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NEa CEMETERY.-AI la3J az 0I91TI mas 0ceH IAl15a-
rated to put our cemetery in decent and respectable
condition Some Of our citizens propose to raise, by
subscription, funds enosgh to enclose the grounts
Jay OF aud improve the avenues, and otherwise beau
tfy the place We are pleased to chronicle this laa
dable undertaking on The part Of those gentlemen,
and trust that they will be successful in raising ae
necessary funds Nature has given Us choice spot,
and al that is necessary little work Of art to maze
il beautiful resting place for the dead, and one
ereditable to christian community. As it stands
nov, it is burning shame and disgrace to ciyised
community, and speaks for US palmer than words
Let the dead take care of the dead, while We take
care Of the almighty dollar"
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Married:

AT the regidtnce OF T. s. Kneelend Shreveport La,
on Thursday t5e 18TH inst. by the Rev Mr.. Duuap,
RINALDo A. PHELps, cf Shreveport to Miss NANN!s J.
TAYLOR, daughter Of Pr Joseph Taylor, Of Marshall
Texas.
At the residence Of air King Thetford, on Wednes'
day the 14th Of February by the Rev Mr. Ford GHoE7E
w GEER, I'd Nrss CoRsE1IA THErFoRD.
The above announcement was accompanied with no
printers fee in the shape Of cake and wine. They have
our best wishes Tor long and happy life.
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The Cleveland Plaindeaer says the negro vote in
Washington will be about Il, 000-tbe white about
70l0 50 the negroes can elect their city officers.
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Col, V, W, seaton, formerly Of the Hationl Intsl-
geacc for 50 years, il old, sick Of cancer, and poor
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Proceedings Of the Board Of Trustees
I ! = u
Mayors 0FEIcE-CITY OF SHREVEPORT
February s. 1866.

- - : 4 '-'a February til is, 1865.
At called meeting Of the Mayor and Trustees OIL sn'
city of Shreveport the following members were
ent viz His honor, J. j. Cooeh Mayor u MoC y 4
R. Dawes, L. Jones, Fl. Murphy, j. Dickinson ana v
H. Burnside Trustees. aet.
The Mayor having explained the object Of the m'o''
ing, it was IA n.
Res9lee9, frhat the Controller be authorised ana 81.
rected to collect city license from the Circus now
forming in this city at the rate Of Twenty-Five
instead of F3fty Dollars per day. ond
Trustees hcCarty Burnside, Dawes, DlcA"9SS r,stea
Murphy voted il favor Of the resolution anu ~ vote
jones' entered ilis watten protest, as iooNs nd be.
against this proposition ana protest against ~ ad Of
Heve that the LICENSE orght to be increased iI
being reducedf .,,.. coocu Mayor.
Farm g. Lr9NApp Controller.
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HoRsEs BRAsDED sc. 81 Nor TO sE SEIZED AS Gov
ERYMEST PRoPEETY.-The quartermaster general has
issued tie following order Officers on duty in the
several military departments are hereby instructed that
general orders No. n from this Office, dated Decem
Der l5 1865 are not to be construed authorize
the seizure Of animals which being branded sc. S" are
not shown to have ever been in possession of the Uni
ted States or have been included in any surrender
Of the rebel armies
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The Mobile Advertiser denies thestory that the price
of drinks in Mobile has been reduced to 10 cents.
TwentY.eents is still the price.
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am, With great respect, year ob't serv't
W T. SIBERIAN Major Gen

RATHER PEEsoSAL.-Some of the northern papers do
not confne themselves to the discussion of principles
involved in the measures of the radicals but times
get rather personal The following from the Phadel
pha Mercury, is a to the point. We are inclined
to think there is more truth than poetry init;
sAnd who is Mr. Stevens? Not Pennsylvania,
thank God but yankeeintruder into thisState, whose
reputed wife is negro, and whose children are muat
toes And who is Carl Schurz? A wretcLed adyen.
turer, who, traitor to bis native land, fed hher for
refuge kept a agerbeer saloon in this city and falling
in that has lived since on the government that has
rescued him from the penalty Of treason and the OBJ
security of a scullion."
