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I0DM$ MANt7F'ACTURTE. SJNO. DICKINSON, pROPRIBTOR .JOHN DICKINSON, D DIT S . S. H. PARSONS. I Friday, - ' May 17, 1861. Job Work must be paid for on de livery. AA3 JiN' N T. SMr. JoHN W. TABE:R, is our atthtlori(·l -ent in Natchitoehes. Mr. D. D. O'Pr:if:N, \u. 6, Exchsnme Place, New Orloans, is our authorized Agent for tbhat city. M3. H. C. CLARKE, Bookseller, is our al thorizud agent for Vicksburg and Natchez. These friendly to our undertaking, w. o may hear of any local, or other items, that will prove of interest to our readers, will favor us by handing in the same at the office of the News. NVe will be pleased to receive contribu tions from our friends, in and around Shreve ..prt. An occasional article froml osr planter. rclative to the crops, will be very acceptahle. In fact, we desire correspondeuce front Severy section of the States. rorsoual articles will not he pul'lidhed, either as conluurlicatiol.ns or advert itsenlti . "Should our carriers overlook any ol o, our subscribors, they will please ,l-ave at notice to that effect at our office, (.or nor of Texas and Spring street, Ao er I Baers store. i, SPostmasters are requested to ii act as agents for the _\News. and re :a in ten per cent from a mount t;rwarded. . oh I'rinltin-. I Persons who may be in the halit ,t' f .e-nding their orders to New Orleans i tor Job Printing, will pleanse favor us with a call. lillhenads, Cardls, cir .culars, handbills, labels, wagon re ,.-ipts,tickets, ete., neatly printed. We issutied no extra la.st evening for t1he reasl! that the news recei ved, dild not amount to any thing, and fturther the telegram: did not colre through by the Southern line, which leads us to believe that there is no truth in it. We publis-h it uin .!,:r the proper head. Our Flag. At the head of this column we, rhae hoisted the fl:ig of our choice. 'We made it ourselves, and probably it will nom bear close inspection; however, our readers we feel confi dent, will nut criticise the attempt; -we iiglt have obtained a better look ing representation, but it would not have been home mianufacturv. Give us home indwstry., be the looks what they may. so thIat it answers the par OSo. Those Flowers. The fair lady who kindly sent us ia hoqluet as a token of 'her regard for .,our "out an ot and out advocacy of South ern rights," as she term-s it, has our thanks for the same- Though utnac lquainted with the fair donor, the act will always be cherishced ill our mm .ory. May we always prove worthy .of such little kindnesses. Of course, if you compose a piece of poetry for the News, we will publish it with ple asure. We may hero say to our fair and unknown friend, that we de -serve no credit tfr the coursse we are purrauing; for it i- just whlat would he expected from a person raised and educated in the Sourth, from infancy. There is .aIthisg like making the were Attempt. rope SSouthern Printing Ink.-The At- the lanta, Ga., Common'wealth says: "We from were shown on Friday lnst, a very boat fine specimen of very fine red print- rloc ing:ink, manufactured by Messrs. the Massey and Landell, of this city. v-isi, The color is bIright, the body would into appear to be good, and appeared to four "distribute" freely and evenly." firs The above may be looked uponby of t many as a thing of minor importance, ject but when we inform our readers that dell all the printing ink used in the South, list is manufactured at the north, they to t will think differently. We may al- 11 so say with safety, that the, samue is ties the case with writing ink. frog The making of such things in the a South,. shonull ,e looIked ,upon ats on, e 1e f of