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Published on Tumesday and Friday. EDITOR AND PROPRIXTO1. our . Agents: Mr. N. SELIGMý1AN..... Shreveport. Mr. J. LU. LUFT oN,. .... Belluvue. Mr. ii. C. CLAKKE. ..... Vicksburg. MIr. D. D. t'BnIIrx,.. -ew Orleams. Mr. Jour W. ''ABER,. . Natchitoches. Dr. W. S. D)ONALVSO),N ... n.lt23icd. F. 13. BAILEY, -. H Iluntsville, Texas. TUESDAY,-...NOVEMBER d, 1862. WVhen subscribers sce a led pencil manak oix their paperx, at ,ig niaies that the time )paid for haLs Exzpired. rand the papl)c"r Stopped. There is a very large stock of To bacco in our market at present. On Friday, we noticed the arrival of a few wagon loads of leather. The news from the Texas coast is not very cheering; one after the other, our towns fall into the hands of the Federals. Texians, to your duty., if the enemy is thus permitted to take possession of your coast, you may soon expect themn marching tri umphantly into the interior of your State. The Telegraph says : We learn that 3latagorda, Indiano la and Powderhorn have all been ta ken by the Federals. Our people were concentrating at Lavaca for a fight.-rThe Federals had but to land at any time since the war began, to take possession of those places. True, it is that the above places are notof much import, but renember that every point they take and hold, aids them in the prosecution of their aims. Lavaca will, doubtless be the next town, they take. From our Texas exchanges we learn that a secret organization exists to a considerable extent in Northern Texas. A number of persons sus pected were arrested, and after an examinatiou, some forty were hung. The object of the association is sup posed to be for the purpose of aiding the Federals. The inmtenbers of this association recognize each other by signs and grips. We hope it do,es not amount to as much as the press conjecture, and that the members will be discovered. We would direct special attention to all the advertisements in to-day's paper. Adjutant W. I). Douglass. of the 7th Texas Regiment, has laid us under obligations for a late paper. A meeting will be held at the salt works, in Bossier Parish, on :Satur day the 8th inst., for the purpose of adopting measures to dlet'eld the lied River valley. The attention of our readers here, and at a distanuce is directed to the advertisement of Mr. W. .1. J. Carlisle, in this issue. Mr. C. is agent for the Virginia manufactories, and is prepared to fill all orders for this article. He has now on hand not less than .500 boxes of chewing to bacco, and some 600 more on its way to our city. IIe will be constantly receiving large supplies which he will sell or exchange for wool, hides and leather, on reasonable terms. This affords an excellent opportuni ty to merchants and consumers to lay in a supply, while they can. Call and see him. See notice cautioning the public against trading for note. The steamer Vigo, from Alexan dria, passed :this place, on her way up the river, with a lot of governmtent g4ods, from Matamoras. Eggs, butter, chickens, corn and eatables generally, will meet with a ready sale, if brought to this place. A tailor.put an end to his existence yesterday, by taking stryehnino. Self Dependence. In looking over an old number of the Southern Monthly, we find a very interesting -article on the subject of Self Dependence in nations and indi viduals. It is replete with good ad vice, whlch might well be followed. ALluding to the hope at one time e'ntertained by the major portion of our people, the writer says: As yet, we of the South must ap- I pear, in the yes ofi foreign nations, to, lack that great element of loman . . strength-self-dependence. The sec tional treachery which at last drove us to revolution, caused us at first ti, , calculate our value to others, and to sek