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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19

COUNTRY SEAT AT PELHAM-FoR SALE OR Elk
~ change for City PROPERTY extensive view OF Sound
modern improvements carriage mousse gardeners
magnificent building site adjoining OF
Apply at No. West Twenty-eighth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19

A THREE STORY, BASEMENT AND sUBCELLAT
IN brick House on Ross street, Bedford avenue al
improvements, 20xb0xl00; price $ll 800; terms easy.
DICKINSON CARTER, 81 Wall street, basement.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.


AN EXCELLENT cHANcE.-A SPLENDID THREE
IN high front House, In the most
stylish part OF South Brookyn; all modern improvements
2x45x black walnut trimmings hot and cold water TO
replsts with every convenience; will be sold at low
figure. Address J. A. Babcock, "a John street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19

T,OR SALE, A BARGAIN-AT RAILWAY, N. j., A SUB
stantla two story House, with
ground, plenty Of walk from depot
5000 half remain Inquire OF Z. CRoLIus, 50 beck
street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19

TOR SALEM BROOKLYN, A HANDSOME THREE
story and basement high stoop brick hUl-e 90 wyckon
street, near Hoyt; price $1,000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-19

HENTEEL BRICK TWO STORY BASEMENT HOUSE,
W ferries; all improvements perfect order $4,000
f0e mortgage Apply at 4l6 West Thirtythird street,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
MECHANICS AND CLERKS AT

MECHANICS AND CLERKS AT
THE SOUTH.-A recent New Or
leans paper states that the me-
chaniCs in that section were never
so busy as now. Building opera
tions are quite actively CARED on,
and in repairing the waste and
loss of war, and in providing for
the necessities of a new and larger
development of business and IN
dustry, mechanics of all kinds are
needed and are sure of employ
ment at good wages. On the
other hand, we find it stated that
there is so large a surplus of un
employed clerks at New Orleans
that some of them are taking po-
sitions as hotel walters. The
South needs mechanics more than
clerks, and will continue to need
them for some time to come. There
is much to be done in the way of
building up and unfolding the in
duStrial and commercial develop
ment of the Southern States, and
skilled laborers will find that part
of the country a remunerative
field for them.
The disparity between the sup
ply and the demand for mechan-
les and clerks at New Orleans is
very like what exists in all parts
Of the country. The mechanical
trades are deemed less inviting
by young men than clerkships,
and probably there is no city of
any considerable size in the cOun-
try where the number of persons
seeking clerkShips OF various
kinds is not largely in excess OF
the places to be filed. We need
every where more skilled lab0rerS,
men who thoroughly understand
some mechanical business, and it
will be a good indication for the
future when our young men begin
to turn their attention more gen
orally than at present to the va
rious mechanical trades. The
country at the North as well at
the South, and.at both East and
West alike, needs workers and
we want TO see the number of
this class of people-a class so es-
sential to nationol prosperity
largely increased within the next
few years. This is a world of
work, and there is no kind of nee
essary work which is not honor
able Boston Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

CUBA.-The census of Cuba is
taken every ten years, the last be-
ing taken in 1862, the population
that year numbering 100000.
Of these 100000 were negroes and
900, 900 whites. OF the white pop
ulation but 10000, including the
army and the women and chill
dren, were Spaniards, the remain.
ing 100000 being natives of the
isle. OF these latter 325, 700 were
women, 215,000 children and aged
persons, and 100000 able bodied
men, capable of bearing arms. OF
the 100000 negrOesit is confident
ly expected that 80, 900 of them at
least are able to fight with the in
surgent army. In the same year
(1S62) the production Of the island
amounted to S300,OO0,00O. The
taxes derived on duties amounted
to S37, ,75O, 900 the exports to S57,-
100000, imports to $43, 400, 900;
making total of exports and inn
ports of 500, 100000. The present
trade amounts to over S17O,000,-
600 per annum. The value of Jhe
rural wealth in 1852 was 1881, ,000,-
900; the wealth OF towns and cities,
S120, 900, 900, and the wealth OF in
dustry and commerce amounted
to S774,000,0O0. The same year
the sugar production was valued
at So, 100000; tobacco crop at
$4,000, 900; other productions at
So, 2,OO1, 900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

