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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White League. (search)
at Shreveport were compelled to abdicate by the White League, which took possession of the place. Among those obliged to abdicate were Walsh, the mayor, Rapers, the sheriff, Wheaton, clerk of the court, Durant, the recorder, and Ferguson and Renfro, administrators. Two colored men, who had given evidence in regard to frauds committed in the parish, were compelled to flee for their lives, and reached this city last night, having been smuggled through in a cargo of cotton. In the parish of Bossier the White League have attempted to force the abdication of Judge Baker, the United States commissioner and parish judge, together with O'Neal, the sheriff, and Walker, the clerk of the court; and they have compelled the parish and district courts to suspend operations. Judge Baker states that the White Leaguers notified him several times that if he became a candidate on the Republican ticket, or if he attempted to organize the Republican party, he should not live until election. They al
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Judicious planter. (search)
A Judicious planter. --The Shreveport (La.) Southwestern learns that a planter of Bossier parish has on hand a plenty of last year's crop of corn to last until January; that he has made enough corn this season to last him two years; that during the past summer he has sold several hundred pounds of well-smoked and salted hams, sides, and shoulders, besides a quantity of lard, and did not buy a single barrel of pork for plantation use. He thinks that next winter, besides retaining an ample supply for home consumption, he will be able to sell two or three thousand pounds of pork or bacon.
The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], Escape. (search)
en they were again ordered to fire upon the pickets, who again returned the fire. Great consternation was then visible in the camp, as though "somebody" was "hurt," when Capt. Read, on discerning a large force approaching from towards the Martello Tower, gave orders to his men to retreat to their boats. "Nobody hurt" on our side. Good farming. The Shreveport (Ls.) Southwestern, of the 1st inst., gives the following instance of good farming: One of our friends; residing in Bossier parish, working only four or five hands, during the past year, raised two hundred bushels of peas for sale, four thousand pounds of pork, besides having enough for his own plantation use; corn enough to last full two years, and about one hundred and thirty bales of cotton; potatoes, turnips, and vegetables of almost every kind, in abundance. The spinning-wheel was heard rattling away in his cabins, preparing to clothe the family. That's the way for painters to do. Fires in Louisiana.