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r Official Paper of The Pnrish of St. andry. OPE LOUS AS, LA : Saturday, January IS, ; 1SGS. jWe have beer informed that Ken dall Keary, a leading colored politician of this Parish, has been arrested and lodged in the Alexandria jail for horse stealing 1 . Suicide .— On last Sunday, the 12th inst., at Leon ville in this Parish, Frank Smith committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a pistol, the ball passing through and severely wounding a person near by in the thigh. A few days ago and old negro wo man died in Opelousas, and the corpse re mained three days without burial Finally some negroes, under pressure however from Mr. Violet, Agent of the Bureau, boxed the body up and conveyed it to the grave-yard, but instead of burying it deposited it on the stiles of the fence. Subsequently "an old negro man happening to find it there pro cured assistance and interred it. 'The Senate passed a resolution a few day« since declaring that the causes were not sufficient for the removal of Secre tary Stanton by the President, which reso lution being served on General Grant, he immediately evacuated the Secretary of War's Office, and surrendered it to Stanton. The President had taken no action iu the matter. Gen. Meade has removed the Gov ernor and Treasurer of the State of Georgia, not for being " impediments to reconstruc tion," but for refusing to pay the expenses of the Convention out of the State Treasury. That Bad Couofa.—Death is near at hand— 1 disease now preys upon your vitals. Your cough has become severe, your lungs fail to perform their proper function. Re member how easily you take cold, and how much you have neglected your cough. If you will take honest advice, send and procure one bottle of Drotngoole & Co.'s Amygdaline Pec toral,' it is a beautiful, a delightful South ern preparation for all diseases of the Lungs, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, Pleurisy, pain in the side, &c., are speedily relieved. , It enables you to sleep so well at night. Call on your Drug gists. DISTRICT COURT. seventh week. The first three days occupied in taking defaults in about two hundred civil cases. State vs. Thos. Moore—embezzlement, and same vs. Donate Soileau et al, assault with intent to murder, recognizance bonds of ac cused forfeited. State vb . Adolphe Armand, shooting with intent to murder, nolle pro ggaui. State vs. John Yeyon, manslaugh : '.".■V —» -;ii commendation to the mercy of the Court. State vs. Ramo Jones, (colored) larceny • trial -^ acquittai. B. F. Linton.' Esq., for the prisoner. • Tsmc for Preparation« The appeal made in mir côhimns for a thorough organization of the conservative voting strength in this State, to oppose the ratification of the Constitution, (so-called,) to bring forth which the Biack-and-Tan Convention is now in labor, has been re ceived with high favor by the people. From the country parisnes, as well as in the city, cheering, confident voices Second our call, and notwithstanding the* outrageous fraud by Which a great preponderance of negroes are enrolled upon the registry books, suf ficient Pinguine persons may be found who predict Sure defeat for the Radical Recon structionists at the ballot box, provided a united and vigorous effort be made by all classes of their opponents. " ! Before at vote is taken on the ratification or rejection ot the Constitution, ,ty,is be hoped the (registration books wW opened ; andjudging from the dsjgire here tofore manifested by Gen. Hancock fo deal justly by our people, we can scarcely doilbt that this unquestionable right will be con ceded. It cannot be unknown to tho Com manding General that scores upon scores of our Lest ànd most honorable citizens we^" refused the privilege of registration, ."^e quently insult being aaded to this ^i'rant injusti"«, und that many weredptefed from making the attempt for fear of feting w ith similar treatment Hundred*.of our r cit '" zeng, too, wer« at the No*b, d"*en from their homes by pestil«" ce i p r absent for other causes, Surely all of these who are not «learly dtbarrcrfoy tbô MtSÄf Congress have a risht to v*' e upon questions of soç^ momentous consequence, to their fare and th»c of the State, as areinvol^.