H
~ Gen. Grant is credited with
the following remarks upon the
threatened Indian war in Alaska:
I've been thinking about that
country a good deal. The news
papers say we are in danger of m
Indian war up there. ] think I've
settled on a plan for stopping that.
If one breaks out, l believe I win
withdraw all the troops, and then
there won't be anything there for
the Indians to fight.
And Radical papers copy tAis
as an evidence of wonderful saga
city-never stopping to think
that the same principle Is quite
applicable to the South, and that
if the South is disturbed" and
if Ku-klux Klans are rampant,
things in that section would be
far more quiet if the troops we're
withdrawn, and especially II sach
troops as BrOwnlOw's militia in
Tennessee and Clayton's militia
in Arkansas were disbaaded.-
IN. Y. World. aE sn
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
Young Men Should not Aban-
don Country Life.

May we not hope that the taste
for rural life which once prevailed
in our land may be restored bp a
better public opinion and by a
judicious system of education
which shall aim at gaining that
knowledge which is needed by
our farming population. The
young men of our country are
crowding into cities; they are leav-
ing safe, heathful, and useful pur-
suits for the speculative chances
of town life. In too many in
stances they make miserable fail
ures, and shipwreck health and
character.
The practice which prevails
among our successful farmers, of
selling their lands and moving
into cities and villages, does a
double mischief. 1t strips the ru-
raj districts Of their accumulated
capital, and deprives them of wis
dom and skill gained by long ex-
perience. The double drain of
the young and active, as well as
the old and wealthy, is hurtful to
the moral tone, as we'll as to the
material power of the agricultural
interest. 1t weakenS the influence
Of the greatest industrial pursuit
Of our land-the one upon which
the prosperity of all others is
based. 1t is our duty, then, not
only to urge measures which will
make farming profitable, but also
those which will make country
life attractive. 1t must be lifted
up and made an intellectual pro-
feSSion. Itmust not be stunned,
but it must be sought as u mode
of life which gives not only just
reward to labor, but honor and in
fuence in our social and political
system. ..s.s
We find a great diversity OF
tastes among civilized nations.-
They are the results of education
and public opinion. Our tastes
and habits should be made to
conform to the condition OF our
country. Our chief wealth is in
our lands. Our growth in great
ness depends upon our bringing
into use our vast uncultivated do
main. These tastes and habits
which lead our people to turn
their backs upon country life are
hurtful to our prosperity. The
system of education which fails
to give intellectual interest and
mental activity to rural pursuits
is not we'll directed, and does not
meet the wants and conditions of
the American people. We must
have as a basis of political stabili-
ty and business prosperity, not
only agricultural skill and me-
chanical inventions, but also the
diffusion ofthat kind acknowledge
which will make our farmers and
their families honor their pursuits
and love the rural scenes amidst
which they are carried on Ec-
tract from an Address Of Hon. Fl.
Seymour.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

GREATNESS OF THE CHINESE
EMPIRE.-Mr. Caleb Gushing, who
is, perhaps, the best authority in
the United States on Chinese af-
fairs, tells us that China contains
single provinces, each of which
in population, wealth, civilization,
education and all else that gives
power to State-is superior to
France, England, Prussia, or any
of the first powers of Europe; that
the empire has 500, 700, 900 inhabi.
tants (mOre than all Europe COM
bined); that this inconceivably
vast population is governed by
the strongest, brightest intellects
of the land, upon a system which
was old thousands OF years before
the oldest governments of Europe
began to exist; that education is
universal, even more general than
with us, there being absolutely no
class of people that cannot read
and write; that the great body Of
the Chinese are intelligent, indus
trious, apt to learn anything and
everything, frugal, prominently
patriotic, and more profoundly at
tached, perhaps, than the people
of any other nation in the world
to their own laws and institutions;
that China was a great nation
ages before what we call the an
cient nations Of Greece and Rome
had been founded, and has re-
mained great nation, while its
earliest cotempOraries, Egypt and
Assyria, are only known imper7
fectly in the most ancient of the
earliest records of our race, that
the Rothschilds, the Astors and
>tewarts among the millionaires
of Europe and America are but
piglnieS in wealth compared to
some of the great capitalists Of
China.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
NUMBER Z.

