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An Act
Relative to Attachments.

Sec. L. Be it. enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That
a creditor may obtain the attach
ment of the property of his debtor,
in tae following cases additional
to those already provided by law.
First When he has mortgaged,
assigned or disposed of his prop
erty, rights, or credits, or some
part thereof, with intent to de-
fraud his creditors or give an I'M
fair preference to some of them.
Second--When be has convert
ed or is about to convert his prop
erty into money or evidences Of
debt with intent to place it beyond
the reach ofhis creditors.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the creditor shall make
oath to the facts upon which he
claims the issuance of the writ of
attachmentin in the above cases, and
bond with one solvent resident
surety in a sum exceeding by one
half the amount claimed, as is
now provided by law.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted,
etc, That alllaws conflicting with
the provisions of this act be and
the same are hereby repealed
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That this act shall take effect
from and after its passage. &
Hus35 CHAs. W.. LOWELL,
Speaker House Representatives.
OSCAR j. DUNN,
Tt. Gov. and President Senate.
Approved Oct. 15, 1865.
III. @. WARMOTH,
Governor State Louisiana.
A true copy:
ga RE- GEO. E. BovEE,
@ Secretary OF State.
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An Act

To amend and re-enact an Act en-
titled An Act providing a reme-
dy against inspirations, intru-
sions into, or the unlawful hold
ingfor exercising a Public Office
or franchise in this State, APP
proved September 8, 1868. n
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana in
GenerafAssembly convened. That
the act entitled an act providing
a remedy against usurpation, in
trusion into, or the unlawful hold
ing or exercising a public Office or
franchise in this State, approved
September 8, 1868, beand the same
is hereby amended and dre-enacted
so as TO read as follows: That
an action by petition may be
brought before the proper Dis
trict Court or Parish Court by the
District Attorney or District At.
torney pro teInnoie, and for the
parish ofOrleans by the Attorney
General, or any other person in
terested, in the name Of the State,
upon his own information orupon
the INFORMATION OF any private
party or parties offending, in the
following cases: oj 3jet 500
First-When any person shall
usurp, intrude into, or unlawfully
hold or exercise any public office
or franchise within this State; or
Second--When any public officer
shall have done, or suffered to be
done, an act which by the rrovis-
ions Of law Shall work a forfeiture
of his office; or
Third-Nhan any association
or number OF persons shall aet
within this State as corporation
without being duly incorporated,
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted
etc., That III the cases mentioned
/ in the foregoing section it is. here
by made the duty OF the District
Attorney, or District Attorney
pro tempore ofthe parish in which
the eases arise, and for the parisE
OF Orleans by the Attorney Gene
raj, to bring action against the Of
Tending party or parties, when 81
! required to do.
| Sec. 3. Be it further enacted
etc, That service shall be made il
such cases as are provided for il
the foregoing sections the same a
in other civil suits, and the an
swer of the hedefendant shall be FLEE
within the legal delays, as.in othe
/ suits such cases to be tried b,
preference over all other case
without being fixed for trial afte
issue joined. l.l,4
Sec. A; Be it further enacted
ETC., That when an action shall b
brought by virtue of the provis
ions Of this act or by the Distric
| Attorney or District Attorney pr
| tempore, or the Attorney General
as the case may be, on the relation
or information of any person il
| terested, the name of such perso
shall be joined with the State a
plaintiff 81
See. 5. Be it further enacted
1 etc., That whenever such actio
i. shall be brought against.a a perso
for usurping or intrnding into
public office. the District Attorne
or District Attorney pro temper,
or the Attorney General, as th
ease may be, in addition to til
statement of,the cause of sactioi
may also set forth i'll the complain
the name of the person rightfull
entitled to the office, with a stat
ment of his right thereto, and
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-11-14

