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The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-26

JUDICIAL ENTHUSIASTICALLY attention
Of Administrators Of Estates, as well as de-
ssndants in judicial, processes, is invited to the
following section Of a law passed at the last
session Of the Legislature:
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A RE YOU INSURED Pc. L. NM4A
IN Washington, La, Agent for the Equitable =
slrance Company of London, capital s2,6ooge
Harrisburg, Pa, and Commercial Of the same pl.et
Atlantic, of Providence, r L.; also Of the Knic9e
booker Life Insurance Company of the city Of AW
York.
As agent of the above, I am prepared to take o.
on every species of property at low rates and grs
advantages by dividing risks. For a
ply to d. L. NlMAV
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-26
IN Ao, relative to Jndicial 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 be
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
process and if the Defendant neglect to select, then
the plaintiff shall have the right to do so.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-01-26

WASHINGTON s. NEW ORLEANS.
w The regular packet steamer MARY BEs1
John Lyons, commander, having entered the abos
trade, will continue throughout the season, leaving
NewOrleans every Tuesday at 8 O'Clock T. N. NJ
Washington every Saturday at 10 O'Clock Am.
trade, has been thoroughly repaired, stands "A Mol
in the Insurance Offices, has handsome acconmod+
tons for passengers, and will convey freight andpH
sengers at as low rates as any boat in the trade.
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PAGES! RACES will take place, d
~ Mr.. Alexander D.. Deville's Race Track, -
Vile Platte. on SATURDAY, January rs, 1861
American saddle-horse Race, (catch weights) .
mile and repeat.
sD- Entry Fifty Dollars. A purse Of Twentyav
dollars allowed the winner.
Vile Platte, January S. 1856.
ALEXANDER D. pEVILLE
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SALE-PRoBATE SALE.-Estate of Louis
~ Sicily, dcceased.-Will be sold, at the last resi-
dence of the deceased, by the undersigned Public
Auctioncer, on
WEDNESDAY, February la, 1850,
the following described property, belonging to the
said estate, viz: The
TRACT OF LAND,
measuring 10 arpents front on the Bayou Teche by
about ~ or 30 arpents in depth, bounded north by
Louis kcrlegand, south by the Plantation on which
deceased last resided, east by the Bayou Teche, and
west by lands of st. Vile Lagrange.
Also, the following
SLAVES:
CHARIOT, a negro man, aged As years;
NALENTlN, a negro man, aged So;
ANENOR, a negro man, aged 80;
EMELlNE, a mulatto, aged "a;
CHARLES, Il negro man, aged 20;
JULES, q negro boy, aged Is;
ElLALlE, II negro girl, aged Id;
AAllMA, II negro woman, aged ~;
AAALlNA, Il negro woman, aged "a;
,1-n, With her child, aged 2;
JUDE, II negro girl, aged Is;
ADELE, a mllatto woman, aged a.;
LUCY, a negro woman, aged 30.
One Creole HORSE;
l Lot of Shingles;
8 Work Oxen; / Ok Cart;
70 head Of Gentle Cattle:
10 head of Vacherie Cattle;
/ Buggy; / Log Chain;
a shares O%pelousas Railroad;
CONDITIONS. All suns under twenty dollars
payable IN cash; and all sums OF twenty dollars and
oyer payable in three equal annual instruments from
the LIST of April next, 1856. Purchasers to give an.
proved personal security, to the satisfaction of the
Administrator, and the Land and Slaves to remain
specially rnortg9gcd to said estate until full and en-
a ,Ih hayinett OF The purchase money and the interest
WHICH may accrue thereon. All srn,c NOT pnunt,,,IJv
paid to beareight per cent. interest from maturity.
raylnents to be made to Valmont Sicily, Admin
istrator OF the said estate, ut his house in Prairie
Parish Of st: Landry, January IL, 1856.
DEBAILLOK, Au,tionesr.
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THE W-YORK LIE d G t r J.
STILL GREATER TRIUMPHS!
FIGHT MAGNIFICENT FASHION PLATES.