abroad for help while we should have been investigating and develop I ing the Gol-bestown powers that would place Uzs beyond the need ot" it. Our government shared the error and t nursed it. The letter of (en. Albert t Sydnev ,Johnston to Pre-ident Davis proves how tar the taint had spreula I even in the armiy, where the parI- ' mount law -hould ever be that of elit reliance. The error is now seenll ; ltl I th oily d anger to be ft;ared i, a r. I action 1 ,f tc] ing against those nat i,,". to which we have vainly ulnnelcets:l i ly" turined our help-seeking ys. e We r feel now that we can work out our own salvation ; but we should bewarei - of such exageU'ration olf the t'e1;lins -, - many would manifest by a Laughty and i'orfitless disr,.gard of thl rerl,.ct a due those great empires with whinm, 1 we must sooner or later intltrchan.i. Scourt'esies and colnltdult ('omllll'(''. Thev but wait evidence of our selt y reliance and power of self -suitenanle' r to bid us welcome to the assemnihly ot'; nations. 'Th' exhibition of' atred to, Englaind e(-aut-,, trsoi th,sli wou ii Snot hazard tihe we:ltire of i millin, in a war with thlie l- ited :tats. t~,r onr/ beinfit, is.-illy in thl extreiitne. i expect a gre.at nationt, l irg;,.arld her treaties withl another, at Ilh. t i n-t Sternal distllrlani e thait may occur aithin i tha tt o her, i, a.- unreasonall. I as to quarreil with iJohn ,e'an'us, hei' will not . apouse yV ur qtl:ir'l Hith your late bus-iness partner. \Vh. .tn the dis.olutit in of partt ie'irship Itas Sbeen etfl'.etedt..loh| nou, dmu t, w ill :a - ica hly trade with either.i ' t, I:i I hl " ,,i llIo wing tforcihlt' tL~ tgx gl',I must ere thi. be pilain to every per s Son :n We must cvince, to the world that I we can feted ours(illlves, or tillst as suredly it will he !,,i erre w.e cavn tand a elf-.reliant l iati Illn t oilln.i li1l ti,-ns. `-e mri st tlit the pri.dri etf otu,'i ow ,in s&il or he' indt/'d tr/.lbt ,od t, ,"r bitterest' /oe. Jr,,i nofn,' other couild ~, get it. If the eye. of every citizen is nt open yet, they nievil will be. It be hooves us riot to In)k at thee work t aliead, and (cnnt11 plate th. ' l ite nt ,,L. stacles to be enc', telt 'red. lIbut (on th I cont rary, to pr ,ceeld without delay andl acconiplis-h what we can. Ev. ry rman. womllan and child, rich o.r pl ..r. is ' ,ually intersted. W e m ustudr wr oarse/Irs and clothe ourtcle' is - we lilst strain every nterve,and enldeatyVr r to excel each other, in not only prhll , viding for our individual selves, but for the army. It is only' necessary to say we will, and it will he ; yet, if we only half exert ourselves, under the, S' delusion that, France, England, or Ssome other power cannot refraiin now C from interfering in our behalf, thenI we are a doomed people. The mischief that this same hope has caused to our Contideracy can o not be summed up with ease, for it Swould exhibit itself' insomany tforms that any one who would venture it, c could not but stand aghast, at the task he had undertaken. For your country's'sake, build no more castles, but set to work with a a will, look not at your neighbor, fur you lose time, but attend strictly to what you have undertaken, after you d have finished, commence again, and a you will be astonished at your self. * A new hope now entertained by e many is, the successof the Demncrats in the past and approaching elee tion in the North ; this though will not have the effect many suppose. The only real benefit to accrue to us is the weakening of the enemy; for by be ing divided, they cannot present as I bold a front as heretofore ;-this is all. Per contra, will not the Black Republican adn ministration,seeing thbat it is short lived, be urged to commit still greater atrocition ; unpreccdent ed in tlhe annals of history. The op p~'ing pa'rty does not thvor us any more than the other ; thi only thing is. that tlhey propose waging war on , a difl;rent lprinciple. But war it (s to I be, and thteetorer tlheht,,ncficial results campairatively .