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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-11-23

u lfyou want to make a good
call in a newspaper Office always
make a short one. Very rarely sit
down. Use as few words as pos
sible, and have those directed to
the naked point. Having uttered
which concentrated wisdom, take
your departure. The look of things
may be inviting, comfortable and
all that, but resist it's fascination
and tear yourself away. The
pleasure of your calling, you may
be assured, will be in proportion
to its brevity. If you haven't
business don't call at all. Business
is businessmen talk, nonsense.
never-ending lounging and loafing.
We don't like to be personal, but
it everybody insists upon apply
ing it, we can only say that there
is no law preventing them from
doing so.
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70 Lakes Hippo Olympiad Cir
Gus exhibited at this place Thurs
day, afternoon and evening. This
Company is one of the grandest
humbugs, in it's line, that has
passed through this country with
in our recollection. With the as
slstance OF mammoth posters, &C.,
they succeeded in humbugging a
small audience into attendance,
mulcting them handsomely. The
Company does not come up to the
standard ola respectable humbug.
Inferior riding, stale witticisms,
and the "chaste and fastidiousr
exhibition mot put down in the
BILLS of the brutal proprietor Mr.
Lake, choking his little son for
falling from his horse, were the
principal entertainments ~ of the
occasion.
The only creditable exhibition
of the whole concern, was the at
tached "side- show of the "educa
ted hOg,n which was really curl
osity, and well worth seeing. The
poor hog, however, as we'll educa
ted as he is, has fallen into bad
company. Vive la humbug!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-11-23

u The Indians of the same
tribe seldom steal from each other.
Ii one does steal the property is
taken back. So says a correspon-
dent of the st. Louis Republican.
What a great pity this "civilizedo
christian nation cannot emulate
the virtue ofthe untutored savage ?
In the beautiful drama of Ingomar
this barbarian herois made tosay.
when a base proposition is offered
him by those calling themselves
christian gentlemen, to betray his
lawless friends in consideration of
the hand of the gentle Parthenia
in marriage, he Indignantly scorns
the unworthy proposition with the
noble language: 'If this is civil
cation, l thank God I am a bar
barian." We think our Northern
friends might well pray God to re-
turn them to barbarism, for a
period at least, since with them
honesty has "for a season babe
the world FAREWELL
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Succession Sale.
Succession of ID. r Hooks a.,

Succession Of d. I. Hooks, decd.
Ry virtue of writ Of sale ;ssa..
~ from the Honorable the Distr;0.
Court Of Bossier, La, in the suceas
sion of David [. Hooks, deceased "a
to me directed, | will proceed to sail
at public action to the last and hiobe..
bidder, at the late residence nf ss;s
deceased, in said parish of Bossisr ~
Red River. on Saturday the IN a. ~
of December, 1867, the foilswing SsE,
scribed property belonging to said
succession, and in lots, as follows
to-wit:
lst Lot. Northwest quarter % north
east quarter Of section number "a AM.
southeast quarter Of southwest uuarssr
of section number thirteen, TOWNSHIP
Is, range ID, west; and south hale x.
southwest quarter of section number
IA, same township and range, contain.
ing $50 acres.
End Lot. Northwest quarter and
the southwest quarter of the northeas.
quarter of section number o, town.
ship Is. of range IL, west containing
279 80 100 acres.
Ord Lot. Southeast quarter and thu
east half of the southwest Quarter os
section number Is, township Is. range
III, west; containing 260 acres.
4th Lot. Lot number I Of seet;on
%, lots number g and 3, and the west
half of the northwest quarter of section
"a, township Is, range ii, west. CON
tanning 80 7O-lO0 acres.
5th Lot. Known as the Christian.
Plantation'''of said deceased, on Rad
River, described as the south half rs
fractional section ~, Except lot nun.
Der of said seetion) and the whole Of
hfraetional section number 20, township.
Is, range IL: with all improvements
thereon, and containing 3O5 so 100
acres.
9th Lot. Southwest quarter Of sec.
ton number 80, and lots number g and
IA, west of old bed of Lake Bistsneau
in section number I3, and lots IL, 10
and %, west of old bed of Lake Biste-
neau, and south half of southwest quar-
ter of section "a, and southeast GUAR.
ter and southwest fractional quarter Of,
section number 23 all i'm township Is,
range ii, west !; and containing 649
GA 100 acres.
Also, 2 head fine mules, 9 yoke oxen,
cattle, hogs, wagons, farming utensils,
household and kitchen furniture.
FERNS of Sale-On credit of u
months. Credit purchasers to give
their notes with approved personal se-
curity, with mortgage retained on land
to secure payment Of purchase price,
and bearing 8 per cent per annumin,,
terest FROM day Of sale
W. IF. HTLL,
Sheriff and ex officio auctioneer.
November 23d, 1867.
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% The Savannah Republican
calls that, a thief ridden commune
ty. The black leagues are severe
ON white peoples chickens. The
other night a black rascal, with a
bag of fowls which he had just
stolen, was shot and severely
wounded as he attempted to
escape from the coop where the
owner Of the premises discovered
him. Congress will give him a
pension for honorable scars receiv-
ed in the service.
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REPAIR THE RoADs.-If there

