The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-04-21

that he has formed q permanent engagement with the
London alias, and ~solicits subscriptions for that
(weekly) paper.
Lord Erskine, the eldest son Of the celebrated
Chancellor Erskine, died at Brighton, England, on
the sth: Re was Minister Plenipotentiary to Wash
ington in 1906.
The cold weather has been very unfavorable
to the Potomac fisheries. Very few fish have been
caught, although about a month Of the fishing season
has passed.
On the I'd inst, there was a municipal cleo
ton in Yazoo City. All the councilmen, eight in
number, were elected by the admirers O." Sam, y by
q majority Of about three to one.
Among the patents lately issued from the
Patent Office, Washington, is one " for improve
ment in scrapers for removing dirt from boots and
Shoes"
Mr.. Smith, o chemist, of Auchterader, in
Scotland, is said to have discovered a means of trans.
ferring the impression of natural objects to glass
with minute accuracy.
In the new city Of Lawrence, Kansas Terri
tory, the principal streets have been named after the
t~hirty-one States. Ten parks are laid out within the
city.
There is a regular " rush" for Nebraska.
We perceive that Judge Rush Elmore, for many years
a resident of Montgomery, Ala, has removed to that
Territory with his family and slaves.
NJ. Varnavas Pangolos, the Oldest of the
patriots who struggled for the independence Of
Greece, and one of those who sacrificed a large for
tune to the cause, died lately at Athens, at the e1-
traordinary age of Ill years.
We learn from the Van Buren, (Ark.) Intel
lgencer that several buildings, together with eighty
or ninety thousand feet of lumber, belonging to the
college at Fort Smith, were destroyed by fire on the
9th ult.
1t appears by the accounts brought by the
Baltic that ninety-six persons persisted by the de-
%struction by fire Of the French Hospital at Constants.
nople. Full accounts of the awful disaster have not
come to hand,
A woman complained to Mayor Wood, Of
NewYork, that a neighbor annoyed her very much
that he knew of no remedy for that evil but a surgical
operation.
Land Warrants arc in good demand in New
York, and worth $3.50 to 165-parts in proportion.
When the new ones arc issued under the act of the
late Congress, it is probable the price will decline
somewhat There will, however, be no supply from
this source for some time.
Gov. johnson, of Tennessee, has pardoned
Thos, Grey, a convict, who signally distinguished
himself at the fire which destroyed a portion of the
penltentiary some days ago. Grey is from Rome
county. Tenn: He was sentenced to three years for
larceny, and had served about one-half his time.
A young army officer writes from CONSTANT
,nople " This is the place for the paltry sum of five
hundred pounds per year a man of moderate desires
may live like 2 prince commodious habitation, the
best Of wine, the most glorious tobacco, three besuti.
full wives, and no going to church,"
The KNOWN lettings of Ohio are reported by,|
the newspapers opposed to them, to number no less
than a thousand lodges, and from l25 900 to $50, 900
have over others not belonging to, but sympathizinr
with it, must WELD an influence of great power in
public affairs.
The applications at the Pension Office,
warrington, for bounty land warrants under the new
act nave reached near two thousand in one day. The
issue OF warrants will be commenced about June LIST,
and will proceed at a rate Of about SOC a day. They
will come into market just at the time when the vast
foreign native emigration sets out for the West.
A meeting Of the heirs Of John Lawrence, of
Watertown, Mass, was held at Boston on Friday. |
about three hundred persons being present. It was
stated that the English court of chancery had decided
five millions of dollars was awaiting the claim Of tIe
heirs of MI. John Lawrence and his wife, An agent
is soon to go out.
Full returns have at last been received of the
election in New Hampshire, by which it appears that
imetcaif, the American candidate for Governor, has
n Deen t stecte eao oy iOoO majority over all others. His
osOO. me aggregate vote polled' for Governor was
over Ga 900. The representation in Congress ia en-.
tirely American.
The richest denomination, we see by the cen.
sus tables, is the Methodist, which is set down at Sl4..
otO ~ eeo me eae next is the Presbyterian, which is rated
a. 1862 s9. The Episcopal, which in humber If
stands fifth, ranks third for its church
property, being estimated at Sill ,26l, $40. The fourth
the Baptist, SO 1881 1881 the fifth the Roman Cath.
~ ID % ITS 1888 and the sixth, the Congregational,
When Sydney Webster, the Presidents sec-
retarry, had delivered the message of the President
vesoing the steamship appropriation bill, Mr.. Benton
yrasped him BY the hand, and delivered the fol.
S;a e, sentiment emu "sir, tell the President l thank
country. Il! were President, I'll be d-dto hi If
would not keep blank veotes by me to defeat the
bills Of this Congress-" '" Il
IN the State Library, at Albany, n. Y, are
! lew pieces OF paper, yellow with time, and written
lpoh with ink in a plain and seemingly modern hand
s.eioseu IN a glass case, which are matters Of decn
historic interest. They are the orders and passes
s Z th; Dy General Benedict Arnold to Major Andre,
, y mni y ne could pass and repass the American lines
lnoer a nctltious name while conducting treasonabIe
orrespondence between the armies, and which were
ound upon his person when he was arrested a. a snv
Chloroiorm. is becoming a dangerous aid tn
;rime OF all sorts. Robberies by its helm ara omons
ne most successful and difficult of detection 4
luhkirk, '. H. lately, Mr.. Field, of NewYork c;tv
Sent INTO q BARRIERS shop and took his seat tn 81
haved. ne remembers nothing further, except that
,nsn ne came 70 consciousness he found that he had
roo0ed OF $l2OO, and that the barber had fed
had been used upon him.
The Boston Atlas thinks tbat.Mr. Dodoe or,
ew Minister e to Spain, will arrange matters verv
peedily: This is the modus operandi: 1--WE hbe "
leas laltn IN Dodge, Augustus will settle ali these .
1at!els. ne will make a long speech to the Snan;sh
.lhls!er OF Foreign Affairs. That respected Esst;i. .
N viii wrltne in agony. Dodge will remorselessiv
az Msn unnl, IN a frenzy of anguish, the tortured
WI H.. exelalm Take Cuba! take all onr
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