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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11
sHERIFFs SALE.

Ofayauable Farm in Jackson township
Frederick Cook, OF. Al. No. 2g27
vs.. Montgomery County
Valentine Silver, OF. al. Superior Court
DY virtue Of and In obedience TO the command OF
ID an order Of sale made by the Superior Court Of
Montgomery county, Ohio, L will oner Rt Public sale
on the premises about two miles cas-, Of Farmers,
Vile, on
FRIDAY, November 18th, 1864,
Al 10 o'clock A. NJ. Of said day, the following de-
cri bed real estate 10 wit. Situated In and being the
North part Of the South East quarter of sacton
twenty. three (23 Township four (4), Ia the Town.
ship OF Jackson, County Of Montgomery and State
Of ohle, containing one hundred aud foTty.two and
one hhh acres.
Appraised at SIS 20 per acre and cannot sell for less
than u Of the above appIsisement.
Terms cash, u In one year, and the balance In
two years froin the day OF sale. The deferred pay.
msns to bear por cent interest," and to be secured
by mortgage on The premises.
eE0RGE WOeAMAN, shoria,
Il. THOHPsoH, Atty, oouT-w6W
John NJ. ENNIS, Plaintiff against Charles Butcher
81 Administrator Of Henry HRgermAn, deed, be
fore Jane Turner, j. 2. OF Dayton township, Mont
gomory County, Ohio, On the a0th day Of Septem-
ber A. d. 1894, said Justice issued order OF Attach
ment IN the above action for tho sumo Of Five Doll
lara and interest Trial sOt for November II, 1884
N 0 clock y. n.
osias-wsw JAMES TURNER, J. P.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11
Mcotral

GURB9 Coughs Colds, Sore Throat, Asthnn, an
~ Consumption. II II only necessary for any one
troabled with these complaints TO try one bottle o
StrieklaNds AeiHRuOUs Cough Balsam
10 convince them that tits the best preparation ever
used. II not only the above affections of tho
Throat and Lungs, but II cures Night Ewents and
splitting Of Blood, and is excellent gargle for any
kind OF Sore Throat. II ~ pleasant to tnke, and
safe medicine or infants Price 90 Cents per bottle.
For sale by druggists generally. MIA
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11
The EIec1iOn I'm IndIana.

Especial Dispatch TO the Cincinnati tnquirorl
lsDIAsPoLs, November 10,
The State Of Indiana, through the manage
ment Of those who have the thing under their
control, has gone for Lincoln by an estimated
majority Of 5000
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11
Montgomery County, Ohio.

The home of VaIIandisham did excellent
ly we'll at the late election, giving General
Mcclellan 3l7 majority This is about double
what it was at the State election. - Cincinnati
Ea1uirer
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11
Coming Down.

The sweeping mAjorities in all the States
claimed by the Abolitionists are coming down.
They will find when all the votes come in,
that their popular majority will fall very short
of that ther claimed IN their jubilAns mood Of
Wednesday.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11

EVERYBODY IL being cured OF this distressing
II disease by the use OF
Dr. Strtckiands Pile Remedy
Read what those say who have used it
Mr.. Charles w. Land. am, Of Louisville, and Mr. j.
= hanarde Oincnnah, o., both cured a ter using
one pot OF Dr. strickand's Pile Remedy. They say
but one Pot OF Striokland's Pile Remedy Elected u
perfect cure after suffering for many years with the
worst kind OF Piles. They recommend every one
who is suffering to tfyit.
Ask for
Dr. Strioklands Pile Remedy
Sold BY all druggists, IS cts pot Mauniactureds at
no, hAt rourth II, Cincinnati, o. mia
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11
FARELL KEOUGM'T Estato.

k'oTloE is hereby given, that the undersigned has
y been duly appointed and qualified - executor
Ot the last will and testament OF Farrell KeouRh LAT
Of Montgomery county Ohio, deceased
BePt. slh, 1851. ROBERT BATES,
G0ptSW9W
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-11-11

