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Newspaper Page TextSHREVEPORT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS. ubr4,SEEOTFR_______IDYJAUAY_ 2 __ub_' SHREVEPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1862. Volume I i;Si -I -~r ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ifOJ)GE 4 A USTIN, " . ttc<n Pne* "- .t Tduw v, 4 )ficirr orer (V, ilderc. 4 Bcard'x s torc. (Jor. 'Texas and Springy stý 1)1-lvd SIIHMVEPORT, LA. J. (. M1ON- C(RE, % ttl~rkey n.t L_.a wiv, SJIRI:VErofRT, LA. Office w/h L. Xi. Sittt, cornrr oJ .11;11111 alit! iMarkrr~etrtY'Cfs. ,.:e(ti-1J EJItET 7'1. CRAIG6, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Office, ,ojpI*itc Post 9;i1- SIItI VI:I'oRT, LA. \Vill pl.rcticer in tl- C(our~ts of 'ar'i'd'. I )eSuto, and If isier. 1(11 I.. ML NUT7'. %.Stt:c>rn c· v a.t ~. *e, rirefr :!!,(l,its 4 A~rzrket .S'treefx.. SIInF:VEPºR'T, LA. I'rztcric.. iii Calddo, BZossier and :! ) hSotoº. l10- Lvd C. Ii N 1). M.% RN K5. Trfo;. t;. 14)I~j, It.t' L1L!JWS 4 POLL O('K. Attorneys & Counsellors at Law. Sr.,Slu~ejrell. , Lat. tiRAYIC'lE, in copartneersdip in all bie colurts hild in the city of Slircev e ,I,,t·t aiirl iii the parishies.i of De *"',to diice 'ii lMarket street near Milanm. PRIVATE BOARDING. __ & 'Travis street, 1 nr llaptikt (Church. BIEING located ini a retire±d and agpae .dd* iL art o the towni, -'Lflords uuiiesuid in (it 1(4 n..nts to boarder~. transienit or permta IiFain- or si21 rgent len ii call obthtji#t: ples altrooiiw. an~i day boarduers tril I he nu~c. in COMMISSION MERCMA'TS J. E.PII}:1' .J. V'. ItO(.Elts PheIj.ps & Rogeri, (Szur cssors to T. IL Ethcrid,.e ) Groeers &Cui ninision uMerdhants Cor. (7am inrce rezd illilanm stn.. S~IIIIJvEruntr, LA.. 'Kee'p constantly on haud a large as :-ort neutt of Staple aind I'(fcl/ Gro 'cr).ies, lb /, ('or,,, Oats, eCf . Advances mad(, on)11onsignent to ouir friends in New (O)rleans. i1Sdly .1. I. Simpston. G. 3!. C(alheun. Simupson .C Calhoun, 1IAREHlOUC & COMMISSION 3J1EJiCIINa'f , R'ceiving Cztd F cOrarding Agents, $sIRHVE PART. LA. }laving leased the populnr and4 connl1o dionus X\ lkOVuise" of fessrs. IlunrIva, Pally . (Io., anik' haiving 111,1 I uog ex 4lelh'4e if) business, we hope to reeetive a s atr,* of tth publhlic patronage, and plcdgs. o,irlselvt"s to lo ill in our 1,owr to give enltire satisflac tiou in all business' entrusted to our care. Ai we ask is a trial. nio23 ASSOCIATIONS. 1. O. O. . SThe regular nmeetings of \EIT7 HLODGE, No. 21, are held 'in W'ednesday evenings, at 7 o'clock, at theirLodge Room on Texas strceet. N. Sa i.vUIAN, N. G. IF. W SPILKER, Secretary. 1110 MASONIC. S HREVEPORT LODGE ofF. aa nd A. M. No. 115, meets very Friday at 74 P. M. JouHN W. JONES, W. M. * H. Brownlee, Sec'y. SArevcport Chapter of H. A. M. No. 10, Seets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each nth, at 7j P. M. J. G. MCWILLIAMS, . C. Waller, Recorder. H. P. A7slieport coraei, R. and S. M. No. 5, on the let and 3d Saturday of each ont, at 74 P. M. EMMET D). CRAIG, leery Levy, Recorder. T. .G.-.M gPlace of meeting, at the Masonic Hall a 'ats street, over Mayor's office. no24 THE SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS b I pubtshed zevery Tuesday and Fri day Mornzng. Ofice, oni Texas Street, Abore Spring, near the Mayor's office. 'I'ER MBra Per Annum, (in Advance,) $4.00 Six Months, " " 2.00 Three "c " " 1.00 LP'Ten Cents per Week, Delivered. 3 Copies One Year, $1O. The above low rates are for the "War times and size." which places our paper within the reach of every family. SINGLE C()o I' Y 10 CEiNT. ADVERZI'SIqG R ATES. Forleach square of twelve lines or less for the tirst insertion,...-..--......1.00 For each additional insertion, per s4itare................