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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-31
Notice Of Referees sale OF Heal
Estate.

NUllGE IS hereby gwen mat ny virtue OF
an hority vested III the understand AsferssE, by
OF the District 81 Lee County 1cTi NJ
Kpakuk render the f+pethrr term 1851 ths reef,
il = oanss y 4ersn Jo.tph Wood. plaintiff ard Sam
ual a. nd PTS VIII expose TO sale
public ourry, the hishs st idder, st tie front
DIOR Of the Court iIouse in Tia ely Of keohk. Ice
County, lows the 18th day of November A. j. 1861,
between the hours II O'Clock m. and e'Etck p m
Of said day commencing at o'clock D. IN, tho following
described rrsl estate, tg-sit:
III Lee County Iowa. the 70 iawiHEPatt0 81 lot one -
block thirty fG) tEetita II EeCkuk, commencing
Fourth street nortlt tFe1 tett trani fefrer d
Aaia -trrs aouih twenty BT IN frat gu Fourth
steet thence eniy tsb5 t+t moth twen
~ ga tst ihfncs east taeHiI lo ret 70 the pnse
oil the hcginhins. hsh commencing - Nam street, n
front Inns ~ lot az hieek thirty t3G twenty .b
fest from The Msin A. tpDtfh tretr. t8enta
iy sicnk the front Hue Of ssld lot On Main
street feet thence sonths EtefiT - light nm
giles Main .tteet one hundfe snd forty tQ tttt 10
alsy, thence sstfihe etriy along tbs alley tseuty
t1o) feet thence nnrthrsstry one auntred and ftty
tl49 feet 10 Nain street. 70 tho plsce ~ VIZ ttghnpR'
hing twenty 2DI tt front on Main street er4 innbteg
beek @iiih TO the alley. lots utar 81 ttp Ug,
.,4ver III and tsetse e biefk twenty three f32l tUt
fll aul t~.re i2l, biock one hundref aud say two
{fter Lot ~. block hundred aud Iinetyone
TIM i all fl the CITY ~ ReuFuR.
In thr County ~ Polk, state 81 Iews, The following
real s.ats-north hai IN - OF Sontt-~tst quarter
~ ~ AID south htifs - o. norhv"+t qrsFhr ins
IA siloB thirty ihre, $751; t1SIsbip eiEly-ene tsil,
range ,~ent sthte~ f2g). southeast ruth Is ~ II
northwest qnartsr tn~ ~ section ~ ertysihttFsh
township elgtty {Rp1, range twenty thee VI
In the Comfy OF n-lia. loss, The following Tho
south half the southwest guartnr Of s%Sgb tWelYc
fI2) and north half ofsscton thireep u 10 tosuthip
eigbt one tsl north Of range twenty eight wet Tue
southeast quarter Of hs .outtftrt auHttr OF ssei
eleven II u aud 20 half 81 The n9rIhest dHarter Il
section IA tnsnship sigiy-oue ftlf north
ar range twenty eiggt t2s] Tue soat5~sst fIao-
tlnrai quarter &c ~ 7}, spd northwest rrc.
tiouHi quar- If tiau Fgte. Ei} IN tspsip egh-
t. ISL neFth Of rsneA ~ ett5 -tNFn ~ Nrsf
In the County ofBp bris Iowa. the 'hsatag --forth
halff ~ Of snuth-s quarter - a. ira s5ritt"st
fourth q "a Of sonth At quarter & ~ reetlon tht-
ty-gUp SS3s fa~nt hin ny eight ist faher tty-
tAree faa North Lsl IN If n8r h@stt startss w
- Arf southeast fenrth 10 Il ~ f't9tst qRaiff
~ VI etjou tArtythtee t3a t9spsIp vent eight
f5s}. rangA th.riythrsH $50. = Mn t1t e = ~
.outbx.s quarter - " 4, -cctI9. teeuii.niEe 80,
t0purhia sht ~ tHzFs art sftitt tss3
The terms OF .a4 sei9 stH ~ ferH, aus liz EH.'t-
ti ned viii d RE- IA III ND ateteF Execute Gttc pf
DEEDS TO the purehssef ur FpiEFt1stxs -
b. i.UIbiNs,
,.o4r f,er,,,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-31