^ the issue to be presented at this ° election. The sooner, therefore, traion of voters now illegally *<- 1 gins the better. . . u^ers, at the Many Of the P^^VÄs, sought election for Convention deb* ' fa.., fl*K".advi« !t WWit«rt® Bistto vote; tne re Rults in nearly all the parishes might bave been changed had the planters dared to in terfere in-.the matter. But a reign of terror then existed ; a military officer held sway who, regardless of the rights of the people, had long before expressed hi&determination regarding liow the result should stand, ihe people with good cause, feared that if they counseled the negroes to vote otherwise than would aid in accomplishing the despotic de signs of their whilom ruler, arrest und pun ishment for "obstructing the reconstruction laws" would be no improbable consequence. But ho such fears will, under thè present regime, deter our peoplo from entering into the canvass with spirit and energy. Gen Hancock, we feel satisfied, desires a free and frank expression of the public. whl, unbias ed by personal fears, and influenced only by appeals to the reason and common sense of tbe legal suffragans. Let all true friends of Louisiana put their, shoulders to the wheel, and endeavor to get the State out of the po litical slough iuto wluch Kadical legislation has plunged her. An organized effort, aided by the dissensions among the Radicals them-, «elves, will accomplish tho good work. K O. Timet. The importation of foreign dry goods at v he port of New York last year were about -orty millions less than on tnepreviousjear. a UECOrtSTRITCTIO* A KD TIÏE J'BESIDEflICÏ. Republican leaders of all shades «înd tendencies with respect to public opinion at large, are now seen to unite without scruple or remorse, in taking as their sole guide on the question of Southern re construction the inexorable logic of par ty exigency. Tlio spirit of calculation with which they complicate and intent" l* the agonies of their Southern victims, ijjso atrocious that, in contrast with it, tlit blackest fiend of hell might appear ahnet as fair as an angel of light. Such a pi cb has their affronterv reached that i tlioy bo longer consult even the cmpt} >iiovv i)f deccucy as a cover to their iin ( ",ito U spartisan schemes, the pivot all ot which ( urns upon the issue of Southern reeo'ixiïliction. In other words, convin ced tlut^ue Northern majority will re pudiate «eir ticket in t!ie comin S P res " idential «Ret ion, and nevertheless des t on clutching the power and another four years' saturna and misrule, they have pcrately tl ie spoils c lia of cori'U} revived to luA;the negro vote of the un reconstructed \ates into that election tor the express and\^ e P ur P 06C °* , n S it cast for their Striates. Inspt this dominant nie Congress recently said, newspaper of Iiis district^ liean party, to insure success? the ten unrepresented States ri ted and brought back in time to their candidate next November.' One of the most signal illustr: the flagitous unanimity of ï leaders iu this plan of aggrai wretched condition of the measure of heartless party may be seen in the recent cou ator Morton, of Indiana. T as the telegraph informs us the passage.of a bill "abrog-.i State governments in the and providing proper go lieu thereof." It is not d; ~ lating his remarks in fcuppo; position #ith various featurl litical situation, to percei taut bearing which the me the vote of the ten unreco in the next presidentia immediate object is to ci! as far as prudent to supc military authority which ed by Congress to exec plan of reconstruction. ders fear that, under s manders as Hancock, Me! ell, acknowledging obedi commander-in-chief as son, the work of establi macy in the States of the may be jo retarded or baffl] the Republican party of tl States for its presiden this view they fiind the en had invented as a means »tractions, itself proving the paramount dtsigu of tion scheme—natr\ely, n in the South as tL;e basL premacy in the entire what the senator means that "to-day the military they had set up was obst T"** operation of the law States, and upholding til gal and unauthorized and that*" there was -d work of reconstruction of ilican the as a fediency, of Sen senator, ow urges g existing el States, nments in t, by col 'of this pro of the po the iinpor ure has upon [tructed States 'election. Its mvent, and de, the very as establish the Radical e Radical lea district cora and Mcüow ce to such a esident John g negro süpre veral districts as to deprive votes of these ,1 ticket. In ne which they removing ob obst ruction to reconslruc ;ro supremacy radical su on. This is en he eays, thority which ting the pro ome of these listing ille ernuients that the to nate and he now the ot when ded. be cies to tiie ty contingï® ~ ou ^'. desired, i ments prov" nct /ons of the that in case U a Senator process should gelpncjjjjg to meet the president or shall contrive to have tht> ' State involved in such fal Republican candidates It is to be' noted that does not pretend that tl in lire South for xuili: one of the täte govern ortou's bill, construction artially fail gency, they e- of every cast for the either a remote or in rebellion. His wa sole design of the ed there was to fo; of reconstruction^ in regard tß Soy similai tô i be judged made by eitpect tlx? peöf tor 'Morton as any need to suppress purpose of y that the le establish tiaan work opinion , b Tery nia a to love us* b'enator of Gene com©' ^ , toijve Us în a fev ^ôiqt now to be oonsl whether there is any I ern States au iutçntioi the Union, arid resist government 'f the Unit establish a Southern if X M' cve that idea, ill?''. ®ever.'" Boy outh new ^ L orto« frant, that the ^ of thisM^n insist upon ^0r to the SI without the vowed fia®y to radical pol submissio^K) negro supret ^ special guarantee of radical ascend .« N. Oï 'Oretceni .« N. Oï 'Oretceni OOCR1 Asso The Supreme Co^HF < t States is now composei^Wf e'; —the Chief Justice and ciates. > Two-thirds of eight cannot he less than six, which is also thrèe-fourths. A bill requring the concurrene of two-thirds of the court in a decision against the constitutionality of a law, is equivalent, under the circumstances, to the requir ing of three-fourths. Three of the eight iuages will be invested with the power to overrule five. Desperate iudeeu most be the condi tion of a party which can entertain the project of resorting io such an expedient in order to establish themselves in power. After disarming and fettering the Exe cutive, they find another obstacle in the Judiciary, which must first be funda mentally altered before they çan pro ceed. - j •» •- 1 ' This is tfae more remarkable because five of the eight judges were appointed from the Republican pqntyv is "When Mr. Lincoln came into power, the Supremo Court consisted of nine meiP^tT!?-. It was afttrwards increased " " ' i The ly and of a in po Its and very lea cora a ...ne circuit for the that to ten, in order to a^ incola had tl , e a p- ful, Pacific St;ttes. Mr ew j u( j Four other fort poiutment ofth^ ^ £ bad tl)e , vacances og ye . q ^ yiz; cbiet Jus . He!fpwrfse, and Justices Uuvis, Sway lie, and Field. Tl/iS made one-half of the court the appointments of a Republican adminis tration. Judge Catron died. It was the executive right of Mr. Jonson to nomi nate the successor. He delayed until he and the Senate were at conflict. 'W ben he sent in the nauie of Mr. Stanberry, now the Attorney General, Congress seized the opportunity and frustrated the nominatiou by reducing the number ot judges. They had increased it when a Republican judge was to be ad ded. They reduced it when a man of Conservative opinions died, and might be succeeded by another of the same sort. A general law was passed, making further reductions, by providing that no appointments should be made to vacan cies until the number should be reduced to seven. The political part of this cal culation was this : The abolishing of the judgeship, put at their disposal by the death ot Judge Catron, would give the appointees ot Mr. Lincoln a majority of tiie bench. The four minority judges were all old men, anil, iu the course