The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-06-09

,thers in construction. Twenty eight are State in
%ttutions, and the number of the insane is nearly
10000.
The Cincinnati Commercial states that the
Illinois Central Railroad Company have received the
contract from Government for carrying the river mail
'ctween Cairo and NewOrleans. The pay is $3.50,
400. 4Nl,s ~@7it Pa 998
The Empress of the French has presented tn
theF mrress Of Austria q lace dress valued at about
$40 .n00. The pattern was designed by the French
Fmpress herself. It will be exhibited at the Pari-
exhibition. ri nv e'
An old farmer whose son had died, was visi-
ted hy a neighhor who began to condole with him on
his loss. " My loss! Nosuch q thing-its his own
loss-he was of age" That farmer was a philoso.
pher. Vii -}stf 1851
A wag in london advertised a carriage to
,ereorm with only one wheel, and invited the curions
in mechanics tn see its performance. Many Of the
members of the Society Of Arts attended accordingly
when the wag exhibited a--wheel barrow! A reg
ular sell. t.4Df @ af31Gf
In a recent suit in NewYork, the question
rame mp, whether a gold watch is an article of wear
ing apparel. tn he deemed baggage. The SUPERIOR
Corrt decided it is an article Of wearing apparel. and
when mt carried about the person, but, in a trunk
while travelling, is to be deemed baggage.
The Hon. George Robertson, of Lexington.
formerly Chief Justice of Kentucky. has Just issued
q volume. entitled :" Scrap Book Of Lar, Politics,
Me-, md Times" Itisa compilation of his speeches
and writings during the last thirty years, and must
'nrm a very valuable work.
lewis Sanders Noble. a soldier of the Revo-
Iution, and a TROOPER in Marion's legion, died on the
advanced are of 1n4 years. He preserved tp the last
y hat worn by him in battle, and pierced by nineteen
brllets. He never would apply for nor accept a pen
sion.
In Richmond, Virginia, there is a Baptist
church for colored people. which numbers some POO
commandments. It is said to he the largest Christian
church, in point Of number, in the United States, and
,erhaps in the world. with possibly an exception mr.
two among tie native churches in India and the
Sandwich Islands.
A sister of Mcaulay, the historian. is living
in redr"ed circumstances in NewYork. She is mar.
RED. and her name is Gilbert. She il said to possess
the same brilliant and solid accomplishments of i'm.
~'"ination and mird which SO eminently characterize
her brother, the author.
A few DAYS g in Boston, a man having
with him a little child, visited the menagerie in
Howard street, and while looking at the lion the man
took the child in his arms and was in the act of
placing its hand on the animals head, when it snd-
derby stru;k the child with its paw. tore off one of its
ears, ard badly bruised the side of its face.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, gives the
Union the following hard hits in a late number Of
his paper: The Washington Union says that it ha.
never met with a greater alsehood than one which
he recently met with in our paper. The editor Of the
Union never meets falsehoods. He and they travel
in the same direction.
Last Friday evening a rattlesnake was killed
near the waters of the Dugdemonia, tabont so miles
southwest Of this place. on the Natchitoches road J
measuring eleven feet four inches in length, nineteen
inches around the thickest part Of the body, and
having %forty-four rattles. Monroe Register.
The BOSTON Traveller states that a woman
NJ South B"aintrce lMass) having been robbed of a
~reastu'n, went t. the honSe of the thief armed with
q 'ev"lyer, and compelled him, on pain of instant eX.
termination, to rise ont of bed. dress himself, find the
breastpin. accompany her home, and deposit it IN her
d~ressingtable, whence he he had taken it. He was
then suffered to depart.
A law has been passed by the Massachusetts,
Let.i %lat,re, and approved by the Governor, infjct
'as a fine on any innholder, taver-keeper, retailer.
"onfe toner or of any shop or house for the sale Of
drink or food, or any livery stable keeper, for horse
o'calr'ag hire, who sha give credit to any student
N any incorporated academy or educational institu.
inn in the State.
We are credibly informed that our party in
new ork now numbers 10000 sound conservative
=. Americans" and that they will, ere long, NANTES,
,Nelr nationality in unmistakable language. TIL,
NATIONAL Col,htll @0f our party will doubtless al,
neak in language of denunciation against all sec.
''1al [American Organ.
A Welsh clergyman applied to his diocesan
az living. The Bishop promised him one but as
re WI: taking leave, he expressed a hope that hi
iuah,p Wf'ld not send him into the interior of the
rlncipality as his wife could not speak Welsh.
Your vie, sir" said the Bishop what has youl
Wet d. with it.. she does not preach, does she 2"
e No, my l'rd,' said the parson, '' but she lectures
The %lietroit Democrat states that the sight
the wheat fields in the northern part of MichisSa,.
is perfectly glorious. The breadth sown is unusually
gyeat, and the staple isa deep green, almost to black
hefs, rank, strong, Thick and high. With all ALL W.
nee ter casualties, it may be most confidently pre-
d,tttd that the wheat crop will be more than usual,
abundant ard excellent.
Evidences Of Abolition hostility to the Know.
Nothing movement accumulate upon us from ever,
!u.lter IN the North. We scarce omen a single Fre.
sou paper in which we do not find a letter or =
iee'n nom some OF the leaders of the Abolitin,
res pouring out bitter executions upon the Know.
things. aud denouncing them after the manner @,
Greeley, rs Niger catcher" and !" pro.slayery con.
Spirators.'' ~"
The wife OF the editor of the Green Rav Ad
v'cate. in officiating in his absence, got the pane,
~ some mistake on the wrong side in politics. The
y. Il'. her OF that paper, in announcing. on the 22d nj
malh' alothcr %alscence of the cditcr, says:
'o''r tdtor ha, gone to Madison, and in order 10
make u sure thing "l it, and prevent the appearance,
a. any more Wing editorials, has taken his wife with
llln.'
We hear of extensive spontaneous combus.
ton t;o'"g on in tie wood and swamps of tie Colli,
q 'litly in l.ivf, & ton also of the fences aro,,,
:1ntat,ons in this parish being destroyed ty fire.
Upon the G.lli.l, we learn, the fire has been raging
yer Il week, burning the gleen cane and even lsroe
r'es tilt explosion of the cane beinr heard for the
a.sfal'e OF five miles, more or less, like the confirm.
Gus roar OF m"Sketry. [Baton Rouge Advocate.
We see that Mr.. Charles A. Wicklife
an.lsed us in q speech at Bard town, on Monda v
yemng. Mr.. Witklitte calls us an Ah,t;omist J.
n eciar,e i, not only false Tut ungentlemanly. Tie
run I'M ~ MT, ". never had any part of a geiHtleman
'nt'emans car. Mr.. W. says that he would !" rath,r
:. Mlnalid a REGIMENT Of Iri.hmen than a rer;ment n,