The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-17

pUBLIC sAIE-By the undersigned, q
u Public Auctioneer in and for the Parish of 81.
Land i ss m1h y, public public are ss,a he, ea yin informed Sssa sr that S, there
bidder,6y the undersigned, on the plantation herein
after described, on 70
TUESDAY, Julyas, 1856, A
the following described prop q, belonging to tt !,
minor children Of HenriettaS ,tilda Pannell, Z 4
ceased, the Issue Of her marriage II DR.. Edwin II
Landry, to wit z QG Pc. 5t95 sa III
"a certain qat ,.A,Icgt .li4sL- q. -. Ek
TRACT OF LAND,
situated in the quarter Of Bellevue, in the Parish of
ST. yndry, measuring five hundred superficial acres,
more or less, bounded North by the plantation Of
Benjamin r.. Rogers, South by that Of Mark W..
s nidY Mark vs. n. H sy snyf tege sSsae With the aao "'''' ''
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS
thereon arected, and thereto pertaining, being the
present residence of DR.; E. B. Scott.
Also,
sn 10 SLAVES: z
"a Five men and five women. ca
Work Oxen; a lot of Sheep; a lot of Hogs; Planta-
ton Utensils; Household Furniture; and many other
articles, too tedious to enumerate.
sold on a credit of one. NO. three and four years
from the day Of sale, with eight per cent. interest
per annuE from the time due until paid. The Slaves,
n.yable in one, two and three years from the day Of
sale, with tve l e cent. Per ann n9I, interest interest from naan satd
payable thus: All sums Of twenty-five dollars and
under, cash; and all rs upwards of twenty-five
dollars, payable on a c.~-41t of one year from the day
Of sale, with five per cent. interest after maturity
personal security, said notes made payabfe-so the
Tutor Of aforesaid minors.at the Office of Swayze y
Moore, in the Town ofGr%ssousas; and moreover, the
Land and Slaves remaining specially mortgaged untl
full and entile payment Of capital and interest thai
may accrue thereon.
EVARIsTE DEBAlLLoN, Auctioneer.
| CTOLEN-From my room at the Planters
~ Hotel, Washington, on Tuesday morning, Gtl
Z inst, about 2 o'clock, my POCKET-BOOK, contain
I ing Sill SO in money, and the following notes AM
papers; n
Lastrapes a. Co., and endorsed by them, dated som
time iii 1865, for $27 SO, with interest.
Z 2. A note drawn by Cyrus Thompson, in favor o
t As1rsAdison, and endorsed by him, for sl3;
STA. A note drawn by Zephyrin, free man Of color
y f IN ls ss9. Oh u Z 3'"u'naA'p' anu N'''( 'N
4: A due-bil given by Cyrus Thompson to j..
s.. 4 due,biil given by S. D. Allis to J. G Hickma
= G.. "A draft drawn on me by A. Hoff in favor of job
!. Stifell, for $10-eanceled.
Z. An account OF 81 81 PAID ny me LOT CyU
d Thompson. Dlt -
3 All persons ore cautioned against trading for an
- of the aboaa.as payment has been stopped. H
Washington, May II, 1856.
T,OR NEW ORLEANS, lin place Of steam
Il er Mary Bess.-Regular Tuesday Packet.-Th
we'll known, stanch steamer FRANK m ,
KEELING, Alex. Grant, Jr., master, I i@sa &ss II
N will leave Washington for NewOr!eans@ q. =
N every TUEsDH MORNING, at 10 O'Clock. r
~ turning, will leave NewOrleans every sATuRDA.
MORNING, at 10 o'clock. The Frank Keeling wi
carry freight and passengers on the usual term, Il
lie which, apply on board. --
q ITO TAX-PAYERs.-The Assessment Ro
ID i of the Town Of Opelousas for the year 1856
re now open and ready for inspection. All persons a
. hereby notified to come forward and examine u
70 same within the legal delay, or it will be certified
~ correct, and put in the hands of the proper ofic
Opelousas, May H., 1856. N. KENlsoM,
1891 President Board of Police.
n II. POTTER, Book Binder, ,Opelousas,
n. ". prepared to execute all orders in -nH
his line with ~neatncss and punctuality, lGL4ESa
l.. and at New Orleans prices, for cash.HNaEIS8
y, Old Books rebound. 11:,,..o.,
ed mi o.5ors LOTT at this office or with A. MlllSp0ug