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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-01

If there is any man illustrious
in the Republican party entitled
to the credit of ending the rule
OF the bayonet in this State and
South Carolina, that man is Gen.
Grant. He issued the first order
for the withdrawal of the troops
from the capitals of those States,
and it was the conspirators who
counted in Mr.. Hayes that pre-
vented the execution of that or
der.
But in truth, the credit is due
to the American people, who pro-
nounced in thunder tones at the
ballot box against Grantism; to
the Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives, which refused to vote
a dollar for the support of the
army unless a proviso was at
tached to the appropriation that
the troops should not be used to
sustain governments in the
Southern States, and finally and
Immediately, to the rifle clubs of
South Carolina and the White
League and similar organiza-
tons in Louisiana.
When the American people
had pronounced at the ballot
box, by an overwhelming major
ity, against the Republican pol
icy OF upholding carpet bag gov
eminent and usurpation in Lou
isiana, and stood ready to appeal
to arms to sustain their iudg-
ment, and when the House of
Representatives refused to vote
a dollar for the army unless that
policy was abandoned, even
Grant quailed, and when Mr..
Hayes assumed his ill got au-
thority he found the policy of
coercion broken down, and the
army virtually disbanded; nay,
he found the people of South
Carolina and Louisiana, render
ed desperate by theiroppression,
armed and organized to main
tain their liberties or plunge the
country into a tremendous rev.
olution.
Even then Mr.. Hayes seemed
reluctant to adopt a policy of
Cancellation. He bartered, prom
Used, delayed and hesitated un-
til he was forced to choose be-
tween justice and war; and, i'm
potent for the latter, he chose
the former.-[New Orleans Dem
Ocrat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-01
Died:

In Dallas, Texas, on 18th September, 1877,
after painful and lingering illness of ulcera
ton of the bowels, FRANCIS NJ ABNEY, NJ
D., in the 5sth year Of his age.
Doctor Abney was native of South Caro-
lima, but his parents removed to Alabama,
when he was quite young, whence they remov
ed to Bossier parish, some 26 years ago, and
remained and lived in Louisiana ever since.
He studied medicine, and practiced, for
many years; but since the war, turned his at
tention to planting on Red River. In all the
relations of life, he was an intelligent, agree
able citizen, and gentleman, and will be great.
~ missed where known. He leaves bereaved
consort three little fatherless children, tsons)
and large circle Of other acquaintance and
friends to mourn his death. His stricken wife
and other friends, who attended his death bed,
are not without hope that he has passed away
to brighter and holier sphere.
His remains were brought to the cemetary Of
Cottage Grove, and laid by the side of his two
little ones, who crossed over the River before
him.
Friend after friend departs;
Who has not lost friend?
There is no union here of hearts,
That finds not here an end.
Were this frail world our final rest,
Living or dying none were best" B.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-01
Sherif,s Sale.


vs. In Parish Court, Parish
J. s. Herring. )of Bossier, La
by virtue Of a writ of feri facias issued in
- the above named suit, and to me directed
have seized and will proceed to sell at public
auction to highest bidder, at the Court house,
hours Of sale, on Saturday, the 18th day OF
November, 1877, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
Two mules, 2horses, $500 pounds fodder, |
two-horse wagon and harness, 10 bushels corn
oOO pounds seed cotton, and 2 bales lint cotton
Seized as the property of the defendant, Jas
>. Herring, and to he sold to pay and satisfy
said writ-say the sum of $125 90, besides in.
terest and costs.
Terms Of Sale-Cash, with benefit of an.
praisement.
JOE. B. ONEILL, Sheriff.
Per w. H. HILL, Deputy.
Bellevue, La, October %, 1877.
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Did men govern themselves as
they ought the world would be
well disciplined.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-01
BELLEVUE, La,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER !, 1877
The present House of Repre-
sentatives contains 175 lawyers

It is said, in an article in Har-
per's Monthly, by a writer who
has lived ten years in Alaska,
that the lard there is worthless,
and the seal fisheries likely to
be soon exhausted. There are,
according to this authority, only
100 white persons in the country.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-01

