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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19
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The editor of a Radical paper
says he visited Nashville, and for
two weeks did not meet an ac-
quaintance. One OF the city pa
pers tells him he forgot to visit
the penitentiary.
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The river since our last weekly
report has been steadily on the
decline. 1t has fallen about q
inches since that date, and is now
falling at the rate of q inches in
a hours South Western, 18th.
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Latest News.
From Shreveport South Western

( %VNA
low grades plenty and dull, and
choice scarce and firm, 81 37s05
4406 90. Oats Csc. Hay $50.
Pork s2S 124a2S 50. Lard dun.
but firm, 139@14 and key f740
173c. Others unchanged. Cot
ton active and frmeI; uiildling
%, low miidling 2O802l, and
good ordinary 19a019ac.;; sales
5000, receipts 1882, and exports to
Liverpool 1865 and Cronstadt 500
bales. Gold 1l15. Sight exchange
par.
Liverpool, March 15.-Cotton
steady; uplandsi1Os and Orleans
11s@l14d.; sales 1000 bales, of
which for speculation and export
5000. has
New YORK, March 16:-Cotton
closed quiet; sales 1900 bales at
214c. Gold closed heavy at 1112.
New York, March {. The gold
excitement to-day. isswithont par.
allell since September last. As
the day wore along the anxiety to
sell assumed q mania, such as
has never been witnessed. Fluc.
tuations were unusually frequent.
Everywhere in financial and com.
mercial circlessthe gold question
was the topic ofconversation. The
excitement in the Cold Room was
intensified By the many kilograms
from Washington. One, to the
effect that Williams had introduc-
ed bill to receive part of this
cOstolns in currency Another,
that Fowler wanted to sell gold.
These dispatches started the fran
tic crowd to selling, when the
price fell to 1l0s. At. this junct-
ure a telegram was received that
Banking and Currency Committee
had agreed to repeal the bill in
favor of of fifty millions, and the
price went up to 111k. Here the
report was denied, and the price
fell to Ill. At this point reports
were received that there were
changes in the funding bill less
favorable, and back went the
prices to 1111. (. '-,'''.~ :
New York, March 9.-Private
dispatches report the failure of
several Liverpool and Manchester
cotton houses.
Washington advices from New
Hampshire show that the Repub.
licans carried the State byareduc-
ed majority. Chandler will doubt
less come to the Senate.
. Havana atlyices from the, City
of Mexico report great rejoicing
. on account of victoriesgained over
i the reyoTutionists.
: Wheeling, March "a body Of
!. armed men released the prisoners
; from the Jail at Charleston, the
$ future capitol Of West Virginia, in
. daylight. The Governor proposes
: calling on the federal Government
p for aid.t to Hn
z Louisville, March 9.-Breckin-
ridge, ina criminal arghsnent de.
: nounced members of the Ku. Klux'
y Khan as villains or idiots.
. New York, March "a private
q cable dispatch reports the death
Of Napoleon and the Prince Impe
U rial.
: jackson, Miss, March IT, al
e corn was inaugnrated. The in
t augural, regarding judges wh'
: who liaye.the long tenure nnde
e consideration, says our judges
# must be men OF standing, that SO
d ciety cannot presume to fignor
them. They must be learned j
n
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AC1S COuS3 NoNo "AN wy fSoPAO' [
Congress has acted wisely thus
far upon it, and strangely too
considering the large pro-negro
majority. We Southerners were
strongly in favor of the acquisi-
ton of Cuba up to the begin
ming of the Great Rebellion
and the same opinion is now
also entertained very likely by
a majority of us, not stopping,
as we should, to consider the
entire change in cur circum-
stances.
The enlightened people of
Chba are not a twentieth part
of its inhabitants. This part
consists of some white inhabi-
tants of the towns and the rich
planters.
The rest of the people are
stepped in the grossest igno-
rance and consist of negro
slaves, negro freedmen and
mixed bloods. So soon as Cuba
would be annexed the slaves
would be free and a condition
OF things would ensue similar
to ours at the end Of the war,
but five times worse. While
two-thirds Of our people were
white three-fourths of the Gu
bans are colored. The whole
tendency of public opinion
seems to be to the annexation
of Cuba. If that event should
take place we hope that the is
land may be only held as a de-
tendency and not absorbed
into the Union as a State. Let
us at once establish q colonial
policy to go hand in hand with
our modern consolidation poll
cy.t All North America within
the Temperate Zone could be
converted into one nation with
a homogeneous people bound
together by being the same
race, and using the same Ian
guage and religion. The large
area of the nation could be no
objection since the invention of
railroads and telegraphs. This
great nation could have colon
lal possessions to be used for
particular temporary purposes.
These purposes should be tenn
porary and every colony orde-
tendency should at some future
time be given independence.
Were Cuba to be annexed
and rendered perfectly quiet, a
death blow would be given to
the rising prosperity of Louisi-
ana. The cultivation of sugar
IN the south of our State is
| O~~~e~ AZ
again getting to be a big thing.
The vast profits of this culture
is attracting a large immigra-
ton Of both colored and white
laborers. Seven hundred me-
groes have been already this
year brought into st. Mary bar
ish. The other sugar parishes
are receiving large numbers.
White laboris Increasing in the
raising of sugar, both as simple
laborers and small farmers
This year we may expect one
hundred and fifty thousand
hogsheads of sugar to be rails.
ed IN our State. And in two
/ or fbpaQ vnapc o,,u 1,o,>1A -,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

