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The New York herald., 1867-04-24

The Ice Bridge ut Quebec Still Firm-An AZ.
tempt to bc Made to Blow it Up with Gun.
Powder.
QuEBxc, c. w., April %, 1867.
The first vessel from sea this season passed Father
Point yesterday. She Is believed TO be the Gleniffer
The ice bridge opposite this city is SILL firm. II II
does not move soon an attempt viii bc made 70 blow IL
up with ruupowder.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24
ARCHBISHOP spAululMc coNvAlrscrHr.


BALTfHoRK, Anil q, 1857.
The Catholic community everywhere win be gra,iled
20 learn Archbishop Spaudng Of this diocese Pm
mate OF the CahoIic church in.Amerca, s dead
reported recovering He expects TO make his con-
templaled journey 10 Rome early In May.
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MURDER m CLEVELAND.


GKvuAsp, Ohio, April %, 1867
Izador Aeipger well known citizcn OF this place,
was found murdered in his store this morning He was
robbed OF three hundred dollars In money. No clue to
tho murderers has been obtained.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24

ArnupS, N Y, April % 1851
The Methodist Episcopal church, ~ ths cty, va W.
s,royed BY IRE to day Loss about s25OoV insussnes
$4,000
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OF the nation in restoring the governmen. ~
original purity and once making tne prias Ano
glory OF every American heart, Wherever iounu' ~
whatever CLINE or section 3t
He further says:-
feel an abiding confidence that the people Of Texas
will not falter or prove indifferent Every citizen OF the
State however exalted humble his spnere should eel
that his country demands Of him prudent and emcent
service and that his services may be more potent Tor
good now than at any future period Every one who
entitled should register and vote a. tne proper me ana
those who are disfranchsed should encourage DINERS
that are not The best and wisest men who are
allowed 70 sit should be selected Tor members 70
the convention No impedment snoua1 % sa.own IA
reasonable means and encouragement should be ex
tended 20 them in order that they may enjoy without
sponsbe for the present state OF things and should this
extraordinary enlargement OF the right OF suffrage tend
70 the destruction OF republican institutions or 70 the
dsmorazaton and ruin OF the blacks they are not re-
sponsibs Herealer Msy % Be 70 ths people Of the
South semeM polisicdl p0'osr aad Strength II wisely
Elections Suspended.
Ht SPECIAL oRpERs-So. GO
HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT TEXAS
GALVESTON, Texas, April Is, 1861 !
Ill Agreeaby with instructions received this date
from the Commanding General, Fifth military district,
all further elections by civil authority IL he State OF
No elections viii be held until they ordered under
the law by the military Commander.
AL appointments to vacancies which occur among the
appoiuees Of the Executive Department OF the State
will be made by the Governor, as heretofore.
Vacancies occurring which are filed ordinarily by
election win BE- reported by the Executive department.
All appointments herein authorized to be made by the
Chief Executive Of tho State will be duly notified to
Commander NsMeN@ sse Ut
By command Of Brevet Major General Griffin.
Second Lieutenant Seventeenth O. s. Infantry,
A. A. A. General.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24
NAyIcATloH ON the LAKES.

The Straits Of Mackinaw Open.
MnwAUKEE April %, 1867.
The straits OF Macknaw open TO navigation.
The propeller Messenger has just arrived here beng the
irst boat through here this season.
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Navigation Of Lake Michigan.

DErROfT, April %, 1861
The propeller Montgomery arrived asjPort Sarnia at
two o'clock this afternoon, from Chicago She IL the
nrst boat Of the season from Lake Michigan.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24

The Floods In Cannda-The Towns Of Three
Rivers and Bcrthier Partially Submerged.
THREE RIVERS, c. T., April 20 1867
The ice in the river here moved last night but again
stationary The water has risen to great height The
lower portion Of the town ID completely inundated The
poor people are housed In the town hail. The village OF
Berthier 10 also inundated The river is still rising
Much distress and alarm prevail
The New York herald., 1867-04-24

81. LOUIS, NO., April 23 1867
Tho latest from the Platte say that the
freshet has reached Its height and that the
slowly recedng No fear of further damage Pac
&c Railroad entertained and the recent damage will be
speedily repaired The worst break Ia Elkhorn
ton where four hundred yards Of the track has been
washed away.
The railroad between Omaha and Chicago has been
damaged by the freshcs and the water st continues
rising.
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The Flood in the Missouri,
The Flood I'm Platte River.

