VOL. III. SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1855. N. 43.

troCttWbi4 Of t9e n1$io t n ur,.MONDAY, JUNE 4Hra, 1855.

At a regular meeting of the police jury inlnd for the parish of Caddo, begun and holden

a Shreveport, on Monday, June 4th, 1855,,he following ordinances were p ssed and ac-:ounts allowed. Present: R.. L ikner, pres-dent pro tempore, Robert Lowe, . D. Parker,James A. Jeter, and W. A. Pegs m.

Be it ordained by jhe police jsx y of Caddo

parish, That we believe the cou e heretoforedopted by the police jury, in al wing claims

against the parish without thei having beenstablished by proof, to be impr per, and that

hereafter we will require full anc strict proofof the justness and reasonab' ness of allclaims, before allowing the same

WARD NO. 1.

Be it ordained by the police ji ry of the pa-rish of Caddo, That Henry Moor: g be appoin-tedoverseer of the Pitts' ferry roa commiencingat the lake, at Pitts' ferry, and wo k said road to;he lake road leading from Moor ng's landing,with the hands of Mr. Jackson, Mr. Gillis, col.Cooper, Mr. Tete, . B. F. Fly,; John Moor-ing r., T. Christian, and J. Chris ian, in Wardio. one.

Be it ordained, That Joseph bompson beappointed overseer of the lake roa ,commencingat •ooring's landing, and work s1 id road to the:;e between R. T. Noel and J. T ompson, with:e hands of T. Mooring sen., '. Mooring jr.,f•r. Lyons, M. Christian, John Mooring sen.,.Croom, J. Croom, R. D. Parke r, Mr. Cree, J.

'hompson, J. Bowden, M. & 1'. Harris, T.'hilyaw, Mrs. Tomblinson, E. i. Hearn, John-,n, and all other hands not otl erwise appor-oned.Be it ordained, That L. J. lamlini, B. W.

:ieorge and J. W. Bickham be lppointbd com-nissioners of elections at Albany precinct; and-. Dockery, John Parnell and T. Mooring sen.,e appointed commissioners of elections at0ooke's Store precinct.Be it ordained, That T. S. Adam be appoin-:~d overseer of the lake road, -ommencing at*e line between R. T. Noel and J. B. Thomp-in, and to work said road to the south end I

ifNathan Hoss' lane, and to halve the hands ofje estate of S. Jones and R. T) Noel, in Ward

No one, and make out reportt according tolaw.Be it ordained, That Mr. Johnson, near W.

i. Erwin, be appointed overseeri of the west enduthe Bickham road, commencing ten feet west tof the bayou west of the fielc of L. Pruette, tdec'd, and to have the hands of W. Bickham,I. Miller, B. R. Bickham, F.M. Bickham, J.W.Bickham, W. H. Erwin, H. Curjiie, J. Goodjoin,1iawthorn, G.W. Hale, J. Fort.ser and all otherniands that are not otherwise apportioned inward No. one, and to make r;turn, accordingto law.

Be it ordained, That E. Hare be.appointedo'erseer of the east portion of the Albany road,commencing at Albany, and td work said road I

the half post westof Mrs. Russel, and to have f,e hands of J. N. McCl nlan , L. J. Hamlin, (.Vincent, B. W. George, W. 3. George, Mrs. tiage, Mrs. Russel, G. W. Ru.el, R..Vi. Gage, cI. Iles and all other hands th t are not other-

wise apportioned in ward No one, knd makereport according to law.

P- it ordained, That Jhnn 1li w be appointed' r -, the Uiion A lern ,,d commO•ii '- i

I .,; Low's landing antd w ri. s.-id road to its:,a t :'linis with the handti f John Low, J a

M&. :';n in,., S. Curri', G. iH •ip:cns, 1Mr. tar orR. Hoiod and al ot.hor Iha': P~ot 0oth- irin .: slip :l 'Iu)neti IIt ,-,," ,, ,i., . a

: it ordained, Tfhat hler T' o(ri'es be ap;-p:ti•ted vtirsc'er of the ;Trio .Ad-radmy road, 1S,,:roa -in: , at ti,: Sate-Tir a i{ work said "

r e. o dl a• e ral. ith Iii hJ ,i'ls of E. II.iliodes, A. (Curi', ,. Brry, \ ilamsJihn-

son A. Atsway i. W hi itin () an ! all oth'erhands not otherwise apportion d in Ward No. 1.

Be it ordained, That Geor McCain be ap-Tinted overseer of the ea t pornion of the i3ilkham road commencing am-Al an y, nd workt!b. said road to the west b4nk of theh bayour, st of the field of L. Pru tte's estiate, and I

nave the hands of J. McOail, J. $, McCain,I McCain, Mrs. Noel,W.J. Trown, $. Attaway I

:en., E. Attaway jr.,,K. W, &J. Polk, J. Attas- rway, M. Attaway, D. Smith, M. & R. Williams,a: I all other hands that are nototherwise Ap-portioned in ward No. one, ;and make out re-::. ns according to law.

3e it ordained, That 1Nathan Hons be appoit- foverseer of the lake road, commencing at the'. th end of the lane by Nathan Boss', and to

, -k said road to the souh baiik of PAw-SP bayou, and to have thl handh of W. B.-.,k,dr. Griffin,J. Evers, J. IlsineU! S.S0journ- t

Mesrs. Stuckey, N. Tyson, I. Alten, J. Allen,Allen, W. B. Lindsey, B. Bridges, W. B.

Skham, his own and all oehe * that are notS.rwise apportioned in 4ra f •o. one, and,e out return according t law.je it ordained, That B. F. Lo•gah be'appoin-: overseer of the Orosslake and'Albany road,

:c tave his own hands adra:o6the n, si d makere :rns according to law. -

Wine No. 2.i:e it ordained, That B. F. Eppes, be and is

ht 'by appointed overseer for the ensuingtwy ve months of that part of th~i Greenwoodar,, Shreveport, road commencing at the northwes corner of col. Thos. Simmons' plantationorn aid road, to a point oppo te theigate in frontof =id Eppes'dwelling houe, and•hat he havea! his own hands and the .ands of Jesse Leea"! J. M. Ford to work the same, and tom:De his return as the laf irects.,

lie it ordained,. That dr. . Flournoy, be and; reby appointed cv on the Oreenwood

~ Shreveport, road co mencing at B. F.Epes' gate, and work the aid road to the qvesthi~e of widow Flournoy's fence, .and that heh; e the bands of A. W. T eker, widow Flour-. and his own to work e same for twelve

;•.aths, and make his re according tolaw.

