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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25
LsscSe1s I'D. Sexasdidge,

A, ttorney at Law. Address Shrevep 1rt,
n La. Will practice in he 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 g. Richardson, Spy
ker & Sandidge, Hays & Adams, Hon. H NJ
Spoffor,l, New Orleans; DR. VIM Burt,
Humphreys s. Dashiell, Harrison & Crusoe,
Columbus, Miss Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana v6n1l
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

- Senator Morrill, says that
nobody believes it possible to de
rive a revenue of fifty millions
from whisky; for ''it is tax that
viii not be collected until men
become as pure as angels."-[Ex.
When they get to be so pure as
that, they will not drink enough
to pay fifty millions tax,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

Fool kIILEE,-Ihu Detroit
Tribune says the celebrated fool
killer, Tor whose coming the world
has waited so patiently, and so
long, has arrived and gone busily
to work. His name is Kero c.
Movie.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

~ Said an Irish Jnstice to an
obsteperous prisoner on trial,
"We want nothing of you but
silence, aud darn little Of that
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

u The Dyersbnrg (Tenn.) Ga
zatte says: "We notice that our
farmers are again making prepar-
ations to plant cotton as exten.
sively as ever"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

A PLACE FOR BEE-KEEPING

A PLACE FOR BBE-KEEPTNG.
Why do not more people keep
bees? 1t is surprising that so
lucrative a branch Of huSbandry
should be thus neglected, as it is
by many of our farmers. Itshould
be the design of a farmer to push
everything forward in his line
that will pay, and surely few
things, will the same outlay, will
pay better than bees. A few
swarms-enough to supply a large
family with honey through the
year-are cheaply kept, and the
profit is very great. Ten good
colonies should make, in any com
mon season, four hundred pounds
of box honey, which at present
prices would bring in the market
not less than S1OO; saying no
thing about the young swans
that would be sent out each year,
which would alone give a man
from one hundred to three hun
dred per cent. interest on his
money expended on the original
stock. Sugar and molassess
would of course be preferred to
honey for many culinary purposes
but if family has more honey
than they can consume, it can
easily be exchanged for these,
and the amount thus saved will
in most cases be found no small
of economy Henderson Times.
QUINsY, OR ULCERATED SORE
THROAT.-Those who Snfer from
this distressing malady will be
thankful to hear of a simple and
efficacious mode of relief-viz: an
onion poultice. Boast or roast 3
or 4 large onions, or ] a dozen
smaller ones, till soft. Peel them
quickly, and beat them fat with
a arolling-pin or glass bottle. Then
put them directly into a thin mus
lin bag that will reach from ear to
ear, and about three inches deep.
Apply it speedily, and as warm as
possible, to the throat. Keep it
on day and night, changing it
when the strength of the onions
apears to be exhausted, and sub
stituting fresh ones. Flannel
must be Worn round the neck af-
ter the poultice is removed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25
Roland Jones. j. p. Harris.
.BOaseS s. Harris,

A ttorneys and Counselors at Law,
IA 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 n31
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25
The DISTINGUISHED.


The acknowledgements which
the proposed constitution. ifadopt-
ed, will infiict upon the people Of
this State, together with the dis
qualification for holding any of
fee, either State or national,
which is imposed upon the white
men of Louisiana, by what is
known as the 14th amendment to
the constitution of the United
States, will subject the intelligent
property owners Of this State to
the absolute control of non-tax-
paying and wicked Northern ad-
venturers, whose control over the
blacks has, so far, been complete,
and if this constitution is adopt
ed, will be perpetuated. The
adoption of this constitution will
secure the passage Of the 14th
amendment.
The following persons are de-
clared by this constitution incap-
able Of voting or holding office:
l. All persons who held office,
civil or military, for one year OF
more under the Confederate gov
ernment; 2. All persons who reg
istered as enemies of the United
State; 8. All leaders of guerilla
bands during the war; 4. All
who, in the advocacy of treason,
wrote or published newspaper ar
ticles, OF preached sermons dur
ing the late war; 5. All who voted
for or signed an ordinance of Sc
cessiou in any State:
The following persons are de-
clared incapable of holding office,
civil Or military, under the United
States, or any State, by the 14th
amendment to the Constitution !:
All persons, who having taken an
oath to support the Constitution
of the United States, as an officer
either of the United States or of
any State, shall have engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid and COM
fort to enemies thereof.
These acknowledgements and
diSqualifications will include nine
tenths of the people competent to
administer the government in this
State. Thousands of us in Louis
lana, who have now the privilege
of voting, will be disqualified if
the constitution is adopted, and
with it the 14th amendment is
passed. While we have the priv
ilege, let US exercise it, and vote
down the constitution South
Western.
q l. i.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

