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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

THE DEATH OF Mr.. CUNARD.-
The New York Sun, in recording
the sudden death of Sir Edward
Cunard, in that city, says he was
born in Halifax, in 1916, and
adds: -.
The line of mail steamers with
which the name of Cunard is so
Familiarity connected was started
by the father Of Mr.. Cunard in
1910, at whose death, in 1866, Ed
ward inherited both the title and
the business. He had previously
managed all it's affairs on this
side of the Atlantic. The line
was started with four vessels, SUBJ
sidised by the British government,
but so successful did the enter
prise prove that from time to time
other lines were also started by
the company, and now they have
twenty-five vessels OH the Medi-
teTanean sea, on the Atlantic
and elsewhere. The Cunards, fa-
Their and son, preferred safety to
speed in THEFT vessels, and hence
they always enjoyed the public
confidence, which they hold even
to this day. lN
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01
TwENTY ACRES OF HUMAN

TWENTY ACRES OF HUMAN
BONES. The cemetery keeper Of
fered to act as our guide, and
after showing us the fort aud its
adjacent lines of riie-pits, he es-
corted us to a large field on the
northwest side of the fort, and
there most terrible scene present
ed itself. The thousands of Con-
federate soldiers who had fallen
in their desperate and persistent
attempts to retake Fort Harrison
were buried by the .COnfederates
when they fell. Twenty acres or
more have just been ploughed up
by the owner of the field, and the
pIowshare turned to the surface
all these skeletons. Over the
whole tract the bones are strewed
in profusion, and grinning SOULS
stare the visiter in the face on
every hand. When the farmer
was questioned, he said the land
was now the richest piece he had,
and in justification of his sacrili-
gious act, stated that he "didn't
put 'em there no how" We learn
ed afterward that the bones had
been taken away by the cart Load
and sold to fertilizing mills in
! Richmond. Two humane men,
too poor to do anything else, came
| the day We were there and at
tempted to burn some Of the bones
| to prevent the wretches from cart
ing them off. But long job they
will have if they attempt to buGn
them all.
Yet these are not the only
fields of Confederate bones we
have seen nor the first instance OF
disrespect for their dead we have
witnessed. Perhaps they are toe
poor, as they plead, to bury them
Then, in the name of humanity
: why do they rear a stone monu
ment, forty five feet square at the
base, and ninety feet high, a
Richmond, to the memory of thu
Confederate dead" in the cemete
ry, and leave their bones to bleacl
and crumble in the fields? Strang,
people, these Virginians. Theil
ways are inexplicable to u.s. Co,
Boston IraUeler.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Mayor Fox, of Philadelphia.
has given notice to the citizens,
that one thousand sparrows.
have been imported from Eu--
rope and let loose in the public
squares to destroy the woFms
and other insects, and he asks
that they be protected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01
Latest News
From Shreveport South Western.

From Shreveport South Western.
Washington, April 24.-An.
drew Johnson's son, Robert, is
dead.
Paris, April 26.-Negotiations
resumed for conference between
France and Belgium. III v
Berlin, April 26.--Tax on ne.
trOliam projected. - gwrv
Madrid, April 26.-Slight con-
scriptiOn disturbances at Seville
suppressed.
London, April 26.-British Min.
lister at Pekin contradiets Buriin-
games assertion that the Chinese
desire progress. Reported Cath
Ollie missionaries and several hun
dred converts massacred in the
province OF Sechuen, China.
Washington, April 26.-In mod
ification OF newspaper statements
regarding extensive naval prepa-
ti0ns for Cuban contingencies. it
IS authenticity stated that the
fleet in Cuban waters will not
probably exceed six vessels, two
less than heretofore, the reduc-
tlonr necessitated by the recent
acts Of Congress, materially re-
ducing the personnel of the navy.
Apart from this, vessels to be
sent to that coast are deemed
sufficient for all legitimate pur-
poses. The fitting of several iron
clads have no particulars signifi-
ance beyond saving these vessels
and their machinery frsm the, de-
cay incident to idleness.
kellogg left fer Illinois, and Har-
ris for Wisconsin, the former
homes Of the Louisiana Senators.
San Francisco, April 26.-yisi
tors have commenced congrega-
ting in the vicinity Of the end Of
the Central Pacific railroad to
witness the laying of the last rail
and driving the last spike of the
Pacific railroad. next Friday or
Saturday. ..~~..........
The village of 'cYou Bet,a Ne
vada county, California, destroyed
by fire.
Washington, April p. -Franeis
W. Goadard, late captain of car
bineeBs, first Rhode Island regi.
mens, by card in the New York
papers, prenOunees Sprague a
liar, ealumniat0r and poItrOon..
Washington, April 2S.-Secre-
tary of War has ordered resump.
ton of recruiting.
Secretary of the Interior de
eides that six months abandon
ment OF homestead forfeits it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01
THE BOSSIER BANNER.
W. H. Scanland, Editor.
IT K r II s

