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~ Dick Yates. Senator

- Dick Yates, Senator from
Illinois, is said to be most thor.
oughly Disguised with Grant
Yates, as Governor of Illinois,
gave Grant his first commission,
after he had been permitted to re,
tire from the army in consequence
OF getting on "a bender" and rid.
ing through a hat store, and vet
Yates has been ignored in all the
Illinois appointments.
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Isaac NJ. Galloway. In Parish Court
Exparte, of Bossier parish,
For Mention. La.
=" hereas, by virtue of writ of sale
wv issued from the Parish Court
of Bossier, La. to VIII. Hill, Sheriff
and auctioneer of said Parish, sold at
auction on the 10th day Of December,
1868, as property of the succession of
NJ. L. Hodges. deceased, certain
tract or parcel Of land, to wit
The northwest quarter of the north
west quarter of section 81, township
81. range 10, and the southwest quar-
ter of northwestqnarter of section 81,
township 81, range 10; (and on the
and day of January, 1869, by virtue Of
tho same order), the northeast quarter
Of the southwest quarter of section 25
township 81, range eleven, and the
northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter Of section 81, township 81
| range 10, ell of which land was bid of
and purchased by Isaac NJ. Galloway
for the sum of two hundred and thirty
dollars. Therefore, this is TO call OF
all persons who can set up any RICH
to said land in consequence of infor
mality in the order and decree of tn
Court, under which said sale was made
or any irregularity or illegality in tn
appraisement and advertisement il
time and manner of sale or for an
other defect whatsoever, to show caus
within 80 days from the first publics
ton Of this monition why the sale 8
made shall not be confirmed and ht
mologated.
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Succession Safe.
s ccession Of Mary Ann Cro0noger
deceased.

deceased.
Dy virtue of writ of sale to me d.
~ rected from the Parish Court of
Bossier Parish, La, in the above en-
titled succession, l will sell at public
auction to the last and highest bidder,
before the Court house door, in the
town of Bellevue, on Wednesday the
28tb day of July, 1869, the following
described property, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of the south
west quarter of section IL, township
90, range IL. The northwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of section "a,
same township and range. The south
east quarter of the northeast quarter
of the same section, township and
range. The southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter Of same section,
township and range. The northeast
quarter of the northwest quarter of
same section, township and range -
The northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of same section, township and
range. The southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of same section,
township and range. The southwe
quarter of the northwest quarter, same
section, township and range. The
northeast quarter Of the southeast
quarter of same section, township and
range. The northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of same section
township and range. The northeas
quarter of the southwest quarter o,
same section, township and range
The northwest quarter of the southwes
quarter of same section, township ant
range. The southeast quarter Of thu
southwest quarter of same section
township and range.
Also, one feather bed.
Terms-Cash, with the benefit o
appraisement. Act Of sale with reve
nue. stamp. at the expense of the pur
chaser.
Z. K. RUSS,
Sheriff and ex-ofiicio auctioneer.
Bellevue, June %, 1869.
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R The New Albany CONNER.
cial propOunds the following co.
nundrum: Is a young fellow who
goes to see his girl every week
day, liable to arrest if he goes tc
see her on Sunday, under the law
prohibiting person from "pur
suing his usual avocations on the
Sabbathn
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What Will You Take For
Yourself?

1t is said that every man has
his price; young man, have you
yours9 Will anything buy you?
Will you even sell yourself by a
little deceit, a little falsehood, BY
evading the truth to gain some
body's favor, to raise you in some
body's opinion, or to accomplish
some desired end? Will you even
so far forget yourself, your man
hood, your friends, your position
in society, your best interests, as
to thus sell yourself for the favor
ofanothere
Doubtless, you now spurn the
thought, and yet have you not
often done so? Be careful, be hon
est in reply. Answer only as the
little voice within prompts. Re
member that it is Of daily occur
renee with mankind. Others, who
think they are just as strong in
character, who value themselves
just as highly as you, are daily
selling themselves.
Will you prove yourself a man
and talk, and act, and live like a
man? Will you even countenanct
by your approval, by your influ
ence, your patronage, that which
in your heart you know to bt
| wrong, for fear of giving offence
for fear of losing somebody's ia
vor, or subjecting yourself tt
f somebody's cutting jest7 If sur
rounded by the jovial associate
of former days, where the convivi
! al bottle is freely passed, and yoV
| are urged to partake Of an extr;
l glass, can you, even if there b
3 none present to expose you t.
: those whom you know think bet
3 ter things of you, say HNo7" Ca
D you, everywhere, under all circun
e stances of temptation, say "Nol
e fyou can, then indeed do 20
= possess true nobility of soul; the
t indeed may your friend safely lea
S upon you, and feel proud Of you.
T Even those whose solicitation
d to evil you have refused to accep
e will respect and love you more b.
a cause you are proving yourse
> a man. They who sustain such
IS character are building upon
e rock, and will find themselves SUI
e rounded by friends comprising th
best and noblest of mankind. A
> love You because they know the
it can trust you. Let your price h
= above earthly treasures or tenn
d tations, and you willthus gain NJ
h only nobility of character an
: soul, but the respect and love {
Le all the pure and good Southe'
10 Home Journal.
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STEAMBOAT CASUALTIES ON

