The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-08-30
PROCLAMATION BY ROBERT @.
Z WICKLIFFE, Governor of the State of Lou

WICKLIFFE. Governor of the State of Lou
,i;aa The sheriff Of tie Parrish Of St. Landyys
Whereas. Electors fot President and Vice Presi.
dent Of the UnitednStates are to be chosen for this
STATE ON TUESDN, the fourth day of November
next, IS provided by law, as follows, to wit:
One Eiectes from the First ELECTORAL District. com
posed of .tlk Parishes of Plaquemines and st. Der.
nard, the Third District Of the City OF
and Faubourg IRENE:
One from the Second ElectoN District, composed
of the First and Second DistricA with the excep-
ton Of the Faubo,llss Trtlt.) ,
Que from the Third Electoral District, composed
of tho Fourth District of the e " of NcwOrlealls,
that part Of the I'aris, of Orleans on the right bank
of the Mississippi, and the Parishes Of Jefferson, It.
CAarles, St. JOHN the Baptis&, st. James, ASCENSION,
Assumption, l.atoulrhe and Terlehonne.
One from the Fourth Electoral District, composed
of the ParislS> of 81. Tammany, Washington, Liv-
ingston, st. HA "a, East and West Feliciana ,Pointc
Coupee, East an West Baton Rouge and lbeIyille.
[ One from the n Electoral District, composed OF
de E! Counties ssn n st ,s Of A Fpas ,d and op1'0's'S' ana 'n 'e
And one from the = xth ElectoNl District, E
posed of the Counties of Natehitoches, Ouacllita and
Concuttia, and the Parishes Of Catahoula and
franklin. ..,.t .,a3
Now, therefore, ! have thought proper to issue
this my Proclamation, notifying the qualified voters
Throughout tile State Of the Election aforesaid, and
commanding al Sheriff., Commissioners OF Election
and other officers therein concerned to hold said
Election for Electors OF President and Vice President
of the United States, for the State Of Louisiana, on
the 4th8 day Of November, 1856; said Election to he
conducted and returns thereof made in oil respects
according to the provisions Of the Constitnti2nn OF
this State and laws in such case made and provided.
Given under my hand, and the f"al Of the State of
Louisiana; at Baton rs es :his seyentl, day
of the United States oftSalerica the slst.
iseAas sssYyIcKLIFFE.
ANDREW s. HEnnoS, secroaH tate.
Eagg Tn obedience to the Proclama-
ton, an Election will he held everal Pre-
cincts Of The. Parish Of st. Landi 9TH day of
November next, at the places al ef the direc-
ton Of the Commissioners nameds low:
First Precinct. ~ the Ce.,s.House, 0pelousas.
N s sss's;n' A at the ' ro~n Hall ps %sshing seS.
NJ M Hsssis' =. Al Jules met Nssstrick's. q Grca c j
Andre n Robin ~ Saizau. + 9 Dcvilliels.
Fourth. At Henry Weston's st; Landry, Hotel
Grand Cnteau :. Theodore DevalcOurt, Evaristc
Castillo, Charles B Smith. =,
FitA.: !. At Jean = Richards, Bellevue. I. Urban
Sirth. At the store of CarIo..& keough, Lower
Plaquemine. l
-, At Maximilien Leblanc's, Queue Toltuc... -.
Sepeath, At Jos Il Daigle's, Upper Plaqlemine.
Zephirin Daigle, Louis NJ I.eger, Ephege D Daigle.
....At the late residence of Alexandra Daigle,
pere, deceased, Point aux Loups.. .Sifroy Hebert,
Jesse Read. Antoine B Carte. =
Eighth. t Pierre DerboJ rs. Mallct Woods
4Adrien Sonnier, Richard l. Lul kin, Michel Prlda
hOmme.
$50. AT Jos Fl Magee's. Faqt que. Joseph H
Magee. Francois Agnilarl, ThoAh., il Magee.
Ninth At jean Pierre Latie3 ! ,Ciatagnier 4
Michel l. Devillc, Valmont Ledoui ifroy Mar
.. AT William Reads, Vile Pm dob -slaw,
Joseph Deroien, Louis Stage.
Tenth D.. A the store of James M-enhead, Bayou
Clicot. ...R p Ferguson, John Griffith, Elisha Whit
tington.
80. At Charles johnson, Jr's, Pine Prairie -.
Matthew Bushnell, Francois Derosier, Andre West
Eeucnth. A the store of Philippe Stage, Old
Grand Prairie. . e. Philippe Stage, ST, Auguste Sol
leau, Don Diegne Simon Fontenot.
JtceJM. AT L. B. Shaw's, Bayou Buuf. I'D c
Spence, Thomas McCrory,.- Shields.
At Landry Hollier's, Moundville. ID. John S
Thirteenth. :. At Burres's, Atchafalaya wv
Burton, j ] Morgan, + Hathorn.
Fourteenth. e. AT the School house on the Sackct.
Waxia. John Rider, Joseph Me!aneon, jean Bite
Dtjear.
Fifteenth. ...At the store of Levy q Brothers,
Bayou Rouge. Joel Vannoy, Josiah Scott, Jona-
than Morris.
Sixteenth. ... At Joseph Landrcneau's, Prairie Ma
moth. :. Joachim Landreneau, Olin Guillory, WIN c
Teal.
Seventeenth. At Napoleon Andrepont's, Prairie
P~laisance. Edmond l. Dupre, Edmond G Duprt,
!. litre.
Eighteenth. !. At John Wright's, Mcrmentou. ...
.....At Don Louis Brorssard's. Lyons's Point.
Casimir Lavergle, Don Louis Broussard, Edouard
NinetcenM. =. AT the School How at Coul:e
Croche :. Marcel Richard, Oliver q ary. B Simms.
Sheritf's Office, OpelOusas, August 30. 1856.
L.F. CHACHERE, Sheriff.