The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-05-31
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exigehcsies, which, qaile TIT this Gov
asnme6t shall enter at onA info Diplomatic re-
latioa with that of NidAa guAHn the first
place, a difference has q cured between the
Government Of PRESIDENT livas and the Mica,
ragua Transit Company, which involves the
necessities f %iYquNyintQ fightF Of citizens Qfl
the United States, who allege that they have
been aggrieyed by the acts of the former, and
claim proEectiQn and redress, at the hands N,
their W56 hit. i tho second place, e.
interoceanic communication by the way OF
Nicaragua intellectually istessaptedssaad~the
Citizens ii 'sbss Gnltcd States ii thdt country
require the attention, of their. ,G9yernnieHet.
Neither Of these objects can RECEIVE due Eohs
sideraiion@"witioy resumption Of diplomatic
intercourse gwithti Gao5vsefhtneht.of Nitqrasa'a.
Further than Il i, the documents con nuns
Gated show that Hpilei the interoeapic trapsit
b. the way a a saragua is cut off sturb-
ances at Panama have occurred to bstrict,
temporarily at least, thai by thew s9fJ Gew
Granada, involving the sacrifice the likes
and property Of citizens Of the Y aied States!
A special COMMISSIONER has been dispatched TO
Panama to Investigate tho factgs Of this occur
renee, with a view particularly % the redress
Of parties aggrieved. But measures Of another
class will be demanded for the future security
Of inieroceaihic ccoDnilpiiunicat on BY this as by
the other routes of the Isthmus.
ID 1t would be difficult 10 suggest a single OBJ
.iect of interest, external or Internal, more i'm
portant to the United States than the main
tenance Of the communication, by land and
sea. between the Atlantic and Pacific Suites
and Territories Of the Union. 1t is a material
alo,n,,,+ rf fbn National i,,4 nr,,ii y and Snvarniun.
ity. .,uG 'l31'ii .|AtE|'l'i "A estA''|
1 have adopted such precautionary measures
and have taken such action for the purpose of
Of Central America, and to the PERSONS and
nccicd With our using the same, as are within
my constitutional power, and as existing cir
cuinstances have seemed to demand. Should
these measures prove inadequate to the object,
that fact will be communicated to Congress,
with such recommendations as the eSigeney
Of the case may indicate.
e.E a'5.7+' TRAsE1.Iy Pierce.
Washington, May Is. 1856. ar,l
ba DEATH or GEN. DKBuYs.-We are called
upon to lament the demise of one OF our
worthiest and most respected citizens, Gen.
William DeEuys, who died at his residence, in
this city, last evening, at ! o'clock, at the age
of tifty-eight years.
Gen. DeBuys was a native of NewQrleans,
which has often manifested u laudablc pride in
doing him honor, aud now molrps him, dead,
as universally and sincerely as it ever esteemed
and respected him, liv' rs represented
it III the House OF r. estate,
over which he pres. He has
held the responsible IT, rsurer,
Treasurer Of the United Mint,
Treasurer of the First Mt, Post
master Of this city. He va, of
Gen. Lewis as Maio' first
Division of Louisiana .vete-
ran of the war Of lsl2-'I,."2 efy.
In all the varied public trusts which were
conided to him by his ftllow-citizens, and by
the Government of the United States, Gen.
Delays was a model officer. and fully jnsti-
fed the excellent esteem in which he was held
as a man, u gentleman and a patriot while, in
the private relations of life, his name was ever
held as a synonym of honor and uprightness.
As q citizen. a father, a husband, a friend, he
was cxemp'a y in tile faithful discharge Of every
dnty. aud leaves a name and a fame which will
long be remembered with honor, in his native
city and State.
XII. iSA'use MaS SAtCiiSlNtiS ct'SuSeu III
business, in this city, and in this relation as in
every other Of his life, maintained a character
'.$ans Peur ct sans 1eproo!e." Picayune,
Sunday. .l-fHH' ".
CIVILIZED MrRpEn.-T Thursday morning,
folds Of Grape, black and long, hung at the
Office door next our own, Cuddy, Brown &
Co. The day before, at Pass Christian.
whittier the parties went from this city, a duel
was fought between II. w. Estlin and NJ.
Cuddy, a member of the above firm. AT the
first shot Mr.. Estlin was wounded in the arm
at the second Mr. Cuddy was shot through the
body, dead! The falling out, we understand,
begun about a few bales of cotton.
While writing this. some ladies olmc into
our office asking our signature to a ~ 'cp to
the Governor for committing the.sS seof II
young man named Costello. sunken
frolic, urged on and inflar some
Time ago Killed a Watchr nilccd
to be hung next Fridai be
spared death by the ,sor
life at hard work in tn .i1rist-
ian Advocate. "
DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA serious disturb.
ance has taken place at Naplous. The Rev.
Mr.. Lyde, English missionary, was leaving
Naplous, when a half witted Arab, looked upon
by the natives as holy man, demanded aims
and seized Mr.. Lyde's gun, which was hanging
before him on the saddle. Unfortunately, the
piece exploded and killed the man. The Arab
population Immediately rose, plundcred the