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Shreveport news., 1864-05-31
'Inc fight at Paint.Siilc, Ky

trIom the Luui-vi:tr democrat.
In the Democrat of yesterday
muru!n. w, made brief ,nen, ion ut
an :.,tack being made upon the camp
of Col. Gallup, at Iain,syillr, john
sou county. kentucky. Sine" then
We have learned the following adlh-
,ional particulars: The attack was
made about L. CLOCK on "Wednesday
morning by over | COO rebel ini;lntry,
who were supposed to have ucen
under command of Gen. Jones, who
was reported to b. in Orgy county
.. 8 ": nAa sim. h.s I1ane.-..S..
ed about 200 men, u The
rebels made desperate dllsrge upon
Our works, which char;awas met by
our gallant boys with determination,
but the rebel force being too strong,
our brave Iitjle band fell slowly back
until they reached an advantageous
place. ine rebels We're in great glee
o'er their supposed triumph, aud
made another desperate effort to re
pulse Colonel Gallup and Lis men
his second charge was met by the
Federal troops, and after a sharp
fight of short duration, the rebels
We're driven FROM the field, leaving
their dead and wounded in our hands.
\ diSpa CHI received at headauar-
tiers in this city yesterday states that
the rebels are III tull retreat for Pound
Gap closely pursued by our forces
\ number Of prisoners have been
captured and brought in. The dis
patch does not give the losses, but
they We're no doubt heavy on the
rebel side Colonel True, who was
at Mt. Sterling with a force, has been
ordered forward. and is pushing rap
idly to Pound Gap to Intercept them
Our men are well supplied with am
intuition and rations, and no fears
are entertained of any rebel raid into
the eastern portion OF the State. The
tout of the rebels is said to he most
complete, and their forces can not
be rallied, ut least in this State. Our
troops III the eastern portion are no.;
only prepared bat anxious to meet
any rebel force that may venture in
the State, and are fully prepar, d to
defeat, if not capture, all of them.
Shreveport news., 1864-05-31

E5scts IF takjng RjcAmoad-There
sarc, in Western Virginia, 10000 Of
fective men; in Maryland. 10000 ;
in Tennessee. $4,000; and Washing
ton 10000; whose only duty is to
protect these States from raids and
invasions. Capture Richmond and
the base of all these raids and ad-
vances will be brok n: and 10000
cavalry would do all the work now
done by these 10000 indeed, they
would do il much better, as the sec
tons named would be free from all
approximations. save from some rowing
bands OF guerri!las.
With the capture of Richmond,
our IN lin lines, which now extend
from Ringg"ld to the Potomac, would
be shortened nearly ne-half; and
then the army would be siren
gthencd by all the forces now in their
rear; all on the Peninsula and around
Norfolk and all in North Carolina.
Experience has proved that very
small garrisons are amply. sufficient,
at any point $50 miles in a direct
line To the rear OF our main armies
and as we advance, remote outposts
can be abandoned. When our ad-
vance was at Murfreesboro, strong
forces were required rs far to the rear
as the Ohio river now, very few are
needed north of the Cumberland and
when Atlanta is occupied, the Ten
Shreveport news., 1864-05-31

We have the New Orleans True
Delta of the 4th. It's columns are
principally devoted to the proceed
iaa.aGahs State SGia,esttiiita,tieHal aGr a am
changed hands. 1t is now owned
and edited by W. Z. Fish. In re-
viewing tie situation, the editor
says:
While the general situation remain
unchanged, it is true that We have
met with Il few small revcrses, all of
which are fully detailed in our news
columns. Gen. Grant has put an
embargo on intelligence from tue ar
my Of the Potomac, and we shall
probably know nothing until after
the movements have been made. The
New York papers hav. some repor-
tiers who are as keen fishers when a
secret is to be discove cred as ever was
St. Peter, and they can find out MOTH
ing.
The affair at Plymouth has result
ed disastrousIy. and the Federal
forces have been forced to Surrender.
Upon the lazoo, we have lost Il
gunboat. In both these cases the
news is that men were slaughtered
in cold blood. Either as being coll
ored soldiers or officers of the Cor1,s
GAtIique. Although upon the VA
zoo the man hung had quit the ser
vice. IF ever there was any truth in
the doctrine of murder will out" or
Justice melted out in this world, then
these fends must meet terrible
doom. 1t becomes the government
10 be up and doing, and that right
speedily:
The governor of many Northern
States are marshaIling their militia
for post and garrison duty. 1t is
said that Gov. Morton will command
in person.
The inactivity Of Thomas and
Johnstonis something wonderful, and
we are unable to comprehend the
cause. Whatever it may be, it must
be something potent.
Shreveport news., 1864-05-31

