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Louisinnn Legislnturc.

-aHAFE 4% ' f" Ill., l.-r--f- Fl
Both branches were organized on the after
noon of the 2lst. ssf
In the Senate, the Hon. W. +. Griffin, from
Rapides and Avoyelles, the Democratic nom
inee, was elected President; w. F. Wagner,
Secretary; A. Levison, Assistant Secretary !;
Berlin Childress, Sergeant-at-arms and ~
Martin, Door-keeper.
In the House of Representatives, the Hon.
W. w. Pugh, from Assumption, was elected
Speaker w. II. Higgins, Chief Clerk j. II.
Peralta, sergeant-at-Arms and - McRea,
Door-keeper.
The Governors Message was transmitted to
the Legislature the next day.
Messrs. Arroyo, Rills and Dufrocq have
been appointed translators for the Senate, and
Messrs. Wedcrstrandt, Delony, Eastin, Griffin
and Kemp, enrollers.
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aMbat-b -'sms.

Gen. Persifor +. Smith is reported to be in
very feeble health.
Gov. Shannon, of Kansas, it is rumored, has
determined to resign. No cause given.
Mr.. Eustis, of this State, is the youngest
member of the present Congress.
A Mr.. Sinclair, of GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin,
having a fortune Of $l50,000, cut his throat a
few days since, for fear of poverty.
The Cherokee nation have agreed to admit
a white man to the rights Of citizenship among
them.
Samuel Rogers, the great poet and banker,
is dead. He was aged ninety-three. Unlike
most poets, he was a man of wealth.
The San Francisco Sun says that pork
packing establishments are going into opera
ton in Georgetown, Sonora, and other interior
places.
A jury in a recent murder trial in st. Louis
was not permitted to read u single newspaper
after the trial commenced, until its close, which
continued some three weeks.
Two persons from Chippewa, Canada, who
were out in a small boat fowling u few days
ago, venturing too far in The pursuit Of game,
| were carried over Niagara Falls.
In both branches Of the Pennsylvania Legis-
%lature, bills have been read proposing to repeal
the act Of the former Legislature which re-
strains the sale of intoxicating liquors.
The sugar-house of Mr.. V. A. Fournet, sit
uatcd about two miles from St. Martinsyille,
was destroyed by fire on the morning Of the
18th inst, together with So hhds. of sugar,
1853 bbls. of molasses, and nearly all of the
plantation implements.
A few Sundays since, a stranger clergyman,
who was officiating in Providence, r. L., after
reading nearly a dozen notices, seeing some
half q dozen more before him, remarked that
he supposed he must read them as he was not
in his WI desk, but he thought it really q sin
to adopt that method of cheating the printer.
Captain John Norton, of Dublin, Ireland,
has patented a mode of using Illuminating
powder as a printing for cartridges, SO as to
cause an explosion through the unbrokcn
cartridge case also, for puncturing the case Of
cartridges at the base, to enable the charge to
be ignited from the fame of the cap of the
nipple.
Rev. J.. B. Ferguson, of Nashville, Tenn,
reports that he has a daughter of fourteen, a
medium, who, by stirring a spoon in an empty
tea-cup, produces medicines that cure a variety
of obstinate diseases. The medicines are sup
posed to be eliminated from the elements of the
atmosphere by an eminent deceased chemist
and are no doubt highly impregnated will
=" potash"
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A DETERMINED AssAssIN.-A correspon-
dent of the Lynchburg Republican. gives an
account Of a number of attempts which have
been made on the life OF Mr.. George W. Ri
chardson, of Smythe county, Va. About three
years ago, while at Marion's Hotel, at a late
hour OF the night, he was called by a voice in
the street, and upon putting his head out of
the window, Il heavy stone was thrown at him
from the direction from which the voice seemed
to proceed. shortly afterwards, while walking
the streets Of Marion, a gun was snapped in
his face. On another occasion, some one knocked
at the door of his residence, and upon Mr..
RS opening it an arm was thrust in, having a
huge bowie knife in the hand, which slightly
cut Mr.. RS clothing. About a month since
an apple, thoroughly poisoned with arsenic,
was sent him by some unknown person, but
the plot was detected. The last attempt on
his life was made while he was at the house of
a relative, where he had gone in consequence of
his receiving a message which turned out to be
false. Thinking it was q plot to waylay him,
he remained at his relatives house during the
night. At a late hour the window of his bed
room was broken and q pistol fired at him
the ball narrowly escaping his head.