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

When in his recent speech
Senator Sprague spoke of Con-
gresSional corruption, he said
he knew of a member who had
been asked to report a certain
matter in a certain way, and
the temptation laid out before.
hnn was 100000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The New Orleans Republican,
says there are already about %
applicants for the office of Reg
lister of Conyeyances, which
will be made vacant when Mr..
Packard resigns to take the u.
S. Marshalship. Gov. War
moth has not yet selected the
twenty-four gentlemen who
will be disappointed in their
application.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

10 A negro preacher recently
arrested in New Orleans as a dis
orderly person, was unable to pay
the fine imposed. He was about
to be committed, when a happy
thought struck him-"If your
Homer will trust me till Monday,
I'll take up a collection to-mor
row. He was trusted.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

SHORT Timely the way of
the Louisville and Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and its connections
but seventy-fve and half hours
on and after the Goth ult., will be
consumed in the passage between
New Orleans and New York
This is eight and a half hours less
than the shortest time advertised
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ It has become law in Min
nesota that no public school from
which colored children are exclnd-
ed shall receive any part of the
school fund.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Of $4,000 persons taking adj
vantage of the National Bank
rupt Law, a great majority had
no assets, and their creditors
made no claims.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

u Last year Norfolk county,
Virginia, raised and shipped to
Northern markets fruits and yege-
tables to the amount of over ST.
600. 600.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ Marshal o. Roberts, Of New
York, had daughter married
recently and his wedding gift
was a check for 100000 We do
not know that he has any more
daughters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

% The snow shed of the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad is the big
gest building in the world. It is
16 feet wide, 16 feet high, and %
miles long, and took about forty
million feet of lumber.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

@ Col. Crow, who was a Con
federate officer, Gen. Grant has
nominated a second time for the
office of Governor Of New Mexico.
The Senate chokes at him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ just to show that Calena
was not exhausted after it pro-
duced himself, Grant has given
six prominent foreign and domes-
tic appointments to that place.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ The cotton mills in Jeffer.
son City, La, employ 80 hands,
and consume about 25 bales of
cotton per week, which is manu-.
featured into yarn, sewing thread,
knitting and tidy yarns, seine
twine, rope, etc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

There are two Hiram Pow
erses, sculptors. The one last
developed is from Lewis coun-
ty, New York, and he carved
the head Of his employer With
killing effect. The work was
so well executed that Powers
will have to be executed him
self.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

London covers 122 square
miles, contains 100000 dwell
lings with an average of eight
persons to each, and has a pop
ulation of nearly 100000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

- A pottery near Montg opse
~, Alabama, is in successful OPP
Grafton. Fhe clay is taken from
a bed near the factory.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

- In 1868 the ten Southern
States produced 222,OO0,000 bush
els of corn, being 40,OO0,000 more
than in 1867. -.au III
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The N. Y. Sun appears to
consider the condition of its
party desperate, and says: at
must be admitted that any pru-
dent life insurance company
would have to regard the risk
on the Republican party as ex-
ira hazardous at the present
time"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Preparations are making for
putting up a mandatory of
cotton sewing-thread at New
Orleans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

% The Pope has sent for
Beecher to come to Rome to OK.
plate his sins. Beecher will find
it necessary to go further.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ Judge Mascus Morton has
been confirmed Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court Of Massachu-
sets, vice Hoar resigned. a.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01
The Ouachita Telegraph.

The Ouachita Telegraph, in
referring to the taking of tes-
timony in the contested elec-
ton case between Mercy and
McCranie, says, "Morey was
permitted to begin de nouo.''
Why not have given us the
plain vernacular, Mr.. Tele-
graph man?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ When Paul de Cassagnac
was recently sent to the st. Pela-
gle prison, the editors confined
there refused to mess with him.
Now he has challeged the whole
sixteen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

1.-THE Fayetteville On. Co.
Observer has been furnished
with a new remedy for hog
cholera Rub the animal all
over well with soft ley soap,
feeding lightly on bran.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

- In Rhode Island, q man
has sued a woman of forty for en-
ticing his son, aged seventeen,
into matrimony.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Found-on the highways of
Bellevue, a small tin snuff-box.
The fair owner can have the
same by claiming property and
giving us a "pinch" for this
notice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ A man with all evil habit
fixed in his soul is as a nut with
a worm in it's kernel.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ A Senator says he was
called out of bed three times in
one night by ofice-seekers in
Washington.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

