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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
NUMB ER 10.

LAWYERS IN ENGLAND M. ID.
Conway, in one of his English let
ters to the Commonwealth, says:
1t is not little remarkable
more so here, / think, than in
America how completely purchase
BILE lawyers are. l heard a good
story of the late Lord Chancellor,
Richard Bethel. He was employ
ed by a party in certain suit to
frame a bill. Afterwards, the op-
posing party in the same cause
employed him to conduct their
side of the case, and, of course, to
oppose the bill which he had him
self drawn up for the other
Nothing could exceed the scorn
with which he denounced that bill.
1t was, lie declared, a blunder, and
imbecility from beginning to end.
in fact he thundered out, If the
court will allow me to say so, in
the whole course of my practice l
have never known a bill SO dis
graceful to be offered in any court
of law The bill was thrown out
of court. The poor. fellow who
offered it afterwards went up to
the lawyer, as he was retiring, and
said-'Why, Mr.. Bethel, you
drew up the bill YOURSELF My
dear SIR was the bland reply, "a
more perfect bill was never offered
to the court
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

~ The English have invented
birds nests of iron, which are
now used extensively for rsparrows.
They are attached to the limb of a
tree by a screw, are ventilated
from the bottom, and are quite or
namental; sparrows, martins and
swallows take readily to them
They are manufactured In Boston,
and the authorities of that city
have bought them by the hundred
to be attached to the trees in the
squares and streets. tr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

u Ex-President johnson, in
his speech at Knoxville the other
day, said that "after the battle of
Rull Run, the country was dis
mayed and five thousand troops
marching into Washington could
have the taken capital" 1t was
then that Congress declared that
the war was Waged for the Union
and Constitution, which declara-
ton was forgotten after the fright
was over, IA
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

- The recent march Of the
9Th United States cavalry through
the upper counties of Alabama,
on their way to the West, was .
scene Of riot, disorder, outrage and
pilfering throughout. The officers
in command made no attempt 70
check or punish their disgracefnl
conduct.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

GT Had there been protection
lists with Moses when he made his
overland trip to the promised
Eden, and the Lord rained down
rations from heaven, they would
have1enacted a law securing to
themselves hand bushel baskets
and giving the children Of Israel
umbrellas, for the better protec.
tion of their weak heads, and call,
ed it a tariff Don PiGtt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

GOLD The total coinage up to
1866, of the three principal nations
of the globe, was as follows =
France, S1,302, ,22O,814; Great Bri-
tain, s935,341,450; the United
States, $845,536,49 total, S3,-
O93, ,09S,855. There now remains
in circulation, it is estimated,
about s3OO,OO0,OOO of the United
States coin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

a. &c. A. IT, writes from
Washington: 'Longstreet will be
the General Monk of American
history, making more of an era in
his repentance than in his great
est military achievements. During
the time his confirmation lay in
allegiance, his ex-rebel friends met
every evening to hear the news
with nervous sympathy. One
evening a gentleman burst in
what do you know of Long
streets case to-day?' cried all. I
know everything that was said in
executive session. Speak outn
Sumner opposed it tooth and
nail! Cameron read some letter
or order of Longstreet about the
burning of Chambersburg. He
said: ''T'll stand here all day and
night before this man shall be
confirmedm Harris, of Louisiana,
replied: ''Tll stand here a week
but he shall be confrmedm Cam
eron said that Longstreet was re-
Sponsible in a more marked de-
gree than any living man for the
destruction of Chambersburg, and
he meant to fight him on it to the
DEATH There was a pause of
PAIN among all the recaating
Southerners. MY Godp said one,
that town of Chambersburg is an
unforgiyable sin. A good square
State could loseits metropolis with
less rcpining than Pennsylvania
can lose Chambersburg. We had
better put our hands in our peck
cts and pay Pennsylvania for that
id town, dollar for dollar You
never heard a Methodist revival
meeting in your life shout amen
with such unanimity as those poor
threadbare, troubled rebels, cried:
Damn Chambersburgm
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
g Persons are often troubled

