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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

"a The Mobile (Ala.) Tribune
gives the following good advice
to some Of its Southern cotempo-
raries. 1t says:
"Let the Avalanche, and other
Southern papers Of its nervous
disposition, keep cool, and trust
to our friends at the North to Sc
lect the candidate that will prove
the strongest. All indications
point to PendletOn as the man."
The Democracy of the North
are naturally better judges who is
the strongest man in this section
to run for president than the peo
pie of the South can be. As the
Northern Democracy have got to
elect, they had better be intrust
ed with the nomination business
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

~ The Radical papers say the
Ku Klux Klan attempted to mur-
der John A. Logan while on his
way to Chicago, by throwing q
brick at him when the train was
in motion. To prove it, John took
the brick to Chicago with him-in
his hat. aluoa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

20 A gentleman in q suburban
town buried his sixth wife last
week. Shortly after the funeral
he met the minister who officiated,
and offered him a $40 bill. The
minister declined to take it, say
ing he was not accustomed to ac-
cept pay for such services. The
gentleman cody replied: ''Just
as you say, but that's what Pve
been in the habit of paying for
burying my wives" no
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20
Lqgciess I'D. SNsseg5dge,

A ttornev at Law. Address Shrevep ,rt,
n La Will 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.
REFERENCEs -Wyche & Richardson, Spy
ker g. Sandidge, Hays & Adams, Hon. d. M,
Spofford New Orleans; DR.. VIM: Burt,
Humphreys& g. Dashiell, Harrison & Crusoe,
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, IN Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana. Vonll
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CHEAP LAND IN TEXAS.-The
Deputy United States Marshal.
sold eleven hundred acres Of land
in this place on Tuesday last, un-
der execution, at fifteen cents per
acre. This, land lies in the ex-
treme northern portion of this
county, and is favorably situated
not only for stock rancho, but is
quite productive. The extreme
low figure at which it was knocked
down shows how little money
there is in the country, and calls
loudly upon the Convention soon
to assemble for some measure OF
relief. The sale was made to sat
isfy an execution for sixteen hun
dred dollars, and a sfficient sum
was not realized from it to pay
the costs of the suit Anderson
(Texas) Gladiator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

@ A widow lady, but recent
ly "bereaved," lately visited Lit
tie Rock, Arkansas, to buy q we'd
ding outfit for her second marri-
age, and among other necessary"
articles she purchased a neat
tombstone for her deceased hus-
band.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

20 "Ah, num-" said a beggar
to lady who had just given him
a dollar .'if it hadn't been for this
id been driven to somethin' 'desp'-
rit-somethin' I've long feared I'd
come to at last" "What's that,
poor manw ''To acOrk, num-"
responded the unhappy man, with
a melancholy shake of the head.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

BORROWING TOOLS.-Of all the |
nuisances attached to a neighbor
hood, there is no one more annoy
ing than that of a borrower. |
happen to live where ] have two
or more of the agreeables; and this
morning, wantingmy hedge shears
to prune a little piece of hedge, on
looking for them where they ought
to have been, they were not there.
On asking my good wife if she
knew aught Of the missing proper
ty, "Why yes, Mr.. G. came the
other day when you were gone,
and / could not refuse him, al
though l told him you did notlike
to lend, because every day almost
you wanted them to use, but he
said he guessed he'd take them,
and when he got through with
them perhaps he'd bring them
back.n
Another day / wanted my little
plow to plow out a few rods of
currants, but looking in the shed
for it, l found no plow. "Oh,"
says my man, Captain IS man
came here yesterday while you
were gone, and although l told
him you gave me orders not to
lend, he said he was told to get it
anyhow, for they wanted tito USE"
And so they so. These are only
recent little items of almost every
day annoyances of the kind, which
l have been trying tocheck a long
time, and | am happy to say |
have accomplished much; fOr
where | have one nuisance now ]
formerly had half a dozen. One
of my neighbors actually worked
a small farm of 20 acres several
years without ever owninga a plOw
/ could write a long homily on
this item of neighborhood borrow
ing nuisances, but my object is tC
; check the practice, and if this him
, don't answer then must continue
! to endure, for kicking at, OF. read
: ing a long homily to, that kind o
. cattle will do no good.-[Cor. Ru
!. raj New Yorker.
9 INFORMATION WANTED.-Sir
: others have asked you for info1
+ nation, / do so too. Last winte
| loaned my broad-axe to a neigh
q Dor; afterwards four or five differ
d ent men called for it, at differen
n times; 1 told them yes, if the
G. could find it. B. borrowed it; {
Y called for it; G. got it; H. had il
le and w. wanted it. Now, | nee
d it myself-had | better go an
n hunt it ? if so, where shall l looh
10 or had / better buy another?
Y / do it will travel the same roat
u VIM. Davis, Clinton, Mo-,
le "Rural World"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