STEAMBOAT CASUALTIES ON
THE WESTERN WATERS.-The
Cincinnati Commercial has pub
lished list of steamboats, sunk,
blown up, or burned on the Yves
tern rivers since Sept. 80, 1867,
and gives the sum total as follows:
Destroyed by fire, forty-nine; by
sinking, 101; by explosion, four
teen. ALI these 164 steam YES
sells were total losses, and their
aggregate tunnage was something
over "a, 700 tuns.
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SErGa Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned, by g.
IA W. Monzingo, on May 9Th, 1869, and
will be sold for cash, to the highest bidder,
at Bellevue, Louisiana, on Saturday the
Doth day of n november 1869, q Bay Mare pony,
four years old, with brands r w on the left
shoulder, an o with cross Hnder it on left
hip, white in her forehead.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charge, &c
j. H.LOFTON, Stray Master.
May l1th, 1869. M
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Notice.
To Whom It May Concern.

A II persons are hereby notified that
IN the keeping of any house or
place where gambling for money or its
equivalent is carried on without Lii
cense for the same. is contrary to law;
and further, the said house or place,
where said gambling is carried, on will
be closed according to law, unless the
State tax of FIVE thousand dollars, to-
gether with such tax as may be impos-
ed be imposed by the Police Jury Of
Bossier parish, be promptly paid.
s- l.. G. RASBERRY,
Assessor and State Collector
June 26th, 1869. nl3 Ats
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Otice

State ofI.o0;s;an. InParish Court
D o.ase q p 1ou:s.ano Of Bossier Par
4 @li'u "a Do' ish, La,
NJ Office is hereby given that Elias F.
IN Connell, Tutor to the minor
Mary B. Atkins. has this day filed in
the Office of said Parish Court his third
annual account as tutor aforesaid.
Now therefore this is to adnonish all
persons concerned that if opposition 10
not made thereto within the time pre-
scribed by law said third annanI account
will be hoinologated and made the
Judgment Of the Court.
Witness the Honorable Lambert w.
Baker, Parish Judge of Bossier Parish
La, this the l4th of June, A. d. 1869.
A. A. MINIS.
Deputy Clerk Of the District Court
| nib 5tE ss
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% Gen. Candy refuses to &C.
cede to the petition of the Colored
Mems Convention requesting him
to issue an order giving colored
people equal rights in cars and
steamboats,. He says the courts
only have authority to redress
their grievances.
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SfrOaE Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned on the
T. 18th day of May, 1863, by Willis Allen,
and will be sold, for cash, at Bellevue, La,
on Saturday 9th day Of November, 1869, a
Sorrel Horse, about nine years old, white
streak in forehead; right hind and right fore
feet white-no brands. Appraised at $75.
The owneris requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
j. Fl. LOTION, Stray Master.
Bellevue, La, May %, 1869. n0
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% Josh Billings says: Imag.
inashun, tew much INDUCED in,
soon IL tortured into reality; this
il one way that good boss thieves
are made, a man leans over a
fence all day, imagines the boss
in the lot belongs tew him, and
sure enuff, the fust dark night the
boss does.
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@ An exchange paper puts
as a text at the head of its col
umns: Subscribers, pay your
dues" If the editor would take
the space used for the notice and
fill it to the advantage of his
readers, he would be on the road
to get his dues-by earning them.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,

Parish of Bossier.
In accordance with law, and by or
der of the Honorable L. W. Baker,
Judge Of said Court, the foregoing mo-
milton is granted in the name Of the
State Of Louisiana.
Given under my hand and seal Of
Office, this 3lst May, 1869.
T. N. BRADEN, Clerk.
A true copy.
Attest: A. A. MINIS, by Clerk.
Mo SITS
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- Western Russia is almost
entirely covered with a dense for
est Of magnificent trees. This for
est is so dense that it is said a
squirrel might travel on tree-tops
the entire distance from st. Pc.
tersburg without once touching
ground.
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~ One of the aims in farming
should be to produce, as far as
possible, everything you consume
Ito buy nothing can raise your
self.
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- The Department of State
notifies applicants for office that
it will reply to their written ap-
plications only when it grants
them Office.
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The gold fields of Georgia are
doing very well just now. At the
Nacooche mines a nugget was
washed cut recently which weigh
ed 1871 pennyweights.
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Notice.