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUM-
On the 18th of August next there
will occur one of the most inter.
esting eelipses of the sun that
have or will occur in the United
States for many years, and viii be
a total blotting ont of time of that
luminary. In the parlance Of as
tronoluers, "this same eclipse,n
that is, an eclipse caused by the
same means occurred, a little less
than eighteen years ago--in 1851
and, though not total in this
latitude, was truly interesting and
caused much speculation among
the learned. On this occasion the
eclipse begins at sunrise in the
Pacific Ocean, east of Japan, and
becomes total first upon the earth
in Siberia. 1t is total at noon In
Alaska, and ends in the ocean at
sunset just north Of Beaufort, n.
@. The line of the total eclipse 10
as t0ll0WS:
Running Southeasteriy, lit grazes
the coast near Sitka, thence runs
off into British America, and en-.
ters the United State near the or
igin of Milk River, thence it runs
through the Southwest corner Of
Minnesota, diagonally through
Iowa, crossing the Mississippi
River near Burlington, Iowa,
thence through Illinois just north
of Springfield, and crossing the
Ohio River near Louisville, KY,
thence through the Southwest
corner of West Virginia, thence
to New Berne and the ocean
Thus it will be seen the eclipse
will not be total in this section,
but will be nearly so, or eleven
digits in size. 1t will begin ct
4:24 and end at 6:26 in the after
noon. 81 fsEi 1A 81.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

u We notice that few of our
planters are pursuing q course this
year which is certainly commend
able. In order to stimulate their
youth to acquire habits of thrift
and industry, some fathers have
given to their sons as much land
as the latter can cultivate alone,
or, if they prefer it, a sufficient
quantity to require the assistance
of several negroes, with teams, ra-
tions, ETC., with the understanding
that the young gentlemen ars to
have, in their own right and name,
what money their crops may sell
for. Recently We inquired into
the prospects of some of these
young farmers, and were gratiaed
to get from them the most cheer,
ing reports. Unless disasters be.
fall them, some of these boys viii
realize handsome sums of money
as reward for their labors this
year. Mansfield Times. e
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

LAWYERS IN CONGRESS- Out
of sixty-six Senators whose occu-
patiOns are stated in the Con-
gressional directory, 45 are mer-
chants, 5 editors, 4 farmers or
planters, 3 bankers, 2 teachears,
/ manufacturer and / railroad
owner. But 40 are lawyers-a
preponderance which partly ex-
plains the outcry of poor Sprague
of Rhode Island. Sprague un-
doubtedly made a goose of him
self; but nevertheless is it a good
thing to have in the Senate so
great a preponderance of lawyers9
The House is not quite as strong
in that element; but there are
mentioned as lawyers 119, mer-
chants 10, editors 16, farmers z,
manufacturer 6, railroad men 8,
bankers 5, ministers 2, doctors 2,
painter /, and prize fighter one
so that a man has just twice the
chance to get to Congress if he is
a minister or doctor, that he has
if he follows prize fighting as a
business! About two.thirds of
the members ofboth Houses whose
occupations are known, are law
yers. Is it not partly for this rea-
son that financial matters are so
muddled; that the practical and
business interests of the country
are so little cared for, and that so
much of the time is spent in leg
islation purely political in its OBJ
ject and character? The business
man who goes to Congress, has
his occupation aud means of sup
port at home, if he fails to get re-
elected; but large share of the
lawyers who enter Congress have
not property to support them and
abandon their profession, and it is
natural that they seek to make
politics the business of their lives
and also to make it pay. Not a
few OF the evils which affiict the
country grow out of these facts,
and yet it would be absurd tC
under.rate the services of the le
gal profession, or to overlook the
fact that many of the most usefu
members come from that profes
Sion.- Missouri Democrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