ol nature, every succeeding vacancy would incre^s- the majority. The calculation has proved successful thus far. One other death, that of Judge Wayne, has reduced tiie number of judges to eight. Of these, five are Republican appoint ments, and three appointed bv old ad ministrations before the Republican pai ty existed. Of the judges who were on the bench at the time the famous Dred Scott sion was pronounced, only two remained —Justice Kelson and Grier. Judge Clifford, tlu third ot the surviving old a of judges, was appointed to succeed Judge Curtis, who resigned his seat after the decision was made. The majority of the existing bench five to three—being Republican appoint ments, the project for legislating so as to prevent a judicial judgment against the lawfulness of the congressional scheme of reconstruction exhibits the very curious political phenomenon ol the Radicals ot 1868' fortifying themselves by extreme and exceptional legislation against a Republican judiciary, ihe Robespierres of Congress show fear ot the extent of tho reaction, and are set ting their "committee of public safety k to stifle the voices of the couu at w ter revolutio nists.- —N. O. T icajunc . the w of the a ter revolutio nists.- —N. O. T icajunc . T j„. Wintcr k ol Our^Miscontcut. In'view of the pressure "upon our peo ple, we cannot be expected to take a.very iollv view of the future. ^ e look pack 'ward, forward -and sideways, and see everywhere looming up soffenùg that bids fair to increase, arid injuries that will re quire something bevor da present L. fe. Congress or State Conventions to remedy or remove. . Whatever influence may be brought to bear on us from the outside, it is from withvn that we must \\ook for ameliora tion of our pressing evils. JWe don t mean any heroic theory of j impossible bravery triumphing over faction and-power, and coming out like Jack the G iant Kuler, with spoils -of vanquished Blunderbores. Still iess'do we mean the sentimental theory, that preaches up an equally im possible patience because, forsooth, there must he light somewhere, and if we wait long enough, (perhaps until the third gen eratio'v) it- may shine « ->on our graves, and, sentimentally speaking, warm our ashes. Neither do we endorse the des paring theorj that, looking back through tho aee<?, sees nothing but a hopelobs labyrinth of wrongs and errors that bare continued- from <*11 an< |. which men wandered perplexedly in tue beginingof this era, even as they wander to-day, their impatience culminating in mad act^ and unjustifiable attitudes. No ' all JBse pet theories do very well for dreaK or closet reformers, but our uxgenf a^TiCthei ■ ^ "^with stremiiing "eyes lie enea to hat " if He would have a ch urcu He must look after Jifciself," Every l» ry that has no refey insa^sftato ir neculia^ Every l» ry that has no refey iituation Ther ir [ede^ tlio ais Jac cler. aud red mu -- - <*a ^feboardafnc men Wfl^^n lay on^ meantime/iTOSsver, are preparing is a cross betweefc " Gros rire Tourangeau " and the frightful tragedy^ querie " where, says " The rabble roV and violated, thi^^Tn their own ' there might be more gentleuieu cial distinctions in the world. As we before remarked, the aniefcra tions of many of our pressing grievàces must come from ourselves. Theroare old prejudices and opinions to be doned, and new views adopted and tes ted. There must be a new current inôur and new lilood -ictrodooed intrtan enervated system. Louisiana is an agri cultural country, aad her populatiot a mixture of every people under the an. A new system ofiabor ffiust be inaugu rated, different rates of wages, and cir cumspect regard to minutiae whicb lordly planter of twenty years ba*k thought beneath his .notice. So- mai clever ideas on this subject have alrea been advanced,-that tre would ötify add Eut schools, above all things, should claim the first attention of every The means of education are not sufficient ly distributed among us, and the impor tance of education not sufficiently felt, j j We are weary of talking up waste lands , and rates of labor, for they soon adjust to talk lip j themselves. It is high tiuit