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LITERARY INSTITUTION Oh oPELoUsas.
Preparatory School for the Academies
Of the Union.

VI 64kV OE4UAs
Entire Religions and Political 7oisrqmce,n
DEPARTMENTS:
C. E. DuRAsD, Principal: Professor Of French
Latin, History and Mathematics
NATHANIEL Moss, Professor Of Esglisk, Geometry,
Geography and Writing.
0QNDEEEQNge
Boarding by the year, s14o 90
Day Scholars by the year. 40 90
. by the month, 90
FERNITURE.
Bedstead, Mattrass, Pillow, by the quarter, 81 90
Washing by the month, so
The students are expected to furnish their lights
aud their wood during the Winter.
There will be two public semi-annual examina-
tions during each year
The Scholastic year is composed of 10 months.
including the month Of vacation.
The reductions Ia case Of sickness or ether eau
esindependent Of the will, viii always be accor-
ded with the greatest equity.
Medicine and the attention Of Physician in ease
of sickness, at the cost Of Parents, in which case
Parents have It at their option to choose their me-
dcal attendant
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NRuE g. GRADENIGO. Collectors,

MTILL take in collection, claims ofall kinds and
w descriptions which may be entrusted to them
from the Parish OF ST. Landry and those adjoining,
as well as from New-orieans. They hope by their
Industry and punctuality TO deserve share OF the
public patronage Their office ia on Main street,
Opelousas, opposite II. Provost. Jan. Is, 1855
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ANOTHER IRlCI0R [AND

situated in the same place and measuring 400
superficial arpents, more or less; bounded
South by Bayou Phquemine Brulee, West
BY the plantation, North and East BY the
Public Domain N in or by lands belonging to Ab-
ner B. McClella1ld
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RTAMos. HARmoMIunGs. 60.

a ELANDRAIN, No. A, Cont Street, betwsen Char
~ tres and Royal, New Orleans, has inst rsceised
assortment of Pianos directly from the Mr..
A. Debain Of Par patented contractor Of MI e Courts
Europe and South America Mr. Deban has several
medals of the Expositons France London and New York.
Tor dirers Pianos of biz invention. ali tie Panos thai
from his anufacures expressly made ard improved
for and recognized Eurspe being supe
rior 10 all others. ss*sFF'gEsss
Sir. A. Eiandran, fayaraby known 10 many Pasishes Of
Leusana, the honar to
forthemelves of The Pianos and Harmo
nius tat he has just received from the abnye house.
Havng been Foreman in the mandatory Mr. Deai
FndTan thoroughly convinced Of the superiority a these
instruments, and being desirous to aks them we'll known
this State, he will content hiInssH small rrpf % the
sale Of the sans, and viii guaraates hs Resides hs will
tune and repair them. 4s
Piano Mecaniaue.
rhis instrument has definitely a i;culie, and
preudces the double advantage of Gsng the
same time Piano with an ordinary ksy for and for
amateurs Hho musicians hy II
npoa which ars execute be most pees
Of mae Mr Fandrain well acquainted with ts neehaa
Dec. 81, iE559.-Iv.
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Plantation for sale.

Plantation for Sale,
An m Bayeu Bauf. eontaiInine s04 asres..
soms 1550 we'll cleared and u1sdls|r dls|r lfesace.
The Shove Tract VI Land d eq1laI iii iiar-
tiIltgsto any land upon the Bayon. aad will
ha sold upon liberal teruss.
Apply y d.. i a. TAYIt,R,
near Opela,1saa-
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geaRs8 9SF aIs y !

ss es8 seasg ssass q .
en- THE subscriber takes this
method of informing the public
that be has on hand, and is
daily manufacturing all kinds Of Saddles,
Harnesses, Brides and other such artisles
usually kept in his line Of trade, on Main
street, nearly opposite Kaufman's store, in
Opelousas, where the public can find at all
times, from low price saddle or harness to
the finest that can be made in the State A
call is solicited. as he is determined to please
both in price and quality Of work.
GEORGE PULFORU
Opelousas, JuIy 10th, 1859.
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r A y T L,

