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Shreveport daily news., 1861-04-25
The Daily News

s published in the city of Shreve-
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PRICES (adding transportation).
Purchasers are invited to call and
examine the various styles, at the
Southern Marble Works of
w. HECON & CO.,
Corner, of Texas and Edwards Sts.
Their Post Otficcis Shreveport, La.
no 6-dIv.
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proprietor.
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for the Daily.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-04-25
Strangers Guide

Strangers Guide.
CouRT HOUSE, Texas street, on Ed
wards.
BRANCH CITIZENS BANK, Mila1a st.
corner Market.
Posr OFFICE, Market street, near
Milan. r.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. Mr..
M'Ahister, on Market and Milan sts.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Rev, G. Il. Fucker.
corner Of Market and Travis SITS.
METHODIST CHURCH, Rev s. B. Surat,
corner of Market and Fannin sts-
EpIscopALiAN CHURCH, Rev. A. 3.
Russell, corner Of Market and Fanin
streets.
CATHOLIC CHURCH, Rev. j. Pierre, On
Fannin, between Edward and Mar
shall street.
IsRAELlrE CHURCH, Rev. T. Sarner,
Texas str. near the Court House.
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sent copy of the above to Capt.
johnson and Capt. Applegatc.
Be it ordained that the mayor be
authorised to draw upon the city
treasurer for such sums as he may
think necessary for the support of
Thomas Kirsinger during the next
three months.
The council then adjourned.
JONAS ROBESON, mayor.
w. II. DAsHIELL, clerk pro TEN.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-04-25

Uruy Uu6 OlUUU Ctl011S CQ0U LILO
System !
The GREAT MEDICINAL DRINK OF THE
AGE!
CROOKES'S
Invigorating Aromatic Vegetable
iStomacAe Bitters,
For RESTORING & PRESERVING
HEALTH.
Prepared from Aromatic Bitter Herbs,
UNDER THE AUSPICIES or An
EMINENT PHYSICIAN.
Are an agreeable and palatable
Invigorating Tonic, prepared from
Aromatic Bitter Vegetables, COM
binei with Pure Spirit, improved
and perfected by one of our venera-
Bile and eminent physicians during
practice Of thirty years, in the latter
part of which he used those Bitter
Herbs, with unparalleled success, i'll
the treatment of internal diseases and
for purifying the blood.
They stimulate and regulate the
functions of digestion; ilnpart vigor
and tone to the stomach; strengthen
the system, and are unequalled as IL
purifier of the blood. By continuing
the use of a wine glass full morning
and evening, and before meals, for
few weeks, they will afford convin-
cling proofs Of their great medicinal
properties, aud under the influence of
their health-restoring qualities, that
physical condition necessary to the
enjoyment of a sound body and mind
will soon be attained.
From their purifying influence,
the skin becomes steadily smooth and
bright. and they will gradually re-
move every trace OF eruption or in
tlammation from the face or body as
they progress in the puritication Of the
blood
Viewing them simply as a bever-
age, they equal in richness and deli
cacy of flavor the finer grades of
choice Champagne Wines-thc bit
ter principle being only perceptiblc
when felt in the good work Of purify
ing and invigorating.
For the use of old and young of
both sexes they are admirably adap-
ted, being grateful to the taste; OF an
exqisitely delicate tiavor-imparting
to the palate a soothing aromatic et-
feet, cqualled only by its purity and
richness.
The following letter regarding the
purity and quality of this Celebrated
Vegetable Tonic, from the eminent
and Gifted physician and chemist,
Victor l.. Canning, 50 long and ia
vorahlv known i'll connection with
the French Academy OF Science,
speaks for itself:
CHcmicul L0hratoly, Vest B,,oodway,
New York, February s, 1860.
Mr.. III. VI. Crookc~: Dcar .Str-t
In accori;,nc. with your request Of
the 10th ultimo, | have sui jccted
sample of your Invigorating Aroma
tic Vegetable Stomach Bittcrs 10 It
careful analysis aud find them to be
composed OF the essence OF Aromatic
Bitter Vegetables OF ANCIENT fame IN
the medical world yet have never
before seen them so we'll bleudcd or
rendered so pleasing to the sense Of
taste.
The Spirit used in their prepara
ton I found to be perfectly pure, and
as free from dclcterious element as
that procured from the natural juice
of the erape.
You doubtless had the assistance of
medical skill III perfect
ING so excellent n combination, as il
rarely occurs that the bitter princi
pie, possessing so much medicinal
worth, is rendered so palatable.
Continue to- prepare Your Stomach
bitters, strictly III accordance with
the formula you have already adot-
ed and th,y rappnt IA IN r.iip lr,-
Shreveport daily news., 1861-04-25

