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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05
j. j. CARTER,
Secretary.

The GRANT PARISH CoNvEN-
accordance with printed
notices stuck on several posts and
trees around town the convention
met at the Court House yesterday
and nominated their ticket. Mr.
Z E Heath was nominated for the
Legislature; r b Taylor for Par.
ish Judge; Will S Lewis for Sber-
iii; A G Harper Endorsed for Clerk
of District Court; G w Morrow
nominated for Recorder and Jack
Drew for Coroner.
Justice of the Peace Ward l,
Cal Marshall; Ward 2, VIM Allen;
Ward 3, w K O'neal, Ward A, j
Ell johnson and j 2 Morrow;
Ward 3, Thos Tooke.
Constable, Ward 1, james I
Railey; Ward 2, Gibson Ward;
Ward 8, w 81 Pinkard; Ward 4,
Milton Bishop and Sam Hender'
son. So
Police Jury, Ward 1, John
Wagner; Ward 2, Tim Oakley;
Ward 8, Joe Jackson; Ward :,
Willis Ford; Ward 5, Irwin Tai
toni Minden Democrat.
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1t is the general opinion that
Pennsylvania is the great bat
tie ground in this contest. But
it is not necessarily so. If it
goes for Buekalew in October,
then is Grants cause hopeless
ly lost. But fit goes for Hart
ranft, Greeley's election would
be rendered more doubtful, it
is true, but still there would
be strong hopes for it. Greeley
can hardly fail to get the fol-
lowing States, which would
elect him, viz: Alabama, Cal
afornia, Connecticut, Della
ware, georgia, kentucky, In
diana, Maryland, Missouri,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Car
olina, Oregon, Tennessee, Tex
as, Virginia and West Virgin
la. Besides Pennsylvania, it
is also quite probable that
Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and
Wisconsin will Vote for Gree
ley.
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Senatorial Convention.


call for Senatorial Convention 70
be held in Minden, to nominate a
candidate to represent the
parishes of Claiborne, Bienyilje
Bossier and Webster, in the Stat
Senate, the delegates met in tia
Clerks office, in the town of Min.
den. #
On motion, Col. 4. J. Colbert
was called to the chair and i'll
Carter requested to act as Secra.
tary, when the following Resoln.
tions and Motions were offered
and adopted:
On motion OF w. G. Martin, tia
delegates present were requested
to have their names enrolled.
when the following names were
enrolled: - :
From Claiborne Parish-W. Ct
Martin, L. Bridgeman, 81. w
kirkpatrick, A. II. Payne, j. r
Ramsey, j. d. Nicely and John
McCllsh. Webster Parish-D. B.
Doyle, A. j. Colbert and j. ]. Car
ter. BOssier Parish-H. Barna-
castle and DR.. w. NJ. Swami.
Bienville Parish-T. j. Butler
On motion, the chair was "a
quested to appoint a committee Of
five on credentials, w. G. Martin
d. B. Doyle, 7. j. Butler, ii. Bar.
nacastle and ]. d. Nicely being
appointed made and submitted
the following report, which was
+readNand adopted:
Your COMMITTEE on Credentials
beg to report as follows: That we
find all the parishes represented
in the Senatorial Convention, and
bave apportioned the representa-
ton from the parishes as follows
Claiborne, 10; Bienville, 0, Web.
ster, 3; Bossier, 6. We recon-
mend that Claiborne parish cast
four votes by each delegate from
her respective meetings; that Aus.
tin FL. Payne cast one vote; w. C.
Martin and j. D.. Nicely cast four
votes, the other delegates to, this
conventioHcaSt the.remaining five.
We also recommend that the dele.
gates present cast the entire vote
OF their respective parishes as ap.
pointed All of which is respect.
fully submitted.
j. ID. Nicely, Chairman. "
On motion of DR.. w. NJ. Swami.
the following Resolution was
offered and adopted:
Resolved, That the delegates
from the different parishes do
pledge themselves to the support
of the nominee of the Senatorial
Convention.
On motion of DR.. w. M. Swami,
the convention adopted the major
ity rule.
a motion was offered that the
convention proceed to ballot.
Carried.
Col. j. S. Young, Col. j. W.
Mcdonald and Rev. w. d. Shea
names were presented to the con.
ventiOn by their respective friends.
On motion, ID. b. Doyle was
appointed teller, and on first bal
lot being counted Col j. w.
Mcdonald was found to have re-
celved a majority of the votes
cast and was declared the nominee.
A motion that his nomination
be made unanimous was carried
with enthusiastic cheers by dele
gates and visitors i'll the conven-
ton.
On motion the chair appointed
a committee OF three to await Oh
! Col. j. w. Mcdonald aud advise
him of his nomination.
The following named gentlemen
were appointed: DIR. w. NJ. Swami,
ID. b. Doyle and L. J. Butler.
On motion, the Minden Demo.
crat, Claiborne Advocate, Sparta
Times and Bossier Banner be re.
quested to publish these proceed.
ings.
There being no other business,
the convention adjourned. =
A. j. CoLBRET,
Chairman.
j. j. CARTER,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05
Senator Kellogg's Speech at
Vernon.

