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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08
Telegraphic News.
From Shreveport south. wsnt.rD

From shreveport South W estern
New Orleans, July 3.-Flour IL d,lt
superfne; S5 IS; double extra s5 ira
6; treble extra IS IS. Corn yeIls-
mixed 10; whfreT5GW. Oats firms,
With q light sappy az CSC. Bran ii
III. Hay 6rrnsfs S2e; choice &le.
PORK iirmer; mess Sl6 622Gf7. b.
con in good demand }09iGi03Sl0s
Gl0sc. Sugar CURED hams IS 20iSlc'
Lard quiet and 6rm; tieree i0t9fic:
key Ia. Sugar ErfHS common "a:
/ prime liz. Molssses--plantasioa "a.
boiled 30035o. Whisky krmsr Al
s7AcGsl 02a. Coffee inaotivs at sal9
I54. Gold 1l3i Cotton quiet. sales
500 bales. Good ordinary l6iGl5e,
low middling 22Ato2oi. Recsipts 30S
bales. Exports coaseEise 4,435 beles.
stock Sc. 696 bales.
Paris. 5uly 4-Ths probable tstsl
result of the elections is one. hundred
aud twenty Republicans. eight Legiti-
mists and twelve Bonapartists OF The
Republicans elected three fourths arp
rnoderates. the others radicals. Fnid-
herbe, GsJnbetta, Pressens. Cisssy, La.
baulaze are elected. Mouarchists snd
Imperialists are greatly discouraged BIZ
the surprising Republican success II
the provinces.
! The French demand the sarly eyacu.
alton of Paris ports and the thres de.
partments occupied by Germans. liis-
marck declines to promise.
London, July 4.-Ths Emperor md
Empress Of Brazil and Mark Bisal via,
tied the Queen.
Brussels, July 4.-The Ministry an.
nounces that the Belgium GoyernnsuE
will maintain two ministers at Rome.
one to Italy, and one to the Holy Zee.
| Paris. July 4.-Ths Assembly 10
considering bill requiring deposit ef
canton money fram newspaper.
Washington, July 4.-Bowsn 10 Etil
in Jail though his pardon is hourly ex.
pected.
Wheeling. Va, July 4.-T-eurn.
dous storm yesterday and did great
damage to wheat in Marshall county
and unroefrd hoases here, and caused
other danIsse.
Paris. July >. -R~chefort is pro-
npunced insane. ,t
4 San Francisco. J-sly 2-Judge
Dwindle again tpfased Tn grant new
trial for Mrs, Fair. lie al-o deulned
to sign a recommendation To the Sd
prrme Court to grant one.
New York. July "A Panama letter
says the Jrsufts will be expelled from
Guatemala.
New York. July 2.--Thcee hundred
MormonS from England iexe fer Sai'
Lake on Fridayin chafgs Of rae o.
Brigham Young's Sons, and foaf ilaH
dred mere are at Quarantine.
Paris, July 9, midnight Election,
unexcited. Gambetta is elected.
Constantinopls. July 1.-Ssward il
here. The Grand yizirr il seriously
|, indi+posed.
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Murdered.


On Saturday the first inst,
r. M. Kelly was assassinated in
his field at DR.. Shelman's, in
Webster parish, between the
bayous.
Early in the morning he wenE
out some distance from III
house to work, in company Tt,>a
a mulatto named Marshall -,
who worked with him. Some
time afterwards, perhaps at
noon, his wife went out to the
field to carry him provisions.
At a shed out there, a CHASTITY
sight presented itself to her,
in the dead body of her husband
weltering in its blood. When
the neighbors collected and the
surroundings were examined it
appeared that Kelly had gone
to the shed to rest, or escape a
shower of rain, and there had
lain down with bis head Oh his
saddle, that while in this posi-
ton he received several blows
upon the head, inflicted by the
eye of a hoe, one of which
blows fractured his skull and
caused death, or insensibilty,
and that his body was then
dragged off several yards
where its throat was cut. The
mulatto had absconded. He
was seen afterwards, on that OF
a subsequent day, and All en-,
deavor was made to arrest him
but he escaped.
There is no doubt but thai
| he was the murderer. What
was his motive is unknown, as
no difficulty had occurred be.
tween him and the deceased
and they seemed to be on quite
a friendly footing. There is 6
suspicion among the neighbors
| that he was hired to do the
deed, by some enemy of kel
ly's. But it is to be hoped thai
this suspicion is unfounded.
Kelly was the second son o
Mr.. John Kelly, and had but
few months ago married {
daughter of DR.. Shelman. HI
was quite young, and much Xix
ed by his acquaintances. The
public can easily imagine the
fury excited in his neighbor
hood against his assassin. Par
ties were Immediately formed
to scour the country, but a.
vet we have not heard of tht
arrest of the murderer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

