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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-07-04

MIR. SCANLAND-Sir: In com
pliance with the requestof several
citizens Of this neighborhood Fill
more l send you some extracts
from my fathers letter, written
May 9th, 1868, from Belize City,
British Honduras--for publication.
He says:
eve anchored out about mile
from the city, waiting for permits
to be granted to the passengers
before going ashore. The custom
house officer came aboard for this
purpose, and he was as large a
black negro man as we generally
see, and was exceedingly polite to
all. Our baggage was first exam
ined before any permits were
granted. Fare at the hotels per
day, is 81 90, in specie. The aver
age yield of sugar per acre, from
1000 to 5000 pounds. Corn IL
bushels per acre. Rice per acre
he could not get theexact amount
but can make two crops a year,
and is not worked at all, but
planted broadcast, like oats OF
wheat. The sugar cane is only
planted every 10 or 90 years, and
not worked. The way corn is
planted, by making a hole with a
stick, and covered with your foot
and not worked any more. Sweet
potatoes are only planted once,
and it is difficult matter to get
rid of them afterwards. Tobacco
grows finely. This is no cottol
country. The worm destroys it
The mode of clearing land is tt
cut the timber down, and let it liz
for two months, and burn it. Thel
it is ready for planting. Plow'
are never used. Labor from 8
to $40 per month.
Very Respectfully,
A. FL. BURNS.
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Your friend,
MERCHANT.

~ We Gull the following gem
from DR.. Chapin's lecture on the
mobility of Labor"
Hardly any thing is more con-
temptible than the conceit which
rests merely upon social position ;
the conceit Of those who who i'm
agine that they thus are divorced
from the clay Of common men, Of
those whOshrink with horror from
the idea of work, as something
which degrades by its very con
tact, and yet who, very likely owe
their present position to some not
very remote ancestor, who, recOg-
nizing his call to work, lived more
honestly in the world than they
do, and was not ashamed of soiled
thumbs. 1t is one Of the meanest
things for people to be ashamed
Of the work from which they draw
their income, and which glorified
their ancestors more with their
soiled aprons and black gowns
than themselves with their fine
ribbons and flash, ,iewelry. 1t might
be a fine thing to be like the lilies,
more glOriously clothed than Solo
mon, and doing nothing, as if we
were lilies. Advantageous position
is only mere emphatic call for
work; and while those who hold
the advantage may not be com
PEELED to manual drudgery, they
should recognize the fact that
manual drudgery may be perform
ed in the same spirit as thatwhich
characterizes their own work, and,
therefore, that it is equally honor
able.n
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SHREVEPORT, June %, '68.


Dear ScGnIaagd The Banner
containing your leader upon the
subject Of patronage was received
yesterday. 1t rings of the right
mettle, and you speak with the
proper vim. Having often expe,
rienced the feeling which prompt
ed you to write it, | fully endorse
it, and for want of moral courage
in others to say as much, is the
reason that many conclude if a
man is not q farmer or planter he
is hanger-On and is making his
living without labor, and the pa
tronage extended him is charity.
Your article will meet the views
Of all sensible practical men,
Fools will have their opinions
Their patronage is worthless, and
their opinions are as valuable as
as an inflated bladder. If every
printer, mechanic, labOrer, mer-
chant, &c, wereas high toned and
manly as your article, there would
be many happy results. The pa
trOnage of the worthless would be
lost, others would be more pune
tual in payments, the various oc-
cupations would be elevated, and
above all, the dignity of all be
maintained, to the satisfaction of
knowing they didn't pander for
patronage, and were not objects OF
charity.
All professions and occupations
form links in society-one as much
dependent as another, Advance
the platform laid down, you will
purge the dross from the pure
metal.
Your friend.
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The VIRTUE OF THE SPANISH
PEAsANTRY.-A beautiful traitof
character and a lovely custom of
the Spanish peasantry appear in
their love for parents. They yield
to them obedience, recpect, veneer
alton and love, after they are
aged, and the children are men
and women grown. The married
children delight to have their pa
rents to direct and govern them
as in childhood, and these chill
dren even quarrel among them
selves to get and keep possession
of their aged parents. THIS trait
of character is said to mark q slow
country, where the past, the an
cient, is held in honor while pro-
gress has no such reverence for
old age. Would to God that we
had little more Spanish in Young
America, if it is Spanish to honor
ones father and mother.-IEx.
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Sleeping in Church.

