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The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-22

name u! the city.
Gov. Smith will be nhs,guratcd to-
morrow at the State capitol.
No business of Importance in the
Senate to-day. Adjourned :ill Sat
urday.
In the house, the bill to place in
he military service all who have
furnished substitutes, was taken mp,
aid the slight verbal amendment of
! he senate agreed TO.
Tho rule of the house, which re-
Guires all bills that have passed to
lie on the table FOR two days before
being sen. to the senate or to the
president, was suspended, SO the bill
to put the principals in the army
vii! 20 Immediately to the president.
Preparations have already been
made 10 test the validity of the act
IL count il approved by the presi-
dent.
Hons. refused to adjourn to Sat
urday, and will meet TO morrow.
Richmond, Jan. 1.-The house ad-
.iourned NJ noon, but after the hour of
meeting.
The reception ut TIE executive
mansion was attended by a great
thr"n". The weather was propirious
and the event passed oil in :. most
Satisfactory uauurr.
Gen. ! II. MORGAN Wi! arrive her.
ON Tuesday next. fru,u Danvill..-
rrrunr.tiunS are making to rive him
a grand reception.
Charleston, Dec. 80 .-S,yrn shells
were fired "a, the CITY this morning.
Nobody hurt.
III. lining heard in the direction of
Stone was an engagement between
our batteries ut Scc..siouvil!e and
iho>e OF the enemy at Lighthouse In
l''.
ne Su!'""t' at pa iHiai'u "''"
as" ""'"'hS ''"i''' : i7H'''"' 40 cas-
uanirS are Frp"r''c'
Inc yankees ar" throwing up
| heavy "ar'n-"~Fks Opposite "rc"7-
slonvI!!e. lhrN ar" also landing
more guns n 'he inlet.
ny haEr commenced dragging
tn" channel hr"ech Oh Wagner "'th
Nv" harS"S f>t the suppose" purpose
OF raising Ia" W r"hawk"n
lhc 'i.""iE''S AGAIN ut work upon
( 'i"g- he'A"N r'-"p"n"d the rn'hra-
sure with 4 lu-inch '"!unbiad bear
nag upon or; Sumter.
| tha'.c,t'''' Jan J. he enemy
/ hrru t""!'r shells al me Guy p"-
tween ) and ! o cIorE ihis afternoon.
! Ga: h-.;'ri"a replied. II" irinS
'@7''" about "'1 """r' some t."
scattering SHOTS nave been 'if'a be-
tween ":h"r batteries. II" yankees
/ appear :" :" :4AhlnS reconnaissance;
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-22
A Norfolk correspondent OF n yam.
kee paper writes


A Norfolk correspondent OF Il yam
kee paper writes
1t is said that Cranay Island, 80
long used as barracks for the contra
bands of this department, VIII. as it
now has been abandoned for that
purpose. be st: apart for rebel pris-
oners. Those that are now confined
on Johnston's Island, Lake Eric.
will in all probability be transported
here within a short time. The rca-
sons which are the most potent for
the use of Craney Island for this pur-
pose are, that it is situated in Il eli
mate moSe cungcnial to the health Of
those confined that it is easy of ac-
cess III the forwarding of supplies,
and that it is nearer the point Q. ex-
change for the delivery OF prisoners.
. We learn that by the last flag of
truce steamer, Judge -Ould received
from Gen. Hitchcock Il reply to his
fair and equitable proposition for an
exchange of prisoners--thc same
heretofore submitted to General lIer-
edith. The authorities at Washing
ton have determined that there shall
be no exchange until the Confrdc.-
ates concede that "a white man *
just as good as nigger"-and, OF
course the proposition was rejected.
Thus ends, for the present, if not for
ever, all hope Of am exchange.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
THE ASPIRING NEGRO.

