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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

SLANDER.-We have known
a country society which with6r-.
ed away all to nothing under
the dry rot of gossip only
FriendShipsence firm as granite
dissolved to Jelly and then run
to water, only because of this !;
love that promised a future as
enduring as Heaven and as
stable as truth, evaporated into
morning mist that turned to a
days long tears, only because
of this; q father and son were
set foot to foot with the fiery
breath of anger that would
never cool again between them,
only because of this; and a
husband and his young wife,
straining at the hated lash
which in the beginning had
been the golden bondage of a
God-blessed love, sat mourning
by the side of a grave, where
all their joy lay buried, because
of this We have seen faith
transformed to doubt, hope
| give place to grim despair, and
charity take on itself the feature
OF black maleyolence, all be-
cause of the spell words OF
scandal, and the magic mutter-
ings of gossip. Great crimes
work. great wrongs, and the
deeper tragedies of human life
spring from its larger passions
| but w0ful and most melancholy
are the uncatalogued tragedies
that issue from gossip and de.
traction; most m0urnful the
shipWreck made of noble ma
lures and lovely life by the bit
ter winds and dead salt waters
of scandal. So easy to say, ye1
SO hard to disproye-throwins
on theinnocent all the burdeI
and the strain Of demonstrating
their innocence, and punishins
them as guilty if unable Il
pluck out the stings they neve
see, and to silence words the!
never hear. Gossip and slande
are the deadliest and crueles
weapons woman or man ha
/ eyerf forged for humanity's hurt
IL Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

~ The most disgraceful
thing that has come under our
observation since the close of
the war, was a drunken white
woman, reeling and staggering
past our Office, and through the
principal throughfares of our
town last Monday evening"
We have seen numbers of
drunken men and women too,
in New Orleans, and large
towns throughout the State,
and thought nothing of it, as it
was quite a common occurrence
to see drunken menand women
i'll those places, but we must
confess that our equinimity was
somewhat disturbed to see a
drunken white woman in Bas-
trop, a sight which we have not
seen before in this place, and
hope we shall never see again.
1t is bad enough to- see drunk
en- men reeling about and
tumbling into cutters, but to
see a woman make a beast of
herself is really a disgusting
sight Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01


~ The Chicago Tribune,
one of the frankest and ablest
Of the Radical journals, thus
foreshadows a contingency and
its intended consequences:
It-seems probable that tie,
South will not accept the mild.
terms offered to them in the
Constitutional Amendment. If
they do not it will be the clear
duty of the present Congress
to lay the axe at the root of
Andrew Johnson's. Provisional
Governments and recognize
them ON the basis of impartial
suffrage. There viii be no war
of races then. Instead of it,
there viii be respect for law and
submission to it. Gen. Grant
knows how to establish and ex-
ecute anything which the law
making pewer may enact, with
out leaving any war of races
ia his track.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

How IT'S DONE.-We furnish
the following valuable and in
dispensable receipt for the ben
eft of those meddlesome busy
bodies, yclept Tattlers and SLAM
derers. 1t is infallible:
Take a mouthful of the vine
called Run-a-bout; the same
quantity of the root called
Ninble-T Tongue, a sprig of
Back-bite, a pint Of Don't-you-
teli-it, six ounces of Malice, a
few drops of Envy; mix them
in your neighbor's business, and
simmer for half all hour, over
the fire of observation-disclosures,
kindle with a little Jealousy
then strain it through a rag
torn from the fiimsy garment Of
Misconstruction, cork it up in q
bottle of Malevolence, hang il
upon a cord of Street Yarn
! shake it occasionally for q few
days, and it will be fit for use
Take a few drops just before
making a visit, and you viii b.
abundantly able to speak al
manner of wonderful things
and to tell to a dot "all abou
it %
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01
Lucien ID. Santlidge.