- DERsoNs DESTROYS JF sHAv
ing their
PIANOS TUNED CAREFULLY
and perlsooV, will please leave otdats ut BUTTER.
YIELD GAINES BOOK AND PAPER sTOHE
corner OF Third and Main streets.
aug1a J. RUEuKERT
eOO0 PlaH MONTH can be made selling our
ONOO campaign Medals, with perfect lik0nesses
Of All the candidates Also splendid medal of Oene.
raj Grant Prize, $40 per hundred, to Agents Just
the business Tor discharged disabled Folders TO
engage IN, Sample sent on receipt OF IS cents. Ad.
dress W, X, LANPHEAR,
teplf-u Cincinnati Ohio.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

vost Marshal, that n man they had
employed to act rs their guide To the
Potomac had been killed by Con
fcderate hushwhacker. They repre-
scented that they had been engaged
in the clothing and general merchan-
dis" business in Richmond and other
part, of the South II was n novel
" to rxamiuc the gold bars and gold
dust they had in their possession, to
say nothing OF the quantities of tens
aud twrn,ic- that they had carefully
wrapped up aud placed in 'eath",
hagl. Tn. V were then all released
and allowed to take with them their
precious metals.
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Gold Ar,,cing from Richmo"d.-
I'll. Baltimore sun, of the 3Oth Ill
tIIno. says:
Yesterday morning there appeared
at the military Provost Marshal : of
fee ave refugees from the South.
They had escaped from Riehmond
and made their way TO the Potomac
river. and then secured a passa-" to
Baltimore IN Il steamboat. After
they had got aboard the steamboat
they We're accosted by Government
detective and nj once gave themselves
up, and stated they were refugees,
&c. At til. Provost MarshaiS office
their trunks and valises We're exam
ined, and gold bars, and gold dust
and cold coi'S, American and foreign,
were found, amounting to about $50
600, together with jewelry. consist,
ing of valuable gold watches. dla-
monds, &c. The wealth of the en-
tire party was computed to be from
5000 to 100000. Three of them
had their families with them. by
their own statement 1T cost them
about Sl,5Oo to get out of Richmond
One Of them alone paid 5000 for
pass to leave ithe city. They IN
formed Capt. French, Assistant Pro-
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

rv.'. bring matters to an issue, both
leans on the frontier.
Eortiua got only two hundred and
fifty rifles out of the six thousand
stand. said to have been seized at
the mouth of the Rio Grande. 1t
seems that the vessel set sail before
all Jha cases containing said arms
were. landed. understand that on"
>vuor Ss!o, captain of the port. was
n~inrd by the parties Interested IN
the Cargo. He has since disappear
ed These arms had been shipped
10 NatampraS hv Nelson Clements.
On. Of The Government contractors.
The vessel captured 10y the French
steamer which blockated Mntamoras
Il few months ago. has been released
ut Vera Cruz. She had Il cargo of
arms. aud was consigned TO the hons"
of IiAx y Co.. of Matamoras. Mr..
Molon~T j. or" of the firm. and said
arms W;'rGu-livcred /" him through
his hrnth-r-in-law, john q sullivan.
( who acted aS his agent.
! Sine, III" arrival at the yankees
on lac RIO Graud", the contractors
ana SPECTATORS have become q"l'"
( alarmed. An Engiishlnan by tn"
/ name "r- \ttrrl, and an lr!shman'
called ~ Monterey, Patricio Niimo.
who j. >ai1! To be Gov. NidaurlI : son
, n-lnw. hay. been -eiHing all cotton
belonging to the government to pay
th.Ins, Ives for supplies and articles
Of war furnished the tout.drr;,cy -
There = II" doubt but ;hnt they have
been adv i>rd to do so by some OF th'
Quart, masters agents now. in la.
iuaulipas and New Leon. One :"
them is known TO b" a partner o
Milmu. . These miscr"ants who care
NOR" fog :heir pockets than for the
success of the Couicdcracy. arc doin2
all in their power TO stop the trade
= How Little they dream III" day 0
rr,ributitn is drawing nigh!
Mr.. !inlri~ and family, OF Ne"
= DrI.an>. NicSsrS. Norton and Mrs
: Norton, at San Antonio. and :. VI
, SwrnS ~. of Austin. Texas, a,s il
d Monterey. Th" latter has throw
+ oft his mask. and l. ciamurous ia
= our sui,irgntion. The Other -ruti"
! mem n. friendly to Us.
More anon. fltAN l'N.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

