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Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-01
An ACT.
To Prov de for tise COIN lsens:s-
ton Of Nome ONh 80 >siOned
O0cers, Soldiers, sailors ana
Ain ri.aes ON Detailed Service.

IIVIlE Congress of the Confederate state,
Of Americ., do enact. That all persons
detailed from the army, or a.ur enrolment
for military service or iron the raHy or
marine corps. for special dnty extra duty
shall be allowed TO receive thrir regular
nav. raiions and allowances ~ II they were
performing service in the field.
Sec. 2, That all -uch detached! or detail.
cd men .hall be allowed il. ADDITION. not ~
csrdins Two dollars per day. and c"mp..n.
sa,ion for all extre work, or for any "ncom-
mon skill or industry displayed IN the rcr
formauc. Of ,iutie. to which they may b" a.
signed, in pro portion to the vaiu" OF such tx
IRA labor or uncommon skill Of ministry.
whether i, be IN performing an unusna!
amount of work within III" usual hours. or
extraordinary skill and superior Workman
Min, displayed in tine execution Of such ia
ties. the value Of srtH ezra Labor ~ 'inro4n-
,uou skill on industry, to be determined hy
the officer or superintendent under whose
immediate direction laid detached or de
failed service II ay b.. performed. subject :"
tie approval of tfr. Secretary % he War ct
Navy The additional compensation rt"ri-
d,a in thi, SECTION hall b, the snlr" tor
both the War and Navy ncpn ,mrnfs. AN.
der certain rule. to Ne prr>cr. nd 10y thu
PRESIDENT
Sec s. That all non commissioned oil
Ger. fti,t-ici..H- 2riyai..-, sailor, or marin,
u~,aii-,' to Government contractors. >hali
lie So detailed without pay or allowance,
but shall be Compensated r"r their scrvic
Wv wages r..criI cd from said contractors.
under rules prescribed b.: the Secretary 81
War and nf III. Navy.
&n,r,,,l ,Junrn t%rt
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-01
SPELLING AOOk.

No" ready for delivery
~ TIE SOUTHERN SPELLER
i;y Mrs. VI. B. Hay, lat. principal OF the
Shreveport F.mal. Academy.
The southern 81 el.r Is designed for be.
g'nn"rs. and in intended u sDcRe,. n7d
H."t.' !. its character is such as will inter
est children and attract their attention.
Price Single copies $50. in new i.su.
or Louisiana money! or 80 cents specie
II copies 500. Liberal discount 20 the
trade.
Orders should nc forwarded Immediately
AS IN" edition Is not largc: ana they will
he filled in The order received. sent 10 any
address. post paid. on receipt of price.
Address. 1SO. DICKINSON,
octll News Office. Shreveport. La.
Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-01
Army Orders,
hA>b Ur.srEw. t. ,N>M1-s. DIR.
Shreveport, La. sept 70 i-"''
C.YSHRAI OHDEEs

hA>b tu-.sTEw. T'r ,N>Mt-s. lFr'.
Shreveport, La. sept 20, i-bi.
GENERAL O9DEEs.
No -
tIyHE per diem and transportation ALLOW.
ed by til. act OF C"ngrc-S approved
Juno 4th. 1854 and published in General
Order. No. 60 from the: Head Quarters
will b.. granted only to officers travelling IN
der orders from Department Head quar-
tiers. from the Commanding Generals OF tn.
Districts Of Arkansas. West LOUISIANA,
Texas, New Mexico AVID Arizona, and tn"
Indian 7, rri,ury. and from the ,hlcts OF
the several Burrnux at Marshall Texas:
Paragraph We. o. No. -. current s'rir-
All G. o. will not be construed TO al
low transportation or per diem unless the
tt-1ers emanate from one OF the above
named authorities.
by command Of ...
Gen. r.. ktRHy SNItH.
:. :. ANDERSON.
oct%4t1 As-is,an; Adj",An, General.
Louisiana, Arkansas aud Texas papers
xtablish four % times.
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Conn mittr,I.

