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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-03-01

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klEIas5e3'!!
EsEli,6er!

EaElilOer! AaEIas6ef!.l
We are prepared now to furnish pine
w LUMBER at our mil ut fifteen d0i
lars per thousand cash Oak, heart pine
and select lumber per special contract
All classes OF flooring aId ceiiipg dressed
tor work. always Cn hand, AZ regular prices
Corn ground every Saturday without fail.
! nz6ly OS!..I = lLAH--4..
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.s4On Monday last, n. A, Dur
din, G. H. Walker, Arthur
Hawkins and I. FL. Hutton,
who have been appointed and
commissioned as Police Jurors
by Kellogg for this parish,
met in the Court house and
organized, by electing n A
Dnrdin president and J. w,
Walker clerk pro tenn With,
out transacting any other bus,
mess, they adjourned to meet
again at the regular term o.
the Police jury.
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THE BOSSIER BANNER.

-- BELLEVUE, La; am
Saturday Morning, March l, '73,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-03-01

The movement for the com
plete centralizing of all gov
ernmental power in Congress
is gaining ground every day.
We ought to be able to cele-
brate our centennial of indie
pendence in 1876, by going to
work under an amended con-
stitutions making legal the
actual supreme power OF Con
gress. ~ r
It is proposed that the Sen
eral government assume tue
State debts, amounting to
three hundred millions of dol
lars. As the States are virtu-
ally deprived of sovereignty,
this should be done, In accor,
dance with that law of nations
which requires the conquerlng
nation to pay the debts of the
conquered,
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The Missouri Republican,
A First Class Newspaper &
20 -r Family Journal. r .

rI1Ie MISSOURI REPUBLICAN is pre-
i pred to enter upon another Journal
istic year with reneWed viCor ami enter
prize.
The REPuBLIcAS, rs a political paper is
In fearless and indcpendent advocate If
Liberal Democratic principles. Ii Is bound
however, by no party ties 20 the support Of
unworthy men, nor by party discipline TO
amy action il may deem unwise or irpOlitic.
Its utterance will echo the sentiments OF
the popular masses as far as they cdn be
ascert5ined Its main platform viii bc the
interests of the Mississippi Valley, and it
win seek to encourage immigration, 10 de-
velOp natural resources, to promote i'm
ptovements. to advance Agriculture, Manu-
features and Mining, 20 cultivate the eco
nOmcaI arts 10 elevate the standard Of
general Intelligence and morals. 1t will
stEdi0usly strive. as IN The past to avoid
sensational and pryIrtent journalism, and
wiH, without sacrihciIg spice aud PiquIncy,
aim To make itself worthy of admission
into the purest circles NJ Vow E9l
The WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, will con
tain the cream OF the daily issues, condensed
and collected expressly for the country,
and containing the latest news up 10 the
time of going TO press. 1t viii also lie emil
vcned with a variety Of miscellaneous mat
ter, and by features o. interest to be found
only IN this paper. In.
...' ii"t' TERMS.
The WEEKLr-s2 % year; th7ee cop;es
IS 90; five copies. IS 90; ten copies, SIS 90
twenty copies, SIS or.
| Additions can be maaeFtO Cubs at am
time al club rate. Ten per cent. commits
sion allowed to agents getting mp clubs
| Papers not sent unless paid in advance
and invariably discol tinues at the end 0
| time paid Tor.
Remittance can be made at eur risk il
Drafts, Post Office Orders or Registere,
Letters.
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Saturday, lst day March, 1878


