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Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

~ por-.iou hhr OF ssr-,~r,r, krow
! as III. Alley place
! Three Hundred sud Twenty Acres q
| woodland, three miles hom Shreveport
! Immensely valuable for its fire wood
Three Hundred ard Forty Eight Acre
/ in the parish Of Bossier. near colonel san
| didge's: unimprovcd
One Thousand Five Hundred Acres il
the parish Of SeS"to, known as the planta
I ton of colonel john Marshall 4; we'll im
/ proved.
The residence built by Captain Jobr
Graham, now occupied by Mrs. Moore
| hall mile from the corporation line OF
Shreveport. containing four acres, with
comfortable dwellings, DC
Nirty three Acres, on Bayou Pierre, fou,
and half miles from Shreveport: tor,y
acres bottom land, comfortable DWELLING
house, outhouses. web, ard fruit trees.
Two Hnndred Scfes :; one hundred and
fifty cleared. with IMPROVEMENTS. c.yb.eeu
miles from Shreveport. aud eight mile.
back Of Albany.
One Thousand One Hundred and Forty
Acres in Bossier parish, on ClaIk's BAYOU
SIX miles from lake navigation about five
hundred acres cleared ard under GOOD
fence eacell-n. dwelling House, Gin
House. Mill. Blacksmith shop, Tools, and
BLACKSMITH neverfsiling spring Of wa.
ter, eight hundred bushels OF CO, u, Is .OOt
pounds Of Fodder, seven Mules, two Wa.
CONS and Oxen one hundred and fifty
Hogs. fifty cattle, fry sheep and fifteen
hands on the place under contract for thu
year.
One Thousand seven hundred Acres oi
Land, eight hundred open, lying Oh both
s'des OF the railroad. six miles from Sbreve
port. In the parish of Caddo comfortable
dwelling a good stand co. ,.,,hE
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

Southern L-Osisioaa.-We are in
formed, says the New Orleans Plea
yune. by an experienced boatman
who has been running up and down
the Atchafalaya, the Tsehe and 9TH
bayous of southwestern Louisiana,
that but little cane was put in this
season for want Of seed, aud the plant
ing was principally confined to corn
and cotton. The cotton seed was
either defective or The rains injured
it SO badly that it did not generally
terminate, and . great deal OF that
which came up was cut down by the
recent frost, which nipped vegetation,
even down to the Attakapas country
The people generally have taken
hold Of work with vigor, but on &C.
count Of the scarcity of labor, the
larger plantations are not fully cult
yated. The people are generally
living very comfortably, within their
means. and are not without encourag-
ing hopes for the future if they are
nat visited with disastrous over,
flow. which is feared from the upper
screyasses.
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oidersGi'y In the World.

Damascus is the Oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crum-
bled on the shore; Baalbec is ruin;
Palmyra lies buried in the sands of
the desert; Nineval, and Baby Ion
have disappeared from the shores Of
the Tigris and Euphratcs. Damas-
Gus remains what it was before the
days Of Abraham centre Of trade
and travel, an island Of vetdure in
the desert. "pr-destinated capital"
with martial aud sacred associations
extending beyond thirty centuries.
1t was near Damascus that Saul of
Tarsus saw the light from heaven
"above the brightness of the sun :; i"
the street which is called Straight.
in which it is said che prayeth," still
runs through the city; the caravan
comes and goes as it did one thousand
years ago; there is still the sheik,
the ass and the water.wheel the
merchants Of the Euphrates and the
Mediterranean still occupy these with
the "1altitude Of their wares" The
city which Mahomct surveyed from
neishboring height and was afraid
to enter, because it is given to man
to have but one paradise, and for his
part he WAS resolved not to have it
in this world" is to this day what
Julian called the Eye Of the East"
as it was in the time OF Isaiah the
Head OF Syria"
From Damascus came our damson,
our blue plum., and the delicious ap-
ricot of Portugal, called damasco
damask, our beautiful fabric of cot
ton and silk, with vines and flowers,
raised upon smooth, bright ground;
damask rose introduced into Eng
land in the time cf Henry VII; the
Damascus blade, so famous the world
over for its keen eds. and remarka-
Bile elasticity, the secret Of the manu-
tacture Of which was lost when Tam
erlane carried of the artists into Per-
STA ard that beautiful art of inlay
ing wood and steel with silver and
gold-a kind of mosaic end sculp-
ture united, called damaske.ring.
with which boxes and bureaus and
swords and guns are ornamental.
IL Kill Il city OF flowers aud
bright waters; the streams from
Lebanon, the rivers of Damascus"
the "rivers Of gold" still murmur and
sparkle in the wilderness of "Lyrial
Gardens"
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

