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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-03-21
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VENTE PUBLIOUE.

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0pelOusas. 7 Mars 1868.
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P0kH4ON DE TERRE BOISEE,

. "~ 2-UNE CERTAINE
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
The Twenty Per Cent.

The House of Representatives
passed a Resolution, q few days
ago, adding 20 per cent. to the sal
aries of Government employees
This has been done for several
years past, under one pretense or
another, and to accomplish it, the
members of both Houses have been
bored by not only the parties them
selves most interested, but by their
wives and daughters, and friends.
and even by creditors, and by spec
ulative purchasers of the contingent.
appropriation at half price or less.
The whole matter is a nuisance of
the most offensive kind, and prob |
ably the money, when paid, has
been to the recipients, in a MAORI
ty Of cases, of more injury than
benefit, when the subject is. looked
at in all its connections and bear
ings.
we protest against this annual
allowance, in toto. If the regular
salaries are inadequate, which we
do not think can be we'll claimed,
then let them be raised to just
amount, but let them be certain
This is more important in most
cases than whether the amount be
more or less, and expenditures will
be adjusted to correspond.
We see the House, on sober, sec
ond thought, recalled its resolution
from the Senate, Tuesday, by a de-
cided majority, and we hope they
will keep it. Our Treasury is in no
condition to pay more than a fair
contract calls for, especially when
the sum fixed is a reasonable ore,
and that is all these claimants have
any right to ask C2eveSand Her.
aid.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
startling from Virginia.

! The bones Of Northern Democ.
racy will shake and quake over the
news from "Old verginuy." Tie
ex Confederate General VIM. r.
Terry, has started out to stump the
State in conjunction with a Con
servative negro" Lafayette Wash
ington by name, formerly a slave
to Thomas Gibbony. Last week
they addressed rousing meetings of
the Conservatives of fifteen coun-
ties, at WythesvilIe, and are still
"Inarching on" Mark here is not
"carpet- bagger' hitched with a
Northern black" but n prominent
rebel General travelling in compa-
ny with, and speaking from the
same platform with an "oleaginousI
niger" What greater insult could
be offered the great unwashed 2-I
Just now, when the New York
World, the Wall street ring, and |
big batch Of political manipulators,
have been terribly frightened by a
Chase letter reafirming negro suf. !
frage, and are abandoning it's au.
thor pell nell, an ex- Confederate
General. without so much as saving
by your leave, picks up an cx.slave,
and together they stump the sacred
soil. While the Northern Demo
cratic manipulators are Fastening
to take the back track on the suf |
'frage question, Southern General
comes forward and presents them
with a practical example of negro
equality.
John C. Breckinridge, former'
slave to the traitor bearing that
name, is also speaking through
Virginia for the Conservatives, and
boasts, in a published card in the
Richmond papers, that he is driven
from place to place by a white man.
A white Virginian holding the reins
and letting down the steps for
Virginia nigger!' And this is
what We are coming to!-N. y.
Com. advertiser.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

LOOK Our FOR HIM-.About three
weeks since an eHterprising swim
dler calling himself Parsons, called
upon the farming community in
this vicinity, representing himself
as agent for several leading agri-
cultural and other Journals, and
succeeded in soliciting subscrip-
tions in advance from some forty
different persons, taking the same
at less than the usual terms, and,
as an additional inducement, agree
ing to pay the postage at the office
of publication.
He drove a lively business among
the "unwashed. taking a number
of subscriptions for the La Crosse
Democrat at something less than
Bricks" lowest club rates.-Cha-
licOthe Gazette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

MATERNAL INGENUITY.-A French
paper relates the following amusing
anecdote. 1t seems that gentle
man from Paris paid visit to a
country dame, in whose parlor he
saw a portrait of a lovely woman of,
say five and twenty. Upon the en-
trance of the lady, her visitor asked
her if the picture was a family por-
trait, and was told that it represent
ed her deceased daughter. "Has it
been long since you lost her z
asked the gentleman. "Alas, sir,
replied the lady, ''she died just al
ter her birth, and | have had the
portrait painted to represent her as
she would appear II she had lived
until now"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

- There was a time when "Tex-
as" was considered Synonymous
with the name of another place OF
final resort for gentlemen whose
room is considered by honest men
preferable to their company. The
ancient reputation of that terrestrial
Inferno appers to be well sustained
at present, judging from a dispatch
sent by the President of the Con-
vention to the presiding officers of
Congress, asking permission to or
ganize forces "for the protection of
the lives and property of the citi-
zens now every day being preyed
upon by assasins and robbers to an
extent unparalleled in the history
ofcivilized communities in times of
peace, and which, if not speedily
arrested, must resultin the destruc-
ton of social order. - Cleveland
Herald.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
Ratification at Ripley.
BROWN. COUNTY LEADING
OFF IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Speech Of Hon. ]. A. Smith.


