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Published on 'I'uesday and Friday.
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I_)1l'OR AND i'UOPiETOR
( )Arl AgelltR%
M1r. N. SELIGUMAN. . . Shreveport.
M r. J. U. Lo:roN, ... . . Bellevue.
U1r. H. U. CLARIC........ Vicksburg.
Mr, D1. U. (.BaUsN,...Ner Orlesns.
\tr. JOHN W. TADas,.. Natchitoc)es.
D r. W. S. DoNALesoN, .. .Mansfield.
'. B. BAILBY,....Huntsville, Texas.
TilESDAY , SEPTEMBER S, 1862frie
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When asubscribers see a ed No ,
enc~il mrsk on their pa r, aIt fo g
ijities that the time i td fo lam out
Iixpired, and the paper stopped.
Rul
We are requested to state that the
School of the Daughters of the Cross of I
will open on to-morrow, Wednesday, of I
O)ctober first. Persons desirous of wit]
sondirg their daughtars to a good eb
school, should make a note of this. diti
ous
C'onscripts in Louisiana. due
in i
Thefollowing exhibit of the number 61i.
of Conscripts returned up to the 22d of f
of Secptemiber, we find in the Louis-Si
mILa Democrat :
De.partment. J estern Louisiana. esc
sp~i
Iberville, 252 Franklin. 87a
Avoyediles, 476 Union, 124 alo
Lafayette, 343 Calcasieu. 340 avE
Natchitoches, 446 Ouatchita, 212 at
Winn. 141 St.Landry, 1148 rei
Caddo, 191 Rapides, 536 pri
Claiborne. 150 Vermillion, 367 res
L)Desoto, 9 Lafourche, 559 an,
St. Mary, 202 St. James. 137 fill
Bossier, 84 Bienville, 39 hf
Catahoula. 235 Terrehone, 344 int
Morehouse, 59 Sabine, 126 anll
Pt. ('oupee. 376 Concordia, 46 the
'Tensas, 89 Assumption, 510 en
- im
Total 28 1'arislah. 7628 ev
Iid
"I nicmplete. (
Eastern Louisiana. 1 13
slip
Wlashington, 11 Livingstfn. 112
East Feliciana. 337 St.lTammanyv 54 I
West Veliciana, 92 St. ileleia, a. 26 ti
.- to
Total 34 Parishes, 79501 ti
Jackson has no Conscripts,. S
No returns from tihe folluwing par- `"(
ishes: Plaqumine, St. Bernard. Or- ar
leans, St. Charles, Jefferson, Saint sr
.John Babtist, Ascencion, East Baton on
Rouge. West Baton Rouge, Carroll, tli
Madison, St. Martin and Caldwell. ri
The latest advices from Cincinnati be
say that fighting will soon com- tl
nu-nce there.
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The Grand Cane Baptist As5 ocia- S
tion will meet in this city on next r
Saturday. n
Who's to Blame. t
d
We are not disposed to find fault r;
with postmasters or mail contractors, a
yet, if things were more systematic- t
ally attended to, it would not only be
agreeable to us, but to the people in t
general. There is a screw loose
somewhere, that should be tightened. e
The following we publish to show '
how irregular the mails are:
ANDERSON TEXAS, Sept. 19. 1862.
Editor SI7reeeport kewos :
)ear Sir. As there is justly much I
complaint and dissatisfaction with I
the people and subscribers on account I
of your paper not arriving at this of
fice at the proper time ; doubtless
there is a great error somewvhere, as
your paper seems to arrive at Hous
ton at the proper time, for the Tele
graph always has the latest news ta
ken from your paper ; not unfrequent
vly your paper comes to this office
from the direction of Houston. It is
either sent by the way of Orange,
Texas, or sent up in the through
mail, and passes by this onice, thus
having to lay overfor the returnmail!