This last effort has so greatly aroused the
indignation of the citizens of smythe, that
every conceivable effort will now be made to
discover the iiendish author of these foul de-
signs. Richmond Dispatch, Dec. II.
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Pill MAcH1NE.-Among the most recent
novelties in the medical line is a pill machine
invented by q physician in Vermont. The
machine. consists of two cylinders lying parallel
to, and touching each other. The surface Of
each cylinder is full of semi-globular holes, half
the size Of a pill. The cylinders are moved
together by cog wheels, SO that the holes on the
surface of each cylinder correspond to each
other. To prevent the pills sticking in the
holes, there are pins so arranged and moved by
machinery within the cylinders, as to form a
part Of the smooth surface Of the holes when
the pills are pressed !; but when they are
formed, the pins are pushed up and the pills
fall ont ..-
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A GREc1AN QuEEN.-A letter from Athens
in the Journal of Commerce, gives this descrip-
ton Of tlat-footed Queen
II saw Queen Amelia taking an afternoon
ride on horseback, accompanied by one OF her
maids of honor, u daughter of Marco Bozzaris.
She seemed in excellent humor, and l am told
is constantly laughing from mere exuberance
of spirits. She is very fat and large, and has a
foot like a juvenile elephant, which, when it
strikes the sod, is death 10 all creeping insects.
Judging from her physique" if l had q job
Of house-cleaning to be done, l do not know Of
any one SO capable Of performing it efficiently
as the colsort of King Ohio"
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ANEcnoTE pF TIE NEW CuArIAIN.-The
Rev. Henry Cay Dean, the present chaplain
to The United States Senate. was some Yeas
ago u resident If Northwestern Virginia.
While preach g one day a a church situated
a few miles t.om lairnount, he was annoyed
by The mttt,nIiun Of his congregation as man
Tested il turning Their beads t. see everybody
who care in. Brethten,' said he, lit is
very difficult 70 preach whtn thus Interrupted.
Now. d. YOU listen to ne, and | will tell You
he llame Of every man as he enters the church.
OF course this remark attracted UNIVERSAL at
tenuon. Presently soms one entered :: Bro
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SuARp's klrEE.--Sharr's rifle was invented
by the person whose mann it bears, near Hart
ford, Conn, about five years since. The patent
for it is now owned by an incorporated compa-
ny named after it. The rifles are at present
made exclusively at Hartford, by Robbins 4
Lawrence it has the moderated groove, is Il
foot shorter than the United States rifle, and
can readily be fred ten times per minute, and
from this TO sixteen times by a practical hand.
1t is loaded at the brcech, which receives the
cartridge by an operation not unlike that of
opening a pair of scissors, and with nearly the
same facility. 1t carries a ball with great
precision and force. The full explosive power
Of the powder is awaited of in this rife.
Much of the effect Of winlasc is obyiatcd by
the shape of the ball, as well as by its positive
motion when it leaves the muzzle of the piece !;
in this it resembles the Mimic. 1t is not COM
plicated in its construction, is hastily cleaned,
and suffers no injury from damp weather.
The owners Of this rifle reckon that, in the
hands of men wei drilled to its use, one of
them is equal to ten ordinary muskets, even
with bayonets or, in other words, one thousand
men armed with Sharp's rifles will keep off ten
thousand armed with common guns inasmuch
as at a distance Of one hundred feet that rifle
can be discharged az least ten times before tie
bayonet could be used.
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BAaAssE AS FuEL.-We see from an article
in the Baton Rouge Gazette, that u Mr.. A.
Hegar, a kettle setter of that city, has dis
covered q means Of using bagasse as a fuel
without machinery, or complicated artificial
means, or blowers. His discovery consists in a
furnace constructed in such u manner as to
convert the bagasse into fuel as it passes the
mill, without any drying process whatever, but
used directly as a good substitute for wood
thus furnishing Il sufficient quantity of steam
for making the crop of sugar. A veteran
planter Of the parish of Baton Rouge, MIR.
Abraham Bird, has tried the process anu is
highly satisfied with its operations, and recon-
nends it in high terms to other planters.
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IRON STEAMER OF TWENTY THOUSAND Tons.
