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Terms cash.-Boxing 50 extra.
Printers know the effects of taking
proofs on the hand press The pro-
cess being not onl " slow. but INJURIES
both to the press and tho type
This press obvia.es all these diSad-
vantages. 1t might also be used to
print small bills.
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weighing not over is poupdx. thf bed
being made Of seasoned inch plank
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requires but little room,
Printers visiting Shreveport nre
requested to call and see the press.
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49,, Shreveport, La.
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THE SHREVEPORT
Weekly News,

Published in the city Of Shreve-
port, Parish Of Cadelo, every Monday
morning at the low price of SO So
The News will not be forwarded to
any address. until the subscription
money il received, as it is published
on the cash i..i,,ciple; and the terms
being pnt at low hgures. will not ad-
NIT Of credit. j..
1t is the cheabes. p:sper published
in the State sh,: sheet is 2. by &c i'll
ches, and couta;~s tmevty-e;gAt col.
aims IF reading matter, set i'll So1id
type. The Weekly News i>i,nade
up of the reading published in the
daily, and contains the latsst news re-
ceivcd in Shreveport, and we'll Sc
lected articles. In Eact it is one Of
the
BEST FAMILY fi1'ERs,
published in the South. a.
Specimen copies will BIC forwarded
to such as desire subscribing. !.
The columns will contain articles,
selected and original, which will prove
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tention of the publisher,
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sections. :.
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Proprietor.
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months, will be entitled to al exchange
for the Daily
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PROSPECTUS
OF THE
BOSSIER BANNER.

i HE Booster RaAswn. il. published
at Bellevue, La, at three. Aollass per
annum to single subscriber. .,Adver-
tisements inserted at 81 per square Of
ten lines or less, and so cents for each
subsequent insertion. Professional
and business cards not exceeding one
square, including paper, ten dollars
perannun,; fvedo]lays for six months
Advertisements for the year inserted
Oh very liberal terms. The Banner
is an independents PAPER. and has rs
large a circulation AZ any paper pub
lisllcd in North Louisiana, ADDRESS
WM. H. SCANLAND,
Editor and Proprietor.
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II a printing office is no place
for men nor boys to congrcgate
to talk, laugh and sing-it may be
fun TO them but it ia dealt, to pro-
Prietors. There is no. typo Oh
earth who can do his employer JUS
.tice when idlcrs stand at his elbow
talking and laughing every few min
hte' during the day. When printers
"re i'll hurry making up forms,
carrying 'galleys.' reading and cor
.t'",t;ns proof it is very annoying
10 naFe To walk around and step over
halfdozen pair Of long legs. and be
bored with the discordant notes OF
each ones fly trap. A printing office
is no place to loaf at, and the editor
exchanges were never intended for
the accommodation Of the public
they are exclusively priv,''. proper
'y. In a word. a printing office Is.
place for business. and Hot gene
raj resort.
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Washineton, Juns l0.-1'hs nou-
paymentof troops was caused by the
absence Of pay-rolls, not the lack Of
money. The Rhode Island regiment
has departed Southwark. Meehan-
les are busy in constructing wagons
and ambulances. A large number Of
horaes. are being drilled to- artillery.
10000 troops win be in Baltimore
within thirty six hours. The city is
in ferment and all ure preparing for
vigorous rising. Arms are stored
in private houses. It 10 authorita-
lively determined 70 lombard the city
from Fort McHenry on the first sign
Of an uprising. d
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1g' 1, hating leaked ont that SUI
:ar. coffee, m6fasscs. etc. Sent zip the
river, marked for ST. Louis. really
gets sent from Cairo to Chicago, or
dcrs have been issued that no provis-
ION Of any kind shall be permitted to
ascend the river. Yesterday the Hill
had to unload Il lot of sugar and rice
sh. had on board for Columbus, and
thence marked for st. Loiis.--il{.m
tkix .iHl,cNI.
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Succession Sale.
of Louisiana, Parish ofC0