~ Persons are often troubled
by wasps. They can readily de
stroy them by the following meth
od: Saturate a piece of lint with
a strong solution of cyanide
of potassium, and place at the
outlet of the hole leading to the
nest. The inhalation of the cyan
ide destroys the insects very rapid
ly. and a nest full is thus quickly
put out of the way.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
The PoPuLousNEss OF CHINA

THE PoPULoUsNEss OF CHINA.
What impresses a traveller III
China is the number of its people.
The land seems filled with men,
women and children. An intelli-
gent Cantonese once expressed
his idea OF the fact to an English
man in the following forcible but
not complimentary way: "You
are few and we are many. Ii we
Cinnamon were all to gel together
and spit once, we conld drown
out every Englishman in Canton
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

% For long time, as is we'll
known, rain has never fallen in
Upper Egypt at all, and in the
Delta only on five or six days in
the year. Some years ago, how
ever, Mahomet Ali planted TWEEN
ty millions of trees on the Delta,
and they have now attained con-
siderable size. The result is that
the number of rainy days have
gradually increased from five or
six every year to forty, with the
prospect of attaining a still great
er proportion hereafter.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

- A good deal of sympathy,
mingled with a little sarcasm, has
been expressed here lately for an
American family whose daughter
was about to marry a Sicilian
prince, the said prince having
turned out bogus. The trousseau
was ready and the princely coat
ofarms was already painted on
the carriages, both of which mag
nifcent superfuities are for sale.
Another ''caution" to ambitious
American mamas who sell their
daughters for European titles
This is a bit of gossip so we'll
known in Paris that it was quite
sure to find its way into print. 1t
is fortunate for the ambitious ma
ma on this occasion that the dis
covery of the imposture was made
before the marriage. The trous-
seau can be sold or laid aside till
wanted; but how could the vile
pretender have been disposed oil
had he preserved his mask till the
legal formalities had all been gone
through! What an escape for the
intended victim as well as for the
ambitious mama.-[N. Y. Herald
Paris Correspondent.
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A GOOD ONE.-A young blood
residing not a half dozen miles
from this place was the victim of
rather a good joke on Sunday
night recently. He was trying to
be particularly "sweet" with a
young lady, and had paid her a
number of visits at the residence
Of her parents. The old folks had
somehow got the idea into their
heads that the children were most
too young to ''keep company and
conveyed the desired hint by call
ing the girl out of the room and
sending her to bed at 8 o'clock,
the lady of the house astonishing
the young man by bringing into
the parlor a huge piece of bread
and butter, nicely spread with
sugar, which she presented to him,
saying in her kindest manner,
''There, Bubby, take this and run
home to your mother; it's time lit.
tie boys were in bed" The would
be gay young beau hasn't felt as
though he wanted any more sweet
ness from that source since Con.
neauUiICe Courier. /.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

~ The Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad win be com
pleted to Omaha on the 18th.
This will open a sharp competition
between the Northwestern and
Rock Island roads for the Paclac
Railroad freight.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

- Washburne's appointment
to Paris is the worst and weakest
ever made to that country. Ben
iamin Franklin was our first min
lister to Paris; Thomas Jefferson
the second, and Elihu B. Wash
burne the last.
"Oh, what falIine off is here, my ooun'
trymen!' @
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

~ Edwin Booth, it is said, has
sold the Salt Pond Mountain, in
Giles county, Va. containing 12,-
900 acres, to a company of Ten
neseans, for 100000. They in
tend to found a watering place
there.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

v Indiana is no longer o heav-
en- Of relief for the Incompatibles.
An act has lately been passed
limiting the action of the divorce
courts to iona tide residents, under
heavy penalties for it's violation.
Indiana divorces are, therefore,
no longer available.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

