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THE SUMMER EXODUS.
From the N. Y. Times.

From the ". y. Times.
Probably in no civilized country is there
such hegirG of people from their homes in
the summer months, as in the United States
From the city to the country, from the coun-
try to the sea, from the sea to the mountains,
there is an lncessant stream of travellers seek
ing rest or change, or society, or solitude.
some wanting moist air and some dry some
the luxuries of a hotel, and others the hard
ships of the Wilderness and all desiring
change of scene and occupation. The climate
of this country compels these changes more
tLan that of Europe, or even of our own East
EN- coast.
Few families in our cities preserve the
health of their children without giving them
few weeks i'll summer in the fields or on the
sea beaches. The destroying pestilence
among city children-clt0yera GfantWna-is
best of all averted by mountain air. Very
few boys or girls grow up to full beauty and
vlgor IN our large cities who have no vacation
i'll the country. And the experience of all
business men in New York is that the best
economy, both of health and pocket. is to
give some few weeks of the year to entire
change of scene, and to rest or exercise
among the mountains or by the sea. Our
best-preserved professional and business men
who enjoy more than a fortune in their
health, are always those who have made a
point of taking their annual vacations, what
ever was the pressure of affairs. And in our
climate, the business people, even in the
country, rarely get through a year heal althfully
without brief visit to the seaside Ameri
cans are fast learning the lesson that no sue
cess in profession and no amount of wealth
can compensate for moment the loss of
health and nervous vigOr
Our people are fortunate in having such
large selection of different resorts for their
summer residence, all peculiar in their fea-
lures and attractions. A sea coast, extending,
we may say, for pleasure purposes, from the
mouth of the Chesapeake to the frontiers of
Maine, offers itself to the lovers of yachting,
sea bathing, and sea air. Mountains, from
the picturesque region of Western Virginia to
the wild and solitary Adirondacks and the
grand peaks of the White Mountains, present
innumerable resorts for those who prefer the
pure air and grand scenery of high attitudes
For those seeking wild life and sporting,
| the lakes of Maine and the Adirondack lake
| country will give an entirely new and invi-
| gorating recreation. Those more ambitious
may try the salmon fishing in the streams of
the Provinces, or buffalo shooting on the
| Kansas prairies, or explore the Switzerland
| of America" the Rocky Mountains, or emu-
late the Alpine Club among the high peaks
| and unexplored canons of the Sierras.
This country offers innumerable resorts for
health and amt sement during the summer.
The more of our overworked population who
can seek them, the better for the popular
| health.
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40 oroasor revenue TO support her civil esta-
Ll;sbnants than is required by an average
state in our Union. The exorbitant sums
extorted by Spain in taxes could be nearly
sll devoted to the extinction OF the debt IN
curred bv the purchase of the island from the
mother country.
Snain would of course, require a guarau-
tee for the payment of the debt; and if the
question should ever reach that stage, it
miobt be worth the consideration of the
American Government and people whether
their interest in the island is not sufficient TO
Justify them in giving the guarantee. We
should of course, require security, and 1T
might be given by pledge of the duties col
lected on specified articles of commerce. If
Cuba should choose to come into the Union
before her debt was finally extinguished we
should have to pay the remaining balance of
the debt. as Cuba would then relinquish to
us the chief sources of her revenue.
Whatever merit, or want of merit, there
may be in this plan, its agitation as serious
proposal would at least test the sentiments of
the property holders of Cuba in relation to
independence and the capacity of the people
of the island for self-government. Their
taxes would be no heavier than at present;
and if they believe that order would be main
tanned and property secure under an inde-
pendent government, it is for their interest
to favor the project We should like to see
the disposition and judgment of the Cuban
property holders thus brought to practical
test. The 9pinion of the shrewdest and most
intelligent part of the inhabitants would be of
great value on such a subject.
They would probably think as we have
long thought, that the people of Cuba are not
very well qualified for republican institutions.
But surely they had better founder through
the experiment than have the island wasted
and desolated by long war. The chances of
success as an independent nation are certainly
better than the absolute and irretrievable ruin
that would result from protracted civil war.
If such calamity could be averted, and the
property, industry, and commerce of the
island be saved, by a purchase from Spain
guaranteed by the United States, the project
would be worth considering.
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HAVE AMERICANS ANY RIGHTS IN

