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The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-02-13

The following story is told q fhe battle
Of Chickamauga:
During the heat of the bste an owl
alarmed at the unusual tsmpet of sounds
was frightened from his usual hs;ants. Two
or three GROWS spisd him at once. and made
pursuit and battle ensusd.s The contest
was observed BY an Irish@a,f of the Tenth
Tennessee, which was at the time hotiy en-.
gagged. Pat ceased firing, dropped the
brrech of his gun to the ground and ex-
claimed in astoushment. - Moses, Whist q
country! the very birds in the air are
lighting"
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CuRE FOR SMA1L.Pox The New Or.
leans Picayune says In view of the fact that
quite number Of persons have recently
been imported into this city from the West
with smallpox, and as that terrible malady
seems to be quite prevalent in eeatain Sec
tons Of the country. We subjoin the follow
inn letter containing 4 RECENT for tia same
which is said to be eficacious
New ORLEANS, January 80, 1869.
TO the editors of the Picayune:
DEAR SIR-There being a rumor of the
appearance Of smallpox in Western city,
perhaps some of the readers of your valaa-
BILE paper would like to hear of an excellent
remedy for the speedy and esectual cure OF
this serious malady. The remedy is as fol-
lows: Take one ounce of the bark of the
wahoo shrub. (eonynus atropurpureus) one
quarter ounce of sorfaower. (carthamus
tinctorius) boiling water one pint; when
cold, strain and add to the Liquid one ounce
cream Of tartar. one-quarter ounce powdered
Turkey rhubarb. Shake we'll before taking
two tablespoonsfull every three hours. The
good effect will be seen in short time.
Very respectfully.
TBEo. KRAMER.
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An old farmer in Ohio. having read that
the State Penitentiary cleared seven thou
sand dollars during tho last year by the
labor OF the convfcts, sat some time in deep
thought. and then exclaimed, (" think we'd
better turn our Legislature into a Peniteu.
tiury. by jingo -
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Preparations are making for aad emf.
grafton from North Germany to tn Uuited
States. and very Considerable art of il
will flow Southwark where the culuhre Of the
vine. fruit, sugar. and rice holds nut pec,i-
liar Inducements to the sons Of lthsrland
Texas and Georgia viii get the larger share
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PORTRAITS OF CARPET BAG CONGRESS.
NEN.-The well-known former correspon.
dent Of the Cincinnati Commercial (..Mack ~,
now one of the editors Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. seems to have studied the variety
Of the genus homo, known as carpet baggers
to some purpose. In letter from Wash.
ington. of the 9Th inst, he says:
1t would be safe to wager thousand dol.
lars that if hell were dosed with tartar e,netic
the last dregs of the last resulting vomil
could be ten or q dozen Of the style of mes
who have come here under the Congress.
sional policy Of reconstruction to represent
the southern States. They have already
manifested oil the attributes of interloper.
and - dead beats," and have carried tbri,
etfrontery to such An extent as to DISCUS,
even the most loyal of their Northern Re.
publican colleagues.
1t Is related that, when Able Sieyes objected
to the cOntscation of the Church property
which was proposed in one of the debates, iu
the revolutionary assembly If France, Mira.
beau turned to him AID said: "My dea,
Abbe, you have l0osed the bull. Do you
think be will not use his horns !" The logic
was unanswsrsble. And so With Congress.
aud the carpet-baggers. They have moi
ODly Ioosed, but created set Of the viles,
wretohes that God in bis wisdom tolerntes to
live. or man in his folly hesitates to hang
aad when they look for anything but wha,
they now complain Of. they only repeat the
mistake of which Mirabeau reminded hi.
colleague.
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VOLCANOES IN THE MOoN.-Professes
WinloclA, Of Harvard Ual~ersity. reports
that he has 81 Ell volcano in active eruption
in the moon during the nights Of December
lst and I'd. During the past year. astreno-
mers have differed in opinion as to the ap-
pearance Of the crater Liyneus. marked On
the best charts of the moons surface till
1868. The destruction of this crater. if it
should bs the case, is stated to be the first
evidence Of actually observed changes going
on ut the surface Of the moon. The obser-
vations Of Professor Winloch would seem to
confirm the conclusions of other astrono-
mers on this subject.
