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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-15

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS IN TExAs.-The Galveston
News says all the advces from the interior go to show that
the crops very backward and that want of rain, to-
geher with late fros has made the thus far mos
inauspcious Light rains have fallen in several of the
counties on the Brazos and the Colorado.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-15

NOTICE holders Of the United
IN following of ID January
purpose completing purchase Of the therein
will continue the
Of residue OF the proposed
ST. 59 555 05, said stocks offered
prior the first day OF June next:
I'm nxYAu rMRn
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-15

THE Collectors Sale of City Property for Taxes
advertised in the National lntelgencer, will take
Monday April 49, at the City Hail. in the adermens
10 O'Clock The list embraces
ery parts city, presents afavorabc
opportunity for all desng make
Persons intending advertised
requested TO do so before the day OF sale.
r. ]. ROCHE
April ll-diitApl6 Collector.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-15

DEAp--We learn from New York exchanges tina
Mr. William Taylor the enteprsing publisher and book
seller died his residence in Brooklyn New York, OF
Thursday.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
For Sale

a choice house servant, aged % years, .
- good cook and very good washer. For
particulars, apply to Z. Bercier, in Opelousas,
or to j. B. Pollingue, in Grand Cotssu.
Opelousas, Sept. 22d., 1855.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
miscellaneous.
Helmbold's Genuine Preparations.
HELMRolr,s HLes,.LY concENraarEn

HELMBoLp's HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU,
For diseases Of tie bladder ard kidneys. scye Diseases
strrtmres ,rcakneSSPs and all diseases of the sornnt
Organs, tctethc1 il, Mae Femake jroa. ,rhGspper
cause they may haoe originated, and no muter of
hop toag Standing
If You have contracted the terrible disease hich,
when once seated in the system; VIII surely 90
down from one generation TO another, undermining
the constitution and saPping the very vital fluids
Of life, do not trust yourself in the hands OF Duac KS
who start up every day in city like this and fill
the papers with glarins fasehoods too we'll caIcu-
lated to deceive The young and those not acquaint
ed with their tricks. You cannot be too careful in
the selection of remedy in these cases
The Fluid Extract Buchu has been pronounced
by eminent physicians the greatest remedy ever
kaoTrn. 1t IS medicine perfectly pleasant in its
taste, and very innocent in its action and yet so
thorough that it annhilates every particle Of rank
and poisonous virus of this dreadful disease: and,
unlike other remedies does not dry up the disease
in the blood.
Constitutional Debility. brought on hy self
abuse a most terrible disease, which has brought
thousands of the human race to untimely graves,
thus blasting the brilliant hopes of parents, and
blightingin the bud TIE glorious ambition of many
noble youth, can be cured by this InlaIlibIe
Remedy. And as medicine which must benefit
everybody, from the simply delicate to the confined
desparing invalid, equal is to De found acting
both as a Cure and preventive
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
HELNBoLD's HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
CNMPGINl FLIID EXIRACT SARSiRARILLA


Fer Purifying the Blood re,noping oil diseases arising
from e1ccss Cf Mercu,y Exposure Gld isaprudemce in
life, chronic constitutional! disease, arising from
impure state of the Flood and tie only reliable and
PetudL kHouH remedy for the Of ScrotHlq Salt
Rieum Scatd Head UkceTatioAs OF the Throat and
Legs Pans and Smritimes of the Bones Ietter.
PirpIes the Fore, a'd all Scaty Er4pto*ss Of the
Skim
This article IS now prescribed by some OF the
most distinguished physicians in the country, and
has proved more efficient in practice than any
preparation Of Sarsaparilla yet offered TO the pub
lie. Several cases Of secondary Syphilis Mercurial
and Scrofuous diseases have entirely recovered in
the incurable wards of our Public Institutions
which had for many years resisted every mode of
treatment that could be devised. These cases fur-
nish striking examples of the sautary effects of
this medicine in arrestiRg some OF the most ln-
veterate diseases, after the glands we've destroyed
and the bones already affected.
NoucE.-Letters from responsible Physicians
and Professors of several Medical Colleges and
certificates of cures from patients will be found
accompanying both Preparations.
PRIcEs-FIuid Extract of Buchu. 81 per bottle,
or bottles for S5. Fluid Extract Of SarsapaT!ia,
81 per bottle bottles for SIS, equal i'll strength
to one gallon OF Syrup of SarsapariIla.
Prepared and sold by II. I. HELMBGLD,
Chemist, 263 Chestnut Street, near the GiraTd
House, Philadelphia.
To be had of John Posey at OpelouSas.
.9A ltcrs directed to The Proprietor .ig,'t receive
immediate attention.
A nruSt 9Jth 1S55-iy
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
PUBLISHED on SATURDAY BY
JOEL N. EAyDOZ b ANDREW AEYEiEK.
CONDITIONS.


