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THE OPELOUSAS JOURNAL.
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vance. The year can be begun at any time, as
flfty-twç numbers of the paper make a year s
subscription.
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.
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first insertion and Twelve and Half C ekt8 for
each subsequent insertion, to be paid rohen toe
advertisement it .first inserted. The space of one
hundred words, constitutes a teyal square, ana
twelve lines in this type Is a legal square.
OPELOUSAS, SATURDAY, JANUAR! 6, 1878.
To Advertisers.
A legal square, under the present
priuting law of this State, is the space
of one hundred words ; and the price
allowed by the same, for publishing
judicial advertisements, is one dollar
per square for the first insertion and
fifty cents for each subsequent inser
tion. We offer to publish adver
tisements, of «very nature, for one
fourth the price allowed by law, provided
the cash accompanies the advertisement
This will be greatly to the interest of the
advertiser, even if he has to borrow
the money.
If you want to be fixed off with a
nice cravat, go to Phillips'.
See advertisement, on fourth page, of
Van Amburgh & Go's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum.
Our veteran bakers, Messrs. Pierre
Titard, and C. Brand, will please accept
our thauks for New Year's presents, in
in their line.
The Christmas and New Year's days
just past were two of the most beauti
ful sunlit days we have ever seen, and
we have no recollection of those two
days having vied in their glories before.
We publish au article from the New
Orleans Democrat, defending Gov.
X ich oil s from the attacks of a country
paper. We are glad to see this stand
on the part of the Democrat, in de
fence of one of the best, probably the
best, purest and wisest Governor Louis
iana has ever had.
The Terrebonne Progress wdnts the
offices of Sheriff and Tax Collector
consolidated; and also the offices of
police jurors, justices of the peace and
school directors ; and the creation of a
board to examine the fitness of candi
dates for office—we fear that a dozen
elections would have to be held to get
the right man, if candidates elect were
rejected for uufitneRS or incompetency
Can there anything good come out of
Nazareth ? Go and see. The Enter
prise thinks Phillips is not a merchant
priuce, the victor in the mercantile war
that it annonncei. The Enterprise of
«ourse is not infallible ; and the way for
it to see its error is for its editor to
take his stand on Phillips' corner and
watch the course of trade, how it runs
smoothly with an ever increasing tide
towards Phillips.
Van Amburgh & Co's gieat circus,
menagerie and colosseum is advertised
to show here next Saturday. The
times are hard indeed, but not so hard
but that everybody will find money
enough to go to a circus, and—take a
drink when they feel dry. As to going
to a circus and menagerie, it is but nat
ura! ; we do not see any moral harm in
it, such sights are not seen every day,
and where one can spare the money
without wronging a creditor or injury
to those dependent upon him, we do
not see why he should not gratify an
inuoceut curiosity for sight-seeing.
Wc reproduced a week or so ago a
little item from the New Orleans Times,
which intimated indirectly that Helen
D'Este was engaged in the Parisian
blonde busiuess, or an imitation thereof.
The manager of the new Helen D'Este
combination company writes us that
the Times did them injustice, but has
corrected it ; that they are engaged in
no such business. He assures us that the
company is first-class in cftamatic ability
and of the right kind. We hear the
same from other, and disinterested,
sources. The company is now, or was
recently, at Morgan City, and will prob
ably be here daring this month. Miss
Helen D ' EhUî is a great favorite here,
and on lier return she will no doubt
meet with the same success she did on
Sier first visit to Opelousas.
The old year is dead and the new year
is born, but every new year makes the
world and us all so much the older.
The new year's birth seems to be J»e
occasion for festivity, happiness, rejoic
ing; but age tempers mjrth, and re
solves hope into memory—and the ex
uberant feelings that make each new
year lively, are mainly confined to those
•who are in the morning of life. To
them the future is a Land of Beulab,
made still more beautiful by the roseate
line« of hope. They have no sad mem
ories, bat all their thoughts and feelings
are directed io a glorious fntnre, and
each new year brings them so much
nearer the blissful goal. Bat those
who have reached the meridian of life,
who have passed its summit and started
down on the other side, have no such
beautiful prospect and each new year
brings tbeœ no auch joyous feelings.
If they have ever seen the Land of
Benlah, it ia now shot ont from view
aad belongs to memory. Their way is
now downward, towards and through
the dismal Valley of the Shadow of
Death, to "that undiscovered country
from whose bourne no traveler returns."
Every new year bringe these nearer
tlie Dark Biver, which all have to cross.
While tho young, those who have not
reached the summit of tho hill of life,
«ïtfoy each successive new year, they
should take care to commit no acts,
that will visit them with bitter haunting
tuemorie« after they bare started down
Into darkness on the other side. In
youth we may be happy arid enjoy all its
blessings, bnt at the same time oar
conduct should be guarded by the re
collection that Death is surely awaiting
U8 > and that bar consciences tell us the
misdeeds of this life will have to be|
accounted for beyond fee grave.
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VOLUME 11.
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1878.
NUMBER 1.
School Matters.
The Assessor's enumeration of school
children in this parish, are divided
among the districts, as folluws:
FIKST DISTRICT—OPELOUSAS.
White, 585 CoIoredf7?l
SECOND DISTRICT—GRAND COTEAU.
White, 569 Colored, 486
THIRD DISTRICT— ARN AUDVILLE;
White, 237 .Colored, 227
FOURTH* DISTRICT—BIG CANE.
White, 251 Colored, 425
FIFTH DISTRICT—WASHINGTON.
