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continually adding by the receipt of all new buois
as soon as issued from the Press.
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respectfully solicit the attention of Physicians and
students.
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Persons wishing to act as Arsnta
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return mail a specimen sample M M, IA "A 4 Nil a
giving full particulars in rerar;i u tas Anlef N
Of the article. 1t is a durable ans aseocy III
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tanning many valuable and useG,if sD..ystl0n'
which are worth to any one tai t, ,ssslpes y
the book, " titled 7 Jn9 pn's Cnyn n / YIN III
ala or Useful and ble KnnwIssle'al "
OF this book will be, slt to any M Sl " Ons
upon receipt of 81, \ return 81 h1a;i Y We "
for safe, several patents Of recent 4.
Lightning Rods, etc. Agents Sar',s We
wlth stamp enclosed for retY xksu uassas
d: ". II JhnP
Post-Ofdce, box j 90. Neys0sa
r;n.-Io every Postmaster Id I'M n
send n copy Of the above named NY
receipt o. VI and five three cent ataipssf
are iuthlshed TO Agents and Posf,ns
per copy by the quantity. 1 Dss' n
plLcHER, GOODRICH 6r
n Sugar Factors, So FaetoyS
penamhas e ~ - SO W. II. BASS
=, looo. Holm
~ 4. BARRIERE & BRoT4
S'lso Canal street, (Touro,s All
Have just received a large stock ] I
wlaser goods, such az l~.inseys, Kers
They have also constantly On hama
sortment Of fancy goods.
Merchants and Planters who VIII il
shall be pleased with their h,nde,atas q
readiness to fill orders.
Nov. 10, 1s5s.-3m.
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r. GAYoso \ Co, Com IN, 4
~ chants, 81 Gravier street, NewG,ssaOaal NJ
ana Mg Hs saaeis constituents Of Cotton, s,,ps,s Z.
a. ,ha nGags, ~ VS. are well prepared to efiss, n II
advances OH all consignments - = make y
Nov. Is, 1855. \ ~ sales
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NoIlt'E,-The undersigned offer for sale
Their entire stock of Carriage Mnter;al ,;aa'
W. - 10 Len, their old and well established Shop. nn
opelou@sa. January 5, 1855. HhAAh'
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DUBLIQ NOTICE.-My wife, Polly y,
Il Blunt, having recently left the matrineni,a,
domicil without cause, the public, and partieuaaSa
all merchants; are hereby cautioned ard Va ~
not to give her credit on my account, as VIII NV
pay, any account contracted by her. !,
ALEXANDER BLUNT.
St. Landry. January Is, ls59.-4t.
GYRUP OF I0DInE OF IRON, fresh AND Il's
- for sale Try PL HhbsaAp.
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ESURNfTURE STORE.--Man street, OPe..
IL %lausas, (oId stald of Mr.. Ferraultl-Ihe aa.
d~cfsigned having opened a Furniture Store II .he
town Of Opelousas, respectfully announces y w. ~
public that he will sell the numerous articles ID ~
line OF business, as low as they can be puEcpasea
in New0rleans, the expenses of freight incinde a,,,
He will continue to manufacture and repair ,u Nv
ture in the neatest style and manner, anu wan ai's
exchange new furniture for old. - =
Ladies and gentlemen will please call ana ~
anime for themselves. -
Has received by tic steamer Bayou Belle, q laI!gs
assortment of Black Walnut and Mahogany Afh,oha'
Bedsteads of all kinds and dimensions. Z
Children's beds and Rocking Beds.
Wash stands with plain and marble tops mi.
Wash stands, Chairs and Rocking Chains, onlr
aren's high and low Chairs of all description; u,
Dining tables, Mahogany and Waihu' hD'4N
tables. Folding tables, etc.
French Gueridons, Sofas, Looking glasses ass0r's'
of sizes. m
Ladies' Work boxes, necessairesa and lanc nySrs sa""
ftrnitures, etc, etc. LOUIS YATIBK"
Opelousas, January /, IS59.-ly.
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l.dr. slidell in
acquisition Of
on. The ill
geographically
foyer the large
Moth foreign
GALLEY :
resent colonial
he Of injury and
ilendly rela
States, and the
les upon Aineri-
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SWEET OIL and oI1vra COFFEE,
ders and try us. 1S4u !o0f a
We soiicit a share of the patronage Of the IA,
~ 81. wy, and hope our friends and ason.;s
tanees wilfnot forget us in our offset. assusA
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5SpHHIsl,
ShdERiFF's sREy

