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Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01


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Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Q" last Thursday morll ing the
military authorities 1--WE presume)
raised fine flag polein front of Gen.
Denis Headquarters. The "old''
flag was thrown to the breeze soon
after, and as it was raised, the fine
band of Headquarters, played Hail
Columbia, which was followed by
several ether appropriate pieces
AT the top Of the pole is a canpoA
LII 'rLD Al.iaai Ca. 4,L ;ah II mas
placed there We cannot ina CINE, unless
to have an effect % those who be-
hold it, as did tie brazen serpent
Moses caused to 10 placed on a pole,
in days gone by. Isit intended to
recall to the minds Of the people the
ayigo mali ?
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Messrs. Vim. R. Henry 8 Co,
Dealers in Choice Liquors, etc, a,
Mrs iafk's old stand on Texas
street, have placed us uaier obliga.
i'sns FOR sample Of their stock,
which. we are happy 10 say. was ap.
precla'ed' not only BY oursslf, but
some friends, Thank you, gentle
men. Persons needing anything in
tllelr line viii find them gentlemen.
Our wcrd for it.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

NJ .se1aras Tea Q. |aier,ca.
Recruttng.-A Washington letter Of
the lltL, in a Northern exchange,
says Of Mi. Stewards view ON the
Mexican recruiting business:
1t is stated that as soon as Mr..
Seward heard Of NJ ds Mon,bolon' !
arrival be caused a note to be written.
IN which he manifested the pleasure
his appointment had given him, ~.
pressing, at the same time, the opin.
ION that the United States intended
% preserve a strict neutrality on the
Me: question, and that anything
which looked derogatory Of the pres !
cut attitude Of the American Gov.
sfa1Acnt' would Immediately be phi.
down and stopped
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

On the Paris Bourse the tall !.
that NaIo'eo will send . hundred,
or a hundred and fifty thousand msp
70 Mexico to guard that country
aga. y, fhe Yankees. The number
Is s, i, large or 100 small-too
!: because the. supposed danger
IS without foundation; too .,h.ll r.
a., cause , wers there any such d.ssg.
a., = hundred and fly thousand
t, .sncnmsa would b. easily cob.
country. '
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

keep on good terms with their mucn
loved cousins in America Mark
what we have to say: the debt will
Be paid. England Is aware that she
is but a pigmy in the hands Of the
Tinted States.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

The liberality of the different
merchants, whose advertisements ap-
pear in this paper, is sufficient in
ducement for their being we'll pa
tsonized.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Messrs- Howell \ Buckner are
again IN the field az Commission and
Forwarding Merchants. Read their
advertisement and give them a trial.
They are prompt and energetic.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Messrs- 7. 7. 4 A. D. Land, gen
tlemen well known in this colnlnu
nifty as eminent lawyers, publish
their card in to-day's paper.
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advertisements to appear in the
T,ssaay's paper must bel handed in
prior 10 10 o'clock, Monday morning
nose for Saturdays edition, before
u . lock, Friday morning. Adyer'
..s.rs should bear this in mind, as WI
aye compelled to go to press early SC
Is to mail our paper in time to leave
he nexrmorning.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

The old established commission
house Of Mcssrs. r.. G Cummings
4 Go. New Orleans, is still in ex-
lsfence' as will be seen by reference
to their pablished card.
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The Latest News (!

This paper will pay literally for
news d any character furnished it,
whenever used. In writing, be brief
and the point, and forward by the
nuickest means possible.
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Mr.. Denagre, ] resident Of The Git.
zens' Bank, New Orleans, is lead
lie was an old citizen Of New Or
leans the greater portion of which
time he spent in active business.
BY perseverance and good manage
men., he accumulated asslandsome
fortune, which will now he the stav
and support Of his numerous family.
This we get from the New lOrlean.
Times, Of the 2lst.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

We are greatly in need of about
twenty or forty bushels Of corn. ANY
of our planter friends wishing to dis
pose of that much, orless, will please
inform us.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Our country friends are beginning
to come among us, within the past
few days, with some few of the many
Injuries of the garden and the yard.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

We can assure our friend Duplex,
Of the Natchitoches Times, that We
are still exchanging with him.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Il Y sid that the cisissns 81 Clay
county. Mo., propose offering . ~.
Na1d p Slooe 4 head for every bush
whacter caught in the county and
brought % trial. ~
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OUR AGENTS.