REPAIR THE RoADs.-If there
is any one thing more than anoth-
er that adds to the value of pro:
perty throughout the country, it is
good roads. When public roads
are kept in good order property
generally commands good price.
And besides adding to the value
of property, it is a saving and an
incalculable convenience to the
public. "Tell me what kind of
roads they have, and l will tell
you the character of the people,
for one is indicative of the other"
said a noted traveller. Bad roads
injure horses, break up vehicles,
and really cost the travelling pub
lie more than the cost of keeping
the roads in good repair would be.
There were many public roads
in this Parish, last winter and
spring, not fit for either man or
beast to travel over: roads over
which it took a four horse or OK
team to draw load that a single
horse would have carried had they
been in good repair. Now is a
very good time torepairthe roads;
and we beseech the Overseers to
enforce the law. We sincerely
hope our parochial fathers will
give the subject their serious and
eaRnest consideration at their
meeting next week.
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e To-day inaugurates t

70 To-day inaugurates the
reign, in Louisiana, of that infa-
nous body of Jayhawkers, loyal
scum, imported scalawags, pale
faced renegades, whisky-bloated
loafers and bastard free niggers.
Mirdbite dictu! Think of it once
proud freemen of Louisiana, and
abase yourselves in humiliation
that the ''black vomitn of Radical
ism may entomb you within it's
foul meshes. Thy glory has de.
parted. The buzzard and the
jackal have dethroned the eagle
and the lion! "The soft notes of
the Jackass" reverbrate in the hall
where but a few months ago were
heard the clarion notes of wisdom
and patriotism. But 'Ethe bottom
rail is on top" now; yea, worse
than that, the very mud-sills. of
obsencity are the props and pillars
OF State. Degraded and wretched
Louisiana, we'll may she say to
her yassal sons, in the language
of the poet, since her council cham
bers are deserted for the rampage
of this icentious vermin:
IF Collatine, thine honor lay in me,
From me by strong assault it is bereft.
My honey lost, and /, u drone-like bee,
Have no perfection of my summer left.
But robbd and ransack'd by injurious theft
In thy weak hive wandering wasp hath
crept,
And suck'd the honey which thy chaste bee
kept"
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Succession Sale.

Succession Of w. Milton Pickett, decd.
by virtue of writ of sale issued
- from the District Court of Bos-
sier Parish, La, iii the succession of
w. Milton Pickett, deceased. and to
me directed, | will sell at public auc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder,
before the Court house door, in the
town of Bellevue, La, on Saturday
the 18th day of December, 1867, the
following described property, belong
ing to said succession, to-wit
An undivided seven twenty fifth in
terestin the =" WATERLOO PLAN
TATlON," on Red River, in said
Parish of Bossier, containing fourteen
hundred aud seventy-three and 27-I00
(l473 2-l00l acres of land.
And the undivided one seventh in
terest in the northeast quarter and the
southeast quarter and east half of south
west quarter of section number I3,
township 10, range IL; hill land, stu
ated in the parish of Bossier, and con-
tanning 4O0 acres, more or less.
Also, the whole of fractional section
TO, township 10, range l2; on Red
River, in said parish of Bossier, and
described as Lots Nos. !. 2, B, 4. 5, g.,
z and 8; and northwest fourth of said
section IS. and containing four hundred
and eighteen and l4-lG0 (4l8 14-lOO)
acres.
Also, five hundred acres of land.
more or less. lying back of or north
east of said Waterloo Plantation, num-
Der and full description to be given on
day of sale.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit of
appraisement.
w. III. HILL,
Sheriff and ex-officio auctioneer.
Bellevue, La, Nov. %, 1867.
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Red RIrer PINntNtlOa
For Rent.

