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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Our Police Jury has been in
session for three days this week
adjourning on Wednesday eve
ming to assemble again on Mon
day the Goth of this month";
Quite a large number of laws
of a general character that had
been under contemplation sew.
eral months past, and most OF
which were proposed by the
persons charged with revision
of the parish laws, were passed
and will appear in our next is
sue. @
r. B. Taylor was elected clerl
of the Police Jury and John H
Lotion stray master.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

shall be a Committee on Audit
and Account, to whom all
claims against the Corporation
shall be referred to be investi-
gated and reported upon, be-
fore the same shall be ordered
to be paid by the Secretary and
Treasurer.
9th. All disbursements for
the company shall be made
upon the warrant of the chair
man of the Committee on Au-
dit and Account, countersigned
by the President Of the Board.
10th. Calls TOR payment of
stock shall be made by adver-
tisement for two insertions in
|
parish paper.
The President shall in five
days issue call for a payment
of FIVE per cent. upon the stock
subscribed, and after a contract
for building of the bridge shall
have been made and entered
into, he shall issue a general
call for the payment of such per
centages upon stock as shall
be necessary to promptly meet
the obligations of the Corpora
ton according to the contract
entered into.
18th. If any stock holder
shall fail to meet the calls made
upon him, III the manner pro-
vided in bylaw 10, a demand
shall be made upon him by the
Secretary for payment of the
same, and if he shall remain in
default for ten days after such
demand by the Secretary, the
Board of Directors shall at its
first meeting thereafter, deter
mine whether his rights in the
Corporation shall be forfeited
or his stock note or notes put
lin suit for the full amount
thereof in pursuance of article
18th of charter.
| 18th. The seal of the Corpo-
ration shall be a bridge span
ming water, with the name and
domicil of the company on the
margin.
/ 18th. No person shall act
as proxy except upon the writ
ten authority of a stock holder
signed by him.
14th. All committees shall
be appointed by the President
unless otherwise ordered by the
Board.
18th. Additions to these by
laws may be made at any reg
: ular monthly meeting by vote
. of four-ffths of the Directors
: Other amendments shall lay
f over one month after they have
: been offered and receive the
, approval of three Directors be
fore they shall become laws.
| 10th. These Bylaws ant
r amendments made thereto shall
D be copied into the Minute bool
q of the Secretary in a plac'
l therein reserved for that pur
S pose.
/ "These are the things" said al
: irreligious fellow in Plymouth
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

We hear great deal more of
persons "dead in love with each
other, than we do of their living in
love with each other.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Judge Simrall goes into the
Supreme Court of Mississippi for
nine years, Tarbell for SIX years,
and Peyton three years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Early in the day of Friday
the 3rd of this month, a freed
man of the name of Henry
Parker was found at his plough,
in the field of Mr.. Hadly near
Daucheate, with two bullet
holes entering his chest. The
appearance were that he was
assassinated by some one lying
in the corner of the fence near
by. Suspicion rests upon Mar
tin Scipial, a freedman, and he
has been accordingly arrested
and is now in custody awaiting
further developments of facts
against him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., is a
carpet Dagger in North Carolina,
and has become an officer in the
"loyal militia" Of that State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

The Napoleon Ark News says
there is not much danger to be
apprehended from drouth in that
region, as the ground is damp two
feet above the sIrface.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11
Bylaws Of Bodcau Bridge
Company.

