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Mr.. Editor All legislation

seems to be for the benefit of two
classes-the rich and the INDECENT.
Now, however, would be a propit-
ious time to let the great middle
clasS,that creature of civilization,
obtain a share of that benefit. In
evidence of the trnth of the first
sentence many examples might
be cited, but will only bring for
ward the case of the State Semi
nary of Learning, at Alexandria.
The United States donated to the
State land for the establishment
of that school, two townships, I
believe. 1t is right that the indi
gent should have a share in that
endowment. The provisions made
for the education of a certain num-
Der of that class is right enough.
But for those youths that pay, the
charges are so exhorbitant that
none but the very rich can afford
to pay them. Should the State
speculate thus with the fund grant
ed by the United States Ought
it not simply to charge just so
much as willpay expenses Now
the charges per youth are four
hundred and ten dollars for the
scholastic year Of ten months,
made up of board, tuition and in.
cidentals. No charge should be
made for tuition, for the endow
ment ought to pay the teachers,
else it is poor indeed. Now d
scholar pays thirty dollars a
month board; it should be only
ten. No one could afford to board
one or even twenty at ten dollars
each per month, but when there
are from two hundred to five hun
dred it can be done at a profit. A
proper way of finding the value
Of board for large numbers would
be to find the value of the daily
ration and double it to meet ex
penses. A very good ration car
be obtained for what fifteen cent,
would buy; thirty cents day
then for board would be nine dol
lars per month; one dollar a montl
would pay for washing. TIL,
cheapness of this ration will as
tonish one who does not stop tx
calculate. Remember that fo
this school everything can b.
bought by wholesale. A pounC
of beef would cost five cents, ant
a pound Of flour five cents, ant
other items would only cost fiv,
cents more. One hundred dollar
ought to be the whole charge pc
scholar for the year, instead o
this exorbitant four hundred anC
ten dollars.
l would like to send my children
to good schools to finish thei
education. There are school
North cheap enough for my finan
cal condition, but they are dis
tant and really I would prefe
educating my children among m,
people. If ever another Legisla
, ture convenes in this State, it i
to be hoped they will reduce tn
charges of the State Seminary t,
what is reasonable, and in accord
ance with the present povert,
stricken condition Of the country
f.
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Sh e9'tF's SOEe.

T. D. hey, Aomr., aeA
VS.. No. lg7Iaa sga
w. L. Yearoat.
In the District Court Of Boss,er Ii n
Ry virtue IF writ Of iieri faciss
O issued from the Honorable I'M
District Court Of ~nid parish and State
IN the above entitled suit, and to ma
directed, have seized and will proceed
to sell at public auction, to the last md
highest bidder, before tho Courthouso
door, in the town of Bellevue, within
the legal hours Of sale. on Saturday TIA
lst day of February, 1868. the follow.
ing described property, to-wit: ~
! Dark Bay Horse, bride and
| saddle.
Seized as the property of the defend,
ant, w. l., Yearout, and to be sold to
pay and satisfy said writ.
Terms of Sale-Cash, subject 10
the benefit of appraisrmpnt,
W. II. HILL. Sheriff.
Bellevue, La, Jan. Is, 1868
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% Two brothers, named Tom
and Jerry Frier, living a few miles
from Chattanooga, got into dis
pute on the 9th ult., about some
whiskey, when the former seized
a gun and shot Jerry, killing him
instantly. The murderer fed,
and has not been captured.
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L. A dead negro was found re-
Gently i'll the woods near Aber-
deem, Miss, with a load of buck
shot i'll his body, and near by lay
the body Of a hog. On the negro
the following inscription was pin
ned: 1.-THE niger killed the hog,
and the hog killed the niger
Selah "
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Gg Ina conversation with Gen.
Preston of this State, who has re-
Gently returned from a visit to
Gen. Robert E. Lee, he remarked
that the General had said to him
that ''the course of Gen. Hancock
was the first dawn of hope he had
seen for the people Of the South
since the termination of the war;
u Louisville Democrat.
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Telegraphic News Summary.

