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The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15
Platform.

y. -.-Hr- l1s r..E I0yIQTme L4 FL"
!. We advocate an amendment Of the Naturaliza-
ton Laws, with proper safeguards to preserve the
purity of the elective franchise. Ht ~ alsWr
-. We advocate the passage of such laws as will
prevent the immigration Of panpers and criminals to
this country.
8. We oppose any interference in the vested rights
Of all persons, whether they be Of native or foreign
birth. u ,}1aGiha@ z J &.As ,topsfE
4. We are in favor of non-intervention with slavery
BY the Federal Government, except for the protection
Of our constitutional rights.
70. We advocate q high National Policy, such as
will afford stern and unwavering protection to the
American name abroad, and will follow and guard
the American citizen wherever he moves. m ta.
8. We believe that America should be governed by
Americans, efecting the same through the balotbox
alone, the only legitimate instrument Of reform in
this country. sF5qsh - e= ~ alH44 Lie
=. We believe that the office should seek the man,
and not the man the office, and shall oppose the dis
tribntion of office among onice-seekers, or as a reward
for partisan services. IT.
g. We will maintain and defend the, Constitution
Of the United States, the Union as it now exists, and
the rights Of the States without diminution, insisting
upon q faithful performance on the part Of the Gen
eral Government Of all the duties enjoined upon it by
the Constitution. H f.gl9t
.. While we approve Of the platform adopted by
the late National Council Of the American Party at
Philadelphia, we reject the application Of the princi-
pies Of the eighth article to American Catholics, as
unjust, unfounded, and entirely unworthy Of our
country: We shall forever continue to protest against
any apIuHemeht VI rellglous HDerty, noldlnG u as o
cardinal maxim that religious faith is a question be-
tween each individual and his God. We utterly con-
denim any attempt to make religious belief a test for
political office, and can never affiliate with any party
which holds sentiments not in accordance with these.
10. We war with no party as such, but shall oppose
all who oppose US in the advocacy Of these great
American principles. : rs-,.. -. si
7eesrI State Policy. re..l So.
q Reform Of abuses, and retrenchment in our State
expenditures.
Education Of the youth of the country ia schools
established by the State. - ms
Commissioners. Lii ~ fsI -.
"A more efficient administration of the Internal I'M
provement Department, with q view Of improving
our inland navigation. vi }r ,.*a -
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

CONSPICUOUS VISITORS AT N~EwpoRr.-So-
ciety at Newport, Rhode Island, does not seem
to enchant the editor of the NewYork Mirror.
Hear what he says of it:
Among the most conspicuous visitors are a
delegation of NewYork gamblers, with several
returned acknowledgements and their
wives bedizened with diamonds al all hours of
the day. We met one of these gentlemen Of
fortune who are making wealth and jewelry
vulgar, at the dinner table, with diamond vest
buttons, This wife was blazoned with a diamond
breach as big as q horse shoe) who took his
knife out of his pocket and deliberately picked
bis teeth with it ; and yet he passes in the
crowd, Notwithstanding he wears his finger
nails in mourning, for his income, they saw, is
seeventy-fve thousand dollars a year. And if
that won't make q gentleman, in vulgar esti-
nation, pray, what Wilt"
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

HEALrH.-It is with great pleasure That we
are enabled to report uninterrupted good health
both here and in Washington, as also through
the country generally. No case of yellow fever
has occurred within the parish, and cases of
other descriptions Of fever are rare. The daily
and weekly health reports of Newt orleans show
the fever to be abating in the city, while the
mortality does not appear great in any place
in the South where they have been SO unfortu-
nate as to have it introduced. b.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

PARTY SHREwDNEss.-It is amusing to see
how polite the anti-Know Nothings are, even
in small things. Here, in printing their hand
bills, calling meetings, they studiously avoid
saying Democratic Meeting" but call it
Misunderstanding, being aware that st.
Landry was once the stronghold of Whiggery.
and deeming it unwise to have it understood
a a Democratic meeting but in other Par
ishes, where the Democrats have heretofore
been in the ascendancy, the meetings of the
anti, Know-N othings are called Democratic"
Pretty shrewd but we think it won't tell
much, after all. Anti-K Know Nothing in Wing
Parishes, and Democratic in Democratic Par
ishes! Springs to catch woodcocks!"
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15
At BAYoUcH1coT.

