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4 SENAT DEsIsTATs-UNIs

Nous trouvons dams la I'f5dUae de New
Terk IN rapport de h;seances du 8 au senat
des Etats-Unis, lequalrappo eonfrme toutes
les assertions de nos H6eedeats articles Nous
lisons que le diseours du Senateur Douglas
Ea etc beau, nlagnifque ct peut-etre lie plus
grand qn'iI ait iiarnais fat. Fl est univer-
settlement admire pom le fond, Ia forme ct Ia
logique. Ilexpose aFee une habiiete extra
ordinaiFe les nonbraHses absardites du plan
de Leeompton, son Aeonsiatance aFee la raj
son, Ie droit. Ii jiustia. L'honneur ct les doc
trines da parti demoeRatique, avec les priuci-
pes de souyerainete pepulaire, qui exigeaienb
inperieusement queaoate III Constitution fut
aoumise Dc bonnie foias peapledu Kansas.
Bian que son langage fut eourtois, lie ton
da Senateur Daug uglaa Il TAFT marque de hauteur,
daudaee .et de defiance e'etait ceiui dun
homme qui sejette frstlemeut dams une situa-
ton perilleuse, decide a en- brarer toutes les
consequences. I'll declare que 81 admins
tration ct lie parti densocratique persistaient
dams In meme polinqlae sur la question dn
Kansas. Il serait obligs par toute espece de
considerations d honnenr, de delieatesse ct de
logique de se separer d'eax. Cette conelu-
sion pronounce aEee sane grande energfe, u
etc bruyamment aecneiIlia pas les galleries
faulges de monde.
&c diseours ekait fegarde CONNIE irrefuta-
ble Cepaadant deus On arois homfnes de.
administration ant assaye de evrepondre. III.
Bigler de Ia PeansgI qui defend plus
particulierement les opiinions de III. Bueha-
nan i commence pa adneftre Il force do
Pargumeatation et ags considerations pre-.
senteea par ID sanatetsr da Illinois, ID ais il
paase qu'il sutfit pour repondre d 'etablr le
fals que les santimants de Ii naaiorild du
peuple etaient tsls Id On ne poaVait en att
tendre l'adoption da III eenstiiution ou daa
elections paisibles I'll saest avertu-e iilss d
adresser / M. Douglaa tlrl reproche de com
tradiction Ce lernisr, d'apres le rapport,
aurait rspondu avec III a6dain dun hol,suat
fort qui De- Yeit astaosls nar I'M horaraa fal-
Bile ;et M BielsF saaaia 6te prolaptsfaefaks
fansn6 i une atEiEnsa ID respect de eIlsftss3 I I
renee
Dana Ii eours du d6bat A Bigler d .saatl
alInaion 1 unes assenshlee particulisse
a6nakeurs l6naeratss. serlsae il u IN ID. a.IIe,s
dlaax dans Ii naison Ia M 5Douglas assassas|
bee csa u fat deeIde qlae, pgur &c cerssalia
nonsid HI nstitgltion d1 kanaaz ffss
asraf pas Ill yot ssn peuple. zl9 al
inaiiuas quta Ii Douglas araii slliae5
tenn eetse palitiaaae
HE Douglas iirenaant me "
Bigaar i H4aias
ct iBntils q an ,eE plus llonguGlsssst1al
Ii ssance da q aoarne nous aTians pass-.
septis ii defactiou da 4 Fuge DsugIsa eiss
pnar IL Sud ependaus II q rs
Il e. paa irregoeablenaan III pordn Noulstls,a
yons qne III Douglas president eat falss ~
Iasna ta.lk different dlissdszza gus \
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IN lIORCEAU DB IERRE,

