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The Opelousas courier., 1865-10-28
Un Morceau de Terre,

situe la Tongue Pointe, dams la Paroisse Saint
Landry. conttnant environ deux cent seixante
neuf acres ct 10 centemes, etsnt le Quart nord-
Quest dc la section trente du Township HUT sud
Gle la Rangee une Est; ct la Moite Est du Quart
nord-est de la section trente du Township hu;t
sud de Ia Rangee une Est
The Opelousas courier., 1865-10-28

M EEdifeur; ---Ayez ia bonte dannoncer que
De Docteur WILLIAM g. KNOX consenti 4
se laisser porter CONNIE candidat pour reprssenter
pa Paroisse St Landry 4 In Legislature, relec-
ARtion dus Nevembre. II ~ SEES AMts.
The Opelousas courier., 1865-10-28

kB Depuis environ une semaine,. une idse
lest fait Jour dams les centres politiques de Ia
Houvelie Orleans, qui aujourd hui fait l,effet
Rune bombe t0nbse dams IN camp On propose
Hex-G -Gonvernaar Allen CONNIE candidat pour
AFonvernenr i lslection duo du nois prochain.
Zen est aasez peur METRE en- combustion tous
- esprits politiquess aussi discute ton avec ye-
luience combien i ne convient pas ei combien
conysent de lselire plnt6t que le Goaverneur
etuei. Scion mons, i serait impolitique de le
pstar soEntne candidat aujeurdh hui. On eu
Psez de peine rassenbler les divers parts pour
Eire un cfoiz sur lequsl les votants puissent &c
poser avec confancs. ct e. serait encore une
Bis jeser ls dssarroi dams ee esprits crser des ia
lusses aajourd hui apaissss ct donner aux poiit;.
Eas Y droiI de retirer leur appui du ticket de
pmpromis. .ss I !, g
Ce n'est pas que mons dDntions fort de Ia rGus.
e da coup Dc main 1nais mons croyons SIN
Prement guest y braveiet gsn6reax Allen 6tait
Rnsults, \ ne pfsterais pas II main nne oppo-
Ricn subtle faits ! IN arrangement pris par les
foyens Dc ron Etat, sans distinction dc parti.
Nous ne voyoas pas jour travers cette nou-
Rile politiaue, q 20 croyons pas quill puisse
Fulter &c ce coup d'stat, autre chose qne dc
Rninosis pefscnnelle VI al casse. & Z Is !
Is u a
The Opelousas courier., 1865-10-28

DNoas sonnes antorise a annoncer que T.
y. ANDERSON est canddat pour representer
L District Senatorial compost des Paroisses st
landry, Lafayette et calcasieu, Id Legislature.
l'slection dn 6iNoyeinbfe proclaim.
The Opelousas courier., 1865-10-28
ESSAYEZ CELUI-CI?

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Opelousas % octobre 1865.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
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ALL sOKTS Of PARAGKAPHS.

There are twenty five schools for negroes
in Richmond.
Five millions of dollars per month is the
cost of French troops in Mexico.
Some of the shrewd shoddyites of the south
put all their rebel currency into land, and now
own thousands of acres.
A Nevada paper says that at night the
streets of Virginia city, in that state. resound
with the screams OF women whose husbands are
beating them.
On the llth Of March, the first protestant
church ever erected In Naples was consecrated
by the Bishop of Malta. The site Of the struc-
ture was granted by Garibaldi.
The man who has not slept for fourteen
years finds a rival in Daniel Mckee, of Clsys-
vile, Mo, who sleeps six weeks at a time, and
ia wide awake the rest oftbe year.
The emancipAted negroes down south are
beginning to feel their oats" They each help
themselves to a horse or mule belonging TO their
masters, and tai = them to Richmond and sell
them.
The government intends soon to yacate one
of the large buildings on Lookout Mountain
used as a hospital. and parties are making ar
rangements 10 open lt ss 8 hotel for sum mer re
sort.
"A Scotch woman having invited a gentle
an TO dinner on a particular day. he accepted
with the reservation, III I'm spared. "Weel,
Weel, said Mrs. Robinson, "if we're dead I'll not
expect ye." HfE
Dick Turner, the notorious turnkey OF Libby
Prison, is still held in close confinement in the
darkest dungeon beneath the prison, where he
exercised his cruelty. de is restricted TO a spare
diet and cold water.
The Toronto Leader is mourning for Booth,
the assassin. Ii says: The shooting of Booth
was a cold blooded murder" and adds that he
"died like one who loved his country dearly"
The Canadians really seem 10 be in need OF a
little discipline. -
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has received
orders from the government to provide transpor
tati0n tor fifty thousand men 10 come west over
the road. These are the veterans Of Shernan's
army. IL any preparation being made 10 give
them a reception such as their great services de
server
The Russian iron clad feet contains eleven
monitors Of one iurret each, one of two turrets.
q frigate OF eighteen guns. one of twenty guns,
aud a hOating battery OF eighteen guns This is
a respectable force Of iron-clads Tor a peace es-
tablIshmsnt- They are 10 make a trial trip on
the Baltic, where they will test their qualities.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