White, 513 Colored, 834
SIXTH DISTRICT—BAYOU CHICOT.
White, 395 Colored, 53
SEVENTH DISTRICT—VILI.E PLATE.
White, 841 Colored, 379
EIGHTU DISTRICT—FAQUETAIQUE.
White, 677 Colored, 197
NINTH DISTRICT—PLAQCEMINE.
White, 900 Colored, 120
RECAPITULATION.
White Males, 2717.White Females, 3301
Colored Malesl851.Colored Females 1641
Total Males, 4568...Total Females, .3942
Total Whites, 5018. .Total Colored, 3492
Total White and Colored 8510
When our public schools closed in
December, 31 white schools and 19 col
ored schools were in operation. Of the
white pupils enrolled 758 were boys, and
370 girls, total 1128, with an average
daily attendance during the month of
914, employing 32 teachers at a cost for
the month of $970, averaging a fraction
over $30 per teacher.
Of the colored pupils enrolled, in the
19 schools, employing 26 teachers, 589
were boys and 457 girls, total 1046, with
an average attendance during the
month of 845, the 36 teachers' pay being
$651, averaging $35 per teacher.
For the number of schools, it will be
seen that the colored attendance was
better than the white, which we can un
del stand to mean but one thing: they
take more interest iu the matter. The
subject of education should interest
everybody, and parents should lose no
opportunity to seud their children to
school. The moral and material wel
fare of the country depends more on
the education of its citizens than on
anything else. A government like ours
is or should be governed by the suffrages
of its citizens ; and unless its citizens
can exercise the right of suffrage intelli
gently, they are not fit to exercise it at
all. The want of mental and moral
education on the part of a large majority
of the citizens will surely damn any re
publican government.
President Ealer, of the school board
of this parish, has done a good work in
the administration of his office. He
has brought more energy and devotion
to bear in the matter, than probably
any other person in the parish would or
could have done. He has everything
concerning school matters systematized,
iu proper form, and at his fingers' ends.
He has made the business his own pro
per business, and pursued it with as
much zeal and pertinacity as if it held
out to him a reward of a hundred thou
sand dollars. He is emphatically the
right man in the right place; and so
long as he stays there the school affairs
of this parish will flourish if he be
properly supported.
See advertisement, on fourth page, of
Vau Amburgh & Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum.
Van Ambcrgh's Consolidated
Shows .—Van Aga burgh &• Co.'s con
solidated shows gave two exhibitions in
Titusville on Wednesday to crowded
honse8. The aggregation and combina
tion of so many attractions as were
embraced in Van Amburgh's celebrated
meuagerie and "Frost's popular circus
could not fail to bring out the populace
for a day of instructive, high-toned
entertainment and recreation. In
every department of the vast congress
law and order prevailed, and the long
programme in the arena was gone
through with as advertised. The ani
mals were fresh, fine, large specimens,
well trained and under perfect subjec
tion. The circus performance wa k s
satisfactory*to the most captious critics.
Tho tumblers, vaulters, jugglers, con
tortionists, riders and clowns, showed
themselves to have been culled from
the leading men in the business, and
correspondingly well up and skilled in
doing their respective specialties. We
cun cheerfully recommend this show as
of the first order of merit, and have no
hesitation in saying that the proprietors
are honest and pay their bills in full, as
per contract, on demand.—[Titusville
Herald.
Now at the beginning of a new year,
if our farmers, and iti fact all other»,
would strive more to make their homes
comfortable, and to supply themselves
and families with the ordinary wants
and conveniences of life, and strive
less after money for the mere love of
lucre, and after fortunes that are sel
dom realized, life would be plt asanter
and happier, there would bo fewer
hopes deferred to make the heart sick,
the decline of life would be made
smooth by contentment, and old age
wonld have fewer stings of disappoint
ment. "We brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can take
nothing out of it ;" when wealth je ac
cumulated in this life it is left general
ly as a bone of contention for unworthy
heirs to quarrel over, to squander, and
to become the means of corrupting and
srrejCkjD g their own lives.
flora Tewple, the world-renowned
trotter and the fastest on tbefuri wljile
she was in active sporting serviced died
, at Philadelphia, on the 21st ult., in the
j 88d year of her age.
The Course of the Governor,
(From the New Orleans Democrat, Dec. 29.]
Wesincerely regret to read the re
peated attacks of our friend of the
Natchitoches Vindicator upon Gov.
Nicholls and his administration. We
know that the editor of the Vindicator,
who is our long-time personal friend, is
a sincere and patriotic man as well as a
fearless and trenchant writer; but he is
previously in error in his present war
fare upon the Governor of Louisiana.
The first attack of the Vindicator was
part of an article highly complimentary
to the Democrat, and very gratifying
to its editor, whose poor services to the
State were flatteringly referred to. The
attack upon the Governor was based
upon an entire misapprehension of
some brief remarks made by him in the
Printing Board when the question of
the disposal of the printing contract
was under discussion. In the course of
those remarks the Governor said that
he desired to keep the good people of
the State united. Strangely, our con
temporary interpreted this into the ex
pression of a purpose or desire to dis
solve or demoralize the Democratic
party into a sort of mongrel concern.
