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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

l The Selma (Ala.) Times
says, as an evidence of the in
creasing disposition on the part
OF immigrants to settle on the
fertile lands and under the sun
ny skies of the South, we are
gratified to learn that Col. B.
NJ. Woolsey, superintendent of
lands and immigration, has re-
ceiyed probably the most ex-
tensiye order for lands ever
sent to any agent IN the United
States. The order is colossal
in its proportions, being for one
million and forty thousand
acres. Is not this a conven-
cling proof that the people of
Europe are awakening to the
fact that we are in possession
of the finest country and finest
climate on the face of the
earth?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

g Cotton has been shipped
during the past month, from Mem
phis to New York, a distance of
1126 miles, for 20 cents per 100
pounds-the same price asked by
the New Orleans and Jackson
railroad for shipments from Tang
ipahoa to the Crescent City, a
distance of rs miles The New
Orleans Times says the Jackson
railroad is adopting suicidal
policy in exacting exorbitant and
prohibitOry rates.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20
THE Policy OF GEN. GRANT. |

The Policy OF GEN. GRANT.
The New York World, in MOTTO
ing the remark of Gen. Grant,
that if the Tenure-of-Ofice law
is not repealed, that he will
make no changes in office,
says:
In that case he would make
no appointments except to fill
vacancies caused by deaths or
designations. Congress would
probably rather have it so than
see their present friends remov-
ed without being able to die
tate their successors. As a
means of coercion, such a threat
is bad strategy. 1t advertises
Gen. Grants determination
not to submit to Congressional
dictation in his appointments,
and enables the Senators to
see that the apprehensions on
which they have thus far acted
are well-founded. They will
see that they would lose much
and gain nothing by a repeal
OF the law, and will be likely
to act on the maxim that a bird
in the hand is better than none
in the bush.
So far as Gen. Grant has
been maneuvering for the re-
peal of the Tenure-of- Office
act, his strategy has been de-
fective. His independence and
reserve may have been very
well ; but his ostentation of it
has been a great mistake. Yhe
distrust Of Congress which it
eyinced was certain to be re-
paid with counter distrrrst. He
could take no security against
Congress, and Congress has
complete security against him
in leaving things as they are.
He might have succeeded bet
ter if he had not made his bear
ing toward his party so marked
an exception to the ordinary
practice. A man of strong
character may counsel freely
with others, without any sur
render of his independence"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

1t is said that some one at
tempted to shoot Senator
Brownlow as he passed through
Charlottesville, Va, on his way
to Washington. 1t would be a
pity to kill the old sinner after
he has done about all the harm
he can do Rural Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

The New York World sug-
gests as a noteworthy fact that
not one of the persons named
by Gen. Grant for his cabinet,
has yet achieved the distinction
of a place in "Appleton's En-
cyclopedia,' y, or in the latest
edition of the. "Men of Our
Time ;" nor has any one of
them written for the New York
Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ New England reduces every
thing to a paying basis, including
patriotism. Upon the last day Of
thesession Mr.. Sumnerintroduced
a bill providing for the interest
claim of Maine and Massachusetts
for advances made during the war
of 1Sl2-15. We may now reason
ably expect the speedy introduc-
tion of another bill to secure the.
refunding of all sums spent in the
late war. Our Yankee conSins
have no idea of allowing senti-
trent to trespass on the bank GO
cormt. elss.a
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20
~ The Democrats of one O

~ The Democrats of one of
the Connecticut districts have
nominated Mr.. Dixon for Congress.
Mr.. Dixon was elected to the Sen
ate as a Republican, but refused
to followed the party in it's frantic
course during the last four years.
By this he sacrificed his chances
of reelection to the Senate for al
though the Democrats may carry
Connecticut by two or three thou
sand majority, they cannot over
come the gerrymandering scheme
by which a Radical minority is
enabled to elect a majority in the
Legislature.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ Mr., Blaine, of Maine, has
been nominated for speaker by
the Republicans. Mr.. Blaine is a
man of ability, and will, doubt
less, make good presiding officer.
He has supported all the Radical
measures of the last four years,
but is supposed to be now in favor
of putting down the brakes and
bringing ultarism to a halt.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