TNhe partnership formerly existing
= between Geo. E. Burgess and
myself is hereby declared dissolved.
The unsettled business of said part
nership will be settled by me.
Z. N, AUSTIN.
June 5, 1869. Inn
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TNE Notice.

TTthe citizens of Bossier parish are hereby
l. notified that viii be at the following
named places at the times indicated for the
purpose of taking q descriptive list of all
taxable property Of each tax payer for the
year A. D. 1869, together with list of poll
and license tax payers and the list of educa
BILE children. will also at the same times
collect the State taxes on assessment rolls
of 1867 and lS4s, together with the One Per
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"A. e. HUruer.

WAGNER AND TEAMSTER,
Despeetfnlly tenders his services in the
u above capacity to the citizens of Bos-
sier Terms moderate APP
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Married L:

On Goth inst, at this place, by w. R
Head, J. P, Mr.. WI BUSH to Mrs A j
MERRIWEATHER
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BOeEceGgag JEKigE.

Cypress and Pine Lumber sawed, and corn
~ ground, at short notice Apply to
j H. STROUD, or,
aplT BINS S w. DOYLE.
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HN9.tgaD@Fses

4 well selected stock of shelf and other
n Hardware, bought in New York for
cash, of importers and Manufacturers
agents." j. ID. REYNOLDS,
feb2O SIM 81 Texas ST.. Shreveport
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TwAIN's LAsT.-Mark writes to
the Tribune from Elmira n. Y, as
follows:
The Wilson trial came to an end
yesterday. In some respects this
was the most remarkable case that
has ever had a place upon the
criminal records of the country.
1t excited great interest in this
part of the State, and during the
last ten days the Court room has
been pretty generally crowded
with eager listners. The facts of
the Wilson case were simply these:
On the 18th of February last,
George l.. Roderick provoked a
quarrel with DIR. r. Wilson, in
front of the Union Hotel in this
place. Wilson put up with a good
deal of abuse before he even
showed temper. He tried to paci-
fy Roderick, but to no purpose.
Roderick called him a thief, a liar
and o swindleE Wilson bore it all
calmly. Roderick grew more ex-
cited, and heaped one opprobrious
epithet after another upon Wilson
and finally called him a member
of the New York Legislature. AT
this Wilson sprang to his feet, and
remarking to Roderick that he
: would not take that from any
man, shot him dead with an AK
| handle. Such was the evidence
elected upon trial. The Courtac
Quilted Wilson upon the grounG
that the provocation was sufficient
DALLAS CoUNTY.-The Dalla
Herald published in the heart o
the wheat country says:
We are gratiied to be able t.
state that the wheat crop in thi
, country, which is now considers
made, will be, perhaps, the larges
, yield that has been reaped TO
: many years, in proportion to tn
/ breadth of ground sown. Hal
J vesting is now going on all owe
r the county. The same remark
T viii hold good with regard to th
t crops in all the surrounding couu
Q ties that we have heard from.
S0RosIs.-This name is GreeE
Q and signifies ''fruit of many flow
" ers." The pineapple is the beE
known specimen of this kind
b fruit; and but seven varieties {
j of this have been noticed by bot;
K nists. Every point on a pine-al
il pie indicates the location of a flow
y er, and the fruit, is the product
70 just as many flowers as there al
II points; yet this consolidated pr
10 duct of a cluster of flowers is {
r much one as an apple which come
from single blossom
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ObIlU. I 4A Ul LuUIV1W UA EUUF
Bellevue, July l, 2, :.
Cotton Valley, 5, 8, z.
Red Land, 3, 8, 10.
Collinsburg, II, ID, IA.
Rocky Mount, 18th, 10Th.
Benton, 18th, 10Th.
Mrs. Gains, 2lst, 22nd.
Fillmore, 26th, 9th.
Tom MERGERS Store, 2sth, 29th.
Atkins's Landing, 5Oth, 3lst.
By meeting me as notified, the tax payers
will save the penalty of interest accruing on
the one per cent tax.
Let every one come prepared with his
land numbers and descriptions.
L. c. RASPBERRY,
nl3 Dts State Tax Collector.
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~ The Radicals are in high
glee over the fact that the 'Rebel
IOombsa is now compelled to ask
q colored postmaster for his mail
matter, at Macon, Georgia. They
forgot to tell, however, that the
widow of a gallant Union soldier
was kicked out of the place to
make room for the aforesaid dar.
key.
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TEO9eStIO9e.

