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Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-09


"we-see an advertisement in your columns Q
MRS. wINSLOw'S SOOTHING SYRUP
Now, We never said . word in favor of patent
medicine before in our life. but we feel compelled
to say to your readers that this is no humbug-
We Aace tried it. and knoN Il triu do all IL Claims
II 10 probably one Of the most successful msdi-
cines of the day. because it is one of the BEST
And those ofyour readers who have babies can
do better than lay in . supply.e
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-09

Relish for icod, however. Is scarcely a blessing.
AosrsrrRa's SronAcu lII, rsns would. therefore.
be an imperfect tonic ii iney only stimulated the
palato But they have no such drawback. They
not only create healthy desire for sustcnance,
but endow the stomach with capacity to d,s-
solve and turn 70 nutrncnt the food the palate
Graves. Thus good digestion waits on appetite
and health on both"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The sugar lands which lie
along the banks of the navigable
streams IN Louisiana are now devoted
to cotton. During the war q good
deal of the necessary machinery was
destroyed and much of the plant cane
was lost. The planters have not had
the necessary means to renew their
material, and consequently sugar
ceases for the time being to be q sta
pie product of Louisiana, notwith-
standing the fact that she was once the
third sugar exporting country in the
world.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ A special dispatch, dated Mo
bile, July II, has this singular state
ment: IA sloop was overhauled in
the lower bay, early this morning, by
a United States cutter, having on
board one hundred and fifty negroes,
whom the parties were about to carry
to Cuba and sell into slavery. The
negroes had been collected at different
employment Offices in Louisville, Nash
vile, and Memphis, and brought down
to New Orleans, and thence by rail to
this place. They had been promised
thirty dollars per month to work on a
plantation, and otherwise deluded. The
captain and crew of the sloop have
been heavily ironed and placed or
board the sloop of war Augustine fol
safe keeping, and will be forwarded tc
Washington"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ We find the following para
graph in the Chicago Times. 1t is
highly acceptable, if reliable: "The
Southern Railroad, to connect Cincin-
nati with the whole South, is silently
progressing in the way Of subscriptions
and, no doubt, the 81 100000 asked
for will soon be subscribed. It is re-
liably stated that, as soon as the above
sum is raised, ten eminent merchants
of Cincinnati will subscribe $4,000
each, making the whole amount from
that city $l,500,000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The new Freedmen's Bureau
bill has been vetoed by the President,
but passed, and made a law by the
necessary majority Of Congress.
Judge Howell is in Washington, en-
deavoring to induce Congress to post
pone adjournment until the '64 Con.
vention can get up q constitution
which will entitle Louisiana to admis
sion into the Union.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04
a. Judge Rufus K. Howell, We Oh

~ Judge Rufus K. Howell, we OBJ
serve. can find time to run off to Wash.
|ington and conspire with the Radicals
to overthrow the present State govern
ment of Louisiana, but is unable to be
in his place with his associates on the
bench who are now in Monroe holding
term Of court. We may well have
fears that the judicial ermine will fall
into contempt, and that for the decis-
ions of our courts there will be pre-
cious little respect, when such men
have seat upon the Supreme bench Of
the State. We trust that the Legis-
lature at its next session will take
Rufus K. HOWELL in hand and sum-
marily dispose Of his ill-gotten preten-
sions to notice by either impeaching
him or addressing him out Of Office
The reputation Of the people demands
that no such interlopers and strife
breeders shall sit in judgment even in
the most Insignificant tribunal Of the
State u Monroe Telegraph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

THE PRUssIAN MUsKET.-A for
eign letter, speaking of matters con-
nected with the impending war, says !:
''These Prussian guns are well
known in America; that is, as well
known as anything can be which is
kept so profound b secret. The ex-
plosive material which is used in man
ufacturing the cartridge is a COM
pound of ingredients known only to
one mantle inventor; and so deter
mined is the government that the Sc
cret shall not escape that that man is
guarded night and day by squad OF
twelve soldiers; every letter which he
writes is inspected, and he is not al.
lowed to communicate orally with any
man except in the presence of his
guard. The same man has applied
his invention to different purpose
than that Of a cartridge, inhamsble al
the touch of needle. He makes o
kind of she'll, not much larger than q
bullet, which explodes after it enters
the body of man, tearing the limbs tc
pieces with relistless force. These
two secrets are supposed to make tbs
Prussian army invincible."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ Gen. Sickles, commanding the
Department Of the Carolinas, having
insisted that the District Commanders
should report directly to him, Freed
mems Bureau as we'll as military Of
fairs, Gen. Scott demurred, and APP
pealed to Gen. Grant. His appeal has
been sustained, which establishes the
the fact that the Bureau is still dis
tinct organization. The following 10
Gen. Grants Endorsement "The
Freedmen's Bureau being by law un-
der immediate direction of the War
Department, and its officers and agents
being subject only to the orders of the
Commissioners in matters pertaining
to the Bureau, they cannot be required
to report such matters to the military
commanders, unless they are named in
orders as agents of the Bureau"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

