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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-12-29

By the President,
WV. Fl. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
HEADERS. DEPT TRANSMITS.

HEADQR RS. DEPT TRANSMITS,
Shreveport, La, Oct Is, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS No. 40.
The impressment of property by any person
other than a commissioned officer with written
orders from the Department. Commanders, the
District Commanders within their respective
Districts, or the Commanding officer Of an army
in the field, is strictly prohibited
By command of
Lieut.. Gen E. KIRBY SMITH.
S. S. ANDERSON, A. A. G.
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas papers publish
one month. 36-5t
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
"A I'ract of Land.

bounded North by Bayou Rouge, East by lands
of Joseph Pender, South by Lot of J. Levy Il
Co, and West by Lot of J Levy & Co and
the public road. containing about twelve acres
(more or less) with all the buildings and iul-
provements thereon, consisting of a dwelling
house, out houses, blacksmh's shop and carriage
house, engine. saw, and grist mill
The abuve described tracts of land are to be
scld together
One lion cart axle;
One lot German steel;
One lot old iron;
One lot new iron;
Two SETS cart wheels &C.. &c
TERMS AND CoNDlTsoNs:--The lands and m-
provements, will bn sold OF credit of one, two,
and three years from the 1st of January next,
1854 The personal property to be sold on a
credit of twelve months from said lst day of JAN
uary 1864. All sums under $50 to be paid cash,
on the day of sale. ana all sums not punctually
paid at maturity, shall bear 8 per cent interest
per annnm from naturity;-he two tracts of land
remaining morgaged unto said Estate until full
and entire payment Of capital and interest that
may accrue thereon Purchasers to furnish their
notes payable in solido, with two good and
approved suretirs. on the day of sale
SELENER s. WELDEN,
Administrative of said Estate
st. Landry, December 49, 1863 37--ts
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
5000 REWARD.

RANAWAY from the undersigned, e.
- on the night of the 9th ult, five miles &
80 80 from Lloyd's bridge, on the Burrs-A
Ferry road, the following described slaves, viz:
A man named TYREE, light grife, aged
about thirty-six years, about five feet, nine
inches high.
A negro man named WILSON, dark griffe,
aged about thirty five years. about Ave feet,
eight inches high, stout and thick set, a front
tooth missing.
A negro man named Mccoy, aged nineteen
years, and about five feet, eight inches high.
negro girl named ROSETTA, aged about
twenty years.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS each will be
paid for the apprehension and delivery to me of
any or all of said slaves, at any point between
the Bayou Beuf and Burr's Ferry
Also. ran away from my plantation, on the
Bayou Boeuf:
A negro man named GEORGE, aged about
thirty-six years, and
Another negro named ALLEN, aged about
twenty-six years.
One hundred dollars will be paid FIR the ap-
prehension and delivery to me Of said men, at
any point between my residence and Burr 8
Ferry. The two last named slaves are believed
to be on or in the neighborhood of my panta.
ton, and the others will most probably resort to
the same point at an early day.
GEORGE r. KING.
st Landry, September ~ ls63.-tf-25.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
HEADQUARTERS TRANS MISS. DEPT. J
Shreveport. La Nov. q, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS No. 5S

Frequent instances having been brought
As to the knowledge OF the Commanding Gen
eral Of Leaves of Absence and Furioughs being
granted by Subordinate Commanders-Here
no orders will be recognized separating al officer
or soldier from his command. except in CASES of
sick soldiers in General Hospitals, unless issued
from Department or District Head Quarters, or
with the sanction of District Commanders.
Officers and Soldiers absent from their COM
n.ands. whose orders do not btar the approval
required by this order. will be arrested and sent
to thei' commands. and the papers relating to
their cases forwarded to these Head Quarters.
A rigid scrutiny will be made in all cases, aud
the officer who may issue such irregular orders
will subject himself to arrest and trial
II. Hereafter no transportation Or commuta-
ton thereof will be allowed to sick soldiers going
on furough. unless on the approval of the Chief
Medical Officer of the Field or Hospital Service,
attached to the Staff of District Commanders.
Ill Capt. G. S. West, Assistant Adjutant
General, is relieved from duty as Assistant
Inspector General and announced as Acting
Judge Advocate General for the Trans Missis-
sippi Department BY command of
Lieut-Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH.
S. s. ANDERSON, Assisan Adjutant General.
La Ark. and Texas papers insert three times,
and forward bills as above. Dec 26--3t
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
Public Sale.

