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MONEY MARKETS-

IoSp.x. december s-Noon.-Consols s2H.
Bonds 92%.
Evening -Consols e2h.
'FRINFoRT, December l3-Noon-Bonds 97ae7H.
PARIS, December 13--' entes 90 soc.
NEW YORK, December 1s-NCon.-Freights
steady. Stocks s. rtng and active. Gpld better
af'oRa9X Governments 0ull and heavy. Money
firm at TAI ls2 txcnange ~ d snori ": s1s.dv a,
al; discount Sol :. Exchange dull at easH. Gold
closed dull al 9%a9h Slxty.twos lO&. States
ihac,fye.- -Freights hrmer.
NEW ORLRAN>, DE- ember 1S.-Stefnng ls%.
Sight \ Discount. God OK.
COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, December l3-Noon.-Coton open.
ed strong; uplands l0d, Orleans lOhd; sales yes
terday reached a. 90 ha es.
Iaser.-Sa,es 90 o. bales; shipping at Charles
Eyeuing-Cottou closed strong; uplands lod;
Ori. ans l0Xd; shi! ping from Savannah or
Charlie. ton . Is led; Learly due from New Or
NEW YoRK, December 13-Noon.-retton dull
and lower; upland- 1917. Orleans 2o3Ic; sales $50
bales Sal OF futures last evening $3.50 bales, as
follows: Dece der le3, 10 lie, le TIC; Janu-
arylsX, 1876, leA, leHc; February 20. COX,
IeX. 70 T6, 10 1915; Ma ch COX, 20&, 20 3l6
2OX, 20; April 2O7s. 2ohc. ,-
Even]nS.-Cott"n drmer; sales 2oSl naies; up
lane 8 2oXc Orr, ans 2Ozsc. sales OF futures to
day II 500 bales. a. follows: December OK, 10
7.i6, 1917 lsx. 10 5-I6, lsA. 1919 l6; Janna lSA,
loX. 10 il Is. 1eh i9a.l6 10 lS.l6; Fe6rn ry lSz,
AL
April n. 2Oh; Nay COX. 2on.
BOSTON. December l3.-COtton dull; middlings
2oKaaoX net receipts 6l5 bales; gross 645; sales
sPHILspsLpHIA, December 1a-'otton quiet;
Mtddllo Rs 2O4r;
5BALrrMoRE December 13.-Cotton st. adv and
In fair ntmaud: m ddngs l9Zc; receipts 33
bales; gross 100; exports coa,twise l22; sales Al;
stock 4732.
NORFOLK. Dec mber 13-Cotron steady: low
midd,Tg5 sIsxs2Oc; net r.cepts i3lI osses; ex'
Int L, oa1p stOtE RQa5
WILMINGTON, December l3.-Cotion 1rm; mid
dlings Is nc ct receipts 297 bales; exports coast.
wise TOT; sales IS. i'
AUeusrA, December 1S-Cotton dull aud irreg.
ular; niddlings lshc; receipts 1910 bales; sales
600. M
SAVANNAH. De emher l3.-Cotton-buvers and
sellers apart with an upward tendency; mid
dlings l9hc; net receipts 4331; sales Is D; STOCK
S76S bales. =,G
MEAPHrs, December 13.-Cot'on less active and
prices lower; mi ldllngs 1914 .e1ci receipss "'zS
ba'es. - ftcl-a -2>S s4
NOBLE. Dece nber 49, Cotton dun and heavy;
middling 1s&c; net receipts l2lS; expoFts COAST
wise 653; Sales 0O; stock stl2 bales. H.
NEW ORLEANS Decemher 13.-Cotton quiet;
middllngs l9xc: net receipts 23S6 bales; gross
:3I25: exp0r 8 10 Gr az ram 10,0l1; Hamburg
1880; sales 6 90; stock lls,649
I,aLyEsr,N December 13.-Ooton steady;
GOOD ordinary i7Hai7&c; net receipts SO baes;
Sales 1000; stock s. 1861.
PROVISIONS AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Nrw YORK. December ls-Noon:-Flour dull
.na nocnanged. Wheat quiet and unchanged.
Corn jn and heavy. Pork steady; mess Si3 qua
Is IS. Lard quiet at shasAc. Iurpen9ne very
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RICE.-The market showed nrmness; sales 100
tierces Of dsan Carolina, say 4S tierces at 7'i, IL
at TX, 40 at l1.le 81 at *, IA at s, 20 at s&c.
We quote common to fair at 6K@7h; good TX
@sc.
NAVAL SroREA-The sales OF these articles con-
sisted OF about $50 bols rosln, as follows: loS
bbs low pale to extra No at So so and 81 so; 500
bbls No to low No at from 81 l5 to So; 80 casks
spirits turpentine at soc per gallon.
FREIeaTs.-To Liverpool by steam direct, uomi-
nal on uplands, nominal on sea Islands; via New
York, %d on uplands, Id on sea Islands; by sail,
7-lsd on nplands, on sea islands nominal. To
uayre lc on uplands. Coastwise-to New York by
steam xc on uplands and 1c on sea Islands; 50 p
tierce IN rice; by sail ,Ic on cotton; - p tierce
on rice; 4oc q barrel on rosln; sI@S q on lum-
ber;, ss@le ? N on timber. To Boston, by sail
&c g S on upland cotton. To Providence, oy
san ss q NJ on boards, &c q b on cotton; By
steam 81 . bale on New York rates. To Phila'
aelphla. by steam &c q ID on uplands; by sail, 81
RM on 5SoarB; 50 on timber; So per ton on clay,
a1d ssas3 so on phosphates To Baltimore, by
steam &c a fb by sail, Sc 5o@7 q N on boards;
Ss@a 25 Seon on phosphate rock. Vessels are In
demand by ou: merchants to take lumber freights
from Georgetown, S. O, parien AMI Satla River,
Ga, and Jacksonville, Fla, TO Northern ports,
and $lo@I2,p NJ are the rates on lumber and
boards. - 70 - " o.. 80
EXCHANGE STERLING 90 day bills ls9lsk.
DOMESTIC ExcHiSGs.-The banks are pur-
chasing sight checks at X Oh, and cell at par.
GoLD-sH@lok.
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GRANDMOTHER Tenterden.
NEW POEM By BRET HARrR.-thAssAoHusErrs
sHoRB, 1sool

