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Newspaper Page TextNO. 6. SI IRAVE1POIA LA._II) A V.I ý1Y,11 R , 9;86 w/t rftli ej)Or l Weekly Acet(·, JNO. DICKINSON, i~alit".t" tarsal 1'royriotur.)· 'FFIC (1 . Nu. TFXAH `"tPE 1,: UI' VTA IR. J~Itat.. EF SuIbiicriItionl 1''1 Competition Defied. SHREVEPORT NEWS PR:IfTWlrG. OF[ICE l' . · ·· 'A l., ( ' ·1 : ·'·' '·; / ! I,· 1 1. >1 p PAP( k h .: . ... I.5 I . X. rr:BT Iir I-' 1)riizs. 'It lic iie. natnl t htntica'-. Thos. H. IMorris, DRUGGIST, 1 ..II I t .i". 1l :" ai t:,"1 I)"" ; , :- w : I 1'h .· I" h' t i · I.p i -.t I oU r Blanli Ti ' ol IR. n1 ' w:1t" Note IPalI·P iqo. a i..,p - ' , ni:th .:I I, *.ih.'t inr".-. ttprl.r in ie o the 1. taoi n In n'tttion to tii genertil 'tok I h ie nel",t.td..with ear..a ..t o t,ltt " in~ tingl.' Buy. ,t -h.( ,in'. Inmlproved Itro·tict Ialo Htli'ka L itiP ,clc i. cIt.ic. lot of locket Cutlery. 1" eil II.,c~k.. Ac Counttryv 3l·rcIhanteant ;Ini e i, atii^ hr '",' trivtie. Inc_ ltitol t, call ii.i eV t"04 ulo t wuck and p.rice,. for I inm conti~lent iil ,1 lowerc r than any other hboo ithiis occti. ti of country. ari1. GAS FlITTING & PLUM.BIING. 0t UR Etýinhe nb,' Rh 1r· l e!W ft tit tht. \J :.icý ( t Ih-- : vcr-·:ta· vlC the hreý, pt'~r' C.ts Ligh~t 1-7,tupauy, c4:'le S M or phv ·r will hr nl:Lnld 'nm;.4 tittei np : ti4 &d l nni re; ar. .1. Caa i tan ' ar i. r} t e itll ti 11,-r I:ut ulP '.: p i n~t lý x Silttrte T'ril lu1ll l iuiiri ice OLD OOURr2CN WIHISKY. '1111: ýilr'f - cL ' ) .ll. X h at t ,"ý,".e i". ii',l d",{l.."'4"+! il i .7 . L Js I: '1.: ,·;I, S"I'A( I &(i BITTERS. I I (: 11 i.. .1, 1)3 1 ~ , Ii" I ir 1 ,3 1 1 I C 1.--"1. 1i. lahit i ý.. · u r "1", ·. I ! i· I:\ l \F;\\ I' 1 1 Ilii"S l". Ii CUTLLTETY, GUNS, I . t.1~_ .Ilill T`~i l I' j 1) --1 i \· 4 'I! h rwp. CI'iatdidi Bros & Rubcson, CJO Al MISSSION PLANTERS' STORE, IL v S-Bcticn eve)y Day and T- vcnir g. Goo , o 1 hol ý Ic;!II licai CR AN'T1 BIIO , &- B BEON". ~~iL U a: : ,r ",1. T lace .rt i C.i . SI OR . ( I tin 41 tIll., .1111'~f"i St. .T. C.IIRT 444 lii 34l114 113 \ ~ ..ip. ef 'I (. .444 o.i ie . S Ur ' iT Nk;' OI. :Li:.A-A, IA., ! April 2d, 18_6. f Editor er's:--- As tiie fi.voritc ItRd River lakeLit '1'. . inue, leaves thii *-v iniJg tr lhrev, pnl, 1I stund 'iii f;a . i : s fromn the CI1sc.int ('ity, by J. W. Spears, her prptilar tl,rk. The w'mnbh,'r, for awei k past. I;, }," .,n d,-liht ful 51,E ing-lik, t " :, ,,.. ' -t, edac,v n',d to-,:,vy b,."i1g wa'rm antl rainy. lrulsinti-.' be in iit till off rid will continuo ti o ,it -t , ul.til the n,-w crp, cr,, s in. Tl . 1.1r a unit : of \\.t W -tt rn pri c ari ii riling fl m th Ttii' t.r tg.th, r i iil, a g ricul ,ral im ,. 1 ,n .:atý , f all k ind-I tor pintatin use is truly suri riing, t tart".+ p,,rtitn ,.1 which is S1,ipli-d 1, r. turn no, r, c,-iv, ) :g,: ,-- p ,:i - -;v I u : t t' c' i.,i ni i t .. . - -..r-. \Vi:1 -a,.,h othei,',1- a- C. ,p t' v' . i " t l ' li. s, it ..