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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
The Memphis Appeal calls the

The Memphis Appeal calls the
attention of the Hon. Horace
Greeley to the following note, Sin
the hops that he will do justice,
though the heavens fall" "Edi-
tors Appeal-Seeing the name of
Horace Greeley in the colloms of
your paper, | presume he is the
same elderly gentleman who, when
in Texas, would triffel with the
feelings of 8 lone widow, who lost
her husband in the late war. The
exact words he used was, 'he
came to heal the wounds caused
by the late war, and he offered
the hand of fellowship, that al
parties be reconciled.' AS a mod
est woman, / did not accept his
proposal, although l intended tC
do so, had he pressed his suite
He has failed to do so, however
and / have cince larned that chi
gay deeeiver has a wife somewber,
in the State of New York. Pleas
pass him round. Yourn,
WIDOW MALONE.'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
A HORSE THIEF IN CONGRESS.

A HORSE THIEF IN CONGRESS.
Henry W, Barry, the drunken
carpet-bag vagabond, who claims
to represent the I'd District of
Mississippi in Congress, has re-
peatedly been denounced as a
thief, a swindler, and a forger by
a General in the Federal army aud
recently the Brandon Republican
denounced him as horse thief.
That paper OF Thursday says:
"In a late issue of our paper we
charged the carpet bag Congress
man from the Columbus District,
81. w. Barry, with having tried to
steal a noted "yallar ponyo from
Hon. Frand Lynch, of Texas, and
asked the Pilot TO add this item,
together with several other
charges, to its biographical sketch
of the infamous scoundrel. Meth
er the Pilot, Barry himself, or any
of his friends, has disputed the
charge, and as Mr.. Lynch is now
in this place, we renew it, and
dare the carpet-bag scoundrel to
dispute it. We may, at SOME tn
ture time, give our readers few
more items in the history Of this
Yankee william, who was kicked
cut of the Federal army for being,
rs brother officer expressed it,
the d-dest scoundrel unhung.
One of his speculations in Texas
was hiring his negro regiment out
to pick cotton on shares for the
people in the neighborhood of his
quarters, while they were being
fed at the expense of the Govern
ment. He received over fifty
bales from one widow lady as his
share, and a great deal from other
parties. \
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
A CONFEDERATE HEROINE

A CONFEDERATE HEROINE
The Louisville Courier Journal has
the following paragraph: "Gen.
Gordon, of Georgia and his wife.
are at the Galt House. Gen. Cor
don rose rapidly and high in Cen
federate confidence, but his wife
is as remarkable in military an
nails as many a heroine of olden
story. She, with her two boys, in
a barouchef ollowed the army of
her husband, and she never was a
hindrance or an embarrassment to
his movements. At Winchester,
in the valley of Virginia when,
for the first time, his troops fell
back before vastly superior num-
bers, she, who was supposed by
her husband to be many miles in
the rear, happened to be in the
town, and saw the critical condi
ton of the Confederate cause
She descended from her carriage,
and, amid the rush of retreating
men, the bursting of shells and the
whiz of bullets, she seized hold o.
the very persons of soldiers anG
turned them back to the fight
Her resolution, GOODNESS and hero
inc spirit rallied hundreds and re
turned them to her husband il
the front. The incident wasknowl
all over Virginia at the time ant
in the army.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

CEssIoN OF DUTCH GUIANA TO
STANDARDIZATION, July S.--The
Dutch Chambe:, in session at the
Hague, has ratified the cession of
the colony of Dutch Guiana to the
English Government. Dutch Gui-
ana, or Surinard, is a South Amer
lean colony, situated between
French and English Guiana, com
prising an area of 10000 sqaure
miles.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

A traveller being in a coffes
house with some gentlemen, was
largely drawing on the eredulity Of
the company. "Where did yOu
say all these wonders happened,
sirf" asked a gentleman present.
Il can't exactly say" replied the
traveller, shut some where in Eu-.
rope--Russia, think" II should
rather think Italy," returned ths-
other.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

A poor topper, as a hast resort
for more drink, took his Bible to-
pawn for liquor, but the landlady
refused to take it. "Vell,n said
he, ''if she won't take my word or
Gods word, it's time to give it up"
And he went and signed the
pledge and kept it faithfully.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