LIQUID GLUE.-Crack up the
glue and put it in a bottle /; add
to it common whisky, shake up,
cork tight, and in three or four
days it can be used. It requires
no heating, will keep for almost
any length Of time, and is at all
times ready for use, except in the
coldest of weather, when it will
need warming. The bottle must
be kept tight, SO that the whisky
viii not eyaporate. A common
cork should not be used; it will
become clogged. Use a tin stop.
per, covering the neck of the bot
tie, and fitting as closely as pos
sible.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

20 Philadelphia is assessed on
S445, 800, 600 real estate.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25
II. B. WNfkilaS.

A ttorney and Counselor at Law, Min
II den, La. Will practice in the
10th and 11th District Courts. Prompt
attention given to all legal business en-
trusted TO his care. n23
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25
R. r. EOrf.

A ,ttorney at Law. Bellevue, Bos-
IA sler parish, La. v6nl6
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

Yours, &c. L. DONAVAN.
% There are in Paris 5,540
shops; 115 public fountains; II
hospitals, civil and military; IS
asylums for the poor; 10 prisons;
% barracks; SO pawn Offices; 40
chapels; 5 synagogues; 10 public
libraries; 3 Reformed Churches !:
62O bakers; 5O1 butchers; 1904
restaurants; $50 hotels; 8, $50 cafes;
74O pork butchers; 4,540 wine
shops; 1, ,480 boot and shoe shops;
1,104 tailors; 1927 doctors; 1,76O
lawyers; 412 druggist; $50 baliffs;
25O midwivss, licensed; ia no
taries; 1913 bankers; 412 gold
smith and jewelers.; 612 soft goods
shops; 242 confectioners; $40 to-
bacconists; 1,458 grocers. The
city is Illuminated with 25,515 gas
jets, -Four distinct companies are
entrusted with the cleansing of
the streets, and employ 5000 per-
sons-the only public employ
ment free to foreigners-who re-
ceive, for ten hours work daily,
the men two francs and half,
the women two francs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25
RD1'. y. Hi. GEOUeY.

Having permanently located in Bellevue,
Ii offers his professional services to the
surrounding community. He can be found
at his office, atall hours, unless professional
ly engaged. v5n44
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-04-25

PINE STRAW FOR SWEET Pc.
TATQEs.-Last season (1S67) I
planted a piece of ground in sweet
potatoes; planted the draws in
the usual way obout the 1st of
June. A part of this piece I null
ched with pine straw covered the
the ground from top to top of the
ridges. In the fall dug the three
last rows mulched and the three
first unmulched. The three mul-
ched yielded just double the
the quantity or the unmulched,
two bushels to one), and the po-
tatoes grew twice as large in the
mulched rows as those in the un-
mulched. The unmulched rows
were ploughed and hoed twice,
the mulched rows required no
further labor. The experiment
was made on old grassy land.
The above experiment proves ::
First, That we can with the use
of pine straw cultivate grassy
land successfully. Second We
can double the crop both in meas
ureand size. Also, save onehalf the
labor of cultivation, and improve
instead of impOverish the land.
Yours, &c. l. DoNAvAN.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
MARRIAGE GUIDE.

DEING A PRIVATE INSTRUCTOR FOR
ID married persons or those about to be mar
ried. both male and female, in everything con-
corning the physiology and relations of our
sexual system, and the production and preven-
ton Of offspring, including all the new discov-
cries never before given in the English lam
guage, by WIN. YOUNG, NJ. d. This is real
ly Il valuable and interesting work. 1t is
written in plain language for the general read
er, and is illustrated with numerous Engrav-
ings. All young married people, or those con-
templating marriage, and having the least i'm
pediment to married life, should read this
book. 1t dscloses secrets that every one
should be acquainted with; still it is a book
that must be locked up and not lie about the
house. 1t will be sent to any address on re-
ccipt of so cts. Address DIR. WIN. YOUNG,
No. il6 Spruce street, above Fourth, Philada.
nJ AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUNATE.
No matter what may be your disease, before
you place yourself under the care of any one
of the notorious QUACKS-native and foreign
who advertise in this or any other paper,
get copy of Dr.. Young's Book and read it
carefully. 1t will be the means of saving you
many dollar, your health and possibly your
life. DR.. Young can be consulted on any of
the diseases described in his publications. at
his office, No. 416 Spruce street, above Fourth,
Philadelphia.
June 26, 1S6S-1y-30
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

