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Millinery.

Bonnets, Hats, for Infants, Misses and
Ladies; Ladies' Undergarments, Of every
description, ready made Ladies and chill.
drens Shoes, all styles and qualities.
In short, complete assortment OF Ladies
Goods, from Paper of Pins to Wedding
outfit.
This portion of the stock was selected with
great care, by Mrs. Wells, who, by business
experience in this market of twelve years,
understands the requirements of the Ladies
of this section, and who feels confident she
can please the most fastidious, both in goods
and prices
j. H. MeDERMOTT is determined to
establish an eXclnSiYe
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A contemporary says, "our
present experience is that in
proportion as we maintain a
false theory upon the question
of temperance, in that proper
ton vice and crime and drum
kenpess increase in our midst. ;"
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Fancy Dry Goods,

Millinery, Ladies Furnishing Goods, Trina
n1ings, &c,
ever brought to this market, would respect
fully call the attention Of customers and the
public generally to the following imperfect
enumeration of stock:
In the Ladies' Department will be found
Dress Silks, Grenadines, Silk Tissues,
French Organizes, Printed Muslins, Grape
Moretts, Plain and Figured Swiss, Percales,
Brilliantines, Lawns, Bareges, &c.
Also, Basquines, Scarfs, Mantinas, Lace
Shawls, &c, of the latest styles, in great
variety.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-07-07

OF The proverb that "a woman is at
the bottom of all disputes" may be
questioned, since it is the tongue-the
glib and reckless speech-the free and
loose tattle-that foments these troubles
and, in short, puts the men in this life
by the ears. The school of scandal is
kept on a perpetual fret by the habit Of
those who talk to tattlers good char
acter and who gossip about short>com-
ings, making them go long way.
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SheriR's Sale.

SheriF's Sale.
A. Rodgers, In the District Court
VS.. of Bossier parish,
Elijah Hudson. No. 1913.
DY virtue of writ of fl. fa., issued
D in the above entitled suit and to
me directed, l have seized and will
proceed to sell at public auction, TO the
last and highest bidder, at the resi-
dence of said defendant, in said parish
of Bossier, within the usual hours of
sale, on SATURDAY, the 9TH day of
July next, 1866, the following describ-
ed property, to wit
l Gin stand, buggy, yoke of oxen,
81 head of cattle, and 3 head horses.
Terms of Sale-On credit of twelve
months bonds, with approved personal
security bearing 8 per cent interest
from day of sale.
Bellevue, La, June 10Th, 1866.
PHILO ALDEN, Sheriff.
nI2 st Per w. H. HILL, Dep'y.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-07-07

Bg A writer, endeavoring to out
Deming Deming, thus describes Gen.
Lees surrender: The supreme hour
was now come, when, from across fame's
burning ecliptic, where it had traced,
in flaming sheen, its luminous path of
glory, the proud Aldebaran of Southern
hope, in all the sPlendors Of its express,
Hyades brightness, should sink TO rest
behind lurid war clouds, in the fateful
western heaven, there to bring out, on
deaths dark canopy, the immortal
lights of immortal deeds, and spirits
graat aud glorious, shining forever down
upon a cause in darkness, like the gilt
teriug hosts upon world in night"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-07-07

In youth, it is common to
measure right and wrong by
the opinion of the world ]; and
in age, to act without any
measure but interest, and to
lose shame without substitute
ing yirtue.
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~ Certain coquettes, gaily dressed,
thickly powdered and we'll rouged,
being at ball in Paris, asked a for
eigner present how be was pleased with
the French beauties. Ladies" he re-
piled, with great naivette, Il am no
Judge of painting"
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AZ Kindness makes sunshine
wherever it goes; It finds its way into
the hidden treasures Of the heart. and
brings forth treasures of gold; harsh
ness, on the contrary, seals them up
forever.
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~ An Edinburg clergyman, of a
rare and quaint genius, was one day
seen gazing at the Carlisle mail as it
came laundering down the Bridges
"What are you thinking of?" said a
reverend brother. II am thinkin' that,
next TO preachin' the everlastin' gospel,
| would ike to drive the mail"
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T It's better to be LAUGHED a

re- 1t is better to be laughed at
than ruined-better to have a wife
like Martial's Mamurra, cheapens every
thing and buys nothing, than to be
impoverished by one whose vanity will
purchase everything, but whose pride
will cheaper nothing.
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NEW ORLEANS STORE.
As cheap as the Cheapest:
ONE PRICE oNLY!!4
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS.

