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tate of DR.. G.. G. Pickett, decd.

tate OF LII. =. y. Puckott, dec q.
pIlt'E is hereby riv-m I" nil parties inter
esir'l tina, Il final settlement Of The nb"v.
It" will t." made in the Or.linarv'S Office
'cvir District. "m Friday, the 9Th Of .Ianua-
lext. These havim" c'aiimS ar" required To
'"nt tlirm la tll" undersigned on or b,I;,r.
day. and those indebted will make immc
cpaymcnt.
DAVID y. JORDAN, Admir-.
'ec. III, l~lS. "a 81
+ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
.lbb"riiic DixttIci.- Cmt;ou.
WILLIAM HILL, Esq, Ordinary of .lLLe
vile District.
llEEEAS. John Day has applied 10 me
Tor Letters "i Administrations on all anil
liar the goods aud rhaitclS. rights and credits
'im"ad Pay. Intc Of the District aforesaid.
,s-I.
"S. nr". ,l""-c,r-, I" cite and adrnonish or
singular. Tbs, kindred and creditors of tI,.
deceased. iu he and hI'prur before me, al our
Dr'li'.as. t'''ri i"r t!:r sai,i District, 10 Ii,
III nt Ahh->iIl.. G. H., ON tho seventh dav
i''arv next. I" >l,"w caltsc, il any, why tie
Administration should not hc granted
'cn under my lIau.i and seal, this the TWEEN
first day Of December, in the Year of our
."rG one thousand eight hundred and iifty-
light, and in the SD year of American In
cpeEdcnce.
WILLIAM HILL, @. A.D.
Zee. % ISIS 81 ~
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MI l. ERCISES
or TIE
ABBEWLlE MALE ACADEMY
Will be Resumed on the

VIII De Resumed on the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1859.
'tlE Scholastic year will comprise two terms:
Il lhe lst commencing the LIST Monday in
January will continue % wecks-the 2d com
nienelng the ?d Monday in September will con
time ~ weeks
Its desirable that pupils should begin with the
Session.
RATES OF TUITION.
Isr SESSION. % Session.
Reading, Spelling and
Primary Geography, Sli 90 S 6 90
lhe above. with Eng
lsh Grammar and
Arithmetic, .......... 20 90 9 90
lhe above with Alpe.
bra and G""n"irv, % 90 10 90
The above, with Latin
AMI Greek. ....... 2S 90 ID 90
Pupils will be charged from the time of enter.
ing TO III" end Of tn" Session.
Board can be procured convenient to the
Academy.
w. II. WHITE. A. b.. Principal
Dee 23. lSjS. 80 BIN
No.TICE.
TNllE subscriber having determined 10 quit
L farming. will "iirr,o the hi.h"<, bidder. ON
Tuesday. the l,h Of January, 1859. AMI .!ay
following, if necessary, his tract Of land con.
tanning
9So Acres,
more or less, if not previously Disposed of at pri
vaic sale, Gf not sold it Will b.. rrnt.) Together
with all his personal property, which includes
stock "f AL kinds. Plantation Tools. iIInck-
snn'I Tools. Household and Kitchen Furniture
Com, Fodder. Nc. &c. Some
4 OR S NEGROES.
Terns = iifle made known on the ,lav of sale
sale to take uc. at his residence on I.tt" Riy.
tup miles below Martins Mills
JOHN j. BARNETT
Zee. H. 1855 ~ If
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~ In" iIi"n's "l JAMES a. NrtOED RE-
s'r"tiulil ann"'lnr" him !, t',n,iid,i. for T,.r
t"'lcct"r, at The next Ei,rti,n Iyr A:b.,i,:,
District. 'o
.n!y 81, 1871 1t ri
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Dec. H.. l>:,S.
GEN. &. +. IlENNINGSON,
tuF NItARAGGA)
Con. G.. ". IEnCKErT,
4. NJ. Ml'NSrN,
CHARLES HIHNErT.
THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, NJ. -.
HENRY tI.ArI. .IrH.,
GEORGE ARNOLD,
SAMUEL. YOUNG
Miss SnETliWORTII,
Mis-. ANNA WlI!;LpLEY.
Miss VIRGINIA VAUGHAN,
Mis-. III. VERNON,
Miss HATTIE CLARE,
FINLEY JOHNSON,
Writ" only for the
GOLDEN PRIZE.