-peaking, atlnouRt to nothing. W\'ar i.- war, and we can seet no pr.feronr',, as to which we fight. .t.hr.-, vou have not vet seen any- I thint , anil an yiv prelparI yourelves t Itr what never occurred 1(to 'tiI. TVe are only at the cndini or the corn mnclclfentnt. ¾,l ('tIitde n(w. that this I wVai is to , o0)I a .r(tTimintito and t Let ii readiness fhr ti,. wrs,.. Plant t'/,/,e yu can aid mak'e ,h lile you mel/, for vnit knw not what tlh mor row nma i,ii g. AILinllltln inow and forever nil io,'q. of fotreigni iiiterfi'rence itr a s.lo'el teruination of this war of War., atndl with do' itl.eiug of the )ninpi ptt't. y'our tauiiitr- will pass t1ru h tll his tihr' luriln ci, Ililhar'lnld \W hal;ve -sttdid thi, sutject well. and hiio tt.. ur readers will sulichientlv ap jprtCiaitt, our elirtis, by iheieding the advie,'. Fire in Houstom. 'h, HnInus:ton Tel'grauph contains ti I.' a lluiw Ig 1tartlicl :ir ta disastrous J ctllfl-:grai tiln iin tlit: city:i ! Aboult 41 ,cl',,k this ltrning ani alainti ol tirt a'ustd the town. 'ITi' i ti 'ri k.. li t in th, b,atk bt uilding oi tih. t:k,.Vr . i.txt t, the Ji:pti'l tI wlwa.v t,,.f.1r, , it \ia, d iscovt.rtd. A h,.,vy ttnt':ht'r itwliu at thi Snlto, tihli*, soont hunlllled tht: idlaz, into r:l.nltg fhit,. IThe ca-lrity ofi wniter, ;i- wtil as ,,f mllin Itl Wlo-k the i ,'iiglint', iw'id+-rl', th,. teffots to conl lit, th, ivie ti i i:t ori( i nlal loca -lity abrt i re. It ston Caught in thiet large t ihree lit'r" I f' itranw l diitin , ln'il rili BJak tr & Tlhiops,,t'.-t . Z-h t,h'ry, but Intiely ,ccupited hf .JuIdyoni's carr'liaget ren-itry' . adt I)o P r..,n' s trli,. anitl :nld1 iliudsl' . ,antdi l eitlings' I Sfurti tur.e t.,r '. Tlhit uitlhing was a v',r hart,. i,, and iut a ttw mo mlit-It- lp-d t_ ti'or, it was wrappedl ila tinu. lThi- tiht ililee itn dvauttred the scntlll dwellii n g ni,, .--: nl d .shItop .ou.th of tii build i :aint sct..~tl ni.t uipil' thet rl -eb .t a r i titlnt h, c wii ciiti tttgetih er w0th t, dw'<llihi ill itir Was Itiso A :..!u ,ic 1101 <,ni tl h,. East stit,. o ,t " .taill It' t. i It;h, r liigt' iirnte .tory tuibilin\g, wa litnxt ized by tdie thre ait, 1 tl lit i.o t ,' l.-'in td bi ,i'te it it .. itit-S ,t fitlitui. Th'l, tit+'":henl s\\'ept dolwl thl+ South e.' ,,f" th,, . ,nie. H ll block, taik in," in itls cuiiltl thh dhllig of Col. DJ. ,l. Falw in+\l, and DI. <). Alleni, --q., t,,',tihttr with thi' small build inig onl th- tco'rile, aind was~i herc ar rt.st eid. lhe los:. Itus it.l" as ivt' now esti at it, will r.each titty or sixtyi thou.nd d,,Iha-s, and prhaps inre. llt'ri.,-:. 'vtritill to thit Chitarlston .1crettar flrtii Hiihlnond, says : I have hIr.et,,t; .- pken ,t' the nmoney makittg .spirit ii Ihis Sitae. Hert' is it n i clidt'lit in jroof of its et'fcots. In tilt' toWni ot B., i great revival was oinent . ()nt- iiglt the minister of the church in whieti tie revival oc curred, pub]lielv rebuked his tlhhers foir nIlOt atltedigitg except on Sundt'y. B rother Diggs t:xcetsed hitvt'hlf on Sthlt grouttltd that his silintslS had in. creased so much that he could not pos. sibly leave it on week days. Bro. Figgs then rose Slit! said : "tBrother I)iggs has stated mit- caiIIO exactly. I Ile sells tobacco andt I manuaf'acturc it, and you all know that it is a bigl business at this tiuw. Why, brevhr-t en, even lugs is ,'ight dollars, and how kin I leave my factor,." This( really occurred. THh Qu3sTfoN.