A ttorney at Law, Address Shreveport,
N. La. win practice in the Courts Aof
Caddo, Claiborne and Bossier, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of the
State. All claims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to.
REFERENCES. Wyche.SS Richardson, Spy
ker &.Sandidge, Hays & Adams, Hon. H. NJ
Spoford, New Orleans Dir. Wln. Burt
Humphreys& Dashiell Harrison &. Crvsoe
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members Of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. y5nlI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

Pure Wines and Brandies
for medicinal purposes.
Having purchased the house and
stock Of the firm Of Ball & Dashiell,
and stock Of Smith 6, Lewis, for the
purpose of doing a permanent business
in the Drug line, persons visiting
Shreveport, will finIit to their interest
10 give us.a call. Being determined to
conduct the business on larger scale
than it has been done heretofore in
North Louisiana, we feel cehident of
beiug able to give satisfaction to all
who will give US trial.
They will find T. G. Lewis, Gate
Smith g. Lewis ready to price or sell
goods; and P. Fl. Kyes aand S. A.
Alston (for 10 years in the blsiness) to
put up the bills in a neat and substan-
tial manner.
! All Medicines warranted pure.
| Prescriptions prepared at all hours +;
day or night.
WHITE & CO..
| 40 J.. w. SMITH, Agent
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01
Up Lies Hill.

Does the road wind up hill all the way
Yes, to the very end.
viii the days journey take the whole long
a day
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night resting place
a roof fer when the slow, dark hours
begin?
May not the darkness hide it from my face i?
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall meet other wayfarers at night
Those who have gone before
Then must knock, or call when just in
sight
They will not keep you standing at that
door.
Shall find comfort -travel-sore and weak
Of labor youshall find the sum.
VIII there be beds for me and all who seek Z
Yea beds for all who ceme
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

People boast of successes
even the smallest; but we learn
wisdom from failure much
oftener than from success
/" Often" says a philosophical
writer, tive discover what sciU
do, by finding out what will
not do. He who never made a
mistake probably never made
a discovery"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

SELF4RELANCE.-The sue
cess of individuals in life is
greatly owing to their early
learning to depend upon Their
own resources. Money, or the
expectation oft by inheritance,
has ruined more men than the
want of it ever did. If you
teach young men to rely upon
their efforts, to be frugal ant
industrious, you furnish then
with a productive capital which
no man can ever Wrest from
them.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01
Il. Ii. WATKINS.

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
II den, La. viii practice in the
10th and l1th District Courts. Prompt
attention given to alllegalbusiness en-
trusted 10 his care. n23
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01
- BELLEVUE, LA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER /, 1866

f The criminal dockets OF,
the courts in Missouri contain
some terse but very suggestive
literature. In the Palmyra
circuit, for example, where the
court is now holding session,
the criminal docket is larger
than it has been for years. The
grand jury in that circuit seems
to have had a large amount of
work to do, and of a kind not
frequently embraced in civil
adjudication since the days of
Paganism. They found true
bills of Indictment against IL
ministers for preaching the
gospel of Christ unlawfully !!
The docketruns somewhat after
this fashion
"Rev. Jas. s. Green, preach
ing the gospel; John Smith,
selling whisky without o IL
cense /; Rev. w. M. NewlaDd,
preaching the gospel without a
license; James Brown, selling
whisky on Sunday; Rev. j. H,
Luther, preaching the gospel
Judy Dudley, keeping a baWdy
house !; Rev. Henry Loutban,
preaching the gospel
Selling whisky on Sundays
and keeping bawdy houses are
venial offences in the code OF
black republican radicalism
compared to the unpardonablt
crime of preaching the gospel
The only other people in the
world who ever imprisoned meE
for preaching the gospel were
those who, like the radicals il
Missouri, worshipped Bacchu.
| in preference to the unknown
God.
The constitution of Missouri
concocted by the Radical de
StructiVes in that State disquali
fies white men from preaching
the gospel of Christ without
| license, but qualities negroes t,
intermarry whites without an,
restriction other than is appli
: cable to marriages betWeel
whites. We gather from thi
some idea of the sort Of gov
ernment which in black repuh
lican estimation is "what j
ought to be- Chicago Times
70 Rev. @. P. Fitzgerald
editor of the San Francisc
} Spectator, writing to his pape
from New Orleans, furnishe
the following description {
Gen. Hood:
I have had an interview wit
Gen. Hood, late of the ConfeC
crate army of the Tennesset
He moves around on crutche,
J He is handsome to magnif
{ cence. Tall, well-formed, wit
! a. face indicating equal
{ strengthand gentleness, with
t deep, pensive blue eye tn;
$ looks into yours searchingl,
. but kindly, with flowing aubur
whiskers that set off his natu
al face. He is a christain.-
1 Speaking Of the failure Of IL
: Confederate army, and IL
: cause of that failure, he sale
cit was the win of God that v
should not succeed. We seen
ed to be in reach of success,
two or three times, but ju
e missed it. 1t was the viii I
q God. The beneficial results
d the suffering and sacrifice
# the struggle may yet be attai
/ ed in a different form"
a himself, Gen.Hood spoke lit
IA and modestly. His eye kindl,
d once when / spoke of HOOD
n Texians.o
S, -
L Arrr 10 III u A c,srr III,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