LIST. A meeting of stock
holders shall be held, annually,
at Court house, in Bellevue, ON
the first Saturday in May, at
/ o'clock P. NJ, and at such other
times as the stock holders or
Board Of Directors shall deter
mine. The Board of Directors
shall call an extra meeting of
stock holders upon the written
request of five stock holders
filed with the President or Sec
rotary. Notices of the meetings
of stock holders shall be given
by advertisement in the parish
paper for two insertions prior
to said meetings.
End. The Board ofDirectors
shall meet on the first Saturday
in each month at Bellevue, at
10 o'clock A. NJ, and at such
other times as the President
shall convene them in extra
session, by notices through the
Secretary.
The President shall, upon
the request of two Directors
call an extra session of the
Board.
3rd. The Secretary shall
keep the following books, viz
1st, A Minute Book, in which
shall be written the proceed
ings Of meetings of stock hold
ers and Board of Directors. I'd,
A Ledger, or Account Book, in
which shall be kept, accounts
of ali receipts and disburse-
ments of the company; ae-
counts between the corporation
and its members; and all other
accounts between the Corpora
ton and other persons whom
soever. 3rd, A Stock Book, in
which shall be registered all
stock-notes and certificates and
the transfer Of the same in pur.
suance of the charter. 4th
Such other books as the Board
of Directors may order.
4th. The Secretary shall
make settlements with the
bridge keeper and toll collec.
tor at such times as the BoarC
of Directors shall determine Al
their first meeting after the
completion ofthe bridge.
9Th. The bond of the Secre
tary and ex-oficio Treasure
shall be approved by the Boars
of Directors and shall be in thu
custody of the President, sub
ject to the order of the Board
9th. The salary of the Sec
: rotary shall be at the rate @
two hundred dollars per an
, mum until the bridge shall hav
1 been completed. After the CON
pletion of the bridge he sha
: receive for his salary, ten pc
cent. upon all sums paid int
the treasury, provided, sue
: per centage shall not excee
two hundred and fifty dollar
!, per annum.
S 18th. There shall be appoin
r ed annually, by the Board {
n Directors, a committee of thre
n members. of which nommitte
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

DEATH OF JUDGE DRRw.-Iou.
isiana has lost one of her bright.
est and most gifted sons in thu
death of Judge Harmon A. Drew.
of Claiborne parish, who died IN.
this city yesterday morning.
Judge Drew was a native az
the parish in which had his late
residence. Commencing the prac-
tice of law in Carroll parish, ha..
rose rapidly to distinction at the
bar in that part of the State, ana
as District Attorney, by his dill
gence, vigor and eloquence, i'm.
parted lustre and a prestige to
the Office such as seldom attend
the performance of its functions.
Subsequently, having returned to
Claiborne parish, he was elected
District Judge in the large dis
trict, including that parishs and
served for several terms in that
capacity, with an ability at once
distinguished and unQuestioned.
AS member of the Louisians
Legislature of 1866, the first or.
ganized after the war, he was con.
tent to represent his constituents
rather by the discrimination Of
his votes and his personal infiu.
ence than by frequent and lengthy
harrangues; and when General
Sheridan suppressed that body.
he did not aspire to a seat IN an
other Legislature elected under O.
system of indirect military dicta,
ton.
Judge brew was younger
brother of Thomas Drew, for q
number of years Governor of Ar
kansas, and the head of the Dem
Ocratic party of that State when
it boosted such champions and
representatives as Yell and
Sewer; aud another brother, Rich
ard Drew, was a State Senator,
and equally brilliant, able and
popular, and seemed plainly des--
tined for the highest political and
official position in the State, when
he was taken off by a sudden and
untimely death.
But these professional, political
and family "reminiscences must fall
cold upon the ears of those who
knew the deceased as . social
companion of unsurpassed geniali-
ty and of exquisite wit and humor,
and as friend, brother, husband,
father-devoted, fond, fervid in o
remarkable degree in all these re-
lations. With those who knew
him thus, ITO know him was to
love him, to name was to praise
His bosom was the abode of every
honorable sentiment. His heart
overfowed with all generous emo
tiOns.-[N. 0. Bulletin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Governor Warmoth contempla-
ties a trip to San Francisco, by
rail, during the summer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Some week or more ago the
body of a freedmen by name OF
Henry Ball was found in Bod
eau bayou in upper of the par
ish. 1t appears from the testi-
mony at the inquest that he
was accidently drowned while
endeavoring to cross the stream
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

He who forbears to take revenge
achieves the noblest conquest Of
his foe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Precipitation is the order of the
day; ''hot" says every oneyou meet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

