The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-04-12
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THse Governor has appointed J. M. serpas
I'd ID Sheriff Of the pa1ish Of St. Bernard.
The grind itury Of Washington, D. O., has
.Eadiourned it Is saids sithout finding a bill
Against nj. Rust for assaulting Mr.. Greeley.
Boston has. six thousand more females than
males, while. ChicagaA had about fifteen thou7
sand more indies than lemales. !
The Chicago Dem crat states tliat Hon,
John Petit, of Indiana has been offered the
secretaryship of War, when CO.. Davis'shall
retire. from that position. s..ssss1gr
Lieut.. Strain, late of the Darien Exploring
Exped 'eu, is said to be suffering from serious
indispos q. His friends are moving for a
Congress appropriation on his bsh
Nicholas ngworth, yof Cinci sti, has
paid into. the treasury Of Hamilton county
SOC, 900, the amount Of Ills taxes the past
year. ;ss5m. an I
The Princess Philippa, a cousin 70 his Majesi
tyi the King of Mosquito, is o servant in the
house Of Smith, q negro preacher, at San juan
tdel Norte. sszaass .sesssgsf1 p5t ag9f
r. w. Paine, who murdered the editor Of
the Kosciusko (Miss Chronicle, has been Or
rested in Madison Par ID, La, and is now in
jail. 4 ae8A sg&a. 'e5@S
The Vicksburg Wing stsses the population
Of that city to be 5000. The CITY Ii l lsl &
with gas SO are its churches which efve IN
number and capable Of seating SO per cent Of
the population. a a7'da
Rossinii, who has published nothing since
William Tell" and die SSfsbat," has just
written for a fsvorite pupil, Nine de Luigi, .
noble dramatic melody, entitled " The Separa-
ton" The words are by NJ. Merry. * /,
A bill was introduced in the Kentucky
Legislature, imposing q tax on bachelors d r
thirty ycars see. Ave dollars on each $1,000
worth of prop, loren, to educate other
peoples children.
A crusty old bachelor being present at q
tea-table, at which woman was the subject OF
discussion, iseaarked that wauc wse i'
IEllA G|- q ,. Ngl4MA&o2fs 4A- HHse4 LMtE lAA.4
facts Why SO N! e. tnssX sent.
" Because said Grail *, facts are ST., ,orn
things" Hs a5t.@ o1sR ny
A certain Millerits spthor tried to RIA
publisher to print his K proving + the
world would come to aI ! in tb aonths,
and wait nine months for pay The pub
lisler didn't like the looks OF tho last six
months.
The Albany Register states that o hotel
turned out one of his
,boasders for offering to bet 1s~rsDamount Of
money that Film would not be the next
President. The landlord stated that he could
not have an insane man about his house.
AT Dexter, Maine, last week, the floor Of the
Town Hall gave way during an excited cleo
ton of town officers, and two hundred and fifty
persons were precipitated into the room and
cellar below, and no one killed or %seriouskr
wounded, though somc appeared 10 be badly
MANNED. -..-H. .
Among the latest and most valuable uses to
which Gntta Percha has been successfully ap-
piled, is for dental purposes, replacing metal in
putting in sets or parts Of sets of teeth. H.
stead of gold or silver plate gutta psrcha is
used, and found to work sell, being of an
elastic nature, and fitting more readily to the
mouth and gum, working its way up as The
gum recedes. M
One Of the Boston papers says tn ~
Barrow has been requested by Mr.. Mckay.
the shipbuilder, to sit for her photograph in
the costume worn by her when she recited q
portion of "Itiawatha," that it may be taken
as q model for the new ship "Hiawatha >
which he is building. We presume the writer
intended to say a mdssr4cs.2ieai gure- head ; fol
hough the lss a decidedly fine form. ii
lid scarcely answer for the model of a ship
An exchange paper says that NJ. De Sartiges
the French Minister, has been actually ban
ished from Washington society by the force Of
fashionable will. And why? 1t CHANGED thai
in his odd %fanciful way, be recently called at O
party given at Senator Bsyard's (of Delaware)
residence, and entered the psrlor smoking a
cigar. He was demonstrated with concerning
the improperly and responded that it wa, an
American prejudice against the conduct. The
Senator gave him notice to quit, and public
sentiment uniting against him, he has since then
absented himself from the city, save when he
has had business with the State Department.
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