waste minds and their proper culture, or upon the education of the masses now ae pends the whole future prosperity of the orld that any of them would improve thei waste ful, careless system which prevailed bo fort the war.. - of ol South. Chancellor Kent says parent who sends his son into the wo uneducated, defrauds the community ot a lawful citizen and bequeathes to it a nuisance." . . , The balance of power is only lightly adjusted where knowledge is universal. To our people it is now a vital necessity, and every sacrifice should be made to es tablish good schools withiu the reach of the poorest in every community, io those who are proposing a thousand schemes for the culture and improvement of Southern plantations, we suggest the subject. Let the means of educa tion be'distributed among the masses ot the Southern people, and the harvest will be a richer one to the nation than all the bales of cotton or hogsheads of sugar that the ferti'e Southern soil has ever borne.—A". O. Tim es. by telegraph. re fe. to and im wait gen our des bare tue in well our to urcu Washington , Jan. 11.—The Reconstruc tion Committee held a meeting this in ' and agreed to report the following bill, which will be laid before the House on Mon ' That in Virginia, North Carolina, Sonth Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Arkansas, the civil governmen t of the said States res pectively shall not be recognized as valid or leal. That for the speedy enforcement of th! act entitled, an " Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March 2, 1867, and the several acts su pie men ta-,-y there'.o, the General of the Army of the United Stales is hereby author ized and required to enjoin, by special or ders upon the officers in command within the several military departments within the said States, the performance of all acts author ized by the said several laws above recited and to remove by his order from command any and all of the said commanders, and detail other officers of the army not below the rank of colonel to perform all the du ties and exercize all the powers authorized by a dd several a^ts, to the end that the pl-ople of said several States may speedily organize the civil governments, republican in form, to said several States, and be re stored to political power in the Union. Sec. 3. That the General of the army is authorized to remove any or all civil officers now acting under the several provisional governments within the several disorganized States, and appoint others to discharge the duties pertaining to their respective of fices, and may do any or ^all ac'ts which, by said several laws above mentioned, are au thorized to be done by the several comman ders of the military departments within the said Stites, a id so much of said acts or any other act authorizing the President to de tail military commanders to the said mili tary departments, or remove any officers which may be detailed as herein provided, are herebv repealed. r . Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful for the President to order any part of the army or navy to assert by force of arms the author ity of either of the said provisional govern ments in -said disorganized States to oppose or obstruct tho authority of the Lmte States as provided in this act and the aj to which this is supemeotary. Sue. 5. That any interference by person with intent to prevent by for execution of the < rders of the the army, made iu pursuance and the'acts aforesaid,' shall be a high misdemeanor, and the thereof shall, upon conviction exceeding five thousanddolhj onment not exceeding two Sec . 