N9 Em.D ID Four years old in the Spring, of
M III ~ bay color, with black legs name
azaassa 2a and tail, bred bv Judge Z. ].
Prairie Fzouer.- Boston jr. by George Marti. out
of John 2. Maler's Boston Fiy, the get Of Bosrsr,
the celebrated Virginia horse.-prairie Flower by
imported Sorro,p out Of Nudge the get OF imported
Sir .aTchy out of Lady Of the Lake.
viii serve mares during the next Season at 500
each, payable invariably in advance.
He will stand at the stables ofHenTy {. Garland,
near OpeIousas. Mares from distance can be
lefton the premises where they will receive pro-
per care and attention at fifty cents a day.
OpeIousas, January l4th 1860.
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c. A. GENIN


mO1s.s91 4 GssSN1Na
No. S1 Canal Street, neaf chartres, s,.0slsans.
IMPORTERS of and Dealers in Foreign and Domes-
Il tic Hardware, Cutlery, Combs, Brushes, Perfu-
merry, Stationery, Fishing Tackle and Toys And
general assortment Of French, German, English and
American Fancy Goods. EJuly "a, 1889
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,ao agnaIaRa1N ll0lats Vlaao

lilo gaIs;ssasgll9d Nstsss;stSls sfllsIV ssesao
aFerchanssTailor, opeIousas,
eT T AS the honor 10 announce to bis friends and
IL the public IN general thai he has just arrived
ON. New York with q full and coRplete assortment
II gooda chosen expressly by him and Tor bis pa
sns, suable for gentlemen clothing, such ascloths.
siirlits and other ssns He has also assert
y,hh owa supervision and afser the most fashionable
III most III which 10 slis bis Old patrons aso the
sslic who may wiah good. durable and elegant
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WR A @P or ia Md

known as The Thompson Tract, situated in
said Parish Of St. Landry, on the West side
of Bayou Crocant or Teche, having front
thereon Of fourteen arpents, by an irregular
depth bounded on the upper line by lands
belonging to Thos. B. Knox and Prudhomme,
on the lower line of lands belonging to. or
known as the Nugent Tract, and on the back
lines Of. lands belonging to Thoa Il. Lewis,
being nearly opposite to the said sugar Plan
tation, and containing 428 arpents, more or
less
~ For terms and conditions, apply to
John FL 1lsley, agent Of Richard McA1l,
Parish Of Ascension, or to r. McAH himself
4 miles above Donaldsonyille.
February 18th. .1s60.-tf
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DUGLGS d Co.

N U " NJ u - W. u ~
Corner Rienville & Exchange Alley, N.-0rlesns,
<,esagz- Have the honor to inform their friends
4and the public that they have JUST opened
II siat their Store, No. So Bienvie Street, at
the corner of Exchange Alley, Depot Of Furnisure
of every description, such as Bedsteads, Araeirs,
Centre-Tables and Others Teteat6te, Chairs Sofas,
Fauteuils Moss hair and spring mattresses, Feather
beds. They repair furniture, make exchanges aud
take it Oh storage. They hope BY and industry
to obtain q share Of public patronage Dec e.
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WASHINGTON DRUG STORE.

"A THE undersigned hereby inform their
~ friends and the pablis in general that they
x& have just received q fresh and considerable
assortment Of Drugs and Medicines as also Paints
PerfaaaerY OF all kinds, &c. Z
Thev are agents lor the sale of large quantity
Of Patent Medicines, the most popular.
Al. LaUAIILIER 81 CO
April 8, 1859 Washington, La
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Plantation and Lands for Sale.
WILL BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE
Il Il CERTAIN
IIIk SUGAR PLANTATION,

situated IN the Parish Of st. Ian
dry, on the East side of Bayou Crocant or
Teche, bounded above by lands belonging to
Mudd, and below by lands belonging to Terr-
ell having about Is arpents on said Bayou
Croeant, with depth Of about 40 arpents,
more or less, containing seven hundred and
eighteen arpents more or less in superficial
extent, together with all the buildings and
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Opelousas, March l7th, 1860
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28

POPULAR EALLACIES OVER
TURNED.

"A woman should always be neatly and
elegantly dressed; she has no excuse for
appearing otherwise
Has she not, sir? What do you call
those five little animals in pink aprons
and pinker cheeks, who hang around her
from morn till dewy eve?' What do you
call the baby, who always wakes just when
he ought to be asleep, and lifts up the full
force of his small lungs just when he ought
to keep still? What do you call the soup,
which must be seasoned to grain of pep
per, and the pudding must be baked Just so
or there will be trouble among the lords of
creation? The coat which must be mended?
the cravats which needs only stitch? the
china that must be washed? the carpets
which must be sweptF We should call
these very respectable excuses for little
dishabille now and them
"A woman gadding abroad is one of the
most disagreeable sights in the world; her
place is at homep
We are not sure of that either, not if she
wears pretty bonnet, and has cheeks like
the sunny side of a peach, and ripe, cherry
kind of lips. We've seen great many
more disagrceable looking things, and con-
fess to weakness for bright eyes and
pretty hair. Undoubtedly her place is
home, but that is no reason she is to shut
herself up there until she looks like a eel
cry stalk or lump of chalk. Who would
buy the coal and the calico-the marketing
and the new music-if woman is never to
set her foot over the threshold? The man
who wrote that heresy never kept house, zee
know.
Women should always be calm and COM
posed, like a peaceful landscape or a Sc
renely shining star. Her whole manner
should carry out the idea of rest and re-
pOse!'
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28
A NORTH CAROLINA HEIRESS
EL0PES WITH A SLAVE.

