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The Opelousas courier., 1858-07-24
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CcuR DE DrsTRlcr, M Q59a
!. Pa1oisse St. Lundry, AVE- ~
Succession de Guy H. Bell, decede.
YHyHEODORE CHACHERE, de la Pa
I'LL roisse St. Landry, Administrator de
la Succession de feu Guy H. Bell, decede,
reinforcement de la Paroisse St. Landry, ay-
ant presente un Tableau de reglement final
de son administration de ladite succession,
accompagne dune petition demandant Pho.
mologa;ion d'icelui;-Et attendu quill etc
fait droit d la demande de la dte petition par
ordre de Ia Cour susdite en- date du Il Juli-
let courant, 1858;
En- consequence, avis est par lie present
dome aux interesses dams cette succession,
d'avoir dedure par ecrit, au CRETE de la
Cour susdite dams les trente jours qui sui.
vront la date du present avis, les raisons, 81
aucune lis ont, pour lesquelles le dit Tableau
ne serait pas homologue, administrator de-
charge de toute responsabilite ulterieure ct
son cautlonnement cancelle
L. LASTRAPES, Grefier.
: Opelousas "a Juliet 1858.
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Vez1te PuhliQue,

Pur le soussi!gn5, Enc0utcur Public dams
ct pour III Paroissc st. Lanary
l>1 Z public est par lie present informe quill
B = sera yendu en- vente pub!ique, au plus
otfrant e, dernier encherisseur, par le.soussi.
cne encantc,,.r, devant Ia porte de Ia Mason
de Cour, dams l., vile des o9 9'ousas, lie
Mardi, n Aon>t prof99Hin, 1853
les proprietes e-dessous decAtes, apperts-
nant la succession dc feu l...erre LADY che.
dtcede, dernierement de la psrol-sse st. Ian.
drv, d sayor:
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RoUssET l. GESlN.-Nous recommandonR partcu-
lierement asrattenton ct Ia menloire de nos lec-
teura la maison cidessus, don't Fun des assoces est
creole de notrc vile, Oh il laiss6 de nonbreux
ams ct connassal ces Charles Gtnin, ell effet est
ben connu des habitans de notre Puloisse, ct 81 de
Iattention aux afaires d:oiture dams le COM
merce journaer ct une shonuetcte rcconnue, sont
des titres lestme publique, not:e ami sera encou
rage par tous ceux qu auront btson des macharl-
discs gull tient Ia disposition lu pubc.ps
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Ceux qui sc disposent a rendre une visite aux
6oucc de Bell-Cheney, apprc!,dronts sa,ls doute
avec plasir quill a anjourdhui uue trentaiue de
personnes, CONNIE on lie vera par la liste des visi-
teurs que nous publious plus bas. On nous appfend
que le bal qu aura lieu Jcud proclaim, attirera
bcaucoup de monde, autant par.le noiabre dc visi-
teurs q'i Sc trouvent dtja Sources que par le
Jeu de Raquettes, qui sc jouera par les Sauyages,
dans Ia matinee, ct sur les lisux mGmes Ainsi done
ceux qui partiront par expes dc u. Noel, Mercredi
prochain arrive ont meme temps pour le Jcr de
Kaquettes ct pour lie Bal. Ccux de Ia Paroisse st,
Martn pour,out, eli prenantla Poste du Pont Braaa,
&c redre a temps, Mard soir, pour Texpres du len
deman. 'st .'
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DeBDgPEQE.

