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AW oRDIM
TO AMEND ARTICLE 10, LAW l3, OF 1EK
TOWN. OF UpsLOISAS. ~.

A RTICLE ]. Be- it ordained BY the Board d
n Police OF the TeHa, Of onrla,sss. Tbs
article 40, Law IS, Of the Town of Opt lotsss
be amended so as 10 read as follows:
Every free whit" male inhahitan: having y
tanned t@ age cf sixteen Years and nnirr he Il
Of sixty FIVE years, and WHO shall have resilJl
the Town of O7eimlsas for twenty.four hanr
shall b. bonna to Do pafreI dnt7 within the ia,
of said Town, {fxcaln ministers of tie GoTr,
Art. IL BE it further oldaip"d, That all ()r#
nances conflicting with this Ordinance be sEl
the same are hereby repealed.
Art. III. Be it further ordained, This: ,hi
Ordinance shall take effect from and utter 4,
first publication.
Ordained October 90, 1864.
F. A. KING. PFesiieu.
jos. D RICHARD. Clerk (23-a
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Notice to TaxsPayers.
DISTRICT OF ST.. LANDRY, La.
c.. S. Tithe Tax. 1862

-.. ~. -. 4alHe Lax, 1863.
THE original lists or estimates Of assessuo..
l. of the Tax in Kind for the year 1852 hsN
ing been returned to the undersigned h, 's' %
Post Quartermaster for collection in mono, sla
only the Tax debtors of said 1.-THE Tax f,r "a' m
year 1863 are hereby notified to come tor,rss sus
and pay the amount thereof to the undersimaaaa
within the next t,,IHRTY DAYS from tba d0,a sasu
of this notice. penalty of ten ner oaa. sas
additional thereon in Conformity to law, wilt
THEO. C.. LTTTETI,
G. S. Collector for laea
Office in Opelousas, La. w. w.
Nov. 10, 1864 pa.
For the information of 1.-THE TaS-psye,, i.
1863, the following instructions are publisher
/ Oaice Of Commissioner Of Taxea
Richmond, April 25. 1864
| ]. In cases where the produce subject to 10,
in kind, has been taken and receipted for by snS
| Quartermaser OF Commssary serving yab
troops in the field the receipt may be allowed h.
the Collector IN settlement of the money vain.
of the tax in kind.
2 In cases where such produce Of the fsrn.,
has been taken and receipted for by any ners,a
belonging to the army. not Quartermasst9, stu !,
| Conmissary, and proof is made of the facts h.
the tax payer, and such other person or nersons
as may have knowledge of the facts and H.
character of the taxpayer and witnesses s
truth and integrity established by eyidenca !,
! the Collector is satisfied that the produce h..
been received and used by the Confedersss
States army, the receipt may be in like name,
allowed. -
8. In cases where such produce has been take,
! by the Confederate States army. and no reesin,
given upon proof by affidavit of the produerr,
and such other person or persons as NAV know
the facts with proof establishing the character Of
the producer and witnesses for tnth aud iptepi.
ty, the amount SO taken may in like manner i.
allowed
| {signei) THOMPSON ALLAN.
ComIassiae-
Approved:
(Signed) G. G. MEMMINGER,
Secretary Of Treasury
Also Sec g. Act for relief of Tax-payers. &c.
SEC g. That in all cases where tn. erop. ON
of which the tax III kind is to br paid has been
taken or destroyed by the enemy, the Distrit
Collector may remit the tax. in whole or in pae i
according to the extent Of the loss snstainpd ty
the tax payer: Prorided, That the facts in eaea i
case shall be rep rted to the Tax Collector, aal 1
the remission shall not he valid until approved 4
by him
| Approved February Ia. 1864.
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Head Quarters. Trans-Miss. Dept,
Shreveport, La. October q, 1864.

GENERAL ORDERS No. S.
FESO the end that the accounting officers Of the
IL Treasury may be enabled to act advisedly
on the claims of pay due deceased officers. and
to prevent the possibility Of error or faad, in
twice paying for the same period Of service, al,
Quartermasters. charged with pay funds. will im-
nedately prepare and transmit to Hon D. F.
Shall. Auditor. r. NJ, at Marshall. Texas, a roll
or list Of all officers 10 whom they have hereto.
fore made payments on account of their pay and
cmonments, ard hereafter will furnish similar
rolls at the end Of each calendar month, accord
ing to the following form:
List of officers, C. s. A. to whom payments
were made by me during the month Of -.
1856, on account Of their pay
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rCol. Alcibiades Deblanc has been assigned
to the command of the Reserve Corps of the
District of Western Louisiana, including all that
part of Louisiana West Of the Mississippi river.
He has established bis Head Quarters at Nat
chitoches, La. y
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Public $40.