When lsst weeks NETWORK LEDGER appeared every
body supposed the Newspapeal art excellence sad
elegance had been reschedthAt enterprise talent genius and
money could no further THE LEDGER for this week
(which ready this sftenoon shows how vain IL 10 81
tempt 10 bounds human achievement The reputation OF
the Literary Department Of THE LEDGER has become
widely firmly established that Is perhaps unnecessary
here say anything that point, STILL we viii TenaIk TIA
the number for this week contains one Of
FANNY FERNS
witty blazing spicy sparkling Sketches also the usual vaeiy
Of Mifeesny Stories Sketches &C. But the pictures ar
what do the business.
A SPLENDID ILLUSTRATION Of a Scene in
BERTHA; On, THE SEASIDE COTTAGE
H. EIGHT SUPERB FASHION-PLATES, showing the fas
cnsng beauties Of the renng style Of Ladies apparel and
some ii, mysteries usually visible the naked eye.
DRESS FOR MORNING VISITS.
PROMENADE COSTUME
LATEST STYLES HEAD-DREssES.
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MANTLE OF BLACK VELVET,
GIMP COLLAR, Point de Venese }
CHATEAU OF MAROON VELVET
DRESS OF PEKIN BLUE.
These FAsHION-PLATES neomparaby superior to any
thing ever before published in weekly paper in this country
and ere the LATEST that can be obtained
TEE LEDGER sold BY ell t-oughout the United
States
Price -Four Cents per copy; ~ per
ROBERT BONNER, Editor and Proprietor
No 40 Nassau-st., New York.
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NJ MFG ENT AS ID A Y.
WI This weeks edition Of THE NEW-YoRK LEDGER,
now ready is the most BEAUTIFUL WEEKLY paper ever
issued in America In addition to its continuation Of ORIGIN
AL TALES ELEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED and It's con-
tributon Of FERN LEAVES by FANNY FERN, it also con.
tains numerous engravinEs OF THE LATEST FASHIONS for
Dresses BoIne Cloaks Collars, &c. making tho most inter
esting beautiful, and CHEAPEST FAMILY PAPER IN
THE WORLD. Price four cents Sold BY all Newsmen
ROSS, JONES TOUsEY. Agents,
No Nassau.st Y and No 25 CLARK Chicago.
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HISTOR OF THE REIGN OF
Ii Il ii l. Il 1.
BY WILLIAM n. PRESCOTT.
4. .-ai,,.. Goo With por.raif. Man.

n. PRESCOTT.
In two volumes svo. With Portraits, Maps, &c.
Publishers desire call attention 10 few extracts from
criticisms upon Mr. Precots last work both from English aud
American sources:
From The London Atheneum
addition TO value contribution TO the po
ica religious and social annals of Europe derives Of
qualities from the peculiar genius Of the author
In warmly -colored styecear flexible aud null Of variety
Mr. Prefcott incidents Philips reign. His
moves swiftly nowLsre incomplete Tne personages are
edthe order OF circumstances aud the order OF mo
are well reeonced-the neither confused so
lated The book at pictorial and sober, critical and
From The Democrat, st. Louis, Mo.
hst constitutes good historical style ay be considered
but for decided In pref
the flashing monotonOusly brilliant writing Of his great
From The Congregaiiouslist.
That Mr. Prescott largely these qualities
stand the head of al living hsforans deliberate
yiction.
So far being work read his
seldom histories which hard work read
hard work read tkem Once commenced grudses
every moment which interrupts their perussi" .
From The Boston Post.
Attention becomes absorbed In the story IL 10 lieke
the denest stand out In sharp, weldenned
lines before the minds Such effect the result Of
chance work obtained only through long and patient Ia
Dor and high degree Of art IN the difficult work Of narration.
1t only hand that restore, and
figure the Past make live In perennial freshness aud
stir the varied chords Of the human heart"
From The Puritan Recorder
In everything pertaining to the work. particularly the
there IL srace and symmetry, and nsturalsess which we
scarcely expect % find In any other author
From The St Louis Republican.
and effect The individuality the different stk
nsy portrayed and ndeby impressed upon the mind Of the
reader
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HI,HE WEALTHIEST MEN and the ORIGIN

Of ther RICHES-During the coming Spring the Express
AGENTS throughout the eountryto the number % about 80
rs 20 reke rrturus 70 Publisher Of THE EMPRESS MES
SFNGFR and he is to publish in that Saturday Journal he
Names al the Three Richest Men in each Express Io~a or
Nsny other interesting and valuable Statistics collected o TIE
same media from immense number Of locAlli.S WI %
Terms. PER annun. in advance The Puoihsr whl repsy
the voage On parers 20 yearly subcbersl hafyeary SUD
scrttious osase not preraid) three monts, oi one
mouth letter stanips; sample copies, tpost-pAdl &C.
From TIE Journal Of Commerce.
THE EXPRESS MEssrNGER.-We are happy 20 infer the
prosperity M stsons enterprise from the o.
bis PAPER the rii with which IL conducted It, sphere
expanded beyond the department Of Intelligence
comprehend in its scope deal Of agricultural nior
nation various entertaining literature which latter Il
commonly illustrated by welexecued eDgrayinss. The TX
rresens Rural Districts Price Current especially yalu
able AZURE in this Journal aud aided by facilities that Mr.
Stso experience in the Express business enables him 10
urrlv bousekeerers may gather from information which will
enable them materially reduce the domestic expenditure
Published a. No. IS Broadway" - -,
The Express Messer elegantly printed "a tar esee
,,re mon the best kird Of paper 4 l.. STIMS0N
'fN' Publisher No 50 Broadway.
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Mem publications.

