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Iptallumme, m0UOn bic Staot
.3inien be5ablt $3.50, 889.17
Our Dsdun9 # elm 9il9unssfOnD BON $3.50
526 so pCrbauDsn; ferner cine febsnoe SeWIl
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Der WiapCr smpfisblt, Don Del DiuIoenoe, Die
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Der StaDt be5obien wirO, $4,000 per Sabr
Dem Eilsunssfcnr beiSdiaSen. Der Tlounss-
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The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

The WArERnY NovRLs.-The well. known
firm Of I, Peterson & Brothers, BOG, Chest
nut street, Philadelphia, are now engaged in
publishing a remarkably cheap edition Of these
unapproachable works Of fiction.
The first g ivanhoe y appeared on Saturday
OF last week the next, Guy Maunering,"
will issue to-day, /" Rob Roy and so on, one
noyel will be published regularly on each, and
every coming Saturday, until tie whole nun
Der Of volumes-twenty-six--is completed.
The low price fixed BY The publishers for them
is only % cents a volume, or the whole twenty.
SIX volumes for FIVE dollars. Agcomplcte set
will be forwarded, free Of gostess by mail, to
any part Of the United States, to any one, by
the publishers, Oh receiving a remittance of Eve
dollars for the tweuly,six volumes or a remit
lance Of three dollars will pay for The first
tWeiye volumes or a remittance of one dollar
will pay for The FIRST four volumes. The novels
viii be neatly printed, and each volume will
contain about l25 pages printed on fiDe white
paper, and neatly bound with paper cover.
The revised uniform Edinburgh edition. from
winch this is reprinted, comprises farty.eigbt
volumes, the cos, Of which is sereatytgosl cl-
fars; and this edition will contain every word
Of the i4denburwh edition. We commend the
determination Of this enterprising Philadelnbia
firm, to furnish the works Of an author like
walker scott, at n price so reasonable, that
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

- ~
t. ELFcT1eN IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ssssh 2s.--An arrival on Saturday from
rIsefrter. City, brings dates TO Feb. 18th.
Everything in that quarter is represented as
progressing faeorahly. The season is not yet
h.s-sSeQgh advanced TO admit of mining being
Carried vf escaatE -'~- i,teFve!~s From
four to ten dollars is the average
with a rocker. Ditch companies are be-,
formed to carry water from the Platte river q
Cherry creek, a distance IF twenty miles. 7
rash from this city is beyond all precede
Upwards Of a thousand persons have arrf ed
here since Friday last. and the suburbs o. z
city are covered with companies in camp
Jones and Russell dispatched their first trail
Oh Saturday, and another will leave to-day.
The jury IN the case of John boy. now be-
ing tried in st. joseph, have disagreed.
Judge Lecompt granted o change Of venue
on saturday in tie case of Tattle, who killed
Mciawen III the fall.
Tie people vote today for or against The
formation of a State Constitution also on the
local question prohibiting the keeping Of
liquor snloons open on Sunday.
L~E4vENwoRrH, March 29.--The Sunday
law has been stained by AO6 majority. The
whole vote cast was 1913. There vas little
or no opposition to the Constitutional CUES
ton. which was carried by a small but decided
majority.
"A ndlle p~rosequi was entered in the case of
Chas. boy, and be was released from custody
on Sunday, aud is my in this city. Or. boy
has been held TO bali. n the sum Of $1,000 for
trial at next term Of the Court.
Two WEEKS LATER FROM THE MrYEs.-Ad-
vices from the mines to February 26th. two
weeks later, have bcen received here. Near
.Arrapahoe city The miners express themselves
confident Of making large wages with sluices
and hydraulic hose. Prospects had YIELDED as
bigh as fifty cents to the pan, bnt four cents
was about the average. The weather aud
water were still too cold to admit of any ex-
teilsiye outdoor operations.
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A N'nIse n!nrm of War.