GOLDEN PRIZE.
GOLDEN PRIZE.
GOLDEN PRIZE.
GOLDEN PRIZE.
GOLDEN PRIZE.
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u III" h:rm; at -. Il MlTrISOA. r...
*i't,.i;"Iiv a;n'tm' hm rnnt.il.te for Tuy
Collector, 1T thr rn ;i,;nr election
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,,An: iame price as Measures, from gal
TO J pint
Joking, Drayngc and Railroad Expenses
getl extra.
= ierfns Cash. All articles warranted.
II w AWSrIN
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No.TICE-

'INllE subscriber having determined 10 oui,
farming. will offer to the highest bidder ON
Tuesday. the lih "f January, 1859. AMI day
following, If necessary, his tract Of land con.
i,i
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w w iHENS Countrymcn and Friends hear
~ i"r our cause and your benefit; for we are
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The Rel House u, the old stand OF ii. l.. Gun
nnghum g. Go. -
Hamburg. Sept. %, 1858 81 sni6,n
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The Civil War In Mexico.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE CHAPTER OPENED.


By this arrival we have most exciting and
important intelligence from the civil war in the
interior. Miramon had successfully fought his
way through 10 the city Of Mexico, and the
Liberal forces have been completely routed in
a bloody engagement, the most unparalleled
excuses have been committed, Americans and
Engiishmen, all apparently, indeed, who did
not give in their adherence to the Church.
Military party, or who were marked in their
opposition to it, have been massacred. Even
attendants on the wounded in the hospitals
have been murdered in cold blood.
All this, with other interesting intelligence,
in detailed in our special correspondence below,
as also in o mass of corresponce from Vera
Cruz and the capital, which, on account Of the
lateness Of the hour, we are compelled, for the
present, to withhold.
We only add, as theTery latest, that just as
the Tennessee was leaving port, an express
came in from the capital with news to the
l9th, confirming everything stated below.
This express also brought intelligence that
Ampudia, Traconis and Alatriste 1.-THE same
vigilant generals who were to prevent Mira
mons passage over the mountains) were fol-
him up, aud when the courier passed
them were within twelve leagues Of the capital.
They are said to have 5000 men.
Ii this be true the Liberalists may yet be
able to rally, but our correspondence does not
seem to entertain such hopes. [Picayune.
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INFLUENCE OF EEMALE Soc1ErY.-ltls better
for you to pass ar evening once or twice in a
la2y's drawing-room, even though the CONVEX
sation is slow, and you know the girls song
by heart, than a club, tavern, or the pit Of a
theatre. All amusements Of youth, to which
%virtuous women are not admitted, rely on 1t,
are deleterious in their nature. All men who
avoid female society have dull perceptions, and
lire stupid. or have gross tastes, and revolt
against what is pure. Your club swaggers,
who are sucking the butts Of billiard cues all
night call female society insipid. Poetry is
Msipid to q yokel; beauty has no charms for
a blind man music does not please a poor
beast who does not know one tune from
another and Us a true epicure is hardly ever
tired of water sanchy aud brown bread aud
butter, l protest l can sit for a whole night
talking to a ell-regnlated, kindly woman,
about her girl coming out, or her boy at Elton.
and like the evenings entertainment. One OF
the great benefits a man may derive from
women's society is, that he is bound to be
respectful to them. The habit is of great good
to !odr moral man, depend upon it. Our ed
%ucation makes US the rbst eminentIy selfish
men in the world. We fight for ourselves, we
push for ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we
light our pipes, aud say we won't go out we
prefer ourselves, and our ease and the greatest
good that comes to a man from Il woman's
society is, that he has to think Of somebody
besides himself, somebody to whom he is bound
to be constantly attentive and respectful.
lThackeray,
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of ~Ita.y-exactly what has been
working for since the Congfess " 1886, and
in which lie intends to demand and obtain a
revision of the treaties Of 1915. 10 touch the
question of Italy will be to touch the treaties
Of 1915, and the conference can not refuse to
enter into the whole subject. More than this
in this Congress France will be charged with
the interests Of Italy, for Piedmont. it is said,
is to be excluded. and thus England, who has
heretofore had the honor Of acting as the friend
of Italy, will take a SECONDARY rank to France
in Congress.