The public press, of all parties, is severely
cfiticising the apparent disposition of the admin
i~strstion to continue the system of trial by mill
tary commission. The black republican journals
generally. are very earnest in the depreciation OF
this useless and dangerous exertion of arbitrary
power, at q time when the condition Of the coun-
try invites the resumption Of regular judicial
procedure. Even the organs of the war democ-
racy have entered their protest against the trials
Of civilians in time of peace: and the appeal is
general and emphatic tor a return to the proper
channels of legal action.
Against such a decided manifestation of popu
lar opinion. supported by the clearest interpreta
ton oflsws and equity, and by the urgent ne
cessity OF advancing the restoration OF all the at
tributes of peace. we cannot conceive why those
in power should contend Not only their obliga-
tons to a republican form of government, but
every consideration OF policy demands that the
area of military Jurisdiction should be immedi.
ately circumscribed. The people of both sections
should be encouraged to turn from the contem-
plation of the machinery of war, and to have
faith in the efficacy Of the laws, as formerly
administered to afford the security Of person,
property aud privilege. There 10 a great task
before them in the recupluration of the republic
from the effects of civil strife. The sooner it is
commenced the better for all. The FIRST step is
their deliyerance from military rule. Let the
nfSt step oc 1hhcu.
Our republican institutions will have achieved
a great triumph. if it eau be proved that they
have passed unscsthed the ordeal of a terrible
civil war. IL would be the strongest allurement
to the oppressed of other climes TO strive for re
publicanismk il thew could see ms, at the very
threshold OF peace. finging of the sccoutrements
of war and preparing, as if a cloud had but how
cred over Us and burst harmlessly in a thunder-
clap. to resume the quiet routine of peaceful
life. Let rs give them that inducement TO cast
loose from the bonds Of monarchism. There is
no danger. now of organized military opposition
to the federal government. There is. therefore,
no occasion for the supremacy OF the military
over the civil power.
1t mast be apparent to the administration that
no one-surely no one in the north--proposes an
armed antagonism to the powers that be. Where,
then, the excuse for Withholding from the rsgu
larly constituted tribunals the functions that le
Ultimately belong to them? The soldiers have
done their work: their mission is concluded.
Now let Us show that the republic can sustain
itself. in peace, with the instruments of peace
n. Y. News.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
From The London Times, April 26.
The Dtfficuities OF n reconstruction
of Americas Union.

