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NOTICE.
Public Sale.


Estate Of William ColHgan, deceased.
DY virtue of an order of the Hon. the
Ie Court of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Louisiana, sitting in
and for the Parish Of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public sale, to the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned Ad-
ministrator, or through the ministry of a
duly commissioned Auctioneer, on the
hereinafter described plantation, at Cou-
lee Croche, in this Parish, on
TUESDAY, July 9th, 1867,
the following described property belong
ing to the Estate of the said William
Colligan, deceased, to wit:
ONE TRACT OF LAND.
situated at Coul6e Croehe, in said Parish
of ST. Landry, containing I6l acres and
4 hundredths, bounded North and East
by A. Seavers, South by James L. Var
nell, and West by, being the East
half of the North West quarter of section
twenty-one, Township eight South of
Range three East, together with the
Buildings and Improvements thereon
erected.
Il TRACT OF WOOD LAND,
situated near Grand Coteaf, containing
thirty arpents, superficial measure,
bounded North and East by Mrs. David
Meche, South by E. NJ. Millard, and
West by Estat Thomas S. Hardy.
One wagon: Two pair work oxen;
2 cows and l calf; creole horse !;
One buggy; Three ploughs;
pair timber wheels; lot fodder;
One lot of corn Two fat hogs
One clock; One armoir;
safe; Household furniture;
Kitchen utensils, and many other
articles the enumeration of which would
be too tedious.
Terms and coaditioas.-On credit of
Twelve months from the day of sale.
Purchasers furnishing their notes with
security in solido to the satisfaction of
the Administrator, and bearing 8 per
cent per annum from time due until paid.
And moreover, the landed property re-
naming specially mortgaged unto said
Estate until full and entire payment of
capital and interest which may accrue
thereon.
T. FERAY, Administrator.
st. Landry, June Sth, 1867.
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SH E ERIFF' IS S AL E
STATE OF L0UISLAN4.

SH E r L F FS S AL E.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Joseph Harman, Tst. Ex. District Court
VS.. Parish of st. Landry.
Andre Prud homme & ais. No. 9674.
EDY virtue of writ of fl. fa. issued out of the
ID Hon. the Court of the Eighth Judicial Dis
triet, holding Sessions in and for the Parish Of
St. Landry, in the above entitled suit, and to me
directed, will offer for sale at public auction, to
the last and highest bidder, at the Court House
of this Parish, in the Town of 0pelousas, on
Sd 4TURD4Y, JUL r 9Th, 1867,
commencing at II o'clock A. N. and continuing
from day to day, If necessary, all the rights, ii
ties, interests and demands of Andre Prud'h 'hom-
me unto the following described property, seized
to satisfy said writ, to wit:
4. Part of n Tract of Land situated
on the West side of Bayou Plaquemine, upon
which Abraham Harrnan, Scn'r., last resided,
JeAa, with all the BUILDINGS and Improve
Massa ments thereon, bounded North by land of
E.sl James Hayes, South by land of the Estate
Of said deceased, being lot No. more fully des-
eribed in a plat made by II. Hays, Surveyor, and
containing five hundred and ninety arpents,
(more or lessl
2. Part of the above tract, being lot No. 2 of
the same plat, containing two hundred and sew
enty arpents, tmore or lessl
8. The balance of the above tract, being lot
No. 3 of the same plat, containing two hundred
and ninety-nine arpents, fmore or less.|
Conditions Cash.
JAMES G. HAYES, Sheriff
Ope1ousas June 1st, 1867.
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DRUGS

DERUyIAN BARK BITTERS Celebrated
Ill Tenic---a certain preventive for Fever and
Ague. q. L. KoUss & BRo., 50 Common Street,
Wholesale Agents. Manufactured by DIR. NJ. Perl
& Co, Wholesale Druggists, ia Chartres Street,
43-laI New ORLEANS.
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ID PIFFET, I27 Canal Street-Toys, Per-
Ds fumery, Combs, Brushes. Buttons, Tapes,
Needles. Pins, Cutlery. Plated Ware, Bennets,
Dress Trimmings, &c 23-Ia.
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s II E r I f F'S S AL E .
State of Louisiana.