- ,.t t. le c-ril.' the p iU r packtt with as - 3" ." i ,r G e : . a . ., :ugn 1 . .Siult:i , 1. p r· Ia. - arri,,-d .,t :.h St. , If' t. . I t..i t. i,[ tra n I" , . i:, .i the o1 1 I:l. -t..' i-t. 'p 1i ~ t ,,,i 1.0. .+, ,N W . , l ,, .i i, i S. - ... . -. 1Fi tu1 ii ii aIt 1 I ... .: .. , VI . . . ... I ,,. r .a , i lie 1 Iliix ly Il-sp ;lil. l a nd t .. i., 11 Viti i , th e os -:, • M .:- :i t i +, ,, t,, W].: +, , " l' t u', k-t o,, rh+ t .+,: , :: frlightfully in his paroxysms, and act ing much like a maniac. lie afiir a time fIell into a stupor, in which state he remained until denat relie-ved him i of his suffering. Dr. Barns-., the city physician, held a p' t miort'-m exatniation, anrd dis c.,vred the curious dividing of the <ni- of tih nos and its entrance in toli te brain. This, we are told by thi .. lrei.enliniig t, know, is on-li of -I, in,,-t singular cases on record. o.-rI :p, nit once in a thousan! time: w,,nh a it low frmrn the hand hav,. -uch atn .ffLet. o We hear the- brother ii lxow ill 1'1OSiL. In iniuicil.i ua:::+'-yrs all is work Sg elli. Atld, rman Clarke. acting 1Xl.v o. ,x s ti , cnfidence of the cit i. . .,,Id b1 a.l pn:,,bdt.ility we shall soon rn.-cive- an orld.'r from President Jo,,.nsoi ifor Mayor 1\liroe to take 1 .. p -i"i , "W i . w ,lcted to by the S- .," ci izu onf' t ail.cr ~d ti dix.e ,. t-:- ; it a -.i , th , ha:v" been pri:, , 'i wltr 'ii, 1'l as;i r ('irck, and , · :"- d ,t A id-rm~i . ai l of which !i'. ..-. rl , i-'e::,c :,, to all ex .*d nl ci-ie:r :0.-2 1 L.. ,. c t' h+- civil rig ,'s ltiill n: , .-r u,, -h.1 thro w ii into thej rc, I . r " I , It.i-r. \i -''1, Stevens & .... i, i ' 'Pi't' taran. Andy J.h : u k. m g him as I .', le 11m f, ~ :r e-a:'-, h,. will ct:Ohi:iPue s in ,,. A f,.w <lx' s( ''- I h-ard a ui·st' n ,ii'use- ,,lno er st' h. •i"h,,,: , G d .io - ,ei ,ody wr'itl kill ;.1,,:t .I,, u-, and thi ,,ilu-r hast ,.,U r. ( ,t v.-: m, .: t i ,, c su ck fr the pa.t f , I , : -. : . !., i . t :h ie on hIri . in t . c-u. n lit-,u. I c ould g i 'v e ], - til te: - . l : 1 . : tt" , iS I oL l far (,;"is .:,t nIt } n,-l.t hi,- w ill a. ' as w ,-i k lli :t a ' ' : r n ." a: '',' lur, ,. : "}, ante in- w. h ,:l e,. place .N h ichi will p" ''- i 1i,, licial t,: to ,. country. ' " ,1. \ V' nrm .t',' , t'h' ri ants to rl ep-i ,r,.-, it :L..ui s lt l a T'c ritvrial d,.l ., i <, g:.+ , hl arrived borne 1.1i ,.' Tr," ,. gra t " :u = """ ch to his l( ~ tietont. whxto voteI fr him it ad,, iar apl . c"., in whbsich he pro po-. a ,,vt n ccls co n iiour to re , , . o.' o' L',,'i.iana.- : 'L ' o ,- ~,.i : -u, i*. a nyt " . n-,;: 1 h. ," l id h p ,n th e b a tt le - ; ," , "+: r ,..t t I' il tel frot S-- , t: .. . t l;- : last tviit to \\ ., .. l. i.na has bu: 'l.rv . :.. ,, u. ,i Ihael ti.:ahn t". wito pre * I. i at ti,' :,Vi T h . ,: -. tt 'i: inry record . . , , • x ,,o l n .i r i c h i n. i u,,t . . i. : i '..