The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-07-31

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M il city, and after removing per ar
stores. sffle was got 90.
.ey West correspondent of the same
saws:
few DAYS before the arrival Of The g, q
geslayer, atship aying 81 board one taou-l
ana slsses, adppes o. This pert and was
spoken By q pilot. Captain informed p,ao. nm
chased off Cape 81. Antonio py 9 brltlsI
j have sInee learned her ctrgoE was
successfully landed at Or near Bahia Honda.
Recently d large slave was NJ TED cut On lne
coast 81 Yucaton; and ! hear from good au-
thority that she was furnishedsWiti casks, &c.
sent outfrom philadelphia.
a. slave brig was taken aear this por, 2 SNORT
time ago, probably chased in BY the Siyx. as
that vessel came In next day. The brig was
sseized-captain and crew, all foreigners, es-
capped.
a SrrsEaD EAGbR ToAsr.-At Prentiss
Centre, Me, OF Tie 9TH the following was the
second regular sentiment
Soar Natoa-Bcgntten amidst the storms
ofthe sixteen century. its ~infantile movements
were dimIy and distinctly seen on board the May
Flower, on the rock IF Plymoth, at James
town, oil the plains Of Motohgahela, and on
THE heights Of A bfaham the tcapricious squalls
Of its Infancy were heard ii the tea party Of Bos-
lon. ID Faneal Hall, on the plains Of Concord,
Lexington and Bunker hill ; il his boyhood he
ran barefooted and bareheaded overt the fields Of
Saratoga, Trenton. Princeton, Monmouth and
Yorktown /; whipping bis mother and turning
her out cf doors III bis youth lie strobe over
tie prairies Of the boundless West, and called
them his own, paid tribute to the despots Of
Barbary ii power aud bull, spit in his fathers
face from behind cotton bales at NS3rleans,
whipped the mistress Of the ocean, reveled in
the halls Of Montezuma, straddled the Rocky
Monntains, and with one foot upon the golden
sand aud the other upon Goldfish and lumber,
defed the world; in his manhood, clothed in
purple AID fine linen, he rides over a continent
III %cnstiofs a cars, rides over the ocean IN pal-
ace stea.neffS, sends Ills thoughts on wings 6f
lightning tos he world around, thnnders at the
door o. the. d Empire and at the portals
Of Japan, slap& is poor old decrepid father IN
the face, and tels9him to be careful how he
peeks into any Of his pickaroons, and Threatens
to make q sheep pastnre Of all the land that
Join him. What he will do in his old age,
God only knows. May he live ten thousand
years, aud his shadow never to be less"
A MATHEMATICAL PRopIGY.-The Dalt0
(Gia Times says: Last Sabbath. we met n
this city ii man by the name Of Meredith Hnl4
land, d native Of Monroe county, Kentucky
who can certainly bat the world, automatically
He can answer any proposition which may BIZ
submitted to him. and do it without n moment
delay. We asked him how many seconds ihert
were in a thou and years. Scarcely had Thu
| r,,nstto, bna, ptnto1 uban fba attctvor NO ~
%enrately given. This man looked like q country
hoosier, and if were not for the extraordinar,
mathematical gif with which he has been en-
dowed, he would be regarded as almost an i'd Of
He has Travelled in company with several gen
tlemen over a large portion Of Europe, and j
about starting on a tour throughout the Uni
ted States. e.declares that every answer j
presented to his mind simultaneously with til
question and that, therefore. lie undergoes N
mental efforts in these mathematical exhibitions
@A$N4
), CoRRECT SPEEoH.-We advise all youn
people to acquire in early life The habit Of usin
good language, both ia speaking and writing
and to abandon as early as possible the use {
slang words and phrases. The longer the
: live the more difficult the acquisition Of goo
! language will be and if the golden age
youth. The proper season for the acquisition
languag e. be passed in its abuse, the unforti
! baby doomed to talk Sian for life. Money
not necessary to procure this education. Ever
man has it in his power. He has merely
g use the language which he reads, instead Of II
: slang which he hears to form his taste fro
i the best speakers and poets of the country;
treasure mp choice phrases in his memory, al
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