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In case of sickness, physicians fees, medicines
&c, are paid by the parents. Books and writing
materials supplied by the parents. The ses-
sion lasts for ten months and halt, the vacation
commencing on the 18th of September, and closing
the last of October.
ILL charges must be paid in adrance, boarders
must pay in advance quarterly day scholars month
H. No exception to this rule will be made.
A. RENOUDET, President
St. Martinsville 18th February, l856-1y
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Mercantile Cards. SC.
Cheap Cash Store.

THE: undersigned has just recei.
- we'd large assortment of fine fresh
d Goods aud of all qualities, also,
Family and Plantation Groceries, which he
offers CHEAP FOR CASH ONLY.
He takes this opportunity to thank all those
who have encouraged him till this day, and
he horess that they will continue to do SO, as
by the past He invites all his backward
customers to come and settle the quickest
possible, in order 70 avoid him the trouble
of giving their bills or notes in collection. He
guarantees to sell his goods cheaper than any
body else in the Parish.
THEODORE CHACHERE.
0pelousas, April. 18th, 1856.
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NEW WAREHOUSE.

WYHE undersigned having formed part
- nership for the carrying on of the
Warehouse situated in the Town c| ~' wcz,,,,;;nc-
ton, formerly kno--1n as Anderson & Thomnn-
son, 1or the purpose Of receiving and forward
ing freight and merchandise, will faithfully
attend to all business which may be entrusted
to them BY their friends and the public in
general. J. B. A. FONTENOT.
JOHN LYONS.
Washington, La Nov a. 1855 Stiff.
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Miscellaneous.
Attakapas College.

OY an act of the Legislature of Louisia
- ma, approved February 9th, 1855,
this College was Incorporated and the Faculty etn-
powered to grant Diplomas and confer Literary
Degrees.
TERMS:
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judicial sales, &C
PUBLIC SALE,

Estate IN cdmmu,tity betttesn Artly6 MfY-
mier and has mtn8r children, issue If
his marriage scitA Mdris C9nstonrs D~
l." Loire, his deceased rife
VMyHE public are hereby informed that
- there will be sold, at public sale, to the
last and highest bidder, by the undersigned,
a duly commissioned auctioneer, in and for
the Parish of St. Landry, on
Tuesday; Goth day Of May next,
1856, at the residence of Andre Meyhier. in
the town of Opelousas, the following described
property belonging to the Estate in commu.
nifty between Andre Meynier and his minor
children, issue of his marriage with Marie
Constance De La Loire, his deceased wife,
consisting in;
4 1,rnrr, q, N airrr,
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Plantation for sale

80 u A Plantation situated at nine
HIM miles from Opelousas and seven
l4s miles from Washington, contain
ing 1900 arpents, 800 of which are weH en-
closed, with good sugar house, cotton gin,
corn cribs, stable, negro cabins, all in fine or
der, and a splendid two story dwelling house,
70 feet front, will be sold cheap and at liberal
terms. For further particulars, apply to
Vaudeville t. McIlhenny, New Orleans, H.
L. Garland, Opelousas or Evariste DebaiI-
lon, at Washington
Opelousas, 10Th January 1856
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A LII persons having claims against the
- Estate of Auguste Peres, are invited
to present them, the quickest possible to Mr..
Henry L. Garland, Attorney at Law, at his
Office, in Opelousas, or to the undersigned, at
her domicil, at Queue Tortue, in this Parish
Widow AUGUSTE PERES.
St. landry, May Sd, 1885,
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Sale OF Valuable sugar Lands

Situated an the Parish Of Sc. Landry, in
tbs, Range 6 e. to mt:
S. T. quarter Sec. 81. Rich Sugar Lands
s. w. quarter Sec. 81 part adjoining C.
n. W. quarter See 81. l. swayze, 4so.s1
T. SIS, R. TIE.
w half Sec. 2, ! High rich sugar
All of Sec. g. lands, naFigable
E. half of e. half Sec. Bayou 1117.78
On both sides Bayou Petite Prairie,
near AtchafaIaya Riyer Total acres, 159s.59
The foregoing lands viii be sold on aeeommo,
dating terms. Apply to A. J. POWELL.
Doaaldsonville, La.
n-Basiness in the different Land Offices Of the
State. and also at the Departments at Washington
City, attended to with pTomptness by
A. ]. POWELL.
Donaldsonsille, La, 10th April, 1855.
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TO CATTLE OWNERS.