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To THE MERCHANTS OF SHREYEFoEI-3l late hnm9ef
of the Houston Telegraph, gives Us the following bitter
truths:
The trade of eastern Texas which formerly vent
principally to Shreveport is being turned, in great
measure to Houston and Galveston. The region rep
resented by Cherokee county, which was manly trloa
tary TO Shreveport now trades almost entirely III hs
direction The distance is nearly the same either way
but the prices Of goods necessarily lower here hah
at Shreveport and the transit of goods s quicker
If tie central railroad extended forty or hfty
miles further the effect in turning the trade OF eastern
Texas in this direction would be overwhelming. we
have 10 objection Shreveport, any other place
getting any trade that fairly belongs TO her IN virtue
Of advantages offered; but we hope Houston and Cal
weston may not lose anything that rghttuy belongs to
them upon the same principle
Every word Of the above is true, and it stands
our property holders in hand to apply the only remedy
now left them We give that remedy in the language
Of that able journal the Harrison Flag, from which We
copy the Teegraph's artiele
The above article from the Houston Telegraph, Of
the 7:h inst shows the importance With which the en-
terprising business men Of Galveston and Houston
card the extension of the central railroad, to the
short distaneesof forty or fifty miles farther VIII not
the business and property holders OF Shreveport
see the necessity of immediate action in behalf Of the
Southern Pacifc railroad? With very small amount
of means and little energetic action, this road can be
completed to Marshall in few months thereby moving
Shreveport so far as her trade is concerned eighty
miles or four or iyedays travel nearer back and FORTH
to this Cherokee section country than she is The
trade of this portion Of Texas immense, and iucreas
inc almost Incredibly every year Fertile lands healthy
ctnate with an abundance of good water and timber
for any and all purposes, it is bound to be very
aensely populated at No distant day, and its trade
will repay either place for any efforts they may make to
secure it, We naturally feelidentfed with Shreveport
there and every advantage her merchants possess will
enable Them to offer additional inducements gain
! custom.
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LITTER FROM GES. SHERMAN on THE FREEDMEN,
The following is Gen Shermans letter to the presi-
dent on his former order locating the negroes on the
South Carolina cotton lands. The letter explains
itself
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 1906
To Andrep Johasoa President of the United States.
Sir | have the honor TO acknowledge the receipt last
evening of your letter Of February lst and, in
pIiance with your request aclose herewith a copy Of
field order number fifteen, of eighteen hundred aud
sixty-fye with this brief history of its origin and
the reasons for making it; The Hen. g. N. Stanton,
secretary of war, came to Savannah soon after its
occupation by the force under my command, and |
conferred freely with him the best method to pro-
vide for the vast ugmber of negroes who had been
following the army from the interior Of Georgia as
also Of those who had already eopgrcgated in the
island near Hilton Head and we're sti coming into
our lines We agreed perfectly that the young and
ableboded men should be enlisted soldiers, en-
ploved by the quartemaster i'll the necessary work Of
unloading ships and for the army purposes, but this
left on our hands the old and the feeble, the women
and children, who had necessarily to be fed by the
United States. Mr. Stanton summoned large num-
Der Of the old negroes, mostly preachers with whom
he held long conference, Of which he took down
notes After this conference he satisfied the ne
rroes could with some little aid from the United
States BY means Of the abandoned plantations on the
Sea islands and along the uargabe rivers, take care
Of themselves. lie requested me to draw up plan
that would be uniform and practicable l made the
rough draft, and went over it very carefully Mr Stan
ton making many changes, and the present orders
number fifteen resulted, and made public.
knew Of course could not conway the tile to land
and merely provided for possessing the titles to be
good so long the aud our military power lasted
merely aimed to make provision for the negroes
who were absolutely dependent upon as leaving the
value Of ther possessions to be determined by after
events or legislation At that time January, eighteen
hundred and sxty-fvel, it will be remembered thai
the tone Of the people of the south was very defiant
and no one could foretell when the period Of val
would cease. Therefore, did not contemplate thai
event as being SO near at hand.
am, with great respect, your obt serrt
W T. SIBERIAN, Major Gen
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tant part in national affairs than it did before the
Then it vas source Of wealth to the producer-now
it will be not only the same, but aid materially in
tanning the national credit.