Hon. E. E. Kidd, member Of
the House from jackson parish
in a recent speech to his constit.
uency, in which he announced
his purpose so support a call fol
a Constitutional Convention al
the next session Of the General
Assembly, said:
| "Ho~est reform is the seatchscord
all Deer the State. The strong.
est battle nsay come from those of oas
ranks aoho do not desire their salaries
reduced or their soft places interrupt.
ed.n
Capt. Kidd and the Banner are
OF the same way of thinking
and on that account we have
thought that it would be a waste
of words to urge a Constitution
al Convention.
But here is a pungent and
ringing utterance from the great
Georgia Commoner, Gen. Robert
Tombs, on tho same point:
Those people who complain
about being cut down, and don't
like it, put me in mind of a
drunken negro that used to be
around when I commanded the
volunteers. He was in the habit
OF selling drains to the boys and
once, when the liquor was scarce,
he didn't put as much in a drink
as usual. The boys complained
about it, and told him that
wasn't right; but Kinch would
just say: Well, if you don't like
it, jess pour it back in the jug.
Now, | say if anybody don't like
what he is getting under the
Constitution, just let him "pour
it back in the Jug"
What have we done with the
Executive! My excellent friend
the Governor, is not disturbed.
We don't bother him. But they
say the next fellow has got to
serve for 5000! Well, that's
80, but if he gets in and don't
like it, let him pour it back in
the juga Then, there's the At
torney General and the Secreta-
ry OF State, and all the balance
of them-if they don't like what
we give them, just let them "pour
it back in the Jug" We've all
got to stand the pressure of the
times. l work for less than 1
did four years ago-we all do.
We must remember that we are
poor-.devilish poor! daughter
and applause.) Well, they talk
about the poor salaries, but I
never found any difficulty in get
ting men to take Office at any
price. l don't complain about
our present officers-they have
been very excellent public SER
wants, but they needn't stay in
Office if they don't want to-
There are the judges; we struck
of something from their salaries.
| know they have to work hard;
| know how they feel about it.
| am a kind of County Court
lawyer myself. But if they don't
like the $4,000, or the $1,000,
just let them ''pour it back in
the jugp Why, one of your
judges of the Supreme Court
told me the other day that he
thought they were getting too
much pay, aud he's one who has
served you faithfully and honor
ably for forty years. [Cheers
and cries Of "hurrah for hiram
Warner."l As the Frenchman
said: sGold is the sweat of the
poor!" and when you deal with
the sweat OF the poor you deal
with q sacred thing! So thought
the Convention when they fixed
these salaries, and If any one
doesn't like it he can let it alone
and get out Of the way. They
say lit lowers the dignity of the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-01

and cries Of ahnrrah for Hiram
Warner.''] As the Frenchman
said: "Gold is the sweat of the
poor!" and when you deal with
the sweat Of the poor you deal
with q sacred thing! So thought
the Convention when they fixed
these salaries, and If any one
doesn't like it he can let it alone
and get out Of the way. They
say lit lowers the dignity of the
Judiciary" That means cit
lowers my salary" Well, let
all Of them that are dissatisfied
''pour it back in the jugl" We
can get plenty Of good men to
take their places. We don't
send out an impressing officer,
like we did in Confederate DAYS.
to bring them into the service
There will not be any need for a
conscript act to get men to fin
these offices, even at the lower
figures. Isay there is honor in
serving the State. When / came
to the bar there was William a.
Crawford-a great, strong man;
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
Drops OfGoid.


None are usually so forward to ex-
press their opinions as those whose
opinions are of no value.
Ii would save deal of idle contro-
versy if disputants would wait till they
were informed touching the matter in
dispute.
do moi have too many friends. BE
choice in your selection of them. Let
them be such rs are good and true. lie
who has very many friends has none at
all.
IL might seem incredible. il il were
not established by the experience of all
ages, that those who differ most from
the opinions of their fcllow-men are
most confident of their own.
Courtesy, in the mistress of a house,
consists in feeding conversation, not in
usurping IT, She j. the guardian ofthis
species of sacred fire. hut il must be ac-
cessible TO ALL
Living always in the world makes
one as unfit inr living ont of il as al
ways living ont uf il does for living in it.
How different is the view of past life
in the man who has grown old in knowl-
edge and wisdom from that of him who
has grown old in ignorance and folly.
Give man brains and riches and he
is king; give man brains without
riches and he is slave; give man
riches without brains and he is mon
kew
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
The Stnrs.

