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Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19
Special by Telegraph 10 the n. o.
Times

u!ar army.
Major Gen. John Gibbon will DO
assigned 10 the command of Peters
burg. in place Of Major Gen. Hart
suff.
Brig. Gen. Harris. commanding
the sub-dis,ric, Of the Rappahannoek.
said that the niEg-rs must be fully
protected IN Their rights, these rights
being in all respects equal 10 those
of the whites. 1t the former master
is removed. a,npl. protection Will be
extended by the military authorities.
HAIRLESS speech was kindly re
ceivcd, and mary persons speak APP
! provinsly OF the conduct Of the mill
;sry authorities.
The United States flag ship Ian
caster ID reported seriously damaged
| by heavy weather off Cape San Luis.
/ She Will remain at Acapulco for re-
pairs.
Liverpool. July 29,h.-P.r steam
-r Cuba Cotton dull, with down
ward tendency Consols 903
New York. Aug. 1.-The rebel
General Brock inridgc and ex Secre-
tarv Walker are al southampton.
DR.. Pri,chard. the poi-oner, was
hung at Glasgow.
New York. Aug. 1.-The steam
er Scot sailed to day. taking one
and half millions IL tive-twenties,
tut 30 specie.
A fire occurred n. Valparaiso on
the 25rh Of June. which destroyed
$4,000 worth of property.
Tn n.ws from Peru - not any
more hopeful Of the restoration OF
tranquility.
Panama news saws the Mirist"r
ga. wac as .assina;"d on the night OF
the l2,h by one Kivas.
: Thu Chl.han Cousr-ss has been II
fortnight considering an article on
tn. ..tua:lon, which makes ;hc Eo-
mau Catholic the religion OF tho Re
public.
In" man L"-aTtc, named IN con
n-c;ion with the awful .iT-, and DE-
s,ruc;ion of females in Santiago,
made speech Oh the suffice; 10 sJ'n"
two hundred scuorita-, and 50 eNc!.
ted them tina, the whole crowd of
, women rushed to tia .ns-:r,s
screaming " Death TO the neret:c- 90
4 RECOMMENDING fore" srrIns 10 l.,
concentrated 1T or near Iru1ii'o.
Louisville, Aug. 1.-The Union
- pr"ss giv"s IL" /! wing estimates
/. O; Congress .ouGl :uej,r.tl"s' En-.
+. District, Trim" p. I~N.-' 'v-'r. 5000
Second H!-t9.y ..s..y r...;r.s..
iratmHn. Union, probably elected
Third p'r'rict, 'ios". "'.'"''- "Y'i
i between Laury w.; .:.....:, ..--..
l. u!str 81. Harding. ~. r."T-.. " 90.
< tItin Distinct, X 's,hN, - amen
H~nt, l.5O0; So" - ''. >.9''"
pr0-am-udu."r'. . d.. ~,,,:.." -
= ,gci. -huuk.'r. :a.,..."s'.:. 500
= Ltst'h I"st'l't, 4,@a:al., ::..."'-'. ..
in"nt.+ 600 H..'" l'.-'i:''. :. . i.''
pro. Rr."nIia'";, l--t
A report han bee" received '.'n
z G~u. Ni:agu", Aa-."'"' '.'-:.''.. =
D. -iouer Of fr"~tmar'r A';".:s il. =. +.
!. -ouri and Arkansas
II" says IA" issu"a o. Ta:io"s NJ.
no; "-cr"d CT" th!ri Of tho -
!" Jane bat he i"a-- :r"at G's';uio
= next winter. All ia" freedmen ~
" o.: Little Rock are supporting ;hc'.
selves.
Il Cairo. Aug. H. !. -.',.r h.:
a. dr'd md eleven Isi"- ~! cote" =
J. rived here yesterday 81
ID also pass d up 90 >i. Louis.
n, st Louis, Aug. li-i.r gran
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19

We were pleased to welcome back
our confrere of the South western, G..
W billiard. He has our thanks for
9 New Orleans paper.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19

Persons wishing TO secure good
furnished rooms ore referred TO the
Advertisement.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19
SHREVEPORT. Aug. 10th. 1865.