In the case of the Succession
of Z. EEL. Dickson VS.. Succession
of D. f. Dickson, carried from
our District Court to Supreme
Court. the Judgment of the
Court below has been affirmed.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Judge Abel has charged the
Grand Jury of New Orleans to
inquire why State warrants are
selling at only if5y odd cents
in the dollar, why some holders
receive pay in full from the
Treasurer and others do not.
He intimates that q company
is running the treasury, and
that the Treasurer is simply a
tool of the company. If so, of
course it is wrong, but may
not be illegal. But, for our
part, we think we can see one
good that might and ought to
arise from the low price of
warrants. 1t would make Off
GERS satisfied to have their sala-
ries reduced if they were to be
paid ia money, Salaries are
too high, and a great many
more receive salaries than
ought to. All salaries should
be cut down by a third atleast.
Judge Abel suspects that
something Illegal is going on.
We can't think so, for every
breeze that has blown from
New Orleans ward, for years
past, has brought information
of the same state of things
there. Custom makes law
Nevertheless, we would he glad
to have a few more officials
bold enough to violate those
general legal customs. 9.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

In Chicago it is proposed to sbol.
ish the lighthouse at the. mouth
of Chicago river as an unnecessary
expense, "the sense of smell Of ths
pilots being all that is requisite TO
enable them to make the harbor."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Butterflies have been found Nv
ing at sea, 600 miles from land.
Their huoyancy is great, and
the muscular effort Of flying must
be small, while the wind drives
them forward rapidlv over great
distances.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
A clergyman of Cairo, ILL.,,

A clergyman of Cairo, ILL.,, ex.
pressed lately his contempt Of
nickles in his Sunday collection
and positively forbade any of h;s
congregation from contributing
anything under the denomination
of five cents. "Save yonr cents,h
said the good man, "until you
have five, before you put your
hands into this box. The widows
mite business is played cut hsra'
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

"Good morning, Mr.. Henpeck,"
said printer in search of female
compositors. "Have You any
daughters who would make good
typrs-settersp "No, bat / have q
wifi, who would make a fine devil.1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
Three things a lady cannot A

Three things a lady cannot de
Il. She cannot pass a sAilliAer
shop without stopping. 2. She
cannot see piece of lace without
asking it's price. 8. She cannot
see baby without kissing it. A
lady terns the tables on a gentle.
man as follows. Three things q
gentleman cannotdo-1. He can.
not $50 throagh the house and
shut the door after him. 2. he
cannot have q shirt made to suit
him. 8. he can never be salts.
fed with the ladies' fashion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

An Indiana artist was lined four
dollars for sprinkling Scotch snuff
on the moustache of a sleeping lsw.
yer. 1t is said the force expended
by that lawyer in sneezing would
have sufficed to have run 3 wind
mill for a week.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Methodist preachers ara pro.
verbally facetitious. A day or two
since, in the course of tina trial Of
DR.. Lanahan before the book com.
mittee of the Methodist church,
the Rev, Mr.. Moore made this
statement that "a Methodist
preacher had been hung, and
more ought to be-" whereupou u
good brother promptly asked,
(Which, Moorep
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

1t is pleasant, in these torid
days, to think that Cabt. Hall
takes with him in his Arctic yoy.
age a thermometer which vii
register SO degrees below zero.Y
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Rattlesnakes are particularly
numerous and dangerous in North
Carolina this year. They attack
people at all points, and tae bite
ispronounced unusually venomous
and death-dealing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

"My boy,S said q Clergyman
"don't you know that it is wicked
TO catch fish on Sundays" "Guess
[ hadn't sinned much yet" said
the boy, without taking his eyes
off the cork, "hain't had q bite"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

The steam power employed in
the United States does the labor
of LAO, 000, 600 men, while that of
great Britain is equivalent to
400, COO. 900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

"How ale you, Broomn asked
a bluff old sailor of a fop, who,
was always annoyed unless he was
addressed as Mr.. Broom. and who
responded, "Pd have you to know,
sir, thatPve handleto my name"
"Oh, all right How are you
Broom handler
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

a We call attention to the adj
vertisement in another column
Of the Academy at Rocky
Mount, under the charge of
Capt. w. Y. Chester.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

The Mansfield Reporter COP
led an article of ours, that on
conceded weapons, and neg
aected to give the usual credit.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

"You'd better look out for your
boss feet above here, mister"
said a ragged boy to reading
traveller. "Whyr said the gen
tleman, neryously pulling up,
"Co1 there's a fork in the road
there" was the candid reply.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