Two tn" J,ii in III" city OF Shrrr" -
l. port, parish % Ctli,. negro rnAn *
Of black color. ag"d about la,rty-liv. ~
years. two upper front :ccth "ut, ahuu. 'iv'
feet tiv" inches high. calls h : nam"
CHARLES, and say lie belongs {" Judge
Hooker. Hunt county Texas.
said boy was riding a bay hors. ahoWt
six years old, and SAID he stole the horse
from campm"eting ground near hi, owners
home.
Also. negro man Of yellow color. about
twenty fonr years Of nc-, about tive feet
inches high. and says he also h"l"0g> to
Judge Hook . calls hi name NELSON. he
wis also ding n small brown mare about
seven year, OLD. which he also stole at the
-nlm" I'm" AnI place a. rDnN.' stated. "w n
er- of 'linhi- names rnknown.
The owner or owucrs -! said horses can
find and obtain the same hv applying TO
Col. ). ID. Pitts, near Nn"rngsp"r; cad 10
parish. La, by proving property and pay
ing charges.
The owner or owners Of the said slaves
are hereby notified to come forward prove
property. pay changes and k, item away
or they will be disposed OF a., ,a" law H.
reefs. J. ". .iA!t..E.
jsj.u7.
Oct p 81
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Strayed or St0lcn.

NNlIREE WORK STEERS. One of them
l. thick set. chunky. darkbrown one
small white and black spotted the other
red and white steer All branded A Is
on the .nmp.
a liberal reward Will be- given for their
recovery, or Information 50 they can be
recovered. WM. BI!TiS.
1t At the Levi~te place.
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O.lice ChierQuarter Master
] u Y W W ~ 1T 7 ] TT Y N'1-N'
Shreveport La. Oct. 1T. i>ui


Shreveport La, Oct. l-t i>ui '
The following rules are adopted tor the
taymcnt Of ali 'ucn detailed from ttfr army
0r by the bureau OF Consumption for service
in this Department at post and drp"ts:
l. All such detailed men shai! receive
their monthly pay, rations. clothing and
quarters or communication thereof at pre-
scrbed rates. and one dollar per day, extra
du'y proper, for each days service actually
performed by them.
H. In addition thereto. the following "N-
ira compensation tor extraordinary labor.
skill or industry shall be paid for each
day s service actually perforated. viz {:
For Clerks--l-t Class. ... 81 NJ per d y.
"a :. . 90 :.
Provided That when any detailed clerk
receives his allowance IN kii 1, gas at hospi-
kals) he shall receive only twenty i've cents
per day: And 30 more. either AS extra duty
pay or additional compensation. Com
mutation is allowed at so per month Tor
one room, in lien of communication ut fuel.
quarters and straw for all post, and depots,
and on each voucher the officer Ia " HON
the detailed man reports shall certify that
no quarters are received by him in kind.
III. For mechanic and laborrr> dcta lied
rs above, officers in charge of them will
proceed without delay to fx the rat. ui
compensation for extraordinary skill labor
and industry. clg ssitying them ~ pt-sCTlb-
ed in Section ". specifying the number ol
men nature Of service. number ot working
hours per day. having special reference III
fixing the compensation I" sections aud
VII of this Circular. said rccommcnda-
ton to be forwarded through the Chief
lunrtet MASTER or other officer TO this Office
Tor tn. approval OF the General Comman-
uiug.
w The extra duty pny for extraordna-
nv skill or industry. or for extra work con-
IN Of he. \, Ia,
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luauifR,s
ii 20 51sI
certify on honor that the above il true
and correct statement. and that it embraces
ri! the officers I" whom Payments were
made by IN" on their pay accounts during
thu. period therein indicated
station ----. OuarttrInastcr
BY Command Of
General T.. kiRRv Surrn.
= :. ANbER-, Y
ro"2 At Assistant .\dJtan, Gene. al.
Louis ana. Arkansas and TrNl, papers
print tour weeks
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Notice.

Notice.
HEAD CT >HTER> ENG. pEIT
THA>> MISS. DErr.,
Shreveport. October 2slh. 1864. J
DEtSDN> having slaves employed on
/ the pabfc deii'nceS are urgently re-
ule>ted to forward blankets. or some sub
sliiut.. to them, II j.. At present. impos>i-
BILE tor the Government 10 do more than
supply the soldiers in the field.
Much sickness and many deaths may be
prevented. if owners will forward proper
bedding tn their negroes promptly.
IL. I. DOT GLAS,
uovl-2t 1t. Col. and Chief Eng.
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Astronomers predict that in No:
vember of this year meteoric dis
play of falling stars, similar to that
of November 1888, will take place:
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"One of RosScr'S men tells NE that
in the late fight at Ream's, the Yam.
KEGS, utterly demoralised by the ter
rifle fire of Prgrams'S artillery at
three hundred yards distance, made
no fight at all, but lrapeI over their
works and ran forward to deliver
themselves up. Some of the cavalry
unaccustomed to such wholesale sur
rendering, mistook it for n charge,
fired and Killed many of tic Yankees
before they discovered they were
unarmed. Hampton commanded in
person. and the infantry cheered the
cavalry as they passed. Hancock,
Meade, Grant, all lied cgregeouslv
about the fight, for We still hold the
Yankee works, aud more than two
hundred of their dead We're still un.
buried day or two ago. = Cores
pondent Richmond Examiner:
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Iit.Np or <HrER> IE,N>-MI>-. DEr'- !
Shreveport. La. oct. 2s,I-GI
G,:Ni.rS. ORDERS
No. So
TlNlE following order from the War
/ department i r.pubiish.i for intor-
mA,Ioa:
A,5ur+Nr 40 IsSi'r'R, GEMS OFFICE.
Richmond. Va, Aug. %, leGi.
G&NEH,I D@psRS
No. 90
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Local AdvertiSe'S,
RUN Az ~.