Russia demanded the meeting of Congress,
but she did it at the ipstigation of Louis Ma
poleon. Russia has no direct interest in the
question, and willingly plays into the hands of
Napoleon, with the no doubt well founded ex-
pectation Of receiving the support of France
in some future emergency to her more inpor-
tant. Thus has Louis Napoleon accomplished
his ambitious dream, for it would be idle to
contend that the Congress in question is not
going tosbe a serious and long-contested strug-
gle in which the gravest affairs are to be dis
posed Of. 1t will indeed be the most important
Congress which has sat since those of The first
Empire,
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Anniversary of the independent Order of
Oud Fellows.

1t is not our intention to hold up to public
scrutiny the propriety or improperly of secrel
and exclusive societies in our government
With the members of these different orgauiza
tions rests 7 e responsibility, if any, both in q
political ana moral sense.
We simply intend a few remarks in regard
to Odd-Feliowship, as a progressive institution
in Great Britain and the United States for the
last sixty years. This society as to its origin
is involved in much obscurity. 1t certainly
was in existence in ITS ia England, for we
find in the poems Of James Montgomery. one
dedicated to the motto of this ORDER" Friend
ship Loue and Truth" Beyond this time all
is conjecture as to its origin. The first socie.
ties Of which we have any correct history, were
organized in London about the year 1900, un-
der the cognomen of " The Union Order Of
odd-Fellows." This order ~wasrkept up until
1909, when reformations were suggested by ill.,
telligent members, touching the convivial par
ties Of the brotherhood. Accordingly a con
%vention Of the friends Of reform was held in
Manchester in 1913, when several Lodges
seeded from the +" Union Order and adopted
the present cognomen,-" Independent Order
Of Odd Fellows"
There were many attempts to establish the
order ID the United States between the dates
of 1902 and 1878, but all were unsuccessful
until 1919, when on the 26th of April of this
year, it was successfully inaugurated in the
City of Baltimore, under the call of one man,
responded to by five others. This order at its
successful origin in the United States, en-
bracing but six members in the City of Balti
more, has spread within forty years its ample
banner over every State and territory in the
Union.
The number of Lodges within forty years.
under the jurisdiction Of the order in the United
States have increased from one to 6, 3 3 the
Of members from six to l76,O 900.
Within the year ending June 1858, members
OF the order to the number of 23,151 have been
relieved, widowed families to the number Of
2,765 have found relief at the hands Of the
order, S1l, 287 have been expended for the
Of orphan children, and the rills Of
benevolence have flown in deep and widening
channels, conveying comfort to the destitute
sick, assistance to the distressed, and %corso]a-
ton to the oppressed under thousands of cir.
aud intricacies of condition,
We must not forget to mention that the
members of the order here celebrated their
anniversary by giving a splendid ball.
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nv, uTAn--Ieavenworth, K. T.. April 25.-
The Utah mail arrived here to-day with late,
adyices from Salt Lake City.
The advices represent the territory in a very
threatening aspect.
The United States Courts have been unab,e
to administer justice. The Grand jury re.
fused to find bills, and used other means ia
screen the murderers Of Potter and Forbes,
Judge Cradlebaugh had discharged the
Grand Jury and also the Traverse Jurv. and
one Thousand United States troops had been
marched from Camp Floyed and encamped
neal Prove, where the Court was in session
Governor Cumming apparently favors the
A collision between the troops and Mormons
is considered imminent.
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NOTICE TO UNDERWRITERS ,

~ will be let out to the lowest bidder =. In
DAY. the 10th day of May next, 1854 10 On t0t
hours of ten and twelve A. NJ, the iIIesweea&
tract for labor to be performed on the rno oTins e.
from Opelousas to Washington, recent,u ~ = leedt
laid by order of the Police jury Of H. Traced =
st. Landry, to wit: The digging and rnnn L,ana
ditch a distance of twenty acres, two faa. ing u
three feet in width. on each side of the asep Il
is forty feet in width, the dirt taIon loso Whi
bitches to be drawn up in the middle ~ I H. Y
and leveled or smoothed down, decIir;O,n .e y
the bitches. A portion Of the road to ~ ~ MMw.tt
runs across the pasture of Mr.. Louis D.. ue Wor1a
and the residue begins at the North line ~ sa.aao9a
OF Augustc Donate fills, and continues nm : re
berry tree standing near Mr.. Solomon ~ : NJ
field; all OF which is indicated by the snrva aaIae
ly made. A substantial bridge of onoS 10
timber, five feet wide and twenty feet 7ona ceypNa
to be constructed by the undertaken. ovas = -
Thu work must be completed by the firs. ! -
October next, 1859. If the urdertaker ~ 4
complete the work he is to receive noth;n.u ~ y
portion of the work he may have dons in
same is to be forfeited to the use and hanss y!