The monster steamer now building Oh the
Thames below London it is expected will be
finished by midsummer next. According to
the Boston Advertiser, more than 1000 tons of
iron have been used in the construction of this
steamer, which is metal enough, if made into
Trail, to lay a single track railroad from Boston
to Newport. II is thought that there are only
two ports in the United States which she can
get into when laden, viz: Portland and New
port. Her capacity to transport is such that
she could carry the whole 10000 men of the
United States army, with their arms and
equipments, across the Atlantic. Now, again,
she is of just nine times larger tonnage meas
urement than the largest line-of-battle ship, and
that is the lao gun-ship Pennsylvania, of our
navy but to the eye this monster, owing to
her sharp model, would not look so many times
larger. But more wonderful still, she is built
in seventeen principal sections, each with
bulliheads and water tight, so that il she should
come by any falling out to seventeen separate
conclusions, each one would be aloat, and each
might; be safe if the sections themselves res
pectivly kept whole. She has also, in the
way Of propulsion, both screws and paddles.
Her exact figures are as follows length Gs4
feet; breadth. So feet; depth, So; number of
decks, 4 measurement, $4,000 tons; draft of
water when loaded, 20 feet.
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Esa5H" NoTIcE TO SHIPPERS AND CoNsIGNEEs
OF FREIGHT.-The steamer ALICE W. GLAZE, G.
Il. Louaillier, master, is now making trips via PA
quemine, and has reduced the rates of Freight and
Passage to the regular high water rates, viz: Sugar,
81; Cotton, Is cents; Upper Freight, SO cents.
The Glaze leaves Washington on SUNDAY, 18th
inst, and will continue to leave Oh her regular day VS.
lluing the season.
Washington, January 10, 1856.
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Their William Satterfeld! called ous the
preacher, while that brother was astonished
beyond measure, and ehdeavored in ain to
guess what was the matter. Another person
came in" Bother Josher Miller! !" bawled
the preacher with a like reuslt and so perhaps
with other cases. After a while the congre-
cation was amazed at hearing the preacher
call out in a loud voice "A feeble old man
with q blue coat and white hat on! Don't
know who he is. You may look for your
selves" [Fairmount Virginian.
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ATLANTIC NAyleArroY.--TLe Atlantic ma

ATLANTIC NAyIGATIoN.-The Atlantic mail
packets have now established most important
meteorological fact, namely, that the most IA
"orable weather is uniformly experienced il
crossing the Atlantic on Tie route of the Brazil
steamers-that the next best route in same
respect is that taken by the NewYorli packets
land thai on the route of the Wcs, India
steamers the weather is almost always unla-
The Brazil steamers very rarely ex-
bad weather. liverpool Times.
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SPIRITUAL RAILWAY TRA1N.-The Old Colo
ny (Plymouth) Memorial has a marvellous
story, that between three and four o'clock
every morning, a train comes laundering over
the railroad there, when no mortal train is due
or expected. Three officers of the road watched.
saw the train with its goblin engineers and
brakemen--heard the supernatural whistle
saw the demons screwing down the brakes, and
went home with hair standing on end and
trembling with unutterable terror. 1t is clear
that the spirits keep pace with modern i'm
provements. Walking or stalking ghosts arc
out of date. They come now by special train.
The Providence Journal has the following in
relation to the above Spirit train. 1.-THE train
makes a great noise, the wheels gathering, the
bell ringing, the whistle shrieking, but the
whole is invisible to mortal eyes. 1t is not
advertised in the papers, as no accommodations
are provided for mortals. 1t is rumored, how
ever, that Mr.. Campbell will propose a con-
tract for carrying the dead letters"
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Rsagn To Nervous SurFERERs.-A retired
Clergyman, restored to health in a few days, after
many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to
make known the means Of cure. viii send (free)
he prescription used. Direct the Rev. JOHN NJ.
D.GNALL, 50 Fulton street, Brooklyn, MY.
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SURE ENouen.--The Glasgow (scotland)

SURE ENouen.-The Glasgow (Scotland)
Mail Of a recent date contains the following:
In the course of argument by counsel, in the
case before the Court Of Sessions last week,
respecting the Legality Of q marriage with the
deceased wite's sister, one Of the counsel said it
was u doubtful point whether such q marriage
was prohibited in Levitical law; on which
Lord Ardmillan remarked, that he was sur
prised none Of the counsel had referred to Jacob
marrying two sisters, aud to the fact that our
Saviour was descended from one of them.