We regret TO announce the death Of
Col. Shisers-which took place Mon.
day after q protracted illness. Tbs
deceased was well-known in this State
and was an old resident of the city.
At the recent city election be wss
chosen our Mayor. We leave TO some
friend, more familiar with the facts Of
his life. to pay the proper tribute 10 his
high integrity. his noble courage and
his ohivalrous courtesy. Wshsve lost
citizen, whose place will long be missed
among us.-l South ResteraI 5th inst.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

We learn FROM the South
Western that a very dangerous
man named Summerield has
been killed in California. This
man had dicovered how to
burn water and intended to
burn up thu Pacific Ocean.
The bankers, preachers and
lawyers of San Francisco, fear
ing that he would carry out his
intention, had him killed. We
don't like the way Frisco acted
in the matter, for, if they had
allowed the Pacific to be burnt,
it would undoubtedly have fill
ed the air with moisture enough
to have given us all the rain
we could ask for. Besides a
large quantity of dry land
would have been laid bare,
which we could have annexed
to the United States. We heea
more room.
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S. r. Snaer, who was examined be-
fore the Supreme Court here last week.
and admitted to the Bar, is said TO be
the first colored man who ever became a
lawyer in this State. We are informed
he passed first rate sxaninetion.-
[ Opelousas, Journal 24d, ult.
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TERRIBLE EFFBcrs OF GIVE Was.
"A special despsth frpm Paris, dated
May 81, says The most revolving sight
| ever beheld occurred this moririugs
on the Plaza in frent OF the Hortsi de
Vile. Thirty three Communists.
among whom were seven wum-n. we're
shot in body by company Of soldier,s
Around three sides Of the square.
troops to the number of I.500 were
drawn up under command of COL Guizs
OF. At eight O'Clock the prisoner.
who had been confined in cual cellars
in. the Hotel de Vile. were brought
out, their hands tied behind their
backs. and then marched out by the
main gateway throug GA double file Of
soldiers, and having reached the CEN
tire of the wide area in front Of the
Hotel de- Vile, they were ranged In
rpw and made to kueel down close tos
gether.
There was nothing on tho whole
plaza but three empty scayanger carts.
which stood in line at the rear Of
the prisoners. When the company
was in line and ready to fire; Col.
Guizot stepped forward and toid the
prisoners in few words that they wcro
to suffer death fc- having been caught
in the act of setting ffre 10 buildings
and dwellings,. At this uouent the
women uttered piercing shrieks and be-
gan to sway themselves back and forth.
An officer advanced and made them
keep still with the fiat Of his sword.
A few moments afterwards yolley was
fired, and when the smoke cleared
away most horrible sight was pre-.
scented. Three. of the women who
were in the middle Of the row between
he men were still living and writing
in awful agony. A second volley was
fred. and q third. and not until the
sixth did all the prisoners cease t6live.
The bodies were then flung in three
scavenger carts and carried away to DO
buried. There were few people st the
scene.
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BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday, July 8, 1871.

The mail routes from Belle
we to Magnolia, and from
Bellevue, VIA Coleville and
Rocky Mount. to Collinsburg
are now under contract. The
mails leave Bellevue every
Monday, at 6 A. M.
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SCHOOL BoARD.-We under
stand that a school board for
this parish has at length been
appointed. 1t now consists of
the following members, viz: l..
W. Baker, John w Walker,
James K. O'Neal, w. NJ Crit
fin and B. T. O'Neal.
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We can't see that the Com
Panys incorporated BY last Leg
islatHre to clear out. the the
raft, is doing anything. Now
that the river is getting low it
would be well TO put a gang of
choppers to work. Ifevery log
that could be reached were
chopped up during low water,
the difficulty of tearing ont the
raft in high water would be
much lessened.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

Martin Tally, Jr.. was sentenced by
the District Court, on Friday. to nine
teen years imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary. 1t is understood that an
appeal will be made to the Supreme
Court of the State Gazette & Fog,
End inst
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08
Private Warehouse.