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RUARY Is, 1869.


Wade Hampton is bear hunting in Mis-
sissippi.
A forty-two pound trout has been caugt
in Maine.
A Pennsylvania coal mine, of ten mile
in extent, is burning briskly.
i There are four hundred patients in tn
Illinois Stute insane a-...Azg 6.
An English paper has discovered tina, th
United States contains lO3, $4,000 he: >.
| Queen Victoria's income is 81 .925. 900. 70
which $500, 600 only is pocket money.
At the close of Sunday School exhibl
ton in Kentucky two Of tho scholars had I
duel in the street. The result was twt
funerals.
A mink. kept in a show window In Troy
lately broke its leg. and after carefully ex
amining the injury, proceeded to amputatt
it neatly with his teeth.
A sister of Gen. Grant is the wife of the
American Consul at Leipsic, and is said tc
be very beautiful. She doesn't smoke
Wonder if she makes her husband smoke.
| An American gentleman writes from Lon.
don that common American corn c0bs are
sold in the streets Of that city as 'paten'
fire lighters-e.ght for a penny"
A poultice of onions. applied morning
noon and night. for three or four days. it is
claimed, will cure felon, no matter how
bad the case.
The town Of Wells. VT. has citizen who
married at seventeen His first child was q
daughter. who maj ried at thirteen. He is
grandfather. ut the early age of thirty-One
and half years.
Donn Piatt, writing as Republican. says
" We have no end of rOgues, and an equal
number Of asses. in our organization, that
would steal the last cent from the treasury,
and drive us to the devil"
Columbus, Ca. has three cotton mills in
- the full tide of successful operation" Two
of them contemplate doubling their ma
chinery this year. The total number of
spindles in the three mills is 1850.
One hundred armed men. from Plum
creek. Fremont county. Iowa, broke into
Jail. ut Sydney, took out jackson and Nor
ton who murdered Hallowsy at dance in
his hotel. and hanged them to tree.
The New York Times says h" the reason
why We do not give some practical PROPOSE
ton whereby the rich may be prevented
from becoming richer and: d:she poor poorer is
because We don't know any" That ought
TO bs satisfactory.
Charles Dickens Publishes a card in the
London papers denying the story Of the
recent death of his brothers widow in Chi
cago. Mr.. Dickens ssys that lady is still
alive and wel, ressdes in England. and never
was in Chicago. He himself is the trustee
of her estate under settlement.
Tho Memphis Avalanche records the
elopement with banjo picking buck Of the
young daughter of Mr.. T.. B. Jones. a
respectable blacksmith, living at station
on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. They
were arrested near Memphis, MIR. Jones TAX
-:---A;. AAnohtar hack home.
The London Lancet gives the following
a. certain cure for the toothache: Add
one drachm of collodion to two drachms Of
carbonic acid. and q gletinoss mass is pre-
cipitated. small portion of which, inserted
in the cavity Of an aching tooth. will give
impnah 70 ro1iof
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The height Of human villainy has been
reached by the sccundrels Of South America,
who turn the earthquakes to their adtants &c.
They lately buried large quantities Of pow
der in bill near the town. intending to ex-
plod" it, and make the people desert their
houses in alright. The plan was then to
plunder the houses. but the wicked scheme
fortunately failed.
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The customs Of Chicago are peculiar.
The Chicago Republican says: A gentle
man last evening. on an Indiana avenue car,
sat composadly with his arms extended at
right angles from his bedy. and a female
reposing gracefuily upon each manly breast.
Whether one OF the ladies' was the gentle-
mans wife and the other his sister. or one
his sister AMI the other his wife. or whether
both we're his wiSes or both his sisters. or
both somebody else's sisters. or somebody
eIs"'s wives, was not made apparent by the
quiet conversation Of the interesting trio.
Maine Democrat.
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The river is rapidly rising at this point
and the entire city froat is lined with drift
wood which is being hauled ashore for
household purposes. Around the broken
hreakwater an eddy sweeps in great guam
tity of logs. rails and wood. and at its base
is the great focus of darkiedom who are
covering the adjacent shore with their wet
prizes.-(G Gazette and Comet.
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OUR CHILDHOOD.