6. That so much of acts as conflict Or an the provisions[of this aci <• The House Judici" Monday report the a quorum of the Sup| niendinent provid' sary that two-tlj beforé any la«^ nnconstitutig Blind, ^Tnd insa^sftato ir neculia^ [ede^ f or salage y ad Congress in the words ithin a hundred nd for this state ol be some who are cred believe it, or reckless e t^e belief on others, would rather trust to lotis and practical views as express tlùs subject by Senator Sprague. at Senator remarked, in the disenssion of. the,cotton tax, "You will endeavor to go back upon your past legislation to amend, to repair, to heal, to euro it,'if you can. TV judgment, is, that it will be'tlie hardest ask that was ever in the hands or minds of politicians or statesmen." We would 'have more hope of a successful accomplishment of this task, if those who have promised H were not entirely bent upon the prosecution ais tes agri a an. cir ba*k add the nex Presidential election for the par now cort'ölling,' Congress. For this pur pose the' altered theh-own reconstruction acts Ünyirovided that in the reconstructed States tfc. majority of a minority of voters should rfntrol all the elections. If the whole vote of ie State should be cast by only a hundreJreedmen, the'majority ofthat hun dred _tfwit: fifty-one?— is to decide every electionand by this most unjust and des potic m*sure they expect to control Con gress overcome the electoral votes of Consèrltivô' citizens in the Northern States. The Hose, also, in order ,to remove any doubt vê' c h might hàVë been raised -as to the uniiof tho Radical party, declared, by a resii 'Jon» that they wduld take no step back waf in their policy towards the Sub iected S proscribed Southern States. ■ A cain te* in order to convince the country that' thf intend to use the whole power of the Gof nment for the establishment of that ndfo supremacy by which Ihev are to fut* thàountry, they have passed a nejro jury bis with the undivided support of tbe ' ja \vislegislative j^gasures for tho relief of the co (try are perfectly incompatible with the spit and intent of the Radical policy S-'ence ' I.sst of L,etîers j j |™wn \\ J , Ba.«.*, 1Wu H ,, w j Brousseau Abadie 1st, leHWj"which, if not taken out by the 1st of February, will be sent to thu Dead Letter Office, Washington, D. C. Anderson J S Johnson \\ Boyer Pierre Bahr Jacob BiggJ? Remaining in the Post Office, Opelqttsas, Ja a ot Joubert .Jos Leblanc E Mullion Terence Morris John Obarreou Your Petit Julien Pitre Nolle Piu Autoiue Perry John C Pen inf ill Louis Prejean Edward Plater Geoigo Pardo J Roy J 15 Richard Simon Keeves B Roy J U Schexnaildre C'luovid .Strap nir Strug g Philip Stark J M Smith W Thompson l T M Thompson T H Thoni S E (Jonret J I, Gullen E 'i' maj Choute Josephiue Carriere Mr Dainase I.ouis Dûmes Philip Durousseau J B Fowle Susan Gooms Joanna Gilmore Susau Hunter W P com Howard George Harrison R Hebert MT Hiigerty J li Howard Mary mrs Heennaani eV BrotliersWhatley 1) B Hogau D 15 Young Eouisiana nkius J L Young Levy T. G. (JOMPTON, T. M DIED j is " \t his residence at Bayou Chicot in this Parish, Nov. 2üth 1807, John T. lleath, an old and useful citizen. Mr. Heath was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and em igrated from thence to our Parish about the year eighteen hundred and sixteen or seventeen. Ile came to this locality when society and manners were comparatively rude and uncivilized, and suffered many vi cissitudes of fortune during his long resi dence here. We believe that he served rs a member of the legislature during one or two terms, and doubtless rendered faithfu service to his constituency while be held that position, lie was a man of very de cided qualities ot head and lu art, and many instances might be given wherein hc 'lis^ played in a high dej character, ger, liber: family. of SQJ He w; a rare integrity of itable to the stran r, and kind to his regret the death citizen, and ten pathy in Estate District Court, 1 WILLIAM St. l.audry hù to be, appointed at Isabel's J. Nolan, w dece .sed late of sait ^Therefore, any p opposition to said same iu writing at n Opelousas, within uotice. A..; Clerk's Office, Jaul Nolan. tndry.