State Of Louis,opl, Parish Of C0ddo;
TIE District Lo1yt, No. S3S.
Succession of John Morrow, decd.
D1 virtue of, writ Of sale to me
ID directed by the Honorable the
District Court. in and for the Parish
of Gadde and State aforesaid, will he
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder, in front of the Court House.
i'll the City OF, Shreveport, on i
Saturday. 6th day IF jelly, I'D. 1861.
between the hours of 10 o clock, A. N.
and 4 o'clock, p. NJ, the. following de-
.scribed slaves belonging to the sus-
cession of John Morrow. deceased.
to.wit: .,u ...., :.
Becky, a negro woman Of dark com
plexion aged about Is years. -
Leila, a negro woman of yellow,
compile xion, aged about 10 years, and
Susan, a negro woman, aged about
40 years. of dark complexion. !.
Rose, a negro woman Of griff com
plexion, aged about 81 years. =,
AHgnst~s. a negro man Of yellow
complexion, aged about A. years.
~ ~ Teruss of Sale. 49,.
Credit of twelve months, p,,rcha.5-
ess,to give their notes with good and
approved personal security, bearing
eight per cent, per aannum interest
from date, apd, a special mort gage re-
tanned on the slaves purporting Il
confession of Judgment, waiving ben
CIT Of appraiscment
II. HUNSICkER.
June 9Th letf. Auctionerr
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TIE Rascais-Seven kegs of pow
der. of one hundred pounds each,
were found in a culvert under the
dry dock yesterday. and it is sup
posed still more will vet be found
They were placed there on the night
previous to the firing Of that estab-
lishment, no doubt with the intention
Of blowing the dock to pieces. Tive
or three Kegs were taken out the fol-
lowing morning. which were ihen
supposed to be all that was placed
there.-Pcrksmout Trans.
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C. Read. IN
70 C0tintry Printers. l. Merchants

y - ~ AFBVI Nh~A1SSo
Ihn. facilities of the Shreveport
Daily Ne~s
JOB OFFICE,
are such as to enable us to do prin-
ting,
Of any de@cyiptio1, at tie si,ortcst ~o-
Printer sending orders. can have
JOBS done at sufficient low prices to
enable them to realize Il fai, vrofit, Oh
the same.
Tie Money mua aiways arcompaaD
tie ordcr.
Country merchants, can save time,
trouble, and expense. by, sending all
their order. for JOB PRINTING, at
the News Office, Shreveport. La.
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We have moved our office OFT Tex
as street. in Reynolds building. a
little above our old stand. few doors
from the corner 81 Spring street
wl,c-s ~e will be pleased TO see our
friends.
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Tie Exemy's Steamers in Lake
Barxne-s.ys the n. o. Pieayune !:
An express messenger arrived in town
Yesterday from Mr.. Adorphe pucros'
plantation, at the mouth 81 Bayou
Bienvenu. which empties into Lake
Borgne, with information 10 Maj. Gen.
,Twiggs. that two fishermen had re-
ported the arrival Of two small war
steamers in Lake Borgne. one carry
ing three guns. and the other a long
pivot gun forward. The fishermen
stated that the steamers lay of in the
lake, and that night before last they
sent two boats towards the mouth Of
the bayou. as was supposed. for Ia
king soundings.
Gen. Twiggs ordered Majo- Tay-
lor. in command Of the Barracks. to
proceed Immediately to Martello Tow
er. a: the mouth Of Bayou Bienvenu.
with company Of infantry. to garri-
son the tower, which contains several
heavy mounted guns, for the rrotec-
ton of this avenue to our city. This
point is but ten miles from New Or
leans in direct line, and little
over fifteen by the Mexican Gulf
Railroad. 1t is celebrated for being
the point at which the British landed
their troops in the war Of lsl3--'l4.
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The Presidential My
Lewis -. Crenslnaw has rendered his
residence. furniture and servants. for
the gratuitous Use Of his Excellencv,
Jefferson Davis, and family. for three
months, or longer; but the committee.
who have the matter in charge, have
not yet signitiea their acceptance Of
this liberal offer, Mr.. Crenshaw' ?
residence was known FORMERLY as the
Brocken-brough mansion. and was
subsequently, occupied by Hon.J lanes
A. Seldom. 1t is pleasantly situated
At the southeast corner of Clay and
18th streets, and commands MI ex.
tended view of the river and valley
scenery on the east A more retired
locolty and. with this advantage, one
So near the center of business and
the public Offices, could not be se1ec-
ted for the residence of the President
of the Confederate States. We pre-
sumo that the committee will not ar
rive at a decision until they have
weighed these with the hygienic and
other considerations which may eff
feet their Judgment, Richmond
Wing. 25th.
Nem FHour.-C. A. Gilbert has re-
ceived sample Of -four from the
Montgomery mills, made from wheat
which has grown in Alabana since
Lincoln was elected. A beautiful IL
lustration of the success that is like
Iy to attend his efforts to starve MS
out. The extravagant price to which
Hour has so unnecessarily risen with
in the last few days must come down
now.-Mobiie -41ccrtiscy.
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We neglected to mention last
week that our friend Mr.. VIM. Wal
pole brought us full blown cotton
bloom. gathered from the plantation
of Col. Henry Marshall, in Bossier
Parish.
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The officers of the steamer Coun
tess, will please accept our thank:
for a file Of New Orleans aud New
York papers.
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Particular Attention.