r. Lawrence, Massachusetts,, is in
great excitement over the discovery
of the body of a dead child few months
old, who died of starvation and neglect
in the den of an old bag who receives
young children to aboard for dol
lar week. The children received are
mostly from single women, though she
has also married customers. The an-
thorities are thoroughly investigating
the matter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Goyernol
BrOwnlow's dispatch to Forney, an
nouncing the action Of Tennessee on
the Constitutional Amendment, was al
follows: ''The battle has been fought
and won. The Constitutional Amend
ment was carried in the House by A;
against II. Two of Johnson's cree,
lures refused to vote. Give my re-
spects to the Dead Dog at the Whit
House."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04
- The Wheeling Intslligencer

~ The Wheeling Intelligencer
oongratulates the people of West Vir-
ginia thus 'Our people of the int
rior are not in debt, and will be able to
pay for nearly all they may need in the
way of articles of prime necessity
The misfortunes that fell upon them
during the war are being gradually
retrieved, and in another year we hope
to be able to record that no pecuniary
scar Of the rebellion remains anywhere
on the soil of our State.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

THE BREAST PLATE REvrvED.-A
letter from Italy to an English paper
says:
Breast-plates are being revived, as
in the glorious times of the Knights of
the Round Table and the Plantagenets.
NJ. Muratori, the director Of the Genoa
Penitentiary, has succeeded in devising
breast-plate for soldiers which
scarcely weighs three English pounds.
After repeated experiments, Practiced
with heavy cavalry pistols at five
PAGES, and lances, bayonets and swords,
| it has been discovered to be utterly
impenetrable, both to bullets and
thrusts. The most striking PECULIAR
ty of the breast plate. which can in no
way impede the movements of sol
der, is that not the slightest atom Of
metallic matter enters into its compo'
sition. The Minister of War and
several superior officers, being pres
emit during the experiments. were high.
ly satisfied with its practical useful.
ness,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ A novel insurance case has been
decided in Missouri. The question
arose upon the following facts proved
A building is insured against loss by
fire; it falls down being heavily over
loaded with merchandise; the fall oc:
casions fire, which destroys the fall.
en- material. Query-is the Insurance
liable ! The Court decided that thu
building insured having fallen; ceased
to exist by reason of a peril not in
sured against, and hence that the Com
pany was not liable.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

VALUABLE WAGoN.-The Supreme
Court, in session at Monroe, has de-
cided in a case before it that the pur-
chaser of wagon in Confederate
times at $500 must now pay the mon
ey in currency. The Court ignored
the existence of a de facto government
in Louisiana during the rebellion, So
called, and decided that the contract
must be enforced according to the
laws in force before the war; Mon.
roe Telegraph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The South Western of We'd
nesdaY says the gap in the Southern
Pacific Railroad between Shreveport
and Greenwood, was closed last Satur-
day, and on Sunday although train
passed over the road TO Marshall.
The same paper reports Red River
falling rapidly, with II feet below th,
highest water mark of the season.
Gotten, low middling, l5c., in specie
Gold, 1873 to 40.
During the week, the warehouse re-
csipts Of cotton amounted to only 81
bales. Business quite dull.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

n The New York Herald. of the
18th ult.. says: Yesterday was the
warmest day for the last ten years.
The thermometer at three P. NJ. in,
dictated SO degrees in the shade
There were twenty-five cases of sun
stroke in the city, thirteen of then
proving fatal. In Brooklyn only ST,
cases are reported, two of them being
fatal. In Albany, Boston, and Hart
ford the thermometer marked 100 de-
grees, and in Philadelphia it reached
104,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The weather for the past week
has been excessively warm. The crops
are sadly in need of rain. On last
Sunday portions of our parish were
blessed with good rain. Vegetation
is rapidly parching up.
The continued ill-health of this com.
munity is indeed distressing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The erection OF the parish Jail,
10 this place, was commenced this week,
and will be completed by the end o.
this month. When completed, judging
from its appearance, it will be quite
Aformidable public archive in which
TO preserve relicts of out-lawry, &c.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

DEATHS BY SUNsTRoKE.--In Balti-
more there we're 90 deaths In that city
from heat, On the 18th July, On the
18th, there were at least so deaths
from the same cause, in the same city
10 New York, 81 cases of sun stroke
were reported on 18th July, of which
% we're fatal; and II in Brooklyn ant
Jersey City, IL Of which were fatal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

u Two young men attempted to
outrage young woman named Kenne-
wick, near Allegheny, Pa, fortnight
ago, and one of them. named Cash,
succeeded before her cries brought as
sistance. The men were arrested, but
Cash has been released, having mar
ried the woman. An original style Of
courtship.-[N. O. Times.
Such proceedings may suit New
England morals, but it would not work
well in more civilized and refined com
munities. What q blot on the name
of humanity.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

