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A RARE MErEoR.-A meteor of a rare dc
scription and of a remarkable duration, was
observed by Mr.. Hartnup, of the Liverpool
(Eng) Observatory, on the evening of the It'll
Of April. A Liverpool paper says:
About h%alfpast s o'clock, its excessive bril-
liancy called his attention to it,and his obscrv.
ations were continued till 9 o'clock. Tile
colors were alternately intensely blue, green
brilliant, and occasionally yellow its apl,aren,
size equal to Jupiter's. At "hout $50, al
apparent explosion took place hen two bodic:
became observable. At about 9 it was no,
discernable, from the mist; it had movct
about three degrees in space in the time, ant
it was situated from Kirkdale) about S.W.
moving to W.S.W, elevation pcrkss. twenty
five degrees, and no appearance Of citlel
ascending or descending. 5eA =. g...
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LUMBER, TIMBER, Erc.--The particular at
%tention Of planters, wheelwrights, and of all
those who intend building, is directed to the
advertisement Of Mr.. l.. Sutton. The present
high price of cypress lumber should induce
those in want to give Mr.. s, a call.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24
Justly PrS1snED.-v

JUSTLY PrNIsHED.--N q
Democratic meeting in ielG
some week Or two FL
from " Fadcr'and " :
the duties of the cha, nsel
or satisfaction to tho ~ was called
upon to preside. With the little that he knew
and the direction of those present, the chair
man passed through the meeting until a com
mittee on resolutions was to be appointed
The chair proceeded to the appointment of til,
committee in broken English, but not KNOWN.
his men. he appointed a committee of Know
Nothings, who, after being absent a shor
time, returned with a string Of resolutions en-
dorsing Fillmore and Donelson, which wer,
read But what became of them, our informan
did not state. They ought to have been passed
whether they were or not. Lexington Elk
Dress. IL I IL
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

A friend of Cuvier once took the horns anG
hoofs of an OK and approached the bedside o
the great naturalist, awakened him from a
sound sleep, announcing himself as the devil
who had come TO eat HIM. Culver rubbed hi,
eyes and glanced at the nondescript, from
horns to hoofs: Horns, hoofs-gramniver.
ons-cat grass-you can't come it go away
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

DR.. Franklin was once endeavoring to Kill
a turkey by an electic shock. when he received
the whole force of the battery himself. Re.
covering, he good humoredly remarked, that
instead of killing a turkey, he had nearly put
III end to u @oosc. .'t
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

Mr.. Il. i. Nimmo has removed his stock Of
goods from Washington to this place, having
taken the stand on the corner Of North and
Main streets, next to Patin's Hotel, and
announces his intention of keeping up with if
not ahead Of the times. Nimmo is o stirring
man, and will keep his word. His motto is
" Small profits and quick sales" -,m .re
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

A bronze equestrian statue of Washington
is about to be erected in NcwYork, at the
junction of the Bowery aud Fourth Avenue.
The granite pedestal will be fourteen feet high,
and the statue about the same. The cost,
amounting to $4,000 or $4,000, has been
betrayed by private subscriptions. The statue
was moulded by Mr.. II. X. Brown, and is now
ready.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

IcE.-By the card Of Mr.. Ireland, it will be
seen that Ice can be obtained in Opelousas by
applying to Mr.. G. III. Potter, his agent, athis
residence, corner of Court and North streets.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

AN INGENIOUS BIrE.-Aiew days ago, while
a !; Mr. Young was walking in Eighth street
Philadelphia, he was accostcd by a yonno man
quite g%entcclly dressed, who appeared to be in
great agony. He inquired Of Mr.. Young
Wnere Inc nearest dentist could be found, and
sald he was suffering greatly from the tooth
acne. MIR. Young kindly gave the required
alrec!lons: "Just put your finger in my
NOUN and feel the tooth that fortunes me-
sad the sufferer, apparently writhing in agony,
MIR: 1oung complied, and inserted one Of his
dlglts: The young man then started away to
seek for the dentist. Meanwhile, Mr. Young
having occasion to put his hand in his pocket
discovered that his portemonnaic, containinp
lorty dollars, was gone. The young man WITH
'ne tooth ache was. however, arrested, and the
money restored to Mr., Young. ID
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

