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~ The case of Miss Sallie White,
held under bonds for the last two years,
at Murfreesboro, Tenn, on charge of
murder, for killing negro woman,
formerly slave belonging to the fami-
", has been just disposed of by the
Criminal Court. The proof showing
it to have been clear case of self-de-
Tense, it was submitted to the jury
without argument, and q verdict Of
acquittal promptly returned.
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A VOICE FROM rHE PACIFIC The
San Francisco Morning Call thus con-
cludes an editorial on "Reeonstruc-
ton -
The Republican party will cease to
exist if it fails to restore the Union
during the present session Of Congress,
Summarizes may as well take notice OF
the signs of the times.
The Alta California is also decided
ly in favor of President Johnson
restoration policy in opposition to that
of the Sumner Stevens faction.
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Catherine Hamiter,
VS.. No. 1861.
Robert E. Wyche,
To the District Court of Bossier Parish
ap 7.-5t


To the District Court Of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
TN this cause. by reason of the law
l. and the evidence, it is ordered, ad-
judged and decreed, that the commu>
nifty of acquets and gains heretofore
existing between the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT be dissolved, and that they be
henceforth separate in property. And
it is further ordered, that the plain.
tiff have and recover of the defendant
the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, with
legal interest thereon, from the 18th
day of March, A. D. 1858, as para.
phernal funds of plaintiff, received by
defendant and converted to his own use.
And tits further ordered, that plaintiff :
lagel mortgage for the restitution Of
said sum and interest, be recognized
and enforced upon all the real property
owned and held by the defendant sinct
said 18th day of March, A. D. 1858.
Thus done, read and signed in open
court. on this 28th day Of March, A. D
1866.
(signed) JAS. |. WEEMS,
Judge 10th District Court.
A true copy.
March goth, A. D. 1866.
Attest: A. j. BRADEN.
ap TAT Deputy Clerk.
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~ A Western paper says the best
way to kill bed bugs is to chain their
hind legs to tree, then go round in
front and make mouths at them.
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MoMENToUs IssUE.-The Mobil

MoMENToUs IssUE.-The Mobile
Register says:
The issue may now be considered as
fairly made up between the President
and the Radical majority in the Fed
eral Legislature. It's momentous
one. 1t is not a sectional contest, but
struggle between conservatism and
destruction. Away, then, with all
past heart burnings and resentments.
Let them be dead and buried out OF
view of the vital issues involved in the
living present. Whatever opinions
may be entertained of President john
sons antecedents, however we may
differ from him in some incidents,
questions of present policy, no lover of
his country or his race, not utterly
blinded by party preiudices or section
oil bitterness, can withhold admiration,
or hesitate to sustain him, heart and
hand, in the manly stand which he has
assumed in the great struggle.
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Notice.

1.-THE rumor that am selling lumber
L Tor 81 90, 81 SO, and SIS 90 per
hundred, Is as false as foul. NV
prices are: For
Lumber at the Mill, per 1000, $50 90
Lumber dried, dressed, tongue
and groved, 60 90
| have a Lath saw, and can supply
pIasteres at low rates.
have no meal for sale.
To insure punctuality in saving,
parties must be punctual in payment.
47tf II, r. L. WlNFREY.
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w The Washington letter writers
style Ben. Beast" Buffers daughter
1.-THE Lowell heiress." Her inheritance
of "silver spoons" it is said, will be q
fortune in itself. They may be encum-
bered, like Mrs. Toodles' door-plate
with the name of Thompson or some
other man, but still they viii be "handy
to have about the house."
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II A Yankee editor says: 1--WE
don't mind recording the death of peo-
pie without being paid for our trouble,
though that's not fair; but pane-g yrics
on the dead must be paid, for we posi-
lively cannot afford to send people to
heaven for nothing"
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III OfiCe.

