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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-12-26

L have seen the castor bean
| growing wild to the height Of 10
feet. 1t yields several months in
the year, aud usually survives the
frOsts Mississippi. With
but little labor these lands can be
made to pay more, per acre, nom
the castor bean, than can be real
lied, per acre, from the best sugar
and cotton plantations in the
South. When will the world get
enough castor oil for medicine,
for lubricating oil, and for the
manufacture of soap? The castor
bean is a staple of commerce, and
there is no reason why it should
not be grown extensively in Low
er Mississippi et' 3u at .a
Providence has placed ready at
the hand the means for. rec!aim-
ing and fertiliziug these ''Piney
Wood" lands in the immense peat
bogs deposited along: the Pasca-
goula and its tributaries, in the
atrembling prairies" and sea
marshes composed entirely Of de
c&yed vegetable matter washed
down from the hills, as also in the
millions of cubic yards of shells
(oflimestone) in thewonderful she'll
banks along the, gulf coast One
of the finest of these, shell banks
extends several miles up the Pas
cagoula, and the presence of brok-
en- pieces ofrude pottery, numbers
ofWhich have been shown TO me,
wherever one makes an e1eava-
ton proves that the shells must
have been deposited by theSIndi-
ans, or perhaps, by an anterior
race. 5.
But it is to the resources Of this
region in lumber, turpentine, ros-
in, tar, charcoal and fuel, that I
would especially invite the atten-
tod of the public. As soon asthe
Pascagoula river can be opened
to commerce by the completion of
the ship canal, during the present
month, steamboats, and sailing
vessels will be able to penetrate
! far into the interior of the State.
In no other part Of tie South can
naval stores Of evary description
be produced moreeconomically or
in greater abundance, and from
no other river in the South viii
there be such excellent opportuni-
ties for shipment direct to New
lfOrIeans or to New York. Easy
and profitable employment will
then be furnished for a large pop
ulation. It is impossible but that
Ian immense impetus will be given
to this heaIthful and lucrative
branch of business. 7yI I1e ,A
So obvious and well known are
the advantages of the Pascagoula
region for the lumber trade, that
since the war, Notwithstanding the
depression of. business and the
| fact that vessels drawing more
than FIVE feet Of water could not
cross the bar, thus preventing the
ahipments of lumber to distant
ports, and limiting them entirely
to New Orleans, more than TWEEN
ty saw mills have been erected
near the mouth ofthe Pascagoula,
I at a cost of half a million OF dol
lars, and capable OF furnishing a
million feet Of lumber per week,
| Where the best pine logs can be
furnished at 80 per 1900 feet, and
choice cdrgoes Of lumber can be
loaded at the mills on vessels
drawing between ten and eleven
| feet Of water, for shipment direct
| to distant Or to foreign ports, al
| the, low rate of S12 per 1000 feet
| it is evident there must exist tht
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-12-26
.SO1seS g. Harris,

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
N Shreveport. La. VIII practice
in the parish of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend TO cases in the
District. Supreme and T ederal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. ps vi n3I .5!i
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-10-07
Glh county 0iretturp,
COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
President Judge-R. G.. White.
Additional Law Judge II. W,
Williams.
Associate Judgcs-E. c. Schultzc,
Jesse Kyler.
District Attorney-J. X. 2. Hall.
Sheriff-James A. Malone.
Prothonotary, &c.--G. A. Rathbun.
Claudius V. Gillis.
Co. observation-disclosures Blakely.
Commissioners--H. Warner, j. w.
Taylor, Louis Nollm"r.
Auditors-Clark Wilcox, Byron j.
Jones, Jacob McCaulcy.
County Surveyor-Geo. Walmslcy.
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]. S. B0RDWELL, NJ. d.
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| lay aside the lance-the old blood
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circulation and restore the system to its
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shall hereafter give particular attention to
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ralgia, diseases Of the throat, urinary or
gans, and all diseases peculiar TO females,
&c.
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TEETH extracted without pain.
Office and residence south of the Jail on
Centre St. Office hours from : to s a. III ;
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Dec. 23'G7.-ly. ]. s, BORDWELL.
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Oct, 3lst l6G7-1y
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food, makes sleep refreshing, and establish
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cost free. A treatise on the injurious eff
fects of Tobacco, with lists of references,
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cd. Address DR. T. Il. ABBOT. Jersey
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THE OLDEST BITTERS IN USE
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Try them and be convinced of their virtues.
For sale by all the principal Druggists
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Do not fal to examine well tbe ,rticlo
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See trade mark.
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Sole ProprietOrs & Manufacturers,
mayl 0A' Erie, Pa.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09
Hit the Nail on the Head.