xrb,.yins;op. for one year. payable in advance
three dollars If paid at the end of the year. four dol,
lars. No subscription will be received for period
less than one year. subscriber wishing to dis,
rotnse must give ,uyite notice to that effect, and
gettte sp all arrearages 4.
,1dySrtinrg:-For one square not exceeding the
SPACE of ten lines dollar for the first insertion
sad Fifty eentsfNr each subsequent insertion Longer
advertisements will be charged accordingly
All the advertisements will be inserted in french
.n4 english until ordered out or until the editors 1
shall nudge il convenient to discontinue the publ
A lberul deduction made on advertisements in
No advertisement or subscription will be stopped
until all the arrearages paid unless at the option
nf ne publishers. IL, .Lo,,+
o.. n,As or the person ordering them to be print
ed is j. responsible person -,
TsHdoiiars in advance will invariably be required
o1 tive announcement of candidates for offlce-
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
Mercantile Cards. &C.
NEW GOODS 4! NEW GOODS!

EUST received new and complete stock
O. of Fall and Winter Goods, of the latest
A.! and most fashionable style.
Our stock of Ladies' Dress Goods will be
found very large and desirable, comprising
every variety of
Rich black and eoored Dress Silks;
Rich printed plain and plaid Cashemeres:
Rich Musseines de laine and Challies;
Bombazine, Merinos, Alpacas, &c, &c;
French and English Calicos;
Printed plaid and solid colour Bareges;
Rich Wooden and Cotton Damask;
Curtain Calcos, printed in solid colours
French and Irish Damask table clothes Il napkins
Shifting linen ofall qualities;
Sheeting and pillow Case linen;
Jaconets. Null and Swiss MussEines;
Plain stamped & embroidered L C Handkerchiefs !;
Plain and fancy Ribbons latest style)
English. French aid German Hosiery Of every style
and qualities
Flannell of all descriptions and Qualities;
French English and American Blankets;
Casimire. Satinetts and Tweeds;
Cottonade, Dennims Checks and Stripes;
Kerseys, Lindsays and Lowells &c, &c.
Also an extensive Stock of Gentlemen Clothing,
comprising -
The latest style of Frock and Dress Goats;
Office and Business Coats;
OvercoatS, Talmas and Cloaks;
Beaver Paltots and Oversacks;
Fancy Cashmere Fants;
Black and coored Doeskin Pants;
Black Silk, Satin and Cashmere Vests
Black Velvet Plush and Cloth Vests:
Shirts and under garments Of all descriptions;
Hats. Caps, Boots and Shoes ...
Also large assortment OF Youth & Boys Clothing
Hardware, SaddIery Perfumery, &c, &c.
ALI ofwhich have been carefully and skilfuly
selected and will be sod on most reasonable terms.
Our friends and the public respectfully invited
to give US call and examine for themselves.
G5~ Cash advances on Sugar, Cotton and Mo-
lasses consigned to J. B. Beloeq, Co., New-Or-
leans
0n.Iousas Noyambar 18th 1874
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29

Agricultural Implements, Horses,
Mules, Cattle, and a small lot OF
Household Furniture.
10 All the above described property will
be sold in lump.
Terms anil Conduions Twenty thou
sand dollars, payable cash, five thousand dol
lars pay able at the end Of March 1857, fifteen
thousand dollars, payable at the end of March
1858, and four other payments often thousand
dollars each payable at the end of March 1859,
1860, 1851 and 1852, and the balance, il
any, cash; with the vendors privilege, on the
plantation and slaves, the notes to be giveR
for the several instslments, payable in New
Orleans, in one Of the Banks of said city
| where the purchaser shall make his domicil
the sugar house being insured in one Of the
Insurance Companies of this city, for no les
than ten thousand dollars, and the policy t.
| be transferred to the vendors; and in case o
non-payment of any of the notes, the sam
bearing interest at eight per cent, per annun
till paid
~ Act of sale passed before 7. DAvy
Recorder, at the expense of purchaser.
r. BENGUEREL, Aucttonee'
OpeIousas, December LIST, 1855.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29