To set you and myself right before
the public you would do well to make
known those facts to the public for I
could have sent you-fifty subscribers
if your paper could be received at the
proper timte. Yours truly,
P). B. BSWICK, P. M.,
The Situation of New Orlseans to an
of s
We publish in this issue of our pa- here
per, articles from the Planters' Ban,
eor, to the exclusion of other matter,
It is bart rending to read thi dJih I
ent accounts of the manner it whit i g
the people of that city are treated. cum
into
No history is published wherein can bi
bidd
be found such proceedings, by any treat
nation professing to be civilised. ty-i
Would to God that we could relieve B
them, and prove that if they have on
been unfortunate, we are still their tea
friends, and willing to assist them. For
No one can read the following, with- owil
out feelings most bitter towards the in ti
Rulers of that fallen city: con
We have recently visited the city Orb
of New Orleans tasted the bitterness reds
of Lincoln tyranny, and for ourselves For
witnessed what heretofore w, deem- For
ed exaggerations of reality, it not For
fabrication. We have seen the con- p
dition to which the brave and gener- con
ous people of that city have been re- ath
duced by their trusting confidence a
in incompetent leaders. The city is W
r filled with detectives. Butler boasts Wlt
I of five hundred white ones, and be- no
sides counts on every negro servant not
in the city. pro
But little conversation on the street H
escapes the ears oft he secret, unknown
spites, and men eye each other with Y',
7 paintul distrust asthey stand'orwa:lk
4 along the once active and bustling lhes
0 avenues of trade. Watchmen listen
2 at windows and doors, and servants
8 repeat conversations heard in the nig
6 privacy of the family. Men are Ar- 'ai
7 rested without knowing their offence, its
9 and without a trial or sentence con- a 1
7 fined in the parish prison or the torts.
9 The most trivial offence suffices for mu
4 infliction of the severest punishment. ""
6 and the expression of a sentiment in a""
6 the least adverse to the Lincoln gov- iS
0 ernment, is, if reported, punished by
- inmprisotnment and fines: and negro o0
S eviudence in all cases is good and val
{id testimony. 'IThe ladies of New i"P
SJrleanus arc spjcially the olj,.ot of Wit
I BLeast Butler's hatred. One recently ! °
a ppeared before him with some r tri
Sgent r·equ;t, which he spurned with
A Ioaths and contumely unfit for re .eti
!"tiion. D)eeply incensed, the ltdl "wi
.-snid. **t;,neral, this may last for a u1
)O time, but a dcv of reckoning will "e
surely coime." ' Yet-. MadmnI, d-n !'t
i- vou, the dnay of reckoning Ar hs roune.
r- 1and I intend to make yIou 1- ti at
nt sece(sh wunches feel it" and amid thet'
an oaths and obscene language. such as I '
11, this brute only can use, she tied ter- n
11. rified from his presence. Few ladies to
venture near him. iHe says the re- r"
iti bel army owes half its numbers to to
us the accursed women of the South.
The )Delta in a recent editorial t
said. speaking of the women of the au
ia- South, they have fine flashing black g'
eyes (some of them) but they all de- C"
xt rive thenm from some negro ancestry c
more or less remote." Perhaps the t'
editors recent associations gave rise0
to this belief. The Delta boldly en
dorses Gen. Phelps, and may be
alt ranked as one of the most ultra of d
irs, abolition sheets. We conversed with g
,ic- two or three Yankee oflicers of intel- C
be ligence. We asked if they really
Sentertained any hope of conquering b
in the South. They each replied em
ose phatically in the negative, but with
led. equal promptitude said they could,
tow by their superior numbers, make it
a desert, and they woold. They say
no man of intelligence at the North C
162. now expects or hopes for a recon
struction of the Union, but the aim
uch is at the destruction of the "pecnliar
rith institution" and all else which may
unt brighten our future.
of- The citizens of New Orleans are
less in a state of feverish excitement, in
,as daily anticipation of an attack on
ans- the city, and any circumstances ·or
"ele- I.news, however alight or trivial gains
i ta- credence in a wonderful short time.
ent- Under these circumstances they are
ifice often the victims of false and un
Et is founded reports, until some, heart
nge, sick and weary of waiting, are ready
aIgh to say their sacrifice is not to be ro
thns deemed until final peace is attained.
iail! The majority are hopeful and spirited.
,fore If our leaders ewer contemplate re
take gaining the city let them count high
'or I on the co-operation of her citizens.
hers Though disarmed (on paper) many a
Sthe weapon lies secure in its hiding
y, place. There are some renegades,
'. M.. traitors. and Judases. We are glad
to sary mue havb pomaarvie inowlawge Oi'e
of several lists kept of such, that whet
hereafter they may not be d ,rauded bli6u
betri
t 5cir6ltptf l on o i
pp e a vye skill. notj
: has beaen in- cap
towb. two hive sue- tion
combed. They have been ordered
into liquidation, and their issues for- T
bidden circulation. Confederate tons
treasury notes are dull of sale at fif- to d
ty-five cents. but
a Butler evidently fears an attack Clel
on the city. A passenger on the
r steamship Tennessee informed us
that that vessel had been sent to
-Fort Pickens for reinforcements, but bunr
-owing to certain rebel annoyances per,
a in that quarter the demand was not for ,
complied with. Thank God, New to a
Orleans is spared the crowning deg- that
redation of Billey Wilson's Zonaves.