NoOcA SSUoAJ "a OSSSOSs
HoMEsTEADL LAW Inquiries
are frequently made as to The
conditions of the Homestead
Law. The following statement
presents briefly the essential
features ofthe law: Any head
Of afamily, or any person d
years old, who'i a citizen of
the United States, or who has
fled the declaration Of his in
tention to BECOME such, and
any minor who has served in
the army or navy not less than
Ia days, may claim so acres of
good land, held at 50 80 per
acre, or 16O acres, held'at 1925
per acre. He or she must Sc
lect' the land, and 60 tol'the
Land Office for the District in
which it is located, make affida-
Wit of citizenship, ETC., specify
the land claimed, and payjIthe
Office fees, amounting to So or
Sc. After living on the land 5
successive years and cultiyat-
ing a portion Of the same each
year, the claimantgnaay again
present himself at the Land
lOffice where he, viii receive a
full title to, the land on the
payment of Office, fees not to
exoeed S10--about sic In all.
4gs0H sili ------r4--.snr~--+44-- x 4-----4W v ftsga
10 An advertising agent in
New York lately madela contract
foradyertising mounfingtos sl43,-
I77626. That advertiser will be
Irich in Ave years. 1cppil sllss
---..4--G4 bda
| SORE TEaTs.-Always wash
with water before milking, or af-
| ter calf.suckin g-tiis Is often suf-
lticient. Il not sos apply equal
lparts Of limewater and 4 hRseed
loil.ni8 hi Iatzetasn 3asiIs0xs
Fnas&sT .asM enayA
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EgSch'ty W.. Turner,

A ttorney at Law, Bellevue, La.
IN Will practice in the parishes of
Bossier, Caddo and DeSoto. All busi-
ness entrusted to him will receive
prompt and energetic attention. IL,
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An Act


Further defining the jurisdiction
of the Parish Courts in this
State.
Sec. L. Be it enacted by the
Senate and Houseefi Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That
the Parish Courts of this State
shall have Jurisdiction over the
several matters provided for and
embraced in title number 3, book
!, Of the Civil Code of this State,
in relation to absentees; and in
title s, book 1, OF tile Civil Code,
which. treats of minors, OF their
tatorship, curatorship, and eman-
cipatioD; and in title 9, book /, Of
the Civil Code, Which treats of
persons insane, idiots and other
persons incapable of administer
ing their estates; and OF all the
matters provided for and embrac-
ed in title 8, part second, Of the
Code Of Practice, which treats OF
proceedings in the courts OF pro
bate. ~
Sec. 2. BE it further enacted, ETC.,
That this act shall take effect from
and after itspassage.
CHAs. w. LOWELL,
Speaker House Representatives.
OSCAR j. Dunn,
LIT. Gov. and President Senate,
Approved October q, 1868.
H. G. WARMoTH,
Governor State Louisiana
A true copy:
GEO. d. BOyEE, aI4
Secretary Of State
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G.. .EHc CEeaaNgEa4gs

A ttorney at Law, Bellevue, La.
"A VIII attend promptly to all
business entrusted to his care. 8
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IT. sN. F0g.g,

A ttorpey and Counselor at Law.
IA Bellevue, Bossiersparish, La.
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NUMBER 33,s.' !
@sHet l#t- @aFE3E s=E@ Ia atgFC 4R esff4rw
An Act Iaaaaal ss
To amend Article 354 of the Code
of Practice. eiasH -s.1 q sasa.4asasss
An Act

10 amend ArClcle 054 OF the Code
of Practice. qlnsB l8 q sasasaasaiss
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State of Louisiana. in
General Assembly convened, That
article 354 ofthe Code of practices
which reads as follows fsThel an.
swers of the party intertOgated
are evidence, but does not exclude
adverse testimony and may be de-
stroyed by the oaths of two witt
nesses, or of one single Witness
coroborated by strong circumstan-,
tial evidence or by written proofs
be and the same is hereby amend
ed and re-enacted to read. as fol,
lows: "The answers of the party
interrogated are evidence, butdoeS
not exclude adverse testimony,
and shall be weighedsby the Judge
as other testimony" pr .a
CHAs. w. LOWELL, ~
Speaker House REPRESENTATIVES,
ao3 I'll OsCAR,J, DUNN; ,gray
1t. Gov. and President Senate.
Approved October Q, 1868. .sntaf
III. @. WARMoTH, asre4v
Governor State Louisiana.
"A true copy:lx 4hnl skyt
GRO. E. BovEE,
Z ''''.' Secretary Of State.
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r.. B. BgsssgE5sss,

A ttorney aod Counselor at Law, Min
IL den, La. VIII practice in the
10Th and 18th District Courts, Prompt
attention given TO al! legal business en-
rusted 10 his care. n23
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An Act

: . - Z. IL. n
To confer additional powers upon
the District aud Parish Judges!
Sec. |. Beitenacted by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives
of the State of Louisiana in Gen
eral Assembly convened, That the
judges of the District and Parish
Courts shall have the right, to try
mandamus in chambers during the
recess of said courts.
Sec. 2. Northumberland actGd, ETC.,
That this act shall take effectland
be in force from and after its pas
sage, 's' ~ w.
~ sfa38IC CHAs. W!LowELL,bs
Speaker House Representatives.
OSCAR j. Dunn,
Lit. Gov. and President Senate.
Il Approved Oetober21, 1865
III. G. WARMoTH,
AA Governor State Louisiana.
" A true e0py:.9:Iq .naIigs1oi
GEO. E., BoVEE,
Secretary OF State.
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Freak o. Seth.

