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The Opelousas courier., 1853-05-21
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS,
ELECTION.

"T gSsiFsEAS bis ExeeHency, P. o. He.
w Vefnor of the State of Leui-
siana heS15 ssshis Proclamation, dated the 2sth
day of April, HsJ, 1853, ordering an Election to
be held at the several Election precincts of this
Parish, on the Fourth Monday of May A. d. 1883,
being the 23d day of said month"; for the purpose Of
voting for One District Attorney, for the 18th. Jn-
dicia District, composed of the Parishes of, ,Lafa-
! yette, st. Landry and Calcasieu.
Now, therefore, |, Harrison Rogers Sheriff of the
Parish of St. Landry in conformity with law and
the said Proclamation, do hereby give notice to the
Commissioners of Election of the Parish ofSt Ian
dry, that the said Election will be held in said Pa.
rish on Mondaythe twenty-third day of May, A.
D., 1853, between the hours of nine o'clock, A. M.
and four o'clock, P NJ at the following Police Ju-
ry Wards to wiz
In the FIRST Ward-At the Court House, in the
Town of Opelousas.
IN the Second Ward-At the house of Francis
Trainer, in the town of Washington.
In the Third Ward-At the htAse of Michel r
monet, in Prairie Gros Chevreuil
In the Fourth Ward-At the house Of Ed
mond Estilette, deceased, Grand Coteau.
IN the Fifth WI@d-At the Lower School House
in Bellevue.
IN the Sirth Ward-At the store of Mrs Carol G.
Keough, at Lowa PlaqueaMne, and at the house Of
Eugene Valette, on Queu4ST Tortue.
In the SeUenth Ward-At the house ofJoseph E.
Daigle, at Upper Plaquemine, and at the house Of
Alexandra Dagle pere, on Bayou des Cannes or
Point-aux-Loups.
In the Eighth Ward-At the residence of Ulysse
Gaberel, Bayou Mallet and-At the residence Of
John MCGEE, Prairie FaquetaIque.
In the Ninth Ward.-At the house Of William
Reed, in Flat Town, and at the house Of Alexandra
Rougeot in Prairie Chataignier
In the Tenth War3-At the store OF MI. AIKEN
head, Bayou Chicot IN
In the E2eue'.h Ward-At the residence Of Pilpe
ne Stagg in Old Grande Prairie
In the Itealfh Ward-At the residence ofRobers
McRory, Bayou Beuf-And at the residence Of
William Irwin, Mouih ihville.
roughs, Atchafalaya. t.
IN the Fourteenth Ward-At tho plantation Of JRs
M. Moore. on Bayou Waxia.
In the Fifteenth Wayd-At the residence ofThuS
Stapeton, Bayou Rouge. r.
In the Sixteenth Ward-At the residence Of l.
Landerneau, Prairie Mamoth. '.
In the Serentecsuh Ward-At the house Of Fran
cois Dupre fils in Prairie Plaisance. ......
Es the Eighteenth Ward.-At the residence Qf
John Wright, Mermento.
h, the Nineteenth Ward.--At the residence ofSym.
phorien Meche, Coulee. Croche. ta. ~
The Commissioners of Election of the Parish Of
st. Landry will superntend said election without
further notice, and make due returns to ms aecor.
tion Wards, not having boxes to hold the same will
notify me Of that fact III
HARRISON ROGERS, s61B:
sherif7s Office, St. Landry, / - -r'r
May 7th 1853.
The Opelousas courier., 1853-05-21
BOARDING & DAY-SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG LADIES.

FOR YOUNG LADIES.
SUPER1NrENDED BY MISS BERoIER.
.VEyHIS Institution is situated in one of the
most retired and agreeable part of the
town of Opelousas offers all the advantages desira-
Bile for house of Education.
The course of Instruction will embrace, the
french, english, reading, writing, History, Geogra-
ghy, Mythology, Arithmetic and all kind of needle
works. The study of the English language is the
object of particular care, it will be taught by an
American Lady, residing in this Institution.
Religion, the basis Of all good education is fol-
spare no care, and no pains to obtain the we-beng
of young ladies under her direction and to deserve
the confidence of their parents.
The terms per quarter are as follows:
Instruction, $40 90
Boarding, "2J 90
Music, @ls 90
Each student must be furnished with bed stead
a mattrass, bolster, musquitto bar, four sheets
six towels, a fork, knife and spoon.
Opeleusas 18th march 1s53-9m.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