- State the . " ru tinfla the leve'es : . t - ",: I,, to anticipate li,'h .. . " -i ipnrrihv,, ip-m S.:. .,.., 1. : i . . adison parishes -' , . l - d cre .. :r k, Pr, d :.ce, and . I, :, in -h, l" -ves on the Ar a:.. - .,r h- l.,m i:,naline, which , ,, t c,'"',t cr,.ps in th,i . n ta ; iw .ttatio: - ' . :tn, hit h laud in theI . ; ',en: will lo -day . " "I:., ir,,n-clud steam,':'. I. 3': ot , '.:1 and Choctaw. ": " t," N . arrivedI . r.,t hicat o.x Ill.. avin , , ,, ,r . l",ahled with corn. : Lubhcie, cn-,ignedi . lit- It i' ",. in- i S:. .: .. '1p, ny at Chincag . to L, iis mannelir tie c'~im S .:t,: _ " 1.' .,: n r f.1 citiz.:ri alt fr :1," N ',rth and Ea. " , : C '.rI . (ien. Can 'v r \ -.i L:t' in refer -. , ;,, :i" , r..ttine which is n ,w - n r''- ' x '' r, i's in 'i-f .r Sa ti t .-n i . F ii. , . , i i t . ,1."i, l 'rt tirtt eill txL e.- i trinm ',x -'it ; ll.- 11 an e Cl.:,t btr t h t v.' tra ": il''i t a %n at''nrupt to bix- thll' ,n:L, to t i. e a, e tance of Jrin"ci fe d that ix.tlict with their convic tions ,-of dot and intereist. It is ni i'rt l of a p..... i-rf', l gox- enimit. t ,I. -t' n'mercv like wart's i" i a tradesman's nil would strike their most efficient eapeiti 'ufm li-t hands of tire radi li'e Irsidenrt use his high 'riroga i vint '- p-iirfn ti, push a bargarn. • ,he quality of a tercyt is not traindltiil' and when MhrJohnson ex irise nit. we hope it will come freei ly aruld generously trm the Eeft-in What the United States Madt i, in Two Years.-Mr.tAScbofie1li&sR speech in the House of.Reopreie -" tatives at. Washington, on thO'oan bill, contains the following interest ing statement : What is the amount of the indebt edness to be m2t, and when must it be met ? To this question I invite the careful and earnest attentioti of the House. I shall give lt official statement of the amount of our total indebtedness, and also of that por 'ion sorn to become due.. The imount of our public debt on the first lay of this month was $2,711850, iu0. Less than half of of this amount Ifnný . itliiitu fie t.hree years S1,600,000.000 of this de ...... will fall due, and will be presented at the counter of the Treasury De partim.nt for payumenl* That pay tuent mutt be promptly made, or our paiper goes to protest and our credit is broken. I hold in if hands an official statenmeut showing the amount of indebtedness, that f.tures each half year for the next two.years, I which after a word of explanation I will rea. 'I'here was on the last lay of Feb ruary, 1866, a portion of our debt in the trm of a temporary loanto the amiount of $119,335,194 50, paya ble at the optiol of the lender after rtell days' notice. It would hardly bh fair to reckon the whole amount s payable within the first siimonths, y,-t a- it may be called fir at any in:i, and is the least valuable form of loan, it must be added to the statement of indebtedness s on to t. :me. With this explanation, and -upposing the payment of this loan to b, demanded within the next six months, I call the attention to the facts exhibited-in the table. B.