- The principle creditor OF
the Emperor Maxinilian, Of Next
co, was d Greek jew of Trieste,
named Ephraim. Maximilian
owed him ut one time. a million
and a half of forms. Ephraim's
claims have not yet been settled
entirely. At one time he was the
real owner Of liramar. He was
quite at yhed to the The dnfortu-
nate 4. chduke, vh1, in Ms turn,
aiNa,s Ceate | AIS jewish creditor
WITH ihe utn -, kindness. Epn
rain lad pretty daughter, With
whom -daxi.ni,iAn, previous t } his
marriage with Carlotta of Beigi-
um, had kept up a long Irritation.
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sasr It is reported that some
personal friends of Secretary
Stanton propose to present him
with a sum of money, as Q testi-
monal of regard for his great ser
vices and sympathy in his present
and, it is feared, permanent loss
OF health. If the sighs and tears
of his victims and their families
could be coined into money Secre.
tary Stanton would be the richest
man alive. He was a cold, cruel,
calculating tyrant wheniin power,
and the Nemesis of time viii set
his account right, money or no
money! Philadelphia Age. f8ot
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

n Two medical men were re-
Gently called to decide the cause
of illness of a very sick man. SIT
is severe case of typhoid feyer,o
said one. 81 think not said the
secend. They disputed and dis.
cussed, till the first said: ttNever
mind, we shall find cut when we
make the post mortem examina-
tion." The sick man did not
smile. ~ lsie 1tgh 1iaaf1o
aa ..la w. -ael.- lAAI 4nt aal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

FANCY FARMERs.--The follow
ing certainly contains great deal
of truth too frequently overlook
ed:
81 wish to say a few words in
regard to a class of men who have
done as much, if not more, to pro,
mote the Agricultural interest Of
this country, than any other, and
yet, since my earliest recollection,
they have been sneeringly called
Fancy Farmers! They are gener-
ally Mechanics, Manufacturers, or
Merchants, who have been sue
cessful in their vocations, and who
have invested the first money they
could spare from their business, in
land and in making improvements
upon it. They may occasionally
have a ditch dug and find that
the water runs the wrong way,
but this hurts nobody, and gives
employment to those who need it
tor the support of their families.
They do not watch the Almanac
and discharge their workmen when
the days become short, but en-
ploy the poor when tue weather
and the hours for work do not adj
nit of a compensating return,
which the man who has no other
means OF support than the pro-
duct of his farm, cannot afford to
do. These men are to be found
in almost every part of our coun-
try, and may be known by the
houses for their land and their
out-building being in better order
than any others in their neighbor,
hood. They are the first to buy,
what is called, improved agricul-
tural machinery and implements,
which do not always prove So
Not being dependent upon their
farms, they can afford to expert
ment; sometimes they are success.
lul, sometimes not; but when they
are, every farmer gets benefit
from their outlay. 1t is largely
to such persons that we are in
tiebted for many of the improve
ments in husbandry, and still they
are sneeringly called Fancy Far
mers."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

Two years ago, a Chicago
lady, in the absence of her Lord,
swapped 4 pair Of family horses
for five acres, OF land south of the
city. She is now offered $4,000
for the land.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

70 George Washington, ne.
gro charged with mule stealing,
escaped from the Mayors court in
Richmond, Va, recently. He was
pursued and captured by Andrew
Jackson and Thomas jefferson,
both negroes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
Rich'd W. Turner.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, La
IN Will practice in the Parishes of Bos
sier, Caddo and DeSoto. All business en-.
trusted to him will receive prompt and ener.
getic attention. y7n40
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

~ The arabic land of the Uni
ted States is said to be eqIal to
50,0O0,OO0 farms of twenty-five
acres each, or ,250.000, 900 acres.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15

~ The bill tnat it seems Inn
possible for legislative or lobby
wisdom to defeat is the mosquitoes
bill, . ..F-. ....-.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
L. M. MUTT.
|. MUTT. A. II. LEONARI
Mutt & Leonard.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Milan Street,
IA Shreveport, La. Will practice in the
Courts of CaddO, Bossier, Claiborne and
Blenvllle. v7n40
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Il. B. Watkins.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Minden, La. Win
n practice in the 10th and l1th District
Courts. Prompt attention given to all legal
business entrusted to his care v7n23
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-05-15
B. II. Fort.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bossier
N parish, La v6nl6
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20