ESTATE OF MARIE LOUISE GILBERT.
rsyHE public are hereby informed that there
IL will be sold at public sale. TO the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned Administra.
tor, or by duly commissioned Auctionrer. at
the last residence Of Marie Lonise Gilbert, de-
ceased, at Queue Tortue, in the Parish OF St.
Landry, on -m.
Thursday, lst December next,
1864, the following described property. belonging
to the succession OF said deceased, to wit:
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oPELoU q S A s.:
SATURDAY, = :NovEMBER %, 1854.

cD-Those who have letters to send to virginia
may leave them (until the lst December), with
MIR. Posey, in Opelousas, or Mr. Millspaugh, in
Washington. Lieut. Thos q. Cooke, 9Th Lou
is;aa Infantry. will forward to their destination.
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NToLAssEs roR SAFE

LIFTY BARRELS good molasses. will be
Il sold to families, By the barrel or half barrel
Apply at the office Of the Opelousas Courier,
Opelonsas 18th June 1864. 3tf -
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Fat Beeves For Sale.

>sssa The undersigned has 25 fne
FAT BEEVES. suitable for sailing
xA--A which be will sell by wholesale or
retail, o. BY the quarter, payable in State bills.
Il WAITER. s.
Opelousas, November 2Gtl, 1864. 26--tf
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To The Public.

THE public is hereby warned not to nego-
Il tate or trade for note of 800 subcribed
by me in favor Of NJ. Cockerell, dated in October
last, 1864. and payable on demand as the same
has been settled. r. II. LITTELL.
Opelousas. November 10, 1864 25-3't.
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J HEADOUARTERs.

HEADQUA 10 i
Post Gcmlnand't & Enrolling Officer,
OPELousAs. November Is, 1864.
TNHE following quotation from letter received
II from Col j. N. Galleher. A. A. Gen. Of 1t
Gen. Bnckner is announced to detailed planters :
Captain: - Your memorandum receipts for
meat received from detailed agricnltnrists' viii
be taken mp By Mai. Mason, Chief Commissary,
and the proper credits given by him TO the pro-
ducersp
.TNO. Dc. TAYLOR. Post Conn,andant
and Enroning 0fscer, 81. LGsdry Parish.
November 18Th. 1864. 25-n
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HEAD QUARTERS,

Post Comnand't. & Enrolling OIce.,
OPELoUsAs, Nov. l4th, 1864.
List OF Men Detailed and Exempted il
the Parish Of St. Landry.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-02
Sherman's Movement.

We have given in our telegraph columns
a digest of all news thus far received from
Sherman's army, which is pretty conclusive
that he, at least, has met with no rcpulse
or disaster. The very latest accounts place
his cavalry within % miles OF Savannah. II
that is true the expedition is very success
full. Macon, Milledgeville and Madison have
been captured and destroyed, and probably
Augusta, the last being the most important
place in Georgia, as its capture cuts commu-
nication between the northern and south
western portion Of rebeldom. The Rich
mond papers have suddenly become very ret
icent in regard to this new expedition, volun-
teering no information whatever; conse-
quently we aro in the dark Us to its move
mcnts of recent date. Hoods army Is On.
to work its way into East Tennes-
rec, and by the capture Of Knoxville. to open
with Richmond, which will
become an absolute necessity to the rebels. il
Sherman should capture Augusta. At the
latest advices Sherman's left wing under Slo-
cum had advanced within IS miles of that
place. It is rumored that Gen. Burnside has
sailed from Fortress Monroe with 20 600 men
to cooperate with Sherman. December 10th
is the date fixed upon by Sherman to reach
the coast. We shall probably hear very itn-
portaut news the coming week.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-02
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90.
Tho latest information from the South 10
probably that from ex Gen. Roger A. Pryor,
who was brought hi,her to-day as prisoner
and lodged in the old Capitol prison. lie
was captured last Sunday near Petersburg,
Several gentlemen who shortly after that &C
currcnce were present during conversation
with him say that no admitted chat Sherm,n
had captured Macon md Milledgevillo, and
there was little IL any doubt from the rapid
progress that he was making that he had cap
tured Augusta. and would encounter nothing
serious to impede his march to the ssaboard;
that with Augusta in his possession the south.
west would 10 cut OF from Richmond and no
troops could he sent from Leo to reinforce
Savannah. Pryor talked freely and appar-
emily with frankncss, rcmarking that the
South regarded Gen. Sherman with moro
alarm than any other officer In the service Of
the United States, md that the press Of tho
South would not be 40 communicative as
heretofore regarding Sherman's movements.
He further said 1t WAS reported that Sherman
had liberated number Of Federal prisoners
and armed them. but this rumor needed
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-02
GOVERNOR.