4 ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
IA Shreveport, La. VIII practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier. and will attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office ON Market street, near the
Bank. Ea va n3l,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01
Thos.. II. BeaIe,

A ttorney at Law and Notary Public.
m Office at the Mayors office,
Shreveport. La. v4nl7
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-09-01

SHORT LEADER.-Williain Il
North was once asked by the
editor of a paper with which
he was connected, to write a.
leading article opposing the
temperance movement, which
was then making a. great stir
in New York. g Write me a..
good one, and / will give you
twenty dollars for it, said the.
editor. "How long do you
wishit ~ inquired North. tAs
short as you can make it," was
the reply. North sat down im->
mediately, and wrote the fol-
lowing: z We would rather
I see the whole world drunk of
! their own accord than one man
sober on compulsion. 2 The
twenty dollars were Immediate
| ly handed over, and the para
graph published as a leader.
/
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19
Bhi. q stat Banks.

Tie faloung vili remove erfgneaas
.apusaous.r 6.cb many have concerning
,as ts1as.os i he bill. Il State banks al
II O. +, q 1uly
srArr of Nav YogN, Bans pFr'r ,
Albany. May 3D. 1866. !
Tie impression obtains, e. consider
at.esxtent. iHstI % c1n-fq uenca q las
Il C8ner, ibe lol3er 81 state bank bilI.
W.l Dr. s1l5rci 10 "a tax Of ten per cent, ga
raynr tl,m out alter ihr ffJ 81 July
next. sod hsFs are bankers who suppose
ia, they afc subject 10 liz tax bill on
sll their outstanding circulation 81 that
date Nothing IL more erroneous
Toe following Is Tie ouly law Of Con.
gress On the subject;
And be il further enacted that every
National Banking Association, State Bank,
or State Banking Association, shall pay a
fax 81 tsn pr cent, on amount Of notes Of
any State Bank Of State Banking Assocj.
alton, paid ,ou By ,tcm after the first OF
july ls6G.
Il Will be seen that banks Only are sub
itc' 10 che tax, and shat, not on their out
standing circulclion, but only on such note,
as they shall pay out. Holders Of State
bank bills. mol bankers, are mol Subject io
tie tax. They may hold them or pas.
them, the same as usual
The notes Of New York State Bank,
will be as safe aud valuable after the first
o. Juiy, JSG6, as al any time in the past
Stcuii les for their redemption are held
by this apartment, and are only sarren.
dered on the return Of the notes.
Although the banks are being legisated
ont OF existence, thcif totes as circult.
ting medium wall maintain their former
high reputation "A I'd salae. There can be
80 safer circulation than that Of our New
\ ork State Banks, and holders may rest
secure, that their State money is worth
dollar Tor dollar IN legal tenders.
Our banking system, 50 far as Congress.
ionaI legislation can DO il, is TO pass away,
aud be superseded by toe National whose
highest merits rest upon the fact that ii j,
modelled after or own.
Gro, w SCHUYLER,
Superintendent
The above Is applicable to the circula
lion OF the New England State Banks.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19
NEWS ITEMS.