the first steps towards the estab- gr,(. lislunent of southltir manufactories. feet Though ty they .mieur tritlitur, vet in 1 arc the ennd, they prove remunerative iun lr a pecuniary point of view to the man- inl u- facturcr. ''licrse are requisites. and ;nu will always meet with a ready sale. of SAn industrious person could under- l it take the manutacturiug of the above u n:noird articles in thle city of Shreve port, and make it as chelap as it ran )te made any wher', and we 1,ve :\,' sa hesitation in saying that he could sell tl all he could make. If there is such ilit a person in our midst, who would lc up willing to utnd,.rtake this. we coiuld as- Ii sist him, lby furnishinsi gid riciipt. of tor makingeitlier or blth the articles. = and will not ch:tre hiim fo;,r it. 'l'he ii outlay for tihe colllnllltencemllit of siuch hr : 12 <uudertaking.is v.ry trilling. \Vill e any body unde,.rtake' it ? While onit this subject, we woulnhd sutirst thi ,l Sproprietv of stablishinga papel r muill in or near ýhre\veport. We have \\ iti- k t in a t.vw miles of the city. ver"y r,'ol, Y , water for th. llrpose. and any qitul- t t City of miaterial can le had thr ncelh lllannui'tctlct ,re. l et se , ille . prso1n r t r persuis tiry this, aulI we V'uch ter : th.emi a sat' i nivestt. nlit it' capitatl. ' wcill p:atrmize him, and we kmuw Slinat th, p:,peis published in theI u- of eo urlilin' country will d~l they same. to [From th, a n I t nu ci.--,le 1 eraldl.] ] ray's River (W .) Silver mines.1, ei- Sti Fl.N'lt.Xsiso, ,1Murcl h7th1. isGl(. i Editor of the Hne.rali :- vy rvequest I sendr the folllowintg inifo ,rmtio fior Slhlicatiou-ling .-nIliLnnlarV ot trip.- - up (i-rayi'liver dutllring thle sp1ring mand ir suntailer of ItI . As tlhis river was n- only kniivn to :a fetw Irapiirs Ih"e tl :uht beaveyr und otter m1ne its trilbu -aries, a spirit of enterprise took pos session of four pelslons, your comies pomdent included, to make a trip up we the river ald l scertaili its sour"ce, as ce. also whether it was a 1good coutlr I fr fuar ling and stick raising. L poi n, Sth- 11thi of April. at 2 o'clock P'. M., it i left Astoria, the sun shining bright fi Iv. leduling enchantment to their trip. pt I 't'hre being but a gentle breeze the ok- hunt was jpropelled by oars. About not 4P.. i. we entered the' mnouth of Gray's r river-being about northeast from As toria. Before entering the river, we hat camle into Gray's Bay. The bay is r- proticted frolmn strong windls by ifor ritigton Point omn the veast, "i:1u( Point l:llice on the west. The distance be twemn the th wo points is three milis 'ie watr is deep d anchorag us ood. At the mouth the river is about fo. quartr of a milv wide ; the chan ith- nel is deep hut narrow. 'i'lo shores around the moith are low and swam our py-the highlandscan be seen in the n di tance. But after ascending the ri act ver eight milesh tihe shores of the river mm- suddenlyi.iange tlhir appearance, and thv become hilly and very rough. Ten miles up the river the irs't sand and for gravel bar was seemi, and here we land red and found a 4great deal of quartz vith and many different varieties of rocks, our which caused the bar to be named de- Quartz Bar. On timis bar we prospect ead for gold, but were prevented from oul going deeper than two feet by water and A short utistance above the bar we ncv. reached the first .iaids. liere we were complled to ordell with a long S rope over them. Above the first bar the river is a succession of rapids all the way to its head. Sixteen miles from the mouth we had to leave the St boat, as at this point the river is cov- ted t ered with millions of logs, which has blocked the river up. After