1 n. sutoV RDlEEt As0&sN4-f .".F ~ ~ "a
otafk, Admir- /. W Marx s1eeffaiff> .s02s.-The
Y. Harwell1 ct als.-No., sas7.-James s. Ruffn vs..
Mafh SHarwell--No. s453.-The ssa~ae vs.. the
same S247--N. G. Clark, Admir-. aobt. R.
a. nafW Martt tauls.r,s027:-Wm .. Lemri. curator,
Marx v. Harweli.-No. S235.
~ y antitls =, Y writ Of 4. ia. issued u each Of the
aoose entlt!ea suits, by the District Court in and
lor tne naf H. of St. Landry and State aforesaid,
ana 10 ne On ected, | will expose at public sale, for
Harwell, in Bellevue, on SATURDAY, the 5th day
o. Maren, "A. u. 1863. coIImeacingf the hour Of
u O'clock A. NJ. and continuing { 10 day to day,
necessary, all the right, title terest and de-
maha OF The said defendant, Nd w. Harm in
ana no. 70 " ths following property, seized to satisfy sasd
lst-a 81 sain sugar Plantation, lying anti stu
ated IN th ~ Of st. Landry, in Bellevue, with
al .he pun I'D improvements thereon erected,
c aoaaana M a. hundred acres, more Or less,
bounded Noil by land OF L. B. Scott, Sonth by
AS2Sa nsl B sou : i 70 BY Bayou Bourbeux
ah99ssest ny Mme+% 8SrtyIe. F
"a snother tract Of wos IA. containing one
bundled and sixty acres, 80 or less. honnded
ASgth' south ana Nest by ianin r. Rogers and
sI3d-A negro man namq ally, aged about so
.4tl-A negro woman ma, ndy, aged g.but 45
years, and her FIVE clildret ,la. jim. 7dtrcisse.
Hersey and Martin. ,r ~ 9SE3
5th-A negro girl nam ANA, aged about 45
years.
6th-A negro boy namt enry, aged about Is
years. III -
7th-A negro boy namel bert, aged about 20
years. %
q sth-A negro boy namei Aanie]. aged about "a
ears.
ath-A negro woman na lHenriete, aged about
X years, with her Two chf n, Jane and Heley.
sherif's Office, Dpelow January "a, 1883.
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tate of Louisiana,
~Landry.-No. $3.50.
mon Kaufman.
/. issued in the above
Court in and for the
aforesaid, and to me
10 sale, for cash, Mt
on SATURDAY, the
commencing at the
Continuing from day
t, title, interest and
mon Kaufman, in
zed to satisfy said
-. all the buildings
IN TIE town of
30 feet front, by
q being numbered
it. Charles. as Nos.
the North by Bur
William Bur1clph
,h Brown and ON
.ary %, 1858.
ArIIEDE cst,n..n 1
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A ORDINANCE, Ievying a lax on tbt
"a Parish of st. Landry for the scryire of thu

year 1858. "'
ARTICLE |. The Police Jury of the Parish of st
Landry, sIx members thereof present concurrinl
therein, Ordain
ARTICLE 2. That for the service of the year ont
thousand eight hundred and fifty. eight. a Parish tn,
Of twenty-forw thousand dollars, be, and the same
IS hereby imposed on such objects of taxation al
are established by law, by the State. and With,
said Parish, (the towns OF upelousas, Washington
and Graild Gotcan, excepted.)
ARTICLE 3. First, for the ordinary Parish pur
poses of expenditure, there shall be added To the as
se4anent Rollo the State for this Parish, for the
year iS's in a proportional addition, not exceeding
seventy live per cent. to the taxes of each person
assessed 80 as to make the sum of eleven thousand
six hundred dollars.
Second, for the payment of existing debts, The
payment OF Jurors. and the construction Of public
WORKS, There shall be further added to the said as
seSSmelt Roll, a proportionate addition to the tax
OF each person assessed, so as to make the sun nj
Twelve Thousand four hundred dollars, the said two
sums making in all the.sum Of twcnty-four thousand
dollars.
Ordained January II, 1853.
EBERT CAN'T, President,
JOS. d. RICHARD, Clerk.
puBL1C SAIE.-Will be sod by the an.
dersigned, administrator of the Estate of Thos
L. theHey. deceased, at the last residence of said
deceased, III Bayou Chieot, on
Saturday, February ta, 1856,
the following property, to wit:
4 Gin stand. a Corn Mill:
a I'm house, press and running gear:
\ lot of Creole, horses, etc, etc.
Terms AND coNBtTIONs-Half the price pavable
lst June 1853, and the other half LIST April 1850:
notes with approved personal security, payab,e at
the once OF John E. King Esq, in Opelorsas, as re.
qhlred' bearing 3 per cent. interest from maturity.
81. Landry, January %, 1859.
~ s. e. TANI LSG A1.t,;4L
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