LN0R all my notes, made since the
= surrender, will pay, in lumber,
q premium of ten per cent.
Persons will take due notice and
charge nothing to my account without
an order from myself or Capt. John w
Smiley.
ap. a If H. R. L. WINFREY,
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n The Benton (Ill.) Standard says
that while David Williams was on trial
upon the charge of numbering Henry
Mahorn, ia skeleton found in the woods
having previously been identified as
his. as was supposedly Henry Mahorn
walked into the courtroom, alive and
wall.
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Hardware, Crockery. Glassware, sc.
N1he following is synopsis of the
goods we have in store, and are
now offering for sale:
DOMEsTICs,
Brown and Bleached, Cotton Yarns,
Osnaburgs, Denims, Stripes, &c.
PRINTS,
All kinds Of American Prints, French
and English Prints.
DRESS GOODS,
French and British, Of all kinds.
LINEN GOODS,
Linen Damasks, Towels, Crash, Hand
kercheifs, Diapers, Shirt Fronts.
WHITE GOODS,
Jackonets, Cambrics, Nainsooks, checks,
Stripes, Lawns, DC.
EMBROTDERLES,
of every MISUNDERSTANDING Trim
mings, DC.
Imported Hosiery and Clones,
containing every article in the trade.
DOMESTIC HOISERY Y,
and Underware of every description.
CLOTHING,
and Mems Furnishing Goods Of all
kinds.
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS,
Pongees, Bandannas, TWills, Corrahs,
&c.
FLANNELS,
all grades, widths and colors-Import-
ed and Domestic.
w 90 LIE Ms,
Summer Cassimeres and Cloths
French and English.
YANKEE NOTIONS,
including Buttons, Braids, Spool Cotton
Bindings, &c.
HARDWARE, of every description
CROCKERY r. GLASS WARE
Wood and Willow Ware.
CUTLERY,
Table and Pocket-from best Manufac
turers.
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.
Shreveport, La. n50
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FOp Sale,

4VA NC~@M~1
A LIVERY STABLE and Hotel,
at LeacisUitLe, Ark.
THhe Livery Stable contains nearly
i one hundred stalls, and ID now
conducted by R. FL. Buzzard, who b
quite accommodating especially to
customers.
The Hotel il occupied by MFR. Stig-
ger, who understands his business, and
is quite willing to attend TO it. u
ANY person wishing to buy, viii
look at the property, and cali on the
undersigned, who will for the future,
be found at his Steam Mill, three miles
South OF Bellevue, La.
47tf HI. r. L. WINFREY.
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n The following is extracted from

y The following is extracted from
sensible speech of Henry Ward
Beecher, made to the New Workers, a
few days ago;
Letter writers and travellers say a
reconstructed South, IA nice con :
dition the South is in to be reconstruct
ed. They are our bitter enemies; they
gnash their teeth and all" ! wonder
if you think that after you soundly whip
a man he is going to thank you for it.
Do you suppose that Gen. Lee, when
he surrendered, should have thrown his
arms around Gen. Grants neck and
thanked him for whipping him and
compelling him to surrender? or that
Gen. Johnston should have regarded
Gen. Sherman as his benefactor And
should the South 60 upon its knees
when it sees a Yankee, and say, "God
bless you, Yankee, for all you have
done for me % These men that talk
thus do not like the state of feeling at
the South. The Yankees tell US that
the South is not fit to be reconstructed.
If you do not take the South in till she
heals of her wounds, you will not take
her in for long time to come. Human
nature does not run this way. 1t is not
question of abstract justice; it is a
practical question, and you must decide
according to known laws and tohuman
nature. know the South will feel sore
They believed in their cause they
were defeated; and greater disaster
could not befall them. They lost every
thing-money, name, ambition, char
acter and all deep gloom overhang'
them, and profound sorrow opresse:
them, and they are expected to Civ
evidences of thankfulness and joy
They must first have the hand of kind
ness stretched to them. You must givt
them new hopes. New business vii
lead them to forget old graves new
thoughts will check old tears. Kind
ness and business, that is what they
want. I hold no community can d.
better than to take the example o
Christ in this matter, who, though poo
and just. was the object of all offense
the most forgiving and forbearing, AM
who suffered rather than that we shoult
suffer; and as He was to us, let US b
to others. There is a Christian, mag
nanimity in it for wounds and woe tina
no other medicine will touch. Ap
plause. 1t is asked, why not leav'
them out till they learn better? Fo
the same reason that the father and tn
mother do not throw the rebellious sol
out of doors andexpel him till he learns
No; but by kindness and love and pa
tience they endeavor to inspire hin
with hope; they open anew the spen
fountains of virtue, and he is agail
taken into the family. | am asked if
| would take man into my church
knowing him to be a sinner? If
didn't take them in while they wer
still sinners, I wouldn't have enough il
the church to say ''we." Laughter.
take the sinner in to reform him.
they do not want forgiveness and pa
thence, / don't know what need the,
would have for a church at all.
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~ The oldest inhabitant on record
is an Indian woman in Wisconsin, who
claims to be 800 years old.
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A. A. ABNEY. e. r. MOORE.
ABNEY & MOORE,
CHEAP CASH STORE T
DVTT ETTTE T4AA
e. R. MOORE.
BELLEVUE, LA.