What is this thing that is
taxed fifty dollars by Act of
1872 1t would seem that a
public warehouse would be one
where the public stored goods
and paid for the storage, and
a private one was where any
private individual stored his
own goods, of course paying
nothing. Under this view of
the cese every smoke house,
corn crib and cotton shed is a
private warehouse. We can't
think that this was the inten-
ton of the law. Possibly it was
meant for some certain traders
in New Orleans, who had hons
is of their own, separate from
their regular business houses,
where they stored their surplus
goods. But in these instances
we can't see how the keeping
of a private warehouse is fol-
lowing any trade, profession,
or occupation, such as the Con-
stitution contemplates should
pay a license tax. "A year or
so ago pleasure carriages were
taxed for license. This was a
far more reasonable tax, than
to tax the poor cab driver, who
carried passengers for hire for
surely the rich man who could
afford a pleasure carriage could
better afford to pay a tax on it
than the poor cabman. But
the law was so clearly uncon-
stitutional that it was repealed.
This private warehouse tax will
have to be repealed for the
same reason.
! As a method of raising reve-
nue. the License Tax is outra-
geously unjust. As an exam
pie; the country doctor, whose
income may not support him,
pays twenty dollars; the city
doctor, with an income of TWEEN
ty til ousand dollars, pays just
the same. Such a tax might
be beneficial to put down GER
tain vices and bad practices,
such as keeping dogs, carrying
pistols, wearing high-heeled
boots and shoes, wearing CHG
mons, shaving, &C., but for just
such things it is demonstrations
al. The United States collects
a mighty pretty revenue from
the two vices of using tobacco
, and drinking; why could not
our Legislature be allowed also
to raise a revenue and suppress
a vice at the same time 7 just
see how beautifully a dog Ii
cense would operate. By it the
State might get a yearly reve-
nue. of fifty thousand dollars
fifty thousand dogs would be
killed to avoid paying the tax ;
fifty thousand hogs would be
raised from the substance that
went to support the dogs; and a
million dollars worth of sheer
would yearly be added to the
general wealth, in addition tC
the sheep at present raised.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

A lay speaker, in q methodists Coz
ference down East, illustrated ais read
mess to frateruize with his Suothsfn
brethren, bya story Of two men that
would not speak &c each other; but one.
having been converted at camp meet
ing, on seeing his former enemy. held
out his hand, saying: How dye Do
Kemp l am huinbie enough nov to
shake hands with a dog"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

We call the attention of the
public to the examination at
the Fillmore Academy and Nor
NAL School, commencing on
Wednesday the 18th inst, and
continuing three days. This
examination closes the sixth
year since Mr.. Griswold COM
menced his school. In this
time he has turned out over
twenty young persons, of both
sexes, as teachers, who have,
without exception, met with
success, besides those who have
entered counting rooms orupou
other avocations. Those who
feel. interested in the improved
mode of instruction will, at
this examination, have an OPP
portunity of witnessing its re-
suits.
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The Situation.

