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IL large Stock.

OF Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS
" Clothing Hats,
Boots and Shoes.
Rugs,
Carpetings, Mating. Floor Oil Cloths, 10
tions, &c, for sale 10y
j IT, REYNOLDS,
feh20 I'm 81 Texas st., Shreveport
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Steam Mill for Sale.

A good steam saw and grist mill together
n with a valuable tract Of land contain
ing 320acres for sale cheap for cash The
mill is in good running oytler, and IL situated
three miles southeast 0f Benton Bossier
parish, in healthy location, good water
and substantial buildings, sc Also for
sale, wagons and team for same, with lot
of hogs and cows.
d MITCHELL
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FOa. &syEe.
Stray Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned, By c.
IL w HarreIl, on or about the eth day of
July, 1869, and will be sold to the highest
bidder, for cash, at Bellevue, La, on the
first Satusday the 5th day of March, 1870,
/ Bay Stud Colt, | Bay Mare Colt and
Black Mare Colt, about q years old each-
Bay stud branded on left shoulder with key:
Black mare on right shoulder with key, and
Bay mare on right shoulder with key and on
left hip with w. p. connected Appraised
at $50 each.
The owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, &c.
j. II. LOTION, Stray Master
Bellevue, Sept. /, 1869 n23
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stray Sale.

Estrayed before the undersigned, on the
II a3rd day Of December, 1869, by S. p.
SaPp, and will he sold for cash, to the
highest bidder, ut Bellevue. La Oh Saturday
the 18th day Of May, 1870, DARK BAY
MARE MULE, about five years old, and APP
praised at $500.
The owner il requested to come forward,
prove property paw charges, ale.
J II. LOTION, Stray Master
December -, 1869
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q g1.E.T'O! GUsR.vO!!
$50 Tons,
100000 POUNDS OF
FERTILIZERS.

Mo. PERUVIAN GUANO direct
IN from the Chincha Islands-from
the Spanish agent at New York.
Ammoniated Soluble Bone Phos-
pilates from the manufacturers in Bal
timore and Charleston.
Twill be prepared to furnish the
above manures as soon as navigation
opens to Minden. The Soluble Bone
Phosphates will be furnished to the
planters of North Louisiana at the
manufacturers prices-freightadded--
inc more will DO asked) | will sell no
article but what has the guarantee Of
first class" | will be glad to take
orders at once.
ST. GOODE.
Minden, La, Dec. 4, 1869.
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becau use I disagree with some off
them on questions Of finance, and !
although I had the misfortune not
to be sustained by you, my dear
sir, and the Tribune, that power
tul engine for good, and although
| had a very able opponent run
ming against me in my own party
yet / was sustained by a larger
relative vote than was ever given
to a Republican candidate in my
district.
On the other hand, in this very
autumn you were given the unan-
imous nomination ola Republican
Convention, with no opposition
candidate in your own party run
ming against you. supported by a
a paper in your city, Of a very
large circulation, which is the
most bitter opponent of General
Grants Administration, even to
the before unheard of extent Of its
editor paying for advertisements
in your favor in the Tribune-to
obtain which support you aresaid
to have sacrificed your friend and
henchman at the. bidding Of its
editor (his enemy)-to crafty his
revenge. With your magnamity
and universal amnesty and uni.
versal suffrage" fully understood
and ably presented; and with the
fac Simile CT the bail bond of JEFF
ferson Davis widely published
during the canvass. showing that
you manifested your "faith By
your works. yet, what must have
! been your intense qualification
running the lowest on your tick
ct in the Republican counties 0
the State OF New York. but in The
Democratic wards Of New York
where you yourself insist the mos
outrageous frauds upon the Re
publican voters were perpetrateC
where the adherents Of princi
pal on your bond were i'll til,
greatest majorities-you led ever,
one on your ticket, as one coul'
have easily foreseen. 1t was no
you, dear sir, but your views
that run in that contest. 'tLe
us have peacen
| am, my dear Mr.. Greeley
{ very truly yours,
? BENJAMIN f. BUTLER.
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The PeAS
Extracts from batia''8 HsQlg Il
Horace Greeley.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 1869.