Many of the Congressman from the
six States recently admitted to represen-
tation in Congress are in Washington,
but will not be permitted to take seats
in Congress until their Legislatures
agree to the fourteenth amendment to
the Federal Constitution.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
Times oc nOIdiur Courts.

Below will be found correct list of the
time of holding the different Courts in East
Tennessee. We shall keep this list standing
in our columns:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

The Rothschilds have just concluded
financial arrangement with the Italian
government, by which, on payment of
twelve millions of francs, they receive
the tobacco monopoly of the kingdom.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
WANTED.

WHEAT, FLOUR, CORN, CORN MEAL,
w Peas, Oats, Feathers and BeeswaX, for
which tho highest market price will be paid.
A. G. robson.
Dee, G, 1S67-tf-1
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

In Spencer county, Ind, last week, a
calf made its appearance which has a
double head from the eyes down, hav-
ing but one pair of horns, one forehead,
but with four eyes, two mouths, two
noses and four nostrils.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

TENNESSEE.
Bank of Tennessee, old
issue. ......,..... 0V
Planters Bank. E. par
Union Bank .....par
Union Bank Cert's par
Blk of Chattanooga 05
Bank of Commerce, par
Bank of Knoxville, Is
Bank of Memphis, 95
Blk of Middle Tenn, 90
Bank Of Paris. par
Bank of the Union, par
Blk of West Tenn 30
Bucks Bank 900. par
City Bank. ....... .65
Commercial Bank. .25
Merchants Bank. par
Northern b ank. 60. 95
Ocoee Bank. ...... ~
Bank of Shelbyville 20
Southern Bank. e. 10
Traders Bank par
Life IL General In
surance Comply 10
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Camden .25
Bank of Charleston, ~
Bank of Chester .0S
Bank of GeorgetownO6
Bank of Hamburg 10
Bank Of Newbcrry %
Bank of the State of
South Carolina. OF
Commercial Bank. .0l
Exchange Bank e. OF
Farmers and EX-
change Bank -. OF
Merchants Bank :. . o.;
Planters Bank of
| Fairfield ....... OF
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

Grandpa" did you know that the
United States have been in the habit OF
encouraging tories 2"
Certainly not, what kind of tories?
Territories. Now give me some pea.
nuts, or I'll catch the measles, and make
you pay for 'em."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
CORN WANTED.

E0OO BUSHELS CORN WANTED M
for which the highest mar
ket price will be paid in barter or cash. Call
and get sacks. A. C. robson.
Jan. II, 1SGS-tf-7
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
Uncurrent Money.

The following is list of uncurrent Bank
Notes, corrected weekly from the NashUiiie
linton and DISPATCH.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

HAVE THIS DAY, AT HIS OWN RE-
a minor, full power and authority to trade and
act for himself in all ordinary business of life,
until he arrives at the lawful age-he being
alone responsible for his contracts. This 4th
day of June, 1868. A. Il. SNYDER.
June 10, 1668-8t-29
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

The Buffalo Courier states that Col.
fax has written to friends in Colorado,
that he expects to be there about the
first of August, and will probably re-
main a month, visiting the mountains,
mines, peaks and plains.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Peoples Bank, -. so
Planters and Me-
chanics Bank. ... 10
State Bank. .O2
Southwestern X. II. 30
Union Bank. 80
ALABAMA.
Bank of Mobile. 80
Blk of Montgomery 80
Bank of Selma. .23
Central Bank .01
Commercial Bank OF
Eastern Bank As
Northern Bank. 80
| Southern Bank. 80
GEORGIA.
| Central X. II. Bank %
Georgia Railroad &
Banking Comply IS
B'k of Mid. Georgia 30
Marine Bank 80. 95
Bank of Augusta 20
Augusta Insurance OF
Bank Of Columbus O6
Bank of Commerce 05
Bank of the Empire
State. .......... 10
! Bank of Athens. 80
! Bank OF Fulton As
Bank of Savannah. AZ
Bank of the State Of
| Georgia ......... IS
City Blk Augusta 80
Farmers and Me-
chanics' Bank 0S
Mechanics Bank Oh
Merchants a. Plan
ters' Bank ..... 0j
Planters Bank. II
Union Bank ,0I
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
LAST CALL.

