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ý sý s TEL;E GAHI . meut with the enemy on the 10, and routed them, killing six hundred and wounding one thonsand. ,,4omrpris onerA were taken. ToLm hours after thie engagemnent Floyd dheard that the other wing of the enemy. had crossed the river a .few miles above i n order to surround him- this. side o' the river. Floyd .then fell back. This report is .reliable,' having been brought by an ofer engaged in the fight. Confederate loss, one killed and teight wounded:" New Orleans. Sept. 14.-Tn Rich mond it is asserted in well informed 4ircles, that L. P. Walker, Scretary of War, will soon resign, and Adjt. "(n. S. Cooper will succeed him. DAILY NEWS "i,1 Job Printing Office, BOOK AND JOB Printing, L.AwNYERGs B"B~IlFS. CA 7RD S. Pamphlet+, BlankLs, CR CUGLARL,. BILLS OF LADING. PLAIN A~.D FANCY SHOW CARDS, and JIANDBILLS, B1i. L-HEADSS, BALL TICKETS, SWEDDING L VIKTA TIO.VS, WAGON RECIlPS. ;A 7'ALOG fUES, S. And Fverr de scriptio of Jobs. L.XEC'UTED IHTIT NEATNESS. )Our facilities for doing ,job work are uinsurpaseo'd by any estalllishhmeut ih_ the State, and Wefotef contidlentthat .satisfaction will be giveu to those who mayfavorus with tbeit patronage. We have on hand a good article of BI'LL-HBAD PAPER, NOTE PAPER. and a fine a sort fnt of fine busilea-.i :.ards, . SATIN, IVORY, and CHIINA surfaced, Wh.ite and colored. g Patroaize Home Indhstry. SIMON EIlMA1h,. iarket. atreef, twar Pat, • e. W~rILL" give Kpecinl attention to makinl TV Shoes for Ladies and M1istes, a4 hopes to receive a Hberal patronage in this new euterprise. Re:pairing neatly exocutd at .hort notice. utM-lw Pbeit AI dir. ef'l futhdresate "AN ACT, to be ertitZed an .art to prescrbei te ate .oeqf postag.re in the Colederate Satev of America, and far .tAer pvrlte. tKni'ioN 1. TkCoxgre. of the Cc t*derate States of America do enact, That from and after such period as the 'Postmaster General may by preclae mation announce, there shall be.rharg ed the follow ing rates, of postage, to wit': For every single letter sealed and for every letter in manuscript or op of any kind upon which infor _an. shall be asked for, or comItu ni te in writing, or by marks or signs conveyed in the mail for arty distance between, tlaces within the Confedrate States of America, not execeding.600 miles, 5 cints; and for any distance exceeding 500 miles, double that rate; and .every letter or parcel, not exeed ing half an ounce in weight, shall be deemted a single letter, and every ad Sitional weight of halfan ounce or ad ditional weight less than half an ounce shall be charged with an additional single postage; and all packages c'on taining other tihan printed or written matter, and money- lpackages in cluded in this class, shall be rated by weight as letters are rated, and shall be charged double the rate's of postage on letters; and all drop letters or let "erasplaced in any postoi:ice not for transmission but for delivery only, shall be charged with postauge at the rate of two cents each; and in all the foregoing cases the postage must be prepaid by st:unmps; and all letters which shall hereatter he advertised as remaining over or uncalled for in any postofice shall be charged with two cents eaeh in addition to the .regular postage, both to bh' accounted for.as other postages of this (Contederation. "S E c. 2. And be it further enacted, That all ne1spapers not etxcee'ding three ounces in weight, sent from the office of publication to actual and Lc nafide subscribers, shall be charged with postage as follows, to-wit: the postage on thet regular numbers ot a newspaper published weekly withiu the State where pullished, .hall he 6 cents perquarter; and papers publish ed seiui-weekly, double that rate. and papers publish.ied thrice a week, treble their rate ; and papers publish e.d daily, six timnws that rate; and the postage on all newspapers 'to ac tual subscribers withumt the ,State where published, shall Ie ebarge'd double the foregoing rate,; and peri odicals sent front the ftlice of publi cation to actual and honia fdesub-cri bers, shall be charged with postage as follows, to-wit; the postage on the regular numbera" of a periodical, nt exceeding one and a half ounces in weight, and published monthly, with in the State