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The Opelousas courier., 1864-07-09
I'D. Qrs. Bureau of Conscription.
TRANSMITS. DEPARTMENT,
Marshall, Teras, May Both 1864


m The following schedule of prices is puh,
lished for the benefit of all concerned:
lI. All owners of Grist and Saw Mills, wbo
have been or may hereafter be detailed as Millers
or who may have conscript detailed as mile,
or engineer in said mills, shall be required n
make an affidavit before some person authorized
to administer oaths, that during the continuance
of said detail, they will not charge or take more
than one Mghth as toll for grain grousd in such
mill, aud tAat they will sell all the sun us Of the
toll received at said mill (over support for their
famiies) to'the Government, soldiers families,
and INDECENT persons, at the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the several States of this De.
partment, and the owners of saw mills will sell
their lumber at $500 per hundred feet.
III. Conscripts detailed as tanners, or tanners
who may have any conscript detailed to work for
them, shall be required to make an affidavit, a.
prescribed in Section III of this order, that during
the continuance Of their detail, they will sell aI
their leather at the prices fixed by the Commis.
siopers of the several States Of this Department
Nv. Conscripts detailed for the benefit Of the
public as Shoemakers and Backsmiths, shatbs
required to make a similar affidavit. that during
the continuance of their details they will not
charge more than at the rate Of seven dollars per
day for their labor where the material is furnish
ed them, and where the party detailed furnishes
the material, the actual cost of the same shall bs
added to the price of their labor per day.
v. Conscripts detailed as Physicians shall
make an affidavit that during the continuance Of
their Details they will not charge the families Of
officers and soldiers absent in the army, more
than the customary rates before the war in said
locality, and if their charges to others are extor.
tionate, their details will be revoked.
vi. Conscripts detailed as Stockraisers or own.
ers who may have conscrpt detailed to look
after their stock, shall make similar affidavit;
during their detail they will sell, each year, their
surplus stock, wool, &C., at prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the several States Of this Do.
partment
VII. Conscripts detailed to make looms and
spiunng-wheels shall make a similar affidavit,
that during the continuance Of their details they
will not charge exceeding five dollars per day ur
their labor. where the material is furnished them
and where they furnish the material, the cost Of
the same shall be added to the price OF their labor
VIII. Amy person evading, or attempting an
evasion of the foregoing orders, his detail shall bs
promptly revoked. and he be placed III the army.
TX. All Conscript officers of this Department
are charged with the rigid enforcement If these
orders. BY command Of
Brigadier General GREER
A. POPE, Capt g. A. A. Gen. [July 2-A.
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HID. Qrs. Bureau of Conscription,
TRANSMITS. DEPARTMENT,
Marshall Tsras. June 1st. 1854

MGTshaH, IeI0s, June lSs, 1904.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 12
n Persons who hold the appointment of for
L.. eign nations as Consuls in this Department,
and who under the late act of Congress are liable
to conscription. will not be enrolled so long as
they hold such appointments.
III. Persons seeking exemption on the ground
that they are citizens of Mary yland, are required
to make their applications to this office. setting
forth fully the facts of their cases, and submit
ting clear proof of their citizenship. Residence
under the late law being the test of liability to
military service, each case viii be determined on
its own merits and must be accompanied with
facts other than mere citizenship emitting the
applicant to exemption, otherwise exemption
will be denied.
III. So much of Paragraph II, Special Order
quires the Reserve Corps in Texas to form vol
untary organizations or enroll themselves within
thirty days from 10th ultimo. and so much of
General Order No. 10, current series, from this
Bureau, as requires such organization or enroll
ment in the States of Louisiana and Arkansas by
the 10th instant, are hereby revoked, and the
said organization or enrolment in this Depart
ment is extended until the lst of July next.
". So much of clause 8. Par III, General
Order No. 9, current series, from this Bureau, as
requires certain officers to relieve all able-bodied
men in their employ within sixty days from 9th
Of April last, is hereby revoked, and such off
GERS are allowed until the 18th of July to relieve
from duty such employees
v. Every person volunteering or reporting for
enrolment, or who have volunteered or been en-
rolled, in the Reserve Corps, will be required to
make affidavit that he was over 45years old on
the 10th Of July last, and officers applying for
the detail of members of that corps, must dis
tinctly certify that they were over the said age
on the 10th of July. Enrolling Officers are en-
Joined to exercise the utmost vigilance to prevent
evasion Of this order, and to report promptly all
cases of its violation.
By command Of
Brig. Gen. GREER.
w. STEDMAN, A. A. Gen. CJuly 2.-2t.
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TIn a certain deliberative Body not hum
dred miles from here, the members were whis-
periHg together, questioning whether certain
member of their meeting would dare take bis
seat after having taken the oath Of allegiance to
the Government of Father Abraham.
There. he il going to take his seat, said one
Of them.
And he to take an active part in the proceed
ings vehemently expressing himself against the
caadals Of The North.
Then he has not taken the oath, said one. -
Yes indeed, he has, said the other.
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ENROLLING OFFICE,
Parish of St. Landry, I