A LII THOSE INDEBTED TO Howard
n Il George. are requested to pay their
accounts, or they will find them in the hands
of Constable Coldwell
May 20, 1S6S-u-2G
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

Some one publishes card in South
ern paper denouncing the editor of ano-
ther sheet as "a liar, knave of the
deepest dye, a renegade scoundrel, and
a black hearted coward" Apparently
the two are not on good terms.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10
CASH FOR BARK,

NTE WISH TO PURCHASE, WITHIN
w the next two months, One Hundred
Cords Of good Chestnut and Black Oak Bark,
for which we will pay the highest market
price in cash.
SEIORN & MCKELDIN.
Feb. 81, 1S6S-tf-l2
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-10

Supreult tolTb, hHuNNlllf, Su uuHuds .
TENDER. Federal Court, Knoxville, Sd NJ
day in May and November.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-22
Political DemOnism.

The following well written article we ex
tract from the Oakland Transcript.
Every one, says the Greek proverb, has his
Demon, who watches over him in his sleep,
guards him from danger. attends him in his
walks and directs his actions through life.-
These spiritual attendants were not neces-
sarly wicked and malignant, and cOrrespnnd-
ing with the modern idea OF guardian angels,
they either came down from Heaven, or up
from the Infernals, according to the good or
bad actions of the person each was supposed
to possess. When a child smiled in its sleep
it was talking with its invisible attendant !:
when good man performed worthy and
charitable act. it was at the suggestion If his
controlling spirit; when wicked person
committed heinous deed, it was through
the agency of his demon. In short. no one
could undertake or accomplish anything. ex-
cept at the suggestion and with the cancur.
renee of his attendant spirit, who accompan.
led him everywhere from the cradle to the
grave.
1t may be instructive to enquire what sort
of demon, or spirit, presides over the Dem
0cratc party of the United States? What is
its nature, and whence did it come? Surely
for such q malignant, rebellious thing has
not been suffered to inhabit there since the
expulsion of the insurgent angels. 1t must
have been the companion of Satan. when that
arch conspirator was flung from the celestial
ramparts by the sturdy arms of Michael, or
! been generated. salamaDder like in the cruel
furnace of Moloch, or stolen from the penal
colonies of Sin. TO wander TO and fro in the
land, the genius of cruelty Of conspirators.
of revolt, of war and assassination. How it
has pursued helpless people from genera
ton to generation, attending the slave hun.
ter. giving instinct to the bloodhound and
merciless cruelty to the lash With what
hellish exultaton it hovered over the smnk
ing battlefield. and circled about the horrid
prison-pens where brave men were going mad
with despair and starvation How it rejoic-
ed as the black prisoners wrirhed in the
flames of Fort Pillow! How it laughed with
Internal delight when Horatio Sc, m nr 4
friends were making the streets of New York
horrible with massacre And at length,
when the last act of murder had been dnne,
how it sped back TO the councils of He'll tn
announce the assassination of Abraham Lin
cDln Not whole hecatombs of the slain. and
territories of devastation and tears of millions
can placate that diab)lical spirit. v hich q
again at work in its nfrrI 0 laboratory, gen.
Grating the fierce fires aud forging the cruel
We apons of war.
Il is said that the white and hollow tone
of the murdered redian and bleed at the
touch of the SLAYER. IF that be -. tnrre i.
not bleaching skeleton in The fearful Wild
derness or upon the sinister field of Chcka
mauga. that would not spout red and boiling
blond. like an enchante fountain, wherever
the guilty hand of Democracy is laid. Very
truly it has been said that Democracy is tht
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-22