TINE undersigned has just arrived
l. from New Orleans. with a fresh
supply of Fancy and Dry Goods, gen
orally, purchased at the recent decline
in goods, which he is determined to sell
at New Orleans Retail prices.
Ladies will do well to give me an
early call. and / viii be able to supply
them with Dress Goods and Hats, Of
the latest styles.
Gentlemen are earnestly invited to
call and examine my stock Of Clothing,
Boots, Shoes and Hats.
Dozen Nth CdIicoes and Donsstics.,
l claim the patronage of the people.
only on one ground, and that is, Cheap
Goods.
JAMES CHANDLER.
Bellevue, April 81, l866-tf
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EmbrOideries.

Jackonet and Swiss Edging and Inserting
Bands; Ladies' Embroidered Undershirts,
Collars, Infants Waists, Skirts and Under
clothing Real Lace Collars and Jets.
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- Hard, whitening toll only, can achieve
name and long days, and months, and
years, must be passed in the chase of that
bubble-reputation which when once
grasped, breaks in your eager clutch, into
hundred lesser bubbles, that soar above you
still
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One Price System,

which cannot fail to give satisfaction, as it
is based upon small profits and quick re-
turns" Mrs. Wells superintends the Mil
linery and Dress making Departments,
where she will be pleased to see and wait
upon her old friends and customers. Both
of these branches are under the manage
ment of first class artistes who are thor
ough1y ''posted" on the latest fashions
To the Gentlemen, McDermott would say
that he has a fine stock of
Spring and Summer Clothing,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, and Furnishing Goods,
&c, &c,
which he will sell cheaper than any one else
in town, as he is going out of the gents
goods entirely, in order to devote his exclu-
sive attention to the establishment of a first
class Ladies Store.
April %, lS66-ly
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Ladiese Store.

that will prove ereditable to himself and
beneficial to his customers. In view of
which he has purchased the most tremend-
GUS stock of goods ever brought to this mar
ket, In the Ladies' line, and being determin-
ed to secure the Ladies trade, he pledges
himself to sell
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W. E. HAMILTON. W. b. HAMILTON.
e. J. HAMILTON. L. f. coNNELL. |
$3.50 1880 $500 :
HAMILTON & co.
TEXAS STREET q
SIRE TEPORT, La,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Staple and Fancy
GOODS,
CLOTHING,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps,
Hardware, CrOckery, Glassware, sc.
THE following is synopsis of the
i goods we have in store, and are
now offering for sale
DoMEsTICs,
Brown and Bleached, Cotton Yarns,
Osnaburgs, Denims, Stripes, &c.
PRINTS,
All kinds of American Prints, French
and English Prints.
DRESS GOODS,
French and British, of all kinds.
LINEN GOODS,
Linen Damasks, Towels, Crash, Hand
kercheifs, Diapers, Shirt Fronts.
WHITE GOODS,
Jackonets, Cambrics, Nainsooks, checks,
Stripes, Lawns, DC.
EMBROLDERLES,
| of every MISUNDERSTANDING Trim
mings, DC.
Imported Hosiery and gloves,
containing every article in the trade
| DOMESTIC HOSIERY,
and Underware of every description
CLOTHING,
and Mems Furnishing Goods Of al
kinds.
/ SILK HANDKERCHIEFS,
| Pongees, Bandannas, Twihs, Corrahs
/ &c.
/ FLANNELS,
all grades, widths and colors-Import-
ed and Domestic.
w o Q L II MS,
Summer Cassimeres and Cloths
French and English.
TdNKEE NOTIONS,
including Buttons, Braids, Spool Cottor
Bindings, &c.
HARDWARE, of every description
CROCKERY & GLASS WARE
Wood and Willow Ware.
CUTLERY
Table and Pocket-from best Manufa,
turers.
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.
Shreveport, La. n50
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LADIES'
BAZAAR OF FASHION.
J, II. TIcDermOt1.

HAyING just returned from New York
Il with the largest, best selected andmost
varied stock of
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A. A. ABNET. i. r., MOORE
.ABNEY & MOORE.
BELLEVUE, LA.
New Goods! New Goods |.
ri Y,yza YIN 7 mn ,1-,,
(LIvE AND LET LIvE.)