WASHINGTON, April LA runor vas cur
rent yesterday evening that official dispatches
had been received from Europe by the Govern
ment to the effect that war bel ween France
and Austria was inevitable, and would soon
break out.
Another report was in circulation that the
Government dispatches announced that the
Austrian, French and Sandman armies we're
already in motion, and that bostiIities had
actually commenced and telegraph dispatches
were sent IN every direction by cteduldns news
reporters, aeftenticatiag The above minors.
~ has now been ascertained, upon such au.
lhorlty as to leave no doubt that these reports
and dispatches are entirely without foundation,
and destitute Of truth.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

TnE War RpNoRs srrTLsD.-Charleston
April 4.-Charles II. Rteit, of this city, in a
Dispatch dated Washington, April ID. and
published in the Charleston Mercury Of tbs
morning, says that the President positively
news TINT war had broken out in E,,,rone.
WASHINGTON, April 4th-EyemDgIAt the
siesies trial to-day the court room vas iainnea
with speoiators-erowds thropged the eourt
house long before the doors were opened. and
but a small portion could gain admission.
,s'ekles pleaded not guilty, The selection of
a jury was commenced this afternoon. hui Was
only partly completed when tie court adj
An extra session of Congress is again talked
o. on account Of recent complexities in our
'otqlsn feial'ans' especially IN Central America.
lhls, together with the Post Office deficiency
is considered sufficient reason Ion calling mn
eAtt1t session, bat nothing definite has vet been
Determined on by the Cabinet.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

HFNohAL1zlSa INFLUENCE OF Pofry,,s
one q The great objections to beconinr .
politician is the decentralization conuec,cd IS, l. i
the position, The politician has more ,enntn'
tons placed in his way than any other cil;len
lo be p,opn'ar with tie boys he must drink
at ward meetings, and take sides in favor nf
,n no. ard F%owdyism. He must at.
lend conventions, target shoots. dog Heb,s ana
chicken disputes he must act as staEaboi n"u
70 a morse race, and so decide the last heat ne
VIII add to his popularity with those who have .
hef the most money. The politician commanoos
lie by .npplins, and too often finishes mn h.
career by having the worst of habits fastpn !,
npon him for the remainder of his lie. Mo-
h men a. are ,n,h Falned b. politics in This country than
os gan,nIing, They keep bad hours, bad com.
pany' neglect their families. and 90 ia The baa
generally. For this reason, no man but . ma''
'nEl1clole to the temptations Of strong drinn
should ever think Of becoming a polit;cian . al
others are sure to fatl before his deva
power, and sooner or later will rnnSe
unhappy end. fKGiekerbocker. al
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say IS by turning it to the left, and then n
third uumber-say ls-by turning 1t to the
right again. You then give it u tYirl, ana 60
Off and leave it.
In the middle Of the night, up comes q bur-
glar with his dark lantern and skeleton keys.
Lille examines the lock. No use for skeleton
KEYS, for there is no key-hoIe TO put them m,
| No use for gun-powder, for theTe is no place
s,our in. There is n round brass knob with
,fn,nd it. That is all. Clearly ms
nv way to get in, is to turn the knob TO tbs
fight number.
He begins to try. lie turns IT to every
niumber on the index, from | to 100, trying
he door each time. Nog 60. He turns 1t back
to every number from 100 to |. Still no go.
When he reaches the right number there is no
click or any other intimation that he hrs
reached it, and be is likely to go past it as
stop. Granting even that he accidentally
stumbles on the first number, he must loose 1t
in trying to find the second and third. He
has to find the three right numbers, ard fnd
them in the same order that you set them, and
keep each found in other words, he must tnd
the right one out Of over a million cambina-
tion of figures If the night was as long as
Methaselah's life, the maFning would find him
a. his pnavailing work.
At . O'Clock You cq3he along, :nrn the ham
die to the right numbers in succession, open
the bank with perfect case. aud attcud TO
business.
Ii is no use 10 knock down the cashier on
his way home at night, in order TO rob him of
the key. He has no key. The key, such as
it is left in the door. AL the cashier has, is
the memory Of certain figures in his head,
where they cant be got at.
Neither does its excellence depend ON com
pick and secret mechanism. 1t is very simple.
Anybody eau understand it, and the more he
understands, the more completely he eomprc-
hends the impossihiIity of unlocking it. Alba
ny journal. March %.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

The EXCELSIOR Gas LIaHr.-This new i'm,
preseuent Tor Illuminating rarlors, dung
rooms, hotels, restorauts etc, has been on ey.
a'bltioh in our town during the last week to
The admiration Of all persons. The fixtures
tor lis operation are very simple, the cost Of
materials for generating the light are yerv
cheap, and the fame is one OF peculiar brillian.
ey. 1t is destined to supersede the use ef
common oil and candles altogether. Mr..
Mcitenry Husband of this town bas purchased
the patent for This Parish and is now prepared
to furnish families with this magnificent i'm.
prosemene M tho way of q cheap light for
nocturnal purpoes.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

