The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-11
velvets, lace, jewelry, paper and gun

far aad
East Indies export cloves, nutmegs,
mace, pepper, rice, indigo, gold dust,
camphor,. benzoin, sulphur, ivory,
ratans, sandal wood, zinc and nuts.
United States exports principally
agricultural produce, cotton, tobacco,
flour, provisions of all kinds, lumber,
turpentine, and wearing apparel.
APARrY AND SHAM WEDDTNa.-
10 one of the upper counties Of Missis-
sippi, rich old man was lately invited
to give the young people a party and
a supper. He said be would not do it
till some of them got married, and
then he would give good one. The
young people at once got up q mock
marriage, but TO the rich neighbor in
question the catch was not TO be made
known till the party was over.
A genuine license was obtained, and
genuine magistrate employed. The
bride was first addressed, and to the
usual question she answered "yes." 1t
was understood that the bridegroom
was to be addressed first, and the bride
was to answer "no.' But since the
mistake was made, the bridegroom was
too gallant TO answer "no," 50 be gave
the usual answer, supposing the whole
to be @bit of fon." But when tht
lfun was over it was discovered tina
1.-THE marriage was legal and genuine
and nothing but divorce or deatl
could seperate them. And the chagril
was great on both sides, since the brid
was engaged to another young mar
and the bridegroom was engaged t,
another young lady. The bridegroom
said he would drown himself before b
would live with his wife, and the wifi
said she would take poison before sh
would live with her husband. At la;
accounts they were in great troubll
the knot could not be united, and th
public and the rich giver of supper
were merry at the expense Of the tw
Fjokers.-[ Planters Banner.
Served them right. The celebratio
Of the rites Of matrimony should !
: held too sacred to be tampered vii
as fit subjectsfor levity.
The PoPULATIoN OF FRANcE.-Tf
, eleventh census of France is now sbein
J taken, and the results are looked f
with great interest. France grows vel
! slowly, and ia the ratio Of increase
: population is behind every other Euro
> pean country. Her population "
100000, in 1901, and in so yea
, to 1861, had increased but 100000
s. During the same period the populate
3 of Great Britain more than double
A greater rate of increase is looked I
q from the present census, however, b
y cause France, since 1861, has been in
9 very prosperous condition and not eJ
gagged in war. # m sa
! ~ Internal revenue statistics mt
d not be regarded as matter-of-fact
all occasions. BY the late retur
from New Jersey, it was ascertain
= that not single inhabitant of Il
.; State had gold watch, and that tht
Is, were only twenty carriages in
whole breadth of the country
r may not be presumptive proof Of trl
! nowadays when man says he v
swear to statement.
a. yAH -s-aas~tA--------- A+4 Is
/ i u PARDoNED. WIN. Ii. Wilson.
tive Of Campbell county. Va, who '
tried military commission in J6
." and semitic the Ohio Penitentiary
n- twenty years, charged with being
Confederate spy, was pardoned by
ar, President on the 25th day of M
ID 1866. Mr.. Wilson was first senten
- tte be hung. but on account of his
treme youth. his sentence.was conn
i bted to Imprisonment.
re, ]. Is il possible" asks coul
nd glslter. '.that forty-three Radicals
,erI pass the constitutional amendmeI
\ / Necan only replys with the lights
t.ra sc t6at fnrfv.fhroa Da1snnfs