Imlnd it was but yesterday
The sun was dim, the air was chill;
Below the town, below the hill.
The sails OF my sons ship did Ill
Ny Jacob, who was cast away.
He said, .'God keep you. mother DEAR"
But did not turn to kiss his wIe;
They had some foolish, Idle sfrllei
Her tongue was like q two-edged knife,
And he was proud as any PEER
Howbeit that night took no note
or sea nor sky, for all was drear;
marked not that the hills looked near,
Nor that the moon, though curved and clear,
Through curd.like scud did drive and noat.
For with nv darling went the Joy
OF autumn woods and meadows brown;
Icame to hate the little town:
Il seemed as II the sun went down
with him, my on darling boy.
twas the middle Of the night,
Tue wind it shifted west by.souih;
It piled high up the hacbor-mouth;
the marshes, black with Summer drought,
Were all abroad with sea foam white.
It was the middle Of the night
Thaea upon the garden leaPr,
Aud4ny sons wife In qHiet slept,
And I. his mother, waEed and wept,
When 10 there came sudden hght.
And there he stood his seaman's % ans afe's
All wet and dripping seemed TO oe;
The pale blue fires OF the sea
Dripped from his garments constantly
I could not speak through cowardness.
,,I come through night and storm, he said;
.rThronrh storm and night and death, /" said ne,
aTo kiss my wife, II 1t 80 be ~
That strife srill holds 'twixt her and me-,
Fot all hey ondi Is Peace, he said.
tsThs sea is His. and He who sent
The wind and wave can soothe their strife;
And brief and foolish Is our life."
He stooped and kissed his Sleeping vile,
Then sighed, and, ike dream, he went.
Nav, when nay darling kissed not me.
But her-his wife-who did not waSe
NV heart within me seemed TO oreas;
Iswore q VOW nor thenceforth spaSe
or What my clearer eyes did see. a.
And when the slow weeks brought him not,
Somehow we spoke OF aught beside;
For she,-her hope upheld her pride;
AndI-tn me all hope had di d,
Andntyison passed as II forgot.
E.t1yH{ C3Hi tit3t .AAE = > Z. t..s Z
It was about the next spring.,ide, y Z
She pined and iaded where she stood; :.sl
Yet spake no word Of III or good; -s-4aD st
She had the hard, cold Eaward's blood II -
In AL her VEINS, and so she died. .
One time thought, bsfore she passed,
Tosgive her peace, but ere spake j"I
Metbought, 'He will be first to break. .'ea.'
The news In Heaven, aud for bis sake
held mine back until the last. :'s3
And here sit, nor care to roam; tAs ~
only wal; to hear his call; U.s.. - .
Idoubt not that this day, next Fall,
Shall see me safe In port; where all ~ D.
And every ship at last comes home.
And you have sailed the Spanish main, =.
And kno my Jaoobf...... En- Mercy
An God OF wisdoml hath the sea
Yielded It's dead to humble me ~
NY boy l......my Jacob. turn againa
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Wilmington Market.