A correspondent of the New York Jour-
nal of Commerce, under the nom de plume of
"Common Sense" argues that the first act
of Congress leading to reputation was the
act making paper money issued by govern
ment legal tender in the payment of debts.
This action, he contends, was not warranted
by the constitution, which declares that
Congress shall have power "to coin money,
ssregulate the value thereof and Of foreign
::'coin." To make paper money equal to
coin, without making it redeemable in coin
on demand, or receivable for oil debts, taxes
and dues to the government, will always
perplex the financial world, and make the
value Of paper huctuate from time to time
according to the demands of trade. The
only remedy is return, as speedily as pos
sible, to specie payments.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09

already exists in Tennessee, and is in pro-
cess of organization in other Southern States
The Grand Army of the Republic is Radical
military organization, extending through
out the Northern States, sworn to fight in
support of the party. ict-Attorney
CThBIN is thorough Radical, who believes
in the supremacy of Congress and the con-
stitutionality of the Reconstruction acts.
He is already judge, and can command
hereafter almost any place in the new gov
ernment Naturally, he would not be over
scrupulous in the choice of measures neces-;
sary to support that government He is a
bold, a determined man. Is it extrava-
CANT to suppose that his bill is part of a
grand conspiracy for forcible resistance
to a Democratic administration of the Uni
ted States Government?
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09
CHI A r L ES TON .
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER ., 1868.
For President, .HORATIO SEYMOUR.
For Vice. President. FRANCIS p. BLAIR.
Clear the TrackI

There is world of meaning in the tidings
from Columbia, that the colored Republi-
cans intend to make bold push in Novem-
ber, to fill the places to which this State is
entitled in Congress with men of their own
class. Swails, Wright, Nash and Wimbush
have taken the field as candidates in the
four Congressional Districts respectively,
and, from Republican point Of view, we
can see no particular reason why they
should not be elected by handsome msiori-
ties The Radical party in South Carolina
is, in fact black mans party, and it is
monstrous incongruity and injustice that it
should be represented by anybody but black
men. The negroes may, for the most part,
be. ignorant and innocent of the tricks of
the politician; but they are at last begin
ming very generally to understand that not
white man in the State votes or acts with
their party, unless with the expectation Of
using the black mans power for the pur-
pose of satisfying his own greed or ambi-
tion; and they cannot be blind to the fact
that, so far, the negro masses have gained
absolutely nothing, politically, except the
glorious privilege of being duped into hur-
rahing and voting for their Radical mas
ters; while the losves and fishes, the SUBJ
stantial fruits of the party triumph, have
in every instance been gObbled up by the
handful of disinterested white adventurers,
who have kindly volunteered to take charge
of public affairs in the Palmetto State.
A different order of things, it would
seem, is about to begin. The golden op-
pertunity for sending black United States
senator TO- Washington is gone b.; but
chance to choose black representatives yet
remains. The candidates are ready and
probably anxious. Let the colored Repub-
licans only resolve to stand shoulder to
shoulder in support of what the carpet
baggers have taught them were the rights
.oftheir race, and the thing is accomplished.
We shall have o full set of black NJ. C.'s,
and the white scalawags, recently admitted
by the House as representatives from
South Carolina, will be, every man Of them,
left out in the cold. And why not The
real and natural leaders Of the Republican
party here are colored men. They are not
whit inferior in point Of property, cul-
ture, brains, morality or general respecta-
bility to their white associates and would
be rivals. Barring the considerations of
ssrace, color and previous condition" (Which
among orthodox Republicans are matters
not worth considering at ally, the colored
leaders have every claim upon their party
for Congressional distinction. And if our
delegation of representatives must, in any
event, be chosen from that party, We say,
by all means, let Cuffee 60 in and win
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09