On Monday, 10th day of December, 1867,
" at the Atkins Plantation, on Red River,
Bossier Parish, La, l will lease the following
LANDS, the property of the minors, w II, and
c. B. Hodges, to-wit:
The lower portion of the ELM GROVE
PLANTATION, in said parish, known as
lots numbers and 2, in the division of lands
belonging to the estate of John L. Hodges,
deceased. Said land contains about two
hundred and fifty acres in good state of
cultivation. Also, all necessary buildings,
GIN house, press, &c.
Terms of lease made known on the day of
leasing.
E. JACK. HAMILTON, Tutor.
November 23d, 1867. n34 3ts
- The South Western will give two in
seruons, and hand bill to Hamilton & Co +,
Shreveport, La
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u The tide of patronage is I'M
mistakeably of the place
to buy. Fallow the crowd and
bring up atthe popular cheap cash
store of Ed. Moore's, Bellevue,
where has just been received one
of the best assortments of Fall and
Winter fancy and staple dry
goods, boots, shoes, hats, &C.,
brought to this place during the
season. Make your purchases
from Ed, with entire confidence;
for what he says to hiscustomers,
of quality and price, may be re-
lied upon.
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Tax Collectors Sale.

W. Fl. Hill, Tax Collector, for use, &c.
VS..
j. G. McMath
Ry virtue of the authority vested in me by
40 the statutes of the State of Louisiana.
have sliced and will proceed to sell before
the,C Court house door, in the town of Belle.
yue, La, on Saturday the 9TH day of Decem.
Der, 1867:
l Bureau and Glass;
! Bedstead, Mattrass and spread;
Child's Cribs.
Said property seized as the property OF
defendant, j. q; McMath, and to be sold to
satisfy taxes due State of Louisiana and
Parish of Bossier, by said McMath, for the
year 1866.
Terms of Sale-Cash, without benefit Of
appraisement.
W. II. HILL, Tax Collector.
Bellevue, La, Nov %, 1867! Sc
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- Hunnicut, the Virginia Rad

% Hunnicut, the Virginia Rad
ical leader, says it may require a
war of twenty years, the slaugh-
tering of half the inhabitants of
the nation and its utter insolvency
to effect his purposes, but they
will be pursued even at such sac
rlfices. He had better take ''torch
and turpentine" Brownlow into
partnership.
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% On the recommendation of
Gov. Flanders, Gen. Mower has
appointed Monroe Baker mayor
OF the town Of st. Martinsville, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of MFR. P. Gary. Baker is
a mulatto, and belonged to the
class offree colored before enamel
patton.
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70 General Albert Pike thinks
Sherman for President, and Ho-
ratio Seymour, of New York, for
Vice President, would constitute
a formidable ticket, and win sue
cess if any ticket could do it,
against Radicalism and it's potent
ally, corruption.
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70 w. e, Hamilton & Co.. Fill

u W. E, Hamilton s. Co., Fill
more, have just received a large
stock of Fall and Winter Goods,
which they are confident, if th cir
friends will call and examine, they
will buy before purchasing else
where, as the fine quality of their
goods and the moderate prices of
the same cannot be excelled in
the market. They invite the es-
pecial attention of the public to
the assortment of ladies', gents
and boys hats of every descrip-
tion-the largest stock ever
brought to this market. Go and
see.
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Succession Sale.