WILMINGTON, December 12.-SPIRrTs TURPEN-
fINg.-Sales OF 81 casks at Gle per gallon for
Southern packages an advance OF 1c since our
last report.
Ros1N.-Ssles OF ssl bbls at 81 SIX for low No
q and 81 81 for No 2.
SIS rs for yellow Dip aud SIS IS for virgin, per ESQ
lbs. %
TAR.-23 bb,s sold at 50 so per Dbl.
CorToN.-Sales OF l2o bales as follows: ct IL,
25} at olSJz, "a at 1sH, "a at lS%, and 81 at lsc
per ID.
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.. .rIntsriorcot,or, Market.

COLUMBIA, December l2.-Sales OF cotton $50
bales: nlddllngs 18Hc.
MONTGOMERY, December 1.-THE cotton
l7Xc; strict good ordinary l8c; low middling
lSXc; middlings 1skc. The receipts in Mont
gonery Saturday, 5s4 bales; shipped 2il.
COLUMBUS Decem DER 11.-Market .hows good
demand; middliBg lsal8kc; tales $50 bales; re-
celpts 5S1; ipments 1928.
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NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
Passengers.

Per steamer City Point. from Palatka. via Jack.
sonville, Fernandina and -avannah-Mrs Curtis,
Mrs DuPant and nurse. h y Haus. Mrs Rodgers
and daughter, w w Wilkinson, Mrs Dyche, and
IL deck.
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MARINE NEWS.
CHARLESTON, 8. Co.. ..DEoEMBER IA, 1877
La. 50 deg 40 min ss sec. Lon 10 deg 81 min a7 Sc
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Schr Irene E Messervey, Wall, Providence, r l.
via New York; days. Hay and oats. To street
Bros CO. and the o S Quartermaster. Vessel 10
schr Old Chad. McCMntock Mayaguez P Rs
| days. Oranges. To Paul, Welch u brandes, and
schr saine Bissell, Bennett. Back River. 27oo
bushels rough rice. To W Bee co.
Schr Louisa, Ancrum Cooper River. 1850 ousn-
rough rice TO ,rG r1nse Son se osO nnsbe,s
rough rice. To W Bee co.
| 81, op Cape Horn, from Santee. 23o bushels
| rough rice. To G Bee co.
Boat from Christ Church. bags sea Island cot
ctOtOn 10 w Gurney.
Boat from James island 10 bags sea island cot
| ton. To W Ryan.
Boat from Edstc. bags sea island cotton.
To W Ryan.
Boat from James Islanl. bags sea i'lard
| co ton. To Fraser Dill.
Boat from fdlsto. bags sea island cotton.
" Received from Chisolm's Mill. 90 tcs rice. To
Received from Benefits MIL. 152 tierces rice.
To W Bee i ~.
steamer City Point, Mcmillan, PalatEa. via JACK
| sonyile. and Fernaudina. l43 bales cotton. 100
hbls syrup piano, 49 bbs 1our, bbls oysters, 20
| packages mGse. &c. To Ravenel CO. Nitte
| Bros, Ston Lowndes, Plnckney Bros Fraser d
| Dill. w 3 Williams " Son W n Lawton L Sons. u
| Mcpherson, A 4 MulligaD. T rupper Sons, G IL
| lngraham l. Son, Caldwell Il Son, F kressel, Jr,
| J d Aiken, Kinsman d Howell, a Enslow co,
and others.
SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Charleston. Berry, New York.
FROM THIS PORT.
Steamship Sea Gull. Dutton. at Baltimore. 18th
| Decemt er.
Schr Ames, Achoru, Savannah, Ga, 18th
| December.
CLEARED FOR THIS PORT.
Schr svw Simmons, Williams. at Boston, 9th
| December.
| SAILED FOR THIS PORT.
British bark CUlonlsl Bassrud, from Liverpool,
November %.
MARINE NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
LIVERPOOL, December IL Arrived, the St Louis
and Alh mbra. from New orleans.
December l3.-Arrived, 81 Fps Reunion, from
Charlesi on, and PeonlOphidan, New Orleans.
NEW YORK December l3.-Arrtved out, steam
ships City of London and Ueutsch and.
7Evening.-Arrived, steamships England and
, Java.
MEMORANDA.
The ship Farquehar. OF Greenock, was wrecked
at Halifax Oh the 18th Inst, and all hands los.
LIST OF VESSELS
Up, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR THIS PORT.
REIGN.
LIVERPOOL.
Rr ship Muscongus, Groves. sailed. 90
Br bark Colontst, Bassrud, sailed. ...NoV 70
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Receipts by Railroad, December Is.

SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
1Aas bales cotton. 200 bbs nour, 4 cars stock,
cars lumber and wood. To Railroad Agent, W
Smith, Geo W Williams i 90, Geo II Water co,
A Salinas, Trenholm 4 Son, Mulltgan, Wtss
4 co, Sloan & Segnions, Frost, Adger & co, Witte
Bros, VIM Gurney, W Bee co. d Mowry q
son. Rseder & Davis. A y Smith, Pelzer, Rodgers
& CO. Murdaugt & Mathews, Street Bros co,
Klnsnan Howell T p Smith. W Smith d co,
Caldwell & Son, W Courtney 4 co, G aeser 4
Harmon, H Klatre d CO, 4, an, BulwinSle,
J K Priugle i Son, lngraham Son, Tupper
Son, W A Boyle. si
EoRTHEASTERN RAILROAD. -~,--,>...-
l3e bales upland and "a bags sea island cotton,
so bbs naval stores, cars lumber and Woo,
rough rice, tobacco, mdse, DC. TO Frost, Adger
a. co, W Ryan. Al Salinas, Smith, Prlngie
& Son, VIM Bee d CO. A S Smith, @ W Williams
4 co, y C Mallonee, Mowry Son, Caldwell 4
Son, w Courtney q CO, Kinsman Howell J E
Park, Barden Parker, Ravenel d CO, d Stoncy,
Howard & Bro. Stoney 4 Lowndes, w Lawton
& Som, WAGNER d Weekly, L Webb, Hillen
Bowling 4 CO, Trenholm & Son, Peiz r, Rodgers
q co, Reeder d Davis. Whilden d Jones, Wiley
& CO. A Quackenbush, n MCPHERSON, Walter
CO. witte Bros, Klatte 4 CO, Johnston, Crews q
Co Fraser J. Dill. II Biscaor & CO, f yelling, 7
Daten. Levinsohn, Ingraham Son, Adger
Il co, Fennick T, G Emery, + O O'Ne!ll, KnncS.
WicEenberg X co, W Quincy, Beamer, Railroad
Agent and Urder.
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Br ship Magdala, Black, up...:.:.........0ctM
Br bark Beltiste Williams, sailed. ;.....Oct 10
he Soeskummeren, Westergeard, SID. ...0ct II
the Winhermere. Yeoman, sailed. .,....Oct II
The Hamrja, Birkland, sailed. ..........oct 70
NEWPORT, Eng.
The Preso, jenkins, sailes. 70
BRISTOL, ENG.
Br bark Architect, Doddrldge sailed. ...Oct II
FLEETWOOD, ENG.
Ship John Sidney. Bartlett, sailed. IL
eARDIFF.
The Little Fred Dear, sailed. NOV l!
Br bark Perseverance, Cook, cleared. .....: CT 81
Schr Henrietta, Burnett up................NoV2 Il
ANTWERP.
Br bark Celeste, Fullerton, up.............Oct2 2l
CIBNFUEGos.
Span brig Joven. Carmelita, Anye, sailed. Nov 25
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Rr ship Muscongus, Groves. sailed. d........"Nov e2
Br bark Colonist, Bsssrud, sailed. NOV rs
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Chipping.
FOR NEW z OR K.
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER ,l4TH, AT S
O'CLOCK P. II.
Ew IRON sFEAN LINE-EsTABLIsHED 1870

The Splendid New Iron Side Wheel Steamship
SOUTH CAROLINA, Beckett, Commander, Wili
sail for New York on THURSDAY, December 14tll,
at O'Clock P. n, from PierNo 2, Union Wharves.
Williams i GTIoN sTEAH LINE. TO Genoa,
Trieste, Naples, Leghorn, Chrtstianie. Gotten
burg, and to glasgow, by ANCHOR LINE STEAM.
SHIPS. To New England Cities as usual
Insurance by Steamers OF this Line II per cent
For Freight or Passage Engagements, having
very nne Deck Stateroom accommodate 8, apply
to WAGNER HUGER d CO., Nc. 90 Broad street,
or 70 W.A.fCOURTENAY, No.l Union Wharvea-
decl1-mWthS
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PORT CALENDAR.
MOONS PHASES.