The Atlantic presents its usual
attractive collection. The first pa
per is a remarkable, entitled. "1he
Man Without, n Co,stry,' but
whether il i, founded on fact, or is
intended tor The instruction. las 1t
inti,nates,) of Naliandi@hau', TatnaIi
and Others. w" are unable. to say. 1t
rcla-e< the history o: Phillip Nolan,
who, in 1903, was Lieutenant in the
United State, army. and who became
IMPLICATED with Burr in some OF his
schemes of "trras"n.' Nolan was
tried hv court. martial. found guilty.
and when asked if he had anything
to say why he had not been faithful
t. the United States, he replied ::
'D-.n the I nj;cd States, l wish
| may never hear of til" ! n'trd
States u.~tin." The court martial
took INN at bis word, and sentenced
him to l." Lvnc-torth a man without
a country. The authorities NJ " ash
ington approved the sentence and
immediately after Nolan was trans
/ pnri-d io n government vessel bound
! 81, a l.ng cruise. From that time ny
70 the hour of his dra,h--a period o:
nearly sixty years - TIA" United
| states lrcau, to him a if they had
never had existed. Whenever til"
. v,sSyl upon which he was embarked
arrroachcd this country, he was
. transferred 90 one Outward bound
| .lh,. name Of the nitch States was
never mentioned in hi, hearing. All
books aud papers. before going tr
him. were carefully examined. and
every al!uSion to this country com
plo,clv removed. He was :" su.
rounded that under no circu:nstan
crs WIS ANYTHING relating to TIM
United States mentioned! in his hear
ing. Daring his last sickness. aud !
lew hours tri"rc his death, his phy
stefan. in obedience; his urgent IN
treaties, cave him a summary OF TIA
changes which occurred! from $50
down - NaN, 1903, during all whicI
time not one -y!!ahl + lative I" thI
country had ever reached him. ! J.
writer evidently Intends hi- mnrrM
I've. ~ h,. taken ~ fact, 80 Exact !
Ia. IN hi- dates, names of officials al"
y,.~Su,- o.: war upon which Nolan wa
confined lie djrl on til" | ate
: STATES corvette !.rvan. "u the 1t
e.. May oil: IL" rrrFcn, year.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

While the Legislature is sitting,
we would be pleased TO see some ac-
ton taken upon the present currency.
The manacr in which our State bills
have been issued to the public has
caused its rapid depreciation. When
naid out, the receiver gets it by the
sheet, rs though it is of so little val
lie, hat the time rrqui@it" forcuttin%
each bill ap VT, Is OF more worth than
the promiscsto avthemsrivcs. All of
this has tendency to enhance the
price of commodities offered for sale.
TO the point. We cannot see the
necessity Of having the State bills in
circulation, and, being of this opin-
ion, we would like 20 e.them called
in, and no more pat in circulation.
II would be better for the state, a.
also for the people, if Ibis course was
pursued We have noticed am incl
nation on the part Of som" # our mem
bcrs to propose measures of this char
acter and rve trust they w.l!not over
look 50 important 4 matter. ih"
present condition OF the country de-
mauds legislation or nil vital points.
and the currency question is by No
means OF minor Importance, aud II
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

