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Georgetown weekly news., 1855-05-24
JOB PRINTING

We would solicit the attention of our friends
who are in want of job printing to the fact that
we are prepared to execute every description of
work in our line in style that cannot fail to give
satisfaction. Our assortment of job materials is
extensive and entirely new, and we have every
facility for doing all kinds of work at moderate
rates and at short notice.
rs Bank Failures !---CorrupfiOn -
Eruption &c, &c.-Moral and Physical Scor
butte Affections
At this time when the bursting of banks
Makes each man look out for himself,
When corruption runs bare-taced ABROAD
And Security's laid on the shelf,
The subject should strongly be urged
That each man takes care of his wealth;
But how can he do this, we ask
If he does not take care of his health?
That this can be done is quite plain,
And below we submit good plan,
Which when read we are certain will please
Each sensible woman and man:
Tho their systems be quite as unsound
As the Banks in this city are now,
There's remedy in our possession
To purge them as pure as the snow.
Take GUYsOTT's EXTRACT OF YELLOW Dock"
And "SARsAPARILLA" combined,
And soon-be the state of your blood what it may;
In this mixture, relief you will find;
'Tis the greatest and best purifier
That's ever yet been brought to light;
You'll find it at NINETY-FoUR MERCHANT,
At the Depot of
Yours, PARK & WHITE.
Also for sale by all the respectable Druggists
in the State.
DIR. J. TURNER, Agent,
21-lm Georgetown
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H. Q. ReybUEn,
JuSffee Of the Peace.

nFFICE on Church ST., head of Maiden Lane,
" one door south of Bollen & Ritter's Gun and
Blacksmith establishment. Office open every day
of the week from to o'clock; Sunday excepted.
Georgetown, May oath, 1866. [32-tf.
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Notice

ES HEREBY GIVEN, TO all whom it may con-
d cern, that have this day bargained, sold and
transferred to J. g. MCCALLUM, one half OF the
establishment known as the & Georgetown Week
iy NelCs." All persons indebted to the under
signed, are earnestly requested to make immedi-
ate payment. JOHN PLATT, Jr.
Georgetown, May 2lst, 1855. [32-3t.
n. 3. The business will be continued hereaf
ter under the firm name of MCCALLUM & PLATT.
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were in their naval dress uniform, bright and
beautiful, and were sauntering along seeing the
sights. All at once they stopped, formed line,
faced inward, and uncovered. How exquisite
and touching was the scene when we discovered
in that thoughtless, busy, hurrying crowd, a
man Of foreign birth, evidently poor and friend
less, under whose arm was carried q tiny coffin,
and by his side. the stricken mother. They
were in search Of burial for their babe, and
were jostled and unheeded in that gay torrent
Of humanity, until they met these hardy tempest
tossed mariners, who, on the instant, with
barred heads, stood in silent respect, while the
sacred ashes of the unknown infant were pass
ing. Such are French manners.n na
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EDUCATION.