A REAL VIcToRY.-A correspondent OF the
Seventh Maine Cavalry writes tn his sister MS
follows. Those who remember welington's or
der at Waterloo will recognizs II they cannot
excuse the language of "Liule Phil:
The papers have given you full descriptions
Of all the fighting, but they have not told you
how excited We got when Sheridan rode down
our line, just before the last grand charge,
fairly yelling "Hurrah sent my cavalry
around In Old Early's rear and put Crook on
his flank, and he has turned II, and the rebels
running like II, aud id III let them stop.
So, Forward Forcdrd!! Forward -! and
bully for YOU; and he took Oft his hat and
threw It rs far as he could. The effect was mag.
nifeent. We all sprang forward with wild,
ringing cheers, and charged the whole rebel
line. What cared we for shells and bullets then
The victory was ours u we only kept going.
ing our swords, squirting our horses, waving
our banners right into their lines, and "whirled
them through Winchester" In the twinkling Of
an eye. Our hearts beat to victory, the sun
went down flooded In victory, the stars drilled
out and sung Victory, victory!' Everything
was victOry, our dreams were Of victory, and
we'll might tpe. the old Sixth Corps, feel orr
hearts grow light over our success. For three
long years VIC had fought some Of the bloodiest
battles Of modern times, fought until our steps
were bloody with slaughter, fought until our
hearts all grew sick and pale, and never before
had We seen victory real live, genuine VIC
tory--a victory where we halt not to rest our
own wearied selves, but where We follow up,
pushing the shattered columns Of our foe until
they reel and break and scatter in every direc.
ton. to be gathered again only after much time
aud trouble.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-02
The March of General Sherman through
Georgia.

From Augusta. Ga, and Savannah papers Of
Friday last, and Macon papers VI the COM
mencement Of last week, We obtain the follow
ing facts in regard to the march Of General
Sherman
Slocum's column (the lefty which advanced
along the Atlanta and Augusta road. reached
Buckhead on the Goth. seventy -four miles from
Atlanta, and ninety-seven from Augusta. On
arriving at Madison, seven miles from Buck
head, his troops fred the depot and other
buildings.
After destroying considerable property at
Buckhead, they pushed on eight miles further
To the Oconee, crossed that stream, and en-.
tered Greensboro. Ave miles beyond, and
eighty from Augusta. This entire advance
from Buckhead to Greensboro was made on
the same day Sunday week the 2oth.) This
is the latest news we have from this column.
portion or all Of II probably pushed due east
or perhaps south, and were the forces that &C.
cupied Millcdgeville. -.
Turning now to the right column (HOward'sl
which Sherman accompanies in person, we ma
that the predictions of last week, that 1t would
pass by Macon, are fulfilled. The Savannah
Republican, of the 22d, says General Dick Tay-
lor and Gov. Brown were In the city. Gen.
Hsrdee also arrived week ago Sunday, and
DeaureSaru WIS eNpeCtcu tue iouoWiuS u"J'
member. Of the Legislature, who had fled from
Milledgeyille, were ordered into the trenches,
but the Augusta Constitutionalist says they
"managed to get of" The Southern Con-
feisracy, and Intsllsgsncsr, which removed to
Macon from Atlanta, had packed up and gone
Eastward. All the available forces were con-
cen,rated here.
But Sherman outwitted the enemy, and on
reaching Griffin, forty-three miles from Macon
turned off East. and on Tuesday morning last
his troops (intantry,l reached. says the Savan-
nah Republican, Gordon on the Central Road,
twenty miles East Of Macon. BY this move
ment Hardee, Dick Taylor and the other South
ern worthless were left In the rear Sherman
struck the Central Road at Griswold, nine miles
East OF Macon, and destroyed lumber train,
foundery, and chemical laboratory there. Two
freight trains narrowly escaped capture. After
this destruction of property, the march to Cor
don was made. Our troops come in sight OF
Gordon about midnight Monday. Gen. Wayne
who commanded ut the village, fell back, and
after sharp fight was routed. The regular
mail train to the West turned back at Tennille.
thirty-fye miles East of Gordon, aud reached
Savannah on the return trip Tuesday night
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Sherman's Grand March.
But Lille Opposition Yst-Combinations for
Resisiancs.