LIVE AND LET LIVE.
I'VE respectfully call the attention Of
w the people Of Bellevue and the.
public generally, to our splendid aesort.
ment Of new
Spring and Summer Goods.
just received and now opening, con,
sisting, in part, of Domestics of every
variety; Cotton Yarns, Lowells, Dem
iDgs, Stripes, &c.
Prints-American, English, and
French.
Dress Goods
Brilliantine, Ginghams, Poplins, Bara
ges, Grenadines, Challies, Mozambi-
CUES, 0rgandies, Lawns, Muslins, Jack
onets, Cambricks, &C., &c.
Dress trimmings, Veilings, Hand
kerchiefs, Belts, Buckles, Ribbons,
Gloves. etc.
Gents and Boys Clothing and Fur
nishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
| Ladies, Misses, Gents, and Boys;l
Umbrellas, Parasols, Balmoral and
Hoop Skirts, Hardware, Cutlery, school
books, blank books and stationery,
sugar, coffee, -four, cheese, raisins,
candies, crockery, &C., Go.
And almost every article kept in
country stores, which they are anxious
to sell at prices as low, If not lower,
than can be bought at any other place
in North Louisiana.
The Ladies are particularly invited
to examine our Dress Goods and fancy
straws. lap IA, 1865 If.
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Cheaper than the Cheapest,

which he can do and make living profit,
which is all that he desires. Ladies who
favor him with their custom may rest assur-
ed that they win get goods at legitimate
prices, whether judges or not, for he has
established
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-07-07
SOUTHERN
MARBLE WORKS.

RESL ~ WOR IL s.
Near the head of Texas street, Shreve-
port La,
4 re again resumed, Tor the manu-
N facture of
Monuments,
Toombs.
Tablets,
Cottages and Head stones,
of pure Italian Marble, of the most
approved workmanship. Our work
has been tested for several years, and
has given general satisfaction. Thank
full for past favors, we again solicit
your patronage. Please call aud ex-
anime the rough ASHER, and see it
perfected by the tools of ready work.
men.
HECOX & KINNEY.
Shreveport, La. v4n42
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R. D. SALE.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
The Irish and tho Negroes.

The tritc provcrb that politics makes
strange bed.fellows has never been more
siugularly illustrated than in tho frater
nizatiou ofthc negroes with the Fenians
In New York o s.alwart company oil
blacks has been offered to President
Roberts to aid General Swceny, and in
Pennsylvania o company Of ooo hundred
experienced negro soldiers have rendered
their services to fight for Irish inde9end
ence.
And these negroes-mcn Of race
long insulted, abused and mobbed by
the Irish-the blood spilled at Memphis
hardly vet washed into the earth BY tht
early summer rains-are the only men
in the whole country rcady to lend I
helping hand to the Fenians in thOil
hour Of necessity. No American, Ger
man French or Italian company bat
beep. or is likely to be, offered to th'
Fouisns. If auy Irishman, after thi'
e.bibition, votes to deny their just righs'
~ the ouly people that actively sympl
,b;.o With tie struggle Of bis own rac'
sor Independence, be will, indeed, deserve
syorytbiug ev, bad that can DO said of him
- Uetroit Post ....
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
Not DISTINGUISHED.

The rebels and their sympathizing
friends, says the Clarksburg Telegraph,
utter loud complaints at their disfrap.
chisemcnt, as they term it, BY the peo'
pie of West Virginia. If they will look
at tho subject in tho true light, they
will SEQ that our people have not disfran.
ohiscd them, but they did this them.
selves. Every man who took up arms
against the United S.atcs, or who gave
auy MD or comfort to tho enemies Of the
Government, voluntarily forfeited ell
rights 10 it - not only did ho disfrau.
chise himself but he forfeited the pro.
lection Of the Government in cvory rc'
spect. 10 voluntarily exputriatcd him.
self-renouncod his citizenship Of the
United States and claimed to be a
mcmbor of the so so.called Southern con.
federaoy. He trumpled. upon his rights
as o citizen of the United States-spat
upon them and joined fortunes with
those who wero trying to destroy the
Governmsnt-willingly becoming truI-
tor, and as matter Of course accepting
the fortunes Of o traitor.
AS by this act they disfrau chiscd
themselves, it requires 20 further legis'
laton to accomplish for them what thoy
had donO 10 ctFectually by their own VOL
untary acts.
Tho people of West Virginia have
not disfra nchised tho rcbcls, neither have
they in reality placed any disability up
on them, but have merely left them in
tho position in which they volantarily
placed themselves 10 regard to the priv.
ilegc of the elective franchise. That is,
they havo refused to cnfranchiSo them,
as they had o clear and undisputed right
to do.
But some Of tho rebels aud their
friends say, "the Presidents amnesty
restored US to oil our privileges" This
is o great mistake. Iho Presidents
pardon restores no privileges which the
rebel abandoned wien ho voluntarily
abjured his allegiance to bis Government
Tho Presidents pardon released him
from tho punishment duo him for bis
crimes against tho Government Of tho
United States. 1t restored him nothing
but his property which was not 10 pro-
cess of coniiscation at tho time his par.
don was granted.
Whom q rebel from the State Of West
| Virginia took up arms against tho Uni
tod States, he was aS completely cxpatri.
atod and estranged from the State OF
West Virginia, as was Tho subject Of tho
Car Of Russia, aud had no moro right
to tho privileges Of citizenship, and ho
cnnnot exercise that right until the State
government in its clomsncy secs proper
to confer it on him.
Tho rebels of West Virginia have not
been disfranchised by any action of tho
State government or of tho people of tho
State, bu. they disfranqhiscd themselves.
and tho people Of tho State have refused
to enfranchise them. Let them not
complain. They are but reupins the
harvest which they sowcd-gathering
tho fruits which thcy planted. It is
true these fruits may DO like Dead Sea
frui,s-bitter to the tasto and difficult
to swallow, but they must gulp thon
down.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
A Human Mole.
BURRowING ACHIEVE
MENTs OF A CRIMINAL. =.