than he would think Of giving him piece OF
money or buying him pair Of gloves; It
would be insulting to him. II we CONSIDER IL
sign of hospitality to pay for q friend. when
we happen to accompany him to theatre or to
a bar, why do we not consider it equally a sign
of hospitality to insist on paying for his hat
when we enter store with him? In Europe
your friend buys tickets for both as matter
of convenience, and tells you the price of your
ticket as be hands it to you, and you return
him the money. In America you request
friend to buy you pair of gloves, or an un1-
brella, or neoktie, while he is in the street.
He does not hesitate to tell you it's price, and
to accept the money. 1t would be indelicate
for him not to do so. If, however, you go to
theatre together, he hurries on before you,
buys two tickets, and is insulted if you offer to
pay your share. To do such q thing in Europe
would be as indelicate as it would have been
for him to have declined payment for the
gloves.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09
August 90
Gitp advertisements.
CITY rAxEs-moNTHLY KEFU RMS

OFFICE OF THE CITY ASSESSOR.(
CRY HALL, September L. 1868. {
Notice is hereby given to sl concerned. that the
monthly Returns for the m nth Of August past. IN
compliance with the Tax Ordinance, ratified on the
2slh Of January, 1885, must be made on or before the
18th instant.
TAXES on THE FOLLOWING ARE PAYABLE MONTHLY
On all sales Of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Ill.
Guiding sales by Bakers, Butchers Hucksters, and
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On all gross receipt of all Street Railroads.
On al gross receipts of all Express Gompanioe
On all sales at Auction.
On all Carriages and Bue6iea
On all income derived from the pursuit OF any
faculty, profession, occupation or employment
On the gross receipts OF all Commercial Agencies.
On all commissions received by Factors, Commits
zion Merchants Banker, Brokers, and others.
On all prem ums received for or by any Insurance
Conn., any, OF by agencies tor individuals or compa-
MES.
On all gross receipts of all Gas Companies.
On every Horse and Hule used or kept within the
CITY, excepting hoises or mules used in any public
licensed carriage, cart. dray, or other vehicle
On all Retail Dealers In all articles whatsoever.
On q ! Barber Shops.
On all gross r, ceipts Of hotels and Public Eating
and Boarding Houses,
On all receipts OF Livery Stable Keepers
On the gross receipts OF Cotton Presses.
On the gross receipts of all Printing Offices, News
pap. rs and Publishing Houses.
On all Goods sold iu the city by persons not resi-
dent, by sa!Ipie or otherwise.
On all sales Of Horses and Mules brought to the
city.
On sales of Stocks. Bonds, and other securities.
On the gross receipts Of Magnetic Telegraph Com
panies.
Liquor Dealers.
All the defaulters will be dealt with as the o1d-
nance directs W. n. HUGHES,
Sent. mberl Is City Assessor.
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Insurreetion and Rebellion.

We print in full in another column this
morning the "bill to suppress insurrec-
ton and rebellion" which was introduced
into the reconstructed Senate of this State
on Monday last. In introducing this bill
Mr. Corbin, United States District Attor-
ney, and acting senator from Charleston.
who has, perhaps not undeservedly, rep
utation in his party for calm tempera-
ment and clear head, has been guilty either
of q folly or crime. If, like Don Quixote,
he has mistaken the windmill for 9 giant-if
he has so far misunderstood the sporadic
outbursts Of the negroes on the one hand,
or the idle clustering of few violent and
ignorant whites on the other, as to see IN
one or both such organized forcible resist
ance to the present State government as
might properly be called insurrection and re-
bellion, and give prete1t for the dictato-
rial powers with which his bill invests the
Governor then indeed his folly is worthy
of Rand ,lph. But if, knowing the true ex-
tent ami meaning Of such disturbances of
the pefce as have really occurred, he has
manufactured this bill for political capi-
tal--if he has wilfully and maliciously used
his position and his influence to create the
impression at the North that the people of
this State are ready to rise in arms against
the reconstructed State government-then
has he been guilty of a grave crime.
But there is yet another, aud probably
the most correct, view which may be taken
of this bill, namely, to regard it as without
any present or immediate object, but as in
tended to meet concurrence of circum-
stances expected in the future. 1t is sig
nifcant, in this connection, that the bill
speaks repeatedly of the militia" though,
as yet, no militia has been created. The
nature of such concurrence Of circum-
stances as that at which we have limited, it
is not difficult to conjecture. Should SEY-
MouR be elected in November, the Radical
State Governments of The South would, in
view of the declared doctrine of the Demo-
cratic party that reconstruction is null and
void, feel their tenure Of power to be rather
precarious, to say the least. And should
q conflict happen to ensue, on this or
any similar issue, between the Executive
and Radical Senate, an organized militia
in the Southern States, completely under
the control of governors clothed with dicta-
torial powers, might be most important
auxiliary in the contest. Such q militia
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09
A Smnu Business.