Be it ordained, That J. ; iarris, be and ish.-ieby appointed oversee on th•t•Greenwood•d s~reveport road, ' ngg at W. A.Peb•am's store in Green• odand to work thesIue.to the west end of IM Flourheoy's fenceand that he bve atbe hands of . G. Jones, D.l Hooks.anaUll of Jobe P 'age's, hands on the"arrest, place erce$ iyA*. all John Page'shleds on the lace where 4e 1sai Harris nowre sides ex•o• seven, and his own to work the3ne for t v e. ths Iand tormake his re-

Srt acs jto 4w3e it ordied, Tha1t4T s. Jenkinsbe and

is ;erebygppointed oererd on the Shreveport.Dn iTexaroad cb mminenit atW, A. Pegram's

=tre in Greenwood, to w the ?same to En-htcbk's baysoa ind tha be have the hands ofW. W. Harper, and all tb hassdsinand aboutf:eenwoodand all ether t otberwise appor-taoned to work te e's~i to for twelve monthsand to a ipLm his return a ording to law.

Beitt.64wdri haA Flouranoy, be and ishereb a 8verse o the Shreveportand the eastankcf nE A to the Texasline, and1at 1a a Ei own hands and allothers ra ed, to work theisame for i bth art to make his reportsccordin hut.

Be it ordained, -Th alter Cates, be andis hereby appoeci e o ae aZ 6te lake road,firm the forks 4f theroead ear 8mmons' black-ksith shop to !fr W rnock's, house, andtrat he hare the Wi nds of • Y.'ates, and E.$ 8. Cates, at` his ewna and all others not

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otherwise apportioned,to work the said road for" twelve months-and make his report according

to law.Be it ordained, That R. S. Wilson, be and is

n hereby appointed overseer on the lake road,a commencing at the west bank of Cross bayou,

> and work the same to Alfred Wornack's house,and that he have the hands of J. A. Wildy, A.

-Warnock, H. Stevens' estate and seven handsr, on John Page's place, where J. N. Harris now

resides, and his own, to work said road for0 twelve months and to make his return accord-e ing to law.

s Be it ordained, That T. J. Hearne, be andn is hereby appointed overseer on the road lead-

t ing from Quappa to Cross bayou, and that he>f have the hands of Ja. Hoss' estate, Truman's

11 his mothers hands and his own hands, to work

the same for twelve months and to make hisreport according to law.

Be it ordained, That J. H. Hoss, be and ishereby appointed overseer on the road leading

g from Greenwood by J. Hoss' place to tlalake

o road,and that he have the hands of Wm. ay-

liss, J. Anderson's hands on the E. T. HearneI. place and all others in the vicinity of said roadnot otherwise apportioned, to work the samed for twelve months and to make his report ac-

cording to law.e Be it ordained, That W. D. Metcalf, be and

is hereby appointed overseer on the campe ground road from J. A. Mct•ady's gate to where

b said road leaves the Shreveport and Buncombe

road,at the corner of Dockeny's fence and thathe have the hands of J. A. McRady, F. S.

1 Bass, and his own and all others not otherwiseapportioned,to work the same for twelve months' and to make his report according to law.

Be it ordained, That J. C. Porter, be and ishereby appointed overseer on the road, fromwhere it crosses the Mansfield abd Greenwoodroad to the west bank of the bayou at Jefferson

d Guice's, and that he have the hands of Henry

Wagner, R. Smith, A. Simpson, J. R. Simpson,It J. R. Harvey, E. M. Coleman, A. Green, L. B.

Dockery and his own, to work the same fortwelve months and to make his report according

,t to law.

Be it ordained, That Ridgeway be and ishereby appointed overseer on the Buncombe

'f road, from the Mansfield and Greenwood roadto Boggy bayou bridge, and that he have thehands of W. Allford, Wm. Ashlin, Berry Hill,A. J. Fortson, James Burns, and his own, andi all others not otherwise apportioned, to work

t the same for twelve months and to make his re-turn according to law.

Be it ordained, That T. S. Hill, be and ishereby appointed overseer on the road from'theTexas line, at Bethany to Wm. Shaw's black-

r smith shop,and thathe have the hands of Thos.

" Holt, Jos. Stephen,and all others in the vicinityof said road not otherwise apportioned, towork the same for twelve months and to makehis report according to law.

Be it ordained, That J. F. Holt, be and ishereby appointed overseer on the road leadingfrom Lewis Corzine's to where it intersects theGreenwood and Marshall road,and that he havethe hands of dr. J. Adams, his own and allothers in the vicinity of said road not otherwiseapportioned, to work the same for twelvemonths and to make his report accordingrtolaw.Pe it ordained, That B. Stovall, be and isbir:by appointed overseer on the YWalling's 1

Sirry road, from where it leaves ,he Greenwoodani Marshall road to the Texas line,and that he:ave .the hands of Mrs. Whitworth, Mrs. Har-

ri,;son, J. J. Yealon, J. B. Hughes, his own and Iali others not otherwise apportioned, to work 1h.li same for twelve months and make his re-

poxr according to law.Sr; it ordained, That V. lI Jones, be and is

ie=r, by appointed overseer od5 the Greenwoodan:~: Mansfield road, from Greenwood to J. A.'Micrady's, and that he have the hands of R. S.

Dickson, W. E. Doty, J. K. Booth, and his ownto work the same for twelve months and to makehis report according to law.

Be it ordained, That E. S. Fortson be andis hereby appointed overseer on the road from

1 Bethany to E. S. Fortson's, and that he have

the hands of Robert Ricks, Elias Lake, J. B.f Hill, and his own and all others in the vicinity

not otherwise apportioned, to work the same

for twelve months and make his return accord-ing to law.

