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For the Patriot.

Ifnes.!
Whence is this sadness and this bitter strife,
Why dost so lonely repine, my hear?
Sigh'st thou 50 YEARLY for those whose life
Was thine, my heart?
All, though the world is very cold to thee
And weary is thy journeying, my heart,
Yet must thon bear with mad and mouking glee
Each sting, my heart ?
What though the friends are near to thee no more
Whom thou dost love SO tenderly, my heart
Oh, bitterer for the griefs are yet in store
For thee, my heart!
For thou art gone, and noaght but memory
"a left them Of thy weary lot, my heart
And thoa must learn hy even these to be
Forgot, my heart!
And smile on though the heartless world may seem
To make thee with its bitter scorn, my heart /;
Yes, smile, till all life's once SO lovely dream
Is gone, my hearth
Then seek thy Ravens oh God, how sweet twill be,
This refuge from that baneful breath, my heart,
Alas, that misery should pilot thee
To death, my heart sORIoS,a
Washington, October IS, 1858.
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LANDRY MEDICINE DEPOT

CT. LANDRY MEDICINE DEPOT.
~ The undersigned keeps constantly on
hard q large and well selected stock OF Drugs, ~
Chemicals, Paiuts, Oils, Dye stufs, varltisbes, w
Brnstes Glass, Perfanlery, and fancy articles. III
Pure Wines and Brandies for medicinal pnrposes.
Stationery, Garden Seeds and choice Havana Cigars,
and Tobacco.
&c. Ayers special and sole agent in Opelousas
for the sale Of Cherry Peetoral, Gathartie Pills, etc.
Also agent for Moffat's, Loudon's, Champions,
Hull's .Woadman's, Rewards, Railways II. r.. r.
and Perry Davis Pain Killer, and all other popular
patent Remedies.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours
night and day. Physicians and planters orders
respectfully solicited.
0pelousas, Nov. 6, 1868. JOHN POSEY,
Druggist and Apothecary.
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An old Carolinian once said: I was born
the last day in the year, the last day in the
week, very late in the day, and have ALWAYS
been behind hand. | believe it would have
been fifty dollars in my pocket i'll had not
been born at all.
An exchange says, tina. it is just as sensible
a move to undertake 10 get married without
counting, as to attempt to succeed in business
Without adyertisipg.-True as preaching. Our
business folks can stick pins there
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fffAN ROLL! TAN ROLLn-Jhp TOW
payers of the Parish of st. Landry are b,rehv
notified that the assessment Roll for said Parish
WIN ne lodged with the Parish Recorder on The la
November next, 1858. for inspection.
An persons who may consider themselves an.
grieved by said assessment, are requested In sta !
tae correction desired within thirty DAYS from the
t,ale ile said Roll was lodged with the said
Recorder. VUJENEryn JoIrpEpT anu
October 80, 1853. assrss,.
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A.. ,,o I,HAoUN q FETFRSoN,
No. l32 South Third street. Pbiladelnbia

dEN. WALKERS observation-disclosures
TON, Oct. 36.-President Buchanan has issue,1
a proclamation. declaring that The object d
the proposed emigration from Mobile to Nj.
eaiagna, about the middle of November, I'M.
,ief ,he auspices of Gen. William Walker, is
hes,lle 10 the Government of Nicaragua.
ne further declares that all persons will be
repelled from entering Nicaragua, unless they
are provided with passports from Nicaraeuan
authorities residing in the United States, or
are SIMPLY passing from ocean to ocean.
lie cautions all persons not to engage in
The pretended pacific expedition, aud ~enioins
upon all officers of the government to be yigi,
lam and active in their efforts to SUPPRESS
those illegal enterprises.
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oSi-On Friday evening last, between
- Grand Coteau and Washington a double 80
case silver lever Watch, with cylinder es. va
opponent. 1t has a gold fob-chain attached es,~.sk
on inc seal q which are engraved the initials M. d
a liberal reward will he given to the finder m
delivery of the same to Mr.. Theodore Cha chara "a az
the post-office. 'Na'hefe at
opelousas, October so, 1858.
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@Ss@

