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For Sale,

T my MEL. near Fillmore, i"9.uVg iect
"A Of seasoned lumber OF al kiuus' 1T
81 % cash. peg hundred
Henri PINE and Oak u- special contract.
-S".ir,l u. y. MITCHELL.
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Take away from mankind their
vanity and their ambition, and
there would be few claiming to be
heroes or patriots.
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Estimate of Current Expen-
ses of Bossier Parish.

BELLEVUE, BossIER PARISH, LA.
September End, 1872.
To the Hon Pelice Jury for Bossier Parish,
Louisiana:
We, the Committee appointed by your
body to make an estimate OF the expenses
of BOssier parish for the current year, re-
port as follows, viz:
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goss,ER PARISH.
LUMBER!

Lumber! LsEslsOeF!!
WE are prepared now to furnish pine
w LUMBER at our mill at fifteen dol
lars per thousand cash. Oak, heart Pine
and select lumber per special CONTRACT
Corn ground every Saturday without 1ali'
Wanted-Two able bodied laborers to
whom GOOD wages will be paid.
.nI6ly ONLEY & TURNER.
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sTRAYED OR STOLEN.

rRON The Lister old place, near Fillmore
Z on the 2:ird uit n DARh BAY MAKE
saddle and harness marbS-no brands recoi
I...,,d-o,.er medium size, and is an excel
I'M animal IN harness or Unde.' saddle.
4 Iibcr:,I reward will he paid for the de
livery of said animal to INC.
G. W. CHAPPELB.
Fillmore, La, Sept. 7, 1872. 2l5t
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Bossier-J. r. GRIFFIN.
B;enville-W. HIGHT0WER.
Cad1o-S. NJ. ASHER.
ClaibOrn--JAs G. EGAN
DeSoto-T. J. WILLIAMS.
franklin. W WILLIS.
Natchitoches-C. J. G. PUCkETTE.
Ouachita-R. W. RICHARDSON.
Red River-T. Z. PAXTON.
Richland-E. J. LEWIS.
Webster-T. 3. NEAL.
Winn-J. G. MCLEARN.
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: c;,,,,,-p.cKs IN LETTERS.

= cprr1BACKS IN LETTERS
r,,o eyteut to which the mails are
- for the transmission OF
nonev and that. too, in consider
Lille sums. and Ill unregistered
PITTS ar is brought to light from
,ime TO time. by the reports OF the
dead letter office, from which 1t
appears that near 3,OOO,ooO lll-dl,
nacted. instructed or undirected
alters found their way last year
that tomb of the Capulets,
and contained 81 each on an aver
ace So, 900 cash in ali, with
dTafts and checks covering 50,
oo0 600. Think of the distur,
nance of business, as well as sub
srantial loss, involved in these
results Of thong htlessness. -Four
hundred thousand lacked stamps
1000 were posted without direc
-tiou. and about 10000 lacked
state and county address.
yThe International money orde,
system has gone into effect
None can be transmitted at tn
risk Of the United States, upol
the payment of a small fee, +
nearis all parts ofthe world upo
the same plan that has been $
successful within the limits OF tn
country itself. One dollar an
fiftF cents is the charge for every
sy9 transferred. Upon maxim
this payment the sender is give
a receipt guara n1eelng the sal
transmission of tie amount OF
fnll equivalent for it if lost.
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POLITICAL.
Liberal State Central Committee.

From STATE At LARGE:
Tom Bynum. A. Fl May,
J. II. Ksnnard, Vim. N Mercer,
J. Hassingrr, J. ID. Blair,
F. H. Hatch, L. +. Generes,
J. b. Walton. ThOs. O'COnner,
Andrew McCullOm.
II. Kennard, Corresponding Secy.
FROM PARISHES:
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
BUDDHISM.
Its origin and PecuIiarItIes