Under the teachings of the Tribune, the
colored people are beginning to "put on airs"
In the 1nglol1fricdn we find sharp
attack upon EIizur Wright, Boston aholi-
ZIONIST, because he presnmes to say that the
negro has not so much viriltv as the whites.
The editor goes on to show that the colored
race in this country doubles every twenty
two years, while it takes thirty years for the
whites even with the aid of emigration, to
double their numbers. But hear how this
darkey editor talks:
No, friend Wright, you need not disturb
yourself about the black man. in these Unit
ed States; he has a good standing color, and
AN abundance of endurance; just brush some
of those knotty cobwebs from your brain and
look at him: tall, JraDny, aoell limbed, sound
brained as God made him, a man and a broth
r. Your sharp nosed hatchetJaced, lank-
haired people, aided by science and the "hub"
havervainly tried to crush the manhood out
Of him, and failed; do give up; you cannot lie
him out of his manhood. He IS a better man
and citizen that you or your race "ever dare
be-" under any circumstances, IN all CLIMATES;
if not, why do you cut down his equal chan
ce,? Why shut your eyes to facts! Bluff
Ben Butler, the other day, started on forced
march of some two or three days. He had
two white and two back regiments of infant
ry. 1t was in climate moreover, favorable
to the whites" How was it when they arriv.
ed Mere2 One half the white soldiers la |
struggled. exhausted on the road---euery
black soldier answered to his name at rol'
call. Pshaw! Don't "fool' any longer. If
you want this rebellion wiped out take three
hundred thousand Of your blacks; give as Ben
Butler or let us 90 alone, and IN Sirfy days
the South shallbe wiped out.
This is decidedly rich. These darkies
now claim, it seems to be healthier, sound
err brighter race than their New England adj
mrers. These last are pronounced ''sharpl
nosed, ha,chet faced, and ank haired," while
the negro is ";al, brawny, welI'mbed and
sound Drained" Negro equality is no longer
the doctrine: it is now negro superiority.
And is it not little degrading for the
nigger to acknowledge brotherhood with
the ''sharp nosed, Ratchet faced and lank-
haired" Yankee9 Penn. Je6ersonian.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary are considered as wishing to con-
tinue the subscri ption.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontinued
publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid
g. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
se Mt, they are held responsible until they settle
sher bills and give due notice to discontinue
them.
4, If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper is sent
to the former direction, they are held RESPONSE
BILE. Notice should always be given of removal.
5. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take paper from the office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima Jocie evidence
of intentional fraud.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
A Great Old Joker

The New York Herald is responsible for
the following joke on Abe Lincoln:
Ever age and country has its great jokers
Greece had the great ESop, and also Diog-
enese, who was a hard, dry, caustic old wit,
and made people vince rather than laugh
Rome had a host of jokers, chief among
whom were Horace and Juvenal. lal, had
Boccacio. who published several volumes Of
unctuous jokes, and, notably. the D-ran~r
on. France had her Rabelais, who laughed
at this world and the next. and made sport
of potentates and priests with equal humor
and severity. England had Joe Miller, who
is AS immortal as ST. George and the dragon,
and who is said to have perpe,rated almost
all the good things we have read or heard
during the past century. But why should
we multiply examples! Suffice it to say
that America has at last produced her great
joker, aud that his name is President Lin
coin, more commony translated into the
vernacuar Honest Old Abe"
President Lincoln IS a oke incarnated.
His election was a very sorry joke The
idea that such a man AS he should he the
President of such a country as this is a
very ridiculous joke. The manner in which
he first entered Washington-afer having
fled from Harrisburg in a Scotch cap, a long
military cloak and special night train
was practical joke. His debut in Wash
ington society was a joke-for he introduced
himself and Mr.. Lincoln as "the long and
short Of the Presidency" His inaugural
address was a joke, since it was full Of prom
ises which he has never performed. His
Cabinet is and always has been a standing
joke. Al his State papers are jokes. His
letters to our generals beginning with those
to Gen. Mcclellan, are very cruel jokes
His plan for AboIishing slavery in 1900 was
broad joke. His Emancipation Procama
ton was solemn joke. His recent procama
ton Of abolition and amnesty is another joke.
His conversation is full Of jokes, of which
those we publish this morning are pretty fair
specimens. His title of "Honest" is sair-
ical joke. The style in which he winks at
frauds in the War Department, frauds in
the Navy Department, frauds in the Treas
ury Department, and frauds in every departs
ment, is costly joke. His ntrigues to Sc
cure denomination and the hopes he appears
to entertaio of a reelection are, however,
the most aughable jokes Of all.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
A Budget OF Blunders.