Should bear ii mind the fact
What the circulation Of the Orr
LoUsAs PATRlor Is tie largest Of
my Newspaper printed III the
Parish Of ST. Landry.
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Our ccot friend Jack Frost paid II It'll a6rss
visits ~ M season on Wednesday, Ihursday
- Ffiday mornings lsst giving he faca d 10.
t1Ie generally 4 very smutsy appearance.
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NDTICE-JosArHas 1. MoRR1s, of the
- Parish Of st. Landry, having applied by his
petition to be appointed Administrator Of the estate
o. u. n. Buchanan, deceased late of said Parish;
NOW, therefore, notice is hereby given to all per.
sons Interested to show cause, if any they have, why
SAD pesatian snail not be granted, at my office III the
this advertisement.
Clerks office, Opelousas, November 6, 1863.
LIS. LASFRAPES, Clerk,
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AL - EE
MoRPHY AND HARwIrz.-Teymfoot;on of,bt
Mateh.--"The match has been settled, and Nr
Morphy declared the winter, all bets heinz
patd. They were to have played until one or
tne other had won seven games; but when they
stood Morply five and Harrwiiz two, the lai.
yer gave il up, laying the blame Of his defeat
,npon MS M-health; but the fact is, Morphy Is
by far the best player. When the Termination
OF the match was announced at the Cafe de Ia
hegencs, the rendezvous Of the chess PLAYERS,
we americans assembled there were quite up.
toaflous ~ Their emulation. while the Germans
aud Priissfans, who had bet upon Harrwi,y
Immediately suffered a terrible eioupa,ion Of
eoantenance. Still they continue to have hone.
ior another person has been sent for 10 try lis
hand at playing with the formidable vonne
American, and the person is a conutryman Of
aheifs.-Paris Correspondent Boston Trans.
crIpt.
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Particular attention Is called to the adyer
tise,nent 81 81 AGayoso q CO, Neworleaos, Ii
another column.
Mr. Gayoso md father were born and raised
in this parish, resided for i long period II
opelousas' and are familiarity known to mos,
Of oar citizens.
AZ commentator at our hands could place
AZ, Gayoso any higher il The estimation d
our citizens, than the already long and do
served appreciation of his merits nov enter,
tsined BY his old friends and acqoaiutances.
He certainly has claims upon our parish,
md we feel confident that they will not BE-
overlooked BY our planters and merchants.
Give them q portion Of your produce, and
90 not fail to buy, such articles as they offer
Tor sale, if yon wish to get the best Of bar
gains.
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IN
Icing this aes.
}iselves upon him, and 81,
was fractured aud beaten