The situation in Italy il highly interesting.
Garibaldi has reached the outer defensss o.
Rome. The city isistense excitement. The
Holy Father fleeing and asking the prayers
Of his Rishopa. Victor Emsnuel's troops re-
fasins y Aght against Gsribaldi: Emanuel
himself 10 frantic and Dasterly inactivity,
prscticips game Of " How not to dois ~
vhssaling Napolson whils be lets Garibaldi
take Rome. We hope that's his policy. At
Gil events il will probably not BE- safe for him
70 attempt, in the present temper Of bis
troops. v carry out Napoleon's wishes any
more definitely. And it Gsribaldi can only
get possession Of Rome before the French
.rsops get 10 striking distAscs--wsll, thatsa
eonsumnat,eo dsvoutly TO BE- wished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-31

fINIllS is to give notice that on the 18th day
Il Of sept.. A. y 1857, warrant IN Bankruptcy was
i.sue 81 nat tbs F~tatz ii u HafdasIy Brothers.
of ktGkug, Lie e1pHy, ami ttatt 81 lnA#, Who have
been adjnfeed Bspkruptr upon their own petition.
That tho paya any d.bs aud delivery Of Any prop
eftf b.onRlns T. sdeh Baukrtlfts them tor Their
Gsh, ard tile tIsn.fss Of ATTY property by t.n 10 Err
biaden BY Jaw. 1hata meeting ct the credit rs Of
said HAnxrut prove thet dthts aud 10 Oh Dose
On ssan.ea OF theE eslAtes, will s held at Court
lf Bank rupicg be iden the ofise 81 the Regis
ter 10 Gsnkspiey In tho city OF Keo&nb Iowa teturs
John Bruce Eegf.teT On the 20th day Of RofemberfA
D. 1851, OF O'Clock NJ.
o. W. CLARK, u. g. NJ
sopt26 4 ~ II FUffor, Bepn'y.
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SuPEaloR SrRESsTH or OEp~Iaox.-Tt 10
known sbst repeated fusion greatly increases
the strength of cast iron, and tits beginning to
be held thafsold castings are stronger than
new ones. Eight inch guns tested thirty days
after casting, stand but about y charges; 81
days, 80 charges; 100 days, 739 charges six
years, 25Se charges. 1.-THE particles Of iron,
disturbed and s.rained by cooling, properly
adjust them selves IN the course of tune to the
positions ost favorable for tensc,ty. it is
question veil worth the attention Of mechan,
les, of railroad men and of al who use ma
ehlnery, as well as Of the great gun contro
versilist OF the day, how long after leaving
the foundry castings Of all kinds NAV advan.
,a2eously be withheld from work.
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THs Democracy tender The Republican
party Gratuitnus counsel to throw aside ne
gro suffrage, ~ We cannot carry It. They
mpss have changed their notion, and con,
sladed'thst the Republican party can alone
administer this government safely since they
80 dstrust theirown success. Well, We can
relieve them; the Republican party proposes
to win, and to win without surrendering any
of Its principles.
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oep. GRAFT OUn CANDIDATE.

08 u. 0h \ At OQA OAH DAOAA3s
There can BE- no reasonable doubt that
Grant will 10 the Republican candidate for
The Presidency. All she reliable Radical
leaders and journals that have spoken at all
have come out for Grant.
There 10 no more significant indication of
the strong current Of popular feeling setting
in shat direction than the action of the
County Committee Of the Republicans Of
Lancaster county, the banner Republican
sosuty Of Psnnsylvania, and the home Of
glorious old Thad. Stevens.
The Lancaster Examiner says:
:" In accordance with the recommendation
Of the Republican County Committee, repre-.
ssnting the Republican party Of Lancaster
county, We place At the head Of our columns
to-day the name Of General Grant as the
Republican candidate for the next Presi-
dsncy Il the United States. In doing 30 .
nrs only carrying ont the decided wish Of .
great majority Of the party in the county.
There 10 no doubt that GrHnt is their choice,
as he undoubtedly Is of the Union people Of
Psnnsylvauia.
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a Threat from the Rebel Pollard Il
Needs . Little Discipline.
tsy.oia, p.,p.,sa to THE Chicago Tribune,