Mr.. Dickinson That tie public |
may be Informed az 10 the truth of
the matter respecting the wild and
extravagsnt reports going through
the country Of the great Inducements
held out by the Brazilian Govern
ment TO the people OF this country to
emigrate to that, viz, that to the head
of every family there would be given
one thousand acres of land, on. years
provisions and free transportation TO
that country. etc, etc. Now, to
quiet down the excitement on that
subject, l will say that there ia no,
ono word o! truth in any Of these re-
porta.
Being n New Orleans a few Gays
Ego, ! took i. upon myse!t 70 go
ard see the Consol Of ;ha. Govern
II IN. who informed .ne that nothing
Of tina, kind had any fouudation.-
The Government invites emigration
and will sell land very cheap. You
can select place any whore from
the Equator up to twenty-five or
three degrees South Latitude. within
which Won may select a place to grow
coffee, sugar, rice, cotton or grain.
.Nisceefnut,on Strange ideas float
through the minds OF come OF the
freedmen and women hercebcu:s.-
We had n conversation with stout
color-d woman. at present III our en-
ploy-oue. too, of the Very best that
v. hav" me: with. and she Gays thai
the understanding among the black
folks all through the country Is, tha
the whites and the b acks are 10 u,
forced 10 marry; III" black men 'c
marry our white women and th'
white men the black women. :"
think" said che. thin. Jake viii be
very much disappointed, a. he e1
prc,ed long fore ;his 10 have brr'
, married TO white lady Jake ha'
been her husband, and had actual !
abandoned her with the view Of mar
rvinc y white woman.
I,sr.me, from what We Cou!o lear
,ha, wags, both Northern and South
,.n. had been playing of their Joke
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19

Persons wishing the eervIc"s OF
good house carpenters. are referred
to the Advertisement; of Mcssrs Har-
-is & Rubinson. in :o-day's paper
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19

See notice Of money and papers
lost and bear the Golden Rule in
mind
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17
A BUDGET OF FUN.

A Yankee doctor has contrived to
extract from sausagcs powerful tonic,
which, be says, contains the whole
strength of the "bark" He calls ii
"SuIphate of Canine"
"Ah Charley" said one little fellow
TO another, "wo are going to have a
cupola on our house" Pooh! that's
nothin," rejoined the other, papa 5
going to get amoHgage on ours"
This illustrates Southern ideas =
An army surgeon in Arkansas tried 10
hire a young, bareiooted, coatless ma.
tive as an errand boy. The astonish-
ed lad exclaimcd--"Work!' Why, |
can t work I'm IWHe !"
A prominent bachelor politician on
the Kennebec remarked to a lady that
soap.stone was excellent to keep the
feet warm in bed. Yes" said the
young lady, who had been an attcn.
tive listener, "but some gentlemen
have an improvement on that which
you know nothing about" " The bach
elor turned pale and maintained Il
wistful silence.
A young minister, in a highly clab-
oratc sermon which he preached, said
several times, the comm antatOrS dc
not agree with me here. " Next morn
ing poor woman came to see him
with something in her apron She
said her husband had heard his ser.
mon, and thought it was very fine
one, and as he said common tater,
did not agree with him. he had sent
him somo OF the best kidneys.
A New London gentleman, who had
just returned from the department oi
the South, informs us that General
Saxton recently ordered "reviow Of
the contraband schools, and asked q
number of friends to 90 and see them
At the appointed day the examination
came off The children answered Their
teachers questions promptly and pro-
perly, After the regular exercises
were over, u major asked permission
to ask them few questions. The re-
quest having been granted, he asked:
Who is the commander. of this de-
partment2
Acknowledgement Saxton.
Who is the President OF the United
States?
Acknowledgement Saxton.
Who made you?
Answer-Gcneral Saxton.
At this jnncture the audience smiled
audibly, and the assembly dispersed
II Norwich Bulletin.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17
Bees, Socially and Politically.