On Thursday, the citizens of Bayou Chicot,
to the extent Of some two hundred in number,
turned out to hear the speeches Of the farmer
Of North Louisiana and the shero' of Rio
Grande notoriety, one wanting a seat in Con-
gress, and the other to audit public accounts.
When the people had assembled, it was made
known that Messrs. Dreux and Cullom were
on hand to take a part in the speaking, as the
representatives Of the American party-and
liberty having been granted them, the order Of
speaking was arranged and proclaimed from
the stand, when at IL o'clock A. NJ. Mr.. Cullom
opened the debate, and for an hour spoke in
his usual sensible and effective style.
Col. sandidge then followed, Speaking also
for an hour, the time allowed each of the
speakers) in his usual style, but with less effect
and less credit to himself as an orator than in
any speech We have heard from him.
Capt. Dreux followed Col. Sandidge, occu-
plying but forty minutes, and with his oratory
and facts delighted and convinced, as usual, his
audience. -=1t @'j.s9 ~
Col. Marks then took the stand, and went
through with his usual attempted ridicule Of
the speeches of Cullom and Dreux, creating
considerable laughter with his anecdotes, and
the impression that he would have received
more votes had he never visited st. Landry,
but more especially Chicot. Indeed, we are
satisfied that, like Mouton's visit to Natchi-
toches, if Col. Marks would remain in St. Ian
dry and speak or talk to the people from the
stand daily, he would add strength to the
cause more rapidly than the most
eloquent man Of our party.
Sans friends at Chicot were delighted with
the result of this encounter, and their spirits
warrant the assertion that Chicot will do her
duty in November, particularly if the anti
Know-N othing party will send along a few
more such Colonies as Sandidge and Marks to
sing songs, tell anecdotes, and make thrusts at
the private characters of esteemed citizens.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

A NuIsANcE.-The present condition of the
telegraph wires along the public roads through
our parish makes them dangerous to travel,
and calls loudly for their removal and it is
certainly the duty Of the road oyerseer to look
to it. The wire is down in many places, and
lays stretched across the road, or in loose rolls
in the road. Vehicles and horses are in con-
slant danger of becoming entangled in the
wire, and the latter Of becoming frightened and
running away. Indeed, We have already heard
Of several rights that horses have had, and in
one instance where the horse ran away with a
buggy, badly injuripg the passengers, and
breaking the vehicle to atoms.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

The polygamists of Salt Lake find themselves
excelled in their peculier spiritual-wife doc
trihes by a community of Socialists, who have
established themselves at " Ceresco,' the coun-
try of %Foud-du-lac, Wisconsin. The main
article Of their belief is, " the right of every
woman to choose whomsoever she will to per-
form the part of o husband for the time, and to
change that person as often as she pleases."
Considering that =" progress " has been made in
introducing Turkish costumes by the residents
Of Salt Lake, such o community as the Free
Love Union " of Ceresco would seem to be a
very natural institution for the more perfect
realization of the system, freed from all incon-
v,eniences, the prejudices, the laws, morals, and
instincts of society have hitherto interposed to
its progress.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15
DLSCOHERED, AND BACKED OUT.