State Of Louisiana.
Denis NJ. Lafeur District Court,
VS.. I Parish of st. Landry.
Kinehen W. Mckinney No. 1855.
DY virtue of q writ of fl. fa. issued out of the
ID District Court of the Eighth Judicial Dis
triet of the State of Louisiana sitting in and for
the Parish of st. Landry, in the above entitled
suit, and to me directed, / will offer for sale at
public sale, to the last and highest bidder at the
Court House of this Parish, in the Town of Opel
ousas, ON
Sd TURD4 7, .TULT 9Th, 1867,
commencing at Ii o'clock A. NJ, and continuing
from day to day, if necessary, all the rights, tt
ties, interests and demands of Kinchen w. Nc
Kinney unto the following described property,
seized to satisfy said writ, to wit:
A certain Plantation,
situated in the Parish of st. Landry, in Prairie
Chataigner Anse aux Pai1les, with all the
JmsA BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS
M,;a thereon, measuring two hundred superb
- eial arpents, being five arpents front by
forty in depth, bounded on the East side by land
of Dorsin Lafleur, ON the West by land of Jean
Bite. Arloin, North by lands of the heirs of Fon-
tenot South by land of Louis j. Fontenot.
Conditions CASH.
JAMES G.. HAYES, Sheriff
Opefousasy June Ist, 1867.
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LOT OF GROUND
state Tax and licenses.

YEsIE undersigned would hereby inform those
IL interested, that from and after the 18th of
July next, all State Taxes and Licenses which
will remain unpaid at that time, will be collected
with costs JAS. G.. HAYES,
3 June l. 1867 -5ltfl Sheriff ard Collector
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VIM. ARMSTRONG,
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANs, La, :,
No. 5Rl Pine Street,

FHILADELPHlA, Pa,
VKTILL attend to the filing of all orders for
w HARDWARE, MACHINERY. AGRICUL-
TURAL IMPLEMENTS. Garden and other Seed
Portable Earthen Furnaces, Stores, Holloracare,
4ntbracite Coal, de-, as well as any other bust
ness intrusted to him
He respectfully solicits the patronage of all
his old friends and customers of New Orleans,
and all others requiring his services. Consign-
ments solicited and prompt returns made.
Refers to all the old Hardware Houses in New
Orleans. [ap6-6m.
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s FL E r E FS s SALE
state of Louafsiana.

Cyprien Dupre District Court,
VS.. Parish of st. Landry.
Sebastian D. AIlis No. $685.
DY virtue of an order of seizure and sale,
kB from the Hon. 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, IN the
Town of OpeIousas, on
SATURDAY., JULY 9Th, 1867, e
commencing at the hour Of IL A. NJ, and con-
tinuing from day to day, il necessary, all the
rights titles, interests and demands of Sebastian
d. Allis, unto the following described property.
seized to satisfy said order, to wit:
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DRY GOODS.
Public Sale.


Estate of james D. McClelland, deceased.
DY virtue of an order of the Hon the Court
- of the Eighth Judicial District of the State
of Louisiana sitting in and for the Parish of St.
Landry, there will be sold at public sale, to the
last and highest bidder, by the undersigned
Sheriff and ex-oficio Auctioncer, at the store of
Patrick Keough on Bayou PlaQnemine Brulee,
about 1S miles southwest of the town of Opel
ousas, in this Parish, on
FEDNESDAT July 10Th, 1867.
the following described property belonging to
the Estate OF the said James 0. McCleland, de-
ceased, to wit;
A TRACT OF LAND,
situated in this Parish in the Plaquemine Cove,
described on the Township map as being the
South West quarter of South East of Section
Is, and North half of North West quarter of Sec
ton %, in Township No South of Range No.
l East, containing 121 acres and 81 hundredths,
as per receipt and certificate of the Land Office
at Opelousas. No. 7496.
ANOTHER TRACT OF LAND,
situated in the same place, described as being the
South East quarter of Northeast quarter of Sec
ton No. nineteen in Towship No. Nine South of
Range No One East, containing forty acres and
II hundredths of an acre, per receipt No. $50.
Terms-Cash on the day of sale, payable in
specie or its equivalent in Greenbacks.
JAS. G. HAYES,
Sheriff and s1-oficio Auctioneer.
Opelousas, June Sth, 1867.
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COyVECTFOyERs

CONFECTIONERY
~ H. MILLER & CO., First Premium steam
sale Gonfectioners. Depot of California Wines.
sYs No. SO New Levee 46-Ia.
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wHoLEsALB FISH nTRcH,Ts.

WhO4adS5xA11IJ . AkS43 1z4LSOx1 = -
@ d. MOODY s. co, 81 Tchoupitoulas st
% Special attention given 10 selling Mackerel
Goldfish, Herring, Butter, Cheese e. Lard. % Ia
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TUESDAY,, July 9th, 1867,
the following described property belong
ing to the Estate of the said William
Cnlliran. deceased. to Wit.
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June lst, 1861
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-28
Morgan County.