IT'S sad, yet sweet to llsten
To the soft Winds gentle swell,
Ard think we hsar the nasie,
Our childhood knew % well;
To gaze out % the even,
And the boundlsss Asld Of air,
And fed again our childhood's wis
To roam IKE anesls there
Tasro are many dreams of giadnses
That cling around the paa-
And from the tomb Of fseling
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms We loved 30 dearly
In the happy days nov soos.
The 6caaii{al and lovely,
So fair TO look upon.
Thoss bright and gentle maidens
Who seemed so formed for blias,
Too giosions and too heavenly
Fer such world - this;
Whose dark soft eyes seemed swimmias
Ina sea If liquid light,
And whose locks Of gold were strsaniae
Ger brows 90 sunny bright.
Whose smiles were like the Sunshine
In the spring time Of the year.
I;zke the chansefal CLEANS IT April
They followed every tsari
They have passcd-like hopss-away,
And their loveliness hes led;
Oh, many heart b mourning
That they ars with the dead.
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French government schooner Lsyrette
has recently passed throughout the entire
length of tho sues Canal, aud N. de Lesseps
states that in six months from this date ships
of as much as 5000 tons burden will bs able
to traverse the Isthmus, either by sail or
steam.
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BLUE EYES BEnlSD TIE VEIL.

Mr.. Edge was late at breakfst-that va,
not an unusual occurrcncc-and was dis
posed to BE- erses;; which was likewise moth.
ing new. So he retired behind his newspa.
per, and devoured his eggs and toast without
vouchsa6ng any reply, save in monosyllables
to the remarks Of the fresh-looking little
lady opposite. to-wit: Mrs. Edge. But she
was gathering together her forces for the
FINAL onslaught. and when at length Mr.. Edge
had got down to the last paragraph and laid
aside the Newspaper. it cane:
Dear, didn't you say you were going to
leave hsndred dollars for my fnrs. 10
day :"
What furs?" (rather shortly peken.)
Those new sables. dear; my old affairs
are getting shockingly shabby. and really
think"
-0h. pshaw.: What's the use sf being go
extravagant | haven't any money just
now to lay out on useless follies. Tho old
furs are good enough for any sensible woman
Mrs Edse, geea, meek, little soul that
she was, relapsed into obedient silence; she
only sighed soh. inward sigh. and pres
Henry v;Il von 50 ~;.h -. ~ ur
.upt's ,o.n;ohr en ~
"Ca.4 ron co .1or. an
.Alme ho1 .orlJ | !. Ian. p.
Mrs Edoe's temper-s,r she h,a an.
1ao..s = S;S,., "a, r...S. ;,..N 49,
S;rls .r.,.s1 .Yon .,e - - ...s.sse,l - =
taeee ina .tteut;ors vou used q -, M.
nrce von r.vsr All v;th .,s rcr m
INV h.ndkercb;ef ar nos;ce nv - !.
Won did once"
"Well. fellov can't be forevdk r,;a;nv
ON the women an he - provled M. R1ec
8. You cm mld BE- nol;te eno.oh "a ~.
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STEAM PLOwING.-In England it is esti-
mated that every 1000 acres of cultivated
land could find work for stea plOw. A
comparison vas recently instituted there. as
follows:
Three adjacent fields were differently treat
cd the first not naturally fertile. was drained and
cultivated by steam, and lad a crop On itequal
to 45 bushels ofwheat per acre. worth Els.
The second was drained and treated in all re-
spects like No. 1. with the exception of the
blowing, which was done ty horses. The
yield was estimated at 30 bushels, worth fl2
per acre. The third field Of similar land,
but neither drained nor steam cultivated,
had not more than % Bushels per acre. +.
worth ESp per acre. Mr.. Smith Of Woolston.
who has used steam on his farm for twelve
years. gives the London Times some strik.
ing illustrations of it's advantages.
A report of the committee of the Royal
Agricultural Society says that. on farm
having lao acres in wheat, the cost of the
stear- >low apparatus would be gained the
first year. including the cost sf de engine
which would be useful for other purposes.
Galveston News.
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negro has sued the directors of tho
skating rink at Cleveland for putting him
out Of the building, after he had bought him
ticket. The case is on trial. and is ex
pected to define the rights of colored people
at such places of amusement.