New YORK, Nov. 26.-The Richmond En-.
quirer OF the 23d says Sherman Is marching
into the heart Of Georgia. As yet his move.
ments have met with but little resistance, n
fact explained by the necessity for drawing
him rs far as possible from the only point he
could look for succor.
It is not now improbable he may capture the
capital OF the State, and perhaps move thence
to Savannah or Augusta, with an ultimate eye
on Charleston. It was rumorcd yesterday he
had Milledgeville already In his possession |:
and though not oficiall confirmed II Is not I'M
likely.
In case of the occupation Of Milledgeville,
Savannah and Charleston will be evidently the
objective points of the expedition, both or Ell
Their. Combinations are In progress TO foil his
purposes, and we may expect to hear In few
days some definite account Of them.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 23d says q
body Of cavalry under Wheeler attacked Sher-
mans cavalry Mt Gordon on Sunday, with
what result 1t does not know.
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A Wonderful Escape.

On the evening Of October Q. while in
trdnsitu from Charleston to Columbia, s. c.,
Lieut.. j. Madison Drake, with three brother
officers, jumped from the train and ran into
the woods. Blood.hounds wero Immediately
looscd, but by wadins through heavy laurel
and cypress swamps Tor several days, the OH
GERS eluded further pursuit. During this
time they suffered greatly from want Of pro-
visions-grapes. persimmons and berries bo-
ing their chief staple OF food. subsequently
they lived six days on hard, dry corn, which
Lieut.. Drake assured rs was quite palatabls.
After reaching point 200 miles from tho
coast. the negroes ministered unto their wants
supplying AN abundance OF corn meal and
sorghum molasscs. Meat could not be oh.
tanned at any price. Reaching the mountains
of western North Carolina, the officers tell In
with hundreds Of rebel deserters. Unionists,
&c. These poor people did everything In
their power for the officers. not only supply
ing them with articles Of food, but guiding
and conducting them from one mountain to
another, at the imminent risk OF their lives.
Il was in Caldwell County that the officers
organized company Of North Carolinians.
These rscruits-Inostly men who had refused
to servo in the Rebel army-accoupanied
our friends over 200 miles, when the rebel
guerillas becoming dangerous and annoying.
the majority Of tho Carolinians halted, deem.
ing 1t inprudcnt to advance further until tho
path became more open and clear.
Lieuts. Drake and Lewis. however. determ-
ined to got into Goods country" continued
on their course. and succeeded, after various
mishaps and adventures, in safely reaching
Knoxville, East Tennessee, on the evening Of
Nov. l6, having marched over ak hundY,d
and fifty miles in just six weeks. Lieut..
Drake and Lieut.. Lewis marched several
hundred miles in nearly barefootcd condi-
ton, portion Of the distance In four inches
of snow. Lieut.. Drake had his feet badly
frozen.
This escape IL considered ons Of the most
daring and wonderful that has been e6ected
since the commencement Of tho Rebellion
Trenton STATE Gazette.
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JOURNAL AND

wards the setting sun, and nearer the hills
and the homes OF tho morning ;-"Pcace to
your ashes! May each silent resting place
DO constant monitor. each mound where
friend and foe have laid you, an ever recur-
ring orator, admonishing us Of the worth Of
those principles. the precious privileges oil
those institutions for which ye thought II
sweet to die. With great price are we
purchasing then our liberties: DO it ours to
preserve in all their purity and beauty Of
power the trusts 20 have thus committed to
US.
Az we. my friends. 60 hence to our cher.
ishcd reunions around the good old family
board, let US not forget In the lighter amen-
tiles Of these festivities, the absent and the
brave; 30 shall We find It to have been a
"good thing Z, give thanks unto the Lord. !"
while grateful love has left its record, "Ye
have done what y could" Let our motto
be, Onward and upward" for Christ, for
humanity.
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General Sherman near .Maeon-.a portion OF
the Legislature captured.
New YoRK, Nov. 90.