where published, shall l,,, 3 cents per qsarter; if published semi-monthly, double that rate; and for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, double the foregoiang rates shall be charged; and periodi cals published quarterly or bi-nmonthly shall be. charged one cent an ounce: and the postage on all periodicals without the State where ulmblished, shall be doublo the above specified rates; and regular suhbscribers to newspapers and periodicals shall be required to pay one quarter's a',statg in adivancet. And thl.rem shall e: charg edl uipon ever'I other nic\ewspaptlr and :each circular tt sealed, handbill, ,n1 graving, pannphlet, periodical and nagazilne which shall be unctnllectcedl with any lanunseript or writtenu n:t ter, no't exceedting three ounces in weight, 2 cents; and for each addi tional ounce or ifraction of :an oulnac, 2 ::ents additional; and in all eases the postage shall be prepaid by stamps. And books hound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, shall he deemed mailable nlatter, and shall be _harged with postage, to be prepaid by stamps, at 2 cents per ounce, for any distance. The publishers ofnews papers or periodicals may send to each other, from their respective offi ces of publication, free of postage, one oopy ef each publication. SeT. 3. Alnd be it firt4er enacted,: ''hat it shall be thie duty of the Postmstser General to provide and furnish to all DeputyPoeatmastersand to all other persons alplyingand.gpay atin therefoa, suitbl'e postage starps, Idt se nvelopes6 b th de · --titruon two cenr, -itfrve 4fs, aad stty centso to faciiitate the' p~e* ply~eat odijfestagir'. prdvided t'olr ts ete, auanyny peob irt shll torgem or .. ae t ~ iap proyid t per furrished i der the pa tiobnsuc<if this li irOy' "former act, whether the same' are impressed or printed on or attached to envelope.or not, or any ,dies, plate ,or engraving therefor, or shlill'nake, for print, or knowingly:' use or sell Ot'll Sv in pos session, with intent to use or sell, any such false, fgrged or counterfeited di.es, plate, engraving or postage staiup, or who shall make, or print, or autherize, or procure to be made or printed, any pastago stamps of the kind rwovid d-and furnished by the P'ostma ter General as aforesaid, with out the especial authorify and direc tion of the Postotffice Department, or who, after such postage stamps have been printed, shall, with intent to de fraud the revenues of the Postoffice I)cpartment deliver any postage; stamps to any person or persons other than such as shall be authorized to r".ceivu the same by any instrument of writipg, duly executed under the hand of The Poitmaster G.eneral and the seal of the Po toffice Department shall, on conviction thereof be deemed guiltv of felony, and be punished by a tiut not exceeding $500, or by im Jrisoumeut not exceesing five years, r by both such fine and impris en ment; and the ex mss of pLocuring sad provling all such postatge ttamnps and letter-eiwciopes as are.provided for orr au tho iie this ict, siJall be paid after being bajted tlhe Au itor of the Posto cfc )epartment on the certificate of the Postmaster'iGn erad out of any money in the Tieasiry arising from the revenues of the I'ost office l)epartnent. "See 4. And Iw it kfirther enacted. J'hat it shall be the duty of every Postmaster to cause to be defaced in such manner as the Postmaster Gen cral shall direct, all postage stamps of this Confederacy to letters. dtlepos ited in his ol'ice for delivery or to bei sent by mail; and if any Postmaster `snding letters in the mail with such postage stamps attached shall omit. to defitce( the samne, it shall be, the duty of the P'ostmaster to whose' office such letters shall be sent for delivery, to deface' the st:unps and re port the delin queatt I'ostme 'ter to the _'ostumaster (;e'neral Arne it'any per son shall use, or attenmp' to use,. in preipawyment oftlostage', any postage' stamps which shall ha' ,' been before used for like purposes, such pex.so,s shall be subject to a penalty of fitty dollars for every such oflbn.se, to bhe recovered in the name oft' the t nnf'ed .rate States of Ame.rica in any court of competent juriadiction. "Sec 5. Ajad be it /r.rrther nu'tred, l'hat from and after the day wl:hen this act goes into effet:ct, thei franking privilege shall le abolished: proi'ided, that the Postmaster Genrer al atid his chieffclu rks. and the Audi tor of the 'l'reasury for the Postttfice I e'partmenet shall be and they are' hlereby authorized to transmit through the mails, fre'e of postage, any letters, packages. or othe.r mat ters relating exclusively to their ofti cial duties, or to the business of the' l'ostoffice Department; but they shall in every such case endorse etn the lhack of the letteror packages to lee sent fre'e of postage over their own signatures, the words. 