M E trouvant meme ct capable de me charger
lvA de linstruction de quelques eleyes, dams une
fane prvee Qes garqons sout pr6leres) e sollicite
une demande de quelqu'un de nos habtants du Sud-
Mon education nest pas encore achevee neanmuns
je crois pouvoir enseigner avec aptitude lie Latin ct
le Francais ans que toutes les branches des Mathe
matqucs ct pAnglais. Ayant egalement acqus dc
Pexperience dams la gymnastique, elemen,airement
propre developpement du corps ct de Iinte!li-
gence, espere recevoir des propositions adress6es
(pour plus de details), PHILIP GREEN.
10 juill Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.
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eB Nous. .renouvelons nos remerciefnents aux
officers du w. Burton ct du Bayou Belle, pour les
liasses DC ournaux de Ia Nile Orleans, quls on. Ia
bonse de nous faire paryenir toutes lei sen,aines
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DR4U4a Bge P1ANNaa


esza.g~<ssaEzzs NJ. A FLANDEArN, de la Nile
r II Orleans, devant sejourner aux
Opelousas pendant une dixaine de jours, SO
rendra partout OH on aura besoin de ses SER
vices CONNIE reparateur ct accordeur de Pia,
nos ct d'Orgues. Ayant avec lui tons les
instruments ct materiaux necessaires aux
grandes reparatlons des Instruments dc ce
genre, il evitera ainsi Dc gran.iis frais ceux
qul autrement sera'ent forces d'envoyer leurs
instruments Ell villc pour les faire reparer.
scs pr'x scrvnt extremement moderes,
a'.enou o.",e son present voyage dams les Pa
r'isses de pEtat nest que pour Sc former une
cnentelle pour les annees prochaines a pa
reilley yfpoque.
Tout ordrc laisse au bureau du Courier
receyra une attention immediate.
Opelousas, II Juliet 1858.
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EpAReNEz LES ROUGE: GEoR GEs.-u est
prouye que ces oiseaux aux deux ramages Sc
.nourrissent prineipalement de rinsecte le plus
pernicieux aux arbres fruitiers, lie charencon.
On MA jamais trouve dams pestomac d un
rouge e-gorge uue seule parcelle de 1natiere
.vegesale. Celuiqui tue un de ces jolis OF.
seaux pour lie plaisir de la ehasse ou par
gourmandise merite de manger toute ga vie
des fruits piques des vers.
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CuR1EuxsDocuNESr.- r.-Washington etait, CONNIE
ment qui suit etc trouve dams ses pa|iers. II est
aussi amusant que catacteristiqne. Cest Iengage.
ment de son jardiner, tres bon ouvrier peut-etre,
mas qui analt trop caresser la liqueur rationale.
Voci ce document: :
"Couditions taites ct conclues, ce II avril de
rannee de Notre Seigneur 1887. entire George Wash
iugton, esq, de la paroisse de Truro comte de Fair
fax, Eat de Ia Vilgine dune part ct Phillip Batter,
jardinier, dautrc part LIE dit Phillip Batter sengage
donner ses services au dit G. Washington, pen
dant une aimee, Ell qualite de jardnier; durant ce
temps condura sobrement, diiigenlnlet ct hon
ndtement; il remplra avec conscience ct laborieuse
ment tous les devoirs de son emploi du mieux quill
pourra enin il ne Sc lasSela en;rainer boire des
liqueurs fortes, quaux epoques uniQues ci-dessous
mentonnees
En- retour de ces engagements librement consents
par Phillip Batter lie dit George Washington s'engage
lie nouFir aussi ben quill pu ttre par lie passe. ct
lui ourra tous les habits qui sont decemnent utiles
un homme de son etat, tells que: un habit, une
vestc, ct deux pantslons des dimanches; par
dcssus de travail, des pantalo's idem; chen,ises
hlanches, deux mouchoirs de toile, deux cravates
idem, autant de souiers quill lui sera necessaire.
Noel, il lui donnera quatre pastres. avec lesQuees
il aura lie droit de souler pendant quat'e ours ct
quatre NUTS; deux pastres Paques, quill pourra
depenser de la meme mauiere, ct deux piastres Ia
Pentcc6te pour Sc souler pendant deux jours seue'
ment II ui donnera un 1flet tous les mathis ct un
vere de grog diner de midi
Et pour preuve de la bonne fol de tous les articles
cidessus menonnes, les parties apposentleurs sigma
lures, ce 20 avril 1887.
PHILLIP Batter, sa rparque
GEORGE WAsH1HGros.
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OPP 9 AS:
sAMEDI MATIN, 24 JULIET, 1858