The Standard furnishes the
following sketch of Senator
Kellogg's speech at Vernon,
on the 10th ult:
Senator Kellogg wanted the
whites and blacks to live
in peace together, as their in
terests are the same. He
seemed excited, and made
what We considered a very
desultory and rambling speech,
the principal picture to be
seen in all of which was Kel-
logg, the mighty deeds he had
done in the United States
Senate and the immense sums
of money be had obtained
from Congress for Louisiana.
He showed that the Democrats
in Congress were true to the
people in opposing the extrav-
agant and useless expendia-
ture of the public money for
useless internal improvements.
He admitted that many of the
earpet-baggers in this State
were bad men, and defended
himself against the charge of
being one of them, saying
that he payed more taxes than
many who made the charge
against him. He never pre-
tended to say once that he
lived in Louisiana and expect
ed to remain here as one of heI
citizens. In conclusion, he
told tie people that they
might de as they pleased
about electing him; he had the
money, and if they did not
elect, he could live.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Negroes in lots of twenty,
thirty, forty and fifty are leav-
ing Maryland. the District of
Columbia and Virginia. "to
work on Simon CamersOn's
road in Pennsylvania" "Si-
mon Camerson's road in Penn
sylvania," on which they are
going to "work," is the one
over which Hartranft's pro-
posed journey to the guberna-
torlal mansion at Harrisburg
is to be made.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Some colored men, wanting
to be registered near our office,
got to talking politics. One
of them said the democrats
pretended to be their friends
but were fooling them, as was
evidenced by the fact that
they never gave them Schools
until just before the election!
1t Is not the democrats who
have the control ofthe Schools.
but the radicals, and our col
ored friends should put the
blame of their having no
schools, only just before an
election where it belongs
Franklin Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

The shameless use of mon
ey by the administration, to
secure the reelection of Grant,
is really astounding and must
inevitably prove the overthrow
of our system of government,
if not checked by the people.
The Reverend Senator Harlan
of Iowa who is chairman of
the Grant National Committee
states that there has been rails
ed, by taxing ofice-holders,
under the administration, the
enormous sum of two millions,
five hundred Thousand dollars
as "a corruption fund. And
yet we are being continually
assured that General Grants
is an honest and incorruptible
administration.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

We learn, upon reliable au-
thority, that q box of arms
came up on the last trip of the
Flavilla invoiced to Mr.. E. w.
Devices, the Grant-Radical-
nominee for Representative.
Does Mr.. Devices propose to
arm the Grant colored men
and inaugurate a war here7
What business has he with a
box of arms in this commune
ty? The people await an ex-
PLANTATION of this NATTER
COushatta Citizen.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

The drift of Brick Pomeroy
may likely be found in the fol-
lowing from his paper of the
9TH inst:
If it comes to a matter of
right, Democrats have as
much right to choose Grant,
who was once a Democrat, as
to choose Greeley, a persis-
tent Republican and Radical
at that, for a standard bearer
or anything else.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05
Mrs. Laura Fair of Califor-

Mrs. Laura Fair of CalifOr-
MIA, the notorious murderess,
has been finally acquitted by
a jury. On a former trial she
was convicted, but from some
legal irregularities she got a new
trial. As she was rich, her
acquittal is doubtless due TO
money; and defects in the law
gave her the opportunity to
use her money. The main de-
feet in the law we take to be
the prohibition of one, who
has formed and expressed an
opinion in the ease, from serv-
ing on the Jury. In a case,
such as hers, where the testi-
mony was published, every
reading man formed an opin-
ion. Consequently hundreds
were rejected as jurors, and of
course those influenced by her
money had a better opportuni-
ty to be selected. Her case
may have one good effect how
ever in California, viz, the cor
rection of the law.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Young James Gordon Ben
net is going to build a $780,
600 monument to his father.
1t will be a white marble shaft
with designs illustrating jour
naliSm.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