Parish. eeuehs " II
We deem it proper to notify the public ~.
less the JOB is exeeptf4 in a neat, Noro 49, y
sonm'snlaMe mani W not be received I,
Opelousas, April 80, 1859.
G. l.. SWAYZE.
LOUIS PRUD'HOMur
ELISHA ANDRUs.
COmmisninrA-
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official.
Proceedings of the Board of Police
1'0JVN OF OPELoUSAs.


SATURDAY, April %, 1859.
The Board met pursuant to ad journment
Present, Messrs. +. A. King President; p,
l.. Hebrard, r. II. Littell, J. Ii. Sandoz, NJ
Perrault and W. r. Neginley.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Meginley,
RESOLVED, That w. R. Meginley and p. L
Hebrard be and are appointed a committee tc
examine the brick arch at the corner Of South
and Market streets and report the condition
thereof to this Board at its next meeting.
On motion of DR.. Littell,
The town Constable was instructed to ex.
anime the baskets of slaves selling vegetables
or other commodities in the streets of Opelou-
sas, and should any be found with spirituons
or intoxicating liquors, that be Immediately
taken up by said Constable and lodged in jail.
Resolved, That there shall be levied on and
collected from each and every one who sells
Gombo or cakes in the streets Of Opelousas, or
on the public square, by the town Constable,
a tax Of fifty cents a day.
On motion of Mr.. Sandoz,
Resolved, That the compensation of the tow,
collector, shall be 8 per cent on all sums by
him collected and paid into the Treasury, not
otherwise provided for by law.
On monitor Of Mr.. Saudoz, The ballot was
dispensed with and
Resolved unanimously, That Michel Mussand
be appointed collector.
On motion Of Mr.. Sandoz. was passed, =" An
Ordinance to amend the 3D. Article of An
Ordinance entitleds"An Ordinance to provide
a revenue for the town Of Opelousas ordained
April Is, 1859.
On motion of Mr.. Sand"z, the town Consta-
BILE was instructed to enforce the Ordinance of
the town relative to dogs.
On motion of DR.. Littell, was passed, An
Ordinance relative TO hogs.
On motion, the Board adjourned.
L. A. KING, President,
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The recognition by our Minister to Mexico
instance of vigor and pronptitnde in the right
direction, which stands out in bold relief from
the general tameness and indecision of our d.
plomacy for some years past.
Mr.. McLane deserves a large share of the
credit and commentator due 10 this act. His
instructions gave him a wide discretion in the
matter. lie deserves high praise for acting on
the spirit, more than on the letter of the same
lie has, too, recognized, as our Ministers
abroad too rarely do, the existence of a uni
versal sentiment among our people in favor of
the success Of the Liberal and Republican
party an active sympathy in behalf Of Juarez
ard his cause; and the obligation upon the
part OF our Government to oppose and defeat
the fragrant efforts Of the European Powers to
control the destinies of Mexico.
We have little doubt that the results Of this
course will be highly favorable to our inter.
ests, as they tend to give our Republic a higher
and more honorable position in the diplomacy
OF the world than it has heretofore occupied.
Besides their claims on the score of congo.
NAL political principles and objects, and a hos
tlllty to all European influence in the affairs
OF the States of this continent, and an infexi-
bic opposition to all combination of Church
and State-the Government of Juarez had, in
various ways, manifested its kindly and gene.
rous feelings towards our Government and
people, which demand a like return on our
part.
Among other evidences of this feeling was
Inc concession to the American Tehuantepec
Company OF certain engagements and modif.
cations OF their franchises, which are very ma
terlal to the success and furtherance Of that
enterprise. Fortunately for the appearance Of
This ALTAR, these concessions were made before
Mr.. McLane had arrived at Vera Cruz. and
here could not therefore be any suspicion of
or compromise on that subject.