This hitherto gallant little county, since its
alliance with West Virginia, and league with
Radcalism, has become . nOnentity, save for
the general record of its criminal docket
The Circuit Court has just terminated it's
sessiS@, AID among its proceedings, we find
the following in the Nesc Era of Martins
burg:
Several eases were disposed Of, amongst
which was the indictment against Edward
Rockwell, for rape He was found guilty,
and sentenced to ten years confinement in the
Penitentiary. The act charged upon him
occurred in 1861.
The case of Andrew Settles. rs. the Board
of Registration of Morgan county. attracted
considerable interest. This was an action on
the case against the members of that Board
for wiitully and maliciously erasiag the name
OF the plaintiff from the list ofvotcrs without
notice being given to him Of the action of the
Board. There was demurrer to the decla-
ration, based upon the idea that the Board
of Registrars acted in a Judicial capacity.
and are not responsible in damages TO the
party aggrieved by their decision, \ very
able argument was made by Mr.. Joseph L.
Hoke, in support of this position, which was
replied to by Messrs. Blackburn & Faulkner.
The Court reserved decision upon the de-
murrer until the next term-but took occasion
IN very pointed and emphatic terms to express
Its general views in opposition to the perver
sion OF their functions, to partizan and person
al purposes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-28
The National Bank System-Its Inside
Workings

The Montgomery (A!abama) Mail, in
noticing the late National bank fraud, at
Selma, in that State, thus shows how De-
cu!iarly liable to frauds this whole system is.
There was never greater Fictitious opportunity
for rascality, even by Tie old wild cat" sys-
ten. The Nail says:
'.uere is 4 National Bank which common
ccOopcratiOns on 4 fictitious capital SluU-
GOO worth Of bonds are borrowed by 4 from
Is, and deposited by \ with the Treasury De
partment as security for the bank Thcreup-
on the Treasurer issues to a $4,000 of cur
rency, which y pays back to 3 for his bond.
1t Is thus that National bank is started up
on capital of $1,000 or SI2, 00C;not enough
to give credit to n respectable third class
shaving-shop. What follows? The bank be-
comes National, loyal concern. The officers
are cheek-by .jowl with United States Off
Gals. They step about with the grandeur of
the American Eagle. Vast suns are deposit-
cd with them by the tax collectors, and the
Government allows tie bank to use the de-
Posits without charge. Besides this kindness
towards loyal subjects, the Government is
good enough, in addition, to pay the bank
interest upon the 100000 worth Of bonds
which the banker \ borrowed from his friend
Is, and Tor which Is has already been paid by
the Government. # has already been seen
that the bank costs 4 only $4,000, for which
investment the Government pays him $500
per annum rs interest upon his borrowed
capital, and gives him free grab into hundreds
OF thousands Of deposited funds. Could the
Government offer greater inducements for
sWIndiIng! ct We are asked to indorse the
party of Congress which is establishing such
demoraI!zlng agencies throughout the land"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-28
MARRIED..

In this town, on Thursda y. morning last, by Rev.
I. u. Shepherd, MIR. ALBERT ID. BARR. PTintcr,.
torlncrlyui Holiday sburg, Pa, to Miss MOLLiE.
X. SPOTS daughter q Mr.. George W. SPOTS, OF
this town.
MAY their summer be gay as the roses @.
That hang On the bushes ia June;
Their autumn made up OF rcIosCs
As calm as the sleeping lagoon.
And when the cold blasts Of December
\ fsab them in liic's later years,
May this be their III, to remember
No hour over Swallowed BY tcars.''
In ChiCago,ln o. the 3y.h ult by the Rev Mr.
Swing, Mr. GARDINER, CASE. 81 Bunker I'M,
H., aud Miss FA ME GALLAHE.s, II Noku-
mi: daughter o! Mr.. Sidney 5 GalIaLer, formerly
Of CharlestOgn.
In ''GTacc Church - Bcrryvillc. on wcdpcefiry
evening, 18th -=i, by the Roy. r +. Martin Nj
PiiilP - EDAcE, Of Alexandria to Miss NAT
TIE LEE THOMPSON, of Berryvi!!e.
On The 10th inst, by Rev. Robt r. s. Horgb.
Mr.. THOMAS WEST, Of JcfIcrson county aud
Miss ELIZABETH BR!S-OE, Of Winchester
On Tuesday morning last NJ the residence Of tho
brides parents, by Rev. Il. " issicr. Mr.. CHARLES
HiSER, of MHrtinsbuTg, 20 hiss SALLY V.BRIT-
NER, OF ShcPherdsto~n.
In Ma rtinabur-, on the 9Th inst by Rev J. s
HciliT, WILLIsA liz SSELL - MARY v GLASS.
FORD, both o. that place
On The came d3y, by tho same. J. II. GARDINER
to MARY a JOY, all Of Martinsburg.
On the It;h ms. by the same. Mr.. GEORGE
KNAPP to h!sS MAIALA SHANK, both OF Mar
tnsLurg.
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Lett from Mr.. Bolts,