situe sur les C6teaux de Paquemine, en- cette
Paroisse, borne au Nord par Francois ,Tou
bert, au Sud par Cipaye Savoie, a Est par
James 0. McCleland, ct a pOuest par des
terres de Guillory.
UN MORCEAU DE
2 7 o 3 3 R 2 o 7 s RB o
situe dams la Prairie Ronde, mesurant qua
trevingts acres (plus ou moins), borne au
Nord par An. Pitre, au Sud par FRANCOIS P
Pitre hls, rEst par ElishaaM C Daniel, ct
FOuest par
GEae NegPesse. nominee Nancy, ag6e
d'enVlron % ans, ct ses cinq enfants Eliza,
agee de 8 ans ; Arville. de ans Modesto,
de 6 ans Dupreville, de ans, ct Olivia, de
, ans.
Meubles de maison, deux chevaux,
outlls aratoires, SO bariIs de mas,
batterie de cuisine, &c, &c.
CoNDITIoNs :-Toute somme de dix pias-
tTeset au dessous, payable dams tout le mo5
d'Avril 1859, ct toute somme au dessus de
dix piastres payable en- deux placements an
nuels ct egaux, partir du Ter Avril pro-
chain, 1858, c'est-a-dire, une moitiee payable
ie Ter dAVril 1859, ct pautre moitie paya-
bic le Ter d Ayril suivant 1860 Les acquG-
reurs fournissant leurs biIlets arec seeurite
perSonnetle, la satisfaction de ladministra-
teur ct de plus, les terres ct les esclaEes de-
meurant specialement hypotheques a la dite
succession jusqu au plein ct entier Placement
du capital ct des interets qui pourrons sac
eroitre, raison de s pour cent par an de
leur eeheanes.
JOSEPH L. CARRIERE.
administrator.
Opelousas, 26 Decembre, 1857
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EXPLOSION "A la sucrerie de II. Valcour
Aime, la machine etait arrete depuis plu-
sieurs heures Iorsqu'une bouilloire fit explo-
sion, tua deux negres ct en- blessa pIusieurs
autres. Get accident cut lieu lundi, le temps
etait chaud, 81 malteureusemcnt il edt fait
froid une trentaine de negress ayant Phabitude
De Sc cAautiier devaut les toornaHx, eussent pu
etrc tues on bleszez Cet accident est du d
Ia negligence du negre mecaniclen qul lais-
se Ia bouiIloire sans eau ct Qui Ia taitFqsca-
ter Ell mettant de Feat froide "a
(LIesSaeer de 81. J1c4les d~ 12.)
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I3eute 2ogaDlf0lsg,

Par Ie soassign5 E7acaateur Public dans
ct pour la Par0asse 81. LGndry.
Z public est par lie present averti quill
. sera vendu en- vente publique, au plus
ofrant ct dernier eneherisseur. par lie soussi-
gne Encanteur, i IA derniare residence dc
teu MarceIin Garand, a la Vile Plate, dams
la Paroisse St. Landry susdite,
LIE Vendredi Is Janvier proclaim,
les proprietes ei-apres designees dependant
de Ia succession en- communicate entire ledit
Marceiin Garand, decide, ct sa veuve survi-
yante, CONNIE aussi les proprletes dependant
de Ia succession dudit fen Marcelin Garand.
i
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Organisation de lInstituton la date du Ter
Janvier 1858.
REPARTITI0N JOUR PAR JOUR DE l.

REPARTITION JOUR PAR JOUR DE LA
CLAS>E DE NEUF A MIDI:
Lundi-Traduction de rAn3lais en- Francas
-Hardj-Dictees Anglaises ct Franchises MathsIna-
ques.
1tercredi-batin, Espagnol, Ftancais, Historic
Jcndl-Latln, Espagn0f, Iathematques.
FeHGreGi-Rtp6;ition du travail general de Ia Sc
maine. Examen pr6paratoire pour / Ex-
n amen semestriel. Lecture: Resume 4
d haute y0ix lie la lecture.
Cta&se d1S2 q heurea iu sojr-Une heure ct denie
Anglaisppour les ElGVes Int6Tieurs- Une heure
ct denis Franqais, pour les EI6ves Supefieurs.
C2aSse lie 2 d he1sreS d3 2oir-Une heure ct demie
Anglais, pour les Eaves Sup6rieurs-Une heure
ct temie Francois, pour les Eleves InferieHrs.
Etude voiontaire de 4 heures du soir sans
surcroit de solde ourlir Pecairage ct e chaufagel
Lannee schoIare est de douze nlos.
CoI DxTEoNS
Instruction ct pension, par an, 5140 90
Instruction ct demi pension, par ann6e 80 20
EXternes, par IN, 40 90
Les trlmeStTes paYes davance
Externes, par mois, 5 90
lie Latin, le Grecque, rEspagnol, pour chaque
langQe, par nois, . 90
Pour lie Dessin, la Nusique, Ia Danse, les pa
reaEs traiteront directement ayec les mai
tres respectits.
Bois de lit, rnateas, Greiller, par an, 90
BlaHchissage, par an, 1s 90
Les Medecins 4 Ia charge des parents
Pension ct External des Eleves ayant plus de seize
ans, "6gl6s de gre gre.
0pe!oasas, Is D6cetnbre, 1857.
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7zgl;5e g5ttolIqas Dc g11siltttqtou
a ES bancs de cette Egljse So vendront
- M r0m22tamt, Dimanche Janvicr, a
la suite de Ia Grand-tnesse. qui commcncera
4 10 heures, j26 Dec. lS57-3- It
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AVIS Aux E<,UEANGEgs
BUREAU DE Police, Opelousas,
2h nAeemhre. 1851.