ITO ADVERTISERS WEST
i Merchants,
Pubishep
Patent medi.ne vender
Manufacturers and Others
intending advertise the. business in the West this Spring
viii DO well to immediately
RICHARDSON'S WESTERN ADVERTISING AND COR
RESPONDENCE JOURNAL,
. fle NOW READY f- ~
At the Ofice, No. 265 Broadway opposite the Park,
where they viii find propositions Of unusual advantages
For the Western dses and weeklies Of the ten eadn
cities West ,
The twenty dailiss and weeies next 10 importance.
s. Forty weekes alonsin all 100 pspers-mskng ct once
the most
Perfect syssm Of advertising offered In this city
Mr. r. late of Cincinnati Ohio and formerly proprietor and
Publisher Of The Cincinnati Daily and Weekly Columbian Great
West and perfectly understands hs position and ability to
bis patrons and refers TO such parties
the Atpletons tpubhersJ Harper Brcthe Mason Broher
J. c. Derby, &e., who advertising By hira.
Address ALBERT q. RICHARDSON'S
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-Messrs DIX e. EDWARDS

DEMOVAL.-Messrs. DIX a. EDWARDS
~ would to the trade that their Publishing Esao
No S BROADWAY where they will possess every desirable
facility for The prompt and s da. Of bs.
In Prcss,
And will be published in few days by the author of Walks
and Tf 81 n A IN sE4BoARP SLAVE STATES
By Frederick Law Omsted One volume, l2mo rs pages,
with Wood Cuts. Price, ST. so.
The and dram attic descriptions OF Southern Life
and Scenery with which abOund. win commend it to the
peruss all classes readers while its full and detailed
esf and moral interest establish It's permanent value thing
e. sR ss s5S trustworthy account of our
South such have in scores OF volumes Of
Of topics Of controversy though frank and unms
TAXABLE in expressing the authors own CONCLUSIONS
greater influence the minds Of voters" than Uncle Toms
The SewYorh Daily Times says of it: This work will be
by far the best yet published on the subject"
bs he net waIy dishonest man or an
unfair writer We would welcome few OF bis cali
Der among us-prejudiced, but manly and honest"
THE MoRMoNs AT HOME Descriptive Of tour through
City the wife of the late United States Commissioner for
Portions this work have appeared in Punams Mopthy
and been received by the press and the public with ne
enjoyed by the author for apprehendns the general public
o q the Mormon e:Ssr and S St OSssr,ns Is K. esss
such for her report peculiar and value
ALPHABETICALLY HOME BOOKw-
u FOURTH THOUSAND!
CHANCES AND GLIMPSES;
BY HARRIoT K HUNT, NJ D.
This remarkable production making mark The Review
pssalIs.Iy isss.s;,ns book. IN Bedford Standard
Evening Transcript, Boston
predict ff ioI ts book hos. Of Ssd Cour
"A book which VIII prove usefa to society. -,
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90 farmers ano Others.
Gorses, Carriages, Mr.

HORSES for SALE-GREAT BARGAIN-A
j matched span Of splendid Bay MARES, measuring 10
hands hgh nearly tive od thoroughly broke tor the
rage or for adies saddle-dng warranted sound kind ed
true in every resi- ec Price : 500 Address H. NJ, Box No
les Tribune Office
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V,O BRICK. MAKERS and BRICK. MASONS.-