Seven centuries before the Christian
era. prince of one of the royal families
Of India having exhausted in his twenty.
ninth year. all the pleasures o. the world,
aud having In him one Of the deepas
most comprehensive and most creative
intelects. suddenly abandoned in disgust
in his palace. his treasures and his estats
aUd took the name of Gotsma. which
means "he who Kills the seDses." became
q religious mendicant walked about in
a shroud taken from the dead body OF
female slave. taught. preached and gath
eied about him body Of enthusiastic
disciples bound together by the most
efficient Of all eccle>iastical organizations,
dictated or inspired works which, is now
published by the Chinese government in
four languages. occupy eight hundred
volumes. aud died at the age OF eighty,
the founder Of the Buddhist religion.
Compared with this man. Mohammed
was an ignorant aud ferocious barbarian,
and the proudest names in western phil
osOphy lose little of their lustre when
placed By the side of this thinker. who
grappled the greatest problems of ex-
istence with the mightiest force Of con-
ception and reasoning.
As a philosopher he anticipated both
the ideali~m of Berkley and the positiv-
ism of Comte; as a political thinker he
anticipated the nObIest truth of our
Declaration of independence. and two
thousand five hundred years ago taught
against the caste system Of Iudia, the
doctrine of the equality of men; and, in
the region of influence. higher than that
in which either philosophy or statesman
ship works, he founded religion which
is now protessed by Two 6iths of the
human race, and which thus exceeds, in
the number of votaries, that of any
other religion in the world. Buddhism
has never been corrupted by fantastic
mythology, but its essential principle,
derived frrm its founders disgust Of ex-
istence, is that life is not worth living.
and that the distinction of life is the
highest reward of virtue. To pass in
the next world through various purify
ing penal tran-migrafions. until you
reach the bliss ol Nirwaua, or mere
nothingness, nonentity. that il the Budd-
hist religion. We have said that it was
professed by two ffths Of the human
race. but its fundamental principle that
life is not worth living. is believed, if
not professed by larger majority of
mankind.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

As there is very general and com :
bined effort being made TO induce discon-
tented residents of Tennessee and Ken
tucky to go to the West, the following
letter from the Nebraska correspondent
of the Springfield, Massachusetts,, Re
publican, is timely and of general iu-
terest
"Shall I go West71 That depends on
circumstances. If young man has
50 900 or even 81 SEQ so that he can put
$500 into house and $500 into a team.
and $3.50 TO $500 into second hand
homestead. and then has patience. indus
try, calculation, dociliiy in hearing sd
vice, economy, he will do we'll enough it
his wife can be conteuted There Is
often the greatest difficulty. Such q
young man so circumstanced will be sure
in five years, to have q property worth
S8 600 or $4,000. 1t is for him 10
judge whether he can make his s. SOC
realize that amount in New England 10
that time. If young man has nothing
he can earn more money at the East thar
at the West The industries here arr
few, wages low, money is scarce. A
young msn coming here with nothing
can do little more than make living
If be has a family he must economize al
few Eastern people do. Within ten
miles of this place there are families
living in so called houses fourteen by
sixteen feet, built of sod, selling their
corn at fifteen cents Per bushel and their
pork at cents per pound. going without
tea, coffee. sugar and other Eastern ne
cessaries of life, unable to raise money
enough to pay their taxes. They hope
for better times aud that hope sustnins
them. IF those times come, and they
can hang on by the skin of their teeth
till they do come, they will be better of
than if they had remained East. But
some of them wouldn't hold OF, and some
will die in the struggle.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
LIBERAL REPUBLICAN AD-
DIR ESS.
To the AmerIcan People.


The following address to the Ameri
can people. Submitted by the Committee
on Resolutions, vas adopted unanimous
Iy:
The Administration now in power has
rendered itself guilty of wanton disre
gard of the laws of the land, and of pow
ers not granted by the Constitution II
has acted as if the laws had bindir &
foree only for those who are governed.
aud not for those who govern. 1t has
thus struck blow -at the fundamental
principles of constitutional government.
and the liberties of the citizens. The
President of the United States has open
y used the powers aud appointments of
his high Office, for the promotion of per
sonal ends. He has kept notoriously
| corrupt and unworthy men in places of
power and responsibility, to the detri
ment of the public interest. He used
the public service of the Government as
machinery of partisan and personal
inhuccne. and inierferes with technical
| arrogance in the political alfsirs of States
aud municipalities, he has rewarded with
influential and lucrative Offices, men who
had acquired his favor by presents, thus
| stimulating the decentralization Of our
political life by his conspicuous example
He has shown himself deplorably une
quail to the tasks imposed upon him by
the necessities of the country. and cul
pably careless of the responsibilities OF
his high Office
The partisans of the Administration
assuming to be the Republican party.
aud controlling it's organization have at
tempted TO justify such wrongs and pail
late such abuses, TO the end of maintain
ing a partisan .ascendency. They have
stood in the way OF necessary investiga
tioDs andindispeusable reform OF serious
faults which could be found within the
present Administration of public affairs,
thus seeking to blind the eyes of the
people, they have kept alive the passions
and resentments of the late civil war. to
use them for their own advantage. They
have resorted to arbitrary measures in
direct conflict with the organic law. in
stead of appealing to the better instincts
and latent patriotism Of the Southern
people by restoring 10 them those rights,
the enjoyment of which is indispensable
for successful administration of their
local affairz, and would tend to move a
patriotic and hopeful national feeling.
They have degraded themselves and the
name of their party. and are fully enti-
tied to the reprobarion Of the nation, BIZ
base sycophancy to Elective power aud
patronage unworthy of republican free
men. They have sought to silence the
voice Of just criticism, to stihe the moral
sense of the people. aud subjugate public
opinion By tyrauical party discipline
They are striving TO maintain themselves
in authority for selfish ends. by an un
serupulous use of the power which right
fully belongs to the people, and should
be employed only in the service of the
country.
Believing that an organization thus.
led aud controlled can 10 longer be OF
service TO the best interests OF the repuD
lie. we have resolved TO make an iDdepen-
dent appeal to the sober Judgment. con-
science and patriotism of the American
people.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
4 Fool after Eighty Thousand
Dollars