EDUCATION.-To repair in some mea-
l sure the disadvantages occasoned by the closing
Of the st. Charles College, the undersigned have
opened Private School at Grand Coteau, and are
French Languages will be taught The course Of In
stuction comprises Reading, Writing, Arithmetic,
Geography, Grammar, History, Mathematics, Chem
istry and Natural Philosophy. l,9
Price of Tuition, Fifty Dollars q session Of ten
months, payable halfyearly in advance or board,
washing and tuition, $50. No deduction made for
lost time, except from protracted sickness. 81
JOHN F. SMITH,
sAs A .s5 t w. TURBEVILLE.
References DR.. R. E. Smith, s. C. Mcpherson,
ESQ., JOS NJ. Moore, Esq, P. D. Hardy, Esq.
nPELOUSAS FEMALE ACADEMY.
Hoy and Mime. de st. Ange, willopen on the l2th of
March in the Town of Opelousas, first class School,
where the Practical as well as Ornamental branches
Of q q Female Education will be taught. ,.E
They are prepared TO give thorough instruction in
the English French, Italian and German Languages,
also Music Lessonsson the Piano and Guitar, Draw
ing, Painting Transferring, French Embroidery in
Silk, Chenille and Worsted, Plain Needlework, Cal
isthenics, Department, Dancing and Equitation.
teachers and the advantages pupils @ a viii derive s from rom
constant personal care to secure the patronage of
the inhabitants Of Opelousas and vicinity.
Terms, per session of twenty-0ne weeks, payable
onehalf in advance, the balance in the middle Of the
Tuition in Primary Department ), " .3..- y $40 90
Advanced tNs ..4..... =. 20 w
French, italian and German. ....... each Is 90
Instruction on the Piano ................ 80 90
I" I" Guitar. .................,.....3O 80 90
Drawing ..,.... ..................... l5 90
Painting Observation-Disclosures. +. 20 90
French Embroidery in Silk, Chenille, Worsted, 10 90
Calisthenics, Department, Dancing. IL 90
Riding Lessons each 90
Boarding, Washing, Fuel, etc. !. 80 90
Nine. de ST. Ange, having entered into prior en-.
gagement at Mrs. Henry's School, in Natchez, will
not be able to join the School until next session.
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An INTERESTING EXPERIMENTAL one OF
the evening meeting, of the British Association
for the advancement of science, Mr.. Boutigny,
a French philosopher, having been pledged to
thrust his hand into pot Of melted iron a pot
Of glowing metal, red hot from the furnace, was
placed before him, when having damped his
right hand with a little water, he plunged it
with perfect impunity into the mass. The sen
sation, he assured the spectators, was one Of cold
rather than of heat and he gave the following
reason for the phenomenon
"The moisture of the skin became converted
by heat into that peculiar condition termed
spheroidal vapor, which being bad conductor
Of heat, elfectually prevented the skin from be
ing burned"
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ANT1-ScRATcH1NG MAcH1NE-The Yankee
who invented the Patent Hen Persuader''
has found his match in another who has brought
out an invention called the " Patent Never
Failing Garden Preseryer, or Hen Walker
1t consists of small instrument, something
like spur, only considerably longer, which is
attached to the hind part of the hens leg, point
ing at an angle Of forty-iye degrees toward the
ground. When the hen, with this instrument
on her legs, enters the garden in espring after
Seeds and puts her foot forward to scratch, the
"walker" catches in the ground and forces hel
forward and thus she is walked, in her efforts
to scratch, entirely out Of the garden.
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A TOUCHING CusroM.-A common practice
in Paris which impresses a stranger favorably,
is that Of lifting or taking off the hat when the
funeral passes. A writer on this subject re-
lates the following:
Some years since, we were one Of that rush
ing crowd ever pouring up and down Broad
way. When in front Of st. Paul's, all eyes
xere attracted by the appearance of the crew
q the French war vessel, La Belle Polc, which
then visited the United States under the COM
nand Of The Prince de Joinville. The crew
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OFFICIAL.

pR1DGE TO LET. - The undersigned,
- Commissioners appointed by the Police Jury Of
St. Landry, at its last sitting, to snperintend the
building Of a New BRIDGE across the Bayou OAR,
RON, on the road connecting Washington and Ope-
ousas will et to the lowest bidder where the present
Bridge now stands, on TUESDAY, April "a, the
contract for building the same Plan Of which can
be at the Post-otce in Washington, and will be
exhibited on the ground on the day of letting. d K
L. T. BUSHNELL.
.. SOL. B. HARMAN,
JOHN GARVlN,
~ M. MUSSAND,
March "a, 1855. ELISHA ANDRUS.
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HOTELS, ETC.

CALF HOUSE, (late GARDEN HOUSE," y
~ Washington, La The undersigned, having
leased the above House, begs leave to announce to
the public that it is now open for the reception of
transient and permanent boarders, ladies and gentle
men. The house is situated between the upper and
lower steamboat landings, fronting on the Conrta-
bleau. The premises arc being thoroughly cleansed
and repaired. The Domestic and Culinary Depart
ment Of the house will be superintended by Mrs. Ca
house as pleasant and acceptabie to its PATRONS
any establishment in the interior of the State.
March 81. tskF...s5 DAVID HUSON.
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SO n g.