They scarcelywould believe him
when he told them that, when il
ThursO some time ago, he on one
occasion saw six hundred people
asleep in Church.-[Dr. Guthrie.
Ger their devoted head,
When the law thunder'd
Singly and heedlessly,
Snored the six hundred
Great was the preachers theme
Screw'd ON was all the steam;
Neither with shout or scream,
Gould he disturb the dteam
OF the six hundred
Terrors to theright of them,
Terrors to the left of them,
Terrors in front of them
He'll itself plundered
OF its most awful things.
Weak minded preacher filings
At the dumb founded
Boldly he spoke and we'll;
All on deaf ears it fell;
Vain was his loudest yell
VOlley'd and thunder'd
For earing-the truth to tell
Neither for heaven nor hell,
Snored the six hundred
A.. Still, with redoublcd zeal,
Still he spoke onward
And, in wild appeal,
Striking with hand and heel
Making the pulpit reel,
Shaken and sundcred-
Called them the Churches foes,
Threatened with endless woes
Family the answer rose
Proofs of their sweet repose)
From the united nose
Of the six hundred.
Srrmons of near an hour,
Too much for human power;
Prayers, too, made to match,
Extemporaneous batch),
Wofully blundered
With a service of music
Fit TO turn every pew sick
Should it be wondered
Churches that will not move
Out of the ancient groove
Through which they have flounderd
1fthcy will lag behind,
Still must expect to fad
Hearers of such kind
As the six hundred.
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u Two Hoosier bellies were re-
Gently driving buggy on a plank
road; near Indianapolis, and on
being asked for toll, inquired:
"How much is it?'
t'For man and a horse" re
piled the gate-keeper, ''it is fifty
cents"
'Well, then, get out of the way.
for we are gals and a mare. Get
mp Sall!"
And away they went, leaving
the man in mute astonishment.
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II. M. Fort,

A ttorney and Counselor at Law.
IA Bellevue, Bossier parish, La.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-07-04

10 Young ladies walk on their
toes because they want to be in
tip-top style.
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not indigenous to this climate and
I grows spontaneously upon our
soil. 1t was formerly much es-
teemed as a shade tree, but Of
late it has been superseded as such
and has fallen into disfavor. Al
though not so much adapted to
ornamental purposes as other va
rieties, of shade trees, its chief
Importance and value consist in
the medical properties it posses
sess. To these, public attention
should be directed to the end
that their discovery, development
and application to medical suses
may supply an important desider-
atum in the healingart. A knowl-
edge of it's virtues, and the pur-
poses to which it may be success
fully applied, will bring it into
notice and restore it to popular
favor as one Of the most useful
and valuable trees that belong to
our climate.
A writer in an August number
of the "Cotton Planter and Soil"
states, upon his knowledge deriv-
ed from experience and ObServa-
ton, that it is an infallible RENE
dy for the prevention and exter-
mination of vermin on fowls and
hogs, and that a strong decoction
made of the leaves of the China
tree, will drive off fieas, bed-bugs
and other troublesome insects.
While indOrsing the foregoing
statement, we do not believe that
the valuable purpose to which it
may be applied are limited within
so marrow a sphere. For reason
that are obvious, we are inclined
to the opinion that the whole in
sect race, and particularly that
portion Of them whose respiratory
organs are located on the surface
of their bodies, within the scope
of their application. Ifthe liquid
be applied, therefore, to vegeta-
bles and plants infected with
troublesome insects, it will exter-
inmate them; fit be applied be-
fore their presence is manifested,
it will prevent their appearance
altogether. If it be applied to the
trunks of the peach and apple
tree, particularly at the point,
where they emerge from the
ground, the rayages Of the borer
the formidable enemy of fruit
trees-will be prevented, and il
they are pre- sent they will be de-
stroyed.
AS a vemifuge for man or beast,
it has possibly no superior in the
whole range of the vegetable king
dom. Horse, following the in
stincts of their nature, seems to
understand the effects of the Chi
na tree, by eating the young
shoots and leaves at certain sea
sons of the year, which invariably
causes the voiding of large q uan
titles Of worms or bolts. Guided
by the same instinct, they eat, at
other seasons, the berries with
| like good results. When shoots
or berries are not available they
eat the bark from the trees. 1t is
a noticeable fact, that after they
have thus eaten they commence tc
| to improve in flesh, and their haiI
become sleek and glossy.
As a vermifuge for children iti'
superior to Fahnestock's patent
preparation, for which SO mncl
money has been yearly expended
The properties Of this tree shoult
be subjected to chemical analysis
and its great medicinal virtue
should be definitely aScertaineC
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-07-04