The protection humbug. that higl
prices for protected manufacture.
mean high prices for farmers pro
, ducts, and so high wage. FOR work
men, is very old. 1t was long az,
exploded by Say. the great French
economist, who said
The evidence examined before s
committee of the Hous. Of Common.
Of England in 1915 leads to the con
clusi III that the high price of food a,
that period ha6 the effect of depress
ing rather than clevating the scale OF
wages. l have myself remarked the
similar effect of the scarcity in Franc.
Of the years Isll and lSl7. The
difficulty of procuring subsistence
ei,heyforced more laborers into til.
market or Rc,ed more ex.rtior
from those already engaged. thus oc
casioning temporary glut OF labor. =
And upon this topic the Financial
Chronicle makes these sensible re.
marks, fitting the truth to our presen,
"Grn7Nea1a condition i, very sim.
liar to that oNEhgfard at the tune al.
luded to by Mr.. Say. Like causes
have contributed to raise prices, and
in the same way must high prices
tend to pnt down wages. Any re.
sistance to this inevitable tendency
through strikes can only entail loss
upon the operatives. first by r.tard-
'g the fall in prices, and next by
fpriving them tor a periol of their
cdeo,nary earnings. By cousenting
to a reelection of wages correspond
ing to the fall in prices, the opera
tive will have the double gain of
cheaper commodities and constant
employment.
"Paradoxical as it may seem, it is
nevertheless true that the laborers
themselves would be greatly bene-
fitted by a fall in wages. Operatives
appear to forget that they are con-
sumers nearly to the same extent as
they are producers. If they increase
the cost Of production through high
wages they SO far necessitate an ad.
dition to their own expenditures
The workingman can never possibly
be benefited by high prices, and
hence he should offer no opposition
to any fair proposition Tor a reduc-
tion Of wages. Indeed, lie tendency
OF high prices is always to beget low
wages. ~
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES following
from the St. Louis Democrat of Sat
urday may interest some of our read
ers:
There was considerable excitement
on Change day before yesterday, on
the discovery that the commission
and forwarding house of Hollowbush
& Co., had closed, and the firm alb
squatulated- The house has been
operating for about a year. and stood
fair until recent events came to light.
1t is stated that for several weeks
past this firm has been purchasing
large quantities Of, -four, corn, &c,
at prices higher than the market
rates. which they shipped South,
promising to pay in the usual time.
After purchasing about $4,000 worth
Of goods, both partners disappeared,
leaving large number of creditors
in the lurch. Nearly all our -four
merchants are in for amouAts ranging
from $500 to $4,000. Hollow bush,
the head Of the firm, was Quarter
master in the Union army.
i he operator in these transactions
was j. p. Powers, who lie we'll known
rs formerly from this city, who pur-
chased the produce in the name Of
the firm, although Mr.. HolIowbash
had retired nearly three months
since minus what capital he invested
in the business.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

More Indian Afrocitics-We learn
from a frontier settler that party Of
Kickapoo Indians recently commit.
ted treacherous act of barbarity.
on the Eagle Pass and Laredo road,
upon party Of Americans Mr.. Man
grum and son. and Mr.. II. Lee.) who
were on the road 70 the Rio Grand.
with salt. and while encamp.d around
the fire for the night, Mr.. Mangrum
was shot dead by Indians who had
crawlcd up within twenty steps Of
them; at the same time, also, voll.ys
of arrows flew among them, wound.
ing Mr.. Lee in the breast, thigh and
arm, and Thomas Mangrum was
shot through the left arm, The arrow,
feather and all. passing through it.
Lee and Thomas Maugrum ran of,
and favored by the darkness of tn.
night. succeeded in eluding the search
of the Indians When a few hun.
dred yards from camp. Lee laid Kim,
self down to die. and Thomas Man
grum started for and reached the
Caresa ranch about daylight. Capt
Willi"ms aud seven other citizens
started immediately for ,he camp.
where they found Mangrum horribly
beaten and mingled, while Lee. was
still alive, welteriag in his bloc d.
Our informant says that this $ quad
of Indians take their refuge in Mex
leo from which place they occasion.
ally emerge and pounce upon the
.infOai0 Herald.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