5ggeu hllN W the Capstap, UvunA
n. to ii, anu beat him agaiDs
Z The second mate RON tor his revolver, but
ahree barrels. missed fire the men rushed on
him, and BE. was also savagelv beaten and
thrown through tie skyfglt into the cabin.
The boatswain's mate vas also attacked and
severely hurt The carpenter was the only
man who displayed presence off mind and did
his duty we'll. He first locked the cabin wsers
his tools were kept. He then ran np The iag
half mast high and rung the aiasn, bell and
finally seized 4 Hjhggg aket and placed himself be-
side The arms, warning oF the mutiipears.
Mean tis they had resolved % throw the Hrst
officer overheard. but the enfreaties and tears
Of the cook Induced them to refrain, and thfh
lowered one of lie boats and pulled Ton TN
jetty. The captain had seen The Tag and, hun
rying down, tMAss3k 8 boat and pulled Oft. a A@s
the sm,utibEEers aud ordered them 70 ref A
to the ship4 They continued to pull fntf yc
and lahlded at the etty, but 4 frie mt
the captain bad sent Tor the police. an9sAeyy
were all taken into custody. Tls5agSI hate
died at the hospital on the night OH Same
day.
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= mar in Vermont was SO dirty that the
assessors taxed him as real estate.
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4 gSEF| N}r $780, %S4TETET
Why THE CABLE FAILeD.-From ths
Winnsboro Is ~ Register, Of the 9th inst.
we clip the following explanation sof the fail
nre OF the Atlantic submarine telegraph cable,
due to our old friend, N.jor JAS. ii. Rion, d
WMnsboro, Formerly Professor of Mathematics
Of Columbia College. The idea is certainly
very ingenious, and strikes Us as worthy thse
fsttentioli of The electricians and engineers uf tho
cable company:
! hes cable has q copper wire, with six other
copper wires twisted around il passing through
the centre q The cable Ii a straight line. This
y enyelpped by q thick gutsa psrcta covering.
around which pass spiratiy similar twists e
iron wire. Y pom the cable being brought un3
DER the great strain consequent to it, beiug pald
ont ~ the ocean depths, The spiral iron twists,
~ COMPRISING the yielding gutta percha with.
NJ elongated; while the straight copper twist.
the centre wire being tnyielding to the Others
could only stretch and then break. The extent
70 winch the copper twist would stretch before
breaking, at the low Temporal are, Of the ocean
bnttom, would be small, aud BY no means suf.
ieieDt to compensate for the additional length
given the cable BY the elongaliohn Of the spiral
IRON twists, and their also stretching. From
this II follows, that the copper twist must have
parted in Thousands Of places along the deepest
portions OF the cable track.
Why currents of electricity were at first
transmitted throught the cable. Major Rion
thus explains: The copper wires on breaking
parted in such a manner us to oppose shara
points on each side Of the breakes. These. fran
well known laws of electricity, transmitted the
current as long as they remained "b,qpAt, or
unoSidIzed, but as soon as they oxidized or
trusted they became insulated one from the
oihe', and hence no longer allowed the passage
OF the electro current. The cause Of oxidaTou
arising from the gutta percha itself, and iae
moisture which the immense pressure Of fSe
water at the oceans bottom mnst bring H.
bear upon The copper wires, are amply sun
eient TO produce the effect in the time m whieNs
the current ceased to be Transmitted.
Mayor Il. suggests that the cable should
have been constructed with a gutta percta
cord passing traight through the centre, and
the copper twist passed spifaAy around; aud
then outside of. this the gutta percha cover
ing, enveloped with the spiral iron twists, max
iig pf!oportioaatefy teecer circuits than the cop
per wire twist within.
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sASE a.RsHF5
IHE SATURDAY EssN1Na Posr.-In casting
orr eyes over The prospectus 81 ibis old and
popular journal for 1859, wessee the on,ens d
2 course still more bright aud brilliant Than
has been its past career. For thirty-seyep
years this journal has been on the tide of bu,
man experiment, and while thousands Of efforts
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things "that were," the Saturday Evening
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we hazard the opinion that its circulation
ats The present ~ is not less than one
hundred thousand copies. It's array Of CON
tributors has embraced for many years the
very best literary talent in America, For the
ensuing yearswe see that it's column. Of writers
Will pc strengthened BY the addition Of the
distinguished author G. r. r. James.
The Saturday Evening Post is established
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The Post is admirably adapted to the wants
Of Jamiiies. II furnishes you weekly with a
large amount Of Choice literature, The latest
domestic aud foreign news, agricultural in.
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DDS. BAuxBAcK Id lis trayeles Oh tlic cane
H. 4 8ood Hope says: found very frequently
setaag ~ Dutch Boots of the back country
4lsyss Cherry Psctoral. which they keep hung
a7vp Sby 4 thong around tbs neck Of tie hottie
~ peg over their hammocks. Indeed this
Ems " b. their sole protection against the
throat and lung disorders which are quite Die.
yalsl,t among them thought ita speaking
comment on The practical genius Of the Ame.
rlcAn2 people, that they should furnish lie sta
pla, 4 believe the only remedy this people buy
g we. Asking i they used the same mann
tacturers Pills, they told me that better pur.
gstivss grew all around them than any body
could prepare.
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NoTICE.--Ali persons having claims
= against the Estate of Mrs. Amelia NJ. King.
deceased, are requested to present them for ljouida,
ton and settlement and those indebted I'd said
undersigned. -eAs- = y
0relousas, Nov, G, 1858.
CT. SWAYzE,
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NoTlCE-Al persons having claims
- against the Estate Of James Morgan, deceased,
and those indebted to said Estate viii
please make immediate payment to the UNDERSIGNED.
Opelousas, Nov, 6, 1865.
G. sWAYzE,
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- ANOTHER AYsEAaTIc rRLkeRArH PRaPosEp.
gPublic opinion M MS1tingland regards res