WT THEREAS, on the 30th December 1868, al
Wv public sale made by me in the town ot
Opelousas, Parish of st. Landry, Of certain pro.
perty belonging to the Estate of Jacob AnseIn.
deceased, upon the following terms and condi,
tons, to witt On credit Of one, two and three
years from the day of sale; purchasers furnishing
their notes with good ana solvent security in
solido, to the satisfaction of the Administrator.
and made payable at his domicil and to his or
der, and bearing interest at the rate of eight per
cent. per annum from time due until paid. The
property to remain specially mortgaged unto said
Estate until full and entire payment of capital
and the interests which may accrue thereon,
there was adjudicated by me to JOHN Cochran.
OF the Parish Of St Landry, he being the high
est bidder, the undivided half of certain parcel
Of lot Of ground. situated in the town of Ope.
lou5as, at the corner of Court and Bellevue
streets, measuring fifty feet 6 inches front on
Bellevue street, by ninety-fve feet, inches on
Court street, bounded on the East by Dr. Satter-
white, West by Court street, South by James
u. Porter, and North by Bellevue street, TO-
sgsether with the buildings and improvements
thereon erected, except those which may be ex-
cepted on the dsy of sale, also a Billiard Table,
tues, Balls, Chairs. Tables. Glasses, Decanters,
and other articles constituting Coffee House.
AND WHEREAS. after being called upon, he
did not comply with the conditions of sale,
public declaration was made by me that would
fe-oifer said property for sale, at the said Coch-
rams risk, before the Court House in the town of
Dpelousas, upon the same terms and conditions
above mentioned. on the Saturday, 9th of JAM
uary instant, 1864;
NOW, BE IT KNOWN, that in virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, and In accordance
VIII the proclamation made by me on the said
, Sssn day ct December, 1868, ! will, on the said
SATURDAY, 9th Of JANUARY, 1864,
y the Court House, in Opelousas, offer for sale
said property above described, npon the above
mentioned terms and conditions.
spe'onsas. December 30sh 1868
EVTF. DEgATLLON,
Anctienecr.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
Communicated.
Opelousas, December 9th. 12f

OpelouSas, december 9th, 1868
Editor OF the OpetoUsas Courier-Sir: Permit
the to answer, in few lines, to the eloquent ar
tiele which appeared in your paper of the 26th
inst, under the signature of Dewitt Israel
am not very conversant with the English
language, but as the gentleman desires sun SOL
dat to answer him i'll his imported language, I
will try to do SO, without borrowing my neigh
boris paper, ink nor pen, as that blatant writer
is doing Here it goes Il will state here that
never intended. in the least, in my article of
the 18th inst. (Which appeared in your paper in
the French language, my mother tongue, to
cast any blurupon Mr. Israel's integrity, respect
ability. or honorability they are too highly
known and appraised by the public for ''un sol
dat to try 10 stain them even to slur at them
made a comparison between two individuals,
about their fitness to do military duty, Mr.. Ed.
Guidry and him, aud will show YOU and the
public that used very mild and polite language
in denominating Mr.. Israel a skuKiag individual.
Facts will prove this assertion:
If my memory don't betray me, Mr.. Cleophas
Comeau arrested i'll the streets Of Opelousas, some
twelve or fifteen months ago, a rambling gentle
man by the name of Dewitt C. Israel, who was
skalking or rather shirking from his command,
and was foreibly, but gracefully conveyed there
Now. sir, if this is not skutking, wish you would
inform the public of the right appeation OF this
msuen1eanof. Ill oTdef tnaG they may use, here
after, your own meaning and understanding. As
to your being healthy or unhealthy, sir, never
said anything about it, because you mig ght have,
for what know, a complication of disorders
"What did Mr. die of ~ asked a simple
nrighbor. ''Of q complication of Disorders re-
piled his friend "How do you describe this
complication, my good sir7" "He died" answer
ed the other ''ot two physicians, an apothecary
and surgeon You might leave out what xiii.
ed our poor neighbor. Doctors and apothecaries
are such curious beings! As regards your fight
ing propensties. saw enough Of your brilliant
and skillful skrmishes to know and conclude,
that you would be good fighter if you were in
the army and this is the reason why should
like to see you there, in place of Mr.. Edmond
Guidry, who has had all arm shattered and the
bones Of one of his hands bleaching upon the
battle plains Of Virginia, and who, nevertheless,
was found fit for duty Now, sir, to close these
remarks, will answer as soldier should do,
that am ready to meet you on any field of honor;
but your corner street fights and chair-b,eaking
little affairs all over the town Of Opeousas do not
become 'un soldat." As to your epithets they
cannot stain my humble reputation as a good
Confederate citizen.