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.
The Times Washington dispatch says the
Richmond papers OF Monday. just received
here, contain dispatches from Macon, Ga, dat.
ed Saturday. They state that Sherman's force
Was marching rapidly on Macon. and report
his advance as having reached the outskirts OF
the city. They have no hope that Cobb's mill
tia will be able to hold Macon. At Griffin,
Sherman captured n portion OF the Legislature.
Sherman, in his march thus far, spreads ou
his forces, sweeping wide swathe Of devasta
ton. and creating universal panic.
Gen. Sherman's other column Is reported Ms
moving on Augusta and Milledgcville.
The Richmond papers state that they have
other news, but that rs we are exclusively de
pendent on them for information, they do not
mean to crafty us by communicating II.
The Commercials Washington dispatch says
latest news from Richmond states that Sherman
was but few miles out of Macon, and that
there was great panic throughout the State
in consequence of his advance.
Richmond papers of yesterday morning con E.
tain dispatches from Macon, that on Sunday
last Gen Sherman was within Is miles Of that
place, marching upon the city.
IL Is believed In high military quarters that
before this time Macon has fallen. Informa.
ton, considered reliable. has been received that
the city was only garrisoncd by Georgia militia,
composed chiefly of old men and boys, and that
no attempt would he made to defend II, fearing
that its destruction would follow.
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PLOT TO BURN NEW YORK.
FIRES SET mn THE HOTELS.

New YoRK, Nov. Is.
The st. james, Lovejoy's and Belmont hotels
were also on FIRE last night, but suffered no
real damage.
The fres last night we're made with phospho-
rus, and Il Is thought for the purpose Of rob
berry. In Barnums Museum the panic struck
audience was robbed most thoroughly In the
great smoke and confusion that ensued. In
the hotels the robbers did not succeed so well.
A woman hailing from Baltimore was arrested
at the Metropolitan Hotel under circumstances
that involve her In serious suspicion. She
strongly protests innocence. Several other ar
rests were also made.
The manner In which the ores were produced
showed preconcerted plot. In the hotels the
beds, clothes, trunks, no were covered with
phosphorus. Matches were also scattered In
the beds. The fires were then set and the rooms
locked. As In the July riots the thieves swarm
ed about the hotel doors ready to rush In and
plumber when the FIRE was under way. But
the timely appearance Of the police prevented
thi. portion Of the programme from being car
ried out.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-02
Mcclellan vs.. Lincoln.

Thaddsus Stevens Of Pa, in speech in
Philadelphia before the election, made con-
trast between the two candidates for the Pres
idency, which is available now, in that It
compliments the President so forcibly:
He Is, have no doubt, a mild, kind hearted
gentleman. II would make his heart bleed to
see traitor suffer. We have the authority Of
an able border State gentleman, who 30 long
assisted to mislead the President, that he Is Q
gentleman Of refined education and polished
manners remember that while Mcclellan,
with one hundred and fifty thousand men. lay
before Washington, beseged for nine months
by Gen. Lee, with fifty thousand soldiers and
twenty Quaker guns. he was deemed the neat
est clad officer In the army. No man on dress
parade created 30 great sensation among the
ladies. They called him "dear little band box
Mac" daughter and applause.) In these
qualities 1t must be confessed that Lincoln Is
no match for him. His big fists were not made
to wear kid gloves and walk In silken saloons
They were made to grasp the oaken helve and
swing the tempered steel Of the woodman.. His
arms, instead Of being artistcally round and
tapered, are sinewy, and long as q Cyclop's
Nor Is he 90 graceful horseman. His legs,
instead Of being padded to fit quilted saddle,
are long, with joints like Hercules. Put him
astride Of McClellan's prancing parade horse.
and you would think he was walking with q
trisky pony between his legs. Now | think
that McClelan's most fastidious admirer, even
Reyerdy Johnson, cannot complain that In this
picture have been partial, and made his ia
vOrite too ugly or Mr.. Lincoln too handsome.
As their physic powers 50 are their intellectu-
oil. II you wish delicate writer to indite SON
nets to a lady's eyebrows, choose Mcclellan.
If you wish rugged Anglo Saxon writer to
rouse q nation, take lincoln. II they should
encounter, either physically or mentally. the
giant grip of the Rail Splitter will tear the pol
ished dandy from the ground and hurl him far
ther than an Indian shoots his arrow. Which
OF these ,nen will you choose to guide the roll
ing ship in the midst Of o storm! To brave men
they say Mcclellan Is General F.; to peace men
he is not enough Of General to tl,wart their
views am not about to revive his military
history. His first great battle. that gave him
notoriety and raised him to the head Of the ar
my, was masterpiece. He fought and won 1t
aud the mountains Of Western Virginia, at
the distance Of twelve miles. Few military men
could shoot with q longer bow.