sash THE undersigned
- respectfully informs 6
the planters and cattle owners of the Parish
of St. Landry, that he intends to run his
boat, named Post Boy, for the transportation
of Beevcs and Calves, destined for the New
Orleans Market. The Cattle will be put
aboard at Barre's Landing. The Post Boy
will run as long as the water will permit it.
His charges will be moderate As soon as
he will receive orders sufficient to clear all the
expenses for the first trip, he will continue
to run. Said boat can carry $50 large Beeves
and 100 Calves moreover, said boat is dis
tributed to accommodate those who have large
or small lots
rH some merchants have cattle to ship
before the 18th of May next, or on that day,
they will please inform the undersigned Of
the fact, at New Orleans.
PAUL LACR0IX.
Newt Orleans, April 18th, 1856.--5t
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Public Sale.

EDY virtue of an order from the 15th,Ju-
MDdicial District Court of Louisiana, act
ing in and for the Parish of st. Landry, I
will offer for sale, at the Court House, in
Opelousas, On
Monday, 10Th Of May next, 1856,
the following property belonging to tile minor
Fereol Perrodin, to wit:
:. A NEGRO-MAN,
named Noel, aged about 50 years
Terms and Condstioass The purchase
money payable in two equal ihstalniehts,
from the day Of sale; each instalment bear
ing eight per cent interest per annum after
maturity, and the slave remaing mortgaeed
until final payment of the capital and interests
which may accrue thereon.
CHS. A. PERRODTN, Tutor.
Opelousas, April 10th, 1856.
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e1N I'M. 0g1D.

AND fTs RREsfATuRE DECLINE.
Jusr puBLrsHEr, GaAr1s, rnE 20rH THoUsAsD
s,,-a Anew WORDS ON THE RA-
(IaIEa STIONAL TREATMENT, without
Medicine, of ofSpsrmatorrhsa or Local
Weaknsss, Nocturnal Emissions Genital and Ner-
vous Debility, Impotency. and ImPediments to
Msrr;aas Mar generally. by R DE LANEY, u. D.
Tie important Get that the many alarming
ergaang . ahs iprasaass aaasa .asgr anu so.r
MFn5essE i n this small tract, clearly demons
tatesE and the entirely new and highly successful
treatment. as atioptsd by the Author fully explai-
ned, by means Of which every one i enabied TO
care sHapasE1F perfectly and ID the least possible
cost fhsreby avoiding all tha advertised nosfrms
of the Day, -
Sent Id any atiaraas gratis and post free in sea-
lad sone. by aenfstIng Ep0st paidl two posta-
ge stamps 20 m. R DE L.ANEY, u, Lispsnard
Street., New York City. naasch ia56.-6rn.
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A NEGRO-MAN.
snERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
carcTlht Masse, DIsrRrcr CoURr,


CarolIn. Masse, DISTRICT CoURr,
vs. Parish Of 81. Landry.
Eleonor Young No roo.
DY virtue of an order of seizure and sale
- issued in the above entitled suit, by
the District Court in and for the Parish ofst Tan
dry, and to directed, will be exposed 10 Hubble
sale for cash. at the Court House of this Parish IN
Saturday the 7th day of June A. sts56, coriu1efe
ing at the hour Of II o'clock, A. M. and continuing
from day 10 day, if necessary all the right, title,
interest and demand of EleSnor Young, in afh to
the following described property, seized to satisfy
said order, to wit:
A certain Hall Lot Of Ground, situated in the
town of fOpeonsas in the said Parish of ST. Landry,
fronting on Walnut Street bounded ON the North
by halfof fraction lot sold thsday by present mort
gageF 10 Frederick VIM. Lutz, on the South side
by half lot of ground belonging to -, and East
by half lot of ground belonging to Mrs, Cisfnantne
Debaillon, surviving widow of Jean M. Dsbaillon,
with all the buildings and Improvements thereon,
and being the SAME purchased by the thortgager
from said kHtz, agent, on the Goth of April, 1852
L. V.CHACHERE,
Sheriff Of st. Eandry.
shesf7s Office, st. Landry, May cd, 1856.
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- sAss IIMLPROWn15 15I-3I ITp3
thereon erected, consisting in Fine Dace'Y-
ing House, another LF"etl1pg H0u$e, Hi
cte1a, Negro-Cabins, Maga-ine, u Large
Stable, Chicken fotSe, u Brick H'cLl, DE-.
Household Furniture, Kitchen Utelr-
sils, &c.
Conditi6h2 - The movable property.
payable cash, and the land and improvements,
situated in the Town of Opelousas as follows
the sum of three hundred dollars, payable
cash, and the balance in one, two and three
years credit beginning in january last, 1856,
that is to say, one third in all the month OF
January next, 1857, one third IN all the
month of january 1858 and the last third in
all the month Of January 1859 Purchaser
furnishing his notes with solido endorser, to
the satisfaction of Andre Meynier, tutor of
the children and said notes bearing interest
at the rate of eight per centum per annum,
from maturity, and said notes made payable to
said Andre Meynier, or at his order at his
domicil ia the town of Opelousas, and besides
the property remaining specially mortgaged
until the real and effective payment Of the
principal and interests.
AUG DEJEAN, A4ctidntrr.
Opelousas, April 10Th, 1856.
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w ap4pRg w COLI