Steamboat and Purchasing Agent
Gtriot attention paid to all collections,
y bills, accounts, etc, Discharging Clerk,
office on the Levee, Shreveport La,
Best Of references given
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land Jones. j. p. Harris.
ZONES s. MesFris,

A ttorueys and C3unselors at Law,
"A, Shreveport. La. viii practice
in the pariahes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bunk. VA n:}l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-09
ANDRRW JOHNsON.
Plain npeech 20 noth.rs.

Professor Simpson. Of Edinburg, who
has had large and long experience In
the medical treatment of mothers and
children, gave public address lately
on matters OF hygiene. He spoke most
plainly TO mothers who send their chill
dFsn TO the grave by eX XpOsing arms and
legs, while other parts Of the body are
warmly dressed. Mothers, he con-
tinued, commit child murder, and then
wonder how God could be SO unkind
as To take away their darling. They
not only murder their children, but in
his opinion commit suicide themselves
by exposing their own necks to the
cold air. II WAS puzzle which
he could not understand, that women
should cut OF the top OF their
dresses and appear with bare bOsoms,
In refined society, while that part
OF the dress which should protect the
Rans, is trailing IN the mud. Not TO
speak Of health at the present moment,
we would remark that the exhibition
OF q seminude bust seldom approaches
to the classical standard Of harmonious
proportion of parts and fullness OF
outline, and is rarely suggestive OF
beauty and loveliness. The inquisi-
tive observer feels himself quite at a
lOss to know the precise line of diyi-
sion between the part which fashion
claims for exposure aud the rest which
mOdesty would conceal. The boundary
Is TOO changeabIe. More ought TO be
left Ia the Imagination and less to be
condemned by good taste. But If
mothers and full grown daughters in
sist on being the victims OF fashion,
children ought to be exempt from its
cruel requirements. Whist has fashion
to do with children, or they with FASH
iouT
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-09

FLoCkISa To THE CTrIEs.-After OBJ
serving that labor is very scarce in the
Southern States, the Richmond Rhig
complains that the young men flock to
the cities from the rural districts. It
adds:
The openings are so few that nine
out OF ten are disappointed in finding
situations. and 4 considerable propOT-
ton of those who do, make less than
they would make by assisting in farm
xork. II they learn the business Of
farming thoroughly, in all its depart
ments, they will always be able to make
a good living. In England, Scotland,
and Ireland, large numbers of young
men, the sons of farmers, are brought
up in this manner aud go out as farm
managers.
Should this System be adopted in the
South, IL would more than ever make
farming profession, and our young
men would study 1t and soon feel con-
tent to devote themselves to It. Our
lands are as fertile as any on earth,
and there is a ready market for every
form OF production. There is no open
ing in other business for our young
men, and it Is out of the question that
thew should sit down in idleness and
live upon their parents. Let them go
to work, every one OF them, upon the
farm, and contribute something to the
common tund,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-09
John BrlEhl on IreInpd.

Mr.. Bright made one of his bold.
straightforward speeches al Rochdals
on the 23d of December, in which he
showed the wrongs from which the
Irish people are suffering, and cited the
past to show that only by threats, only
by creating an actual and lively fear OF
revolution, had either the Irish or the
English people ever obtained reforms
from the British Parliament. He said:
The more l consider this Question.
the more am impressed with its in,
desoribEble sefIansness- tIiInls=af It
many thintsA, aud which am snFe are
not without foundation, which cannot,
and which dare not, publicly discuss
beiore this audience. / think IL has
within II perils such as Tor long time
this country has not known, and that
II requires great resolution and wis
dom, such as we don't often find in our
governments, to meet il as il requires TO
be met. II Ireland Is TO be made con-
tent. IL her wounds are to be healed, if
there IS to be hencefOrth what there
never has yet been-a united kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland-if the
sceptre of the Queen, representing the
majesty OF the law, shall ever be of
equal authority east and west of the
Channel, IL must be done, and It can
Outy Oe uOueI ny measures OF great
statesmanship and of justice. The
morals Of the turf, laid on the floor Of
Parliament or in the secresy OF the
Cabinet, will fail here. The disease
which we are discussing is one OF II dif-
ferent character. But there are reme-
dies, unless il be that the remedies are
too late. has the country fallen so low
that IL can produce no statesman equal
to these things. say the man who,
leading In the counsel of the Queens
government, shall grasp the great
question and end it-who shall com pre-
hend the remedies and shall adminis-
ter them aud make them law-he would
do that which in future time the pen OF
history will delight TO trace"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-09
Curious Cases-..The se1e.Iu Court.