the following d,;scribed property, t9-wit
The whole of the southeast quarter Of
southeast quarter of secti9n II; the east halSi
OF northeast quarter dissection IL, township
"a. range L. Whole of sectioH7 and west
half of section IS, township u, range Is
containing l9S7 acres, e1Gept that portioAidb
west half of southwest quarter, said section
-. which was sol,lby X. Y. Graves TO AYE
Marks, containing 80 acres. "a. .. ,...-rr
ALSO the.audividcd one sixteenth interest
in the following described lands, viz: LAS
half OF northeast quarter, section 3; all Of
section g. less l33 acres. The south fraes
tiodal part " the south half of section .
all in township AZ. range -, containing IN
all III acres, with all improvements there
OK. known IS Graves Bee ,hend hlaeeP ~
Also. the northeast quarter OF section 1,
fractional west halt ut section IA. iRcluded IN
the survey of Marks Lake. Fractional see
tion-I5. east of Red River Fractional east
half of section two, all in township =, range
Is. containing 1861 rcrts, with Improve
merits thereon and known rs the ''tEyPt
Plantation
Also the Il6 Interest of growing crops on
Bee Bend Place tO-wit: About 2JOt
bushels OF corn, more or less, and Aab0rt
l3D bales of cotton in the seed. ..........,
One sorrel Mare.
Seized as the property OF R. Y. Graves,
ana 10 be Spiu 10 pay ana Ssi'.SiA pi''iiitiai
claim--say $40 .+yj co with interest and
costs o.
Terms of salo-0n credit of twelve
months fer whatever the property may
bring purchasers giving bonds for price
heuring interest from day CT sale secures.
| tx af,pruved personal security aud mortgage
| aud vendo:s lien ON. the land bought. A. >
| Land to be sold in Subdivisions according
1 to law n. r-- SD IL. HHf.
Act of sale With Z. S. Internal Revenue
stamps at expense of urshaser.
] j.. F. ONEAL, Sheriff.
| Bellevue. La. Feb,v IA, 1Si3. BIS. . tbs f.
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VI 4. .H|
California is still trying to
entice Seutherners to settle
there to raise cotton One as
sertion is, that in the valley
Of San joaquin by irl .igatlon,
four hundred pounds OF lint
cotton per year can be raised
to the acre. In our Red River
bottom, without irriga ton,
twice that amount is often
raised; and five hundred
pounds is a low aver age.
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We refer our readers to the
advertis ement of E. A. Tyler,
dealer in and importer of
watches, clocks, jewelry, etc,
elsewhere in this issue. 1t is
one of the largest andramost
responsible houses OF the kind
in the Crescent city. He
always keeps on hand a full
and complete stock in his
line. ~
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THE surveyors of the Shreve-
port and Camden railroad
have run a trial line through
Bessier, which passed into the
parish a mile or two above
Stroud's mill, thencenin a Gtl-
rection passing near Concord
church and ColeVille, and
crossing Cypress just above
the lower bridge Oh it. They
report ours as an easy country
wherein to make railroads and
say that two other trial lines
will be shortly laid off.
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We invite the attention of
our readers to the advertise
ment of the Weed Sewing
Machine, to be found in an
other column. We also take
pleasure in recommending the
same to our friends and the
public generally as a first
class family sewing machine.
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liod:

HANKS-On the 10Th February,
1873, near Rocky Mount, JOHN
HANKS, in the 23rd year of his age
oldest son of Mr.. James Hanks. O..
MeGEE-At same place, on 18th
nit, Mrs. SALLIE, the wife of T. S.
Niece, and youngest daugher OF
Mrs. N. Arledge, in the 10th year OF
her age fa e
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SNEgIFFss SALE.

Executors Of J. w Vance, dec'd,)
sr# VS. 7. ..#H..-. +. Z No. 2l6].
R. Y Graves.
In the 18th Judicial District Court, BOssier
Parish, La.
DY virtue Of 4 writ Of fieri facias issued
ID FROM the Honorable District iCOurt ;Oi
BosSicr parish, Louisiana, and to me direct
ed. I have seized aud VIII proceed TO sell at
pnhlic auction, to the last and highest bid
der, befor. the Court hruse door,, IN the
town Of Bellevue, La, within the legal
hours Of ss,k. on Elrt a.." DIS .a'f
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SHEREFF'S SALE.

