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The St. Landry whig., 1845-01-23
GE.
OPELOUSdS, LOUISIANA.


VWNHE Trustees of Franklin College take great plea
session of this institution will open on the First Monday
Of November next. The Rev. JONI BURKEs lately Of the
Parish OF Natchitoches, has been appointed President !;
and his profound erudition in the various branches Of
collegiate education, coupled withhis hitherto success
full experience as a classical instructor, fully warrant the
Trustees in recommending hun to the Public as an IN
structor worthy Of their patronage. Il
All the branches of a regular Collegiate Education
will be 4 laugh in this Substitution, embracing the English,
French, Spanish, Latin and Greek languages, Mathe-
inatics, Natural Philosophy, sc. Particular attention
will be directed 10 a thorough and practical instruction
in the French language.
The session will consist of ten months, beginning
from the first Monday of November next.
The price Of Tuition is $40 per session, and boarding
has been reduced to 1920 for the session-ooth paya-
bic one-ialf in cash, and the other half on the first OF
May next.
The Trustees wish it to be distinctly understood, that
no extra charges will be made and that the price Of
tuition, boarding, %fodging, washing, fuel and lights, win
amount only to $l60 per scssion-parents being Tequir-
cd to furnish their children with books and stationery,
The Professors are required TO furnish the pupils with
boarding but parents may board them in the neighbour
hood, fit be their option to do so.
The Dormitorics in the College building are admira-
bly, adapted to the preservation of good health among
the students, being amply large, well ventilated, and
furnished with frc-piaces and not more than two stu
dents are ever permitted TO occupy the same room.
In conclusions, the Trustees and Faculty Of franklin
College willspare no painsin providing for the comforts
of the Pupils entrusted to their charge.
By order of the Board Of Trustees.
OpelousAs. Oct, 81, 1874.
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ACCENTS.

The undermined gentlemen, who have been
recommended to US as suitable persons, will con-
fer a great favor by acting as our agents in their
respective neighberhoods
Mr.. JULEs RoBIcHAuD, Breaua's Bridge.
Mr.. JULEs BLANcHEr, Nem iberia.
Messrs. MANNER d FoURNEr, editors of the
Creole,) 81. Martiasrille.
WIN. AKENMEAD, ESQ, Bayou Chicot.
Mr.. L. A. PATIN, Grand C3tcau.
Mr.. A. DEBMLLoN, Vile Platte.
Mr.. s. D. ALLIs, Washington. 50. Landry.
Mr.. JIM. WEYMOUTH, Ncw Orleans.
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w. 0rlea,rs a1oerttse1,reNts

v. DAVID d SON,
No. 80 Old Lcucc, 5etreen Cont and BienuiMe
streets, New ORLEANS,
RE now receiving from the manufacturers in Eng
"A land and France. a complete assortment of
MsHA1D gEsRRE s. CUTLER y,
which were selected from the hest patterns; and by the
long experience of the senior partner, insures good and
suitable articles for the Louisiana trade. They have
made a good selection Of
AMERICAN HARDWARE,
and purchased Mt low prices, which will insure to the
Country dealers a good assortment, and at very re-
duced prices. Their assortment is complete, and in
cludcs the greatest variety of ever
brought to tlis market. They would beg a call at their
well known establishment, No, SO Old Levee.
" The st. Martinvillc Gazette will please copy in
both languages, and send their bill as above.
Opelousas, Dec. 5, 1874. d5-2m
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CURED.

CONSIDERING Dental Surgery a branch of oneof
" The liberal sciences, the subscriber boasts Of no Sc
crets or traps by which to entice patients; but will say,
that, having spared no expense in acquiring a thorough
knowledge Of all the improvements which have been
effected in the dental art, either in Europe or America,
and having every facility frr the performance of any
operation which may be required; and having greatly
reduced the formerly extrayagant prices, he hopes, by
the duties of his profession, to merit and obtain a libe-
raj share Of public patronage.
Artificial palates inserted, to answer the purposes Of
the natural palate. J PEARSON, M. D., Dentist,
Office and residence Barronne st. near Canal, NO.
N. vacancy for one student.
New Orleans, Jan. 9.
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IRON, NAILS, TIN PLATE, SC.
ORCHARDS &. MONTGOMERY,