DIR AGENTS.. +,
Ns1o Orleans D, d. O'Brien.
Nes York Emerson, Fitch ( Co., 81
PAX Row.
NAcl;soches-J John W. Taber.
IL. Lebanon- Rev. A. l.. Hay.
~ postmas,ers or other responsible
persons wishing TO act as Agents for the
NEHs, will please send US their address.
wen y r cent. commission is allowed.
Address
JOHN DICKINSON,
Editor and Proprietor
Shreveport, Caddo Parish. La
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

We desire to renew the courtesy
Of an exchange with all, the papers
in tie Union receiving this number
of the News" and hope the fact
will not be overlooked by our cotem.
poraries.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01
For the information Of advertisers

+ or the information of advertisers
we would say that our paper is ex-
'eIsiyely circulated in Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas. AS our list of
abscribers is daily increasing, it
Is ample proof that We are to he
seconded in our efforts TO furnish our
readers with good news and family
paper in this section Of country,
@'licl we hope will do credit to our
If and prove an honorto our young
cry, which, with all its superior adj
vantages, is destined to-be respect
able commercial place.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01
OUR RAILROADS.

ne one, inc w., % u H. Az ~ ia"
been finished and in running order
to Monroe, IS miles, some time be-
fore the commencement OF the war,
and some twenty-five miles OF the
route from Monroe in this direction
had been graded and was nearly !
ready for the iron when the war
broke out. That portion of road
extending from Shreveport to the
Texas line, formed q part Of this road
until it was leased to the Southern
Pacific Company, some two years
ago.
We are not informed as to the con-
dition of that portion of the v, S. 4
II. X. II. extending from Wick sburg
10 Monroe; the nature and extent OF
the repairs necessary to put 1t IN
running order; or whether anything
has been done, ori is likely to be done,
to put the road In running condition,
and to prosecute the work on that
mart which has not been finished
We are aware that many of the lead
! ing members Of the Company have
lost all by the war, and others have
eonts to other and distant sections Of
the country, with the view, we learn,
Of taking up their permanent abode.
But the Company when re-organ-
led can rely upon the following re
sources Three hundred and sixty
Tor seventy Thousand acres OF land,
somaz Il il Of Che 6sst auality: lyia9.
country Gus ta III tlIaefksVe sections
some few years before the war, and
some considerable portion Of it, &C.
cording to the terms of;he donation,
can at any time be disposed Of. Some
six hundred thousand dollars Of the
State subscription not yet disposed
foff If. 1t will be reeolIected by our
readers that the State subscribed for
one-ffth Of the stock in this and some
other State roads, to be paid Just in
proportion as other stocks were Maid
in. A year before the commencement
Iof tue war, the Legislature Of the
State passed an act to place at the
disposal Of the Railroad Companies
the whole amount of State stock at
once, without regard to the amoant
paid in by priv ate parties. IF these
resources can be made Immediately |
available. and the finished part of the
road put in running order, the bonds
OF the Company can be aa:s33eayai!
able, which, together with the earn
lngs, will rapidly push the remaining
portion Of the work to comple,ion.-
We trust that no time will be lost,
but thai the matter will be taken in
hand at once aud pushed through as
speedily as possible.
1t was the intention Of Major
Blancbe,s Chief Engineer of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, to have
The whole line finished to Marshall
'arly this summer, but as the work
mas been suspended for several week $,
we know not the present IN: ..ioAi u.
he Company. The road is gradld
he whole distanceto Marshall. forAy
niles, and the iron is laid--T rails y
rom Marshall a distance of upwards
# twenty-five miles, which brings it
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