REMARKABLE, BURRowINd "AcHIEvE-
MENTs OF A CRIMINAL.
A Brownsville (Te1as) lotter, of May
30tb, to tho New Orleans Crescent, re.
lates the folloWiug:
On tho 9th Of April, that is to say,
over o month ago, private Rogers, U. ).
A., wss to have boon hanged, for tho
murder Of Dr.. Garden in Brownsville.
Tho gibbct and everything was ready,
but Rogers was not to bo found in his
coll. Hc had escaped from prison most
mystoriou,ly. A few days afterwards he
was reported to have reached tho Mexi'
can side, and to have joiucd tho Contra
Guerrilla Battalion, in Matamoras. In.
deed, Major Girard, upon his return,
dismissed . man from his battalion upon
finding he was an escaped murderer from
tho American sido ; and all Matamoras
and Brownsville had ever since believed
tho murderer to be safe 10 the former
place. But it now turns out that Rogers
never escaped at all, and that it wns a
friend who pcrsonatcd him in Matamo.
rus, in order to stop researches iu Browns.
vile. Ho played bis part we'll, and de-
ocived everybody. Rogers was all the
time digging and living in o tunnel
lie had occupied an upstairs cell, tho
prison being built Of brick. At place
10 the wall concealed by sleeping hunks
he drilled . hole, and by means Of o
rope, Chow procured no ono knows) let
himself down into sido yard. which no
sentry overlooked. IIo therc began
bis tunnel, digging and scooping out tho
dirt with the side half Of cantecn. lie
worked only at night and appeared in
his cell in the daytime as usual, until
tho day preceding hi, intended c1oea.
ton. That night hc went into tho
ground to stay there. In all this hc was
assisted by his fellow prisoners, who OK
pected to escape With him. And tor
four weeks and over Rogers staid in bis
tunnel, digging away night and day, and
coming out of the ground only in the
dead Of night, to get the food and water
saved for him by tho othor prisoners out
Of their rations. Last Thursday night
no ended his tunnel by coming up under
house, to tho great tcrror and aston.
ishmeut Of the inmates. This house
stands near tho corner diugonully oppo-
sito to tho prison, and tho length Of the
tunnel is between eighty and ninety feet
The inmates Of tho house gavc the alarm,
tho digger was arrested, and great wus
tho astonishment Of his captorS whom
they identified him as Rogers The
tunnel was Immediately ramifed BY
negro soldiers, but no other prisoners
werc found. Of course all this created
very great sensation in Brownsville.
Some negroes were next morning put to
work digging q hole on tho opposite sIdo
of the street from the prison, 10 order to
fud tho tunnel and fill it up, to prevent
tho street sinking into it. This they
did. 1 took apccp at the tunnel. 1t
va, nearly three feet from tho surface
clearly dug; fiat on tho bottom and
archcd over and cupacious enough for
o largo man to crawl through easily.
What became Of the dirt excavatcd, [
did not learn. Rogers is a hero now,
and many people wish to sec him par
doneG
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
Book Mortality.