Be it ordained, That Alonzo Flournoy, beand is hereby appointed overseer of the road-from Wm. Shaw's blacksmith shop to wheree itintersects the Shreveport and Greenwood roadand that he have the hands of David Roddin,Wmin. Shaw, J. C. Jones, four from on Page'sForrest place, his own hands, and all others inthe vicinity of said road not otherwise appor-tioned, to work the same for twelve mouthsand make his report according to law.

t Be it ordained, That A. Flournoy, jr., J. D.1Whitworth, Win. Floarnoy, be and are hereby

appointed commissioners of elections at the

precinct in Greenwood in and forward No. 2.for twelve months.

SBe itordained, That Winm. Scott, be and ishereby appointed overseer of ty Buncomberoad commencing at the forks oT the road at8 Thomas D. Gary's, to the west bank of the

bayou at Jefferson Guice's, and that he haveSthe hands of Goodwin Bunda, and all otherhands in the vicinity not otherwise apportioned,a to work the same for twelve months and make

t his report according to !aw. -

WARD No. 3.Be it ordained, That the northern boundary

of school district No. 9, be changed by leaving

cyress bayou at the bridge,in John T. Fullilove'slane on the Shreveport and Loganport road,and that said road be made the line to the small

bayou near Sempee's old store and thence downsaid bayou to where it empties into Cypress

bayou, so as to include A. B. McMillian, insaid district.

Be it ordained, That James G. Fullilove, beand is hereby appointed overseer of the Shreve-port and Logansport road, from the De Soto

line to the north end of Cypress bayou bridge,

to serve for twelve months, and have the hands

of Flavel Foster, William C. Foster, S. D.

Parker, Jas. L. Tolbers, William Bird, John T.

Fullilove, M. McMemard, and his own.1 e it ordained, That James Fortson, be and

is hereby appointed overseer of the road,' from

the Texas line, near Mrs. Cowart's, plantation

to the east end of Boggy.bayou bridge, for the

next twelve months, and that he have the

hands of McCilian Harris and sons, Roland

Lane, Durham Lane, W. P. Davis, William

Bermingham, Thos. Adams, Jas. Shad Owens,

Hally Burton, Wm Martin, Washington Smith,

Leroy Bennet, and his own and John Wood-raun.

Be it ordained. That James M. Hollings-worth, be and is hereby appointed overseerof the road from Mansfield to Greenwood, com-

mencing at the north end of Cypress bayoubridge and ending at the De Soto line,and thatt hehave the handsof J. D. Darby,J.B. Scott, J.

IM. Brack, Sam'l. Hollingsworth, Wm. Brack,and all others not otherwise apportioned to workI the same for the next twelve months.

Be it ordained, That Charles F. Harris, beand is hereby appointed overseer of the Lo-

ganport road from the south end of Cypresst turnpike to the De Soto line, and that he

have the hands of Thomas P. Fullilove, John" Holmes, George W. Crowder, Amanda M.L Hollingsworth,his own and all others not other-

wise apportioned, to work the same for twelvemonths.

r Be it ordained, That-E. M. Hagens, be and

is hereby appointed overseer of the Loganportand Shreveport road, from the north end ofCypress bayou to the Greenwood road,near dr.Wilder's, and that he have the hands, of J. C.Burress, A. B. McMillan,Willis Pollard, HenryPollard, John Davidson and sons, Jas G. Cox,and his and all others not otherwise apportioned,to serve for twelve months.

Beitoidained, That David Adams. be and isr hereby appointed overseer of the Blossom Hill

road, from the Shreveport road to its westernterminus,and that be have the hands of Jas. D.

I Willie, Isaac Hughs, dr. Hughs, Eli Maner,his own, and all others not otherwise appor-tioned, to serve for twelve months.

Be it ordained, That John Ford, be and ishereby appointed overseer of the Shreveportand Loganport road,from dr. Wilder's, churchto the north end of Boggy bayou bridge, andthat he have the hands of John W. Reives, E.D. Williams, A. G. Scoggin, Sam'l. Edmunds,J. Sullivan, dr. Wilder's, and all others in thevicinity of said road not otherwise apportioned,to serve for twelve months.

Be it ordained, That E. M. Reisor, be andis hereby appointed overseer of the Shreveportand Loganport road, from Boggy bayou bridgeto the Grand Cane road, and that he have thehands of David Gilmore, Andrew Scott, Mr.McCutcheon and all other hands in the vicinityof said not otherwise apportioned, to serve fortwelve months.

Be it ordained, That Wm. C. Foster, Wm.A. Lacy, and Jas. G. Cox, be and are herebyappointed commissioners of elections in wardNo. 3. to serve for the next twelve months.

Be it ordained, That the Shreveport, andLoganport road be and is hereby changed, bycontinuing the same down the Greenwood andMansfield road, until it comes to the SpringRidge church,thence east until it intersects theold road.

Be it ordained, That G. H. Bozeman, beand is hereby appointed overseer, of theGreenwood, and Mansfield road, from Cypressbayou to J. A. McRady's, and that he havethe hands of Dan. Bozeman, Mr. Matthews,L.S.Scoggins, Taliaferro Scoggins, and all oth-ers not otherwise apportioned in the vicinity ofsaid road, to serve for twelve months.

Be it ordained, That A. D. Battle, be and:is hereby appointed overseer of the Green-wood road. from John T. Fullilove's plantation,to Blackman's old saw mill, and that he havehis own hands and all others in the vicinity ofsaid road not otherwise apportioned, to servefor twelve months.

Be it ordained, That John B. Johns, be andis hereby appointed overseer of the Green-wood road, from Blackman's old saw mill to V.H. Jone's lane, and that he have the hands ofR. Pollard, Wm. Johns, W. W. Gill, A. N.Smith, Lewis Pugh, and all others in the vi-cinity of said road not otherwise apportioned,to serve for twelve months.

WARD No.: 4.Be it ordained, &c., That Brack Johnson

be, and is hereby, appointed overseer of theShreveport and Greenwood road, commencingat doct. Hardwick's place, and to work thesame to the northwest corner of col. ThomasSimmons' plantation, and that he have thehands heretofore assigned on said road and allothers not otherwise apportioned in said district,to work the same 12 months, and make report&c. according to law.

