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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05
Carrying Concealed Weap-
OnS.

This barbarous practice has be-
come so common that it has been
found necessary in New York to
introduce a bill to prevent it. In
too many parts of the country
halfgrown boys and old rOwdies
are the chief offenders. They
swagger about full of insolence,
conscious of being armed, and are
thus enboldened to commit all
kinds Of outrages. They insult
inoffensive people on the streets,
ON the cars and in places ofpublic
amusement, and, upon the slight
est provocation, whip out deadly
weapon and commence shooting
or cutting. Men given to drink
habitually go armed, and, when
crazed with liquor, murder some
good man. Young men ego to
town" armed as if they were in a
land of savages, or as if their lives
had been threatened. A few
drinks-a hasty word-a blow
and a murder is done. The more
impudent and offensive a man is
the greater the certainty of his
being armed. Such a fellow is q
coward at heart. he presumes
upon his possession of weapon
and the defenceless condition Of
his victim. No truly brave mar
will go about habitually armed
year in and year out, or even fol
a short time, unless his life is il
danger from some one who hal
sworn to takeit. Something ough
to be done to put a stop to such :
cowardly, pusillanimous custom
or murder will be an everyday at
fair in every community. The en-
actment of a law making it apeni
tertiary offense might possibl,
check it. AS it is now, the habi
is increasing, if the amount of kill
ing and stabbing going on is an,
criterion Louisville Journal.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05
The Village Pastor.

In the retired villages of our
land, the pastor often becomes
a source of civilization and re-
finement to those around him.
His simple and unpretending
manners his house, with its
modest ornoments; his garden,
tended and decked by the hand
of taste; these impart some rel
ish for improvement among his
poorer and ruder neighbors.
But further, he is ever at hand
to relieve, to instruct, to advise,
and to console his flock. His
purse, scanty as it often is, adj
ministers to their temporal
wants; and he is yet more their
benefactor by organizing and
conducting plans more system
aticafly formed for their relief.
His influence may arrest the
heavy arm. or soften the hard
heart that wouldoppress them.
His superior knowledge guides
them through difficulties, where
no other friend is near to give
them counsel. His authority
composes their little feuds and
Ijealousies. His words of SYM
pathy and consolation soethe
their distresses. His vigilant
eye marks their first deviationS
from rectitude, and brings back
the yet unhSrdened and unre
claimed transgressor into The
path of innocence. He is, il
the great majority ofinstances
: aided by a partner, whose co
} operation is by SO much the
more valuable, as her habit
) qualify her for every task o
: gentleness and mercy, more es
: pecially when she has to dea
!, with the sick or the afflicted
: the ignorant or the vicious, o
5 her own sex.-[ Exchange paper
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

There is a sufficient quantity of
fermented and distilled liquor used
in the United States, in one year,
to fill a canal fourteen feet wide,
and 120 miles in length. The pla-
ces where intoxicating drinks are
made and sold in this country, If
placed in direct lines, would make
a street 100 miles in length. If
the victims of the rum traffic were
there also, we should see a suicide
at every mile, and 1000 funerals
a day. Ifthe drunkards of Amer
lea could be placed in procession,
five abreast, they would make an
army 100 miles in length. What
an army of victims! Every hour
of the night the heavens are light
ed with the incediary torch of the
drunkard. Every hour in the
day the earth is stained with the
blood shed by drunken assassins.
See the great army of inebriates,
more than half a million strong,
marching on to sure and swift de-
struction-fling off rapidly, into
the poor-houses, and prisons, and
up to the scafold, and yet the
ranks are constantly filed by the
moderate drinkers. Who can
compute the fortunes squandered,
the hopes crushed, the hearts bro
ken, by drmkenness.-[Ledg AL
nldnGc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05
New England and the West.