AttcntiO n!-Persons arriving
with. or receiving. late southern or
northern papers. will ohlise US and
bsn.lt our readers, by loaning them
tosthe editor. fonly for an hour
Items of news is also solicited.
Shreveport news., 1864-05-31

he Buckleys say that the newest
20 pnd the most fssgrant is the neg
Shreveport news., 1864-05-31

Atlanta, May lG--Sincn the rrpusc of
the enemy a, Dalton. he has been moving
iuniiu our let, CLOSELY pufsue,, py Jonns loti.
Shreveport news., 1864-05-31

attention. Ladies !-Madam Cell
mart, in her Book of PoIiteness."
gives the following advice to her
SEX:
"lf VIC urs acGpAie,6n1, ,,iil1Iu1Il111
tary men, in addressfs. In!
call them only General ~ "a
for it would be uncivil to gSS
title of an inferior grade; thug
should not say Lieutenant." -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

SUPERIOR PEoPLE.-It is curious how
many men soothe themselves aud avoid com.
jng down, or init eating the pain Of doing so.
by secretly cherishing the belief that in some
one little respect they are different from, and
higher than all the rest Of their race. And
it is wonderful how such reflection has pow.
er to break ones fall. so to speak. You don't
much mind being only common place man
in all other respects, if only there be one re-
spect in which you can fondly believe you ara
superior to everybody else. A very little
thing will suffice. A man is taller than any
body elsa in the or parish; he has longer
hair; he can walk faster; he is tue first per.
son who ever crossed the new bridge; when
the Queen passed near she bowed to him in.
dividually; he was the ea,lcst in the neigh
borl,ood who got perforated postage stamps;
he has the swittcst horse in the district; be
has the Oldest watch; one Smith spells his
name as no other Smith was never known to
do. 1t is quite wonderful how far il passible
for men to find reason for cher;shing in their
heart deep.seatcd belief that in something or
other they stand On higher pla( form than al
the remainder Of mankind. Few men live
who do not imagine that in some respects they
stand alone. in the world or stand first. I
have seen people quite proud Of the unexam.
pied disease under which they were suffering.
1t was none of the common maladies, that the
people round about. suffered from. have
known woman boast with undisguised ella.
ton that the doctor had more difficulty In
pulling out her tooth than he ever before had
in the case Of mortal man.---Rec0lccti0n efa
Country PaysOn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

SLAVERY ABOVE THE CoNsrITuTloN.-
While Democrats are necessarily invoking
thu power of the Constitution in behalf Of the
rebellion and slavery.i it may be we'll to remind
them how closely they are following the exam
pie of the pro.slavsry organs which melted
the war. The Richmond Exqsirer in 1856,
when Buchanan was candidate for the Pres
idency, said: M
The Democrats Of the South in the present
canvass cannot rely upon the old grounds Of
defence and excuse for slavery; for they seek
not merely to retain it where it is. but to ex-
tend it into regions where it is unknown.
Much less can they rely on the mere cousiitu-
tional guarantees Of slavery. for such reliance
is pregnant with the admission that slavery is
wrong. and but for the Constitution should be
abolished.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

A WESTERN DEsCRipTicN or WAtTziNo.
"A group Of splendid ones is on the floor.
and lovingly mated. The gents encircle their
partners waists with one arm. The ladies
aud gentlemen close face to face. They ars
very erect and lean little back. The ladies
lean little forward. iMusic.) Now al
wheel and whirl. circle and curl. Feet and
heels Of gents 60 rip rap, rip rap, rip. Ladies
feet tippity Zip, tippity tip, tip. Then all 60
rippity. clippity, slippity, fippity. skippity.
hoppity. jumpity. bumpi:y, thump. Ladies'
fly off by centrifugal momentum. Gents pull
ladies' hard and close. They reel. swing.
slide, look tender. l,ok silly, look disxy.
Feet fly, dresses fly, hoops fly, carsesses fy.
all fly. 1t looks tuggi,y, huggity, pullity.
squeszity. pressiy. rubbity, rip. The men.
like cross between steelyards and " "limbsr
jacks" beetles and jointed KS The maid
ems tuck down their chius very low. or raise
them exceedingly high. some grin, soms
smile. some gigslt, some frown. sodhe snesr,
and all sweat profusely. The ladies' faces
are brought against those Of the men or into
their bosoms, breast against brratt, noss
against nose, toes against toes. Now they
are again making sound like grorgy-porgy.
dcery- -peery, didy- -pidy, eoachy -poacby.
"Ths dance is not much, but the extras arc
glorious"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28
Pacific Railroad Spectators.

