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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28
4oetrg,
THE TWO SUNSETS

NO bird song floated down the hill,
The tangled bank below was still;
No rustic from the birchen stem,
ho ripple from the waters hem.
The dust of twilight round US grew,
We felt the falling of the dew;
Far, from us, ere the day was done,
The wooded hills shut out the sun.
Bat on the rivers farther side,
We saw the hill-tops glorifed;
a tender glow. exceeding fair,
A dream Of day, without its glare
With US the damp, the chill, the gloom;
With them the sunsets rosy blooms
While dark through willowy vistas scene
The river rolled in shade between.
From out the darkness where we trod
We gazed upon those hills Of God,
Whose light seemed not ofmoon or sun;
We spake not, but our thought was one
We paused, as if from that bright shore
BeckOned our dear ones gone before
And stilled our beating hearts to hear
The voices lost to mortal earl
Sudden our pathway turned from night;
The hills swung open to the light;
Thro their green gates the sunshine show
A logg, slant splendOr downward 2owed.
Down glade, and glen, and bank il rolled :
i. n dyed the shaded stream with gold,
And, borne on piers of mist, allied
The shadowy with the sunlit side
" So, prayed we, " when our feet draw nea
The river dark with mortal fear,
" And the night cometh, chill with dow,
0 Father let Thy light break through
8 So let the hills Of doubt divide,
So bridge with faith thesuness tide
q So let the eyes hat fall on earth
On Thy eternal hills look forth;
10 And in Thy reckoning angels, know
The dear ones whom We loved below
Joln G. FIirsr.
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Official Journal Of the State of Louisiana.
]. o. NIXON, Editor aud Proprietor

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PAYMENTS:

One half Of all expenses mnst be paid
the beginning of the Session the other a
the middle of the term. No deduction Wi 1,
made for lost time from the entrance -
pupil to the close of the Ses sion exec
asses OF protrac ted illness In cas- G. farr
porary want Of cash, cotton or short tine
drafts will be received in payment oi 5ass.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28
IMPROYEMENTs-A.

IMPROVEMENTs.-A spacious gymns-
SUM and additional recitation rooms are
being erected valuable additions TO the Lab
ratory Of the School have been made.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28

Among its" Home Matters" the
Boston Post perpetrates the follow
ing personal assault: The lady who
undertook yesterday to refresh sim
uItaneously twin infants in horse
ear had her arms full, and displayed
capacity more than she probably
was conscious of.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28
REMARKs.-By a comparisop 0

REMARKS.-By q comparison Q s.ly.
tised rates, it will be seen that the ~.
in this School are as low as those m
tablished school in the State, and love
the rates of most schools in the Soutb.
The price OF tuition is as low as it Wa
fore the war in gold. The charges for boa
provisions is lessened.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28

Rev. j. L. NJ. Curry, President of
HOWARD College, lat Marion, Alabama,
a distinguished pulyit orator, was
unanimously elected last week by
the Free NasOn Street Baptist Church
in Norfork, Va pastor ofthat church.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28

All who intend PatrOniEing the School
next Session. are requested to give early no
uoe, as The mum Der Of pupils that can Be &C.
CON mooated viii soon be engaged.
pal.
IT O. RICE.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28

To my debtors would say. pay me what thou
Owest. for my wants are great.
To my creditors that, with me, greenbacks are
scarce, but it they want any work. done in my line
would gladly liquidate my debts in this way, n
am not able ~ come to time with the spondu
lix.' DAVID J0URNAY
janl9U
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-28
STALLS UNRIvALLEp PLANO POLISH
MOUNT HERMON
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
Near Clinton, Miss.

THE TWELFTH ANNUAL SESSION
l. Of this Institute will commence MON.
DAY, September 23d, 1867, and close last
week in June, 1868.
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CHAS. c. DUDLEY


A TToRNEY AND COUNSELOR AT Law. OF
IN flee on Wall street, opposite and below J. W.
Wood & Co.'s Store, Idaho City, l. T. n1tf.
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duce slckenlng sensation to persons of deli,
cate habit of body, and the berries which,
grow upon it, which children are very ant to.
pluck and eat, have in some instances caused,
death to the little innocents.,
IMPROVEMENTS. st E4
In and everywhere upon the suburbs of
Boise City, there is much Improvement going
on, i'm buildings for stores and dwellings, gar
dens fruit growing, and in other ways which
denote the confidence the residents themselves
have in the permanency and prosperous future
of the place. Across from the city, on the op-
pOsite bank of the river, is the new Touring
mill and distillery of Mr.. Isaacs, formerly of
Dalles City, which is not yet completed but
will be in few months Hart's new hotel is
feature within the city. And so. in another
way, is the large saloon of Stark g. Oldham.
on Main street, which calls to mind the similar
great establishments which flourished in all
the cities Of California in early days, and are
now to be found in thriving interior camps or.
towns where miners most do congregate.
ra THE RACE TRACK.
Back of the city, towards the hills is the
Race Track, and very good one it is, so far
.as the track itself is concerned-being welt
laid out, very level all the way around, and of
good turfy quality The track is pretty well.
fencod in, but the buildings are as yet primi-
tive and meagre. During the year deal of
sport is gotten up, and some very interesting,
mile and shorter distance races have been run,
over it.
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II, ZIPF. ii. D.,
DR. J.. WILLIS.

