The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume], February 28, 1862, Page 2, Image 2

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.Ij IO. DICK PONLT ON
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around Shreveport-. An occasional
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the crops, will be very acceptable.-
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bearing in mind, that lengthy com
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1862.
gingle Copies, 10 Cents.
I- See Every Page.
During my absence from Shreve
port, Mr. Thomas H. Manning, pub
lisher of the "News," is fully em
,powered to transact all the business
,,f this establishment. Any accounts
,settled with him will be correct.
JNo. DIcKIssoN.
A steady boy to work at the print
ing business and carry papers, is
waixted immediately at this office.
We publish elsewhere an interest
ing letter from Memphis, showing
the state of affairs in that city, which
is anything but agreeable.
We are sorry to see that the New
Orleans Crescent, one of our most
valued exchanges, has been compelled
to come down to a half sheet..
The steamers Robert Fulton, Col.
't'erry and Countess have arrived frout
New Orleans, since our last.
Our friends in the country and
L'exas, having flour, pork, bacon, or
aanything. of this description, would
do well to bring the same to our city
immediately. 'TIhere is a great de
mand for these articles, and they
meet with a ready sale.
From a chapter. on volunteering,
published 'in the New Orleans Ores
crent, we learn that seven of the
p#-rishes in this state have not sent
a single company to the war, this
looks very strange to us, and we
think the Govemnor should be after
thefit with a sharp stick. For the
inflrmation of our readers, we publish
Stem.: Caleasieu, Jefferson, St..John
Baptist, St. Taummany, St.. eruard,
St.' Oharles and Vermillion. 'The
Sainats are not vety patriotic, it will
"be' been.
* Lbuisiada has 2,l companies in
j6Cnfederato service; 2ti compa
ales in  etive State service; maaking
'.:ai bFb37 coeaaunices..
'i& itheb exception of the parish
o ik*,Oaddo has fnruished the
tion aii R jr -
g~ft0 io ·" ytT,
LET R POM MEMP It ..
S ps, Feb. 18, 1862.
Mr. D ison:-Enclosed please
the e aredbived up too4 o'clo.k,
c tain all the telegfraphis dia
ke JI iis somewh&$ .dias -
pointed in Memphis, thinking 'to tir
rive in a fortified city, but it is quite
different,-not a cannon can be seen
for the protection of the gity,.not even
a mount thrown up or a dich dug.
The people seem to be quite indiflbr
ent. andu I can assure you after the
news arrived here, the excitement
was not even perceived, the parties
had their sugar, molasses, etc. moved
from the levee, and some merchants
shipped their goods down the river.
Companies that have been formed
during the day did not number more
than 20 or 25 men, learning to march
in place of being prepared. There is
more excitement in our little town of
Shreveport than it created here, and
it seems strange, f;r Memphis could
afford to muster quite a number of
compinies, judging from the number
of young men walking the streets.
Gov. Harris and suite, with the Ar
chives of the State, arrived here this
morning, and it is thought that he
will convene the Legislature, there is
also a rumor that the Militia of the
State will be called out this week, at
least, orders issued to- that ct1hct.
The 19th Riegimemnt lost adl their
ammunition on the railroad coming,
they had everything stored on an
open car, and it caught fire some
where. Major W1inans has been here
to get the same, but it could not he
found.
I camne hero this morning in order
to proceed to Columbus, but being
disappointed on account of the troops,
had to make doable quick time back;
it is believed they went to Fort Pil
low, 60 miles above here. When
Nashville was evacuated they had
such a large amount of m-eat there
that Gen. Johnston told the surruud
ing inhabitants to take all ther could
carry, so I am told by one who pre
tends to know.
In my opinion it would be better
were tihe Gulf States to form a sepa
rate Republic. including \irginia
and South Ca:rlina, leaving out
Kentuckyv and 'l'eunessee,. because
there are too many Uniou men;. in
these latter States it is like making
the water of the Mississippi run up
and against the current.
Yours respectfully.
E-:. E.
A D,;'q/?.-'lj',: ]Baton Romrage Ad
vocate thinks the i;overnor will have
to resiort to dxh'iing to tfill the quota
of .5000 additional troops required by
the President. It reasons thus :
There never was more than .50,000
menl able to bear arms in Lonisiana.