A New BANK Lock. wirporr ,xv E.,
NEr-HotE.-We have been shown to.dar an
invention in which the principal Of aritbmeIieai
combination is carried ont and onrf;aS , ,"N
new use with surprising results. This u
Hobbs. "S sAtl OF
1t works in this wise. Around tIe ,aoo-
Emp OF lhe bank is a small brass indey. on
%ihen are Numbers fsom one to loo. Ycu
,"sN Tue door and then set the index to any
aaa'oef Yen ptease-say 27~-by turning to The
Fisht You then setit 10 a second unnhcrN
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

MlssoUn-Ffee .Ncgfoes.-ln the lower
house Of the Missouri Legislature, on the 9Th
inst, a bill to exclude free negroes from the
State was passed by u large majority. !. let,
Ter from Jefferson City to the st. Louis. Re
publican says:
The first section declares that no slave shall
be deemed to pc emancipated in this State.
,inf9 the person emancipating him shall give
boki, with three s%ureties, that the slave shall
leave the State and never remove to it. All
free negroes who may be residents Of the State
in eighteen landretl and sixty are declared to
be slaves, and the sheriff is authorized to sell
them under the provisions Of the act. All free
negroes over the age Of eighteen are to be noti-
fled, on or before the first Monday of Angus;
next, Of the existence Of this act by the sheri(s
of the different counties. and twelve months are
allowed III which to leave the State. Provisions
IS made by which a free rtgro over twenty-one
years OF age may se,ect.a master or mistress in
the State. after which he is to be regarded as a
slave, Anapprenticeshi SYSTEM is established.
This Jaw is made applicable only TO those per
sons who may have come into the state sl.bse.
qnent to the sixteenth February, eighteen han,
dred and forty-seven, and their descendants !;
nor does it apply 10 any free negro who may
have married in another State, with tie consent
OF The master, any slave belonging to a resident
Of the State.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09
BAYOU PhAquEurSs. April ., 1859.

We the undersigned, passengers of the
steamer Rageu Bette, do respectfully render
our heartfelt thanks to Capt. Benoit Ney, and
to all his officers in general for their energy IN
saving the Bayou ReRs, and landing her safely
to the shore on her last trip from The city 10
Washington. and do, BY this, recommend Them
70 the public in general, as careful, energetic
ooatnen, men trustworthy OF the confidence
and patronage Of the community.
l" ! Ih,oodean, Norbert Rodrigne,
:, I; oricgo, Iheodnle Gnidry,
Y oahaliin, Jean Durand,
lyPrien DeIatosse, Ernest Cahanin.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

WEArnRR.-baring the past week we have
had heary rains, delightfal sunshine, bleak
north-easterly winds and several light fsesss,
The cotton above ground has been Sc onsly
injured looks torpid and is dying very RAPID
" A second planting on many farms will be
necessary. AT present friday noon) it is
warm aud threatens rain.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

PErsRsoN's pETRcroR FOR Arml.-Has
been on our table for several days. .siaee
counterIeiting has become a trade, we know Of
no better key to unlock The door Of fraud and
faSeallty, than PeterSons' Deteetor. Every
business man should subscribe 10 ii.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09
Kings maioris

MUNICIPAL ELEcrlos.--The following gen.
tlemen were elected On last Monday, as mem.
bers Of our Town Council for one year without
opposition, viz:
r. II. Liitcll, i. A. King, F. l.. Hebrard,
a. J. Thompson, w. @. Meginley, Nj. Per
rault, Joel II. Sandoz.
For Town Constable, NJ. Massand received
81 votes, aad james D. Israel IL. Mussand $
majority, 90.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

LADIES AMERICAN MAeaziSE;--Tle April
Number Of this beautiful and popular periodical
Is before u.s. obounaing in reading matter that
IS pleasing and interesting, while the enrra.
wings are Of the most superlative finish aud
character.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