NaN r. & MRs. HOY, with the assistance
" of Miss Hoy and NINE. DE ST. ANGE,
will open on the 12th of March, in the Town of
Opelousas, First Class School, where the practi-
cal as we'll as the ornamental branches OF female
education will be taught. They are prepared to
give thorough instruction in the English French,
German and Italian Languages also Music Lessons
on the Piano and Guitar, Drawing Painting Trans
fering, French Embroidery in Silk Chenille and
Worsted plain Needle Work, Calesthenies, Deport-
ment, Dancing, Equitation. The Principal hopes
with the assistance of able Teachers, and the adj
vantage pupils will desire, from constant personal
care to secure the patronage of the inhabitants of
Opelousas and vicinity.
Terms per session oftwenty-oae weeks payable
one half in advance the balance on the middle OF
the session.
Tuition in Primary Department, S 20 90
do advanced do % 90
French italian, German. each, IS 90
Instruction on the Piano 80 00
do do Guitar, 80 90
Drawing, IS 90
Painting, 20 0G
French Embroidery in Silk Chenille and
Worried, 10 90
Calesthenies Department, Dancing. IL 90
Equitation, per lesson. 90
Boarding, Washing, Fuel and Lights. 60 90
Nine DE ST. ANGE having entered into prior
engagement at Mrs Henry's School in Natchez,
will not be able for the present to join the School.
Opelousas, March 10th. 1850.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
judicial Sales, &C.
k'EHAEEC SSakG.

By the undersigned, Auctioneer an o's@
for the Parish Of ST. Landry.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
LIME, ,AIIMEn


WM7TLL be sold, at public sale, BY COM
w petent auctioneer, on Monday, 31st
Of December, 1856. EIGHT NEGROES,
belonging toShe Estate of Mariah Gardiner,
and also The PLANTATION, on which the
undersigned resides. in community between
the undersigned and his children. The sale
10 take place on the premises.
The conditions viii be announced on the
day of sale. CHARLES B. SMITH.
Grand Cotaau, December 1ss, 49,.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
PROS ECTUS:
The Great Southern Weekly.
THE SPECTATOR,
ITA.SIING TON D. c.
AUG. T. HARVEY EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

FKVHE SECOND VOLUME OF THE SPEC
= TATOR will he commenced on the Sth OF
December, 1855, with an enlarged corps OF ginal
contributors, embracing some OF the best and most
popular talent in America.
The general character and objects Of the paper
will remain the same as heretofore. TO wit the
furnishing weekly dish of bellies lettres, scienti-
fic and miscellaneous intelligence summaries Of
financial, Congressional and Government Depart
mental news, notices of new books, inventions
and discoveries in art and science, moral and useful
essays articles on agriculture, business and dones
tic economy, &c. &c, making the paper well
come visitor to every family circle, and particular
ly acceptable to Southern readers generally.
The Spectator is printed on double royal sheet
of good paper, with new type and in the quarto
form making it convenient for binding and pleser-
vation 1t is published every Saturday, and fur
nished to subscribers by mail at the following rates
payable in advance.
Que copy one year. 2oo
Ten copies one year, l3,0o
Bank notes OF the denomination of s. or upward
and current in any part OF the United States recelv
eA in payment. Small sums must be RENTED In
gold dollars or postage stamps.
December Is, lS5J.-
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
THRoUGa Day LIGHT.

EWyHIs line, recently established, viii
leave 0pelousas for St. Nartinsville
yia Port Barre (the head Of low water navi-
CATION, on the Courtableau,) Arnauaville Il
Breaux's Bridge, for st. Martinsville, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at six
clock, A. NJ, arriving same day, at r
NJ. Leaves ST. MartinsyJle every Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday, at 6 o'clock, A. NJ.
arriving at Opelousas at 5 ?. NJ.
The undersigne /, contractor, has incurred
heavy expenses in procuring the finest hor
ses, comfortable stages and careful o6ta
gi,sg drsveys, and trusts to the generosity
Of the travelling public for share Of patron
age: .; .. mcr IL nEnooN'
Opssoums, December 1se, 1870.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
CHEAP e,ooos CHEAP GOODS!

FES SHE undersigned being about closing his
q commercial business at the end of Dec
ember, announces to the public that he will
sell all his goods at reduced prices they
consist particularly in Lowell Cotton, Ker-
seys, shoes, and quantity ofother merehan-
die suitable for families and plantations.
lie also offers for sale at private sale, his
landed property situated in Washington.
j. REM NIOU.
Washington, II Nov, 1855. 50
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
PUBLIC SALE,

By the N1adersagssed, a Pu6Iic AuctsoaesS
1o1+ The Parish Of st. La,,dry.
HE public are hereby informed that
= there will be offered for sale at public
sale, to the last and highest bidder, by the un-
dersigned Auctioneer, ut the last residence
of the late Mrs. Felonise Thibodeau, deceased
Widow of Maximilien Prejean, also deceased,
situated at the point of Carancro island in
said Parish of St. Landry,
On Friday, 28th December next.
the hereinafter described property belonging
to the succession OF said late Felonise Thibo.
dean to-Wit:
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29

