THJS BOSSU ilf BAN y EU Ofiaiti JûarôâüfBÔiiêr Pariai h W II SCAXl.AND PROPRIETOR î h k *t a TH» B*m»er win le owt Katurdar morn in* iuWriptiun. p»rr hi»- mn>. ThweD«»U*r *—$1 fur rty TB'iufti» fl fi*-titrer liwotba A*-frtS«>TarTiî« inwrvei j.t $1 per»t heard. The ''Ouachita House," at Monroe, is a sorry establish ment, judging from our receut experience in attempting to get a few "square meals" there. A dollar a meal ami "nothing to eat" doesn't always give sat isfaction to a hungry man. j We are authorized to an uouuce that there will Ik: a Tournament and public barbe cue at Collin-.burg in this par ish, on Friday the 36th inst. And also a eotillion party trill be given at Cottage Grove Academy in the evening of! I thu tame da\, beginning at ntght-inl l. 1 Our District Court, Judge L. B. Watkins presiding, has been iu session up to our go ing to press. There is a hcavy crimiual ducket, v. hich, if clear ed by trials, may con sauve an other week. Four murder cases and one case ot attempt to murder by lying in wait are pending with prisoners in jail. Many cases for minor offences are pending. The civil bust v y ness is not heavy, but tlielike hood is, that Court will contin-j uc more ibau a week longer. ______^ _ Telegrams we publish give an account of a lire iu Chicago unexampled in modern times for magnitude.aud destruction of property. A hundred thou sand people have been depriv ed of it o m es, aud two hundred millions dollars woith of prop erty destroyed. One-third of the city is utterly destroyed, but we predict that two year» will not elapse betöre it i<* gatns all its former prosperity, so great it* the power of recup eratisn in the growing North-' West. const i to be w hose Briek Ponteroy i» for tnting another party called Oonriuentals, principals will be those of those Democrats opposed to the New Departure. The name is very appropriate indeed, for* tbe principals of the new party would be of about tbe value of th» old Continental money. A railroad meeting \vus held h ü 0, Mol,d?y 1,,i5r tiiW im> ccediugs of v. hielt u si pub îo-day. It was au endeavor to excite an interest in our j»eople _ on tilt* subject ot latiioaus, UllCi to assist as far as we could, tin* Shreveport people in ttieir pro ceedings. Many of ns lost considerably by the old Vieksbug u n d Shreveport Corporation, and; are, therefore, inclined to be; *rî vçry cautious. Ye, if new 1 projects be put on l'e fonmla tions, doubtles our >oople will (assist. Lei the projects be j reasonable and feasible, and let duo means bo used to pop ularize them. Sec what Jay Cooke Co. are dtr'ng for the y or tlx Pacifie in the way of trumpeting its fame! Let's attempt something of the sort at least. \Ye want foreign capital it is i 1 enough a of! true, but the pro; er way to get it, is by the proper u«e of what we have in making im ginnings. If we build ten miles of road, we h tve a b on which to borrow for ten tidies more, aad this additional teu miles is anoiher basis for another borrow, ami so ou. Til is course eft eu causes insolvency and tbs loss of the original stock. But even then the original stock holders mar have gained iu the additional vaine of tlieir property, caused by the road, more than they lest. Let us not attempt too g eat a work at first, and be ctftain to be able to carry through what we I attempt. JR1S Geowth of Texas.—W e carefully uot ced 1 he con tiuucd growth of the "Lone tslar' State for the last twenty years. The most reliable pa pers of that growing power every year clearly proved, that a hundred tliot sand im mi rants settled within its bord During that time, ihere two millions have beeu added to her population. Y ti.e c.uisas takers only report eight bunded thousand e* ers. fort* is a strange mystery. We can't think the fever has killed off the people or hat the fret* nse of tlm revolver iu»s caused the loss. It is just a yankee trick played on us of the South to keep u.s from having a greater representation in Congress. 1 ing to In* held, on In !,t Shreveport. npt Rail Road Moatin gates to t be held At Bellevue, ou tin* 9th instant, a meeting of cititens tram all parts the parish took placent tin* Court house, to tal e some action in relation to the Railroad m«et IS1I1 inst., B. F. Fort was elected President and j. E. McCarty, Esq.. Set ret ary. On motiou of Co'. R. W-Turner it was Resolved. That then* be ap pointed by the Prettdeitf, as dele tlie Railroad Couveution on the 1 Stli instant, at Shreveport, La., twelve citizens to represent t he in t y rest that Bos sier parish lias in tl e railroad pro posed from Monrot to Shreveport and twelve others o represent its interest in the OkVhoma road. 1 is Whereupon the Preaiieqjt ap !