Brick Pomerey school and the
school of the New Departure, p
or Conservative. Brick Pome-
roy heads bis school, and, as
sub-leaders, we may reckon
Toombs, the Mobile Register
and some others. The New
Departure has has no head at
present.
The Republican party is di-
vided between Radical, headed
by Ben Butler, and Moderates,
headed ay Horace Greeley.
Now the Radicals would enforce
the 14th and 18th amendments
in every particular, AID are not
willing to abate one jot Of their
severity. The Brick Pomeroy
school will not acknowle dye
those articles as parts of the
Constitution at all, but fight
them to tie hitter end, and
make such threats of nullifica-
ton, rebellion, Sc, as to keep
the public in perpetual tremor
of apprehension. The .conse-
quence of the conduct of both
these Radicals and Pomeroys,
is to make The South a second
Ireland, to be held in servitude
for hundreds of years.
AS Orange men, these Radi-
Gals will never consent to raise
the yoke from our necks; as
Rapparees and Ribbon men,
these Pemeroys will ever keep
the Radicals excited, by oppos-
ing unjust measures in an IN
just way. Verify there is no
truer aphorism in ethics than
that 1--WE snould not only do
what is riglt, but do it in the
right way" The moderate Re
publicans say the l4th and 10th
amendments are parts of the
constitution, but from policy
we will relieve you Southerners
from the seventies they inflict,
for we do not wish TO make an
Ireland of you /; the "New de-
parture" SAYS, we will strike
hands with you on that propo-
sition. and consent that the
amendments are a part of the
constitution, but we will OPP
pose you on the tariff and other
questions of finance and gener-
al policy.
Here. now. is the predica-
ment of the country. If the
Republican convention goes
Radical, and the Democratic
Pomeroy, the Radicals are sure
ofelection; for they viii so work
on the fears of the Northern
people by showing the threats
of notification, &c, of their OPP
poneuts, that a majority for
their candidate will be certain.
If the Republican convention
goes moderate. then is that
party still more sure of success,
for the weak-kneed of the
Northern Democrats will join
them.
But we may rely upon it that
Butler and Grant, by fair Oh
foul means, will carry the Re-
publican convention Radical
Now should the New Departure
control the Democrats, the
I Radicals will receive as Driny.
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more room.

Prince Alexis, son of the
Gar of Russia, is again report
ed as about to make a visit to
this country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

We learn that the locusts are eating
all the leaves of the COTTON on the plan
tations on Red River few miles above
this city. Ga=et.e 8. Eqs. 2rd inst.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

Mcbride, the great King OF
Pain, is dead. Of course he
died without agony or pain.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-08

On Saturday night last, Mr..
William Dennison was shot on
the plantation of Gen. Morse,
in the extreme south point of
this parish. He was called out
ofhis house by some one, and
before he could get to the voice
calling, he was sho5 at and
wounded in the legs. He was,
however, able to run back to
his house where he seized a gun
and fred it off in the direction
of his would be assassins. He
then escaped under cover of
the darkness. On examina-
ton. afterwards, it was found
that three men were engaged
in the attempted assassination.
Toney Forney, a freedman.
has been arrested as one of the
parties, and is now liz Bellevue
jail, awaiting commitment trial
before Judge Baker Two 9th
er suspected freedmen are still
at largo.
Mr.. Dennison's wounds are
not considered dangerous.
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The cotton crop Of middle George
promises to be very small, and plansefs
are gloomy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-03
JERSEY LEGISLATION.

The Erie Railway Company holds lease of
two lines of road between Paterson and Jer-
sey City, subject of course to the conditions of
their charters. I'm these charters the tolls upon
freight are carefully limited, and under the
legal rates the Erie Company is understood to
have earned about per cent ON the capital
invested. Not satisfied with this, the company
has increased the tolls to IN enormous amount,
in defiance of the law, the illegal tax levied
in this manner upon tie merchants of Pater-
son amounting to about 100000 year. The
law imposes penalty of 800 for each over
charge. A number of suits were brought to
recover this fine, and the agents of Messrs.
Fisk Il Gould met them by pushing bill
through the Legislature providing that the pay
mcnt OF a single penalty in a penal action
should be bar to the recovery Of any further
penalty for the same Oilense. The effect of this
was that after paying one fine of 800
the company could continue its lawess cxac-
tons with impunity, and about 20 suits were
thrown out Of court. In other words, it left
Messrs. Fisk 4 Gould at liberty to buy for
800 the privilege of breaking the law as much
as they pleased, and of course they wero swift
to take advantage of il. Comment is unneccs-
sary upon such monstrous abuse of lcgsIa-
ton. If the freight tolls were too low, a. the
Erie Company pretends why not ask authority
TO raise theml That we could understand.
But selling a company the privilege of break
ing the law Is a mere burlcsque upon Justice
A hill tO repeal the shameful and absurd
act OF 1869 recently came before the Senate at
Trenton. While IT WA under discussion, one OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-03