Franz Joseph Christ, gymnast, was
killed ba injumug his spine while attempt
ing to turn a somersault in Pitsburg, Pa,
last Monday. The feat is performed
hasmlessly at Washington almost daily.
y soldier whose upper jaw, right ann
and right leg had been SHOT away il battle
was recently pat Of a railroad train in Ohio
No money.
There are five newspapers now publish.
ed by negroes south OF Mason aud Dixon,
line, namely: Colored lenuesseean, al
Nashville; Tribune, at New Orleans
Nationalist at Mobile; Loyal Georgian, at
Augusta, and Communication, at Baltimore
The first Fenian prisoner tried by drum.
bead court martial in Canada and shot
leaves wife and five children in the city
Of New York.
Levi FickHt, who escaped from Jail at
Concord, N H., on Monday afternoon,
walked down Main street, at eight O'Clock
in thc evening, and finding his lawyer told
him he had been released on bnil, settled
up bis accounts and immediately disap.
peared.
The Fenians at Buffalo refuse to accept
transportation to their homes, under parole
not hereafter 10 take up arms 70 invade
Canada. Money is being raised 10 enable
them 10 stay where tliey are nutil Congress;
acts upon the neutrality resolutions before
Fit. The men are gradually moving away
from Malone.
A private letter from a Union resident
Of Alabama states that of the last acts Of
tile Alabama l. ei,lalure was TO pass 3
public act, using the terms 1.-THE enemy il
referring to the Union army, and this ac
was signed by their newly reconstructed
Governor.
There are G0,000 active Masons in the
State Of New York. They propose Il
build in the city an asylum for the aged
The INDECENT, aud the orphans Of the ma.
sons, al a cost Of 100000.
Keutucky and Tennessee have been ere,
ated a new military department under the
command OF Maj. Gen. Stoneman
The Great Eastern will BIZ ready to sal
from Valentia, on the 10Th Of July, TO max
another attempt at laying the Atlantic Ca
BILE.
A gentleman who has been travelling
through West Tennessee, reports that he
found many lae shareholders in favor o.
granting negro suffrage. .
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19
4 Broken own system.

There Is disease 60 which the doctors give many
names, but which few Of them understand. Il # simp.
y weakness breaking dowa Of the vital Forces
Whatever ~ causes Und they are nnumcub,1, Its
symptoms are in the main the same. Among the most
prominent extreme lestude loss Of appetite loss
Of flesh, aud great meutaidcpreion Indigestion and
Stomach Coagh are also frequently caneomitants Of
this distressing state o. body and mind. The common
remark Ia relation to persons Ia such condition ~,
that they are eonsumpuYe. Now what these unfortu-
mates really want is rgor-Jjl strength and as Ger.
tainly dawn succeeds darkness they rccapcate
their systems and regain perfect health by resorlng 70
IUsTETTEB's CELEBRATED STOMACH BlTTERS.
It Is as clear thnta fe.rcyiyng Tonic Is required IN
such cases. that the diving Gime Of an empty lamp
requires 10 BIG revived with new supply Of oil Per,
ecty pure and inuocuous, containing nothing but the
most genial vegetable extracts and combiug the three
grand elements Of a 9touochir an Alternative and q
genial inyeoraut. HOSTErTER's BIfTERs are sui.
table to an constitutions, aud are az applicable to the
diseases and disabilities Of the iceber sex a. those OF
mrn,-l
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19

a NOVEL DEcIsIoN.-Judue Hill. who
has recently opened the United States
District Court At Oxford, Miss, has ev.
identity chvalric contempt for the laws
Of the land. There was large assemb
lage Of the bar Of the state present, and
Immediately on the court being opened,
the attention Of his Honor was drawn 10
the test oath and the fact that the whole
bar were unable TO take the oath, and that
they were ready TO discuss its constitution
atty and would be pleased to have the de-.
cision Of the court on the question before
proceeding with the ordinary business
Judge Hill replied that it was quite IN
necessary to present any argument on the
question THAT he had thoroughly exam
med i, and vas satisfied that the oath vas
unconstitutional, and ought not to be ex-
acted from any member Of the bar who had
been admitted to practice in the court. -
lie should therefore recognize the right
Of every lawyer, who had been admitted
to practice ia The court, 10 continue in lis
duties aid rights.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19
REASONS Why 1RE
AMERICAN WATCHE
aadr at WAITE An, MASS.