'Official husi ne.ss,'aned for an:v such endcorse'ment falsely nade, th3 person so offending shall ft;rte-it and pay taxes 8:300; and proride:dfurth/er, the s.everal Ilepuy I'ostrnaste:rs throughout the Confider ate Si:al shall he' and here-by are atu tlhrized to send through the umails free of postage all letters and pack age's which it may be their duty, or they may have occasion to trailsmit o any 1,eerson or place, and which shall relate cbclsively to the busi ness ,f'their respective offices, or to the business of the Postoffice Depart ment; buit in every such case thi Deputy P'ostmaster sending any such etter or package shall endorse there on, over his own signatiure, the words Postofficet business,' andt for any and every such endorsement, falsely nade. the person making the same shallt forfeit and 'pay $300. Sec. 6 And be it jfrther enacted, Ti'hat the third section of an act en ithld an act furth'er to amead 'sa act entitled an act to redTuce and mod f, the rates of postage in the United ftatele, and for other purposes', pass d March 3. 1851,' approved March 3, 1855, whereby the letter registra tion system was established, be and is hereby repealed from and after the rwhen thig act goes into eff'et. ' i Be it fAthwaer senatdeIf, )fatrat tter selikbe carried Xpgr. ir othler chartered .compan iea, ttdig the iainl '1hall be propaid by being eAoloaed in a stanmpd en velop'of I.nths etnfederacy; and any uomptaly vtolatiig the l,rovision of this act shall forfeit aind pay th, sunn of $500 for each offeuse o be ' recov ered by action of debt in any court of this Confederacy havigf engnizaniee thereof, is the nahm and for the use of this Confederacy. Sec. 8 Be it f./irther enactJd, 'That. the Postmaster General of the Coe federate States be and is hereby au thorized to make all necessaryv u* rangements fea the transportatisai-of mails between the territories of this and other GCvs.rnments. subject to the approval of the President urutil postal treaties can be e (cted.," .'Passed Feb. 21, Itisl." PROPE( T c' OF THE BOSd1ER IAN NEI. HIE Bossier Bauner is pLublish'0L at Bellevue, La., at three dollars per annum to single subscrib,'rs. A.dv.r tiSlmaents inserted at $1 per square of ten Jines or less, and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. I'rof-s-. ional Bnd business cards not exceedilg one square, including paper. te tdollars perannum; fivedellaris f'orsix imonrlhs. Advertiseaentsfor t the year insert,.d on very liberal terms. The Banner is an independent paper, and hais a large a circulation as an v paper pub lished in North Louisiana. Address WM. H. SCANLAND, Editor and PFroprietor. Read. To CountryPrinters. & Merchants. The facilities of the Shreveport Daily Ne,-.s JOB OFFICE, ar'( such as to enable us tC. do prin tilng, Of anq description, at the sio;te.t no tcce. I'rinters sending orders, can have .IOBS done at sufficient iow prices to enable them to realize :L fai, vrofit, ,41 the samne. 7'hc Moneay mntut alwua s c"-copn;ainy thet order. Country merchants., can save time. trouble, iand expense, by seilding all their orde.rs tfr JOB PRINTIING, at the News Oflicle, Shreveport. La. ''ernns invariably CASH. 13-v-1ly Horse Shoeing Two I)ollars. nob2 15tra ng'erts• G nide. CoURT House Texas street, on Ed wards. BA.NCH Crrm.zss' BANK., Milam st. corner Market. POST OFFIc'E, Market stret., near Milam. PRBBRYTERIAN CHiURCH, Rev. Mr. M'Allistor,on Market and Milamn sta BAPTIST CHURI'H, Rev. Cr. Tucker, corner of Market and Tradvi sts. METRnoDIsrOHRaC3i, ltevS.B. Surat. edrner of Market and Fannin gts. EPIBsOPALIAN Onaucl, key. A. B" Russell, oornerbf Market and Fanin streets. CATROL!~CCHRnta, Rev. J. 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