north if practicable, together with
the adjacent coasts of America and
Asia. with a view to promote the
whaling interests in those little known
and now much f;equented regions.
The route between California, Oregon,
and China, for vessels trading between
those points, will claim large por
ton ofthe time and labor of the
squadron. The various groups OF
islands now little known, lying in the
track of vessels trading in the North
Pacific, will be Visited and surveyed.
The Aleutian islands, which form
the southern boundary to Behrlng or
kamschatka, stretching nearly across
the Pacific ocean; the Kurile islands,
which extend from Japan to Kan
schatka and the sea of Okhotsk, will
be examined; the Japan islands and
adjacent seas, as well as the Gulf OF
Tartary, will be part Of the field OF la.
Dor, as will also the China, Soolco
and Celebean seas, with the hume
rous islands, straits and passages IL
that neigh borhood now so imperfectly
known through the thoroughtare o
the hundreds of our vessels trading II
the Fast Indies.-Union
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Horses-M0rsarA Breed.

There is an increasing disposition
on the part of our people to improves
their breed Of horses. Several I'M
portations Of stations have been
made recently and more are daily ex.
pected. Among others, q full bred
Morgan has lately been brought to
this place. There is a very preva-
lent error in regard to the pedigree
Of this celebrated breed. We have
heard it said and at one time bellev-
ed that the Morgans were a cross
between an imported horse and Ca
madam mares. This is a mistake.
The father of the Morgans was the
Justin Morgan, owned by a man OF
that name, and was ioaled in 1893,
in East Hartford, Conn. The sire
was True Brinon, and he was sired
by the imported horse Traveller. The
dam of the Justin Morgan horse was
Wild Air from the imported Wa
Air, owned by Capt. Samuel Burt
of Springfield Mass. There were
but four of the Justin Morgan's colts
kept rs stations. The Revenge, who
died at "a years OF age; the Sherman
horse who died at IS; the Woodbnr1
horse, who died at % and the Chelso,
horse, who died at 2S. From thes,
four Morgan colts have descended
all the Morgan stock of New England
The Morgans furnish the best ant
most celebrated roadsters known
They are medium in size, compact
muscular, hardy, universally tractabl
and kind, though high spirited, AM
we think may be regarded as the bes
type OF horses Iowa Farmer.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Hy nan Or the City.
BY W. G. BR YANT.

Not in the solitude
Alone may man commune with heaven, or see
Only in the savage wood
And sunny vaL the present Deity;
Or only hear his voice
Where the winds whispered and the waves re.
rejoice.
Even here do behold
The steps, ghty!-here amidst the crowd
Through the great city rolled,
With everlasting murmur deep and loud
Checking the ways that wind
'Mongst The proud piles, the work of human
Thy golden sunsh inc comes
From the round heaven, and on their dwellings
lies,
And lights their inner homes;
For then thou ti,l'st with air the unbound
skies.
And givest them the stores
or ocean, and the har,e est Of its shores.
Thy spirit is around
Quickening the restless mass that sweep along
And this eternal sound
Voices and foot falls of the numberless throng--
Like the resounding sea,
Or like the rainy tempests, speaks to thee.
And when the hours of rest
Come, |, Ike calm, upon the mid-sea brine,
flushing its billowy breast,
The quiet of the moment, too, is thine;
1t breaths of him who keeps
The vast and helpless city while it sleeps
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
The NGTth Eacbac Surveying EX-
petition.

We learn-that the squadron desig
mated for the expedition, which has
been for some time past fitting out at
the n. \, navy yard, will soon sail
upon its appointed service, it being
expected to proceed to Norfolk dur
ing the next week. The squadron is
under the command of Commander
G Ringgosd, and is not, as has been
supposed, in any degree attached to
the Japan expedition under the com
mand of Commodore Perry. 1t orig
mated under spectral act OF the last
Congress, which appropriated one
hundred and twenty five thousand
dollars ''lor the building or purchase
OF suitable vessels, and for prosecu-
! ting a survey and Reconnaissance,
for naval and commercial purposes,
of such parts of Behring's straits, of
the North Pacific ocean, and the
China seas, as are ffequented by
, Americ an Nhaleships and by trading
vessels in their routes between the
United States and China" Instead
) OF purchasing the vessels, the late adj
5 ministration, as we learn from the
annual report of Secretary Kennedy
5 preferred TO employ such naval re,
/ sources as the departmentcouldc com.
mand, rather than conGne it to sucl
:. limited supply as would have result
e ed from either building Or purchas.
ing vessels, and providing for the
$ other details of this service out of the
t fund intrusted TO the department"
e The squadron, as organized by the
r late administration, consists, there
n fore, of the sloop- of war Vincennes
! being the flagship, the brig porpoise
), the steam propeller John Hancock
: together with a tender and storeship
t The expedition is expected to ex
!. anime large portion of the paciti
e ocean, the Behring sea, aa well d
the straits of that name, and iurthe
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
To my old Shoes.