When James Russell Lowell
was IN Italy, friar came to him
ole day with subscription for
repairing his convent. Lowell
said: "Ah, but 1 am u hereto"
The friar replied; "Undoubtedly,
but your money is perfectly or
thortlOx.r
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Trenton & Fulton projected
railroad would not touch Bos-
sier parish, if the road were
built on the nearest route. Con-
sequently we, here, could not
be expected to take any great
interest in it, especially as the
roads to pass through our par
ish would need more help than
we could willingly give. The
Claiborne Advocate must not,
therefore, expect any delegates
to the Railroad Convention,
from this parish.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Dave Washington was last
week admitted to bail in two
hundred dollars, under charge
of assaulting another freedman
with a dangerous weapon
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

-Four George Washingtons, six
Andrew Jacksons, five Henry
Gays and two James K. Folks, all
negroes, reside at present in the
Louisiana penitendary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

A Florida negro was two years
ago SO terrified at the cars that he
had to be blindfolded to get him
aboard. Now he IL a Senator and
director of the railroads.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
as BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday, July 20, 1871.

Our parish was blessed with
fine rains on Saturday, Monday
and Tuesday last.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

HoMICIDE.--It IS again our
painful duty to chronicle the death
of an old citizen. Mr.. III. r. Muir
ply, who lived about eleven miles
from town on Cow Bayou, was shot
and killed by young Alex Haden.
1t seems young Haden and his
brother, rode up to the residence
of Mr.. Murphy, called him out to
the gate, and accused him of talk
ing disrespectfully of there family,
which Mr.. Murphy denied having
done, a few more words passed
when Murphy gave them the lie,
and turning around started back
to the house, whereupon young
Alex Haden commanded him to
stop or he would shoot him; Muir
ply disregarding this order, con-
tinued to walk toward the house,
when Alex Haden fired on him
with a double barrel shot gun;
twenty three buckshot took effect
in bis back causing immediate
death. The nurderers then rode
off and are still at large. Mr.. Muir
ply is spoken of as a quiet, peace.
able, inoffensive man. Various
opinions are entertained in regard
to the cause of the tragedy, and
we anxiously await further devel,
opments.-IM Mansfield Times, 22Rd,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

The 'tBoston dip being declar'
ed vulgar has been rebaptized %
the glide waltz. s iasaaa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Soroses women declare they
won't wear dresses any longer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

Col o. N Heruey has exan-
ined the lower part of Red R.iy-
er Raft, and finds only one mile
and q half of raft in twelve
miles of the river The raft is
quite rotten. and the Colonel
thinks it can be cleared out
at comparatively little trouble
and expense rgr ggr
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29
Chinese immigration is depreca-

7 Chinese immigration is depreca-
ted by many able men in. the
South, among whom there are
none so bitterly opposed to the
Chinee than those who have had a
taste Of the imprscticability of
having anything to do with the
heathens. A large population of
this class of people brought into
tbs South would merely create ad-
ditional drift to check the onward
flow of its progressive current,
dam up all the tributaries 20 flu
ture prosperity and leave the peo-
pie in no better condition than
they were at the cleSe of the war.
The proper policy OF the South is
to keep this class o. people out of
its territory. 1t has more ignora ut
and worthless namhers now than
it has really any Use for This
fact no one will deny; then We ask
where is the advantage in the i'm
portation of more OF that kind of
materialf Some pretend to say
the Chinese are better than the
colored people to work, but we
| fail to see the point. The celOred
man is acchmated, understands
\ the rotine of the farm and what
his employer requires Of him;
4 while on the other hand the Chi
nese are not acclimated, they can't
stand to work on the farms as our
white and colored people do; they
know nothing OF our mode of farm,
| ing, and are not physically able
to do one-half the work they are
recommended to do. Then pray,
where is the utility of this race OF
peoples They are not actually
worth to the employer, the money
he pays for their passage to this
country Baton Rouge Gazette
and Comet.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

The case in our Parish Court
entitled Succession of William
Arick, Opposition to Tableau
of Debts" has been, a second
time, to the Supreme Court.
We publish below the decretal
part of the Judgment just Late
~ rendered in it by the Su-
preme Court: 5ra .f8Bsg.
sit is therefore ordered that
the Judgment appealed from
be reversed. 1t is further or
dered that the item No. 8, on
the Tableau of Debts, to-wit,
a due bill of S13,733 90, due
March s, 1858, reduced by a
credit of $500 90, as Of Feb.
LIST, 1859, and the further cred
it of s. 400 IL, as of June LIST,
1859, b ,omologated and de-
creed a aid and subsisting
debt Of this Succession Jointly
with b. F.Looney,) in favor r,
Il. Stinson, and the said Sue
cession liable for the one-hali
of the balance due thereon,
with interest thereon at five
per cent. per annum, to be paid
in due course Of administration,
and that appellees pay costs Of
appeal"
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-07-29