Last Quarter 5sil hour. rs minutes, mornig
New Moon ,lth. 10 ho1is AZ minutes, evening.
First Quarter. 18th. 8 hours. q ninutes eye11I
Fun Moon, 2eth, hours, Is minutes. evening.
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ROSADALIS

Is SOLD, By ALL DRBGGIsfA
DOWIE. NOISE d DAVIS, ,Wholesale
GOODRICH, wINEMAN q CO., Agetu To
Dr.. HTBAER Cnarae40n,
mar6.ly t..... - ~,
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MEMORANDA.
LIST OF VESSELS

The ship Farquehar. OF Greenock. was wrecked
st Halifax Oh the 18th inst, and all hands lo.s.
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.CoMMERcIAL NEWS.

The Cnarleston Cotton, Rice and Naval
Stores Market. s!-.lle
OFFICE CHARLESTON NEWS,
WEDNESDAY EFBSISs. December lSt asH.
CorroN.-A quiet feeling prevailed in this mar.
ket, with an easier tendency In prices, and pur-
chasers we're enabled to operate at rates about>X
exc Rtb lower safes about 600 oaie.. say 9 a.
II, sS at Tx, 10 at 17k, "a at 49, 26 at lsH, ct
1sx, Is at 1sh, 4 at ls1s, los at 1sx. II at lsH.
III at 10, Is at 1oX. 70 a. lsx. We quote:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary. .17K@lsh
Low mtddliDg.
& MiddIug-..- ..s............ ..~le "
Strict middMDg
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F o p f | G N

Up, CLEARED AND SAILED FOR THIS PORT.
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sROSADAI<I8

ls Alternative, Tonic. and Dluretic, and acts ct
ne and the same time upon the BLOOD, LlfEk.
ilDNEYS and all the SECRETORY ORGANS, ex.
elling all impure matter aud building up ths
system 10 a,healthy, vigorous condition
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ROSADALIss.

endorsed by Rev. DABNEY BALL, now Of Mary.
and Conference, formerly Chaplain In the Con-
ederate Army Of Northern Virginia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-03
Extraordinary Fraud-Selling Another
Mans Property.

William Schultz filed suit yesterday
asking that Anton Kielnschmidt, Her
man Kleinsorge and THEODORE Kleinsch
midi be required to deliver to the Court
certain deed for certain real estate in
this county. He claims in this bill that
he is the owner of this land that the
deed which the defendants hold was
given them on the 9th of April, 1869,
by man named Herman Osterloh, who
represented to them at the time OF max
ing the deed that he was William
Schultz. and showed them genuine
deed of the property made to plaintiff,
and which Osterloh had by some means
purloined; that by the means described,
Osterloh succeeded in getting a loan of
81, 500 from defendants, giving notes
signed with plaintiffs name, payable in
six. twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, thirty,
and thirty-six months after date, and
executed deed Of trust to secure their
PAYMENT. In this deed Of trust, Osterloh
agreed that if he failed to pay any of the
notes. defendants could proceed to sell
the land. Not long afterward he went
back to Germany, and by so doing OF
course failed to pay any OF the notes.
Defendants then sold the land, after first
advertising the sale in accordance with
the law regulating such proceedings.
The genuine Schultz learned of the sale
only few days ago, and was astounded,
as he well might have been, at the facili-
ty with which real estate can change
hands without either the owners knowl-
edge or sanction.-.&. Louis, Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-03

friend of escaped slaves, died at Will
mington, Del, recently, aged so years.
Judge Noah ID. English, promi-
nent lawyer and Mason of Arkansas,
died at Little Rock, on Saturday, of con
gestive chills.
The veteran actor, Peter Richings,
died on Thursday, at his residence in
Media, Pa, from the effect of injuries
received a fortnight ago, by being
thrown from his carriage.
Henry Burden, the famous inven-
tor and iron manufactures, dropped
dead from heart disease, at his residence
in Troy, N. Y, Thursday. He was
nearly so years of age.
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The West.
The Germans of st. Paul protest
against the sale Of arms to France.
Double the usual amount of wheat
is being sowsd in California this season.
The, $4,000 coin prize of the Ne
vada lottery was drawn by ticket No.
10,943.
Col. G. B. Atchison, in the United
States service, left Chicago for Cheyenne
ON the 18th.
II. w. Ferry has been elected to the
U. S. Senate, from Michigan, as successor
to Howard.
Alexander Caldwell, of Leaven.
worth, was elected United States Sena.
tor by the Kansas Legislature Wednes.
day.
Pork packing at Peoria, ILL.,, threat
ems to close early, the farmers, taking
advantage of the advance, selling all
their hogs.
Ono of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S safes,
containing n large amount, was forcibly
taken from stage on the plains a few
days since.
"A young man named A. Hagerman
deliberately shot himself at Hamilton
Ohio. on Tuesday, while sitting in the
First National Bank.
AT San Francisco a Chinese mer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-06-24


