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The Opelousas courier., 1858-09-04

MARDI 10 Aodt, 1858
LIE Bureeu s'assemble en- ce jour;-Present, MN.
Morrogh; John P. Gurnett ct F. Trainor-fsbsent,
John Reed ct D. D. Arden.
Les minutes de la derniere asseu1blee sont lues
ct approuvees
Sur motion de M. Morrogh, laresolution suivante
est lue ct approuvee:
Attendu que hier. apres Pajournement du Bu-
reau, une majorite de membres convinrent entire
eux que Performance relative aux steamboats, ve-
nant en- cettc vile, ne devrat prendre force qua
partir de samedi prochaia.
Quill soft enconsequence Resolu que la dite Or
dominance soft consideree metre en- force qua par
tir de la dte date atm que les bateaux ct e public
aient un temps advertisement sufisant de sa te-
neur.
Sur motion, lie Bureau n'ayant pas dautre consi-
deration prendre s'ajourne sine die:
JNo. P. GuRNErr, E. DUBUISSON,
Secretaire. President.
The Opelousas courier., 1858-09-04

Seaaaee du 81 Holt 1858.
LIE Bureau Sc r@unit en- ce jour Present, MN.
=. Dubuisson, president, lie Dr.. D. L. Todd, J. F.
Morrogh, Jno. P Gurnett, f. Trainor, Jno. Reed
ct d. D. Arden bureau complen.
Les minutes de la derniere assemblee sont lues ct
approuvees.
Les resolutions suivantes sont adoptees
10. Resolu que Particle 2me des procedures de
ce Bureau, du d'Aoot, soft amende de maniere
Sc lire CONNIE suit
de tout endroit district nfecte OH la evre jaune
regne, ne sera admise dams les limtes de cette
Corporation qu'apres qu'ees auront etc absentes
de tells lieux pendant moins dix jours, ct qu'au-
Gun resident de cette vile, qui ira bord de steam
boats venant de tells endroits, ne sera admis re-
tourner dams cette Corporation, qu'apres que dix
jours Sc seront ecoules aprss avor etc bord des
dts bateaux, moins quill matt une permission
sgnee par lie president de ce Bureau, lies medecins
ct membres du Bureau de Sante exceptes)
20. Resolu que lie Constable de Vile soft ct est
par lie present autorise a employer une personne
don't lie devoir sera de demeurer aux debarque-
ments, Oh des steamboats, pourront atterrer pres
de envrons, ct davertir toute personne ou per-
qu pourraient desirer d'aller bord quelles
ne seront pas admises revenir dams cette Corpo-
ration, ct de remettre president de ce Bureau
chaque sor, une Iiste des noms de chaque pe1sohhe
qu aura etc bord de ces bateaux.
30. Resolu que toute personne ou pe1sonnes qul
entreront dams cette Corporation en violation des
resolutions ci-dessus, seront immediatement con-
duties en- dehors des imites de la yie par lie Cons
table de Vile, de force, sill est necessaire ct lie
Constable est par lie present autorse employer des
personnes pour passister quand il sera necessare,
pour executor la volonte de cette resolution.
40. ResoIu que lie Constable de Vile soft ct est
par lie present autorise a etabir une garde sut la
route des Opelousas ct de Mountvitle.
SO. Resou que les resolutions ci.dessus auront
effet partir de cette date. ,.,.
60. Resolu que ees procedures setont pubiees
en- francais ct ahgais, dams les denx journaux des
Opelousas.
LIE Bureau n'ayant pas d'autre consideration
prendre, sur motion, s'ajourne.
JNo P GuRSErr, SecretaiIe
The Opelousas courier., 1858-09-04
Eottlg Uaun(ltg.

Eucante4r pour Ia FtsresSse St LaNayY,
The Opelousas courier., 1858-09-04
Les BATISSES

lii g ct Ameliorations qui y sont erigees
daazGza kAssa ct qui en- dependent, etant la der
Mere residence du dit Meynier, decide.
UNE FRACTION DUN
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VENTE3 PURLRQUE.