leaving city the boat we cooked some of our pro- prey visions, and the remainder we formed stree into packs and carried on our backs- Gent fourteen days, over mountain and ati valley, through forests of gigantic firs and cedars-we reached the head em of the river. Thus our principle ob- ' ject was accomplished, and we coin- sed anenced our journey homeward. The T distance, as near as could he tifwli'day was about fifty miles from the mouthl da to the head. The river ruln S. S. W., and etnp- sas ties into the Columbia river two miles this from the mouut. There is mniell ' good 1 farming land on the river, and for raising stock. a h.tterplaeei could not or be found We mieasured grass that will grtew (,io the shore of tiht river threee, . tie-t il lentgth. 1r Around the falls of the river, which are two miles up, we were very forci i ly struck with the aplpearalw .f the fift itmountain, ais it is red, like brick duast woo Sanld thel bolder rocks along the shor"fuss of thei river were full tf quartz. But iitidillg that we lad lhast two dayls pro vision.s, we conclutaded to go hack to ' ee Astoria, and to revisit this place dnur- sou inag itle. sumttuer. On the first Ist Mar we all arrived a safe., but raggedl, at Astoria. aldl foundid Sthe inhabitants anxiously wa11 inlg our t 1 return. 'l'hus eladed the first expe- W Sditioii that any white party ever mailade up til, the river, atll brought to liglt ima- m uv highly imaiirta:lt acts-t. ,retun ,.t of all, that tak, ila untaina, andl ravt\ines aon this riaver contain latr g qutrtit itCs ' f lllixtu.ral ore. ai ta-e of the specimens tlat were lea h brought to Astoria, bi" the party who ut 11 wie till thte first trip, were pieces of ,hle-t ,renishl quartz. This being po, iiide d ull a id islted iin a crucible. 'a w:is thiu d t ci t a tiii til a istaall ltlalutity at 11 if silver, as also gold. 'Thlis tact was I I- knIwni to but tiew indil was kept quiet. SIYollr writer, with al experienlced for- to 1t v-niut" liiiuer constituted thie secontd Sparty. We started fromii Astorii ar l,, abu't ath' niddle of ,July, 1ctiO, awl ll 11 rri Ctved at iray's Itiver Falls in two , :la'y. ( )n alltne o the blirs bielw thel al. falls Wi~s 'ound a piece of re., i lhich r j,..-. lied lh ai.aolte o silver ,re very t 'i ullh. After having collectl'd at sackl i" f dit'il reut kilnl of r wcks, e started fti to Asii t Ii. Arrivi tg thelre, three weeks tine. t AN :s spentt in assaly litg the lire, wlhich iwa;s iunid to contain silvetr ; ut ntil knoLwiig 'here th elead was, there Vx-a- blit little notice taken of the ia fact. [his, ilhowever, didll not re 'st a:ia longi; fora iart v of three, your for wtiiter inluded, discovered ti e sil ve.r lead l n the l t IGh of August,, 1 tl . e. tm i aiaear tlhe (Glray's Ri'ver Falls. 'The 1"a ore was slhow(L to a lelsoll tWho haad ,. travelked h hrough the W1asihoc mining ru- tegion, and said that this last ore re u- sel bld the IVashoe, and was itemuh richer thilai the specimentts froml the up Snatiai silver iintes. Oregon. The as p~,ltson who gave the alllinioi toal tr your correspoudent this, as also not pia to let any-one kniow the location; 'but the party that were upll the first t t time, went t ill again in August, and p found whlere your orreslndnt had tlh dug in the moluntain to get the ore. ,out I would not have senit this article. 