Of this numbler, the cream de la cream
slightly mixed with substratum, to
the number of 30,000, have got!:
either as :soldiers, civil officers or
visitors to the sent of war. The gre:at
scarcity of men in many of the large
ly negro populated parishes, the gen
eral disinclinations of men to leave
their complicated business affairs, and
tfamilies whose gole dependence they
are, whilst others more able to leave
will not-will cause companies to or
der drafting, The quota of this par
ish whether tlhy volunteer or. remain
to ran the chances of a draft, will be
'two.more companies.. We have sent
many men, but have done no better
than the other parishes, taken onlan
average. UL'po9 tite whole,.drafting
is the G irest ' nd ¶ ickest plhmu,ixo
one can gruiail1e, and the contingent<
'O5 men. Candidatee are naturally
expEteod to take the lead in volunteer
ing;"ntlemen of leisure follow next,
andi'tiuts and those co ected with
the Ii' pitch in lalt.
Pr em .Ryis' Iusgural.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Fellow-Citizens: On this, the birth
day of the mnanmost identified with
'he establishn eut of American inde
peudence, ail beneath the nionument
erected to commemorate his heroic
virtues and those of his compatriots,
we have assembled to usher into ex
istetCe the permanent Government
of the Confederate States. Through
this instrumentality and under the
tihvr of a living Providence, we hope
to perpetuate the principhs of our
revolutionary fathers. T'he day, the
memory and the purp,.sJ seem to Le
fitly associated.
It is with feelings of humility and
pride I appear to take, in the presence
of this people and before Iligh H leav
en, the oath prescribed as a qualliti
cation of the exalted station to which
the unanimous voice of the people
has called me. Deeply sensible of
all that is is impli.d by this manitfes
tation of the people's confidence, I
am vet more profoundly impressed
with the vast responsibility of the
office, and humbly fiel nmy own un
worthiness. In return for their kind
ness I can only otTer iVmy assurnu'lces
of the gratitude with w'hich it is re
ceived, and can but pledge my zeal
ous devotion of every faiculty to tIhe
service ,of those who have clhosen me
their Chief Magistrate.
W\hen through a long course of
class legislation, directed not to be
t*,r the general welfare, but for ag
grandizement in warfare, and against
the domestic institutions of the South
ern States, when the dogmas cf sec
tional parties substituted for the pro
visions of' the coastitutioial comlp:act
threatened to destrov the sovereign
rights of those States, six of those
States withdrawing from the UInion,
confederated together to exercise the
right to perform tlhe duty of instittuting
a Governmeunt which would better
secure their liberties, for the preser
vation of which that Union was
established.
Whatever of hope some may have
enterta:ined that a returning -iese of
justice would remove tlhe dtanger
with which our rights were threaten
ed., and render it possible to preserve
the Union of the constitution, rIust
have been dispelled by the malignity
nad barbarity of the Northern States
in the prosecution of the existing
war.. 'Iho confidence of the most
hopeful among us must have been
destroyed by the disregard they hiave
recently exhibited for all time-honor
ed works of civil and religious liber
ty. Their bastiles are filled with
prisoners arrested without civil pro
cess or indictment, which they are in
duty bound to serve; the writ of
habeas corpus suspended by E xecu
tire mandate, and Stuate legislature
controlled by the imnprioonment of its
,members whose avowed principles
suggested to the Federal Executive,
there might have been another
added to the list of seceded
States; elections held under threats
of military power; civil officers, peace
ful citizens and gentle women, incar
cerated for opinion's sake. We pro
claimed in the capacity of our late
associates to administer the govern
ment as free, liberal and humane, as
that established for our common use.
For the proof our sincerity of pur
pose to mraintain. our ancient institu
tions, we may point to the constitution
of the Confederacy, or to the laws
enacted under it, as well as to the
fact that, throulgh all. the necessities
of an unequal struggle, there has been
no act on our part to imlnpair personal
liberty or freedom ofspeech.of thought
or of the press. The courts have
been opened, and their judicial firune
tioi fuhlly executed, and every right
of the peacefimd citizen maintaineb,
as equ:dly as if a war of invasion had
not disturbed our land.
The people of the States now cod
federated became convinced that the
Government of the United States had
fallen into, the hands of a sectional
majprity who would peril that most
itdor-d of all:trusts to the destructioh
ol thefta,riglate hieli' it wa/ dedff
to ptCt,, an4 they beievi . ithattQ
rmaain Iotge in te Uui.o*a #bu
.iuliet thima to a acontinuance of adi
paiig. diitotimination, submission to
which would be inconsistent with
their weltare, and intolerable to a
proud people. They therefore deter.
mined tP sever its bonds and, estab
lisi anpw Confediracy for'theMs4es.