Opelousas, 4 Septembre, 1858.
The Opelousas courier., 1858-09-04
IsOULANGERaE A LOUEHss

Opelousas, % Aoat 1858.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

POPULATION OF LoNDoN.-In a petit
tlon prepared by the Board of Works, Of
the St. Giles District, London, for presen-
tation to Parliament, it is stated that the
population of the Metropolis as to the
united qualities of intelligence, education,
political, professional, commercial, or gen.
eral nationalimportance, must rank above
any other section of her Majesty's SUBJ
jects. Whilst numerically they amount
to one eighth of the entire population of
England and Wales, they are nearly
equal to the whole population of Scot
land, one-twelfth of that of the whole
Empire, four times that of the aggregate
Australian colonies, ten times that of the
United Fonian States, six times that of
the aggregate British Mediterranean pos
sessions one and a-quarter times that of
the Canada colonies, three times that of
the British West India Islands, larger
than that of the Kingdom of Denmark,
one and a-half times that of the Grand
Duchy of Tuscany, twice that of Norway,
one and a-half times that of the King
dom of Hanover, three times that of the
Kingdom of Greece.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

A KENTUCKY ANEcDoTE.-A south
ern geptleman owned slave, very in
tellieent fellow, who was Universalist.
On one occasion he illustrated the intel
lectual character of his religion in the
following manncr:-A certain slave had
obtained a license of baptists to preach.
He was holding forth in the presence of
many Of his colored brethren at one time,
when he undertook to describe the pro-
cess of Adams creation Said he, when
God made Adam, Hestooped down, scrape
up little dirt, wet it little, warm it in
he hands, and squeeze itin de Fright shape,
and den lean it up against de fence to
dry,' Top, derep said our Uni
versalist darkey; you said dat are de
fustes man cher made?' 'Sartin,' said
the preacher. Den, said the other, 'es
tell fcller whar dat fence come FROM
Hush, said the preacher, two more qucs-
tions like dat would spile all de feolology
in de world
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

The SMALL AND THE GREAT.-Among
the on duits of New York and its vicini-
ty, we have one to the effect that there is
man who peddles writing paperthrough
the streets of Brooklyn, who is worth
sl6O, 200, which sum he has invested in
bonds and mortgages. He says it has
been made chiefly by selling "twelve
sheets of writing paper for four cents"
and carefully outstanding the proceeds
What comment is this anecdote. ad
mitting that it is only half true, on the
enterprise of the day, which tolls,
struggles, CANDLES, bankrupts, compounds
and kills life, tumbles down and gets up
again, all to make large fortune in
hurry. Vast speculations which opprcss
the multitudes and end vast failures, hope
deferred, which maketh the heart sick,
sudden descents from wealth to wretch
edness-after all, how many there are of
those who lead such lives, who would not
like to sell out the results of their last ten
or twenty years for Sl60, 900, even though
it had been acquired by calling out in a
stentorian voice, " twelve-sheets Of
writing paper for FOUR cents !" in that
very peculiar style of intonation familiar
to all who know New York and its yicin-
ity.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

WHOLESOME EDUcATIoN-Ofall the
know-nothing persons in this world, COM
mend us to the man who has "never
known days illness" He is a moral
Ounce one who has lost the greatest les
son in life, who has skipped the finest
lecture in that great school of humanity !:
the sick chamber. Let him be versed in
mathematics, profound in metaphysics, a
ripe scholar in the classics, bachelor of
arts, or even doctor of divinity, vet is
he as one of those gentlemen whose edu-
cation has been neglected For all his
college requirements, how inferior is he
in Wholesome knowledge to the mortal
who has had but quarters gout or a
half-year of ague How infinitely below
the fellow creature who has been soundly
taught his tic-douloureux, thoroughly
grounded in the rhcumatics, and deeply
red in scarlet fever. And yet, what is
more common than to hear great, hulk
ing, forid fellow Dragging Of an igno-
rance-a brutal Ignorance, that he shares
in common with the pig and the bullock
the generality of which die without ever
having experienced days indisposi-
tion.-Hood
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

