The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-01-20
CURRENT ITEMS.

an honorable place in the history Of
that State.
II Ex-President Pierce and lady
were at Washington CRY on the SIst
ult-. the object of many attentions.
u The Hon. Thomas P. Porter
succeeds the Hon. Linn Bovd, as Lieut.
Governor Of Kentucky.
| or The Virginia Democratic State
Con Fention, to appoint delegates to the
Charleston Convention. is to be held at
Richmond the 10th of February next.
% Fernando Wood, Mayor elect
ofNew York attributesshis success is no
small degree to his advertisements.-
through them he was enabled to spred
his electioneering articles before all
classes of the people.
/ IL The important question in Paris
at present is whether the Louis XIII
round hat with long feathers will be
adopted this winter, or, at the latest,
next summer, lie Toilet says it cannot
speak positively On this subject
~ Tom Marshall, Of Kentucky.
has been challenged to fight duel at
Dubuquel The trouble counnen ced
in baroom, BY Toms telling . noisv
customer that his brains we're located
some where else than in bis head
| ~ A young man named Randall
was arrested in Philadelphia last week
Tor Kissing the Abolition lecturer Cur
It's. The Judge discharged him, re-
marking that the lecture wos 'fnceudi-
arY,n and the hisser had a right to
hiss ii.
~ A movement is now being
made in Texas, with every prospect of
success, to establish State Universe
ty on the most liberal scale. Texas
viii soon be foremost among the South
esn States in her liberal provisions for
home education.
{ n Three petitions from free color
ed persons have been presented to the
Legislature of the State of South Car
olina, asking permission TO enter the
condition Of slavery. Similar petitions
, have been offered to the Georgia and
Mississippi Legislatures.
II The Masonic Register for 1860
states that the whole number of Lodges
Of Free masons in the United States and
Territories is $3.50, and allowing an
average of IS members to each lodge
the whole number of Free Masons
throughout the world is 4I3, 400.
~ A large Union meeting was
held in Austin, Texas, on the Goth nit
; 1t was opposed to all ultraisnls and
sectionalism. Speeches were made ex-
pressive of sentiments Of devotion to
the Union and the constitution, and a
. determination to uphold them.
Fa- The Hon. Howell Cobb, Secre'
tary of the Treasury, very righteously
refused to pay members Of Congress,
mileage and salary on the ground that
no evidence of membership exists until
a speakers certificates is furnished, and
: the present prospect does not warrant
the belief that a speaker will be elected
for some time yet.
10 Iowa is infested with meI
banded together for the preparation
of crime. Old and wealthy men have
!. been engaged in cattle stealing; young
band promising men have been convie
e ted of horse stealing: men of infuence
have been condemned 10 long impris
] oument for passing counterfeit coin
! while others have forged and counter
; feited bank bills.
II Singular fact concerning III,
variation of the magnetic needle, is no
e ticed on Lake Ontario. During iii
past u years, says the Rochester Union
more than dozen vessels have gon'
ashore between the mouth Of Genese'