We have all heard of Sir Boyle Roche's
blunders. Dickens gives an account Of some
of those which happily are preserved. In
one of his speeches he said: "Sr, would
give up haIf-nay, the whole Of the Consti'
tuition to preserve the remainder" This,
however, was parliamentary. Hearing that
Admiral Howe was in quest of the French
he remarked somewhat pleasantly, that the
Admiral would "swecp the French fleet off
the face of the earth" By-and-by came
dangerous times of disaffection, and honest
mems lives were insecure. Sir Boyle writes
from the country to friend in the capital
this discouraging view of his position: "You
may Judge" he says, "of our state, when |
tell you that | write this with sword in
one hand and pistol in the other" On
one occasion when the famous letters to the
Public Advertiser were attracting universal
attention, Sir Boyle was heard to complain
bitterly of the attacks "of certain anony-
nous writer called Junus." He it was who
reconnted that marvellous performance in
gymnastics, when. in tumuIt of loyalty, he
"stood PROSTATE at the feet of his sovereign"
lie it was who denounced in witherng Ian
guage the apos;ate politician who turned
his back upon himself" He it was who in
troduced to public notice the ingenious yet
particularly confused metaphor Of the rat
Sir" he said, "addressing the Speak,r OF
the Irish House. III smell rat. see him
floating in the air; but mark me, shall ye,
nip him in the bud"
There was the famous speech which con.
founded generations. II don't see, Mr.
Speaker, why we should put ourselves out o
the way to serve posterity. What has eve
posterity done for us9" He was a little
Disconnected by the burst of laughter tina
followed, and proceeded to explain his mean
ing. "By pos'erity. sir, do not mean on
ancestors, but those who are to come imme
daeIy after them" His invitation to the
gentleman on his travels was hospitabe anc
well-meant-but eqrivocal. II hope, my
lord, if ever you come within a mile o
my house, you'll stay there all night
He it was who stood for the proper di,nen-
sions of the wine bottle. and proposed to
Parliament that it should be made compul
sorry that "every pint bottle should contain
a quart" Very pleasant, and yet perfectly
ineligible, was his meaning ,hough it un-
happily took the fatal bovine shape in his
rebuke TO the shoemaker when eating shoes
for his gouty limbs: II told you TO make
one longer than the other, and instead OF
that you have made one smaller than the
other-the opposite"
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

PLACERvILLE AND SACRAMENTO VALLEY
RAIL RoAD.-At a meeting of the Board of
Directors Of the PlncervilIe and Sacramento
Railroad, held in Pacervle on the 4th inst,
J. R. Myers was selected from among four
bidders and granted the contract for grading
another division Of the road, viz, that extend.
ing from MiIler's Corral to ShingIe Springs
distance eleven miles. Under the contract
this part of the road is to be completed by
the first of November next. This division
extends through very rough country.
Sac. Bee.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
NUMBER 33.
Free Passage to America.

We confess we were not prepared to hear
some Of our law guardians come out in the
style they did on the subject of free passage
to Irish male emigran:s to Federal America.
There can be no mistaking Mr.. Atkinson's
language, and we fear there can be no gain
saying it. for his intercourse with the class
from which the emigrants are drawn is ex-
tensve, and he should know all that occurs
amongst them. This guardian says that
there is free passage to America for every
young man that chooses to accept one-that
on payment Of sixpence he receives ticket
from the Federal agent, which on presenting
at Ga'way. Liverpool or other Trans Atlantic
packet stations, secures to him n free passage
to New York or other ports in the Federal
States. And this explicit statement exactly
corresponds with the report and impressions
abroad d-that Federal agents have been
obtained in all parts of the country who, on
payment of sXpence, secure passages with
out further charge for every likely young
fellow whom they can get to accept their
offers. In some localities people have gone
so far as to name the agents and in BaIlina
one has been pointed out to us who is re-
pued to have any number of free passages
at his disposal, but who uses the precauton,
when accepting an offer, to obtain small
pecuniary acknowledgment that the passage
is not wholly gift. Under these circum-
stances it is not wonderful that, even at this
most inclemen season Of the year, we should
see numbers of the youths of the country
moving off in the direction of our seaports,
and sailing for America The exodus for
the present year has already begun. The
cars for Sligo, the day or two preceding the
sailing of the Liverpool boats, are usually
full of emgrants. The conveyanres to
Galway on the evening previous to the sail.
ing of the American packets are likewise
full of emgrants OF this class. Numbers
also go to Derry, Cork, and to Liverpool by
Dublin. BY one way or another, by the
Galway or other means, the young men are
moving off. Enabled to do SO by the free
passage given by the Federal Government,
by remittance or passage tickets from friends
in America, or by what they can make Of
the residue of their property at home--so it
is that the exodus has begun this year again,
and in volume large enough to starte men
Of property and we'll wishers of the country.
but az vet inronsderable compared to the
dimensions it will attain as the season
advances. 7yrawley (Ireiand) Heruid
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.