"a Senator Morrill,, Of Vcr-
mont said, lately, that ''the deficit
in the Treasury instead of being
sixteen millions, will be more than
forty millions, the present year.
Such is Radical rule.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20

~ An old lady, reading an
account of a distinguished old
lawyer who was said to be the
father of the New York bar, ex
claimed: EPoor mani he had q
dreadful set of children to
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20
IL. B. Watkins,

4 ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
Il den, La. Will practice in the
10th and 18th District Courts. Prompt
attention given t6all legal business en-
trusted TO his care. MS
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DIED.-After a long and faith
full life of labor, "that grey mule"
so well known to many of our cit
liens as a privileged character,
breathed his last today near the
intersection of Intendentia and
Tarragona streets. From what
we can learn Of this aged animule
he has been in existence something
less than one hundred years-he
is said to have been in the prime
of life when Gen. Jackson Occu-
pied this place, and to have en-
ioyed the honor of pulling the
Generals baggage upon that ec
casion from Long Hollow to the
Public Square. The latest per-
ormanee of the animal consisted
in hauling off the gold said to-
have been dug up in this Sity
about a year since. In consider
alton of his past valuable services,
this mule has recently been ereGm
cipdted by his owner, and was
quietly spending the remnant Of
his days in cropping the tender
shoots Of grass around the city
Pensacola Observer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20
Roland Jones. j.. +. Harris
Jones s. Harris,

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
N Shreveport, La. Will practice
in the parishes of Caddo, DeSoto and
Bossier, and will attend to cases in the
District, Supreme and Federal Courts.
Office on Market street, near the
Bank. va nol
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SALE and LIVERY STABLE

Having opened a Sale and Livery
III stable at Bayliss' old stand
3 No. 54 Texas street. ] am prepared 10
receive and sell Horses, Mules, lows
Bssves, Sheep, Hogs, Wagons Carts
Harness, &c.
have procured the services OF q
aompetent auctioneer to make daily
sales. Liberal inducements offered to
parties having such property Ter sale
j. W. UNDERWOOD.
Shreveport, La. Yoh4I
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20
B. II. Fort.

A ttorney at Law. Bellevue, Bos-
N sier parish, La. v6nl6
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-06-20
e.. sWc CTeaaOgleGXaI,

A ttorney at Law, Bellevue, La.
N Will attend promptly to all
business entrusted to his care. 8
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

THE BISHOP OF THE New EASTERN DIo-
oEsE.-Bishop H. C. Lay, who has beer
lately elected bishop of the newly-consti-
iuted diocese Of the Eastern Shore, is q ma.
tive Of Powhatan county, Va, and nine
years ago was elected missionary bishop of
Arkansas by the Episcopal General Con-
vention, then sitting in Richmond. DR..
Lay had been previously rector of the
Episcopal church in Huntsville, Ala, in
which State he occupied a prominent posi-.
don as divine and author, and was held
in great esteem for the gentleness and ele-
vation Of his character and persuasive
pulpit eloquence, for which he is said to be
remarkable. Having been already conse-
grated TO the Episcopate, his election by the
Diocesan Convention of the Eastern Shore,
4 accepted, will simply act as a transfer
from the diocese of Alabama to his new
sphere Of Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

ARRIVAL OF COOLIES AT GALVESTON
The Galveston (Texas) Civilian of the 4th
instant makes the following statement /:
Although it may be matter Of surprise
to our readers, it is nevertheless true that
Messrs. Heidenhemer s. Co., of this city,
have just received a consignment of coolies
direct from China. They were shipped
direct to this port under ordinary bills of
lading, and are regarded by the firm as
simple merchandise, to be sold for freight
and charges. Two-thirds Of these persons
are females, one of whom is said to be very
beautiful. They are to be disposed of at
auction. In California and Mexico, coolies
are quite common, but this invoice, We be-
lieve, is the first ever received in Texas.
What the result of it will be remains to be
SEEN"
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TELEGRA.PHIC NEWS.
wnshinktdn News.