-g If we had no faults ourselves
we should not take such>pleasure
in observing those Of others.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-07-04

~ Afford others the same in,
dulgence you would wish to. re
ceive. E .itz
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end combined in valuable prepar-
ations for general use. The growth
of the China tree, which spring up
spontaneously and requires little
or no attention. Young branches
and leaves should be given to
mules and horses, in the summer,
and ripe berries i'll the fall and
winter as q remedy for worms,
which more or less at all seasons,
effect the health of horses injuri-
ously. They will eat whenever
and to whatever extent will soon
appear in their improved eondi-
ton. Such attention, thus lightly
bestowed, will, without any furth,
er trouble or expense, be the
means of saving the lives of many
valuable animals Exchange.
RF Several months ago we re
ceived two or three proposalsfrom
Mr.. f. E. &. Lindsey, to advertise
his Egyptian Corn" humbug.-
Believing Mr.. Lindsey to be an
imposter, we threw his proposals
into our waste backet-as we al
ways do " humbuging adver-
tisements" From the following,
we see the Carroll Record has had
its fingers burnt, with many others:
L. E. G. LINDsEY.-Some three
weeks ago we received an adver-
tisemeut from this Individual pro-
posing to introduce into the coun-
try a most prolific grain, "The
Egyptian Corn" Being desirous
of advancing the interest of agri-
culture, we inserted it in the col.
umns Of the Record. Apprehen-
sive however, that the Egyptian
Corn" was a hlmbug, we imrne-
diately wrote to the Postmaster
of Abingdon, Va, enquiringabo
this man Lindsey, and received
the following reply, which we pub
lish, that the fellow may be venti-
lated by the press throughout the
country 'i'o ha
ABINGDON, VA, May Is, 1868.
f. j. DELoNY-Dear Sir :0 In
reply have to say, that there is
a man named +. Il. G.. Lindsey,
who resides at Mareno, Va, and
has corn that he calls ''Egyptian
Corn" but it isnothing but the com
mon corn and isa grand humbug of
the worst sort.
Very respectfully, a
w. NJ. G. SANDAL, p. NJ
= Carroll Record.
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II. Nd. Watkins,
LWcle1s I'D. SGyaeCg6dge,

A ttorney at Law Address Shreveport,
"A La viii practice in The Courts of
CaddO, Claiborne and Bossier, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of the
State. All claims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to.
REFERENGEs --Wyche & Richardson, Spy
ker & Sandidge, Hays & Adams, Hon. Fl. NJ,
Spofford, New Orleans DIR. VIM. Burt,
Humphreys& & Dashiell, Harrison & Crusoe,
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. y6nll
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15
The First American Printer.

In wandering through the graveyard
of Trinity Church, New York. my eye
was arrested by gravestone on the
north side of the church, to the memory
of William Bradford, who, it is men
toned, was born in Leicestershire, old
England, in 1860, and came over to
America in 1852, before the city of Phil
adelphia was laid out. "He was prin-
ter to this Government, the inscription
continues, " for upwards of fifty years."
and died May %, 1852, aged ninety-two
years. This monument was much in
jured during the building of the present
church edifce, and in another genera
ton or two will entirely disappear. Yet
the Memorial of Bradford's resting place
ought not thus to be obliterated. He first
established a printing press in the vast
region south of Boston. He came over
with Penn, on the Welcome" in 1852,
and began his career in Philadelphia, in
or near to which city he fixed his print
ing office, as early at least as 1856, and
a paper mill on the Wissahickon, near
Germantown, very soon afterward-the
first paper mill ever erected in the United
States; and as appears by a printed
prospectus yet preserved, he was the
first person who proposed in America
to print the Holy Bible. This was
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15
Paving Notice.
To all schon1 it may Concern:
CITY CLERKS OFFICE, !
Ma o