The Democratic State Conven-
tons of Ohio, West Virginia and
Indiana have each nominated
Geo. Ell. Pendleton for President.
Gen. Meade has removed Gov.
Jenkins, and Treasurer Jones Of
Georgia. Gen. Thos. III. Ruger,
SD infantry, has been appointed
Governor, and Capt. c. F. Rock
well, Treasurer. The Mongrels
have nominated Fl. G. Yarmouth
for Governor, E. Dumas, (colored)
for Lieut.. Governor, and George
Bocee, for Secretary of State, of
Louisiana. Steamer Homeyer,
with 900 bales of cotton, was burn
ed on the Ouachita river on the
18th inst. Boat and cargo total
loss. -. Brute Butler was in Rich
mond, Va, on 18th inst. The mig
gers seemed glad to see him. :.
The q. s. Senate has decided after
a session of FIVE hours, that the
Presidents reasons for suspending
Stanton from the WarDepartment
are insufficient, and refuses to con-
cur in the suspension. Vote o.
yeas to 6 nays. +. Bills having
for their object the removal of
Gen. Hancock, have been intro
duced into both Houses Of Con
gress. -. A bill has also been
passed by the House requiring
two thirds of full bench of Su
preme Court to decide any law OF
Congress unconstitutional.
Congress has not yet decided tc
either repeal orsuspend the cotton
tax. The House has voted to re.
peal-the Senate to suspend the
tax for the crop OF 1868. There
was a riot between the whites anC
blacks, at Pulaski, Tenn, on the
9th inst, in which two negroe.
were killedand five wounded-on,
white seriously hurt. Furthel
trouble unprecedented in that par
Z Of ''Brownlow's hell.". .Ex.Gov
10. Brown, of Georgia, continue
to advocate reconstruction unde
the military bills. He also defend
Pope's administration. Wonde
if old John Browns soul has no
marched" into old 10. Brown. .
Middling cotton closed active a
164c., i'll New Orleans, on 14tl
inst, and gold at 1881. Pork 81
so. Corn 95c. Sales of cotton
56O0bales. Receipts--1726 bales
The following States have adopt
ed the Constitutional Amendment
known as the 14th Article, viz
New Hampshire, Connecticut
Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon
Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois
West Virginia, Kansas, Nevada
Missouri, Indiana, Minnesota, r
Island, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ne
braska and Massachusetts. 20 il
, all.
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70 If you want to be happy
make yourself independent. If
you want to be independent make
your wants few. Ifyou want to
make your wants few live natur-
ally. If you want to live natural
ly, lop off about one half the Gus.
toms of society.
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THE AMERICAN FARyrER

The AMERICAN FARMER
Each number OF this excellent ag.
ricultural journal contains twenty
three pages, handsomely ilIustra-
ted, and filed with valuable read
ing matter for farmers. Its pub
hshed at 81 per year, and at that
low price ought to be in the hands
OF every farmer in the country.
Nav is the time to subscribe for
1868. Address, Rochester, New
York.
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10 The following domestic"
paragraph we clip from the Pub
lie Sentiment:
"We have been frequently ask
ed if we thought a certain lawyer
friend of ours gets ferriage across
the Dorchete by the year. OF
pays as he goes We answer that
his good jugdment and rational
ideas of 'economy'would certainly
prompt him to take itby the year."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

u The editor OF the Minden
Sentiment has beenpresented with
"a bottle of genuine. Headsick .
OF which he felt :Some delicacy''
in appropriating. We always
knew Pratt was 1t modest man.
But Clarence" as Col. Nixon, of
the Crescent, once said to us,
''you are too modest tor an editor
The ColoneliS never sarcastic!
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Our NEW GOVERNoR.-The
resignation of Gov. Flanders and
the appointment, in his stead, Of
Judge Baker, of. st. Mary, to
the Office of Governor, transfers
the now not very important OF
onerous duties thereof to an old
citizen, who has had considerable
public experience, and who has
been in his day a leader in good
enterprises
Judge Baker was Wing of the
old school, so much so that he
was never a secessionist and has
always been conservative. He
served one or to two terms in the
State Senate, and was several
times proposed for nominations
to Congress and the chair he is
now about to occupy, but he pre-
ferred agricultural and other pur-
suits ii the country. Considering
that he has always chung to large
planting operations and negro la.
Dor, he has been man of great
agricultural enterprise and pro-
gressive views and has made more
out of poor material than almost
any other man could. He is a man
of great breadth of views, energy
perseverance, and what the world
values most successful.
If he manages public affairs, so
far as our present form Of govern
ment permits him tomanage them,
as we'll as he has his own, the
country will be prosperous under
his charge N. o. Picayune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18
To- The editor of tha N,+.bito