THE CHINESE TEA PLANT IN
EAST TENNEssEE.-We were yes
terday shown, at the Market
Square drug strore, some seed Of
the Chinese tea plant, and were
told that the tea plant was in sue
cessful cultivation some ten miles
above Knoxville, on the farm of
Capt. James Campbell, where it
has been grown for about ten years.
We further learn that East Ten
nessee tea-drinkers can easily raise
their own tea with very little cost
or trouble. The plant is deep
ever green shrub and grows about
five feet high. 1t is hardly, and
needs no protection from frosts.
1t bears an abundant crop, with
beautiful, fragrant flowers in Oc-
tober. The following season it
natures a seed, somewhat resem-
bling the seed of our native hazel,
and grows as readily. The vigor
and hardness of this plant and
it's adaptation to this climate, have
been tested KnorUiJIe Press and
Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

T The people ofCoxsackie, y.
Y, thought the fact of . white
mans living in marriage with o
negro woman sufficient cause for
giving him a coatof tar and 6eath-
ers, and acted accordingly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
Are we Coming to Imperial
ism?

The Round Table, discussing
the question, ''Are we drifting
into Imperialism" reasons in this
somewhat discouragiug strain:
In plain sooth, the age of sensu-
ality, of unchecked corruption, of
dense, Grass ignorance, is coming
down on US like night. A free
press should have given more
notes of warning than it has; but
the press dislikes, in a free coun-
try, to print unpalatable truth,
even when it discerns such truth,
and the journals that profess ''fear-
less devotion to principle" are no
toriously the ones whose articles
betray the most laboriOus solici-
tude to catch the applause and
flatter the prejudice of the great
est number. Meanwhile, at what
are called our "great centers,0
coarse brdtes, who ought to be
digging railways or drawing hand
carts, lay down the law for the
whole community, and by dint of
vast wealth, amassed under cir
cumstances impossible in any
other civilized country, degrade
the social tone, and spread in
every direction an unbridled rage
for the pleasures of the senses. In
tellectual elevation or ambition is
scoffed at, and those who strive
to inculate a taste for better
things are eitherhated or despised.
Nothing is thought of but de-
lights of the table, of fine clothes,
of snowy dwellings and equipages
in a word, of physical raptures
ofevery description. If these is a
pretence at anything else-wheth-
er in the pulpit. in the theatre, or
in literature-the pill must be
gilded so as to appear sensation.
al" All this is SO widely admit
ted, so shamefully notorious, that
it's recital is trite enough; we re-
peat it merely in elucidation OF
the subject under discussion. 1t
is impossible when people think
all things of their bodies and
nothing of their minds, that either
a democratic or any other pure
form of government can long be
maintained. Unless a great change
comes over American people, il
will not be maintained by them
selves. They are rushing towarC
the precipice at railway speed
and the universal corruption thai
good men deplore is the prelude
of a decomposition which is as
certain as fate.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS
BILL.-The New Orleans Times, of
the 10th, says that suit has been
commenced in the United States
Court by VIM. FL. Honens of the
parish Of Bienville, under the Civ
il Rights Bill, against FL. and Il.
Took, FL. Vickers, FL. Shehee, G.
@. Butler. Charles Heron and
George Hays, Of said parish,
claiming 500, 900 damages for an
alleged attempt to kill'him ON the
28th day of May, 1868. The Pc
toner alleges that the party en-
tered his house and fired into his
person fourteen bullets, and that
they fred upon him after he was
down and senseless, rendering him
a cripple for life. He also alleges
that they destroyed his entire crop,
consisting of thirty acres of cotton
and sixty of corn. Petitioner al
leges that he is unable, in conse-
quence of the prejudice against
him, on account of political opin-
ions, to enforce the laws against
the said parties in the parish of
BienviIle.
The grand jury found a true bill
against these parties.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05

~ Marriage--An altar on
which man lays his pocketbook
and woman her love letters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
Rlch,d W. Turner. .

A TT0RNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, La
N Will practice in the Parishes of Bos-
trusted to him will receive prompt and ener-
getic attention. v7n40
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
Fashionable Drinking Saloon

Bellevue, La.
she proprietor respectfully announces to
n his friends and patrons, his Saloon, as
heretofore, will be kept constantly supplied
with the very best brands of choice Liquors,
&c. In fact, everything usually found in a
first class drinking Saloon.
My terms are positively cash.
ySn4O JOHN C. HEAD.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-06-05
R. r. Fort.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bossier
IA parish, La. v6nl6
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-04-07
sugnr fr1m sorglum. =.