F. J. Conant. ct al, ! ..
VS.. No. 23OS.
Geo. r. McCalla.
, 1873-03-23


grafton, the burdens Of the people in taxation
would be reduced. and the national debt paid
of!
CHARACTER POINTS.
Some years have passed since this book WAS
placed in my hands, and every year the inda-
bio more agreeable, more eloquent, and moro
convincing, in favor Of the proposition. He has
obtained some private credit, and has had SYM
pathy among the miners, hundreds OF whom
have given parts Of their work for nothing;
while, in Congress, men like William D. Kelley,
Gen. Banks, and Senator Eyo, havo made such
speeches in his favor as Queen Isabel might
have delivered before the King Of Arragon in
aid Of Columbus. Every session Of Congress
finds tho engineer in good apartments at Wash
lngton, patiently reasoning out the the cause,
showering his scorn upon those too blind to see
and too selfish to help; and, in the face OF the
opposition Of the most powerful capital On tho
or three reports from the Mining and other Com
mitteea. indorsng his project. Horace Greeley
committed the editorial columns of the New
York Tribune to it. If never achieved, 1t hcs
become ono Of the notoricties Of the period.
There is o certain kind OF nature in your flno
old lobbyist, which grows tough and sturdy by
opposition. In the amount OF opposition, it
avows that it finds at least the bitter half Of the
appreciation which belongs to it. This tunnel.
however, has not rison above the usual cares Of
such popular propositions, and the handsome
shares Of stock Of the Tunnel Company, which
represent tho golden need Of victory, il ever
that time comes, are lot uncommon On the
streets OF the Federal City.
But, ''Pshaw!' Gays your fine old lobbyist,
"what is thoCe wrong about our stock What
is our property VIC have right to divide, as Wa
are = chartered institution under the laWe.'
VERSES.
The great banking institution which is fight
, 1873-03-23

Wiziak to America, but she WAS enleyee for the
Cairo theatre, where Verger, Stoltz, Waldmann,
and Smeroschi are also going. Mr. 9trakosch
has bought tho sole right to the production OF
e Aid" =" IN America. He has consented to leave
Adelinn Patti in Russia for another year, his
privilege to her contract for this year having
been bought from him on high terms by the
management"
TIE LAWMAKERS.
Mr. George F. Roots cantata OF HTh8 Hay-
makers was giren st the University-PIaco Bap-
tist Church, on Thursday evening last. with
great snccesB and to q crowded house The
soloists wero as follows: Mary, Miss Fannie
Root; AnEa, Miss Nettio Everta; Dairy Maid,
Miss George Leonard; Farmer, Mr. G. T.
Root: William, Mr. g. s. Stebbins; John, Mr..
~. 4. Roney; Snipkins, Mr.: George F. Root
no an Misses Clara aud Nellie Root also took part
@ SesutiR concerted music, and the whole passed OF
nnaant1y that an invitation WAS extended on
good work f5oqr q repetition, aud accepted, ne1t
woman created3ing being selected, the place being
r1ly looked in her reries Of resolutions was also
anu ny IL aiNo5e rang eaibbard, and passed By the au
fan, Tacn IN spo o1 h.ir thanks to Mr.. Root for
the essay or st story W she had q tho cause of na-
cnssed in the evening thsro W.: requesting HIM
her influence She has always bacal society for the
be my ideal Of mother, wife, hon,cLthe University
quick brain, loving heart, and exquisite National Nor
added the appliances Of wealth aud the clad OF which
Of wider culture, hers would hive been !. ~ cori
tho ideal home. As 1t was, It was the best haE1 ~
threshold. do not know whether shc ia living or no1
But. see house after house in which fathers aud
mothers AID children dragging ont their lives in
alienation Hstlcss routine and unpcas-
ant collision, always think with sigh Of that poos
little cuttago by the seashorc, and Of the who
Has " the light thereof !" and find In the face5 Of j
. gee as In the newspaper columns of Personals"
Nanted,-a home"
, 1873-03-23