Be it ordained, &c., That F. T. Taber beand is hereby appointed overseer of that por-tion of the Shreveport and Greenwood roadcommencing at the corporation line, and to workto doct. Hairdwick's farm; that he have thehands heretofore assigned to said road, thathe work the same for 12 months, make reportaccording to law, &c.

Be it ordained, That J. Pickens be appointedoverseer of the Norris ferry road, commencingat the corporation line and to work the said roadto the township line between sixteen (16) andseventeen (17) and to have the hands of JohnWalpole, sen., E. Walpole, jr., Wm. Walpole,Thomas McCall, S. Gardiner, J. Renfro, R.Logan, J. Alley, A. J. Pickens, Wm. Pickens,estate O. D. Williams, P. Keller, and all otherhands not otherwise apportioned, work same'for 12 months, make report, &c.

Be it ordained, &c. That M. McCarty, F.M. Waldran and Wm. Sturgess, be appointedcommissioners of elections for 12 months atShreveport, in ward No. 4.

WARD No. 5.Be it ordained, That Franklin Johnston be

and is appointed overseer on the road fromSummer Grove to the foot of the hill at bMrs.Blakey's, with the hands of J. T. Gilmer, JamesWillis, Rose Titner, Winm. Blakey, ClaiborneBlakey, estate of Hiram Johnston, and Win.Johnston.

Be it ordained, That James Powell beand is appointed overseer of the Mansfield andShreveport road, from Summer Grove to theforks of the road two miles from Shreveport,with the hands of Mrs. Quarles, Rod. Nichol-soi, A. Nicholson, W. Smith, R. C. Oglesby,and his own.

Be it ordained, That Thomas Stephens beand is appointed overseer of the road fromSummer Grove to the Cypress bayou, on theNatchitoches road, with the hands of P. C.Crump, doct. Auld, B. K. Stephens, E. Grum-ble, Wmin. Flanegan, Wmin. Saunders, S. M' Call,and all other hands in the vicinity not other-wise annortioned.

Be it ordained, That J. G. Bagley beand is hereby appointed overseer of the Norrisferry road, from the township line betweentownship 16 and 17 to the Norris ferry, withall the hands heretofore apportioned to saidroad.

Be it ordained, That M. B. Willis beand is hereby appointed overseer of the road,from the Cypress bayou to the forks of theroad near Buchanan bayou, with the hands ofdoct. Willis, M. B. Elder, Ruffin King, W.Underwood and his son's, and W. Wyche.

Be it ordained, That. Josiah Gill be, andis hereby, appointed overseer of the Kea-chi road, from the foot of the bill at Mrs. Bla-key's to the Cypress bayou, with the hands ofJacob Smith, Andrew Auld, Josiah Gill, andall other bands in the vicinity not otherwise ap-portioned.

Be it ordained, That William Johnston,Wm. J. Beall, and Bailey Peace be, and arehereby appointed, commissioners to hold elec-tions in ward No. 5 for twelve months.

WARD NO. 7.Be it ordained, That John R. R. Harrison be

appointed overseer of the Pitts ferry road, com-mencing at Pitts', and work to the creek nearMr. Hitchcock's gin-house, and have the handsof James C. Harrol, Thopas Barlow, Peter B.Johnston, William Mar, John and Robert

Payne, John Herrenton, S. Pitts, A. Wilson,Merret S. Barrolow, James Mays, - Cas-sels, and his own and - Rice, and all otherhands not otherwise apportioned, for twelvemonths, and make return according to law.

Be it ordained, That Wm. Browning be ap-pointed overseer of the Pitts ferry road, com-mencing at the creek near Hitcheock's old ginhouse,and work to the Texas line, and have thehands of J. Hale, Calvert, Posey, R. Lowe, J.Read, S. D. Caldwell, J. Coneley,E. Crutcher,Bell, J. Sheneck, Jones, Barton, McDonough,and all other hands not otherwise apportioned,and work the same for twelve months and makereturn according to law.

Be it ordained, That S. D. Caldwell, Peter

di B. Johnston and E. Peters, be appointed com-t missioners of elections for precinct No. 7, for

f the next twelve months. 1Be it ordained, That D. Barr be appointed i

overseer of the Grooms' ferry road to where itiy intersects the Pitts' ferry road, and work the C

, same for twelve months, and have the hands Iof doctor Stuart, - Stuart, and make return taccording to law. c

s TUESDAY, Jua-E 5TH, 1855.11 On motion, be it ordained by the police jury tn of Caddo parish, That Dillard & Co., of the t

South-Western, be and are hereby appointedprinters of the proceedings of the police jury Vfor the ensuing twelve months, at a salary of etwo hundred dollars, payable quarterly. 1s Be it ordained, &c., That Washington Jen- f

t kins be allowed three hundred dollars for rent r1 of the court-house for the ensuing 12 months, 11I to be paid quarterly. f

Be it ordained, &c., That Lewis K. Grigsby t'be allowed an extension of time for 12 months Ie of the ferry across bayou Pierre at Jenkins' s

ferry, at the same rate of charges heretofore vallowed. a

i Be it ordained, &c., That R. S. Poole be and Ii

t is hereby appointed physician to the jail of ha Caddo parish, for the ensuing 12 months, and t1e that he be allowed ninety dollars, payable I

quarterly. .i On motion-, be it ordained, &c., That the ar bond of Thomas McCall, as parish constable s

for the last year, be and the same is hereby ficancelled. u

Be it ordained, &c., That Thomas McCallI be and is hereby appointed parish constable c

for the ensuing twelve months, and that he be 'I allowed one hundred and twenty-five dollars, tIpayable quarterly. C

I Whereas the police jury of the parish of eCaddo is convinced that the judgment hereto- Pfore confessed by a former president of this nbody, under a resolution thereof, in favor of the tiVicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas railroad r,3 company for one hundred thousand dollars, is a

illegal, and therefore a nullity; and further hthat a large majority of the landholders of the Iparish are opposed to the payment of the so ii

- called railroad tax:f Therefore, be it resolved by the police jury a

of the parish of Caddo, That we do not recog- gI nise the legality or binding force of said judg- h- ment, and declare the same to be a nullity and p

void in law, and that we will resist the collec- tltion of said tax in every legal manner, and to tl

f that end, pBe it ordained, &c., That a committee of k

three members of this body be appointed by n1 the president hereof, to employ counsel, and n

upon such terms as they may deem proper, for itthe purpose of resisting the enforcement of said gf judgment, as well as of testing the constitu- p

i tionality of said railroad tax should it become n-necessary.