The Omaha Dispatch desir-
ing to call attention to the pub
LEGATION of the letter list, ex-
presses it thus: Read the list
in another column and see if
your girl has went and gone
and got all the letters you
have written her."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

"This coarse, fat wanton-
this fleshy Phyrne," is the last
epithet hurled at Josie Mans
field.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

We understand that the
United States authorities are
repairing certain snag boats
used on the Yazoo river in or
der to clear out the Red River
Raft. Hope there is no mis-
take about the matter. Work
on the Raft ought to be begun
during this low water, when so
much could be done by simple
chopping.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

1t is a matter of fact, says
a Republican" correspondent
of the Ouachita Telegraph,
that o. II. Brewster
candidate for State Senator
from Onachita-did, at a pub
lie meeting, use language to
the following effect:
The only salvation for the
colored people is high taxa
ton, In order to force land
owners to sell their land to
colored men!
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Crying widows marry. first.
There is nothing like wet
weather for transplanting.-
DIR. Holmes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

tioh, anu we suppose through
out the union, have taken their
method of conducting the cam
paign from Greeley himself
That method is argument ad-
dressed to the reason of the
voter and showing the necessi-
ty for Cancellation between
blacks and whites, and North
and South. Peace through
friendship is what the Liberals
strive for. Peace by force and
terror is one object Of the Rad
icals. So soon as the Liberals
object became apparent, the
Grant leaders immediately be-
gan to oppose it by a contrary
policy. They have undertaken
q system of intimidation to
both whites and blacks. From
the very beginning of the can
vess here the Grant speakers
have been threatening the
whites with the United States
army and the Ku KluX law
They pat chips on the black
mems hats, and make them
strut among the white men,
thus daring them to knock the
chips off. But the dare is given
with the same intention as that
of Dodson and Fogg to Pick
wick, viz: to give an occasion
to resort to law. Dodson and
Fogg would have brought an
action for battery against
Pickwick ; the Radicals would
call upon the United States
army.
No Liberal has, as yet, seer
proper to knock off a chip
influenced, we hope, by the
true policy of the party, anc
not by fear. Should any troub
BILE arise between the two par
ties here, let us make it clea1
to the world that the Radical.
are in the wrong and aggres
sors. So much for intimida
ton of white Liberals.
Intimidation is being uset
against colored Liberals anC
suspected Liberals, by the
Radicals, in a way quite diff
ferent from the method useC
with the whites. Grant club:
have been formed in severa
places into whish as many
colored persons are entrappeC
as possible. When once in ;
member is given to understand
thathe is not at liberty to quit
and that if he takes the liber
f ty, he will be badly used. Re
ligion and politics are Otter
mixed, by turning a religious
into a political meeting; ant
, wo to the unsuspecting coloreC
Liberal who attends one O
these, for he is there so threat
ened, abused and hectored
that he is often glad to escap,
by joining the club.
How to checkmate the Rad
: icals in this maneuvre is no
an easy problem to solve. LIE
us watch the game CAREFUL,
and be ever on the alert t,
profit by any false moves 0
our adversary.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

The National Republican
(RadicaD of New Orleans, says
the Banner favors the repudia-
ton of the State debt. Such is
not the case. We would have
the State to pay everything it
owes; no more, no less.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

They are still numbering
people in Chicago. Two muir
ders a day is the present al
lowance in that resurrected
metropolis.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

November interest on public
debt amounts 10 $4,000, 600
Nine-tenths of it is payable to
European bondholders.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Adams county, Indiana,
uses a hollow sycamore for a
calaboose,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

An Executive pardon has
secured Auditor Graham his
liberty.
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Jewish

The Jewish Messenger
wants Stanley to hunt up the
lost tribes of Israel. They
have been away from home
only about twenty-five centu-
rieS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Mr.. j. Courtney is agent fo1
the sale by subscription of the
following books, viz: Claws
of Business" with legal forms,
"The Light in the East" a re-
ligious work, Dictionary OF
the Bible" and ''Polyglot fam
lily Bible Illustrated" We
know him to be a reliable man
and bespeak for him a kindly
reception by our people in his
travels through the parish,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