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DENTISTRY - Drs. Plough professional dentists,
formerly Of New Orleans have located themselves in
Natcbitoches for the purpose Of practcing their pro
fession. We have known the senior for many years
as skful and scientific practitioner. Parents who
have children at school in Nachitoches can rest as
sured that any work the doctors may do for their
little ones, will be done in the most skillfu manner
and at reasonable prices.
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SHREVEPORT:

WEDNESDAY. ...-..- FEBRUARY 81, 1865
Tbos Mcintyre Of New Orleans, Is our only duly al
tborzed agent to receive subscriptions and advertise
ments.
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An ABUSE THAT SHOULD BE Conference.-The " ash
ngton agent of the associated press perceived, is
in the habit Of characterisng admiral Semmes, Of the
late Confederate navy in his messages from that city,
as 'the Pirate Semnesn If this fellow is put there
with the liberty of doing the dirty work Of northern
radicals We protest against any such agent. AS pa
iron of the associated press, shall stand no such
insults to the southern press and people, and we call
upon the president of the association have the abuse
corrected forthwith. Capt Semmes is high-mnded
and honorable gentleman, and is no more deserving
Of the name of pirate" than the Washington cores
ponden of the associated press is deserving the title
of thief or puppy If the southern press cannot get
their news dispatches without being outraged by
hireing, we hope they will combine and adopt some
other agency tor the transaction OF their business
affairs Macon Telegraph.
If the instance here complained Of stood alone, we
might be able to endure it. and our minds by call
ing the agent puppy etc. But the truth is that this
Washington agent is haD the average Of snch
employees 1t looks as if the associated press had
considered nothing but csapnsss in their selection of
correspondents Their ignorance seems fully equal to
their puppyjsm and should think than half Of
them unable to write Ineligible communication on
any subject We shall look out the effect Of the
cap which the Telegraph makes upon the president Of
the association. Nashville Gazette.
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ExPREsIDENr BURNETT AND GEN. GREGoRY.-Ex-
president David G. Burnett has published article in
the Galveston News, in which he charges Gen E. b.
Gregory, assistant commissioner of the freedmens
bureau for Texas, with committing ntoIcrable acts
Of oppression :" inspiring the poor negroes with
false notion of themselves, and bitter hatred Of
their old masters" thus "unfagorabIy affecting the
industrial pursuits Of planters, and leading to nso
lent Developments with the inevitable consequences
to the deluded negro" assessing monthly contribu
ons on the poor negro without sanction of law" and
perpetuating ourages so disgracefu to the Ameri-
can name to insure their prompt repression, and
the remanding Of their authors to proper obscury'
Gen. Gregory replies, through Flakes Bulletin:
81 now pronounce your statement false in every
particular, and l demand of you either full and
public retraction, or the well authenticated proof
To the above Mr.. Burnett replies as follows
"Si5-I have this moment seen your reply to ny
article in the Galveston News of the 28th ult.:
You mast have perceived that my statement,
which you pronounce false in every particular, was
not based on my own personal knowledge but derived
from what I then believed and still believe to be
highly respectable sources
To obtain proper proof Of these statements will
require time, but so as they can be had,
they shall be submitted to the public.
DAVID G. BCRNErr.,'
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Died,

On Thursday morning the lSthiDst., Oscar WILLLAE,
aged years ard months, son of F. u and CaroHH"
Mulhaupt
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IMPORTANT ORDER.-We find the following in the
Mobile Register, Of the 18th:
A general order has Just been issued by the secre
ry Of war nstucting that hereafter rents be paid
BY the government for the occupation by the military
Of premises in captured places. In accordance with
this order the payment Of all such rents will hereafter
be discontinued in this department.