MILITARY .trpolNTMENTS.-
JHcellency Gov. Moore has appointed
the following officers to the regular
urlny Of Louisiana Infantry Ke"i-
!nCIltS:
Capt. Douglns West.
Capt. {. \. Taylor.
Jas w. Stringtellow, 1st Lieutc,i-
ant. vice G.. $. Batchellor, promoted.
w. Edward Austin, 2d Lieutenant.
w. n. Starkc, 2d Lieutenant.
:. s. Scnmes, I'd Lieutenant, vice
IT, H. Zacharie, resigned.
BlaSsi b. Cellas, I'd Lieutenant.
James Wilson, I'd Lieutenant.
Thos. w. Behan, 2d Lieutcnant.
George l.. Bond, I'd Lieutenant.
These gentlemen are attached to
Companies | and II, and will soon go
ON active duty.
Lieut.. Austin is now in the ranks
of the Orleans Cadets, at Pensacola,
and will probably Y remain to do service
there, if not recalled by his superior
otliccrs.-N. d. Picuyuac.
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TONlB>.
IRON F'ENCINE.

The undersigned having made az
rangnmcnts with the manufacturers,
are now prepared to order every des-
cription Of
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suitable for enclosing buildings, gar
Icns, cemetery lots, etc, also
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
The American in the East.

We are presented to his excellency
the governor of the city, (Sidon,) by
the Rev. w. w. Eddy, an American
missionary resident here. This Chris
tian gentleman is much esteemed and
respected by all in authority, as well as
by the citizens generally. He accom-
panied us to the most interesting parts
of the town, pointing out everything
worthy of our attention. We visited
the harbor and the remains of the old
breakwater formed by nature and art
combined, which once made this a safe
and commodious haven for vessels.
We noticed the arched bridge which
connects the mainland with the old cas-
tie {Zor) built over rocks before the city.
1t is now in ruins, having been des-
troyed by the English government in
in the war with Ibraham Pacha. We
afte~ward examined another old castle
on the hill which as it's present form
indicates, must have been rebuilt by
King Louis of France while the city
was in his possession.
Sidon is situated on grounds rising
rapidly from the seashore to the plain
lying east of its present walls. 1t
formerly extended to the lower ridge
of the Lebanon mountains (Which is
one mile from its present eastern gate, J
and many miles along the seashore 1t
is now, however, reduced to much mar
rover limits, and does not exceed mile
in length on the coast, or a half mile
in width. It contains ten thousand
inhabitants, seven thousand of which
are Mohammedans, three hundred
Jews, and the rest nominal Christians
of various sects. There are no fra
ternal feelings existing between the
different denominations but, on the
contrary, the bitterest animosity pre-
walls among them.
The city was founded by Sidon. son
of Canaan. Moses, in the tenth chap
ter of Genesis, called it the first-born
of Canaan. Joshua refers to it as the
great city, and Homer mentions it as
being distinguished above all other
cities for it's manufactures. The city
of Tyre, notwithstanding it was under
its sway for several centuries, did not
refuse, even in its brightest days, to
honor it as the parent of its own gran
deur. From the position and impor.
tance of this ancient city as com.
mercal town, it was exposed to frequent
assaults from rival nations, and suffer
ed greatly at different periods of it.
existence but the sevorest calamity
which ever befell, it, was in the yea,
$50 B. c., when Ochus, with nearly
four hundred thousand men, invaded
PhGnicia, on his way to Egypt, when
through the treachery of Mentor, the
commander of its military and nava
forces, and of Tennis, King of Sidon
the city fell into the hands of the Per
y slams. When the Sidonians discover
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
Total ..--.-.-.-..-.---$ -$474