D"
. All around and above thee -e.
.e5 b the hushed aud charmed air,
All things WOO thee, all things love thee,
Maiden fair ,s., i..-..
Gentle zephyrs, perfume brcathins,-
(. Watt to thee their odors sweet, 5gg.ou
And for thee the Spring is wreething
r" il Gariands meet!
l In their governed, cool recesses
Songs for thee the fountains frame;
whatsoe'er the wave caresses ,.,.
-MB Lisps thy name! ~ r,.., o. Iss
C,reener verdure, brighter blossoms,
-A wheresoe'er thy footsteps stray,
Der the earth's enamored bosom ,.
Live slway! ~ t., -
wheresoe'er thy presence fingers,
wheresoe'er thy frightening beams,
Fancy wcaves, with cunning fingers,
~ Sweetest dreams! w. .z...
"a And the heart forgets thee never,
fr Thy young beauty's one delight;
There II dwells, and dwells for ever,
~. Ever bright ! .s 10, r-4
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ANTrDorE FOR Camphor has
been discovered to be an antidote for that ter
rible poison, strychnine. A man who had been
thrown into conyulsions by two doses of the
poison Of a grain each, administered
for the rheumatism-wa relieved by twenty
grains of camphor taken in six grains of almond
mixture. DIR. Suddock, in letter to the Lon
don Lancet, claims to have made the discovery.
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIMS.

EI,O OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, SElANlEN,
Il etc, OF ALL WARS-TIIEIR WIDOWS AND
MINOR CHILDREN 'iS ~ ''ati
S. s.M.KNlGHT, Attorney for Government Claimants,
Continues to give prompt and personal attention to
the prosecution of Claims OF every description against
the General Government and particularly TO those
before the Treasury Department. Pension and Bounty
Land Bureaus, Patent and General Land Offices, and
Board of Claims. ..EX5
An experience Of years, and familiarity with tho
means of obtaining the earliest and most favorable
action Claims with his facilities for the dispatch
ofbusiness Justify him in assuring his correspondents,
claimants and the public generally that interests en-
trusted to his keeping will not be neglected.
PENSION, BOUNTY LAND, PATENT AND PUB
Lie LAND LAWS.
He has nearly ready for gratuitous distribution
among his business correspondents, (and those who
may become such,) neat pamphlet containing sys
nopsis Of the existing Pension, Bounty Land Patent
and Public Land Laws, down to the end of the late
BOUNTY LAMB ACT OF MARCH 8, 1855,
under which oil who have heretofore received less
than 100 acres entitled to additional land.
Said Act grants also l60 acres TO all Officers, Non
commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Soldiers, Wagon
Masters, Teamsters, and friendly Indians, Of the Ar
my, including State Troops, Volunteers and Militia
and all Officers, Seamen, Marines, Clerks and Lands
men, of the Navy not heretofore provided for, who
have served not less than fourteen days (uness In
batte) at any period since 1776; and to the widows
and minor children OF all such persons entitled, and
deceased. --..s.....
This pamphlet contains Forms Of Application
more full and complete than any elsewhere to be
found adapted to the wants of every class Of claim
ants under the Act. with cnpious decisions and in
sructons of the Department, and practical sugges
tions to the to be pursued in suspended or
| rejected cases.
Parties not wishing to avail themselves of the fac
tiles afforded by this Office in securing prompt and
personal superintendent of their claims ut the De
partment, can obtain copies OF the above pamphlet
by remtting thirty cents in postage stdmgs; ;,,ue
| INDUCEMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Correspondents who prepare and forward cases for
management by this Agency will be dealt with iber.
ally; supplied with all necessary blanks gratis and
kept constantly advised Of the changes that from time
to time occur in the execution of the law. .,
It is within the subscribers power to direct his cor
respondents to the ocaltyo of very many persons
titled under the late Acts and having obtained seye-
raj thousand Land Warrants under former laws he v
in possession of data that will materially assist 10
securing additional bounty. s..s,s.- $50
Fees, below the usual rates-and contingent upon
the admission of Claims. Hl as
| The highest cash prices given for Land Warrants
Revolutionary Scrip and Illinois Land Patents. Ad
dress i. ~ s. II. KNIGHT, Washington City.
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"Father," said boy to his paternal protec-
tor, venerable Quaker, " / can lick that CHM
ney sweep That may be all very true, my
son; but if thee does, thee will get thy hands
blacked in the operation" was the wise counsel
Of the peaceful friend A counsel which every
sagacious editor sees frequent occasion to fol-
low.
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CTRAYED from the subscriber, during last
y Spring, small Creole sORREL HORSE, about
years old, with small star in the forehead, and
branded N A. N. The said Horse was raised about
Washington, but ranged in Prairie Plaisance ANY
information leading to the recovery Of the Horse will
be thankfully received and rewarded Apply at this
office, or to Cyrus Thompson, Washington. March
10, 1866 II q JOHN NUGENT.
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NEW CASH sTORE.-Ls. srAGe & Co.,
IN Vile Platte, La, Dealers in Dry Goods, Hard
ware and Groceries, beg leave to inform their friends
and purchasers of goods generally thet they are now
receiving and opening general assortment of Cen
tlemen and Ladies' Dress Goods, Shoes, Boots, Hats,
Plantation Goods, Hardware, Medicines Salt, Whis-
KY etc ETC., which having beeo bought at low prices
in NewOrleans will be sold at small profits for cash,
az- They invite an examination Of their goods and
prices April ID.
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AN AReuMESr.-Am married gentleman, every
time he met the father of his wife, complained
to him Of the ugly tempter and disposition of his
daughter. at last, upon one OCCASION the old
gentleman becoming weary of the grumblings
Of his son-in-law, exclaimed "You are right
she is an impertnent jade; and if l hear any
more complaints of her, will disinherit her.
The husband made no more complaints.
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r1NHE GREAT DISCOVERIES KROL
L LERION! For Curling the HGir l.