Two cases were decided in the New
York courts few days ago which, the
Times seems to think, will furnish IA
new point OF departure in this country
for those affairs in which men find
themselves in legal collision with the
other sex. WequOte:
One OF these was II breach of promise
case in which Il woman brought suit
against a man who, AS she alleged, had
also ruined her character. 1t is the
custom of our courts and juries to de-
cue cases OF this kind in short order
sympathy for the victim Of mans wiles
ONercomes the reason, the Judgment
ana OMEN the facts in the case, and as
the culprtt hears and suffers the SEN
tence, the plRudits OF the spectators
ana public show the universal approval
OF the punishment. Nobody expects
any other verdict than guilty in such
case. The late trial was not much
different from numerous others that
every reader of court reports is famninT
with. tFhR nlAintiH brought suit n
mentioned, and made allegations thur
would ordinarily be considered con lu-
sive by an American jury. The defen
dant did not deny his associations and
Intercourse with her for u number of
years, but he attempted 10 show that
they were voluntary on heribart: that
after leaving him she went to live with
another parHmOur, ana that the present
SUIT Tor damages was a black mailing
operation. For some understandable
reason-unaccOuntab in view ofinnu-
merable previous decisions in cuses
precisely similar-the jury found for
the defendant, and the voluntary vic
tim failed to get the 5000 so eagerly
sought.
The other case was one in which IA
certain man was claimed by "A certain
woman as her husband she brought
evidence to show that he had married
her ten years ago, that he had recoE-
nized her as his wife, and tnat his name
was Peterson. he admitted his name,
but denied the other charges. Proof
Was brought that he WAS not the same
Peterson AS the other, and on this point
the testimony was really extraordinary
witnesses on one side swearing TO
circumstances that were utterly contra
dictory of those sworn to by the other,
Till finally there seemed no eXplanu-
tion other than that IL was case of
mistaken identity. For example, he
was recognized as the veritable individ-
ual who married her in 1857 by certain
marks on his person, but he showed
concluslvely that these marks did not
exist on his body till seven years after
the alleged marriage, when they were
produced by surgical operation per-
formed in this city. She brought proof
that he lived with her in one place at
the time he proved that he lived a
thousand miles away from it. and SO
on through this remarkable and cOm-
plicated trial. Now, though on ordinH-
ry principles as ordinarily applied, we
might suppose that the plaintiffs allie
gatious and evidence would have been
considered far more than sufficient to
condemn and compel the man TO accept
and recognize her as his wife, he was
discharged from custody and she de-
parted without IA husband.
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NnsbY,a DedIcntIon.