= E prix de la farine haIehe etant de
- s6 00ssur lie marehe de Ia Nouvelle-
Orleans, les BouIangers sont requis de dom
ner.27 onces de pain pour lix cents, ct treize
oaeesaet demie pour einqcents, durant la Sc
maine proehaine-
JONATHAN HARRIS. President
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g -

. E public est par lie present averti On
= partir de eette date je ne reconnaltra.
or paerai aucune detto, contracr6e par Qui
que ce soft d ,noins ellie ne SOFT autorise..
par ma signature MARY COOK.
Opelousas, Is Decemhre, 1851.
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ente ST7DTiuue.

Succession de Morphy Broussard.
q L public est par lie present averti GU ::
- sera vendu, au plus otfrant ct dernier
ench6risseur, par IN encanteur dlnent con-,
missionne. la derniere residence de Nor
ply Broussard, a la Prairie Ronde, en- cettv
Paroisse, le
Mercredi 81 Janvier proclaim 1853.
les proprietes ci-dessous decrites, apparte-
nant a Ia succession de Morphy Broussard,
decede, a saEoir:
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Raris.-En eette vile, lie ls courant, par Andre
Meynier Esq, M REsJANTN KtMBALL de la Paroisse
ies Avoyelles, a Nile MARY WooDs de la Parosse
ST Landry.
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gSg- Nous sommes antoris6 annoneer que. M
JoHN COCHRAN est canddat pour Ia place de Cone.
table de Vile r6leetion qu aura lieu en- Avril
proclaim. (2s Nov. 1857. i.
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NoUvEL ENGBAIs,-Une deconveTte asseZ bizarre
ct de la Plus haute Importance 81 ellie realise les
eSperances que t'on tonde ellie. Went d'avoir
lea a Lyon. Tn savsnt chinI:ste. NJ Lucas force
de veiIins et lie rechefches, tronve Une comro-
sion d9ut les elements sont. quill parait. IN
hon march6 .abuIeux ct aide de iaquelle on peut
pour les erres arables Sapprmer le guano ct la H.
ti6re.
Get engrais sembe dest;ne donber ct trper
les r6cotes ontinairas " L,.cas qGi est reste
pju.i"ers ann6es rn E@ypta. aftache la maison dn
v,r"- -i'ol. df5a expernent& son sFstene; maIs
il lsaralt FAVOR perIeetionn6 lei lstamment- c.
gu dc certain, c'estqaI lait en- ce lnonent-ci
fn1eor Lyon. ct que tandls qnS lie bic ordinare
content environ onze ct IN qdht de gluten le
bic veau par e proceeds LGcas enEgpnteut de q
30. Eu oatre, taudis gull cofteg320 francs pour
coavrr lie uuro nm hectare: tandis quill faut pour
ce meme espace 200h ect. De !iteFe.il taut pas
pas tie l9 francs le !'eisFais Lucas.
Les experiences Sc font Lyon en moment,
sur iae 4raade dcheie et eiles vat avoir lieu
petit al Luxembourg, sons ID direcf4sAde II, Har-
~. jlIdnlef chef n
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A. DE ST. CYR, D'ARTHUN, ! n:.,..,.
c. E. DURAND, DS'e''e"TS'
HENRY FRAzEE, Professor d'Amgtais.
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NIX INLLlIIN