OPELOUSAS, June ~, 1904.
TVHE following information Of Sec 1ss, 1st, Act Ct
4 of Congress-, approved 18th Feb. 1864 IS
published for those whom it may concern:
I. That from and after the passage of this Act
Ill white men, residents of the Confederate
States, between the ages of II and SO shall be
ia the service of the Confederate States during
The war. cc.
Iandry, subject to the operation Of She law to
report without delay to this Office, for enrollment
Those between the ages of II and ls, 45and SO.
who failed to attach themselves to companies OF
the Reserve Corpe. prior to the LIST OF july Will
be sent to the field as other conscripts.
1t is hoped that all will comply promptly with
the law, otherwise the Commanding General
directs they be sought after and be punished
with the utmost severity wherever they may be
found. JNO. NJ. IAiLOh'
Lieut. and Confederate Enrolling Officer
for the Parish Of ST. Landry.
July 9, 1S64.-5-tf.
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HEAD QUARTERS,
Traus-Mississippi Department.
Shreveport, La. May 20, 1854.

Shreveport, L. May 20. ls6a
GENERAL ORDERS No. :5. s
H The following Act OF Congress is published
H. for the information OF the army il this De.
partment:
IAN ACT TO PROVIDE P0R RETIRING OFFCEg8
OF THE ARMY"
The Congress of the Confederate States ef
america do enact. That the President be and hs
is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation
Of any General commanding Department or an
army, to discharge from service any officer Of
the Confederate States Army or Of the Prosf..
sional Army of the Confederate States, who has
no command and cannot be assigned to any ap.
propriase duty, or who is incompetent or ineth.
cient, or who may be absent from his command
or duty without leave: Prorsled, That any OIL
Ger who may be discharged for incompetency,
inefhciency or absence from his command with.
out leave, shall be entitled to trial before 40
examining Board, under existing laws, It ne de. /
mands it of the Commanding General within
thirty days: Provided further, That it shall no.
'extend to any officer who is absent on acconnto1
captivity" (Approved February II, 1861
II. In pursuance of the above Act OF Con
eress, all officers, whether Of the Regular OF
Provisional Army in this Department, who aIs
absent from their commands without authority
the 30th day of June, 1864.
III. All officers in this Department who haze
been assigned to duty away from their com.
mands, whether by order from the Secretary o. 2.
War, Department or District Commanders, VIII
report. by letter, to Department. Head Quarters
their address and the duty upon which they afe
engaged, Dan,
w. All returns required by the Army Rega
lations to be made to the Adjutant and inspector
General, Richmond, Va, will in future be f0i'
warded to these Headquarters.
V. Enrolling officers are authorized to call oas
the Reserve Corps of their respective counties o
parishes, whenever their assistance is requlrea u
arresting deserters, or for arresting and queiips
bands of Marauders.
vi. Officers engaged in the collection OF tno
Tax in Kind, and officers drawing the same loI
troops. will conform strictly to the Instructions y
the War Department, the Quartermaster -tehel1
and Of the Controlling Quartermasters.
By command of
Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH.
s. S. ANDERSON, Asst Adj't Gep:
fJulys2-5-AL
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Honor to whom Honor is due.-Francois
G. Carriere, (son Of j. NJ. Carriere Of our Parish)
ayoung man who joined one Of our first volunteer
companies, belonging to the 9Th La Regt., now
in Virginia, has been made Lieutenant on the
battlefield. by Col. Deblanc, for gallant conduct
in the battle of the Wilderness, on the 9Th May,
as color bearer of the Regiment.
We congratulate his friends and relations
upon this we'll deserved mark of honor
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Il. j. Butler, brother to the Beast, died re-
Gently in New York He left will which has
just been probated in which he bequeathes 10
the Beast one million Of dollars. He leaves
another million TO his other relatives. He was q
partner Of the Beast in New Orleans and this &C.
counts for 30 much wealth.
Losisiase Democrat
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asn- 4 London correspondent mentions that
discovery has been made in France which will
probably revolutionize the paper business. Ex.
cellent paper is manufactured from the wood of
the oak. walnut pine, chestnut, and vallpus
vegetables. without any addition of rags A
reduction in prices Of from ffty to eighty per
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THE oPELoUsAs COURIER.
Published on Saturday by Joel Fl. Sando2'
CONDITIONS:

CONDITIONS:
Subscription, for six months, payable IN a. ~.
vance, TWENTY dollars, if paid at the end Of ~
six months, twenty-five dollars. A subseIlos.
wishing to discontinue must give ,or'tte" a0'1
to that effect, and settle up all arrearages.
Advertisements will be inserted at fifty eea.s
per line for each publication. A liberal discoan'
will be made for long standing advertisements !,
All the advertisements will be insefsea y
french and english until the editor shall JuesoS
convenient to discontinue the publication. 81.
Twenty-Five dollars in advance will invarlagl
be required for the announcement OF cano's'
ates for office. -, u,
No advertisements or subscription VIII y. =
stopped until all aYrearages are paid, upp''
at the option Of the publisher.
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a.. L.. No. l9, F.. A.. M

~ A regular communication Of this Lodge
.1s& will be held Wednesday, the 18th July
at 3 o'clock P. NJ. All transient brothers III
good standing are invited to attend.
By order Of the W.. NJ.
CHS. N. EALER, Secretary.
Opelousas, July 9, 1864.
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@- The Peace or Democratic Convention
which was to have met in Chicago, ILL.,, or the
9TH Of July inst, tor the purpose Of choosing can
didates for President and Vice Presidenpof the
United States, has been postponed to the 9th Of
the said month
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PELoUSAs
SATURDAY, ::::: :: JULY 9, 1864.

HWe have been refusing subscribers of late
on account of the exhorbitant prices Of paper,
&c, We will now. accept subscribers for six
months only. Seasour conditions.
Old subscribers who have paid cash in ad-
vance, will be served at the old prices. Those
who would not wish to continue upon the new
conditions are earnestly requested to- let us know.
The Opelousas courier., 1864-07-09

Look out!-,We have seen stuck up about
town an order Cd L. Bush, forbidding all kinds
Of trading in grednbacks or other U. s currency
under the penalty of being arrested and sent to
Department Head Quarters at Shreveport '
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A Richmond paper ags: "rhe story that
Can't. David II. Todd, brother of Mrs. Lincoln,
has deserted to the enemy is fully contradlcted.
He is captain in the 2lst Louisiana artillery"
The Opelousas courier., 1864-07-09

S0rA special session. with jury, of the Dis
trict Court will be held in our Town on the 25th
of the present month, Judge Mouton presiding. q,
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OFFICE COMMISSIONERS OF CLAIMS, !,

OFFICE COMMISSIONER OF CLAIMS, !
SHREVEPORT, La, April Is, 1864.
HAV1NG been appointed by the Governor a
- Commissioner for the State of Louisiana,
to collect all claims due the citizens Of this State
from the Confederate States, for the hire and loss
of negroes and for property of all kinds whatso-
ever, impressed by the C. s. authority.
All persons having such claims, whether regu.
lar or irregular, will forward them Immediately
to this Office for collection, and the same will re-
ceive prompt attention free of charge, and the
money remitted to them OF. held subject to their
order. ANDREW. HYNES.
y Commissioner of Claims, State of Louisiana
June ii, 1664.-2-1m.
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BOARD OF POLICE,
Town of Opelousas.

,.
Clerks Office, June Is, 1864
1T is hereby certified that on the day Of the
Il date hereof, the Board of Police of the Town
OF Opelousas passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That ne current Confederate money
shall be received in Market, for beef retailed by
the Town, except Five Dollar Notes and Notes
of a smaller denomination"
JOS. D. RICHARD,
June 18th, 1864. Clerk
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Died-In our Town, ON Wednesday last, 9th
instant, JACQUES A. HEBRARD, aged 10 years,
eldest son of Mr.. p. l.. Hebrard.
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HENRY G.. MILLER,
Attorney at Law.

Office in Dpelousas, Opposite Court Hosss. =
VIZ ILL practice in the Courts Of St. Landry,
w those of the adjoining Parishes, and in
the Supreme Court. [July Git.
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MoLAsSEs FOR SALE.
EIFTY BARRELS good molasses, will be
- sold to families, by the barrel OF half barrel.
Apply at the office Of the Opelousas Courier.
OpelousaS 18th June 1864. 3-tf
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bIIg. URl. UISEEK.
w. STEDMAN, A. A. Gen. GJuly 2.-2t.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-03
POETRY
For the Spectator.
{. A Ballad.
Dedicated to GEM Eazker and 1is Brioo
by LIZZIE.