The condition Of our city demands
hat we should soon have Mayor
md Board Of Trustees, to regulate
md arrange things generally. This
8 a matter Of much Importance and
should be attended to promptly
As il iswe have a city without a
head, and the whole machinery is
getting out OF repair for want o. .
Life is endangered by the
condition of some of the
sidewalks and crossings, III. most
dangerous walking is to be found
lust before the store OF Messrs. D.. y
B. Jacobs, Grocers and dealers In
plantation supplies, etc. on reaas
street, who have just received a
splendid assortment Of goods, and
owing to the condition Of the side
walk Just b Glow them, persons want.
ing goods naturally should and do
stop there to fill their bills.
The reservoir, or water house, is
like many other things, to be class
ed among the things that were. We
might mention other places, but it
viii not avail anything now.
| Though We arc now under the
vigilant care and protection Of old
Uncle Sam, NO better posted age we,
thus far, through mail facilities. than
we were under the young Cousin
Sail, We do hope that the proper
steps viii be taken to place us IL
mail Communication with the balance
Of mankind Up to tile present
writing we cannot chronicle the arrl
val Of a mail from New Orleans
which could lave been done tw'
weeks ago, as well as not.
1 If mail does not soon make III
appearance, WE shall be under thu
painful necessity Of demanding iron
the authorities, an appointment a
special agent, to 90 in search Of .lla
which is not, but should have been
and will expect, in addition to
liberal salary, that all our travelin
and other expenses b paid.
Raia.--We are happy to announc
, in this mornings issue that We hay
| had an abundance of rain within ii
t week. On Wednesday we had
!. s;;.awer, and little after noon o
, Thursday it. commenced again, an
e has continued, almost without cessi
9 ton, ever since. The crop is no.
positively SAT-, all the forward cor
t fully made, and the yield will be in
! mense. II planters realize two BIZ
Z "A busll4l for their corn this fall. the
~ ! s.is. NV nm; ii ~: su s.?
r for rain, will in a few days look ,
fresh and green as ever
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

Our friend Capt. John Freese, Of the
steamer Frolic, arrived here on We'd.
nesday, the 9th The Frolic had a
good cargo, and the Captain, we
were pleased to notice, was in good
health and spirits. We recommend
this boat to shippers and travellers.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

-" - PN"'"utH, otifiE- uIl'
en- out heller SHELTER. and their littl
cottages burnt over ti1eir heads, hat
no alternative but 70 20 To tie towns
and engage i'll some of the br hnche,
Faf manufacturing.
| 70 give an illustration of FL glant
now and England eighty years ago
the condition Of Caithness, id Scot
land then and nov, is given. Eighty
years ago Sir John Sinclair applied
to the authorities for permission I'd
raise regiment in Caithness, which,
was granted. "ln a few months the
regiment was raised, eleven hundred
strong, made up OF hale, healthy
men every officer Of which nine
teen IN number was upwards Iof six
feet high" Now, during the Crime
an war, not a half dozen m;Ii,;a,osn
can be raised in the same district!
The Duke of Wellington said that
the rank and file Of EnglisA armies
;s co,n,,o.,d e -. ~
Tho. e,r,h s.. ill., -, ,t,N' sa'l !,
,ha, J, =, ! ana,s 80 ! ~ : : III S.'''
lin |; .,,,t i w. D'', ~ 10y
Of f,,A1;on;nr ~, ls 's' ~
Z - -
,p;,,,,,a eanno. 1s ypa'.'h r y "@ n
!, Il aa,1,.f '7,' IA IL 'AP
nil on.r.,; ), III -
this al !, reason u : ,ha rao,;. III !. /,
j;ers !, -. g.; - ~ l,"s ''ep ~,
to wba, Ensli.n sola;s,s uss1
to be-. and ubv All. ,,,..n.s !,
were /, difficult - l. h,a : '''F'''''
~ ! =, : 49, i
n I'LL : us.;,,nn sa.rD9s ~ ,'a'
mr., IL = wing . 'i demand ,'l nov /
"n Ut a dp5f1 i1cr by tla United
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q !, Friend u need. "A Quaker out
at slb5ws 4
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EnglaA IS 1 Military Poyer. \
The imsa an war opened thy eyes
of'the Eslish people to the 'Stound-
ing fact lat England was not what
it had beelal a military power; that
its martialspirit was, in a measure
gone, and bat the bone and muscle
which had dten wlhstood the shock
Of Europe WIRE got also. The men
would not snlist; they had some
thing else 70 dol They were not
willing to 5 erve militiamen. even
for 4 few month, to guard home
while the re gulafs were sent to the
field. They hadpo taste for the SER
vice, and thsy had their families to
see to, or they might lose their place
if they went off soldering, or per-
t."'stit stand very good
chance to die Of cold and want in
that cold and inhospisabre country
or they might be struck by a stray
bullet from the enemy. All these
considerations made it very difficult
for England to fulfill her part of the
contract with the other parties TO the
war.
But Blackwood says chat England
as military power, has actually
been on the wane fol the last fifty OF
sixty years; and this, he says, i
owing to the fact that they now have
properly speaking, no rural pepu a
ton except the gentry and Their ser
! wants, and a fewIvagrants that wan
der like lost spirits through the land
The six feet, strong limpbed, stall
wart peasaniry Of sixty years ago
that cultivated their own acres in tn,
5 country, have all been forced to en-
gage in factory life in the numerous
large, pent up and unhealthy cities o
: the kingdom, where they have bee
: reduced to pigrnies-mere shadow
I of their former self.
i eco any day about 2 O'Clock i
TIE afternoon" says distinguisbe
!, writer, land take stand on Glas
!, COW bridge, and witness the proceS
t sion of factory operatives as the
: pass by to their meals !: how wal
/ how sallow, how deformed! I'll
e. question will naturally arise, ca
e this mass Of diseased and detorme
# humanity be the descendants OF tn
i, stalpart highlanders Of Il torln'
day?"
l. "Factory f." continues this WI
ter, . has been thu bane Of Englis
y chivalry and manhood" Some thi
~ ty years ago, or more, the Duclie'
q ss.s,is.s,and in au,rs...s..A tho fsoiis
@ sasa's'''s ~ sWs9 IN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-01