On Tuesday last it leaked out here that
Coils. Sandidge and Marks had left Washing
ton very carly that morning, going in the di-
%rection of Bayou Chicot and as it was known
that their appointment was fixed for Thursday
at that point, and it but twenty-five miles dis
tant, suspicion was created that they were
stealing a march upon their opponents. Con
sequently, late Tuesday evening, some of Sans
.boys-among them the eloquent Dreux and
b. N. Cullom, Esq.-left here in pursuit, and
at Vile Platte struck the trail of the Colonies
and gathered snch information as led to the be-
lief that they were bound for an Indian ball
play to come off the next day in Pine Prairie.
Passing on to Chicot, it was learned that the
gentlemen had passed that point, going in the
direction of the ball-play; consequently the
chase was continued, and at IL o'clock on
Wednesday the point was reached, where were
assembled several hundred persons, when, 10
and behold who should be found but Colonies
Sandidge and Marks, who were doubtless as
tonished and vexed that their movements had
been suspected and their whereabouts discoy-
cred. That they had gone there to speak there
can be no doubt but so soon as our orators
were known to be present, a delegation was
sent out, proposing a treaty of peace in other
words, saying, We won't speak if you won't
speak, and proposing that a public discussion
be declined. This, too, where were assembled
several hundred persons, and in a remote region
of country.
A fairer back-out we have never witnessed
and well was it for them and their party that
Capt. Dreux was slightly indisposed, because
of which their proposition was agreed to, or
light and truth would so freely have been shed
upon the people of that secluded spot as to
have for ever dispelled the prejudices that have
been induced by Misrepresentation and false
hood combined.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15
COL. W. B. LEWIS AND coz. MARKS.

7 1t is with deep regret that we feel it our duty
to announce. what we conceive to be a gross
and uncalled for attack by Col. Marks from
the stand at Chicot, on Thursday, upon the
character of Col. Lewis, and that in the pres
ence of his family, Col. Marks then SO far for
got himsclfand all sense of policy and, as we
think, propriety, and certainly all that nice
sense of feeling which we had hoped belonged
to q gentleman occupying so prominent a posi-
ton before the people, as to refer publicly, at
the home, in sight of his residence, and in the
presence Of his wife and children. and surrounded
by a community who almost unanimously
esteem him q gentleman, to an old matter Of
personal difficulty between Col. Lewis and GER
tain gentlemen Of this parish, asserting or in
sinuating his belief of the truth of the existence
Of the accusations made at the time Of the diff
Guilty between those gentlemen, which matter
went before the courts of the country, and was
by them settled, satisfactorily to the friends of
Mr.. Lewis, and so much so to those who were
arrayed against him, that they, like gentlemen,
have no more agitated, and have now, we hope,
nearly forgotten the circumstances. We had
thought Col. Marks possessed of a better heart,
and hoped to hearh him apologize to Col. Lewis's
before leaving the stand, but he made
no retraction, much to his injury as a man and
q politician.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15
ARE FOREIGNERS ABoLITI0NzSTS ?

We venture to assert that ninety-nine hun
dredths Of all foreigners who arrive in this
country are upon their arrival opposed to
slavery, and seven-eighths of them settle in free
States and become o fixed opposition to slavery
and the institutions of the South; and yet, the
anti-American party Of the South are moving
heaven and earth to put down the American
party and prevent any change in the Natural
ization laws, that this emigration to the free
States and new Territories of the West may
be continued. Who so blind that he does not
see that the anti-slavery, free soil and abolition
party secure the support Of seven-eighths of all
foreigners arriving upon our shores 2-and yet
we ore told that the American party ore enc
mics to the South! Shame upon such igno-
rance, and contempt for any well informed man
who makes such an insinuation! To show
what becomes Of the foreigners that have been
arriving in this country in late years, we take
the immigrant returns for 1854, which show
that in that year 4GO,474 persons arrived in
the United States. Of that number, .39l,476
landed at ports in free States, and 68,998 at
ports in slave States, SLIGO of whom landed
in Louisiana, and went forward, with few ex-
ceptions, to the new States Of the West, and
to which three-fourths of the 327,976 who
landed in the city of Newly ork went. This
accounts for the rapid peopling of Ohio, Indi-
ana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin,
the last of which States has an absolute con-
siderable majority of foreign inhabitants, and
which State has declared the fugitive slave law
unconstitutional. Should the arrival of immi-
grants continue as great for the future as in
the last five years, and there be no change of
the Naturalization laws, it is almost certain
that the whole great West will be peopled by
and under the influence of foreigners, who, with
the exception of the few who settle in slave
States and become shareholders, are aboli-
~tionists.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