WASHINGTON, November 24.-The report.
ed sickness of General Butler ia hoax.
The early appearance here Of Senators
Morton and Trumbull is taken by politi
clans as an Indication of the character Of
Grants constitutional advisers.
General Grant has not written any let
ter, as reported, to Mr.. slocum, of New
York.
G. E. Creecy, q native of Mississippi
aud for some years appointment clerk o.
the Treasury, has been appoi nsed Revenue
Supervisor for Louisiana and Arkansas.
The new postal treaty with Great Britain
was signed to-day. 1t differs from the ole
treaty only in the abandonment by England
of the double postage.
Admiral Farragut will arrive here to-
night, and will be q guest of Secretary
Welles.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

When William NJ. c. applied for adj
mission to the Philadelphia bar Edward Il.
fngraham was one. Of his examiners.
Knowing that Mr.. c., who was young
man of fortune, had no intention Of prac-
ticing, he put one question to him, which
was: "Mr. c., how do you make chicken
salad :" Mr.. c. described the process.
every satisfactory" said MIR. lDgraham,
who Immediately signed his certificate.
Two French ladies we're looking for the
little daughter of one of them in group of
baby carriages. "Do you see him ," asked
the friend of the mother. Him! l am
looking for her nurse" "Her nurse p"
"Yes. All children look alike. | know
the nurse, and can find the child best in
that way" "As for myself, think all
nurses look alike" Show do you find
yours, them" "Oh, know the soldier
who is her beau"
A Texan negro was overheard making an
honorable apology in this wise: u jes
said, Sambo, dat you led dat is, jes
said dot you lied. Den Jim told me you
said you'd kill me; an said if you killed
me I'd kill you" The explanation was
satisfactory.
An Englishman, the other day, intending
to be smart upon some bricklayers' labor
ers, said they were "Odd Fellows"
"No, phase your honor" rejoined Pat,
"we are Hold Fellows
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25
Domestic Markets.

New YORK, November 24.-N0on.-
Gold, l3i3z. Money easy at 5G6 per cent.
Flour dull and dropping. Wheatunchanged.
Corn 1c. better. Mess pork unsettled at
$3.50. Lard quiet steam, l63S9l634c.
Cotton very firm at Csc. Turpentine quiet
at 471aG4Sc. Rosin quiet. Freights quiet.
EUening. Cotton firmer and more active ;
sales 5000 bales at 25@25Ltc. Flour fayors
buyers. Wheat irregular and slightly
lower. Corn Mixed western, sl.l20
Sl.16@; yellow, $l.lS. Provisions dull
and lower. Mess pork, S27.25. Kettle
lard, 165s@l7c. Sugar active; MuscoTado,
1lA@ll3Ac. Turpentine, 471a94Sc. Ro-
sin, $2.55@S2.65 for strained common.
Tallow heavy at 12@l2R. Freights-Cot-
ton, per steam, 7-l6@5-S.
Governments buoyant and steady; 5.2O's,
1862, coupons, ll3R. Tennessee 6's, new,
6715. Money in light demand at ACC per
cent. for call loans, and 100 per cent. for
prime discounts. There is heavy foreign
and domestic demand for Governments.
Sterling firm at lO919. Gold, l341a.
CISc1NSATI, November 24.-Whiskey
firm at 9Sc.@$l. Mess pork, S23. Kettle
lard, l4Rc.
ST. LOUIS, November 24.-Pork dull at
$3.50. Bacon-Shoulders, ll34c.; clear
sides, 1734c.; sugar-cured hams, l1Iic.
Whiskey declining at csc.
LOUISVILLE, November 24.-Superfne
flour, 1886. Corn, 50@55c. Mess pork,
$3.50. Lard, 158l5Hc. Bacor-Should-
ers, l21ac. Whisky, sc.
WILMINGTON, N. c., November d.
Spirits turpentine, 431a@44c. crude IN
changed. Rosin in good demand at Sl.s5
@$4.129. Cotton firm at 23115c. for mid
dlings.
AUGUSTA, November 2t.-Cotton adj
vanced; middlings, 2314@231ac.; sales,
444 bales receipts, 227 bales.
SAVANNAH, November 24.-Cotton &C.
tive; middlings, 23A@24c.; sales, l,4oO
bales; receipts, 1913 bales; exports
coastwise, 553 bales.
CHARLESTON, November "a. Cotton
opened quiet and closed active and firm
middlings, 23c15c.; sales, 100 bales; re-
ceipts, l,04l bales; exports, coastWlse,
l,4O5 bales.
MOBILE, November 2t.--Cotton firm
middlings, 23b sales 300 bales receipts,
1854 bales; exports, 1870 bales.
New ORLEANS, November 24.-Cotton Il
Gle. higher; middlings, 23sl G24c..; sales
1850 bales; receipts, S,lSS bales. Sugar
better grades active, but lower grades de-
pressed; fully fair, l214c.; clarified, 1850
1870. MolaBses tending upward common
58gCl prime, 65070 choice, u. Gold
1875 New York sight "a discount.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

