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\. SOUR
aUHLER FEMAIE sEaEsNARY,

BUTLER FEMALE sEREENARY,
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA,
DCCUPIES large and eonmodious Mansion, with
~ ample and secluded grounds. Thorough instruc-
ton in English Latin Modern Languages, Music, En-
broderv, Drawing &C. together with cheerful domestic
management moral and polite culture offered and
assured Terms-240 per month; 5000 in advance.
Pupils furnish toilet articles and bed-clothing, &c
Address JE. C. D0REMUS, ID,
uovS 1ml Principal.
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NOIIJE.
nURING my absence from this city, Mr. j. NJ. DAN
~ BREUN is dnly authorised to act as my Agent,
and transact any business requisite for the carrying on
the Coffee House. corner Of Texas and Market streets
ALEXANDRA GR0UCHY.
Shreveport, Sept. q, 1865-tf -
ATTENTION PLANTERS!
DHELPS & co. have ample room to store all cotton
4 sent to them, and advise planters, now that the
roads are good to bring in their cotton asfast possi
If c,aod ,farigatien rs2otf
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So REV WARD---STOLEN.

N From the subscriber, on the night Of tho Sd
k5Sl4s inst, at his mill, Z miles from Shreveport
LS-zA~ sorrel MARE, spare made, well built, branded
with on the left shoulder some saddle marks, of
her feet white, with a white spot in her forehead or
years old [nor8 NJ. g. BLUME.
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Fs77I7 n S77F7TgN PT.AyTERS
NnTYCE ETo TAX PAYERS.

MAYoR's OFFIeE-C1TY OF SHREyEAoRT,
November Is, 1865. !
NOTICE is hereby give that the Tableau of City
IN Taxes for 1865, has been received and the Tax
aars Of this city are notified to come forward to the
M3Y0R'Sz OFFICE, within Thirty Days, and pay the
taxes on their property, they will be proceeded
7nf5-fm F. A. LEONARD, Controller.
ANvTLs. VICES. STOCKS AND DIES. Iron, Nails,
n dc. For sale by S T. GEtFFlA 4 CO.
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TIE CHEAPEST
r,o,- ~. STATIONERY HOUSE
In SHIRE 9YEPoRT.

IN Shire y VIsI'
JAMES I. SlTQF,
AT Cook & Trmge1s old stanc9, Y
Texas street---aboye the Marh' 80,
SA"a I'm sclaotod stock Of SCHOOL
40 . iaLEe Ut "riH HtrISxEPy atc Memoir anduns
- b0ohiS So Eina latter Paper III lp and
No Buffers and Ar9ods Ps6s Pencs %r,ns ses aa
Novels--Cheap Publications, sc,
All Of which he offers at wholesale andretaii. e,
Ca and see his Books and Stationery oragrs o64r
the country promptly attended TO. ~ AaS i4i"D'
articles 100 numerous - JAMES 7. STORY,
,,~asr Shreveport, In
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$50 REWARD---STOLEN !!

$50 REV
ENRON the subscriber, Sunday night 5th instant
IL dark bay HORSEiin good order, about years
old he has small white spot the size of large buck
of an inch IN length1 the left side of the neck about
sxinches behind hseaTs, and has several saddle marks
reward Of fifty dollars viii be given for the horse
and thief or twcty y-fre dollars for the horse.
Nov s. d. POBST
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NOTICE

TEEHE PARTNERSHIP heret. fore existing under the
L name and style of SOUR 4 NEWBGRGER, IS this
day dissolved by mutual consent Either partner VIII
A. SOUR.
J.. NEWBURGER.
Shrnvnnort SeDterubcr %, 1860.
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ENTITY THOUSAND ACRES or TEXAS LAND, lying u ,ig
counties that wish to Exchange for & Cotton 3 PIa9ta no
TEa,sand seres h cultivation For particulars, apply
to tic Editor of '.jimplecute, or ]. W JOHNSON,
= Tn-arober 4 1s65-4t JefferFon Texas
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VgTILD WOOD PLANTATION Containing 1000 acres
wv choice Land 300 acres bottom 500 acres in good
sate Of cultivation; finely finished frame house, built
Ill 1862 with rooms at cost Of S59ooi large orchard
III apples pears and peaches the finest fruit in the State;
800 bushels Of corn stacks Of fodder potatoes peas
and rice; 10 No. ! mules; yoke oxen, new wagons,
cart; % head Durham cattle; - sheep; l2ooopounds
of fat pork hogs, stock hogs; farming utensils, and
plantation tools Of every Descriptions.
new gin-house, gin n-stand and mill, cotton press,
bnilt in 1865.
stream Of never fuilug water runs nearly through
tile centre Of tile land several good springs and an IN
exhaustbIe supply Of rail timber:
Price-$l0 095, OF l9o bales Of cotton
IF not sold BY the 9s Of January next will be rented
oil leased.
Here i i fine opportunity for any to make 3o0
bales of cotton next year, team tools and provisions on
the place ana labor also, if amy work it; am
satisfied that cannot work free negroes, and am deter
mined not to try it any longer.
Near Spring Ridge, Caddo parish, La.
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ELECTION NOTICE.