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Correspondents will please bear with us.
We are not unwilling to stand aside when they
write-more particularly, when they write to
the purpose !; but we apprehend that a little
more thinking, and q great deal less wriitian1g,
would be quite as well. We hsEe on>hand q
communication that would occupy three col
umns Of our paper, and are satisfied that not
more than a dozen of our subscribers would
feel the slightest interest in the matter. Would
"Felix" force himself upon the public any
how, and leave as to bear the burden of any
faur pas of his own? We are willing enough
to print his e%ffusions, at q reasonable price, but
do not care to father them at any price.
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Debaillon & Carriere sent us, last week, q
sample Of the champagne of which they, like the
Razor-Strop Man, have "a little more left.'
Our tasting editor, (who is, at the same time,
our financial man, was absent, and we had to
try our hand at it alone. We could find butts
single fault there ,oas not enough Of it. Had
there been more Of the wine, there would have
been less of this,
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CHERRIES sALE.-srArE OF Lon,,,. .

CHERRIES SALE.-srATE OF Lou1sr.,,
~ District Court, Parish Of st. Landry. No. hi,
BY virtue of a writ of fl. ia. issued in the abov. /.
titled suit, by the District Court in and forthe ~
of st. Landry and State aforesaid, and to me dis1
ed, will be exposed at public sale, for cash. 4 IS
Courthouse of this Parish, on SATURDAY. nm
day of March, A. d. 1865, commencing II ~
hour of IL A. N; and continuing from day to ds,.
of the defendant, Benjamin R. Rogers, in the folos.
ing property, seized to satisfy said writ, to wit:
The
SUGAR MILL AND ENGINE
situated on the plantation Of the defendant, Ia ~
Parish of ST. Landry.
Sheriff Is office, Opelousas, January 26, 1855,
L. v. CHACHERE, Sheriff
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Congress-

A dispatch to the Picayune, dated Washing
ton, January 10, says that the House still
remains unorganized, and without any indica-
tions Of an early organization.
By mail we have the proceedings of the
House up to the l4th; but they amount tic
nothing, Of course.
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Tnn MARY BEss.-Our old friend John
Lyons has.introduced this well approved boat
to those of our citizens who are doing business
between this point and NewOrleans. IF gen
tlemanly courtesy and fair dealing are worth
any thing, then are the Mary Bess, q good,
stanch boat, and John Lyons, a good comman-
der and No. l man, entitled to a full considera-
ton in the books Of the people.
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nB Letters and communications connected with
the business Of this office should be invariably direct
ed to the " Publishers of the Opelousas Patriot"
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"a The French department Of this paper will
hereafter be under the editorial charge Of OEEzInE
4. GulDRY, Esq.
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We are requested to state that the Rev. r.
Trippett will preach in the Methodist Church
in this town tomorrow morning at IL o'clock.
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PIANO TuNING.-Mr. Muller's card, in ano-
Nther column, will be found interesting to those
who require his services.
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DUBLIC SALE.-Estate of Jules .Jo,.--
i Fontenot and Celeste Belaire Fontenot 044aeo
be sold, by the undersigned, q Public Amctos--.WW
and for the Parish Of st. Landry, to the ia msefi "
highest bidder, on = a1o
THURSDAY, February II, 1885,.
at the last residence Of said deceased, the soi,o-
property, belonging to the said estate, Vi; Ae
The
PLANTATION
on which the deceased last resided, conta,n,,. .
superficial arpents, more or less; situated n ~ Nv
aux Pailles, in this Parish; bounded on the ~ Anss
lands of widow Auguste Debaillon, east bv TYP
Debaillon, south by Julien Jules Fontenot. ~ ~.
by ,Cyprien Jules Fontenot; with all the Baiiahnsss
and improvements thereon.
