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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

We look to the South for coun-
sci. 1t has sacrificed much. 1t
has learned much through its
sacrifices. 1t ought to be brave,
just and sagacious, not afraid to
take the lead and to force the rest
to follow. There is no victory in
dead issues. Nothing short of
the Napoleonic will put the South
at the front again. None of the
old fixities are models. We want
"new Vigor-not a new party
fresh ideas and vital energies.
with something positive to offer in
room of that which we propose to
displace. Above all we cannot
afford to stand still, for this is a
moving age and the people will
not submit to be bored with plati-
tudes about dead issues.-[ Cou-
rier-JOurnal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Governor Warmoth left town
last evening for the home of his
father, in Rolla, Missouri, and for
other sections in that State, on a
business tour. He will be absent
about ten days. In the meantime
Lieut.. Gov. Dunn is vested with
all the AUCTIONS Of Governor, but
we do not think he will convene
the General Assembly.-[N. o.
Republican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Liverpool, Sept. q, noon.-Cot-
ton dull; uplands 128 to 12S and
Orleans 13Bd.; sales 1000 bales.
Later-Cotton, aplands 12a and
Orleans 13d.
New York, Sept. 81, lower, 29c.
Gold 1873.
New Orleans, Sept. Election
still declining; middling 2Sc.; sales
1925 and receipts 1879 bales. Oats
lower, CSC. Bacon higher, 174 to
2O4 to 2O3c. Sugar firmer; prime
143c. Gold 1861.
New York, Sept. q, evening"
Cotton fully &c. lower; sales 23OC
bales at 28ac. GOldsteady at 1874
Liverpool, Sept. 81, evening"
Cotton heavy; uplands 121 to 12E
and Orleans 122 to 128d.; sales
5000 bales, whereof for specula
ton and export 5000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

A Philadelphia paper says
that ifrain does not come soon,
the cells and catties in the
Schuylkill will be swimming
round with tin cups in their
mouths begging for a drink.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

The Yankees of the East do
not drink whisky nor use much
tobacco. The are given to other
stimulants, sach as New England
rum. Hence, by their influence.
a large part of the revenue is dc.
rived from the whisky and tobac
co consumed almost exclusivelE
by the West and South.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Land in Bossier is gradually
rising in value. We are pleas
ed to note this. Yet we see no
tangible reason for the rapid
advance in the price of land
here. 1t is said at least one
third of the cleared land of the
parish is annually uncultivat-
ed. Should cotton decline, the
area in acreage will doubtle IS
be further reduced. John Chi
naman, 'my jo, john" has not
yet "clamb the hill" and tmay
be late in the eleventh hour be-
fore he comes to lull us to sleep
son fowery beds of ease," as
some indolent writer's are wont
to imagine.
1t is apparent that we will
be favored for some time yet
with cheap land. Consequent
~ we can we'll afford to invite
strangers to settle among us,
offering as inducements, cheap
homesteads, a healthy country,
good society, plenty of work
at remunerative figures, and
abundance of provisions.
Let us devote some attention
towards procuring more settlers
in our midst, who will become
active and energetic citizens
helping us to establish schools,
factories, railroads, etc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

That was a laughable occur.
renee at Davenport, Iowa, of a
husbands taking magnesia and
makinghis wife thinkit was poison.
She had him stomach-pumped
within an inch of his life, in spite
of his explanations to the physi-
clan.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

MEN AS EASTERN CUSTOMERS. |
In a leading editorial, headed
Fall Trade" the New York
Post makes the following COM
parison Of Western and South
ern men who come to New
York to trade:
The West but lately enjoyed
a good credit in our markets,
and now, when times are hard
with them, the Western mer-
chants come into our markets
as debtors and borrowers. The
South, on the other hand, wiped
OF all its old encumbrances
long since. No credit was given
it for the last three years; and
Southern merchants come into
our market free of encumbran-
ces, in many instances with
ready money and with the best
prospects.
In dry goods, houses doing
business with the South are
selling freely. But it is noticed
that the Southern merchants
who have come here to pur-
chase are now very close buy
ers. The free and easy way Of
Southern buyers, which was
formerly proverbial, is no lon.
ger a feature. Indeed, the
Natchez merchant who now
buys goods in our market, buys
as closely and judiciously as
does the merchant who lives in
Portland or Bangor. This new
feature seems to give comfort
and assurance to those of oul
great houses who do bushes.
with the South.
The kind of goods, too, tina
is selected by these Southern
buyers, has undergone a grea
change. The frivolous, cost!
and ornamental are discarded
chiefly useful and substan
tial goods are selected; and ;
considerable business is done
The West buys cautiously; tina
is to say the good Western
houses are timid; while TIT
doubtful find our own mer
chants timid; this naturally
does not end in much business
Clothing sells freely for tn,
South, but very poor sales ar,
made for the West. The lat,
strike has had the tendency t,
accumulate stock, as it wa
natural for the great clothiny
manufacturers to hold bacl
their goods for better prices
even where they had a chanc
to sell. The tailors' strike mad
it difficult to replace the goods
This circumstance, coming a
it does at a time when the ives
buys so sparingly, tends to de
press the general clothin,
trade.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