*oi:ited lor Monroe and Shrevt j>ort road, Messrs. Isaac A. lb bird, R. T. Vinson, J. N. I'latt. A. Me Da de, K. F. Council; J. Vt. Hryan, A. 3. Hiltnau, J. Ar uoid, L. G iswuiil, X). Ü. Platt, William Stidham, W. H. ILascoe nmltorih -Oklehom* ;oa l. JlessV*. N. W. Sentell, S. AI. Thomas, H. Y. Graves, Dr. S. W. Vance, E J. Hall, J. G. Alien, J. J. Swindle, K. T. Stinson. Charles Arnold. M. L. Ford, T. Al. Gi iuw* and John A. Marks. On motion ol Mnj 0. MeOlefia ghan it was Resolved, That the President lie added as a delegate iti interest of both roads On motion of Coi. 11. W. Tui lier it was further Resolved. That each delegate he authorized to appoint a proxy' to represent him, in case of liis non attendance; and that the dtle gates receive tile genera instr c tiou to furrbei the interest of Bos sier parish at Shrev eport Cbnveii tiou, in such way as they deem expedient. It was further ordered. That tiie proceedings of this meet ng i be furnished tin* "Hosh.i r Hau net" 1 for pu Plication. The meeting theni adjourned vine die. B. F. FORT, Pn sidenl. J. E. McCarty, Secretary. j j Extract from Charge of Judge L*. 3. Watkins, as to Road Laws. It is confided to the Police Jury to pas» such ordinance» as they may deem necessary or expedii nt. in relation tu toads, br.dges aud ditches, and to impose auch lines and penalties and to enforce the same as they Ihay think pro »er, to be recovered and enforced in tbo uauae of the State before Any competent tribunal. B. S. 3Jü4, et s»q. 3J73, 3J72, et eeq. of R. S., provided for the appointment of or tracers of roads aud define their duties, aud afijx a peu dty against auy person refusing to serve iu tnat capacity. From the provision« of which sections, it clearly a pi »ears that tiie performance of the duties im posed upuu road overset rs is )bli g ati/ry upon all citizen», and is with the per iu a kea 110: at ail optional sou appo utvtL tâecûun 337Ö R. S., inrtkea it Uic duty of the ruau oiw-siti- to xumittm ail male person from the 0'jc of fifteen to forty-five to icoi K on the public roads. Uuder tue piovimms oi si-ction 33Ö1, K. >S., it is Im* dm3 u! Grand Juries to ina 1* faithful prcscutuieut of auy and all road overseers, who snail 111 any way tail or neglect lo iaitlitully dis eliurge their (Iuric« 1. the law re U-rred to, iuiposvd and upon such piesctilment being tu ad«, it is the duty of the District Auoruey to prosecute the said ovei seers, amt upon trial aud conviction. Ite\ shall Ik) flood in the mun of not less than one hundred arid noi nulled i»y pit* passag of Miti»» quvut statnivs ou t he sa aie sut Bnt an idea lias 1 mm*ii by Minn means iucuicated to th.* «fleet thaï the restions of the R. M., relened to, tskve been aoroyrtvi and un ject m«tter. If such is the in g slat Utes have case the tvpe.nl escii.ied my oh »eivatioti. It seems t,uiic appa relit that Art Nu 14 of session acts of ISTo regular *-iiou. did 110" so repeal or ahiogafe »aid law. {Such an intent is ne' or pressed in the tiiie of s: id act, and such hi ing lie case, it is violative o article 114. Con-tit rinn of 1808. "Even Inw shall CX -I s-its object E. at its or objects in its it t> tbe evident object o said act r. p a'the sections of the R. rctern-tl to. Act 2i of 1870. sec. that no police jury o corporation shall h*v\ a poll or per capita t; if it were to 3. I 1, declare* municipal j nt ec Ih-ct 1 3ei*tinii two declares thu u-iiuer pirish or lowii «,r city authoriti**» shall make any appropri ttion» *>r ex penditures tor the purpose ,»f ma king or repairing the public toads or bridges until th* necessary provision is mail« for tlu* pa t ment of the sa ne by levying an aa val orem tax. The inference is clear that this danse applies to sich repairs upon the public mus, and the build'ng of such br.d>;es as cmid not be coiiveuiently done or m ule on ncccount of their magnitude, by the road hands placed »ut«je<-t to the order of the road overseer. It i* not intended to declare that' the working of the road* shall be by taxation. Tbia act does not annul the statute abjve recited, !