Public opiuion YMhS isneland regards res
ent cable as . total f%ailnre, and RI pr
uniting the two continents BY q better III c
ton are presented III London papers, Mr..
Rowatt offers to lay q rope. covered electric
wire across the Atlantic, the cost Of the cable
and laying It successfully not to exceed gls2S-
600, as Essassss aae less than The wire cable
cost. sA~9@s~spprsenvefed cable ii believe AVE
advantages over the wire cable, but one after
Mr.. Rowatt's fashion is considered inferior to
many others suggested. The whole subject
seems for the future to be thrown back again
Into the realms Of theory and speculation, and
It i likely that there will have to be repeated
experiments before geographically accomplish
ed for business purposes. 80
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SWEET on and OLIVES. eoffhh'
VIM De sold at importing prices. Send YOUR Or
ders and try us. :"
we solicit a share of the patronage of the Parish
" -: Landry, and hope om friends ana acouain-
tanees VIII mot forget us in our offset.
November s, 1858.
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N oTlCE.-The regular fall term Of The
~ District Court, in and fol. the Parish If 81
LaLdry, is postponed until Monday the 9Th De.
e ~ ~ reason OF the present indisposition of
the Hon. y. 4. Martel, presiding judge.
Sulofs ana witnesses are instructed to he ii. atter.
o!pelousas, Nov.s6, 1853.
LOUIS LASTRAPES, Clerk.
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0PELOUsAs LIVERY STABLE.

EREsH GARDEN sEEDs.--Ih have lust
received an assortment of the cele-
bfated Shakers Garden Seeds, and will CON Ess 4
tihue to receive fresh supplies direct from iFAsgEsAAsa&
the Gardens. G1
Opelousas, October %, 1868.
- n eE. p IE0McE I1I,nn ny
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T---T :. IN I9Iff4NU GEITtUBS, w.
Is also very large and fine; and they feel confident
that they can satisfy all who may favor them with
tneir patronage. Early orders solicited. 4 new
Catalogue nov ready, and mailed free to all ami.
Giants. Address, p BEaCKMANS & tolf
October 80, 1858. Atousta go Gsay.
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Course completed in from I to 20 weeks.
formation. II
me circular, important and valuable information
,9r Farmers, Mechanics, Merchants, and Professional
Men. Address, Il. q I'M
October 80, 1858. i'' nv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-08
THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE S. c. LEGISLATURE,

On Friday, the 9th ult, the following Reso-
lutions, in relation to the slave trade, were III
troduc ed in the Senate by Senator Nlazyck.
ResOlcu7, That the Constitution of the United
States contains ND grant of power to regulate,
prevent or restrict commerce am9ns lore'gn ma
tious, and, therefore, all Acts Of Congress pur-
porting to prohibit or interfere with the slave
trade, between foreign countries, are unconstl-
tutonal, and have no rishttul force or effect:
Rcyolred, That the Act of Congress declaring
the slave Trade to be piracy, if it be understood
as affirming that it is piracy in the nature OF
things and in the sense of the Constitution, al
firms what is not true; and, inasmuch as tpnr-
ports and intends to convert into piracy what
is not so in the nature of things, and in the
sense of the Constitution the said Act is uncon-
stituiunal, null and void,
These resolutions coming up for debate under
tho special order, Senator Mazyck said
M. P,rsideM OF the powers delegated by
the Constitution to the Government of the Uni
ted States there are. bnt three by which the
right to prohibit any description of trade can
be inferred. One is the power given to COIL
press to regulate commerce with foreign States
another IL the power to punish piracy and other
offences committed on the high seas; and the
tbirl is that provisions OF the Constitution which
rs it relates in express terms exclusively to the
importaIion of slaves into the United States
has no application to the matter now hEesoFe Us
Tie power of the GoYefllTlnt Of tho untot
States to define piracy, and to punish it as
felony, I will proceed 10 notice when | consider
the second resolution, and will now come a
once. Mr.. President, to the question of the pow
cr of Congress TO regulate commerce with for
The plain Interpretation Of the Constitution
appears to me to be the delegation to the GOV