The New York Commercial Ad
vertiser foresees the loss Of the
moral power which has for many
years been the secret of New Eng
lands great political influence. 1t
says:
eve are strengthened in the be-
lief that there is growing up an
antagonism between the ideas of
New England and the West, which
can only be reconciled by the
lowering of the pretension PREFER
ed by the former. Sumner, But
Ter and Wilson will not rule the
party. They may heed the lash
of Wendell Phillips, but that an
CRY sound will be disregarded in
in Chic, Illinois and beyond
the Mississippi. The banner un-
der which prejudice, bigotry, sec
tionalism and suspicion have har-
bored must go down, and instead
there must be a policy of liberali-
ty and generosity and confidence.
If the present New England lead
ers do not comprehend this, they
will go to the rear. The South is
coming back to the Union, and it
comes back with a dislike Of New
England as inveterate as, it was
before the war, for in the process
Of reconstruction it has found only
hesitation and doubt and obstacles
and a desire for vengeance from
the people it never haG much
occasion to like. The South sees
an ally in the West. 1t finds
there a border tolerance and a
more hopeful faith, and it can the
more readily attach itself to the
, States which evince magnanimity
: in the hour OF defeat and suffering
} Over and over again we have read
; in Southern papers appeals fol
f this alliance, and there are now
: fresh signs that it may be made
! soon and firm.o
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

THE Rose OF SHARoN,-The
rose of Sharon is one of the
most exquisite flowers in shape
and hue. It's blossoms are bell
shaped, of many mingled hues
and dyes, and it's history is le-
gendary and romantic in the
highest degree. In the East,
throughout Syria, Judea, and
Arabia, it is regarded with the
profoundest reverence. The
leaves that encircle the round
blossom dry and close tight to-
gether when the season of bios
som is ever, and the stock with
erlng completely away from
the stem, the flower is blown
away at last from the bush on
which it grew, having dried up
in the shape of a ball, which is
carried by the sport of the
breeze to great distances. In
this way it is borne over the
sandy wastes and deserts, until
at last, touching some moist
place, feelings to the soil, where
it Immediately takes fresh root
and springs telife and beauty
again. For this very reason
the Orientals have adopted i
as the emblem of the resurrec
ton. The dried flower is placed
by the Judeans in a vase of wa
ter beside the beds of the sick
and, if it expands by moisture
the omen is considered favora
bic. If it does not, the wors
is at all times feared Er.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

The st. Louis Journal of Ag-
riculture says: The wheat
sown in this latitude last fall
does not promise well. There
has been SO little snow that the
plants have been winter-kilIed.
Much was sown late, owing to
Ehe dry weather, and did not
get a good start. Many farmers
report a prospect of about half
q crop.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05
Chinese VS.. Whites.

Inc racine Mail steamship
Company's steamer Constitu-
ton, which sailed yesterday for
Panama, had on board three |
hundred and fifty steerage pas
sengers, who, with very few
exceptions, were men who had
come to California to obtain
more lucrative employment
than they had in the East
Many of them left their homes
comparatively independent and
on returning, if not poor, are at
least a good deal reduced in
means. They all expressed a
decided preference for Califor-
mia, out the labor which they
came to perform they fond
mOnopelized by Cinnamon, and
rather than remain here they
prefer to face the east, even at
this season, when a rigorous
winter prevails. On the steamer
and on the wharf, the horny
handed laborer or mechanic
was heard to denounce in I'M
measured terms the Chinese
and their influence on the State,
and promised to expose what
they termed the "swindle" per-
petrated on them, in inducing
them to break up their hoE1es
and come to California ON so
futile a mission. When the OPP
sition line of steamers was run
ming, California was loud in its
expression of the immense adj
vantage the immigration which
then ensued was to the State
But the time has now arrived
when the tide is turned, and
those in whom we rejoiced are
betaking themselves to the
East, where they will be free
from the baneful contact will
the Monaghan. 1t was not {
little startling, and was really
something novel, to hear tht
men on board the steamer com
miserating over the misfortune
of those of their friends whom
circumstances obliged to re
main here. "Cheap labor" 81
called, will soon be exposed il
all its enormities, and the ar
dent lover ofthe Chinese to-day
will, before long, become thei
most bitter opponent.-TS Sal
Francisco Examiner.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

The "smaIl sewing machine
which some rascal in New York
sends to those peaple who respond
to his advertisement by enclosing
him 81, is a shoeinaker's awl,
worth about 10 cents.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

The Iowa Legislature has ac-
tually given a contested seat to
a Democrat. The Burlington
Argus thinks it is an indication
of radical decentralization.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

Getting into a passion is a good
deal like getting into a barberry
bush. The bush comes out all
right, but you don't.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05
Vital Statistics Of Mankind.