Inc FIOOO lu the NIissOurl.
LEAvEywoRTH Kansas, April %, 1867.
The great flood still continues in the Missouri river.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24

Navigation Open on Lake Pepin.
81. LoUrs, April 20, 1857.
Lake Pepin was opened ON Sunday, and boats have
passed through.
The New York herald., 1867-04-24
ARRIVAL or TINE HARVEST QUEEN Al SAN FRANCISCO.

sAS FRaScfsco, April 22, 1861
SHIP Hrvss, Queen, from New York. arrived here on
Saturday.
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assurance doubIy sure, that out Of this root there
never shall arse quarrel again Every man =
bound 70 20 up 70 the EXTREMIST limit OF concation
but that extreme limit 10 ths:That no man has right
TO sacrifice the shadow OF right that will by any possi
again in this quarrel. Whoever advances one hairs
breadth beyond the line Of that certainty 10 disoya TO
Cod and 70 The dead Appausel war settles some, ONE;
thing IL has settled that this root OF bitterness shall
be extracted forever; that dollar, life, no effort
shall be required 10 tread this spark Of national
combustion. And have one word more on this doc
trine OF conciliaton l never yet have heard white
man. either in the press the pulpit in Congress- who
undertake: 70 prssch Cancellation end bis sermon BY
When conciliating the South he always ends
by offering 70 sacrifice the negro. It 10 should
out ali the provision and furniture 70 some poor family
aud then proclaim II the sound Of the trumpet
Wss s.d % nsS ha h s % Sa
he onged ding the altar Of his bleeding country
all his wiiss male relations tIAughser) Well, the
magnanmity that We have reached is OF the same
character uLaughter) No man processes 70 sacrifice
one Of his own rights, but maxnanmousIy lays the
% that we are @ called Much Is said of prudence There
IL not q man, nor party, nor journal on this con
ncnt entitled by i,s past history or IL present attitude
10 preach magnanimy, Cancellation prudence to the
old apt-slavcry party-not There has not been
party on this continent ths2 forgavs 50 uch for.
nlause IL hrs been slandered for for forty years and
itbelled by every journal The capital of many press
Tor twenty years has been nothing else bat lies abon
abolitionlsts many a politician having ridden inio
Office solely BY his abuse Of the whose names are
connected with the anti-savery party fling back with
the most contemptuous ndaerencs the advice Of any
journal or any preacher this continent 10 me as
member Of the antisavery party to be concatory or
prudent (Applause.l / recognize duty in the hour
Tlsere stands the conquered State One milton OF
educated, unconverted, influential white men It's
nucleus These the brains Of those States Thcy
have nj wavs ruled and rule to-day They will rule until
Equally Intelligent brains ptcd against EN-
rbev 6sl,sve to-day exactly they believed 60 not
vithssandiuQ what Wade Hampton says party plat
form wade Hampton and Jefferson DAVIS to-day, from
the crowns Of their heads TO the soes of their feet
heve Just ~ they did IN las? They tsleve danger
element and that they doing Gods service when
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stor Mr. Philps knew wha be was saying. and knew
The criticism that he was s'ersisiog but We stood IN
fear nced bc entertained Of the people; they
were ali right He had looked In the faces
he knew people 70
millions Of people had got thsr hands on this Southern
olgarchy they would strangew and never lot Il up. u
was only legislation that betrayed public opinion. The
only joy that he had in the military bill was that IL was
step showing how the piblic element 10 forcing
70 is ss Sns ONE sa
we'd We did nos no. ask assent and We drew The
was coming next would say tn South that the negro
should have not only the baot but forty acres Of land
under his feet HIS ,dea o. reconssrason % was not
could no more be restrained by parchment
than the Leviathan could b. restrained by cords.
ncrro--he wanted the rights snntsd. He wanted tho
hundreds OF negroes In South Ctrons TO have the bal
o S nin n ss. ss%s.
servant IIaughterD What carried South Carolina out
OF the Union He meant that the knaves carried IL
would therefore have an amendment to the consttu
ton that should not only secure he ballot 70 the white
and TO the black but should provide that II that
should al the expense Of the Stlte. He not de-
spondent and knew that the people had made up their
knew that there was but one path down 10 South
Carolina for schoolmstresses--it was through the
White House. aud IN the ctry stood Joanson,
Military bill and n he did not execute II would
have nls room and not his company Men said
Il y A dangerous 10 impeach PRESIDENT he knew Il
was Did they kuos Gght isswnich neither party
ran any riskf II was dangerous for General Grant
20 20 down to Richmond, where he lost so, 900
men why did be goy Because was dangerous for
him 10 remain where bc Our 'athcrs knew as we'll
as we did that there never would be President OF the
United states Ahout party, and sere could be no I'M
aeinabe circumstance IN which the impeachment Of
President would not lead 20 conct between two parties
WELL II II could not be done, 1t be so said II we
ware not eauai 10 u, let u be confessed Jf
inpcac mont did not take this man 1.-THE
Prssdonu there never could he man
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-06-01