-Thinking. intel ligent, independent men of the former Union party of East Tennessee are rapidly declaring their adhesion to the Southern cause. They would not have the country overrun byliberated slaves who shall compete for employ ment with the laboring whites, who shall become as they have everywhere in the State an idle, thieving and wretched population, The municipal authorities of Chi cago have refused admittanceinto that city of 1,500 negroes now congregated at Cairo. What must become the condition of East Tennessee, should all the slaves of the South be turned loose to prey upon society I The above is from the Knoxville Register. It will be seen that when the pocket is to be effected, the "poor negro" is looked upon in a different light. The momentous queston among the fanatics now, is, "what shall we do with them ?" They are exceedingly anxious to liberate the slave, not for any love that they bear towards them, but with a false view of weakening and injuring us ; after the contrabands get in their possession, they are sorely puzzled about the disposition to be made of them. So much for their christianity. At n public meeting held in the city of Shreveport. on Saturday No vemnber 1. 1862, in accordance with previous nnotice. Col. B. L. Hodge was called to the chair and N. E. Wright appointed Secretary. On motion, of W1\. A. Lacy, Col. J. L. HIodges, of Bossier. Mr. r.raves, of I)eSto, and Col. M. Watson, of Cad do. were appointed Vice Presidents. Col. B. L. Hlodge explained theob ject of the meetitig ini an eloquent speetch. (_)n motion, lion. .T. M.. Sandidge, t1..I. l.ooney, J. M. Gatlin. .udge T. T. Land and M. LEs.tes, were appoint -.d a conmmittee to lpreparc resolit ions .Xpl1reeiv. of the sense ,t he meet inr . After the conlmnit-te ritired., G3,eneral Sibley. of the ('1S. A., ws, c:ailed for, who miadu a f1.w atirri ng retairks. Capt. W. A. Lacy was cailed fr antd made a pithy speech after which llon. ltolnd .Tones was called for, lwho, adtdre.sed the nmi'eting iln a ifcw au)pprupriLate remanrks. Capt. W. .'arrison of Blossier, was calle.d for, and m.the: a poiniltel ad dress. After a short tueim. the committee appointed for tlhe purpose. through their chairmian, lon. J. M. S':ndi Ig,. reported the following resolution. and supported the slatm' l y ualn :d.l ap. peal to the people to comle to tile rs cute of the lied River Valler. anld the necestity of rely ingpn our own strong arms for support. .,Resolutions were read and adopt ed unanimoutly. Resolred, I st. That his e'xcellhncy. thet Governtor of Louisianla. bhe ur. gentl/y requested to take, ilmredlite stpt's tfr a rigorous military 'rgani zation, f erery white male citiz't11 itn Louisiana \\,est of the Mis-iusiippi river, capable oft' bearing arms, is its; defense. Reo.Lred, 2d. That. in view of its necessity, and ivithout waiting for the action of the G(over)or iii this nmatter, the people of Caddo parish now determine that they will unite with the people of the tn.igl horing p'al'rishes in a determinel c.flurt to dt:'te.d our own immntdiate co,unttry, h- blockin gup Red River, and, with such w'eapons as cani be hadl, fight the entemy from alonIg every tait of' its banks.-And that, to carry this resolution into etfect, the Pre.-ident of this meeting be instructed to ap point two proper men in each ward of the parish, for the lnrolltmeLt o( every fighting man who may be ;vil ling to give his personal service to the cause; and that the, p-lrsons1 ths enrolled he called together hy the I'resident of this meeting, for the completion of matters necetssary to carry out the object in view. Resolved, 3d, That the IPolice .Tu rv of the parish of Caddo, be invited t: o convenec at some proper time. for , the purpose of taking such action as may facilitate the defense collten tlrrcd; and that the p hople of tihe neighboring parishes be urged to ; unite n ith th-, pO,,pl, of Cadd, in the adoption of measures for the general defense, and to