tspsoiai uespatca TO tbe Chicago Tribune.l
80 Nj. RIcHnoxp, Va, Oct. 81.
Ihe following threatening article appeared
n Pollerd > lsosthern Opmi6psof yesterday,
sirscted TO the military commander here
The Yankee despot who reigns over Yir
a'nia, with Richmond for his foo,stool. ha,
employed successfully the coup d stat of Ma.
po'sons Who mounted 70 a tkrone npon the
nscks 81 bis subjects; but let him rem embar
tbat Virginia has motto, the s.gni6can,
warning OF which she has struck upon thu
dying ssf of more than one tyrAn,: SIC Sem.
psr 7yrdnnis 1t was reported on the
street that Pollard vas arrested and lodrsd
In the Libby, but the ramor Gud 10 be Win.
out foundation.
Sach paragraphs Is the above in rebe,
sheets like Pollard's. and in Cepperhead
ssssn like Brick Pomeroy's, instigsted the
asssssin Booth to murder President lincoln.
And it may be that similar success will attend
them and secure tls assassination NJ Ca,.-.l
Scho6eld
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Hon. TnoNAs EwISe has written . three
column letter to show that the Republican
party mus. abandon its Reconstruction policy
and tho enfranchisement Of the freedmen.
When the Republican party does that, il will
20 to everlasting perdition, and deserves to.
All | no, doubling Thomas: the hands and
eide Of Republicanism have been pierced for
The political redemption Of these poor loyal
mon, and it won't surrender to the devil Of
Conservatism and Democracy now. IisGo.
ing to win and to win by standing true to
" principles.
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For HE Second lJeAtg II ffci#9ls a. tic
Matter If GRO II. and Jas 4 seats1
NOTICE is hereby given 10 all the CREDIT
o,sf,,t q, t,Y4 ~ ID ea.ss A. aeatoa, haatttp
.nr.isiny ,,.yt.raf b- tflu 81 ID feat ii kan~, ihtt
Tho second ueefng q ihr tfeaors q sath e'fA" ~,
b held At KekAk. Lee county, lows, ~ 0irf =, o
John Bfuer EetfAr BHatuptrN 'er ~. 0smnsI
stst~ u -sef Court District u lows on
day OF November d. IS65, at 10 oe oek a. N i1t we
pnrpese- psn,. ia thu .Tt setion Vt the act Si Con
gres., entitled IAN act 20 esfahit.hA tifnfp =,
Mace 4 iss7. HIRAM KN0WtE.,
,oo o., 'oo'' Assts nee
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a ;rousao sis recently died IN E,gih, HI !.
and at her funeral, when her relatives and
iriends were taking last look at the loved
lace, . young man to whom she had been en-
sasedy end Who I'D presS6lef W va q
snsaseraeat1g hStA shor. kne hefore her
oeasn' dehberately bent over the corpse and,
:, me presence fall in the church, removed
me ring from her finger ard walked of with
y. ~ believe ;shs depsh Of neanness could
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-31

VIZ aro TO be boreo with another case OF
sheep notorioty. Aschap with strong calves
IL ralain- from Maine TO Chicago. Pa.
ratn's surprised at seeing tho water at Ma
zero co over the Falls, whats to hinder it?''
asked he. So We don't know anything to
"hinder" this chap from taking bis walk il
hi. calves don't fail him. But theros no
ean-s in making him wax through every
6ay'e dispatches, a. WE'LL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-31