The task now before the government at Wash
ington is one Of the most difficult that ever fell
10 a great people. 1t is no longer 10 conquer,
to wear out and overwhelm; but 10 win, TO unite
and 10 restore. The worst part of the difficulty
in their case, consists in the national defects
which themselves caused the rupture, which the
war was too certain TO aggravste. and which tri
umph is not likely all at once to remove OF
these defects we must speak gently. remember
ing that they are in our own blood, and that even
England cannot always unite incongruous ele-
ments in the bond of mutual confidence and af-
fiction. But America for the better part of a
century has had before her all these rocks now
ahead, all these currents and shoals, and the
whole chart of this most difficult navigation.
From the first there were state rights, and federal
engagements; slavery in the south linked with
trade in the north; and two different social sys
tens, arising in a great degree from an actual
difference of origin, divided by the Potomac. 1t
has not been for want Of full knowledge and
ample discussion that the disease has continued
to exist, for the quarrels il occasionsed have
filled the ears OF the whole world; and if the war
has taken US at lrst by surprise IL was only be
cause we saw how long. how loudly and how
bloodlessly the disputants could keep 10 the
game of politics and the war of words. But the
account which the northern Americans themseI-
yes give the worli Of the unmeritei suferinys.
their long fOrOearaDces ana their fnnOsence of
the catastrophe, does not promise we'll for their
better tao, and discretion in new and delicate
circumstances. They tell the world that for the
sake OF peace they have hsbitually given up prin.
ciple: that for the material interests OF the north
they have surrendered power, and policy, too. to
southern statesmen and soldiers: and that, while
they have been masking TO all the world the boast
OF popular sel-goverurent aud federal union,
they have. 10 fact. been humbly trudging on the
same road to wealth tied TO the chariot wheels OF
the planter III such bad indeed been the position
OF the populous, industrious and enlightened
north for seventy or eighty years. then We know
not where 10 look for that happy mixture of
htmness. ~sagacity. tenderness and knowledge of
mankind which j. To heal the terrible wounds of
this war, and restore love between men who
have suffered aud Inflicted the mos, frightful
injuries. Qualities OF this high sort are not
inspired by the occasion: they mu.t have bad
trial. aud they must have shown themselves. If
they are TO be expected for an emergency. Our
only hope is that the occasion will call into prom
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

THE ffials of all criuss except in cases of i'm
parchment shall Be By jury. "A 3. sec. 2
Con q ;.
NO person shall be held to answer for . cap.
ital OF other wise Infamous crime s4less on /. pre-
sentiments or indicment OF grand jury. except M
cases arising in The land OF naval forces, or %
the militia when in actual service. in time of var
or public danger."-Art 5. Con. U. 5. amend
ments.
The Louisville Journal inquiries:
Whence The rshsful legal power Of military
commission % Try q private citizen. not connect
ed with the army or navy. for . capital or other
wise Infamous crinef Does the plea Of state
necessity. under which the power has heretoiore
been assumed. EN- erissi Did Il ever exist in
localities where The civil authority vas ~unimped-
ed, tu, ready TO administer prompt punisb msni
upon eeIinqsentsi Since the surrender OF the
rebel armies and whilst our o~n armies are 10
process Of speeds disbanduent. is there pretence
for saying such necessity exists anywhere out
side The rebel statesf
These questions ought to be answered to the
entire satisfaction Of the members Of The militia
~ CON mission before whom are arraigued the
suspected access ories TO the infamous assassina-
ton, before iDHicting death or other g~rierous
punishment. Each member, no doubt. has q
legal friend Of ability, not . political partisan,
from whom a candid opinion could be obtained
in confidence. From the notoriously vast pre-
porderance Of legal opinions against the legality
Of the proceeding. the chance Is that such an in
quiry would result in not a single response affirm
ing me power.
Let there be another query on the superstition
THAI the exercise of such power is illegal as to
the legal crime the members will commit by
causing the death of a private citizen. To this
query there will beDs h~esitsacy in an unanimous
response.
The universal adherence of the detestable as
sassination is fully participated IN by the mem
bers. and they are. therefore, in 9 situation emf
nently calculated to induce them to disregard Law
in stretching power for the punishment Of so 10
famous crime. But they must remember iha,
whilst filling q Judicial position in administering
the criminal justice Of the ~naticn, the Iscitemen,
of the most laudable resentment should have nc
influence on their action. They must. in The
fret instance. with the equanimity and the I'm
p~artiality Of well trained judges, ascertain
whether they have the legal power. To neglect
this primary duty would be not only to neglect
thsir highest duty toward the nation. but what
each one Of them owes to his own personal and
official honor"
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

