The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-04-07

Anna had returned to the Capitol. and General; Alva-
req had suffered a defeat near Igarala. He was. put
tn the flight, and his followers were fist DESERVING
him. fiis ,s{t9 1E is8 ~ Fn"03E,
The following is q copy of a veritable entry
made by the Recording Secretary of aDivision of the
Sons Of Temperance, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania
g After gwine. throgh the yewzel fawns. there WAS a
colleckshin taken up, but nothing was taken in" " N
InSullivan county, Ind, one ofthe candidates
fol. county clerk was pledged to give one-half the pro-
ceeds Of the office to the widow Of the late clerk, and
the other promised in tile event of his election to
marry the widow. .iE- I'd
We learn from the CarrolltonD Democrat that
Mr.. Daniel Meredith and Mrs. Morehead, two inmates
Of the Carroll county poor-house, were lntely married.
Who will hereafter say, +" When poverty comes in at
the door, lore flies out at the windoww II
1t is stated that the United States Senate, on
the closing night of the session, unanimously adopted
a resolution Expressive Of the deep regret Of that body
at the retirement Of Senator Badger, Of North Caro-
lima, whose term has expired.
At the Convention Of the American party i'll
Virginia, Thomas S. Flournoy, Wing, was nominated
for Governor, James N. H. Beale, Democrat, for 1t.
Governor, and John M. Patton, Democrat, for Attor-
ney General-a strong ticket. .,
The Rev. Mr.. Graves, editor Of the Nashville
Baptist, who was on a collecting tour in Missouri,
nearly opposite Hickman, Kentucky, was recently
found murdered, on the road side, as it is supposed,
= as Ho"s1' go -'. +N+, "
The Mormons are about to buid a steam
boat for Salt Lake, Think of that-a steamboat
ploughing about. away IN in the bosom of the great
Mountains. some thonsands Of feeA hiphe, than the
head of our highest spires,
The Hanover (Pa.) Spcc,ator has raised the
flag of Willard Fillmore, of NewYork, for President,
and John P. Kennedy, of Maryland, for Vice Presi.
dent, and will support them Convention or no con.
vention." - -. -
Tho fg,;of po1;oo oe No,r1-ou,. "a =: ~.
semi annual renort' inst nreseotcd anno ny, !" ti ht
there were fortv.tbree arrests for m,'rdar md ona h,r.
dred and sixty.siy for assault with intent to Xiii dn-
ring the six months ending with December last.
. How y, Tono, cturo. r. u,;u.:..u-
: non y ZONES stewart, OF llklnson county,
Of apoplexy. Mr.. Stewart fl filed ede seva4a eIg imper 1au,'
positions of n~olitiral trnst in Miss;ss;nn; and Was ~ -
to 1850 one Of the old wl;r leaders ~ liz State II
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AiSue; Isoahlah arrived az baton Rouge on
Tuesday last, to take command of the u. S. Arsenal
who has been IN cnm nss1eft e. s tgs 1as. +, Lieut.. . ao ha.
been ordered to ST. Louis. where he was s.atin,,c "
previously to his going to Baton Rouge.
a man named McCalllster, confined in the
Clerk county, Jail, Ind, %istrying to starve himself to
aso he broke ~" tbr a nS' tha i, ,"r n af t Iayi ~, some ON ~ am ne
tie table where the iailor,s wife v sa' s Sai, ~ IN
made for the woods Int usas a,,os+a5 s"e ''ppoi'
D-.-"~ "s
b DulluA luC pGSG year, l,GoJ DGrSCIH nave
been carried off by consumption i n Philadelphia, Q.
~ in M Se NY ssi in Baltimore; and 7es in Bos-
Of New Enalsna ova - %pp ,ea t saaa, the raw eastW WINDS
organs ,on than a als t !, n,i1,1 ..o a;,l na ~ W ~ .ns pulmonary
=" 'n"" ~ '"' An'iaef ais y Daisllhore.
Letters have been received at Tahlequah,
from the Cherokee delegation in Washington, stating
that they had made an arrangement with The CIV.
eminent for the disposalof the neutral laand". This
.rae5 Of laha containing about eight hundred thou
sana acres, is IN the southern part Of Kansas territory.
Danville, XIV, was visited nv a,most dast,uc-
tive tornado ON the ofrcrnoon 'nf iha 1c+h nha,t /
o'clock,. which resultedein. he Destruction of .hont
fifteen houses besides dn;no ,nn"h VI aooue
churches and other buildings, demoIishing windows,
siioWihs doWh the chlmneys, etc. .
The Board of Trustees of Centenary Col
,lege, La; have elcced John G.. Miller A. NJ prasi.
dent wv. H. Scales, Professor Of Mathematics 4.
r. Holcomb, Professor of Greek :--Wilev PRO.
lessor of Latin; DR.. Jones, Professor of Natural
Science. quiz
The following does not look exactly rs if tbc
Know Nothings Of Massachusetts were ali abolition.
lists. Else why run a free.soil ticket? "George
Rowland, the know-Nothinr candidate. wos CHOSEN
Mayor of New Bedford on tie 18th inst. ls5al Rod.
'ney [ree-soil) 7l7."
i rho RI G c,a, uo
10y -. y. supreme court. on Inc lOth ult.,
Fremont, confirming to him his valuahls INV nron ouan :,
California. The Opinion of the Cont was deliverod
by the Chief Justice, dissenting opinions being siven
by Justices Catron and Campbell. @
Eyro Mach of fh.,lo4.. W. -.
Inn 1no no,,rs, H., V .hs ~ uestues weigh
Ing go no9 i" " Lnus a ny lal2esI lalm III the State,
an a.,o y nu 5'aa " 1a.tie ana a,oOO sheep, c%ultlvates
Nv acres OF wheat, AZ OF rye, rs of corn, 20 Of pota-
fifty acres are plonrhed. and 6on ac " ara ,'sa1 anu ~
meadow. $500 20