No JoKE.-The Montpelier (yt.) Freeman
says that at a social gathering in that vicinity,
recently, q young gentleman had the task Of
getting. a wife" imposed upon him during
the evenings amusement and with a Young
lady went through q mock ceremony, as they
both supposed, of being married but after the
motions had been gone through with, it was
discovered that the person who married them
was a real justice, and the matrimonial knot
could not be united! The parties are satisfied
with their bargain, but they arc considerably
hettled at the manner in which they were
launched upon the sea of matrimony.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

1t is thought that the Able Bonapartc will
he promoted to the rank Of Cardinal at the
next consistory in Rome. lie has been Or
daincd priest. The Able is frequently con-
founded with his brother, Giuseppe Bonaparte.
1t is Lucien vino hos devoted himself to tile
ecclesiastical state. l
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

At a meeting Of citizens 81 Say ,nnah, on
Tuesday last, a resolution was ad 'pted, IN
structing the Mayor and Aldermd to sub
scribe 100000 to the stock af the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad, whcnevehvAtI aaornt of
$4Oo,O 900 shall be subscribed byt 4tpartics.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

For RuNAwAys.-The attention of planters
and others interested is called to the advertise
ment of McH. Husbands, in another column.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

The Granada (Miss.) Republican says the
lock of an earthquake was felt at that place
about 8 o'clock on the morning Of Monday,
the 5th inst. vi @1I ,..f' M I'll. So
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

We learn from the NewYork Herald that
the steamship Orizaba, which left that port OH
the 10th inst, for San Juan, took out abont
fifty recruits for Gen. Walkers army. 0
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

The London Daily News lately said in a
leader on the adulteration of food, SO common
in the great metropolis, "with all the wealth OF
the world at our ca..l there are very few in this
metropolis who can get o of pure wate'
to drink, or a bit Of genui bread to cat!"\
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

We are indebted to the officers Of the A. w
Glaze and Frank Keeling for late city papers
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

TIE Manufacturing the past week the
weather has been glorious. Except the dusty
streets, we have heard Of no complaint. ~ H
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

The boldest robbery of recent date was COM
mitted at Watertown, Mass, one day last
week. The store of w. III. Ingraham, in the
first story of the building occupied by the town
hull was broken into, with great trouble and
violence, and completely cleared of oil its valu-
able goods. The own watch-housc was in the
basement under the store, and there arc two
watchmcn employed by the town, one of whom
must have been there,
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

The Genoa Corrierc M 'ntile announces
that the English Govern 1T has placed
t~wenty.eight steamers at tn Nsposal r te
Sandman Government, to- ng its
troops from the Crimea. u NJ .,wI ."l
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24
e1. M OPELOUSAS:
SATURDAY MORNING. NAY "a, 1856.