1 fftbey we're spoken and we're true. then you
will give a verdict for the defendant. IL they
we're spoken and were not true, thsn you are 70
consider whether IL vas q privileged communi-
BATON, and. IL IL was a privileged communication
fhen yogr verdict will be for defendant. Ifit
vas not. il will be for you TO consider the ques
lion Of damages in the light Of the principles as |
have stated:
The jury retired at half past three o'clock. a.
four ihey bad evidently agreed % q verdict fOr
ibe plaintiff. a. they returned for Instructions as
30 the foru Of making up damages. One hour
later their verdict was sealed and they we're dis
charged.
The verde. was rendered on Friday morning
10 the following form
The jury found for plaintiff on the first count
So: and On.the second count, a., 500"
There ~ss q sensation in court when the yer
dict vas announced.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

inence men as qualified for the work Of peace 80
names unknown 10 fame have become glorious
10 this war. Since warriors have emerged. "a il
we're. from the soil, so also q new race Of wise
and pacific statesmen may show themselves. .
The union cannot be
restored without a complete reconciliation; and
reconciliation will not be real unless Il be founded
on an oblivion Of alleged ofenses and q perfect
equality az to the future. No citizen Of the %.
ion will take a sincere and cordial part in solemn
acts Of mutual forgiveness and reconciliation
unless he SEES before him q future that may
retrieve the past az far a. lies ia the power of
man. This must, indeed, be hard when, besides
those miseries and those burdens which are com
mon to all. a very large part of the people sur
wives the ruins of their fortunes and the destruc-
ton Of their families. Besides the devastation
and depopulation which Mr.. Henry Ward
Beecher so fully realizes, the south his lost
the mGinstay of its commercial and social sys-
TEN, and has now to try experiments which
have not answered elsewhere. or resign ITSELF 10
the loss of position and even competence. not TO
say social order. This has to be borne ~ the
presence Of tho-e who are supposed to have In
hicted the injury. 4 ruined, impoverished, and
il may be, utterly unsettled aud unseated race
will not easily forget wrongs of which every hour
will give them bitter remembrance. This Is in
%evitabhe. and as it cannot be altogether prevent
ed. il should be mitigated "a far as possible,
The north may find that it has to make sacri
fees. even now in the hour Of triumph, in ordsr
to soothe animosities and repair damages Ii had
better do that now. in the spirit of mutual con
c~ession. than have to do it when the grace oil
the concession is gone. There are citizens in the
north who ask most earnestly for the most con.
~cilistory measures, and who are even ready &c
abate somewhat of the pretensions they believed
il polite to maintain in the hight OF the war
Will they be listened tor IL not. and if such
men "a Gen Butler, or even Mr.. Beecher. are al
lowed TO set the moral tone Of this great crisis
then any reconciliation can only be skin deep
and the PROSTATE foe will no sooner feel return
ing strength than he will try. at any risk. 10
escape the miseries and disgrace of a Calling
woke
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
n
-. w. ELLIOTT,
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMPLOY
hheNT AGENT,

WILL ATTEND TO PROCURING HHLP OF EVERY
kind. either In the city or country. h will psy
curing boarders.
Persons looking for situations viii DO well 10 call n hs.
snce, No u virginia avenue, one-half square iron
Washington street, vest side, or address Box Ices.
mars d3m
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

"we see an advertisement IN your columns % MRS
WINsIOw's SOOTHING SYkIP. So~,we never said
Q wore IN favor Of patent medicine before In our life.
but ~ feel compelled 10 cay 20 your readers that this IL
no hunbng-we have tried IL. and know IL % be all IL
claims. Its probably one Of the most successful medl-
cines Of the day. because 10 = one Of the best. And
those Of your readers Who have babies ean's De better
than lay in . supply"A sA
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

DOM PAIL TO PROCURE MRS. wIysIowss
SOOTHING SYRUP, for children teething. IL hs e-es
Used Tor 30 years with never failing safety and success
by millions Of mothers for their children. IL eorrecis
acidity Of the stomach, relieves Wind ebone, regulates
the bOyels, and gives rest. health and confari 10 mother
and child. ONCE No. ~ Day street, New rsrk
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

Says the Washington correspondent of The
n. Y. Tribune:

Says the Washington correspondent of The
N. Y. Tribune:
As the facts and circumstances which operated
upon the mind of Gen. Sherman. in his recent
treaty with Gen Johnston, become known. there
is less disposition to censure him for the latitude
taken. he had just had a long interview with
President Lincoln, wherein the contingency of
Johnston's surrender was thoroughly canvsssed,
and the paramount i'm Impression made by the pres
ident was that every possible magnanimity and
kindness was to be sho&n the foe, just SO soon As
be should offer TO Law down his arms. The pres
ident particularly desired that every cause OF irri-
tstion, consistent with justice and national honor.
should be obvisted. with a view of winning back
the affections of the southern people 10 the old
flag. rather than securing a forced and unw willing
obedience to- federal rule Gen. sherman in
slsts that his action was based upon this desire Of
the president.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
SPECIAL CAUTION.