Tho.:gxporiment4 instituted by.our
revbluttd6ata fathers of a voluntary
union of eovereign States for pur
poses specified in solemn compact. had
been perverted by those who, feeliln
they had the power, and forgetting
the right, were.determined to respect
no law but their own will. The Gov
cmirnent had ceased to answer the
ends for which it was ordained and
established. To save ourselves fronm
revolution, which in its silent but
rapid progress, was abwnt to place us
under a despotism of numlb rs, and to
preserve in the spirit as well as the
form the system of Government we
believed to be peculiarly fitted to our
condition, and full of promise for man
kind, we determined to nmake a new
association conl)psed of States homo
geneous iuinterest, policy and feeling.
True to our traditions of peace and
our love of justice, we sent commis
sioners to the United States to pro
prose, a fair and amicable settlement
of all questions of public debt or
property which might ho disputed,
but the Government at \Vashington,
denyinlg our right to pelf-governl1ent,
refused even to listen to any proposal
fo,r a peiacefil separation. Nothing
was th h-left us but to prepare for war.
The tirst year of our history has been
the most eventful in the aunals of this
continent. A new (;Governtnhent has
been established over an area exceed
ing 700,000 square miles, and the
great principles upon which we have
been willing to hazard every thing
dear to man, have made conquests for
us which could never have been
achieved by tbo sword
Our Confederacy has greown from
six to thirteen States, and Maryland
already united to us by hallowed
memories and material ilnterests, w ill,
1 believe, when able to speak, with
united voice connect her destiny with
the South. Our people have rallied
with unexampled utanimuity to the
support of the great prinuiiles of conl
ttitutional governmuenxt, with a firm
resolve to perpetuate l,y arms the
right-s they could not peacefully se
cure, against am uillini,. which it is er
timunated is the standing hostile army
and waging a war along a frontier of
thousands of unites, hattles have been
tfught an d siege-s conducted, and al
though the contest lhas not ended and
did t,r. the momentlt go iagaillst u.s, the
tinal result in our favor is not doubt
ful. ''lce period is near at hand when
our foes must yield under the intnense
load of debt incurred-a debt which,
iln their effort to subjugate us. has al
ready attained smelh feartful dituxen
sions as will subject tihem to burthens
which must continue to oppjress theml
for ge.nerations to come.
WVe, too, have had our trials and
ditlieullties, and that we are escape
them ill the future is not to be hoped.
It was to beexpected,when we enter
ed onil this warf it would expose our
people to mucyv satrifices, and cost
thelm niuch both in money and blood.
1But we knew the value of the object
for which we have struggled, and unt
derstood the nature of the object for
which we engaged, atd tlhat nothing
could be so had as the future, and
any sacritices will be cheap as the
price ot'auccess in such a contest. BIut
the picture has its Lights as well as-its
shades. 'his gre-at strife has awa
kened in tile people the highest emno
tions and qualities of the human soul.
It is cultivating feelings of patriotism
virtue and courage;. and instances of
;elf-saorifice and generous devotion
to thenoble cause for which we atre
contending are rife throughout the
land. Never has a people evinced so
determineda spirit as that now ani
unfting the mer, women and childrcnl
in every part of our counltry. Upoll
the first call men fly to aunns, and
wives and mothers send their hus
bands and sons to battle without a
murmur or regret. It was, perhalps,
it the ordination of Providence that
w were to be taught the value of our
liberties by tie price we pay for
them..
The recollect ions of this great con
test,.with all its common thaditions of
glory, searfices and of blood,will be I
a bond of harmony and enduring af
Mntion amonget the people,
ng unity in policy, htbrndLty .nea
lment, and joinlt effort in war. Tbh,
straterial sacrifices of the past yeat'
have not been lade without so(elll4
corresponding benefits. If the at
(luiiescncte` of fuoreign Iinations iln tihie
pretended blockadte hqbs deprived us
of liur comlmerce with themlu, it is fat
makilg its a self. supporting and in
d'pendent peopl,.. The blckade, if
effectual and permam6nlt, could only
serve to divert ,our industry from t h.
production of articl's for export, and
employ it ill supplying coilniditi,,l
for d0 ...:ite ust"e.