GS- The French department of this paper will
hereafter be under the editorial charge of OSEzlnE
"A. GuIpRY, Esq. ,.,.
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TIN LAST ESdI!! .170SAI Rhss*;nEng-
land Celebrated the opening Of thu Russian
war with agrand naval review ] she eebrates
its close with another grand nasal ten lw. The
first WI a beastful display, intended impress
the void with dread ~anticipatiQps n Hhe crush
ing blow which she ~intendedyto stske 1.-THE
Northern Antocrat in hiesB alie-sttOng-hold ;
the second is a mere polite parade Of her naval
strength to draw away attention from her
small performances in the war. She now wishes
her nsighbors To turf from the contemplation
of what she did in the late way, to what she
might do in another war. The London Tines
with affected 'modesty, remarks:
L. 1T would ibe idle to vapor about the possible
proves of such a fleet. We are celebrating
tthe--eenelusien, not the commencementsef-s
war. We are not throwing down the gage OF
defiance or seeking an on ia of agggrandlze
mcnt., We have no ambitl ITO satisfy by fhe
implied melrla ID Of q iwarlikg pageant but we
hope We are not unreasa".>N e IN asking o.het
nations ITO bear witness 10 our MODERATOR
when, with means of otfense in eoV hands n9}
only so ample, as these, but also as capab!eHll
rapid production and vitality as these 5.,le
been-with ornaments so costly and Eith
crews so eager for war as ours notoriopsE arg
we have foregone all chances of glofj ag.
granlizement, and revenge, in order tosarres,
the ca'alnities Of war and guarantee the bless
ings Of peace. 10 d.FriI-edi ID. Jna,r 4
With respect to the effect of such q display
in deterring or cowing any hostile attempts.
we simply think it is not necessary. llaa J
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udyt luSG uCCluCu1 40 AO1lOWO '%@
-aoly,z aAAs5mt Thompson, "a Pitre,'
a3sst3. ~ american. y Democrat.
Opelousas ........... 81 .,9,rr6s, III
Bellevue. $50. ...f.... ID e.aatI5e M Is
Plaisance. ........ 80 -'it3 ItN4 2
=..rgN. tz.fT.s S..ta l37 eas53s 13l
Showing a majority Of SIX in
favor of the American candidate,
and a consequent accession Of
that number to the American
cause since the first trial, on the
5th inst. Compared with the
vote for Governor last Fall, this
is a net gain, in the three pre-
cincts of Opelousas, Bellevue and
Plaisance, Of THIRTY VOTES.
Bring out the Big Gun! "Tell
Chapman to crow!" r'
The Police Jury of the Parish
Of St. Landry, for the present
year, may be classified politically
as follows IT,. lrs I'D % r
FIRST Yard. ID. NJ. Thompson, American
Second Ward. ...R. F. Smith, Democrat /;
Third Ward. -. Gilbert CAN'T, American;
Fourth Hard. -. Eloi Vidrine, American /;
Fifth Ward. -. William Elkins, Wing
Saith Ward. j. II. Huffpowcr, Independent.
three Americans, one Wing,
one Independent, and one whoze
Democrat a single Anti-Know
Nothing, Loco-Foco Democrat,
under an apportionment made
expressly to secure five! Jake
must certainly be asleep.
1t is true, the seats Of Messrs,
Vidrinc and Huflpowcr stand
caltested ; but as these contests
were only gotten up for effect,
ull on the most frivolous %preteNts,
I'D as the maneuver has proved
abortive, we presume they will
be, as they ought to be, imme-
diately abandoned-or, at least,
suspended, until the next session
of the Legislature. We do not
imagine that that body will be
at q loss how to fix things" @
But as matters stand, we think
we can confidently announce to
our readers, to those whom we
don't claim as our readers, and
to "the rest Of mankind" that
the bold and unscrupuloNs at
tempt of our State lawmakers
to deprive the Natives of this
Parish of the smallest say-so'
in it's interior affairs, has met a
chilling rebuke from the people
that the tricks of the tricksters
have resulted in discontinue to
themselves, and that old st. Lam
dry is all right, and ready to
wheel into line for the great con-
test in November!
The election of last Wednes-
day was, we do not forget, COM
parativeE unimportant in itself
but considering the issues IN
volved, and the extraordinary
efforts put forth by our oppo-
ncnts in the canvass-one of the
most hotly contested we have
witnessed for years-wc feel that
in recording it as a signal victory
for the American party, we do
not over-estimate its indications.
The idea that Americans stood
the ghost Of a chance for success
in the Parish of st. Landry, at
the Police Jury election, was
sncered at by our opponents as
an unmitigated absurdity-it be-
ing supposed on their part that
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

The price Of a license to retail liquor in
Demopolis, Ala, has been raised to $4,000.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