, The queen Of the hive, born like the
queens of earth, no better than her
meanest sisterhood, like them, issues
from the egg helpless grub; but the
chamber of her birth, as compared
with theirs is of right royal dimen-
sions, vertical in position, and Of cyl
indrical, instead Of octagonal FORM
Ample room is thus afforded for all
her members, as she progresses to-
wards maturity; while, to hasten and
improve her growth, the food supplied
her by her assiduous nurses and fu-
ture subjects, is Of the most nutritious
and dcliclte description, not the sim
plo bee bread, composed of common
pollon, and considered good enough
for common bee infancy, but far Gu.
rious preparation nicely concocted
from fowery juices, and, as reserved
expressly for royal nutrimcnt, called
by bee ""roy al jolly" Thus
spaciously lodged and delicately fed,
the favored grub, whenit arrives atfull
growth, spins within her cell silken
shroud; therein changes to a nymph
or pupa; and thence in due time, is
sues forth in all her dignity of ma
jestic SIZE, in all the rcsplendency Of
her golden-ringed body suit; the more
conspicuous for the scantiness of her
gauze drapery-those filmy wings in
which alone her outward gifts instead
of surprising, are inferior to those Of
her subjects. Como we now to the
busy works, of whom the numerous
sisterhood--the million of the hive is
made up. From these the bee char
acter has always been painted justly,
as loyal and patriotic, laborious, pa
tient, and sklllful, to which might be
added, materially affectionate; for,
never mothers themselves, the LATHE
propensity possesses them SO strongly
as to convert their office as nurses to
the queens progeny-to all in short
of the infant community-into what
would seem truly labor of love. AL
though their instructive virtue, (f we
may use the tcrm) are so immeasura-
bly, expanded beyond the narrow
growth of those apparent in their roy
al mistress, compression is one Of the
agents employed to effect this mighty
difference between them; and the
worker bee is, it would seem, made a
useful member of the body polite, by
a process very similar to that which
renders the foot of a Chinese lady
somewhat useless member of her body
natural. f.f a.'
The baby bee, destined to become
bee laborcr, finds herself, on emcrg-
ing from the egg, an inhabitant ofone
Of those common six sided cells which
as it would appcar-is so proper
toned as in some measure to limit her
full development TO this outward.
restriction is superadded an inward
check, in the quality of food admins.
tered by her nurses. In lieu of the
royal jelly, that stimulating and nu-
tritious extract, prepared only for the
queen, her infancy is supported on the
simple fare Of bee bread, which, while
it snficcs to bring to maturity every
useful endowment of activity, affords
no food for the development of the
sensual and vindictive passions; and
with all these smothered in the cradle
our worker comes forth, mature in all
Apian excellence,-modest in habits,
nun among insects, and a very "sIs-
ter Of charity" among her fellows.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

General Meaghcr on the COpperheads.
General Mcagher made speech at
the soldiers reception at st. Paul last
Monday night, and is reported as fol-
lows in respect to the Coppcrheads:
1t would ever be to him the deepest
source of self congratulation that he
had gone out and fought with his tel-
lows citizens to maintain their Govern
ment in full force, their flag unsullied,
the national estate unbroken, (cheers,)
and that he had helped ever so little
the loyal millions to stamp out of cX-
istence, and the iaintest hope ofresus-
citation, the wickcdest rebellion that
had ever veXed and cursed the earth
Great cbcoring] He did not profess
TO be very profound student of the
Scriptures, yet he had read enough Of
them to know--as, no doubt, they all
well knew, in ST. Paul, and st. Peter,
and st. Cloud laughter that it was
the hight of presumption for any one
to thank God he was not as other men,
Notwithstanding this, he could not re-
frain from offering himself the most
satisfactory congratulations that he
had kept so well in grace as to escape
degeneratlng from Jacksonian Dem
ocrat into Coppcrhead [hear, hear
"a species of reptile which was un-
common scarce just now hear hear
-and which, in making itself scarce,
seemed to contradict the popular eX
perience, that the snake loved the sun
and rcveled in it renewed cries ofhear,
hear; but the species of Coppcrhcad
which infested the country not many
weeks ago, and which grew bold and
mischieyously multiplied in the bleak
season of the national adversities, could
not bear tho blaze Of glory which had
burst from the victorious banners Of
the nation, and as they shrunk into
their slime and burrowed out OF sig hit
he cordially congratulated the commu
nifty on tho virtual extinction of 6
plague that was infinitely more hato
full, as it was infinitely more trcacher
GUS, than the fiery serponts of the
South. Enthusiastic checring.]
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17
rhs panama Naval EIght.

NEW York, Aug. 1.-THE follow
ing account of the naval engagement
on the Panama river is given in tie
Journal de Pacific:
At 5 o'clock A. NJ, the Paraguyan
vessels were seen 10 descend the river,
and about o'clock they were within
reach OF their enemy, and at once
opened furious fire The Brazilian
account, the only one that has reached
us, admits that the Paraguyans fought
with the utmost bravery and the re-
suit was for some time doubtful, until
the Brazilian steamer Amazonas, be.
ing converted into a ram, made terri
Bile havoc among the enemy's fleet,
sinking three steamers, the Paraguay,
Salto and Joghuy, and one floating
battery, and compelling one steamer
and five batteries to surrender.
The remaining four steamers, which
were likewise considerably damaged,
then retired. The battle lasted until
4 O'Clock P. NJ. The Paraguayans,
who supported the fire of their fleet by
a land battery Of thirty guns, are re-
ported to have lost 1900 men of their
squadron, and 500 of tho land battery.
The Brazllans estimate their loss at
about 300 killed, wounded and miss
ing. Nothing could exceed the fcro-
cious valor Of the Paraguayans; they
all seemed determined to conquer or
die. Among the wounded prisoners
who fell into the hands Of the Brazil
ians was Roble, commander ofthe Sui
ia, one of tho sunken steamers, and a
brother to the Commanding General
OF the Paraguayan armyin Correntes.
His wounds were tenderly dressed by
the Commander in Chief of the Bra
lillian fleet, Barosa, but Roblc, with
his teeth, tore off the bandages from
his wounds, preferring death to cap
tivity. Most of the commanders of
the Paraguayan vessels are among the
dead The artillery, ammunition ban
ners, &c, is immense. The war mate.
rial fell into the hands ofthe victors.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