GOOD EXCUsE.-The last num-
Der of the Weekly Pine Bluff
Ark. Dispatch apologies for the
small amount of editorial matter
in that issue, on the ground that
Major Sparks, the editor is absent,
Captain Black, who is editor du-
ring the majors absence, quite
sick and unable to write anything,
whilst the military bill having be.
come a law, the remainder of the
attaches are too "skeart" to- say
anything, unless they talk about
Fenians. Besides all that, the Of
flee is half full of snow, the print
ers nearly frozen, the publishers
cow has run dry, the editors wife
out of wood, the hens unwilling
to lay, and the writer himself IN
despair from these manifold ills.
He says to his patrons If these
reasons are insufficient for the
barren condition of his columns,
they may go to Boston for better
ones. ..t2'@4S 49,
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u A religious paper says 'sthe
robust sinewy piety of our ances-
tors is to great degree suppressed
ed by passion for show and o
thirst for senuous excitement.
We are infatuated with the glitter
and glare of pompous demonstra-
tions. The Church, which was
intended as the home of weary
souls, the nurse Of manly virtue,
the gathering spot for the com
munion of saints, is converted in
to scene for aesthetic display.
Soft, seductive appeals to the i'm
aginatiOn are made of more ac-
count than masculine reasonings
on righteousness, temperance, and
Judgment to Gomez
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-06-01

% An old Confed. veteran is
responsible for the following: He
says, while campaigning in Vir7
ginia in 1862, being something of
a butter-milk ranger, he strayed
off q head of the column, and stop.
ped at a cabin to get some refresh
ments. While there, the column
came up and while filing past the
old dog 'sBeve" dashed out to the
fence barking ftrriously. A little
tow-headed, shirt-tail urchin in
the house drawled out, "Mammy,
call Beve; don't let him bite the
armyw Haz3sf r4dH
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NUMBER 9.

70 George Francis Train in a
late speech, at New York, made
the following ''ungallant,D but
truthful raid: ,aa, a. vfaa
''French fashions, French GUS
toms, extravagant living and. the
family physicians prescriptions
are fast destroying American NOR
ality and American constitutions.
Fewer marriages, more divorces
produce less virtue and more vice.
Our modern marriage service
should read thus: Clergyman
VIII you take this brown-stone
front, this carriage and span,
these diamods for thy husbands
Yes. Naughter.) will you take
this unpaid milliner's bill, this
high waterfall of foreign hair,
these atfectation accomplishments
and feeble costitution for thy wed
ded wife? cloud laughter) Yes.
Then, what mammon has Joined
together, let the next best man
run away with, so that the first
divorce court may tear them asun-
der.n NIL
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Somebody.
BY PEARL RIVERS.

Somebody will be at the Fair to o-night-
Somebody that loves mc we'll
And her heart will throb, and her check
grow bright .. .-...
AS the rose in her native dell.
Somebody will be at tho Fair tonight,
Whose eyes will seek my own, ...t
With holy trust, and soft delight
Which they give to mine alone.
Somebody will be at tho Fair tonight.
With heart whose hidden key
| found concealed one moonlight night
In rose she gave to me.
Somebody will be at the Fair tonight,
With heart, to me as true w..
As her fragrant, flowing robe is white
AS her ribbons bright arc blue
While apart from the restless crowd We
stand, ..-...
With smile OF love divine,
Somebody will nestle little hand, &c.,.
Like quiet dove, i'll mine. .a
Dear little hand Of the soft Carcss, ......
as white as the foam of the sea,
Its pulses, so delicate, all confess
The love she would hide from me
Somebody will be at the Fair tonight,
With Il rose i'll her silkcn hair,
And her heart us fresh us is petals white,
And as pure as an angels prayer. III
Somebody will wear to the Fair to night
y kiss on her lips for NE,
Loves ornament, so purely bright, ......
That only Il lover may sec.
When the rose-buds dream Of the dreamy
May,
And awake to find her near.
And the zcphyrs cool i'll the tree tops play,
And the turtles voice we hear ''E
When the tender buds and leaflets green
Float in the warm spring tide,
Anda summers dream III the sky is seen,
Somebody will be my bride.
.-a .. i N o. Times
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accept" i"