ADVENTURES OF AWBALENAN.-The B s.
ton Post notices the arrival Of the whaling
brig Lewis Bruce, Capt. Ryder, at that port,
from the coast Of Africa, and says:
Capt. Ryder was captured by Arabs while
on shore, and they attempted to get him on a
camel and carry him off alive but he resisted,
when the savages shot him in the legs 10 Grip
pie him, and he in turn shot one of the Arabs
dead. Other whalemen coming. to the rescue,
drove the Arabs off, and carried the wounded
man to his vessel. Capt. Ryder recovered and
came home in command of his vessel.
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T.E . .- .--IGlE f|.I-T ~ T1.lFU IALHN l.1II.t...H
YELLOW FEvER.-The n. Y. Herald thus
alludcs to the apprehensions Of some that New
York will be visited by this dreadful scourge
the coming season:
Alarmists are at work already promising MS
the yellow fever this Inne 1t is well that
people should know this is the merest trash,
Whatever be the truth of the question, Of con.
tagion, it is certain that yellow fever cannot live
without a constant supply Of miasma, which
thank God, it cannot get here. 1t never pre-
walls as an epidemic out of places in whose
vicinity there are swamps or fetid pools, or
other stagnant water, which the fierce dog-day
sun evaporates. In olden time, when The
yellow fever ragged here, the Collect existed
Beekman street was a sluggish stream, witt
occasional pools Broad street was a swampy
arm of the sea ; there was a marsh at Cana
street and beyond; plenty of room every
where for yellow fever. All these have dis
appeared low, and with them all chance o
yellow fever.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

"A TERRIBLE ToRSADo.--Mr. NJ. NJ. Miller.
of Pleasant Run, Dallas county, is now in our
city, having arrived by the steamer from Hous-
ton, this morning. We have not seen Mr..
Miller, but the account he has given to Others
of u tornado that took place in Pleasant Run,
a week ago last Tuesday, exceeds any we have
ever heard of in Texas. The tornado blew from
the South, and commenced an hour before sun
set, on the above day. Mr.. Miller was himself
absent from home. ~ Ias0 5. ..4ru..
He says every building he had was carried
away, and not a vestir' Ills partner
whose name we have killed
also his clerk and a VI i
making five lives los .
There were also four o.
the immediate ncighborhe
oil, and some six or eight |
his goods were carried to a.
miles, in Tarrant county and one Of the chill
dren was found dead, half a mile distant from
the house. This tornado extended about six
teen miles north and south, being from twt
hundred to three hundred yards in width. Ovel
this tract the tornado swept, carrying away, OF
Frustrating every thing in its course; killing
horses, cattle, hogs and other animals. With
out being able to see Mr.. Miller, we can moi
attempt to state particulars. [Gal. News.
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CHI pet /
4r-4- Il s-sy 81 r. y.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL Of THE pAAsH. Of SAINT LANDRY
Mn TOWN Of uafluusAs. e&

ny ALT. LIVINGSTON = co. 5f
ALE. Lfy1yGsToN. CHARLES n. EALER.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION II
I've Dollars and Fifty Cents Year, in advance. II
not paid within three months, Three Dollars and
Fifty Cents. ASiigle copies, 10 cents.
ADVERTISING. N5 ilsl q
Advertisements will be inserted at ; cents per line
for each and every publication. A liberal discount
win be made forry carly andstanding advertisements,
1g- No charge1css than One Dollar will be made.
AGENTS. ,r,
Washingt0n !. !. .............A a. MlLLsPA rGH. gala
Rauou Ghicot a... LANDS 4 SLOANE.
HoImesviue. , I. .WM. H. BAssETT, Jr.
dAeramdria y. .... LEWIS ZlM. "' t''t'
.dfehafalavr .,,....F HATuORN. p y
Nctc Beria ........... .E.J J. ETIE.
dyna,tduiM ............. Dr.. JOHN {. MILLS.
Franklin III. ..... ADOLrHUs OLIVIER.
Nc,c OyIeuns ~. JAMES BEGGs.
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The Massachusetts House of Representatives
have passed a bill which excmpts the property
OF the debtor to the following extent: The
necessary wearing apparel of the debtor and
Of his wife and children /; one bcdstead for each
two persons in the family /; one iron stove used
for cooking, OR warming the dwelling house +;
and fuel not exceeding the value of ten dollars,
procured and designed for the use of the fami-
" ; furniture to the value of 800 books, $40 ;
live stock, $50 tools and stock, 500 one
pew, which remains liable for tax, uniform and
accoutremcnts of an officer, required by law to
be kept by him, and right of burial and tombs
while in use as repositories of the dead.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