10 The New York Tribune says:
"When Col. Mcclure deliberately
walked into Grants presence, and
said the interest Of the Republi-
can party in Pennsylvania de-
mand that Curtin should go into
the Cabinet he did as brave a
thing as the six hundred did at
Balaklava, as cool a thing as
Richard Sheridan did, when, drunk
as fool hanging to a lamp-post,
he said to the watchman, My
name is William Wilberforce.m
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

Gen. Grants father fell down
the steps of the capitol on the oc-
casion of the Inauguration. Will
the son of Ulysses ascend the
throne as his father vacates itlike
Ulysses did when his father de-
scended from it, Rural Times.
The times augur as much. In
deed, they are sadly out of Joint.
Would that the neck of Radical
Ism was as much so.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

President Johnson's last recep-
tlon was given on the evening of
the I'd. 1t was a huge affair, five
Thousand being present. The
crush was SO great, that many are
SAID to have been carried over the
heads of the crowd in a faintino,
condition. The hoop,skirt trade
must have been very lively next
morning.-B astrop Dispatch.
Gould not the editor of the Dis.
patch have given the above item
without going out of his line to
ridicule hoop-skirts and show his
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

Twenty-one murders in ten
days in indiana, and only ten
arrested. For a State, barren
of Ku KluX, filed With "trooly
loil" people, and enjoying a
Radical government, this ex-
hibits Almost lamentable dearth
of high moral ideas. New Eng
land should send out it's mis-
sionares Immediately.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

10 In the course Of the debate
upon the proposition to raise the
salaries of clerks in the depart
ments twenty per cent, Mr.. Chan
Ter, OF New York, asked Mr.. Bat,
Ter, who held the floor, to Yield to
him. Mr.. Butler declined, with
the remark: ~ will not; the last.
time yielded to You, you insuIted
me-" to which Mr. Chamler, retort-
ed, "Well sir, you were worthy Of
the insult" The Speaker here
raped the House to order, and
the Subject was not further aIIud
ed to. if4@ T.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

70 Governor McClurg, of Mis-
souri,, has pardoned, atone stroke,
thirty-four conyicts in the peni-
Tertiary, and published q card
explaining" the motive for this
exercise Of clemency. He con-
cludes with this cheering assur-
ance: II have as yet pardoned
no other, and | expect to be slow
on pardons."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

New YORK NEWSPAPER RE.
CEIPTs.-The following are the
receipts ofthe principle New York
journals for the pastthree months
as reported to the internal reye,
nue. officers: Herald, $1S9,645 :
Times, $3.50, 1913; Tribune, al3l, $50:
Journal of Commerce, S25.5O0 /:
Express, S24, log; Evening Post,
$2S, LOG; Commercial, SG,Szl
Pomeroy's Democrat, $40, l55S.
Suppose for a moment, il ii hs
possible to suppose Anything ii
very absurd, that the Banner
made no more money than that
what the deuce would become og
it,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

u Thomas FL. Jones, charged
with the murder of b. T. Mupbv
on the 3rd Jan. 1867 was tried and
acquitted at the March term of
the Bienville District Cont. Mr.
Zones is a Radical. He was tried
Oy q white jury, the negroes sum.
m M being excused by con sent
on counsel on both sides. The
radical press will make note Of
this. af -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ Congress has again COM
mitted the meanness of refusing
his salary to Mr.. Harvey, minis
ter to Portugal. Mr.. Harvey's
offense is that in 1866 he wrote a
letter in opposition to the Radicals.
This is what the Radicals call,
excepting the nations faith"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

The Indiana papers claim
that that State is the greatest
corn growing State in the
Union. Tn 1868 she produced
so, $4,000 bushels; 1O,975,OOO
bushels in excess of 1867.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