Succession Of 2. A. Rodgers, decd.
Dy virtue of awrit of sale to me directed
ID from the Honorable the District Court
of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in the success.
sion of F. A. Rodgers, deceased, l will sell
at public auction to the last and highest
bidder, within the legal hours of sale, be
fore the Court house door, in the town Of
Bellevue, La, on Saturday the 18th day Of
December, 1867, the following described
property belonging to said succession,
to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land situated
in said Parish of Bossier, and described ~
the west half of the northwest quarter, and
the west half of the southwest quarter Of
section number 5; and the east half Of the
southeast quarter, and the northeast guar
ter of the northeast quarter Of section NUN
Der g. all in township 81, range II, contain
ing in all, go acres Of land, more or less
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit Of sp-
praisement.
8 HILL,
Sheriff and ex -officio anetioneef
November 9th, 1867.
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Notice.

4 IL persons indebted to me will please
a come forward and settle Immediately,
or they will find their accounts of indebted.
ness in the hands of the proper officer for
collection. Fair warning to all whom Il
may concern.
N: b. am determined to discontinue en-.
tlreiT, irrespective of persons, the CREDIT
o1S1Eh. Hereafter, no one need apply for
credit at the ARCADE BAR. for he will
certainly be refused.
JOHN c. HEAD, Proprietor.
Bellevue, La, Nov. %, 1867
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Latest News.

New Orleans, Nov. 19.-Sugar
dull and declining; yellow clari-
fed Is to 133c. MOlasses toto 90c.
Flour dull and depressed; super
fino 80 to 8 20, and choice SIS 30
to 13 Is. Corn dull. Oats-small
sales at 78c. Pork dull and de-
clined 50c.; quoted at $50 80. Ba-
con dull and lower; retailing,
shoulders at 124 to 12a; rib 16and
clear sides TIC. Lard-no sales;
quoted in tierces at 123, and key
133c. Cotton frmer; middling
Orleans Tie; sales 3400 bales
receipts 1884; exports 784 bales.
Gold 1899.
New York, Nov. 19.-Cotton
firmer; sales 1000 bales at Is to
Isle. for middling uplands. Gold
1899.
Liverpool, Nov. 14.-Cotton
easier. Uplands 81, Orleans sgd.
San Francisco, Nov. 19.-In the
suit of the State of California
against the steamship Moses Tay-
lor, for 100000, for failure to
stamp passage tickets, Judge Saw
yer decided the stamp act uncon-
stitutional.
Washington, Nov. 1.-THE
Democratic majority in New York
was 10000; in Maryland 41,OOO.
The Democrats. have gained 1900
in Minnesota, while negro suffrage,
which was voted on last year as
well as this, shows a gain of 500
votes.
Returns from the western cOuRr
ties Of Kansas indicate that most
of them have gone Democratic.
Thad. Stevens has written a
five column letter opposing ma
ti0nal banks, and arguing that
while interest is payable in coin
that the bonds can honestly be
liquidated with legal tenders.
New Orleans, Nov. 14.-Large
bills of city issue are at a discount
Of IL per cent. Small notes Of the
same issue, only 3 percent; five
dollar bills, which a few days ago
were only 8 to 4 per cent. discount,
are now Is to II.
Washington, November 10.-In
Minnesota negro suffrage is de
feated by two thousand. A Re
publican governor was elected by
three thousand majority. In Wis
consin, a Republican governor is
elected by four or five thousand
majority.
Richmond, Va, Nov. 11.-The
Dispatch has an account of the
mObbing of Major Frank Butler
former Bureau Agent in King
William county, by negroes there
An attempt was made by civil au
thorities to arrest ring leaders,
They resisted and the military
have been sent for.
Richmond, Nov. 9.-An excited
Republican meeting was held al
the Headquarters of the blacks
last night. A committee was APP
pointed to wait on Gen. Schofeld
and request him to order city elec
tons. Lewis Lindsay, a colored
delegate elected to the Convention
made a speech. Abiding to the
discharge Of negroes for voting
the Radical ticket, he said: Be
fore any of his children should
suffer for food, the streets of Rich
mond should run knee. deep il
blood. He thanked God that the
negroes had learned to use swords
and guns. All efforts Of the more
peaceful negroes to stop these
demonstrations were hooted down
The citizens here are apprehen
sive OF trouble.
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Tax Collectors Sale.
w. II, Hill, Tax Collector, for use, &c,
vs.