Respectfully submitted by
HTTN SaT nAr.,'
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
O p e l. q u s A s.:
SATURDAY, ::: JANUARY 2, 1864.

A NEW HoTEL--By reference to our adver-
.ising columns, the public will see that Mrs.
Stuart has opened a Boarding house at the Old
Bank, near the Court House. The attention and
aptitude Of Mrs. Stuart are too well known to
the public to need any commendation from US.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
THE OPELOUSAS COURIER,
~~~-~-~---~~------~~~~~
Published on Saturday by Joel H. Sandoz.
CONDfTiONS.

Subscription, for one year, payable in advance,
TEN dollars if paid at the end of the year. s,oelps
dollars. A subscriber wishing to discontinue,
must give srritten notice to that effect, and
settle up all arrearages.
Advertisements will be inserted at twenty-five
cents per line for each of the first three pubea-
tons, and TEN cents per line for each and every
subsequent insertion. A liberal discount will be
made for standing advertisements
Ali the advertisements will be inserted in
french and english until the editor shall Judge il
convenient to discontinue the publication
Twenty dollars ojn advance will invariably be
required for the announcement of candidates
for office.
No advertisements or subscription will ha
stepped until all arrearages are paid, ur.ess
at he crhcn Of the publisher.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02

st. Landry. December 5th 1863.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
PUBLIC SALE.

Estate OF Julie G. Sicily, deceased.
THERE will be sold at public sale, to the last
d. and highest bidder, by the undersigned Auc-
tioneer, at the last residence of Julie G. Sicily,
in Prairie des Femmes, on
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH 1864,
the following described property, belonging to
said Estate tn-Wit:
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
Public Sale

ESTATE OF SIMEON j. WELDEN.
pY virtue of an order from the District Court
- in and for the Parish of St. Landry. the pub
lie are hereby informed that there will be sold at
public sale to the last and highest bidder by the
undersigned or by duly commissioned Auc.
oneer, on the plantation, last residence of said
deceased i'll Big Cane, Parish Of St Landry. on
Tuesday, January 18th, 1864,
the following described property belonging to
the Estate OF said Simeon j. Welden, deceased,
late of said Parish, to-wif:
A PORTION OF THE WEST HALF
ot Northwest Quarter of Section seven in Town
ship NJ. Three South of Range five East. bound
I'd North by Bayou Rouge, East by lands of l..
5. Harvard, South by lands of Mrs. Webb, and
West by lands of l.. S. Harvard, containing
about titiy-tive acres. Also:
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10 Slaves.
A TIT act of Ian Id

M;;S containing IS arpents. with the buildings
E.I and Improvements thereon, situated in
Prairie des Femmes, and a lot of movable pro-
perty, consisting of household and kitchen fur
niture, beds and bedding, farming utensils, lot
of cotton i'll seed and various other objects, the
enumeration of which would be too tedious
Terms and Conditions THE moveablt PRO
perty payable cash, and the land and slaves on
credit of one, two and three years from the Is.
of April 1864. Purchasers to furnish their notes
with security in solo, to the satisfaction of the
administrator, bearing interest at eight per cent
per annum from mattrit until paid. and payable
at the tlomicil Of John L. Smith, in Grand Cot+au.
The land and slaves to remain specially mort
gagged until the full and entire payment of said
notes. JOHN +. SMITH,
Auctionser.
St Landry necernher 9Th 1863
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02

HEADQRS, DEPT. TRANS. MISSISSIPPI,
Shreveport. La. Nov. IL, 1865;
GENERAL ORDERS Ne 81
THE following notice of exchange is published
d. for the information of alI concrrnra
EXCHANGE NOTICE No T.
list All officers aud men captured and parord
''at any time previous to the lsf OF September,
"ls63. This section, however is not Intended
''to include any officers or men captured q,
"Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863 except such as werr
exchanged by Exchange Notice No &. Sppten-
"ber IL, 1868, or are specially named in this no
'tlce. But 1t dues not embrace all deliveries
''made at City Point, OF other place before Sep
'tetnher lst, 63, and with the limitation aboy.
manned, all captures at Port Hudson. or any
''other place where parties were released On
''parole
I'D The Staff of Generals Pe,nberon. Ste
"venson, Bowen, Moore Barton, D Lee, Cum
innings, Harris and Baldwin, and of Colonels
Reynolds, Cockrel and Dockrav; the officers
land nien belonging to the Engineer Corps, and
''Sappers and Miners, and the 4th and l6th Mis-
''sissippi Regiments, all captured at yeksburg
July 4th 1868.