Yrom the NJ Y. Times.
We have repeatedly called the attention Of
the Government TO the necessity of taking
STEPS for the vindication of the rights Of Ame-
ricHns resident in Cuba. 'Nt
When news reached us by telegraph few
days ago of the execution of two Americ ms
by the Spanish authorities, we called upon
President Grant to direct immediate inquiry
into the facts of these cases-in order that il
might be satisfactorily determined whether
the men were guilty of the offenses charged
against them or whether the Spanish authori-
ties might not have been led to the perpetra-
ton of great crime through their excite
ment about American filibusters and their
anger against American sympathy with the
revolution.
There is now more reason than ever why
the Government should promptly direct in
quiry into the matter. We now know that
at least one of the Americans (Sheakman)
who was executed denied being a flibuster.
or being in completely with any flibustering
movement. He avowed on oath that he en-
gagged in New York as a sailor on board the
Grapeshot for the voyage to Falmouth, not
knowing she was to take on filibusters and
land them in Cuba. He was left on the Cuban
shore against his will, and while employed in
unloading boat, the Grapeshot having left
suddenly and unknown to him. He declined
taking part with the filibusters after the ves-
Stl was gone, Us hOOu as Jue spanish
troops appeared he voluntarily surrendered to
them. The American Acting Consul at San
tiago labored hard to save his life, as also did
the British Consul, but the Spaniards never
theless proceeded to execute him at their
leisure
We have, along with the report of this case,
an account of another case in which British
subject (Robinson) was arrested and impri-
soned on a Spanish &C susation at Matanzas;
but the British Commodore Phillimore
hastened to the place on an iron-clad and de-
manded the mans release The Spanish
functionary agreed to the demand but the
whereupon the British Commodore, accom-
panied by number of naval off GERS went
ashore marched 10 the prison, released
Robinson, conveyed him to the British iron
clad, and thus secured his safety At the
same time he forwarded to the Captain
General explicit demands for full satisfac-
tion in another case of wrong to a British
subject.
Are American citizens less entitled to pro-
lection and justice in Cuba than British
citizens? Are American officers and func-
tionaries less prompt and determined than
British officers in enforcing the rights of
their countrymen who may be outraged
abroad?
once. There are large numbers of Americans
resident in Cuba who have been guilty of no
otfense against the Spanish power, and to-
ward whom our Government is bound to see
there is no wrong perpetrated.
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Ill If the power TO secede is reserved by
the States, certain of them may a. any time
sec fit to exercise it. The fact that Nc.
Stephens in 1860 did not deem such exerci ie
expedient did not prevent GeJrgia's e35ion
then, and may not at the next attempt.
IV. Should Georgia resolve to se3sle, she
will have Mr.. Stephens assertion of her right
to do SO in black and white. Having seeedel,
she will reassert her paramount authority, and
command his acquiescence. And he viii be
constrained by his own proclaime ed principles
to obey her then, as he did in 1860.
On the whole, we submit that Mr.. Ste
phens should write as beseems a reconstructed
Unionist, mark his letters "private, and
keep them so.
Mr.. Stephens error is one eminently prac-
teal. good many men who had been edu-
Gated at West Point by the Union for the
Union left her service in 1861 to lead the
armies raised to destroy her. Many of them,
including the most eminent, have recorded
their conviction that secession was neither
necessary nor expedient yet even General
Lee felt constrained by such considerations rs
moved Mr.. Stephens to Ego with his State
Now we have no taste for digging up the
mouldering bones of bygone controversies.
Let the dead bury their dead We do not
quarrel with those who thought and acted as
Mr.. Stephens or General Lee did in 1S6O-61,
as TO the propriety of such action then. But
we have country, government, military
and naval service, with costly schools to
match; and we do most earnestly protest
against commissioning or training one more
military or naval officer who holds that
State may rightfully secede from the Union,
and call with authorit ty on her sons to follow
her The country has no money to spare to
educate soldiers whom another power Cor
forty others) may command to draw their
swords against her. Let bygones be bygoncs;
but let us have clear understanding and a
plain chart as to the future.
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CoMMoN COUNCIL og "a. FlnassAggLrHIA aL.,1!

y :" VIENKH UFFIOR Il
PHILADELPHIA, June 25 1869.
In accordance with o Resolution adopted by the
Common Council OF the City OF Philadelphia, on|
Thursday, the twenty-fourth day Of june 1882 the
annexed bill, entitled 'HH'
can Ordinance TO Authorize a Loan for the Paw
ment OF Ground Rents and Mortgages is hereby
published for public Information.
JOHN ECKSTEIN
Clerk of Common CouncU
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RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN BILL.