.. Stone, kosston e Marray'r Circus
has come and gone. Time prevents
our saying much, yet, when we pro-
nounce the circus the best we have
seen, and eclipsing those lately here,
no more is requisite. Our Texas
friends will have u treat if they visit
the show.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

A1 Old CNxycA.-The oldest
church now existing in this country
is one near Smifhfeld, late of Wright
county, Virginia. 1t was builtin the
reign Of Charles I, between the years
1880 and 1885. The brick, lime
and timbrr were imported from Eng
land. The timber 10 mlin2
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

The medical profession pronounce
the Red Jacket Bitteys the best tonic
that has yet been produced in that
shape, and those who try them will
be satisfied ofthe fact.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

We had the pleasure Of an Intro
duction to Hon. A. b. Norton, of Ty-
Ter, Texas. He informed us in course
of conversation, that beyonda doubt,
the lone star State will be divided
into three separate States.
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Shreveport, nGdo PARISH. La
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Our steamboat friends are reminded
that by sending their orders to our
Office, in due season, they can have
all the papers they require, stamped
with the name OF the boat and officers.
Our friends in the interior, whose
mail facilities viii not admit OF their
subscribing to a Semi W eekly paper.
are reminded that the Shreveport
Weekly Ne~s is the cheapest and
best paper published in this section.
We desire getting large list of sub
scribers and put the price low, to suit
the dull times. Send on three dol
lars for one year. Weekly made up
from the Semi w eekly, and contaius
editorials, choice selections, reports
of the New Orleans and Shreveport
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kilograms. Address the editor Of
this paper. If
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uc
the all important t.
As it respects the clec'aP 81 in the
fifth municipality. some hope In ia
vor Of Hope, while some. sre inclined
to hope against Hope, and think it
would play the Dickens.
In the first municipality II ia
thought Martin will get more Tally
than Sam, and others think Sam
rxilt be Head.
In the ihrlh nuh,t' pahEy the 70
tiers are not quite dirided, but rs al
have plenty Of money, but few votet
will be for Sale.
The drinking saloons In this city
have been closed on Sundays, for thu
past two weeks. We are improving
The N. Q. Times Of the goth ult.
Business at tie Custom House has
been very brisk for the past day o,
two, the receipts from customs dhes
having been greater Oh Tuesday las.
probably sver before, for single day,
in New Orleans. In gold alone the
amount was $59,499 co and with the
receipts in greenbacks added, a TO-
tai of upwards Of 100000 is reached
The sum of s496,s29 "a has been Ia.
ken in for customs during the cur
rent month, not Including the amount
received yesterday. The Crescent
City will undoubtedly rank third in
the report Of the revenue derived by
the Government from imports during
the month Of April.
The Omaha Republican, Of the
9Th, has some rather exciting news
from Utah. It learns that the great.
est excitement prevails among the
and a fyed determinations
On their part to drive out or extermi-
nate all the gentiles. Eight men
have recently been assassinated,
while the editor Of the Vidette, with
all other Gentiles, has been notified
to quit the country. Placards are
posted up in Salt Lake C;ty warning
Ill Gentiles to leave INN 3@
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

Our friend, Mr.. T.. f. L. Frank, is
just in receipt of genuine Biazil Spec
tacles. Colts Navy Pistols, pure
Diamonds, and the fines. ladies and
gentlemen jewelry, ETC., which he
will sell at living prices. Give him
n call. .Jan3O-tf.
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tol'! spots where only the
fair ladies Of the country we're ad-
mi,sed. Az the doorkeepers con-
strife the Civil flights Bill, they dare
not refuse n n-g.o n seat wherever
the white spectator is allowed to go.
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Last Hours Of Senator Fo5 ~