BILL TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS AND RAISE
SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING IN
OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND sIXTY-EIGnT.
Be II enacted by the Senate and House of
Representative of the State of South Carolina
now met and sitting i'll General Assembly, and
by the authority of the sanc
SECTION /. That the following sums be, and
they are hereby, appropriated for the paymen,
of the various officers and expenses of the State
government, that is to say: For Salaries I: For
tho Governor s3500; for tho Secretary of the
State $4,000; Tor the Private Secretary of the
Governor $4,000 for Adjutant and Inspector
General S2500; for the Assistant Adjutant
and Inspector General $500 for the Comp
troller- G Gencral $4,000 for the Treasurer of the
State $250O; for the chief clerk to the Trea-
surer of the State $500; ior the Auditor Of
the State S2500; for Superintendent OF Educa-
ton S250O for the Chief Constable $500 /;
for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $4,000;
fnr the trgo Aasociate Jssti5 ss7ane for The
eight Circuit Judges, 5000; for tho eight
Circuit Solicitors, $4,000 for the three Chan.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20
Italy had ap earthquake ON January 18th.
New York city has over 5000 music teach

Italy had an earthquake on January 18th.
New York city has over 5000 music teach
ers. 80 .e.-t,..,i
Isabellasthinks she will now "abdicate" in
favor of her son. ,'H
A Parisjournal, last month, treated all of
its subscribers (, a free concert.
Mrs. Lincoln, is said to be engaged in
writing meaior of her own times
New Yoeks slms seventy banks, with s7O,-
100000 capital, held by 10000 shareholders.
The winter of 1868 is said to have been.
At sea, the most tempestuous on record.
A New York bride recently had New
Work hotel given her as wedding gift
A schoolmate Of John and Chas. Wesley,
aged iO4 years. is living in Brooklin,
: IA leasEicaat ss,=.,figsdiiosr Gen. of voiun-
tecrs is giving drawing lessons in Heidelberg
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20

.StE5VT9 . egFtli
onfe with nm honest Datehman walking
ABOUT his troubles nc was taking
The most t'ichseemcd To arise
FROM friends and wite's Per'ersfles'
Whsh ne toek breath, his pipe to NIL,
lssnasosss s % sassss' that whl
mss om 'he cause Oh human iii'
nat me gas "a 'nh OF ae'i-den'als,
Ana sseiy .p..lael men nau ms ms own 'r'ais. .
Iis notihe .lS. WIZ WI ne quick rep'iod'
..l' Du' " 'he "ea 9 sh'oh I'm sTiSs'
nen peop.' "hi' NJ Always gieu'
Iis only when they won't, I'm mad!
whsI;s
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3 u,,,s 90 into ,,;o. 5,,,,.,. n.,.h,
i ,o,s ana o.,,b.a her and h,;na, h.
49, a,,o l,s.r ~, i a;nr. s.-.. q
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And ssiI her. ssit 1i,sre ~, ,,ti ;.,.,,,
but aim she wont. for ali saw.
sheY.,s,p ara,s and. rms .v.v
Thenfl ,sna' 'hmnsl IN mad ne Gre
but once again I thought Id ,rv her.
So after her soon makes chase.
And brines her hack 10 the old pl,ce
And then I snap, her a vreat deal
Anddoes my beat to make her feel
That sis mI,st do as she was bid;
But not i hit OF Il she did,
She tsas The most contrar;e,t bird
or which ever saw or read.
Before I'd turn nv back again.
Waa runnInr Of. that pl,oper hon.
Thinks L I'm now q used up man
I'll 6I her now, for IL I do,,'t.
Ny will Is conqured by her won't!
SO Yhea roes and rets some bloct,
Ard with then, ,,,,,,t GA ,;,,,, hoy.
AZ ,.t.. 60. .,~or A.,
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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20

The Maine Legislature does not want the
treaty re-establishod with Canada.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20
Y.
The Dutchn,an's Hen.

Sss Il ,laa 80
a yusxr sronr wIrn SERIOUS MORAL.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-05

sl1nssass EpuscSs;a Rlasaa alloN.- ma
.spacs in your Ooiumna % inquire i our
City Council cannot do something to
iy,sssans o yiaitor- e. sFR oity -&spu beiaz
fragusened de4shs spy Eha Ame4
imfediately apoB Ahp arrss thS
srabs at Y dil brept sdpSa. ThA
PaAetiaa is AErieh oh,inanoR RhSF oitJa
within the knowledge c. .hs writer, aud
calls loudly for attention; and that, too,
before the Fair. Policeim9n oohld use
their time in this business to much
greater advantage to our city than by
catching hogs. CITIZEN.