tention to that grayest Of ques
tions, the adjustment Of which
will terminate the war Of the re
bellion in successful reconstruc-
ton. / assume you desire a pub
lie expression of my opinions, be
cause of the publicity Of the
vehicle which you have chosen to
convey to me your own views. |
am quite ready now, as ever, to
give them in full.
Let me, at first, correct a mis-
take into which you, with others,
have fallen, that ! am identified
with a policy which prolongs Gin
definitely the prescription and
Acknowledgement of large por-
ton of the men OF the South for
their part in the late rebellion"
Not so. / would not pr0loDg an
hour the disfranchisement of any
man who has fully repented of
the part he took in the rebellion,
and who hereafter intends to re
main good and patriotic citizen
of this country.
As early as the Sd of April,
1868, in the Academy Of Music,
upon full consideration, at the re-
quest Of the merchants OF New
York, gave to the country my
views upon the question of re-
storatiOn of the rebellious States.
I stated then, and I think now,
the leaders who misled their com
munities and brought war with
its attendant evils upon the coun-
try, should be punished, as ex-
amples to deter others in like
cases of offending. | have seen
nothing since to change my opin
ion. And | now think that, had
an example been made of some
half dozen, more or less, of the
leading traitors of the South, es
pecially those who, educated a
the military school of the United
States, and trusted with com
mands in our armies, resigned
their trust to take command il
the armies of the rebellion, ant
those who, being intrusted witt
places in Congress or Cabinet
used their places to hatch trea
son, foment Instruction, an
maintain rebellion to destroy thei
Government, ought to have bee
signally punished; and if tina
punishment had been awarde
which every other Government
in like case, has melted cute,
cept, perhaps, in the chronic r
bellions Of the Spanish-America
republics-at this day all matter
in the rebel States. which no
disturb public peace, would ha,
been settled, and quiet, CONNIE
ciai prosperity, agricultural i
dustry, immigration of labor al
capital, and a identification
every benAfcent enterprise won
have filled the Southern countr
and every insurgent State won
have long ere this been readmt
ted into the Union, the scars an
wounds upon society, caused
the war, would have been heal,
over and been forgotten, and Il
country more united in sentime
than ever before, had long sin
renewe" that career of prosperi
and glory to which it is destine
BUTT is too late to make opeI
tive such opinions now. And ;
idea of punishment, either
retributiye justice for crime up,
the individual offender, or exal
pie to deter Others from lii
treason and felonies, went O
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NORTH AMERICA
Fife Insurance Company.
Assets, $4,25O,OOO.

Nd MORGAN, President.
J. w MERRILL, Secy.
FyHhe first institution Of Its kind in the
4 world, to devise and offer to the insnr-
ing public absolute security with tle largest
liberty.
Policies secured by pledge of public stock,
like the circulation of National Banks, by
being registered in N. Y. State Insurance
Department.
BucI1ner & HALEY, General Agents 81
Camp street, New Orleans
r. B. TAYLOR.
may8ly Agent, Bellevue, La
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to murderous death other tAous
auGs Of his feliow-citizens in the
prison pens of Belle Isle and An
dersonville.
All that remains now to the
statesman is to see to it that every
safeguard is given to the loyal
and true men of the South, white
and black, who stood by the flag
of their country in the darkest |
hour Of its history, so that pro,
lection Of person, and property,
and equality of political rights
shall be assured. If in any Of
the insurrectionary States there
has come upon the people a true
feeling Of accepting the situation;
Of acknowledgement of the snpe-
riority OF the Government, Of the
wrong and sin of rebellion, so
that love Of the lost cause is not
superior to love of country; and
that hatred of the negro does not
overcome the humanities of their
religion; that proper constitution
al provisions to carry out the true
principal Of equality Of all men
lbetore the law have been enacted
and will be preserved, am ready
| to welcome that State into the
Union, and take by the hand in
political and personal friendship,
with the full assurance that ''by
cones shall be bygones," any man,
however strong he may have war
red against the Uuion, who has
brought himself and aided in
bringing his fellow citizens back
to this state of feeling toward the
country, and this acknowledge
ment Of the rights Of all.
III were not too old to be sur
prised at anything, | should have
read with surprise, from under
your pen, this part of sentence
mississippi and Texas held az
satrapies for an indefinite period
unless they vote as they are bid
den." | have not seen the wore
, 'satrapiesn or the charge "yote al
they are hidden" before outside
the columns of the New Y0rl
, World, or the lugubrations 0
Brick Pomeroy. Have the S,
] phrases, so inculpatory of the &C
zion of the Republican party, AM
! heretofore used by the supporter
Of Jefferson Davis alone, now be
come the pet expressions of th
thought of his surety?
, | do not propose to restore t
the privileges Of citizenship an,
: give political power to ever
traitor and rebel who favors til
! 10Th amendment, if | am conviI
ced that he favors it simply fC
: the purpose of getting such restt
ration, and intends, as soon q
he obtains it and gets where
feels himself beyond the reach /
Congress, to turn around and al
rogate the 18th amendment, {
was done in the case of Georg
with the 18th, aud Cypress Il
:, colored men and the loyal viii
men of the South, whom | a
= bound in honor and every sacrt
tie to protect and sustain for the
- loyalty in the war. If any citizt
who has been a rebel will fay
the 10Th amendment, and will e
force it form the heart, becau
= he believes it right and ,ju
measure and constitutional La
'e | am for him because of that m
~ tive, and because see in his a
e0 tion safety to thoge who need
y and good to the country. And
he will not do SO, / am for kee
ID Inp him nI1t af ,1nxror korun~
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COTTON--iSOUth american
Cotton Cultivated IN Georgia.
We have noticed that a diplo-
ma was awarded at the Geor-
gia State Fair to DR.. G. B. Lett
ner, of Geneva, for a fine spec
linen of South American cot
ton. DR.. Leitner yesterday
left a boil of this cotton with
us, and it is really a variety
that deserves attention. The
boil is much larger than any
cotton boil we ever saw before.
The flock or locks hang down
beneath the pod to the length
of five and six inches, and these
flocks are distinct in their whole
length, being five in number.
1t is easier to believe than to
doubt after seeing this boil,
that fifty such will weigh a
pound! The fibre is fine and
silky.
DR.. Leitner procured the
seed OF this cotton from Vene-
zuela. He claims for it, after
cultivating it in an unfavora-
BILE season, that it grows rapid
ly and natures within fourteen
weeks after the seed are plant.
ed; that if planted in July il
will mature earlier than the
native cotton planted early il
the spring; that it is very pro.
ductive, the stalks averaging
one hundred and fifty bolIs-
and such bolls! that it is ex.
empt from rust, stands drought
extraordinarily we'll and is d
superior staple. requires 10
comment of ours to convince
planters that a variety of cot.
ton possessing these qualities
is a most valuable one.-[Co.
lumbus (Ga.) Enquirer.
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REeS8'GeCNb'e.