1 S for publication-but knowing the As- excittelinit that now exists in (g regolt i and Waislington Territory, with r e * 15 gard to these tuntes, I deitaned it lot- would not be altaiss to have these ont facts generally kno.wit. I(IAS. 1.VM. SlilvaELY. rigi Though the times are dull, our city it- is visited every day by Texas wag oes otnerS, niakitag their purchuases. WVe ram- pedict a prosperout1t5 btisinift, 5Seasola. aIf wth have no more raiins soon there will he a flie crop of wlhaxat raised; and sotme of it thutts far has been destroy Tea ed by rust, but we ate led to under and stand that the chtaneos for at abutan an daut. crop was nova r better. cks, The river at this point is falling imed slowly. from An earthquake in Chili, in the lat ter part of last month, destroyed the r we city of Mendoya and San Juan, e we 15,000 lives were lost. Special for the Daily News. RCeivd yesterdý y e"'ingi . hi St. Louis, May 14"-It is estima- city. ted that ten thousand persons left the it w city on Monday. A perfect panic date prevails. In some quarters entire 1p streets are deserted. The report that towu General Harney had disapproved the exci action of Capt. Lyon, is authoritively e'; ed, , deniced. The 'whe Missouri Legislature has pas- plac sed the bill to arm the State. two The city is quiet and orderly to- left day Cairo, May 14.-Several Arkan- a sas complanies have arrived at Mem- fall this. face ll.ereafter, boats with provisions, han or imtuitiins, tfr the .eceeldd States, wt ill be stoppeld here. o: . Wa:shington, May 14.--Capt. PIn- ar dlrgrast has given notice to all ves sels to hlave Virginia waters within e fitteen days, Au extension of time t was asked for and imperatively re fused. the It I.ocouotives firoml t'ennessee have na be4 n stopl ed. -Also, coal going Lt I- southward for stenl Ipurposes. lie ''The Secretary has ordered the il I'awmnee to stop Virginia vessels, de- 5a t:ainiing vessels with fish, &c., for a S\Vashington. lug S'1'wenty armed New York, Balti- fro ln(,re and Plhiladelphia ste.:uncrs are ready for blockading, in addition to ,overlllenlllt steamers. It is r.eported that the .New Or rleans, Alalama and 'I'renuessee r.egi mints reached Itichmouid yesterday. f 1larri-hurg, May 14lth.-A *la-cial ag :gt.nlt repomrts G00b0 c)ont:f1dmril ttops Him v at llarper's Ferrvwithl only one day's im provisions. t. B]altimore, May 14.-The railroad mu Strain with mails and massenrgers has . d arrived from 'Philadelphia. Tlhey tid were welcomred along the route. vo hieeling, May I ..TI' 'uniinm . tco.,mvntt'iol oft Western Virginia is l assemibling. Som( of th, lllllemllheiS .k are in fav,,r of neutrality----thers are el for the 1,artitionl of thei State. B:dltimori. May 14.-The1'1 city is u" qui t. A la:rg'e 1,nlumber of Northernl a troops are manontentarily ,explmcted. ,. ,e Frt Mcellenry has been largely re l inf i rct'i.d. 1 SA large load of military goods has, b-en s-iz7d iby the troops til the Flred c0. crick rua,:l. he Spi.es are reported along the frd t ral troops lg T'wo privateers have been captured loff (G-ardemimr's Island, New York. old - not Parties in Chicago are pre.paring t.igun-limoats, with a view to comnimand irst the 3Missississppi river. One of the and Solomous sayst : land We learn that nearly all the tutgs mre in this city can pass the canal locks. icle They are just the thing for gun-boats. the A Mississippi steamer would have go no mlore chance against these boats re- than a balloon fti-ae building would I it against (Giberaltar. me They should be armedl with at least m,111 24 or 32 pound gun ait the. bw, and a 24 or :12 pound howitzer at tihe stern, the latter to throw grape, slhrailel, &C. 'ly'wemnty of thlese gun-'oa'ts would gi\U ive us contumanu d of lhe Miisissippi, 1 i ;rd with fitiy or sixty we could con So. vy an entire flect to New Orleans, here raking downeverything in the shape of'; a land battery )on the route. T'I'he abovc is about as sonsible a roy- calculationi, as we could cxlpect from r- the people who inhablit thie saintly city of Chicatgo. G(rand figures they Sare making to run their heads into ihe lions jaw. Poi.on Oak.