—A'o of the Parish of ; applied by his petition rator of the Estate of ' of John (j. Coleman lish; intending to lointment, will lotiietJ in the, .pays from t fv&RIGU ldGS. the of by au the any de the or PUBLJ Estate of Da^| BY VIRTUE otj Court of the State of Loujj of St.. Landry, auction, to tly the undersijj commission in said pjj We »«le. r P O'Connell — Tshof St. Laudry. —fout 0 / flen faeias îss, "'' ï ^titled cause, by J. YV. li-v ani 7® Ce ' lu and &r the to rue Val ITd wi'f? self at' : highest bKhfp/LV LP^h, in the town of O C ° Ürt 1S6§, ol •TWO MATTKESSES SETng Chair, Ten Chairs, One Table. ^Tnd .other articlps of höushbld and kitchen Furniture of which the enumeration would be too long. Siezed in the above suit. Terms —Cash on the spot, VALEKY KOY, Constable, Opéloiisas, Jan. 18,18ti7. ol e of H TÜE DECKER S C CO. IVORY AGRAFFE BAR / PIANO FOETES - r. t' ç - 'i Are celebrated throqghout the county, and arejdistinguished for their." Singing Quality: ré Volume and Furiiy of Tone : u* Sympathetic Elastic. Ecettfotich '' t )j m ^^Conjftrtii>ii, and of5 , ~ •- he P tatb FAiBMti^ÄpS, an ëîL wherever emilr M The Decker & CompanyTiajis havÄl ways r eceived the First Premium vfrteter and wher ever they have competed wji the most cele brated makers in tliis&oui a of to by A of of to tbe of IVO BY EAR ! Is an invention bea«tih#n its simplicity, and wonderful in its. praetioyfect. It is the most compact Aguaffe Äntkd , and its influ ence upon the tone po render it mellower, rounder, and mora jjhrly brilliant, while it utterly overcomes flg*b.arp, metallic quality which disfigures tpnstrumeuts of all other tinkers. The unanimoBiPpinion of the best artists and the roost reijffeeritics is, that The Decker S^vpauy Ivory Agraffe Piano-ForMuiic/i in voluminous so nority, >&■ positive solidity of tonef$fi" stand comparison l>est Grand Pi Fo-rtes made. jEvcry. Cor. I .Warranted for Seven Tears. TOVARE ROOMS', If ï Union Square, New York. and,4th Avenue. , if PUBLIC SALE. Estate of Eugenie F. litre, doccased, in comm'ini y wit Ii ÄdvUu ïatôj her surviving husband, -a - -»y VIRTUE of an order of the llc/t'i. tbc 13 stli ,1 idicial Dis' riet Court of the State >f Louisana", ia and for the Parish ol • t. I.andrv, theo will he Sold at pAihlic auc tion, to the 1 :t and highest bidder, >0 the undersigned Administrator, or a duly com slotted Auctioneer, at tiie ' e. "surviving husband, I1CC this Adain T; parish, on Thursday, February 20, 1868, the following described property belonging to the Estate of Eugenie P. Pitre, doeeased, in community with her surviving husband, late of said parish, to-wit : A certain Lot or Tract ol* Land, situated "on the conlines^fol l»a\v;u t hicot Woods, having three arpents front by si-v entv-tive in depth, bounded North by the public domain. East by the land of Adam 1 South- by a tract of land belonging to said Estate, de-eribed hereafter as Lot No. 2, and o:i the \\ est by land ot Mrs. John Guillory, and is the same acquired by the said community by purchase of Pierre Sa vant of said parish, about seventeen years ago, with the 15L ILDINGS and IMPRON E MENTS thereon. or vi rs or de 'lis^ Another Lot or Tract'of Land situated in the s.une vicinity and described as Lot No. 2, measuring about eight bun dred superficial arpents, bounded North by land of Mrs. Pierre Reed, land of Adam of his ten in Tate, by land described as Lot No. 1 above, by land belonging to the Estate of Christo val T;ate, and by land of Joseph C. L. Fory tenot; on (he South by land of Joseph C. L. Fontenot ; on Ihe North-west by tl Chicot Lake, an J South-east by OnezimeJ. Pitre and liouis f.. Fontenot, being the same acquired ironi the Estate of Mai ie Louise Fonlenot, widow of Adam Tate, about the year 1S50, together with the fencing on. About seven liundr stock cattle, ranging p. inciy ish of Calcasieu, and bran About live hur head of sti.ck cattle and branded A T. Five horst wild horses, seventy-five hej horse, a blaclj horse cart, thousand i ty barrelj ëred ar Itiid clothes bed, foui rundle lot of °gs, two tables, and was :teen count ds and bed a n armoir, e sheets, a side an armoir, two bt ' ,,,ll "g, a table press, a lot of iron chest, «ild horses. ■K' L.t fand. Pale for^cash "tn 1 or iash, to be paid positively FAN PHILIP STAGG, JH, — Admin istrator It ;;; ^ FAN PHILIP STAGG, JH, — Admin istrator IN(; A TAX 0\ TJIR p ^ "ou the 8bkv1ce op tub y AKTici.R l; The Poll ol bt. Lanai y e. . J 111 ""^^^^^pPHTPansh rcof present, aurnng therein, Or I and I dain — ^u, ' ] '" fc;icil Person as sessed. ^ servn _ of the year mid^Tlglrtluinlre 1 and