nRUG STORE-The undersigned have
j. the honor to inform the public that they have
just received at their Drug Store, Of Main and
Bellevue streets, Opelousas, fresh assortment OF
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, PAINTS,
etc. which they offer for sale at the most reasonable
prices. --,,,
They have always on hand PATENT MEDICINES
of all kinds and all articles appeaining to their line
of business. 4e. nor.
They have secured the services Of an experienced
and careful Druggist who will attend Night and Day
on the calls of families and of the profession.
p.IEQNCE HEBRARD u 60.
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RUNAWAYs, ETC.

DUNAWAY.--RAN AWAY from the under
IN signed residing in Prairie Plaisance, on the 10th
of February last, Negro Man named JOHN, aged
about % years. is feet 10 inches high Of reddish
complexion has q scar on one hand with, two or
three upper front teeth missing. A liberal reward
will be given to whoever will deliver the said Negro
to the undersigned at his plantation, or will lodge
him in jail so that may get him. March 81:
ri ONEZ. p. PITRE.
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r O. o. F.-PRA1R1E LODGE No. 81 meets at
L. Washington every Saturday night at I o'clock
T. NJ. Anderson, N G; 7. G. Anderson, V G; John S
Haw, Secretary R. B. Hardesty, Treasurer; A. Mills
paugh P S. The Order respectfully invited to attend
NTINDOW GLASS-75 boxes assorted, in
w fine order, for sale by
Sd. ALLls, Washington.
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NUMBER s.
STEAMBOATS,.