Any scheme looking to the advance.
menl Of Agricultural interests aud the
prosperity Of the country should bc well
looked Into, and encouraged, when found
feasible. va were no less SURPRISED
than pleased at seeing, du,ing tho past
wcck,nt the store o( MrSSrs. Moorma;,
& Co., specimens Of Sugars made at
Hrccnvlllc, 5. g., from tho Sorghum
Cane, These Sugars arc beautiful, aud
compare fnvor"hly in color. brightness
Rn'1 sweetness. to The best refined ever
mndc, antl it is asserted That they can Lr
made nt n much less ratc than tho prices
ruling for tho imported article. The
Syrup also Is u( II delicious n.vor. Lit.
tie was it thought or known n fuw years
NSo, OF Sorghum even lhon, 50 IN
porlant al Article in agricultural economy
TINT the system Of manufacture would
ever no l.ronght TO lis present. pei, feet
condition, mud yet it is so. The Louis.
vile S'rgo Company have brought about
30 happy n result, nnd to day Il Is con.
fcsscd that MS g"nd, and cheaper Sugar
mud Syrup, can DO worked out Of the
Sorghum, aS the best impor,"d We
know not how lnng the Grccnvillc mill
has been in operation, but the proof is,
that it is all accomplished fact. And il
Grccnvii'e can carry out such feature,
~ ..,S
'hht il can and will be done. Mr.. W. r.
Passmnrc, who represents the Louisville,
Company, and who i making this State
his base Of operations, visited US dur,as
tho past.!wcck. Ills object is to sell the
right for these mills. Those Interested
can sec the samples or sugar at the store
above mentioned. and also an engraving
Of the works ut Louisville, mud gain from
the lattnr:a pretty fair idea Of the modus
ororandi:
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-04-07

Lsscz!CSA7a OCcc szgxcs. We reyre,
10 !eafn tia. 90 Sunday of last week
While the family were all in attendance
At church, the residence Of Dr.. L. A. Hin.
near Antioch, in this County, together
win the snsire contents. was DESTROYED
hy fire. The origin of the fire is un.
kho*" YorkviiIe En1uirer.
HORRIBLE. The Edgefield Advertiser
learns thas the residence Of Mrs. Harriet
l.undy. who resides about seven miles
from that village, was consumed by fire
on Monday night last. and terrible 10 re-.
late, the old lady was burnt to death.
It IS said that Adjutabt and Inspector.
General p. j. Moses, Jr., has gone 10
New Haven, Connecticut, for the pur.
pose Of purchasing two thousand Spring.
field rifles. for the militia.
Mr.. A. II. Wicker, has now on draugh,
delicious cream ale, and sparkling cider
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-04-07