4 woman named ViIgia;e Chesqu:cres hau
died in the Petts-Meuages Asylum, at 1ssy,
Franco, within ifty-hve days Of attaining he.
Tooth year. a remarkable act OF heroisn Is re-
lated Of this femnle under tho First Empire.
During an engagement in the Peninsula war the
Colonel Of tho Twenty-seventh Regimen. had
been killed, and loft on tho ground, when a
Sergeant, q slight -oung man, and two soldie.n
devoted themselves to recovering the body OF
their officer. lucy started together but tho
two men were struck down On the way. and tho
Sergeant only reached tho spot. He attempted
to lift the corpse on to his shoulders, but gaa
too weak to do go. Perceiying two OF the enemy
at dietance, he made signs as il be- vera
wounded, and the others hastencd forward OK
pecting to make prisoner, when the Sergeant
tired and brought down one OF them. then seized
his ho1ee-the other had hetl-got the body On
It, mounte1 himself, and galloped buck to tho
French lines. There it was seen that The yonnr
man Taa himself wounded as blood srus foyin1
freely from his breast; he was undressed n
spite OF bis resistance, when he waa found to ba
mont, In the department OF the Nord. Who, six
years before, seeing her young brother drawn
IN the consumption, had dressed herself in mems
clothes, and, taking his place, had been iocor-
poIated IN the Twenty-serenth regiment, and
had rlsen to the grade Of Sergeant. THIS is ia
woman who has just expired in tho asylum Al
lssy. ~
, 1873-03-23
THE EXILE OF ERIN on PA1RicK's DAY.

What gwcct emotions throb within bis breast
AZ orient eur-beans gid the eastern way,
And bid the night-tirel moon to take her rest,
70 usher in the dawn Of " Patrick's Day."
The exile rises from his couch to gaze
Along the ocean where his loved home Hes;
In gushing splcndor are the uorn's bright 1ayn
Now dancing DER It In the cloudlese akies.
His heart Is full Of grief too deep to tell;
With eweet home-thoughts his fancys crowded o'er
He thinks upon that morn he babe farewell
To home and friends upon his native shore.
That sweet Nay morning-ah! 1t seeus dream,
But too familiar to the exile now
His boyhood's home beside the Anner's stream,
It's suu-bright meadows By the mountain's brow.
He wsnaerr forth with trembling hope to ind
But one dear treasure on that foreign strand;
He leaves full many weary mile behind
To seek the shamrock Of his native land.
Moro dear than al the gems that ocean yieldT
Would be to him one dewy emerald Stray,
So often sought In 1relanl,s sunny fields,
In happier years, upon this festive day.
His eyes are flowing DER with binding tears,-.
With tears that manhood need not seek to hide;
He now forgeta the 1p3c Of wandering years,
As fancy bears him on to the Amer elie.
But scattered are the friends whose feet would hron9
In hopeful love around the cheerful hearth,
And hushed the notes Of melody aud song,
usurped the valleys that have given them BIRTH
He thinks Of Erin, and he weeps her fate,
That Ger the epoi1er On her green hills trod;
That ruined and psofaned, and desoiate,
Are temples that were formed to worship God.
BE knows she writhes beneath the oppreesers hand;
Her chains and bondage che must now endure;
But oh there is no brighter, better land,-
Her aons are brave, her daughters true and pure.
And tho be monrns in grief far, far away,
In loneliness, Upon strange shore,
Our thoughts, our hearts, with him On this Day,
Tho distance sewers and dark oceans roar.
Saint Patrick, b1est Apostle, kindly stntle
Upon each exile, Theresoe'er he'll rcam;
feaI }ncE In c,fFf n
, 1873-03-23

Recently, proof sheet OF the List Of mem
bers OF the Michigan House of Representatives
was given out, On which corrections we're to be
made il any errors we're discovered. Soon after,
the compiler of the manual received the follow
ing note from one OF the single men: sin proof
sheet Of manual in House. I see you say am
married. Please corxect, or send .the woman
around, and oblige."
, 1873-03-23
HYPATlA,

