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Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02
Condition OF the Army at Memphis

Correspondence to the Chicago Times.
AZ Your welcome and fri, nd.v
sheet. III, Times. is tn. true friend O!
the soldier. and Il, tn. sam. time the
only one ,la, reaches us which pub.
i,!.rs iii. truth. take this oIpor,u.
.i,y Of -iy!u. to the wo.,,. through
lis cc]..nuS. .h- ,1uc "voilt.:Iion" Of
,I.c army -; >l,,nli.is. viii :ah,
our r.gi.n.n: as sample. snow il
i IL ~ orsr Condition ,han uuy
other @. the. .ul,i rr-iin,u,,.'
It's Row n,.,.y s,y,,. month. since
" l:,v. received pay from ,..- gov.
c..,ncn.. l,'u,o>; n. Of the enlisted
n,ru rs we'll ~ the officers. have
I.ll:l..i-s tvp,nhin1 Wpon then. for sny-
royt. How do I'll, :. men Zee! wl...:
,ncv know th., those te;cud.i,s on
,hyi.-.h"sc Of al others who a.v
near and dear on ..nr:l.-arc >u:lcriu.
-,!av, som" OF ,ncrn in. the alns
hou,:--a!! this for The wan; OF TIA,
which The. !.ay. tough! and t,rt! for.
Add 10 this ,l,at til. weather IS .x-
,r..u,lv cold. with six or .i@h: in.
,h.s ui snow Oh ,hu ground, willis,
on...hirI Of tll. .ncn ne harrtoo,cd.
!our-:i.,hs ar. Without stockings. uud
man.. N. without shirts or under
ciui!iin. OF, a,v kind. We have been
accused OF JaI hawking. The f.c, i,
admitted bit men on halt, ra,..n>.
and therefore Aa!rs;a,vra. and half
clad. VIII, no, a cen; in ,l:.ir peck {, 5
cauno, b.. expected to observe 70 u
uic.,vrl, laws Of society or even
,,;o>. ,t warta.c. III. maxim that
"nycvsszv knows no !aws; prov. ,
,ru. in ,his ease. Ii the sovrrn.n.u,
would pay proup.lv, wr could buy
wI,a, W.. arr. now compelled 20 jay.
hawk,
I'll. men ~. dissatisfied. for ncsl.
and blood cannot stand such treat
m.ut. All are drsi.ous :!.a. the wa.
shouid end immediately. l'ar,icu.
lar,y when they see "cou,rabauds"
f,.xrrs. fin. ,,urrssiou\. ..frr, Amer.
:.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02
For the Sinevepo:. News.