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f aFf aat0 t5 veHssH aaa hgFE safa satl6e. ars
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ago, e vas apf ara ai5tsl e u.sks uaFaashg Ead
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saridlsas fyeFy where
Hoe vs vs have accomplished h,s ust br sadsr-
tsae8 frgta us fet. ,rat aher macy ga.rs af Fate
uIsl as uap uakf MORE NoSE.HALF % All
THE wArtUE- >oipiN THE UNTEpsTf TIES .eHa
thas Hr ayar1 haye nteT eyaH sach aHHsraI .atafaa
tHou. While lbif dfparimsEt ofaar busIae O. ooa.eH-
Cd uh Increased faeai.as iar perfect ear we oslo e
rsrtat engaged ga Ae msaaaeluFs Of valases gf chs
very WaHEsr GRADE kNuNN TO tuGoNoME
TEY Nugqaaydhg any thing baefta made ty ourselves
aad unsurpassed Is auytH.as u he world raf Rails per
pose at have ts amplsst ilel5s We bate erected an
addition gtf main bgalae expressly for ibis runeh
af 0Uf business ana have alea vtb tic best varkmep
Ju agg service, New matilgs ndapPlancys bstr byeu
constructed which perform their WORK with rausuHluato
a,lcsgy and esactness 4le co'sest and moot Hpprav
cd materials only arc usyd snd 80 challenge comparison
bglweea hi grade o. work and Che hueal Imported
ahraHomstgrs We do Dot pretend 60 sgi our watches
ia lee MONEY than foreign watches, bus 10 assert
without fear N contradiction that for tbs money
unr product is incompaEbiy Superior an Our watches
Of olatersf grade fuly Warranted and this warrun.
tee is good 90 ALL times against or agents 10 sA
parts Of the world.
CAUTION The public are eauti1Gcd 90 tuy only Of
respectable dealers, All persoas oouHiyrieing viii be
prosecuted
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19

4 NEw PHASE IN FEMALE LABOR
The ladies Of Baltimore engaged in the
tailoring business have formed an associa-
'ion, and are preparing 10 open clothing
establishment, 80 that they can secure 70
themselves a share Of toe profit, arising
from their labor, and thus obtain better
pay than they arc now receiving. A La.
dies Cooperative Tailoring Association
has been formed, with constitution, by laws
and officers. All the profits on the works
are to be divided among the members.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19

AN INCIDENT OF THE FoRT ERIE
SKlRusH. During the skirmish near Font
Erie, on Saturday, an ancient fisherman
was seated at his accustomed place on the
dock, patiently waiting for bites, and bliss
fully Ignorant OF the proximity Of danger.
Presently, bullets whistled nassed, and not
reIishing the situation, he undertook a
'change Of base" and took refuge IN the
rear OF wood pile, which served as pro.
lection from the bullets, aud enabled him
to maintain his 'neulrality" by continuing
his angling. Very soon a Canadian Lieu.
tenant made his appearance IN high state
of Precipitation and excitement and de-
mauded protection Of tie fisherman and
the wood pile. The knight Of the rod
protested that the presence otta belligerent
OF the "red coat" persuasion would COM
promise the neutrality he desired rs an
American citizen to maintain. The officer
declared that while he had the highest re-
spect for American neutrality, he had more
for has own personal safety. The fisher
man, being peacefully inclined consented
TO share his refuge with the officer on con-
dition that he shou d throw his cap, coat
and arms into the river. This having been
done fishing rod Was placed in his hand
and the brave soldier and the ancient 9Th
erman preserved their common, "neutrali-
ty' until the danger was past. The cor
rectness Of this narrative is vouched for t y
an authentic fisherman Bafalo Courier.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-19

EAuemias s. THg PEorL E. Re.
mst ~ the approaching European
coniescue a London paper loicibly re.
maikst
IL j. melancholy sight 10 see the fate
q million and bali Of sighting men De.
pend ugen tie affirmative Or negative Of a
fes elderly gentlemen who wiil 81 round
lable Al iae approaching conference, rep
fessntiag q buHired millions Of the most
enlightened AID best educated men ID
Europe. ibe Subjects Of their respective
sorereiens. end Hsai 'he hundred millions
81 people, ID Ii bass b bear Tie bfnut
e lie af, i Gene. AaFe - more voice
il arresliag !. tLau II hey seFe natives 10
,he empir, u CAiaa.