III ~ ~ y !.
4 negro man. calling himself MACK
IA aged about 40 wears : black: about )
feet 10 inches wa- in th. employ OF the
=. NJ Department at til post. from some.
i'm" last sumner until April last h" wI-
transferred To me - b"luu-ir. to William
Lee. lie run of in April list and was APP
pretended yesterday and now saws he be-
longs to John Anderson. formerly of Mar
shalt county, Miss. -Yd now in TEXAS.
The owner OF said negro viii CONF. for
ward. prove his property and tax" him
away.
K. T. EICkNER
Capt y. q VI.
shreveport, Aug lH'h. 1864. [2%-'t
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Found

4 MULE. which the owner can have by
"A applying 10 me.
Nov. TT, y. Il. HULL.
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5000 Reward.

- ANYWAY on the 10th rc'rbcr. DICK.
IL feet inches high. - years Old.
black compcxi"n. las a large war, on
On" II Ms cars. and ;I3>p u@c GA his shout.
dor: wri-..> about Is puuu!~
Tn" an"v" 'cNur.i MI b. p3.jd for Iii d.
livery to ii" UnT"r-j-nri al Shreveport. or
for his iua-Iu"u, in 'r'.-o that We can O..
him. l.. X l.. JACOBS
\pv #
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FURNISHED TT ESDfY MORNING
.INo. DICI[IN
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

Terms For jsiz months so ih'co
,nrth, 81; In Kew Issue of Confederate
note. or Louisiana State note.
Persons who prefer paying in specie can
have i, at the rate of - per nnnum.
~ Money must not he sent at our risk. y.
AJvertiSinG-S3 per square tor first IN
sertivu: each subsequent insertion -
Obituary notices, marriages, calls tor pub
lie meetings. etc, charged for ns other al
v.r,i.ements. joins DICktN>"N,
Editor and Pr"!,rict"r
eight lines or less in this paper - c"nst'-
tuted n square. No deduction or increase.
mad. to corrr-p"ra with the ch."ge> al
other papers. publishing similar ndE''t',--
n-n,- a. appear i'll this paper. !"ts ""'
notice and 1ore m yonrs~'res drr"rd"J'y-
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plotting Paper.

NOR SALE at this Office by q,
Il NJ. WiINsTO;
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Oct. p 81.
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Speech Of President Davis at
Macon. Ga.

Tie following is the substance of
the speech delivered Mt Macon. GA,
recently, by President Davis, and
will BE- found interesting aad instrnc-
tive:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12
A Big Word for our City Hall.

The New York Independent, two OF whose
edtors-Messrs. Beecher and Tilton-have
recently lectured in this city, contains the fol-
lowing handsome notice of our New City
Hall:
A HANDSOME SPEAKING HALL.-Though
We are people fond of public meetings, our
public halls are generally bad. Taking the
country through, three-fourths of the best
audence-rooms are faulty. Either the hall
Is insufiiciently ventilated, or aceustically
defective, or, if not failing in these respects,
uncomtortably arranged, having an unnviting
platform, formidable desk, vacant and
chilling space between the speaker and the
audience. and giving a general appearance of
cheerlessness-the opposite Of homelikeness
and cosiness. Sometimes the gas-lights on the
platform are in the wrong place-so near tina I
an unruly gesture carries ones fingers into
the flames, like needless moths Sometimes a
barocade keeps a lecturer imprisoned away
from the sympathy of his hearers. Sometimes
two lamps stand sentry one on each end
of the desk, staring with the eyes Of Cy-
clops into ones face, trying his words as by
fire before they get to the ears in front. But
a good hall, comfortably and invitingly arran-
ged, helps to make good speech. An ex-
temporaneous orator quickly feels the influ.
chce, not ouif Vi INC auulence, out the Duilu-
ing and its furniture. Ofcourse, good speech
es can be made in bad halls, and bad speeches
in good ones. But, generally, three thin gs
are necessary to a warm-hearted and success
full speech-a good speaker a good audience
and good hall. To anybody who Is medi-
tating the building of a new hall, we say
Drop your plan at once, and before laying
another stone or driving another nail, make q
journey to Portland, and learn the secret con-
venience, beauty and cheerfuness of the grand
andence-room in the new City Hall. Saying
nothing of buildings designed for scenic rep
resentation, such as the Academy of Music of
this city-for the theatre, If it were meant for
roice alone, would abridge its wide stage and
close its open-work overhead, through which
the volume Of sound is wasted-the palm for
speaking-hall is borne by Portland-a hand
some town, which some people may have
heard of away down in the Pine Tree State
We would like to borrow that hall for New
York or Brooklyn. Who will give us one like
ito
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12