Resolved, That the Clerk OF Common Council be
authorized to publish In two daily newspapers OF
this city, daily for four weeks, the ordinance pre-
sented TO the Common Council on Thursday June
"a, 1869, entitled "An Ordinance to Authorize Loan
for the Payment OF Ground Rents and Mortgages"
And the said Clerk, at the stated meeting of Coun-
ellis after the expiration of four weeks from the
first day Of said publication, shall present to
this Council one of each Of said newspapers for
every day in which the same shall have been
made. @ % 24t
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TO RENT.

I'm GERMANTOWN PROPERTY TO LET
ET large modern-built house, house, coach.
house i've of land handsomely laid wals
and garden within two mnutes walk of DuyE lane Sta
ton Apply to j. ARMSTRONG. Gal 2its
T1NO RENT-AN OFFICE SUITABLE FOR A
II21 GIRARD Street. aH
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FOR SALE.
N FOR SALE OR TO RENT

Ei!l y
GERMANTOWN, five minutes walk from waynt
Station, two neat and comfortable Houses on WAYNE
Street, below Mannheim, suitable for small and genteel
family, with all the modern convenenees, gas water
range heater etc. Ront, $500 per annum. Apply to
JACOB KAUPP, No. n WISTER Street, Germantown
Possession at once. 618f
G=s FOR SALE-HANDSOME THREE
LII story Brick Dwelling, threestory double back build
ings No. 634 SIXTH Street, above Green modern i'm
provements and in excellent order Was owned aud bui
by the late Henry Deinger, deceased of the worry besi
materials and workmanship, Immediate possession
AGENT at house from IL TO O'Clock daily. 67f
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A ORDIN NOE
IA To Authorize a Loan for the PAYMENT oe
Ground Rents and Mortgages. Il
Section ]. The Select and Common Councils of the
Cly OF Philadelphia do 0rdain, That the Mayor OF
Philadelphia be and he is hereby authorized TO bor
rows at not less than par, on the credit of the city
from time TO time seven hundred thousand dollars
lOr the payment OF ground rents and mortgages held
against the city, for which interest not to exceed the
rate OF six per cent. per annum shall be paid haf|
yearly, on the first days OF January and july at the
Office OF the City Treasurer. The principal of said
loan shall be payable and paid at the expiration of
thirty years from the date of the same and not be-
FORE without the consent OF the holders thereof and
the certificates therefor in the usual form of the cer
teates OF city l0an shall be issued in such amounts
as the lenders may require but not for any fractional
part OF one hundred dollars or, If required in
amounts OF five hundred or one thousand dollars !
and 1t shall be expressed in said certificates that the
loan therein mentioned and the interest thereof are
payable free from all taxes.
Section Whenever any loan shall be made by
virtue thereof; there shall be- by force of this ord
nance, annually appropriated out OF the income OF
the corporate estates, and from the sum raised by
taxation, sum sufficient to pay the interest on said
certificates and the further sum OF three-tenths Of
one per centum the par value OF such certhcates
so issued shall be appropriated quarterly out Of said
income and taxes to n sinking fund, which fund
and its accumulations are hereby especially pledged
Tor the redemption and payment OF said certta-
Gates.
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NJ h NOIICE.-FOR NEW YORK
y.pe ga Delaware and Raritan Canal sNIIa1I
nHnAH12t1,e5rSe t1e5e buIth TRANSPORTATION OOMp A NJ
Ths bISinsss i5,srhhIyh Al III AND sWIFTSURE LINE
the ath OF March For treiehts which viii ba tsIa -
accommodating terns. apply to "'. 10 sAAen On
oas w. NJ BAIRD OO
o6 No. l31 South Wharvss.
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sHIPPINo.