A negro baby, with ten fingers
on each hand has been born at
Louisville. Bad news for chick.
ems.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

We publish below, at the re-
quest of the plaintiffs attor-
ney, a judgment of consider
able Importance to the public.
In explanation we are informed
that the suit was filed previous
to the passage of revenue act
of 1869, and was in resistance
to q certain tax levied by the
Police Jury, or a part oft in
1868.
An appeal has been taken in
the suit to the Supreme Court.
Very likely the Supreme Court
will sustain the decision of the
Court below, for it is generally
thought that the Court and the
Senate consult together and
that the Senate will not allow
any bill to pass but what the
Supreme Court approve.
1t looks very much like that
no remedy can be got against
oppressive, illegal and uncon-
stitutional taxes, nor against IL
legal acts Of tax collectors.
Suppose the collector should
notify all persons in the parish
to pay licences as grocery keep
ers and saw nliIlers, and they
refuse to pay, He seizes their
property, sells it, collects these
illegal taxes and they have no
remedy. 1t may be said they
could institute suits against the
collector on his bond for dam
ages. But the Legislature could
prohibit such suits as easily as
injunction suits.
Our condition will soon be
similar to that of the Turks,
who keep their money buried
in order to avoid the tax gath
erer, and who swear till they
are black in the face in denying
possession of it.
T. NJ. Gilmer vs.. W. Fl. ELL, Sher
if, ct al. No. SO. lii Parish
Court of Bossier. March Term
1870. Plea to jurisdiction. r
w. Turner, for Plaintiff. 7. w
Fuller and j. D, Watkins, fol
Defendant.
The point in this case is the
ConStitutionaIity and validity o
the Revenue act of 1862. TIL,
modern tendency Of Legislation il
to construe Constitutions in &C
cOrdance with the will of major
ity of the people or to suit thu
: emergency of the case, and if the.
: won't bear such construction, t,
/ ask the people to change them
) The emergency, the reason Of thi
= Revenue law, must be notice,
here. In 1869 the State Govern
, ment was new, it was burthene,
with heavy old debt. The Stat
; had no credit. A large and influ
| entail party of the people wer
; bitterly opposed to the govern
D ment as organized. The peopl
4 were advised by leading bushes
n men, and by the party press, to n
I .
i sist the payment of taxes "by il
) functions and every other possibl
. legal manner so as to impoveris
and break up the State govern
} ment;' and lawyers throughou
the State had piles Of Injunction
J written out to carry out such plan
l. Tile Legislature met this enc
&c sency with the revenue act
Il 1869. 1t is true that the Bill
Ri6htS COnSt 1899 r+ M 9J
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

