The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-10-02
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$3.50 round, or Sl77 $780, for the CT a
wIiter, who paid a visit to them, < 4
| other facts Of interest. About 800, &
!. so fema,es, are in comparative goo, ths
and the rest suffering from disease. 1~pssgiiey
belong to various tribes is evideDl FROM d'i,
ference of shades and their keeping in sssparate
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The u. s. brig Dolphin arrived An New
-Y ork on Monday, having ON bos Gaaps.S
Townsend, the com landor Of the ?, as q
prisoner. He will be ts1,t III tho lody Of
The frigate Sabine % await the RED aiqn Sot
Mr.. Hamilton, the United States 1lrshalfcl
South Caroliua, who has the Echoh custody
for adjustment. Captain Towns.A is q ma
tive Of Rhode Island, atd has a wIEsand three
children vesidAn III Providence. MEseSss abou'
lhirty-three years Of age, and a mi yol Saperior
address and education. He is. Htall at well
utmed, aud has progressing teatureS@e lie
speaks freely upon the affairs of the voyage q
the Echo. and states that he was driven to en-
gage in the slave trade because Of i'll success NJ
his voyages In legitimate m Amer
the Echo left New0rleans, he suites ,hal he
called the crew ,aft and said 10 them that he
proposed to 60 into The stave-trade,, gSsA
promised them 5000 each if they woul6sEnn-
tinBe on the voyage. The Portugney aud
Spaniards were probably aware Of ihehsnature
of the yoyages efore it was projected. AItthe
crew acceded to The proposition. Instead soi
proceeding to st. Thomas, for which port she
had shipped, the Echo shaped her course f.M
lhe Coast Of Africa. When she reached Congo
River she landed two Spaniards, the slave
agents, who went to look after the cargo, and
Echo proceeded to al island OH the coast for
wafer and fresh provisions.
When off Sagua la Grande, on her return,
she discovered the Dolphin making towards
her npder British culors. She supposed thu
Dolphin to be a Spanish brig, which had
hoisted British colors for a ruse, not supposing
that there was any American vessel Of war
cruising among the West Indies. or if there
was, that any American vessel would take u
sufficient interest in the matter to interfere.
When it became evident that the Dauphin was
ginning on her, the crew of the SLAYER knocked
out the hedges from her Hlasts, and sawed dVwn
and cast overheard her bulwarks, to increase
her. speed. At the samelime the liquor CLOSETS
WIRE opened, and the excitement OF the chase
was heightened BY the general intoxicatio6 Of
the crew, IMQFg #.5ir
After q chasc 3of nearly nine hours the dol.
phin fred two blank cartridges at the Echo to
make her show her colors. This was not re-
lsgarded, and Captain Malfit ordered q shot 10
be fred. which passed u few feet rom.herstern
The Echo then ran Up American %colors,a and
the Dolphin Immediately hauled down the
British flag AID ran up the stars and stripes.
The next shot fred passed between the masts
ct the SLAYER, and seeing that she was nov en-,
tilely at the mercy Of the Dolphine the Echo
then hauled down the American colors.
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orable family in Rhude Islald He distin.
guished himself in the swar with Campeachy
for his determination and bravery, lie is sone-
what detected aud melancholy, but is confident
Of escaping the extreme penalty of bis crime
by the verdict Of South Carolina Jury. He
expresses his qualification ut being captured
by an American vessel Of war, and is grateful
to Lieut.. Mafit fur the, kind treatment he has
received at his hands while a prisoners He
has not ut any time been placed in ironss bat
has been confined below decks, aud guarded
by a sentry.
The Government concluded on the Sth an
arrangement with the American Colonization
Society, by which the latter agrees to subsist
and instruct the captured Africans for pne
year after Their arrival III Liberia h~ayingsa
due regard to their health and comfort. Fohr
this service, sonewhatless thah $50, 900, which
was originally proposed BY the Society, is to
be paid. IS
The EARLY Loss or PURIrY or C~nARAcrEx.
We ind the following very beautiful estrac,
going the rounds Of rhe papers credited 10 no
paper-n0 author.
US exceeding great beauty leads MS to call
special attcp3ioli y y By: THESE brief PREDATORY
remarks. Let tle yonligrea it aud treasure
np the moral II woaa illustrate and i~nculca,e
i'm their heart Of hearts
I Over the beauty vi the plum and the apfi,
cot there grows q bloom aud beauty more ex.
quisite than the fsuit itsell-a soft, delicate
plush that o~yerspteads its BRUSHING cheek.
Now, it you strike your hand over hat, and ii
is once gone, !, is gone forever; for ii never
grows but once. Take the flower that hangs
II the morning impcarled WITH dew-arrayed
as no qaeenly woman ever was arraytd with
jewels Once shake it 80 that the beads ron
oil, aud yol' may sprinkle water on ii carefully
as You please, yet il can never be made araiI,
what it was when The dew leIl silently upon ii
from HEAVIER! On a frosty morning you may
see Inc lanes Of a ss.coyered with taidseape
mountains, lakes, trees, blended in a beautt-
fll, fantastic picture Nov lay Your land upoii
the glass, and blythe scratch Of your finger or
by The warmth Ut your palm, all the delicate
tracery will be obiiteraied! q s,
80 here is IN youth a beauty and purity OF
character. which, when once touched and de
filed, can never be restored a fringe more del
lcate than frost work, and which, when torn
and broken, will never be re,enbroidered, A
man who has spotted aud spoiled his garments
IN youth, though he may seek to make Them
white again, can never wholly do it, even were
he to wash them with his tears. When man
leaves his fathers house, with the blessing of
his mothers tears still wet upon his forehead,
i he once loses that early purity Of character,
IL Is q loss that he can never make, whole
again. Such is The consequence Of crime. liz
effect can not be eradicated, it can only be for
green. II is a stain of blood that we can never
make white. and which can be washed away
only in The blood Of Christ, that cleanseth
frem all SIM
DID AS THE REST DIp.n-This tame
yielding spirit, this doing !. as the rest did"
has ruined thousands.
A young man is invited BY vicious compan.
ions 10 visit theatres or gambling rooms ar
other haunts Of licentiousness. He becomes
dlssipated, spends his time, loses his credit.
sqaanders his property and at last sinks into
an antimely grave. What ruins him g. Simp.
iy "sseing as the rest did,
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