For the Shreveport News.
Mr.. EDITOR As marry inqt:irirs
are daily made by III" friends Of my
company as to the naaics "f those
who *rro captured III the Untul:ulia:"
disaster, which hc:ci! our arms n, Ar
kansas Post, OH the lI,h OF .Iauua."
| take this means OF informing til.
public Of their " whereabouts ana con-
dition.
l ax glad to inform them shat on
~ twentv-sevrn, out OF on" hundred
and twenty of US wer. captured. Ih.
remainder of the company was off
scouting. on diiirrem, details and SICK
during the engagement. The follow
ing is the list of he captured. 90 far
as I can recollcct ,h,.a--two or
three names have escaped my memo
ry:
lst Lieut.. W. j. Scott. lat S,rs',
A. Walker, 2nd Scrg', W. NJ. ll.r.
Company Physician II. McCoruich.
Private w. r. Beard, T.. Cave, NJ.
I. Dupre, Clay Flowers. (woundedl
G. Herring. Jno. Howard. 'i'hos. IL.
Her, Thos McClannahan, TIos. Med
lock, Ferd. Leavitt, .J"o. l. Miller,
VIM. j. North, - Pate, Vim. Ste
phens, A. r. Shaver, G. w. l.. Tally
Thos. Walpole (wounded(, = Wych".
The men We're doing wei! wien !
left them. The wounded were rapid
!y recovering under the kind and eff
ficient treatment Of Dr.. NcCormich
The Doctor will remain with the pris
oners till they a,e parolcd or rx-
changed, by my request. and 'hci'
friends may be assured they are in
good hands.
After our capture, was taken " it'll
the prisoners to Memphis, Tenn.
where the transports We're halted to
receive orders for our destination.
made my escape from the transports
on the morning of the first day ;,r..
our arrival at Memphis. remained
in the city twelve days. Five days
I was confined by sickness to my
room, the remainder Of The time
spent in reading the Northern papers
and convcrsing with officers and sol
,liers of the Federal army to ascertain
its real condition and sentiment. |
remained long enough to learn where
the prisoners were sent. An wer,
sent to Chicago, H., with the excep.
ton of forty officers, sent to Al
ton, Ill. There are many friends and
relatives OF the prisoners Of Captain
Nuts company and my own. who,
with nae, ftei Il deep interest in them.
The men have but little money and
no clothing, exccp; that which thtv
wore on the battlefield. Nearly all
of them who had money left it viii,
their friends before going into the
battle. We must devise some mea ns
o giving them assistance. ] proposs
;hat we get some man or the wife o.
some of the prisoners, 10 Soto Chica-
go and carry money to them. They
| need it aud will suffer without it.
They ire not the men to lick the
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

besides u. number of negroes and
SEQ bales of cotton. After we cap.
tured her she was run up the Big
Black, and torpedocs were held in
readiness to place in the river, in
case enemy should attemp, pursuing
her.
The mouth Of Red River is said
to be blocknded by one Of the enc
,ny's iron clads.
Two thousand volunteers at PorI
Hudson have offered to go and boart
her. If permission will lie give,
them.
The report received in MANSFIELD
by passengers from Alexandria is
,lla, the steamer Grand Duke wa!
captured by the Fedcrals in ,h'
Mississippi river.
\ portion of Van Doru's commHnt
had arrived at Rodney.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02
For the information Of those inte

For the information of those inter-
ested we would say that persons hav-
ing substitutes in the Confederate ar
my, are liable to Militia duty. even if
their substitutes are over fifty years
Of age. While on the subject, we
may add that persops subject to Mill.
tia duty cannot send substitutes,
Our readers can depend on this being
the law.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

An army correspondent Of III"
Chicago Times says, in writing from
the army Of the Potomac, men desert
constantly, for reason Of non receipt
of fpay.e'c. They are wearie9 and
dissustcd. til. writer says
II was quite amused at reading
accounts Of the condition Of the a.
my" after the fredericksburg battle
published in various papers, saying
that the men were in ".xcclcnt spir.
its. eager again to advaucr." etc. !
can assure vou that the men were
very tar from being in good spirits
and could "l1oucst Old Abe" hav.
heard ,llr hearty curses bestowed up
on the administration. Hallrck. Stan.
ton, aboliti6nisls. etc, am afraid
his ears would have tinslrd. The
men will no, soon forget their com
ralrs slain in1hiS military hlnnLer
and it is 4 couimou rrmark anon 2
the men that, had Mcclellan been i,
command, We sl,oul! no, have failed.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