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The proprietor Of a bone-mill advertisea
that those sending their own bones to be
ground. vill be attended to with PsactsAlity
aud dispatch.
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SILENCE AT MEALs.-The rule of silence
at meals. enj"ined at seminaries of learning,
has recently been the subject of coaAenaa-
ton in an essay read before the New York
Medical Society. The author Of the paper
asserts that " it is a we'll established clinical
fact. that cheerful society At meals greatly
aids digestion. and that tAe sympathetic in
f0ence which exists between the stomach
and the brain attests the truth of the theory.
1t is therefore contended that 60 irrational
and justly censurabls custom shepld be
discontinued in these institutions, as con-
trary to common sense aud detrimental to the
physical developments and requirements Of
those entrusted to their care"
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Hiram my boy" said tender father to
MS >, son: ''you must be more careful of your.
self. You have not the constitution of
some. "Dontyou believe it. I've got the
constitution Of horse. Dang it. if I don't
believe I've got the constitution of The
United States" ~ '"s
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Out OF all the Southern families that went
TO Brazil at the close of the wat. only seven
or eight remain. d" Hastings colopv." on
the Amazon, has been reduced to a remnant.
Those that arc left are in a destitute con-
6ition. 0OA-
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"Aunt," said Ike Partington, "did you
know that the Iron horse has but one ear p
=. Que ear! mercifml gracious. Child. what
do you mean!" why. the engineer, of
course
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:" Are you skilfui mechanic I" ayes.
sir. What can you make ?" "Ob.
almost ANYTHING in my line" "Can YOU
make deyi! !" " Certainly jutt put up your
foot and l will split it in three secondf.
never saw chap in my life that required
less slteration.'
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Earthquakes are still being felt. A tele-
gram from st. Petersburg speaks of one
having shaken that place on Sunday the Sd
ult. 1t passed from north to south. Ac-
counts have also been received In Scotland
Of several shocks having been felt during
November in Ireland. There have also
been volcanic eruptions in that island
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Workmen cutting ice in Chicago the
other day, were horrified to fnd that they
had completely severed the head from the
body of human being. whose remains we're
imbedded in the ice.
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A drunken man having vomited into .
basket containing goslins warming BY FIRE.
place, exclaimed in CONSERVATION my God,
cif. shen'd swallow them things ~
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Minnesota farmers are raising live feL ces.
They use cottonwood. gray willow. white
maple. black oak and Wild plum. From
three to Eve years are so6cient to raise
living fence, to protect the 6slds from stock.
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Indiana has ono insane person to every
th,ss hundred and twenty-four Of its popu-
latiO0. -..S
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Raining pgain. l do belie<e ve are 60
az to have I second edition Il the deluge. -
ND Mr.. Edge to himsslf that evening
k b ensconeed his SIX feet Of in
auity in the soaih-west corner It The or at
ae City Hall. :" Go ahead conductor, can't
dpa see We ere full, and It's dark alse,o;y -
! In one Ninqtc sir" nid ,he sUuductor,
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The sensation in hotel life in Dayton.
Ohio, on Fridsv. sas the arrival Of a double
wedding party from Miami coonty-a father
and . sop-who bad married sisters. the
father wedding the younger.
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In France recently the cavalry nf6cers
voted to adopt the "EDgtish trot" instead
Of The /. French trot." A number of En-.
glish officers immediately wrote to know
What difference there was. ~ they wished to
adopt it if it was essier for the horse and
rider.
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Ten dusls were arranged at recent
ope.a ball In Paris,
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That the Republican partys failure il
admitted by its best frienda The Pos

1nat the Republican party failure Is
admitted by its best frienda The Post
owns up to confessions like tt,se:
When political party han great pre-
dominance. it is pretty sure to1raw to Itself
the rogues. the unscrupulous. nd the self
seekers in the community. VIXEN party
becomes corrupt. the people. VI endure for
a while with that patience ch short
sighted politicians are SO sure 0misunder-
stand. presently leave it and 10 up the
other party. even if they run He risk of
faring but little better by the chnge.
