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—- iIN Express from Shreveport, •+«-—SlIREVKPOr.T, AUgUSt 10, im. Dsutt News —I have bat MUa to ituy 10 tbs shape of news. True* I enclose an extra Irsued here yesterday, but it contains nothing that you will probably not have seen before thli reaches you.We still have the rumor of another light on the l*otom*Vbat we hare none as yet that can be relied upon. A Lieutenant in the service that came through yesterday says that it was generally believed on the other side of the Mississippi that Lea lmd gamed a great victory over the enemy, near Martinaburg.and he even went bo far us to state, In the presence of Col. Noble, Commander of the Post here, that he hud seen an editorial outline in a Richmond paper of Uen. L*.e’s report. Lee stated, he said, that be had captured tW,Ot)0 prisoners and UiU 10.0(d) making in all 30,000, and that the enemy had lost 10,000 killed and wounded. This seems plain and straight enough, but in this dsy of false rumors, it Is not safe to believe anything until we see the official account.The mob at the North, it seems has been tjuelleu aud the draft only temporarily suspended. In my opinion he (Lincoln) will raise all the troops that he has called for. and we must prepare as Hpeedlly as possible to meet the storm. Rut can wc raise troops m snfftctal numbers to maat such %ho»t 1 1 think. v.jiq. mg. Mave no time ihiatnoruiug io give my reas* ua UafaiBor this belief. The call for the 45 men will raise* considerable number, and the employ ment of negro teamsters and boy couriers will add greatly to our list of troops in the field. If men beyond the military age, and those who have been disabled In the service were put into the Quartermasters and Commissary offices, we could turn out another large body of ffl'octlve troops. If the stage from Monroe arrives before the express leaves, with any additional items, t wil 1 write again. M. K.
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Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 13, 1863
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Winston B.
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