the maps and made stand but the enemy did not add
vance At McCoys mills Is miles from Raleigh C. H.
they heard we were falling back to draw them in am
bush they also heard OF the brilliant little affair at
Charleston. They took it for granted that we were
surrounding them, aud rereated precipitately like
flock of sheep, throwing away blankets, knapsacks
guns etc.
We lost all of our tents and considerable amount Of
stores on account OF having to haul the scl-near
1860 of whom with us | was in charge of a
train of wagons, loaded with sick men, whom brought
on to this place, Mercer G. H., Virginia. and never
had such time. -Four men died on the way and many
died since we got here
We are now on our way to Peterstown, to go into
winter quarters there.
From CAlRo.-The correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial writes from Cairo under late date as fol-
lows:
report reached headquarters this afternoon that re-
bel boats lettering below for the purpose of plant
ing submarine batteries Commodore Foote immedi-
ately ordered the gun-boats st. Louis Lexington and
Tyor to reconnoiuer down the river to defeat their
plans Our boats discovered nothing further than re-
ceding smoke, beyond Norfolk The st. Louis fired
shot and shell in the direction of the smoke. The eff
! feet is not known.
grand review Of troops was made to-day by Gen
McCicrnand. The troops maneaversd we'll Colonel
Dicleys new cavalry made fire appearance, exciting
general admiration.
The storeship Emerald of the gunboat fleet aground
the past few days above Cape Grardeau arrived last
night safe and sound.
The steamer Montgomery going to the relief of the
gunboat Benton, struck bar at the foot Of DEVILS
island, ana broke in two. She is a total wreck
The gunboat Benton, clear of trouble above Cape
Girardeau, and steaming confidently for Cairo again
grounded last night, at Jacket Pattern 1t is thought