How our friend could have attached
such a meaniug to such words we are
at a loss to understand. We read them
at the time with sincere pleasure, and
subsequently heard them from the Gov
ernor himself in conversation. We un
derstand the Governor to entertain
views on this subject entirely different
from those attributed to him by the
Vindicator, and in full accord with
those eutertained by that journal itself
and by ourselves. We understood hi"
then, as we understand him , to
desire, as earnestly as any man in Lou
isiana, that their shall be no division in
our party ; we understand that he be
lieves the opposition to us is too power
ful and uumerous to admit of any dis
sentions or divisions among us, or of
any purpose to dissolve and break up
that grand party organization whose
banner he carried through the last
canvass and which won the State from
its despoilers. We have no authority to
speak on this point for Gov. Nicholls,
but simple justice both to him and to
our friend of the Vindicator requires
that we should set him right according
to his own utter; n ces.
The Viudicator has followed up the
first attack with several others, one of
especial bitterness in its issue of the 15th
inst. In the latter article the Vindica
tor makes a sweeping denunciation of
those who hold places of honor and
trust under the State administration,
as time-severs, lick-spittles, reformed
thieves and captured enemies. We do
not understand the Viudicator to in
clude the public officials of the State
en^masse iu this denunciation. But the
tone of the article is well calculated to
create the impression that the adminis
tration and the civil service of the State
are as corrupt and debauched, as were
those of Warmoth and Kellogg.
This is terribly unjust. Mauy of the
best men iu Louisiana are holding offi
ces by appointment from Gov. Nicholls.
A vast majority of the officeholders are
good and true men ; indeed, the objec
tiouable appointees are so few that they
do not taint or tinge the mass. And
who is responsible for those few objec
tionable and unpopular appointments?
Gov. Nicholls alone? By uo means.
The Democrat last winter and spring
was not in full accord with the policy
adopted by the administration and the
caucus in conducting the iflsue with
the Packard usurpation. But that
policy was adopted after mature and
patriotic thought by those in authority,
and in whose integrity of purpose we
trusted. TLey had lights before them
that we had not, and they acted accord
ing to those lights and their best judg
ment. The offensive appointments
which were made, we have much rea
son to believe, though we have no au
thority for it, were made in carrying
out that policy ; therefore, the respon
sibility must be divided, and no greater
or more cruel injustice could be done
than to shoulder the whole of it upon
the Governor.
We are all free to differ about the
wisdom of the line of action adopted in
that great and memorable crisis of our
affairs. We have already said that we
were not in accord with it. But after
it was agreed upon it would have beeu
the height of folly, if not criminality,
to attempt to embarrass or defeat it,
and we refrained from criticising or as
sai liug it. Despite our fears it succeeded.
The policy which we, and those who
thought with us, desired to pursue, we
believe would have also succeeded. But
that belief may be the inspiration of
the vanity of man. Whether it would
have succeeded or not, 110 human wis
dom can now pretend to tell ; it remains
one of those untried aud uncertain
schemes of the past. Probably it would
have saved the State in a blaze of
chivalric glory, aud, again, it might
have been the sowiug of the dragon's
teeth, which would have tilled the State
with armed men, drenched its soil in
human blood and in the end failed of
its purpose.
But the policy adopted proved a suc
cess; it won the game, and where has it
placed us 1 Why, with already a large
measure of relief from the troubled,
uncertain and embarrassed legislation
of last winter and spring, upon the eve
of the assembling of the Legislature of
1878, unembarrassed and committed to
a great work of reform.
Let us not waste t he precious oppor
tunity we hold to relieve the burdens of
this State in fierce and defamatory
wrangl.es among ourselves. If the Leg
islature about to assemble fails in its
great obligations to the State, if the
Governor or any other public officials,
falters in his duty to the people, we
shall not be behind our frieud of the
Vindicator in denouncing the treason.
But let us have cause before we plunge
into a mad and indiscriminate riot
amongst ourselves.
The social, political and constitutional
evils which, during four years of deso
lating war and ten years of vicious and
rrespousiblp government, have taken
root m oar institutions and grown into
stalwart plants, every leaf and branch
of which is laden with the poison of
corruption and extravagance, are not to
be cut down or uprooted and destroyed
in a day nor in a year. The civil pro
cesses of reform are slow, it is true, but
we can not hasten them by the unjust
censure or the fierce dénonciation of
those to whose hands they bave been
entrasted.
Sec advertisement, pn fourth page, of
Van Amburgh Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum.
We have been authorized to state that
the Helen D'Este Combination will ar
rive here abont the middle of January
next. Miss D'Este has organized a new
company of good actors and assurance
is given that they will please this com
munity.—[Lafayette Advertiser.
SeC advert isemept, on fourth page, of
Van Amburgh & Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum.
j planters' illeetlug in St. Mary.
[Frotii the Lafayette Advertiser.'
At a meeting of the Planters' Union
of the parish of St. Mary on the 15th
inst., the wages for first class hands for
the year 1878, were tixed at fifteen dol
lars with rations, or eighteen dollars
without rations; second class men and
women and children iu proportion to
labor; two thirds payable at the end of
the month aud one third retained to
the end of the year. First class women
fifty cents per day, without rations
Rations one pouud of pork and two
pounds of corn meal. Not more thau
one half acre of laud to be allowed for
private use of each laborer. No per
quisites of any kind or extra time to be
allowed, and all short time to be de
ducted.
Many other details were also agreed
to, and the members of the association
pledged themselves to each other to
carry out in good faith the letter and
spirit of the compact, and any member
violating the same in any manner, to
be expelled.
Seeming to fear the efficacy of local
regulations, the Union adopted the fol
lowing:
" As the laborer is protected iu his
pay by a privilege on the crop, he
should in return give some security in
carrying out his part of the contract
Capital as well as labor should be pro
tected. We therefore suggest that
Donelson Caffery, Esq., be employed to
draft a law for such purpose, and that
the Legislature of the State be memo
rialized to pass the same."