AFFAIRS IN New YoRK.-Neao York, No
vember 23.-Rumors to-day of heavy
fraud in Wall street resolve themselves into
the fact that member Of q late firm has
absconded after purchasing 500 bonds of
1867 from Henry Heiser 4 Sons, giving in
payment therefor a check on the Bank of
the Commonwealth for $4,000 signed by
the name of the firm. On presenting the
same at the bank Messrs. Hei5er learned
that the firm in question dissolved on Fri
day, having succumbed to the pressure in
Erie, and the check was valueless. 1t is
alleged that several other brokers rejected
the check previously.
At meeting of managers of express
companies to-day there was no harmony of
action, and the results were unsatisfactory
to all parties in interest.
One of the laborers On the Northside
railroad, on Long Island, has absconded
with $4,000 intended for the payment of the
hands, causing much excitement among
them. They have since been paid By the
contractors.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

The CORN-FIELDs OF THE GREAT VEST
A gentleman writing from Illinois to q
friend in Boston says
"While out hunting, two weeks ago,
was in some corn-felds which belong to q
man named Sullivan. He probably owns
more land than any farmer in the State
He is the proprietor Of nine townships,
each six miles square. This year he has
$4,000 acres of corn. This seems like a
big story, but it is, nevertheless, true. 1t
was just the easiest thing in the world to
get lost in his corn-felds. | strayed into
one field and walked four and half miles
before | came to the end of the row of corn
which | followed"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

DETERMINED TO DIsAgREE.-A jury in
recent civil trial at Montpelier, vt, having
been kept out without agreement from Satur-
day morning until. Monday morning, sent in
the following special verdict" !" Washing
ton County Court, September term, 1868 !;
-vs.-. In this case the jury say that
their united ages are $50 years, averaging
40 LIZ years that their aggregate weight
is 1853 pounds, averaging 1929; that po-
litically there are six for Grant and six for
SEYMOUR, and that on this line they intend
to fight until after the November election.
Signed, -, foreman" 1t is needless to
say that the lawyers enjoyed the joke, and
the court discharged the jury.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

Hon. Erastus Corning is dangerously i'll
at Albany.
Henry A. Wise is writing his eutobicgra-
phy.-BaHimore San.
William Harrison, the celebrated tenor,
died in England on the llth instant.
The forthcoming report of the Auditor of
Kentucky will show decrease in the num-
Der of hogs for 1868, compared with 1867,
of 5000.
Eight carloads of splendid cattle, from
Southwestern Virginia, belonging to Mr..
L. Morgantbal, passed through this city
Yesterday en- route to Baltimore by way OF
the Orange MISUNDERSTANDING Neeos.
The Winchester papers report the arrival
in that place of Mr.. John Mason, son OF
Hon. James NJ. Mason, after a long sojourn
in Canada. He represents his father to be
in excellent health.
Rev. DR.. Breckenridge was charivaried
on the night of his recent marriage. The
police were called, but were overpowered,
and the disgraceful affair was fully carried
cut.
The exclusive privileges of the Camden
and Amboy railroad, about which there has
been 30 much grumbling, will expire on the
first of January next, and they will not be
extended, it is said.
benjamin More Dove, captain on the
retired list Of the United States navy, who
died at Key West on the 10th, was native
Of Virginia, from which state he entered
service III December, 1926.
A proposition is pending in Leayenworth
for the construction Of railroad from that
city to Atchison to connect with the Cen
tral Pacific thence to Fort kearney and
the Union Pacific.
The ten cities in France containing the
largest populations are: Paris, 1926 ,274
Lyons, 323 1854; Marseilles, 800, l3l; Bor-
deaux, l94,24l Lille, l54,779; Toulouse,
l20, 936; Nantes, III $50 Rouen, 100, gu /;
St. Etienne, 96,62O; Strasbourg, 04,l67.
General Sheridan is to command in per-
SON an expedition against the Indians. The
plan is to attack the Indians in their winter
Quarters, destroy their lodges and every
thing they have, take away thoir arms, and
force all those who escape slaughter to live
on reservations below the Arkansas.
An old negro woman in this county has
teen to see Lipfort, the cabinet maker, and
had her measure taken, and paid TOR COT
fiji to be buried in. She says that she doesn't
expect to live long, and is afraid she VIII
never have money to buy coffin agaiis.--
UqrkSpilIe QAtd .NtfnC,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