FRIGHTENED TO DEATH-A strange and
surprising incident occurred last weak in the
country some miles of Corinth A NJ. Man
grum killed a young man during the war,
and few days since Mr.. Mangrum was on
deer drive, and while at one of the stands
he saw an object approaching him VIII ch so
alarmed him that he raised his gun and fred
at it. The object. which resembled a man
covered with a sheet, continued to advance
upon Mr.. Mangrum, when he drew his
pistols and emptied all the barrels at the
ghost.
None eff the shots seeming to take effect.
he climbed a tree to make his escape By
the time he was short distance up the tree
t b white object was standing under him with
It's eyes fixed upon him, and he declared that
it was the spirit of the young man whom he
had killed. Mangrum was startled at the
steady gaze of the eye that he had been the
cause of laying cold in death, so that he
faintel and fell from the tree His friends
carried him home, the ghost following and
standing befnre him constantly. the sight of
which brought up the recollection of his
guilt with such force to his mind that he died
in great agony after two or three days suf-
ferihg Corinh Miss.) Caucasian.
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-22
The Distillers' Convention.
The New York Tribune thus discourses
about the Distillers' Convention:


about the Distillers' Convention:
When our friends, the whisky distillers.
met in convention. the other day. they
strangely deglected to p' esent the details and
statistics of their business. On the contrary.
when the dentists, iron. workers. manufac-
tnrers and master artisans and workers meet
in convention, they always give US accounts
of the progress made in their several depart
ments, and they point with pride to the in
creased demand for their productions. and
the advantages which the human race de-
rives frnm their endeavors. Now, the dis
rilIers gave us no other fact than that their
working capital is one hundred million
dollars. However. as it is our duty to keep
the great public informed on all matters of
current interest, we will do something to
supply the deficiency; and the render will
imagine a we'll dressed, rosy-faced Secretary
faced audience a summary of what the liquor
business has been able to accomplish on the
basis of the above-named capital.
The whole cost cf liquors annually made
and sold in the United States. that il, whisky
either in pure or derivativs sta'e. is about
$500, 200, 900. In the consumption of this
liquor. $4,000 lives are yearly destroyed.
loo. 900 men and women are s'nt to prison.
and 200, 900 children are bequeathed to poor
houses and charitable institutions. II q idi-
ton. 300 murders and 400 suicides are COM
mitted, and the exnense connected ith thesp
events is 5000. .OOO, 900. In our nnble State
of New York, of course including the city,
one person in Is is substantially made n
pauper. Meanwhile, large sums are disbura
The Shasta courier., 1868-08-22

A SHARK SToRY.-The following is fact.
Once upon time, when the packet shin
Corlolanus was returning from Liverpool to
New I"rk, the carpenter was taken sick, and
after short illness expired on board. He
hao an interesting son, who was his assist.
ant ms shlp's carpenter, ard the buy loved
the father with the most flial affection. The
poor youths heart was almost broken at the
loss Of his parent. and no persuasion could
induce him to leave the body. The usual
preparations for funeral at sea were mad4I,
the pour carpenter was sewed up in a wind
ing sheet, and with him was nut an old
grlndstone. hatchet and chisel, to carry him
down to his long rest in the ocean. The bnv
grew frantic when his father was about TO be
committed to the deep, and was obliged to be
held oil bv the sailors At length just as
the fatal lurch of the vessel was taking
place, the boy, with the strength of ma
MAC, broke from the sailors, and dashed him
self upon the body at the very moment it was
sliding over the ships side 1t was too late
to save him, and clinging wildly to the dead
body OF his father, the bapless youth was
seen to make one swift plunge and disap-
pear forever down in the eternal caverns Of
the mighty ocean. This was in latitude 81.
long ~. which Was duly entered on the log
book. The Corl"lanus arrived at New York,
Completed all the business preparatory To her
next trip, and sailed again for Liverpool.-
When in lat. SO. long 4S, an enormous shark
was caught, and when haulded upon deck a
most extraordinary noise seemed to proceed
from the large monsters stomach. The
creature was opened, and there was the f,-
ther. the son, the grindstone Ratchet and
chisel o. if it ain't true, then never may
another fish story he believed The poor
carpenter had not died. but was only in
a trance when they buried him and there
he was sharpening his hatchet, while his son
was turning the grindstnne. they having Just
resolved tn cut their way out of the sharks
stomach.
This ia about as reliable as the Democratic
stories about Seymour's pat, iotism and
craftsmanship.