The STEAMER CoRTEz-It is stated, says
the Alta, by some of the passengers who ar
rived 10y the Golden Gate, that for the first
three days out Of New York the North Star
and Atlantic were in sight of each other but
that soon after the North Star began to fall
astern, and was soon left out of sight by the
Atlantic. The latter arrived at AspinwalI
after passage of seven days and twenty
four hours from New York Her passengers
were detained twenty four hours on the 18TH
mus, and when the Golden Gate sailed from
Panama the North Star had not arrived at
Aspinwall, although it is a well known fact
that she is one of the fastest boats out of
New York, and, as has been stated, for the
first three days kept up with the Atlantic.
1t is, therefore, perfectly reasonable to infer
that the non arrival of the mail steamer NAV
be accounted for by some detention on the
other side, through an accident TO the ma
chinery Of the North Star. The latter is,
however, staunch and well built boat, and
even if one of her engines was disabled, they
are so constructed that she would be able to
make the passage with one wheel, necessari-
ly occupying longer time than would other.
wise be occupied on tie trip. No alarm
need be felt as yet, in regard to the safety of
those on board
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20
Coy. Wise and old Brown.


Governor Wise has announced, 1t seems,
that Old Brown is his prisoner, and that he
would not give him mp even if the President
of the United States should make direct de-
mand upon him. This is perhaps very safe
boast, for the reason that the offense was
committed within the bounds of Virginia and
more particularly against the peace and dig
nifty of that State. 1t may also be safe in
that such man as James Buchanan is Presi.
dent of the United States. But, admitting
that the Federal Executive had right to de-
mand him. it would have been poor boast
to make in the days Of old jackson. lie
would have had him, or made the heaven and
earth knock together
Now, We have no earthly objection TO the
Just and dignifed assertion o? State Rights
We believe in State Rights. We believe
strongly in the individual Sovereignty of the
States. But, when we see a disposition to
insolently defy the authority of the General
Government, we despise it. OF one thing we
are satisfied and that is, that the General
Government will never interfere with the
Just rights of the States, but, when she does
conclude that it is her duty to demand ODE.
dience to her supremacy on the part of the
States. we believe in making that demand
good at the expense of blood. We believe in
the old Jackson spirit towards South Caro-
lima. If State will not know her duty, MAKE
her know it.
The bond of this Union is beginning to be
regarded as rope Of sand. 1t is sad di-
vergence of feeling and sentiment from the
original design of the founders of this Re-
public In their eyes the Federal Govern
ment was no mere play thing in the hands OF
the States 1t was a great controlling power.
The States had certain rights of which they
could lot be deprived, but the Congress OF
the United States, within the limits of the
Constitution, was supreme, and to the acts of
that body as the Supreme law of the land,
State sovereignties should bow.
The Hayne and Calhoun doctrine of nulli-
fication was overthrown 10y the Giant Web
ster, in the greatest speech of his life, and
that speech has never been answered. 1t
never will be- Some of the doctrines avowed
in it were too extreme, going as much too far
on the side of the powers of the General
Government as Hoyne went on the side Of
the powers of the individual States; but the
great doctrine of the absolute supremacy OF
the laws of Congress, within the bounds OF
the Constitution, and the fnality of decisions
of the Supreme Court of the United States
upon the constitutionality of Congressional
enactments, without the power of annulment
or opposition on the part of the States, was
maintained with an ability never surpassed,
if ever equaled, and it will stand invinciJle
forever.
If, under the laws Of Congress Old Brown
should be demanded-as there is no proba-
bility that he WILL for we are only supposing
a case-how ridiculous would sound such
declaration as Governor Wise has made, in
the ears of the American people Would he
be sustained in making good such declara-
tion Hardly
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