~ The editor Of the Natchito
ches Spectator notifies the patrons
of the late BienyiIle Messenger,
that the subscription book to the
Messenger has been lost! The
editor doesn't state whether "the
hand' justified the loss, or wheth-
er he was Caught bluf1ing !"
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THE SOUTHERN OPINION.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, Il

Fl. r. Pollard, Editor and ProPr
NHHE SOUTHERN OPINION viii
Ill be Confederate in its devotion
to the memory of our short-lived iuds'
pendence and all who fought for y
or sympathized with that proud, though
unsuccessful struggle, from JeffeTsoh
Davis to the humblest soldier, shall oe
cherished as - sacred memory. sbi.a
ographies, narratives, descriptions,
sketches, incidents, and anecdotes
illustrative of the late war shall form
one of its most prominent features.
number Of distinguished Confederass
officers have promised 70 contribute %
les columns.
TERMs.-One year. 81 six months
50 so; payable in advance.
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For. Rent:

YNhe STORE@HOUSE, at Rocky
H. Mount, in this parish. formerly
occupied by Crawford. Hughes & Co.
The house is large, commodious. and
under excellent repair, and in one Of
the best locations in the parish TOR
business. Terms easy. Call on tho
undersigned, or Messrs. Griffin q Sui.
der, at Bellevue, for terms. &c.
ELIZA A. HUGHES.
Rocky Mount. La. NO
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

70 One million nine hundred
and seventy thousand three hun
bred and twenty hogs and three
hundred and twenty six thousand
cattle were marketed in Chicago
last year.
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SheriG's Sale.

In the District Court Of Bossier Parish.
Louisiana.
by virtue Of two writs Of feri faeias issued
D from the District Court of 10th judi.
cial District, Bossjer parish, La, and TO inc
directed, i'll the above entitled suits, have
seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder, be.
fore the Court house door, i'll the town Of
Bellevue, La, on Saturday the LIST day Of
February, 1868, the following described
property, to wit; N
2 MULES, and one half interest in one
Mule.
Seized as the property of thu defendant,
A. 7. Butler, and to be sold to pay and sat
isiy said writs.
Terms of Sale--Cash, with benefit of ap-
praisement
W II HILL, Sheriff
Bellevue, La, Jan. Is, 1865 81 50
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

% Hon. Jerry Black is figur-
ing an effort to test the constitu-
tionality of the Reconstruction
laws and is preparing his argu-
ment thereon.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

THE FREEDMEN IN MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion
learns that but few freedmen have
sought employment for wages the
coming year; and that almost in
q body they decline accepting it,
except on terms which are utterly
out Of the power of planters to
accord. They expect to be fed,
furnished with lodging, and have
their medical bills paid, and to
receiyefrom $40 to S15 per month.
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ShersR's Sale.
L. S. Evans Ia
VS.. No. 1019 as
Brown g. Montgomery
Peter McLeish
Vs. No. 81.
D,,S>-,v,, 4, ME- r-1,,,.o.-