a \ ELECTION will be held at the regular Precincts
n in the Sixth Police Ward, Parish Of Caddo, on
Monday, the 11th day Of December next,
fora Member of the Police Jury, to I'LL the vacancy oc
easioned BY the death If M J Nj Beaird Commission
ors Of Elections will please attend. j. NJ FORD,
Shreveport Nov - 1868 Prestt r. j.
STEAMBOAT MACHIN ERY FOR SALE.
FFNIE Engines. Boilers Pipes, 6c., Of The steamer
4 Leila. afe offered for sale by
norz4' IHELFS 4 70
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R D A " E S


ECLIPSE STABLE, TEXAS STREET.
ETAyING leased this weli knewn, large and o.
I 4 commodious STABLE, and thoroughly -
refted it. we prepared to attend to the wants Of the
public The best horses carriages and buggies kept
constantly on hand Ssrct attention gven to the groom
ing and feeding Of horses. GEO. 4. COOK & CO.,
aug25-H Propretors
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RESIDENCE FOR SAFE,

RESIDENCE FOR SALE.
R-INETY- THREE ACRES OF UP-LAND-four and
In a half miles from Shreveport; forty IN cu-
tvation; good gardens; comfortable Dwelling House.
ana out-houses. Apply At the Bank, to
Ii. J. G.. BATTLE
ShrevpDort Nov 90 1863 General Agent
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CO-PARTNERSHIP.
FEEHE undersigned have entered into C0partnership
I for the purpose of carrying on a GENERAL MER-
CAMILLE BUSINESS, under tie name and style Of A.
EngIe & Co.
,JNO. G.. McWILLIAMS,
J. b. GILMORE
Shreveport October Ts 1S65-ol8
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To Q
WE Respectfully inform our friends that we have
Wv now ample RO0I in Warehouse, and arr
prepared to receive store ship all cotton sent to ou
carr Eoctf WALSH & BGISSEAJ.
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GREAT INDUCEMENTS F!
(2d Store from Milan street, j

Office at the Battle House.
Sept. n, 18G5-tf
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Henry ST. JoHS will be found at Robson a
~ & Kimble's old stand, corner of Milan and 81
II Edwards sts Shreveport, fully prepared sFSg
' to do any description of Blacksmith "
Work, Horse shoeing, &c, &c, on as reasonable
terms as any other shop in town.
ShreYenork. Jnne o. 1865.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10
Peace Movements,


The Washington correspondent of the
Tribune telegraphs the following:
The terms of peace were gradually ap-
preached. When fully reached on the
rebel side, Stephens took the parole and
surpassed all his old exhibitions of persua-
siveness, shrewdness, force, TACT and cour-
age npulllnglh The demands and The rights of
the Coniederacy. In the midst of them,
and at the conclusion of one ofshis points,
Mr.. Lincoln swung forward on the lower
hinge his back, and interrupted: "'That
reminds me of story of man out in
Illinois" Stephens, Hunter and Campbell
Instantly jumped up in roar OF merri-
ment.
The interruption caused by this charac-
leristic outbreak, and the apt story which
followed being through with, the rebel
Vice President resumed, and pursued to
The end Of his statement of the rights of
the Confederate States and the terms on
which he thought they would be willing
TO stop the war Recognition was the
first Of them. The proposition for an ar
lnlstlce was, of course, a logical sequence.
1t is very certain that Mr.. Lincoln and
MIR. Seward were surprised at striking
this snag in the very onset of the confer
ence. The preliminary creeping and feel
ing around by our pioneer Of peace, and
his assurances and convictions, had led to
the belief that the three ENJOYS had enter
ed our lines to talk of restored Union
and common country. They had stayed
for about two days at the army headquar-
tiers in conversation there with Gems
Grant, Meade and one or two other gener-
ais. Stephens protested 10 love the old
Union, 10 be as much as ever in his feel
ings an American of the United States, and
deplored The necessity which politics
placed him and all the leaders of the rebel
lion in TO have something 10 give TO the
decimated and impoverished people of the
South for their sacrifices. 1t is under
stood that they declared at headquarters
that if we would recognize them for only at
week, Or any suitable length of time, to
satisfy the pride of their people, they
would pledge their honor 10 bring about
reunion.
Of the whole character Of the whole in
terview the country can Judge from what
Mr.. Lincoln said to general officer on
Saturday eve could not do anything
with Il EN- whatever. They were i'm
moveable-thcy stood for recognition"
Mr.. Stephens, more flexible and polite
than his associates, proposed and argued
his crafty scheme of a temporary reccgni-
ton, repeating at length the considerations
he had aired at Grants headquarters; but
on recognition, absolute or temporary, the
three commissioners stood like rocks.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10
A Word on Peace.