RICHARDS q. MONTGOMERY,
No. IL CHARTREs STREET, INV ORLEANS,
MWAVE Just received, per ships New Hampshire,
IL Sweden, Huron, Bombay, Isaac Allerton, lamp
den and Alhanlbra from Liverpool, and byvarious other
sulps rruni the north, large additions tosthoir stock Of
Sheffield, Birmingham and domestic goods, making
their stock of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c. as
extensive, complete and cheap as can he found m the
southern country. Among their heavy goods arc
4OOtons Swedes, Tennessee and English Iron, assort-
5000 Swedes. Tenn. and English Ploughshare Moulds ;
800 bundles hoop and band Iron
5000 kegs best Boston Mills;
5O0 boxes lin Plates, Of most approved brands;
900 dozen Colins's Hartford, Kings, Davis's and Sim
mons's Axes ~
500 dozen Whittemore's best Cards, assorted-cotton,
wool and horse
5000 steel cotton-gin Saw Plates also, Gin Saw Sheet
Steel;
100 IONS Slavery g. Co.'s, and other castings, assorted;
5000 French Pots, assorted, 2 to l05 pints Points
5000 gals best winter strained and bleachcd Sperm Ill
1000 do do do Whale do;
1000 do Linseed Oil;
25 bbls Spirits Of Turpentine
25 do best Tanners Oh;
5 do CopaI Varnish;
500 kegs White Lead, assorted
1000 boxes Window Glass, assorted, 8 K 10, and 10 IL;
10 casks Sheet ZINC
300 kegs buck and drop Shot
1000 Jabez Kings genuine Carey Ploughs, assorted
Nos. ], z. 3 and A
5000 dozen best Carolina Hoes, assorted;
100 pairs Cologne Mill Stones, assorted;
~ do French Burr do;
25 pieces superior Boiling Cloths, assorted, 6, $40
AIso-A general assortment of Mill and Gin Irons
Curriers' Tools, assorted; Houghton s. Wallace's
superior patent Lard Lamps.
Their stock Of CUTLERY is not surpassed.
-ALso-
5000 pairs Trace Chains;
400 dozen painted Wood Buckets;
500 coils Manila Rope, assorted sizes.
: New Orleans, Nex. la44-nl4-6t
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oPELoUsAs MAIL ARRANGEMENT.

NV o.i. Arr. evcryWcdn'y & Sat'y, by 6 pm.
NAA' Closes ev. Wed'y 81 Sunday do.
ALEXANDRIA g. Arr. CIV. Sunday & Wcd'y, by 10 pm.
NATcHIrocHEs, Closes ev. Wcd'y & Sat'y, by 6 pm.
M..w An. with mail CIV. Sunday.
$3.50 Closes with same every Saturday.
C. Arrives every Monday, by ~ N.
Closes same day at 6 pm.
9I- Office hours from . u. m. to r. m, every day
except Sunday.
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PRQBA1D 9AARs

EN
WILL be sold at public Auction, by the under
Z signed Parish Judge in and for the Parish of
st. Landry,
On MONDAY, the 10th Of Feb'ry next,
At the last residence of PIERRE LOUIS Gull
LORY, late of the parish aforesaid, deceased husband
Of Advise Deshotel, situated in
Grand Prairie, near Fiat ,gTpun,
All the property belonging to the estate u community
between said Advise Deshotel and the children and
heirs Of said deceased, consisting of
The Tract Of Land,
on which said deceased last resided, containing l60
superficial acres. Another
Tract of Wood and Prairie Land,
situated also in Grand Prairie, and containing 200 SUI
pericial arpcnts.
Six Slaves; $50 head Of gentle horned
Cattle; $50 head of Vacherie horn
ed Cattle about 30 head Of broke
Horses; about 80 head Of unbroken
Horses; Mares and Colts; Imple-
ments Of Husbandry Household
Furniture, sc.
Terms at sale.
A. GARRIGUEs, Parish Judge.
January 9th, 1845-ts.
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NIEsCNgxASaMaUa
-NAIYnMA1. anNcn-