A CHTNAMAN's Description OF TIE LATE DE-
FEAT OF TnE BRITIsu AND FRrScn on THE nIv-
En- PEIHo.-A night or two ago, Chinaman
in this city was in great glee over the defeat
Of the allied forces at the mouth Of the river
Peho. He was talking to several Americans
on the subject and undertook to describe to
them, in most harbhrous lingo, the manner
in which the Chinese gained the victory. lie
first drew rude sketch Of the river Peiho
emptying into the Petohuli Gulf. The Bri-
tish and French ships we're represented as
living in the gulf at the mouth OF the river
Across the river at various intervals, for a
lonr wav up, were bars Of iron and stone,
with holes through them for the water to
pass downward These bars, he said, had to
be torn out before ships could go up On
each side of the river, all the way up, were
forts filed with men and armed with cannon.
The banks Of the river were marshy, and it
was difficult for men to march through the
swampy ground. Pekin, the capital, was
represented as at some little distance from
the river, the only access to it being up the
river in small boats or through the swamps
John in describing the battle rubbed his
hands with much evident delight
"Ah, welly good" he exclaimed, "welly
good British man, Frenchy man, he tinkee
Chinaman no fghtee He go taxa Big Chi
ma King, he libee (at) big house, Peking
He go TAXA him, he killee him. Welly good
he tly (try) He moobee one bar. Welly
good Chinaman, he say nutting. He sailee
his sheep (ship) up libar (river( lie tinkee
he knock down udder one bar Chinaman,
he heap shaLbee He no say nutting Dleck
ly directly heap sheep he come cen Gn)
libar. China Captain, he hemp laughee. lie
open he shuttee his eye (winked). lie say
shootee sheep Dlen Chem Chinaman, heap
Chinaman, shootee out big house (forts)-
Britishman, Frenchyman, he pal GAIN down,
he keek (liek) up, he dancee lound, lound,
Ground. round he die, he 90 to hell! China
man. he shoot, shootee--he kill 'um heap
Britishman, Frenchyman sheep, he lun (run)
he go back, he meekaste (make haste), he git
out die (the) way, he no come backee, he sat
isfy Dlen Britishman, Frenchyman, he
geet (geD out sheep, he tly takee land Bri
tishman, Frenchyman, he say. "no good.
Too muchee mud. He stickee too muchee
mud. He no geet out. Chinaman big
house, he shootee him cen mud. He killee
heap. Britishman, Frenchyman, he no likee,
he go back, he no shabbeel
Wely good, Britishman, Frenchyman, he
no takee Peking, he no takee big man China
King. he no go up libar. he neber go up
libarl'
Well, we are inclined to think John is
about half right. 1t will be very difficult to
Ego up libar." China will also be somewhat
difficult to conquer Four hundred and ten
or twenty millions of people, with even the
slenderest knowledge of war are not to be
killed off in day, especially so when they
have such we'll made Notifications and such
strongly built cities
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

THE NEXT HoUsE.-The next House in Con
gress will stand, Republicans, llS; Douglas
Democrats, IL; Lecomptonites, 92; Southern
Opposition, 81. 1t is obvious, therefore, that
it win take a union of opposite forces to eff
feet anything at all in the organization of
the House Were the Administration and
Douglas men to unite, it would still leave
them with less number than the Republi-
cans. The balance of power is with the
Southern Opposition. AS they go, so will
the election of the speaker be, either an Ad-
ministration or an Anti Administration man.
We predict it will be the latter.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

The MAIL STEAMER-The North Star, con-
Meeting with the Cortez on this side. left
New York on the goth of October, having
been out 81 days The COrtez should have
been in several days ago, and many aPpre-
tensions are entertained for her safety. We
give by telegraph the list of the passengers
on the North Star. the same being extracted
from papers brought by the Overland Mail
The ocean transit is fast becoming an unneces'
sary expense. the Overland mail bringing
news much quicker and with equal security.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

AMATEUR FIsHING.-A gentleman of our
acquaintance, says the Alta, amused himself
the past week, in angling in the waters of
the bay. off from the back stoop of the Eagle
Saloon, on Broadway, between Front and
Davis streets. After catching goodly mum.
Der Of perch. rock and tom-eods, he hooked
on to a fish that made him think that he had
fast the mate of the big $50 pound sea bass
caught in the bay some weeks since After
considerable effort he secured the prize,
which proved to be real cod fish, weighing
some three pounds.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

A New YoRK correspondent writing, Oct.
cath, says:
President Buchanan, we are told, recently
issued orders to the marshals of the several
districts to watch carefully the vessels bound
South, and has expressed his determination
to suppress any attempt to aid Gen. Walker
in his expedition. On Tuesday, U. S. Mar
shal Rynders, accompanied by his deputies,
Joseph Thompson aud r Donnell, overhaul
ed the North Star, before leaving, at two
o'clock. The Marshal would have arrested
any flibusters that might be going out to join
the Walker expedition but after a thorough
examination of the passengers and their bag.
gage, nothing was discovered to justify the
arrest of any person, or the detention of the
steamer, and she accordingly proceeded on
her voyage.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