To all 1honp at may Concern:
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, o.. MAJ 25 1861
Noticeis hereby given that proceedings have been
instituted in the City Council of Columbus, for
making the followif improvements, to-wit: l
: For building double row fagstone crossing (fags
across Broad street. .ro.. T.
Also, for building double row hagstone crossing
(h gs IA inches wideJ on the east side of Sixth
street across Broad street. y a1 -a5
Also, for building double row q ,gstone crossing
ags u inches wide) on the east side of Fifth
across Broad street. s.,l,-.f 4.ss-f -...- ..r
Also, for grading and paving the unpaved cutters
and crossings and to grade and gravel the roadway
of Medary alley from Sixth street to Eighth street.
: Also, for making crosswalk across State street
on the west side of S xth ST. eet - -.----
Also. for grading and sraveling the roadway of
High street from South Public lane to the south
corporation line. ,
Also. for constructing double row flag
crossing across Cherry street on the east side of
Seventh street.
Also. for grading and grave ing the unpaved side
walks and paving the cutters and crossings on both
sides of Mound street from the canal bridge to the
east line Of the H'ckiug Valley railroad.
Also for raising the market house bell fifteen
feet from its present position order that it NAV
be connected with the Engine Houses by the Fire
Alarm Telegraph, and struck by electricity in case
of fire. EssI.i ..- .r.Efr. 1t4I 80
Also for grading to the depth of three inches the
road way of State street from Hgn street to Sixth
street. . -. -..-...-' rr -
The same to be done in accordance with Mats
estimates to be prepared by the City Civil En-
gin. er, and filed in the Office of the City Clerk
All persons claiming damages on account of said
proposed improvements. are required to file their
claims in the office of the Clerk in writing. on or
4 mv2s- dltaw4w City CLARK
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Paving Notice.
% HttNy OU10OcF1ts
CITY CLERKS OFFICE.


CITY CLERKS OFFICE, !
COLUMBUS, o., May 4. 1861
Notice is hereby given that proceedings have been
instituted in the City Council of Columbus, for
making the following improvements, to wit:
2 For grading and paving the roadway and cutters
of High street with wooden block pavement from
point one hundred and twenty-five feet south of
the south line of Friend street to the south line of
Sou b Public lane where the same intersects Hi gh
street. and for curbing the sidewalks between the
same points on High street. Id .s :. --.-.- ~
Also, for grading the roadway of Howard street
from John street to buckingham street.
Also, for grading the roadway of ashington av-
enue from John street to Buckingham street. s.
Also for tie construction of main or trunk
sewer beginning on Broad street: thence running
south on Fourth street through the City Park to
Germania street: thence west on Germania street
to High street,; thence west from High street into
the river Said sewer sha be Of such dimensions or
capacity as in the opinion Of the City Civil Engi-
neer may be necessary TO discharge all the water
that may flow into it 'isi 81
Also, for grazing the roadway snd paving the
cutters and sidewalks of Cherry street from Sew
enth stree the north side of said Cherry for is7
feet to Stone alley, and on the south side of said
Cherry street from Stone alley SAY feet west 10
The same to be done in accordance with plats and
estimates to be prepared by the City Civil Engineer
and filed in the office of the City Clerk. 3 :
All persons claiming damages on account of said
proposed improyenents. are required to file tbe cir
claims in the office Of the Clerk, in writing on or
before the Nineteenth day Of June. A. D. 1858 =
..yi.gf ~ l.. e. WILSON.
my7-dltawAT City Clerk.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15
/ Partition Notice.
Partition Notice.

MARY STEHLING. WHOSE RESIDENCE IS
sabn.;Snl w SnknowR os Adam Sts6lipg John Henry
beth, daughter Of John Stehling. deceased. whose
residence aud the name of whose husband
are unknown, and her said husband will
take notics ssss that on the 4th day of May
Petition in the Court of Common Pleas, of Frank
Ii county. Ohio. whore the same is cow pending,
demanding part tion of certain tract of land con
tanning three auarters OF an acre situate on South
Public lane. in the citr of Columbus. Franklin
county, Ohio, being ths same premises conveyed
20 said John Stehling by John j. Blind, By deed
dated September 49,. ls4l, and recorded in { 9 Re.
corder's office of said Franklin county, Ohio, in
book No "a. page 50, as follows. to-wit: To said
Mary and Elizabeth Stehling: Katharine Baseger,
John Henry Schneider and Adam Stehing each
one fifth thereof. and to Anna Gertrude Slehling
widow Of John Stehling, deceased, dover in the
At the next term of said court an application
will be made by the undersigned for an order that
Columbus, Ohio. May T. 1868.
Y KATHARINE BASEGER, horn Stehling.
~ JOHN BASEGER, her husband =
OTTO DRESEL, Atty, my5 dm7 iunI4 MA
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15
THE MUD ERUPTION.