I'D. The General officers captured at yicks-
"burg July 4th. 1868. were declared duly ex-
changed July 18th, 1863.
ROBERT OULD,
Agent OF Exchange.
By command of
Lieut. Gen E. KIRBY SMITH.
s. S. ANDERSON, Asst Adit Gen.
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas papers copy ;
times. Dec 1879.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02

Died-At the Beaver Creek Springs, in this
Parish, on the 9th ult., after long illness, Mr.
ADoLPHUs ANhRUs. aged about :'6 years.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
Cotton interest coupon Bonds.

7 am authorized by the Secretary of the Treas
- ury to issue Certificates for Bonds of s 900
payable III Com Ill - years. interest payable All
nnalty s Com or Cotton at the rate OF six pence
sterling OF l2t per pound for New Orleans Md
llngs, to be delivered at Of our seaports, the
price OF the Bonds has been adjusted at so per
cent. premium at which rate offer them, hat is,
Tor every $500 paid in, give certificate toI :.
Bond OF y 1000, one-lIalf the amount to be paid
in notes issued prior to April 1868.
A DESMARI
L. s. Deposttary.
Opelousas, December 10. 1868,
The Opelousas courier., 1864-01-02
Notice to Tax Payers.

NUJICU % Tux I ayers.
CONFEDERATE STATES TAX. 1863.
STATE COLLECTORS OFFICE,
Shreveport, La, - Sept. 1863
SECTION AZ, of the Assessment act providing
~ that any tax payers may pay into the Treas
ury, in advance, such sum as he may choose on
account of taxes to accrue against him, and to
obtain therefor a certificate bearing interest at
the rate OF five per cent. year. until his taxes
are payable. Notice is hereby given that such
payments may be made in any of the issues of
Treasury notes, at the Assistant Treasarers office
in Monroe. Louisiana
ROBT. NJ. LUSHER,
State Collector, C. S Tax, for Louisiana
Papers throughout the State publish one
month, and send bills in duplicate to the State
Collector Dec. 19-37.
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A. ~. syEpysENs's plan.

NJ. 4. II. Stephens, Vice.prosident 81 Mr.
jeff Davis, Conlederacy, wants Peace-wherein
wc heartily agree with him. lie further wants
il on his own tcrms--wherein VIC agree with
him again. He thinks The War can easily be
Stopped whenever hi. adyersaries will acccde TO
his fundamental doCirnos-and there We are
with lin once mere. IL short, we can have
Peace whenever one side or the other gives up
which is just what we have always understood.
The Union is now fighting for Us right 10 ex-
ist against the preposterous claim that any one
State may, az its own sheer caprice, dissolve
and destroy tho Nation. Mr.. Stephens tells US
we can have peace by admitting and forever es-
tablishing that claim. That is Just what We
never will, never can do. If the Rebellion can
beat our armies out Of tho field, We must yield
TO triumphant force; but We can never he plau-
sibly asked TO admit that such force was right.
Though the Rebellion should wrench from us q
third OF our country, tho Nation viii remain in
its moral, if not in its territorial integrity; but.
should We ever acceds TO the Rebel assumption
of State Sovereignty, We should have no coun'
try left, and no chance of ever having one.
There is no ultimate ,-absolate sovereignty
OF the States" any more than OF the Counties.
Mr.. Stephens would seem never TO have read
the Federal Constitution OF Washington's Fare.
well Address, for he writes "a Il those important
documents bad no existence Va arc rriovcl
deeply grcycd. that one who urcl a. ic-@. :
pretend to be a Whlg, ard as saIh - No.,
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DiSricf Electors
TEE TElRENE.

notwithstanding the enormously 'ncFeasrd
r,p,nses attending the publication Of THE
TErpUyr, oocasioned by the employment
of numerous army correspondents an other
liberal expenditures, as well us by the sd-
vance in the price Of paper and other materials we
have resolved, for tho present at least not to IN
crease the subscription prices of either our We'f'y
or semi-weekly papers, but to continue to furnish
fhcu Of 3 and s., respectively, per ennumi being
thc same prices which were established more than
twenty years ego, when the cost was only aooas
one-thrd of what 1t ia AZ the present time. ON
Terms viii be found below and wish II to be dis
1;ncsiy understood that .-S-thcso Terms will be
strictly ard literally adhered to- and that no o'hor
sbatcmcnis or discounts than those mentioned VIII
bs allowed in any case whatever.