4 LENANDRlA AGA DENY.
Il JOHN $ BEACH, rrincipAl.
The eighth annual Session Of THIS school viii
begin on Monday next. September 4th, and
continue ten months.
The course Of study will embrace d thorough
English and Mathematical education, together
with Latin.
CHARGES:
By the quarter Scssion Of - months payable IN
advance.
Intermediates Class TOO
JUNIOR Class otO
Application can be made at the school room,
No. 43, North Royal street. aug 29-0tH
A LENANDRIA FEMALE ohMINAH1.
n No. 81. WASHINGTON St. Alexandria, Va
This school will be opened on the Il til of Sep
tcmber, in the buildings formerly occupied by
the Messrs. kemper male school. The To-
cation is delightful one, in the most healthy
and beautiful part of the city. and in this res
pect this school offers rare ad gantage TO board
ing pupils The Principal having had large
Experience himself and having secured the best
talent to assist him, is confident of being able to
give entire satisfaction to all who may patronlZe
him. The course ofinStruction will be thorough
embracing all the branches usually taught
Terms-per quarter of the scholastic year: pay
able in advance.
Elementary class............... ...........9lOV W
JUNIOR ~ ~
Senior Cl -ss ID w
Board and Washing. ng..."........,............. 81 80
Fuel (for day pupils )......................." oU
Music, Drawing and Languages extra.
aug 15-- If X. kEMPhR, Principal.
CCHOOL NOTICE.-The School for boys
y formerly conducted by the Messrs. kemper
will be reopened by the undersigned on the
llth September
Terms, per quarter Of the scholastic year:
Payable in Advance
Elementary class, $1,000
Junior . 12.5e
Senior 1900
DEL KEMPER,
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Educational.

TE7HE subscriber will open his SCHOOL, for
1 BOYS. in the centre room, OF the lower
floor Of the Lyceum building, on -1oonday' the
11th ofSeDtember AS heretofore the number
of nupiIs Will be limited, that they may be un
der his own personal instruction. Terms of
tuition ner Scholastic quarter, as follows For
Orthrography, Reading Writing ->rllhnetic
and Geography So; English Gramn ar, History
and Composition so: Mathemat'c: 4nd the
Natural Sciences SlZ. II. +. I1t-Hi.1.
aug 30-lm
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CT. MARY'S ACADEMY.
- No. AZ, south Washington street.
aug ISL ms