When stealing chicken, beware
of hen-bane 1t is mentioned as local
news by the Schenectady Reflector, that
young couple agreeing to elope, by some
mistake in the preliminary arrangements,
the gentleman put the ladder up to the
window of the room next to the one in
which his sweetheart slept, and which
proved to be that in which her anxious
mamma, handsome widow, rcposed-
She turned the mistake to her own ad-
vantage got into his arms; returned his
affcctionate embraces; was borne by him
to the carriage, and by persevering be-
coming silence until daylight, kept HIM
blind of his error, and by the potent
power of her Establishments, actually
charmed him into matrimony 'rih her
self
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10
h. v. B @ n NT ON,
WATCH MAKER AND JEwELER
MAIN ST, OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS HALL,
SAN ANDREAS.

MAIN ST, OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS HALL,
SAN ANDREAS,
NNTIIERE may be found a large assortment
w of good Brass Clocks, such as eP
Eight Day, and Thirty Hour Striking ETIA,
and Marine Alarm Clocks. Also, beau sNs.aA
tiful Parlor and Bedroom Clocks all of which
will be ,carrantad to keep good time one year.
Also, fine magnifying Glasses, with double
power, expressly for examining Quartz Rock.
Also, Spy Glasses, Spectacles, thermometers,
Pocket Compasses, American Pocket Knives,
Steel Tweezers, Watch Guards, Keys, first
quality Italian E string, fnger-boards, tail
pieces, bridges, rosin, bows, &c.
Also, large assortment of fine Gold Pens,
Gold Fob Chains, Fob Buckles, Seals, Slides,
Ladies Gold Cnrb Chains. Belt Buckles, PEN
ellis. Silver thimbles, Coral Beads, &C. Also,
fine Gold Rings, Ear-rings Breast Pins, Lock
cts, Snaps Infants Coral and Gold Armlets,
Necklaces, &c.
Special attention will be given to all work,
such as repairing Clocks and Watches. manu-
featuring Rings, EARRINGS, Specimen Pins, &c.
n. B. All work warranted if well used.
| would also embrace this opportunity OF
thanking the public for past favors, and hope,
by trying to please them, to still merit their
appreciation. y ll-t:Nz'zo
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

| WAS ONCE YoUNG.-It is an excel
lent thing for all who are engaged in Civ
ing instruction oyoung people frequently
to call to mind what they were themselves
when young. This practice is one of the
most likely to impart patience and for
bearance, and to correct unreasonable ex-
pectations. At one period of life, when
instructing two or three young people to
write, | found them, as | thought, unu
sually stupid. | happened about this
time to look over the contents of an old
copy-book, written by me when | was a
boy.
The thick up-strokes, the crooked
down-strokes, the awkward jennings of
the letters, and the blots in the book,
made me completely ashamed of myself.
The worse, however, | thought of myself
the better [ thought of my backward
scholars [ was cured of my unreasonable
expectations, and became in future doubly
patient and forbearing. In teaching
youth, remember that you once were
young, and in reproving their youthful
errors endeavor to call to mind your own.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

n9~ 1t is said that Sir Cloin Campbell,
in twenty one days, travelled nine hundred
miles in India, forced an entrance into a
city defended by sixty thousand fighting
men, relieved garrison beseiged for FIVE
months, withdrew nine hundred women
and children in the face of an overwhelm-
ing force, relieved his detachment at
Cawnpore, twice defeated an enemy thrice
his own strength, and finally stripped them
of every vestige of artillery
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