United States Iri- Weekly Mail Stage
from Opeiousas to st. Martlnsvllfe
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
Meeting of Creditors.

a Meeting of the creditors Of the Estate
"a. ofthe late Humbert Perrodin, deceas-
ed, will be held before Yves D'Avy, Parish
Recorder, and ex-ofdcio notary public; in and
for the Pariih of St. Landry, at his office, in
the town Of Opelousas, on Thursday, the Sd
day of January next, 1856, in order to deli.
berate ON the affairs of the Succession of said
Humbert Perrodin, deceased.
A. GARRIG UES,
Clerk of ske District CO~rt.
Opefeuszs December, 1ss, 1869.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
EzercaFftiEe Cards, &c.
NIRnmLILRILnaa

= FINE Assortment of Family Grocer.
"a les Wines, Brandaes, Whiskey
of different qualities; Beer, Scotch Ale
Porter = Corw, Oats, Cow- Peas, DC
cheap for cash.
DEBAILLON & CARRIERE.
Washington, June 9th, 1865
The Opelousas courier., 1855-12-29
IL Ill
2 q u S J. AV E S

of both sexes and different ages.
A lot of 20 or 25 head of horned cat
tie, 2 horses, 2 mares, | horse cart,
Plantation implements, household
furniture, &c, &c.
Terms and conditions.-One, two and
three years credit. Purchasers furnishing
their notes with good and sufficient security
in solido, to the satisfaction ofwhom the right,
and said notes bearing interest at the rate Of
per cent per annum from maturity
moreover, the slaves remaining specially
, moItgaged until full and entire payment Of
capital aud interest.
U5Acts Of sale at the cost Of purchasers.
p. GUILBEAU, Jr. Auctioneer.
| Opelousas December 18th, 1855.
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

A good joke is told at the expense of
one Of our church-going citizens, who is
the father of an interesting family of
children, and among them bright eyed
boy, numbering four or five summers, the
pet Of the household, and unanimously
voted the drollest little mischief alive. On
Saturday night he had been bribed to
keep peace and retire to bed an hour ear
lier than usual, with the promise that he
might go with the family to church. On
Sunday morning it was found iuconvenient
to put the youngest through the regular
course of washing and dressing necessary
for his proper appearance at the sanctu-
ary, and the family slipped off without
him. They had not, however, more than
become comfortably seated in their pew,
when in walked the youngster with nothing
on but night wrapper and cloth cap.
y ou forgot me- said he, in a tone loud
enough to be heard all over the church.
The feelings of the parents can be more
easily imagined than dcscribed-Lndiana
Paper.
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

One or THE PIGs.-The Lynn Neacs is
responsible for the following A friend of
ours was arguing in favor of buy ing large
pigs in the Spring, declaring it much bet
ter than to buy small ones, as they would
eat but little more. A neighbor differed
from him in opinion, whereupon he told a
story which ''took down" his opponent,
and all the hearers decided that small pigs
eat some
'Last Spring." said he, "I bought a
little pig from drover, and he was good
for eating, but he wouldn't grow much.
lie got so after week or two, that he
would eat buckctful at time, and then,
like Oliver Twist, call for ''more" Well
one morning l carried out water
bucket full Of dough, and after he had
swallowed it all, [ picked up the pig and
put him in the same bucket l had fed
him from, and the little cuss didn't Aait
fill 1t up"
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12
TuAEKs-We are indebted to the su-

THANKs.-We are indebted to the su-
pcrintendent of the paving operations go
ing on in jackson street, between Mont
gomery and Sansome, for pair OF Sims
from which the cuticle was removed By
coming in contact with stone some two
feet high, admirably shaped and situated
for producing the result tor which we re-
turn our acknowledgements. Gentlemen
out late o. nights are informed that re-
cumbent attitude can readily be obtained
by keeping on the left hand side of the
street as they 60 towards sansome; We
trust that the particular stone alluded to
will not be disturbed, as we are anxious
that the privilege which we have enjoyed
NAV not be denied others who are IN the
habit of walking down jackson street in
the dark. Persons of limited proficiency
in the use of objurgative epithets will find
that emulating our experience in this par
ticular will afford them fine opportunity
for practice. Vide Vest.
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