MISS MARY A. ROACH, Principal
The 9th session Of this Young Ladies' High
School, will begin on the 1lth Of September
next.
No Oh ange will be made in the methods Of
teaching or the course Of studies pursued with
so much success for many years past; but for
the benefit Of graduates Of the school ut former
sessions and other young ladies who may pass
a competent examination in English Grammar,
Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra and the
Physical sciences, there will be superadded at
this session,
A COLLEGIATE CLASS,
intended to embrace the theory and practice Of
teaching, and modelled cn the plan Of the best
Normal schools.
Apparatus and specimens ample to illustrate
the Physical Sciences are provided, and con-
slant additions made thereto; a Solar Micro
scope Of great power, from a celebrated London
Manutactory, having been added during the
past session.
For circulars, or further information, apply
at the school rooms, or No. III, Duke street
aug lin
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No Extras.
A IEXANDRIA SEMINARY,
n South Pitt Street. No. IS.

sumed the first Monday in September next
The course of studies will consist as heretofore
of the English Branches, Latin, Hebrew,
French and German languages 1t is now forty
years since the undersigned assumed the pro-
fession ofteaching, and more than a quarter of
a century since he commenced teaching IN
fellow citizens, and respectfully solcts con-
tinuation Of that patronage which has been
heretofore SO literally extended to him. For
terms apply to the Principal at his residence,
No. 81, Pitts.t, south. S. KING SHAY.
aug 22-1rn
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ECCLESIAsTICAL.

Archbishop Kenrick has addressed circular
70 70 the Catholic Clergy of Missouri, instructing
them that they can in no wise take. the oath
sexacted Of them by the new Constitution of
70 mat State. without a sacrifice of ecclesiastical
liberty. He hopes that the civil power will
ABSTAIN from enforcing the oath but, should
II /, happen otherwise, he desires to be informed
VI VI the fact that he may be able to give counsel
ana assistance. The clergy Of other denomi-
aaslons In Missouri have also expressed de-
e',mlnation not to take the oath.
"A: AT meeting Of the Bishops of the Meth
Su1st Sa1, Episcopal Church South, which was
as asla at Columbus, Ca, on the 18th ult.,
ssS pas!oral address was agreed upon which, after
nesle:Wlog the duties of the clergy OF that de-
ss;.halnlallon, VIII takes up the question of reunion
- Avn "a the Methodist Church North, and arrives
MN ns'ne conclusion that the maintenance OF the
p,osent pres independent organization is decidedly
''''eraole tor the reasons stated in the address.
= Livery able bodied negro W ho was once Wade
s,nn pton's slave is now hired by him men at
H. =. per month, women at So, without board.
sas 90 expects to raise 300 bales of cotton this
iis;ssoo and means to give free-negro labor
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-01

The 9th Session Of this school will COM
mence on Monday, September 9Th, 1850, AT the
Eclectic Academy Building, No. I, North Co.
umbus street.
The course ofins5ruction enbr&ces the usual
English studies. with the Greek, Latin, French,
Spanish and German languages, Book Keep
ing, Photography, or short hand Writing,
Vocal Music, and the vario IS branches Of
Mathmatcs, and includes regular courses OF
Lectures on Natural Philosophy, Chemistry,
Physiology and Mythology, illustrated by ex-
permonts, SC for which the necessary aD~
paratus has been provided.
4 well conducted Literary Association is
connected with the school, and there is a stu
dents library Of 500 volumes.
The principal is a teacher Of Is years expe-
rience and Will be aided in the different de
partments Of study, by four able assistants.
Circulars can be had at the bookstores, and
applications for admission will be received at
No. III, Duke st. Those wishing to cnter are
advised to apply at once, as all the seats are
usually engaged in advance Of the opcling.
RICHARD L. CARNE, JR.
aur 19-2p# Principal.
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VOLUME LXXI.
PUBLISHED (DAILY) By
EDGAR SNOW EN-, SR

gg~ OFFICE-No. 104, King street. over
Hren nch's Book Store.
ne Advertisements and Subscriptions re-
eeived at the Printing Office OF at Edgar Snow ,
ien's Office corner Of King and Royal streets,
over j. Owing's Dry Goods store.
TERMS OF SUBcRIPrIoN-Sixty cents
per month or Six dollars PER ANNUM payable
in advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS ins erted at the usual rates.