des deuz sexes ct de divers ages.
Environ 80 tetes de betes d cornes
douces, 8 tetes de betes cheva-
lines, 5 chevaux de tire, jument
de tire, ii tetes de moutons, Is
cochons, 2 paires de beufs de
tire, $50 chaises, 46 rouets, outlls
de forge, caleche, | Wagon, ou-
tils aratoires, ; selles ct brides, 3
meulons de foin, 1000 bottles de
paiIles, 30 barils de mais, 3 fusils,
ustenslles de cuisine, meubles de
malsons, &c.
CONDITIONS :--Toute somme de cinq pias-
tres ct au dessous, payable en- Avril 1859,
ct toute semme au dessus de clnq plastrea,
payable en- treis paiementsannuelse ct egaux,
partir du mois Avrii proclaim 1853, est
a-dire, un tiers en- AyriI 1859, TN tiers en-
Avrl 1860, ct Ie dernier tiers en- Ayrll 1861.
Les acquereufs fournissant bonne ct sufh
sante caution solidaire La terre ct les es-
claves demeurant sp6eialement hypotheques,
ct toute somme qui ne sera pas ponetuelle-
ment payee# d son ech6ance portera pour
cent d'interet par an dc son echeance an
placement
DORsIN LAFLEUR,
Enca7ate1ar.
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LE co1FFECR DE LA PRIHA dNNA.-En
Italie IorsaH OH donne me seruto, st-a-dre
uue soir6e benefce. il sufit que l'ae5riee soft
un pen aimee du public pour que lafoule as
siege le theatre, ct quill devieune fort dittieile
De trouver des places.
Il queI4ue temps. en- pareille occasion,
quelques jeunes gems imaglnerent IN strata
GENE pour asslSter la representation d'a-
dieux dune grande cantatriee En- ltalle,
7hts que partout aiIleurs, ees DANES sont dies
eSpecesdc reines, don't le domestique est nom
hroux ct don't la Iivree entire partout.
Tue heure avant le commencement du
spectacle Fun de ces jeunes gems franchib le
seuil de ia porte partieuIiere des artistes.
-Oa allez-vous dit lie PORTER.
-Coifeur de Ia prima donna, lui repon-
dit-oR en- passan5 rapideme1t.
0uelques monnens apres, IN autre jeune
hounrne arrive d la, meme porte il a les al
lures d'un homme attarde il porte IN peigne
ct IN fer.
-Qui va IL -?
-Coiffeur de Ia prima donna,
Encore.
Mais, u'ayant pas bien remarque Ia figure
du premier mystltIcateur, lie porter Sc Gil
II sera sans doute sorti sans que je Paie
apereu.
Il await peine achieve cette phrase qn'un
troisieme personnage Sc presente.
--Que vUulez-yous
-Je suis le coiifeur de Ia Prima donna.
All. pour lie coup, la pIaisanterie de-
Went trop forte, s'ecria le PORTER, ct gous
paierez pour les autres.
Ce disant, il saute au collet de son homme
ct appelle la garde lhomme Sc debat.
-Fous aggravez votre position, lui dit pa
terneliemenE lie cerbere.
Conduit au poste, le malheureuz affirme en-
vain quill est attendu par Ia eantatrice.
A d'autres, lui replique-t-on.
Ce soir-la la prima donna dut SO Golfer
elle-meme: on await arrete le yeritabLe colt
feur
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IINE IIARLTA1'I0N.

Situ9e d Ia Vile Plate, ct mesurant
cent quatre-vingt-einq arpents de
ssssszz terre de supericie, don't partie en-
- cultivation, partie en- bois ct partie
en- prairie, hornee au Nord par le chemin pu-
blic qui conduit des Opelousas d Alexandria,
NJ. Coreil, H. Daire, McDavitt Il Gober, Wm.
Reed, ets0fessrs Cazeaux, au Sud par One
ZINE GuiIlory, Il Est par Alexis Latour, E.
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gnfe gabI5rue.
Succession dc Thomas Il. Melee, DECIDE

bHbtUhaI8iE H5 HuElIfEs H. MUUEt, utGtlG
o L public est par le present averti quill
= i sera yendu en- vente puhlique, au plus
ofrant ct dernier eneherisseur, par le soussi-
gne, a Ia derniere residence de fen> Thomas
H. MeGee, deeede, Faquetaique, en- cette
Paroisse, le
Vendredi, 29me Janvier proclaim,
les proprietes ci-dessous decrites, apparte-
nant a Ia succession du dit feu Thomas H.
McGee, ct celles qui dependent de la COM
munaute entire lie dit defunt ct son epouse, a
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TN NORCEiLI DE TERRE,

situe pres de la Vile Plate, don't une partie
en- cultivation, borne au Nord par Messrs.
an Sud par Jean Baptiste Soileau
fls ct leg heritiers d'Advise Guillory, deee-
dee, femme Couleau, Est par Andre Z6-
non Vidrine, a rOuest par Mr.. Latour ou
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derniere residence da defunt, situee a Fa-
quetaique, en- cette Paroisse, mesurant einq
arpents de face sur quarante de profondeur,
bornee au Nord par Joseph Young ct lie do
maine, a l'Est pars le domaine, au Sud par
John r. McGee, ct a / Quest par lie domaine
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i VoIsE N0IRE, Sci, GIAUX, r6cenlnrent re-
- Gus ct vendre par
DERAILL0E q CARRIERE, Washington.
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JOSEPH L. CARRIERE.