A late French writer Of authority, NJ.
dc Tapics, gives tho following table. Of
literary mortality in his " Statistical
contrast between Franco and England"
Out Of l, 900 published books, GOO never
pay tho cost Of printing, 200 just pay cx-
pcnscs, 100 return slight profit, and only
100 show substantial gain. Of these
1000 books, $50 arc forgotten BY tho
end ofthc year, and 100 moro At tho ond
of thrco years; only so survive seven
years publicity. or tho $4,000 publioa.
tions put forth in tho 17tb century.
hardly moro than SO havc an established
reputation, and aro now republished. or
the $4,000 works published 10 the 18th
century, postcrity has hardly preserved
moro than were rescued from oblivion in
tho 18th century. Men havo becu wit.
ing books these tbrco thousand years.
aud thcre ore hardly moro than 600
writer's throughout tho globe who bavo
survived tho outragcs Of timc and tho
forgetfulncss Of man. These views are
apparently drawn from French materials,
but contain much universal truth. In
real 1.-Two French literature. thcrc Is
scarcely . numo previous TO Racine and
MolIiero but Montaisne. It is tho chief
glory Of English letters, that tho great
minds Of tho 10th and 18th centuries
still irradiatc US With warm and steady
light: Chuuccr, Bacon, Hooker, Sydney.
Spencer, and Raleigh, become more and
more household words, to say nothing Of
Shakespeare. a-.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
The Eve Of IN Eagle.

Tho eyes ofall birds have pcculiari-
ty of structure which enables them to
SEQ uoar or distant objects equally we'll,
and this wonderful power is carried to
tho greatest perfection in tho bird OF
prey. When VIC rccolcct that m euglo
will ascend moro than o milo id perpon.
dicular hight, and from that enormous
elevation will prcccive its upsuspcctlng
prey, and pouncc on it with uncrring
ccrtainty; and when wc see the samo
bird scrutinizing, with almost microsco:
pic nicely, un object close at hand, VIC
shall at onco perceive that he possesses
q power Of accommodating bis sight to
distance in o manner to which our eye
is unified, and Of which it is totally in
capable. If VIC take printed page, wo
shall find that there is some particular
distance, probably ten inches, at which
NC read the words and SEQ each letter
with perfect distinctncss but If NC move
this page to o dista6co Of forty inches,
or bring it within distance Of fVc inch.
es, VIC shall find it impossible to read il
at oil scientific man would, therefore,
coll ten inches the focus or focal distance
Of our oyes. We cannot alter this focus
except by the aid Of spectacles.
But an eagle has tho power Of falterl"g
tho focus of his eye just as DO plca'cs
be hos only to look at the object at the
distance Of two feet OF two miles in order
to see it with perfect distinetne's. Of
course, the eagle knows nothing Of the
wonderful consrivanco which God has
supplied for bis accommodation; he EN-
ploys it iustinctivcly and because he
ca n o not help it. The ball Of his eye is
surrounded by fifteen little plates, called
scIero.ic bones; they form complete
ring, and their edges slightly overlap
each other. Whom he looks at . distant
object, this little circle Of bones expands
md tho ball of tho eye being relieved
from the pressure becomes aatter; and
when hc looks At very uear object, the
little bone, press together, and the ball Of
the eye is thus squeezed into q roundsr Of
more convex form !; the effect Is very a.
miliar to everybody person With very
round eycs is uearsigbted, and only see,
clearly sn object that is close to him
and person, With fat eyes, - 10 old
ago, can sec nothing clearly except At I
distance; the eagle by mere will. car
mako his eyes round or dat, 'anasee Will
equal clearness At any distance. 'Go:,$
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
The Coal Trade. /,

Tho anthracite coal trade il steadily
on the increase, and Is especially large
from the Sohuylkill coal region, The
tonnage by tho Readiug railroad for The
week was 5000 tons, and By tho . canal H"d
4O,26O tons, an aggregate Of l34, ,299
tons, against 1892 tons TO- corresponds
ing week last year. The last weeks
shipment was tho heaviest ever made
from that region BY nearly 6fteen thou!:
and tons. The entiro tonnage from oil
region, reported last week d 269,0so
tons, .g,inst,l26,6lf tous 10 the sane
wcek last year, showing, Al increase Of
9sG, ,5es tons. Tho demand for Goa! 10
good 1t present, and. prices are arm, but
there has been no'advsnoe At the niRss
or;at.ths shipping PORTS; The busicsss
is not considered profitable, and thsim:.
preston is thst there is . loss % tha
aggregate Of tho coal sent. 70 MARKET
Philadelphia Ledger. 'i@ 81; I y