Hon. John NJ. Niles of Connecticut, Post.
master General under Pierce's " illustrious nre-
decessor " VansBuren) has written a letter to
the Hartford Republican upon the political
events OF the day. He has within a short time
Travelled extensively in the West, and saws
Gen. Pierce's Administration must be sunk
very low with the whole people when, on q tour
Of four thousand miles, embracing ten States
and one Territory, and conversing with all
sorts OF persons and hearing conversation
among others, We in no instance witnessed a
aeiense Of the Administration by a single
individual. Wesaw and conversed With several
persons, some gentlemen of distinction whose
position is such that they may be regarded as
giving their support to the Administrator
out they 40 not defend it-and one, a distin,
gulshed editor of Ohio, seemed to admit that
1nls ADMINISTRATION was the heaviest burden
his party had to sustain"
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

AMERICAN Mass MEEr1NGs.-We are au-
to announce that meetings will be
held at the times and places enumerated below,
at most or all of which places barbecues will
be given, and the people addressed by the can
didates of the American party on the State
ticket, and other distinguished speakers, among
whom will be Hons. Charles Derbigny, Louis
Texada, Randell Hunt, Robert G. Beale, Dun.
can F. Kenner and John Moore, and Capt. G.
d. Dreux and Adolphus Olivier, Esq.
Friday, October 5, at Franklin.
Saturday, October 6, at NewIberia.
Monday, October 8, at Perry's Bridge.
wednesday, October 10, at st. Martiusville.
Thursday, October II, at Breaux's Bridge.
Friday, October IL, at Vermilionyille.
Saturday, October Ii, at Grand Coteau.
Monday, October Is, at Opelousas.
Tuesday, October l6, at Washington.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

A Paris letter says that crime and suicide
are largely on the increase in France. The
Presse Of a late date contained the details of
seventeen cases, as follows: A man found
hanging by a tree on an island in the Seine a
washer woman and her daughter found sufo-
Gated by charcoal in their beds a landlord
found hung on account of an incurable disease !:
q woman, reduced to starvation, found suffocar
TED, with three children !; a machinist and a
sailor seen to blow their brains out from SUD-
posed pangs of love; q case of voluntary
browning from want Of work another, from
dread of being arrested for leaving a cafe with
out paying. To which 1 must add the case of
a M; Gras, who being refused in marriage, shot
the lady and a more successful admirer' and
then shot himself as well IS the case Of Mr..
and Mrs, Boigegrain, who imprisoned two old
men IN a hencoop, and kept them in a fright
ful state OF filth and ex~tenuation."
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

MAGNIFICENT CHANDEL1ER.-The Messrs.
Cornelius & Baker, of Philadelphia, have just
completed for the new State Capitol at Nash
vile, Tennessee, a magnificent chandelier, 81
feet long and 45 feet in circumference. Moth
ing has yet emanated in America like it, and
the citizens of Nashville, (when this reaches its
destination can boast not only of having the
largest chandelier in the world, but they can
say, with every degree of propriety, that they
have the handsomest one.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

The CLIPPER GREAT REpUBL1c.-When this
fine specimen Of American naval architecture
was chartered to proceed from Marseilles to
the Crimea, the French screw line of battle
ship Navarino was detailed to accompany,
and if necessary to tow her; but it appears
the Great Republic was obliged to keep under
her three topsails to enable the Navarino to
keep up with her. The French officers were
utterly COMPOUNDED at her feetness."
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Particular Notice.

"a A meeting will be held at the Court.houss i
the town of Opelousas on Monday, October l, for IN
purpose of electing three School Directors for ID
First School District in the Parish of St. Landry. i
conformity to sec. 10 of an Act Of the Legislstur..
approved April %, 1858.
JOEL H. SANDOZ, Secretary pro TEN.
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Religious Notice.