On the 22nd inst, at the
Gold Point place, Guttrige, a
freedman, stabbed another
freedman severely Guttrige
was Immediately arrested and
brought over for commitment
trial before the Parish Judge.
The Judge sent him to Jail
to await news from the wound
ed negro, to be committed with
out bail should death ensue,
and with privilege of bail in
case OF recovery. ON IL
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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-06-22
THE PAPAL GUARANTEE BILL

The London Standard, in a lead
ing article says: "The Roman Cath
Ollie world strained forward to hear
how Italy proposed to guarantee the
spiritual independence of the chief
Of their church and to provide for
that dignity and Difference which
became parsonage in so exalted a
position. The Pontificial Guarantees
bill is the answer of the Italian Gov
eminent to all such inquiries. With
the main outlines of the bill our read
ers are already acquainted. 1t Sc
cures to Plus TX, aud his sue cessors
princely-nay, kingly income,
and makes him what the Italians call
thoroughly podrone in his own
house. Many will think it is the
height of folly, as we'll as ofromance,
in Legislation to leave him the pow
er, if he thinks fit to exercise it, of
harboring telons in the Vatican but
perhaps the Italians judged shrewd-
ly when they concluded that the
power, if employed at all, would be
used very sparingly, or, if largely
abused, that it would tell disastrous
ly, in the main, against the Pope
himself. He will still have his body
guard-indeed, if he chooses, two
distinct body guards-the priceless
treasures of the Vatican will remain
in his keeping ; he will have his own
Post Office and his own telegraph,
and he will be treated externally
with the hOn0rs never extended to
any but a sovereign. In fact, he will
have everything that man can have
in this world, save the right of inter
fering with civil government, and
even that, as we have seen, he will
have to a slight extent. He will be
freed from all worldly cares, will no
longer have to suppress domestic in
surrection, cope with the perplexities
of an embarrassed eXchequer or APP
peal to the pity of foreign armies,
and may dedicate himself hencetorth
wholly to the mission he alleges he
has inherited from st. Peter.
GAS far as the Pope of Rome is
concerned, we should have said that
he has made an uncommonly good
bargain, he had been a party to it.
His obstinancy forbade that but
the arrangement has been made
without him. Whether Italy will
equally benefit by it remains to be
seen ; but if her rulers only prove
as wise in the future as they have
shown themselves in the past, she
can scarcely be loser. The price
she has paid for the completion of
her unity in the separation of Church
and State, the Liberia Chieso IN
Ltbero State promulgated by Cavour.
1t may be doubted if Cavour ever
meant it for more than cry, for it is
not unattended with grave risks.
Perhaps it had now become a neces-
sity. The doctrine of Papal infalli-
bility has seriously changed the re-
lations between the Roman Church
and Roman Catholic government,
and Plus TX. has more than any m an
promoted a separation which he
loudly condemned in his notorious
"Syllabus Of Modern Errors"
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-06-22

er, and an expression of pain wal
about passing her lips, when the
door OF the room opened, and the
shoemaker's boy came in.
Here are the two dollars, Mr.
Grant sent them
God bless Mr.. Grant = exclaimed
Mrs. Lee.
On the part of Harriet, to whom
one dollar was due, a gush of silent
tears marked the effect of this timely
supply of money produced. She re.
ceived her portion, and without trust.
ing her voice with words, hurried
away to supply the pressing want al
home.
A few doors from the residence OF
Mrs. Lee, lived a man who, some
months before, had become involved
in trouble with an evil disposed per-
son and had been found forced to de-
fend himself by means of the law.
He had employed Mr.. Herriot to do
what was required in the case, for
which the charge was five dollars.
The bill had been reduced a few
days before and the man felt very
anxious to pay it, he had the money
all made up 10 within dollar. That
dollar Mrs. Lee owed him, and had
promised to pay him during the
day.
For four hours he had waited, ex-
pecting her to come in; but now he
had nearly given her up. There was
another little bill of three dollars
which had been sent to him, and he
had just concluded to go and pay
that, when Mrs. Lee called and with
the balance of the money, one dollar
which she had received from the
shoemaker Grant.
Half an hour later, and the pocket
book of Mr.. Herriot was no longer
empty. His client had called and
paid his bill. The five dollars had
come back to him.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1871-06-22

A very smart boy on his return
from college attempted to prove that
two were equal to three. Pointing
to a roasted chicken on the table, he
said:: is not that one p and then
pointing to another, is not that two ?
and do not one and two make three p
and whereupon his father said, wife,
you take one and I'll take the second,
and our smart boy can have the 9TH
er for his dinner