The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-10-03

ment progressing.
LGter-Last plea patent. Sur
raft is free.
Lincoln's son, Robert, was mar
ried to Senator Harlan's daugh.
ter, this evening.
Revenue assessors are not enti-
tied to fees for approving tobacco
dealers or manufactures bonds.
Customs from the 14th to 10Th
inst, inclusive, s3,611, 900. Reve-
nue. to-day $2Se,OOO.
The Administration will take
no new action in Georgia matters.
Meade will be governed by previ
GUS orders.
Prominent gentlemen from Vir-
ginia are consulting with high
parties regarding the electoral
ticket in Virginia. They are an
swered that the constitution pro-
vides for, and that there is no law
of Congress against any State
choosing electors.
Lieut.. Beecher, who was killed
by the Indians, is a son of Henry
Ward Beecher.
New Orleans, Sept. 25.-The
Senate yesterday installed another
negro, not elected as Senator from
Caddo parish, in the place of Reu.
ben White. Mr.. White was duly
elected, but was declared ineligi-.
BILE.
Registration opened to-day
Among the first acts of the regis
trars, was to refuse registration to
foreigners naturalized by the
Judges of the. Fifth and Sixth
District Courts since July last,
on the ground that such naturali-
zation was illegal. In this they
were sustained by the Chairman
of the State Board of Registration.
The excitement in the city, in con,
sequence, is intense. The excite
ment was further increased by an
affrd5 this morning in the French
Market, in which one white man
was attacked by three negroes, all
armed with pistols. One negro
was killed instantly. The white
man escaped, but will probably
bearTested tonight, ifnot already.
! Gov. Warm0th issued q procla-
nation this evening calling upon
the citizens to remain at home,
and abstain from exciting CONVEX
sation, stating that civil authori
ties are capable of suppressing any
difficulties that may rise and ar
resting all offenders, or if found
| insufficient will be promptly assist
ed BY the military. He also calls
upon all political clubs to abstain
from any public demonstration for
the present.
| A bill was introduced in the
Senate to-day by Senator Bacon
amending the registration act so
as to require only the oath pre-
scribed by State constitution, and
further defining the powers of the
registrars and supervisors elected
which passed two readings and
made the order oftheday for Mon
day. If it is not killed in the
House or vetoed, this. bill will Sc
cure a fair registration.
1t was stated in the Senate that
the Board of Registration had ar
rogated to themselves a supple
ment registration law, adding pro-
visions which the Senate had re-
jected. a resolution calling for
an investigation was adopted and
a committee appointed.
The Herald says editorially, the
Governor of Alabama is certainly
not far wrong in his notion that
more national troops are unneces-
sary in the State. The presence
Of fifty thousand soldiers in Ala
bama would not be so effective in
keeping the peace as the Camilla
fight will prove. Now that the
whole history Of that event is
known, it is undecidedly clear that
the negroes provoked the disturb.
auce. They marched with their
Radical leaders with music and
arms into a quiet town, comport
ing themselves in anofensive man
ner, making a bullying expedition
and the menace of their couduci
was met asif it were real. Negroes
! will see by this example that it ID
not safe to bully white men. and