IT'S fifteen hundred years, you aay,.
Since that fair teacheS died
In learned Alexandria
By the stone altar's side:-
The Wild monks slew her, as she lay
At the feet Of tho Cruc1ned-
Tet In prair1e-towu, one night,
found her lecture-han,
Where bench aud dais Rtood Alright,
And statues grAced the wall,
And pendent brazen lamps the Light
OF cIatatc daya let fA1l-
4 throng that watched the speakers f.ce,
And on her accents hung,
Vas gathered there: the strength, the gr
OF iandE wheze LIFE Is young,
Ceased not, aaw, with that buthe race
From old Polasgta sprung.
No civic crown the stbJl wore,
Nor academic tire,
But shining skirts, that trailed the eoor
And made her btature higher;
A written scroll the Iecturn bore,
And flowers b1oomed auigh her.
The wealth her honeyed speech had won
Adorned her in our sight;
The ellkwoEm for her sake had spun
His cinctrre, day and night;
With bEoider-Work and Hon1ton
Her open sleeves we're bright.
But still HypAtta's self knew,
And saw, with dreamy wonder,
The form Of her whom Cyril slew
(ses Kingsley's novel, yonder},
Some fifteen centuries eincet IT'S true,
And half world a4under.
Her hair was cotfcd Athenian-wfse,
With one loose t1ass lown-nowiuR;
Apollos rapture lit her eyee,
His utterance btatoE1ng-
silver f1ute7 clear harmonies
On which 3 god WAS blowing.
Yet, not Of plato's sounding Spheres
And universal Pan,
She spoke but searched historic year1.
The ets.erhood to scan
OF Toneu,-g1rt with ills and feazs,-
Slaves to the tyrant, Man.
Their crosiered banner she unfurled,
And onward pushed her quest
Through golden ages Of world
By their deuyeranco bleat -
At all who stay their hands she hurled
Defiance from her breast.
I saw her burning words tnfuto
A warmth through many 4 heart,
As sttu, In bright successive riaE8,
She dre@ her sexs part
Discoursing, like the Lesbtan Muse,
VI WUE1y aHd sCuS, ana &1L.
Why vaunt, thought, the past, OF ray
The later Ia tha less ?
Our Sappho sang but yesterday,
OF whom two cllmes con{esa
Heavens flame within her wore away
Her earthly loneliness.
So let thy Wild heart ripple On,
Brave girl, through vnlc aud city.
Spare, Of It's ltst1ess moments, one
To this, thy poets ditty;
Nor long forbear, when III Ii done,
Tllne own eHeet SELF to pity.
Tho prieatess OF the 8estian tower,
Whose knight the sea asTarn ovrr,
Among her yotazaes' gifts no flower
OF heart's-ease could discover:
ahe died, but in no evil hour,
Who, dying, clasped her loyer. .
The ro1e-tree has It's perfect ufs
When the full rose In blown:
6ome height Of wo1nanhood tho vito
Beyond tby dream has known;
Set not thy head and heart ut strife
To keep thee from thine own.
Hypaua! thine essence rare
The zaref joy should merit:
Possess thee Of that common share
Which ieaaer sou1a inherit:
AL gods 70 thee their gar1nnds bear
Take one from Love, and wear It!
criHnkTfs.
, 1873-03-23

From Our OEn C0fTtsT0N0fn2.
WASHINGTON, March IS, 1873
/ have no doubt that c1anv of my readers NAV
be asking themselves, What kind of fellow is q
3ohhrist RI 1oot At
, 1873-03-23


