The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-05-19

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The Secretary Of the Treasury has appointed
ANDERSON MARSH Inspector of stelnhoat boilers AT
NewOrleans. cice JAMES CARRIE, deceased.
~ Mr.. Enfield Ham was recently married to
Miss Jemima Egge. We presume The Union took
place on a fry day.
Rev. Mr.. Halsey, Rector Of Christ Church
NewYork, fell from a new building in that city Oh til,
I'd inst, and was instantly killed. He was u promi-
nent Episcopal clergyman.
A writer has compared worldly friendships
to our shadows, and a better comparison was neyci
made for willie We walk in the sunshine it sticks IL
US, but the moment we enter the shade it deserts us
The election in Mobile, on the eth, for q
Probate Judge. resulted in the triumph Of the Amer
lean party, Hitchcock being elected by u majority o
ll42.
Late Australian papers do not confirm The
report which reached England by the Overland mail
that the people of Australia had taken mp arms aut
declared their Independence.
The U. S. sloop-ofwar ST. Louis. Com
lngraham, has arrived at Philadelphia from the Medi
t%erranean station. A public dinner has been tenderet
her commander as a token Of appreciation of his ser
vices i'll the koszta case.
1t appears that potatoes are coming TO a fail
price in almost every direction. One dollar & bushe
is now the price in Cincinnati. A large Iot nn the
way to that city has been stopped in Cleveland. or
account of the sudden decline in price.
= H'elHNuit Ill buT'iiiStOH, ' erllpHt, having
sunk his shop floor a couple OBJECT, announces i'll tle
Sentinel, that in consequence of recent improve
ments,. goods will be sold considerably lore1' thar
formerly
There is q rumor in Network that Baker
the murderer of Poole, shipped as q sailor from that
city in one OF the Liverpool steamers, and immed;
ately after his arrival at that port, enlisted for the
war, and is now on his way to the Crimca.
The Halifax papers state that frightful dis
| treas EXISTS a1pnU fhn pnost lot,reap l;rn,,;ol,, ,,r
shippagan. The people are suffering awful ~privation
They heve no seed whatever to SOW this spring, ani
their future prospects are still more gloomy thantheil
present condition.
Michael l.. Sullivant, an Illinois farmer, it is
said, is about to plant ten thousand acres of land ir
the state OF ONO for many years, and, according to
contemporary, he could ride in a direct course tifteel
miles through his own corn fields.
On Sunday week, among the contribution
at the Church of the Holy Communion, in NewYork
to the funds of the St. Luke's Hospital, was n roll o
I'VE one thousand dallar bills. They were dropped
SO quietly into the plate, it is said, not even the gen
tleman who received them knew from whom they
came.
Additional taxes, to meet the enormous
deficit in the British revenue, are about to lie i'm
posed-on sugar, IS. per cwt., varying according t.
quality; on coffee, Id. and on tea Sd. per Id Id. OF
all bankers checks or notes payable on demand : Is
lod. per gallon on Scotch spirits and I'd. additional
making Sd. per pound on all incomes.
A letter from Cairo informs us that two
shocks of an earthquake were felt in that city about
half-past ten O'Clock on the night of the 3Oth. TIL,
interval between the shocks was about five minutes
Their duration was about five seconds. each, til.
vibratory motion being sensibly felt, and the rumbliue
sound distinctly heard. These shocks, we believe
were felt in St. Louis.
We hear, it is said by one whom We believe
to be good authority, that Gen. Shields is to be an
pointed Governor of Minnesota Territory, in place o
Willis A. German, who is to have a Colonelcyv in on,
Of the new regiments. The General is now in Min
%nesota, and it is understood thathis acceptance of th,
proposed Guhernatoral Chair depends on his likins
for the country over which he is to exercise authority
[Chicago Tribune.
1t will be remembered that Philo F. Shelton
and other shipping merchants of Boston and New
York, sent some ships, not long since to remove TIN
guano deposits recently discovered upon Bird Island
and that their men were soon after driven off by a,
armed Venezuelan ship. The Venezuelans, it seems
dd not long enjoy their triumph, but were in turn
driven out by an armed Dutch force--Helland claim
ing the title to the island.