The following is the dedication of
Nasby's new book, "Ekkoes rom
Kentucky:"
DEDICASHUN.
EZ no one who Is worldly-wise ,gor-
ships the settin sun, but allez
the risin orb,
This Book is NOT dedicated to Androo
Johnson, whose sands OF life
is nearly run out,
Aud who cannot remove me from NV
Post Oils, OWN to the restrain
in power NV the
Tenur NV Ofic act,
But ruther to
GEO. Il. PENDLEroN,
Nv Ohio;
GENERAL GEO. b. MCCLELLAN.
When last heerd NV in Dresden,
Germany;
HoRAsuo sEYMoRE,
NV Moo York; or
FRANKLIN PEERsE.
NV New HaIupsheer;
One NV which Is certin NV sucCeellin the
iDdividjOOel fust named upon this
page, and NV hevin. therefore,
the disposin NV patronage,
In case we succeed in
1865.
Thse pages are inscribed,
w ith sentiments OF profound Tespeck.
BY THE AUIHoR.
- Z. o.,
CPOl CONPERIT Y RoAIs,
stamp (Which L ks6,sos.S in s6s srn'' NV
- Dec. l, 1867.
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"A Frenchmsn who had purchased
country seat was complaining of the
want OF birds in the garden. "set
some traps" replied an old officer,
land they'll come. was once In Afri-
ca and there wasn't supposed to be a
woman within two hundred miles. 1
hHng pair OF ear rings and a collar
upon tree, and the next morning I
iound two women under the branches, {"
Two young men were recently ar
rested in Paris, charged with being dis
orderly and "smashing things" in a
saloon. II WAS urged In mitigation of
the odense OF one OF the young men
that he was in love. The other was re-
commended to mercy as having been In
liquor. 1t is II noteworthy fact that the
one in love smashed the largest Quanli-
ty OF furniture. +tETf
The New York EVe7riRg Post in
spenking of the papers abstracted from
Wall street bank ten days ago. says:
at may not be generally understood
that the object OF the thieves in the
late Wall street robbery WAS not SO
much plunder-they knew too much
for that-but forgery. They had time
to take correct photographs of all bust
ness signatures, with all their possible
variations. Now look out tor forger-
ies!"
In one of the departments at Wash
ington a father holds chief clerkship
at $1,000; one son fifteen years old, n
lesser clerkship in the same depart
ment, at $1,000; another son, at he
capitol, 81 200; another, in another de.
partment, Sl,4O0; daughter at ditto,
SsOO-only hve members of the family
FmHuNF nwWUw "waNHaH 4.
at an aggregate income OF from $1,000
to 81 900.
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GENERAL GRAN
From As Recent Annual AFesuak Of Goperns
Bullock Of MdSSdchtSiS.


Bullock Of AGSIdehiiSftS.
II is the record 0 Il history bat in great
public crises the Instinct nation
points with unerring sagaGty to some
man OF the people, whom thy adopt at
once, IN the assurance of fath, as their
chosen champion and delivear, and by
a natural law this abiding confidence Is
through its own soothing bower the
suFest guarantee of succesl In this
dark hour of national exigenR we have
need of leader whose intsgIty is un-
corrupted by political associations and
whose patriotism has Rnt permitted
him to descend to the arena ol partisYn
Wariare-of tried leader ofnndaOnt.r
ed courage, who will be swaySd neItlrs-
by. popular passion nor secl1nai pre-
Judics-oG man of cautiousteticsTce
who has no Inconsistencies tdexplain.
no politics to maintain, no tfaofiesr 10
promulgate-Of leader who csltY, nra-
hends the position and relatitns al All
seeions OF our common couI4rv. and
VIII bring to the eudministrafioiiSfn nnk-
llc Affairs executive ability, Secoao %, "a
ideas, a clear head, aIi.l .-ri- 4loI,,iIJ ri-S-t
IL - manifest that IL IL the same PruVf-
dence which brought US safely through
the storm of war, that gives this Whole
people now with singular unanimiIy
TO recognize in a plain and unpretend-
ing citizen, him whose energy, discrs-
ticn, and exalted patriotism will restOte
peace and prosperity TO discoTdaht
States and distracted land. The man
for the crisis; the man for the hour; tAe
man OF the people, is Ulysses $. GRAFT.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-09

The VALUE OF a SCRAP Book
Every one who takes newspaper
which he in the least degree appre.
ciates, will often regret to see any one
number thrown aside for waste paper
which contains some interesting and
important articles. A good way to pre-
serve these is by the use of a scrap
book. One who has never been accus-
toned thus to preserve short articles,
can hardly estimate the pleasure 1t al
fords to sit down and turn over the
pleasant, familiar pages. Here n
choice piece of poetry meets the eye,
which you remember you were so glad
TO see in the paper, but which you
would long since have lost had
book. There is witty Rnnecdots-it
does you good to laugh over It yet,
though for the twentieth time. Next Is
a valuable receipt which you had al
most forgotten, and which you found
Just in lime to save much perpleXity.
There Is u sweet little story, the MEM
ory of which has cheered and encour-
nged you many time, when almost
ready to despair under the pressure Of
life's cares and trials. Indeed, you can
hardly take up a single paper without
reperusing IL. just glance over the
sheet before you, and see how many
valuable items il contains that would
De OF service to you hundred times IN
| life. A choice thought Is far more
precious than bit of glittering gold.
Hoard with care these precious gems
and see at the end of the year what rich
treasure you have accumulated.