TIC bVealnsnIpB BPhUMETHEUS Captain Gray, and
EMPIRE, Captain Snyder ~
WILL FORM A REGULAR WEEKLY LINE
The steamship EROMETHEUS viii sail on
THURSDAY, July s. at 4 p. M.
Through bills OF lading given In connection with q
c. r. r. to points in the South and Southwest -
Insurance at lowest rates. Rates OF freight az low
as 10y any other route For freight apply to
- e. A. SOUDER q CO.
E2 u DOCH STREET WHARF
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u ODGERs' AND WOSTENHOLM'S P0CK M
y Pearl and Stag Handles of beaut nI fn
~ Diisis9 ana 'n HAnE BuTCHER,s RAZoiS ANA IVA
finest quality N DNAooO1th OF tho
kazors, knives, Scissors, and Table Cutlery Cod -
below Chesnut - 80 ~ ANNNh street,
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FOR SALE


49,. THE Pickett Plantation, known "THE OR
1.T CHARD,'' situated in Bossier parish, La about
sl % miles north of Shreveport, the main Arkan
sas Road comprising 1864 of the nestupland in
Northern Louisiana, about 400 open and under
improvement. The residence and other buildings and
improvements this place are, beyond exception the
finest in this portion of the State, and now in
cellent condition. superior well water; the finest quail
ity of shrubbery, 1rult trees, e1:, abundance with
every convenience that the comforts and pleasures of
home could require. The neighborhood Post Office is
at Consburg, only u miles from the Orchard Resi-
dence the nearest shipping point is at Carolina Bluffs
about miles distant. The heathfulness of this local
ity, the wealth, intelligence and refinement of the
rounding society, and the beauty and productiveness
of the country all contribute to constitute this of
the finest and most advantageous points in Northern
Louisiana for public EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION lying
Immediately on the line of the contemplated railroad
from Shreveport to Washington and Little Rock, Ark
The residence is very large and commodous with all
necessary out-houses &C.; large two-story store
the place. which cost $780, This place be had at
bargain. For particulars, terms &C., apply to
MONCURE FLANAGAN, Attorneys.
Shreveport, June %, 1869. 5tw
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FOR SALE y!

FOR SALE!
REXCHANGE FOR PROPERTY IN THE NEIGH
~ borhood of Shreveport--A Tract of Land, with
900 acres, 100 cleared good Dwelling House, out
houses, orchard, g., in the vicinity of Mansfield The
tract very valuable for its timber and is fair
upland. 1t is attractive residence sYF Apply
at this Office for further information. [jy22 tt
FOR SALE OR RENT.
~. THE MOSS-SIDE PLACE will be sold on rea-
I; sonable terms rented for the next year. 1t is
!!l the most desirable residence anywhere the
city, being just without the corporate limits of the
town.
Also, the building next door to the Shreveport Instl
tute. Such alterations and improvements will be made
in it will make it desirable either for residence
private boarding bouse. Inquire of
New VILLAINS & ROBSON.
October 2S 1868. tiff
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Commercial Intelligence,
SOUTH WESTERN OFFICE,

Shreveport June 80, 1869.
Operations under this head for the past week have
been too limited for notice in detail This is trying
time upon merchants and they will be satisfied to hold
their until the fall trade opens 1t will be OBJ.
served by the appended weekly summary, by Messrs
Gregg Martini that cotton has varied some little since
our last weekly report. The same be said of gold
Antelope writing from New York under date of
the 18th says The tone of the cotton market is gen.
orally firm and higher prices looked for. Indeed
those 35c.' men I wrote you about week ago, are
already being set down good prophets
COTTON:
WEEKLY SUMMARY, BY GREGG & MARTIN
Tuesday Evening, June 29:- TIL market for the past
week has been active, with upward tendency closing
for good ordinary, 26$z027c. and low middlng 27s4@
2sc Gold has been quiet during the week, with good
demand upon the part fof merchants, who have been
free buyers at 1885, bankers rates, buying and selling
135@137.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. /, 1868. bales. $50
received yesterday NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
Received previously ...-.......... re, 426-78, 436
1886
Shipped previously rs, Sl9-78343
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NOTICE.