There are men who talk as if war were
a normal condition, and who start at the
suggestion of peace as if some wrong were
done the nation. But all wars must have
an end, even those carried on, as so few
ever have been, for the highest good of
the PEOPLE, though all may not be attain.
cd which the victorious party at the out
set, promised itself. Ordinarily it is a
struggle of endurance. 1t is question of
pluck and resources, as in all human at
fairs, are the groundwork OF courage
Which can hold out the longest? There
comes always u tine when the last is a
vital question, and when it comes peace is
inevitable. We may or may not have
reached that point, but the signs are, at
least, significant, and wise men will give
them due consideration.
In The natural course of things peace is
imminent. Ii may be the imminence of
weeks or of months; certainly it cannot
be delayed beyond the duration Of one
more campaign.
MIR. Blair's first visit to Richmond was
neither fruitless nor useless, or it would
not have been repeated. Without pre-
tending to know anything of its details,
we, in common with everybody else, ar
rive at this conclusion. Not less signif-
cant is the gradual but steady decline in
the price of gold.
1t has been going down for weeks, with
certain fluctuations attributable merely to
speculation. Gold gamblers and brokers
are not the arbiters of our destiny. They
cannot make peace, but they are careful
observers of the signs that herald it.
Those who command the market are ad
vised, not only Of all that is going en- at
Washington, but their lires of communi-
cation extend to Davis cabinet and Lees
headquarters. Money is great power,
aud commands the secrets Of State. Is
Lee thinking Of the evacuation of Rich
mond ? Does Davis look with approba
ton upon the movements of the party
against him? Does he dread some sudden
movement Of the Union party in any par
ticular State? The gold gamblers know.
Their friends at Richmond advise them
of coming events, and gold touches 200
falls below it.
We are not more sapguine than our
neigbbors, nor are we more hopeful of or
anxious for peace neither do we pretend
to more wisdom. But we hail the flash of
those bright streaks of the coming day,
and do not choose to shut our eyes to
them because others, with closed eyelids,.
keep out the light. Mag York Tribune.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10

SHOOTING AFFAIR.-About o'clock
on Monday afternoon considerable excite.
ment was created in the hall of the Con-
tineutal Hotel, Philadelphia, by one man
attempting to take tue life Of another by
shooting. The difficulty was between Do
mingo Garcia, a Spanlard, and Arthur Ii.
Davis Both are Medical students, and
are attending lectures at one of the col
lcgcs of the city. They both board at No.
Cos Spruce street For some time past
there has been GOODNESS between them,
aud yesterday they encountered each other
at the Continental Hotel. A discussion
arose in regard to tbe negro riding i'll the
ra Tread cars, when one word led to an-
other and Garcia drew pistol and fired
at Davis The ball fortunately missed its
mark. Garcia was at once arrested and
taken before Alderman Better, who held
him in $4,000 bail to answer.-JcBersoni-
an.
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that has done all this. And all honor to
intellect. 1t also has its labor, aud in its
most abstract and ETHEREAL form cannot
develop itself without the cooperation OF
its twin brother labor. Where intellect
exerts itself, here it thinks, invcnts, and
discovers, it there labnrs. Through the me-
dunn of labor it does all that it does, and
upon labor it perfectly dependent to carry
out its mechanical operations. Intellect is
the head, labor the right hand. Take away
the hand and the lead is magazine Of
knowledge and fire that is sealed up in
eternal darkness. Such are the relations
of labor and intellect. Each is dependent
on the other, and in their legitimate
spheres of labor they are alike houora-
b!e.-LancaSfer htehFgencer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10
The Dignity of La Dor.