Mr.. John Wilson. in an address q sonse yasiIr
indies assembled near baltimore id 1 Mas esfes
bratlon, thus speaks ofthe origin Of two 0wr
popular songs.
Aaa Oclusabia stands al the head of our pas
trlotlc songs, and Is somewhat remarkable in iss
origin. About fifty years ago Mr.. Fox, d Young
vocalist offine talents lii the iEue ofhis nsogesss
ion, was DESTROYS to bring out something new on
bis benefit night, being then performing iii phIIa.8
delphia. He applied accordingly, to The late
Judge Hopkinson, who was known To- be q vOsa-
ry ofthe MUSES., to write him 4 song Isl lie III.
caslon but the Judges numerous engagements
prevented him from entering on the task until tho
very morning ofthe benefit.
When poor Fox called, and found tho mat hi
thus he was almost distracted-Mrs. Hopkin.bn
plying his situation took her seat at the piano~
and beckOning to her husband, he took up his
pen struck ofthe first verse, which his Iadx plays
ed 20 is present air. Fox, almost frantic wish
JOY, ran for Mr.. Reingle tho composer who set
Y to music, The song was finished 0Fhand-
and sung from the manuscript the same niRhk
with rapturous applause. Fox made d fortune
BY it-,-and nothing was heard that whole season
but Hail Columbus
YouaH knowths history Of the sStar S~paHgled
Banner,' and, without knowing IL. Il 81 s~Fsp0ssi.
BILE to sing it with suitable ceilings.
The late lamented Francis s. Key. Esq, aIso
an eminent lawyer and patroil. was sent 10 Ire
British Admiral with . flag Of truce, and wassAes
tanned on board his ships during thu lombard.
nleft effort McHensy. The happy manner ia
which he has embodied The feelings nfshns awful
night, has been considered but little short ofinspi.
ration--and the Star Spaagled Banner shall con-.
tinue to be sung, and side BY edo With Hail CO.
lumbia, will godown 10 tho latest p~osleFity, ia
among the happiest illusions ofthe human mind
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a v !

a s
Pierre M Guillory, de la Paroisse ST. LANDRY,
Estat de la E0uisianes
"A FAT la demardc, par petition, d'etre nonlne
ca administrator DIES biens dc feu
ERR LOUIS GUIELORY,
dams la dite paroisse.
Toutes les personnes qui auraient des raisons legales
pour ~s'opposer IA dite nomination, devront les pr6sen-
ter a mon bureaus ecrrtes, dams les dix jours qui suiyront
la date du present avis.
"A. GARRIGUEs, Juge de- Paroisst.
OpeIousass 8 Janyief Ie45.-2t
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VII be also offered for Sale At NE time and
place abore mentioned.

4 CERTAIN TRACT or LAND,
Situated in Prairie Laurent the said Parish of St.
Laadry containing 900 superficial arpens, bounded on
one side by land Of Jean 3D.. Dejean aine and on the
other side by land belonging to the Estate of Y. Auzen-
ne deceaseds--Said tract of land will be divided in lots
of two, three or four hundred arpents, to suit purchasers.
The terms Of said sale, will be advantageous to purcha-
sers, and will be announced on the day Of sale.
AZ. GARRIGUES, Parish Judge.
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PROBATE E b.


WILL. be sold at public auction, by the undersign-
~ ed ParishJudge in and for the parish of st,Landry,
On WEDNESDAY, the 18th of February
next, (ls45,)
At the store of WALrSER p. REDMOND. late Of
the parish aforesaid, r~tSjsased, situated in
Grand Coteam, sEn The town of 81. Charles,
in said parish,-all the property, movable and immo-
vable, belonging to the estate Of said deceascd,--con
sisting of
TWO SLAVES;
Five Lots of Ground,
situated in the town of st. Charles, the same where the
deceased la Vt resided, bounded on one side by Robin
Ereres, and on the other side by Edmond Estillcttc,
Another Lot of Ground,
situated also in tho aforesaid town, bounded on ono side
by lot of DR.. Weston, and on the other side by Augusta
Lambre.
Two American Horses four Mules;
one Wagon and Harness; n Sui
ky and Harness; horned Cattle; one
i, lot Of Dry Goods; m do. Of Hard
ware, etc, etc.
Terms on the day of sale.
A. GARRIGUEs, Parish Judge.
january 8, l845. j9-ts
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scRAPs AND SNAPS.

A snipe, a musqaittoe, and a fellow who is al.
ways ready TO drink at your expense, get their
living by suction.
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O'Blanis, the man who murdered young Frank
Coombs a short time since, has been arrested,
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Thus Love, Life. Youth, and Beauty, toe,
When seen without HoPE's Frightening hue,
All sigh, in Misero's saddcst tone,
8HsNyhy seek 10 live If Hope be- Gone?''
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No exertiono or expense has been wanting to present
to my numerous customers the most splendid and COM
plete variety for presents ever before offered in the city.
The public arc invited to call and examine the assert
ment. j.. B.. STEEL, IA Camp st.
Jan. 9 successor to Norman, Steel s. Co.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