DIoHu u montgomery
Dy virtue oftwo writs of fieri facias issued
Id from the Honorable the District Court
of said Parish and State, in the above en-,
titled snit, aud to me directed, have seized
and will proceed to sell at public auction,
before the Court House door, in the town OF
Bellevue, Louisiana, within the legal hours
OF sale, on Saturday, LIST day of February,
1865, the following described property, TO-
wit
Steam Saw Bill and Grist Mill, and al
fixtures, cart, 2wagons lot lumber, 8 cast
rollers, pieces boiler iron, IL pieces cast
cogs.
Seized as the property Of defendants
Brown g. Montgomery, and to be sold %
pay and satisfy said writs.
Terms of Sale-Cash, with benefit Of ap
praisement. !.
Bellevue, La, Jan. Is, 1868. 81 80
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70 The Portland (Maine) Mer-
camille Library Association has,
it is said, offered Mr.. Dickens ST.
500 to give one reading i'll that
city.
If that is his price it is hardly
probable he will be secured by a
Bellevue audience.
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10 The Louisville Journal and
New York Tribune both seem to
think Grant a nuisance in the
Presidents Cabinet.
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Prices Must Come Down.

With little money in the coun-
try, cotton at 6 and Z cents, corn
at so cents, and slow sale; the
farmers almost ruined, and the
merchants struggling against
bankruptcy in consequence of the
decline in goods and the difficulty
of selling the stocks on hand,
every sensible man must perceive
that the prices of everything else
must likewise decline. Labor and
provisions are too high. They
must come down; that is inevita-
BILE.
When the farming and mercan-
tile interests of a country like ours
become embarrassed, every other
must feel the pressure.
The year 1868, will be, in all
probability, the most trying upon
all classes-the rich and the poor
ever known. But let all start
out right, with a proper under
standing of all difficulties before
them, and with resolution to en-
deav0r to surmount them, and
everything will come out right
Sobriety, industry, economy, and
perseverance, constitute the only
means by which the land is to be
redeemed. But the first step in
the programme, is a proper appre
citation Of our condition, and the
recognition of the fact, that
twelve months must elapse before
it can be improved. Money is
scarce now, it will be difficult tc
get in a few months. Hence,
prices must come down; and the
sooner the decline commences, the
better it will be for the country
Texas Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

- The Southern negroes, like
Shakspeare's breeze over a bank
of violets, are Stealing and giving
odor." Prentice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN
The Cultivator and Country Gen
tleman is published in large week
~ numbers of Is to 90 pages
each, and designed to include
every department of agriculture,
stock-raising, horticulture, and do
nestle economy. We agree with
a contemporary in considering the
Country Gentleman "the best of
all the American newspapers de
voted to matters of. rural econo-
N.Y.
The terms are lower than those
OF any other paper of similar
standing. One copy, 81 80 per
year; four copies, 80; eight copies,
Sl6.. Address, Luther Tucker &
Son, publishers, Albany, N. Y.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

L. The Vermont Legislature
has passed an act to prevent pau
pers putting themselves on towns
to which they do not belong. The
Offences is to be punished by a fine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

% If you want much, spend
little, and if you only want little
you will have much.
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10 The Houma Civic Guard
says the yield of sugar in Terra
bonneparish, for 1867, only amount
to 4486 hogsheads.
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@ Pussy people are 10 !

E Fussy people are to ha
avoided. They are nuisancea
Properly speaking there is M
place for them in the wide world
They are anomalous. They ara
excreseences. They have neitbo.
time nor place. Discomfort i
their mission, to unharmoniza
their end. They are Satangovn
They fuss merely to be fussv
They so about making smooth
places rough. They pop in vhere
there is sunshine, and straigbtwav
comes a cloud. Pussy folks ara
not confined to sex, but thew
abound, it must be confessed
with females. Your female who
has passed the thirty fifth summer
is a prize on fuss. Hence on sbe
is fussy in a constantly increasing
concentrated form. At forty she
sprovokingly fussy; at fifty she
is distressingly SO. Ifpossible give
the fusser a very wide margin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