The high price of cotton and
the low price of wheat is hay-
ing a good effect in turning
immigration southwark. Again,
all the available country North
is fast filling to the emigration
point. In a few years the food
may be upon us, covering our
land with material prosperity.
Our Commissioners of emil
grafton estimate that three
hundred and fifty thousand
white emigrants landed last
yearin the United States, which
is nearly a hundred thousand
more than ever came before in
any one year. What an imense
stream of people from the hive
of nations Half a million of
people emigrate from North
Europe every year. Formerly
these swarms were resisted by
4 e
the nations at the point Of the
sword. For a thousand years
the world was kept in turmoil
by them. s g
But our nation has adopted
q better and more far seeing
policy. We open wide our
ports to them, protect them on
landing, give them lands and
indirectly receive more benefit
from their labor than did the
Roman Senators by enslaving
them.
No part of orr country needs
more a dense population to
bring out its resources than
Louisiana. With ten times our
present number our people
would be more prosperous than
now. With our river lands pro-
tected from oyerfows, ourlakes
drained, our salt marshes
brought into cultivation, our
salt and sulphur mines properly
worked, and with the whole
land intersected with a net
work of rail roads and nayiga-
bic streams, our State would
equal England in material
prosperity.
In the late Conservative Press
Convention we took no part
and we do not expect to- take
part in any future meetings
The motives for the Convention
seemed good, and we consider
ourself eminently conservative
However, we have this objec.
ton to such meetings, that onl,
a certain class is represented in
them. And by them, it seems
that this class wishes to dictate
to the public, or that this class
viz, editors, can always contro
public opinion. By this very
course of acting editors vii
lose what influence they have
and which is by no means S,
great as many suppose. Il
1928 and 1882 when jackson
was candidate forth Presiden
cy, he was q i, opposed by three
ftoonnrtlh lsai of the papers of tn
Union, yet he was elected b
a large majority each time.
What would the public sa,
We're lawyers to have Conver
tons in order to con tiqA publ
opinion. The very act woul
/ 4 4 -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

We learn through private
sources, that the bill to author
ize the closing of Willow Chute
failed to pass and become a law.
This we are sorry to learn, for
that small improvement would
have benefited our parish hum
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

The Parish Court adjourned
on yesterday after uispatching
considerable business.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

then existing and the
condition of society JustI-
fed the Legislature in passing
the revenue net off869. III
Therefore, it is ordered, adjudg-
ed and decrced, that the plea to
the jurisdiction of the Court in this
case be sustained, and. that this
suit be dismissed, and that T. NJ.
GiImer, plaintiff, pay all costof
suit.
Done, read and signed in open
Court, this 10th day of March,
1870. s,.g m
(Signed) L. w. BAKER,
Parish Judge of Bossier, La.
Suspensive appeal was refused.
Deyolntive appeal granted to Su-
preme Court. tl
What has become of the
Vicksburg and Texas Railroads
Had not the present company
better sell out to some other
one that will 60 to work !?
If the present company can't
build the road with the subsidy
they get from the State and the
money they might raise or
mortgage on the road already
built. they arc bad manager;
indeed? 1t is generally thoughr
that the present company oh
tanned its title not strictly il
accordance with the moral code
But if they will build the roat
expeditiously we will let tina
pass and thank them besides
Wait, however, a few years ant
we may not need their road a
all, for while they are idling
st. Louis and New Orleans ar,
beginning to project roads t,
this country.
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"
The RULE OF THE CARPET
BAGGERs.-The situation of the
Southern people under the rule of
the carpet-baggers, is thus tersely,
and with graphic power, described
by the Southwestern Presbyteri
an: .......5r e 14
at is grinding taxation, with
out representation. 1t is the pro-
scription Of the intelligence and
virtue OF the South at the ballot
box. 1t is the exclusion of all
craftsmanship from our domestic
Legislature, of all judicial learn
ing from our courts of justice. 1t
is reminding the most difficult
problems OF social and political
economy to the. ignorance and bar
barism OF thecountry, for solution.
1t is the swarlning of political de-
bauchees and worthless adventnr-
ers from abroad, to fill our Offices
of public trust. It is corruption
and bribery, with unblushing front
battening upon the spoils of a
ruined people, and upon the richer
revenues intercepted from the
public .exchequer. 1t is d free
land converted into a Roman prov
ince, ruled by greedy Pr,etors
such as those against whom Cice
TO Numbered his invectiyes before
the Roman Senate. 1t is a brave
and generous race whiting in the
letters Of tyranny, the more gall
ing because exercised through lega
and constitutional forms. It il
the prefer of liberty to us
which, like the" "aIaiden" of thu
Inquisition, larcerates with secret
knives the victims held in hel
fatal embrace. 1t is the iufictiol
in peace of daily wrongs, NOR,
bitter to US than all spoilations o
war, and the bloody appetite o
the sword.1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1870-03-19

We learn that the injunction
to the navigation of Cross bay
on has been dissolved. 1t was
However too late to benefit us
here, unless Red River should
rise again this Spring.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-06-03
VALUABLE RECIPES.