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sHIr THE NAIL on THE HEAD.n-A friend tells
good thing on a country member of our State legsla
ture which took place at the extra session. Our
learned law-maker had prepared, at great pains, a
speech on the labor question: which he was anxious
to deliver when the bill up On the day set, be
felt fatigued and sleepy, from evernight's work
elsewhere, and fixed himself in his chair for COM
Portable snooze at the same time asking his neighbor
to wake him when the bill came up. Unfortunately,
the neghbor forgot to do so, but accidentally woke
him when the bill to license gambling was being dis
cussed. Like giant, be rose and shouted Stop,
Mr. Speaker / have word or two to say on that
bill, for l and most Of my constituents get living
that way" Tie scene can be better imagined than
described.
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Jrsr TIE PlAcE.-A Mississippi exchange says the
5Sth and 6fth regiments of colored infantry hare
been sent from Grenada to Yoksburg, to work on the
lnvees
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IxroRrAxr ORDER-The following important order,
issued By Gen Candy, will be found Of interest to
some of our old merchants and others
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, February 9, 1865.
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4. Under the authority Of instructions from the
secretary Of war; the bonds and other evidences
of debt subject to sequesration as the property OF
alien enemies under the act of the rebel congress- APP
proved August 80, 1861, and the amendatory act Of
February Is 1862, and taken from the courts or from
the receivers acting under the authority Of those laws
will be restored to the owners to their legal repre-
sentatives under such rules may be necessary to
secure the interests Of the United States.
Applications for the restoration of these papers
must be made in person or by legally constituted at
orneys and be accompanied BY legal proof identity
and title to the property reclaimed
b order Of major Gen. E. R. S. Candy:
WicKHAM HoFFAAy.
Assistant Adjgtant General
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STEAMBOAT ExPLosIoNs.-The number Of steamboat
explosions lately and the great loss of life has raised
good deal of excitement in the travelling community.
Most of the boilers Of the boats lost known as
tubular boilers, which have always been looked upon
by many as entirely unsafe. To prevent repetition,
as far as possible of these awful casualties, the boiler
inspectors of New Orleans haze issued the following
order:
Notice to Steamboat Mcn.-Tubular boilers hereaf
ter supplied to river steamers viii be condemned upon
inspection as unfit for use on the western rivers.
And such boilers in will be condemned at any
inspection made BY us six months after this date.
In the meantime, New Orleans contemporary eau
tons the travelling community to keep clear of steam
boats with these boilers, and enumerates the names
of all such running on the Mississippi river These
boats belong principally to the Atlantic and nssis
sipp steamship company and comprise some Of the
finest boats on the river. The underwriters have
under consideration the project of increasing the
Of insurance on these boats, or whether they win
insure on them at ALL
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The SrArUs OF CONFEDERATE OFFICERs.-The Mobile
Register in correcting mistake respecting the rank of
Gen Buckner. says: "He Tor rather is, if, we
presume, he is still paroed prisoner lieutenant
Il > 3D.
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SMALL Pox IN MoBlLE.-0n the 9Th inst. there were
1S6 cases of negro small po1 il the pest-house at
Chocaw Point near Mobile. The fatality is very
great This is the future Of the negroes.
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LITTER FROM GEN SHERMAN on THE FREEDMEN.
The following is Gen. Sherman's letter to the presi
dent, on his former order locating the negroes on the
South Carolina cotton lands The letter explains
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New Orleans Market,

by Telegraph
New ORLEANS, Feb. 16
Corros.-Low middling is quoted at 42o,, with q
weak and dul market
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CoSTRAB4ND SHIPMENTS 10 AENco.-We find the
following in the New Orleans Times, Of the 10th
We understand that the government has issued, or
is about issuing orders forbdding the shipment OF
certain articles designed particularly fer colonies
in Mexico. Officers Of the government have already,
in fact, acted in accordance with this policy.