W. e. Seanland, Editor.
7 E r MS

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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Upon the reading of the Decla.
ration of Independence, al vpsi.
lanti, Michigan, by a citizen Of
that place, a gentleman from the
rural districts made this comment;
ooh! he reads it well enough; but
darned if / believe he wrote it.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

WHITEwAsH THAT WILL NOT
RUB OFF.-Mix up half a pailful
Of lime and water; take half pint
of -four and make a starch of il
and pour it into the whitewash
while hot. Stir it well, and it is.
ready for use.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

A Mr.. T. j. Ragland, living
near Daingerfeld, in Titus county,
was stabbed twice a few days
ago by his ewn son, from the
effects Of which he died. In the
difficulty the old man cut his
wife's throat, but not dangerous
". 1t is supposed liquor was the
foundation of all the misfortune.
18th.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

The demands on the Treasury
for fractional currency are 50
great and the amounts required
SO large, that to supply them
would necessitate the issue of
currency at the rate of $1,000 a
day for a year to come.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Those who have land for sale
would further their own inter
est in advertising the fact
There are many tracts for sale,
but the owners appear iudiffer-
ent in letting the public know
it. Advertise your land, giving
particulars in brief. 1t will
cost you but a trife, and may
prove of quite an advantage to
you.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25
New York Dry Goods Trade.


The market for cotton goods has
been more active this week, and |
prices of staple descriptions are
generally firm, in sympathy with
the buoyancy Of the raw material.
All attempts to put prices up,
however, meet with strenuous re-
sistance, Notwithstanding the fact
that manufacturers, with limited
exceptions, are relatively cheaper
than cotton. Manufacturers and
agents are thus placed in a very
trying position. One great i'm
pediment to an advance in goods
is the fact that stocks, as a whole,
are pretty large, and distributors
and consumers have no reliance in
the continuance of present values.
They believe cotton must decline
as soon as the new crop begins to
come forward freely, and so hest
tate to anticipate their wants, in
the hope of profting by delay
Meanwhile, it is impossible to
work off surplus stocks through
expulation, as American goods
cannot compete with British fab
RIGS in all the great marts of the
world. Heavy brown sheetings
and shirtings are selling as 163 to
TIC; and light weights, 125 to 15c,
BleaGhed do, of the we'll known
popular makes, range from 121 to
18c., and so on up to 25c. for New
York Mills. Leading prints re
main 125 to 1876, an effort to put
up prices being unsuccessful
Brown drills sell at 16 to 179c. fol
leading makes; Delaines 20 to q
Other goods show little change
In a few instances. fractional re-
auctions have been made, and il
some others a fractional advance
has been established by way O
equalization, though generally the
market has been steady. WOolens
are getting to a moderate extent
but prices cannot be said to b.
satisfactory in a majority of in
stances. Low grade blankets have
been quite active as have also
heavy flannels. Heavy goods o.
mems wear are also moving some
what freely. Carpets are brisk ani
firm, paying better than any othel
classof wool goods. Foreign goods
are more active, but irregular
the advance in gold having upser
calculations.-[S hippiRg and Com
List, Sept. 4th.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

A mere lapse OF years is not
life. knowledge, truth, love,
beauty, goodness, faith, alone can
give vitality to the mechanism Of
existence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

San Francisco druggists are
about to form an association for
the purpose of protecting the pro.
feSsi0n from abuses.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Bossier District Court con-
vened at this place on last
Wednesday. But few cases
were acted upon. Thursday
morning Judge Levisee receiv-
ed a telegram announcing the
probable death of his wife,
whereupon Court was imme-
diately adjourneduntil the next
Court in course.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

The Odd Fellows degree of the
Daughters of Rebecca numbers
nearly 100000 ladies. Speaker
Colfax inaugurated it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

The Picayune of the 18th has
the following: Business on the
landing was quite brisk, especial
" about the Red and Ouachita
rivers, and the Vickburg steam
ers. Freights to Red river seem
to be at present more than the
boats can attend to, as there has
net been a steamer left during
the past week that has not been
obliged to refuse freight for hours
before the hour Of departure arriy-
ed. Freight to st. Louis has
been dull, and we are afraid it will
continue so for some time, and
the same may be said of Ohio
river freight.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