JAS. HEALY, M. D.,
nHYSIcIANA AND SURGEON OFFICE ON EAST
Il side Of Montgomery street. three doors above
Wall Idaho City. n1tf
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4rofessional Cards.


A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. OF
u fee in the Post Office building, cor. Wall and
Montgomery streets, Idaho City. n1tf.
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A LAkGE STOCK or LIQUORS BY THE PACkAGE
IN at. a8 gffsa ANDREWS 4 co.'s, Wall street.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

70 The rumor that Gen. Sheri-
danhad elected President johnson
from office, is contradicted. 1t is,
however, considered reliable, that
Gen. Sheridan ordered the reno
val of the President; but owing
to the kind intercession of Gen.
Grant, in behalf of the President,
he is pe'mittedto occupy the White
House-on trial of future good
behavior in Office-but has been
given to understand that any in
reference by him, with the Mill
tary Hells established in the South.
will subject him to summary dis
missal from Office by Sheridan.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

U Scarcely day passes that
we do not hear of some good citi-
zen preparing to leave this sunny
land of ours, in order to escape
the tyranny, oppression and deg
radiation that seems to be ineyita-
BILE. If our lands could be con
vertedinto money we verify believe
one-fourth of our white population
would leave for some foreign land
before next Spring. However
loath they may be to leave the
land of their birth, their childhood,
they cannot bear the thought Of
living under a government OF
Yankees and free negroes. Those
who wish to purchase lands cheap
would do well to make invest
ments now. We know one gen
tleman in this county who was
offered twenty-five thousand dol
lars in gold for his plantation be-
fore the war, who now offers to
take seven thousand. We are
sorry to see this anxiety to get
out of the country, but we cant
blame them under the circumstan.
ces.-Brandon Miss. Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06
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The Bossier Banner will be issued
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Advertisements inserted at 81 so per
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sertien. Liberal terms offered to yearly
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Professional and business cards of
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Publishing announcements of candi-
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e All articles published for the
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for as advertisements.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

~ The only speech Jefferson
Davis has yet made In Canada
was delivered in Niagara durin 2
his visit to that plaoe--when hes
was serenaded by the band Of the
town and a large number of ths.
townspeople. They were invites
into Mr.. Mason's house, whesr
Mr.. Davis was staying, and Intro.
duced to that gentleman, who an.
pressed his thanks in the follow.
ing speech:
"Gentlemen-I thank you ain.
cerely for the honor you have
this evening shown to me: II
shows that true British manhood
to which misfortune is always Al.
tractive. May peace and prcsperi.
ty be forever the blessing Of Cana.
da, for she has been the asylum
for many of my friends, as she i
now an asylum for myself. /
hope that Canada may forever n.
main part of the British empire.
and may God bless you all, and
the British flag never cease "a
wave over you" q
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

GoDEY's LADIYs BoOK.-Tbs
July number of this Uruely excel.
lent monthly is lying before MS.
and is fully up to it's usual stand,
ard in point of all the requisites
which go to make up o flrst.elass
magazine, and which is now ne
garded second to none In this
country. We cannot see how
any lady, who pretends to keep
pace with the progress Of this
fashionable age, can dispense with
Godey's Ladies' Book. We re-
commend it most heartily % eur
lady friends. Its price il only sS
per annum, and is worth more
than thrice that amount.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06


q Brick Pomeroy aIludes to
hell as "Military District No, g.,
IN. o. Crescent.
This accounts for the unpleas
ant dilema in which Louisiana
finds herself. She is but one Emil.
tary7 step from the "District OF
He'll" We have tried the 9TH
District, under the espionage OF
Venomventing Tarantula Sheri-
dan, and are now willing to swap
commanders with the 9th District,
so-caIled. Ministers of the gospel,
and other good men--in our palmy
days of youthful innocence-used
to frighten us with the name and
deeds Of the Prince of Darkness
but we have since tried Sheridan.
and the Devil, nor all the Incar-
nate 6ends of He'll, 1--WE mean Dis
triet No. 81 have much terrors
for US now. We are fully convinc-
ed that, by thetimewe get through
with the tutelage of the 9th Dis
triet, under Sheridan, the 9th
District, so-called, under the COM
maRd of Old Clovenfoot, can fur
nish no new or unfelt fortunes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