We are now receiving and
opening a large and well as
sorted stock of Goods, con-
sisting in part of
STAPLE AND FANCY
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hardware, Crockery, Glass
and Tinware, Stationery,
Drugs, &C. Also, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Fancy articles
&c.
We invite the atten-
ton of the public, and solicit
their patronage ; being conf
dent that the quality and
prices of our Goods will be
found satisfactory, on exami-
nation. Buying our Goods in
New Orleans, we. can afford
to sell at as low prices as any
body, and expect to do SO.
MP Give us a call, and we
will fill your bill p
Abney d Moore.
Bellevue. La. DC
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IL "Well, George asked friend
of a young lawyer, show do you like
your profession p 'tAlas, sir, my
profession is better than my practice" "
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MINDEN HOTEL.

FThe undersiged having AhSE-A
l. leased the MINDEN g
HOTEL, formerly occupied =
by Christopher Chaffe, is prepared to
entertain the travelling public after the
most approved style. He respectfully
solicits share of the patronage Of o
liberal public. Terms moderate.
]. M. G. JONES, Proprietor.
Minden, la. nae
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PAR ADDS E.,
IN A DREAM.


Once in q dream saw the flowers
That bud and bloom in Paradise;
More fair they are than waking eyes
Have seen in all this world of ours.
And faint the perfume bearing rose,
And faint the lilly on its stem,
And faint the perfect violet.
Compared with them.
heard the songs Of Paradise;
Each bird sat singing in his place;
A tender song, SO full of grace,
1t scared like incense to the skies.
Each bird sat singing to his mate
Seft cooling notes among the trees !;
The nightingale herself were cold
To such as these.
] saw the fourfold river flow,
And deep it was with golden sand;
1t flowed between messy land,
With murmured music grave and low.
It hath refreshment for all thirst,
For fainting spirits strength and rest;
Earth holds not such draught as this
From east to west.
The tree of life stood budding there,
Abundant with its twelve-fold fruits
Aternaf sap sustains its roots,
It's shadowing branches fill the air.
Its leaves are healing for the world,
It's fruits the hungry world can feed
Sweeter than honey to the taste,
And balm indeed.
I saw the gate called Beautiful
And looked, but scarce could look
within;
] saw the golden streets begin,
And outskirts of the CLASSY pool,
Oh harps, oherowns of plenteous stars
Oh green palm Branches, many
leaved-
Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard
Nor heart conceived.
/ hope to see these things again,
But not as once in dreams by night;
To see them with my very sight,
And touch aad handle and attain;
To have all heaven beneath I1y feet,
For narrow way that once they trod
To have my part with all the saints,
And with my God. Esa
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-06-19
sTAUNTON, VA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1866.