ing any undue or Juvenile consideration for hia
country. They expect John Il. Bingham, OF
Daniel Voorhees,, or some OF the professional Or
ators, to attend to that kind OF sentiment e1clu-
siEelr.
Time ran On, and discovered what my quou-
dam companion Of the s1eeping-car Was working
-, brain upon during the pending session. de
had @Sne scheme, based upon the incest princi-
Rles OF et-ity, to take ESQ 600, 900 out OF the
treasury to res~,nd the cotton-tax. I have never
neen able to persu~1a myself that he did not be-
4eve he WAS engaged l- 3 highly me1itorious
duty in seeking to hnve thI cotton-ta1 taken
out OF the Treasury snd 1efunIad. because. as
he expressed it, the Supreme Cod1t had been
equally divided on the subject, and woald GER
tain1y have made decision as he argued II. cx-
cept that two unjudicinl Justices had been added
to the Bench to anticipate certain railway decis-
ions, and we're not to be relied upon wlea fine
point Of law and honor came up. Tie S60,-
100000 we're not to be grossly shoyeled
out Of the Treasury, for my FREUD was no such
gross disturber Of the revenues aud the tax
scale. Like every other lobbyist, he preferred
the pleasant form Of q
BONDED RESTITUTION.
The Treasury was merely to listen to the courts.
nR the courts we're merely to do justice to a war
ridden people. II the courts should be so lost
to judicial integrity as to slip tho matter over
from term to term, he did not entertain the sup
poation that o Congress- Of his countrymen
would be equally tardy in doing their duty.
When this Congress had shown, in chivalrlc
way, it's origin With the constituency, and its re-
spect for law and ''equity," by passing the little
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-23
kNTI-DUELING BILL.

In the Legislative proceedings OF Thurs
day, in the House, as reported in the Union
and american, we find the following:
After roll call and reading of the journal,
Mr.. Kerr, of Shelby, rose and called the at
tention Of the House to the statement of a
morning paper to the effect that certain
distinguished gentlemen from the Eastern
and Western divisions of the State are
said to be preparing for hostile meeting,
upon the soil of a neighboring State in vio-
lation OF existing statutes, and especially
in violation and disregard of the proyis-
ions of bill now pending before this Cen
eral Assembly, which makes it a felony
punishable with confinement in the pene-
itentiary, and ineligibility to public offices
in this State forever, in any of its citzeni
to return to the State after having left it
for the purpose of fighting duel,
Mr.. Kerr said the pending bill was not
retrospective in its purposes, but by espe-
cial clause was only to apply to such cases
as should arise after its enactment. AS the
author of the bill he desired to exempt
from its provisions such of our warm blood
ed and generous young men as during the
war and since had been unfortunately
connected with any Of these affairs of dis
honor, and not require the "anti-duellng
oathn of Office to be administered to them,
as to the past, but only for future offences.
If rumor be correct, it is not hasty, ire
sponsible boys who are bringing this fresh
trouble and disgrace to the State, to the ma
ton, to families, to communities, to indi-
viduals, but men, matured men, men of
great power and influence at home and
abroad, men who have in the past held
high and honorable public station, one at
least, if not more of them, at present filling
places of important and responsible trust.
He would therefore move q suspension of
the rules of this House to put the pending
bill upon its second reading, SO as to adj
vance necessary legislation to be in time
for the distinguished would-be violators of
the peace and dignity of the Common
wealth of Tennessee. The rules were at
once suspended and the bill passed on its
second reading without a dissenting vote.
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Sunday School Teachers.

When great men engage voluntarily in
good works there is no occasion furnished
for boasting by them and their friends.
Still it is pleasant to hear of their being so
employed. 1t seems that Sir Roundell
Palmer, (Lord Selborne,) Lord Chancellor
of England, although very hard-worked
as Judge, finds time and strength to teach
a Bible class on Sundays, consisting of
from twenty to twenty-five young men
and lads of sixteen years and upwards"
The Sunday School Magazine, (England)
for January last, gives an account of his
labors, i'm which it states that there are
1.-TWO features of his work as teacher"
worthy OF universal imitation" In the
first place, before he goes to his class, he
thoroughly studies the subject of the reci-
tation, and carefully prepares notes in
which the materials he has gathered arc
woven into well constructed lesson. In
Lhe second place, she is not content with
meeting and teaching his boys on Sunday.
Eacn one has place in his memory al
otner times; and those who have left, are
not lost sight of,
TIE SUNDAY School MAGAZINE.