If tho planters of St. Mary, who pay
wages for labor, find it necessary to
appeal to the Legislature for protection
how much more are those entitled to it t
who work their places on the share
system Î
See advertisement, on fourth page, of
Vau Amburgh & Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum.
The Ouachita Telegraph, a Demo
cratic paper, objects as follows to the
price fixed by law for legal advertise
ments.
When the present printing law first
assumed shape, we took occasion to ex
press our dissent in more ways than
one. The learned members of the
Legislature heeded our protest so far as
to make a small concession iu favor of
the country printer whose labor they
had reduced fifty per centum. The
city press, ready to steal a weather or
crop item from a rural coteuiporary,
stood by aud calmly smiled when their
country brothers were to be slaughtered.
The members of the Legislature, get
ting $8 a day, did not call for a reduc
tion of their per diem. Their services
were invaluable, but the poor devil of a
printer for whose paper they were in
debted and to whom they had often
appealed for " a little notice" should be
reduced to starvation rates! Reform
began, as it always does, with the news
paper.
The Lawyer and the Farmer.
A sharp old quaker who had read the
story of the lawyer and the farmer and
the gored ox, called upon a neighboring
lawyer and said :
'• Friend Foxcraft, I very much desire
to ask thy opinion."
I am all attention," replied the
lawyer putting down his pen.
"Supposing, friend Foxcraft, that my
dog hath gone in thy pantry and stolen
a leg of thy mutton, what ought I do?"
Pay for the mutton, nothing can be
clearer."
'Exactly, friend Foxcraft; and now
know thee that thy dog, 'Pinchem,*
whom I well know by sight, hath stolen
leg of mutton from my pantry worth
exactly one dollar, and now what art
thou going to do?"
Pay for the mutton, of course; here
is the change."
The Quaker took his dollar, and was
about to depart when he was halted by
the lawyer with :
" Hold on a moment friend. I have
little bill against you, which I hope
you are ready to pay." *
Bill against me, friend Foxcraft?—
Thou are certainly laboring under a
mistake. I am shure I owe no man a
shilling." ^
No mistake at all. I charge you my
regular fee of five dollars for profes
sional advice iu this case."
Then verily I must pay thee; bat
allow me to give it as my opinion, friend
Foxcraft, that I have touched pitch and
been sadly defiled."
See advertisem ent, on fourth page, of
Van Amburgh & Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum.
School Dress .—If there is one place
more than another where simplicity
should characterize the dress, it is the
schoolroom. The object for which the
children are here gathered is certainly
not the display of the wealth or tender
ness of their parents. Anything which
diverts the attention of the pupil from
his shool duties is an injury to him ; bnt
it will accord with the observation of
teachers, that fine clothes oftener work
mischief to their wearer in this respect
than mean clothes do. The highest
minded children are oftenest found in
}lain garb, while those be-ringed, and
je-ruraed, and otherwise showily at
tired, are generally quite destitute of
intellectual home culture. Their
mothers have been too busy with their
clothes to pay much attention to their
brains. This sounds severe; would it
were not true. While over attention to
toilef niafters is a Ijindrance to study,
negligence and un tidiness are as care
fully to be avoided. Clean clothes,
plainly made, ueed not be expensive,
either of time or money, and a proper
regai'd to personal cleanliness in all its
details is what every person owes to
himself or his associates. It is very
desiijable that the pupil should have
at least two school suits, for in the
crowded school room the clothing soon
becomes saturated with the exhalations
floating in the atmosphere, and an air
ing of the clothes every two or three
days is necessary to keep them fresh
and sweet.
See advertisement, on fourth page, of
Van Amburgh & Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus and Cplosseutu.
All women play cards alike. Watch
a woman at a game of whist and you'll
get ft pretty correct idea of how all
women play whist; "Lame, Harry, is
it my play ? Let nie sèe —second hand
low—that's thf» first time around of that
suit, ain't it? Well, I'll play—no, I
hardly think I will—now yoa stop look
ing at my hand—did yon see anything
—of course I'm going to play, but I
must have time to think—what's trumps
—spades— I thought 'twas clubs—well,
I'll—no—yes—well, there!" Then she
will clap an ace on her partner's king
and insist upon keeping the triefe for
fear she will be cheated ont of it in the
final "count.
The Jews at New Port.
WHAT ABRAHAM TOURO AND OTHERS
HAVE DONE FOR THAT CELEBRATED
WATERING PLACE.
[Newport Letter to the Chicago Tribune.)
In spite of Disraeli's magnificent
Tancred, and Miss Shepard's delightful
Sarouis, and George Eliot's immaculate
Deronda, who wipes the weeping eyes
of beauty with such sublime calmness,
we yet, we Christian folk, remain in a
state of heathen darkness in regard to
the best type of the Jew. We lump
them all together, and say in a sketchy
manner, when we wish "to describe a
certain physiognomy, "looks like a
Jew, you know"; and we mean by this
a low-browed, hooked-nose, swarthy
face, with the seal of cunning set upon
it. The other day I met, and walked
and talked with a gentleman of whom
this admiring comment was made to
me directly after by one of the queen
roses of society. " Oh, who was it ?
Such a profile ; such a pair of eyes ; such
a nose. The very handsomest creature
I've seen for months."
I unraveled the mystery by not only
giving the gentleman's name, but the
lineage that had bestowed this pair of
eyes, this wonderful nose, this charm
ing profile.