We learned that the prisoners at enet
SFort Jackson have been removed to had
SFort Pickens, and that to the latter caul
Splace have been sent those recently thrc
condemned to imprisonment. Among
tihe latter is James Syme (druggist) cgs(
Sand two of his clerks. His offense chei
Swas that of selling quinine which
was subsequently found running the 1
blockade, though his complicity was ited
t not proved. His stores and all his
property was confiscated, and he COT
sent to Fort Pickens for three years. this
SIis clerks were sent over for two ret!
I years with ball and chain. lod;
k 'IThere is and has been much sick- tiom
ness among the Yankee troops, and
Kthe niortality is cesiderabhle. The (
is dead are as a general rule buried at by
me night. Yellow fever exists under li
Svarious names, but the knowledge oftt
c+- its existence is concealed for fear of
a panic among the troops.
It is needless to s:IV the press is A
or muzzled. The Dolta is the organ gra
rit. and chantl of :all tihe n-ew published coa
t. and the reverse of what it publishes our
in is generally received :as tihe truth.
Wet. witnesseCd a marked instance Col
y of Yankee duplictv and cunning. pre
ro while in the city. lThe recent raid Chb
poi the coast, the theft of horses. the
mutl.om. cattl.e. etc., has. las Butler 1
lMS.St'l. ** into, hitstory.-Thee b
tro op of ca:valryV, l-onI tott v string. ael
th artdel ('nal street on its rturn.
ti: ach troopelr led a It's'. sariddhod. ale
ill report hat all tem-se ad been the
_n 1ito;rty of :a guerrilla cemiip:tnyt i
u", which thm. t had disper.ed he killing it,
--i aid -capt liming the whole. in
lie' t en. Butler is cinch iucensel at -
tlee conitelrct of the th 1 erimiolit reg- .Lt
imnent, 'n hich refdu--ed to fight at 13a- t)
rton Rouge. TL, ofic irs gave as a th'
irs
re- niet , Ithat tIhev enlisted for tIhe re-s- t'
tore- toratioin of th.e Union, anid not fo r thie it
abolition of slavery. A serious dis-co
ial turbance arose letwse-en (:enm. Phelps 1mt
and the 21st Indiana, on the same
thee
-k grounds. This regiment irefused to ly
de- Camtni with or inearn tihe inegres, and st
t-v to prevent a serious outbhreak it was to
t removed to ('amtp Lewis. There are pl
it is estitmatetid 5000 troops in New tli
Orleans.
ei- toselieus, Cuthbert Bullitt, Rover-.
of dy Johnson, and some others have i
ritli gone to Washington to consult Lin- g
tel- coin on the courtse being pursued by si
!lly Phelps. Ti
ing Access to the city is not hindered b
em- by the Federals, but since they have p
vith been threatened with an attack no p
d passes beyond the city limits have =
e it been granted, even to those who sub
seribe to the oath, exce t under pe- i
Say culiar circumstances. We entered a
rth and made our exit by an " under- a
con- ground railroad,' and if any readert
aliar of this desires to compare slavery of t
of the most abject sort with the un- r
may appreciated sweets of freedom let him
spend a few days in New Orleans.
, i t him creep stealthily to his old ,
, on home in his native city, like an
c en escaped convict, evading the suspi- i
s cious glances of passers by, hiding
;amas his face and bending his head from
rare scrutiny. Then let him once again 1
re staimd beneath the folds of our "Stars
and Bars," and he will appreciate
eat- freedom as never before, and under
endy stand the degredation to which New
ie d. Orleans is su bjCsted, and which wE
rited. may all anticipate token cosqmuered.
e from our Yankee masters.
high We have but half exhausted the
us. subject of our visit, and given but a
ny a feint idea of affairs in the city, but
iding time and space now fail.
ades, When the unequallcd liberality
glad and patriotism ot the citizens of NewI
oieats and thoie cuast are reckoned, sets
when we consider the trusting, yes mtion
blind contidence by which they were befor
betrayed into the hands of an igno- had b
y b thesh
tionY' ob
tiotýcals
Tbhe news in to-day's paper will be anBe
toaned quite cheering. We were lead o h
to doubt the success of 9a tjootpe Had
but things now look, s IQj r lac- abi I
Clellan was defeated. ' emrs
The editor of the Iliad,Mr. Black- the a
burn, in an article published in his pa- ofL
per, clearly shows, that 4the offense Plan
for which he was arrested, amounts
to nothing at all, and we would judge
that it was the work of some secret
enemy who made it appear, that he
had committed a grave crime, by
causing him to be arrested, and put
through a course of sprouts. If the
case is as vou state it, Blackburn,be
cheerful. You'll come out right.