l THE OREGON NEGOTIATION is said to have ter minated at Washington, in the draft of treaty es- tablishing the forty ninth parallel the boundary between the United States and England, being merely the extension of the eastern Rocky Moun- tain boundary along the parallel of latitude, 1 to the Pacific Ocean. This is yielding territory three hundred miles in width from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, to which MT. Polk in his l Inaugural aveIed our title to be ssclear and ur- questionable" This report may be only diplo- matic " fceler," put forth at the present time 10 ascertain the views of the press and the people of |lhe United States on that line as compromises The U. s. Journal, the Washington organ of the. Young Democracy says: ''We desile the Execu- tive to be strong in the affections of the Democrat I ic people, and we shall do what we can to secure result so desirable; but we can have no compro- mise upon the 49th degree of north latitude. It such compromise has been agreed upon it will be rejected by the American Senate, and be washed out in the blood of battle on new fields of glory in the wilderness of the West.'
 Our Government having long ago, through MT.
 Rush, offered to make the 49th degree the bounda- ry, we can see no impropriety in now agreeing up- on that line; and we believe the American peorle I generally would be gratifed if the negotiation should result in a.eomr:omise so reasonable and proper, by which 9cenlrcversy of long standing may be brought to an honorable and peaceful ter- imitation.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

Oc;-We notice that the name of P. K. Kilbourr Esq, the esteemed and talented editor of the Hart ford Columbian, has been hauled down from the head of that paper, and learn that he has yielded the editorial chair to Mir. Burleigh of the Chris tan Freeman. Although Mir. B. is a vigorous and popular writer, the readers of the Columbian will regret the withdrawal of Mir. Kilboufn, whose experience, industry and taste peculiarly qualify him for the management Of miscellaneous and literary paper
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10
GENERAL JACKSON-MAL MEDICAL
 TREATMENT,

Dr. William Turner, the editor of the reprint of Dr. Dickerson's work on the Chrono-thermal system of medicine, publishes letter m the lrl- bune, in which he says, he predicted the death of General Jackson six months since, from the fol- lowing circumstances:
 About the 9th of December last, the papers sta ted that Gen. Jackson had been attacked with splitting of blood, and had been leeched for it. l called to the statement the attention of friends, and desired that they would take note of the se- quel--for that they would find in it the beginning of the end of an extraordinary man. Six short months have told the story, About week e alter the above date, cut from the Courier s Enquirer the following extract from letter written by the General himself:
 HERMITAGE, Oct. 24, 1s44.
 My Dear MT. Blair On the 18th inst, I had a return of hemorrhage, and two days after chill. With the lancet to correct the first, and eGlomel to check the second, ana greatly debihtdted = But being aroused, &c.'
 It will be observed that the patient, with just and unerring instinct attributes his debility not to the disease itself but to the leechng and caomel. I do not address you for the purpose of arraigning the particular physicians in attendance. They no doubt acted conscientiously and under the convic- tion they were doing right. But war and will continue to war, against system which sanctions such monstrous errors. Whyis 1t, that re6ecting physicians cannot see what this illustrous sufferer so plainly for himself saw ? Will any one doubt, that had that iron man been treated with the same prudence that Chancello. Kent. Gas stated in his note.) exercises in taking care of himself. his chances for longevity would have been equal to that of the latter? People who read Gil Bias are greatly amused with the exploits of Dr. Sangrado with his bleeding and warm water,' and yet they look with complacency upon a practice whcE would be quite as ludcrous and laugbable, were it not for the lamentable results which flow from it. To be sure, Gen. Jackson has closed his civil ca- reer. But how was. 1t with Gen. Harrison He had but just entered upon the duties of the exalt- ed station to which the nation had called him, when he, too, though acknowledged to be in a state of debility, had his life blood drawn from him by leeches and cups to which he succumbed, and by which the administration and policy of the country passed into other hands, to the grief and sorrow of great and patriotic party.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

o. We have hot weather at last, Corn grows now day and night, and for month or two to come, even in Litchfeld, there will be no occa- sion for parlor stoves or comfortables
 Every person who wishes to obtain refreshing sleep and rest this season of the year, should throw aside his feather bed, and repose in good clean hair, or palm leaf mattrass, such as may be ob. tained very cheap, and of superior quality, of oul friend Dewey over the way. We can speak of theil excellence from personal experience
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

.another Fire at Quebec A second disastrous fire occurred at Qnebcc on Saturday evening, June 25, which consumed aboat 13o0adwelings, and rendered homeless GOOD personss The scene of desolation distress and afliction, nd the extent of the calamity, nearly greatSas after the con- hagration in May; the va'u, of preher'y destroyed probably greater. These two fires destroyed more than all the previous fires that have occurred in that city for seventy years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