" What, a Jew ? Why, i never should
have thought it ! "
" Because you have in your mind the
lowest type of the Jew—the old clo'
man, and of that ilk. But here in New
port such ignorance is unpardonable—
here in Newport, which was and is
SO MUCH INDEBTED TO JEWS."
The queeu of tho roaes looks at me in
amazement. Indebted to the Jews!
What do I mean ?
And then I relieve my mind and tell
of Abraham Touro, whose influence
here gave his name to the long and
beautiful street that is now called
Bellevue avenue. And how he and his
brother Judah were benefactors of the
Redwood Library, and who donated a
fund of $5000 for keeping Touro street
in repair. Somewhere about the year
1760, in the old palmy days of Newport,
there were sixty families of the higher
class of Jews living in Newport. They
were of the old race from Spain and
Portugal, and these are some of the
names they boie— Lopez, Sexias, Riviera,
Pollock, Hart aud Touro. Dr. Water
house, one of the old New England di
vines, speaks of their efforts for public
education with great commendation.
Abraham Riviera was engaged in large
commercial undertakings, and, after a
repeated succession of losses, was
obliged to assign his property. The
English merchants with whom he had
business relations favored him so gene
rously that he was enabled shortly to
carry on his enterprises. At the end of
a few years.
HE GAVE A DINNER PART*" TO HIS
CREDITORS'
and under the plate of each there was
found a check covering the amount of
debt, with? interest. He was called
the honest man" after this. The
grand dinner-givers at Newport now
are not likely to entertain their credi
tors in this manner, though, perhaps,
this is hardly fair to say iu view of such
times as have come upon us. It may
be that there are descendants of this
"honest man" who may yet perform a
deed akin to this. One very interesting
relic of the old time Jews here is the
synagogue on Touro street or Bellevue
avenue. It is seldom opened for servi
ces now of auy kind, but it is kept in
lieautiful repair by the old Touro fand.
The gay visitors of this day as they
stroll by that noble gateway seldom
stop to observe it, and little suspect
that it is really a work of art, and cost
upwards of $11,000 in 1842, when Judah
Touro, the brother of Abraham, caused
it to be erected.
See advertisement, on fourth page, of
Van Ambnrgh & Co's Great Golden
Menagerie, Circus aud Colosseum.
They bad a jolly row in a Cincinnati
church the other day. The parson was
trying to give the benediction, and the
organist had pulled out all the stops,
and was playing Josenhus Orange
blossom for dear life, aud this is what
it sounded like : " The blessing of—
fal-lol- de- roi- de- loi- de- roi- de- lido —
shut up that d—d organ—be with you
now—ri-too-ral-lol-de-riddle- diddle- di
do—and always, for ever and ever.
Amen. Stop that infernal music—fal
lal- de- ral- ae-lumity- doo- die- di- do."
And then a white-faced minister threw
off his calico ulster and trotted up to
the organ loft, threo steps at a time.
There were only two rounds fought, but
the organist got a terrible bloody nose,
and the gallery was littered with leaden
pipes and pedals. And as soon as that
clergyman can open his eyes, he's goiug
to write a powerful sermon on the
worldliness of church music, and the
desirability of praising God without
any instrumental accompaniment.—
[Oshkosh Christian Advocate.
To Banish Fleas and Lice .—Pen
royal, a common weed in pastures aud
meadows, is very offensive to fleas, lice
flies and musquitoes. To use it advan
tageously, take lard and rub or grind
it with a mnller ou a smooth, flat stone,
slate or piece of marble, with the dried
or green plant leaves, stems and blos
soms, till well mixed. Let it stand
twenty-four hours, melt at slow heat
and strain. With this anoint the ears
and neck of an animal, or the perches
and nets of poultry which may be in
fested. A small Quantity may be rub
bed under the wings of a hen with a
brood of young chickens. A few drops
of the oil of penroyal in sweet oil, run
bed on the face, neck and hands, will
keep off musquitoes, however thick
they may be. A good night's rest may
be secured in the worst infested woods,
or swamps where these insects or black
flies do most abound by the use of this
mixture. Keep it out of the eyes, as
its presence there is not agreeable.—
(Hearth and Home.
The first lottery created in Louisiana,
in 1810, was for the benefit of a church.
In that year the governor of the terri
tory of Orleans approved an act author
izing the rector, wardens and vestry
men of Christ church to raise by lottery
the sum of ten thousand dollars for the
purpose of building a place of public
worship for said church. In 1822, the
Presbyterian church by the same means
raised $30,000, the success of Christ
cbuKfh inducing this venture. In 1828,
the French Evangelical society of New
Orleans raised $30,000 for the same pur
pose. In J813 the University of Orleans
secured $50,000 by means of two lot
teries. Other educational institutions
raised in the aggregate about $90,000
before 1828. Over $88,000 which has
been received from lotteries has been
used on the canals and roads of the State.
In 1806 the city of New Orleans, to free
itaelf from debt, raised $30,000, and in
1822 $20,000 was similarly provided for
seeds of the State.
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Proceeding* of the Police Jury.
Opelousas. December 10th, is?:.
The Police J ury met pursuant to adjournment
Present: R. H. Littcll. President; B. L. Clark.
G. T. Hawkins, H. J. Guillory F. Savoy D.
Saizan, S. Haas, E. Dubuisson and A, Guidry.
The minutes or the last meeting were ru'd
and approved.
The President appointed Messrs. Duhuisson.