to talk of precipitating an army upon
it, and carry it's strongholds by storm
in the face Of combined nature and
art. 1t is aposition which, above all
others in the Southwest. is calculated
to hold an invading army at bay.
The country bordering the Mississip-
ri below Memphis is perfectly Fat.
For hundreds Of miles the river 10
held in it's channel during high wa
ter by artificial banks, without which
the rich plantations would be annual
ly ovcrtowcd. The heights upon
which Vicksburg is built, rise sud
denly from this monotonous level.
and, 4 few miles further down. sink
again to the same even and unbroken
| surface, which with bu, few Interrupt
tions, follows the course Of the river
to its mouth. Standing upona group
of rougl, and broken hills, varying in
height from two to five hundred feet.
surrounded by tn. river on one side.
and by deep marshes aud bayous OF,
the other, it presents pill. Of natur-
al defence against which our brave
soldiers may throw themselves IL,
vain, unless strategy and sagncity
come to their aid, and tins and pa
tienc., do for them that which was
| don. for the combined armies befors
Sebas,opol.
| The rebels hold tho key to tho
Missi> >sip.i here. We looked and
wondered when they gave up success
sivcly every other point OH the river.
but w~should have looked and won
d.rcd less had ". known what they
knew. and what they have since
made available. They have direct
means Of railroad communication BY
which r.inforccmen;s can be thrown
into the place AZ pleasure. and ""
have not been able to cut of that COM
munication. They have fortitications
which the experience Of two year,
and the necessities Of q twelve month
have rendered most formidable and
experience demonstrates that they
have man for man to match our at
,acking forces. What then? five
fought them on an open plain. We
would be only fighting an even but
;|c. We fight them in III. midst Of
natural d-i.nc.s which r.Gouble their
strength and, rs though that was not
enough, We fight them Llindly aud
rrckl-sslv. without knowing the
ground. or even the numbers Of the
enemy.
l. !, 10, tim. tl.at this waste oi
4. h-,uan life WAS done -! Tho Alnori
can people can endure, pcrhaps. the
~ p-,isu- o! iu,-rrinabic war. They
.nu pay the wages :"d support OF ar
"v,e 80 slowly but ,hey cannot
s;a.:u sill al.u see hi. wave Of blood
;.uI death forever dasl.ir1 itself
ar"ius; ;!.c ;irlnuyaLic rock.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

Francis Roach, has opened 4 res
taurant at the Confederation, on Tex
as street. That she keeps Il neat
establishment. at which anything in
the market can be found, is easily as
certained by paying her visit.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02
some papers

A correspondent of the Atlanta In
tslligencer, writing from Dahlonega,
reports that the trouble with deserters
and tories in the mountains was then
nearly over. About 100 deserters
had come in and would rejoin their
regiments Is prisoners were on
their way to Atlanta in. irons.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

Communicated.
Snow Bill. can You inform dis nj
ger why master Linco!n's green
backs is like the Jcwsl
Well, that's beyond dis nig's com
prehension.
Cos de has noGiving Redeemer.
John, make dem nigs.rs stop such
profanity. No oifensc intended to
de citizens Oh S!reLcporte.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

The eth Iowa cavalry, at Daven-
port, have signed an agreement not
to go into the service at all. unless
against the Indians.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02
FEDEEAI.S HAVE TAKEN
The GRAND DUKE.
RED RIVER BLOCKADED.

We are Informed that our folks
have succeeded in capturing the Era
NJ. 5. They took forty prisoners,
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

A late Northern dispatcl, says there
are about two thousand sick soldiers
at Helena, some of whom are poorly
provided for. The mortality among
them is on the increase. Q
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

The river isrising at this place
Night before last we had a tremendous
rain accompanied by terrific tha,nder.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