Also, a certain
TRACT OR PARCEL OF LINN
containing SO superficial arpents, more or les. i,
situated in Anse aux pailles, in this Parish. Sonsass
on the north by ........, on the east by.
the south by ...'...., and on the west by 'ay~
Also,
|> IA SLAVES,
Of both sexes, and Of different ages, g follow:
with her five children, namely:
Caroline, aged 8,
"" Azilma, aged 8,
Simon, aged 4,
Jean Baptiste, aged 2, and
Jean Pierre, aged Il ES3
PIERRE, negro man, aged Al; s
JEAN BAPTIsTE, mulatto man, aged u;
SIMON, mulatto man, aged 80;
EVARISTE, mulatto boy, aged le;
JEAN, negro man, aged ~; AfF
MARTIN, mulatto man, aged IS;
MARY, mulatto woman, aged IL;
MARIE LOUISE, mulatto girl, aged Us. Al
2 pairs Work Oxen;
8 Creole Horses;
4 Creole Mares;
10 head Gentle Horned Cattle.
40 head Vacherie Cattle;
40 head OF Sheep;
40 head Of Hogs;
l Double barrel a..
Ok Cat:
l Caleche,
Lot Of Fodder and e..
Farming Utensils, Household Furniture, Kilohs
Ware, etc. etc. "a
CoNDIT1oNs.-All sums under ten DOLLAR. ~.
all sums of ten dollars and over, in two equal anssssi
installments, from the LIST of April, 1857. Purchss,,
to give approved personal security, to the satisS.
ton of the Administrator, and the Lands and sia,S
to remain specially mortgaged to said estate mn
full and final payment of the purchase money M
interest which may accrue thereon. All suns M
punctually paid to bear eight per cent. Der snuss
interest from maturity.
Payments to be made to Evariste Belsire pmAH
not, at his residence in Belaire's Cove. "
Parish of ST. Landry, January 10, 1856.
EVARISTE DEBAILLON, A~uctionees.
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NOTICE.-The %sureties on the bond Of
~ the late Jean Baptiste David, Sheriff, deceased.
for the collection of State Taxes, are requested %
meet the undersigned, at the office of JOHN 3
KING, ESQ, in the town of Opelousas, on Wedues
day, the 9th of February next, at IL O'Clock AN,
for the purpose Of receiving the list of the taxer
manning unpaid, and providing for the collection 1t
March Is, 1855.
Opelousas, January &c, 1856.
ALEXIS O. GUDRY,
ALEXIS C. GUIDRY,
Administrators Of the succession of Jean Bapnsk
David, deceased
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NOTICE.-All persons indebted to the spc
IN cession of Jean Baptiste David, deceased, 4,
requested to make immediate payment; and do
them at the office of JOHN L. KING, Esq, q Ope
~lousas, without further delay, or to the underdrnsS
Opelousas, January rs, 1856.
ALEXIS o. GUIDRY.
ALEXIS G. GUIDRY.
Administrators.
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Runorcd Treaty between Uncle Sam and
the Russian Bear.

Euna0rcd Treaty between Uncle Sam and
the Russian Bear.
English papers received by the steamship
America, at Newly ork on the 18th, contain
the following:
"A Geographic dispatch from Berlin relates
an unconfrmed rumor to the effect that Russia
and the United States have concluded a treaty,
offensive and defensive, in case war should
break out between Britain and America, but
another version is, that the agreement merely
relates to the purchase Of slips-ofwar."
The following is a paragraph in the Vienna
Austria Gazette :
"There is o good deal Of talk in the military
circles of o treaty having recently been CON
cluded between the United States and the
Western Powers. 1t is further said, and with
greater probability, that Russia is negotiating
with the United States for forty-ive or fifty
ships Of war;"
The correspondent Of the NewOrleans Plea
yune, telegraphing from Washington, Janua-
ry 10, says:
"The Washington Union of to-day asserts
that our Government has no intention of sus.
pending or interrupting diplomatic intercourse
with that of Great Britain. At the same time
it remarks that our relations with it are deli
cate and critical"
The reports in reference to the recall of Mr.
| Champion are stated to be without foundation
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We thank the officers of the Mary Bess and
w. Glaze for late city papers.
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SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY &c, 1856

nJ- We are requested to announce that A. M
PERRAULT is a candidate for the office Of Town
Constable. Election in April next.
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NOTICE.--The undersigned having ofela
IN a reward of Three thousand Dollars for the u
prehension of ADAM TATE, of the Parish Of SAN
Landry, charged with the murder of Don Diegue a, AZ
eXander Larose Fontenot, now notifies the guDA
that he has withdrawn that offer. Having failed Y
procure any reliable information relative to me N n
crsed, and having given the greatest publicity pa's
escape, he leaves his arrest to the officers Of gapAs
justice. ALEX. LAROSE FONTENOI.