The following lines are specimen OF no"
much can be said on very small subject, when
it enters into ones conceit to do so:-
NV dear ID shoes how many a weary mile
You've borne me on through LIES dark,
troubled way,
Without one sweet or all consoling smile
To cheer you, or your guardian care repay
Now, as mutely stand, and mutely gaze
On your worn 'uppers, once SO deeply oiach'
Imagination seeks for o'her days
From present scenes to youth it hurries back,
To that bright hour when first trod your
When frs. my bosom heaved with rapture
But soon alas! you were so fall of holes,
1t could not last and would turn and weep.
Loading my boysh spirit down with grief,
To think l could no more your beauties
To shoelcss mates, to staggar their belief
With joys untold which they could never
know.
Yet III secure you free from care OF harm.
Lest cobbler's hand should you proianely
touch;
And shield you still with this my good RICH
arm,
From all attacks Of awl and pegs of such.
The debt of gratitude / owe to you
Shall all be paid ere you depart from hence
So from eglectyou'il meier have cause to rue
Yet I'll not pay in shillings and in pence!
All no! will not thus insult your years.
By off'riugs to 'em from b!oated mammon
shrine;
All, mol methinks voice salutes my ears!
Bring not your gold, but bring us oil an
winel
"Our soles are thin, and we have need
nought
But kindly care for serving in the past;
We seek no change by peg and hainme
wrought,
But wish to be remembered to the last"
Boston Post.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
Cattle assss sheep.

The Increased facllltle1nS om-
munication by means,G6
operating great c
in relative values of
This appears the 60 -
permanently the value of Woo1, and
it is subject which the manufac-
turers would do wellto bear in mind
Sheep are the only animals of which
the valuable part can be separated
and transported to distance at low
cost, without consuming anything on
the way. While the manufacturing
and commercial population of the
Eastern States are increasing so as
to demand much larger supplies of
animal food, the means Of bringing
| them from a distance has 50 improv-
ed as to shorten the time, and there
fore save food in transportation, and
also deliver the animals in better
health and weight.
As an instance, an intelligent
farmer of Michigan write us that a
drover stopped with him on the
previous night with 700 store swine
for the Brighton market; and these
drovers give the farmers 4 to 5 cents
per pound for weights Of so to 800
pounds. To the 700 swine which he
had he gave 20 bushels corn morn
ing and evening, say 40 bushels per
! day, at 81 cents, or on an average
of 30 cents per day for a hog of $50
pouads, worth in Michigan SO co.
Such hogs sell at Brighton at 50 81
each. This leaves a margin of - 81
for feed transportation, and profit. -
Now it is better for farmers to raise
swine to sell for cash to drovers, at
4 to 5 cents per pound, than to keep
sheep all winter for the wool, particu-
larIy when feed his high. Fat cat
tie, south down sheep for mutton
) and horses are all rising in price and
in demand, and the profits of these
crops are an alternative which make
, a high price for wool inevitable
: The shortening from three weeks Il
: three days, during which the drover
t are to feed their cattle and them
e selves, between purchase and sal
l tells altogether in favor of the grow
e err The increasing prospects an
: population of the East keep tn
;, demand active and increasing
), Railroads are bringing a large circl
f of country within the influence c
e that demand. Hence, when cattl,
Y sheep, and swine can be transporte
3 as quickly and cheap as the shor
e wool, the advantage which the latte
d crop has in transportation over til
l. live stock ceases, and it must rise
e money value to hold its place as
Y, favorite crop.-United States Econ'
, mist.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
DIR. URBAN'S
ANTI-BACHANALlAN ELlAlR:
A safe and sure remedy for the cure q
INTEMPERANCE.