It has been announced with considerable
jubilation that forty miles Of the eastern end
of the Pecifc Railroad has been completed
and is ready for the rolling stock. But am
sorry to say on very excellent authority. that
such is not the case; not a mile of iron has
been laid, the rails being still at st. Louis,
where they cannot be moved until the money
due on the lot is paid down. In the NEAR.
time, the contractors have graded, or pr. tend
ed to grade, forty miles of the road, aud have
got their money for the same; but an sngi-
neer sent out by the President-Fremont-
reports that the grading is the fimsiest pos
sible pretense, being nothing but scatch-
ing down of the dirt where cuts are to be
made, and filing up with brus.:, loose earth
and powders in oher places, the stumps Of
fallen trees being still in the way. and no
sort of all attempt has been made to render
the grading bona .1fde transaction. Agents
of these contractors are here now endeavor-
ing to get at the United States bonds claim
ed to be due on the construction of the road,
and to induce if possible, such litigation as
shall amend the Pacific Railroad Act to give
them leave to enter Nevada Territory and
operate there, so hindering the advancement.
of the California end of the road, and really
intending to do little or nothing themselves.
They will not succeed. 1t is an unwelcome
fact that the eastern end of the railroad con.
struction has been so far managed as to justi.
fy the conclusion that those who are chiefly
interested in it are not acting as though they
had taken hold of the work in good faith.
with an intention to put it through, bit
were emba,king in the enterprise only for
the purpose of making what money they can
out of it without any real intention Of putting
the road through to speedy completion.
After carefully looking into the movements
Of these men here, one cannot help feeling
that no genuine beginning has yet been
made to this division of the line. On the
other hand, all appear to believe that the
California section is being undertaken In good
faith by men who mean to finish what they
have begun. By and by. this division Of tile
road may also be in such reliable hands
Cor. Sac. Union.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

~ A bashfal youth was paying his ad-
dresses to 4 gay lass Of the country. who had
long dispaired Of bringing things to crisis.
Hc called one day. when shs was alone at
home. After settling the merits Of the wealth
er, miss said, looking slyly into his face:
."I dreamed Of you last night"
"Did youl Why, now
Eyes; dreamed that you kissed me"
"Why, now! What did you dream your
mother said2"
"Oh! dreamed she wasn't at home"
A light dawned on the youths intellect,
and directly something was heard to crack
perhaps a whip, and perhaps not, but in
about month they were married.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28
How SALT LAKE CITY IS COMMANDED

How SALT LAKE CITY Is COMMANDED
A correspondent Of an Eastern paper, who
has lately visited Salt Lake City. thus speaks
of the chief city of the Mormons: The Mecca
of the Mormons occupies one-fourth OF the
bottom of a huge saucer, the remaining three
fourths being at present partly arable land
and partly desert. The Wesa,ch Mountains
form the sides of saucer, and, with portions
of another range, encircle the city. shutting it
iu from the outer world with wall too high
for even the odor of its sanctity to escape over
the mountain tops. Approaching from the
west. you cross tho Jordon, have the Great
Salt Lake to Your left and the city spread
out in quadrilaterals before you. more like a
huge map than an actual city. High up and
away to the right, occupying what is gsOlogi-
cally termed "bench," is Camp Douglas.
the big guns Of which ftown down upon the
city, three miles off. to remind Brigham Young
that though he is boss" Of the saints. Uncle
Sam is the bigger boss Of both saints aud sin
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28
THE END OF THE PLAY.