IT AS willb seen by reference
to q notice published elsewhere,
the time for registration has been
extended up to the 10Th instant.
We also learn by kilograms from
Washington, that the time for
registration throughout the entire
State, has been extended to the
LIST of August. Thisis as itshould
be, the writings of the Shiny
worm, Tarantula Sheridan, to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Since
the PRONUNCIATION of Attorney Gen
eral Stanbery's opinion (which has
not as yet been officially announc-
ed in this parish) a sufficient time
was not given those to register
heretofore excluded under the mis-.
constructions and misunderstood
ings of the Military Bill.
We have heretofore urged
upon all good citizens the vast inn
portance of acting in this duty,
and we hope our efforts, in behalf
of what we believe to be of great
Importance to the future welfare
of our country, and the happiness
ofOur people, havenot been in vain.
We would be proud indeed, to see
Bossier parish take the lead of all
parishes of the State, in point OF
numbers of good, conservative,
white citizens registered. Let it
be said that Bossier parish is com
posed of a people who see and feel
the importance of having a voice
in the control of every public in
terest. Let every personal feel
ing of enmity to general govern.
ment be banished, and take the
noble, and more generous view,
and look not to the qualification
Of your own personal whims, but
to the best interest of your falni-
lies, your friends and (if you have
any your country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

~ Says the Chicago Journal !:
"German, Swiss and Norwegian
immigrantsrecently arrivedin New
York are daily reaching this city
by scores and hundreds. Most Of
them are bound farther west. It
is noticeable that these immi-
grants, though costumed as peas
ants, are, many of them, compai-
lively in good condition and of
the better Glass;
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

70 Charles G'Connor, of New
York, says slavery has not been
constitutionally abolished. We
should like to know what has
been done by the Radicals that is
constitutional. With them "the
Constitution isn't worth the paper
it is written On.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

70 The festive freedmen Of
Brandon, Miss, amuse themselves
on Saturday nights with taking
gates off their hinges, turning
stock into the yards, blockading
sidewalks with rails, shooting pis-
tolls, and making night hideous
with their yells, oaths and black
guard language.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

~ During the past week the
weather has been cool and pleas
ant, with continuous heavy show
erG. at
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

u The Lexington Statesman
calls the Radical party ssthe rapid
ly running party of progress.a
We presume the party took this
name from the manner in which
its Congressionalleaders madepro-
gress toward Washington on their
return from Bull Run.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

u Mr.. Buchanan is considered
the richest of the surviving ex-
Presidents, and enjoys his otsuns
cum digaitGte as one may with
100000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

q Mr.. j. B. Lewis, Jr., continues
to hold forth at No. 9, Texas street,
Shreveport. He has always on hand
large assortment of Boots, Shoes, Hats,
&C.. which be will sell at New Orleans
prices. 2
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

u 1t is said that Worcester,
Mass, employs 1900 men in boot
making, and as many more in
the vicinity get their work from
that city. It is estimated thatSl,
900, 900 worth of boots and shoes
are annually sent out of the city.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

- The Ohio Democrats are
confident of carrying that State
next fall. So are they In PennsyL
vania. The black physie begins
to work and nauseate the white
stomach of the North.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

- Nearly all the Catholic cler.
gy of Poland who have been exiled
to Siberia have been authorized
to return to their diocese.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

~ 1t is said that a Buffalo
man whipped his wife nearly TO
death because she ate an orange
that another man gave her.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06

- There have been forty-one
strikes within three months in
vaEions cities in Indiana. Five
were successful.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-07-06
Communicated.
The Draining of Red River
Valley.