fall the men who were once got
into the rebel army were retained du-
ring the war, or during their ability
to serve, there were, according to this
calculation, 100000 men in the rebel
service at the close of the war. But
if fallowances bo made for desertion,
&C.. and for the sick in the hospitals
who have recovered and are not count
ed by Governor Parsons among the
disabled, we shall find this number of
464O00 diminished to something like
the actual number that either surron-
dered to our forces or scattered to
their homes Immediately after the fall
of Richmond. 1t seems, therefore,
from this verifcation of the solution of
the problem, that Governor Parsons
was not far from the truth, and that
we have made about the proper allow
ances il filling up the table.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17
TIE TONGUE. Go lead a lion by

THE TONGUE, Go lead a lion by a
single hair, send up an eagle to the
sky to peck out star, coop up the
thunder and quench flaming city
with one widows tears; if thou couldst
do these, yet the tongue can no man
tame.
We allow the tongue salt, not pep
per; let it be well seasoned but not too
hot.
1t is q little member, little in guam
tity, but great in iniquity. What it
hath lost in the thickness it hath got
ten in the quickness; and the defect of
magnitude is recompcnscd in the agil-
ity. An arm may be longer, but the
tongue is stronger; and a leg hath
more flesh than it hath, besides bones
which it hath not; yet the tongue still
runs quicker and faster, and if the
wager lie for holding out, without
doubt the tongue shall win it. IhOm-
as Adams.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

A Virginia paper speaks of the
staI iling fatality which has overtaken
those who were the political rebeIlious
leaders of that State. At the begin
ming of secession Virginia had one
Cabinet Minister who was q secession
ist, the Secretary of War, JOHN B.
Floyd. He is dedd. She had two For
eign Ministers who were SeccsSionists,
Hon. r. X. Meade and John NJ. Daniel.
Both are dead. Her two Senators,
Hunter and Mason were Secessionsts
--one is prisoner, the other an Grille
Her oldest and most persistent, and
among her most influential citizens
who supported secession, and the man
who fired the first gun at Sumter, was
Edmund Ruffin. He is deal, The
recognized leaders of the Seeessionists
in the State Convention were George
W. Randolph and Ex-Prcsdent Ty-
Ter. -RandOlph IS dying Abroad Tyler
is dead. She had three newspapers
conspiculously devoted TO secession,
the Richmond Inquirer, the Richmond
Examiner and the Norfolk Argus,
The journals are all extinct, and the
leading spirits of all-Wise, Daniel
and Lamb-are dead. In brief, we
are told thero "are not now ten men
of conspicuous prominence in the se-
cession movement of January, 1861
who remain to cxercise---if they pos
sess the desire--.thoir influence to
thwart the movement Of the people
toward loyalty and reunion"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17
AN 1No1DEET OF WAR TIMES

An Eastern correspondence says:
Apropos of Shorman's passage
through this country, must relate an
incident illustrating Northern respect
for labor. A party of "bummcrs" ap-
preached house not many miles from
this city, and, entering in the usual
unceremonious style, made their way
up stairs. In the first room they en-
tered was seated the lady of the house
Ga Northern lady, in fact, though they
did not know it) engaged in spinning.
She throw down her work in some
alarm on seeing the soldiers, but the
leader of the latter stopped abruptly,
saying, "Boys, don't touch thing in
this house. This is tho first lady I've
seen at-wGrk in Carolina, and I'll be
id if she sban't be protected ?" 1t
is due the ladies of North Carolina to
say that, although the industrious ma
tron in question was not native, l
have seen those who are natives who
apparently did not deem it derogatory
to their dignity to engagein useful oc-
equations,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

Four Coon HABITS s.-There were
four good habits a wise man recon-
mcnded in his counsels, and which he
considered to be essentially necessary
for the management of temporal con-
Germs. and those are-punctuality, ac-
curacy, stoadiness and Dispatch
Without the first Of these, time is
wasted; without the second, mistakes
the most hurtful to our credit and in
terest and that of others may be com
mitted without the third nothing
can be well done; and without the
fourth opportunities Of great advan-
tage ara lost, which it is impossible to
recall.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