The Mansfield Times SAYS
.. the recent session of the Dis
t H Court in Desoto, the .juries
were composed entirely of white
men, owing to the fact that the
oneriff could not find the where
aDouts of the colored "men and
brothers." whose names were
drawn on the venire.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20
The NewY York Eyenin o Post

The New York Evening Post,
a leading Republican paper,
defines the Iron-clad-oath 10 be
"a mere sieve to catch Inen
with a conscience, and to let
men through without it. 1t
ought to be called a law to pre-
vent men of truth and good
repute from holding any office
in the States lately in rebel
lion"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

A WAY FOR EVERYBODY TO
MAKE MoNEY.-Run for theslegis-
lature and contend for your seat
whether you are elected or not
According to the uniform course
pursued by the present Assembly
you win get your mileage and per
diem whether you get a seat or
not Rural Times. 1Etee
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

e1y The New York World is
decidedly in favor of General
Grant appointing a Cabinet of
Radicals. 1t gives this by no
means unsatisfactory reason:
"'Ete has got to humor the
Republican party, as a wise
physician humors the fancies
of an insane patient, as a
means of controlling him. Gen.
Grant cannot alter the past /;
with a Congresses largely Re
publican, he cannot procure
the repeal Of any of the favorite
Republican measures. He may,
therefore, as well make the
best of them, and select as his
advisers men who have power
fully contributed to their es-
tablishment."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

Before the war there was
not a single steamer running
from any Southern port to Eu-
rope. Now there are steam
lines from every Southern
port, of Importance, either in
active operation or projected.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

A South Carolina inventor
has patented a cotton press,
which is so arranged that the
same power removes the packed
bale from the press and pre-
pares another bale for packing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

70 The annual expense of the
courts, attorneys, the police, and
trials, in the city of New York
amounts to the enormous sum Of
$3,212,690.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

In our issue of the 9th
ultlmo, we stated that the freeze
at that time had killed the friut
we were mistaken. Theprospect
ior an average fruit crop was
never better than at present, not
Withstanding winter still 'lipgers
in the lap of Spring.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20
nsg The Goyernorhas appoyed

LGT The GoyernOrh has approved
among other bills, that ratifying
the lease of the Penitentiary to
Messls. Huger and Jones; the va
grant act, which prohibits vagran-
cy exclusively in the parish Of Or
leans; and tue act extending the
one per cent. tax until lIay next.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The jackson Flag intends having
a new roller! Telegraphic opera
tors will make a note of it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ A carpet-bagger now in
Tennessee, wrote to his father, in
the North "Come down here,
father; mighty mean men get Of.
flee, now. You could be elected
United States Senator without
aOV trouhlaD Isl i8t9d8 afr lA w
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

ST. LOUIS EVENING Posi-
ms lively new evening paper
maintains the interest exhibited
In Its first issues ina very high de-
gree.
Its general news is full; and in
many points is quite progressive
IN M It's character. In politics indie
p pendent and an enemy to public
abuse in every form.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

10 Ex-President Johnson peck
eted several bills on retiring from
office. This was prudent in one
about to part with a S25,O0Oannu-
ity.- Rural Times.
But the bills pocketed by Mr..
johnson were counterfeit, friend
Head, and the Ex-President mere
ly pocketed them to keep the spu.
rious currency from being passed
upon honest people.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

Adjutant General Townsend re-
fuses to surrender Gen. Beaure-
CARDS letters and papers.
Yes, and if this Townsend had
Gen. BIS pocket-change, he would
refuse to surrender that also.
Vive la bagatelle.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

70 An Englishmen relates that
he recently dined in Nevada with
an editor of that commonwealth
who inquired after the health of
Tennyson and ''Thos. T. CARLYLE
remarking, "Them men kin sling
ink, they kim
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ 1t is said that cultivating
our soil one inch deeper would add
S15O,OO0,O0O to the wealth of the
country. That's very slight dig
ging for such a pile.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