CREDlTADLE WoEK The we'll -cnrncd
reputation Of the Carolina Farmer Is fully
'nNthincti IN the appearance aud c0ntcnts of
ihc Aprlinnmhcr just received. Wo cannot
100 zoniously urge on our Farmers tho impor.
ianGc ct susaihing their home agricultural
joarnniS. aud ono SO handsomely printed, ,
ami nbly conducted ns tho Carolina Farmer
1a especially deserving OF support. Every
farmer and plhntcr IN tho South win do him.
self service bv sending Two DolInrs for n
inaGaz!nc+r We arc glnd to learn fiom tho
proprietor. lint the success Of the Fnrmcr Is
bGydmt his most BanYunc cXpcc Ia lions,
Address Wn. II. Bernard, Wilmington,
N. T. specimen cJpios scn, FREQ.
THE SourHEnN CuLrIvAroR. .-Wo ac>
knowledge receiving tho April number of
tii!s valuable monthly. Under tho different
ciasSlGcatlon agricultural. merhnnical hor,
Iici!'tu'nt, honsthnM ,c"uomy, tho AlcSidc
hha ca't3iia'--its contents nro Of Tho first
nidtr. we nrc glnd to SEQ that tho Cuitlya>
tor cont nnos It's good work. IN such II,
acceptable Inhnner ko. aud we ctn honestly
recommend II ns ono of tho best papers o
i's kind, and ono which no ti,rmer should be
without. Address Wm, & ~. l. Jones
.I1.I.:, A'hrnt: On "nd send On 81 for ono years
DEMoREsT'a YouSa AMERICA This In
tcrcsting juvenile looks bright, 1mnin,, nnd
e"ucy 'th cPort III now COlOiGu cover, Tint
VIII set nIl tho children wild with delight,
Among i's features aro n kIto, n pnzzlo<plc>
tn!c. aud lnts Of stories and clnralcs. \
Resolve Cdh' Is tic latest editorial novel
~ hna Zach subscriher who Joins It receives
4 badge, No wonder tbs children like
Noapg. america. ru6lslgd at 83e Broods
for n specimen. >"''
:. Nm. 40 KAurMAN.--pcrsons having M
raston, to'bfy Or sell real estate. hands
stocks. bank 1hilp, &c.. aro referred to tlc
adyeriiseIncnt Of A. q. Kaufman, Charles
,t.0p, W!ilci{ {appenrs au our, paper this week,
IAs g reliable nnl comneteDt broker, Huc
.i3hcer,, and Cop,miss!op Agent. no iuriho,
/. proof. is. necessary Ahan Tie list Of well.
Ni,I S,Iloyn nat,es e shlcllere glHon as reference
/, 70 70 The business public. = &; i =
9liIiIE llITLg GoRPoR xL- --Wo hpYe t.lS
hpfi. Mnm1sr Of tilis sbarRing monthly, fol
100 take great delight H. Thesc rn5ptily
ylsits nlo very plepsaDt, md wo hope tlal
q the Little Corporal may oYor be ns DriGbi
qua citeeIf,ll as at present. Il Ia published
q ~ Alfred scvelt, ClicagoI lIl,, 1t Al.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-04-07
NEWBERRY, s., C.
Wednesday Morning, April 7, 1860.
An Agrlcpltutal" Ulub.

In \ communication from "Farmcr" IN
this weeks issue, and to which NC call par.
tfcu!nr attention, the question Is asked, why
NC ofthls District llave takcn no steps to.
war'ss tho formation Of an Agricultural CIubp
mud An appeal made to Us TO present tho
Idea and stir up the minds Of the people to
matter Of 20 great Importance. Why
such an association does not exist, or rather
why Il has not hccn taken hold Of by tho
planters Of this district, a. has been done
In other districts. Is mattcr Of surprise 10
ns, with The numerous examples which arc
presented. The impol lanco Of such clubs
cannot be doubted; they. aro a vital no.
ccssilr, mud wc cannot bnt believe that now
the ide" IS presented, by one of themselves,
tn 70 practical mud plain a manner, that our
farmers will see the necessity, and at once
net upon IL. Tho mos. flouriellnR, aud
wealthy district in the up.coun,ry, nnd ono
which stands 80 high IN commercial crcdi.
abroad, surely Hcrd t,ot be ashamed, or
father should ndruc SO fAr behind tho age
Ia hi. respect. Wc commrnl "Farnrr's"
opinions to consideration, lc covers the
ground fully, nnl it needs That we say no
morc AZ to the good which must rcsul. from
a move Of this kind. We respectfully suK.
Ec'l then, that some Of our prominent plant.
crs meet nntl determine II dry on which
pn''lic nrci"e be called, and notify us Of
the fact, that due notice may be given.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-04-07
A Wholo Brick.

Brick pomcroy says: "Corn is scarce
in The South, the demand being for
Thousands Of bushels from the North.
west. How long will the people Of that
section he content 10 raise cotton for the
New England manufacturers rather than
provisions for their own consumption.
II strikes MS as poor policy to Starvc our.
self 10 death for the pnrl osc cr enrichng
cEemies.h
Many Of anr readers have "Brick on
She brain, md we hope that the above
bat will shikc them f"rciLly. Il is the
hest brick Pnmcr"y has thrown ont for
S"'nc 'imc, and few more Of the sane
Sor! would not be nmiys.