The mud flow is found three miles
from Reeds. 1t projects itself from the
spurs of the hills two miles down on the
plain; begins at once with thickness of
six feet, which, toward the middle,
where it forms small hill, rises to 80
feet; averages about three-feurth of a
mile in width, and contracts toward the
end From this end a long queue. of
|. bowlders bears witness to the violent ac-
stion of a torrent which shot out of the
mud after it was deposited, and which
has since perpetuated itself in stream
OF some size, qnite muddy, emitting a
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15
no THE PUBLIC.

l. CHINE" new Improvement the cheapest
most durab Simple and thorough cleanser ever In
vented. child ten years old can operate il with
ease and certainty. Rights aud Machines fer sale
ADDRESS, J. B1F6ANCJS
my7-wsm Barnesvills. Belmont count 20.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15

A: D. 1858, in Pennsylvania. He
mingled largely and actively in the
stirring events which agitated colonial
life in that litigious province, and main
tanned with success his printing press
against the efforts of the proprietary
government to break it down. He
came to New York in 1862, at the invita-
tion of Gov. Fletcher, and was Printer
to the Crown, as his epitaph records, for
the space of halfa century. In his Office
ne amassed honestly great wealth,
which he left to numerous descendants,
who have been among the most distin-
guished families in New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania-the Ogdens,
the Van ,Courtlands, Creightons, Boud-
ineots, and others of less public reputa-
ition but high public worth. The Hon.
William Bradford, Attorney General un-
der the administration of Washington,
was his great-grandson.. -h.a ai'
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege.

THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE AP-
i pointed BY. the General Assembly of the
prSpUsaIs. @ | Visiting and sxsmpns pTeposeS
sites and lands for the location and es
tablishment of the Ohio Agricultural and Me
Julv 1852 granting land script to the State for that
purpose hereby give notice that the committee So
licits and is low prepared to receive proposals in
writing tor donations of lands, sites and money to
erect buildings for said CoeIe, and will continue
to receive such proposals until the 18th daj Of July
next. M H. rf .Tt.T .leg-s
The committee will meet at Columbus. July 7Ist
next, to witt and examine pr posed sites. -
ALI communications on the subject should be ad-
dressed to f. W. Thornhill, New Guilford Coshoc-
ton county Ohio. marked Proposals for Agri-
80 f. W. THORNHILL., Chairman.
NJ H. SHERwIN Secy. sei O. lua aprll-d3
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15

"A DAY or two since, says New York
paper, the body of asdUnited States
officer named Ford, who had died of vel
low fever at the West Indies, was taken
from a vessel at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard and sent to Philadelphia for inter
ment.i The peculiarity Of the case is
that it escaped the notice of the qua.
prantine officers. m3fi ac;Ia ii fsi77.T ) &
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15

yd THEilittle Prince Imperial of France,
recently visited the Polytechnic School,
and onretiring conveyed to the General
Din command the s'expression of his high
appreciation of the state of efficiency Of
the establishment |" His Imperial
Highness' education is evidently becom-
ing right imperial. Fta
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15

The wedding of a young American
] lady with Capt: Baron, Won Restorf, of
the First regiment of Prussian Hussars,
at Berlin, was delayed for couple of
hours in consequences of the noble bride
groom having been arrested, for debt, at
the instance of his shoemaker and other
clamorons creditors. s.,,fs .s, =, p y
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-15

lg2 WORK on the Manassas Gap Railroad
has been completed to Strausburg, Va,
and trains are now running to the latter
point. 1t is expected that the road will
be completed to- Mount jackson by June
20, and to Harrisonburgs by October
next. Iaz z1t Ttl T0g OlH fla ~i