crease is the same. and is inviolable
as the right Of the owner to any
property whatever that "krntuc-
ky understands her own interests too
well to ho thankful for gratuitous I'D
vic. as to the mode in which she
should ,nanaS. them; and whe,, she
wants the assistance Of any outside
administration Of her affairs. she claims
the privilege of originating the sus-
sestion :" consequent y. the PROPOSE
ton made by Abraham Lincoln for
her to cmancipate her slaves. Is here
By rejected.
3. That the .bjcct and purpo'c Of
the war having been perverted by the
party now in control Of the govern
ment. in violation Of it's often repeat
ed and most solemn pledges, our sen
a,ors in Congress arc instructed. and
our representatives ar" requested, 10
oppose any further aid in its pros.cu-
,ion by furnishing either men or
money.
L. That til. proclamation Of the
President. dated September %. ls-
CO, and january |, 1868. purrorting
to enancipa,e he slaves in certain
States and parts Of States. set forth
therein, are unwarran.cd by any cod.
either civil or military, aud of such
character and tendency not TO be sub
mitted to by people jen'o"s OF their
! liberties.
5. That the act Of Congress. ap-
proved by the president, admitting
Wrstcrn Virginia as a State. without
the consent of the State OF Virginia,
is such pnlpab!e violation Of the
Constitution as to warran, kcn,ucky y
in refusing to recognize the validity
Of such pr"crcdinS-
| 6. Tha, kentucky will cordially
unite with the democracy ofthc Nor
,h-rn States in an earnest -ndcavor 10
bring about Il speedy termination OF
th" existing war and t"ths end We
insl>, upon suspension of hos'iliilrs
and All aIm!siicr to enable the brliiE-
cr,n;s 10 agree upon terms OF peace.
I. That --coInn.lssl sslo,.rrs from
this State be appointed, whose duty
/ it shall be to .isi. the Federal and
Confederate governments, n; Wash
iuytou aud klclmoud, and urr" them
respectively I" agree upon an arms
,ic- for the purposes herein co:I,"!n-
plated.
5. Tha; the governor Of krn.uc-
kT /: hereby requested To forward !;
,l 1,l IL
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

Our fellow citizen Mr.. H. B. Orton
will accept cur thanks for the loan OF
some papers.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

The editor Of the Natchitochcs
Union has our thanks for an Extra.
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

ERA NO > RETAkEN!
Shreveport weekly news., 1863-03-02

W. are permitted to make the fol-
lowing extracts from letter written
10 our fellow citizen, MrJ. W. Mal.|..
Though no, late. the description will
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26
Notice..
To those whom it may Concern.


DE TREMEMBERED. THAT ON THIS
~ l4th day of October, A. D., 1863, portion
of the stockholders of the Nelson CONSOLE
dated Mining Company have filed a petition
setting forth the nature of said incorporation;
that they were DESTROYS of diSincorporating
and diSSolving the same; that on the 18th
day of October, \. d., 1868, ut meeting of
the stockholders, held ut Virginia, Storey
county, n. T., it was resolved by two-thirds
majority of all the capital stock, to disincor-
porate the same, and that said meeting was
called for the purpose of considering said
step. The said petition having been directed
TO the Honorable ]. w. North, Judge of the
First Judicial District, in and for Nevada Ter
ritory, on the said Nth day of October, \. d.
1868, the following order was made:
United States of America, Territory of Ne
vada, County of Storey. In the matter of
the application of the stockholders of the
Nelson Consolidated Mining Company for
the diSincorporation of said company:
Let the notice be published as required by
law, and the time and place of hearing be
December Dist, a. d., 1863, at one o'clock, p.
NJ, at Washoe City, Nevada Territory.
October ii, 1868. J. W. NORTH,
Judge First District.
Witness my hand and seal of said Court, this
l4th day Of Oct. A. D., 1863.
~ DAVID NJ. HANSON, CPk.
3L.S By FRED. W. COLE,
w oc23 law1w Deputy
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26

An ELnQtENr ENTRACT.-Generation
after generation have felt as we do now,
and their lives We're as active as our own.
The heavens will be as bright over our
graves as they are about our paths. Yet
a little while and all this will have hap
pencd The throbbing heart will be still
ed. and we shall be at rest. Our funeral
will wend its way, and the prayers will
b. said, we shall be left in the darkness
and silence of the tomb, and it may be
but for short time we shall be spoken
OF, the thing of life shall creep on and
our names shall be forgotten. Days shall
continue to move on, and laughter and
songs will be heard in the room where
we died: and the eyes that mourned for
us be dry and animated with joy, and
even our childeen will cease to think of
us, and will remember to lisp our names
no more.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26