*nt an act in port materia. lolejrapbic Newa. t-'roin Sti fTppuit Sont:i-Wc»terB.] j Chicago,. Oct. 9.—Saturday lights tire subdueti after a loss ol a half tiiillton. Vincent .Nelson Co.'s immense grainelsvator burn ed. Another tiro in Western Dis trict commenced at B o'clock Sun tiny uigtii, two unies distant from the courthouse. At 2 o'clock the fire hadspread fearfully; the flumes approached the telegraph office, a till wires commenced falling: t wenty nlocks destroyed; the wind hiowiug a gale front the south, the j Homing brands tin-eatened de struction*every\vhere. The tower of Coreaut Houst* caught tirefroin j tl\ in g brands; the tire has reach ed West Monroe street, a mile train tiie origin of the tire beyond the centra! firemen; an immense number ot yards, with freight de pots burned; the loss already amouuts to many millions: the whoU cir.\ is tineateued with en tire deatruition. Panic iuereas ing; at 2^ o'clock, the telegraph ers abandoned the Western Cuion Tel ■'graph oilicc. Thirty four blocks burned, and the fire is still raging. Chicago has sent a mes I sage to the Mayor of St. Louis asking aid lor the sufferers; water works burned to the ground; oth er accouutssavthe l remont House. postotlice, telegraph building, j to merchant exchange, are ail huru ed. Later—Fire stiil raging south; a railroad superintendent tele giapbs that the fire had reached xYabash Avenue, and spreading rapidly, liis locatieu is three miles south of Wabash Avenue; he expresses the opinion that the fire wi.i reach him before night. Chicago, Oct. 9, iü A M.—The entire business port 1011 of the city is destroyed. Ail banks,express, telegri pi., and newsjiapcr, except the Tiibuue, six elevators and wa ter works, burned; no water in the city; uot iess than I0,00o buildings already destroyed; the fire has burned a distance of five miles, und is »till raging; wiud blowing a gale; it will be almost impossible to get auy reliable de tailed particulars for some time, as there is only one telegraph wire working, aud that only to the sub m bs. Chicago, Oct. 9. —Awful work of destruction still goes on with relentless fury, from Harrison street in the »»nth, to Division iu the north, and from the river to the lake, an arua of four miles by one wide. The flames have swept everything; it is estimated that 100,000 people are homeless and in a snlfeiiug condition: streets ladisliicts ;*till uubumed, lined ;or miles with such household goods as have been saved from destruction; most generous oilers of assistance :n mosey, food, ur any thing else wanted, are coming in from every city and town iu the country. liy telegraph—The Mayor ha* responded to several offers asking that cooked food be provided a» soon as possible. Fireiiieu are on their way here from Cincinnati, 8t. Louis, and other cities; watei works eiitiiely destroyed; uuild ing« are now being blown up on the line of the tire to attempt to arrest its progress. Later—it is now believed the spread of the fir.* southward ha» 1 been stayed at ilarrivon street, but on tu« south siue there is no dimunitiou of its fury: this entire division of the city is doomed to utter destruction; there are grave tears that the liante* may spread to the west side of North Branch River, and thu iubabitauts of the streets nearest the liver are al ready moving to places ol suppos ed greater safety. The. Western Uuion Telegraph Company have now six wires working east ami I south in a temporary otiiee at the coruer uf State and lbtii street; the Northern Railroad Com [»any I are ruuHing trains on both its branches, which are crowded with j flying citizens; it is now positive 1 iy asserted by some that the wa ter works are st.ll intact, but that the wafer is suut ufi' froiii the south on account of the quantity used 011 t»e north side. A reliable tent has just arrived nom the i.