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tho present position Of affairs, and when VIC
assume to lie the official defense of their course.
They propose to compromise the difficulty by
Offering tickets for sale in quantities at price
which shall just cover the two and hall per
cent. But this leaves the question precisely
where il was for all those, who for any reason,
do not provide themselves with tickets, for they
are still to be charged six cents In other words,
Illegal fare ia demanded Of the traveller unless
he pays in particular way prescribed by the
companies. This does not change the ISSUE
but merely puts it in O new shape. 1t may be
that the public will not accept this as lair set
Element.
But there is way of settlement when
ought to be satisfactory to both parties, and GER
tainly would to the public. The roads have
right to add the amount of the revenue tax to
their fares, but no more. Let them collect the
gross sum by an addition to tho fare Tor
q fixed period. Let them give due no.
tice that the tax amounts to a certain sum,
and that from certain date an addition of one
cent will be charged till that sum is made mp,
and TINT at all other times the fare will be at
the old rate. We doubt if anybody would
rumble at such method of collecting the tax
assessed on the gross receipts of the several
commands
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-17
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR,

An important reconnaissance was made on
Thursday last BY two divisions OF tho Tenth Army
Corps under General Terry The expedition proceeded
IN direction 10 the right o. right wing and after
advancing some distance. came upon the ensmy's
pickets. whom they drove before thcr aud continued
ON TO the Central or Darbytown Road Ssnnins mp to
Richmond They had not gone up this read Ear before
fbey were uet byopposing skirmishers, and pressing
on Terrys rer fonnd themselves 10 front Of new and
formidable lire Of Rebel works. strongly c.rIsonol by
Hoks's and Fields divisions Thess works have been
built since the 9sth nit. severs fight ensued Gen
Terry made assault upon the Notifications, but
deerinR inpractcsbe to take them with the force al
bis disposal hs concluded 10 return 10 camp. IA soon
% bis troops commenced to withdraw tie Robols sailed
out and attael sd them but speedily driven back
with heavy loss their dead and wounded nckly strcv
ing the ground no farther Interference with tho
DHi'a s0.iis1- vas eitem2.od ard they returned t.
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At Union meeting in Morisania, On Friday
night, Gen. WILLIAM X. STRONG, candidate foi
the Assembly, brought his audience TO their feet
and to three times three, by the sheer orsto-J
of patriotic example. he said casually, in The
course of On argument: IL aud myfbur boyshaV
successfully helped plant The old hag on tho
banks of the Mississippi-two of the lads are
now with Grant, third with FanOgut, -"
the audience did not wait for the conclusion, bu1
gaze the father the homage OF their applause.
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RAILROAD AND OMyBHuS FARES

We publish in another column statement OF
the present condition of The controversy lStwecn
tho Omnibus and Railroad companies and The
public, on the question OF an increase OF faro.
Hitherto We have RETAINED, with the e%ccpuon
Of brcf paragraph announcing the rise Of
price on the railroads, from any expression
Of opinion Oh this subject, prclerrng not to add
70 The public excitement, already warm enough,
aud bddiir, fair Ia eliminate in serious public
disturbance. This people have given very posi-
tive indications Of their dsapprobolon of the
advance In fare by very generally abandon
ing the omnibuses, where they had no right to
make sny other protest, and by refusing
to pay the advanced rates on the roads whose
charters forbade the demand Of moro than five
cents, and who are authorized by tho revenue
laws to add two and half per cent additional
10 cover the tax, and no more. To tho omnibus
proprietcrs there is nothing TO BIO said; nobody
can question their right to charge ten cents,
and they cannot reasonably complain of the
people who refuse 70 pay that sum, and either
walk OF take the cars in preference. The aucs'
ton there is.simply one Of pertinseity, and that
party will carry it which holds out the longest.
On the railroads there are difficulties in the way
which do not admit Of this easy solution. 1.-THE
public were willing to submit To on imposition Of
an advance OF twenty per cent, on the plea that
the Revenue Laws authorize tho addition o
two and halfper cent to the fare, there would
of course, have been ne difficulty; but they
were not willing and the Presidents OF the roads
have recognized the necessity OF rcconSIdcrnf
their decision by holding meeting on satu
day. Ono Of them, Mr.. Myers OF The Sixth
hYsrGe road, Las published eas4. 60
substance Of which Is given in or statement o