WHAT Is ACARPET BAGGERi--
This question has often been ask.
ed, and is as often answered, but
the Washington Patriot has eaken
new trail. Itsays:
''When the civil war closed, and
its dangers had passed away, o
swarm of a1eyar adventurers
whose occupation was to- shout
loudly for the suppression of the
rebellion, bat to incur no personal
risk ia defense of the Union, rush
ed down to the South, with their
carpet-bags in hand, following tho.
track of the victorious army like
SO many hungry, vultures. They
had neither credit, nor character,
nor money. Their worldly goods
were in the bags which they caa.s
ried. They went in search OF
plumber, intending, when gorged,.
to return to their native North.
They had no sympathy or tie with
the people whose homes they iii.
vaded to despoii. They sought
Federal and State Offices, and by
shameful practices obtained Doth,
Only to rob and rule with the
vilest tyranny and the most
shocking yenality. The whole
Government of South Carolina is
in their hands to-day, with o few
mixed exceptions and almost
every Southern State groa;ls I'm
der a similar afflictioa.
Such is the carpet-baggerss Al
ranting, thieving knave, who
drawls through his nose o lecture
on "moral ideasp and shuman
rights" and pick your pocket at
the same time; or, like the. pioas
Whittemore, sells a cadetship,
while waiting demand for bis
vote.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-06-24

The Proportional system Of
voting is new plan now being
tried in some instances, and
becoming quite popular. To
illustrate the plan: Rapides
is allowed three representa-
tives; under the plan, a voter
there could vote a vote thai
would count once for each OF
three candidates, us is now the
rule, or twice for one and once
for another, or lastly three
times for one. .-
This plan gives the minority
a better chance to be represent.
ed. In Bossier the Republican
majority at last election Was
quite small; and uuder the new,
plan proposed, we would GER
tainly have had one representa-
tive Of each party, whereas,
both are now Republicans.
The new plan could be put in
to effect not only where sever
al are to be elected for the same
position, bat also where two'or
more officers are checks, one to
the other, as between Auitor
Treasurer and State Superin-
tendent of Public Education.
Each of these three officers have
the best chances of detecting
wrong actions in the others,
and consequently, should be in
opposition in politics, or per
sonally, if possible.
Louisiana is in the best pos
sible condition for trying the
new plan, for to make public
affairs here worse than at pres
ent is impossible.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-06-24

NEGRO EMIGRANTs.-A cOmpa-
ny Of negro emigrants going to
Kansas passed through Houston,
Texas county, in this State, on
Tuesday of last week. There were
over hundred persons in it, all
colored, men, women and children;
there were eight wagons in which
the children rode, the grown per,
SONS "footing it," says the Hous,
ton Pioneer, "with an air betoken-
ing a determination to do some.
thing if they had a chance They
had come all the way from Smith
county, Tennessee st. Louis Re
publican.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-06-24

The 18th of 5uly rs the day fix
ed for the execution Of Mrs. Fair
The story of her trial and convic-
ton is familiar to our readers, and
there remains only the last duty
to be performed. Unless the Gov
ernor of California shall extend to
the beautiful criminal Che clemen-
cy of the Law, there will be moth
ing left to be done but to hang
her. Taken altogether Mrs. Fairs
case is the most remarkable in the
annals of American crime, and
her career should be a warning to
all handsome harpies.-[N. o.
Bulletin, 18th.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-06-24

We don't think our citizens
generally patronize agricultur-
al papers sufficiently. And
again, most of such papers that
are taken are from the North,
and more adapted to the wants
of the people mp there than
down here. We are not preju-
diced enough to refuse a good
thing coming from that section;
but it stands to reason that OFT
own people should better know
our agricultural wants. The
Rural Southland, of New Or
leans, a weekly paper, at $500
a year, f. Z. Russell, Business
Manager, is just such a paper
as should be taken by every
one of our farmers.