7, ia not in the least Injurious to the system.
7, i nloasant To the taste, and will cure the
hardest cases of intemperance. We WARRANT
it, in all cases. if taken according to directions.
|, DESTROYS the desire for all ardent spirits when
strictly taken according to directions ana VIII
restore the individual to the same state OF so
bric,y in which he was before he ever drank
drop of the ardent and he will not have the least
desire for intoxicating drinks
Iutemperance is disease; and as such the
greater the excess in drinking the more speedl-
" is the disease developed and to such the Elk
n is presented as the balm of Giiead-the oil
of consolation, peace and perfect restoration,
The more fully developed is he disease the
more salutary and powerful the effects OF TINS
Elixir, at once destroying the appetite Tor sp''
| rits, and restoring the stomach to as healthy an
action as it was before drinking a drop OF ardent
spirits: and when intemperance has assumed
| this diseased form, reason is measurabiy de
| thIoned, the will to a certain extent becomes
ungovernable until often, alas! many have pas
sed the bounds Of sober restraint. and though
they may desire. in their sober moments, tt
abandon the use of that which is so rapidly pro
wing their bane, they cannot, unaided, and ne
aid has been rendered such, with success unit
the discovery of DIR Urbans never failing Anti
Bacchanalian Elixir; since which time none ar
left without excuse as the means necessary t.
destroy the taste, and again enthrone reason
bringing the will into perfect subsection, by eS
tracing the poisonous sting and temptation {
the adder are placed within every mans reacf
those. therefore, who hereafter fill the grave {
the drunkard must do so by choice, and not {
necessity-it matters not how near it you, ma
now be.
As the Elixir is the most powerful purifier
the blood, the seat of all diseases, it has bee
used with great success, and is highly recon
mended in cases of Delirium Tremens, Dyspel
STA, Epilepsy Neuralgia, Liver Complaints Gel
eral Debility, Piles. and all kinds of Fever
1t is the best alternative known.
lTThe Anti Bacchanalian is neatly put u
and labelled 18th full directions acrompanyii
each bottle Price SO per bottle. On the r
ceipt of the above sum it viii be sent, free
charge. to any part of the United States A
letters to be pre- paid. To be had from all II
principal Druggists in the United States.
URBAN Il DIDLAKE,
65 Third street, Louisville, KY.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
The Fancy Young Man.

This animal is the smallest of al
the race ofhuman puppies which in
fest society, to the qualification OF
young ladies made after the same
diminutive pattern, and to the dis
gust of all ofthe male sex who honor
manhood or good sense. The Fan
cy Young Man is thing of the tai
lor's and the hair-dresser's, his LOFT
est ambition being confined entirely
to those arts which serve to adorn his
insignificant person. lie cul,ivatos
the outside of his head so studiously
that the inside is an empty void
Ideas, like men, are gregaricus, and
if one should, by chance, enter that
"lonely CELL" it would wi,her and die
from the sad effects Of solitary con
finement. If the Fancy Young Mar
should be struck with an idea, we
have no doubt it would prove fatal,
No ass should be loaded with more
than he can carry. The Fancy Young
Man is great e.tender at balls, the
alter, and operas, and generally occu-
pies the most conspicuous place he
can select. Attic theater, he always
contrives to come in about the middle
ofthe first act, and generally at an
interesting part, for by this means he
succeeds in attracting an attention,
his well dressed head, fashionable
coat, and kid gloves would not other,
wise receive. His entrance into the
box is always with a sort Of easy
swaggcr-a hard imitation Of indif
ference, as though he did not care
although a close observer can sc,
that he is uneasy under the attention
he has invited. If two of these gen
try are togethcr,t they will talk in 9 lou
tone, much to the annoyance of thos
who wish to listen to Shakspear
rather than to the pulling, drivelin
nothings of youths guiltless OF
thought. The Fancy Young Ma
is not complete without a qui,
zing glass to his eye. When we rea
ofthe courtiers of Alexander the Gre;
carrying their heads aside becaus
their monarch was congenitally a
tected with wry meek, we laugh
their servility and wonder at the
weakness. A defect in the visu
organs has become fashionable
high life; and now you can find fe
persons, male or female, with al
pretensions to Upper Tendon, wi
are not short. sighted. That a ply
ical defect should thus be ASSUME
as distinction, is quite as absurd
the wry neck fashion Of Alexande
court.
The Fancy Young Man would pa
muster at the opera, if he only h
discretion enough to conceal his ign
ranc of the art he processes to ado
He generally cries bravo!" in t
wrong place, and invariably misa
plies the few technichal phras
which have found lodging in the v;
wilderness" of his ignorance. y
have often thought that the manag
would confer a great benefit up
persons of this class, if he would I
tablish a fugle-man upon the sta.
in order to make sign when the a
plause should come in, and when
should be piano and when for
This would save great many I
trouble Of thinking.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25
DR.. URBAN'S
VEGETABLE FEVER AND AGUE
POWDERS:

The only sure remedy erer Ino,rn for Chias and
Ferer, and rarranted TO cure, in all cases, u ta-
ken according TO directions.
1t cures, when taken according to directions,
in TWENTY MINUTES, leaving no Fever after the
Chill; very dom recurring more IMAM ONE
DOSE to make PERMANENT CURE. great mum
Der of cases, from two to five years standing,
have been CURED with the FIRST DOSE, ana the
Chill has never, as yet, returned. ne ueau.y
of this medicine is that it stops the Chiii IN
TWENTY MINUTES, or less, and the patient VIII be
entirely clear from Fever after the Chill, which
is not the case when any other medici ne Is used.
1t has superseded all other preparatio US "her-
ever 1t has been introduced
Read what the Editors of the Louisville Dem
ocrat say from their own observation: DR. VI
bans medicine for the cure of chilIs and fey er
has effec ed some wonderful cures in our own
midst. young man who has resided for sew
eral years in Louisiana, reached New Albany
few weeks since, weak and emacated-literal y
worn out physically with long continued chills
and fever. He made short stay at the house
of Judge Smith, where his old disease contin-
ued with no less severity than at home in Lou
isana. Having exhausted almost every RENE
dy known to the medical profession, he procu-
red box of DR. Urban's celebrated medicine,
and after taking two powders was entirely re
stored to health has been well ever since
says - 1nbeen as good for sew
eraL gaining his former
as wont to wear
Fat the manufactu-
rers' DEP Gfween Main and Mar
ket, ouisville,41G,WPholesae and retail.
URBAN d DIDLAKE.
ZION the receipt of 81 the Powders will be
sent, free of charge. to any part OF the States
1t may also be obtained of all the principal
druggists in the country. mlSy
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COUNTER f EFT S !

Remember a base counterfeit called +" ii Z
Farrells Arabian Liniment" This spurious
preparation is sometimes sold as Farrell 5 Lin
iment" To those who are not careful to ask for
the genuine w b FARRELL'S ARABIAN
LlNIMENT; therefore ask for and take no 9th
er than w Farreil's Arabian Linnent
The genuine Arabian Linment is sold by
Trowbrldge d Sanders, Iowa City; L Gay
Burlington; T J Mckinney, keokuk; aud by
merchants and druggists throughout the Uni
ted States and Canadas
Grand Depot 81 Lake street, Chicago, Ills
Nav 4 1883
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IOWA CITY DRUG &'IOnI.
nnposjte (,earss 3 Halle


TRowBRIDGE & BowM. An,
(Successors to Morssman 4 Trorbr "y',lrp
HAyE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
Ill well selected stock Of Drugs, Medi. ''n.s'
DYE stuffs Oils and Paints, together with IL
ry article usually found in Drug stores, VIII
they will sell wholesale or retail as cheap 90
any house north of St. Louis. Also
BOOKS & STATIONERY,
of the best quality, Ink, black. blue and red.
PAINT, Varnish and White wash brushes
FAMILY GROCERIES--Sugar Coffee, Tea.
Rice, Molassas, Goldfish and MaaAeral, BRED
Peaches and Apples, Raisins, Figs and
Almonds: Tobacco, Segars ana Snnff,.
Glue Narnish, Broome Twine,
Thermometers.
Window Glass of all sizes. q. A.. Sat-.
DR.. FITCH'S Abdominal supporters, Shout
der Braces, and inhaling Tubes, with al aAa
books and preparations.
Loudons' Medicines complete.
HORSE MEDICINES.
Sloan's Ointment and Condition Powders;,
Mustang and Arabian Liniment;
Nerve and Bone Lniment;
Medowell's cure for Yellow Water;
Porter Wards certain cure for stiffs and big--
jew Dra1Us Plaster, POOR Mans Plaster, and
Perry Davis Pain Killer.
PURE BRANDY AND WINE.
Prescription from Physicians put up with strict.
care and confidence. i. b.
Iowa CITY Nav 2Sth, 1851.
Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-05-25

The end ofthe Fancy Young Man
is generally miserable old age. lie
has laid up no stores of knowledge to
relieve him when the dark hour OF lie
comes and his mind dwindles and
withers from pure inanition.