We have all read with sorrowing hearts
the mournful story of the fall Of our race
The concluding words of the curse, sin
the sweat Of thy brow shalt thou cat bread
until thou return upto the ground" falls
upon the car with grating harshness.-
But, if we have been thoughtful, if we
have well considered this seemingly hard
sentence, if We have locked at man in the
relation he sustains to the world in which
he dwells, we mnst see that beneath this
apparently dreadful curse God in his inf
mite mercy has hidden blessing.
However it may have been with him
before the fall, while he existed in a state
of perfection, it is plain that, now at least,
man can only rise in the scale of social be-
ing, and fulfil the high destiny that is still
possible to him by patient and well direc-
ted labor. The Advancement of the indi-
vidual, of the family, of the community,
Of nations, of the world, of mankind, is de-
penpept upon this. Even happiness, the
phantom which we all SO eagerly pursue,
is to be found no. in listless idleness, but
in the full and fitting employment of both
mind and body. This will be disputed by
no one and thus we see that this part of
the original curse has been transmitted
into blessing. Nothing great, nothing
high and ennotling, nothing worthy of
mans nature, of his lofty origin and ulti-
mate exalted destiny has ever been accom-
plished but by toll by diligcnt and well
directed efforts, by the busy hand guided
in its efforts by the wise, thoughtful, hard
working brain. Driven from the garden
of Eden, man had all the wide world be-
f, re him. Darkcned and enfeebled as his
mind was by the fall, he was still capable
of the grsndest achievement in arts, in
science, and in every walk of Intellectual
life.
Wherever man refused to recognize the
dignity of labor, he was found iu the de.
graded condition of the rude savage. He
roaned the forests unclad, his home was
some rude hut or cave in the earth, he fed
upon the spontaneous productions of the
ground or on the weaker and less crafty
beasts Of the field, and sometimes sunk so
lOW do W pc uuuiCteu W CdUUlUdilSul.--
Brute force was his law, the vilest super
stitions his religion, his love was but lust,
and all unholy passions were ever alive
and allowed to !evel unrestrained in his
breast.
Recognizing the great truth that labor is
honorable, and that nothing good or great
can be accomplished without it, nan rises,
through the triumphs achieved by his own
exertions, to higher and ever advancing
forms of civilization. The rude hut of the
savage is exchanged for the commodious
home bis nakedness, or covering Of skins,
for clothing of the richest material, fash
toned with artistic skill his coarse and
scanty fare, for every Wand that can tempt
or satisfy the most capricious appetite T.;
instead of Incidence, We have industry
for barbarism, refinement for Ignorance
knowlege; for the degrading superstitions
of paganism the divine consultations OF
christianity for fierce strife, aud brutal
passions, all the humauities and amenities
Of civilized life.
True, the wise one tell uS ii is iatelec.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10
The Peace Conference.

The New York HeraMs correspondent
makes the following statement:
Thos" WHO are in a position to know
the real facts in regard to the whole affair,
and not the professions, .1ok upon the re.
suit as being very fl from Il failure. Itdic
not result 10 cessation Of hostIlties, uol
in carefully prepared treaty being
drawn up and signed by the negot;a
ting parties; but events will show that it
is no more of failure than Blar's mis-
sion, which is now admitted officially as
being grand success.
1t is professionally the policy of the
government to have it 60 forth that the
negotiation was failure. 1t certainly
would be if they desired its success, l:
is impossible for either Mr.. Lincoln or Mr.,
Seward to say to what extent it has failed
or succeeded until a reply TO the report of
Mr.. Stephens and his associates at Rich
mond is received here
That the consullatira between the Pres
ident and Mr.. Seward and Nlessrs. Steph-
ems, Hunter and Campbell has brought US
rearcr peace is almost universally believed
in official circles. 1t is also admitted that
the negotiation progressed favorably as
far as it went, and that it renewed several
obstacles which lay in the road to peace
There is reason to believe that a new
proclamation of amnesty is under consid.
Grafton, growing out of the recent inter-
view between the President and the S,eph-
ems party, and tina; it will soon be issued.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10

THE Loss OF SpEcIE.-The Journal of
Commerce says that the country is losing
largely in gold Since the first day Of
January, 1864, up to December LIST, 1864,
there has been received at New York in
specie S22, 800, 524, and during the same
time from foreign ports, S3,679, 275 total
$26, 588,79S. Against this there have
been exported to foreign ports, S63 ,454,-
610. Thus the loss at the port of New
York alone for that period reaches the
very large figure of S36,S65,S11. No
ether port, it is stated, shows any gain
between imports and exports. In Calitor-
MIA there is undoubtedly small addition
TO the local circulation, but the bulk of the
production not brought to New York has
been exported directly from San Francisco
to some foreign port. The total exports
from San Francisco from January lst,
1868, to lates: dates, were S94, 326, $40,
of which only the amount above noticed
came to New York.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10
English and French Recognition.