We observe that quite a num-
Der of our Arkansas exchanges
are very bitterly opposed to ac-
cepting the conditions of the re-
construction bills. We deeply
sympathize with the feelings
which lead to that sort of utter
ance, because they spring from an
indignant sense Of oppression, and
from the logical certainty that
those bills are in violation of all
law, and directly contrary to the
American theory of government.
But a moments reflection will
convince those who are urging
this opposition that they are fight
ing all air castle. They can't ac-
cept those bills. If they could
then we would join in rejecting
them with scOrn. The Southern
people were not consulted as to
the passage of them, and they
arc not now consulted as to wheth-
er they shall go into effect. The
hypOcritical pretence contained in
the bills themselves that they are,
is as base a peice Of political Jug
glery as ever disgraced the halls
Of legislation. Congress has as
plainly declared that the Govern
ment shall be recognized under
those bills as if it had said so in
so many words. In truth, that
body has completely revolutinized
the government and now, support
cd by the army and navy and the
great body of the Northern peo-
pie, rules supreme. 1t is a cor
rupt and rotten oligarchy, and
has usurped all the powers of the
government.
The question then is not wheth-
ed we will accept their terms, for
they offer us none, and have de
cided and fixed the matter with
out consulting us about it. Let
us then cease discussing as to
whether we will or will not accept,
as it is matter with which we
are not permitted to have any
thing to do, andscome to the real
question before us, and that is
shall the people of Arkansas, who
are permitted to participate in the
reorganization Of the State, refuse
to act or take part in the matter,
and suffer it to fall entirely into
the hands of a few interlopers and
renegades. Under this view of
the case, while we are one of the
disfranchiSed, we have no hesita-
tion in advising every true South
ern man who can take the oath to
do 50 and register; and we would
further advise all such to take suf-
ticient interest in the matter, to
give the true people of the State
a controlling influence in the Con-
ventiOn. Whether we will do this
or not is the only question really
open. Everything else is settled
for us and without our consent or
acceptance Columbia County
Ark Nindicator.
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LggcSeas ID. SsysstF5dse.

A ttorney at Law. Address Shrevep ,rt,
N La. Will practice i'll The Courts of
Caddo, Claiborne and Bossior, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of tho
State. All claims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to.
REFERENCES -Wyche & Richardson, Spy
ker q Sandidge, Hays & Adams, Hon H. M.
Spoitord, New Oricansi DIR. VIM. Burt,
HumphrcystS Il Dashicll, Harrison & Crusoc,
Columbus, Miss; Sam Moslcy, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. yGDn
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u IF you ask me which is the
real hereditary sin of human ma
ture, do you imagine / shall an
swer pride, orluxury, ambition, or
egotism, No, / shall say indo-
lence. Who conquers Incidence
will conquer all the rest. Indeed,
all good principals must stagnate
without mental activity. eaa;6
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U In reply to note from q
Farmer enquiring "what we ought
to do?" Major Jonas of the Aber-
deem (Miss) Examiner, says
''Do your duty to yourselves,
and that will fulfill your whole
duty to your country. Plant
Compliant lots of it-make sure
of your bread for the coming
year, and he will be the wisest
and most prOvidcnt of us all, who
plants for double the amount of
corn he expects to need. Do not
live another year in a state of de-
pendcnce characteristic of those
who have empty cribs. Think as
little about politics as possible,
and gathering your little ones
about YOU on rainy days, teach
them to admire and emulate all
that was noble and patriotic and
honorable i'll the career OF those
who have given the South glori-
GUS story, and teach them that it
is better to endure wrongs than
to commit them or abet them.
''If you have no good schools
in your neighbOrhoods, establish
them at once. If you lack teach
crs apply for MANNED Confeder-
ates to take charge of them YOU
can find teachers if you'll pay
them after you find them.
zone Of the greatest pcrils that
threatens in these dark days, is
that of tho Southern children
growing up in ignorance. This
danger must be guarded against
Ignorance and political depravity
go hand in hand.1
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% In the Northern States the
negro has no rights that the white
man is bound to respect. In the
Southern States, the white man
las no rights that the negro is
bound to respect Louisville
Journal.
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A young lady in FishkiIl
who had been engaged to be mar
ricd to a young man was placed in
a lunatic asylum to break up
the match, but she was soon after
wards released, and on hearing of
the marriage of the gentleman to
whom she had been engaged com
mitted suicide by shooting herself.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-06-01