>rth division and brings intelli gence that the water works are uninjured; God grant it may aiovc true; it is impossible to give now au approximately correct statement of losses, but a taint idea is formed when it is stated that every bank iu the city, ex eept two savings institutions, on on 33d street tn south division, aud out* 011 Randolph, in the west division, are destroyed. Al wholesale stores, retail establish 1 tient», pn*totfice, court bon»*. Chamber of commerce, and ever. hotel in the south division, except Michigan Aveuue Hotel, which i n standing on the extreme southern limit escajietl, tiu#C!i scorched; every nedCplpw office. ;»ud tiie Tribune building, which vvaSsup]>osed to be fireproof, tiu 'ally succumbed; every theatre, six of the largest ^elevators, the immense depots the Micitigau, Southern Illinois Central burn ed; the passengers and freight de pots of the latter, more than a score of churches, am) touch ot tiie shippiug iu tiie river destroyed; men wiio were millions! ies/ester day. morning are pearly penniless today; but mure terrible than all is the' certainty that many perisu ed in the flames; how many noue can tell, bur it is certuiu that sev eral perished, and thete is heart sickening tears that victims will l»e counted by scores; hundreds of horses and cows have beeu burn ed in stables, and ou tbe north side number« of animal«, though released from confinement, were bewildered and confined by sea of tire v, hich surrounded them that they rushed wildly to and fro ut tering cries of fright aad pain un til scorched and killed: auy at tempt at a description of the scenes v-t this appalling calamity would t>e idle; the simple fact is that our great city of Chicago is destroyed; that hundreds of mil lions of active capital here has vanished, ami nearly one third of j Chicago's inhabitants are house less and dependent; any attempt to embellish would be mockery, as: this awful day draws to a close thousand: of auxious eyes watch the clouds of smoke issuing from doomed buildings; firemen from other cities arc constantly arriv ur a» on Col. J. J. S. Wilson,snperinten dent of the telegraph, is in receipt yf dispatches fiom leading cities announcing that aid is being pre pared lor the sufferers. Col. Ciowny, of St. Louis, telegraphs *70,000 has beeu subscribed by tbe merchant* there; Cinciuuati promises f200,000, aud Cleveland is pro(ioi tiointely geuerous; al tiioagh a great deal more will be required to relieve immediate wants, ever/t ting is being done by General Stager and his assist ants to keep up communication for the citizens aud pres« with the world outside. Almut three fourths of the Ü. S. mail was sav ed, aud taken pussrssiou of by Coi. Wood, ot the jtostal sendee. Sandwich, Ontario, Oct. 10.— Tbirteeu dwellings, three »tores, and four barns burned. New York, Oct. 10.—Many in surance companies have tempora rily suspended to »i-e how they st»ml; ail will pay as rapidly as possible, aud have begau arrange meut» to that effect. Life insur ance companies have many mil lions lus ued cut upon real estate security in Chicago, bnt as their rule is to it quire laud alone, they shall more than secure debts They appr. b. ud no losses. Ciuei îuati, O. Oct. 10.—Several Jewish societies had halls last night with »uppers. They sent supplies to Chicago. New York, Oct. 10. The exeite meur is u >w abated iu regard to the Chicago fire. Immense sale of papers; busiue s generally sus 1 (M-Uiled. Chicago, Oct. 10, 3:20 A M.— Special to tbe Time*. Out*, fourth I of Chicago is in rmus, aud still burning iu tl.e western division; ,a Tayior und Halstead streets swept; fearful loss of life by fall ing wal.s; 10,000 business men have been cutu[»elled to make as signments; usiirauce companies crash is inevitable. The river is impassable except at ouc bridge, twelve other bridges burned; it is feared the bridge will be crushed by overwhelming travel; railroads ceased; no mails; at present the loss is estimated at tw o hundred millions; tiie proot buildings ed like tiuder; but few business houses saved eveu their papers; no: papers can be published until type comes from elsewhere. Some vessels escaped by being sent adrift iuio Lake Michigan. The origin of the fire was in a a .able where a woman w eut with a keroseue lamp. Large numbers of firemen were killed; Couxentot Mercy burned; pavements burned; five hundred squares burned iu the 3outh Divi i sioii; oue hundred thousand em ploy e«s t brow 11 out of employ meut county records saved; city records lost. New York, Oct. 10—11 A il.— At uiiduight last night the West ern Lnioii Telegraph office, which hall been located ou the corner of Wabash avenue ou Sixteenth -treet in consequence of tbe up proaeh of the tire; at three o'clock uia morning notice wasgiven that he fire was again upon them, aud hey must tuako further retreat, rince that time there has been no -oui mu mention with tbe city. New Y'ork, Oct. Il), 1J) a M.