The annexed, irom The Augusta
Constituencies, is a truthful state
mrnt of facts, and ought to encour-
age the Respondent to battle for as
well as anticipate happy results:
1--WE have suffered nothing yet
compared with what orr fathers SUIT
tercd in the first war for indepen-
dcncr. Then We had the savage In
dian at our backs, the tories over our
open cnomv in our front. Augusta.
Savannah. Charleston, Camden and
Ninety.Six were al then Hritis'I
posts. and Georgia and South Caro-
lima were occupied almost chtir"ly
for thrr" long drrary years. let =
heroic ancestry RIOS" from our valley,
aud descended from our hills, trusting
/ in God, and resolved to perish rather
/ than survive as slaves. and they
drove our con4urrors from the
( soil and 80 .cau We, even should oNr
/ land be nvrrrun hv vandals. If we
are not u bastard race our freedom IL
/ our own, even if every male has I"
. sleep ON his bright sword, and every
female wear ut her sid. n cleaning
! dagger. 1t is a great ni-tak" I"
suppose that this war il to be settle"
I by long rang cannon or heavy shell.
Even If our Notifications tai and
I our towns are taken. we will come at
! las, to close quarters with the battle
axe and bowie-knit., and tight under
the black flag in every glen and
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
4 Ra,2iral m tie Rumi As

4 RaRirK m tie Rumi As
. -urcIu-n o.; the dinh"Icai utt"rnu
rr- Of the tu..-,l. dyed Ulrrai-'S, We
give tin, following extinct from q
SPEECH recently delivered 10y Mr..
ilu,t in kn.-a~. Garrison VIII be
COMPELLED, to look to his !aurel-:
wa- once. Will" believing in n"
other possible d-livcrnncr from
shame. Tor separating our Northern
frr. institutions from the black
hammered South. The trial If John
Brown. OF Kansas, in Virginia. in
which WAS humbly professionally
engaged, made me a SINGER" ha,cr OF
the south. hate the South to-day,
not only as my enemy, not only As
tn. enemy Of my Government. but
as the enemy OF all mankind. |
hate her pira.ical institutions, which
rlb .nru Of their manhood an! wniHen
If ,neir virtue. hat" her history,
and | hate her traditions, for upon
ali behold the univ a-hed stains OF
| that uuav-uged blood "Xtort"d by
the LASH of the slavr-whip. l have
believed. | still :ondly believe, that
TIA. sun of another st. Domingo may
ris. upon her, and II million OF Ious'
| saint Louverturc., clad in the hahIli'
ments of wag, and with vengeance
written on their faces. with one des
peratc and triumphant stroke dash il
pirces th. accursrd South. s Kan
-aS proud to own John Brown, +"
| D-sawotnmie |, for one. say in thu
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

Fis reported here by telegraph
from Camden, that a young man
named David Dodd, from Pine Bluff.
Arkansas, has lately been caught by
the eRemy and hung at Little Rock,
as spy. lie was a telegraph oper-
ator and it seems had taken a list of
the troops together with a description
of the fortifcations at. Little Rock i'll
telegraph characters. and was on his
way to our lines, when the federal
pickets or scouts captured him near
Princeton, Ark, and took him back.
He was condemned to be hung, and
while on the scaffold, general Steele
proposed pardoning him if he would
expose the parties who aided him in
obtaining the information. Like a
brave man, he refused to do so, say
ing F" that man was poor speci-
men, who could not afford to die for
his country" He was immediately
hung.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

Richmond dispatches or the 10Th
state, that the bill repealinG the sub
stitute law has passed both Houses,
and only awaits the Presidents sig
nature to become law. This does
not cancel previous substitutions b";
only relates to the future.
A resolution was adopted inquiring
into the cxpedicncy Of amending the
18th section of the tithing act 50 as
to include hogs slaughtered by others
than producers. Supplies OF cloth
ing have been distributed among the
troops of Lees army.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
Brjr. Gen. Hcuy u. .JachsOH.--

Brig. Gen. Henry n. .IachsoH.-
The Atlanta Appeal says: In the
absence of Maj. Gen. Cobb, the com
mand of the local department. com;
pretending Atlanta has been devolved
on Brig. Gen. Henry II. Jackson, of
savannah. Gen. Jackson, while
distinguished ms n lawyer, statesman
and scholar. has also won laurels "a
a soldier. His services in Western
Virginia, particularly at the battle of
Grtrnhrier. in which he gained vic
tory over the Federals. are very ia
vorably remembered by the country
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