Items or advertisements intended
for the Daily Ncus, must he handed
in prior to four o'clock. P, N. other
wise they will not appear in our issue
of the following morning.
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two have brought new occasions to
our forces, aud negro laborers have
come from a distance 20 assist in the
work Of our Notifications.
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Twenty seven persons have dice
Of the injuries received in the coils
ion in ST. Louis.
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600 to 10000 new words in the Noca-
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.Iacksos's Death to be Aresged.-
Charleston, May 3O.-The following
communication appears in the "Cour-
Ter" Of this morning.:
A Fair No';ce.--l hereby give no.
ticc that the dealt, OF james w.
Jackson. Of Alexandria. Virginia,
shall. will. and must be avenged.
HEoRy GILMEn, NJ. u. of Miss.
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UNl'Ek TYiE AUsRlG.ESs or an
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practice Q, t9fffE Year,, I. e tl'e; r oa..es
part of WihcA 1i.'sa - Alss.s
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the skin becomes steadily smostll and
bright, and they will gradually re-
move every.tracee of eruption or in
tfiamnation from the face ;or body NJ
they progress in the purifcatioii o4fhe
blood ..: ~. 800.
| Viewing them simply asa bever-
age, they equal In richness and deli,
cacy Of flavor the finer grades of
choice Champagne Wines-the Bit
ter principle being only perceptible
when felt in the good .wsfk of purify
ing and invigorating %. !:
For the use Of old and Young cf
| both sexes they are admirably aGl0p-
ted, being grateful to the taste; OF an
ex4,siteiy delicate navor-ilnparflng
to the palate soothing aromatic eft
feet eqnaiied only py Its purify ana
| richness.
The following letter regarding tha
purity and quality Of this Celebrated
Vegetable Touic, from the eminent
and gifted physician and chemist,
Victor F., Canning, SO long and ia
voraily known in connection with
the French Academy Of Science.
| speaks for, itself;
| Iz.,.;;c,y I,,b,a,s.u Jr.y R1ood.1,,.
New York. February 6. 1850.
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tl,a 1sth mI.;mo 7 nv. s,,h;..ts.l
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so,nno..d .of Il. es.nrr. ~ A -o,n.t;c
R;.,er Veo.,ahIes ofs ancient fsrnc j.,
! Tho, ned;cal world. yeti have ncver
before seen them 60 Well blended or
rendered So nlro.;np TO the sense Of
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10. ao..o o, n'.,' ne I'm "s.'s."nee VI
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worth. is rendered 90 pajatoble, !,
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EoBr. }. LoONEY. SAINT. WELLS.
LOONEY g. WELLS,
.ittoypcys & Covnsclors at Lar.