Do A colored girl in Georgia has
brought suit for breach Of promise Of
marriage against negro man. 1t IL
the first case Of the kind known IN
Georgia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

g The frank way in which some of
our country contemporaries discuss thier
own domestic affairs is very charming,
not to say interesting to the great
public.-[N. o. Times.
Sensible, indeed. Some editors are
given too much to this practice. News
paper readers do not care to have OBJ
truded upon their attention, matters
purely of q domestic nature, that
neither interests nor amuses them
what is one mans meat is another
poison" frequently, in such cases.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ By a private letter received
from friend in VIM parish, we learn
that the prospects for fair crops 10 that
parish are flatteriug; with less sickness
than usual, among the citizens.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The Hartford Press tells of .
dog in that city who has lost bis voice.
When strangers pass he rushes out.
goes through the motions with great
vigor, bristles up, jumps about and
wags his jaws, but not a sound comes
forth.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The St. Paul Pioneer says that
on the Red river settlement, FIVE hun
bred miles north Of that place, sixty
bushels Of wheat to the acre is an or
binary yield.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

u The bonds of Alabama, to the
amount of $4l 900, issued for the re-
lief Of the destitute in that State. have
been taken at st. Louis at par. The
proceeds have been invested in corn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

account of government having forbid
den the holding of reform meetings in
Hyde park.
The London Times Of the 26th (last
Saturday, says the telegraph is the
great work and glory of lineage. The
Times. of the same date. says treaty
of peace has been signed between Aus
tria and Prussia. A previous telegram
states that the final armistice COM
meneed at noon on the 23d. There
was more fighting on the 22d,. in which
the Austrians claimed the victory
There had also been a naval engage
ment, on the goth, in which the Aus
trians run down one and sunk three
other Italian iron clads.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ A Washington special says it
is asserted on what appears to be good
authority, that the President has I'M
der consideration the expediency OF
superseding Gov. Brownlow by a mill
tary Governor, and the name of Gen.
Gordon Granger is mentioned in this
connection.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

" A big-souled man in North
ampton, Mass, recently charged .
family of mourners six cents for four
small verbenas and a little rosebud,
needed to complete the decoration Of .
coffin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

n 1t appears to have been finally
settled at Washington that the charges
of the completely of JEFF. Davis in the
assassination of Mr.. Lincoln are false.
It is quite satisfactory to learn that
the officials at Washington have finally
learned what everybody else in the
country knew, and--what they knew
themselves. It is not probable that a
single man engaged in promulgating
this atrocious libel, from Judge Holt
to the perjured Conover, ever believed
for an instant that it possessed parti'
Gle of tru.l.a. The whole thing was
concocted by abolitionists, and KEPT
alive solely to awaken hostility in thu
North against the South, and thereby
prevent the latter from securing rep
resentation in Congress. The who'll
charge, from beginning to end, was {
detestable but thoroughly characters
tic abolition trick.-TChicago Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

y Judge Bryan, of the United
States Court at Charleston, has decided
that the Presidents Peace Proclama-
ton entities every citizen to the bene-
fits of the writ of habeas corpus.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

n Gen. J. B. Msgruder, now in
Mexico, has written letter to e. w.
Halsey, in which he says the remains
of Gov. Allen will not be removed to
this State until next October, for sani-
tary reasons"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ Mr.. Stanberry's nomination =
Attorney General ID offered on the
ground that be furnished the law points
u the veto Of the Civil Rights Bill.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ In cass in the City Court Of
Louisville, KY, Judge Haberon refused
to admit negro testimony, on the ground
that no act of Congress can annul the
State law prohibiting the admission Of
such testimony.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

"A TEMPEST IN A TEA Por !'-The
war waged by our contemporaries Of
the Shreveport Gazette and News
against the Committee of Three |"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

Y The Pamela lsEiss.l Star hears
Of certain planters whose crops are
nearly laid by, quarrslling with and
driving Of their negro employees. for
the purpose Of cheating them out Of
their wages.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The Hon. John Ray recently
left Monroe for a tour North. The
Telegraph says he will drop in on the
Philadelphia Convention. 1t will be
merely @drop |"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The new crop Of Wheati in Cali
fornia was 50 promising that tho mag
ket opened fifty cents lower than 1t >
corresponding time last year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ It lie estimated that Congress
has wasted two and half millions of
dollars in useless or unnecessary ex.
penditures, while the taxes of the peo-
pie are higher and higher, bread and
meat dearer and drearer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04
Il e r M g:

The Bossier Banner will be issued
every Saturday morning. Subscription,
per annum, Five dollars--ln advance.
Three dollars for six months. Two
dollars for three months.
Advertisements inserted at 81 so per
square, of ten lines or less first inser-
,tion; rs cents for each subsequent in
sertion. Liberal terms offered to yearly
advertisers.
Il Professional and business cards of
one square, inserted at SIS per annum;
$l0 for six months; 81 for three months.
Publishing announcements of candi-
dates for Office, $15-to be paid invari-
ably in advance.
Obituary notices, when exceeding q
square, will be charged as advertise
m0nts.
~ All articles published for the
benefit of parties or individuals, al
their own solicitation, will be charged
for as advertisements.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ Nearly $4,000 have been added
to the population Of Galveston since
the war.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ A Boston correspondent of a
Detroit paper asserts as . positive fact
that the use of ardent spirits by ladies
occupying the highest positions in So
ciesy is becoming shamefully common.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

~ The tea drinkers Of this country
consume SO, 900, 900 lbs. annually.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-08-04

- The losses BY fire throughout
the United States for the past six
months are Get At s45.ooo,ooo.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-08-14
TO CONSTTMPTTVES

The advertiser, having been restored to health in
few weeks by very simple remedy, after having
suffered for several years with lung afTec-
ton, and that dread disease, Cunsumptiop-isa nx-
ious make known his the IN ca
of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (ree of ctarge,) with the direc-
will find Re cUaE for Consumption. Asthma
Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and
Lung Affections The only object of the ad ycrtiser
in sending the PrcscrPtio is II benefit the iiccd
and spread Information which he conccves to be in
valuable and he hopes every sufferer will try his
remedy as it will their nDthlnG aud NAV prove
blessing
Parties wishing the prescription. FREE. byrcturn
mail, will please n ldress
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg, Kings county, n. Y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-08-14
. LOCAL MISCELLANY.

ANOTHER ToURNAAIENP.-On Saturday
last, 1t was our pleasure to be present at the
Tournament near Reinhart's School House,
where large number of persons had gath
cred to. witness the equestrian exercises, and
TO take part in the ceremonies Incident to the
interesting occasion.
At l03 o'clock the knights, more than
twenty in number, were appropriately adj
dressed by JOSEPH Mc'MURRAN, ESQ. after
which the fitting commenced, and was kent
up until nearly 2 o'clock. The following
gentlemen acted as officers of the tourney -
-. Cltief Mdr&hai-Capt. Henry f. Kcarney
ASSISTANT 1NdrshdLs. Benz. Daniels and
Frank Grove.
Jiloges,-Gapt. Lee Moler, Pax. Marshall
and Newton Baker,
Below will be found the names of the
Knights who entered the lists, and contested
for the prizes -
Cruel Vars Licklider,
7s LIST FirginiG CaoalJy-I. Jones,
SilOer Star.-JacOb Osborn,
Sandy Rtogs.-H. Osborn,
Sixteen Nights IN a Bur:Roons.-J. S.
Moler,
Da6feLFs .-Taylor Link,
Ltdepen9ent.-Hess Reinhart,
Night zoe all got Drunk.-J. Miller,
Red IHhtte aud hed.-William Staiey,
W;Ao1o. We1-A. p Reinhart,
IoD Path.-Charles Knott,
I0GRhoe.-A. R. Miller, of Md
Lone .Star.-Wm. Hunter,
RdttLesnGhe Run.-Frank Licklider,
Mysterious Knight-Wm. Reinhart,
Tlt@ Nfn.-George Ronemous,
-AddnrsfotoR.-G W Moler,
B1Itt"eore.-J. Anspach,
Potomac Kie,c.- Jas. Orndorff,
M0Watdtt Rufian,-John Badger,
q u q
GuMto.-James Melvin,
Feajan Brotherhood-P Halpin.
After some very spirited riding the Judges
decided the following knights to be entitled
to the prizes
Jacob Osborn, entitled to the first honor,
who named as Queen Of Love and Beauty,
Miss Molie Link
VIM. Staley, second in the list of contest
ants. selected Miss Ella Rentch, as First
Maid Of Honor
a. 2. l.einhart, to whom was awarded the
selection of the Second Maid of Honor, named
Miss Susie Grove
Edward Schaffer conferred the distinction
of Third Maid of Honor, upon Miss Mamie
Hensell.
Upon a spacious and we'll arranged plat
form, i'll beautiful grove, the dancing com
menced, aud when we left the grounds. at 4
O'Clock, the devOtees of this fashionable and
health~Siving amusement. seemed to be en-
joyiug themselves hugely,
~ Altogether the tournament of Saturday
was decided success, aud We regret that
want of time and space prevents US from no.
ticing it more in detail.