MEDDLlNG WITH OTHER NATIONS
The determination of Russia not TO let
foreign nations NEEDLE with her dOmeS-
tic affairs, puts France, Austria and Eng
land into an embarrassing situation.
They would like to punish Russia, at
least France and England would, but they
have no desire to go to war with power
which has proved that is able to ia Ike care
of itself England feels that she was
only the bobtail to France in the Crimean
war, and her pride keeps her out of
another war. wherein she would only be
the same necessary appendagc. France
has probably no more confidence in Aus
tria rs an ally against Russia, than Aus
tria has III herself. and France cannot
afford to 30 to war alone. The upshot of
the matter seems to be that Russia will be
let alone to settle her Polish instruction
in her own way, while the "great powers"
will talk as usual, and lament over the
wrongs of Poland, though every one Of
these powers is at this time committing
a great Il wrong against the independ-
cncc of some other nation. The high
sounding political morality which they
announce with the moral degradation of
their own political acts make their pro-
LESSONS Of regard for polish nationality
As ludicrouS as they are hypocritieal. If
they did not desire to injure Russia, they
would not care zig for Poland or its
nationality. and if they could injure the
United States, they would not mind if
slavery flooded the land North as well as
South 1t is only the fear that Russia
and the United States are strong enough to
set their schemes of intermeddling at def
ance which makes these "great powers
act in Il way to make them both very lit
tie to an disinterested spectator.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26
THE DAILY NEWS.

BrBEIES.-"The air hath bubbles as
the water hath," but the most wonderful
of all bubbles are the Larry nothings" of
the stock market. The fluctuations of
those painted bags of wind the FancirS,"
are wonderful to behold, aud the gentle
men who stir up the soup and do the 6io,r-
img. manifesta degree of skill in their vo-
cation that, directed to nObler ends, worad
make their name illustrious. Some of
the English papers, we see, are morally
indignant at what one Of them calls the
"cut throat game in American stocks"
Strangc-iS it not: that your old SCOT
cased kettle will call your comparatively
new kettle black. If the editors OF these
moral sheets will take the trouble to. look
up Il lille of the London Gazette for 1920,
they will discover that our Wall street is
an exemplary fair dealing place of bust
moss as compared with the "Change Al
lev" of that era of British lIumbug. The
South Sea Scheme" was then in its glory.
Peers and Pccrc>SeS, Bishops, BlacklegS,
Merchants, Lawyers, and even princes
of the Blood" mingled promiscuously "on
change" and all but fought for the pre-
ciuu> script. Nearly two hundred millions
of dollars-thcn an immense sum, forming
more than two-thirds OF the floating and
vested capital of the nation-wcre paid
into the Treasury of the Corporation. and
the government itself was up to the eyes
i'll the speculation. Presently the bubble
burst. The collapse was awful. Public
credit, in the words of Sir Robert Wal
pole. LAY in bleeding condition" and
tens of thousands were reduced from atfiu-
cure 10 bcsgary. The effects of the shock
were felt for fifty years.
What are our Wall street bubbles in
comparison with that diabolical fraud:
We have much to learn in " financiering"
even fIom the England of a hundred and
forty wears ago.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26
North American Mining Company

Assessment Notice.-Notice is hereby given
that an assessment of tn dollars per share
on all the capital stock of the North Ameri-
can Mining Company, was this day levied by
the Board of Trustees, payable in United
States gold coin, Immediately, to the Secre-
tary, at the office of the company, No. ID
North B street, Virginia, N. T., and that no
stock will after this date be transferred on
the books of the company without the previ-
Gus payment of said assessment.
By order of the Board of Trustees,
]. R. PLUNKETT, Sec'y.
Virginia, Oct 10, 1868. oc20 lm]
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26
A,inina ADVERTISEMENTS.