Proposals viii be received Office in the town Of New
beru until the 18th day Of February next for making aud burn
ing million and half Of good bard brick such as WI es
Of by the Chief Engineer CT the Atlantic aud North
Carolina Railroad Company erecting Depot
Building and Warehouse at Newben for said Company rhs
CLAW and wood preferred will he furnished at the yard which
viii be within two three hundred yards OF the place the build
nss are 10 erected The clay also being dug Tho
yard place for making IT, will BE- furnished tree of ees
which will require very little expense 70 prepare
Or preferred persons who propose 70 make the orcA may
the OF the buildings a. 20
PER thousand allowing they suggest certain nsrcer
Of brick the cubic foot and they furnish everything complete
all openings TO be deducted .
The buildings convenient position TOT the con-
tractor living adjoining the and one OF them
the river and the others within two OF three
hundred No doubt that also ba made with
other parties similar work with reliable contractor
IL preferred security will be- aud taken Tor the ahhh
carving o the said contract
either not TO take portion
OF the stock of said Company IN payment A.,
The plans Of the buildings be seen at any time ON sppa'
ton at my Office =. wv. -. /,
other Northern ports which will enable contractors TO ahd
machinery mas very short notice directly 20 tho
yard . - NJ, -
As regards the health of the place. few towns Northern or
Southern can boost OF better
Proposals. be received for the wood work AMI aeg
of the same buildings with without materials furnished
T. II. STANLEY, Contractor.
~ Ian
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Go Wbom it man Concern.


4 LADY who has neat and profitable business
IA would like TO HIRE a HOUSE Any parties abo"t 20
break and wingo Board tor partially boss
the Rent would endeavor 10 make pleasant hoo Bend
your address Mrs COLAA0RE, Union square PosOmee
References exchanged.
I OST-BOND No. q, Champaign County, Ohio,
IL for COO The public cautioned against purchasing
be the Of sad Bond and Coupons has been
topped. w. T.. BURkELb, NO. ~ Jay-se, npNnfa
MATRIMONIAL.--A young Man, I'll years OF
WI age of good moral character Irepossesng APPEARANCE
competent fortune and whose family connections Gro
snong In NewEDgsnd Is desirous OF opening
ondence with Lady Of ser And social posi-
ton necessarily with view 20 AArRIMONf, though to
that result II found mLtu,y agreeable Address Z. d. C Box
No % West Meridon, New Haven Co. Conn
Mayors OFFrcE, NEwYosK, Jan. ID, is6
TTNHE MAYOR calls upon all good citizens ID
IL REMOVE the ICE from the SIDEWALKS In front OF
their premises render them passabo by tho SPRiNk
LING of ASHES thereon Frequent accidents occurring
from and Is expected that every citizen VIII
unite in removing so great an evil $780,. ,, -.
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DTRLIC NOTICE.-MOLLIERE SYSTEM

i for NAMING BOOTS and sHOES BY MACaiNEKi,
p,eped lure ~ July j. Nov IS aud "a. and Doe II and Is
is5S-THE MOLLiERE BOOT AND SHOE PATENT
COMPANY ready to make sales on hes vi e'ns o.
their patents for making Boots and shoes by machinery. with
guarantee rer gcn the OF manu-
eure by old method for all the United States evep tho
state of NewYork whether BY States Districts, Counties,
Cities Towns otherwise. Purchasers viii be shown Tho
whole Moere in operation az the Moicre Boot and
Shoe Mil near Troy the OF Newfork, now un
der the management Of Messr Kiuba Robinson CO. OF
BrooAfed Ms Applications In person, by etter at the
Comrary's Office No Broadway New York promptly AZ
tended TO- BY order. HENRY DE vEUvE, Secretary.
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GRACIOUS LOFTS 10 LET-AtN No. 343 Broad
~ way, with On Lsonoxde. Inquire u
y. ANTHONY, No - Broadway.
CTEADY BTEAN-POWER-LArge ROOMS,
~ veil nshted, rnnnins through eom Wsess ~ eeo1As.
Appiy - No. ~ WatNs.. bstwoss Phs sn1 kueDusvs
ITO LET-In CIiston Hall, AsterPlses. tsvo
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sisslis isr ekssS Z. sssisiis< zls. 0vjICf6
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81 IN : = lzai's';s' ~ ~ 4 =
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~ CERT will take place FRIDAY, February !, al the
City Assembly Rooms No. 40 BroadwayBeing the MUSl
CAL INAUGURATION Of this magnificent SALE DE CON
CERT eractiye programme will be performed by the fol-
lowing eminent Medame Branerd, PozIon Couran
Mesnr Bsdiali Giuo Allen Irving Bentler, Aptommss,
Burke schrebert, Hoffman, Morgan, Brsow, Trnms, Ac
Tickets each be had at the principal Music stores and Ct
DANSKIN,S Agency No. $40 Broadway.
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Guefial Notiree.