LOVERS TAUGHT ENGINEERING. =
From Smiles to the Station at Kisses is
FIVE hundred sighs; from kisses to Pop
the-qucstion is one thousand five hundred
sighs; and from thence to the terminus
of Pas Consent is one thousand five hun
dred sighs-making grand total of four
thousand five hundred sighs. To arrive
at Pas Consent, however, the Engine of
Love has to ascend steep incline, the
gradients of which are enormous-two in
three causing a vast number of sighs to
be heavily drawn in reaching it. Some
sentimental surveyors have therefore pro-
posed to facilitate the communication be-
tween Pop-the-question and the terminus
at Pas Consent, (Which may easily be
done, if they can raise sufficient capital,
or failing that, to form loop-line to Mas.
Being personally interested in the under
taking, we wish it success with all our
heart. The estimated saving is not far
short of thousand sighs.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10
An Enchanted Island.

Oh wonderful stream is the River Of Time
As it runs through the realm of Tears,
With fautles rythm and musical rhyme,
With an endless sweep, and surge sublime
As it blends with the OCEAN of Years.
How the winters are drifting like flakes of snow,
And the summers like buds between;
And the ear is the sheaf- so they come and go
On the rivers breast VI ith its ebb and flow,
AS it gdes in the shadow and sheen.
There's musical isle up the River of Time;
Wlere the softest Of airs are playing:
Theresa cloutlless sky and tropical clime
And a soi.g sweet rs vesper chime.
AID the Junes with tie straying.
And we bury treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms of snow
They heaps of dust-but we loved them so!
There trinkets and tresses Of hair;
There are fragments of Songs that nobody sings,
Aud part of an infaats prayer;
There's lutte uuswept and harp without strings;
There are broken vows and pieces Of rings,
And the garments he used to
There are hands that are swayed by the fair,
When the mirage is lifted in air.
And sometimes hear through the turbulent roar,
Sweet voices we heard in days gone before,
VIII III the wind down the river is fair
Oh. remembered for aye, be the bless, ID Isle,
All the day Of our life till the night
When the evening comes with its beautiful sfiIile
And our eyes are closed to slumber awhile,
May that Greenwood" of soul be in sight.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

Books AND PAPERS. Franklin said,
"when | sec house well furnished with
books and newspapers, there | see intelli-
gent and well-informed children; but if
there arc no books orpapers, the children
are ignorant if not prohigatc.
1t must be remembered that in Frank
Inns day there were but few books COM
paratively, that were of an evil tendency,
and if he had lived in our times, he
would doubtless have said proper books
and newspapers. 1t is shame that SO
many volumes are constantly being cast
from the press that are injurious in their
influence upon the interests of the young.
What tremendous responsibility rests
upon some of our publishing houses :
And as to newspapers, how many of them
pander to sin and RIGHTEOUSNESS We
therefore, would endorse friend Frank
Inns views as above, by adding the word
proper to the books and newspapers.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

RgIt is now certain that the shells
used in the attempted assassination of
Louis Napoleon, were of English manufac-
ture. They were made by an ingenious
mechanic Of Birmingham, named Joseph
Taylor, from model furnished by an
Englishman calling himself Thomas All
sop, in completely with the Italian assas-
sins. No blame attaches TO Mr.. Taylor.
He supposed the shells were a new in
ventlon, for which a patent was to be OBJ
tanned, and had no idea of the criminal
use to which they were to be applied.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

INFIDELs THwARTED.-Gibbon. Vol.
taire and Chesterfield, distinguished inf.
dels, labored earnestly to overthrow the
cause of Christ. How has God, in his
providence, thwarted all their plans p
Gibbons house, at Lake Leman, it is said
is now hotel, in which there is room
for the sale of bibles: Voltaire's printing
press, from which he scattered widely his
infdel tracts, has been appropriated to
printing the word of God, which he
sought to destroy; and ChesterGeld's par
lor, where an infdel club used to meet,
to rail at religion, is now vestry, where
groans and prayers of the penitent go up
to God
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