The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to wordless prayer
The dreams of love and truth;
The longings after something lost,
The spirits yearning cry,
The strivings after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in gricf's dark hour
That proves u friend in need;
The plea for mercy softly brcathed,
When justice threatens high,
The sorrow Of contrite heart
These things shall never die.
The memory of clasping hand,
The pleasure Of kiss,
And all the trifes, sweet and frail
That makes up loves first bliss
If with firm unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasped, those lips have met
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded rs it fell
The chilling want Of sympathy,
We feel but never tell;
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfortunate record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Lose not chance to weaken love
Be firm, and just, and true.
So shall light that cannot fade
Bedm on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee
These things shall never die.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
In Icetown. opposite St. Louis, which wa

In 1cetown, opposite st. Louis, which was
built on the frozen river during the "cold
spell" bar-keeper built fire in bis tent
and sat before it on three legged stool,
warming bis shins, when the fire thawed a
hole in the ice, the man fell in, and has not
yet re-appeared. His assistant, a verdaut
Irish boy, was asked where the proprietor
vas, and replied, Faith he's gone into the
cellar"
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTIONS .-"Let us
never forget" are the words Of Judge Story,
shat our constitutions of Government: are
solemn instruments, addressed to the COM
mon sense of the people, and are designed
to perpetuate their rights and their liberties.
They are not to be friltered away to please
the demagogues Of the day. They are no,
to be violated to gratify the ambition of po'
litcal leaders. They are to speak in the
same voice now and forever. They are Of
no mans private Interpretation. They are
ordained by the will of the people, and car
only be changed by the sovereign command
Of the people,
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
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The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
THE FLORIDA ATROCITY.

The more we learn of the Influences
which led to the Florida expedition, says the
N. Y. World, and the useless massacre Of
Oustee, the worse the whole affair seems to
be. There is an intense feeling of indigna-
ton concerning this matter throughout the
country which has not vet found expression
in the newspapers or in Congress. The let
ters which reach the North from soldiers,
officers. and civilians in that military de,
partment agree in tracing the whole respon-
sibity for the expedition and consequently
for the disaster, directly to the White House,
at Washington. The most shameful feature
of this whole matter is the cowardy attemp,
by the President and his friends to try and
place the responsibility upon Gen Gilmore,
in the face Of his formal official document:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH
HILTON HEAD. S. g.. January 81
In accordance with the provisions of the
presidential proclamation of pardon and am
nes'y. given at Washington on the Srh day
OF Decemher in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sxtylthree, and
in pursuance of Instructions received from
the President of the United States, Major
John Hay assistant adjutant general vW
proceed to Fernondina, Florida, and other
conrenient points in that State, for the purpose
of extending to the citizens Of the State of
Florida an opportunity to a"aH themselves of
the benefit Of that proclamation, by Offering
lor thar signature the oath Of allegiance there
in prescribed, and by issuing to all those
them to the benefits of the proclamation
Fugitives citizens of the State Of Florida
within the limits of this department will
have an opportunity to subscribe to the oath,
and secure certificates, in the office of the
post commander at Hilton Head, South Car
olina
By command of Major-Gen Q. A. GILMORE.
+. w. Smith, A. A. G..
1t is clearly pointed out that the expedil
tions received from Mr.. Lincoln himself,
who sent his own private secretary John
Hay, to restore the State to the Union.
But there is a secret history in connection
with this matter. 1t seems that Mr.. Lincoln
was inspired to order the expedition by a
tax collector, named Slickney, at Port Royal.
This man, who is sharp. unscrupuous New
Enelander after visit to Washington, boast
ed that he had got "Old Abe" all right
There was to be money in the thing for him
self and friends Even the offices we're divd
ed in advance. Hay was to be the member
of Congress from Florida, while Stickney
aspired to the Senaorship. As only about
thousand votes were required, they could
be got from the soldiers, camp-followers, and
suffers, who would Occupy the State upon its
conquest.
In every point of view this has been most
scsndalous business Why was Hay made
major and then an assistant adutant- general
over the heads of brave officers who were
periling their lives upon the battlefield for
honorable promotion? What heart can
men have for fighting under such circum.
stances.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