A well selected stock Of shelf and other
~ Hardware, bought in New York for
cash, OF importers aud Manufacturers
agents" J II REYNOLDS.
feb19 6m 81 Texas st Shreveport
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CuLPEPER COURT HOUSE, Va,
February Is, 1890.

CULPEPER COURT HOUSE, Va,
February Is, 1890.
| To the Editor of the Press.
"In the Union at last"-so say the late
constituents of "Jeff." Everybody seems to
breathe easier, though all are not satisfied as
to the modus operandi of getting in. Poll
ticians are now more exercised about the
"loaves and fishes" thar anything else, except
those who are laboring under the disabilities
imposed by the operations of the 14th
Amendment to the Constitution of the Unit.
ed States, and they are as uneasy as "a fish
out of water" and are very solicitous as to the
result attending Congressional action upon
| their several petitions. 'Presfo change.
| What consistency! These are many Oh them
the same chivalrous individuals who would
.never ask Congress to relieve them of their
political disabilities but this was during
,sKinc Andy's" reign. Things have changed
some since then, and the new constitution
proyides for not few good offices for which
they desire to be eligible. This makes the
| difference.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature of Virginia is to-day in
full blast. the State fully restored 10 her ris hts
| in the family of States, and with a bona fde
"carpet bagger" for her Governor Many,
and, may say. all but one or Two Oh tne
members are entire strangers to the legisla-
five Halls of the State. Mr.. Speaker Turner,
and. l believe, one other being the only per-
sons who have been there before. Thus far
everything has moved on harmoniously be-
tween the Executive and Legislative branches
of the State Government, but it is predicted
that ''this won't always last" and also that
the present members of the Legislature will
not secure second election. They are moi
considered statesmen by the old school poll
| ticians.
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DAILY PRESS.
CORTLAND
Thursday Morning, February "a, 1870.
American Colleges
PORTLAND,