a letter from Mr. Bolts to a Washington
friend, relativeE his becoming bail for Mr..
Davis, has beedpubIished. It is in his pecu-
liar style,-qudreli with both friends and
foes He open By asking of the former;
"WiI I nevef see the day that can exer-
else an independent Judgment, or a sound dis
erection, without being called to an account
and asked for eiplanations by my friends ,"
And he eoHludes by giving them the
following par:irg salute
+ 81 hope I ma live long enough to let all
my friends undsstand that It is my habit to
do whatever my conscience aud Judgment
may approve in by individual capacity, with
out turning to tie right hand or to the left to
inquire what my be the opirious of others,
satisfied that tine will viudicate all things
that in themselyls are right"
The following sentences refer to his contact
with Mr. Davis
1t is not true tint I congratulated Mr.. Davis,
or that / approached him for that or any other
purpose. During the progress OF the case 1
authorized FREUD OF Mr.. Davis to say to
Mr.. o. Conor that if TIE name OF one known
everywhere and to all men as one OF the most
prominent aud determined opponents Of the
rebellion, the Southern Confederacy. and of
Mr.. Davis's whole course Of policy, was de-
sirabIe as one Of his securities, that mine was
at his service. The prefer was promptly
accepted-not because it was needed. but no
doubt from the same generous impulses that
had led me to make the offer
did not approach Mr. Davis, nor did l
intend to DO so; because it was from public,
and not personal considerations, that led me
to occupy this position; but when 1 ap-
preached the clerks desk to aifix my signature
to the bond, Mr. Davis, as was both natural
and becoming, approached me to express his
acknowledgements for the generosity l had
exhibited l told him that among the con-
sIderations that had controlled me was the
sacred regard in which l held the liberty to
all citizens; that believed he was entitled
to trial; that the government had had the
most abundant time to prepare for one, and
if, after two years Imprisonment, they were
still unPrepared, l thought he was entitled to
his liberation on ball. and was happy to give
this public expression of my opinion on that
subject. He replied, at was a noble senti.
ment, worthy Of Virginia gentlemen, as he
had always known me to be, and was thank.
full for IT." We separated and did not come
in contact again.
am not only satisfied with, but am proud
of what have done, and would do it over
g9dtH and AGAIN and AGAIN under the
same circumstances, while 1 entertain every
opinion of Mr. Davis's offence against the
Constitution and laws of the country that l
have expressed from the beginning Of the re-
bcIIion TO its close.
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TEE sPR1NG RACES.