-twe-en this day and the 30th of Ju,e next we must pay, in addi tion to the regular expendi'ure of the G,,vernment, 813S.674,S74 82. Du ring the .six months, ending Do ctltbl"r 31, 1566, we must pay $47, 6G5,000. During the -ix monuths, ending June 30: 1867, we niust pay S,471,(000 During the iif months ,;:ling Du~'h- iier 31, 1SG7, we must i aJ.On0.000. DurTinting the six mInths , iln Wn Tllu 30. 1S68, we unt i ay f G._4.41.5.250. During the ,ix mointL-s nrding Decemtor 31, 1 OGS, w,. muat pay 5287.564,482. -o that 1 ..lt.'.t n thls nd the assem bling of the next Congress there must be paid over the crnutter of the 'I.enP uy, b ide.i tile nodilnuy ex p:ss ,of tihe g.,veriO:rfl.t, $1,201, t90,G607 82. SL, itfmanly ,dd.-An etnterpri s.im-clhap who hiad done well in oth e:r places, took his stand in front of the State hlouse, thils fornnoon, and begun by ofieritng things fo': sale very l,. He oflere,,l a S10 greenback ior 9. i' hi- went hard, the crowd -pe.ti n that :hi b ill was not gen ti:,,e; but man al ,a--in. by who ;ad ,- -rn the gamne, promptly bought :L .ill, and went off lhavintgi made 1 byi the opet"ntion. A S.5 bili then wenit tuol 4 50. Then the green criw d-can ithere be such greetnies in II:rtfird ?--l·.one wildly eager to ,u-- ; ';t .inig' that was offered. A S1ii ill e, -clid for .5c: and a 50c ,i -r 40', ard then S1 worh of.10c coiu:i, va was scantered an'ong the crowdii. Ilher ~ he fellow sold a quan' i; v- of rings, ect., giving back the :,it,'; aiknd then he announced to his cusitoners that lie would move oti to another lonlity for a fresh i -,ws,. ()f course the epooneys fol wa i- hiint. ::nd he sold them about 5i70 ';.rth ,tf lockets for 85 each. w,,rtlh ierhbai. 3c.. and when, he had " F.: through. he didn't return the mo-: uo e, but smilinely bade the crowd ;-',d by, and th, y stood gaping af :,r Iunm. Not one of them is willi' - ,, uwn that he bought anythinio"r hlint man.--lartford Times. .Fairest Gr,/ in Yankee *ad. l.i-t wee&k a company of g lL-blow ,, c i-eli a series of eat nments, witl a prize of a glass bt -a very haiilsollle present-to ,4e hand nomiistI lady in the hail'T commit te, of two geutlenen 1ns-hppointed, :a t.ne a inmlcihr ,Of tie City .Conncil, :,rd :,,th promlinc:t )lemnocrats, to decide who the fairWOman should be. Afti: a cart tul lsirI,'l of' the compa lin, tlhey decidr. uon a lady of Af rican de,,ent, h,avirg black curls and blac-k -yes, with a skin of the same color.-and escort*d her to the rostrum for the presentation. N either of the committee.isin favor .f the enfran aisuimei'tt narnn with black skins. One ofrhe most dirtinguished per sounages Rome is an Amsterdam . lad y. a~o has h-en traveling about: in h~iyaneht, with black and whitet . attengts. She is captivating -and a wan of spirit: she hails from * th, Nile, where she has been croco dhg. She lives on board this -es l, ad makes incursions ittri the cotntry by day. We hnpe no brt g·ands will try the strengtAhot-,ar nerves and muscle. .. " . ai "