U The services at Trinity
Church, in Cincinnati: recently,
were diversified by the explosion
of a lady's waterfall to the horror
OF the devout and the cdifcation
and astOnislimcnt OF all who wit
messed the catastrophe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-06-01

% A monster bird, of the peli-
can species, was shot ON the Yazoo
a few days since. 1t measured
nine feet seven inches from tip to
tip-siX feet three inches from
point of beak to the feet, and it's
crop by actual measurement, held
a little over a half bushel of she'll
cd corn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-06-01

- Courting is an irregular
active transitive verb, indicative
mood, present tense, third person,
singular number, and agrees with
all the girls. -.Gl.r gars
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70 Thad Stevens talks about "a
mild confscation." Said an Irish
man while holding his hand be-
fore the muzzle of a gun about to
be fired, ''pull it off aisy.1--[ Louis
vile Journal. l srq7a a.r-
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% The dog-killers slaughter
about four hundred dogs a month
in st. Louis. The bones are used
to clarity sugar ; the fat is sold to
druggists for medical purposes,
and the skins go to the tanner for
manufacture in glove leather. The
flesh is used-how, is not worth
talking about.
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y Has she a call to be a wife
whose husbands love weighs
naught in the balance with her
next door neighbor's damask cur
tain or velvet carpet ? noi
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HAVING permanently located in Belle
II Vue, for the prac ticc of his profession
respectfully tenders his serviccs to the oiti
zcns Of Bellevue and vicinity.
general assortment Of fresh HctlIinG ,
kept constantly ON hand nj
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VOL. 6.
j. B. LEWIS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALER IN
ROOTS. SHOES AND HATS,

BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS,
Formerly Corner of Teras and Spring
streets, kas removed to No. 8 Ierds
street, his old stand,
NThere will be presented to the
w public, the largest and best
assorted stock ever offered in this city,
consisting Of every variety and style OF
@ LADIES' SHOES.
Ladies Fine aud Heavy Shoes
varying in price from 81 SO to Sc.
GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS.
Gentiemen's fine and heavy Boots
from S. to SIS.
Gentlemea's Shoes-of every de-
scriphon-iu prices from SO to SO.
MISSES BOOTS AND SHOES.
Misses Boots and shoes of every
style and price,
Boys and Youths Boots and Shoes.
Boys and Youths Boot and shoes
Of all descriptions and prices.
CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES.
Chhiren's Boots and shoes-in end
less yariety-and prices to suit. Also,
"AE~~
Of every descriptiea-with prices to
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-06-01

% We CLEAN the following
chunks of wisdom from Josh Bill
lings: - fra.
1t IL gittin so now-a-daze if a
man kant cheat in sum way he
amt happy.
Success in life liz very apt tew
make us forget the time when we
wasn't much. 1t IL iist so with
the frog on the jump; he kant
remember when he waz a tadpoIc
but other folkes kan. l.
An individual to be a fine gen
tleman has either got to be born
SO, or brought up so from infancy;
he kant learn it sudden enny moar
than he kan learn how to tork In
jun correctly by praktising on a
tommy hawk. ..t @a
serpose Adam il the only man
who ever lived and want never
spanked. .aa o.t
Where hard work kills ten idle
ness kills d hundred men. r. 50
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Zones g. Harris.

A ttorncys and Counselors at Law,
IN Shreveport, La. Will practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. r. .r ....... vi n3l
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II. Eg. Watkins,

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
II den, La. Will practice in the
10th and 18th District Courts. Prompt
attention given to all legal business en-
trusted to his care. n2s