Flakes Bulletin thinks any
body proposing to start another
newspaper in Texas is a fit
cannidate for a lunatic asylum.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

u The enormous capital of
Trinity Church, in New York, on
which the annual income is $780,
900, never yet paid one dollars
tax to the Government.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ An appropriation Of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
and seventy-five Thousand dollars,
making in all three hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars. abaS
been made for the mileage, Der
deim and contingent expenses Of
the last session of the e gislature
The appropriation has run ont.
leaving, according to report, nine.
ty thousand dollars Of warrants
not yet audited. Twenty per cent.
OF warrants issued was yesterdayu
paid in cash-niaety six dollars to
each member for per dierfi-;t
large amount for mileage. In
short, it seems probable itAatrthe
one per cent. tax, if paid in, will
scarcely liquidate the expenses of
the last two sessions Of the Legiis-
lature, counting iHthe recess com.
mittees.-[ N. 0. Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

RoTATIoN.-The following ap-
pOintments to and removals from
Office have been made by Gov.
Warmoth {: Judge 18th Judicial
District, j. Langdon Lewis, vice
j. d. Watkins. Parish Judge of
Claiborne, II. A. Drew, vice Mel
son j. Scott. Parish Assessor of
Claiborne, G. w. Price, vice Capt.
Thomas Price.
The edition of the Advocate is
opposed to the changes made, and
says he would beg his bread in
the streets of Homer, rather than
accept position i'll opposition to
the people. He exhorts the new
appOintees to offer rebuke to the
Governor and Senate by not ac-
cepting the respective Offices
"Do this, gentlemen" says he,
''and there viii spring up in your
boSomsa conscious pride of South
ern manhood that will be conso-
lation to you in declining life,
and an honor to your children af-
ter you have been gathered to
your final rest" All of which
sounds like singing psalms to a
deftlnct equine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

70 Michigan, Wisconsin,, Hi
nois, West Virginia, .sKansg&
Louisiana, Nevada and Maine
have ratified the 10Th amendment,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ Clark county, Miss, has
not been able to rebuild, the court
house which was burnt by Sher-
mans bummers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

- The Springfield Republican
(RadicaD publishes a terrible ex-
pose Of the morality, or rather
wantof morality, of Massachusetts.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

Grant says let reconstruction
alone. All such minor differences
will be swallowed up in the more
Important settlement of the Cuban
question, and the Alabama claims.
This is significant, if he said it.
Bastrop Dispatch.
And Gen. Grant is right in this
particular. The South, let alone,
will reconstruct herself. She has
already had too much Radical
tinkering with. Let us alone, and
let us have-''pease and hominy.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

SHERMAN's HoUsE.-This dis
tinguished raider, who achieved
undying fame by destroying whole
States, while his men pillaged and
burnt the houses of defenceless
women, has just had a substantial
proof of the approval Of this meri
torious conduct on the part OF a
grateful people by having pre-
sented to him as handsome a
house as any he ever burned. The
house is luxuriously furnished,
and IS insured against fire. 1t
seems that our great men are not
above swapping up such uncon-
siderable trifies as houses and lots
which their toadies may thrust at
them, although they draw pay,
forage, and communication enough
for fuel and quarters to live indie
pendent of the aims or tuft-hun-
tiers. How striking the contrast
to this is the conduct Of the illus
trlous Lee. He was offered mon
ey and houses in England and
Virginia, but he declined them
all with dignity. The greatest
captain OF the age preferred to be
a daily teacher, and be independ-
ent, to living in luxury and ease
off the contributions of a whole
people. AS Sherman sets in his
bran new drawing-room by a rous-
ing fire, let him muse on the ashes
OF the hundreds of happy homes
he futhlessly gave to the llames.-
Louisville Couricr-JdwRal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

E The Advocate still dadvo-
Gates the Trenton and Homer ran
road. laf'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-03-20