STRANGE HALLUcISArIoN.-Abo twelve
o'clock the other night, says the S. F. Ma
tional, we observed an individual making
love. to what appeared to be young lady
looking out of a window, on Washington st.
near Dupont, but which afterwards we ascer.
tanned TO be large picture over daguer-
reoiypists door He had his hand upon his
heart and reeited constantly in drunken,
roar:
Full many gem ofpurest ray serene.
The dark, unfathomed caves Of ocean hear
Full many flower is born to blush unseen.
And waste itb sweetness on the desert aif .
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

The letter which was published as having
been written by Judge Douglas to Lucy
Stone, on the subject of the woman's Rights
movement, he's called forth the following
rote from Lucy Stone
BosToN, Oct. IL, 1861 am surprised to
learn that the letter going the rounds Of the
papers, purporting to be from Stephen Ar
mold Douglas to me, is being received as a
veritable correspondence The hoax seemed
to me so barciaced that never gave it sec.
ond thought have never written to or re
ceceived line from Mr.. Douglas, and it is
not TO such men as the woman's rights cause
appeals for helpers. LUCY STONE
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

A SACRAMENTO merchant, writing 10 his
partner in that city from Genoa, Carson Val
ley. says that the rock taken from the so
called silver lode on the east side Of the val
ley, has no silver in it, as far as assays have
been made at that place. A company has
been formed TO prospect a canon about mile
below Genoa, in which quartz has been found,
with a small portion of silver and copper
mixed with lead.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

NAPA FARMING LANDs.-The Napa Report.
ter remarks that although the last season was
not over profitable to the farmers in that
county, the few farms that have changed
hands, have been sold as usual, prices rang
ing from 1925 per acre for farms adjacent to
the village, to $50 per acre for those seven to
ten miles distant.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

ANTIDoTE TO THE CUT-WoRM The Homo
lulu Advertiser says:
We are told by gentleman residing off
the Nuuanu road, and who has tried the ex
pertinent thoroughly and repeatedly in his
garden and grounds, that the Jarvis Island
guano, ii put on the soil and sprinkled on the
planted beds. will effectually keep away the
cut.worm, which has proved such an enemy
to agricultural and horticultural enterprise in
these islands. He has tried its application
bed for bed, with and without guano, and
while the latter were continually destroyed
the former were perfectly untouched bv the
cutworm. For the sprinkling of the planted
garden beds he dissolved the guano in water
and thus applied it. If this should prove
equally effective on large scale, the wheat
growers OF Makawao need not weep any
more.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

Ar an inquest held in Sacramento on Friday
on the body of Henry shipley. the jury rem
dered as their verdict, that the deceased
came to his death on the 18th of November
in Sacramento city. from the effect of poison
administered by his own hand.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20
MARxSvILLE.
SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. 2Oth.

Losr.-A lady lost lpoeket-book on E
street. yesterday, containing a diamond ring,
some money and bunch of keys. II an
honest person finds it, the lady will regain
her property if not. not. See advertisement.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSE
TT.-Mr. BurliDgame, formerly of this city,
and afterwards a popular teucher in various
parts of the State, will deliver an address to
the people of this city, at the Methodist
Church, on Tuesday evening next, on matters
connected with the above university.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

FURTHER investigation into the book o the
Boston Hanover Street Savings Bank has
revealed state of affairs less favorable than
was anticipated. Mr.. Shepards peculations
have been far greater in amount than he at
first confessed to, and it is feared that the
dividend to the depositors will be very small
Mr.. Shepard, the defaultcr, is now out GA ten
Thousand dollars bail
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

The Sacramento Sutter Rifles, have con
of January, 1860. which will be an appro =
pirate day, being the anniversary of the bat
tie of New Orleans.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

InE brig Eliza, from Tahiti, was struck by
heavy sea Friday morning while entering
San Francisco harbOr, and entirely disabled.
She was towed up to the city by the schoon
er Black Prince.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

The ditch belonging to the South Feather
River Water Co. is advertised to he sold by
the Sheriff of Butte county, on an execution
IN favor of D. W. Cheesman, for the sum of
Sl9.6ss.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-20

1t is understood that Gen. johnson will
soon return to the States from his command
in Utah Territory. He has obtained leave Of
absence in consequence of i'll health His
successor in the command is not announced.