THE PARaacAS Observation-Disclosures
April dispatches from Commissioner Bow.
I'm have been received at the State ilenart.
fhen'' Which represent that there is a fair pros,
pet OF a satisfactory and peaceful settlement
OF the Paraguay difficulty.
Negotiations were soon to be opened, and au
amlcable adjustment of The difficulties was con.
tdeitly an anticipated.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-09

81 We are authorized to announce the
Hon. h. N. POLK Of jackson La, a candidate for
Congress in the Fourth Congressional District, sub.
iect to the decision Of the Democratic Convention,
which conveaes ut Alexandria, in June next.
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GENERAL GR0CERS AND DEALERS
~ in Liquors, Wines, Cigars aud Tobacco, VAST,
ington, La.
articles:
ToBACCO-5o boxes, of a. sty!es. lbs. A / l..
IS, los, Twist. s%'
POCKET LUMP, ETC., from the lowest Grade t5
the highest quality and price.
clGARs-All the approved brands Of fine fla,
An assortment Of German Cigars. Fl.
Cuba Gfs, etc, etc.
sAUFF plPES-Pipcs Of every description. q
ripe Heads Of assorted naatt'es.
Geodwin.s Smoking an. lBesk Tobacco
tAulTS-Raisins, NJ r.. ana laytrs, in boyes
Prnnes- dry, etc. 90 ~
~SUTs-Peeans, Texas; Almonds; Brazil Nuts.
HAMs-sugar Cured, choice brands. Plain do:
pr,r, SIDES, Shoulders, Mess Pork, etc.
hE1f~-aiess ana Prllne, hbls. and half bbls.
DRIED Beet, plain and s,aga cured.
LARD-kegs and bbls.
FLOUR AND SALT.
Pickles, Preserves, kctchups, etc.
Wood and Willow Ware.
sflCES-Peper, Cloves.
Allspice, Cassia,
PLAYING caPDS-8mericaa-i2gery variety,
oii"7Ts.ata n,erta, Whale. Cettol seed,
sweet Uil-tluarts and pints.
soAP-Colga,e, Winchester, Western. ec
SuNDRfES-Brandy Cherries tilass and cor,,
stops, Brandy Fr~uits-Assorted. "'N '"h
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. brands,
rharrr Annisettc-All qualities,
eofdlals--Assorted all kinds,
Curacao, Maraschino, PEPPERMINT,
"eAes Aromatic Seheidalu Sehnnnns
Blackberry Brandy,
Peach Brandy, "
sco,oh o,, -, Champagne Cider,
~ anu 'Aafa Ate-'1nartsa and Pints,
London ~Porter-Qnarts and ni,ts
Porter and Ale--In boxes, quarts arI hints Ame ,i'
can. fHN HIT
I~EA-lmpefiai, in balfchests, of every quality
n,rrno III canisters Of l and 2 lbs. each,
tuNP0WDER, in half chests. of every a ~ saen'
quality. 'a's'9 !" assorted
ooLoNG PoucnfNG.
BRANOY-Farious qualities.
bliEEt.s-HoStetter's celebrated Stomach cor
,3 , h ~ ~ ~ ,ilsor, IN quarts and piuts-Leidarais
maea Rum, Reciifed. via Ja-
GIN-Holland, American,
WINES IN GI.Ass-ciaret, White Wines,
Observation-Disclosures assorted.
COFFEE RIO.
aANDLhs-star, Adamantiue, Sperm, Chemical
7 constantly ny
ChEESE-western, landing constantly from
ENGLISH DAIRY.
sedAR-LoFRlNG'S REFlNEpLCrusbed
Pu1ycrized. '
r,st, Coarse Puiverized, Loaf.
matt, aLsn- .a4 Nos, and ), in bbls., halves.
f ~ HEiRiNG.lu half aud quarter bills.
1qDflsH and SMOKED HERRtNG-In Ioros
~ElcEIFreshC Carolina, in Tierces.
AMI Fancy and assorted Stick cand, ~
boxes Of 80 and % lbs. each. S"i'y' IN
Iound cans. ~ 4 and :
AAILS-Bes. Boston N~ails--Assorted sizcs
SARblNES IN OTL-Half and onsrtsr r' rs.
foNpE and ~SuoT-Together with = finn
ale by n GfTp4}}e iiae, tor
optlousas, April ., ls59,--ly. VWi sshipS q NJ
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