We are pleased to learn that the
propriety of abolishing the system of
publishing the Journals of the Gener-
al Assembly, in French, is under ad-
vicement. 1t is not only unncccssa-
ry, but of great expense to the State,
and at this particular time, it be-
hooves us to economic in every in
stance which presents itself as not
indispensable. We are now su'fi-
GENTLY Americanized, to lay aside
the old rules, and adopt others in their
stead.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

Czaracterislic.-The Raleigh State
Journal learns that there is pair of
Yankee teachers employed ina school
in county not a hundred miles from
Caswell, who demand their wages in
manufactured tobacco, refusing, in
the most positive manner, to receive
Confederate money and that they
now have on hand several boxes OF
the weed
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
BuriaI Of Nm Catho1ics-Thc

Buria1 IF No" Catho'ics:-Ihc
Italian Minister of the Interior has,
bv a circular addressed to the may
ors of the kingdoms, ordered that
,o,.ca,holics shall be buried in the
sam. cemeteries with Chthol1cs, II
there is not separate burial ground
for the former. The non.Catholtcs
are to occupy corner of the common
cemetery, separated by a hedge or a
wall
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
SliI ONp pI~PhT, II


steamer Chesapeake , APT " 49,. T.
from Ne" / OK Tor l'nf'i"'"' M'.'
was taken possession OF "H SUNDAY
morning last, h'i",'" ! ;.''' = 3D. ''''N
by sixteen '''hrn'r'''' pa IT,
he "a engineer 81 III" Steamer "'''
shot Ge"a. ana MS n',!l ''''"'' 90 -.
board. ne ISL 'iS'''''' w @''''
IN the chm hnt W. i7'''ii'G on
board i ne i'9l .''''e ""S ''"'''f "a
the gro.n. Llsvr" on twelve SHOTS
wer" fired nj the captain.
Ai."t t. ing oF"fro"t''J vac cap
tam was r"' /" '"on,' an" ''' pa
sen@"r' were H"''i'''' INA, ''|E "'l'
prisoners OF war L" NE oo'iie''''''' w.
states OF America
Island AZ ;;i,gn, o'clock ,li. morn.
ing.
The ere" and passengers t%crti,
the first engineer We're put on board
boat and sent /" TINS clty:
! ne steamer then sailed IN n" cas-
terry dlfrc'ion' an" WIS S""SeH "'' :,
~ seen aiongside another vessel
- s"'P'1e' ''I'' nv.
supply OF coal from hef' me AT,
tack took place about twenty ono
miles west OF cape COD. t"pt, " IL
lett and the passenger, OF the IhrSa
prake are now at the Mansion nous
The steamer and cargo We're valued
at one hundred an" eiSh'y ;Ao"'''""
dollars. =,
The steamer sailed from New OH
on Saturday, at 4 p. NJ ana was one
Of the regular line plying be'we,i
New ork and Portland. IL Wi'l n'
reccllected 'that 1t was the mesa
peake that captured capt heed ahc
his party when they "'fe'hP'eI |,
run away with the cutter cushing
from the harboF OF PORTLAND
The world adds the following:
-, C,-.,,; ,,,o
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

Captain +. +. Morehea1 will ac-
cept our thanks for copy Of Gov.
Moore's message. By it we learn
that the expenses and receipts Of the
State for the past year are as fol
lows:
Receipts from all sources amount
TO six million seven hundred and six
thousand seven hundred and 'seventy-
four dollars and five cents, while the
expenditures have been two million
six hundred and eishty-nine thou
sand one hundred and fortytwo dol
lars and seventy-one cents.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
General Butler. saws n Yankee cor

General Butler. saws n Ianlle" cor
respondent, in his first walk at For
tress Monroe, was astonished at meet =
ing a rebel officer looking ut parade
OF our troops. 1t was General fitz-
hurh Lee. On being told that he
enjoyed the liberty of Old Point, Gen.
Butler sharply expressed his disap-
prevail of such a reprchensibIe cour-
traN.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
We take the following from the
letter from Mexico.