LES vHNTEs PRocHA1SEs.-Nous appelons ratten.
:on de ceux que celia peut intercs<er une rentc de
succession qui lieu Mardi proclaim a la Qreue
Tortue, oil seront vendus une n6gresse, un morceau
de tere, une petite vachesie, moutons, chevaux &c.
lie 3 Aout, une vente assez considerable aura lieu
a Bellevue. Une habitation en- pleine exploitation
terre bosee, treze esclaves ct dautres propri-
et6s, seront vendus M long credit Voir les avis
Cy Nous appelons rattention de eeux de nos lee
teurs qul ont des pianos qui auraient beson de re-
parations queconques, lavis de b. Flaad!ain, que
lon trouyera dams une autle colonne. Nous n'hesi-
&ons pas le recommander CONNIE tres capable de
reparer ct accorder les pianos orgues ct ms
tru.nente de ce genre. Geux qui Font en,ploye le
reconmandent chaudement ct nous regrettons dap
prcndre que son sejour scra qne dc courte duree
dans noue village. Vers Ia fin de la semaine pro-
cbane, il Sc rendra Grand Coteau, on il est at
tendu, puis St. Ma. tinvi]le, Nouvelle Iberie ct
Franklin, pour dc Ia Sc rendre la Nile Orleans, le
lieu de sa residence. -
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Ssu sous &C. pont de v"e %
commerce de notre pays, louverture du chemin de
TAhuantepec est TN evenement qu marqnera dams
Fhistoire de I'Unon. Ellie sufiirait seu'e sauver
de roubli administration de NJ. Buchanan: 81 lie
gouvernement actneI n'avait que ce seu titre la
reconnaissance des generations futures.-.adeiUc.
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On toniours ditque les republiques ne peuvent
exster qua la condition de Sc rentermer dams des
llm'tes etroites mais fespace est subordonne
temps, ct les Etats-Uns ne seront iamais trop
wastes tant que pour les traverser dune extremta
rautre, on mettra pas plus de temps. grace la
vapeur ct aux noyens perectionnes de locon1oton,
gull men talIait autretos pour aer de la capita|e
a ia trontere dun Etat de second GU de troiseme
ordre
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-03-04

BY GERALD GRIFFIN.

1I
BY GERALD GRIFFIN.
The stream that hurries by your fixed shore
Returns no more;
The wind that dries at morn yon dewy lawn
Breathes and is gone;
Those withered flowers to summers ripcn'g glow
III No more shall blow;
Those fallen leaves that strew yon garden bed
For aye are dead;
On shore, or sea, or hill, or plain,
Nausht shall rcmain
Vainly for sunshine fled, and gone by,
1oo We heaye sigh.
On, ever on, with unexh-usted breath
Time hastes % death;
Even With each worl We speak moment flies
Is born and dies;
OF all for which poor mortals vanly mourn
Naught shall return.
Life hath its home in heaven and earth beneath,
And so hath death;
Not all the chains that clank in easter cline
Can fetter time;
For all the phials in the doctors store
Youth comes no more;
No drugs on ages wrinkled cheek renew
Life's early hue;
Not all the tears by pious mourners shed
Can wake the dead.
If thus through lesser natures empire wide
Nothing abide
If wind, and wave, and leaf, and sun and flower
Have all their hour
He walks or ice whose dallying spirit clings
To earthly things;
Aad he alone is wise whose well-taught love
Is fixed above;
Truths firm and bright, but Oft to mortal ear
Chilling and drear;
Harsh as the ravens croak the sounds that tell
OF pleasures knell;
Pray, reader. that the minstrel's mournful strain
Not all be vain;
When thou bend'st to God the supplant knee,
Remember me.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-03-04

formerly "American House,'') having repaired
and reftted it, and given it a thorough cleansing,
will endeavor to conduct it in more acceptable
manner than it has heretofore been conducted :.
In every particular, his guests shall be rendered
comfortable and his charges reasonable So
Sept. 3, '57-42f
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-03-04