—In ä v *y ä si .—ah the Stock Hoard a motion: to do 3ft Sorti,, This summary proceeding nwed ÏUjüUO to the snflcteei bt n in Chicago ffHLiij Goveruiug Committee, «4? power to increase as muck m tiie treasury allowed, «nder tty 000; carried universally. Chicago, Oet. fire continu ?<1 to bujm on the nort j side, but thls-y ing it is un 1er co ii f WI. ___ remainfngX rt river north to Liucolu Park, a«4 from the rortli branch of tho river on tbt west to ;t Wet lata ot» the east. This portion, exoepo along the main river, where th«r» were business blocks, wa* pied by dwellings. Twotkirdaqf the impuhitiou of the distri«tw«f e German nod Scaudanavian__ Th-*se people are liow housetr«a At three o'clock this tuorni«* it rained; it did uot rain loug the roofs aud ground were wet. Fifteen hnudretl citizoua «worn 10 I special polie». A federal foj^ lias been employed to guard tka property. One hundred-1 I rations have been issued. Two men caught iu incendia visai we hung to lamp potU.— thieves into hannlessoesg. Every train brings engines, mid flrcaK u immediately go to work. Tbej are playiug on coal piles to savt fuel. A lew business inco ol j more nerv» tliau o'hers iug business places in the we»i side. Rooms which retit«d last week for 870 now cotumaud #5, 000. Newspaper* already at wort preparing for rvsumptiwu. W* ter for drinking and eooking cured from the lakes ami park« Thousands of people camp«. about the artesian well. The p'o are led in churches und sclio» ___ ty wounded. Militia onlered t» bouses. I was cold this mofufdj' causing grsat stiffenug; hat tkt people arc pray iug.for uiutit xsti. Philadelphia, Oct. 1(1-—A ser uus riot incurred in the souther 1 part of the city, five killed t«M4 the scene. Washington, Oct. 10— Heav, raiii at Chicago put the fire wx. This statement is confirmed through regular and official char nels. to ,a gale. SA Steam engines and ]>r*vi arc going to Chicagu from points; nearly every tbeatr« 1» playing fur the reiief uf tbe *u:' f W north ot Harrison stiwt betw««u river aud lake iioithwiml-tu tl» extreme north limit of the city, not a building left; eveu the trat* of Lincoln Park are deiffokwl; uot a word regarding the tions. Tiie government is brin ing all resources to their relitf, all railroads carry supplie» fr.» by fast truins. Henry Clews and Jay. Cooke Ik Co. gave each $1,000 (e Cliit~.lt4 suflerers. J. L Morgan Co., ot Loudon, telegraphed to agents to draw five thousand, the same purpose. %mmm Chicago, Oct 10,3 j). in.— Wm d just received that a fierce fire is raging yet in 31st strebt* ait ih» thi a srt street is two uiilus south of southern lire. A little les» that from the limit on th&ifet ride. Several iuceudiaries^V'i caught and shot, other two wen led off with ropes around thf il necks. The wiud is uow blowing is is The eud cannot lie Very Latest—New York, told. 0.1. 10.— The report that the fief bru t» out again in Chicago und wa* burning fiercely is positively cv* tradicted by a dispatch from GW eral Auson Stager, of tho Wester* Union Telegraph company, o»w at Chicago, to General Palwr, Socretary, of Uto cum pan y beu. the buruteruoon, Geu. Stagar »täte« that a ire started in a small house In 'S it street, ou the South side, this it' 1 the South side, this tt* but was speedily pn< ofc. Iucendiari«« become busyseveu no: or eight hanged or shot at «iff?*» Washington, Oct.lU.—The bal) Treasury at Chicago lost two lions, of which a half million gold._____^ liar V itf gold._____^ Died At Beatm, Bonier Partoh, L»., U lh* re»idoace ot' bi* tuirenU, ALBEKT CLltl OILS ElKVAItl> •ÜIClîAÂÜ eViest »on of Claadiu* E. R. am: sea itli* *31 1* King, aged une rear aud 9 month* aai dar* Succession SÏÏÏ7 B' »1^ a s ?5 Succession of I Yiiliam JW**» deceased. Y virtue of u order at tS» Honor h)» Parleti Court of Bo««ter pvAak, «rit of aa e laaued therewith, th," wi the ateaiulioal Mary RUea," HM** the auccrsuioti of W. Kolaom, a#v 1; uear T. M. Oitnier'a place, will he **.h public auc.iou ou WEUXE 80 AY, th«*^ DAY OK OCTOBER, 1*71, l»etwe« kuiira of 11 in the forenooa, and 4 is w* afteruoou, at the Market houae m th* 7* bhreveport. V»y»p Trrin* jf Sal*—On mouth* fa- whatever it will bnaf.l or giving bead foe price, '.-eering inf I from day of aal« at th* cent i*,r taiuum, aud with itv. t 4 it Public Adnitnlatra* a