send delegates to a meeting to be held in Shreveport on the 22d day of November. Reolved, 4th, That the Governor of this State. and Major General Taylor, through a committee to be appointed by the Chair, be requested to urge upon the Confederate author ities at Richmond, the propriety and necessity of permitting the retention for its defence, of all conscripts in Louisiana, west of the Mississippi river. On motion of N. E. Wright, the chairman, Col. B. L. Hodge, was ad ded to the committee, to wait on, the Governor. Resolved, 5th, That the Commit tee contemplated by the 4th rosolu tion be in.-tructed to visit the Exec utive of the State, at Alexandria, and Major General Taylor, in relation to all the matters refirred to in the fore going resolutions and report to the umeetiug to be held on the 22d Nev. instant. Respectfudly submitted, JNO. M. SANL)IDGE, Chairman Com. Resolved, That the Chairman ap point a committee of three, whose duty it sha:l.hbe, to correspond with the Presidents of tle I'olico Juries of P'arishes on and con tiguous to Rod River, and urge on tile various Police Juries to make such appropriation as Inay be ro quiried to carry out th,: object of the 21d re,,Olution. Resolred, further. That tihe several I'olice. Juries le rtequel.st, tl to appoint a suitable i,rsoni to canvass their respective parishes and arouse the peoplc to iinmuediate action. Mr. R. J. Llonev offered the fol lowing, which was adopted : RlcsdrIed. That we heartily re conmncud anid urrg.e ,ur citizt ns. not ill the mililitary sevrviec ,t tlh Con f,"denav, t:,o aid and a-slt by reruit,+ ainld ,thlerwi.te, the .*.flott of Capt. \V. A. 1-acV and ither', to forrm an efl ciemit :terillcrv co,mpaVy,. in this amnd the aljtirningi parishes. The committee alip,pinte,. t» cor -respond with P'residents e of1t' lict .J ur - : i). t ldr, rI. .ones, T. I'. L.tch Skiss. B3. L. IBODGE. (C1:hairmana N. 1. W'RIIIT. Sety. CN.tARLES T TN AN)D C.\VA .S.a A De F.'SSEs.-A 'Washiniiton dispatch to a N .rthern paper saye Ar Ch('arlet·on thie s:rceets ar de ifruded by ridet pit.s, and thile bay is ob struicted iby pilh-s.irerattr, etc. Th'llere :re, three gun0oats in the hailor, and Svryhody strems ti, think Charlts tui will ite att:mk.tl. .s-,,n, :1,l G(,.n M1itclil i. n-aturing pin.-. bur tor-c, is ct.-iderrahlv tucr.ast,,ed. T"l, health of lithe tro, ps is excelh-uit. The "ingal raun is it:aly comp!,. 1td at 1vaunilma, and two othcrte, w hi ch will prohbh!y prove f"ailures. STA'I'I rT''rt".U aRY N,''re.--There have- now bet-n isiucd tfir, tioe .:'State lTreasury Dcpart.aucnt netartly a inil lioul of the 1new oine dollar treasury 1 notes, and about -$00,000 inr notes of the denotuminution of five dollars. 'This issue lit tenideedtvastly to relieve the wants of the Stat.e t;er small notee. ,otnme three or Cacr hundred thousand dollars nmtreu of til finrmer and about $400,000 more of tlhe latter denomin ation are vet to be issued. The issue of the State treasu.ry notes of the de notinatiou ot' $0It will probably be t-'olllmelCed olext \weetk. '[trits, wron tit-s and liftics are anls) vet to be is sued.-.Richnmnd Enquirer. T'Ilhe Greenock (Scotland) correA ponl(ent of the N. Y. Herald in a let ter to that paper says : SOne of Mr. Ma:son's agents is -here now, lotking aftr somne of our crack (1lvde st enalern., thne Srou ,lth. lie has already purclha.ed one cailled the lona, a river boat; her usual speed is about eighteen to nineteen miils an hour. Though used for riv cr purposes only, she is quite fit for a Ssea: voyage. I belietve hI has his eye i or three others. Tl.ly aret at prea nent engaged in the Greenock and s Liverptool, and Grtnock and Dublin trades. 'I'They would answer adwira c bly for despatch boats, all having a great speed and splendid accommo e dations for passengers.