In appointing Cress-wen and
Boutwell, to positions in his
Cabinet, Grant has unmistaka-
bly, demonstrated that he loved
mot wisely but two well."-
(N. Y. Leader. aa
Also, Lowell.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ Philadelphia has 1857 Fed
eral ofice-holders, drawing 1873.
$50 pay per annum.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Missouri has a law in force
prohibiting bears and bulls
running at large. Wish Louis
lana had a similar statute con-
fning the limits of 'bores.'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

u According to the South
Western, 'spring chickens,
about the size of a humming-
Bird" sell for go cents each at
Shreveport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Six hundred men are working
at Providence, R. l., on locomO-
tives for the Pacific Railroad.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

AZ There are FIVE tunnels of
the Union Pacific Railroad, in all
1865 feet. s. o. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

+. 2. Clark, the newly APP
pointed Sheriff for Bossier pa
IRISH, with his deputy, S. D.
Leverett, arrived at Bellevue
yesterday, and will, we under
stand, enter upon the discharge
of their official duties next
Monday.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

~ Ross carried the Senate in
the slaughter of a postmaster.
He sent him where he told Grant
To 60.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

1t is calculated that it viii
take seven days to go from San
Francisco by railroad to Phila-
delphia, q distance of thirty
three hundred miles.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The South Western says the
''New Orleans Crescent has
been emerged in the New Or
leans Times. We fear Mason
has been riding a velocipede.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The ''New Iberia Times" is
the name of an ably edited and
neatly printed paper recently
established in the town of New
Iberia, La, by Messrs. Rufus
L. Linscott & j. Y. Gilmore.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The question has often been
asked, "Why everybody and
their families go to the store OF
Hamilton & Co, 5 and Z, Texas
street, Shreveport" 1t can be
as readily answered by those
who have been there and know:
that they sell goods cheaper
than can be purchased else
where, and have more OF
them and of a finer and better
quality than any other house
The daily sales of this firm
average more than $1,000, and
the continual rush for ''more
cheap goods" is almost as
great as that of Radicals after
otfice-which is enormous.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The distance from ST. Louis
to San Francisco is 1000 miles.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

Congress adjourned last Sat-
urday, 10th inst, sine die, in
other words, until the 7th of
next Dec.-[IberviHe South.
If you thought that your
readers, Mr.. South, could not
understand the sine die part of
the above, why not have left it
out; or, if so, why intimate to
the contrary by giving a partial
explanatory translation? Fling
it at 'em some more, your read
ers are helpless, and it affords a
splendid opportunity to show
your huge-'book larnin'.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

The Claiborne Advocate, of
the oath ult., says the District
Court, Hon. j. L. Lewis, presi-
ding, convened in Homer on
the 10th. A molten to quash
the array of jurors was over
ruled. and the Grand Jury inn
pahneled and charged. The
civil docket was not tried, ow-
ing to doubts entertained by
members Of the bar as to the
question of "who is Judge?',
The Court, however, adjourned
until the following Monday,
with the intention of trying its
hand on the criminal docket
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01
BELLEVUE, LA,
Saturday,::::::::::;:::;;:::";:May l, 1869

-" THos. McIsTYRE is our only duly
authorised agent at New Orleans
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01


By a recent act Of the Legis-
lature, the time for the COM
pletion of the collection of the
zone per cent. special tax was
extended from the 1st of May
until the 1st OF October next.
The penalty of ten per cent.
for failure of payment is in ope-
ration from to-day until July 1;
and an additional tax of ten pei
cent. per month, or for each
fractional part of a month, is
levied on delinquents from
July l, to October /, when tax
collectors shall make their final
settlement with the Auditor in
this as in other cases, provided
by law.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

DISTRICT JUDGESHIP.-ln
this contested case the Supreme
Court refused to pass decision,
but simply dismissed it as inn
properly brought, denying the
right Of a person to waive DOM
icil in the trial of a case; or,
in other words, that Judge
Watkins was a citizen of Clai-
borne parish, in which the case
should have originated, instead
of Caddo. : This leaves the
matter pretty much thusly /:
Judge Watkins removed, and
Col. Lewis appointed to fill
the vacancy.
This will serve as a prece-
dent for the Parish Judges OF
Claiborne and Bienyille, who
have also been removed. Oh
course, in a contested case.
Judge" Lewis will sustain the
Governors appointees. So we
go-but where? 3t
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-01

ln17S4 only s bales of cotton
were shipped from the United
States 10 Liverpool.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-09