- Twenty thousand pounds
of raisins were produced by one
farmer in California last year.
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On DIT.-Young gentlemen, in
preparing their toilets for attend
ing parties, should be careful in
their selection of spices, cloves,
etc, ''for their breatIf's Sake y
Black pepper isn't a fair substi-
tute.
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~ In Tensas, says the Gazette,
neither planters nor freedmen are
willing to make cotton the lead
ing crop next year. No planter
in the parish viii pay the expense
of raising the crop of the past
year.
The Gazette says they have
made no crops in that region, but
that game is plentiful at their
very doors. Going back to the
wilderness
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~ The Searcy (Ark.) Record
says pork is selling there at eight
cents per pound, and cotton at
from eight to nine and a half
cents.
The statement carries its own
comment with it. Where the
freedmen will it permit, farmers
had better raise hogs than cotton.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

e Twenty-Five million bushels
Of wheat, twenty-three millions
bushels of corn and fourteen mil
lions bushels of other grains were
received in Chicago last year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-01-18

% Never consider aperson IN,
feeling or hard hearted because he
refuses what he cannot grant.
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Special Notice.

Owing to the financial depres-
sion of the times, we have reduc-
ed the subscription to the Banner
from five to FOUR DOLLARS per
annum. Six months-S2. Three
months-Sl. No name booked
until themoney ispaidin advance.
% In issues past, We have fire.
quently made playful illusions to
printing Office bores," which, per-
haps may have been wrongly con-
strued BY many Of our friends.
Such Squibs have no alluSion what
ever, to those who make '!sensibleT
and reasonable calls. We only
have reference to the regular "ar-
tesian bore" who, when he once
inserts his gimlct, never stops
short of blood. We would be
pleased, at any time, to have oul
friends from the country drop 10
on us from time to time, as bust
ness and circumstances will admit
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An Act to Prescribe an Oath of Ofic,
and for Other PURPOSES.


The following is the oath (''iron-clad'') of of
flee referred to in the Reconstruction and Sum-
Elementary Acts: 80
Be nenacted, That hereafter any person elected
or appointed to any office of honor or profit un-
der the government OF the United States, either
in the civil military naval department of the
public service, except the President of the Unit
ed States, shall before entering upon the duties
of such office, and before being entitled to any of
the salary or other emoluments thereof, take and
subscribe the following oath or affirmation 81
A. B, do solemnly swear Tor affrm) that l have
never voluntarily borne arms against the United
States since have been a citizen thereof; that
have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, coun-
sci or encouragement to persons engaged in
armed hostility thereto; that have never sought
nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the func-
tons of any Office whatever, under any authority
or pretended authority, in hostility to the United
port to any pretended government, power or con-
stitution within the United States hostile or in
imical thereto; and do further swear Tor affirm)
that to the best of my knowledge and ability
will support and defend the constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreigna and do
to the same; that 1 take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose Of
evasion, and that will well and faithfully dis
charge the duties of the Office on which am
about to enter. So help me Cod" which oath,
so taken and signed, shall be preserved among
the files of the Court, Houses of Congress- or the
department to which said officer may appertain.s
shall be guilty of perjury, and on conviction, in
addition to the penalties now prescribed for that
offence, shall be deprived of his office, and rem
dered forever incapable after, of holding any of
flee or place under the United States. t5'e5f
ApproVaA fiy 2, 100e.l s$}GI.,s 81. q 8 :, 4
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THE BIDDLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE,
N.

THIS INSTITUTE IS DESIGNED TO TRAIN
4 young men of color Tor the Ministry and
Teaching. 1t is located in Charlotte, North
Carolina The advantages OF the Institute are
offered to all persons bringing certificates of good
moral character, and giving evidence of capacity
to receive an education. These will receive gra-
tuitous instruction, and rooms in the Institute
free of charge. Advanced Students studying for
the Ministry will receive additional aid SO Tar as
the means at the disposal of the Trustees will al
low. The first session will open on January LIST,
1868. Meantime regular instruction will be given
to Students who can secure board in the city -
As the building now being erected will only
furnish rooms for fifty Students those wishing to
enter the Institute should apply at once, to the
Rev. w. L. Miller, Secretary of B. NJ Ems! itute,
Charlotte, N. C.. sis III f.
.. WILLIS L. MILLER
a.. =, ''tt9 8. G. ALEXANDER.
Oct. 16, 1857. -.-. ~ - S7-H