Tnos1as Francis Measher viii lecture ON IhE I'M =.
pTc ~ lrIITNS before Toaro Literary Institute, al
~ iy.bSrosele on MONDAY EVENING, Jan q. Tickets
- p,.dwsy and Psrkpace; Jscobs's, No. S7 Broadway
4a,ery's No ITO Futons, &c Doors open att; Lecture
~ o. O'Clock
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III would announce the trade that their Publishing Esab
shmen will be removed this day TO the fine central position
No S2 BROADWAY where they will possess every desirable
facility prompt and methoda transaction OF their bn
ness and will be happy receive the calls of their friends
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near Amhey New-Jersey.sixe Of the MIL ~ oy ~ ,ects
good dam and SIR of and 30 Of Land VIII en-
change for city or Brooklyn property Inquire Of
s p. TOWNSEND, No 81 Nssaust
The Nevada journal., 1856-04-04

THR DEFENcEs OF CALIFoRNIA.-Now
that there is a prospect of war between the
United States and Great Britain, it is well
to note what defences this State at present
possesses. The first and most important
are the harbor defences of San Francisco
The works already completed or in course
of construction are enumerated below:
The fort on Fort Point, to mount 154
guns; Lime Point, so guns; Black Point
80 guns; two batteries on Angel Island
40 guns; Alcaltraz Island, so guns; max
ing an average of 354 guns, with cali
bre ranging from 30 to 100 lbs, or colum
biads-but very few under GA pounds.
Ifwar should ensue, it would be easy tc
increase the strength of all these forts, by
throwing up earth embankments and add
ing more guns.
The militia of the State numbers, W,
believe, thirty-two companies, which aver
age over sixty men to the company. Ii
case our citizen soldiery should be needed
there is no doubt it would give good ac
count of itself
The Nevada journal., 1856-04-04
TCOmmunicatetl-l

SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO SPIRITUALIsT."-
An article under the above heading which
appeared in the last issue of the "Nevada
Democrat" does Mr.. Nelson j. Underwood
great injustice as we'll as others interested.
1t was not "Mr. Underwood" ''the medium
who was covered by the cave, but Mr.. Israel
w. Underwood, "the mediums" brother, and
one who does not profess to be medium" !"
Neither has Mr.. Underwood or his brother as
certained from the Spirit Land, or desired
communications to ascertain from the Spirit
Land what the cause of the earths caying was,
as they had been "pipeiDg" at that point for
that purpose, only, it came sooner than they
anticipated, and Mr., U. did not seem to have
been prepared for it.
Mr., U. "the medium" was in this city at the
time of the occurrence. And furthermore, the
Developed Spirit" that rescued Mr.. Israel w
Underwood, was Mr.. L. w. Gitchell, his part.
ner in business who was holding the "pipe" at
the time, and who turned the stream of water
upon him, and washed him out of his unpleas
ant confinement.
trust you will publish the above, in justice
to Mr.. u, and so that the gentleman in whose
intelligence and veracity the Editor the Dem.
ocrat places so much confidence, will on the
next occasion see the necessity of giving facts
for publication. Us. IS.
The Nevada journal., 1856-04-04

THE SHASTA Ro oBBERY.-Every prob
ability exists, we are happy to learn, says
the San Francisco Erening News, that the
money stolen from Rhodes Express, near
Shasta, will be recovered. The man Car
ter, who was arrested near Marysville, is
in confinement in Shasta and has made a
full confession of the parties concerned in
the matter and the disposition fthe funds.
Another of the gang, named Sloan, who
was concerned in the robbery of Langton's s
Express, some time since, has also been
caught through an intercepted letter and
is in Jail in Trinity county. Carter con-
fessed having received $4,000 of Hick-
mans money and has designated the spot
where the gold dust and money was
buried. The Jail is constantly guarded
by company of the citizens of Shasta
The parties to this robbery are all WELL
known in Shasta and measures are being
taken to secure them. This information
we are put in possession of by gentle
man just from Shasta.
The Nevada journal., 1856-04-04

Southerner stand a sentinel at his own
freside, and cripple almost irreparab,y
the energies of our young and growing
coast. By hazarding the safety of our
Pacific marine, war of several years .du-
ration might open to us from necessity a
better land communication with the other
and larger portion of the Republic, but
the resources of the nation taxed to their
utmost to supply the drain a war would
produce, would not allow, during the con-
tinuance of hostilities, nor for many years
after they had ceased, the projection and
building by the general government of a
Pacific Rail Road.
For California, then, a war would be
disastrous,to to the bulk Of the nation it can
not be otherwise, and it therefore should
never be invoked, unless the national
character and honor are at stake.