a s it has been reported that I have no
- intention of buying any more wool, [
take this opportunity TO inform my friends
and the public in general, that it is a false
report and that will continue to buy as
heretofore, at the highest rate and for cash.
Twill buy also, as heretofore beef hides, &c.
j. l.. COURET.
OpeIousas, April 26th, 1856,
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Gheooore 7eggalcourt,

NTOTARY PUBLIC AND AUCTIONEER in and
lN for the Parish of ST. Landry, offers his services
as such to his friends and the public in general
His office is at his residence, near Grand Coteau.
All orders left at the store of Mr.. j. B.. Pollngue,
in Grand Coteau, will be promptly attended to-
st. Landry, april 9Th, 1856.
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$tdtc 0f Eou;stdua.
po1?Iz 3IzTnfcT RI 7, cGgnr, 8anj,u No. 1888.

Parish Of St. Landry, -'0' ''''
Estate of Lange Grabot
EVRANCOIs RICHARD, ofthe Parish
IL. of St. Landry, Administrator of the
Estate of the late Lange Grabot, deceased,
late of the Parish of St. Landry having filed
Tableau of Classification of the debts of
said Estate, accompanied by petition, pray
ing that the same may be homologated -
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of Court, dated
May lst, 1856.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given to
all interested, to make opposition, if any they
have, within thirty days from the date hereof,
why said Tabeau should not be homologated
LIS. LASTRAPES, Clerk.
Opelousas, May Sd, 1856.
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situated in the Town of Opelousas, measuring
342 feet front on Court street, by 391 feet
in depth, bounded North by nifaire Dessex-
sarts, South by Littell and Meeinley, East
by Court Street and West by Sander and
Steel and J. Harris. with all the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-23
Application Of the Golden Rule.