~ age before beauty, of course.
Let old folks retire before ten.
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FANATICIsM AND MAnNrn.,

FANATIGIsM AND MADNESS
The telegraph gives the FOLLOWING
as having transpired a few DAVIS
since, in the Senate Of the United
States:
"Mr. White asked Mr.. Draka
whether, if the Supreme Court
should decide the legal tender
act unconstitutional, the decision
ought to be respected. & Mf.Draka
replied, not at all. He would ho
found standing to his position
and both houses of Coi,rrSaI
would have to come to TINT nos.
ton at last or else sweep from the
bench of the Supreme Court the
men who dared to attempt to erin,
pie by their judicial decisions thu
lawmaking power Of Congress-
This is the language only betit.
ting a mad man, which is used IN
"a grave Senator of the United
States. Verify, Radicalism means
not only fanatfcism, but fliath9yx
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-14
EXCITING SCENES IN PARIS.

Paris continues convulsed by excitement
and disturbances growing out Of the recent
election. On Thursday night troops occu.
pied Montmartre and vicinity, and cavalry
paraded through the streets. Shortly after
night the crowd in one of the streets Of the
Montmartre district broke through the line
of police, aud formed a barricade, bat they
were dlspersed and pursued in all directions
by the troops. Many windows were broken,
and other damage done to property in that
quarter of the city. The cavalry charged
on the crowd several times, and many citi.
izens were wounded, but no one killed, The
police we're very active, and it is reported
that they made nearly 600 arrests.
The emperor and empress drove through
Montmartre Wednesday. The district
was filled with crowds of people, who en-
Enthusiastically cheered.
The editors of the Reve,t Snd three mem-
bers of the editorial staff of the Steele news
paper and several of NJ. Rocheiorts elect
ors have been arrested Domiciiary visits
have been paid to several houses. There
have also been several press seizures.
Advices from London, by the cable, speak
Of the deposition Of Louis Napoleon from
the throne of France as likely to occur al,
most Immediately. Other reports hint at an
immediate and powerful attack by France
upon Prussia.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-14

The Chicago lFemale) Agitator is bound
to get the ladies' into trouble. Here IS its
proposition for the 4th Of July:
A proposition was made at the New York
Convention, that the women Of the country
seeking their rights, take possession Of the
coming Fourth Of July for their own USE
We approve Of this most heartily. Let the
Fourth Of July be devoted to woman suf
irage mass meetngs-grovc meetings
county conventions, or celebrations, when
some good speaker, man or woman, in sym.
pathy with the movement, shall be invited
to deliver an oration, just as, in the past, a
patriotic address has been delivered before
gatherings Of men. Appropriate the De.
clarstion Of Independence, and have read to
the assembled women its 10 them peculiar
ly appropriate protests. agAinet taxation
without representation, against laws which
the governed have had no share in framing,
against trial by Jury not Of ones peers, &c.
The plan is to be largely carried out in the
east. Let US iuaugurate it in the west 49,
Let women inaugurate celebrations of their
own this year, of course invite the partici-
patton of men, but keeping the talk and the
action in the channel of universal suffrage
and of womans enfranchsemeut. What
ever help we can render any parties in the
way of obtaining speakers, shall be cheer.
fully given. Only move in the matter at
once, and vigorously.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-14

The "strike" of the New York hotel wait
ers has come to an end and dissstrously for
the strikers. They not only failed to get an
advance in wages, but the most Of them lost
their situations, the hotel.keepers absolutely
refusing to employ them under any coDsid-
Grafton. This leaves a large number Of
men out of employment at very dull sea-
son of the year. The wages upon which
an advance was sought we're liberal and
fully compensatory, but relying too much on
the success Of other operatives in their
strikes, and not being satisfied with enough,
the waiting fraternity lost the bone in catch
ing at shadow. This should teach other
laborers to be satisfied with reasonable va.
ses when they have them.