w. IL. Hill, Tax Collector, for use, &c,
W. o. Grain, and wife
by virtue of the authority vested in me by
~ the statutes of Louisiana, have sliced
and will proceed to sell at public auction.
before the Court house door, in the town of
Bellevue, La, on Saturday the eth day of
December, 1867:
Two Mare Mules.
Said mules sliced as the property of de-
PENDANTS, w. 0. Grain and wife, and to be
soid TO satisfy taxes due State of Louisiana
and Parish of Bossier, by defendants, w. O.
Grain and wife, for the year 1866 and 1866
Terms of Sale-Cash, without benefit of
appraisement.
W. II. HILL, Tax Collector
Bellevue, La, Nov. %, 1867. So
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% Mr.. Colfax says Congress
will meet at the appointed time,
whoever and whatever may OPP
pose.7 "Any mans Sheep" said
mutton devouring Sambo, "any
mans sheep that bites me, I'll
kill"
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70 "Wherever there is igno-
rance" says the n. Y. Tribune,
"there is peril to the cause of good
government and to the institutions
of the country" True, and the
Southern elections show it.
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- English contractors have
taken the job of building d rail
road from IndianoIa, Texas to San
Antonio, and will begin work at
once. This road will be a great
benefit to Western Texas.
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u 1t cost New Orleans S33S7
to entertain the Congressional ex-
cursionists last January, accord
ing to the controllers report. 1t
was a poor investment, thinks the
Crescent.
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% The people of Georgia ap-
pealed to the president and to
Gen. Grant against Pope's gerry
mander. But both decided that
they were powerless. So, we sup
pose, that Pope is Invaluable.
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% Fourteen colored delegates
have been elected to the Alabama
State Convention, and eighteen to
the Virginia Convention.
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10 Robert Lincoln is said to
be a smart lawyer. He calls his
mother insane, but doesn't think
it is hereditary.
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% The Board of Health have
summed up the mortality in New
Orleans thus: total number of
deaths since the 9th of June up
to the 9th Of November, have been
$40. Of this number 3006 have
been Of yellow fever, 139 of chole-
IA and other diseases 1865.
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70 1t is said a man may be a,
very good fellow and still eat with
his knife and pour his tea into a
saucer.
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Notice.

N W. SENTELL, Collinsburg, La, is
~. my duly authorized agent. and will
act for me in any and all business, during
my absence from Bossier Parish.
JAS. T. TURNKEY.
November 18th, 1867 n33 81
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ES Mr.. j. B. Lewis, Jr., continues
to hold forth at No, 9, Texas street
Shreveport. He has always on hand a
large assortment of Boots, Shoes, Hats
&C., which he will sell at New Orleans
prices. se o
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u The Philadelphia Age states
that large numbers of werkmen
in that city have been discharged
by their employers because they
voted the Democratic ticket in
the last election.
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70 The Cleveland Plain Deal
er says: at is now stated on the
highest Radical authority, that
some weeks ago a distinguished
Radical politician talked with
General Grant about the fatter-
ing prospects Of the Republican
party, with the view of obtaining
some impression but on the con-
clusion of his remarks, Grant
coOlly said: what do you think
Of Mashall Browns slut's pups.m
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70 The Vicksburg Times, whose
editor is incarcerated for denun-
Citations of Gen. Ord, is still def
ant. Its issue of the 9th says:
During the incarceration of Gen.
w. FL. McCardle, the Times will
be edited by the manager, s.
Med. Vernon, and it's readers will
find no change in it's sentiments
of boldness. If any more arrests
are to be made our office is open.
n y Haynau-G essler Ord,
nor any Of his understands, can
stop the Times when it proposes
to help-the right or denounce the
wrong.
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YELLOW FEVER,-AlthOugh

YELLOW FEVER.-Although
there has been a considerable fall
ing off in the number of patients
under treatment during the past
week, and the deaths have only
amounted to six, against twenty
four for the week preceding, we
would advise absentees to remain
away for a week or ten days long
er.
At a meeting of the physicians,
held last Monday night, it was
decided that the epidemic still
prevailed in our midst and they
advise all absentees to remain
away until public notice is given
by the Board of Health that there
is no danger. There were eleven
new cases reported for the pre-
vious forty eight hours South
Western, Goth inst.