PArER CoLLARs.--The following are the
processes through which piece Of paper has
!" pass III order to become u fashionable
article OF wearing apparel, as a collar or cuff
Tor lady or gentleman: First the paper
must be made expressly for the object de-
signed, and prepared with direct reference TO
Its weight, strength, color and hexibility; it
mas to be linen finished by having applied to
II n coating of whiting mixed with glue and
passed over hot cylinders to give it the requi-
site polish; then il is covered with IA linen
cloth, or in some cases has the fac simile of
cloth engraved upon it, and the impression Of
the linen IL thus transferred to the paper.
Next, the paper is divided into sheets or rolls
OF the required dimensions, and cut 10y ma
chlnery into the proper shape for collars or
cuifs. The machine also makes button holes
and creases the collar where it is to be folded !;
a girl folds the end Of the collar and passes it
between rapidly revolving wheels, which
either fold it or roll it into its curved FORM as
may be desired. II the collar is to have the
button-holcs patched, as it is called, it is
necessary, before II is rolled, to have three
small pieces of perforated cloth affixed, which
covers the holes and gives them additional
strength. The collar or cuff must also go
through machine for finishing the edge,
whether that border is TO represent ordinary
stitching, or Is to initiate raised cord or
tuck
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-09

CHNwIED Ur.-Oncc upon time gentle
man found in his hcn-roOst simple-mndcd
soul of the vicinity, VINO lived without visible
means of support
What are you doing here, you rascal
Stealing my chickens;"
"No. Sir, was the response, 81 thought of
duiu' nuthin' Of the sort"
II unfortunately happened that the simple
minded individual wore II high straw hat, of
the dimensions Of bee hive, and the crown
thereof was dilapidated to serious extent.
Just ns he had put in his denial, the head Of
half-grown pullet was seen to protrudc from
the Aperture.
"Scc there" snid the gentleman, "how did
that chicken get in your hat2'
"Well, exclaimed the simplc-mindcd indi-
yidunl, with an mir Of honest surprise and en-
barrassmcnt, "that is the strangCst thing that
ever happened to mo. | suppose the darncd
crittcr must have crawled up NY trowscrs
lcgl"
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-09

GUARD AGNISsT VULGAR BhNGUAGE.-There
is as much connection between the words and
thoughts as there is between the thoughts and
the actions. The latter are not only the CX-
preston of the former, but they have the
power To react upon the soul, and leave the
stain of corruption there. A young man who
allows himself to uso one vulgar or profanc
word, has not only shown that there is foul
spot upon his mind, but by the utternncc of
that word he extends that spot, and inAames
it, till, by indulgence, it will pollute and ruin
the seed. BE careful of your words and Of
Your thOnghts.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-09

JUsTIcE IL NEw YoEK.-Judgc Dowlng, of
New York, loves "a practical joke. The other
day man was before him charged with whip
ping his wife.
How came he to beat you?" asked Judge
Dowhug.
"End"rucnth where we live. No. 40, Grand
street there l. II dance house." explained the
wife. II was told my husband was there.
and took woman with me. and We went
uni looked in
WAS Your husband thcrc?" pursued the
Judge.
''l-~. sir
"Dauciug:'
"NrS, sir.
"Did you 80 inside
mo. sir; but my husband saw me. and
coon came up to our own ROOM where he beat
me and smashed the furniture"
1T was not the proper place for her TO go, 4"
spoke up the husband
"lt was proper place for you, suppose?"
ANY place is proper for men."
"Do you really think SOP
"Nes. sir.
"wcll, then, I'll send You to the Pcniten.
tinry for three months.
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-09

WHES General Cluscrct was arrested in Paris.
one Of the officers said To him that he came in
the name of the Emperor. Cluscrot sneor-
ingly remarked That he probably meant he
came in the name of n certain Louis Bona
partc, convicted Of high treason on the Sd of
December, 1851, by the Supreme Court of
France. Monsieur L. General" exclaimed
the officers. chow can you dare to insult His
Majesty in this mnnner?" If know no Ma.
jcsty in the world, wns Cluscrct' reply "and
least of NIL shall how to that Of the Ineancst
despot living on carth.'
The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-09

Az imaginative writer says: woman is
compounded of three articles sugar. tnCturc
of arnica and soft sOnp. Sugar. because Of
the sweetness which was apparent in most wo.
mon--alas! that in some II should have acidu-
lated into strong domestic vinegar; arnica, be-
cause in woman is to he found that quality of
healing and soothing after the bruises and
wounds which afllct us men in the great bat
tie of life f; and soft soap, for reasons too oh.
viOus TO need specification.