Rutland, VT, April f.-fhe re
mains Of the late Senator Foot reach
ed here yesterday evening, in charge
Of the Senate Committee, and were
transferred to the care of a loyal com
mittee. Senator Doolittle made some
touching and appropriate remarks,
extolling the virtues and career of
the deceased Senator. AS his friend
and intimate he had learned to honor
and revere him as the Senate. His
last moments are thus described by
Senator Doolittle: Clasping m y
hand, he said, dear brother. you
have always been kind to me, dear,
good brother l can never reward
you; but you know where your re-
he continued in a clear and distinct
voice:
"The mercy of God has been very
great to me in this sickness l have
so many kind friends, so many an
gelic ministers all around me, it
seems as though company Of angels
were all about me to bear up my
sinking spirits." Then, after pause.
he said, II have been trying to re-
call if there is any human being upon
earth whom have wrcnsed, or mis-
used any one, that God will forgive"
l will not attempt to tell you all he
said.
Before / left the room, however,
he Said in the same clear voice to
another: "The Lord reigns let the
earth rejoice; it is well that He does
reign. When / leave this chamber"
he said, Il wish no parade; no os-
tentatious demonstrations to be
made; only ordinary proceedings.
which custom and propriety impose.
I desire to be borne to my friends
and home in Rutland, Vermont.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

BY telegraph we are Informed that
on the gath inst, there were not less
than ten cases Of cholera in New
York city:
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01
The Dallas (Texas) Herald, speal

ne Dallas iexas) Herald speak.
ing of the crops, says.
During a residence Of eighteen
years in Dallas county. we have new.
er known the crops Of wheat to lc ok
so promising at this season of the
year. AS they now do. and never be.
fore has so large crop been planted!
in this county. and so frir a prospect
promised to reward the farmer for
his labor. With railroad facilities
our Farmers would be enabled to re-
alize very large amount of money
from the present crop; as il is, how
ever. We do not See how it is posi-
BILE for them to get more than fifty
cents per bushel for their wheat.
Our prairies never looked more
lovely, clothed as they are with the
most luxuriant growth OF grass, up.
on which thousands of fat cattle NAV
be seen grazing at all hours Of the
day. Peace and plenty prevail in
e s7idst, and every body seem. in.
~ nmake tue most out of the "sit.
The scripture informs us
~ Che just and the un.
anner. .'hard tines
Nen's doors without
~; but all thins,
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

We learn from the Marshall Re.
publican, that a company of black
troops, belonging to the s0th U. 5
G. l., are now stationed at that place
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

Louis Meyer, after a preliminary
examination before Justice Allen,
ON the chargeof numbering jos Rem
fro, was acquitted, the evidence prov
ing that Meyer was not the guilty
party.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

Boots aud shoes, are to be had at
j. b. Lewis jr's. emporium, corner
Spring and Texas. street. See ad-
yertieement elsewhere.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

Dead the 18th uf., Hon.
Daniel S. Dickinson, died at his res
idence in the city of New York.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

We are placed in possession Of
late New Orleans papers by Capt.
Il. Sinnott, aud j. Il. Hall, clerk Of
the excellent packet National.
The National feaves this morning
at 8 o'clock.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

The river at this point is falling
Above the raft it is reported rising
Many of the plantations above aud
below this place, on the river, are
overlooked, and consequ
crops injured.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

MILLER & SHAW.
Proprietors
NJ &c nj PHI
AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE,
Plantation anu Farming
1MllleW,etsts.
AGENTS for Lou,sriiIe Hydraulic Ct-
mcnt and Nem York CHIcined
Plaster.
MEMPHIS. TENN.
1lAVINE MADE arrangements
with Mr.. T.. Ball, the manufacturer
Of tho celebrated -
Ball Reaping and Moving
Machines
for the exclusive agency for III. sale
Of his machines in tn. S'a,rs of
Louisiana,
Arkansas,
mississippi.
Tennessee
and Texas. wo
ofisr superior Inducements to tn.
DEALERS and FARMERS
in said States to purchase these ma
chimes which we warrant the best
and cheapest in the market,
We are also sole agents tof the
renowned
Straub Grist Mills.
We Manufacture and keep con:
stan,ls on hand perfect arsortmen.
Of all kinds Of
\.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