There are upon the globe
about 1,2SS,O00,00O souls, of
which 369,O0O,O0O are of the
Caucasian race, 552, 900, 900 are
of the Mongrel race, 100000
900 are of the Ethiopian race,
166,000,000 are Of the Malay
race, 1 100000 are of the Ande-
American race. There are 81
GAS languages spoken, and l.
900 different religions. The
yearly mortality of the globe
is 3,333,333 persons. Thus at
the rate of 81, 554 per day, 81
730 per hour, 60 per minute,
each pulsation of the heart
marks the death of a human
being. The average of human
life is Sc years. One-fourth of
the population die at or before
the age of seven years, one
half at or before II. Among
10000 persons, one arrives at
the age Of 100 years; one in
500 the age of 80, and one in
100 the age of 60. Married per-
sons live longer than single
ones. In 1000 persons go mar
ry. One-eight of the whole
population is military. Pro-
LESSONS exercise great influence
on longevity. In 1000 individ.
uals who arrive at the age Of
10 years, AZ are priests, orators
or public speakers, 40 are agri
culturists, SO workmen, 80 sol
diers or military employees, q
advocates or engineers, ~ pro
fessors and % doctors. Thos,
who devote their lives to tn.
prolongation Of that of other
die the soonest. There are S35,
900, 900 Christians, 5000 Israel
ties, 600, 100000 of the Asiati,
religion, 100000 Mohamme
/ dams. In the Christian churche
: $50, 100000 profess the Roman
, Catholic faith, 100000 tn,
: Greek faith, $4,000, are Pro
} testants, and fully 100000
are spiritualists.- Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05

Dry copperas strewed about ant
nests will induce them to leave
and not return.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-05
Stray Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned, ON tho
Il 18th day of January, 1870, by VIM.
Allen, and will be sold at Belley ue, La,
for cash, to the highest bidder, on Saturday
the 10Th day of July, 1870, . small BAY
HORSE PONY. Appraised at $50: :,
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &C.
J. H. LOTION, Stray Master.
Bellevue, La, Jan. Is, 1870.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-20

We are pleased 10 sec that the Hon. JACOB
NARpESBERGH, member Of the State Senate from
the Ulster district, is defending District Attorney
SAMUEL d. MoRRIs, before Gov. HOFFMAN, from
the charges brought against him by the Brooklyn
Ring. We are satisfied that Senator Harden
BERon's action in this matter is not merely pro-
fessonal. Not only is he thorough lawyer, but
he is a statesman Of large ideas and unsuled
integrity, who well understands that the per.
manent success Of the Democratic party cannot
be promoted by system of fraudulent elections
such as that for opposing which Mr.. MoRRs is
now prosecuted by the Brooklyn Ring. Standing
high as Mr. HARDESBkRGu does in the confidence
Of the public, we draw the best auguries from his
sturdy advocacy Of Mr.. MoRRIs's cause.
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tire grounds Of the controversy, he intimated
10 CRANPToN, in diplomatic style, that he
might deem IL convenient 10 extend his travels
beyond the boundaries Of the United States
and 30 he would find his passports enclosed
In plain English he dismissed him, and
CRAMPToN packed his trunk and left for
home
But how IL il nowf Have we President
that can initiate policy adapted TO the ext.
eencyH Rather is he fitted to 60 junketing
around the country, the deadhead Of rail.
road conductors and rn-keepers, o sort Of
wandering Wilkins Micawber, waiting
for something to turn up. And for q Score.
tary Of State, we have faint imitation OF
Turveydrop in the matter Of department,
but who, In respect 10 the serious duties of his
Office in great crisis like that now upon us,
is barely fit TO be the custodian Of the red
tape Of the Department. And his Assistant
Secretary is q man who has been convicted
by the Legislature Of Massachusetts of re.
ceiving briLes
If the Republicans hope to retain any part
Of the confidence of the public, they should
demand on immediate change in the State
Department, and give the country TO under.
stand that President GRANT must leave the
White House at the close Of his present term.
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energy, and efficiency were the qualities
that he infused into every branch Of the
department. His own lsbors were untiring
and he never allowed bad man to be put
into the police through any political in
fuence, and never retained q bad man
when proved to be such, no matter what
the power by which he was supported.
Let the present Commissioners initiate
this example. Let them cease 10 make the
police partisan agency. Let them turn
out all bad men who are connected with
1t. Let them see to it that no power shall
force thieves pickpockets, burglars, and
State Prison convicts into the ranks Of the
force. Let them tolerate none but
competent and upright men ns officers
Let them give the Superintendent free
hand in everything that relates to the en-
forcement Of the law and the discipline of
the department, and we nre sure that
he will not desire to resign, and that no
good citizen of New York will lie willing
TO have him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-20
The Election Frauds-Fair and Unfair
journalism.