----..........50 The privilege of yearly advertisers is strictly limited to their own .in?1unecditate kind r'-ieular hbsiness; and the butsiness of an ilvertising tirin is not coiIsidhered as inclu ding that of its individual inetrublrs. Aduvertisemteuts published at irregular intervals. $1 per square for each itnsertion. All 11verutis.euintis for strangers or tran sient jersons, tai be paid in ad vatIn .. dlvmrtisrmeunt. noit niarkeld t tine copy 1 Itr a i , -picitied time. will be insertel till tIrhid, and la yvent exacted. Marriages and deaths will he published as news; obituarics, tributes of respect. anda funeral iUvituatioins as other :tl'.vertiseinents. iH a W/ill Le ph/e'(.ed to r#1#iire a.. Joutr.i uci/., 'I o ormwl 4,aste roe ane/ ,t /Detry. etc"., '/ er; ina~l, alvo ;re// writ Ien artic:le"s on arny subrjr(e t. TELEG A1 PHIC. flag on the ( aI.itail is at lIalt niast. Tlhe lExainiiner has a special di> patch tromil Chatrlh :si the 17thi, which reports liit aiIl tlhe Yuiik*. vesse.l have left iort IH fal, prolbably to co. opjeralte with llurioide. Mobilejci aii long tc Moble ad h Railroad wa:- Iiniiited this uatterooiii, aniil i i ll liell iin o rat ifnll 'it iiioIn n iiext. Thlis c')iphl-lt( thle line 1 e tweeni Noljile and New I rleans, via JackSOni anid iMeridiaxi. I ~igiodj 1.).lFLA.N i:n . Suip't. Thle coiipilitioin (i the above l ine is very oppjiortune. at that this june tiure, as lie Yankees, Ihavinii coji plete pO5si5isiin utf tlhe doundl, nlay (cdstrioy the coast line at anyv tiu'imient. liepi jtI *r.. Wilmington, Jan. I.-A letter from Newvbern, dated 17th, fromii a re liable sosrce, says: ''A steamer has ports forty-thlire. vessels at HJatteras, anid their supposedi destination is Roinioke Island or Newber.u.' IRiclnoiionl, Jain. 18.-T'hie state mIents, published in ltue $outhierin papers, that the ( Gladiator nnd iar rtiv&d in a Siuih\liern port, also that Gen. Van I)orn was seriously injured by a fall from his horse, are both un founded. Nashvillo *Jan. iS.-'I'he city is full of rumors, hut there is nothing reliable from Forts Henry anti l)on elson. [A private telegraph to a gentle man of this city says that the enemy are in force in the neighbiorhood of' those forts; that there is a move ment of troops in all directions to meet them, and that we are on the sve of a great battle.-Eds. Pic.] Capt. Wharton has been elected Colonel of the Texas Rangers. In accepting the position, he said Col. Terry's death must be avenged before leaving Kentucky. Five companies >f Rangers, under the command of Col. Wharton, have gone as scouts to the vicinity of Green River. - The sixty day Mississippi troops have returned home from Bowling Green. Nashville, Jan. 20.-A correspon dent of the Nashville Union and e. American, writing from Fort Henry on yesterday morning, says three Federal gunboats came within three p or four miles of the Fort on Saturdayy, and fired twenty-two shots from be hind an island three miles below the t ) Fort, all of which fell short more I d. than a mile. T'hey then retired. It has since been ascertained that they laInded 2500 troops at a ferry two ar miles below the Fort. t er It is understood there are between¬ 8000 and 10,000 Federals marching r fromt Maytield, either upon Fort g. Henry or Paris, Tennessee. Gen. Van Dorn passed through this = city yesterday en route for Bowling Green, whlence, it is understood, he D1 will proceed to the extreme Western a division to take comlnuand. 5o Nashville, .an. 20.-The Federal e movement up the Tennessee and t is Cumbnerland rivers must have beeni I ' intendedi as a feint. They fired *a "I few shells from their gunhoants into u- the woods below Fort Henry, but did not come within range 41f the gunls of s ar the fort. The latest intelligence is, b '. that no Federals were near. Their n n- gunboats came witlin three or four c Illiles of Fort Donelson, on the Cum ShIlerl:.nd river, on Saturday, but after 11 firing a few ineffectual shots returned. a Batoln Rouge, Jan. 18.-In the g e1 neate the bill for the relief of cotton 1 planters passed its final reading-ayes . 