very spirited one. Prayer was offered by Rev
Mr.. Cone, and brief addresses were made by
Messrs. Revell of ireland, Smythe OF England
Carleton, Tuckerman and others of Portland
Mckenzie of Augusta, Stackpole of Cor
ham, Burgess and Kimball of Bangor, and
others.
The feature of the evening, however, was
the appearance Of Maj. Gen. Howard, who
was introduced by c. A. Stackpole, Esq, Of
Gorham, and who made foreible and hearty
speech, which was received with degree oil
applause worthy of one of our States most
gallant heroes.
The meeting of the convention seems to
have been perfect success, and We doubt not
will result in much good. The greatest con-
fldence is felt that the Legislature will, with
out serious opposition, pass either an explain
atory act, or an independent act attaching the
same penalties to the illegal sale of malt Ii
quors that now attach to the sale of those in
which alcohol is found in a more concentrated
form. The fear of injury to other good caus-
es, and of introducing mischievous elements
into the elections at a critical time in our ma
tional affairs, seems to have died out, and the
more sensible view prevails that whatever is
right and just, and is demanded for the best
good of society, is also safe, and safe at all
times.
Mr.. Revell, to whom allusion Is made above,
is engaged by the American Temperance
League, to labor principally among the chill
dren of our country, and he has a most happy
faculty, by his songs and his simple but heart
felt stories, of engaging their minds, and of
doing immense good in planting within them
the principles of new life Rev. Mr. Smythe
is also in the employ of the Temperance
League, and is an eloquent and effective work.
err in the cause.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12


making too number of new boilers for diff
ferent steamers. They have made two steam
fire engines for the city. They have two 9th,
ers which they built to be sold, and one that
is kept for their own use.
If you want to go through the Portland
| Works, you should first enter the Office and
ask permission of the Superintendent for like
the Sugar House this is no place for idlers and
| No Admiudnce is marked in plain characters
upon the door. In the office-buildng is the
| room where you will find the draughtsmen,
three in number, whose employment is to
make drawing of every implement and ma
chine which the Company agrees to manufac-
ture.
In the same building the Superintendent
has his room, and the clerks have theirs
They have two book-keepers, and one of them,
Mr.. Rufus ID. Bean, is a native Of Portland
and has been clerk with the Company ever
since they began their operations. He has a
complete knowledge of the Company's bust
ness. He is gentlemanly and accommodate
ing. You pass out of this place down fight
vi UdCh SltpS anu ~ ny d itbtiO puiAah'6 VA
the right to the manufacturing establishment.
This little building l have just mentioned is
the Office of Mr.. VanHorn whose duty it is to
mark down the time of the workmen and de-
duet whatever days or parts of days they may
have lost This is done in very neat and
systematic way.
You enter the works and there are five
hundred things to be seen. You can look at
them in short time, but it would take week
to describe them. One or two things | will
mention, and if they make the reader inter-
ested la the establishment he must do as 9TH
ers have done before him-go and see. Here
is the process of guaging and grinding shells.
1t is quite pleasant TO see the fire fly when
shell is held upon the machine to be finished.
This is nice piece of work and requires
good deal of skill. Further on is the engine
room. They have large engine and small
er one, and are about putting up another.
Beyond this is the pit under ground where
the great iron guns are cast. The manufac-
ture Of these guns will probably make large
part of the business in works of this kind, for
our utiHSuitieS dic tcdChiiiS tiO va
lion that such instruments of defence may be-
come useful and that it is better and safer to
be prepared for war in time of peace than
to be found unguarded when the war breaks in
upon us. On the second floor is the machine
shop, and the work they do here is study by
itself for any one who is interested in machin-
cry. Somewhere on the next floor is the brass
room where all the composition mountings
for the works are finished. Above the ma
chine shop is the pattern room where patterns
of most things cast here are made, and upon
the last floor, nearest the roof, are slowed
away patterns old and dusty and painted
black-patterns of wheels, Of joints, Of cylin-
ders-patterns of thousand needful things
that no one would ever attempt to name un-
Jess he is thoroughly acquainted with machin-
cry of all kinds, and anxious to have other
people know as much about it as he knows.
A. X.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12
Browns Bronchial Troche..