The Attorney-General of Indiana has
just received the following letter:
FoRT SELDEN, y. NJ, Apr. 5, ~.
To the AttOrney-GeneraI Of the State Of In
diana
SIR-Seeing great many of the pa
pers published in the States that there
il lady in the State Penifentiary of la
diana who offers the sum of eighty thou.
sand dollars ESQ, O,OOO) to any one who
will marry her" and as | am a single
man. and wishing to marry. ftake thi,
opportunity of asking you, as a State
officer for information as to whether. il
she can 6nd man who will marry her
she will be released from confinement
and also for you 10 send me her ad
dress, &c
Hoping. sir, you will favor me with an
answer, | remain. very respectfully.
II. II. STOWE. Fort Selden, y. NJ.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
Fortune nj a word.

New York Letter to New bedford Mercury
heard the other day of profitable
! transaction made by two young Israelitei
who recently arrived here penuiless au'
almost ia rags. which. for sh1e~dBess sDs
success, has seldom been equaled.
They were walking about the town
looking for employment, when they no
tit ed in the Custom house a quantity OF
slightly damaged coffee advertised to be
sold al auction in 4 few days. At once
forming their plan of operations, they
immediately visited various wholesale
dealers, aud offered to secure them coffee
at 6ve per cent. discount.
This was accepted, aud orders received
from reliable firms enough to cover the
whole cargo in the Custom-house On
the day Of the sale, these two poverty
stricken men were among the crowd of
dealers assembled to inspect the various
sacks of coffee. When the bidding com
menced these two venfuresome ones bid
very low. The crowd looked at the poor
devils once, thinking they wanted sack
or two, let their bid remain good. and il
was knocked down to them at an extreme
ly low figure.
hOh HuCb w OOu ndut HoIc tusu
one sack ?" inquired the auctioueer
The whole cargo, sir" they quickly
replied.
There was general laugh at their au
dacity. which increased when the auc
tiOneer mockingly asked for their secuFi
ty. But the tables turned, when the
poor men very quietly drew out orders
from leading merchants, whose genuine
ness could not be denied, aud three hours
before paupers found themselves possess
ed of eighty thousand dollars without
expendiDg one cent to obtain it, or seeing
the coffee at all.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
An Agreement ON Death.

From the Kansas City Times, April "a.
Pleasant Hill had a sensation on Mon
day-s first class one in every particular
Matt Carr and - Upton, two railroad
men, have been residing in Pleasant
Hill for some time The former is re
ported to have been married man, his
wife and children residing in the Indian
Territory. lie was temperate 10 his
habits, aud was looked upon as a hard
working. Industrious man. The latter
was rather intemperate.
Il appears that these two men agreed
TO commit suicide Carr was TO cut his
throat with razor, while Upton was tc
blow his brains out with revolver.
Monday morning Carr, who had been
boarding at the Kentucky House. failed
to come to breakfast, and at about hall
after eleven o'clock the proprietor went
to the room which he had been occupy
ing. and found him lying on the bed. a
razor by his side, and his throat cut from
ear to ear An inquest was held and
verdict of self destruction brought in by
the jury. His remains were buried yes
terday. Nothing was left to explain the
reason Of the act.
Upton, it was rumored, had departed
for the woods near by. there TO carry
out his part of the compact by blowing
his brains out with a revolver. The
Marshal started on search for him. but
he was arrested in saloon and his re
volver taken from him He was lodged
in the calaboose. When arrested he
stated that he considered that the author
tiles had no right to interfere with man
when he wished to shuttle of his mortal
coil. From the action of the authorities,
they evidently dissented from his opinion
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
what Grant Thinks.