On Monday, in the Court Of Oyer and
Tcrminer, the first conviction for illegal vot-
ing took place. upon the defendants own
confession of guilt. Judge BARNARD
promptly sentenced the culprit to one years
confinement, with hard labor, in the State
Prison, remarking at the same time:
"D,rin0 my typected occupancy for some serer
yedrs Of a seat upon The bench, I intend 10 use he
Io,cer Of MS court In pr,rentEg men from rotiao
more Than once or stxea9 The ballot IoJ, o,F,rpctrdt
ing any trout cr hdt kind J,tdUst II yoa do not
stop illegal roang and attempts By such means as
MS 10 dspris honest citizens Of their right 10 BE-
heard Ia ne Government, he Republic cannot idst
many Vears."
Here is full, unqualified recognition by a
Judge of the Supreme Court-the most emf.
nent criminal Judge ofthe country-ofthe alb
solutc necessity Of putting stop to election
frauds and pledge, during the term of his
continuance in office, to use all the power Of
his Court to establish this essential reform.
Should not such q proceeding, accompa-
MED by such q declaration, from such a
source. give unalloyed satisfaction 10 every
man who can do most promises TO
do oil in his power TO suppress an
evil which threatens the very existence
Of republican government and accompanies
his promise by a simultaneous act Of perform.
ance. Is not this ground Of congratula.
tion-an occasion for rejoicing?
But the Ne,c York Tribune takes q very
different view. 1t finds in the noble conduct
of Judge BARNARD no cause for commenda.
ton but, on the contrary, an occasion for
nunciation
lie this liberal Is il fair? Is II not wan.
ton and wicked 4?
1t affords fresh reason for regret at the un.
timely illness Of Mr.. GREELEY. He was
sincere in his desire to put an end 10 election
frauds. But his principles seem to have
left the paper with him, aud the indications
are that he is temporarily succeeded by a
writer virile in nothing but malignity.
The course of the Improred Times con.
trasts most favorably with that of the Trib-
une in this matter. The Times praises Judge
BARNARD without stint. This lie honorable.
This is just and high minded journalism.
We feel assured that the injustice of the
Tribune will exert no untoward influence on
Judge BARNARD, 10 cause him TO desist from
the great and good work which he has un.
dertaken. The tribune in this thing is no
true indicator of the public sentiment. The
citizens not only of this city and State, but
appreciate the necessity of Furnishing frauds
lent voting, and Of Judge HAaNARD's con
duct III these premises, 1t lie no exagger
! ntaa estimate which Judge BARNARD has ex
pressed Of the Importance OF purifying The
ballot box for upon this as lie well says
depends the Preservation Of our hbertes
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The European War-A Change De-
manded at Washington.