A London correspondent of the New
York Ners says that while the English
aud French friends Of the South choose to
declare that the year 1864 has ended dis
astrously for tho Confederate army, the cf.
feet has been to invigorate the talk Of re-
cognition. 1t is reported on the con!ine mt
that the Governments Of England and
France are in consultation upon the sub.
ject. That may not be true, but the
report is M evidence of the public feeling.
Depend upon it if the arms of the United
States are ever so successful as to make it
likely that the South will be sutjugated
there will be immediate recognition and
Intervention.
So long as the warts iudecisive, so long
will the Powers of Europe stand aloof-if
there is decided success either on one
side or the other the Powers of Europe
will cease to be neutral, and will form an
alliance with the South At present,
however, it is contended the South is in
no danger-that she can wage another
four years war-and that, moreover. she
has reserve not yet brought iuto use
the negroes. 1t is a general impression
in Europe that the war will have tive
principal and immediate results. 1t will
bring about emancipation and it will set
up balance of power on the continent of
America.
The same writer states that 6,3G7
bales of Southern cotton and 292 boxes Of
tobacco had arrived in England in three
days, recently, and that not week passed
without American cotton being landed at
liverpool Moreover, l can inform you
that If you close Wilmington you will
not prevent the egress of Southern cotton.
Arrangements are perfected to meet any
snch contingency. TO stop such pro,
fitable trade you must guard every
mile of coast, you must hold Texas, and
you must blockade the ports of Mexico
You cannot prevent, and | do not think
it worth while to try to keep Southern cot
ton from Liverpool.-Ne'oorh CIV. ~
Journal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10
Gold.

A view of the fuctuatinn in the price of
gold-we conform our phrase to the false
language prevailing in the money market
from 1862 to the present time, may
not be without interest to our readers
The subjoined table presents the highest
and the lowest prices prevailing at the
dates specified The highest point, it
will be observed, was reached in July of
last year, when it was quoted for short
time on the llth of that mouth at ESQ
The price on Friday was 200, which is
lower than it has been since October last,
when gold sold at 1913.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10

SOLID MEN OF CHlcAGo The Chca-
20 Tribune publishes list of persons in
Chicago assessed for incomes of So, 900
per aunum and over. The list contains
less than thousand names. WIN. B.
Ogden reports an annual income of $751;
500; G. ii. Mccormick, $67 ,449 Mr..
Storey of the The Daily Times, $l9,653.
The following are the pames of those whose
income exceeds 100000; Potter Palmer,
1888, 485; John V. Farwell. Sl97 l52 ;
Peter Scoulter, SOB, 73l. Those whose
income is over $50, 900, and less than
500, 900, number nine; over $4,000,
and less than $4,000, three; over $780,
900, and less than $40 900, sixteen; over
$40, 900, and less than $4,000, 6lty-one j.;
over $4,000, and less than $40 900, one
hundred and thrty-one; under $4,000,
and over $4,000, FIVE hundred aud ninety.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10

New YORK HoTELs.-A New York
administration journal having stated that
General Dix, aided by the detectives, has
found every incendiary engaged in the
attempt to set fire to the hotels in that
city, but that ''for purposes of public wei
fare no revelations of the facts 10 the case
will he made until after the war; the
Boston Courier observes:
This is certainly an amazing disclosure,
and if the statement be true, nothing can
be more clear than that the fires were not
kindled by Southern emissories. Our read,
ers can draw their own conclusions as to
the class of persons engaged in this afro,
ciously criminal act aud perhaps can readily
infer the reason why, after SO much appar.
ent preparation for general confagration,
so comparatively little mischief took place
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-10

VALUE OF SAVANNAH The value of
the sole result remaining in Federal hands
after all the triumphs Of Sherman's CAM
p ign of 1864, is at last confessed to be
practically worthless. Mr.. Stanton, who
is notorious for his love of rose color, con.
fesses that ga mistake prevails at the
North as to the present irducement for
commerce at Savannah. There is not vet
any large population to be supplied, no
credit or money, no commodities of ex-
change, and there can be no great amount
for considerable period" A very sorry
account truly And that result will cost
the Administration reduction of its forces
in the field tc the extent necessary for
garrisoning II town of twenty thousand
Rebels; and has, on the other hand, ad-
ded to the Confederate commissariat an in
crease of supplies equivalent to the con.
sumption of twenty thousand soldiers. -
But still the capture Of Savannah was, as
Pclerkin said OF the battle of Blenheim, u
GLORIOUS victory !'-New York. News.