17, noes l.. It goes to thle House tor conlcurrence in two or three amPrileltlts. B__ _I3 The Situation. Gen. McClellan was out yesterday. :Ind attending to business during a 1] portionl of the day. The staft' of Gen. McClellan, the (jiuarternmaster's J. dlepiartment iand the hospital authori ties, have been unu ual\ ieti've for ,j 5ouioe days, in(dieatinHg a:ll imlportalnt - mlOveenllt in some direction. 1 ( Our :atruy in \\estern Virginia contilnues active. A brilliant aflairis '% itllnnollllced to have taken place at I Bhu's (;ap, east of Romney, at day- IN break on Tuesday miorni ug, when a detachllment of Gen. Kellvs forces, w, - e uulnanded by COl. Dunning, of' the Iit ( )hio regiment, attacked 2000 of L. the etnlv, routing theui completteley. The rebels lost iftecii killed, two 01 pieces of cnuInon, their Wagons etc., twenty prisoners, including one conl nissionlleld othficer, Were ca'ptured. None of the UniOn soldier's were killed. A tforce of 3f00 Uniion troops, beleong- 2d ing to the 321 (Ohio regiment, under J. conmtnanti of Capt. Lacey, dispatched W hby (:en. Miilrov into Tucker county, J. dispersed four Ilhunlldred rebels, and captur'ed a large quantity of stores, a ham comlnnissarv, a first lieutenant and a cot private soldier. Four of the rebels were fSundl (lead on the field, anld a ilnE large number of woiunded. At last aIccounts the Uniol troops were in rid hot pursuit of the fugitives. Iii We have no intelligence respecting );a the mnovemenits of the rebels on the 7th upper Potomac, except tllhat a report (_a was current at Wheeling yesterday Au that the enemy's forces were in f1ill re treat from Hancock. B. We have no intelligence from tihe Th flotilla on the lower l'otomiiac. The Ewi navigation of the river is still unob-.Jol structed by ice. Thie steamer King Philip, with her iron armor, kept the Vil channel open at the navy yard. Diu M. Thouvencl's dispatch to tile Dmu French minister at Washington had Jol been carefully considered by the English press, and gave great appar 0P5 ent satisfaction to the government of ling Great Britain. `The London Times on- asks, with England and France united, I and what third power would dare to differ nry with their decision? And yet Eng- 1 ree land is very suspicous of her next 4 ree door nuighber, and the Tiuhnes gives a E .ay, be- reason why Napoleon's offer of arbi the tration was not accepted by Eng- I ore land. I It Secretary Chase's financial report I y excited some amount of ridicule from 7 Moo the English press, who thought the 9 en great country of inunense rivers, gi- s ing gantic mountains, terrific waterfalls, ort etc., could not halve gotten out so vast hi a scheme. I ing The furneral of Prince Albert en- J he gaged the principal portion of the ern space of the London journals, to the k oral exclusion of all other news except 2 iud that retferring to America.-New S ;ta York Herald, 9th. V "a 1] I is Cmfederate Congress-First Set- 1 Iof sio.-T'he following is a list of mem is, bers of the first Congress of the Per- 2 cir manent Congress of the Confederate 41 ,ur States, which meets in February next. h "- Those marked with an asterisk (*) ter d.are members of the Provisional Con- G lie gress: J4 on SENATE. St Aas Aabama-Wm. L. Yancey, C. C. G se Clay, Jr. 8t ·cc Arkansas-Robt. W. Johnson,* C. C B. Mitchell. B. Florida-James 31. Baker, A. E. J Maxwell. c. y. Georgia-Robert Tombs,* B. a Bill. of I ntucky-HIenry C. Burnett, Wm. 'S E. Simms. i- Louisiana-Edward Sparrow,* T. i or f. Simumes. sc It Th1ississippi-A. (. Bro"wn, James lho L'helan. in M1issowri-.John B. Clarke, R. L. ti (lit of at Nor t/ Carolina-(i eurge pI)ei., pe v. \WVi. 1'. 1)ortch. M a &r/t C' arolina-Robt. W. Barn- `V , well,* James L. Orr.* wl red i Tenneisseec-Gustavus A. Henry, i of Laudon C. HLaynes. v. Tcxr.is-Lewis T. %Vigfall, W. S. W o ()ldhlun. to irg inia-(Not yet elected.) - ibrt Itl'tsK OF REPRES.ENTATrIVEs. 