am told uy an Illinois Congressman n
who called upon the President and found
him poreiug over n list of lis former
friends in that State who had "gooe
back on him" He had not anticipated
such showing at Cincinnati from hi-
own State. aud, while not at al anxious
about il (of course not.) he nevertheless
threw out a gentle hint that little fur
thcr information from that State would
be desirable. Never mind, never mind,
said the loyal Congressman, with lofty
wave of the hand, as if to sweep Gin
cinnati and all concerned into the At
lantic ocean, never mind these sore
heads and malcontents. for the masses of
the people are with Us, just as they were
in 1868 and we will sweep the State by
forty thousand majority" Comforted
by this sanguinary piece of information.
the President lit fresh cigar, and Hi
nois troubled him no more that day
But the writing upon the wall will np-
pear again. for great State cannot be
disposed of with a contemptuous wave Of
the hand through a cloud of tobacco
smoke
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
The AgrIcuIturaI Congress.

This convention of those who till the
soil will meet again in ST. Louis on the
9th dag of May It will be no repre-
sentative of merely local interests, but its
intentions will be co.exten.ive with the
Agricultural interests of the whole couu
try. From 1.-THE murmuring woods of
Maine" TO where the orange groves of
Florida send their fragrant breath on the
breeze that sweeps seward to greet the
sailor with delicate perfume of flower and
fruit-from the pines of Carolina to the
far Pacific slope-the entire country
will be concerned in its proceedings. II
will be politico- economical as we'll as
agricultural,-not political indeed, in the
sense of Democrat or Republican, but in
that broader sense which touches every
man, woman and child in the land. One
of its objects is to awaken the farmer,
and through him the whole country, to
full appreciation of the vital nature of
the part which plough. drill and reaper,
thresher. cotton gin and sugar mill, play
ib the economy of our country. 1t is
not to be denied that the farmer has been
too long and too often the half paid and
over worked servant of the speculator
and capitalist. IL is q significant fact.
that when the crop is to be put 10 prices
are up. and when the crop is gathered
prices are down and the farmer receives
but n piitance in return for his long and
patient struggle through winters cold
and Summer heats.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
Bulls SARSAPARILLA.

ST. LOUIS, April 80.
DIR. JouS DULL-Dear Sir Knowing the
efficiency Of your Sarsaparilla, and the heal
ing and bene6ciaa qualities it possesses,
send you the following statement of my case:
Twas wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months Being moved go often, my wounds
have not healed yet. l have not sat up a
moment since wounded l am shot
through the hips My general health is
impaired and I need something to assist
nature Ihave more faith in your Sarsa-
parilla than in any thing else. wish that
that is genuine. Please express me half .
dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. C. p. JOHNSON,
p. S.-Mr. johnson was the son Of skill
full surgeon. His mother recommended to
her friends. and for many years used my
Sarsaparilla with perfect success. In Scrof-
ula and Pever-sores Mrs. Johnson states
,batthe cures effected were almost miracu-
lous. Read my Journal for extended IN
formation and advice in your case. My
Journal contains certificates of eminent
persons. ministers and medical men-men
" no are known here in this community for
integrity and veracity. have recently
received most remarkable certlhcate from
an eminent gentleman of Louisville.
JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

VICE President CoIfax is credited with
saying that the hsppiest days Of his life
were when he was = printer. Strange
that he has struggled SO hard and 50
persistsutIy to escape froms so cheerful .
condition
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
BULLS WORM DESTROYER.