From the Raleigh Democratic Press.l
We learn that last week, a young lady
of extraordinary beauty and superior at
tainmentAthe daughter of wealthy and
respectable parents, of Sampson county
attemped to elOpe with negro fellow, the
property of her cousin. To friend. we
are indebted for the following particulars
Their elOpement had been planned for
several weeks, but favorable opportunity
not presenting, it was postponed from time
to time; an opportunity offering favorable
to her nefariOus designs, she told the ne
gro to be in readiness at the designated
place and time When the hour arrived,
she crept silently from her fathers house.
and soon joined the negro, who was wait
ing with horse and buggy which he had
stolen from neighbOr-earrying the bug
gy on his shoulder two hundred yards to
to the main road; the two then left and
proceeded towards the railroad.
Being short of funds, made it necessary
for the lady to call upon one of her fathers
friends, telling him that he Cher father
wished him to loan her 500, at the same
time handing him a note, which upon ex-
animation, proved to be worthless, as it had
no signature affixed. The gentleman in
formed her that he would have willingly
have loaned her the required sum, if her
fathers signature had been to the note,
but as that important part was neglected.
he could not DO it She then went with
the negro to Faison'S Depot, ION the W. &
W. R. R., where she expected to take the
cars and offered the horse and buggy for
sale at terms SO low, that at once aroused
suspicion that all was not as it should
be.
Several questions were put to her, all of
which she answered with so much plausai-
bility, that bystander volunteered to lend
her money, but before doing SO, desired to
see the bill of sale for the negro, which she
affirmed she had. She produced it. but
like the note, it was not signed, and also
contained several other errors The citi-
zens then determined to arrest them, and
acted accordingly, whereupOn the young Ia
dy made clean breast of the whole affair
publicly expressing that rer determine
ton was to marry the black rascal when
she got to the North.
The negro was Immediately taken and
lodged in Clinton jail, but has since been
carried off and disposed Of The young
lady remained at FaisOn's few days, and
then returned to her friends As she is
young and beautiful. of superior accom-
plishments and has numerous relatives and
friends, and heretofore moved in the most
society, it is to be regretted that
she acted 50 improperly and unbecoming a
lady.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28
-@ CO.,
n. z. Church Statistics.

The minutes of the annual conferences o.
the n. f. Church in the United States. jusi
published, contains the following There
are 40 conferences. In these there are S32
637 members, 14l,6Ss prObatiOners: total
974,345. Last year the total number wa:
956,555, being a gain of 1890. The
deaths during the year were e.s45. The
baptisms 49,l9l adults, and 3S,O5S chill.
dren- The travelling preachers are set down
as follOws-Efective 6,022, located dur
ing the year 7S died So, admitted on trial
6l3, superannuated 500. supernumerary
265-tOtal 6,S7S. Local preachers 1904.
There are 9,3O3 churches, valued at $lS.-
s22,64O. Parsonages 2,54O, valued at ST.
427,l6S. The receipts during the year
were:-for claimants on the conferences,
Sj0,55l; for the tract cause, Sis, sos; for
the American Bible Society. $40, $50: Sun
day schools, sIl,l72. The number Of Sun
day schools is l,755; officers and teachers,
l39, ,299; scholars, 732, ,592; volumes in the
library, 1900, ,7S3.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28