1t seems to many Thoughtful friends of
the Republican party that it isfunninc Just
now good deal of risk Of sth popular
desertion. 1t has amongst its1eaders wise.
prudent and good men. but these are. in
many cases. over-ridden by gib- tongued
d. drmagogues. by unscrupulouj spectators,
and by men too ignorant fort6 times.
which demand at least a decs& knowledge
OF political science in the legiaAtrr.
OF the expensive jobs broufhtsou by Re-
publicans, it says:
This is an intolerable cohai tidu of things.
The American people an not 60 fool
ish as to suffer it to continuSloag. Suppose
it puts off reform; suffers. that combination
OF knavery and ignorance Which iss made
our tax systcm to tinker atIit and make it. if
possible. yet worse! What 4en! Does
my Espss1sssa sg9aIilsiaiss j@s The ssR. Rss
and to seek it in the only way hkwhich the
people can get it-by change Of parties |!
Who. then. will save the Republican party
!. ON destruction! Un!sss tho party has
leaders competent and courageous enough
10 do this. 1t is likely to be ruined, to fall
INTO generul disgrace before the administra-
lion Of Grant is half over.
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THE ARKANSAS MILrrIA.--The Searcy
lArkanaaSl Rannrd apA.L;-~>e ni-xA--.-
mob. says: i:
I'VE venture the assertion thai IF thea.
hirelings had been met with the proper
sPiritin the outset. their days would have besu
few, and not one would now be in the field.
Having met With but little opposition, and
their operations being lucrative, both to
private and officers. they naturally keep on
increasing Every thief and scoundrel in
the land is ready ts yolss&eer. that he NAV
practice his thievisg propensity at liberty
without harm to himself Like the inv
hawking companies during the war-it is
paying business. Tho people are intimi-
dated Tin some iocnlities) and little or no re-
sistance is made. hence all is fish that comes
to their net and if. perchance. they come
not 10 their net they can be made to do 90.
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The Southern Independents

The Southern independent
dignant at the advice given
North to submit without conl
outrages Of carpet-baggers {.
and the Montgomery Advertiser
Such advice touches our j
goes far to provoke ourAonfak,t,"
things which are styled pAeieera
"of vital Importance TO tha aS1uthe,
pla is1sstriall ;s;.::...!!..icals. ID !.sv,.r
The Southern States can nSsc nc
prosper, "un!!. their affairs b,
more administered by Compel h
energetic. and truly represent q
whilst the disfranchised men of b.
not forget to cultivate their
neither will they cease to re PEI
were once free people. 1t ro
suit to call upon them to bart
right for the bare permissio !,
work. and forgetting all they b
all they are, to humble then ii
dust before their conquerors: ID
as States their equal rights Z
aud as men. dishonoredi inamsl %.
shall come after them.
The Baltimore Gazette also
They are expected. as in T
Broynlov. or Us in Arkansss
to Recognize the right I
composed of negroes and
to invade their domiciles,
and maltreat th In
They are to regal |e!,
a prescribed people; taxed. It =
.ented; wronged, but with rr
dress their wrongs; humht tito
heir Radical masters-disfrs I'd.
= hewers of wood and draw ";
md political Pariahs in the Of
birth. They are to give theill Ites
'ervedly over to rascality and il fbranc
.liens VII" have come amongst tem to
ut an ancient grudge," and Il black
rho but few years ago We're Fir 81
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Parties from Portland, Maine. are enjoy
ise fishing in Lake Winnepeseogee. New
Hampshire, under tho most favorable cir
cumseances. They have house on the ice.
which they move from place to place at
pleasure. They make their holes through
t6e' ics directly under the house and then
fsh away to hearts coateat. with good
~ near at hand, and entirely protected
from Jack Frost.
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There 10 no case on record In which the
bite NTH Esqeinasz er Sessssnse:ssa dog
hes a1na0 hydrophobia. fAese dogs are
gsasrally white in color. with long straight
hair. aud eyes like black diamonds. They
are far more valuable than the "black and
tans." Their afection for children is very
renarkable. They have only ons fault-if
you don't take your eaank ct ice into the
house ia summer time, your Spitzenberg dog
will lie upon it until y is melted.
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A crafty uan-A >.a capiaiir.
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One Of the stronge.t reasons we ever
heard shy married man should get hi,
life insured 10 that tho moaey would prove
a great help to his wife's second husband,
and might be the means Of starting him in
husimAaa