NEW ORLEANS AND D.WASHINGTONS
~ Packet steamer RED RIVER, r. J. Dorsey,
,naster-This stanch built, popular and fast running
steamer, having undergone thorough repairs and
been put in ane order, standing now A No. I'm the
Insurance Offices, resumes hsr place as . regular
packet in the Opelousas and NeNOrleans trade, nm
der the command Of Capt Dorsey. 'FEk
The Red River will continue In the trade through
out the season and will convey freight and pasasn.
gers at the customary rates. She will be succeeded
by low-water boat, which "a about being contracted
for, to continue throughout the year. Shippers may
therefore rely upon being accommodated the year
round. 81 ~
For freight or passage, having accommodations
equal to any boat Ii the tade apply on hoard Or 70
Z ANDERSON 4 THOMPSON, Washington.
NEW ORLEANS AND WASHINGTON
IN PACKETS treqweat a. sAe can wake herI
tips.-The steamer A. FUsEIIER resumes her.
place in the Opelousas trade, under the command Of
Capt John Lyons, and will leave NewOrleans for
Washington on TUESDAY, April 8, at 5 o'clock p.
The Fuseler is an No. steamer stands q high in
the Insurance Offices Of NewOrleans as any other
vessel that enters that port old or new, river or seA
going is boat of great strength Of build with speed
equal to any boat in this trade and handsome accom-
modations for from twenty-five to thirty passengers.
Freight will be transported up and down at tNtpld
rates, and passengers will be taken for 48
For freight or passage, apply on board or toithe
~ aNDERsoN % SO w I THosPsoN lifso,' Washington,
NEW ORLEANS, OPELOUsAs, WAsH..
~ INGTON AND BAYOU BEUF lPACKEFs
The elegant and fast running steamer sYDONIA,s
GusTAyE LouAILLIER, master, built expressly for
this trade will henceforth ply AZ regular packet
between Opelousas, Washington, Bayou BGuf and
NewOrleans. This boat is d safe, comfortable and
fast runner, admirably built and s Of light draught
those who will encourage them. For further infor-
nation, apply on board. March 81. a5s = sfi L#sa
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SH1RT-MAKERs. New York paper has
the following melancholy items in regard to the
scanty earnings of the shirt-makers: ea
The standard price is twelve and half cents
per piece, and the garment must be well made,
us it has to undergo thorough inspection,
with bosom and collars, bringing from one dol
lar twelve and half cents to one dollar twenty
five cents at retail. The material in these shirts
cost probably about thirty-seven and q half
CENTS SO that the total cost is fifty cents, which
leaves a clear profit to the employer of one-half
at least, for the purchase Of the material, the
cutting, and the sale. Two Of these garments
are no doubt full days work, making the ex-
tent of the weekly earnings one dollar and a
half. With this miserable pittance many Of
them haveto feed small families, pay house rent
and clothe themselves and children. 1t is need
less to say it cannot be done, and the conse-
quence is q large amount Of misery and desti-
tuition.
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4 4 -'~9' Il. i. WILKINS, Washington, Ia. ,gs
I Joseph HUFTY, 20 Camp street, New
y Importer, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Fine
Watches Jewelry, Rich Fancy and Staple Goods,
respectfully invites the attention of wholesale and
retail dealers and purchasers to his very large stock
of goods, which is freshly imported and constantly
supplied throughout the year. 8aE S!8 sls
Z SHE'LL CoMBS-lmitatiun Shell and Bufhlo Combs,
Of every style and variety. 1t'A ',o ~ ss
BRusHEs--Gf every description, of his own manu-
facture and at the lowest Northern factory prices
Y To1LET ARTIcLEs--Such as Perfumery, Hair OIL,
Hair Pins, Pomatum, Fancy Soaps, etc.
Fine Fans, Purses, Pocket Books, Work Boxes,
Portable Desks, together with an endless variety OF
Porte Monnaes etc.. of every style and shape, and
Guns, Pistols, Knives, Colts and warners Reyolv-
ing Pistols, Scissors, Razors Life Preserves, Fishing
Reels and Tackle Of every variety, to suit the most
WATCHES, JEWELLERY, etc.AThc stock in this
line, consisting Of the Il. T. Cooper NJ i Tobias and
real Joseph johnson movements, with fine assort-
ment Of Swiss Jewelry, silverwale, etc., have been
selected with great care by r. Roberts, for many
years engaged in the Wholesale business, and having
been purchased exclusively for cash, great induce
ments will be offered to purchasers. M
Every article. warranted as represented, or the
Watches, ;JIewslry, ETC., carefully repaired and
IT WATERMAN a. BRO, Hardware Mer-
- chants corner of Common and Magazine sts.,
NewOrleans have on hand and are constantly receive
ing, by foreign and domestic arrivals, general as
sortment of articles, comprising in part as tolows
Hardware, Cutlery, etc., Iron, Steel, Nails, Rope,
Coopers' Tools, Anyils, vises, Bellows Stock and
Dies, screwpates, Garden Engines, Pumps, Plows,
Hay Cutters, Corn Shelters. Agricultural lmple-
ments Mill, Crescent and Pit Saws, Ok Yokes, Bows
and Singletlees, Turning Lathes, Platform Scales,
Corn Mills, Cob Crushers Hoes, Hames, Shoyels and
Spades, Andirons, Tenders, Shovels and Tongs Cop
per and Iron Coal Hods, Single and Double Barrel
Gums Coffee Heclas, Chatting Dishes, Chinese Gongs;
Iron Bedsteads Britannia and Plated Ware, Meat
Cutters Sausage Suffers, Stock Kettles, Portable
Forges, Senes, Fishing Tackle, etc. March 81, 4
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NOTICE.-GIBBS & CLARK wish to
IN sell out their CARRIAGE SHOP, with its well
established business. - .--
For further particulars apply at the shop. :,
From the 1st of March, 1855, they will demand
cash or its equivalent for all work done.
GIBBS Il CLARK.
,Opelousas, April I, 1855. 49,
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DLOWS.-Th undersigned has now on hand
Il and will constantly keep for sole at his shop In
Washingtan the eslshrStsd BALL FLOWS. .-tr
X. r. HARpEsTl,