White House Gold and Silver. Min
ing Company-Notice.-Th Board of Trus-
tees of this company have this day levied an
asseSsment of one dollar on each and every
share of the capital stock of the company,
payable immediately, To the Secretary, at his
office, i'll Odd Fellows Building, Gold Hill.
BY order Board Trustees.
J. J. DENNY, Sec'y.
Gold Hill. Oct. d 1863, oc94 I'm
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atlinioa advertisements.

Abel and Key G. &. s. NJ. Co.-.As-
sesSment Noticey-Notice is hereby given, that
alta meetingofthe Abel & Key 6. < S. Mining
Company, held at the office Of the Company
i'll Gold Hill, Oct. 18th, 1863, an assessment
of Fifty Cents per share OIL each and every
share of the capital stock of the Company
was levied-which is now declared due, and
payable i'll United States gold and silver coin,
to the Secretary, at his office in Gold Hill, n.
T. By order of the Board of Trustees.
ol+lm* WIN. W. BISHOP, Secretary.
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UUIueH EIBIt %. INU. T.
Gold Hill, Sept. "a, 1868. [oc2O lw*l
Cascade Gold and Silver Mining

Cascade Gold and Silver Mining
Company.-Notice is hereby given that in
accordance with the laws of Nevada Terrific
ry, and bylaws of said Company, there will
be sold at public auction, on THURSDAY,
November 18th next, at 2 o'clock p. NJ, at
the office of the company, Gold Hill, so
many shares Of the capital stock of the COM
pany standing in the names of the following
persons as will pay the amount due for
assessments levied prior to the first day of
October last, together with costs of sale and
advertising:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26
Office of the Louisville Gold and

Office Of the Louisville Gold and
Silver Mining Company.-Gold Hill, n. T.,
on Saturday, the l4th day Of November,
public auction, in accordance with the laws
of Nevada Territory, and the Bylaws of the
Company, in front of the comPany's office
stock of the Louisville Gold and Silver
Mining Company standing in the names of
the following persons as will be necessary to
pay the amount due for assessments thereon,
being assessment No. 3 of 81 90 per share
levied by the Board of Trustees on the 9th
day of September, 1863, together with costs
of sale and advertising:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26
Thomas Paine Gold g. Silver MINI

ing Company-Assessment Sale of Delin-
quents. - Notice is hereby given, that in
accordance with the laws Of Nevada Terri
tory and the bylaws of said company, there
will be sold at public auction, at the Office of
the Secretary, Gold Hill Bakery, Gold Hill,
on Monday, the 23d day of November, 1868,
at 8 o'clock, p. NJ, so many shares of the
capital stock of said company, standing in
the names of the following persons, as will
pay the amount due for assessments levied
Sept. 7th, 1868, together with costs of adver-
tiSino and sale:
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alfliaina Advertisements.

Truckee Gold and Silver Mining
Company-Notice.- will be a meeting
OF the stockholders of the Truckee Company
on Friday evening, Oct. 80, 1868, at o'clock,
at the office of the company, m Gold Hill.
By order of the Trustees.
c. KEIFFER, Secy-
Gold Hill, Oct. "a, 1868. oc24 It
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-26

Con has written honest man in his
face" said friend to Douglas Jerrold,
speaking of a person in whom Jerrolds
faith was not altogether blind. "Humph,"
'Jerrold replied, 'sthen the pen must have
been a very bad one"
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Mayfiower G. & S. M. Co..,(Former-

Mayfiower G. g. s. M. CO...( Former
~ the Franklin AT meeting of the Board
Of Trustees of the above named Company, as
scssment of twenty-five cents per share was
levied on each and every share of the capital
stock of said Company, payable Immediately
to the Secretary, at his Office in Gold Hill
Stockholders are requested to come forward,
pay up back assessments, and receive their
stock. They will also call at the Office of G.
G. Burnett, and sign Trust Deed of the Com
pany, preparatory to the issuance of Stock.
VIM. NICOLL, Sec'y.
Gold Hill, Oct. II, l843-l3-lm*