A well informed s1ocal" out
West says the reason why Chica-
go did not fall within the line Of
the total eclipse was because the
Lord did not dare to trust that
city so long in the dark.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

A fellow in Missouri shot the
dookeeper of a circus because be
wouldn't let him in without pay.
He was bound to have his fun in
some shape.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Ambition travels a road too mar.
row for friendship, too crooked
for love, too rugged for honesty,
and to dark for conscience.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

According to the American En-.
tomologist, spiders, without ex.
ception mark you, prey largely
upon insects, and chiefly upon
the plant-feeding or injurious in.
sects.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

DAILY MAn.-The Postmaster
in New Orleans informs the Re
publican tlsst daily mail com.
munication has been established
with Northern Louisiana and
Eastern Texas, via Vicksburg.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

'Pa, has q tailor's goose a billa"
"No, my son. answered pater.
familias, ''but the tailors have
mighty big ones"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

To lay off a square acre of
land, measure 26S feet 81 inches
for each side of your square,
and it will contain just an
acre.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

latures, State and national. If
that control be exercised in favor
of a sound currency, there must
and will be sound currency, be-
cause both the Government and
people will it,"
The only party which will it,
and has willed it from the first, is
the Democratic party. The Re-
publican party has willed just the
contrary; SO that the people, who
have got all through the war and
the moral questions pertaining to
the war, have simply to choose
whether they will vote with the
party which has actively in hand
this present practical interest of
theirs, or with the party which
has ignored and trampled upon it
until stultifes itself by pretend
ing to have any regard for it at
all. Mr.. Benton's declation that,
if he "were to establish a work
ingman's party, it should be on
the basis of hard money! hard
money party against a paper par
TWAS not even so pertinent in
his time as it is now; for the Dem
ocratic party, which has imme-
MORALLY identified itself with the
working people, is here ranged
actively in the lists against the
worst paper party that the coun.
try ever saw.
We invite Republicans to q
condid perusal of the article which
so fully vindicates the traditional
fidelity of the Democratic party
to sound doctrine in regard to the
currency. Impartial reflection
upon this now vital subject can
not fail to convince those wht
have heretofore supported thu
Republican party, from an homes
belief that it was doing a goot
and necessary work, of their dut,
to abandon it now and supper
} the Democratic party. Whateve
they may have thought the Re
publican party called to do ha
been done. What now needs t,
be done can be done by the Dem
ocractic party, and by the Demo
cratic party alone. The issue i
sharp and clear. Paper promise
and Radcalism-specie paper ant
; Democracy. Choose We which y,
will haye.-[N. 7. World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Liberal receipts of the new rice
crop are being received at New
Orleans.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

For the first time in the his
tory of our parish, says the Fe-
lieiana Republican, our parish
jail is empty.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

A client once burst into tears,
after he had heard the statement
of his counsel, exclaiming, ~ did
not think / suffered half so much
till | heard it this day."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Prairie grass ten feet SIX inches
high is grown in Cedar county,
Missouri.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25
Hard Money for the People.

1SOPAO Va GhAO OOeAAOAJ VIII no HI !
position to decide, irrespective of
other Political questions, upon a
matter nearer to their individual
Ind the national welfare than all
The rest. The point is whether
specie payment shall be resumed
and gold and silver coin of the
United States be substituted in
place of the present deprecated
greenbacks and postal currency.
The living issues which divide |
the two great existing parties are
chiefly financial and economical. |
The former adherents of the Re.
publican party, who Joined and
chung to it in order to enable it to
carry out the special purposes for
which it was organized, are now
left free to consider whether it
has a policy in regard to these
present issues which entities it to
their continued support. Parties
arise, from time to time, in all
countries, for the fulfillment of
certain missions. Having sue
ceeded in what they set out to &C.
cemplish, they become worthless,
unless their ability to supply the
nextprevailing want proves equal
to their special aptitude for the
previous work. When it becomes
evident to the masses of the Re.
publican party that their party is
untitled, by reason of its political
traditions and entanglements and
the prejudices of its leaders, to Sc
cure the financial peace and the
business prosperity which the ma
ton now most requires, they will
begin to relinquish an allegiance
no longer necessary or honorable.
At such a juncture the Demo
critic party appears, lifting stand
ard inscribed with the very motto
which proves that the Republican
party is a party of the past, and
that the Democratic party is the
party of the present and the flu
ture. The mission of the Repub-
lican party was to enforce the
abolition of slavery through the
war. This it has accomplished
The mission of the Democratic
perty is to enforce equal rights
for all men and a ard.money cur
rency for the people! This it has
not yet accomplished; the great
work is still before it. The Re
publican party came into power.
and flooded the country with a de-
preciated paper currency, which
thrust gold and silver rapidly out
OF circulation, and made them ar
tlcles of speculative merchandise.
The plain and convincing record,
printed elsewhere in our columns
this morning, proves that the
Democratic party, in and out OF
power, has consistently upheld a
metallic circulating medium, and
fought with its might against
what Mr.. Madison called that
"ghost of money" a paper prom.
Use to pay. The citations made
from messages, writings, and
speeches of Jefferson, Madison,
jackson, Van Buren,, Polk, Ben.
ton, Pierce, Buchanan, Silas
Wright, Seymour, and Others in
the line of Democratic statesmen,
leave no doubt of the faithful DER.
sistence with which the great
leaders of this party have contend.
ed for an equitable currency fol
all classes of citizens.
"If the people," said Mr.. Silas
Wright, support and elect those
men who are in favor of On nm
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