Sixty ven ( IS(>7) § Parjh Tax of Thirty thous and dollar« be artl is hereby imposed such objects of taxation as are established by law' by the Sl|ie, and witliirj said parish usas, AV'asiiingi iatfTown excepted.; öl|£e, (the towns of Ojie^iusas, \Yasliington, Grand vofeati and Flat.Town excepted.) Akt. III. Fielt for the ordinary Parish P VI l '5 Ses of e *l' cn( litures, there shall added to the ajfecssment of the State for the year 1887, iVa proportionate addition not exceeding seventy-five per cent, to the tax so as to inako the nd Eight hundred and nty-fivp dollars. Second, for the payment of existing debts, the payment of Jurors, the payment of witnesses in criminal caseS, and the con striictidri of'public works, there shall be further added to the said assessment Roll, in a proportionate addiiion to the tax of eachjperson assessed, so as to make the sum of Seventeen thousand One hundred and twjhty-five dollars ; the said two sums inAing togetner the sum of Thirty thousand dôilars. ' ' Ordained January 30th, 1808. ELBERT GANTT, President of the Police Jury. Attest: Jos. Ü. Richakd, / and and , an ways wher cele ! janl,8'ti8 ■ Clerk of said Jury. 1600 Arpents of Land for Sale.~ A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, situated in the Paiiidi of St. Landry, on the West side, of Mallet Woods, about ten miles from the town of Opelousas, at the place called l'Anse ^Bourbeuse, consisting of Section 41. Township 6 South Range 1 East, and'of Sec tion 7 Township (J South, Kange .1 East, con taining 13G-.2 acres and 4 hundredths, equal to 1600 arpents, one-third of which is well tinib ered 0 .This land is the same conceded and con firmed to the widow of Antoine Boisdo.<5, by Act of Congress aud reported by the Commis " ioners in their certificate B. No. UO'J, and acts of four hundred ar ia land will either be sold in __^^^rpents, or divided into tract» of five arpeffl^^t by forty in depth, in order to suit purchaserS^The plan of said land may be seen, and all lnfon^tûm obtained, by call ing on Judge B. A. MarTIW Opelousas. The location is a first-rate one fora saw mill. Terms One-third cash, balance on time. JULIEN A. PROVENT. .,Administrator. Opelousas, December 14,1HG7. and most influ it other artists . FOR HALE. A PLANTATION abuut four miles South-east of Opelousas, containing about seventy-two arpents, thirty ar pents beiug woodland, all enclosed with good fences and ditches, aud well improved. Another PLANTATION, one mile West of Opelousas, containing sixty-five arpents, en closed and ditched, and improved with build ings. 0 Two separate LOTS with residences ' ou each, one. being near the Court House, in the town of Opelousas. . 0 Apply at the Sentinel Office , or to 3 [THEODORE CIIACHERE, . in Opelousas. December 7th. 1867 For Sale. BRICKS for Sale. Apply to Lonis Prud'hommo _ the premises, or to Chas. Thompson, Opelousas. Opelousas. Dec 14 1»'J7. tf t. i»os,î-o:nei Newspaper postage ai regulations of the ilepartn vanee, on the first ot Januar October, and liencefurth n< livered or box rented w this rule. T (< ('( Opelousas, Dee. 21, si-v the to No. the Sa povr-nr CHE New Orleai Thursdays an hses ou Sundays, 7 r. M. The North Lotiisi :i due on Sundays, Wc Y A. M. Closes tl. M From H a from H to ■ ' a. m the office will be ter the mail is will be delivered !ii future, no ne til all arrearages quarter in advai unless paid for strict aecordanj Department, a forced. Nov. 30, '( and i" us ÜH 1 :b suav I i li ui's«lav m lei at -1 OFFICE [. to u week days, and ys. On mail days I 'tei n minutes äf ft- mail matter >r after these'hours. « ill be delivered uu u|ï , and the current )ux considered taken •e. These rules are iu thf regulations uf the ill iliture be rigidly en T. fi. COMPTON, Post Master iz v !.•: f ( EMALÎ. ND "' a RIl t l.ii • au d u 1'ali MHO Co rain W'IFp OI.I) OR VOL . are troubled^ MI Cuiiti Eoinmeridatiun. It power, and - , w h,de féniaie " id as a sure , r, *newed ral . Only &tiiu s ; c »'ms the womb ^ 'IS oroiis , Value liottJe Regulator, it has ls required tu test ord I Torch ' r p. - cc -. 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