Oh list while l sing of some gallant bows
Who are struggling to be free;
Whose steps are quick and hearts are light,
When the Federal flag they s-e.
In coming years nodeeds can cause
Their glorious names to fade,
For the pride OF every Southern heart,
Is the "old Stons8all Brigade
No mortal foe can stand their charge,
With WALKER ct his post, L
For they feel, as they gaze at their General,
Theyscould whip the Yankee host.
They never think OF danger,
o. how thick the bullets fail.
They only hear their leader cry,
STEADY, advance, sStonewali 10
Many fervent prayers arise,
From fair Virginia homes,
That God will watch and bless the boya,
Whefe'er their footsteps roam.
Be they upon the battle field,
Or camped near hill or glade,
Gods love will, like halo, shine, Il
Around the s0ld Brigade" ~
Then nerve your arms to do and dare,
For your name has magic sound
To chill the hearts of your Northern foe,
Whese'er they may be found.
And aa angel guards you, too, boys.
When in sleep your forms are laid.
For JAcEsoN's spirit hovers near
The 'sQld Stonewall Brigade! y ~
Think you then the Sunny South, 3
Can bow her head in shame.
So long as she has gallant sons,
70 battle for her name?
Nc, never let all nations know,
Her fame can never fade,
So long as throbs one single heart,
In the cold Stonewall Brigade"
March s, 1864.
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2HRRE MARES sToLEN---

EHRRE MARES STOLEN--.
$500 REWARD
|Sto,ep, sometime last week, from Rosser's camp,
ar Timberville, Rockingham county, Three Mares,
the following description; 1st, Julia,
A DaIk Bay,
years old this Spring. no white marks except 8
rau spot between ths root of the tail and the hip
-. Cd, Ginny, %.-A
DARK Bay
AR IN the forehead left hind foot white with some
lack spots nd the edge of the hoof about nine
eal old supposed to be in ioal This mase is said
|, have bean sold between HaIrisonburg and Staun-
an Sd Betty.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-03

-XETE have this day, May l1th, 1858, entered into
w Co-partnership, for the purpose of conducting
she AEROAHTLLE BUSINESS,
in the town of Staunton under the style and firm of
p. B. J. B. H0GE.
k- We solicit the patronage Of car friends and
the public generally. P. B. H0GE.
Nav 10, 1883 JN0. B. HOGR.
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oAN WAR RESTORE THE UNION ?

''Say what we will'', remarks the Fayette-
vile observer" "of the few whose loyalty
to their country is BROUGHT in question by their
own course. and OF the mary whose greed of
gain absorbs all other and more generous inn
pulses, it cannot be denied that the war has
also brought forth an amount of unselfsh de-
votion of life to the country, and contribution
of time, and toll, and money, hitherto un-
known in the annals of the country.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-03

Oct6, l66S-tf.
N o ID " a { I'll "a s.
VI have removed my Friction Aatsh Eas1fas-
tory, to the corner known as sBicke's Corner on
Augusta street. opposite the dry goods store Of Mr.
Owen c. Morris, where shall be prepared 30 fur
nis.-& atches by the Gross or Box. These Matches
are extensively used in SAauMtoH and Richmond aud
thought to be fully equal to any ever sold in this
ket. | shall always hays 9 supply on hand, as the
mandatory is kept constantly in operation.
Jan 26-lyr d. &. BLACKBURN.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-03

r . T.-By the undersigned, IN the 18th
IL of March, 1864, near WaYnesboro', Augusta CO.,
Virginia, Certificate Of deposit Tor four per cent
Confederate States Bond, No. 154, amount Sl100.00,
ana in the name of James g. Price. The above Ger
ti1cate issued at the Confederate States Deposi
tory at the Bank of the Commonwealth, at Richmond,
for which have applied for duplicate My broth
er James s. Price, cannot attend to his business in
person, being prisoner of war at Point Lookout
Any person finding said certificate viii confer favor
by deposting the same in the hands of Rev. VIM. s..
Bard, Staunton. CHAS. d. PRICE,
Co. G, 35th Bat. Va Cavalry,
April9-6ts* Gen. Rosser's Brigade.
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MTsCET. IANEOUS.

