The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-09-19

S"O~~SJ OASA-C&A- oOetADOOs AAO AkUL
near Fort Lyon resulted in the
death of two soldiers and four
Indians.
Concord, N. H., Sept. 11.-Pierce
is better this morning.
Nashville, Sept. 1.-THE Legis-
lature remained in session until
midnight, and passed the modified
militia bill which is now law
Before the militia can be sent to ]
any county application must be
made to the Governor by ten IN.
conditional union men, or three
Justices of the peace belonging to
said county, based upon allega-
tons that the civil law cannot be-
enforced without military aid.
The following is published here:
''New Orleans, Sept. 9, 1868.
| ''To j. L. Tullock, Secretary Of
National Uuion Committee: Nv
home in st. FrancisvilleG was mob.
bed by armed democrats on the
10Th of August. They said they
wanted to wash their hands in nv
Blood and would have my life.
They leyeled their guns at nv
wife and threw burning torches
upon my gallery. / was not in
the house at the time.
/ ]. p. NEWSSTAND, NJ. CT
/ Washington, Sept. 1O.-A com
lmittee from the Tennessee legisla-
iture is here preparing an address
to the President, which they viii
deliver tonight. They say the
militia bill is sure to pass, but will
be dead letter if the President
sends troops enough to Tennessee
i Montgomery, Ala, Sept. g.
The cars on the Montgomery and
| Mobile railroad met with a terrible
accident this morning, six miles
below Pollard. While crossing
Escambia river the trestle work
gave away and the three from
cars fell through. Several per
sons were badly hurt. Mr. j..
| i. WARREN the Express messen-.
ger, was Instantly killed. 0
Washington, Sept. 12r-noon.-
Later Colorado advices elect Dem.
ocratic delegate to eongressinstead
OLA Republican as reported yes
terday. s 9 F'ia
Rosseau has been assigned to
duty under the Breyet rank of
! Major General. Gen. Bnchanali
; resumes bis rank of Breyet Brig.
General on ROsseau's arrival in
Department ofLouisiana.
Gen. Buchanan viii command
the district OF Louisiana, under
: RosSeau.
i Washington, Sept. GA careful
calculation of the Vermont vote
shows the Democratic increase to
: to be thirty-three and q half per
, cent, and the Republican increase
only twenty-five per cent.
New Haven, Conn.,. Sept. TO-
A procession of Boys i'll Blue wefS
, attacked with stones and several
of them were hurt; three danger
ously.
TREMENDOUS EARTHQUKE.
New York, Sept. 13.-The steam
er Guiding Star has arrived
! Earthquake on the 18th ult.alOng
the coast Of Peru and Ecuador,
whereby thirty 1.-TWO Thousand lives
and three millions property were
, lost. A rumbling sound preceded
the shocks and the sea terribly
agitated. Aregrippa city, with q
population ofthirty five thousand,
passed away. Scarcely a yestige
left of it, though only four hun
dred hives were lost. Africa, b
!, city of twelve thousand inhabi-
! tants, entirely destroyed--not q
house standing. Five hundned
|. persons persisted here. A 1saal
: wave forty feet high carried yes
sells further ashore than ever
i known before. A United States
+ store ship, with one million eight
: hundred thousand dollars, worth
! of naval stores was capsized and
all hands lost. The vessel rolled
t over and over and was smashed to
latoms. The United States steam
! er Watoree was carried half q
mile inland, and is hopelessly high
9 and dry. One sailor drovnea.-T
Y The Peruvian corvette America
), was carried ashore, losing thirty
!, lives. The American smerchantp
IL man Rosa Vesia, English ship
q Chancellor and French bark, Ed