1. A/labama-lst D)ist-T'. J. Foster, I - 2d W. It. Smith, 3d J. P. lalls, 4th "O r J. L. M. Curry,* 5th F. S. Lyon, 6tlh tip'. P. Chilton,' 7th 1). Clopton, btlih lik J, . L. Pugh, 9th E. S. 1)argan. voi d1 Arkansas--lst Dist-G. A. Gar a land, 2dd Jamnes M. Patterson. (In.- br a complete.) no S Flrida-lst D)ist-Jas. B. Dawk a ins, 2d IR. B. Hilton. wh t Georgia-1st Dist-Julian Hart- air i ridge, 2d ChIas. ,J. 3Munnerlvn, 3d cur Ilimes IHolt, 4th Aug. If. Kenau,* 5th ted 1David W. Lewis, 6th W. W. Clark, er. e 7th Robert P. Trippe, Sth Lucius J. tnt -t (Aartrcll, 9th Hardy Strickland, 10th 4 Aug. R. Wriglft. B. Monroe, J. I1. Ford, John J. ab Sf Thom . 1). Bturnett, George W. -Z Ewing, Geo. B. Hodges, Thomas the - Johliison. o $ Louisiana-Ist Dist--Charles J. No L' Villere, 2d Charles M. Conrad,* 3d a cl Duncan F. Kenner,* 4th Lucien J. hay e Dupre, 5th Henry Marshall,* 6th oe I John Perkins, Jr.* mal ii Mississippi-lst Dist--J W Clapp, ste't ar- 2d Reuben Davis, 3d Israel Welch, of 4th H. C. Chambers, 5th O. R. Sin ies gleton, 6th E. Barkedale, 7th John J. ed, McRae. fer Missouri-lst Dist-W. N. Cook, ig- 2d T. C. Harris, 3d Caspar W Bell, sxt 4th Adam H. Condon, 5th G.G. West, a 6th L. W. Freeman, 7th John Hyer. bi- North Carolina-1st. Dist-W. N. ig- H. Smith,* 2d R. R. Bridges, 3d 0. R. Keenan, 4th T. D. McDowell, 5th )rt A. H. Arrington, 6th J. R. McLean, >m 7thThos.S.Ash, 8th William Lander, he 9th B. S. Gaither, 10th A. D. David gi- son.* Is, South Carolina- 1st Dist-John Lest McQueen 2d W. Porcher Miles,* 3<l L. M. Adger, 4th M. L. Bonham, thl n- James Farran, 6th W. W. Boyee.* he Tennessee-lst Dist-Jos. B. Heis he kell, 2d W. G. Swann, 3d W. II. pt Tibbs, 4th E. L. Gardiner, 5th Henry w S. Foote, 6th 31. P. Gentry, 7th G;. W. Jones, 8th Thos. Menees, 9th .1. D. C. Atkins,* 10th Tno. V. Wright, . 11th D. M. Currin.* o. Texas-lstDist-John A. Wilcox, r- 2d C. C. Herbert, 3d P. W. Gregg, to 4th S, B. F. Sexton, 5th 31. D. Gra :t. ham, 6th W. B. Wright. ) Virginia-lest Dist-M. R. H. - Garnett, 2d John R. Chambliss, 3d John Tyler, 4th Roger A. Pryor, 5th Thomas S. Bocock,* 6th John ). Goode, jr., 7th James P. Holcombe, 8th D. C. Dejarnett, 9th Wm. Smith, S10th Alex. R. Boteler, 11th John 13. Baldwin, 12th Walter R. Staples,* 13th Walter Preston,* 14th Albert (G. Jenkins, 15th Robert Johnston,* 16th Charles W. Russell.* Called to Preach. The papers tell a story of a niem b-r of the Primitive Baptist persuu sion, who, ambitions of ministerial honors, was once praying in the woods for some Divine manifesta tion of a call to preach. While so engaged, a John Donkey set up one of those cries for which his race is Speculiar, which Walker mistook for an affirmative reply to his appeal. Whereupon, he applied for license. when the following colloquy occur red between hinm and the interrogat ing preacher: Pastor. Do you believe, brother Walker, that you are called of God to preach, as was Aaron? WT'ldker, Most sartainly I does. P. Give the church, that is, the brethren, the proof. TV. I was mightily diffikilted, and I was determined to go into the woods and wrastle it out. P. That is it brother Walker. TV And while tharwrastlin, Jacob like, I hearn one of the curiousest voices I ever hearn in my horned days. P. You are on the right track. brother Walker. Go on with your norration. TV couldn' tell for the life o' me whether the the voice was up in the air or down in the sky, it sounded : curious. P. Poor cretur! how he was diffikil ted. Go on to norrate,brother Walk er. how did it appear to sou:nd unto you? TV Why this away : "Waw wnaw-ker! Waw-wnw-ker! Go preach go preach, go preach, go preach, go Ipreach-ee, go preach,-ah, go preach ah1-tCe-uh-ah-c~e.") P. LBruthering and sisters, that's the right sort of a call. Enough said brother Wnalker. That's none of your college calls, nor money calls. No doctor ov divinity ever got such a call as that. Brother Walker must have license fur sartin and far sure. The license was granted, the story goes, and Walker is now doubtles making the mountains ring with his stentorian lungs.