Prentiss, he turned short round on the
perjurod witnesses of Hopkins-tore
their testimony into shreds, and hurl.
ed into their faces such terrible invec-
tives that all trembed like aspcns.and
two CT them fled from the court house.
The excitement of the crowd was be-
coming tremendous. Their united life
and soul seemed to hang on the burn.
ing tongue Of the stranger, he inspir-
ed them with the power of his malig-
nant passions; he seemed to have sto-
len the natures long hidden secret Of
attraction. But his greatest triumph
was to come.
His eyes began to glance at the as
sassin Hopkins, as his lean taper fin
gers assume the same direction. He
hemmed the wretch with y wall of
strong evidence and impregnable ar
gument, cutting off all hope of escape.
He dug beneath the murderer's feet
bitches of dilemma, and held the Sian.
derer up to the scorn and contempt of
the populace. Having thus girt him
about with circle Of fire, he stripped
himself for the massacre.
Oil then it was a vision both glo-
rious and dreadful to behold tho ora
tor. His actions became as impctuous
as the motion Of an oak in hurricane.
His voice became trumpet filled with
whirlpooIs, deafening the ear with the
crashes of power, and yet intermin-
gled all the while with a sweet under
song of the softest cadence. His fore.
head glowed like heated furnace, his
countenance was haggard, like that Of
q maniac, and ever and anon he flung
his long bony arms on high as if grasp
ing after thunderbolts. ~,
He drew picture of murder in such
appalling colors that in comparison
hell itself might be considered beauti,
Iful; he painted the slandercr so black
that the sun seemed dark at MONDAY
when shining on such an accursed
monster, and then fixing both portraits
on the shrinking Hopkins, ,fastend them
there forever. The agitation Of the
audience nearly amounted TO madness
All at once the speaker descened
from the perilous hight. His voice
walled out for the murdered dead and
living--thc beautiful Mary more beau.
tiful every moment as her tears flowed
faster-till men wept and sobbed like
children.
lie closed by a strange cxhortation
to the jury, and through them to the
bystanders he advised the panel, af-
ter they should bring in Il verdict for
the plaintiff not to offer violence to the
defendant, however richly he might
deserve it; in other words not TO lynch
the villain, but leave his punishment
to God This was the most artful trick
of all, and best calculated to ensure
vengeance.
The jury returned verdict of fifty
thousand dollars; and the night after
wards Hopkins was taken out of bed
by lynchers, and beaten almost 10
death. AS the court adjourned, the
stranger said--"John Taylor will
preach here this evening at early can
die light" He did preach-and the
house was crowded. | have listened
to Clay, Webster and Calhoun-to
Dwight, Bascom and Bcechcr-but
never heard anything in the form Of
sublime words even remotely approx.
mating to the oloquence of John Tay.
lor. Massive as u mountain, and wild
ly rushing as a cataract of fire.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17
ALL FOR CHRlsT.--It is easy in glow

ALL FOR CHRIST. 1t is easy in glow
ing moments to confess that we are
wholly Christ's, and at such time
really to desire itand will it; but when
the trial comes, alas, bit by bit, the gilt
is all revoked: and we commit the
mournful sacrilege of using ourselves
Just as if we were still our own, Oh,
sin, most sinful! Oil grief most griov-
ed. Like Augustine, many of us have
to cry out of tho depths Lord, take
my heart, for l can not give it thee )
Lord, keep my heart, for l can not
keep it for thee" Yes, in view OF
mournful failure some of us have tear
fully to confess with dear old Ruther-
ford, II rather wish him my heart than
give it to him."
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

Governor Parsons, in his proclama-
tion to the people of Alabama, prelim-
mary to reorganization in that State,
estimates that 10000 men of that
State went upon the battle field, Of
whom 10000 are dead or disabled, If
we apply the same ratio of enlistments
in the other States that held out du-
ring the war, and make an approx
nation of the numbers sent out from
the remainder of the slave States, we
shall have the following interesting
table:
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-08-17

Hon. ARIus NYE, of Marietta, o..
one of,tho eldest lawyers Of the State,
died at his residence in that city on
the morning of the 9th ult,, Hewas
born in December, 1892, in one of the
out-posts of the old Marietta Fort
He afterwards occupied as % residence
the original "Stocl1ade Fort" and was
at the time of his death aged " years
and Z months. He served six years
in the Ohio Legislature, and one term
in the Senate in 1888. In latter years
he was Judge Of the Eighth Judicial
District, composed at that time Of sew
en- counties. He was the father of A.
SPENCER NYs ESQ ofthis city.-Scioto
Gazette. 's.'