It is a satisfaction to know that we
have mnaintainel d the war by our un
:tided exe.rtions. We have nIittlher
asked nor received assistance frti m
any quarter. The interests invol\-cd
are not our ownl; the worll at lai:r,
is conllc-rned in the opening of our
markets to its conulmnerc, and when
tine independence of the ('oniied.latL
tltatcs is ilucognlized by the 1i:ltins
of the earth, and We are tree to follow
our inte~rests and inclinations by ciul
tivating tnoretign trade, tile !oluthernt
States will oftHr the naittnufacturitig
nations the mollst tavorable ill1aikn 
which ever iii v.ted their comnmn"erce.
Cotton, sugar, ri'e, tobaeco, prov wsioims
timber and naval stores, will furnish
attractive echlllnges, air would tite
censtIilv"y of these suplit.s hie likelv
to be distuarbed by w:ar. Our Coafti -
erate strelngth will be too great to,
tmnptihggression, and never was theri
a people whose interest mid prin -
ple conmmnitted themn so ftlly to a
peaceful policy as these o,,nmfitdcrte
States.
By the character of their prodiec
tions they are too d(eeply iiiteresHtd
iu forl'eigni conuinere to wvut a war
only to distnurb tile wItrld, and a war
ofconqluest they cannot wago, ~e
cause thle conisitution of the( Contled
eratcv aldmiits 1M coerced ass(ciatil -
A. civil war there canniot be lee'twte, ii
States hu-lhl toietller by their volition
onily. anid this rule of voluntariiy asso
ciationi, whhich cannot fail to lie con
servative, :'::, lby isecuring :t just and
ilnparitial ,/ve.rnilumei t at home, it dot's
not dimninish the seceurity of obli.a
tions by which thlie Conifedelrate Stat.s.
limay be boundl t foreign nations. I n
proof, it is to b rn.tll.'mlbelt red that, at
the first miionntrit of Isset tilig their
right to st.e'ssi'ni, these Mtels plro
iposd a se ttlement on ti.e lb:-is of
coinluon liabilities for the loblligations
of t he ( encral ( overnlenrt.
Felloiw-citizens--Afte'r thle strut-
gic for ages hild conslcrated the riglit
of Englishmen to it conistitutiotnal re
presentative goverimient, our Colo
nial ilancesters were tflreed to vindili
tate that hirthrig-ht liv atit alpt)al to,
arnls. Success crowned tlheir ctlbrt-.
and thet.y pronvidedlel ter their piosterity
a peacftilj remlnedy a-:ginst future .g -
gmSi'lsionlS. The tlvallliv of' aill tilbri
died majority, tile uemost odious ail' I
least resiponsible for'n of de'spotism,.
hlis denied us both that and reunidv.
'I'hert',,re . e t;-are in arlls to re-newi
such ,a:l'ifices as our flthters made t,e
the holy catisei of c'Onistitutionaiil lilir
tv. At the datkest ho f our sterla'
gle, the Provisional gives place to th -
L'erulunientt Svclernlnent; and after :t
souies of slluccesses aid victorieswhliili
covetred our arms with glory, we lhave
recently met with serious disasters ;
but in tllhe heart of this people, who are
rel'silve'd to be free, these disaste.rs
teed but to stimulate to increased re.
sistance. i'o show ourselves worth y
thet inheritance bequcatlit-hed us by thfl
patriots o,f tdo revolution, we inust.
emulate tihe heroic devotiotn which
made severe to them. the crucible in.
which their patriotism was refined.
WVith confidence in. the wisdomu ane.
virtues of those who will share will'.
nme the responsibilitv, and aid Ine in
the. coiduct of pubic affairs, and se
curely- relyitg on the patriotismn andt
cn,,li;ligt ref a people of whlich thl,
present war hasn furnislhetd so mainLy
examples, I deeply feel thile weight
of tile responsibilities I now with
unaffected diffidence oam about to as
sunme, and fully realizing the inlade
quacy of llhuml, power to guide and.
sustain, my hope is reverutly fixed on.
him whose, favor is vouchsafed to tlhe
cause which is just, aud with 'pmble
gratitude and adoration acknowledge
te Providence which has so visibly
protected the Confederacy during its
brief but eventful career; To 'l'lhe,
O God! II trustingly commit myselt,
and pmray.erthlly invoke thy blessinigo
on my country and its cause. .
Reiuiforeements are being sent- to
Bauuinide to increas, his force to 40,
-000.