MEMoRY.-Mithridates, king of Pom.
tus, knew each one of his eighty thousand
soldiers by his right name
Seneca was able to rehearse two thou
sand words, which were given to him, iii
the same order
Hortensius kept in his memory all the
prices paid on day of auction.
Hugo Grotius, on being present at
review Of some regiments, in France, re.
called all the names of the single soldiers
which were there called up.
Justus Lipsius ventured to rehearse
the works of Tacitus, from the first word
to the last, forward and backward, even
when somebody was standing before him
with drawn dagger, to pierce him at the
very moment he had forgotten but an
only word
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

WHAT Is ARIsrocRAcY Pin reply
to this question, General Foy, distin-
guished orator in the French Chambers,
gave the following answer =" Aristoc-
racy in the nineteenth century, is the
league, the condition of those who would
consume without producing, live without
working, know without learning anything,
carry all honors without deserving them,
all the places of government
without being able to fill them"
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

CHARITY.-Having in my youth, no;
tions of severe piety, says celebrated
Persian writer, | used to raise in the
night to watch, pray and read the Koran.
One night when | was engaged in these
exercises, my father, man Of practical
virtue, awoke while [ was reading. "Be-
hold" said | to him, "other children are
lost in irreligious slumber, while 1 alone
wake to praise God" "Son of my SOUL"
said he, sit is better to sleep than to wake
to rema' k the faults of your brethren"
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

CoURTsHIp.-A lover should be treat
ed with the same gentleness as a new
glove. The young lady should pull him
on with the utmost tenderness at first,
only making the smallest advance at a
time, till she gradually gains upon him,
and twists him ultimately around her lit
tie finger; whereas, the young lady who
is hasty, and in too great hurry, will
never get lover to take her hand, but be
left with nothing but her finger ends
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10
p. d. VEZEY.
r.rnenter. DINER and Undertake =,

"a Shop on St. Charles street, opposite \
VI the Willow Creek Lumber Yard, ~
m SAN ANDREAS, III
Where Miners can be furnished with Pumps,
Toms. Patent Rifles, Water wheels, Horse
mowers. and all other machinery for mining
purposes on short notice.
ILSO-Co Constantly on hand, Sash and Panel
Doors Window and Window Blinds, Door and
window Trimmings, Chest, Drawer, Closet and
wardrobe Trimmings, Bedsteads, Dining, Cen
+re Card and Toilet Tables, Wash-standS, and
all other articles of Furniture made to order.
nv 23-5m-4 y. ~ E"Ei'
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

ExTRAvAGANCE IN WASHINGTON
At Lady Napier's late ball, the wife of
the Count de Sartiges wore diamonds to
the amount of several thousand dollars.
The lace robe worn by Mrs Matthews, of
Alabama, cost $4,000 Mrs. Gwin, of
California, also wore a robe of Honiton
lace, valued, with its decorations, at ST.
800. The dress worn by Lady Napier
cost nearly the same figure.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10
From the Louisville Journal.
EVALIE

| have listened all the even,
For a step may not hear,
And the shadows dim are falling,
On my heart and on my ear.
have watched with eye untiring
For form may not see,
For the clouds 'twixt earth and heaven
Hide me from young Evalie
One May morning when the sunbeams
Slept in glory on the hours,
From the spirit-world summons
Called bud from out our flowers.
Twas purer and brighter
Than we evermore may see
And gloom fell on the blossoms,
When she hed-sweet Evalie.
She was but a mere child angel,
Only as the lilly tall,
And her path through seven summers
Lay mid songs and blossoms all.
She was guided by hands holy
Through life's mazes to the sea-
Deaths dim sea so vast and shoreless,
Where, in peace, sleeps Evalie.
When she glided from our presence,
Like star athwart the sky,
Oh, we treasured memories of her
Of the love within her eye
Of her voice like summers breathings,
OF her fair hair flowing free
Of the pale light on her forehead
OF her smilc-sweet Evalie.
But the harp whose strings are broken,
Still makes music to the touch;
And the blossoms, crushed and faded,
OF rare fragrance yieldcth much
And within the twilight cleaning,
When the night sweeps DER the lea,
There 5 no grave between our loving
And the lost young Evalie.
| have waited all the even,
For step that's silent now,
And the shadows dark are lying
Deeper on my heart and brow;
But her child-love to me clingeth,
Thro' earth darkness guarding me,
And thank the Great All-Father,
That we once had Evalie.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