All very well if the gentleman in charge
of these 'serenely shining stars would al
low them to remain up among the clouds,
high above all sublunary tolls and tur-
moilsi But what is the luminary to do
when husband brings home a guest to
dinner on Monday, when the wash Is in
high proceedure-When an extra chicken
has to be broiled, and the best tablecloth
whisked on at three and quarter min
utes' noticel Has our critic right to COM
plain, if his wife makes her appearances,
with face redder than the picked beets,
and manners decidedly furried?
"A woman should never under any cir
cumstances whatever, lose her temperP
Might as well tell the wind not to blow
on March day, or the rain not to come
down in April 1t does them good to
explode occasionally. A woman, to be
good for anything, must have as much
spice and sparkle in her as a bottle Of
champagne, and if the cork comes out once
in while with bang, why, that don't
depreciate the value of the goods
But let men preach, it don't amount to
anything after all. We hold them cap
tive by every one of their dickey strings
and coat buttOns-by the rents in their
stockings and the tOOthaches and head
aches they want to be nursed through =
They can't do without US, and all the
good advice and assumed air of bravado
is only very natural chatting under the in
visible chains. On the whole, we think II
is rather foolish to take any notice at all
of it. Talk away, gentlemen, you won't
hurt our feelings.-Rr.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28

A CONVENIENT MATcH.--A wedding
took place recently, which was of a novel
character. The bride was an aged female
of about si1ty-fve, and the bridegroom a
young man of twenty-One They we're cOus-
ins, and on uniting themselves in matri-
monial bonds, became possessed of ten
thousand dOllaas by bequest. The donor
Of this money had upon his death-bed will
ed them FIVE thousand dollars each, under
condition that they married in the family,
hoping thereby to prevent his money going
to the benefit of strangers They willing
ly accepted the condition, but upon looking
about very carefully, were unable to find
any members of their family in existence,
except themselves; 50. rather than lose the
money they concluded to join hands and
travel down tie hill together, cOnsoling
themselves for the want of congenial love
by the chink of hard dollars.
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4uttrg.
PILGRIMS WAY SONG.
NJ MISS H. A. GOULD.

I'm bound to the home of my Father;
o, draw not my feet from the way,
Nor stop me these wild flowers to gather;
They drOop at my touch, and decay.
/ think of the flowers that are blooming,
In beauty unfading above;
The wings of kind angels perfuning,
Who fiy down on errands of love.
OF earth's shallow waters, the drinking
Is powerless my thirst to allay;
Their taste is of tears, while we're sinking
Beside them where quicksands betray.
long from that fount everything
That flows by my Fathers own door,
With waters so sweet and life-giving,
To drink, and to thirst nevermore.
The gold of His bright happy dwelling
Makes all lower gold to look din;
Its treasures all treasures excelling,
Shine forth, and allure me to HIM.
The gems of this world l am treading
In dust, where as pebbles they. lie,
To win the rich pearl that is shedding
Its lustre so pure from on high.
For pain torn spirit is feeling,
No balsam on earth it receives;
1 go to the tree that hath healing
To drop in my wounds from its leaves.
A child that is weary with roaming
Returning in gladness to see
Its home and it's parent, I'm coming
Ny Father, hasten to Theei
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28
OUR BABY.

Did you ever see our baby?
Little Tot:
With her eyes so sparkling bright,
And her skin so lily white,
Lips and cheeks of rosy hight
Tell you what,
She is the sweetest baby
In the lot,
All! she is our only darling;
And to me,
All her little ways are witty;
When she sings her little ditty
Evey word is just as pretty
As can be;
Not another in the city
Sweet as she.
You don't think so-you ne'ersaw her;
Wish you could
See her with playthings elattering,
Hear her little tonge chattering,
Little dancing feet come pattering-
Think you woHld
Love her just as well as do,
If you should.
Every grandma's only darling,
Isuppose,
Is as sweet and bright blossom;
Is q treasure to her bosom,
And cheering and enduring
As my rose
Father, spare them to US
Till life's close.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28
WOMEN AND FLOWERS.