Tar Atlantis Editor who was reported to
hass found in Gran. { ft Conservative cand,.
date FOR President has backed of of that track.
Con. Dent, Grants Chief Of STAFF, denies
that there was any conversation oS political
topics between the editor and Gen. Grant.
Ths editor himself denies the reported con-
vsrsauon: so that little bubble has burst.
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The Washington Record has this paragraph

on railroad matters:
Chief Engineer Dye, Of the I. n. c. R.
passed this place on Monday last. on his way
south along the line. He and DIR. Chilcote
held consultation and they concluded to
move for meeting Of the Directors irnnedi.
ately, so that the heavy work on the road
may be under contract tight away. After
Mr.. Dye reached nj. Pleasant he wrote 10
Dr. G. that the President of the road, MIR.
Amber, ind himself were about starting to
Keokuk to ok after affairs at that end Of
the road. It's hoped we will have iayorA-
BILE report Of the situation down there as soon
as Mr.. cDse returns. La the meantime let
not the fri, nd, Of the roud become discourag
ed. In ali great enterprises there are oces>
sonal delays and drawbacks. In this case
the drawback is that keokuk is not coming
up to her duiy. but there is every reason to
expect tina. she will. and that the road will
will be pushed speedily forward. 1t is bound
to be built.
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ssirnee's Notice of APPOINTMENT.
Issignee's Notice of APPOINTMENT.

In District Court ~ United Ststsa tar tha Dis
trts Of Lowe. In tbs matter rs Edwin AlytTi aud
Bsrl hlrura, partners, hanhrnpis,
- ,ot9n il may concern
fatIig uudeI gued hereby giveR notice Il bis sppen
mtntss Ass5er-r nf fdstn and Earl D. Afford,
partners If perna County al Lc aud ftHte IF lows,
within sstd District who have s Rfjutg ed E4aktppts
upon Their Usn petition ly tbs psuact GeNt' al raid
District HIRAM kE0AiE
crtJ3w Assignee.
fstsi at Kenfuk lows, day ~ o. i-G7
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mns Missouri Dlseerof, speaking Of St.

Louis politics, GAYS: Vi o.
mere y no. end Of disc0rd between II /.
% called CONSERVATIVES and the uncon v.r. - :
sebies, and that recent shrusts in The tn.
end Hepsoticon are but symptoms Of : .sn".'
81 and spre.dng quarrel. The occas;oS =.
Y y we'll CHOSEN. There Is time enough f.,
shsm y ct allessis before another s,.c.
non. y naxt ssn1pe ~ popssyeives
viii - ba6de6msv Whipped into the traces.
and rsbslisn Vim mi ~ machine and laEs
III ~
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Tn, Ro.h y.,.od Union eeys: "a. b.

THs Rnsh Island Union says: "A. b.
Lee, ESQ, OF Prairie du Rocher, the man who
drew the Crosby Open House, TO the grsaa
Disgust Of many Of our readers, 10 st1ppms q
The Rock Island House. Hes e)evlrlook.
ine man, and seems to bear his distinctios
meekly. Although he sold his prize q ones
to Mr.. Crosby for $500, 600, be continued 70
BE- worried 10 death BY letters and petitions
for money from those who want to build new
.charchss edowa-to tbsse wAo wan - cave
shsmselves iron the 6aAts Prison"
.----->ss-s -
TEE Democracy jubilats over the defeat Of
Ben. Wade. But tho old war horse" has
no surrender in oil his creed. In . recent
letter he fays: ~
"The Republicans Of Ohio were never more
radical, more confident Of their strength, nor
more resolutely determined to carry out their
principles to final triumph than now ( and il
our slection could Do held over again u NOR
row, warned of our danger, We should carry
the State BY more than ~, 900. We-certainly
slAll DO this nsxt fall We stand firmly BY the
great and God ike principle Of equal aud ex.
act justice to all men. But even defeat on such
. principle is better than victory on sBy
other, and .tinat defeat on this principle is a.
impossible NJ that God of justice should
cease to rule the world"
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Assignee's Notice OF appointment.