Venice ven / vas courtin my Kathleen l
vas goin to mine felt to hoe mine potatoes.
Veil den see my Kathleen comm in der
road, so dinks give her boo; so l
climbs q dree. and shust as vas going to
boo her, falls off on der hamlock fence.
and sticks pine knot hole in mine panta-
loons, and Kathleen vas laff and make
more shame dan a sheep NIT a tam tief on
his pack.
How TO GET HAr.--'Say, Pomp, you
niger. whar yen get dat hat?'
AT the shop, OBJ course
What am de price OBJ such an article as
dat, niggaF
Inont know whats de price.
Didn't you az de man?
NO. de shopkeepsr wasn't dsr!
The following is speech made BY the
manager Of en- Irish theater. There were
only three persons composing the audience
Ladies and gentlemen! III dismiss you all
the performances Of this night will not b
performed, but win be repeated to morrow
evening.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-03-04
THE GREAT ENGLISH RELED "
SIR JAMES CLARKE'S
Celebrated Female Pills |!

PROTECTED BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
Prepared from a prescription of Sir James Clarke,
NJ. d., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen
This invaluable Medicine is unfailing in the cure
of all those painful and dangerous diseases Incl
dent to the female constitution. 1t moderates all
excess, removes all distractions and brings the
monthly period with regularity. These pills should
be used Two or three weeks previous to confne.
ment; they fortify the constitution, and lessen the
suffering during labor, enabling the mother to
perform her duties with saf ety TO herself and child
These pills should not be taken during the FIRST
THREE MONTHS of pre- nancy, as they sure to
bring on miscarriage, but at any other time they
are safe. In all cases of nervous and spinal afec
tons pain in the back and limbs, heaviness, IA
tigue on slight exertion, palpitatOn OF the heart
lowness of spirits, Mysteries, sick headache. and all
the painful diseases occasioned by dsoried sys-
TEN, these pills will effect cure when all other
means have failed, and althougha powerful RENE
dy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, any
other mineral. Full directions accompanying each
package. Price, in the United States and Canada
one dollar. N. B.-Sl.00 and 6 postage stamps
enclosed to any other authorized Agent, will insure
a bottle of the pills by return mail.
w. w. ROBERTS, indianapolis, Wholesale
Agent for Indiana.
BROOKE BEo.. and I. A. LEMON, agents Plym-
outh. iunll, '56-3Oly-
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-03-04

Need ask no more than an examination Of orr
mammoth stock by the public before purchasing
elsewhere. We have on hand at least 500 win
ter suits, partly home and partly Cincinnati
flcture. made IL snnerinr stYlc.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-03-04

Nails--Heads ami
Points.
The moon was shining silver bright,
All bloodless lay the untrod1en snow;
When freedom from the mountain height
Exclaimed-"Now,d on't be foolish, joe"
An hour passed on, the Turk awoke,
A humble bee went laundering by,
To hover in the sulphur smoke,
And spread its pail upon the sky.
His echoiug axe the s4ttler swung,
He was a lad of high renown,
And deep the pearly caves among,
Giles Scroggins courted Molly Brown.
Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast,
And cloudless sets the sun at even;
When twilight dews are falling fast,
And rolls the thunder cloud of heaven.
Oh, ever thus from childhood's hour,
By torch and trumpet fast arraycd;
Beneath you ivy mantled tower,
The bull frog croaks his serenade.
Oh, my love is like tie red, red rose,
He bought ring with posy true;
Sir Barney Bodkin broke his nose:
And, Saxon, am Rhoderick Dhu!
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-11
VOL. ). NO 80.
From the Boston Journal, January 23.
Anecdote of Rufus Choate