No thoughtful reader of European history
need be reminded how important factor in
political and religious revolutions the Univer-
slty has been. Classical studies are supposed
10 exert at once conservative yet emanci-
patlng influence, so that, as in the revolutions
OF lS4S, professors and students are in living
sympathy with republicanism. Classic litera-
ture itself, Prot. Tyler has observed, is satur-
ated with the spirit of liberty. 1t is the voice
of martyrs and heroes sounding down the ages.
II awes, soflens and subdues, inviting to liber-
ty yet warning of excess and abuse of power.
Nor have arts, science and gainful industries
Of life been less truly affected by the schools.
Human progress and happiness are closely al
lied to sound learning, and notwithstanding
the Utllitarianism of our age, the perfectng
OF society and of government must be seen to
be vitally dependent upon the culture afforded
our leading minds. In this direction our
colleges are potential factors of our civilization.
The present attitude of the Romish hier-
archy t0aodrds our Institutions of learning,
adds new element to that solicitude which
InOuSuUiur MINUS on0cI apo. s..;a.t
The torty-eighth annual concert of prayer for
the schools and colleges of America, occur
ring to-day will afford fit opportunity TO re-
view and emphasize facts to which we have
space only to hint. The relation of specula-
tion and scientific thought to business, poll
tics and religion; the responsibilities of college
officers of government and instruction; ad-
vantages and dangers of student life; the
present tendencies of modern thought and
the probable future of our colleges, all these
and kindred themes will furnish abundant
material for reflection and prayer
Nor should the five million youths in our
common schools be overlooked in this review
related as they are the highest welfare OF
free people and constituting as they do ono of
the proudest elements of our national growth.
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!" CULPEPER CITY,"

The death of Commodore Stephen Cham
plin, the companion of Oliver Hazard Perry,
the last remaining commanding officer of the
memorable battle of Lake Erie has been al
ready announced. Commodore Champlln
was native OF Rhode Island, but was ap-
pointed to the navy from Connecticut. He
entered the service May %, 1912. He held
the rank of sailing master, and commanded
the schooner Scorpion, of Perry's fleet, when
the battle of Lake Erie was fought, Sept. 10,
1913. 1t was from his vessel that the first
and last shots were fired. Toward the close
of the fight, in company with the schooner
Trippe, he chased and captured the British
schooaers Chippeway and Little Belt, which
of heavier calibre. Perry praised the conduct
of Champlin in the official dispatches, and
the gallant sailor was, in 1914, promoted to a
Lieutenancy by President Madison; in 1888
to that of Commander, and in 1851 he was
commissioned Captain. Four years later he
was placed on the retired list, and in 1862 was
promoted to the rank he held at the time of
his death. Commodore Champlin's total sea
service aggregated six years and fse months.
Dfring the remaining forty-iour years and
four months he was unemployed.
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MISS ZONES,
The Blind Cz0ircOy07et,

ENOULD announce TO her friends and patrons
w that she has returned to the city for short
period OF time, having changed from her former
residence to No Al Paris st, where she can be con-
Quilted upon Diseases, present and future business.
&c. Hours from 10 O'Clock A M to o'clock T. M
Aug 19.du
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WOOd. WO0d!

II ARD and SOFT WOOD, for sale at No. 4s:: Lin
IA coin street. Also, dry edgngs. ,
jsn29 VIM. HUSE.
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Rare Chance.

n NY one wishing to commence housekeeping can
~ purchase lot Of Furniture at bargain, and
the house to rent very low.
A few boai ders can be retained II desired,
Apply at 81 Myrtle st, or 160 Cumberland st.
Feb i6.d1W&
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Watches, JeweIry, &c,

j. AMBROSE MERRILL, No. 139, Middle street.
J.w, &H.H, MCDUFFEE, cor Middle & Union SITS.
EDWARD G. SWEET. Il Middle street, Fox Block,
f. +. HILL, NO. 81, Federal street.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ARrE TN NEw.yopK NAV
AND NOVEMBER.
Tbe St. Louis and Southeatern Railway span, the
State of Illinois commencing at the City of St Louis
and ending at the Citv of Shawneetown on the Ohio
river. The entire length when comnlee will ba 1ao
miles. TwENTy-sEvrN MILES OF wurcu Apr
ALREADy FINISHED AND TN opER ALTON wort
s nrooressino on o,ber nortions o the road and n
,s the intention of the Comp,nv to push the enter
prise to early completion.
This line of road suppjies an urqent need If mss
as th,orch f.rto ond ,onuIor. sooto,, fth. So.
-. .o gu. popu'ou. seo"o" VI .ne ''"e
hitherto destitute OF railroad ABILITIES. In the pro-
ducton of wheat the district ia not exceled bv any
~ '
otner III tne ohioh aud tue road throughout It's en-
tire length PASSES OVER THE RICHEST COAL
BEDS OF ILLINOIS. now being proftablv and ex
..;..,.. -, -. -
tehsiVeiy worked at various poHis. In view OF the
large and increasing consumption of coal at st.
Lonis and in the adjoining region, the profits upon
Tho .,.rsnor+a,io,, =, ooo1 -. I'm -
.ue oi coai aiohe VIII, "i'nn the hi-
pay ,ne on the
NJ -, to,,as - ,;..;.ss =. AZ o-" ooo ~ .o'a, rs
W VI uoooS Is al,ne9u 70 S1,ZoVoVo, equal TO ABOUT
tion and euuipment of the road ,res..ssas Tbev
are issuea under a morto,oa ms aa to r. G. Calbonn
President of the Fourth Natiuna nj Dn.l ,x -
anu 1eoise opuyhe' inus'ee' us carenly dfawn'
and duly recoreed in all the counties through which
the road passes.
IN BONDS lor sale beg
now ready for distribution, containing comprehen-
@ ture ssned bv the President of the companv Gem.
erai EDwAh r. WlNsLoW' ana oy brevet Ma
Jor-Generai JAMES IL. WiLoON, Ohited states
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To Let.
A VERY convenient Office with consultation room
N No S91 Middle street, suitable tor law or insu-
rance office For terms &c, apply to
SAWYER& SOULE, No. Exchange ST.
Portland February d. 1870. feL4-1m
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HlgNxsEEy NltsEY S(1J JMsssssM M.e@e=ss