what becomes OF hlm-expressing in our acts
the infdel inquiry-''am this brothers keep
er?" On the contrary, let us enforce the laws
for his benefit and protection, and for his gui-
dance and correction, and punishment when
necessary: let us see that justice is done him
let higher standard of duty and obligation be
held up to him let his own self-interest be ap-
pealed to, and his habits and tastes be raised
above the qualification of mere animal instincts
let him be well paid for his labor; above all let
his conscience be enlightened and the renew
ing power of a sanctifying Religion gain the
mastery over him and he may yet prove
a comfort and a blessing to the South-a pro-
moter of its wealth and participant in it's pros
perity! and so the world may see another
grand problem of the Almighty worked OUT
proving again, as of old, that all that is, is full
Of blessings ~
Again: Gentlemen, in this regard we of the
South are "as city set on hill'' are seen
and scrutiniZed by all men although we have
given pledges of honor and fidelity which Vir-
ginans and Southerners have never yet disre-
garded yet we are suspected of wrong pur-
poses, of being actuated towards the freedmen
by sinister intents, and are CALLED by the hourly
consciousness that we cannot be trusted to deal
justly with our former slaves and dependent
freedmen, and that between this sacred tribu-
nal Justice and the freedmen, another forum
unknown to our laws and unamenable to their
sanctuary, known as the Freedmen's Bureau,
has been deemed necessary to their safety and
protection. [ am pleased to know, that, yield
ing to the spirit and principles of the recent
acts of the General Assembly, on which have
been commenting, the chief officer of this Bu-
reau in Virginia, by General Orders approved
March II, 1856, has removed every cause of
conflict between that Bureau and the Civil
Courts in criminal cases-the jurisdiction in
such cases being prohibited to the officers of
the Bureau and left with the civil tribunals
1t is now for the Courts and the juries of the
country to complete the good work thus begun,
so that all men may understand and acknowl-
edge. eohat hnoao to be t,ue that the persons,
property and rights of the freedmen are secure
in tribunals of Virginia: and so that at length
it may not be deemed necessary to have agents
Of the Government, whose duty it is made to
watch the course Of judicial procedure where
freedmen are concerned; and, finally, that the
Freedmen's Bureau itself, may be dispensed
with, as an agency no longer required in Vir-
ginia These results, Gentlemen, which we
all so earnestly desire, will be retarded or has
tened, in no triAing degree by the action of the
Justices jurors, officers and Courts of the State.
If the laws, as they stand, be fairly and impair
TALLY administered, these happy results will
soon be achieved and thereby the best inter-
ests Of the Commonwealth be secured. [ feel
assured the Grand Jury of this county viii so
discharge their duties as to give no occasion for
criticism to the most sensitive or suspicious.
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undergo, and also to send some to some of our
naturalists, to determine the species and to
learn if some antidote to their ravages may not
be found?
This beautifully romantic and picturesque re-
gion pays heavy penalty for so charming the
eye, in its peculiar liability to those destructive
and almost instantaneous risings of its thousand
rivulets, creeks, and rivers by big rains such as
the one Saturday evening the End day of this
month created. The road from Rockfsh Gap
up Rockfsh and down Hat creek is nearly wash
ed away, and sad indeed, on both streams, is
the loss of crops and fences, and injury to the
land. This remark is applicable to Tye, Piney
and Buffalo rivers and the innumerable small
tributaries of these and other streams all thro'
this county. Among great many instances of
losses, will mention that of Mr. Jacob War
WICK, OF his new saw mill dam, on Piney river,
just finished; Mr.. Saml Harris dam on In
dian creek, near Temperance, in this county,
also, and MIR. John Cash's mill (chopping) on
Buffalo; Mr. Turner, east of New Glasgow had
1000 hills of tobacco, just set out, an acre of
thrifty melon plants, and a fine garden clean
washed off So, also, Mr.. True, just West of
same village, had 80 acres of corn on Buffalo,
in fine and thrifty condition. with most of the
soil, washed off. Any one familiar with the
road from New Glasgow to Amherst G. HI. will
form some idea of the flood to know that the
y
ments from which the bridge over Buffalo was
washed away some years ago.
The traveller is much struck with the hand
some sites of many of the residences, as he rides
through this region, and the wide view of noun
tain hill and plain presented to these dwellers
amid the sturdy oaks, from their tastefully 10
Gated mansions, must awaken all the better
feelings of our nature
A tall shaft some fifteen or twenty feet in
height, Of white marble, occupying pretty
knoll at the Southern slope of Tobacco Rows
mountain, marks the resting place of Mr..
Fletcher, once prominent citizen of this coun-
ty. Tis seen distinctly for a distance of fifteen
miles in one direction, and eight to ten miles in
others. He came here poor and unknown
half century ago perhaps, from one Of the Nor
thern States, and soon acquired big fortune,
by provident industry He has left it divided
out among an extensive family. The last rest
ing place of Mr.. Robert Tnsley, an aged and
prominent citizen, who died, perhaps, in 1860,
attracts your attention, in the ride from New
Glasgow to this place. A mile or more West
OF the last named village you pass a tastefully
arranged white frame dwelling, now occupied
by MIR. Edgar Whitehead, that is the site of
one Of the old Glebe in Colonial days, name
forgotten. AJAX.
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EDURKE'g IRON WORKS.

