The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-08-20

Audif We cOuiu not falt butODSorVe
that this season the corn crop is
promising. The cropsare looking
much better along the line of this
road than in any other section of
the State.
ALABAMA.
The Huntsville Democrat gives
cheering accounts of the growing
cotton and corn crops in that sec
ton.
A negro man and woman were
burned to death by the explosion
OF a coal oil can, in Huntsville, re-
Gently.
In Clarke county, recently, a
negro, for rape of another negroes
wife, was tried by a selfconstitu-
ted court OF negroes and whites,
condemned to death, and shot,
Rev. James Camp, living near
Munford, Talladega county, has
harvested and saved this year, two
hundred and sixty.fve bushels of
wheat from ten acres of land.
j Mr.. Joseph H. Conner died at
Huntsville on the 11th, from the
effects OF a needle stuck in one of
his feet two months ago. The
foot was amputated, but he wasted
away.
The people in Alabama will be
called upon to elect, in November
next, governor, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
or, treasurer, secretary of state,
Encouragement, superintendent
of education, members of con-
gress flor the term beginning De-
cember, 1871, and members of
the lower house of the legislature.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr., Bennett Stucgman, of New
berry District, was accidentally
shot by gun in his own hands,
ten days ago. He died almost
Instantly.
An enthusiastic Prussian In
| Charleston wants to organize a
regiment to capture Paris. Here's
a fine chance for some aspiring
soul to achieve glory.
] The Baptist, Presbyterian and
| Methodist Churches of Camden,
are having "a series of Union meet
! ings. These meetings occur three
times week, in the different
churches, alternately.
The Columbia Phonix says that
arms and ammunition are still be-
ing distributed over the State
Fen thousand rounds of fixed am
munition have recently been sent
to Rock Hill, York District, by
Coy. Scott. Trouble ahead.
| Alta late term OF the Court of
Sessions in Spartanbnrg, a negro
man was sentenced to the Peni-
Tertiary Tor five years; and a white
man, named Ezekiel McAbee, was
sentenced to be hanged.on the LIST
Friday in October neXt-for MUIR
der.
i A writerin the Greenville Noun
taineer says, the idea Of a young
man without capital regarding
himself as an everseer on d farm
with some three or four laborers, is
simply absurd, He must lead
not drive. He must not say to
his laborers, "go," but ''come."
There is no alternative. False
gentility and failure, or genuine
manliness and success,
The Fairfield Herald SAYS, I'M
I der the head of ''Ball Cartridges::n
alt is said that Gov. Scott is
distributing ball-cartridges over
the State among the militia
This is both useless and danger
Gus. Bah cartridges are not dis
trlbuted in time of peace even to
the troops of the regular army;
for it is we'll known that men will
quarrel, and that quarrels, when
ball-cartridges are at hand, result
in homicitles.7
The Bennettsville Journal says:
''Fhe negroes of Marlboro are or
ganizing militia companies, and
are having a ger-lorious time of it
in the village and other places,
marching with fife and drum, and
hopping and holiering, and rails
ing all kinds OF unearthiy noises.
The colored women attend their
turn-outs at the colored academy
nearly every night, and render as
sistance by shouting and screeeh-
ing and raising the wind in gen.
eral,
as TENNESSEE.
A rather careless cook in Mem
1 rhiS rarant1v sfnnnnd a chnipn So