k'ok FAMILY USE. Simple, cheap, reliable
a knfts everything. Agents wanted. Circular
anu sample stocking free. Address HINKlEY KNIT
TING MACHINE Co., Bath, Me. oc29-dly
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These Bonds, at present price of gold, yield
over 9 per cent. interest, and as an investment
they are fully as secure as U. S. 5-2O's, which
now only pay 6 per cent. in currency.
They are only issued upon each section of the road
as fast as the same completed and in successful op-
Grafton. Over two and halt millions fdollars have
been expended on the road. Eghty-three miles are
about completed and equipped, and already show
large earnings and the remainder of the line is rap
idly progressing toward completion.
The State Of Iowa, through which this road runs,
is of the richest agricultural sec tions Ameri
ca Its large population extending with surprising
and dother agricultural products, creare pressing
demand for the construction of this road which at
lords the best possible guarantee to the bondholders
especially as the line runs through the wealthiest
and most thickly populated section of the State.
THIS ROAD ALSO RUNS THROUGH THE
RICH AND GROWING STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Reference to the map OF the United States will show
that it travcrses the most Enierprising
and Growing portion o. the West, and
forms one of the Great Trunk Lines in
Direct communication with New York,
Chicago and 1t. Louis, being to the latter
city, 80 miles nearer from Northern Iowa and all
portions of the State OF Minnesota than by any other
road now built Or projected, and also the nearest
roam from Central and Southern owa,
The re ad is opened for local traffic as rapidly as
constructed, and thus RECEIVES EARNINGS
ON ITS COMPLETED SECTIONS GREATLY Y
IN EXCESS OF AMOUNT NEEDED TO PAY
THE INTEREST UPON ITS BONDS DEFORE
THE ROAD is FINISHED. The Buyer ef these
Bonds is therefore guaranteed, by great business
already in eristence on the route Of the road as sce
as by current earnings and has not to risk any
Of the contingencies which aloays attend the opening
Of roads in a neso and unsettled country
A limited quantity only OF these Bonds are now
offered at 95.
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ASSETS.
Cash on hand, in Bank and
in Trust Company...... $e39, ,O9O.sl
Invested in United States
Stocks, (market value,
$2,563, ,2s0,) cost. ........ 2,26t,037,49
Invested in New York City
bank stock, market val
|, ue, $4S, $50, cost. 4,5i9.00
Invested in NewYork State
and other stocks, market
value, $l,637, ,4G5,) cost. 1,624, 4,3si11
Real Estate in the City of
New York. 1,5i5, ,53117
Bonds and mortgages, (se-
cured by real estate val
ued at SO, 156.4OO; build
ings thereon insured for
$4,231 900, and the poll
cies assigned to the Com
pany as additional COL
lateral security. ......... 4,570,400.00
Loans on existing policies. 916,s5a35
Quarterly and semi-annual
premiums, due subse-
quent to Jan. 1, 1870.. -. 62S,156,92
Premiums policies in
hands Of agents. and in
course of transmission. s,21s.s1
Interest accrued 10 Jan.1,
1s7c... c5,a2777 sls,o25,56l.2s
Add
cess of market value of securities
over COST. 302, 1868, 40