The play is done: the curtain drops,
Slow falling to the prompter's bell
A moment yet the actor stops
And looks around to say farewell!
It 10 an irksome work and task;
And, when he's laughed and said his say,
He shews, as he removes his mask,
A face that's anything but gay.
Who knows the inscrutable design?
Blessed be He who took and gave!
Why should your mother, Charles, not mine,
Be weeping at her darling's grave?
We bow to Heaven that willed it SO,
That dark!y rules the fate Of all,
That sends the respite or the blow,
That's free to give or to recall.
So such shall mourn, in life's advance,
Dear hopes, dear friends, untimely killed!
Shall grieve for many forfeit chance,
And longing passion unfulflled.
Amen whatever fate be sent,
Pray God the heart may kindly glow,
Although the head with cares be bent,
And whitened with the winter snow.
Come wealth or want, come good or ill.,
Let young and old except their part,
And bow before the Awful Will,
And bearit with an honest heart.
Who misses or who wins the prize;
Go lose or conquer as you can,
But If you fall, or il you rise,
Be each, pray God, gentleman.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28


TUNNElINo NOT A REBEL INvENrION.-
A correspondent of the N. Y. Times. writing
from Brattleborc, VT, General Hospital,
says:
l notice in your paper that you give the
credit of inventipg ths tunneling" business
to the rebels. beg leave to inform you that
" "tunneling'' as means of escape. was known
as long ago as when thirty three Of us. officers
of our army, were confined in Libby prison,
Castle Pinckney, Charleston jail and Salisbu.
ry prison. At Libby, a. early as August l.
1861, some of the " Bull Run prisoners" b..
gan tunnel under Libby, but were sent
South before it could be finished. AT Colum-
bia thirty Of our men escaped by tunneling the
prison yard. At Salisbury IN. CO. tunnel
was dug from the sinks to the outside of the
yard distance Of over ten rods. but before it
could be opened and used the plot was be-
trayed. therefore claim that tunneling" is
cminently Yankee invention; and it is my
humble belief that if our Government does
not make haste to exchange the hungry Yam.
KEGS in Richmond they will be popping their
heads out somewhere in China one Of these
days. much to the amazement Of the Crles-
tials and the Aoley horror Of the rebs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

THE New York GENITAL PAHk."-
More than $4,000 trees, shrubs and hsrba.
ceous plants were planted in N. Y. Centcal
Park last year. The cariage-drive now COM
pletsd Is about eight miles in length; bridle-
road Eve miles. and walks twenty miles.
Over 4.000. 900 persons visited the Park in
1868. and in one day over 5000 earriages
entered the drives.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28
Worms.

Mother-Do you think, Doctor, there is
any danger of my child having return Of
those frightful convulsions Can you do any
thing to prevent It
Doctvr-I think, Madam. can promise
you that the child will recover. The con-
vulsions are caused by worms. and ! am about
to destroy the worms, and then, hope, your
child will b. we'll again.
FdtAer-Hnw is that Doctor Destroy
the worms called you here to cure my
child, and not to kill worms.
DOct0r-You misunderstood me say the
convulsions depend on the presence Of worms,
and I fear they will recur 50 long as the
cause continues to operate. propose to
destroy the worms because they keep the
child sick.
Father-I do not like this plan Of treat
ment it seems TO me too harsh. Perhaps
the medicine will excite the worms. and they
will torment the child still more. Let US try
mildcr measures. They say worms like
sugar let US give some sugar to appease
them.
Doctor-Such treatment will only cause
them to multiply still more and render them
the more dangerous. Let them once feel tn e
effects of my medicine. and promise you they
will never do any more mischief.
FatAer-1'he great point is the cure OF
the child. Let us attend to that and not al
low ourselves to be diverted by collateral
matters. Cure the child first, and then we
will see what is best to be done with the
worms.
Doctor Getting angr,)-I tell you again,
! cannot cure the child without destroying
thu worms. 1t seems to me you have great
regard for these miserable creatures, that you
are willing to have your child suffer and pre-
haps die in order to spare them.
Mother-It really seems to me what the
Doctor says is reasonable, we had better
Father (Interrupting hsr)-My dear, you
do not understand these things. The Doctor
evidently has fanatical hatred Of worms, and
detest fauaticism. He belongs to the sect
which has been disturbing the public by ma
lignant assaults on worms. Here is our dear
child dangerously sick. and he makes this a
pretext for carrying out his radical notions
about worms. Why cannot he do one thing
at time Let him cure the child first
Doctor-Why you fool, I tell you the
child cannot be cured without killing the
worms. Do you love worms more than you
do your child But leave you co manage
for yourself. (Exit.)
MotAer-My dear, pray call back the Doc
tor. What will become of our poor child:
FatAer-1he malignant radical shall never
come into my house again. lie is man OF
one idea. fanatic. am determined to have
Doctor who will cure my child without de-
stroying the worms. And then did YOU hear
him say that do not love the child :
Mothcr-You certainly have strange way
of showing your affection. But there is the
child falling into commissions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