Extract Of a Letter from Georgia.
VnLANow, WALKER CouNrY, Ga,
June %, 1866.
Dr.. John YIl-Dedr Sir; have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials.
and find il wonderfully eficacious. II has
not failed in single instance 10 have the
wished for effect. l am doing pretty
large country practice. and have daily use
for some article of the kini.
am, sir, respectfully.
JULIUS r. CLEMENT, VI. ..
P $50 unqualified and numerous are
the testimonials in favor Of my Worm De-
stroyer that newspaper space is entirely toe
small to tell its merits.
It is ab infaliible remedy for Worms. Try
It and be convinced. See my journal for a
more full description. JOHN BULL.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

The oficia returns made to the Ru-
reau of Statistics, show. that during the
quarter ending March 81, 1879. there
arrived st the port Of New York 81 .97l
passeneers, OF whom S6aU4 we're inpi-
grants; OF this nunGsf 1886 were
lpales, aud 1854 fsIaaleS
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

In a restaurant on Montgomery street.
San Francisco. you can get sirloin steak
for 90 cents. salmon for ID cents, bot
tie of claret or beer for 10 cents, and ice
cream or coffee is furnished free to all
who spend % cents.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

s.IF hep that man who applies to
me, | hall get no thanks for it, Very
likely not And If you do good 10 order
to gst thanks for il. what are you more
than the Scr!bAs and Pharisses7
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11
CHAs. A. HOLCoMBE's COLUMN.
DIR. JOHN BULLS
@ re a t r. e M edies
DIR. JOHN BULLS
Concentrated Extract of
B U G. H U
COMBINED WITH
Bromide Of Potassium.
Purchase Bottle and carefully read diree-
tions.

DUCHU IS A STIMULANT, and of itself
ID may fail to effect a cure, but Buchn
when scientifically combined with Bromide
of Potassium and other ingredients, pro-
duces 0 sedative effect. and causes healthy
action, thus increasing the powers OF niges-
ticn, allaying irritation, reducing All nm
natural swellin gs. stopping pain and IN uahn-
nation ard causing the repairs ana hutri-
ments in the human body 10 DC greater tpan
the wastes, thus preventing decon P1s' y,
and decay, and gives nourishment, neai'h
and vigor 10 the system.
Nv Buchu is good fer all diseases arising
from excuses; such as Weakness, and Pain
In the Back and Legs Trembling IN the re.
gion Of the Heart Weak Nerves, raiiiu
Copnteuance. Dryness of the Skin, Scrofula'
Syphilis, in its many forms, Ulcers, anu
Tumors.
Ifyour system is affected by any OF the
above symptoms and diseases, reiiei is at
hand. Get a bottle ofmy Buchu and Bro
nide of Potassium at once and you may re-
ly on being cured.
know Just whatI say. My record as
Compounder Of Medicine Is second TO no man
in the Southwest.
Twenty-6ve or thirty years ago, as my
fellow -citizens know full we'll. found me oe
hind the prescription counter IN the city In
which I now dwell; have cured more peo-
pie of various diseases than all the physi-
clans in Louisville put together Undouot-
.edly, for every single patient that any
louisville physician has have hundred
am no upstart of yesterday. My Medl-
cines are a success great success. LOUIS
vile is not large enough for me TO have a
eompetitor l monopOiiIe the "hoiesaie
Patent Medicine Trade here. One and an
other has tried. by copying after me here
in Louisville, TO compete with me, bur- one
otter another, their guns have been sileneed'
and their efforts have been abortIVe-
NV Medicines are good and answer the
purpose-that is the secret of my success
Ny reputation as compounder ot go'u' fe
lisbls articles is fully esta blished.
believe my Buchu and Bromide oil TO-
tassium ia the best article now IN thH mar
ket for the cure Of all diseases OF the urinary
or Renito-unrinary organs, such rs See,ur-
nal Incontinence Irritability of the BIadier
and Ure,hra, Inflammation OF the feiSis
Of the kidney, and all that class of diseases
Buy a dollar bottle and be cured. Use as
per directions in all cases.
JOHN BULL, NJ. D.
Manufacturer and veader Of the
Celebrated
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

A MONUMENT costing twenty i've
thousand dollars is soon TO be erected
by Mrs. James Fisk. jr.. upon her hus-
bands grave, at Brattleboro. Applica-
tion for designs has been made to Larkin,
g. Meade, the sculptor.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

TIE 81 Spring Fair Of the Mckenzie
Agricultural Association will take place
At Mckenzie on the l7lh aud 18th insts.
The premiums are numerous aud liberal,
and we hope the Fair will be success.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

EAR trumpets of wonderful cOnstruc
ton. by which sounds can be heard a
distance of mile, are to be shown al
the Vieuns Exposition.
The Hickman courier., 1872-05-11

DoN'r leave to memory what shou.d
os vritien-it makes Law suits.