The great popularity q Mrs. winslo~'s Soothing
Syrup, for children teething. has induced unprincipal
persons TO pt I'd articles &c b used fr The same pur.
pose. IN saverians .hieh dy have ls only eepspd
our sdvertisemenfs and notices ron me pre-s, 6ur Rsse
copied certificates ans letters from elerxyuen and ?
sssers. sssring other names to eur genuine certificates.
Bs.ss Of ell is'sss'D! 4 R21 nsrf~.aesSve~-s7 7
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

One Of the heaviest rum distilleries In New
England has been seized for evasion Of the tax
lay. The proprietor begged for a compromise.
oHering to pay seven thousand dollars and lose
all The liquor seized. but the department talks Of
coufscating the entire establishment
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

LLHA3 HTAIe EIEI8q
.Ioe aH
W { have put up and sold this article for over - yesrx.
nj CAN SAY IN CONFIDENCE n TRUTH Of IL What
We have never been able 10 say OF any other medicine
NEVER HAS 1T eAlLkD IN A SINGLE INSTANCE To
EFFECT A SUkE, When timely used Never did We
know an instauce or dissatisfaction by any one who used
IL. On the contrary, all are delighted vim its cp<ra-
tions, and speak In terms Of commendstion Of its magical
effects and medical virtues. We speak fn this matter
WHAT VIZ DO KNOW" after 30 years experience.
hENT OF WHAT VIZ HERE DsCLARD. Tn almost
every instance where the infant Is suffering from pafa
and exhaustion, relief will be found IN naeen or twenty
minutes after the syrup n administered. rf.
Full directions for using will accompany each bottle.
None genuine unless the fac-simile Of CURTIS q PER-
kINS. New York. Is on the outside wrapper.
Sold by Druggists throughout the world.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
M A s o MIC HAL

M a - q ~ 10 II A i j.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENINGS, NAY Z +.
18th and 18th.
DE KATOw wypLI
MsX STRAKosH has the henur to announce to the
citizens Of indianapolis that while in Rurope he sue
ceeded inmaking arrangements for a brief concert tour
with the WONDERFUL RUSSIAN V-IOLONCELLIsT
MIL HELENE DE KATOw, 81 90
And the renowned PIANO FORTE yIRTUoso and
COMPOSER,
Mr.. JAMES NJ. wEHL
Who will give Two Grand Concerts as above.
Both the Artists have met with unprecedented sue
cess IN New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities.
where they have given over 0ne~Hundre ed Concerts du-
ring their short stay i'm the United states.
Mad. HENRIETTE BEHRENS,
The Young and Popular American Prims Donna. will
assist on the OCCASION.
Musical Director and Conductor. S. BFBRPNs.
These will positively be the only Concerts in In
dishaPois by these Musical Celebrities, a. they shortly
return TO Europe.
Admission, including Reserved Seats, 81. Tickets and
seats may be secured Tor the Concerts on Wednesday
m9ralng, al y An. at A. N. Benham A Co.'S Muse
store. Orders frnm the country for Reserved Seats will
be promptly attended to.
u Chickering's Grand Piano viii he used on the &C.
caSion.
Doors open at Z; ~tocommence at 8 O'Clock.
myl3-d6t
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
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The 7-so Notes cannot be taxed by Towns. Cities,
Counties CT States, and the interest IS not taxed unless
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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13

DO NOT LIT YOUR PREJUDICE STAND BETWEEN
your suffering child and the relief that ~ul be absolute
~ sure TO follow the use Of MRS. wINsLOw'S SOoTH-
ING SYRUP. IL cOrrects scidity Of the stomach. relieves
wind ch0lc, regulates the bowels, softens the gums,
gives rest 10 the mother and health to the child