1hcJsesAAtSo stoeASN Va
Iu the district Court OF the United staes for tho Dis
trict Of Iowa. In the matter Of John Bum Bankrupt
IL tph0m IL may concern;
USH undersigned hereby gives notice Of bis appoint
4 mspt rs Assignee of John Huni, Of KcaAnt, Lr,
Comfy strs Of Iowa within said hritct who hns been
sdtndsei Bankrupt upon his petition ty tho pis-
tret co7rt OF said District HIRAM KNOWLES,
ot+3w Assignee.
Dated al Eeos nh Iowa, ID day Of Oct. 1867.
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.s.sa.sa. a.s..s s8s-59 hW Iafi
sxs.ssa .4su4 10 taAasse4sz u tsas44 50
- - - yes 5ss y ~ ssae q g
sryss a- I vsas SssA
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& GEfa Fer 6ole.
IT nj 4, is ssystts sssks, cornsr o. Oh hsA Aaia
etresta, containing oneStory Frame Btore ButlAp
fne aoasisg ~ Hsln ~, ~ I've etpry Brick Dwell.
iuE - ses reaTUf so1d los-
Daquirs a WI kuLTONs
osnt2o a RsAl Astats Agent.
A tvostcYy Frame Dvelline, Nth ssvs. rooms,
good eejsr ed eistsn Lot sex140 feet we'll fenced
contsniDK variety Of fruit situate on Biondeaast
leaaire a M. FULTON,
AnsA Real Estate Agent, 81 Asip-st.
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yOH SALE Lots 8 and q, block ILL., corner Of tx
II change and Twelfth streets. oeptsinine two story
6Yfrk dwelling win rent tor &loo per year. WIN be
sold on reasonable terms. knqnir. of T. L0MAX
EsQ.. or Nm FULTON,
sprls Real E.tate Agent. No 81 Main street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-31

+ Wsksspeensaantiyc On haad ssdfnr saiass shsiswAs
priosa 70 cash customars and proDrt Laegs ~
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s H Il r IF F,S s "A L e.
state of Louisiana.


s. T.. s. GouDEaU District Court,
vs.. Parish of Avoyeiles
Marceline Decnir, tutrix. No. 1916.
sT)Y virtue Of writ Of e. fa.. from the Hon
ID the District Court OF the Seventh Judicial
District Of the State of Louisiana, in and for the
Parish Of Avoyelles, in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed Twill offer for sale at auction,
to the last and highest bidder, at the Court
House Of this Parish, in the town of Opelousas,
On Saturday, January 4tH, 1868,
commencing at the honr Of II A. NJ, and con-
tinuing from day to day. if necessary. all the
rights, titles, interests and demands of Ernest
Morrew and Elodie Goudeau. his wife. the de-
PENDANTS, unto the following described property.
seized to satisfy said writ. to wit:
The Undivided Half of q Certain
90 TRACT OF LAND,
&::ssa measuring four hundred and eighty-fve
acres together with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon erected, situated on Dry Bayou,
near the village Of Big Cane, in the Parish OF st.
Landry.
CONDITIONS: Cash.
JAMES G. HAYES. Sheriff.
Opelousas, November 30th, 1867.
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The Undivided Third of a Ger.
SH ERIFF,S s A L Il .
State of Louisiana.

SH ERIF F'S s A l. r..
State of Louisiana.
Hypolite yenable g. al. District Court,
VS.. PaflSh OF 81. LanuES
Leonard A. Gardiner No. 1861.
DY virtue of an order Of seizure and sale,
I'D from the Han. the District Court of the
Eighth Judicial District of the State of Louisi-
ana in and for the Parish of st. Landry, in the
above entitled suit; and TO me directed, will
offer for sale at auction, TO the last and highest
bidder at the Court House OF this Parish, I'M
the town of Opeiousas, ON
Saturday, January 4th, 1865,
commencing at the hour of Ii A. NJ, and con-
tinuing from day to day, if necessary. all the
rights, titles, interests and demands of Leonard
A. Gardiner, the defendant, unto the following
described property seized to satisfy said order,
to wit:
A Certain Parcel of Land,
with the buildings theron situated, near Grand
Ceteau, in said Parish, containing about twenty
acres tmore or lessl, bounded North by land OF
VIM aud James Burleigh. and ON the other three
sides by land of John |. Gardiner.
CONDITIONS: Cash.
JAMES G.. HAYES, Sheriff.
Opelousas, November 30th, 1867.
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J. BLOCH.
TO CONsUMPTIVEs.