Wears of age, aiin aC0Idftu man, commenceo , o'clock, P. M., removing load of hay from the wagon into the now.
 ii was in what is called cellar barn; and just after they had got to work, sheet of flame rushed through the open door at the head of the steps leading from the entry beneath to the threshing floor, and in few moments enveloped the whole interior of the building. MT. Pearson, as well as the colored man, escaped from the barn-Mr. P. being then severely burnt about the face. His son who was in the mow at work, in descending was wrapped in flames.
 He made his way speedily to creek near by and plunging in, extinguished the re but not until he was so dreadiully burned as to place his recovery almost beyond hope But the most horrible portion remains to be told. Two other sons of MT. Pear son, and neighbours boy, were in the now oPpo- site where the men were at work. Two of them escaped but one of the brothers, about 0years old perished in the aames-his limbs and part ot his body literally burned up.
 The house, barn, and all the out buildings; the wagon house, with its contents; the corn-crb, with one hundred and fifty bushels of corn, the hog pen and hogs in it, were all burnt. The hogs, the two horses to the wagon and calf in the barn, are the live stock destroyed. The larger portion ot his hay crop, being already gathered, was of course destroyed. as also about one hundred bushels ofoats All his farming utensils, including threshing ma chine were likewise destroyed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10
aI, ,h., ;s s,;d ohos,f the fionrss

All that is said about the hourIsn9sA
 manufacturers, and the large amount ton is true in relation to the Iron districts o me middle States, and the object of this notice oi the article, is to call the attention ot your readers 10 inc greaf muortance of the Iron trade and the ag- greeste amount of production, much nearer home, eye1 in the State of Connecticut, where 1t now ex- ceeds in value the amount of any other manulactu- red article of ssafice production.
 Ten years since, the amount of Pig Iron produ- ced in the Housatonic Valley within this State' was returned as follows
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

pThe day was remarkably sultry, aud
 was to be seen in the heavens About thi
 afternoon, small black cloud, in appearance aUoo the size of mans hat, about two miles distance, and in the direction of Oronoque was seen. Twelve toasts had been already drank, at the sound of twelve cannon, and they were preparing for the thirteenth. At that instant, there came grand tremendous peal of thunder from this little cloud, accompanied with brilliant fash G lightning. It surpassed in sound and grandeur the t~Iye can- non that had been fired. It served as substnese for the thirteenth; and that was not fired. Col. John Benjamin, the President of the Day, and re- volutionary officer who had been wounded in the battle at Compe in TIT. arose aud said:
 s..Fellow- citizens: The name of the Almighty ,rd be praised. I look upon this event in tEe heavens as a token, or recognition in favor of A. mercan Independence; and make no doubt, but that America, like the lightning of God, will be victorious by blasting and destroying all the anti- federalism that exists in the country" Isaac Jones, Jun, and grandson, was present, and wit messed this solitary thunder and lightning, July 4, 17ss, aged 13.-Jones Family Memoirs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

Ht Bridgeport.-An interesting lad, h, ,ho u.;,.o, S:e a years years of age, was run over
 .' U" usr-7"-, the Fourth, and so mangled that he died in few minu,s-. ' was on the track, and when the whistle was blown he was frightened and ran forward. The Engineer called roughly to him to get out of the way but it s said he made no effort to stop the engine until It had done the work of death. The lads father was in New-Haven attending the Temperance eel eoratlon, and was sent for by express. Is is said the Engineer will be indicted for manslaughter.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

Breach of Promise case,-At the last term of the steuben (N. .Ys9 Circuit Court, Mary Ann Rhodes, maiden lady of thirty and upwards, ob- tained verdict of four hundred dollars against Nathan Miller, widower with nine children, fer breach of promise of marriage
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

' D1-No. of Lardner's valuable Lectures has been published. This is work of great value, and should be extensively patronized. The postage is now reduced SO low that many will be induced to order it by mail who have heretofore neglected to procure it. Price, twenty five cents per number. Greeley & McElrath, publishers, New-York.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

DJ-We were pleased to see the interest the boys and girls take in Temperance celebrations. A company of lads from distant part of thetown came in on the Fourth with their banners flying, and had request been made 10 that effect, we have no doubt cold water regiment composed of hun dreds of our youth, would have appeared in the temperance uniform.
Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10

Ds-The Sun and Tribune have been selected by the New-York postmaster as papers in which the new postage law requires him to advertise the list of letters-their circulation being the largest of the daily journals in that city.