The decree of Juarez making these comes.
SONS TO the Iehuantepec Company was granted
Ind signed on the 9th Of March, and Mir. Nc.
lane did not reach Vera Cruz until the LIST Of
April, and did not present his credentials to
lnaraz until the 9Th of April. It was impos-
'lble for any communication to have been had
between Juarez and our Minister from the date
d the lntter's appointment until the granting
the decree in favor of the 1'ehnantepec
company. We state these facts in order that
ne prompt, manly and graceful act of Mr.. Nc
'ane may not be snllied by any imputation of
bargain, concert or compromise, but that it
nay appear, as it really was, a handsome. gal
ant, liberal and wise manifestation and expires
ion OF the prevalent sentiment and feeling Of
'ur people and OF the tue policy of our Gov
rnment. delta.
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THE VAR FURRY sUBszDzNG.

The portentous clouds which have hune
over our foreign relations in several Quarters
Of the globe for the past few months are break
ing up, and the Olive branch,-emblem o.
peace, waves out more beautiful and lovely, as
1t reflects the splendor of a serene sky. and the
refnlgence Of an undazzled sun. The Para.
quay difficulty, which for the last six months
has puzzled the brains of Quid MUGS and di.
plomatists, involving a great insult to our
national flag, the murder of an American sea.
man, the destruction of American property,
and other o~utrages unworthy of a civilized
power, has been amicably arranged.
The expedition fitted out by our government
last fall to visit Paraguay and demand repara.
ton for the wrongs above enumerated reached
ASCENSION, the Capital of Paraguay the 18th
January, and on the 26th OF that month
Judge Bowlin, the American Commissioner.
was officially received by President Lopez.
An Interview Immediately took place between
these dignitaries, aud Lopez desired early
negotiations.
In another column we publish the remarks
OF Judge Bowlin and President Lopez, on the
occasion OF their diplomatic meeting. Mutual
interchanges of opinion in regard to the object
OF Their meeting passed until the 9h of Feb.
ruary, when a treaty of friendship, commerce
and navigation was signed between\he United
states and Paraguay. The eAae.z1s of this
treaty have not yet been received at Washing.
ton, but we learn from intelligent correspon-
dents, that the provisions Of the treaty are
Mighty satisfactory to the contracting parties.
The rivers Of Paraguay are made free to onr
commerce, an indemnity Of $4,000 is secured
to the family Of the seaman who was killed on
board the Water Witch, $25O,OOO for the losses
sustained by the manufacturing company repre-
sented by Mr.. Hopkins, and an amicab!e and
satisfactory adjustment Of all the questions
which have heretofore interrupted the peace oil
the two countries. Thus all prospects for a
belllgerent meeting between the United States
Paraguay have been happily superseded.
The anarchy and confusion which has reivned
supremely IN Mexico for the last twelve months
rapidly sabsiding, and the Acknowledgement
SIX. LEN AilVtlk 1
~ Mr.. Mclane, our Minister to that govern.
nent, OF the Juarez, or Constitutional and
Republican government, may be regarded as
IN suspicious omen aud hailed as the prelude
II a speedy and satisfactory arrangement of all
'ar diplomatic difficulties in that quarter.
The Central American grievances,-ipsults !
ND outrages perpetra,ed upon our citizens {
nd nag are IN a fair way Of satisfactory I'D. I
astment, and we have every reason to believe q
hat the foreign relations Of our government :
vii not likely be interrupted for some time to :
and that the Star spangled banner /
with not a stripe polluted nor a star erasedn Y
~. hoat Tor centuries to come, proudly aud !,
'aJestically over the land Of the free aud the u
ONE of the brave" !
al.. n1-=7rr. E..-|- "
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I II sIckLEs TRIAL--Washington. Anil
Pm the trial Of Sickles for the mnrder NJ
hey. the session to-day has been occupied br
s sus c.oslng arguments OF the counsel, which
NY. BRADY finished his closing argument to.
uay' us address was an elaborate produc.
LOU. ne argued ut great length upon the in.
s!roction to the jury, and endeavored to show
ina. hey and not Sickles fired the Derupper
Mr. Guild, the District Attorney, was MAKING
the closing argument when the Court adjourned