--We are told that a lat ash of bluestone in strong solution, d the as used to wash wheat by our farm uan, cers, is a certain cure for the poisoln oak, We make the following extract + from a letter sent by W.J. Jones to his father WVm. C. Jones, Esq., of this city. As it is the first intelligence we have had from the Caddo-Ritlets it will be read with interest. It is dated Bristol, Tennessee, May, `ld. I passed through Cleveland, (harles town and Knoxville. There is mrcn excitement in this state than any oth er; the people are thoroughly anrous ed, secession flags flting everywhere. There areahout 8,000 soldiers at thii place, leaving hourly for Washington; two compamits of Tennelssee troopi Sleft this morning; our comnpanyheav,. this evening at 5 o'clock, for Rich mond, Va., to await further orders. I have no time to write more. 1 mtay fall in battle, but it will le with me" faceto the foe, and my gun in my I hand. i "''Tle city coulcil of Louisvill. on 2, inst.. alprpri:te"l : 20,000 to - arn thet city. Our People had as wr/i know it. Th'ii. following was received by this nmorninmg's mail: Belleville, April 30th, I G l.-t T the Editor r/" the mlissmiri State Jour n ~al:-- drop you a liine to intormi you n and your friends that recruits leave, here day and night, tfor the arsenal Sinl your city. A spy wast here on Saturdav, and tried to get Capt Reiss and his whol., compaoy to go dow n, as they could smuggle tlaem in. A large compae:y came in last night i-frot tilhe coal minmlis intCeded for th,: :e arsnal. 113 A S U NJ C. - S IIdU: A. v I ZT LOI1)GE of F-'. Faand .At 1. Na. 1 15, uzt .J .1. I I. 1144 ulet", Net 'y.? .%larirpuat lauipter of It. A. M. No. 10. miteets ott thie ~2iit itnil -tll %! tiiaitt of 'a i: Iontlh, :it 7.1, 1. 'M. .. (:. 3IC'tý t.t.tAý O '1'. C. Wullaar, Ivcortldr. II. 1. Shrrrrpjrt ('outncil, IV. and S. M. No. nlila-It o il t ta.d ::I Suattrdv . of (il tuonlit. iii 7j 1'. M. 1.MtE l 1). tit{A!l.: I huty I .Avy. Il~tdail~t. 'I'. .t;.". ?I I 'latat at total ug. :at thel M zos,auit" ull ao Tex~ts street, user Mlavar's atiia.. ii' 4 J..R1. S1iJ1,sn (' 31. ('a/lhwtt. SinhIrDton i & Calhoun, W1TItEIIOSE & COMMllSSdON iii11: Li'HA'I 1"'1'S, fLU ~ira andi 1 'oi aa, tlan.ý ..gtit., IBK llt LA.6lU~ liSU II a ing 1t10.d tlilt' popular And coiriniu ilit us \XV atalia ua of Mest-sr. Hioward, 'ai i' . '.,anti havinigg kuin out; ax V~ateieCi hil ha~ltiaSN, %%a lop ii~tI ra"ctivt it M 011 o of Tb. hulllit" patrt. tialga., utat1 jut-dire ourselves lt dot all ittru ,ia pv. er tot tiv atntire eetistutt tiou in uill lusiuacss anit isil to otir Cate. /1,1 ire.a5k i& ( trial. - $.- iIIXSON--'~ 1 L Z IN T 1 S '1I', Oflice nearly opposite the Post ( lce, Slt1Rt:Vr"pottT, I.1. ti EO. 1J. KE NDALL. 1-) IL N T IIs rj Of (ffic, cotrnrr 'Market and ti Mitm ati.. ()ppo.%ilr the flank. I Ul SIIVL:P(,R'RT LA. Rtta1t". J. LOPONEY. ~ iA~1L WULhY . It LUOXEY ,j I'LELLS, rr Altorincys 4 Counselors at Lawe. it 'J1 IL pricrtica' in the (Courts el Ia (jdsido, andl surrounrtindg; irarishea, trda )t, in tilt lSttlaro i (¾.'aurt at JMonuroe and "t' Alexanlria. ()slice on Market street. ts, near tilte 1'oatffit4.v. Shrlevajaort. 14t. '' it1-l-al __.___ J. E 1'IF:1.':+.J. V. ROC;I1$ lilt Phelps & Rogers, 'ly (Successor. to T. II. Ethreridige ) ItO Grocers &Comiui'issiou Merchauli Cor. (omninerre anad 3ilam amr.. 3,IREVlrtitt'r, LA. t a Keep constanitly on hand a large as 3in, sortment of Sta le and Fancy 6re im- cecres, Hlay, Corn, Oat(s, Cfc. 1o0r Advancets mnade on consignments te our friends in New ()rlhans. alidlv