4 curious mischance happened to Mr..
Choate on Wednesday, in the trial of his In
surance cause, with Geo. S. Hilliard on the
other side He had been arguing with unu-
sual vehemence and labor that the other side
didn't dare ask their witnesses about the
slowing and arrangement of vessels loaded
with grain, as respects scaworthiness-ai-
though they made great show of asking
them about vessels generally. ''Name one
Witness" he thuudered out over the head of
Mr.. Hilliard, the opposite counsel, ''name
one, should like to hear of one to whom
they ask the question as to grain laden YES
sells" Mr. H:lliard quietly said, Captain
- testified in answer to inquiry upon that
very point" Impossible" said Mr.. Choate,
81 carefully collated my notes of evidence
last night, and know there isn't one" After
this tricf but emphatic denial, he was rush
ing on in the fiery tide of his usual light
ning-like style of advocacy, when he was
stopped by Mr.. billiards quietly appealing
! to the court, as to the truth Of his having
named one witness who swore directly In the
| teeth of What Mr.. Choate was saying The
| adyocs.e stopped in mid-career. evidently I'M
| patient IS a racer curbed. to hear the Judge,
who. turning to ais minutes, read in plain
language the statement of the witness, as ex-
pressing the closest and most deliberate opin-
I AOHs CA pACSSAS Will " Ci"AAA
! a general litter began TO prevail, and what
tka speaker could say uoW," was the univer-
sal feeling; pausing moment, and giving
that peculiarly solemn expression of face
which those who arc familiar with him SO
well recognise. the great advocate broke the
silence by the simple question, twice repeat
ed, as If the Judge. but really to the jury,
does that witness say ho,o many grain YES
sells his experience embraces-how many, is
the important point. 1 AN arguing that the
experience Of persons experienced chiefly an
grain vessels is rot and dare not be asked by
the ether side" And saying this with great
so5erness and without q muscle of his rigid
features changing, he turned the attention of
the jury and rapidly rushing into another
par. Of argument, it was found that he had
led them and the minds of the auditors of
from the desperately bad break in the link OF
his argument. before they had time to decide
whether it really was true that Nlr. Choatc
had fallen into blunder not more over
whelming thaa it was laughable. Any body
else after such proceeding and flourish o.
; trumpets, to have been SO foored, would have
: been utterly extinguished by the unanimous
mirth of Bench and Bar. It is due, howe
: yer, to Dir. Choate to say, that he yer.
{ rarely makes trip or is so put to his trump
Z | TO recover himself.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-11
THE MILLINER'S BILL.

| .e wax lights ilumined Fifth Avenue hall,
q the crinolines whirled in the may ball,
1 I'D the persons of fashion were blithe and gay,
lalcinS the hours of rest away.
The husband beheld with boyish pride
Tle beautiful dress of his stylish bride;
Whleshe, in her fine clothes, seemed TO be
The queen of that splendid company.
Oh, the miliuer's bill
I'm weary Of satin," soon she cried,
"ll have a blue velvet, more full and wide;
and none Of my bonnets suit my face-
Shall order another of sweet point lace,
Tith emerald flowers; and then, dear man,
0u'll let me indulge in tarletan:"
md old Bubbles cried, as his wife he eyed,
The dearest of women is my dear bride"
Oh, the milliner's bill
French cambria that morning, green silk the next
day,
Aud white noirc antique ere the week passed
away,
The richest and newest Of stuffs to be got
The blockhead's wife bought, and ha grudged
them not.
no years flew, and the bills at last
lad arrived at a figure extremely vast
ID when Bubbles behcld the sum, he cried,
Han old fool, done by spendthrift bride"
Oh, the milliner's bill
&angth broke bank, that had long kept hid
lie lodges by which it the public did;
ind document long was discovered there
Nmllner's bill of that lady fair
ya very much cash. it was confessed,
l"d heen let to her lord from the banking chest
S9a when the crash came, vain humbug's doom
'u' oHds's display proved his fortunes tomb.
Oh, the miliner's bill!
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-11
Gboite poetrp.
SONG OF L H f
GRE K A NJ A Z Q NJ
BY W c. BRYANT.