Dr. Angler, the person who depos
ited a large amount of Counterfeit
Confederate money, in the Bank at
this place, was arrested here on his
return, by the C. S. Marshal, and
lodged in jail, to await his examina
tion.
hos.
On Sunday night we were visited
by a severe storm, accompanied by a
f little rain.
1 CGigantic obhehory.
SA week ago last Thursday morning we
witnessed the beginning of the second
grand robbing expedition on the Mississippi
Scoaist, by far more extensve and ruinous to
s our people than that which we saw on the
west aide of the river the previous week.
Col. l'erkins had crossed the river to aid
Col. Thomias in the first expedition. and we thall
* presume the favor was returned by Colonel prit
d C'honas in this plundering expedition ca
the oust side of the river, which we will tot
now attempt to descaihe. lisl
'The 'Sternter Laurel Ifill tade a halt at tirm
erpherd's plantation, about tifty tiiles tfur
"'alb,,oe New Orleaus,. east batik of the Mis
,i sp on Thunsday morning,. the 4th inst pat
and t it cavalry on land, immediately com- t.
taented its work of pdunder. Mr. 81a )herd , ma
- was at tntce ironed and and foot, y a Mase- ant
seebtusetts colonel, and every negro. mule,
t horse. ieef. and all moveable, property that
tatll I it h oade' ue ul to the enemy. ineclud- tht
ing nil altuable articles, in ind :trl.ouud the '['
i w rw' carried oaf. The impty build
i iug,. the land and the crops were all that I
t renmaited for the former plssess.rs of a
I peaceful. tomnforable. and happy home.- in
:tier the workl of destruction was completed
- the iros were removed from the limbs of
the robbed planter, and the cavalry and
liunlder advanced to the next plantaton.- l
11er.' the same operation was repeated as on St
e' lhepherd's place, and this work of ruin was
c- ontinued for a distance of over twenty
ts j iles. Irons were placed upon the hands
nand feet of a venerable old planter whose Ve
mnee we think is I)uplanten. He is nine- to
to ty years old. They robbed him as they did no
td all of his neighbors. Their object appeared at
as to be to mortify., humble, and ruin every
ir planter on whose soil their accursed foes au
were placed and to make all the profits w
sW they could at the same time. D
On Friday morning, 5th inst., we stood
tsr- upon the west bank of the Mississippi It i
Smiles below the place where we had oh- p
ye served the beginning of the robbery at m
an- Shepherd's the previeus morn, and saw the hi
by steamer Morning Light dropping down the
river abreast of the Massachusetts cavalry
ad nd their plunder. This steamer had on y
board shout 160 men, and three or four
Lve pieces of artillery, apparrently for the use of e4
no protecting the plunderers. Behind this si
we was the Laurel 11ll, dropping down abreast t
- of the cavaltry, her decks cleaned apparent- h
ly for receiving on board their mounated
pe- thieves in case they wet e in danger of an 0
red attack. This was the beginning of the s9
ler- second day's robbery. How far they ea-t
der tended their opperations below we are una
rble to ay. Bt we saw, as the fraits of
of their first day's work of tnfamy, a train of 11
un- negroes, carts, beeves, males, houses, ec., s
l which showed that smc res of families were
tms. rined by them up to that point. They
sdoubtles had from two to uree millions
old worth of property plundered fres houses
an and inotflendug lanters. They doabtless -
api- intend to sweep the east side of the river as I
righigh up as 4BaoiRoug aIOC~
au uch infain ,audaclty and anecnomswre
rem have never before witneised on ditheir a
ain large or sall scale. Theme emulators of
SBilley Wilson's tactics, theme hypocrite,
ate who professed to know that there was a
ste powerfat Union party in the Btate, and
der- who lked about **the starm sal stripes,
Qew and the best Government the Sun ever
wE shone n" these Judeaa Ctalines and
Billey ~Rlson now rob and ra Stohme
ed, Union men, and say, 4-- the Union"
theyrob widws andorphans, and veursble
the and hlless old me-they even rob the
at a ev tasalt pelpetsv widows and
to ir---nproeteted 4 Sngea..