Aea. Do unto others as you would that |
they should do unto you,' is by some called
the elecenh commandment, and certainly this
Golden Rule seems to deserve eternal COM
panionship with the Decalogue. All civilized
spirits appreciate the christian beauty of this
principle, but there are comp ratively few
suoh is the willfullness and frailty of human
nature-who make daily application of it.
Perhaps it is too much to expect of US,
even of the best that we should never trans
gress this rule, but how much more often we
might follow it than we do And with what
ease! 1t is always easy to exercise merci-
| full, charitable spirit toward most of those
with whom we come into contact, and If we
could contrive to have perpetually before the
eve Of imagination, in fadeIess characters Of
/ light. those blessed words, Do AS YOU WOULD
BE DONE BY an immense amount OF mortal
|; suffering might be alleviated, much more
Justice done to the erring. and our own con-
dition be improved with theirs.
Do as you acould bedone Jy! would persuade
us to pause, reflect, and say within ourselves
What, if were in his position, and he my
! Judge, might L not wish, perhaps justly, fol
e sympathy or protection 2
8 DO as you ac0uld be done by would proven
IS our derision of the ignorant, enjoin US to pit.
Q or teach them, and at least do no harm +
IS them, for we should consider that we are a.
$. ignorant. and all supplcate the benignity 0
r Infinite Wisdom to guide and save ns, in on
se dependent darkness. We should, then, neve
s. make sport of folly.
1e DO as you acould be done by! would chec
it our harsh and hasty judgments ofthose who's
as actions anger US, whom from principle, {
he preiudice, or selfishness we condemn as wron
nd doers, by ,chom zoe might initiate, were we
nd their place. exposed to the same influence
Is. DO as you arould be done by, would learn
ed to have patience with the illnatured, sho
wn enduring forbearing kindness to the sic
ect the poor, the dilstOry, the complaining, t
md censorious, the rude-to all whose frail n
os- man nature tender TO lrritate our own, It's
ion frail, and quite as needful, and no more
and serving Of the same forbearance from II
air, who judges US all.
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10 as you tcould be done by, would whisper
In the ear of our candid consciences, Others
may seem, or be. enemies to you, but how
do you know what real or fancied canse YOU
have given them-what indictments they have
had to injure or dislike you? They NAV mis-
take you, and you may mistake them. for
wrongful prejudice and evil report are com
mon things Of which we are heirs in COM
mOn.'
DO as you lcould be done by, wonli biz vnn
throw the mantle of leaity over the ,llen man
or woman, whom the stain of vice and the
rigor of mankind have branded and buffetad
down, down to the ditch of hopeless ruin
Alas your candid soul would sav-and the
emotion would not be altogether unsalGsb
put IL would be praiseworthy-'W What Ia I
mad done TINS or so. and were degraded 80
now wonld l bless thathand that tried N -
me up the kind deye of compassion. the H
s.ees t voice OF him who come to help M, dr
at least to console, not curse me -
10 unto Others as you rouLl f5ot M,
who know what that rule is. tbougb bb'.t"5 .ba5
may lay claim to the possession Of no 6art;..;yy
lar superiority in morals or Christian yirtncs
tnat rule has done immense good ALREADY
atls the frequent monitor of many. deriy;,,
iorce from the thought within rs that ,ro
m may one day cry ourselves for help. and tbot
IL we are merciful now, we shall not he aIt,-
gether undeserving of mercy in orr time ,'o of
trial ' ''nie ol
The Golden Rule The Golden Rule,
Would that all applied it who know what :,
Is. Were 1t the motto of every man. oCeverv
book and paper, and home and place of hns;-
ness, forever before our eyes and in our hearts
ana when seen. acted upon, how much mora
good it might do. Act upon it!
Let no proud man laugh at this moralizinr.
and call it weak and impracticable. HemG|
0e me nert to stumble, and tie frstto e,,tyeqt is
Oenehts. Apply the rule for ono day as on
experiment. You will find it to work xeu
and that it needs but little self-sacrifce.
DIRE nl.nncI
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CIRCULAR.

Book FOR EVERY SOUTHERN METHODIST.
Early in 1856, probably in the month
OF February, l expect to publish new work
to the particular features of which 7 beg
leave to call your attention.
The Annals Of Southern lfctkoe7isn. f,,
1855,
VIII be IL mo. volume of not less than
sou pages, well printed, from stereotyre
plates, upon good paper. 1t will contain
all available statistics in every department
OF the operations of the
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. soTru
The design embraces the Plan of Enisco-
naa wififnfion aecaunfsz Of o--,ou;,I-r
ton of new Churches; reports OF CoU'neggc
Commeucements, with all else connected
with our educational movements resume
of our Missionary operations, embracing
whatever seems of general interest in that
department; the movements Of the Tract
and Sunday School Societies; whatever
appertains to our publishing interests, with
announcements of all New Books publish
ed by our Concern, or written by Southern
Methodists; what the Church is doing for
the instruction of Slaves; Historical and
Biographical Essays; interesting personal
"reminiscences; and miscellany of impor-
tant facts and incidents.
THE " ANNALS"
It is believed. will be fair and full daguer-
reotype of the progress of Southern Metho-
dism.
1t will occur to you at once, that if L
have succeeded in preparing this volume
with any reasonable amount of skill, 1t Will
not only be very agreeable book for pr>-
sent reading, but that every year will adj
to its value as showing the posture of Sou
thern Methodism at this particular juncturo
of its history.
THIS DIGEST
viii be specially valuable as a Book of re
ference. To whatever question of genera
interest may arise in regard to the event
of 1855, it is hoped that satisfactory an
swer will be found in the Annals.
While it is believed that the Minister
in our Church will desire copies as soon 3
they can be obtained, have paid regar
t to what supposed to be the tastes of genel
al readers. The older members of tn
8 Church will find sketches that carry theI
!, ! back to their earlier compeers, as in tn
y y department I have not restricted myself
the history of the year, but have collecte
n whatever has appeared during the yea
t. which, as history and biography, preserv
5, the memoirs of the olden time, and of d
5 early men of Southern Methodism.
: The work will be published at One d.
: : lar copy. Those who subscribe in u
e vance, shall receive the first copies issu
re from the press A gold dollar pasted il
ne letter can be sent securely and is prefer
of bic to bills Of distant banks. Those of
ID banks in North and South Carolina will
a. a, as good as gold. In return copy will
n. ~ sent well wrapped and pre- paid.
My address is Goldsboro', N. c.
de CHARLES f. DEE Nj
rs, Dec. %
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Dec. %.