The refusal Of young EUGENE CAvAIaNAc
to accept the college prize at the hands Of
the Prince Imperial has produced pro-
found sensation in France. Nothing can
be more absurd to the Anglo-Saxon mind
than such an exhibition of impotent resent
ment. Such an offence against both good
sense and good taste, could only be the
product of that impulsive and superficial
type of mind which makes duty matter Of
mere sentiment, and guages the right and
wrong of things by the varying tempera-
ture of the feelings. If the motive of the
act were simply an unwillingness to accept
sny favor from the hands of the son of his
fathers enemy, it is difficult to understand
how NJ. CAvAIGNAc reconciled to himself
his acceptance of educational training in
school established by, and under the coun-
tenance and protection of, the government.
If, on the other hand, the refusal was
prompted by the desire pOintedly to insult
the father through the son, and to exhibit
the youthful malcontents superiority to the
rules of conventional courtesy and etiquette,
the act alike fails to appeal either to our
sympathies or to our judgment. 1t GER
tainly savors rather of the petty resent
ment of woman, who can be generous but
seldom just; and if such be the result of
Madame CAvA1GNAc's training of her son,
VIC venture to say that it would hardly have
met with the approval of her gallant and
unfortunate husband.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09
Mapur's proclamation.
. ROC l. A NJ A II 1 D n .

DR. DC L NJ Al ION.
By GEORGE ". CLARK, Mayor of Charleston.
CITY HALL, MAYORS OFFICE.
CHARLESTON, S. c., August l8, 1863
Believing it the sincere desire of every individual
in this community to assist In preserving tho public
peace and maintaining the dignity of the laws; feel
ing in the political excitement now pervading all clas-
ses of our people, that through single act OF violence
either by accident or. otherwise, we may be over
whelmed in deplolab breach Of low and order
I, GEORGE ". CLARK, Mayor of the city afore-
sad do call upon all good citizens to abstain as for
as possible from oil public demonstrations of a
noisy or riotous nature. Let each one regard him
self as answerabe to the public for tho good con-
duct of all. Let one, IN the exercise of liberty,
do that against the law which will by law deprive
him of his liberty. The public peace must and
shall be preserved.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the city
IL. 81 the date and year above mentioned
GEORGE ". CLARK, Mayor.
Aup1lst %
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-09
COOPERATIVE GROCERY,
MARKET, BETWEEN KING AND
MEETING STREETS,

IS 0 U T II S I D E.)
A n EXTENSIVE, VARIED AND CAREFULLY
n selected supply Of the NECESSARIES OF
LIFE. and also the luxuries-WINES, LIQUORS,
etc-will at all times be found ct the above Store,
established under the auspices of the PALMETTO
PIONEER COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION" and
which will continue and extend the advantages it
already offers to the public. Fresh arrivals and
bargains will be regularly reported, and every fac
ty afforded patrons.
The "object of the Association is as set forth in
its charter, "To furnish members ard the public
with the necessaries of life of good quality, unadulte
rated, and at lowest market rates, and from the
profits OF such sales to accumulate capital for ita
members"
Copies of tie Constitution and Bylaws can be
found at the Store OF the Association aud all in
quires egarding the practical working of tbe enter
prise will be most cheerfuy an promptly satisfied.
". II. WEIGH, superintendent
j. n. WIGFALL Assistant.
,Tnly II