~ There will be a meeting Of the Western a.
vocation Of the Diocese of Louisiana. at OpelounA
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the last three dan
Of September. Divine service may be expecteds
each day ct II o'clock A. M. and Z O'Clock P. N.
The public are respectfully invited to attend.
JOHN WOART. Secretayv
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

Texas ELEcrroNs.--According to the re-
turns published in the Henderson Star-Spangled
Banner, Evans, the Known othing candidate
for Congress, has been elected over Ward
Democratic by 1900.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

Mr.. r. A. Alexander, of Bourbon county
N.Y., On shlpooard' returning from England,
W.T. Is, q very interesting letter to the editor Of
.ne oh'o Farmer, giving an account of his visit
10 '9e English herds and the Royal Agricultu.
ran SNOW Mr.. Alexander has been the largest
importer Of Short-horns in America. He nov,
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

BAKERS BREAD.-Mr. Oliver Holden, Of
Brooklyn, in a letter to the Brook n. Star,
states that when -four is six dollars per barrel,
bread can be sold for 3 cents per pound with
flour at eight dollars, bread can be sold for four
cents at ten dollars, 5 cents ; and at II dol
lars, for 6 cents affording, at these prices, o
profit Of so per cent to the baker. In this
fact, and the prices which bakers charge at
present, he thinks "the municipal authorities
ought to regulate the weight of bread, SO
that the people can know what they pay per
pound therefor, leaving the price for the baker
and the competition Of the baking trade to
regulate, the loaf to weigh l, 2, 3, 4, s., or 6
pounds, with the weight properly and plainly
marked thereon.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

PARIs1As Goss1P.-Te NewYork Tribune
{H. g. having returned in the Baltic has some
Partisan gossip touching France and the Ma
poleons. We quote: Il. !.
: ain the absence of d lineal heir to his
throne-and nothing is heard in France Of the
prospect of such IN heir recently heralded on
this side of the Atlantic-the succession runs
to old Jerome, only surviving brother Of Ma
.poleon l., and next to his son jerome Napo-;
leon, who was q noisy Red Republican previous
to his cousins u~surpation. Old Jerome is no
body, and is not known to have ever adopted
q principle or cherished a conviction. Young
Jerome has some talent, but no character or
rather a bad reputation, even in ipro6igate
Paris. He is there accounted not merely loose
in his morals, even when judged BY the lax
Partisan standard, but is popularity believed to
have betrayed a want Of courage while in the
Crimea. Louis Napoleon's rule is endured
because it is known that he will fight to main
tain it, apd not run away when it is threatened,
as his two last predecessors did"
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OPELOUSAS, 'iH *
SATURDAY. MORNING, SEPTEMBER is

SUGAR PLANTERS CoNvENr1oN.-This is
the day set apart for the meeting of the sugar
planters of St. Landry at the Courthouse in
this place, to take into consideration the re-
moval Of the sugar market from NewOrleans
to the opposite side Of the river, near the depot
OF the Opelousas Railroad. The matter is one
Of some importance, and we hope to see o good
attendance of oil interested.
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FEMALE MEDICAL STuDENTs.-The New
York Medical Times says that seven young
and fairlooking women may be daily seen at
the NewYork hospital following the phys
icians and surgeons on their rounds. and are
present at all operations on males and females.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

EFFECT OF A RA1LRoAD.-The Abingdon
Democrat says that a farmer in Monroe, Ten
nessee, purchased a farm, a few years ago, for
Sl,8OO, and, the last ten days, sold it for &c.
600: Cause-Virginia and Tennessee Rail
road.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-09-15

See the card Of MI. Wm. H. Spencer, who offers
bis services as an Attorney to the citizens of 81. Ian
dry. We trust he may be borne in mind his moral
and business habits entitle him to confidence.
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At the residence of her father in Prairie Plaissnc.
on Wednesday, 18th inst, by Rev. Gilbert Raymond,
Miss FLOREsTINB PoIRET and Mr.. CHARLES GKSu,
of this town. GW" n -T'