1I1IWIZKESLTltEE
Opelousas, 26 Decenbre, 1857.
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y B.--Piuaiears elaves mont pm concourir L eau-
= du pen u temps quiIs ont paaa6 dams Tinautan
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JNfY 1saea1te7s t0aef e ET17afats.
NM. Dominique S. Chaamont, President, Doyen
d'age; q Ayrivis; De. Il. yalincourt; v Teissadre
Prfr dhonAeaf -Ier pfi1. Joseph Charles Riu; -
end prix, Alexandra Boy.
Rdcompeaaes du traDaR ct des progrss dams les dt
psrses branches zsetare, kamgHe Fruaeaise, Nathe-
n'afiques, Geographic HS,noire.
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AnIi-SlnNcrN RhiInMihronN.

The following, from the last arrival from Ja-
maica, is a graphic and pregnant comment upon
the results of AbolitionisIn. with all the efforts in
its favor of the pseudo philanthropists, in one of
the most fertile and prosperous of TIE British
Colonies. We copy from the Falmouth (Jamai-
cay Post Of January 10:
Five gentlemen who have resided for many years
in Jamaica, and desire a change in its soclal and
political condition, have addressed a letter 70 Mr..
Labouchere, the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
directing his attention 70 certain suggestions which
they offer, with the Object IN view Of afrc,uus 'the
wide spread and annually increasing distress which
overshadows the entire population. aud has INK II
large portion Of the inhabitants into actual drstitn-
ton" The gentlemen whose names are attached 10
the letter are Mr.. thitty, one of the late clniruen Of
Quarter Sessions who has retired on a pensiou-Mr.
Pinnoek, a Kingston merehant-Mr. Phincas Abra-
ham, the senior partner IN the firm Of T. Abraham
&Co, Falmouth-Nr. l~lodgsou, the chaplain Of the
General Penitenuary-and Mr.. Nalpy, a soliciter,and
nephew Of our late Chiet Justice, Sir Joshua Rowe.
They state tbat tho condition of he colony - 1t the
lowest possible point, short Of universal bankruptcy
aud uin-tha READ estate has no market value that
dwelling houses are gradually d~eeaying, and money
can with difficulty be raisel. even IN return iar per-
sOnal propeTty-that most Of the necessary articles
for consumption are imported from the luitcd States
while the natural products are neglected ind that
the money capital of the country IS drained. in the
absence OF any exchange of trade. They adj. that
the industrial condition Of the inhabitants is Il the
lowest ebb, and that their moral and social eondi-
ton is not a whit more elevated.
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has e.iabli she'd n sinking fund. through Nlich
~ uIlaie nmaunt Of her immense debt ~lll be
'rueelied beiore maturity.
W. are conf lent iha, nothing discreditable
vii he feuuI n tli- varied record which Califor-
II a will about "a precedent. Most of the above
States Incurred fh.ir burdens through the great
financial difficulties If twenty years az. aud
though thi- in no way oNtonuates the ii dishonesty
of fhose VII" have persIstontly Violated tlair en-
~gsgement-. vet IL does take AWAY from thu disre.
pute Of those which were delinquent for n time
and afterwards redeemed themselves. Califor-
MIA. in failing nj fhi- prosperous period 10 meet
her obligations. would not have the shadow Of a
Justification. She i perfectly able, aud, we have
M danbt. is perfectly willing 1t matters not
whether her debt is legal or honorary it is none
| The less n debt, aud when the time comes will be
honored. Whatever unfaitbfulness or remi.s
ness there may have been. it attached not to her
bondhol1ers but 10 her own Legislators and Off
cinls. The process of charging this debt has
been going on for years, and fit is now found 10
be contrary to the Constitution tho burden Of it
must fall upon the people who did not sooner ar
rest tho wrong. If tho debt is now simply one
Of moral obligation, it is thereby only tho more
sacred. 1t has been well said by an eminent
writer:
'ln proportion precisely as an indi vidual is be-
yond tho reach of compulsory process, should he
be inclined to disregard tho technicalities ofmere
law, aud base himself upon the broader princi-
pies OF natural justice. This is still more ne
cessary when an Independent sovereignty is con.
cerned, because it is more difficult to procure
redress for wrongs committed by n State. The
relation between debtor and creditor in all cases
involving the repose of confidence, is pre-emi-
nently a fiduciary relation when the debtor Is Il
sovereign commonwealth. 1t should be disiin-
guished by that uberrima fides which scorns tho
strict letter of tho contract, and regards its spirit
and intention"
Who will say TINT the young Pacific State,
with all it's aspirations, has no such sentiment in
its bosom or TINT, with all its intelligence, it
does not understand that Ito use tho words Of
Alexander llnnllton) l
Credit, public aud private, is Of the greatest
consequence to every country; of this, il might be
cmphntically called the invigornting principle.
No well informed man can east II retrospective eye
over the progress of the United Statcs, from
their infancy to tho present period, without be-
ing convinced that they owe. in n great degree,
to the fostering influence of credit, their present
mature growth. The credit has been of a mixed
nature, mercantile aud public, foreign aud d.
nestle Credit abroad was the trunk uf our
me eaniile credit, from which Issued ramilica-
ti'ns thai n"uri,hed all parts of domestic labor
and iul1stry."
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Death Of "a tbine-e Opium Smoker on board
The 4. =. .hip sn.lnrhnmnm.