w ILL practice i'll the Courts Of
Caddo and surrounding parishes, and
in the Supreme Court at Monroe and
Alexandria. Office on Market street.
near the Postoficc. Shreveport. La.
nl4-lvd
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.'Now, Young man. rs you are set
tied in town." said IN uncle. IL would
advise YOU to take n wife" with
all my heart, sir; whose wife shall
tax. p
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Wctr,st our friends will overlook
ar.,hing wrong iii our columns, for
We caii assure them that the moving
of a printing office. especially 4 daily,
is attached with much Inconvenience
No fun i, it whatever.
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Ftofi NoztaM.-More O~,r0ges hy
tsdernl Jio@ps.-A letter to the
Richmond tNa.} Dispatch, dated
Norfolk, june 1. says:
Dsprcdations Upon our coast hv
the Federal troops are becoming con-
slant. An idea Of the character Of
their offences mar be- found in the
following. which is reliable: Short
lv after their arrival at NG#ports
News, number of the soldiers-
some in a bcastly state of intnSica-
tiou-wcnt to the residence of n
highly respectable farmer in the
ricighborhood, and drove the whole
family from I'll. house without mo-
i,ients notice. who were compelled to
seek the woods for safety. The nc
ggrocs on the place ran from the house
in all directions, and it is thought
the farmer will lose these. together
with all the articles he left behind.
but is grateful that he escaped with
Ills life
The troops were exceedingly in
sclent, and stated that they were free
that day; that no officers were with
them. and tia: they intended to do
as they pleased, The family, in
which there We're two young children
and an old lady about 10 years of
age, ~afderca abon. in .he woods all
night, and the next day arrived at a
place Of safety, where letter was
written by lady who was in tire
party. from which I am permitted to
make these statements.
l learn from an equally reliable
source, that an officer from Fortress
Monroe. with body of soldiers,
went over to Hampton day or two
ago, and broke into the store of a
respectable citizen of the place, who
was in the store at the time. and who,
! Immediately un the officers cnt rance,
shot him dead on the spot. He was
INN, dia,ely swung up by the soldiers.
Further particulars Of this affair l
, did not learn
The train tor n" past day or
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.1o1tn Rel axN tie Lo~isiana tyoops
"A dispatch dated Knoxville. june
4, says:
Hon. John Bell spoke here this
morning TO the Louisiana troops, urg-
ing war to the death against the. nortl,
declaring that five millions Of SOL
diers cannot conquer the South. 1t
showed great enthusiasm here for the
southern cause.
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Texas VKheat.-A gentleman just
from the wheat region Of Texas. in
forms us that the wheat is now be.
ing rapidly harvested. and is turning
out by far the largest crop ever
known. II is believed that the aver
age yield will be over twenty bushels
to the acre. while the ground sown in
wheat is nearly double what it was
last year. Orr informant thinks the
yield will be sufficient to supply half
the Southern Confederacy. The price
Of wheat there is fifty to sixty cents
per busheI. and -four about two dol
lars per hundred pounds. The cost
Of getting it here will probably be
about double this price. or make i.
about eight dollars per barrel.-Gol-
rest0n Ncms.
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n SeccssiOxiss SAOs.-'Ebe New York
papers Of the LIST contain an account
of case Of violence ~ having oc.
Cured in that city OH the night pre-
vious. growing out Of the war OK
element. Two men, Henry Merit
and Jehr Swain. being engaged in
discussion, and the latter ex pressing
decided secession sentiments, he was
shot dead by Merritt.
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A6aivs at Hampto~-On Monday
the Federal troops marched into the
town Of Hampton, from Fort Menroe.
and took exclusive possession Of the
place. The inhabitants were noti-
fed to leave, and the buildings are
now occupied by Lincoln's troops a
Barracks. Of course. the people are
flying in every direction. compelled
reluctantly to leave their homes at
the mercy. Of set Of interruptions
rowdies, who doubtless committed
aepredations in every part Of that
beautiful End pleasant village.--Nor.
.fo'k Argus.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-07-31

erJohn G. Breckinridge, late Vice
President of the United States, delivered
a reasonable speech in the Senate He
charaoterizes the acts of President Lin
coin to protect the Capitol of the country
and preserve the Union, as unconstitu-
tional, but has not word to say against
the traitors who have repudiated the Con-
stitution in toto, and got up one Of their
own in opposition to it. Notwithstand-
ing Mr.. Breckenridge had been preparing
this speech for some time, his positions
and arguments were so glaringly incon-
sistent and untenable that he failed to
make an impression, and his best friends
were disappointed. Such is the present
position of the man who one year ago
aspired TO the highest position in the gift
Of free people where he would have
taken an oath to support the very laws he
now counsels others to disobey.
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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

THE FALLACIEs OF SECEssIoN.-Much
has been well said and learnedly written
to expose the fallacies by which it is
sought to deduce from the political rela-
tions of the states under the constitution a
right of peaceful secession" from the
Union. But it may be doubted whether,
after all that has been elaborated on the
subject, great deal has been added, by
way of strong and terse statement, to the
following exposure of its essential contra
dictions, as made by Daniel Webster IN
the Senate of the United States more than
thirty years ago:
Secession, as a revolutionary right, is
Ineligible. As right to be proclaimed
in the midst Of cigI coneneotions and as
serted at the head Of armies, I can under
stand it but as practical right, existing
under the Constitution and in conformity
with its provisions, it seems to be nothing
but an absurdity, for it supposes resist
ance to government under the authority
of government itself; it supposes dismem-
berment without violating the principles
of Union, it supposes opposition to law
without crime; it tsupposes the violation of
oaths without responsibility; it supposes
the total overthrow of Government with
out revolution.