The Bayou Sara Ledger says
recently a number of gentle
have visited West Feliciana
parish looking for lands.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

The total amount of cotton
received in Memphis during
the year ending LIST September
was 247,651 bales, against 254,-
24O bales the year previous.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Whisky is not a tonic, but an
alternative-it alters dollars into
pence, and men into brutes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25
BELLEVUE, La,
;:;:September 25, 1889

The Police Jury of Bossier
parish met Monday, adjourning
on Thursday evening, until
Monday, Oct. 4th.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-09-25

Coroner lately rendered a yer.
dict that "the deceased came to
his death by old wounds,::sun and
liquor"
A man in this city has made
two successive fortunes by attend
ing to his own business. There
are thousands who haven't made
a copper by attending to other
peoples Boston Post.
, 1869-10-12
Highest Wages. Lowest.

During the summer of 1868 the work
men all over the United States were
making strenuous efforts to improve the
victory which a little clever strategy on
the part of some oftheir leaders had gained
for them in respect of the eight-hour law.
Strikes were going on everywhere. Brick
layers, bakers, ironworkcrs, %tailorS, gas
men, miners, and compositorS were all
either demanding more wages or a shorter
working day. While | was in Pennsyl-
vania, the coalminers were marching and
countermarching, "1ag-raising" and cor
ating," and, in short, doing everything
but drive their picks into the coal. In
Philadelphia the gasmen cut the dispute
with their employers short by turning out
the light, and after two nights Of such
utter darkness that not a dollar could be
turned after dark in q city of 100000 souls,
of course the masters had to give in.
In New YORK the great struggle was be-
, 1869-10-12

anu SjONC " US W. tOIu nun tlc SdIIIC,
and The upshot of it was they both tried
to put US off with smooth words. Soon
after We went 10 The Capitol again, and
that time sent in for Mr., a Democrat
hot and hot, and he took it up for US
there and then. When he brought it
forward in Congress there was not a sin
Gle member on either side who liked it,
but not a man Of them dared to say a
word against it, for fear of losing the
wo~rking-men's vote" And thus the law
that all mechanics in the employ of Gov
ernment should work eight instead of ten
hours per day was passed through both
Houses. ] may say that American trade
societies general mix themselves up. more
in political matters than ours do. A
secretary of a union once said to me,
"Your men are great fools to take such
trouble to keep out of politics as they do.
With your powerful organizations you
might do wonders in England, if you only
treated your Wings and Tories as we do
the Republicans and Democrats. They
are all alike, and do not care a peanut
for the working-men. Why, If we had
great wealthy bodies here Ike your Anal
gamated Engineers, we would run Jul
W President, and appoint working-men
as Foreign Minister'S"
The mode of carrying on these Societies
is very similar to that pursued in England,
with all the machinery of presidents,
councils, anl secretaries. Although trades
unionlSm Is but u very few years old IN
America, 1t appears to he RAPIDLY spread
ing-much more rapidly than in England
which Is owing, | think, TO the fact that
there Is more antagoniSm to union prln-
ciples among workmen themselves than
there is here. Opposition is generally
more favourable than ind ,~fftrence is TO
the growth of Sectarian movements. An
tagouiSms of race are also powerful Sill
mulantS 10 trades unionism in America,
but in two opposite directions. The
Irish and Germans combine against the
"arrogance" of the native Americans, and
in their turn ere combined against by the
much prosecuted Chinese and Negroes
"thus doth the dust destroy the d.
amond,"
| am inclined to think that notwith-
standing the formidable array of numbers
which trades uniOniSm makes in the
United States-there are nearly a quarter
of a million members-nnd the pressure
it has now and then brought to bear upon
the Government, it is not destined to have
very much influence on the future of the
continent ; for the plain and somewhat
prosaic reason that men of sufficient abb
lily and activity TO office societies, can in
America, as "A rule, find more profitable
employment. Sydney Smith said a bis
hop should never argue with a Dissenting
minister, but invite him to dinner; Co.
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