When Mr.. Williams came from China 10 join
the squadron. Mt Lew Chew, ns interpreter, he
brought with him an old Chinnman, vino had been
hi- teacher. and who, it was supposed. might be
useful III iutuie operations but il was soan ap
p-eut that the old mans race was nearly run
lie wa n victim Ia the habit Of opium smoking,
which be was attempting t. abandon. Thu con.
sequence of this effort, and the effects Il sea
sickness on board the Saratoga. Frustrated him
80 completely that no medicines had any effect.
and he sank into n state If nervelessness and
cmaciation painful to look upon. Fer a week
before his death. his condition was most pi.iable
every joint in his skeleton frame seemed to be
in perpetual motion his face was CHASTITY yell
low his checks sunken on the bones the eyes
wild and CLASSY. and his mind in n state of semi
madness. Death, when il came was n relief to
the poor old man, rs well as 10 those who saw
hin die. On the day after his deceasc. The ship
presented that striking picture, Il funeral at sea.
The commodore and other officers stood around.
with u large part of the crew. while the chaplain
committee his body TO tho deep until the day
comes when the earth aud tie sea shall give
up their dead.n
A more frightful example of the terrible cf-
fects of opium, it would be difficult to iinl. 1t
exceeded in horror all the loathsome and repul-
siye results of the intoxicating use of drinks
Deiirium iremens is horrible enough, but the last
scene of this old opium smoker WAS more horrible
still. There was something revolving also in the
conduct OF the Chinese on board the ship. They
manifested nat tho least sympathy with their
dying c~ountrymen. For n day or two before he
died, not one of them, with the exception of enc
of the Commodore's servants. would 20 near him;
and on the last night Of his life, when two of the
deck coolies had been ordered by the captain to
remain in tho room, and were obliged to obey,
they sqnatted down in tho corner most remote
from him and never once approached him
Some of the q~nnrtermasters gave him what he
needed. and were with him when he From
Com. Pctry's Expedition to Japan.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-07

The following is an extract from a private let
ter dated Paris, December 81, 1856, written by
II gentleman who has resided there for several
years past:
IND now let US talk Of wine, which like rents
has almost doubled in price. The best Cham
paeaes are l. francs for n bottle in restaurants,
ana ~ thanks ut that. ! hive paid % francs
far Il bottle Of Sauterne of the vintage of Isle.
for which five years ago was charged but
j flanes II bottle. | do not know how You are
off IN Philadelphia, bat know that hero vino
(frenoh)i Is becoming scarcer every day mean
good, honest, mature wine and | believe, unless
there come soon "A perfectly good year, it will al
timately disappear. The large old stocks are all
exhausted. As for the expected year, some think
hat the soil Of French vineyards is exhausted
aom a past feyeri-h and over stimulating caltiva-
in. Tn, snf thai the VINES have been planted
to thicbIv. | Hunk that the whole soil OF France
nd lining. Lime is n compost almost unknown
G,l1ia. Cognao is (the hest) twelve sou, Il
ti.4b.c slu-s'n