This stamp act is vary trou-
blesome to all business men
from its Indebtedness. Can't
the thing be abolished or else
perfected How often do we
hear the question asked what
stamp goes on this instruments
And after all the schedules and
published laws are examined
by all the lawyers in town and
due consultation had, the an
sweRs comes, "we don't know"
What stamp goes on a due bill?
ave don't know" Who can
GELS the stamps on a notarlal
act Who cancels the stamps
ON a deed of exchange? And
so it is in dozens of different
cases. The penalty of nullity
and the penalty of fifty dollars
is continually in the mind Of
every business man, for he
knows not how soon and how
oftenhe may unwittingly trans.
gress the law.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-06-11

Weused continually to taunt.
the Yankees about their tricks
in trade and traits of character
not according to our notions.
But we are fast becoming yam
keeized, and the best of us are
getting to be as tricky as the
blue Connecticut man. What
nice schemes our former leaders
have concocted for using their
regulations as statesmen and
generals as capital to put mon
ey in their pockets. One be-
comes president Of a life insur-
ance concern under the bride of
twenty thousand dollars yearly
salary to give it some reputa-
ton with our people, another is
nominal secretary. All projects
requiring for success confidence
in them by the people must be
headed by some Confederate
general, however much it may
cost to bride him. Now we
don't dislike this tendency to
Northern ideas at all, for if oul
people are to lose their money
by indirection we want it kept
at the South. Our people are
inclined to deity some quite
common sort of men, but we
think they will soon lose theil
idolatry on noticing the con
duct of their gods.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25
4 Word for EEoTs.

Ny young friend, did you ever
know-cun you call to mind "a single
case of-a person who, having his own
way to make in the world, spend bis
time in the street, in billiard saloons,
around hotels, or in any form of dis.
sipation or idleness, TO succeed in an
eminent degree in any enlerp l., ? -
Look over your list OF friends and ac-
quaintancos and note their course
Do you net find upon ,xamina-
tion that those who to-day are men of
influence aud honor, were the oulhs
who made the most valuable time,
turning it to good account? and, on
the other hand, do you not find tbosJ
who stood at the corner with q cigar
or pipe in their mouths, went fiom
bad to worse, from worse to ruin p
Sadly must the answer be made
oh, that it were not so--Ihcy have
failed. Will you not p, oft by the ,x-
perience of others Gu not that way.
Never be idle. Every moment IF
your time is a golden one; use il as
such improve the mind tx your eyes
on some mol 10 object; be men. Z he
call is for men will you not be one
of that number who eau say-''I AIN
q man p
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25

The New Pension Bill.

Among the most important of the acts
passed by Congress at the late session, was
that providing for the payment of the PEN
sions quarterly to pensioners, and for the
regulating of fees to be paid to claim
agents for the prosecution of claims for
pension and bounty land. Said act be-
came law July 8, 1870, and prescribes as
follows:
SECTION 1. Pension agents shall pre-
pare and transmit within fifteen days pre-
ceding the 4th of March, June, September
| and December, each year, vouching for
the quarterly payment to pensioners di-
rect, who, on or after said 4th day named,
may execute and return the said vouchers,
and none others, to the said pension
| agents,
SEC. q Upon the receipt of such vouch-
ers, properly executed, and the establish
ment of the identity of the persons entitled
to the pension, the Pension Agent shall
Immediately forward by mail to the said
/ pensiOner direct, and to no other person,
a check payable solely to the order of said
| pensioner, except when the pensioner is
required to appear personally and receive
the pension.
! SEC. g.. No pension shall, under any
circumstances, be paid to any one but the
! pensiOner entitled thereto, except in case
of persons legally disabled, when pay.
menis may be made to guardians; and in
case of persons resident abroad, when pay.
ment may be made as provided in previ
Gus acts.
SEC. 4. Pension Agents snail receive
for all services rendered to pensioners; in.
Guiding postage, 80 cents, payable by the
United States, and not more shall be re.
ceived by them under penalty of $500.
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior
shall provide blank vouchers to be used
as above stated, and regulations therefor
SEC. 6. Pension Agents and their au.
thOrized clerks shall take and certify afl-
davts of all pensioners who may appear
before them for that purpose, and giving
the check for the pension to the pension.
er personally; and for taking any such
affidavit falsely and corruptly, the affiant
shall be deemed guilty of perjury, the
penalty for which shall be Imprisonment
for five years or less, and a fine exceeding
900.
SEC. 7. The fee of an agent or attorney
for the prosecution of claim or bounty
land shall not exceed S25. The agent Ol
attorney must file (without cost to the
lCldl LlltllN Will Tie commissioner Ol tl
sions, duplicate articles of agreement, duly
attested, setting forth the fee agreed upon
When no such agreement is filed or ap
proved by the Commissioner, the fee shal
be $40, and no more.
SEC. s. For contracts for demand or re
ceipt or retention of any compensation
greater than above stated, the penalty
shall be a fine of $500 or less, or imprison
ment for five years or less, or both.
SEC. 8. The Commissioner of PensiOn
shall forward to the Pension Agents, will
the certificates of pension, one of the arti
cles of agreement, if approved by him, ant
Idirections as to the payment of fees.
SEC. 10. The Pension Agents shall de
duct from the amount of pension due tn
amount of fee, If any, and forward tn
same (less 80 cents) as directed by th
, Commissioner.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25
The ArellblshOp Of Cinelnnali.