The Star Lime Steamship Compa-
ny. have instifutrd suit against the
city Of New Orleans. for damages. in
The sum Of e2O, 600, for the recent
removal Of Instructions from the
wharves BY The agents Of the city
government.
Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01

PsJ1ic Lands IN the Southern
States.-The following statement
shows the total amount of vacant
public lands in the late insurrection.
arv States:
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TO TECE-Iour communication has
been received. can not or will you not he.
more communicative Oh the subject.
Respectfully YOU frie d,
mI-2t' Num-
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Especial Of he CincinSsl

Riddle. Of Del. (Dem.,) and Doolittle
Of Wis. (U"ion.j accompanied the
remains Of the late Senator Foot to
their last resting place in Vermont.
On their return, at one of the towns
in Connections. they received the
Presidents peace proclamation. Sem
ator Riddle was highly delighted
with it's tone and sentiment, and, in
the course Of conversation with a gen.
,lemau, established the fact that il,
was a thing he was Anticipating
II. was evidently well post.d. and
in his rhapsody over it. very indis-
creetly divulged a most important
part Of the contemplated coup d'etat
programme. He declared that with.
in ten days orders would be issued
in all the rebel States tor All election
Of members OF Congress, and that
within thirty or sixty days these
members would be- elected and be in
Washington.
Upon their arrivalthcSr would de-
mand. under the proclamation, tn.
administration Of the oath and their
admission into Congress as loyal
Representatives Of bona ftl. States
in til. Union; of course, In their
choice of men to become Representa-
tivcs frou, the Southern States, care
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Hus Notice.

DY a resolution of the Board of blfec tors
ID of III" Shreveport Gas Light com pan y
Is, n meeting held on thu. lUth inst. th.
price of gas to all con -umrrs was reduced
one dollar on the 400 feet from the lsi Of
April. 1866.
Attest r r. BtkNLE rrrst
X. ID. SALE, SeCtv. npr2s 81
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We find in the Cincinnati Com.
merciaf letter written by "A CORE
spondent, who hns made tn. tour of
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Flor,
ida and Texas, describing the opera
tons of the Freedm-n's Bureau and
the present condition aud prospects
of the people in those States. yhe
correspondent rs republican, and
the Commercial is arrpub1ican news.
paper, and the statements in the let
ter should therefore be accepted as
tr,r. HUI ty members Of tina, party
The correspondent says:
Having now made the tour Of
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Flor.
ida and Texas. successfully, l have
few remarks 10 Offer concerning
this institution, which have bet
ter right to make than if had seen
less of it. The gorgeous corrusca-
ito of your correspondent Cincin-
natl who, snug in Washington,
scent. the Suuth from altar off, and
beholds in the veto the 'direful spring
of woes unnumbered' to the he pless
negro, are, to one who has seen the
actual bureau, simply ridiculous. If
he chooses to seize out the cases of
wrong and cruelty tina, are concen-
tra.cd at Washington from the whole
vast territory of the South, and work
himself into towering passion over
them and make rhetoric that would
split the ears of the groundlings,'
while he wholly ignores the millions
of Instance in which the negroes are
happy and at work for fair wages,
he is welcome to his logic and his
rhetoric, but men of sense will know
how TO take him."
Republican, newspapers will not
give the letter circulation, nor will
the author be called as a witness be-
fore the Committee on Reconstruc-
ton. Without intending to do so,
he reveals the fact that the planters
would take better care of the negroes
aud deal with .lren, more generously,
If relieved from the intermeddlins of
the bureau, The whole concern is
a sham and fraud. and ought to be
cleared away. 1t costs, as now Or
gained. about eleven millions of dol
lars per year Fcksburg Herald.
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AlAhsna, 6, 1885. 05s 0s acres ;
s;esippi ~, TO, 796 O3 acres
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pIODeI.fu for safe.

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ILOVS.

REYNOLDS & PALM,