Clark, Saizan and Haas a committee to exam
ine the vouchers in the hands of the 1'ansh
Treasurer, for the monies paid by him, where
upon Mr. Haas reported that they had exam
ined and counted tho vouchers presented bv
the Parish Treasurer, amounting to twelve
thousand nine hundred and thirtv-seven dol
lars and twe ve cents ($12,tKi7.i2,j which amount
corresponded with the entries on his books,
and he moved that the vouchers be cancelled
and that the Treasurer have a credit for that
amount on his books ; carried.
On motion of Mr, Haas, Resolved, that the
Courthouce be and is hereby tendered tu the
members of the Louisiana Conference or tin
Metliodist Episcopal Church South, to hold the
sessions of their Conference while in Opelousas.
On motion of Mr. Guillory, Resolved, that
the public road from Ville Plate to Wash
ington be changed so as to run as follow*, tn
wit: Following the road as laid out lu Un
commissioners to the line between the lauds ..f
Dr. Foster and Olin J. L. Fonteuot, thenc
following the lane of Dr Foster and J. C. Fun
tenot to the old Washington and Ville Plate
road and thence that being the Washington
road as it was at first.
On motion of Mr. Saizan. Resolved, that the
Parish Treasurer be aud is hereby authorized
to refund A. A. Quibedeau the sum of fiffeen
dollars, amount paid by him in parish taxes
erroneously assessed.
On motion of Mr. Savoy, K, solved, that the
Jury Commissioners be and are hereby allowed
the sum of two dollars and a half a dav, for
the time employed in drawing the Grand und
Petit Jury, payable out of the Contingent Fund
of the current year.
To the Hon. President aud members of the
Police Jury, St. Landry :
Gentlemen—Having been appointed by your
Hon. body to make an estimate of the cost of
building the bridge over Prairie Batsse Coulee
by W. F. Anderson, we would respectfully re
port that after a careful examination wc find
that the building of said bridge is worth two
hundred and fifty dollars.
Respectfully submitted.
J. O. CHACHERE,
W. J. ROBERTS.
Nov. 27th, 1877.
On motion of Mr. Hawkins, Resolved, that
the above report be received and the committee
discharged, and the amount paid out 'of the
Internal Imprevement Fund of the current
year.
On motion tho Police Jury adjourned until
to-morrow at 10 o'clock a. m.
Tuesday , Dec. llth, 1877.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: R. H. Littel!, President; A. Ouidry,
G. T. Hawkins, D. P. Saizan, E. Dubuisson, H.
J. Guillory, S. Haas, F Savoy and B. E. Clark.
Office Parish Treasurer, /
Opelousas, La.. Oct. loth, 1877. j
ST AT EM E N'T OF AMOUNT RECEIVED BY
PARISH TREASURER FOR COLLECTIONS
OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1877 :
To parish taxes for 1871 2l7.i2
1875 635.17
" " " " 1876 8594.68
" • " licenses 1877 32.60
Total eollecti >11 $9479.77
Less commission
Amount received from collector $9193.11
I hereby certify that the above statement is
correct. W. A. ROBERTSON,
Parish Treasurer.
On motion of Mr. Dubuisson, Resolved, that
the sum of fifty dollars be and is hereby ap
propriated, payable out of any money in the
treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay
A. Stairg, Assessor, to furnish the Police Jury
by the next moetiug, with the total amount of
taxable property for the parish of St. Landry.
On motion of Mr. Clark, Resolved, that at a
meeting of the Police Jury, to be held on the
third Tuesday of January, 1878. being the 15th
day of said month, the amount of taxes to be
levied and assessed on said parish, for tho ser
vices of tiie year 1878, shall then be fixed and
determined.
Resolved, that the followlii ' is the estimate
exhibiting the various items of expenditure,
necessary for the services of the year 1878, and
that the said estimate be published at least
thirty days before the amount of the tax shall
be fixed and determined, as Uie law requires :
Pay of officers and members $4000
Sheriff's and clerks salarv 1000
Contingent 2000
Magistrates criminal fees 2500
Constables " " 2500
District attorney fees for convictions 600
Sheriff's fees in criminal cases Q500
" per diem 700
Pay of grand and petit jurors 2000
Pay of witnesses in district court 2000
nternal improvements 6000
Maintainance parish jail . 3000
" indigents ; boo
Outstanding indebtedness 3000
Pay of assessor joqo
Commission of tax collector 1500
On motion the Police. Jury adjourned until
Monday, January 14th, 1878.
R. H. LITTELL, President.
Attest: C' . Mavo , Clerk.
Proceedings of the Board of Police ml
the Town of Opelounaa.
, Wednesday , June 5th, 1877.
The Board of Police of the town of Opelou
sas met pursuant to a call of the, President.
Present: Dr. James Ray, President. Einile
Donato, C. Mayo P. J. Lefebvre, Win. G. Bell,
L. Skinner and C. N. Ealer.
On motion it -was Resolved, that a special
Deputy Constable be appointed for the term of
two months from this (late, to have a salary at
the rate of forty-five dollars per month, whose
duties are to be those of a night watchman and
fully empowered with the same powers as are'
now vested in the Town Constable ; his hours of
duty to be from 8 o'clock p. m ., to 6 o'clock a. m.
Said special Deputy Constable to be appointed
and commissioned by the President of the
Board, to hold his office during good behavior,
and to be fuider the supervision and control of
the Town Constable.
On motion the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY, Preêldent.
Attest : O. v00rhie8, Clerk.
Attest : O. v00rhie8, Clerk.