,.,,. c-c,,, ,I..:cn
n <,''.o" ~, Isr,
l,'EnNAS ->'',"'N. = ''''' l. 0'''
Er. NEws-I'resld"nt JuaEe% ana
his Cabinet lett ~" LUIS iotosl o"
the 22d ult. IN rout" for S"!u!io IN
TIE State Of New Leon: Coy. Nlda"r-
ri has been and l. quite SICK since
he received the news and the mrr-
chants IN Monterey ar" ,r'o'n''ns IN
their boots, with a dIi" HIS'"" Of tn"
system Of forced loans and c"n'rlh"-
tons, which seems i" have cha'"c-
;eriZed thcaImlnIstra'i"n OF 'H' very
! patriotic and eminent leader "i me
Liberal Party. 9enC>' ! ua:e%.
Inc rehc,I are, ~ , ,'.S ;''"''' -
possession Of san LUIS Iot"s'.
| Ihe Mexican army "n"'I s' It'I.,'
/ l'rage. has sought EeluEe !" the 9'ate
of Leon. The M"Nlc%ns ar, Inlt"
demoralized and unable 20 o''ef !"
successful resistance to the Fe'"r'-
Gus invader.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
We tai, the following from the

We tai, the following from the
Houston Telegraph:
l.ayaca, Jan. Cit is certain that
ia. iorc, ot Yankees at Salur!a and
prrkrow'> Point. does not exceed
1000. Wien they visited Lavacs
ihr other day, they had no transpor-
;afion of th"ir own. Their transpor-
;a,ion was wagons taken from the
Germans # PowIerhorn. If they
ngy" any transportation At all along
with them, it is Deckrow' Point
From this YOU may draw your own
iu!'rrrnccr.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

Take Care.-On the trial of wo-
man in England, for biting off man s
nose, the foreman Of the jury decided
that if n man attempted to kiss "A
woman against her will. she had a
right to bite off his nose, If she had
a fancy for 50 doing
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

TIL" Hous,onTcIrgraph says:
We understand the lsrarlltcs OF
Houston yesterday presented some
of the soldiers in this vicinity with
twenty India rubber tents. The
present was Il timely one. and speaks
we'll for those who made it.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

4 wag remarked the other day,
with II very grave co"nt"n"nce' thh'
however prudent, and virtuous wild
ows light be, he had seen many
widow-crr.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26
We understand that some of our

merchants and butchers refuse TO re-
ceive our State bills in payment for
purchases. This, if true, IS very
wrong. and we would caution all such
persons in time. as the Legislature
will no doubt enact law to reach
cases of this character, if persisted IN,
therefore, the consequence may not
result favorably.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

The first intelligence we had IL.
gar.ing the steamer Chesapeake was
that government vessels Were IN pnr-
suit. The following kilograms tell
from and by whom she was captured.
We copy from the New FORK papers;
The following Geographic dis
patch was received this morning:
Portland, Dee. @.
l. b. Cromwell & Go.
Steamer Chesapeake was captured
twenty miles \. y. L. of Cape God
at l:30 4. NJ. on Monday morning. by
rebels who left New York as pasSrn.
gers. Second engineer killed a"d
thrown overheard. Chief engineer
and mate wounded.
Capt. Willct; and crew were land
ed ut -. John this morning.
From United States Consul. St
John.
The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1864-01-26

thirty tons of conl, sufficient for rhc
round triu.
Two guns, each . 6 pouadcr, one
of brass and the other OF iron, formed
the armament of the Chesapeake. 1t
is now an ordinary precautions for
vessels going out any distanc to car
~ one or two guns. There were al
so Il few small fire arms, consisting
Of two or three nushe,- and u IT,"
rrvolv.rs. The aitacl, seems to have
been SO sudden ana unexpected mat
any attempt Mt resistance was useless
1t is not known wh-;h-. there was
any powder or board, but probably
not much.