for more than fifteen years in Bos-
sier parish, and studying the geo.
graphy of Red River considerably
during that time, l have come to
the conclusion that nine-tenths of
the bottom land on that River,
above Alexandria, could be re-
claimed and rendered not at all
liable to overflow.
This end could be accomplished
by the use of three different meth
DDS, all assisting each other. Let
the reader remember that the nav
igation of the river should only
be a secondary consideration, for
| expect presently to show that
the improvement to the country,
by retaining the lands, would
far exceed any loss it could
sustain, even by a total loss of
navigation. These three methods
are: first, Strengthening the river
and its bayous that run next the
high land; second, deepening the
channels of the river and these
bayous; and third, leveeing the
various islands made by the river
and these bayous. The part of
Red River under consideration,
differs in character considerably
from the Mississippi, in Louisiana,
by having a very considerable
fall. The surveyors of the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Texas Rail
road found the Red River bottom
at Shreveport twenty-nine feet
higher than the Ouachita bottom
at Monroe. Monroe, although in
the bottom, has never been known
to overflow, and it is clear to any
mind that ourswamp lands, which
are so much higher, might by a
judicious system and but small
expenditure of money, be COM
pletely reclaimed.
The intention of the first method
is to get rid of the superintendent
water the sooner, and to assist in
bringing about the deepening of
the channel. To effect this
Strengthening of the river and
bayous, it would only be necessary
to cut the various isthmuses form
ed by the winding of the streams.
The increased rapidity that would
thus be occasioned, would have a
great tendency to deepen the chan
nels. Assist this tendency by cut
ting out the various lodges of soft
stone, indurated clay and blue
mud that intersect the channels,
and the deepening would be effect
ed. [ think that by this means
an increased depth of channel of
twenty-feet might be attained at
Shreveport. Garry this increased
depth up to the Caddo lakes, and
they would be drained. Deepen
ing the channel would give great
er capacity; Strengthening would
give less. Very probably, there
fore, the effect of these two in pre-
venting or causing overhows,
would be mutually counteracted,
were it notfor the increased rapid
ity OF current caused by straight
ening and shortening the chan
nels. The argument is often adj
vanced that this quick discharge
OF the water would cause greater
liability to overflow by bringing
the water that runs into the river
more quickly down upon the land.
In a short river this might have
some show ofreason, butin a river
Of the length of ours, the rapidity
OF current would prevent, in a
great measure, overflows. There
are SO many and large channels to
Red River that a rise i'm only one
OF it's tributaries couldnever cause
an overflow; but there must be a
rise in all, or nearly all. of ifs
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river, and the bayous next the
hills, Strengthened and deepened,
the waters of all the four first
mentioned bayous, and even the
waters of Little River would have
time to escape before the waters
from upper Red River couldreach
them.
Every obstruction, such as RATS,
or dams of any sort, makes a river
more liable to overflow above the
obstruction, and [ think it must
be clear to every one that every
bend is a partial obstruction.
From the mouth of Cane River
to the State line, the river water
does not all meetin the same chan
mel, but at one point, which is
Grand Ecore; and were the nat
ural outlets not INSTRUCTED it
would not all meet there. IF the
bayou obstructed at Campte runs,
as think it does, the opening of
it would have a great tendency to
relieve the river. My impression
is that it runs, or could easily be
made to run, into Black Lake, and
from thence the water runs into
the Bon Dieu, below the head of
Old River. From the mouth of
Cane River up the bottom would
be mainly divided into large is
lands. Between Cane River and
the Bon Dieu is one; between the
river and the Campte bayou would
be another. Between Bayou
Pierre on one side and the river,
and on the other side between the
river and COuchatta and Red
Chutes and Benoist's Bayou are
two very large islands, and two
thirds of the Caddo lakes would
be converted into a large island.
All bayous of minor Importance
might be closed, and each island
leveed where low places would
make it necessary. The effect of
leyees upon the Mississippi, is
thought by some to be the gradu-
al raising of the bed of the river.
But ON Red River such could not
be the effect, because of the great
fall and consequent rapidity of
the current. This would necessa-
rily prevent the deposit of mud
ON the bed of the channel.
/ have been at the Falls of the
river, at Alexandria, during a low
stage of the water, and 1 saw that
it was quite practicable to fence
the water from one half the chan
mel, and at that time, to cut a
channel of even the whole width
of the river entirely through the
ledge of soft stone that forms the
obstruction. Somewhere near st.
Maurice, or Montgomery, on the
Bon Dieu, another ledge is said to
cross the river, making a ford
there in low water. This, also,
would have to be cut out. Some
ten years ago Thomas Hunter
drained Spanish Lake by digging
a trench with an excavating boat
through ledge of indrated clay;
and the same plan that he pursu-
ed could be applied to all the
lodges Of slate, indurated clay, or
blue mud, that might be found in
Bayou Pierre and Couchatta and
Red Chutes, and in the main chan
mel of Red River. 1t would be
only necessary to cut the isthmus-
es and lodges; the action of the
current would perform all the
other labor required.
Were the plan herein proposed,
adopted and carried out, for a few
years, low water navigation might
be impossible; but after the chan
mel had become deepened and all
the water turned into some one
channel, and this would happen