There is n great truth and Il small er-
ror in the familiar phrase, "the innu-
merable multitude of stars" The stars
which cannot be seen either by the ma
ked eye or the telescope are, Of course,
innumcrablc; but very satisfactory
progress has been made in counting
those that are within our reach. Ac-
cording to Argelander, there are visible
to the unassisted eye, on the horizon of
Berlin, during the course of a year,
1886 stars. According to Humbolt
there are ALAG visible on the horizon of
Paris. The mean number which can
be observed in every part of the heav-
ems, visible at the same time and place,
is said to be about 5000. As only half
of the heavens can be seen at the same
time by the same person, the sum total
for both hemisphcrcs must be at least
double these figures. The British AS
sociation catalogue gives $500. Accor-
ding to the calculations of Struve, the
total number of stars visible in the en-
tire heavens, by the aid of Sir William
Herschers twenty-foot reflector, is
more than 20,0O0,OO0. Herschcl csti-
mates those in the Milky Way alone at
least as 100000. NJ. Chacomac
thinks II 900, 900 not too much for the
grand aggregate. If we could add to
these that infinite host which neither
eye nor lens can catch the faintest
glimpse Of, the mind would be over
whelmed by the vastness of that illim-
table creation of which we sometimes
fancy ourselves the most important fca-
ture.
The distance of the stars is as impress
sivc as their number. Alphi Centauri
is the nearest, five can speak of near
ness in connection with 1900 900 900,
600 miles. The light of that star, trav-
cling at the rate of 1S5, 600 miles sec
ond, is three years coming to the earth.
Twenty-Five years are required for the
light of Sirius to accomplish the same
journey; and the Polar star, the most
useful and best known of all, filings lis
radiencc down to us fifty years old
"Thus" says standard authority. iii
we imagine sphere having for its CEN
ter the sun, and for its radius 200, ,00C
times the mean distance of the sun
from the earth, none of the innumera.
BILE stars which we see shining during
our nights will be comprised within il
And, nevertheless, the volume of this
ideal sphere contains 275,000, 900 ,0O(
times the entire volume of our planeta.
ry sphere-the radius of which stretch.
es from the sun to Neptune. If we
now imagine our sun plunged In space
to the distance of the nearest star, and
calculate, according to the laws Of op-
tics, what will be the reduction of It's
light, we find that it will but put on the
lightness of a star of the second magni.
tude-that it will shine with the bril-
liancy of the Polar star and the princi
pal stars in the constellation of the
Great Bear Each one of these sparks
gemming the brow of night is sun
aud, in all probability, the center of 6
system resembling our own. Each Of
them is light and heat to worlds
which no earthly vision can ever touch
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
AstrOlOgers' Perils.

Formerly they had rough and ready
modes of testing claims to supernatural
powers. "Dost thou know where thou
wilt pass Christmas ?" asked Henry VII.
of an astrologer. He could not tell.
Whereupon the kings's grace, which did
still love merry jest, made answer
"Then am | wiser than thou, for
know that thou wilt spend Christmas in
prison."
John Galleazzo, duke of Milan, is
said to have made even merrier at the
expense of gentleman who foretold
him that he would die early. "And
how long do you expect to live? 2" he in
quircd of the prophet. ''My lord my
star promises me long life" "Nevcr
trust in your star, man: your are to be
hanged this moment" And the duke
took care that his one prediction should
be fulfilled.
a certain Arab general, whom the
French chroniclcr calls IIeggiage, was
more courteous in the expression of his
displeasure. The general was sick,
when an astrologer, by the way of COM
forting him, assured his excellency that
the illness from which he was suffering
would terminate fatally. "Since YOU
have said it, replied the general, ''it
must be so, and have so great conf
dence in your skill that | should be
glad to have the benefit of your advice
in the next world. You will therefore
be so kind as to go there first and await
my orders" The astrologer was immed
lately decapitated.
ihueeu, u one may express an opinion
i'm hnnanlxr EnoltpI. La n
astrologers sould so often have been
such fools. Few seem to have had the
presence of mind of Trasullus, who
once saved his neck with a commenda.
bic readiness of wit. Tiberius, so the
Roman historian informs us, when liy.
ing in exile at Rhodes, whittier he had
been banished by the Empiror Angus.
tus, loved to while away the time by
consulting diviners. The interview
usually took place on lofty eminence
overlooking the sea; and if the diviner
by some foolish answer, convicted him.
self of ignorance or trickerv, some
slaves were in attendance to pitch him
head foremost over the cliff into the
waves below.
1t CHANGED on certain day Trasullus
had been invited to one of those seances
"Tell me-" said Tiber!us, with cur.
ious look, chow long do you think You
have TO live% Trasullus, who was no
fool appeared to be absorbed in myster.
ious calculations; then suddenly. with
an expression of alarm that was not
altogether feigned, he exclaimed "that
he was menaced at that very hour by 4
grea danger" Satisfied with the an.
swer Tiberius embraced him, and from
thenceforth Trasullus became of the
number of his friends.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
Animal Wonders.