The yeas and nays being called for by W. t<A. Pegram, upon the adoption of the forego- ping resolution and ordinance, were as follows, ftviz: Yeas-Robert Lowe, S. D. Parker and aJames A. Jeter. Nays-W. A. Pegram.- nThe vote being in the affirmative, the presi- 0dent appointed as said committee: S. D. Par- vker, Robert Lowe and James A. Jeter. 8On motion of W. A. Pegram the following sI ordinance was adopted, viz: Be it ordained, r

&c., by the police jury of Caddo parish,That t't we hereby petition the next legislature of Lou- a

isiana to pass a la-w to enable the people of the dparish of Caddo, to vote upon the location of anew court-house for the said parish. t1 Be it further ordained, &c., That it is inex- c

pedient for the police jury of Caddo parish to 1take any action upon the letting out of the con- st tract for the building of a court-house for Cad- f

t do parish, until our next legislature take some t:

action on the same, and the people have an op- a1 portunity of voting on the question.

i Be it ordained, &c., That a public road be Pestablished *commencing at John Walpole's,sen., and intersecting the Norris ferry road, atthe lot of J. Renfroc. t'

The following accounts were allowed:To exccutors of John S. Green, - $22 50 b" R. T. Buckner, - 100 00 a" S. W. Mays, - - 10 00 aIR. A. Cutliff, 28 00

" Mr. Randle, - - - 3 50" Mrs. Evers, 37 50 1" Mrs. Morgan, - 50 00 o" South-Western, - 200 00 o" J.-3.S. Allwie, jailor, 587 10" Doct. R. S. Poole, 90 00 s

Tdtal - - - $1,128 60 e

There being no further business, the board cadjourned sine die. R.. LGILMER,. s

.1 President pro tem. tA true copy, attest: c

N. E. WaIRIT, cl'k. c--- t4r,- -- ci

THE JEWs II SABBATH.-It is unlawful toe ride on horseback or in a carriage-to walk at

1 more than a mile from their dwellings-to lie transact business of any kind-to meddle with fil

any tool-to write-to play upon any musical- instrument-to bathe-comb the hair-and si

even to carry a pin in their clothes which is diunnecessary. These, and a great many others me are complied with by the most rigid. There ata is one command in the law of Moses to whiche all Jews must scrupulously adhere: "Ye shall ci

kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon b'- the Sabbath day." (Exod. xxxv., 3.)-Conse- ol

quently they neither light a fire, or a lamp, or toa candle on the sabbath day, nor eat food pre- wpared on that day-all must be done on Fri- olday. As it is impossible to spend the sabbath fo5 in cold climates without fire or light the Jew- wish families who keep servants make it a point P

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1 to have a Gentile in their service to do these aiI things; and among the humbler classes a num-

ber of families generally unite in securing the trservice of a Gentile neighbor for the day. P1Nothing could wound the conscience of a Jew mmore than to be under the necessity of putting re

f fuel on the fire, or snuffing his candles, on the wsabbath. [The British Jews. ol

I IMPLEMENTS OF DESTRUCTION.-Every few in- days some new invention is announced, the ti

chief merit, of which is its extraordinary abil- tif ity to destroy human life. Men are earnestly sf

I endeavoring to discover the best possible means difor slaughtering each other. w

At Baltimore, an improvement in artillery tlis exhibited, called "Shaw & Ames' patent Ie revolving battery." It consists of a brass cy- g

linder, Avtlving horizontally, and containing' oany number of chambers, with a stationary mbarrel. It is loaded, primed, fired and swab- wa bed, all wifh one simple movement of a break, ir

- which was repeated eighty times in one minute. frr The whole operation can be performed by one

s man. tiAt Boston lateI' an experimental trial was n-

't made with a bre s h-loading carbine, patented it

by col. J. D. Greei, which was discharged fif: alteen times at a taiget 175 yards distant, but tir one ball missing the mark. At 200 yards, 20 t1

3 shots hit out of 3g. The carbine weighs only riseven pounds and can easily be discharged ten ittimes per minuted b

In this city a n•w "revolving rifle" has been Bexhibited, whichb claimed to possess manye advantages over Co 's invention. It contains g

eight barrels,in sepai e pieces, to be detached sfrom the gun before ading. Two or more 01sets of barrels may be. d in connection with dthe firing apparatus, and ~an easily be carried tcin the pocket. By usin three sets, twenty- Lfour balls can be fired in inute. Pr •: Y. J al of Commerce. d

i. A Chieftain Lover.

r At that time, when the crescent overthrownunder the walls of Vienna, began to grow pale

d in Hungary, the chief of the Erlau guerillasit was Leikem, a young' nd fiery patriot. He

e constantly harassed the garrison of Erlau,Is Hatvan, Szolnok, and other places, by capturing

n their convoys and defeating their troops. On

one occasion he accomplished a very successful iexpedition by unexpectedly falling upon a treas- iy ure convoy in Gyongyos, on its way from Erlau

e to Buda, and cutting down the whole escort.d While his men were engaged in a combat

with the Turks in the streets of the town, Leik-,f em heard a cry for help from* neighboringhouse. He leaped off his horse, rushed in, andfound a Turkish soldier ill treating an Hunga-

t rian girl. With a stroke of his flashing swordhe split the infidel's head, and liberated herfrom his grasp. Exhausted and subdued byterror, the girl lay senseless on the ground.

s Leikem, with the aid of some women, soon re-stored her to consciousness. The girl was the

e very type of Hungarian beauty, with black eyes

and hair, the charming expression of her faceI heightened by a gleam of gratitude towards

,f her deliverer. To the young man she seemedj the fairest of all the maidens he ever beheld.e The girl, too, on recovering, thought the chiefjust what she in her lively fancy had imagined

e a true Magyar hero to be-tall, stately, withe sparkling eyes, the terror of the enemy and the

friend and willing protector of the helpless andunhappy.