The Archbishop Of Cincinnati!
John, Archbishop Purcell, of Gin
cinnati, is personally one Of the most
agreeable and persuasive men whom
the Papal Church counts among its
.dighitafies in the United States
Very few American eeclosiastics have
enjoyed a greater share of personal
popularity than has fallen to bis lot.
In private intercourse, his soul seems
Ito overflow with benevolence, and one
seeing him in this light would hardly
suspect the existence of the far differ
ent qualities displayed in his recent
speech in the Ecumenical Council. A
German C0temporary says of it that
"althOugh it was certainly not one Of
the most elegant in point of diction,
it certainly contained some Of the
most remarkable language ever ut.
tered in the Aula of the Vatican
Said he: 81 am an old man. l have
become griZzled in the vineyard of the
Lord. The little Latin that learned
in youth 1 have not had leisure to
practice and retain. There shall bee
however, no lack of truth undefled in
what Z have to say, though I may not
utter it in severely classical language.
Before all l must tell you that am q
Republican, therefore l do not believe
in "royality by the grace of God."-
Then looking over toward the Span
ish prelates, be added, 81 see a whole
nation running after a king without
succeeding in catching him. Kings
are ordained for the sake of the peO-
pie. The people are not created for
the sake of any king. And so it is
that the Pope is elected for the sake of
the church, and as certainly, the
church was not founded for the sake
of the Pope. The church, so to speak,
is a Republic, and the Pope is the re-
sponsble President, for the time be-
ing ; and if he attempt to make him-
self an absolute king, he commits Itsurp-
alton :" Imagine the effect on the rs
sembled Council Archbishop Purcell
looks, perhaps, less like a priest than
any other member of the Council
He may be seen almost any day
Ipromenading the Corso, in a round
hat, standing collar, and all the other
adjuncts belonging to the dress Of or
binary American citizens. - New
York Tribune.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25

An attempt has recently been made by
the Boston Lyceum Bureau to engage
Louis KOssuth to give a series of lectures
in the United States. The gentleman who
visited him in July, in the city Of Turin,
describes him as ga mild, sedate, rather
digniied-looking gentleman of probably
sixty years ofage." When the PROPOSE
ton was made to him, lie regretted that
it was not in his power to entertain it,
averring that he had entirely retired from
public life, and was nov a recluse from
worldly affairs. Being told that the pro-
posed lectures would not require him to dis
cuss politics, but only social and literary
topics, and that the engagement would
give him an opportunity to compare the
America of to-day with what he saw twen-
ty years ago, he said: 81 dislike giving
you a cold negative, but I am not the man
was. have had heavy domestic Affections.
I want nerve; and as for addressing a num-
Der of people, I have almost forgotten
what public speaking is" To the sugges-
ton of pecuniary advantage from the pro-
posed engagement, he said: "I have
very little money, but have very few
wants, and I am contented."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25
MOFmOnism - MatrimOny and
Spotted Heifers.
tFrom the Corinne u. RI Reporter.