MORAL SUAsIoN-On board the Cunard
steamers the church service is read every
Sunday morning. The muster roll of the
crew is called over and they attend to SER
vice. A gentleman one day said to one of
the sailors
care you obliged to attend public wor-
ship p
"Not exactly Obliged, sir" replied Jack,
"but we should lose our grog if We did mt" I"
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EXCELLENT ADVICE distinguish
ed city pastor 10 young member Of his
flock -" Brother --, we are ALWAYS
pleased to hear you speak in the prayer
meetings, and we hope you will continue to
do so but would advise You to be rs
brief as possible and if the brethren think
you are too brief, they will tell YOU of it. !"
This was spoken in love, and had tho desir-
ed effect.
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THE SUFFE1NG AT THE CAPE DE
VERD IsLANps- Barclay, of the
U. S. sloopF-war Dale, which has just
arrived at lorfolk from the western
coast of Afra, confirms the statement
that the inhbitants of San Antonio,
Cape de Veds, numbering about 3d.
600, We're atually in state of starva-
ton. For want of other provisions,
they Were Killing and eating all their
jackasses, &C., and were really in a
most deIorable condition. The officers
of the Iale have been eye witnesses o.
the irtehse suferings of these people.
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teeth and nails-each separates from the
blood at some particular place just those pc.
culiar ingredients which are necessary to
form it. Local attraction for chemical sui.
stances in the bodily sy stem is thus the fun.
damental law by which the living mechan-
ism Is nernetnatad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-29

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN HIS GIG-It is
now about century since Benz amin Frank
lin, Postmaster General of the American
Colonies, by appointment Of the crown set out
in his old gig to make an official inspection Of
the principal routes. 1t was about eighty
years since he held the same Office under the
authority of Congress, when a small folio,
(now preserved in the department at Washing
ton,) containing but threo quires of paper,
LATED as his account book for two years.
These simple facts bring up before us more
forcibly than an elaborate description, the vast
increase in post Office facilities within a hum
dred years for if a postmaster general were
to undertake to pass over all the routes at
present existing, it would require six years of
incessant railroad travel, at tho rate of .
hundred and twenty five miles daily; while,
if he were to undertake the job in an q ola
gig," be would require life time for its per-
tormance. Instead Of a small folio, with its
three quires Of paper, tho post Office accounts
consume, every two years, three thousand Of
the largest sized ledgers, keeping no less than
one hundred clerks constantly emplOyedi in re-
cording transactions with thirty thousand con
tractors and other persons -Aa
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HE CASHMERE GoAr-Irs INTRODUCTION
INTO AhERIcA.-It is not as yet generally
known that the Thibet goat, from whose wool
the famous Cashmere shswls are made, has
been introduced successfully into the United
States This enterprising undertaking was
achieved, few years since, after many diff
culties, by DR.. J. b. Davis, of Columbis, s.
Z, at that time employed by the Ottoman
Porte, in experimenting on the growth of cot.
ton in the Sultan's dominions. DR.. Davis
succeeded, at vast expense, In securing eleven
of the pure breed, which, on his way home,
be exhibited in London and Paris Since
that period the goat has been introa uced from
South Carolina into Tennessee, where il Ia
said to thrive. The value of a fock may be
estimated from the fact that no real Thibet
goat has ever been sold for less than one
thousand dollars. This enormous price, more
over, lie not q speculative one, for no feeced
animal has wool Of such fineness, softness and
durability. The wool Of all the Thibet goats
In Tennessee, for example, has been engaged
ut New York this year at eight dollars and
half per pound, the purchasers designing to
send it to Paisley, in Scotland, In order to be
manufactured into shawls
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LET TIE CHILDREN SINe.-The editor Of tn

LET THE CHILDREN SISG.-The editor Of tho
American Magazine, In speaking Of vocal mu-
sic, says:
"All children can learn to sing, If they com-
mence in season. In Germany, every child Is
taught to use its voice while young. In their
ciso, as much as they attend to the study Of
geography and in their churches singing Is
not confined to the choir, that sits apart from
the others, perhaps in one corner of the house,
but there is vast tide Of that incense going
forth to God from every heart that can give
utterance 20 this language from the soul. In
addition TO the delightful influence music has
fiuence In suppressing pulmonary complaints
DIR Rush used to say that the reasons Why
the Germans seldom die of consumption, was
that they were always singing"