FTNHE TAXPAYERS of Caddo parish hereby
Il tilted that have opened my office at No. 10 Mi
lam Street, Shreveport for the purpose of receiving
assessment of property, and taxes due the State and
parish.
All persons following any trade profession
patton must procure license Immediately, they will
be dealt with as the law directs.
All persons will come forward and pay their per
cent tax or they will be liable to the penalty of ten
penalty, after said time, will be rigidly enforced.
J. N. HOWELL,
jelG if Assessor and Tax Collector.
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IsJusrlcE.-A Southern editor whose State has been
specially overrun and afflicted with Radical carpet bag
gers from Ohio who have into his State and mo-
aopolsed all the Offices accounts for the recent suci-
dial mania in the Ohio State Pententiary on the suppo-
siton that they the victims of dependency, pro-
duced by confinement in prison. while many of their
companions in crime permitted to go carpetbag-
ging down South, where they made Governors and
members of Congress- appointed to postmastershps
and other lucrative Offices They esteem it unbeara-
BILE that they should be punished for their little pecca
does and delinquences, while others, equally mean
and dishonest used by the Radical party punish
the Southern rebels
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

.ons wishing to take stock in the Planters and
persons 1nsnrance Company of Shreveport can do
Mercnan ot the business houses of the follow
SO by tias. r Il. Morris; Hamilton d Co.; E. d B.
ns p. Ps Sale Murphy; Walsh & Boisseau; Gregg
Jacobs S S~.t Leonard re30 d&wtf
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SHREVEPORT UNIVERsI1
Shreveport University.

FTyHE FIRST REGULAR SESSION of this Institu-
Il ton will commence Monday, February 8,
1869, and close the last week in June.
Rates of Tuition, &C., per Session:
Primary Department ....................S $50 90
Academic Department. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 90
Preparatory Department. ................ -. so 90
Collegiate Department Observation-Disclosures. 80 90
Board per month including washing, lights &c. 16 90
One: half payable in advance; balance 18th April.
No deduction will be made from the above rates, ex-
cept in cases of protracted sickness Each boarder
will be expected to furnish his washbasin, pitcher
looking glass; towels and bedding, except mattress and
bedstead. JOHN n. HOWELL,
President Board of Trustees
Shreveport January l3 1869. tiff
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J Barber, DR. McPhail, H Mckay, ] Colt, M E Fra
Ter, D D Holland j W Fuller, Abbott W White,
Balock, W Burns, B Bancroft, J Williams, H G
Long Vincent, A Tatum, 7 Pitts, J A Shamblin,
E Lewis, W Jackson W c Rodgers, Jas Daniel, R
L Reese, Seruggs, Jno W Crane.
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Shreveport Price Current.

laADE FROM ACTUAL SALES. AS THEY TRANSFERRED
1t should be understood that our quotations. gener.
ANY, represent the wholesale prices in United States
currency In filing small orders, higher rates will
have to be pa,d
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RO. T. BUCKNER,
Life Insurance Company.

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA,
ISSUES all kinds of policies upon the lives of both
l. men and women. No restrictions upon residence
or travel in any part of the United States.
Offce-At Sale & Murphy's, Of Texas and
Spring Streets Shreveport. Iap29 If
SHREVEPORT UNIVERSITY.
TTNHE TRUSTEES of the Shreveport University are
l. pleased tc announce that they have succeeded in
securing the services of Prof. GEO. E. THATCHER,
to take charge of this institution. 1t is the design of
the Board to afford educational facilities equal to those
of any part of the country and instead of sending
to distant States to be educated to offer such adj
vantages at home as will command the respect and
confidence of the entire community To attain this
end pains will be spared to secure the best and
most experienced educators, of undoubted talent
ripe scholarship, experience and skill
The University is located in a very pleasant and
healthful situation, two miles west of Shreveport
The grounds extensive, atfording ample room for
exercise, and the building is capable of accommodate
ing large number
We shall educate sons there, ,snd we urge all
those who wish to leave to their the best heritage
that can leave to his posterity, to cooperate
with JOHN N. HOWELL,
President Board Trustees
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.je1G If J
NOTICE..

TTNHE undersigned having been appointed Agent for
l. Caddo parish of Admiral Semmes great work,
" SERVICE AFLOAT,' would respectfully ask sub
scrptons of his acquaintance at the Pitts
House, Shreveport. je9 ST. Z. H. PITTS.
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English Female Bitters cures old and young.
Eff. B. cures all chronic female irregularities.
Chorosis or green sickness cured with b. +, b.
E. F. B. delights all sickly females
E. F. B. cures by restoring
E. F. B. cures pain in the side and back
sold in Shreveport, La, by HYAMS KENNEDY.