In each grain of sand there are mar.
yels; i'll every drop of water world
In the great spectacle called nature CIV.
cry being has its marked place and dis.
tinct role, and in the grand drama
called life there presides law as har-
monious as that which rules the move
ment of the stars. Each hour removes
by death myriads of existences, and
each hour produces lcgions of new lives
The highest as well as the lowest crea.
ted organism consumes carbon and wa.
ter to support life and its duties, and il
is not uninteresting to glance at the
food. the habits, and the ways and
means peculiar to some of the inferior
animals. From their pctrified elections
we know what such fossilized reptiles
as the plesiosaurris etc. are, and may
some day be able TO discover the fish
cruStacoa they hunted down. Animals
when not living by their own respecta.
bic efforts, are either parasites or de-
pendcnts; many would seem to have
positive trades, or are connected witt
branches of industry. There are min.
ers, masons. carpenters. paper manufac.
turcrs and wcavcrs. lacemakers even
all working first for themselves and
next TO propagate their kind. The min.
ers dig into the earth, from natural
arches and supports remove the useles;
soil such as the mole, the chinchilla OF
Peru, the badger. the lion ant, as wei
as certain worms and mollusks. The
masons build huis and palaces accord
ing to all the rules of architecture, n
the bees and tropical ants; there arr
fish that construct boats the waves never
can upset. and Agassiz has drawn atten
ton TO fish which builds its nest OF
the floating seawccd in the middle oftht
ocean and deposits therein its eggs
Spiders are weavers rs we'll as lacemak
ers; one species constructs diving-bell
another palace Of lace. When the as
tronomer has need of the most delicat,
thread for his telescope, he applies to {
tiny spider. When the naturalist de
sires TO test his microscope he selects ,
certain shell of n sea insect SO small tina
several millions of them in water coult
not be visible TO the naked eye, and We
no microscope has been made sufficiently
powerful TO reveal the beautiful varie
gated designs on the atomic shells.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
Never Knock Under.

Nonever! Always rally your forces
for more desperate assault upon, adj
versity. II calumny assails you, and
the world-as il is apt to in such cases
takes part with your traducers, don't
turn moody or misanthropic, or, worse
still, seek To drown your unhappiness
in dissipation. Bide your time. Dis
prove the slander ifyou can; If not, live
il down. Ifpoyerty comes npon you
like thief at night, what thens Lei il
rouse You as the presence of the real
thief would lo, 10 energetic action. No
matter how deeply you may have gone
into hot water-always provided YOU
did moi help the father of lies to heat il
-yonr case, If YOU are of the right kind
OF stun, is not desperate, nor Is il in
accord with the divine order aud sweep
of things that life should have any
difficulties which an honest, determined
man, with Heavens help, can not sur
mount.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01

The men cheercd wildly as they looked
around, but the boy looked into their
faces without cxultation, surprise or
gladness.
There were three dead Indians beside
the wagon, killed where the fight COM
menccd, and the corpses in front of Jo-
seph's brother numbered more than the
victims of the sixteen men.
"ls Joseph badly hurtr asked one of
the men rs he halted his horse beside
the boy.
"IIe is dead" whispered the white
faced defender.
"Ilc is? God forgive me for the part
took last night"
"You called him a cowardr' cried
Joscph's brother, "and you are to blame
for this. Was he coward? Look
there! and thcrel and there! We
drove them back from the wagon
drove them clear out here! Joseph is
dead. You are his murdcrers."
Every man was near enough to hear
his voice and to note his action as he
picked up the rifle of an Indian and sent
a bullet through his own head. With
cXclamations of grief and alarm trcm-
bling on their lips, the men sprung from
their saddles. The boy was dead-dead
as Joseph-and both corpscs were
bleeding from dozen wounds.
"We1l carry 'em up to the train and
have burial in the morning." said one
of the men, and the bodies were taken
up behind two of the horsemen. They
did have burial, and the men looked in
to the grave with tears in their eyes, for
they had discovered that Joseph's broth
er was a woman-yes q woman with
the whitest throat and softest hands.
1t might have been Joseph's wife, or
sister, or sweetheart. No one could tell
that; but they could tell how they had
wronged him, and they said, as they
stood around the grave, eve hope the
Lord won't lay ii up agin us"