CouRrEsY.-No man is gentleman, who.
without provocation. would treat wiih incivil.
ity the humblest Of his species. Show mo
py, and whose greatest solisitude 10 never n
give just cause Of offence TO any one. and !
will show you gentleman BY nature and
practice, although be may never hare worn .
suit Of broadcloth, or even heard Of lexicon.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

TIE SrUBBORNEsT ANIMAL.-A crowd
about door was busy discussing what animal
Of all others was most contrary; some con.
tended that mule was. some hog, and some
u yoke of oxen. A Dutchman, who had very
listened to the conversation. gave in his ex-
pcrience:
"Te mule. to OK, and to hog. ish all very
stubborn; but the hen ish te sthubbornest
animal in The world. I had Won vat wanted
to hatch ZONE eggs. I make Won lsstls nest
and put him in, and sh~ gets up and runs
away. I den makes anoder leetle nest. and
puts her on it, and her run away again. 1
makes Won nice leetle box. and puts him over
to hen. and for all to droubls init have. ven
1peeped under to lsetle box ts hen vas satin
standin'!"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

y The mother of little fellow who was
taking ride in the Hartford horss-cars asked
him as he scrambled in
"why aren't you going to kiss your moth.
er before you got"
The little rogue was in such hurry that be
couldn't stop. and hastily called out
Conductor, won't you kiss mother for
met"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

~ The North bore up pretty we'll under
the adversities Of the war, and even main-
tanned tolerabls degree Of self-respect after
the capture Of Manassas by Gen. Mcclellan,
but when Lieut.. Maury, the great 'scisnti.t,
declared that he de.pised ~, we felt, as we
had educated him at our own expense, the
fnll value, or rather cost, of his opinion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

V A Frenchman, having been but abort
time in New York, was invited to partake Of
a large bowl of punch, liquor which hs had
never tasted before. The next day. speaking
of his entertainment, he asked. "Vat you call
dat liquor vat be all contradiction ? where is
de brandy to make him strong. and de water
TO- make him weak, do sugar to make him
sweet, and de lemon to make him sour I"
~ suppose you mean pxsch." said one.
"Oai, punch T. said monsieur. 1t almost
punch out my brains last night!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28
EPIGRAM.

II certain persons only knew
What others think about them,
They'd think, as other people do,
How well the world could do without them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

% We have sometimes wished that maid
ens might dance exactly like the Graces and
the Houris-that is to say. only with one an
other; not with the gentlemen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

WEBSTER AND HIS BLLs.-Our readers
are aware that the late Hon. Daniel Webst ter,
was not so careful in his pccuniary matters as
some men, and this fault was at times taken
advantage Of. At one time a poor man
sawed some wood for him. and having pre-.
sented his bill, it was promptly paid by Mr..
Webster. The laborer took sick during the
winter, and neighbor advised him to call
upon Mr.. Webster for the payment Of his
bill.
but he has paid me-" said the man.
"No matter, call again with it. He don't
know, and don't mind what he pays. 1t is
very common thing for him to pay much
larger bills over twice"
The man got we'll and carried in his ac-
count the SECOND time. Mr.. Webster looked
ut it, looked at the min, remembering him,
but paid the bill without demurring.
The f-low got "short" threo or four
months afterwards, and bethought him Of the
generosity and Loose manner OF Mr.. Web
st.. in his money matters, and third time
he called aud presented the bill for saving
the wood. M. Webster took the account
which he Immediately recognized, and scan
ming the wood-sawycr moment, he said:
"How d1you keep your books, sir 2
81 keep no books" said the man abasbcd.
81 think you do, sir" continued w. bstcr.
with marked emphasis: 'ond you excel
those who are satisfied with the double entry
system. You keep your books upon triple
.n'ry plan, observe"
Tearing up the account. Mr.. Webster said {:
"Go, sir, aud be honest hereafter. l have
no oobjec'ion to paying these littls bills twice.
but cannot pay them three times"
The man left the roam feeling as though
he was suffocating for air.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

- If you would BE- pungent. be brief; ;
for it 10 with words as with sunbsams-the
moro they are condensed the deeper they
burn.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-05-28

REBEL Cause.-The cry of the rebel fnan.
ciers is, "Cresus! !'-of the rebel armies.
" Increase us !"