A CARDt-T0 THE / emEna s;,s of 81. ST. s,.r. az.
IN ERN AUGUSTA t-For LIZ w. s re- mr.
yeys have been carried on In the Va nabls Man q,
pose of furnishing q complete and re- ias M - - - ~
this section Of the country The worx ha noM ,siss I
ed your neighborhood, and nv surveying pa
pass over your roads in the next two months. Sorf
These surveys viii not alone furnish to the aut. s
ties the information needed during the war, but
also supply Gsr the the long felt need of per-
fsotiy seliable Nap Of sosr couatv. ei7
call on you, to further so desirable an undertaking.
one tending 30 directly to your special good and pro-
fit, by your selling to my parties what little Grosn
and Forage they viii need fer their teams. 4 hdcs
Bssr suppressed 6ng sappses, and ofr nadrket sces
Pss can get your cooperation in this, shall be
Die 10 prosecute the work. We have but few hor-
O feed, and viii not need much. When my As
nts call on you, let each but spare half q
|sl Of grain, and half o hundred Of hay, and can
ipue the work. Those calling on YOU in my be-
will each produce certificate signed by me, that
belong to my Topographicsi party
p. W. OSCAR K0ERNER,
ril 1a-tf. 1st Lieut.. per Eng'rs.
= Vim. copy, and send bill 70 this Office. t
RGINIA:-At rules held in the CLERKS Office
Of the Circuit Court Or Augusta County, the
lay of April 1864, Anssline Sipes by B. =. co..
er next friend, Plaintiff,
bjsct of this suit is 70 obtain divorce and ali
defendant not having entered his appearance,
it appearing by satisfactory evidence that he is
re&lQenk OF b0lk COmm0nW0aItA: 1t ID OrQeFeu
pe appear here within month after due pub
bn of this notice, and do what ia necessary to
ct his interest.
A Copy-Teste,
A. F. KINNEY, Clerk. i
HearY r. sipes, Teke tice, that On the
# Nay, 1884, at the Office Of George Baylor, in
ton, Va, will take the depositions of witness
be read in my bshaf in the above cause.
IL Sim ANGELINN SIPHE.
RGIEIA :-Atfuiss held in the Clerks Office
of the Circuit Court for Augusta county, the
" ot April, 1854, John O. Sullivan, Plain if,
AGAINST
a o. Sullivan, Defendant.
bjset OF this suit 10 to obtain divorce utsouIo
Pa0tsss.
defendant, Eliza o. Sullivan, not having en-
her appearance, and 1T appearing by aatisfaeto
dsnoe that she Is not resiaent OF this Common
1t Ia ordered that abe appear here within one
after due publication of this notice, and do
is necessary to protect her interest.
A Copy-Tsste,
A. p. KINNEY, Clerk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1864-05-03

A FEARFUL PRED1cT1oN.-The New York
World says Count Johannes alias George W.
Jopes--the actor, patriot, philosopher and
prophet-predieted, in aspeech he made last
night In the Cooper Institute, that if Secretary
Seward did not humbly apologize to the French
Emperor for the resolutions passed in the House
last Monday, in ninety days the leading powers
of the Old World would recognize the Southern
Confederacy. Let Secretary Seward hear and
heed.
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STORY is told by distinguished American
sculptor of the cool reception which his mother
gave to his first attempt at the plastic art. 1t
was the figure of woman looking out upon the
sea, as iftying to get glipse of the vessel that
contained her sailor husband The figure was
scarcely demi-draped about the neck which
seems to have been the only point which struck
the good lsdys attention. Swell, what do you
think of her 80 asked the eager expectant of
mothers praise. II think,' said the matrer,
with decision, s'that no decent woman would be
seen out of doors in such plight 20
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RGINIA s-At rules held in the Clerk Office
of the Circuit Court for Augusta county, the
y Of April, 1854, Jas z. Craun, Plaintiff,
AGAINST,
Fl M. Craun, and John D. Imboden, Defendants.
object of this salt is to attach aboat I2o acres
b, on Naked Creek, three cows, enc wagon and
household and kitchen furniture, and farming
ls, and two bay horses, belonging to the defen-
braun, nonresident, the two horses are now
y defendant John D. lmbodenl all to satisfy a
|ue from the defendant, Craun, nonresident
|ntif
defendant, Daniel M. Craun, not having en-
bis appearance, and itappearing by satisfactory
Ice that he Is not q resident of this Common
1t issordered that he appear here within one
after due publication Of this notice, and do
necessary to protect his interest.
A Copy Teste,
5-1mo a. F. KINNEY, Clerk.