JVE W A D VERTl SE ME MTS.
For Sale.
A well improved plantation of 1000 arpents,
all enclosed and ditched, iu Bellevue, 3 miles
from Opelousas, on long credit and in quanti
ties to suit purchasers; 200 arpents unimproved
wood and prairie land, in Plaquemine, at Î2.50
per arpeut, on time ; a farm of 137 arpents, 3
miles from town; 8 arpents, improved, in Ope
lousas, in lots or in bulk ; and 10,000 nine feet
pleux, for cash. Apply to
Jan. 5-3IU THEO. CHACHERE.
JVERY BEE-KEEPER SHOULD RE*D THE
AMERICAN
w-.OO a jetur. Sample copy IO cts.
The mott successful and experienced ~ "
are It* regular correspondents. " '
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Jtlstrays.
Taken up by the undersigned in Bellevue,
two brown, Amerieau mare mules, six or seven
years old, fourteen and a half hands nigii, both
branded with the letter H, and one of them
also with the figure 5 with a loop on the upper
part of the figure.
The owner will please come forward, prove
property, pay the cost of this notice, and take
them away. THOS. B. DAILEY.
Dec. 'M 1877-lt
The Confederate Soldier'*
RETURN, OR THE LOST CAUSE.
A magnificent picture, beautiful in design
and artistic in execution. It represent« a Con
federate soldier after the war returning to his
home, which he finds ruined by shot and shell
looking lonely and desolate. In front of the'
mined cottage, telling a sa<l tale of the miseries
of war, are two graves with yu«e crosses, on
one of which some frionuly hand lias hung a
garland. The graves are overhung by a ween
ing willow, in the shadow of which stands tile
returned soldier with bowed head, as if think
ing of the paat. To the right the cairn river
and rising moon indicate peace and rest. Tb«
stars seen through the trees represent the South
draped over the graves, an emblem
of the Confederate flag as well as a harbinger
of brighter days to come. The flood of glorious
moonlight streaming through the tree# and re
flecting on the peaceful river adds to the sen
timent and beauty of the scene *nd its sur
roundings. No description of this gem of art
will do it justice— it must be seen. It is a pic
ture that will touch ever}' southern heart and
should find a place in every southern home. It
Is 14 x 18 inches in siae, on heavy plate paper.
One copy will be sent by mail, in a paste -board
roller, to any address, post-paid, on receipt 01
25 cfs. ; three copies for 60 cts., or sis iuc £1 in
currency or postage stamps- Agent« wanted
everywhere, to sell ttia ana a variety of other
Cheap pictures. No money required
untU ihey are soUL No trouble to sell them
Send stamp ,or our catalogue and terms.
Address.
■A. CREGAR & CO., Publisher®.
4*c. 2S ifia üwket
I JUDICIAL.
piBI.lt »ALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OFST. LANDRY,
no.
ESTATE OF EUGENIE SAVOIE.
Bv virtue of an orderof the Hon
' Court of the pariah of St. Landry there win be
! sold at public auction to the highest oiaa ,
by the undersigned ex-offlcio auctioneer at tne
last residence of the decease' d, a W t-nNE8
1 In the parish of St. ' ,5' following
NESDAY, January 16th, 1878, the fo K
described property belonging to the estate or *,
i genie Savoie deceased, to-wit : . „,1«.«
1. About four hundred aYpents of '»""J,
I eighty-si I and , ar P cu V\ 8 °]V I ândry
Richard.) situated in the parish of St. Landry.
1 in Bellevue, bounded north by Theodore c
™."iSS 1 »I » "r 1 ?-"!,*,
I sold on "heilst day of November 18. ., at the
» HucceHHional aale of said estate, as pe P
j Ule in the record of the «aid estate.
! Terns Ȁtio r .-On a credU of"twelve
[ months, purchasers furnishing bond and ae
1 curity according to law,bearing'P.. „ d
I per annum interest from maturity ti ;p ,
and special mortgage and vendoi s privilege
luuuKw-."». c c PU8ON,
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Auctioneer.
VOTlt'K OF FI^AL TABI.EAI'.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OFST. LANDRY,
NO. 8728.
ESTATE OF JOSEPH I). CASTILLE.
Whereas, Alexander II. Castillo of the parish
of St. Landry, administrator of the estate of
Joseph D. CastillH, deceased, having tiled a "if''
»cat
JÀME8 Ö. CHACHERE, Clerk
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tableau of account and distribution of tue said
' estate, accompanied by his petition praying for
, the homologation of tho same.
! And whereas, the prayer of said petition nas
< been granted by an order of court, bearing date
- December 10th, 1S77. ..
j Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
' persons Interested to make opposition to said
j tableau in writing at my office in the town or
j Opelousas, within the time required by law, why
S the said tableau should not homologated and
] confirmed.
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pVBMC SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
NO. 3866.
ESTATE OF CHARLES THOMPSON.
i By virtue of an order of the honorable Pro
• bate Court, of the Parish of St. Landry, there
, will be sold at public auction, to the highest bid
j der by the undersigned or some public
I auctioneer, at tho Courthouse in the town of
! Opelousas, in the parish of St. Landry on
WEDNESDAY, January 9th, 1878, at 11 o'clock
a. m ., the following described property belong
ing to the estate of Charles Thompson, de
ceased, to-wit:
J. The undivided half of a tract of laud, con
taining twenty-seven arpents, in twelve lots,
situated on the northeastern corner of the cor
poration of tho town of Opelousas, bounded
north by Mrs. Dlcksor Ferry, south by J. L.