buckle to my slender side
The pistol and :he scimetar.
And in my maiden flower and pride
Am come to share the tasks of war:
And yonder stands my fiery stecd,
That paws the ground and ncighs to go,
Nv charger of the Arab BREED
took him from the routed foe.
Ny mirror is the mountain spring,
4 which dress my ruff1ed hair;
Nv dimmed and dusty arms bring,
And wash away the blood-sfain there.
Why should guard from wind and sun
This cheek, whose virgin rose is fed2
II was 70, one-ohi only one
Ikept its Nloom, and he is dead!
Bat they who slew him-unaware
OF coward murderers lurking nigh
And left him to the fowls Of air,
Are yet alive-and they must die
They slew him-and my virgin years
Are vowed to Greece and vengeance now,
And many an Gilman dame, in tears
Shall rue the Grecian u2aiden,s VOW.
touched the lutte in better days.
l led in dance the joyous band;
All they may move to mirthful lays
Whose hands can touch a lovers hand.
The march of hosts that haste to meet
Seems gayer than the dance to me,
The lute's sweet tones are not so sweet
AS the fierce shout of victoryi
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-11
Discovery Of Illinois.

In 1873. james Marquette, with five
Frenchmen as companions, and two Indians
for guide, set oct from Canada; and after
tedious journey, reached the great ''Father
of Waters" on which they embarked with
a JOY that could not be expressed" and hoist
ing the sails of their bark canoes doated down
the majestic river, lover broad, clear sand
bars" and glidea past islets swelling from its
bosom with tufts Of massive thickness, be-
tween the broad plains of Illinois and Iowa,
all gerlanded with majestic forestr and check
cred groves. After descening the Missis-
sippi for about sixty leagues, they discovered
an Indian trail. and unhesitatingly left their
canoes to follow it. After walking some si,;
miles. they came to an Indian village, whence
four men advanced to meet them, offering the
pipe Of peace, their calumets brilliant with
many colored plumes," and speaking to them
in language which Marquette understood
1--WE are in Illinois," that is ''we are men.
How beautiful is tho sun, Oh Freuchmen,
| when thou CONTEST to Us! orr village awaits
thee: thou shalt enter IL peace all dwellings.
After staying with that hospitable people fol
! a while James Marquette and his companions
| further descended the Mississippi river until
| they were satisfied Of its flowing into the Gull
| of Mexico, when they returned. and reaching
| the 35th degree of north latituge. entered the
Illinois river and followed it to It's source
| The tribe of Illinois Indians. which occupied
its banks, invited Marquette to remain and re
side among them. But expressing deslr'
to continue his travels, he was conducted b,
one of tie chiefs and several warriors to Chi
cago, in the vicinity of which place he &c
mained to preach the gospel to the Miamis
whilst his companions returned to Quebec t.
announce the discoveries. Two years after
wards, he entered the river in the State o
Michigan. called By his name, and erected OIL
| its banks rude altar, said mass after the rite
of the Catholic church and being left alone a
his own request, he knelt down BY its side
and Offering to the Nlightiest, solemn thank
and supplications, fell asleep to wake no more
The light breeze frem the lake sighed his re
quiem, ond the Algonquin nation became hi
! mourners.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-11

D, As- A Monument rs to be erected to the
ss5g6lu s5gg6 Fathers at Plymouth to cost from
Sauo,oOO to 100000. 1t will be built of
s;suite' s;M 1913 feet high, so feet at the base,
E' E"u sitting figures from 38 to 70 feet high.
sn s 70 be completed in twelve years from
bsus'' 1886. Thirty-six thousand dollars
,SD'.Ien sD0 Deen subscribed. principally in Massa-
r'sI'S' nsp.T The society for building the monu-
usiH sL. nave purchased all the estates lmmedi-
~" around the veritable rock, and also a
Si.a5 ,O5 the monument, embracing ten acres
Dor ; commanding fine view of the har-
~ aud the locality of the rock.