ra-Life is a fountain fed by a thousand
streams that perish if one be dried 1t is
a silver chord twisted with thousand
strings, tha- part asunder iione be broken.
Thouehtless mortals are surrounded by in
Vulnerable dangers: which make it more
strange that they must all perish sudden
ly at last. We are cncompassed with ac-
cidents every day to crush the deeaying
tenements we inhabit The seeds of dis
ease are planted into our constitutions by
nature. The earth and atmosphere
whence we draw the breath of life, are
impregnated with death health is made
to operate to its own distraction. The
food that nourishcs contains the element
of decay; the soul that animates it by viv-
flying first, tends to wear it out by It's own
action; death turks in ambush along ihe
paths. Notwithstanding this truth is so
palpably confirmed by the daily example
before our eyes, how little do we lay it tc
heart We see our friends and neighbors
die, but how seldom does it occur to our
thoughts that our kncll may give the next
warning to the world !-Neacdr& Mercury
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PLANETS
was the topic of paper recently read be-
fore the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science by Prof. LOOMS,
which was not only interesting in itself,
but especially so as bearing upon the ques-
ton of plurality of worlds that has of
late been discussed by the philosophers on
both sides of the ocean. Judging from
the temperature of the earth, Prof. Loomis
by a scientific calculation, concluded that
Jupiter and the planets beyond it had a
temperature not higher than so deg. be-
low zero, Fahrenheit. Mars, mean tenn
perature of 10 deg. above zero at the equa-
tor, and 81 deg. below zero at the poles;
and $50 deg. above at the equator Mer-
curry; 1905 degrees at the equator and
3s6 deg. at the poles. And applying these
results to animal and veg etable life lie
concluded that it could exist in the polar
region of Venus, her equatorial region be-
ing hotter than boiling water and the
equatorial regions of Mars having a tenn
perature below the freeing point IF this
were correct, it would settle the question
of the inhaabitability of the planets.
Prof. Henry thought that the outer
planets had passed the conditions ncces-
sary for organized life, and those nearer
the snn than US, had not reached those
conditions-that organization on the earth
had commenced at the poles and given out
there, while it was still luxuriant at the
equator, but was destined to 90 out there
oil IL
jected, that the temperature of the earth
had not changed for 1000 years, and in
the coal fields for at least OO,OOO years
there were no visible traces of "a change.
Prof. Rogers thought that the interior
tide Of heat should not be left out of the
calculation, and that would be greater in
Saturn and Jupiter as they were larger
bodies than the earth, and would make up
for the diminished heat off stin; and he
therefore held that all worlds were beau
titled and ennobled, in a word, spirituali-
zed, by the existence of life upon their
surface.
Prof. Agassiz stated that at very remote
times there was similarity of animals in
the polar and equatorial regions, Indicating
temperature so nearly equal as not to be
capable of explanation by any other hy-
pothesis than that of interior heat. He
did not think however, that we should find
it so gloomy on the surface of Mars he
thought we should see something more than
red snow. In his wandering on the Alps
he had seen Cerastee in full bloom at an
elevation of Il 900 feet above the level of
the sea. He had found several moses
also in the same situation.
However interesting such discussion
might be to the curious, it appears never
theless, with all the progress of the world,
that the philosophers OF to-day know little
more Of the uses of the creation beyond
the earth, than they did at any previous
time nor more now than the "spiritual
rappers )" but the common mind without
Investigation, will at once jump to the
conclusion, that the planets must be for
the highest physical use-the sustaining of
intelligent life, and are fitted for the exis-
tenccs they are to sustain, whether the
exact conditions of such beings can be un-
derstood by US or not.-Ncac5aypor
Herald
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

A correspondent of the Unitarian paper id
New ork, describing the Phi Beta Kappa
exercises Of Cambridge. says:--"As at clos
ing we sang Anld Lang Syne together with
casped hands, it fell to my lot 10 take the hand
of Old DR.. Bcecher, who in the most hcarty
manner joined in the song, and beat time with
the other great boys. Surely these are new
days: and when | remember that in our hoy.
hood, II IS excellent gcn,lcmans ndme was iden-
uled with the Most sulphurous style Of
preaching and dogmatic ckc'ttsivenecss. | coulI
hardly believe MY eyes and cars 1t seemed
like dream or halluciration the singing Of
Auld Lang Syne with Lyman Bcecher. after a
generous oration from bis son on mirthfuIness,"
The Nevada journal., 1855-10-12

na- When [ gaze into the stars, they
look down upon ME with pity from ,hcir
serene and silent spaces, like eyes glistcn
ing with tears, over the little lot of man
Thousands of generations, all as noisy as
our own, have been swallowed up by time
and there remains no record of them any
more; yet Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and
the Plciades, are still shining in their
courses, clear and young as when tue
shepherd first noticed them il the plain:
of Shinar .-Cdrlyle. aes.