We are not aware that any philosopher
has yet undertaken to discuss the moral,
sentimental, or chemical afinitics between
women and flowers. Nor is it necessary
that philosophers shall bother their brains
on any such topic, seeing that the poets,
who are better judges, have often found
that flowers and women are mutually illus
trative of each other.
There are many varieties of flowers, just
as there are of women. Some flowers are
beautiful merely to the eye, and exhale no
fragrance to the sense; so, also, there are
some women Of great personal beauty
around whom there is no aroma of virtue
or sentiment Other flowers are exceed
ingly beautiful and have delicious fragrance
too, reminding one of those rare women
whose exterior loveliness seems to be the
natural reflection of the virtues that be-
jewel their hearts Other flowers, again,
are not at all beautiful to the eye, and yet
they are full of the most exquisite OdOr.-
These reminds us of those women of exter-
nal plainness, whose minds are adorned
with the gems of thought and sentiment
and whose hearts are the homes of all those
graces and elegances that live long after
mere beauty of form and color has become
dim and passed away. Thus we might run
through the whole catalogue of flowers and
find for them the most striking resemblance
in the varieties of womankind.
Woman was originally placed in the gar
den, and the garden now seems to be the
most appropriate place for her. She is al
ways seen to advantage when she is seen
extending encouragement to plants that are
backward, and directing the course which
the more aspiring shall pursue. How sweet
ly she attends the sickly plant which drOOps
its head beneath the monday fervors; and
while she gives it the sweet persuasion of
sticks and props, and cup of cold water,
it seems grateful for her genial attentions,
and seems to try to look fresh and cheerful
once more. She scratches and loosens the
earth around the stem, and takes therefrom
every weed and blade of grass that would
suck up its darling life-blOOd. Then, again,
now dexterOusly she teaches the climbing
plants; how delicately she assists them in
their upward efforts, until, step by step,
they reach the topmost round of ambitions
ladder. What taste she exhibits in the
mere arrangement of her plants. She may
have group here and group there, but
she more frequently rejOices in combinations
of starry-eyed beauties, in which all the
cOlors Of the rainbow shall successfully be
displayed. 1t is true that some cold blood
ed economists would say that lovely wO-
man thus employed in making her home
beautiful, wastes her time; but the sulky
fellow might, with as much reason, say
that a woman employed in developing and
refining the highest sentiments of her ma
ture is wasting her time. Such employ
ment of time is, in the noblest sense, prof
table; and only she wastes her time who
neglects the beautifying of her home in con-
tinual efforts to save dime or to have sur
plus dollars in the lOcker.--LouisviAe Jour
nal
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MistelIaneons,
THREE KNOCKS AT oUILCHER's
DOOR.
KNOCK ONE ON ou1LcHER's s DOOR.

ANOCk ONE On QUlLCHER DOOR
o .
Mr.. Kneebone is small advertising tail
or, with shop in the BOrough-and a
villa" at Peckham New Town. To dine
with this illustrous maker of shoddy gar
ments, the Quilchers started at twelve a. m,
as the goose is to be on the table at two
precisely. Prior to starting, Mrs. Quill
cher had locked up everything. except the
Water-tap and the front door. Even this
latter is under rigid quarantine If undu-
ly opened the police are to report it, the
chain is to be kept up and no knocks an
swered. The herring and two cold potatoes
are loft on plate, few cinders in dust
pan, but no candle, there being light enough
from the gas lamp through the "airy-bars"
for little girl doing nothing. "And it,"
adds Mrs Quilcher, as she finally goes
forth, 81 find all right when came home,
and the sewing I've set you done, and you
in meek and proper state Of mind, as is
right in girl, who twice this week had
the impudence to tell me she was tired, 1
will reward you with delicious rosy ap-
pie, only just begun to be rotten, but quite
a nice one if that's cut out" Thus, bless
ing her threshold, and lifting up the folds
Of her secondhand velvet cloak, Mrs. Quill
cher followed her husband to the street.
1t is cold dreary morning to little EN-,
for the few embers in the crate have to be
fed sparingly, and the coarse sheet she has
been left to make has long seam and a
longer hem. But by working hard her
task is half done, when AbePs knock comes
at the door. And she does answer in spite
of forbiddcns. for her ear tells her it is
friendly hand Then OH the joy of seeing
AbePs dear old face, and receiving his bless
ed gift He will hardly stay to be thanked,
but says his dinner is waiting, hurries
away. Trembling with excessive joy, little
En- hastens down into the miserable kitch-
en-, half dark already. and inspects her
treasure, and reneWs her fire in quite an
extravagant manner. Then, spreading a
piece Of paper on the table-cloth, she sets
forth her dinner quite grandly. But she
eats sparingly; puts by the best part of
everything for Samson. She does not know
exactly where he is gone, but long way
she fears; and when he comes home what
JOY she viii have in placing the little deli
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28

FANNY FERS-takes a sharp stick to
male writers of "bOoks of advice to woman.
She says, sit is asif some stOrekeeper should
cut out and make quantity of silk dresses
with hooks and eyesall ready to snap round
customers One won't meet at the belt:
another is short in the skirt; another draes
on the ground another compresscs the chest
to sufOcatiOn till my man Of speculation
finally makes up his mind that It would
have been best to let every woman take her
own measure, instead Of Wriggling through
life in ha6ts Of his choosing, without NJ
gard to the way the Almighty put her TO-
gether." & - -