I'D Corner of Frederick and Lewis Streets,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
Having completed my Foundry, am prepared
to furnish all descriptions of
Castings, Plows, Plow Castings, Hollow Ware,
Mill Gearing, Saw Mill Fixtures,
Cook and Parlor Stoves,
Of the most improved patterns, &c.
Ny castings will be made from No. | pig iron
manufactured at Estaline Furnace and can war
rant them to be of the best material.
/ have secured the services of Mr. VIM. Shuf,
who will have charge of the Moulding Depart
ment, who is one of the most skillful workmen in
his line in the Valley.
My Machine Shop will be completed and fitted
up with the most improved machinery in few
weeks when [ will be prepared to do all kinds
of finishing and repairing. Mr.. j.. "A. Moore,
who is frst-class machinist will have charge
of that department.
I hope by strict attention to business and fair
dealing to receive share ofthe public patronage
Strict attention paid to repairing old machinery
My motto is is:--Large sales and small profits
terms cash a liberal discount made to the trade
may 8-3mos w. A. BURKE.
Vim and Vir copy.
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Constitutional Amendments.

We stated last week that the joint resolution
proposing amendments to the Constitution pass
ed the Senate by vote of 33 to IL. 1t reads
as follows: f[ .sr j. u .: q. v
Resolred, By the Senate and House of Rep
resentotiues ofMe United States of Anserico as
Congress assembled, ta0o-tlsirds of 10th Houses
cOncuTring: -'
That the following article be proposed to the
Legislatures of the several States, as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States,
which when ratified by three-fourths of said
Legislatures shall be valid as part of the Con-
stitution, namely: -
ARTTcLE-SEcuoN l. All persons born or
naturalized in the United States and subject to
the jurisdiction thereof are citizen of the United
States and of the State wherein they reside. !
No State shall make or enforce any laws
which shall abridge the privileges or immuni-
ties of citizens Of the United States; nor shall
any State deprive any person OF life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the Laws. .r r.-,e.
SEC. 2 Representatives shall be appointed
among the several States according to their re-
spective numbers, counting the whole number
of persons in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed but whenever the right to vote at any
election for electors of President and Vice Pres
ident, or for United States representatives in
Congress, executive and judicial officers, or the
members of the Legislatures thereof, is denied
to any of the male inhabitants of such State,
being twenty-one yeras of age and citizens of the
United States, or in any way abridged, except
for participation in rebellion or any other crime,
the basis of representation therein shall be re-
duced in the proportion which the numbers of
such male citizens shall bear to the whole num-
Der OF male citizens twenty-one years of age IN
such State. ~ So. r {.f
SEC. 8. No person shall be Senator or Rep
resentatiye in Congress, or eleetor of President
and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or
military, under the United States, or under any
State, who having previously taken an oath as
a member O. Congress, or as an officer Of the
United States, or as a member of any State
Legislature, or executive or judicial officer
of any state, to support the Constitution of the
United States, shall have engaged in insurrec-
ton or rebellion against the same or given aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Con-
gress may, by vote of tWo-tirds of each House,
remove such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the
United States authorized by law, including
debts incurred for the payment of pension and
bounties for services in suppressing insurrec-
ton or rebellion, shall not be questioned but
| neither the United States nor any State shall
assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred
in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, or any claim for the loss or e.
Emancipation Of any slave but all such debts,
obligations, and claims, shall be held illegal and
void.
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Sidney Smiths Salad Recipe.

To make this condiment, your poet begs
Two boiled potatoes passed thro' kitchen sieve,
Smoothness and softness to the salad give
Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl,
And, half suspected animate the whole.
OF mordant mustard add single spoon,
Distrust the condiment that bites soon;
But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault,
To add a double quantity of salt.
-Four times the spoon with oil from Lucca brown
And twice with vinegar procured from town
And lastly, o er the favored compound toss
magic soupcon of anchory sauce.
Oh, green and glorious Oh, herbaceous treat
'Twoud tempt the dying anchorite to eat
Back to the world he d turn his feeting soul,
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl!
Serenely full, the epicure would say
"Fate cannot harm me, | have dined to-day