The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1865-03-11
EI1e Governor $ rGesgage.

The principal feature of this document. we
give in as few words rs possible. Allnsioa is
liats To the events which have transpired during
te past year The death of certain prominent
citizens and generals is next noticed. with
Recommendation that 4 few acres Of The battle
field Of Mansfield be bought by the State. and
that monument be erected to the gallant alou-
ton and his brave comrades who fell there ia de-
fence Of tleir country. Tie state Of the finances
IS next noticed He SAYS he has drawn fon the
Treasury. g PAT .G19 dollars ont of the apprnpria-
ilon of 16,0d2730 leaving a balance of SS4.794,-
G5J. The .property on hand acquired for the
State during the past year, constrs Of cotton. SUI
gar, subsistence stores, drugs and medicines,
amounting 10 S5.5l0,0G0, all of which have
Been paid for. There have been issued three
hundred thousand dollars in Treasury notrs Of
one dollar and fractions Of dollar. The State
owes nineteen millions of. deafs Six per cent.
bonds have been spld TO .he amount Of SOIL
g40 ut pseniinm Of 10 percent. The pre,.eeds
ofihesr bonds have been applied to draw nSfaie
Ttsasuyy notes, Tie Confederate Government
ewes the State about four millions of dollars ex-
pended for military purposes The State Dis
pfasary hes furnished ctizens medicines TO the
Value of .Sssss74.052, and $l3,790 worth has been
disEibuted for charitable purposes. The nett
profits fer I've rnoathsq mounts To about $50 600
Dre-fpni'tI, interest in the Sulphur Forks Iron
/ Wofksg in Davis county, Texas las been pur-
4 chased for $4,000, The works are ma, aged by
a Board of five sireetoTs. two of whom are APP
TpiAted by the State Of Louisiana. The State
has now in successful operation, two tlrpe.tine
dlstileYiss. Que castor oil factory one eetton card
factory, one establishment for making carbonate
nf Soda two disiilleries for pure medicinal alco
iioi, one foundry, two COTTON cloth manufactures.
two Laboratories iorYindigenous medicines Fif
teen thousand pairs of cotton cards have been
imported ard distributed The factory at Min,
den has three machines for making cotton cards.
with The capacity for making 1000 pairs Of cards
per north.
A prohibition of the sale of Intoxicating liquors,
except for family use and medicinal purposes, is
strongly urged The employment Of negroes in
the army is favoiably noticed and advocated. III
neesssary, if the worst should come, perish
saaFery--persh the institution for ever--but give
us Independence" a;sHs
The prospect of termination of this war is in
the following language ;zs.sI be ieve the war will
not last much larger. All revolutions must end,
and bscomc more bloody as they approach their
close.a Peace VIII come when we least expect it.
It~Gi'l come by intervention, and that at no re.
mote period ~
9lde recommends that the Governor be vested
Mith isll power ta call out every able-bodied free
masseapahe Of bearing arms, not already in the
G s., sersiee. at any time he deems necessary
for Ienee of tlte State under snell regua-
lions as me may think proper, and that none shall
heeXsmpsea. lEt the collection of S ate taxes
he Iesnmsd; appropriations for tlle relief of the
familirs ut s1ldsrs be continues; that law be
fnassed authorizing ihe eoflvicis to be sent to tile
Penit4alsiary of Texas for confinement and labor:
that atstrislganbia bepassed inregard to persons
wllosinag kidnap or Illegally take awy slaves
from that The Governor be alsshar-
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