.1 In our country love soon takes root, and in-e creases with a rapid and marvellous growth.

e The young man remained but a short time with

the maiden, still it sufficed to fill their heartswith a sentiment not easily to be effaced. Leik-

f em left the girl, whose name was Jrma, with a- promise of soon returning. but that promise wass more easily made than fulfilled, for scarcely had

e the news of the loss of the costly convoy

I reached Erlau, than the infuriated pasha sents a strong garrison to Gyongyos, and ordered a

r hot pursuit after the bold guerilla chief, so thate Leikem, for a time, was an unwilling prisonero in his inaccessible lurking-place in the Matra.

As a punishment for the loss of the money,y a contribution was levied on the town of Gyon-

gyos, and, at the same time, to insult the in-- habitants in their most sacred feelings, theI pasha commanded the delivery of twelve of:

their most beautiful daughters for the harem ofthe pasha of Buda. The consternation of thepoor town's people at this two-fold outrage

f knew no bounds,.but, conscious of their weak-ness, they submitted to the sentence, and asi neither entreaties nor promises could soften ther inflexible Turkish commander, presented theiri girls for selection to the officer sent for that pur-

pose from Erlau. Among the number chosenwas the unhappy Irma.

Leikem speedily received this dreadful in-telligence. His instant determination was toprevent the maidens from being carried off,butfor the moment, he was quite at a loss to devise 4l a plan likely to prove successful against the I

-numerous garrison of Gyongyos. In the midst

of this dilemma he was interrupted by the arri-val of a messenger from his uncle, the prior ofa monastery of Carmelites in this neighborhood isummoning the chief to an immediate confe-rence, which Liekem did not delay attending

t to, knowing his uncle who had already oftenassisted him with good advice during his expe-

e ditions, to be a wise, good and patriotic man.

a ie found the prior in great excitement as tothe fate of the unfortunate town. The monkconjured Leikem, by his christian faith and his

o love for his country, now to show what cnthu-_ siasm the Hungarian was capable of in the de-fence of his rights and his countrywomen. He

e then proposed to him to go to the town dressed

as a monk, and there to agree upon a schemewith the inhabitants. The first part of this

proposal was easily effected, as few hours pre-viously, Dulo, the father of Irma had sent tothe monastery for a priest to pray for his daugh-ter who was then dangerously ill. Leikem wasfor a moment unmanned by the sad informationbut by a violent effort he choked his feelings,and declared-his readiness to comply with thewish of his uncle. He hastily put on a cowland left the monastery mounted upon a mule.He had the good fortune to pass the Turkishoutposts unremarked, and arrived at the duskof the evening, accompanied by Dulo's mes-senger, in Gyongyos.

With the capuchin drawn over his head Leik-em entered Irma's room. She was muchd changed during the few weeks that had elapsed

since he saw her, and was so exhausted thatthe pretended monk had to bend over her tocatch her whispered words. He could not longcarry on his disguise, and was forced to ex-claim with all the fervor of his noble heart:o "I am not monk, Irma, but they warrior,

k and am come to cure and to save thee, for as Io live thou shalt not fall into the hands of the in-h fidels."

At the sound of that voice, the tone of whichshe had never forgotten, the girl thought shedreamt, but again looking into his truthful,manly face,she saw that all was a happy reality,and she seemed to live anew.

The guerrilla chief likewise disclosed his se-cret and his intention to her father, who cheeredby his presence, instantly stole away to othersof his tried and brave neighbors, inviting themto meet at his house. The men came. As itwas supposed that the escort, with the tributeof the town, on proceeding to Buda, would haltfor the night at the fortress of Hatvan, halfway between Gvongyos and Buda, at~the pro-posal of Leikem a daring plan was projectedand resolved upon.

Two days after an order came to give up thetribute of money and women. The mayor bypresents obtained the permission of the com-mander that the maidens should be allowed toremain veiled during their journey, until theywere introduced into the presence of the pashaof Buda. All happened as they wished. Atthe moment of their departure they were takenin closed litters from their dwellings, and leftthe town under a strong escort. accompanied bythe fervent prayers of the inhabitants for theirsafety. As they proceeded very slowly, theydid not reach Hatvan till late in the evening,whereupon the aga resolved not to go any fur- Ither that night. While preparations weremaking for the accommodation of the unusualguests,the commander of the fortress attemptedonce or twice to pay a visit of ceremony to themaidens, but the matron under whose care theywere,an energetic Hungarian woman, remainedinflexible, and after a short contest rescued themfrom the presence of a very unwelcome visitor.

At midnight, when all was hushed around,the sentinel at the door of the house where themaidens rested, had he been more vigilant,must have heard the opening of a windowabove his head, and seen a human form cau-

tiously descending. The sentinel, however,

dreaming perhaps of Mohammed's paradise,remarked neither the slight noise,nor the figurein whom the chief is easily recognized, whichby degrees glided down the high wall, till itstood like a menacing shadow behind him.Here a heavy fall was heard, followed by a dullgroan, then all became quiet as before. Thesentinel being" no longer in the way, elevenother forms let themselves down from the win-dow, one and all bearing greater resemblanceto stalwart warriors than to gentle maidens.Leikem hastily gave his commands in a sup-pressed voice, and after leaving two men at thedoor of the dwelling, they vanished into the!

dark and deserted street which led to the eastgate. There they surprised the. small guard Iwith equal felicity, and cut men down before Nthey could even think of resistance. But in Ispite of their quick and cautious proceedings, Ithey were detected by a Turkish sentinel who Ifired his gun, which aroused the others at their Iposts on the walls, and the alarm drum soon Ireechoed from every quarter of the place. t

