The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-04-14
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It is said that the pillars" Of Liberty are
etuffed with the feathers of the American Eagle.
The man who attempted to look into the
future had the door slammed in his face.
John Mitchell, the Irish exile, isin Knoxville,
Tenn. He intends to settle in that vicinity.
The new liquor law of Network, imposing
a fine of $40 for each glass Of liquor sold on Sunday,
is being vigorously carried out by Mayor Wood.
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton was the first per-
son in the United States for whom ice cream was
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A German paper in Newly ork says that the
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that city.
The Governor of Maine has appointed Thurs.
day. the 18th of April, to be observed as a day of
public humiliation, fasting and prayer.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church will meet this year in Nashville. on the third
Thursday in May.
Henry Ward Beecher says that he would as
soon go u counting with his fathers old love letters,
as go tn church and carry q book to pray out Of.
Henry is gifted" but everybody amt.
Willis g. Hughes, Esq, Union county, is
announced as a candidate for Congress in the First
(l.inn Bnyd's) District. Kentucky. Its supposed that
I" Sam" has been consulted.
The Louisville Democrat says a female named
Madelaine Fanbaug has been held to bail. in that
Guy, 10 answer q charge OF seulCLlOn, preferred by
Benedict Brock!
A negro who killed o Mr.. Russell, in Clay
county, Mo-, not long since, by cutting him to pieces
with a corn-knife, was taken from Jail last week, and
hung by the citizens without judge or jury.
Mr.. NJ. G. Bryan, who has been for some
time proprietor of the Baton Rouge Gazette, has re-
tired, having sold his interest to the Hon. G. c. Nc
Whorter and Mr.. G. II. Mann, who will hereafter
conduct the paper.
t. u,,,o, oc - xo,o1,,{sor xo,,,l L.. Al,
late convention at NewOrleans, a call for a spccia!
meeting Of cotton growers in favor Of direct trade.
has been issued, to meet the 4th of July next, at
" Cooper's' Well " in the State of Mississippi.
Died, in Poundridge, N. Y, on the Sth in
slant, Samuel Dan, aged lOl years, 8 months, and Is
days. lie helped to build Fort Washington on the
Hudson, and wis 60 years member Of the Methodist
Church.
The st. Mary's (Md.l Beacon says that the
landing Of the Maryland Pilgrims on the shores Of
st. Mary's is to be celebrated in May next. The Hon.
j. r. Chandler is to deliver the Grafton on the occa-
sion. .f.
Hon. Samuel s. Phelps, for fourteen years a
Senator Of the United States from the State of Yer
mont, died recently Mt his residence in Middlebury,
at the age of ~fifty-fve. Mr.. Phelps was d native Of
Vermont, a graduate of Middlehury College and of
the celebrated Law Schools at Litchlield, Connecticut.
Some Of the German journals report that the
King of Sardinia will abdicate his throne in favor OF
| lS Cluchls WI lHC + TIllCe III lcutlDUU uRHu LCU years.
for the purpose of taking the command of his own
troops in the C~rimca-the country to be governed
by a regency.
The Panama and Nicaragua Companies have
reconciled their difficulties. It is said the companies
have again entered into a mutual arrangement which
is considered highly favorable to the Nicaragua line.
The price of steerage passage is reduced from $3.50
to 500, and the other classes of passengers about $50
each. The two lines share equally in the gross re-
cefpts Of both.
A Washington letter states that orders
were sent on the 2Gth ult., to the navy yards of New
York, Boston, and Norfolk, requiring several steam
and sailing vessels now at those stations to be fitted
with all possible dispatch, to join the Gulf squadron
and that, at the same time, authority was given to
direct the Commodore in command to proceed with
his whole force to Havana, for the purpose of inquir-
ing into the late occurrences.
The Rev. G. C. Leigh, a member of the New
York Assembly, from Ninth Ward, and II Know
Nothing, has been expelled by his " Chapter and
also by the order of United Americans, in conse-
quence of his vote for Seward. Publicity has been
given to this preceding by both the seccrt orders, and
the consequence is, considerable excitement among
this class of persons who care for such things.
Preparations for settlement in Kansas are
going on briskly in Missouri and other Western States
as well as in the East. The portable cottages for
Kansas which they are manufacturing at Cincinnati
can he put together without nails and by a few hours
labor. A cottage Of two rooms contains about 5000
feet of timber. They can be shipped on steamboats,
at small expense, and are said to be the cheapest
houses the einlgrants to those new prairie regions
can provide themselves with.
The Paris Constitutional says the confirms
ton OF the sad news rumored about Paris for two
days, in regard to the loss of IL fIigatc was the straits
Of Bo%nifacio, had been received. The frigate was the
Semilante, which left London with 400 soldiers.
These, with the crew and passengers, numbered 700
OF stores and ammunition. The Semilante was going
to the Crimea with a largequantity of shot, shells,
etc. Nothing was saved.
A queer illustration of "woman's rights
happened in Boston, recently. A young man was
tried. On the charge Of stealing a lady's gold ring, who.
in her testimony, stated it had been presented to her
by her . husband, who is living in the c%ountry.''
Upon this admission, the defendants counsel asked
Tor the discharge OF his client, upon the ground that
the property should have been charged in the indict-
ment as belonging to the " husband" aforesaid, and
utter some debate the Judge sustained the objection,
and the prisoner was accordingly discharged.
The Montgomery (Ala) Mail, of the Goth
ut, says that Mr.. Lee sold Mt auction, a few DAYS ago.
q likely negro gin, l3 years Of age, a pretty fair seam.
stress 1aens, parted TED with h. for no fault; for 500, payable lst
same sale, on a like credit, brought prices p%ropotion-
ately low. A likely man, about so years old, war
ranted IN every respect, brought only s53l cash. The
SAFE ~ o. .ne remainder e. an der Of the negroes was postponed
on account OF the thin attendance of buyers and dull
ness OF the market. Verify, the money must all have
given out.
There is great activity at present among
some OF our American gun manufacturers, induced in
part by the war in Europe. The Windsor (Vt1 Jour.
nal says that the Robbins & Lawrence COMPANY of
Windsor, have just contracted for the manufacture of
muskets to the amount of some four or five hundred
thousand dollars. The contract is made for companv
in London, and the arms to be manufactured are The
MIME rife, with some notifications. The fulfllment
Of the contract will require an additional force of
some two or three hundred men. Two establish.
ments in Massachusetts, have also received similar or.
kets.
Among the leading topics Of the New ork
press, at present, is the national baby show at Bar.
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