Morris and Alexandra ejeune. east by land
belonging to the estate if Yves D'Avy, west by
properties of Mrs. Lou. h Lastrapes and Joel H.
Sandoz.
3. A tract of land ly ■ g on the south side of
Bayou Queue Tortue. i the parish of Vermil
lion, containing six hundred aud forty acres,
being section forty of township ten, south of
range two east, aud section thirty eight of
township eleven, south of range two east.
3. One tract of land situated on the Sabine
River, in the parish of contaiug about
4. One old ..ack.
Terms and Conditions.—T*ie movables for
cash, and the immovables on a credit of one
and two years from day of sale, purchasers to
furnish their notes with good and sufficient se
curity, to the satisfaction of the adlninistrotor;
said notes to bear eight per cent interest from
maturity, vendor's privilege and mortgage
reserved on said lands until full'tlnal payment.
J. J. BEAUCHAMP,
dec 8-ßt Administrator.
^HERIFF'« HALE.
DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
KENNETH BAILLIO VS. WILLIAM R.
HUGHES.
By virtue of a writ of fieri facias issued
out of the honorable District Court, In and for the
Parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled suit,
aud to me directed, I will proceed to sell at
public auction to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of said parish, in the town of Ope
lousas, on SATURDAY, the 6th day of Jan
uary, 1878, at 11 o'clock a. m ., tho following des
cribed property, to-wit :
A certain tract of land situated on Bayou
Jacque, bounded north by Bayou Jacque, south
by Hill, west by D. C. Hillaud, said to contain
1200 acres.
Terms—Cash,
C. C. DUSON,
dec 1 Sheriff of the Parish of St. Landry.
HBLIC SAI.E.
ESTATE OF JOSEPH A. GUIDRY.
The undersigned administrator will sell at
public auction, for cash, at the last residenoe
of said deceased, near Grand Coteau, on WED
"NESDAY, the 9th day of January, 1878, at 10
o'clock a. m ., o'clock the following named mova
ble effects, viz :
One creole horse, one pair oxen, one pair cart
wheels, aboutSO barrels of corn, one lot of plows,
one brand 0G. household and kitchen furniture,
beds, bedding, armoirs, tables, chairs, one saw,
and many other articles pertaining to the house
hold and farm. The whole being sold at the
risk of purchasers, who purchased the same on
the llth December, 1877, and failed to comply
with the terms of the sale.
IGNATIUS GUIDRY.
Deo. 29-Jt Administrator.
pi RLIC SALE.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY,
No.
ESTATE OF BENJAMIN A. SMITH.
By virtue of an order of the honorable Pro
bate Court, of the Parish of St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned administrator or by
any duly qualified auctioneer, at the last resi
dence of the deceased, near Grand Coteau in the
parish of St. Landry, on THURSDAY, January
17th, 1878, the following described property, to
wit:
Two creole mules, twenty head of gent!«
horned cattle, about fifteen head of hogs, one
grease hog, about seventy-five, barrels of corn,
about eight hundred bundle« of fodder, one
corn mill, a lot of chairs, one sofa, a lot of tables
and other furniture, one clock, one watch,
lot of cooking utensils, a lot of bedsteads,
feather beds, blankets and other bedding, a lot
of silver aud other table ware, a lot of wash
stands, armoirs, toilets, &c., two safes, one
gun, one lot of cotton containing about seven
bales or 2800 pounds, and a large varietv of
other movables, comprising household furniture
and kitchen utensils, plantation implements,
etc., etc.
Terms—Cash.
LUCIUS L. GUILBEAU.
Jan. 5-2t-ede Administrator.
JVotice.
ESTATE OF BENJAMIN A. SMITH.
The creditors of this estate are requested to
present their claims to the undersigned at his
office In Opelousas to bo classified, and all per
sons indebted to the estate are requested to
eomc forward and settle the same without de
lay, with tho undersigned, if they wish to avoid
# . „ E. D. ESTILETTE,
Attorney of th o Estute of Benjamin A. Smith
Jan. 6-5t
^TOTICE OP ADMINISTRATION.
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OFST. LANDRY,
No. 3882.
ESTATE OF MERCIE ANN PARKER.
Whcrea*, Joseph Pcndar of the- parish of St
Landry hfw applied by hi» petition to be ap
pointed administrator of tlie estate of Merci«
tan dry oa * ea '" t<5 of the parish of St.
Therefore, any person intending to make op
Position to «aid Hjmplntnient, will file the same
V 1n J' »race, in the town of Opeloosas,
within ten days from the present notice
O. CHACHERE, Clerk.
jan 3-U
JAMES I
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Eatraved.
On or about the ist day of December A n
1877, from the undersigned, one Texas dark
dun mare, branded on the right tbiirh u
When she left me she was in fine condition
and when last seen she was below Ville Plat*
Also one dark bay yearling horse colt, star hi
forehead, branded thus: B on the thigh Anv
one flndinz same and delivering or making iî
known tojhe undersigned at H«youCMcotTwUi
be liberally rewarded. s aTl «
Dec. 29-3T aA * ö -
Jfolic«.
The public school term of 2877, having ended
in theparsh of St. Landry, teachers will pi-a*«
uawi m their report and receive their pay atas
early a date a« possible. AU public schools are
now closed. Due notice wiil£, given of
schools as may be opened on the second Mon
day of January, 1877. 411011
^ CHAS. N. EALER
D«e. 8011001 Board 01 et - Landry.