No time was now to be lost. The gate was rforced open with all speed, and the drawbridge slet down. Leikem gave a shrill whistle, and Fon its being repeated at a distance from the tfortress, in a short time a band of 150 brave Imen rushed in through the open gate. Leikem iiplacing himself at their head, led to a decisive 1:attack on the barracks, where the Turks already bbegan to rally in overwhelming numbers. The vbattle ensued in the market place, where the hdwelling of the commander and" the barracks estood, and where the mass of the garrison was oarrayed. Leikem's irresistable charge, and the vdeath of the pasha, who fell at the beginning aof the engagement, discouraged the Turks, cdarkness and confusion did the rest, and after ha short and sanguinary massacre they surren- (dered to the mercy of the victorious Hungarians. bThe garrisoh still numbered six hundred men, Nwho were greatly surprised to find that they twere conquered by so small a band. You will thave already guessed that, instead of the sup- pposed maidens, Leikem and eleven of his men, t.disguised in female attire. formed the party so fcarefully escorted to the fortress, which enabled 1them so successfully to accomplish their hazard- o

s undertaking.At tif% news of the fall of Hatvan the greater ii

part of the inhabitants of Gyongyes fled to that bstronghold, to seek shelter against the ven- ageance of the Turks, and they were determined cin case of a serious attack, to die under the druins of its walls. t

Among the arrivals were Irma and her nfather. Leikem, now commander of a fortress Ithe fruit of his bold enterprise, celebrated his amarriage with his beloved Irma, who by the i fway, was accompanied to the altar by her peleven beautiful companions so gallantly res- vcued by the bridegroom. e

THE TRAITOR LovER.-During the siege of IDamascus, Derar was appointed to patrol roundthe city, and the camp with two thousandhorses. As a party of these was one nightgoing their rounds near the walls they heardthe distant neighing of a horse, and looking rnarrowly around, descried a horseman coming;stealthily from the gate of Keisau. Halting in ta shadowy place, they waited until he cameclose to them, when rushing forth they madehim a prisoner. He was a youthful Surian, erichly and gallantly arrayed, and apparently a;person of distinction. Scarcely had they seizedhim when they beheld another issuing from the tsame gate, who in a soft voice, called upon ntheir captive, by the name of Jonas. They ncommanded the latter to invite his companion i1to advance. He seemed to reply, and called cout something in Greek, upon hearing which, athe other turned bridle and galloped back into athe city. The Arabs, ignorant of Greek, and;suspecting the words to be a warning, would I1have slain their prisoner on the spot, but on osecond thought, conducted him to Khaled. t

The youth avowed himself a nobleman ofDamascus, and betrothed to abeautiful maiden knamed Eudocea, but her parents for some tcapricious reason, had withdrawn their consentto his nuptials, whereupon the lovers had se- 1cretly agreed to fly from Damascus. A sumof gold had bribed the sentinels who kept!watch that night at the gate. The damsel,

disguised in male attire, and accompanied by ;two domestics, was following her lover at adistance, as he sallied in advance. His reply tin Greek, when she called upon him was, "thatthe bird is caught," a warning, at the hearing tof which she fled to the city.

Khaled was not a man to be moved by a lovetale, but he gave the prisoner his alternative."Embrace the faith of Islam," said he, "andwhen Damascus falls into our power you shallhave your betrothed, refuse, and your head isthe forfeit."

The youth paused not between a scimetarand a bride. He made immediate profession 4of faith between the hands of Khaled, andthenceforth fought zealousy for the capture ofthe city, since its downfall was to crown his'opes.When Damascus yielded to its foes, he

sought the dwelling of Eudocea, and learnt anew proof for her affection. Supposing on his Icapture by the Arabs, that he had fallen amartyr to his faith, she renounced the world,and shut herself up in a convent. With a throb-bing heart he hastened to the convent but'when the lofty-minded maiden beheld him aregegade she turned from him with scorn, re-tired to her cell, and refused to see him more.She was among the noble ladies who followed'Thomas and IHerbis into exile. Her lover,frantic at the thoughts of leaving her, remin-ded Khlaled of his promise to restore her to him,and entreated that she might be detained, but

iKhaled pleaded the convent of Aba Obediah, iaccording to which all had free leave to de-I

p•art. "rs When Jonas afterwards discovered thatm Khaled meditated a pursuit of the exiles, but!

it was discouraged by the lapse of time, he of-te fered to conduct him by short and secret passa-

It ges through the mountains, which would insureIf his overtaking them. His offer was accepted.-i On the fourth day of the departure of the ex-id iles, Khaled set out in pursuit, with four thou-:

sand chosen horsemen, who by the advice ofie Jonas, were disguised as christian Arabs. For

y some time they traced the exiles along the2- plains, by the numerous foot prints of mules

to and camels, and by the articles thrown away toy enable them to travel more expeditiously. At

a length the foot print• turned towards the moun-Lt tains of Lebanon, 4nd were lost in their arid

n and rocky defiles. The moslems began toft falter. "Courage!" cried Jonas, "they will be

y entangled among the mountains, they cannotir now escape."

T In the midst of the carnage and confusion,D, Jonas hastened in search of his betrothed. If!r- she had treated him with disdain as a regenade,

re she now regarded him with horror, as theal traitor who had brought this destruction upon

d his unhappy countrymen. All his entreatiesie for her to forgive and be reconciled to him

T were of nw avail. She solemnly vowed to re-d pair to Constantinople and end her days in them convent. Finding supplications fruitless, he

r. seized her and after a violent struggle, threw1, her on the ground and made her prisoner. Sheie made no further resistance, but, submitting tot, captivity, seated herself quietly on the grass.w The lover flattered himself that she relented,-

1- but, watching her opportunity, she suddenly

r, drew forth a poignard, plunged it in her breast,e, and fell dead at his ft. [Irving.

re v..h A prominent minister lately remarked that

it the style of preaching in this country, and espe-n. cially in the northern and eastern sections of

ll it, had greatly changed within twenty years;ie then the criterion by which a sermon was mea-

on sured was its adaptation to bring sinners to then- Lord Jesus Christ; the style was bold, direct,se searching, scriptural, "full of Christ and him

s. crucified;" but now another style, more suitedp- to a literary taste, and more calculated to gath-ie er crowds than to convict sinners of sin, is pre-ve vailing. [Presbyterian Her.