JUDICIAL ADvERTIsEMENTs.-1he attention
of Administrators of Estates. as well as de-
PENDANTS in judicial processes, is invited to the
following section of q law passed at the last
session Of the Legislature 3& gps ~ go
AN ACT relative to Judicial Advertisements
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That when there
are two or more newspapers published in the Parish
where such proceedings are had, or such sale is to lie
made, the Defendant in the judicial process shall
have the RIGHT Of selecting the newspapers in which
said Advertisement is to be made Provided said
selection be made within three days after the notice
o fsuch proceedings, or the seizure made under said
process and ii the Defendant neglect to select, then
the plaintiff shall have the right To. do so. ~f}
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

MuSlcIPAL SM.ARIEs.-The lower branch of
the Council Of NewYork has adopted a reso-
luton to increase the salaries Of the principal
officers of that corporation thus: Mayor, from
$4,000 to $4,000 q year; Controller. from
$4,000 to $4,000; Street Commissioner, from
$4,000 to $4,000; Deputy Street Commits
sioner, from $1,000 to $4,000.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

Ii. reference to the reception Of a. Minister
from Nicaragua, the Washington correspond
entt Of the Philadelphia North American has
the following +: 80 ni ist s7dHa' tels'oaa3 '9
1t has been very well known, for some time
past, that the president decidedly leaned to
this course, while not quite satisfied that the
Government should adopt it. The recent dc,
velopments Of British, interference, together
with the fact. that Gen. Walker has sustained
himself for ten months, and that the Govern
ment is regarded as stable as any that has eN-
listed in Nicaragua Of late years, have all con;
spircl to produce o change Of opinion in high
quarters upon this subject. There is no doubt
that o majority Of the Cabinet agree with the
Presidents views, and are urgent for their
immediate adoption. At the meeting. on
Thursday, This subject is supposed to have been
the engrossing one of an animated and pro
tracted discussion, which closed without any
direct decision. And Saturday, it was the
occasion of a long conference between the
President and the Secretary of State. ,rr
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLARD FILLMORE,
@' of NewYork.
.Sai FOR vICE-PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON
&9ftl% y Of Tennessee.
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AMERICANS IN CANADA.--Of late, many
Americans, induced by the cheapness OF lands,
abundance Of certain varieties OF Instructed ia.
Dor or other causes, have settled in Canada ana
established their various branches OF mannfac.
lures. We notice q recent instance OF this KIND
mentioned in the Rochester Democrat. "A no
chester tobacconist has commenced in Toronto
the manufacture on a large scale of plug to
bacco. He has nine presses, and intends erect
ing six more. But probably the great secret
of his selecting that point for the business is,
that he is there enabled to procure, at compan-
lively low wages, the services of experienced
negro worknleu, f~Ilgitives from Virginia, whom,
of course, he could not expect to employ upon
our soil. Forty-ninc Of these, all accustomed
to the business, he has now at work in his
factory. .r.f1gt. t.y' .I .ggU ,Yft
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

The tie in this (the First)
Ward, for a. Representative to
the Police Jury, was ON Wednes-
day last decided as follows 1t
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-24

Agitation for reform in England is at a low
ebb. A day was lately assigned for a discus
sion on this great subject in the House of
Commons, when Sir. j. Walmsley was to ask
leave to introduce a bill for the extension of
the franchise and for the improvement Of the
representation in England and Wales, when
not forty members were present, and theU u.s.
cussion did not go on. This indifference repre-
sents public opinion +; and the leading journals
assert that the people now care nothing about
parliamentary reform. s.