We fear that Caddo parish
is going to saddle itself with a
heavy burden when it funds
its debt. How it could have
legitimately. owed so much Ga
hundred and fifty thousand
dollars) is hard to understand.
Doubtless much of its scrip
has changed hands several
times, and that most of its
present holders traded for it
with a view to selling to tax
payers. If such be the case,
then a heavy tax to redeem it
might be levied and yet the
burden be light on the tax pay
ers, as they could buy scrip at
a low figure. But few holders
of scrip would dare SUE the
parish with the decision in
Edwards VS.. Bossier parish
staring them in the face; for
we apprehend that there have
been Irregularities in the issue
of scrip in Caddo as in nearly
all the other parishes. By
bonding the debt and having
a yearly tax to pay interest,
the debt would be put into a
better shape for capitalists to
invest, and consequently tax
payers could not buy cheap.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

We have remarked before.
that the policy of both the
great parties was for peace
But how remarkably different
are their methods of attaining
this object! Grant would con-
quer a peace; Greeley would
attain it by Cancellation
Grants peace is the peace that
Ireland has had for near two
hundred years under English
rule. Greeley's peace would
be such as has generally ex-
listed. between Scotland and
England since their union.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1872-10-05

Don't fail to Register !!
, 1872-12-07

would give the department. chance to select ita
os:-=alr. WOOD (New York; called attention to the
the proposed appropriation for the In
.fa1s aue Bureau, S., ,600, 900, was $500, 600
y San that for the present year, and
@spkf:c: ire was the reform. The real measure
Of To-. ;. is the abolition Of the whole system-
The import duties were fifty to hundred
| millions in excess OF the Government expenses-
Mr.. BECK explained the increase in the estij
mate for the Bureau Was because Of the pay Of
the storekeepers and Gaugers, formerly paid BY
the distillers
Mr.: GARFIELD said if tie bill passed, ha
would move to cut down the appropriation foH
the internal ReYenue Department..
MIR DUKE 19a) gave notice Of amend-'
nue. system.
A1r. GARFIELD suggested to 1Ir. Duke to
abolish all taxes and defray the expenses Of tha
Government out Of the Treasury.
AIr. KERR supported the bill, and favored tha
continuance OF the Internal Revenue system be-
cause it Was the cheapest system Of taxatioQs
and because it was all revenue.
Mr. DAWES moved the previous question:
under the operation Of which the amendments
were agreed to fixing the time for the bill to 60
into operation 1st July, 1873, and requiring Col
1ectors to give additional bonds for their new
duties, and the bill passed
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
On motion Of hlr. HALDEMAN, the Select
Committee on the Centennial Celebration waa
instructed to inquire into the feasibility and
propriety Of taking the CENSUS Of the United
States on the LIST Of January, 1875, in one day,
on the defacto principle and with prior sched1
ules.
Adjourned to Monday.
, 1872-12-07
HOLIDAY GOODS.
COBB, ANDREWS & 60,
469 Wabash-aV..

Are now arranging their stock
Of HOLIDAY GOODS, consist
ing Of Standard Works in sets,
Illustrated Works, Juvenile
Books, Fine Prayer Books and
Bibles, and Popular Miscellany.
We have a much larger stock
than usual Of Popular Authors,
in elegant neutrality-suspicious.,
Thackeray, Irving, Prescott,
Hawthorne, Tennyson, Longfel-
low, Milton, Byron, Burns, Bull
Wer, George Eliot, Ruskin, Hugh
Miller, Scott, Moore, Macaulay,
Schiller, Goethe, Dana, Abbott,
Hood, Lamb, Shakespeare, Mrs.
Browning, Whittier, Bryant,
Motley, Mrs. Jameson, Mrs.
Strickland, Hume, Gibbon,
Froude, Poe, Willis, Cooper,
D'Israei, &c, &c. Also Fine
Writing Desks, Photograph Al
buns, Portfolios, Toy Books.
Games, &c.
Call early, and select goods while
our stock is unbroken, and avoid the
crowd Of the Christmas week.
COBB, ANDREWS s. co.
, 1872-12-07
CONGRESSIONAL,
SENATE,


WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-On motion of Mr.
Frehnghuysen, the Senate suspended the cleo
ton Of Chairmen Of the Standing Comnittee.
BY ballot, and the Standing and Select Commit
tees we're then elected as follows:
STANDING COM31TTEEs.
PT1p3leges and Elections Morton, Chairman Car
penter Logan, Acorn, Hill, Anthony, and T1u1nbuu
Morton, Patterson, Hamlin Howe and schurz. n0'1''
Scott Amee Wreht FsrEy, eisan] and Bayard. ss@ea'
Commerce chandler, Chairman Corbett, Kellogg,
G9na and v':e
Gilbert, johnson, and Fenton.
sod dgfsT ns7s I1aaghvyzen ae charmsa Robert
Military A6atrs- Wilson, Chairman ; Logan, CAM
eron, Morton, Amss Vest, and Blair.
Mo saa Aah0n Hy
l'.9se5aryIEdmu9ds, Chairman; Conk1lng, Carpen-
teI ost fre1inghuyssn ae Pool Wright and Thurman.
Po%er1y, Hamln, Cole, Ferry {A1ichigan) Flanagan,
spragus Wndom teWar casse91y n and 1tpton Haeofne
P5uate Land Claims Thurman, Chairman ; Ferry,
(Connecticutl, Caldwell, Bayard, and Norwood
ingham, Frenghuyaen, Caldwell, Stevenson, ani Rice
Pensions Chairman, Brownlow, Logan.
Ferry tconn), Hill, salisbury, and Hamilton,
Reuol.ttionary czatms-pool, Chairman Brovnlov,
corbett, Hill, and Norwood.
IN G!asms[aowe. Chairman III Scott, Pratt Bore
District Of Cozumba- Patterson, Chairman Lewis,
Spencer, Sawyer, Hitchcock, Ferry (h1ich.), and
On Patents {Conn.), Chairman Carpen-
ter, Window, Hamilton {Mary]and}, and Ransom.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Aiorriu {vt) Chair
(1d-).
It77itories-Nye, Chairman Crsgin, Boreman,
Hitchcock Clayton, Cooper, and Fenton.
lan Scott Kellogg, Hitchcock, Ferry N1ich.), Crag1n,
Cooper, Rice, and Casserly.
Mines and Mining g-Han,lin, Chairman Chandler,
Flanagan, Caldwell, A1corn, Kelly, and Goldthwaite.
Revision Of the Laus Of the United States-Conkling
Chairman Carpenter, Stewart, Edmunds, and Gold
thwaite.
~ Enrotted Btzs--Windom, Chairman; Lewis, and
Kelly.
, 1872-12-07

s1oNA1 OFFICER, DIVISION OF TE1EaRA,ts Ayx
REPORTS FOE THE BENEFIT OF CoMuEnoK
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec -Probabiitiear
In the Northwest, and thence over the entirs
see, high barometer, general clear weather.. and
northerly winds, veering in the northwest to
southeasterly tomorrow. In the Gulf and
South Atlantic States high pressure, ,norther1y to
easterly winds, and cloudy but clearing weather,
st. Lawrence, New England, and Middle States
generally clear weather, northwesterly winds.
and and high pressure, without change in fempeza,
, 1872-12-07
LIFE INSURANCE.
Connecticut Mutual
LIFE
Insurance Company,
OF HARTFORD; CONN.,,
ORGANIZED TN 1846,
Had, on the first day Of January, 1872,
Assets amounting to
$31 ,9'78 ,4O1 66,
And a Surplus Of
85,6'7O,764.74.|


This Company has steadily pursued two
great practical ends:
To ace the security Of it's policies beyond ths powe1
Of adverse contingencies Nothing containing any ee-
nent Of hazard is truly safe unless moro than appar-
emily safe purely Mutual Company has no resource
whatever beyond the premiums charged upon its poll
cies; wherefore these premiums must be apparently
higher than any foreseen contingency will exhaust or
future solvency is in peril;
SECOND.
To rednce the actual outlay Of its members for their
policies to the lowest possible rate To accomplish
this and yet maintain that perfect security without
which all insurance is deluson it charges nominal
premium entirely ample for any contingency and high
er than it expects ever to really need and then pra
ticay reduce this premium in each year to the actual
necessities Of the Company for the time bsng and take
from the poicyhoder no more than present conditions
demand it allows him to retain from 90 to 80 per cent
Of the first premium as permanent credit loan and
to retain from each subsequent premium that portion Of
the previous years full premium actually proved to be
shrplusj so that at no time does the Company taxi
atsAd4 bAnA u ~
carry the risk for the ysa1 and provide the reinsurance
fund.
It's strictly Mutual, Nothing is diverted to stock
hode1s and each member has his insurance at its exact
cost to the Company.
It's rate Of expense has been from the beginning less
than that Of other companes its mortality has been
favorable f and its rate Of interest high as can
be had upon Investments Of the highest order
It is believed that in the accomplishment
Of these two great purposes the Company
has had no superior competitor.
JAMES GOODWIN, PleSt
JACOB L. GREENE Sec'y.