A report was read from the Comp
troler III relation to the Central School
House property.
On motion it was received and re-
ferred to the Finance Committee aud
Attorney with power to act.
A report was read from the Attorney
giving the decision Of Judge Il. X.
Howell, as against the Mayor and
Council in the matter of the Drainage
Tax, and decrc1ng u first Mortgage
and Lien on the Streets, Cemetery,
School Property and Public Squares of
Carrollton, with power to sell the same
for said tax, etc.
On motion it was received and or
dcred filed.
A report was read from the Sur
veyor refusing to comply with request
to approve the Bill Of Contractor for
Painting the Market House, and stating
that he cannot receive the work as now
executed.
On motion, the report was received
and adopted.
!. CoMMuEtCATIONS WERE READ:
|. From the Secretary Of the School
Board submitting a report from said
Board in relation to Il New Organization
of the Schools aud asking for the cree
ton Of additional Rooms to Jefferson
and Washington School Houses.
On motion, the reading Of the report
was dispensed with and it was referred
TO the Streets and Landings Committee.
.. From james Couson, proposing
to build Bell Tower for S@3iO.
3. From j. y. Hecker, proposing to
build Bell Tower for $3.50.
4 motion of Mr.. HerrIc, that the
Mayor be authorized TO contract with
Mr.. J. =. Heckcr for building Il Bell
Tower for the Hook and Ladder Co.,
according to plan and specification Of
the Surveyor, and the proposal Of Mr..
Hccker, was carried.
j. From l.. Millnudon. complaining
that the whole front of his Mill pro-
pcrty is 50 occupied by steamboats,
that he cannot get Timber 10 his Mil.
On motion, it was referred 10 the
Streets and Landings Committee.
Mr.. Davenport appeared and took
his seat.
,. From Joint Committee Of the
Fire Department, submitting their
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

CARROLLTON COUNCIL
UB4R NEE TING.

WEDNEsDAY, May Is, 1861.
Present Hon. A. S. Ferth, Mayor:
Messrs. f. Fischer, Chas. Engleman,
George Herrle, +. c. Zeller, f. Schuler
and Peter Stouiig.
Absent Mcssrs. William Mayo and
John Davenport.
The Minutes of April 18th and May
1st were read.
Mr.. Ferth, stated that he had waived
his objections and qualified as a School
Director.
On motion, tho Minutes were ap-
proved as read.
Treasurer Kern's stated reports
were read, showing balance of s. 81
cash on hand this day.
Mr.. Mayo appeared and took his
seat.
Treasurer Kern's Report for three
months to Both of April was read and
referred to Finance Committee.
A report was read from the Mayor
that he had accepted the title from the
New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
Company to the strip Of land at tn"
Junction Of Levcc and Upper Line
streets, and suggesting the dedication
of said land to public use.
A motion of Mr. Ieilcr 10 refer the
report to the Streets and Landings
Committee was lost.
A motion of Mr.. Engieman TO accept
the report, approve the action Of the
Mayor and refer this suggestion to the
Streets and Landings Committee, was
carried.
A report was read from the Comp
L IL
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
The Maiden and inc Hero.