EFrom the Cornne ~. R.,) Reporter
A reliable friend of ours happening in
the vicinity of the tithing office the other
day, and having occasion to seek a seclud-
ed spot, was suddenly joined, near 10y, by
a couple of hOary- headed polygamous rep
robates who entered into the following con-
versation within five feet of our Informant
when they really thought they had select
ed a spot outside of human hearing.
First Reprobate-Br Brother John, how
many women have you got now?
Second Rep Obate-Only four, Brother
| Sim ! How many have you got!
First Reproductive only got three but
am going to take another one soon as I see
how my 'taters turn out. John, you know
that gal, Sarah?
Second Reproduction, yes
First eprobate-Well don't you know
think Sarah would answer my purpose
right well for while? She's young and
healthy and good worker, aud I'll just
go and have her sealed.
Second Reprobate-But she's most toe
| light, aint she?
First Reprobate-That's so, John; she /,
pretty light. You know I'd just give thai
spotted heifer if Sarah was twenty pound,
heavier?
The Brother of the second part admitted
there was full that difference, but advised
the brother of the first part to secure Sa.
rah, while he could, at the time remark
"she was young yet; and might eventually
make the scales kick the required notch. >
| Both reprobates then took their leave o.
/ that 'shady bower" one advising and the
other resolving to make the best of the
twenty pounds deficiency. Sarah is repre-
sented about fourteen years old a near re-
| lative of the covetous old sinner of sixty
years. These are called Gods people in
! Salt Lake.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-08-25
WAR ITEMS.

The Paris La Li6eTte has a vigorous arti-
Gle advocating the repeal of all political
prescription.
Reports from Paris represent seventy
thousand reinforcements already moved
to the front.
The Paris journals unanimously de-
mand the expulsion of Germans from
French soil, in consequence Of the discov-
cry Of Prussian spies.
The Paris Opinion Rationale says: 'sThe
German nation admit their loss in killed
and wounded was in proportion of five to
two of the French"
Authorities deny the statement of the
German journal, that the French do not
respect the convention of Geneva, and at
tend only to French wounded.
Disturbances have taken place at Tou-
louise, Marseilles, Limoges and Lyons, and
martial law has been proclaimed in the
Department of Bouches- du-Rhone.
Gottlieb Wagner, who recently arrived
in this country from Germany, celebrated
the recent victory by spending all his mon
ey, 5000, in treating the whole town of HO-
bOken.
Twenty-one surgeons, mostly Germans,
have left New York for service in the
Prussian army since the opening of the
war, receiving their expenses out and the
rank and pay of Second Lieutenants on
arrival.
The newspapers announce that the Prus-
slams treated the inhabitants of Woerth as
enemies, because some Of the citizens fired
upon the Germans.
An English banker named Elliot was
arrested at Paris while on a visit to his
! brother, charged with furnishing intelli-
gence Of French army movements to the
enemy. He was taken to the camp at
Chalons, cOurt-martialed, and shot as a
! spy in the evening.
The Parisians are much calmer since the
change of Ministry. Immense crowds col
| lect in the Boulevards and streets, but they
! indulge in no angry discussions or sedI-
tioUs shouts.
Experiments with the mitralleuse at
ShOeburyness indicate that the instrument
| is a destructive one i'll close quarters, but
| that troops dependent on it may be ami
| hilated by the artillery before the miiral-
leuse can be got in range.
Reliable information has been received
of the detected state of the Emperor Napo-
| leon. He is constantly overheard repeat
| ing to himself "AU MA COUPE"
The London Times sympathizes strong
ly with the Prussians, and rejoice at their
| recent successes.
The Admiralty has refused permission
to surgeons of the British Naval service to
volunteer for the relief Of the Prussian
wounded.
Dispatches from the Prussian Govern
ment to the U. S, Ambassador are full of
! triumph, and express the greatest conf
| dence of an early result Of the war.