PIE PLANT PIE.--ThG old lady's reel
pc for making pie-plant pie was, to put
in sugar a long as her conscience would
let her, then shut her eyes and put I'm a
handful more. This is my recipe: Cow
er the undercTust with a layer of pie
plant. Then stir together One-half cup
sugar, one half cup thick cream, table
spoonful of flour, and a little water.
Pour over the pie before putting on the
upper crust. Good for fruit also.
To PREVENT FRUIT JARS FROM CRACK
ING.-When | commenced canning fruit
this su mtr, / cracked the first two cans.
Then ] thought it was time to adopt some
new way. Now l put the cans into the
reservoir of the Stewart stove to heat,
and heat the fruit in porcelain kettle.
Then l place a can on a folded towel
wrung from cold water and fill. The
cold water prevents the bottom of the
can from getting too hot. Quite sue
ceSsful.
WASHING FLUIDS.--SOme one advises
the use of Lime, Sal-sOda and BOraX, for
washing. | have been told that lime was
injurious, but have found the Sal-sOda
and BOraX of great value and would new
Gr do without them, or some other wash
ing fluid. l have tried several-aIl eX-
cellent. Spirits of Turpentine is very
injurious to the person using it. We
find DOty's Washing Machine all that is
recommended to be; also, especially so
is the Universal Wringer.
AMMONIA FOR BEE STINGs.--Our little
boy has been poisoned badly by the bee
sting twice. His whole body was swell
and covered with blOtches, and he was
very sick. | used Ammonia as an anti
dOte. He was stung again lately, had
no Ammonia that was not appropriated
to some other use. 1 applied salt, soda,
what ever l could think of, but he grew
worse. Then I thought there was Am
mOnia in the washing fluid; put some
into warm water, and he he d his foot in
it for an hour, and he was cured.
WAFFLEs,--With two fresh eggs. half
a pound of sifted sugar, two slices of but
ter, melted in a little milk, and some
drops of Orange~fiOwer water, compose
4 batter well mixed. containing no Jumps
and which ropes i'll pouring, Heat your
watfie-irOn, grease it inside with butter,
fill it with the batter, close it and return
to the fire, browning the waffle on both
sides. After being assured that it is a
good color, take it ont and keep hot until
the moment Of serving,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-06-03
0'ht 5arsr aud Joi1stItptd
Care of Sucking Colts.


Those who raise colts usually eXer-
else care in the selection of good stock
to breed from, but many neil =
give the colts proper attent
hot weather, while they
with dams. 1t is not unc
see those that were healthy
developed in early summer, 4
puny and poor, and their hair
OF before autumn. This trouble
from allowing the colt to draw Is
while the blood of the mare in a high
state of heat from violent exertiOn.
When the dam is used in hot Wea-
ther upon the farm or road so as to
heat her blood, the colt should never
be allowed to suck until she has fully
cooled of. Let him fill himself be-
fore the mother is put into the har-
ness, and if it is important that he
should accompany the dam, tie him
at her side so that he will be unable
to draw milk until he is liberated, for
it is much better that he should 90
hungry n few hours than to take his
food while it is in a fevered state
If the mare is to make long dis.
tance in hot day, and return at night,
it is best to leave the colt at home,
and draw the milk from the udder by
hand once or twice during the day,
and upon returning; then allow the
colt to fill himself gradually as the
milk is secreted.
Colts injured by heated milk sell
dom recover from it for year or
two, and many times never. They
become reduced in flesh, get lousy in
the fall, and during the first winter of
their existence, when they need health
and strength, as under any Circum-
stances, it is the most critical period
of their growth, they have Just life
enough TO enable them to move, and
the second summer, the proper time
for development, is spent in the re-
CupeTatiOn Of lost vitality.
We usually wean colts at from four
to five months old, according to the
time of year. If not worked, the
mare should be put on short grass or
fed, and milhcd occasionally for two
or three days. The colt should have
a little oats (partially ground) every
day, and be entirely out of sight and
hearing of its mother. Many are, we
think, too careless of their colts at or
about the time they are Weaned. AS
far as our experience goes we COnsid-
er this the most important time in
the colts life as far as his future
health, size and disposition are
cerned. If he is then neglect
feed and care, he will proba1 "
it during the remainder of
If he is not already so, he sns
Immediately halter-broken, an
died every day if possible, but
10 account abused. He sheq
fought to mind, but rather throu
lection than fear; if the latter
cause, you will never know
how long he will obey yot
from the former, you may eX his
obedience to last as long as the cause
which produces it.-HOTSeman'S Han
mel
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