On the night before the bottle of
Brandywine | was sent with mes
sage from Gen. Greene to count
Pulaski, nchle Polander, who took
prominent para in our struggle for
freedom. He was quartered in a neat
farm house near the upper forts. After
our business was finished, the count
asked me to take some refreshments,
at the same time calling out
Mary my lass, Mary -
In an instant a rosy checked girl en-
tered, her face beaming with Joy, it
would seem, at the very sound of Pulas-
ki's voice.
Did you call me, count - said she
timidly.
How often have / told you, my little
love- said he, bending his tall form to
kiss her check, mot to call me count {;
call me dear Pulaski. This is a re-
public my little favorite; we have no
counts you know
But you are n count, sir when at
home and they say you came a long
way over the ocean to fight for us
Yes, Mary, ! did come long ways ;
the reason was | had to come. Now
can you get for this gentleman and my
self little refreshment He has a
long way to ride tonight
Certainly, sir and she went out of
the room like fairy.
Fine pleasant girl said Pulaski ;
would that I had the wealth that !
once had I would give her portion
that would send the youth hereabouts
after her sweet face
On the morning of the IIth of Sep
tember, I777. the British advanced in
full force to Chadd's ford, for the pur-
pose Of crossing Brandywine creek,
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

their king, they shut themselves and
their wives and children within their
houses, which theythen set on fire, and
all of them perished in the flames.
Everything of value, including the
archives of the city, its records, and all
that related to it's ancient history and
literature, as well as its treasures, were
totally destroyed.
The wealth, which it's citizens had for
ages been accommodating, the splendor
of the city's adornments, and the pride
its princes and merchants-all vanishes
at the approach of the conqueror.,
There was nothing left to satisfy his
inordinate thirst for gain but the ashes
of the city. Even from these, however
which contained the melted silver and
gold of its inhabitants, he realized a
hrge amount of money. 1t may be,
and probably is, owing to this sad
calamity, that no remnants of their
writings are preserved to US, which can
throw any light upon the is customs and
manners. The city was soon afterward
rebuilt in part; bat it's inhabitants not
being in u condition to defend them
selves against aggression, it was sur
rendered to Alexander the Great with
out struggle.
The sufferiugs of the city, during
the war of the Crusaders, were no less
severe, for while King Louis of France
was absent from his command, on a
visit to Tyre, it was attacked by its
enemies, and all the Christians within
its walls were put TO the sword. Their
dead bodies remained exposed, without
burial, until the city was recaptured by
the king.
The manufacturing Of silk, linen,
and glass, for which the town has ever
been distinguished is still carried on here
to a limited extent, while the beautiful
purple dye, invented by it's citizens at
an early day, is still in use by its pre-
sent inhabitants but notwithstanding
the apparently active stir of business
within its walls, the broken columns
and fragments of ancient buildings,
which are to be seen wherever one may
roam, either within the city or its sur
roundings, are constant reminding TIE
tourist of its former grandeur, which,
in contrasting it with its present fall
en- condition, produces on his mind
feelings Of the most painful character.
Formerly its harbot was sufficiently
commodous to admit vessels of great
burden but it is now, and has been
for ages, so filed up with ruins and
drifting sands, as to allow only the
smallest craft to approach the city,
Home Journal.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
CITY OP CARROTLTON PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA, SAT

and bringing on an action against
Washington. Sir William Howe drove
Maxwell's division across the creek by
ten o'clock, at one of the lower forts.
The Hessian general, with large
force, advanced up the creek, and
uniting with lord CORVALLIS, who com
manded the left wing of the army,
crossed at the upper fords of the river
and creek. 1t soon happened that
during the raging of the conflict
carrying orders, | passed Immediately
in the direction of Pulaski'sa quarters,
that ! had visited the night before;
the house was on fire. Near the door
lay the body of Mary, her head cut
open by sabre, and her brains oozing
out of the terrible wound. / had been
there but half minute when general
Pulaski at the head of a troop of
cavalry, galloped rapidly to the house.
Never shall l forget the expression
of his face, as he shouted like a
demon, on seeing the inanimate form
of Mary.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
CHARLES ENGLEMAN
+. FISCHER.
WILLIAM MAYO.