The races on Thursday last, in the various
townships of the county, excited very little
attention, and it was not until late in the eve
ming that the thought occurred to US that our
benefcent radical rulers had set apart that
day for the election of township oaicers.-
Nor have we felt sufficient concern since to
tax ourselves with any exertion to secure
statement Of the polls in the different pre-
cints. 1t is gratifying, however, 70 state that
the conservatives have elected foRr Of the
seven supervisors, carrying the HarPcr's Fer
~, Bolivar, CharlestoWn and Osborne town
ships. The exact political status Of Mcssrs
Logic and Butlcr-the one the representative
Of Avcreu and the other Of ChapIinc town
ship-has never been clearly defined, and
perhaps never will be, as they are both nom
committals. But as they are not known to be
in sympathy with the conservatives, we class
them in the count as radicals, although we
have never had OCCASION to exhibit them in
our big show. There is no telling, however,
how soon we shall be compelled to furnish
them cage in our already remarkable me-
nagerie. Without them, the conservatives
have majositSOf the Board, notwithstanding
the raseality Of Boreman's appointecs in ma
Pulating the poll>books.
The most gratifying result of the contest
the defeat Of Fossett for supervisor in Boil
township. His successor, Mr.. Duke, is Il
tleman, and will worthiIy fill the position
which be has been called. In Harper's
rry township, 4 worthy and honest man in
&c person Of Mr., Alexander Kelley, has been
elected Inspector eff Elections.
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forgotten and left behiud-deyil ke-the
hindmost-and 10 less than a minute the
Court House was entirely cleared with, the
exception of the defendants, and about half a
dozen others. But the reader will doubtless
ask where was his Honor, and what became
of him. As socn as he saw the vpistol aud
heard the threat to shoot, he lodged under a
table in front of him and crawIed along to
the end of it. towardsthe side door that opens
into the passage. Some one who ran out Of
the door before him, had shut it tightly, and
little frightened boy was vainly trying to
open it. Joe seized the little fellow and the
door, and cried out, " Oh, my God can't You
open it /; let me out for Gods sakeg which
finally yielded to his entreaties and his efforts,
aud he made his exit without even bow to
his bewildered audience. And such kind
reader, was the opening aud closing ceremony
at the first term of bully Joe's Corporation
Court, as we have it from an eye witness.
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The y. y. Times says "a merchant
engaged in small business in this city advcr-
tised, on Thursday last, for clerk-applica-
ton to be made by letter. BY noon of the
day on which his advertisement appeared he
had received eighty applications for the situa-
ton, and before the next day had passed,
the number had reached one hundred and
nineteen. The salary was small the induce
ments We're few, and the work required close
attention, and yet the anxiety for the place
was so great as to be but poorly shown by the
number of applications. Many of the appli-
cants could speak two or three languages, and
claimed to be possessed of various valuable
accomplishments"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-28

SUPFRvIsOE's Court met in Sheperdstown
on the goth inst, and among other proceedings
adopted the following:
The report of the Ovcrseers of the Poor
was submitted to the Board On motion it
was adopted and ordered to be filed
Ordered, that the county tax on $500 be de-
Quoted from the assessment Of Amos Janney,
for the years lS6j-6G.
Ordered, that Thos. Rutherford the super
intendent Of the Charlestown and Berryville
turnpike be and is hereby authorized to sell
parcel Of land belonging to the county and
lying on said road.
Ordered, that Patricl; O'Brien be granted
license to sell spirituous liquors at Harper's
Ferry. license to date from the Goth of April
Ordered, by the Board, that the Jail com
mittee be required to proceed forthwith to
finish the county Jail, and that two of the
cells of the same be completed by the 10th
day of June, 1867, aud that they report at the
next meeting of the Board,
Ordered, that the order made By the Board
April %, 1865. in regard to the asscssrlen t
Of Humphrey Keyes, be re-afirmed
Ordered, by the Board of Supervisors, that
all persons owning or keeping dogs within the
county are required to procure license for
keeping the same, and the license tax shall
be as follows any persons owning or keeping
one dog so cts two dogs $3.50; three dogs
SO 90; four dogs $500; FIVE dogs 81 30 six
dogs $3.50; and it is further ordered. that
the assessor of the county shall make list Of
all dogs within the county, and make return
of such list to the clerk of the Board By the
30th of July, 1867.
The next meeting Of the Board will he on
Tuesday next, 4th Of June.
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ACcEPTABLE.-Though tho temperature
has not been oppressive, yet we must confess
that the rascality of radicalism, as exhibited
in scratching the poll books preparatory to
the elections last week, kept our blood to
fever heat. Fortunately, with its ebbing
sands, came our next door neighbor, Henry
DUNN, with choice supply of ice cream and
its appendages, to cool our temperament,
steady our nerves, ana harmonic our feel
ings. Those similarly ailing, Will find sure
relief at his saloon, where everything desira-
BE may be found in season.
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THE EEXICArL NEWS

We thought that the canards few very
thick during our late war, but the Mexicans
are beating the Yankees at the game of brag
\ short time ago, we had news that the Juarez
party were in possession of Queretaro that
Miramon was killed, and that Maxamilian
was fugitive, hiding, no one knew where.
We had even the official report of the capture
Of Pucbla. 1t now turns out that Maximil-
Ian is in the city of Mexico, having arrived
there on the goth ul;imo, at the head of 600
men, with whom he boldly marched out from
Queretaro, and through Escobcdo's grand be-
sieging army, without its daring to modest
him; that Miramon, instead of being dead,
has driven off the besieging force that was
before Pucbla, and is pushing it in the direc-
ton of San Luis Potosi, ana that Dias has
suffered defeat before the city of Mexico,
losing $50 prisoners. 1t is to be hoped, for
the sake Of humanity, that Maximillian will
yet be able to maintain his footing. and es-
tablish Il stable government in unfortunate
and desolated Mexico.