t A STRANGE STORY.-M-. de M-, who has

I lately died, was one of three brothers-two of3 whom were partners in the firm, the otheri living a quiet, pious life on his estate, some

little distance from Paris, on the road to Or-leans. The latter had often been pressed byI his brothers to take a share in the business, buti had always declined leaving his solitude for

the anxieties and cares under which, in themidst of the greatest prosperity,rich capitalistswere always suffering. His philosophy wouldI seem to have been the true one, for he obtainedthe hand of Mdle. H., a relation of the duchessDe Flcury, and at that time the ricl.et heiressin all France, so that in a moment he foundhimself richer by far than the brother: who hadbeen struggling for so many years to amass thewealth they so much prized. This advance inhis position was not beheld without envy by hiselders. More than ever did he become the

object of attack to induce him to join his capitalwith theirs-but still without success. Peace,and the quiet of domestic life, had morecharms for him than power or high rank, andhe still remained at his chateea on the road toOrleans. Meanwhile the revolution of Julybroke out in that part of the country, and aswe all remember, with a revolutionary charac-ter-for M. Phillippe de M. became somehowthe object of the most insane and unaccountablepersecution amongst the peasantry, and thethreatenings of vengeance became at last soformidable that the family resolved to removeto some other province till the storm had blownover.

The very night before they carried this planinto operation, the chateau was attacked by aband of brigands, who se' fire to the building,and without any apparent desire for pillage,completely idevasted the whole domain, mur-dering with the most savage fury all who at-tempted resistance, and destroying withoutmercy whatever fell beneath their hands. tM.Phillippe de M. and his wife both fell in theaffray--the one shot through the heart in de-fending the entrance to the chateau, the other

perished in the flames, while attempting., invain, to escape from the burning pile. Theeldest child, a boy six years of age, fell by herside, and was seen no more, and none of thef family remained to tell the tale but one little

girl of three years old, who remained thus soleheiress to one of the finest properties in the

kingdom.The trial, which took place when quiet was

restored, made a great noise at the time, onaccount of the high position of the brothers ofthe victim in Paris, but no fact was elicitedwhich could throw light upon the real culprits.Two men were frequently mentioned during theexamination of witnesses as being the forem stin the attack-both of high stature, and bothwearing black leather masks, in imitation ofthe black band of '93. These individuals werenever discovered, and the whole inquiry termi-nated, as usual, in condemnation of one or twoidiots who had been taken on the spot, andcould give no account of why they were there,and the public eulogium pronounced by theadvocate general upon the conduct of the nursewho had at once made off to the fields withher little charge, and thus saved the only scionof this wealthy family. It was natural enough

that such a circumstance should make an im-f pression on the two brothers M-, and thatboth should seek to have-the guardianship ofthe child so miraculously saved. She was con-t fided to the elder of the two, who soon adopted

her with as much fondness as though she hadbeen his own.A few years ago rumor spoke of the intended

marriage of the rich heiress with her cousin,the son of Adrien M-, but was soon hushedby the formal refusal of the guardian to consentto the union. Soon after this, in the beginningof 1850, the city was shaken by the news ofthe tragical end of Adrien M-, who was foundhanging to the staple which had just been fixedin the wall of his bed-room, to receive the su-perb Rubens for which he had given two hun-dred thousand francs the day before. His sondied some little while since, and the heiress re-mained unmarried, in order to soothe the ol1age of her dear, good uncle. We thought wehad done with the M- family, when lo! herecomes a new event which completes the dramain all its parts. The good old uncle died latelyin the arms of his dear adopted child, leavinga scaled confession for her perusal. By thisstatement he avows himself the murderer ofher father, declaring the two men in masks,beheld in the attack of the chateau, to havebeen himself and his brother Adrien, that theattack was planned by the latter in order toinherit the property, and that their disappoint-ment had been great indeed when the discove-ry of the escape of the nurse had been made

public. Remorse had prevented him frompursuing his plan of extermination further. liehad suffered the child to live, and owned thathe had blessed in her affection and gratitude.Hie could not consent to the marriage with hisnephew for his soul's sake, and was very sorrythat his refisal should have caused his brotherAdrien to commit suicide. The confessionconcludes by begging the prayers of his adop-ted child, and advises her retirement to a con-Svant, that she may take example from him howlittle avail are riches and honor when comparedto the soul's peace, and calls upon her to re-member how often he would sit sad and sor-rI owful amidst every blessing which this worldScould gu ive The conctlusion is more admirableand strictly in accordance with thle characterSof the man. It is thought that the family willf lean upon these few last lines of the confession

to put in a plea of insanity, and thus invoker disbelief, but the abbe De •-, who attended

C the miserable sinner in his last moments, will

i not give testimony to that effect. The truth' of this story is beyond a doubt.

A lieutenantin the royal nary had written apolitical pamphlet, but being called to his du-ty, was not able to see it through the press.He therefore placed it in the hands of a book-seller, desiring that he would give it to someliterary man, who, for duly preparing it forpublication, should have half the profits. Thubookseller gave it to Mr. Cooke, who soon dis-charged his duty. The work was published,and the profits were thirty pounds, all of whichwas given to Mr. Cooke, who took his portion,and reserved the other half for the authorwhenever he should call for it. Many yearselapsed, and he heard nothing of him. Atlength a gentleman called on him, told hisname, and declared himself to be the author ofthe pamphlet,, telling him that he knew fifteenpounds were due to him on account of thepamphlet, and adding that he was ashamed totake it, but that "his poverty and not his will"consented, as he had a wife and an increasingfamily. bMir. Cooke had the money ready forhim, which the stranger took, and expressedhis gratitude at parting. This necessitous au-thor, who afterwards went to the bar, was thelate lord Erskine.

Since the passage of the prohibitory law insome of the New England States, it is fountthat there are many evasions of the law, inselling fancy drinks and medical prescriptions,with all sorts of queer names and composed ofall sorts of queer materials. The Canadianparliament, which has a prohibitory law underdiscussion, has referred it back to the commit--see, toinclude a provision which shall preventthe law being thus evaded.