nsg~ Mere parsimony is not economy.
Expense and great expense, may be an
essential part in true economy. Economy
is a distributive virtue, and consists not
in saving but in selecting. Parsimony
requires no providence, no sagacity, no
powers of combination, no comparison, no
judgment. Mere instinct, and that not
an instinct of the noblest kind, may pro
duce this false economy in perfection.
Burke.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

HoRRoRs OF FAMINr.-In $50, the
year of the invasion of Italy by Theode-
bert, occurred a season of dreadful famine
In Ancona alone more than $4,000 are
stated to have perished from hunger; and
the Tuscans were driven to feed on acorns.
Procopious was personal witness of its
horrors He saw starving wretches fling
themselves down upon herbs and grasses,
and make faint attempt to tear them
from the ground but their enfebled
strength often failed them, and they ex-
pired in the effort He saw their bodies
left, as they fell, to blacken in the sun,
and displaying corruption in its most hid
eous forms. Yet the ghastly aspect of
the dead was exceeded by that of the sur
vivors. Their livid hue was compared
to the color of an extinguished torch, and
their skin seemed closely adhering to
their bones. Their haggard features were
distorted with wild and fearful express
sion, and eleam of maniac fury shone
forth from their hollow eyes. Sometimes
their lips were seen to drip with blood
from devouring the severed limbs of their
lifeless companions; yet even the birds of
prey turned from the carcasses, after seek
ing in vain for some nourishment in those
dry and wasted remains.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

E The Buffalo Express tells story
of a Quaker who was charged the exorbi-
tant sum of seventeen dollars for horse
and buggy for short drive, and upon
being presented with the bill, simply re-
''Thou mistakest me. l do not
wish to purchase thy vehicle, but only to
hire If
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

Bg- A lady correspondent, who profess
es to be Mortified at the indelicacy of our
paper, threatens for the future to set her
foot on every copy she sees. She had
better not; our paper has is in it
Louisville journal.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10
REsT pIacE FOR BABIEs.--"M Mother,

Best PLACE FOR BABIEs--"Mothcr,"
said little three year old whose nose had
been "put out of joint by the recent
arrival cf baby brother, " Mother" if
the baby should die would it 90 to
hearen2" Certainly, my child re-
sponded the parent. Then | think
heaven is the best place for him" was
the affcctionate sisters conclusion,
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

Bsg Mankind in general mistake diff
culties for impossibilities. That is the
difference between those who reflect and
those who do not.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10

By-and-by is the bridal bell of the
world; it is rung by the hands of hope,
and proclaims the wedding of the heart
to-day with the bliss of tomorrow.
San Andreas independent., 1858-04-10
Gotels, Restaurants, 81.
EAiladerlaOOk Exchange!
%%#SA M. CALLAHAN. Proprietor. I'LL
Corner Of BrOad'roy j. Nam SIS, San Andrea,

Corner Of Broad'coy s Ham SIS, San Andreas
HVIIIS POPULAR AND COMMODIOUS
IL Hotel, situated in one of the most pleas
ant and convenient localities in the town, is
constantly open for the reception of Tran
sient II Permanent Boarders. The
rooms are spacious, thoroughly ventilated and
furnished with view to comfort. The dining
hall is the best in the place, where the patrons
of the house may depend upon finding the ta-
bles spread with the choicest edibles the mar
ket affords.
Board and Lodging:
Per Week, single rooms, $1,000
Per Week, double rooms. ................ 500
Without Lodging, ....................... 100
Single Meal, Observation-Disclosures. rs
Meals at regular fours
Beas~ Payment to be made invariably in ad-
vance. sep. 26-mtf:2G