HIS PR1cE.-Daniel Shoddy Dickinson,
who is one Of the wealthest men in New
York, charges one hundred dollars night
for lecturing for the benefit of the sick and
wounded soldiers. He is fit representative
Of the wealthy men who are controlling the
affairs of the nation and prolonging the war
at the expense Of the labor and blood OF the
poor men of the country.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16
A Picture.

The history of the Revolution of 10, and
the war of 1872, and the present terrible
scenes of 1868, have a most remarkable
Undergraduates the first and the
last. We have passed through the same
successive stages of suspensions, money pan,
les, government tinar cial experiments, ire.
deemable paper money issues, disposition on
the par, of the people to refuse the currency.
growth in public confidence, final accep,a,on
of the irredeemable trash, immense issuses
in 1886, $500, 100000 terrible, imitation,
fortunes made in day. Similar issues, sim.
liar scenes we have ia 1868. Rapid fortunes,
specul alton, thefts, stock gambling, ex,ravs-
gances and final ruin of the people occurred
in 1880, growing out of the worthlessness Of
their currency, and the final ruin of the
country to day, growing out of the issue Of
our paper currency, is only question OF
time. In all ages, in every experiment made
under all sorts of governments and under
every system Of management. an irredeem-
able paper currency has brought ruin upon
the people, not only financial, but social
the very wild recklessnes, the extravaganza
which we witness now al. over the North, ia
an evidence Of Decentralization. Rapid for-
tunes are corrupting. plethora of money
among the people tantS the social almost
phere with a moral virus Look New
York, look at her social strata. look at her
courts, look at her criminal calendars, lift
the veil which hides the debauchery of mid
night. Nay, see sin and iniquly stalking
Broadway in silks and diamonds in the blaze
of MONDAY, and then ask yourself if wealth
earned, as poor man earns It, by the sweat
of his brow, ever produces such pictures?
Nev York Day Book.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

SEVERE ON THE PREACHERs "A Minnesota
clergyman, having declared from the pul lpt
that "John Brown was second Jesus
Christ" Democratic meeting unanimously.
Resol0ed, That Mr.. Fiske has made him
self second Balaams ass; provided that
nothing herein contained is intended to Sian
der the original ass by intimating that Mr..
Fiske is ineal descendant.
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

CHEEK.--W When Sheridan, found drunk
in coal-hole, and questioned as to his name,
replied that it was "WiIberforce," he did a
sufficiently impudent thing, But it was not
touch to the effrontery Of Senator McDou.
gall who, when picked out of street ditch
by policeman, and told to give his name,
replied, in u gutteral voice, Don't you see
I'm Sewer'd'
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

The Farmer says that it can find in three
hours ride, just across the bay, in Alameda
Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties,
grain enough to supply our State three
months, just in these counties, and that is
one hundred and twenty thousand barrels
flour, OF its equal in wheat
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

CHEAP-A letter from Santa Barbara
county, received by gentleman IN San
Francisco, states that 5000 bead OF cattle
we're sold in that county, at auction, few
DAYS since, 81 81 ! 2 cents ceah,
The Placer herald., 1864-04-16

Contracts for $4,000 pairs Of army boots
were awarded at Philadelphia, on Thursday,
at prices averaging 80 II a pair.