but But we need not coement. Where is
the Loulmianian or the trse Boutrbe man,
whose blood doesmet bull at the moemtmous
tt robberies, the burning insults fang into the
New I very faces of Louiasianians by Ma4ssachit
sets and Vernmont C'olonels 7 Where are
the men that burned with patriotic indigna
tion two years ago at the men of the North
before such in s ages as these
had been pgen f f these men
.thIe sent time?
sene, where
their , r.-t sence, and their
ib - ilait downtrodden,
bIs up them to act. It
cails upon all to act. Let him who has
inBuence, money, strength, blood, a tongue
or apin,a ge r a sbre he prepared to
do his duty before it Is too late to gepist.
lHad we a voice of thunder, or a pen of irse,
tottipeople of
this the`sepn
ye pri for iaiteui~ contest with a
rem GW `f 6*t~ti jun'drr him from
the State. We 4We y say to the people
of Louisiana, in conclusion, " Awake
Arise:: bus forever fallen."-Franklin
Plaatiii' Bannier.
;IUe~iLRU3 WBWIh3W@.F~ltl
Published bp request.
Wilt thou have this woman
To be thy wedded wife,
To live and love together
Through all this mortal life t
S Wilt thou supply her freely -
Withepos duz from thy purse.
For richer or for poorer,
PFr better or for worsne 7
I will, I will, he murmurs,
In slow and solemn tonee;
Forricheror for pouer.
I will lobye but her alose
t I'll cherish and protect her
t From slaadrand abase,
And if she don't obey me,
all scold her lke the deuce.
Wilt thou have this fellow
To be thy better half`
To live and love together,
And be his shield and staff,
Wilt thou console and cheer him
C Love, cherish and obey;
a Not like some other women,
Who will have their own way 7
I will, I will. she echoes,
In quick and lovely tone,
For better and for worse,
a I love but him albne
d I'll cherish and caress him,
pi And kiss him all the day,
o But when he gets obetropulous.
it I own-I won't obey.
i We received a rumor last Saturday
e that Capt. KittridgA had boun taken
el prisoner. Not being able to. trace it
to a certain channel, we did not pub.
lish it. We received, however, con
at tirmation yesterday. H. was cap
ell tured by Capt. Wier, with 15 or 16
Fpartizau rangers. at sonmer place near
n- ISt. 1Mary or Shell Batik. Ho cou
rd mandais the blockaders off Corpus Bay
l and had made himself peculiarly oh
at noxious by his manner of carrying on
d the war in that quarter.-Houston
he 'i'el.graph.r
at The Loiuisiana Democrat of 24th.
inst., says :
ed Major teneralrTaylorhasestablish
ne edhis permanent Headquarters at this
- place. He arrived last week with his
on Staff.
eas Governor Moore has also made hisi
it Military Headquarters here. To pre
e vent any mistake it may be as well
ne- to state the seat of Government has
did not been changed. It still remains
red at Opleousas. All persons therefore
oe such as Sheriffs, Tax Collectors. &c..
fits who have business with theTreasury
SDepartment, or the General Laud Of
Sfice orothercivil departments, will ap
oh- ply as heretofore to that Town. Con
at munications forthe Governor will find
the him at this place.
the
dry Wendell Phillips writes to the N.
on Y. Tribune, denyng that he discour
e of ages enlistments. But he goes on to
this say, "The Union, which has for
east twenty-five years barred me from its
an highest privileges by demanding an
an oath to a pre-slavery Constitution.
the still shuts that door in my fact,; and
ax- this Administration clings to a policy
"- which I think makes every life ncw
lost in Virginia. andevery dollar now
etc.. speot there utter waste. I cannot con
*** scientiously support sech a Union
'hey and administration."
ess Some of the Yankeepapers are try
eras ing to have the editor of the Cour
rier des Etats Unis (N. Y.) sent to
a we Fort Lafayette. The last sin he com
r a mitted was an assault on Archbishop
Ites Hughes for turning his Cathedral in
ras a to hustings and preaching against
and the South.
p" 'rhe editor regrets (says one of the
I an papers) that the Archbishop. on that
those oceasion, thought proper to oonvert
*"- his evangelical chair into a tribune.
*i* *To fan thie flames of intestino die
an cord, to push on to combat brother
against brother, is, to say the least, a
are is singular task for the minister of a re
sun ligion of mercy and peace, which
to h holds as its first marxim the repudia
acha- tion of all human pnaioxns