FElIIE Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, will send
u free of eharge), to all who desire it, the
prescription with the directions for making and
using the simple remedy, by which he was cured
of a lung affection, and that dread disease Con-
sumption. His only object is to benefit the affic-
ted, andhe hopes every sufferer will try this pres
cription, as it will cost them nothing, and may
prove blessing. Please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON.
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May lily Aug.10 sept2S
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Al GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
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the effects of youthful indseretion, will for the
sake OF suffering humanity, send free to all who
needit, the recipe and directions for making the
simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertisers experience
JOHN d. OGDEN, Al Cedar St., N. Y.
May lily Aug 10.
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S-H e RIF F'S s A LIE.
State of Louisiana.

S66sV OA AOuA5AN4A0s
Christian Mornhenveg } District Court
VS. >ParSh st. Landry.
Joseph Wallear No. g7s3
DY virtue of writ OF fl. fa., from the Hon.
Id the District Court of the Eighth Judicial
District of the State of Louisiana, in and for the
Parish of st. Landry, in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed, will offer for sale at auc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder, at the Court
House of this Parish, in the town of Opelousas
On Saturday, December It'll, 1867,
commencing at the hour of Ii A. NJ, and con
tinuing from day to day, il necessary, all the
rights, titles, interests and demands of Joseph
Wallear, the defendant, unto the following des-
eribed property, seized to satisfy said writ to
wit:
A Certain Tract of Land.
situated ON the limits of the Tewn of Opelousas
measuring six and half acres, bounded North
by land of Betsy, f.sw c.. South by land of Thos.
C. Anderson, East by land of T.. C, Anderson,
and West by lot belonging to Mrs. Howsen
Thompson.
TERMS Cash.
JAS. G. HAYES, Sheriff.
Opelousas, November I'd 1867.
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J. L. COURET,

COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 81 Cont ST., between Chartres and
Levee. New Orleans, La,
WILL take charge of the sale of all products
w entrusted to Qhim, and will make advances
of bagging and rope on cottons which are to be
consigned to him. EJuly 22d, 1865.
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aR 600 CHOICE SHINGLES for sale.
SU,UUU Apply at the Courier office.
THE oPELoUsAs COURIER,

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AdUertising-FIFTY cents per square for
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Candidates to public favors will pay Fifteen
Dollars each, in advance, if they wish to be an
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PUBLIC LEASE

PUBLIC LEASE
or that valuable plantation situated in Belle
" vue Prairie, five miles South of this place,
the property of the Estate of the late john G..
Pratt, deceased, and Mrs c. W. Pratt.
The undersigned, Executor of the Estate of
John G. Pratt, deceased, and agent OF Mrs. e..
w. Pratt, will, on the
Second day Of January aert, 1863,
at the.Court House of this Parish. lease TO the
last and highest responsible bidder, ttlle respon-
sibility to be Judged of by the undersigne,.l the
above described plantation. for the period OF one
year. to commence from the date of said lease,
and to terminate OH the 31st of December, 1863.
The party leasing to make the required repairs
to the Enclosures and fencing of said plantation,
by the addition of new rails as required by esti-
mates in the possession of the undersigned, sub
jcct to inspection. Supplies of said timber abun-
dant on the plantation.
The conditions of this lease are one-fouth pay
able upon adjudication in cash. and the remain
der at the end of the year. The lessee to furnish
good and solvent security, to the satisfaction of
the undersigned, for the performance of his OBJ
legations. Lease to be executed by authentic act
at expense of lessee.
If the said lease is not adjudicated at it's pub
lie exposure, it will be let by private contract.
j. Fl. ONERTON.
Opelousas, November 30th, 1867. 25
The Opelousas courier., 1867-12-07
FRESH AND PURE MEDICINES.

nUININE, Morphine, English Calonlei, Eng
l& Iish Blue Mass, Resublimed Iodine Iodide
Potass, Nitrate Silver, Iron by Hydrogen, French
s.Il-nifrate Bisnuth. nitrate ceriunl, Gum ara
lic, Peruvian bark. etc. etc. Just received from
New-lork and Naw-D Orleans, and for sale whole
sale and retail by s@s
JAMES A. LEE, ApoTHEcARr.
M. n. Yoke. NEW IBERIA.