SENATOR MoRToN on RESUMPTION OF
s~r..v PAYNENT>.-The financial ability
.,~va nv Senator Morton when Governor
f.: Ipliuua gives character TO any measure
:.,-e.,ed by him in respect to questions of
.,ggce. Elsewhere it will be seen that he
!. maturing bill lookingto the resumption
3: .secie payments in 1871. We hail this
t-saking of day in the political sky. We
s,,ce, however, with the Tribune, that an
-.ier date should be fixed upon. Chief
.n.,:cs Chase has said that the way to
y,,.tae specie payment IS to resume" The
.,s-pse boarding Of gold by the Treasury
!. fauircd millions, and this has led to
aiding by banks and private parties of
:~-Aags double that sum. The existence in
he country Of this vast sum, reinforced by
rearly gold production upon the Pacific
.,,pp Of seventyfve millions of dollars,
-.ai to Justify specie resumption at an
4,,g day. -NGt'onal iNtc.jigenCer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-25

| The pay of the engineers on the Hudson
River railroad who have been in the en-
ploy of the company over four years has
been increased from SS5 to 500 per month.
Bishop Duggan, of Illinois, has refused
to permit requiem mass to be celebrated in
the Chicago churches for the repose Of par
ties executed in Manchester, England, for
participation in Fenian riot, The Bishop
grounds his refusal on the principle that
he did not wish to have the Church brought
into connection with any political party.
A letter has been received by J, D.
Hoover, ESQ.,, from cx-Presidcnt Pierce, in
which the writer says /" WIS cutie free
from pain yesterday, ard on u,easurahly
go to-day. If the weather shell Re fa~or-
able Tomorrow | hope TO PIT my foot BE-
yond the outer threshold. T-hich ! hn~e not
done Tor three weeks"
Senator Pomeroy, in his bnrehoadcl
walk through the streets Of LceVenWcrth,
was accompanied by large Transparency
on wheels, with the words, "No danger OF
catching cold-Senator Pomeroy is using
Browns Tar Troches.'' use Browns
Family Medicines" Blackberry and Gin
ger Liver Pills.
At Blountville, Tenn, last week, a man
named Rhea shot his wife in the head, in
aicting what will probably prove a fatal
wound. On being Shot Mrs. Rhea fled to
the yard, where she fell exhausted. Her
husband pursued her and attempted to shoot
her second time, when he fell on the steps,
accidentally discharging the pistol into his
own body, killing him Instantly.
The American Express Company has
just been swindled out of S2,O95 by one Of
its employees, named Henry Hansen, in
Cincinnati Bills to this amount were
given him for collection, and he applied the
proceeds to his own use. He promised re-
soration, but failing in this the com pany
seized upon o grocery store which was con-
Quoted by him,
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Foreign Markets.

LIVERPOOL, November 24.-Euen,n9.-
Cotton active uplands-on the spot, ll78d d
aAoat, lO58d.; Orleans, 1891; Sales
20, 900 bales. Breadstuffs and PROVISIONS
quiet. Common rosin firm.
LIVERPOOL, November 24.-Noon.-Cot-
ton tends up; estimated sales, l2,OOO
bales. Afternoon.-Cotton frmer, but not
higher; sales, l5,0 900 bales.
LONDON, November 23.-Euenlng.-Iur-
pentine, pos. sd. Tallow, Sis. Sd.
HAvRE, November 2S.-Cotton active on
the spot and afoat.
HAyaE, November 24.-Cottop steady,