Mr.. Fisk's Senator'S proposed an amendment
to the effect that nothing in tho repeater
should be construed to effect the Erie Railway
Company. This was too preposterOusly out
ragcOus for serious consideration, and was
easily defeated. Last Tuesday the bill came
to a vote, and was lost lacking only one of
the necessary twO-thirds, while several Sena-
tors were absent On Wednesday rec0nsid-
Grafton was moved in full Senate and the
friends of honest legislation were mortified to
find that Mr.. Fisk commanded clear majority
of five. We beg that the voters of New
Jersey, irrespective of party, will pay partlc-
ular attention to the record of this affair. 1t
is not political question in any sense; it is a
matter of public morality, and perhaps we
ought to add, of personal honesty. We do not
assume, however, to judge the moral account
ability of any of these gentlemen; but we risk
nothing in saying that no man who votes Slr.
Fisk n prospective indulgence to violate the
law is fit to be Senator. The members of
the New-Jersey Senate whom the Erie Rail
way Company has secured are Messrs. Adams,
Banghart, Beesley Belden, BEETLE, Bird, Ed
sail, Hopkins, Trick, Jarrard, Nixon, \. ID.
Taylor, and Wiley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-03

1t is not precisely in accordance WIN inc
dictates of prOvorbial philosophy 1or Ne"
York 20 be throwing reproachlul stones al
the glass houses of Brooklyn; but sufferers
from Metroy olitan taxation may at least pe
permitted to suggest to their suburban nelsh-
bors in the ike unhappy financial condition that
they maintain set of Supervisors altogether 100
unreasonable and ridcuously eXtraVaeah',
Salaries of ten thousand n year for Judges oi
Police and petty City Courts would be prlhceiy
Tberaiity if the money thus voted belonged TO
the Snpcrvisors who did tho voting; but
jpasmuch as this, and like instances OF
extravaganza, are to he paid by public funds
raised by taxation, it strikes us as great,
not TO say remarkable, illustration of Demo-
cratic imposition on taxpayers. Such illus
trations are not curious with us, on this side of
the East River; but we alphabetically trusted
no other city was afflicted in like manner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-03

THE MILITIRY POWERS DF rue PfESE
DENT
Has the President, under the Constitution
and laws of the United States, "a expounded
10y the proper Courts, any night, in time OF
peace, TO use the military forces of the ma
ton in any State without the application or
consent of It's Legislature or Governor?
The present system of government, under
which the Republic has existed nearly cen
tury, should by this time have become one
would think, so well bnown-Certainly, in u
matter of such primary and vital importance
that its prominent men could never need 20
ask such question, or fail 10 answer it cor
rectly when asked, Yet in the recent debate
on the Deficiency bill. and in the latest mes
sages of the Governors of New-IOrk and
PENNSYLVANIA, we have most abundant eyi-
dence to the contrary. In the debate in Con-
gress, Mr. Randall said:
"Iam living witness to tho fact thas United states
marines were brought TO tho polls my District without
any authority law and without request OF the
Governor Of the state provided b the Constitution
Of the United states"
I'm the same debate, Gen. Logan, while as
sorting he did not believe the President had
FUSED any power in his hands beyond what
the law has authorized him to do stated
"And will say, too. that the way understand the
law il does not give the President any right 10 send the
army or tho navy into tho states in time Of peace IA or
der 10 execute the civil law except upon the request OF
the Legislature OF the state. Of the Governor IN the
absence OF the legislature
And then we have tho Governors of New
York and PENNSYLVANIA emulating each other
in theiE condemnation of the action taken by
the President in the use of the land and naval
forces at the recent elections. Gov. Geary
says:
The employment OF e. g. troops st elections without
the consent Of the local and State Goyernment hns re-
Gently received considerable attention and apprehension
II Is regarded interference with the sovereign
rehts OF the states which not contemplated by the
founders Of the General Government Az the
'a't October election H. T. troops we're stationed IN Ph
aehia for the ayowed purpose OF enforcing tho eec
'loh laws This done without tho consent. or even
INC knowledge Of the cy authorities OF either the city
vi the hlalc The proper and only umo for
w. military force, 10 Interviews vii DO when tho g0vsg