The schooner Ada which has for some time been
loading principals with agricultural implements, for
the colony near Cordota, has been refused clear
anee and her cargo ordered out The shipments, it is
understood, wee being made by or in the name OF
Col. Solokowski citizen of Louisiana, resident in
this city who recently returned from Mexico aad was
entrusted with this business.
His shipments consisted principally of pows hoes,
shoves and other agricultural implements Of the kind
But they have all been refused clearance, and ordered
out Of the Ada.
The policy of considering such shipments, there
fore as contaband has been inaugurded at this, and
we presume other ports. Weare also informed that
the governmental has resolved forbid the emigration OF
eolonsts to Mexico.
We are also informed that this step by nc means
c6ntempates any rupture further Interference with
affairs in the neighborng country but solely has refer
to the augmentation and supply OF the Conted-
crate colonies.
We don't exactly understand the above, and yet it
reads plain enough. But the idea Of great govern
ment Ike following few Confedcraes, who have
sought shelter in Mexico, with such peftfn&citg i
something we don't understand. TO say the least Of
it, it looks like very small business to Us. If any
person don't like to live in this country, say lei
him CO. and it is no business of the governments i
they emigrate to Mexico, hi, or some other seaport
That's onr opinion.
Treasury CIacULAR.-The following circular from
the treasury department in relation to taxation or
manufactures in the late usurrec5ioulrg States Aa
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The present juncture of political ars to call
for higher order Of craftsmanship, and oftier tone
Of patriotic speech than yet recognise in either
house Of congress. cincinnati Commercial.
What is the reason then, that you don't apply the
only ren1edy-adnit the southern members.
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Treasury CJncULAR,-The following circular from
the treasury department in relation to taxation On
manufactures in the late iusurecsionmg States, has
just been published.
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THE NEW YoRK DAILY PREss.-An active newspaper
man at New York, says the Year 1865 has been of
most profitable ever enioyeF by the New York daily
press Judging from the advertising tax of each and
other facts within his knowledge, he estimates the
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-12

OF the funeral ceremonies, tho Court returned to
their Chamber and resumed the order OF the day.
Present-HQn, 3. F. Dunkin, Chief-Justice.
Appeal udges.LD. L.sWardlaw and j. A. Inglis,
Associate Justices.
4. "a. Carroll, A., D. Leseene, Nv. D. johnson,
1lL IT, w. Glover, r. Munro, F. ]. Moses, T. N.
Da~kins, A. P. Aldrich Law Judges. =. .-'
The cases Of the State Us. John E.. Carew, Sheriff
Soharlock rs. Rivers, and Berry us. Iseman ct al
all involving the constitutionality OF the Stay
Lay, were, heard together. Mr. Lord, of Charles
two cases, and argued at length against the law.
Mr. Sellers, of Marion, appeared for appellee in
ithird case, and was followed on samo side by Gen
EHarllee, until the hour Of adjournment. Mr.. Spain
to be heardfn reply leT1i
"THE CHESTER sTANDARp."-This well.known
organ Of Central South CaSolina comes to us in
enlarged size, and a bran new dress-one Of the
best printed papers in the State. DR.. WM II.
BABcocK has assumed the editorship. GEO.
PITHER, Esq, is the publisher. We hope its
shadow may never grow less. From it we copy
the following: f. Y g.. ~o
/ OHEsTsR ITEMS The huge collection OF rolling
stock. the property of various railroads, concen-
trated here during Sherman's march through the
State, is being gradually removed. Many Of the
cars have been occupied during the past year by
idle and thriftfess reedmeIi.t r. ~
The Fifteenth Maine Regiment Veteran yolun-
teers, who have had their headquarters in this
town for the'lasb four mohths have been relieved
BY detachment OF the Thirtieth Massachusetts,
Clark is the Provost Marshal and I" P."Judge @. s..
JACKSON, Assistant Surgeon In charge; Lieut.. T.
A. Warren, Acting Post Adjutant; f. r.. Vaile 1st
Lieut.. q. s.. AID A. @ H. mi 81, H., -. )
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