II the war between France and Prussia 10
10 last through two or three campaigns, and
draw all Europe into the arena, or compel it
70 stand sentinel around its borders, then the
United States, if their Government were in
the hands of men OF genius and vigor, might
embrace the opportunity TO restore its pres
tige amou9 the nations, and adopt line Of
policy that would enable our people to reap
rich rewards both on sea and land,
In the wars of the First NAPOLEON, from
harcngo to Wagram, JEFFERSON presided
OF tho White House, and MADISON managed
our foreign affairs, Our commercial marine
grew with astonishing rapidly, covering tho
ocean with its canvas, and doing a profit
able share of the carrying trade of the com
batants Our sagacious rulers seized this
opportuno epoch to purchase and annex to
the United States the territory of Orleans,
whereby We acquired wide domain, and
forever secured tho mouth OF tho Miss ssippi
thus changing the face Of tho North Amcri
can Continent
When, nearly hGi! a century later, the
great powers OF Europe were tuGSlhg AZ
each others threats before tho walls of Scvas.
topol, WILLIAM l., MARCY was Secretary o.
State, and the ccntral figure of the national
Administration. lie seized tho opportunity
10 proclaim the doctrine, in his famous cor
rcspondenco with Mr., HULsEMANN, thu
Austrian Minister, in the KoszrA case, that
the American flag covered the head of I
naturalized citizen, and claimed his un
divided allegiance. in whatsoever part Of th'
world he might happen to DO found. II,
thus prepared tho way for those treatie
since concluded with foreign powers, IL
which this doctrine 10 acknowledged, TO tn,
great advantage Of our adopted citizens.
And when Gov MARCY found that Mr.
CHAMPION, the British Minister, was violat
ing our neutrality laws In the interest of on
ofthe parties to the Crmean war, he did no
fawn around him and encourage his relative
to accept his rctainoIN, but At tho close of q
able despatch. wherein no went over the OIL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-20
THE EN- PARK RIOT INQUEST.
A Fruitlcss lnvestiEatiOn-No body Knows
who did the shooting.

Coroner Schirmer concluded the inquest yes
terdayi over the bodies Of the Ave victims of the
Elm Park riot. Not ono OF the witnesses sworn
could would indicate who did the firing. Tho
proprietor and two birtenders NJ Kiln Park testified
that they saw part OF the riot but saw none OF the
shooting, although they heard it. Two foremen on
the boulevard swore that tho under their charge
quit work At about o'clock on tho day OF the riot,
TO visit Elm Park.
Capt Iemo testified that no visited the grounds
at o'clock and that everything was then quiet. lie
asked the managers OF the picnic whether they an.
ticipated any disturbance. They said they did not
out had heard that they we're to be assaulted on
their way home The Captain advised them 10 leave
In body At O'Clock, when lie would furnish them
with an escort Al O'Clock he left and at Ninety.
second street saw crowd OF lsborers coming
toward the Park from the Boulevard. He
asked some Of them where they were going,
and they said TO the picnic He then hurried 10 tie
police station and sent up body of policemen I'm.
der Sergeant Kelly, and teegraphed to the Thiret
Precinct for aid and TO the Central Once. After
sending up all his available mon no returned to the
Park himself lie did not see any OF the firing. and,
although be had made every effort 10 do So he had
not been able to discover who fred tho shots.
Several other witnesses were sworn but they could
give no Information concerning The shooting Tho
jury rendered verdict tnat tile victims OF tue riot
died OF wounds received Al the hands OF persons
unknown,
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No Use.

We are assured that SIDNEY WEBSTER,
J. c. b. DAVIS, PAUL S. FoRBEs, and tneir
partners, are not the only spectators who
have been manGuvrng to make millions for
themselves by the purchase of Cuba from
the Spanish Government, One Of our cor
no less than six different rings or combine
tons have been organized for this purpose
but that the one which has WEBSTER and
DAVIS among its managers is the most
powerful and important, for the reason that
Gen. PRIM Is in il In Madrid, and that il
controls the State Department and the Prcai.
dent in Washington.
We tell these fellows who thus propose to
get rich--to pocket millions-out of the
blood and ruin of Cuba, AMI out Of the honor
of the United States that their efforts will
all be vain. SIDNEY WEBSTER or BAN,
CROFT DAVIS may earn few thousands from
the Spanish treasury but the millions of
Cuban blood money they will never touch.
The Cubaus have for some time past been
making great progress Tue war in Europe
will weaken the hand of their enemy, and
fac ltOte the work that rcmaine for them.
Cuba will be independent, and that by the
virtue, the pcrtinociy, and the courage OF
her sons. HAMILTON FISH aud ULYSSES 8,
GRANT may be sold in the future as they
have been in tho past but the Cuban people
will DC free, and will not bo sold.