Mr.. Englcman appeared and resumed
his seat.
Mr.. Schuler called for the reading
Of Mr.. Henry DeibePs letter of tho
lst of April, asking to BIO re-instated
rs Commissary and Sexton. The
letter was read. ....
A motion of Mr.. Davenport that
Mr.. Deibel be re-instatod rs Commits
sary and Sexton on the first of next
month, was lost.
A motion of Mr.. Davenport that Mr..
Henry Deibcl be and is hereby dis
charged from tho Office Of Commissary
and Sexton, was carried by the vote Of
five Councilmcn.
The following Ordinance from the
Streets and Landings Committee was
read, the rules were suspended and the
Articles were adopted Seriatim and
then the whole Ordinance.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

a. My deceased uncle, says
humorous writer, was the most polite
gentleman in the world. He vas max
ing a voyage on the Danube, and the
boat sunk; all the passengers went
to the bottom. My uncle was jurtias at
the point of drowning. He got his
head above water for once, took off
his hat, and said: Ladies and gentle
men, you must please to excuse me :
and down he went.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
GEORGE HERR.
f. SCHUYLER,
+. G.. TELLER.

Resoluea, That the Mayor is autho-
rized to draw a Warrant or Warrants
in favor of III. Deibel for $75 30 in
payment of all commissions and salary
due him as Commissary said War
rants to be Subject to deductions of
$37 3S for the balance against Mr..
Deibel on the Comptroller's Books.
ReSotUcd, That the Comptroller is
authorized to credit Mr.. Deibel's nc
count for $50 IS amount Of uncollected
bills returned by him.
The following report was read and
received, the action of the Committee
approved, and the agreement ordered
filed.
The Special Committee charged with
making u settlement with Messrs. Leroy
q Labarre, in the matter of VIM. H..
Duffy submit the agreement made by
them with those gentlemen and ask
to be discharged.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

w A good old Methodist preacher,
long ago removed from this scene of
temptation, in relating his experience
said woman's eye was once so pow
erful as to draw him thirteen miles
over a rough road in winter, simply
for her to tell him that she wouldn't
marry him.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

TO We Hon. Mayor ana COUNCIL
Of :he CITY Of Carroltton
Gentlemen In obedience to your
resolution of january %, 1861, | sub
NIT below, the names ETC., of persons
who have taken Licences during the
past Quarter, and the amount paid for
them. Respectfully,
G. G.. PORTER, Comptroller.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
An ORDIlV1NCE
Dcdicating Ccrtain Lands to Public
U8e

30 it Ordained by the Mayor aud
Council Of the City Of CarrolIton, that
all that portion Of Square 50 in Car
rolIton purchased by the Mayor and
Council from Mrs. NJ. A. f. .Hampson
by act passed before G. G. Porter,
Notary Public on the llth of june
1860, be and the same is hereby
appropriated and dedicated to Public
Use as portions of Mary and Plum
streets; say, that portion from the
Upper part Of the Square, to Mary
street and that portion from the centre
Of the square to Plum street. ,.
BE il further Ordamed, That oil
that portion of Square 3S in CarroIiton.
purchased by the Mayor and Council
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

who took out Licences during the last
Quarter.
On motion it was received and or
dered published.
COUNCIL HALL,
CITY OF CARRoLLToN, La,
May 1, 1861.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25
FERNS Of the Paper.

VOLUME III, of the .'Carroliton Sun" will begin
= on the 23d June, instant: it will be printed as
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The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-05-25

D A clergyman in the backwoods
of Illinois, who had never seen the
ocean, was drawing a simile between
some religious tenet and an anchor,
and fearing his congregation might
not fully understand the use OF an
anchor, he thus described it : An
anchor is large iron instrument that
sailors carry to sea with them, and,
when storm arises, they take it on shore
and fasten it to tree, and that holds
the ship till the storm blows over
~ The editor Of the Auburn Ad-
vertiser takes the follow delicate meth
Cd of making public a fact Of which
Mrs. Micawber was proud to speak on
all occasions in alluding to her husband
as the father of her twins: The
county of Cyuga, according to the
late census, had $500 souls. We
have received information Of the most
reliable nature, which authorizes Us to
assure the census marshal that he may
make the figures 55,7ll, aud charge
the same to the Second ward