81 hare necer changed my mind respecting them
from the rst excepting to think yet better Of that
iohich oegaa thinking ceH Qf."
Rev. HENRY WARD BxEcHER
1.-The Troches are a staf Of life to me-"
Prof. EDWARD NORTH
Pres. Hamilton College, Clinton, n r.
For Throat Troubles they are a speciac.''
Mp. WILLIS
''Too Japo rally kaoga TO need commeadasioa.r
Hon. CHARLES A. PHELPS,
Pres. Mass. Senate.
contain no Opium nor anything Injurious"
DIR. A. A. HAYES, Chemist, Boston
an elegant combination for Coughs
DR.. q. BIGELow, Boston.
81 recommend their use to Public Speakers
Rev. f. II. CHAPLIN.
most saistary retief in BroR chitis"
Rev. SEIGfRIED Morristown Ohio.
Very beneficial schea suffering from Colds"
Rev =. j. Z. ANDERSON ST. Louis
almost instant relief IN the distressing labor of
breathing peculiar to asthma"
Rev. A. G. EGGLEsros New York
They hare suited my case eractiy reiieriag my
throat so that 4 could sing icith ease
T. DuCHARNK,
Chorster French Parish Church. Montreal.
As there are limitations, be sure to OBTAIN the
genuine"
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine in
the United States and most foreign countries Is
ecnts per box. febl dim
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12
BY TELEGRAPH


Vdri0us Items.
The Legislature of East Virginia adjourned
sine die without choosing a Senator in place
of Mr.. Rawden. 1t is believed that an extra
session will be necessary, during which two
IS. Senators will probably be elected.
The Times Washington despatch says a
letter from an officer of Gen. Banks staff,
dated Brownsville, Texas, states that the Mex
leans are recognizing their armies for often
siye operations in the spring. They are con-
Hdent OF their ability to drive the French out
of the country.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.
The Montgomery Ala Daily Mail has the
following significant announcement
"Ramors Of an evacuation of Richmond are
gaining credit. There is a movement on foot
which will create more CONSERVATION in Rich
mond than anything that has occurred during
the war;"
ST. LOUIS, Feb. TO-
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
says the largest and most powerful fleet vet
seen on the Mississippi rive. is being fitted up
for Admiral Porter. The greatest activity
prevails in all the naval depots and yards on
the Ohio and Mississippi
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12
Brighton Cattle Market.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 1864
AT market s25 beef cattle, 80 stores 1850 sheep 30
shoats. -
PRIcEs-Beef Catfte-Sales quick at higher prices
than last week we notice ent lot very fne pur
chased by Sanders Hartwell. at something more
thant~l0 80. We quote-ExtIa $40 90; first quail
~, 80 80 q To- econd 80 a 90; third 80 as Is
WorkiRg OreR--No sales
Co'cs and Cdires-Good cows. with or without
calves in demand Sales s2s. 80. 80. 40. "A, S. 60
Sheep--A large number offered for the season
sales by live weight u. s 81.
Shodfs-None offered except those left over last
week; no lots sold. At retail from 81 to "A.
Fat H0gs-Nonc:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-02-12

shat will STICK
Patches and Liningsto Boots and Shoes sufneisnt
ystrong without stitching;
Ihat Will ehectualy mend Furniture, Croekery
Toys. and all articles of household use.
Belt Makers,
Boot and Shoe Makers,
Manufacturers and Machinists,
And Families,
leakage of Coal Oil.
II is insoluble in water or oil.
Itis liquid. and as easily applied as paste.
II will adhere oily substances.
Itis
HILT0N'S INSOLUBLE CEMENT,
HILTON BROTHERS, Proprietors,
Providence, RI.
Sappliedin paekages from 2 os. to l00Ibs, By
CHAS. RICHARDSON q CO,
81 Broad Street, Boston,
Sole Agents for New England.
W. F.PHILLIPS, Agent for Portland.
fsbl7dly