Isaac N. Galloway. In Parish Court
Exparte, of Bossier parish
For Mention. La.
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Sheriff and ex-ofiicio auctioneer.
5ellevue, June 26, 1869.
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HORRIBLE MURDER.--Yester-
day, and Irish woman, residing
near Scots planning Mill in this
city, was beaten to death by her
husband whose name is at present,
writing, unknown. The iRcarnate
menster struck her repeatedly
over the head and breast with a
large shoe and with such force az
to destroy her life. The murderer
has made his escape on steames
Enterprise which left this port
soon after the commission of the
crime. kilograms are being dis
patched and we hope to chronicle
ms arrestin eur next Jeferso,
Jtalplecute, 10TH.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-10-12
Aisranaria AMAirs,

Ahg1oh@Ehs A@SAHbs
The Alexandria Gazette Of yesterday eve
ming has the following news items;
On Saturday. evening last, Just before the
train from Richmond reached Fredericks-
burg, the conductor while going through
the cars discovered that one Of the passen-
gers, q man named Owen Kernsy, from Mon
right, stark dead and sti&. he had died so
suddenly that his brother, whoss arm was
around his shoulder, was unaware Of his
inanimate condition.
YESTERDAY evening young man named
Hugh Strider, who had been sentenced by
the court last week TO twelve months impris-
onment In the county jail for breaking into
the store Of, Messrs. Davy q Harmon, and
who will be tried this week for robbing the
office Of A. 8. Perpener, for which offence a
confederate named John Boswell has already
been sentenced TO one years imprisonment
In the peuitcntiary, escaped from the place
Of his confinement by climbing over the
wall. Dillgent search was, Of course, made
for him, and all his old baunts were visited
by those in pursuit Of him, but he success
fully eluded his pursuers for as long time
as he wanted, or rather until bed time,
when he knocked at the Jail door and asked
for and obtained admittance to his old quar-
| tiers.
The regular monthly meeting OF the foto-
mac Fruit Growers Association was held on
| Wednesday last at the Friends Meeting
| House, ]. II. Gray In the chair, and +. j.
Bramhall acting as secretary. The resigna-
ton of the treasurer was accepted, and O
letter read from Mayor Bowen, Of Washing.
ton, recently elected an honorary member Of
the association. Reports were received from
the delegation to the Philadelphia Conven
ton Of the American Pathological Society, q
report on tho varieties Of fruits most suitcd
to this locality, and other business Of Interest
transacted.
AMONG the passengers who LOFT here thiI
morning on the Orange train were some Of tht
members Of the Baltimore City Council, wht
were on their way to tho agricultural fair
which commenced at taunton to-day. Sew
eral merchants Of this city also lcfI here thi
morning for the fair. s.'.'
TIE alarm Of fire about three o'clock till
evening was caused by the partial burning
Of the roof Of the residence OF Mr.. Georg
II. Robinson, on North Royal street. Tn
fire department was soon on the ground
and the flames were extinguished speedily
and before any serious damage had been oc
casioned.
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Medical
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Siish'ed Bis pIsE !hslE S ~ TFniMpRupEsoE.
pleasure. hnds 10 has imbibed the seeds Of this
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him from applying 70 those Who. from education
sSs d sroT Sns .sa pre-.
tenders. who. Incapable q esriaE, nieh his pesu
despair n' him ,ss idn
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the constitutional symptoms n this terrible dis
: DEAN pai; esiica, . N. dIssaiSi .assrias !,
"A'''fGSiSS sE;IfF 81 ti'rFRiE PRESS
.. shsssss ss.;s hs e esmsoa
slrGieal Operations porformsd By Dr. Johnston
ss s y p. Pc I.p Ss:. q Witch sPS
.s.ia and .G.i. before ,ss public, besides NJ
Bss2sEEs sfRsS Il " C ss'
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manner: JOHN n JOHNSTON. n. Pc,
iss-Iy baltimore. Eafyisnd.
|C-W- 1868. vi.
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DAILY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN.

In politics II supports the principles aud policy Of
the great Republican party. and sustains the Ad-
ministrAtion Of General Grant. II gives especial
attenton to the news from all the Executive Depart
msnts, embracing ocial orders Of Heads Of Depart
ments and decisions Of heads Of bureaus thus max
Ing II valuable paper for all ofccrs Of the Gov
ernmsnt Who requiro the Information which I
contains, ....
The miscellaneous department will receive special
attention. and In all respects efforts will be %
10 establish the character Of tho paper as hrst
class family journal.