! Correspondence ofthe Gin Chronicle.l
o~ RIPLEY, o., June 27.
The Union and Republican peo-
pie Of Brown county, though al
most hopclessly in the minority,
are among the first to enter the field
in the great campaign Of 1865
Thay last evening held their ratifl-
cation meeting, filing Brother
Moody's Church, and becoming
very enthusiastic over the proceed
ings, which were enlivened with
music from a very good brass
band. -i- -A
The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. Baird, on whose motion
Squire j, M. Bell was called to the
chair, and Mr.. Glidden made Secre-
tary.
Mr.;.T. F. Snifln, from a commit
tee appointed at former meeting,
reported a constitution and bylaws
for a Grant Club for Union town
ship. 1t is to meet once every two
weeks, and labor assiduously for
the election of Grant and Colfax.
The following officers were elect
ed: President, Philip Jolly; Vice
President, r. M. Creekbaum; Sec.
retary, W. T. Thompson; Treasur-
er, S. Hemphill.
On motion of Mr.. Baird, resolu.
tons were adopted heartily endors-
ing the nomination of Grant and
Colfax as the patriotic peoples can
didates for President and Vice Pres
ident, and Of Hon. John "A. Smith,
as the right man in the right place,
for representative in Congress of
the Sixth District; and pledging
and unremittiug efforts for
the election Of the ticket.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Ray of Hope Temple No. 299, meets ev.
ery Monday evening at the Odd Fellows
HAIL. s. + johnson, W. @. t.; Josie
Blakemore, W. V. T.; G. Carpenter, ".
OF p. &. Morehouse, ". R. s.; Maggie U.s.
tick. W. A. s.; H. w. Hamilton, W. +. s.;
Mrs. Champlain, W. T.; R. A. Robinson,
W. NJ; Barbara Hay, W. D, M; Jennie Will
son, W. j. G.; George Bryan, W. Q. g.;
Mrs. williams, W r. H, s.; Mrs. Witlet,
W. L. H.S.; M. j. Williams W. P, @. T..
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

"A certain Iodging-house was
very much infested with vermin.-
A gentleman who slept there one
night, told the landlady so in the
morning, when she said;
LA, sir, We haven't single bug
in the house."
mo, ma'am," said he, 'they'Fe
all married, and have large families,
too" s 4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Gideon J. Pillow, of st, Louis,
was sued on notes and bills to the
amount of Sl05,000, for negroes
purchased in 1860. He lost the case
and has carried it to the Supreme
Court of Arkansas.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

An unsuccessful attempt was
made Friday night in Hartford,
Connecticut, to throw train from
the track on which six packages
of coin, en- route to the sub Treas
ury we're in charge of the Adams
Express.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

An Indian requested an agent
in Northern Iowa to furnish him
with whisky for a Yonng warrior
who had been bitten by a rattlesnake,
intimating that four quarts would
be necessary. "Four quarts r. re-
peated the agent, with surprise; 'as
much as that? ?" "Yes," replied
the Indian, -four quarts - snake
very big.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Frank Reed, clerk in the Zanes-
vile postoflice, has invented an add
ing machine, by which, with as lit
tie mental effort as is required to
move the hand of clock to a
number on the dial, five columns
ormore, Of any length can be added
at once.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

A personal difficulty between
John G. Brownlow, of the Knox
vile Wing, and Mr.. Kirby, of the
Press, took place on Thursday af-
temoon. Brownlow tried to shoot,
but his pistol snapped. Neither was
hurt
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

A woman near Black Rock, N.
Y, sickened about 4 months since,
falling away rapidly until she be-
came a mere skeleton, when on TAX
ing an emetic she was relieved OF a
live lizard four inches in length,
but the woman died a few hours af-
tor
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Fayette Lodge, No lG7, of Free and Ac-
ceptps Masons, meets on the first Wednes-
day evening after the full moon, and when
the moon fulls on Wednesday, on that
evening. MMLs GARDNER, W. Ms G. Cars,
S.aW.;JAs. STRALEY, ]. w.; A. NJ. STIM-
SON, s. D JAS, MCLEAN, j. D.; B. H.
MrLLlKAN, Sec.; j. MlsER, Treas.i b. q.
RARNEY, Tyler. ah
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Fayette Chapter Royal Arch. Masons; meets
on the Wednesday evening before the full
moQn John M Turk, H, RI; y n feom9an9,' 2,
III; Mills Gardner. P. s.; W. ?, Cleayeland'
Is, G. NJ. Cd Vail; b II, Mouser, g. NJ 1stNalli
b. II. Millikan, sec'y; John Miser, Treasurer
L. C. Karney Guard.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

One wall of the Hospital of St.
Mary of the Conception, in process
OF erection in Chicago, fell on tbe
24th, burying five workmen in the
rnins, two of whom have since
died.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
SCUODn ExAMINERS,

D. @. EASTMAN, P. E. MoREHoUsE, J. B.
PRrpoY. The Board meets at Washington
on the third Saturday Of every month"; also
she first Saturday in April, May, August
September, October and November
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Rev. Joseph NJ. Trimble, Of
Columbus, has been appointed Pre-
siding Elder of Marietta District O.
Ohio Conference M. r. Church,
rice Rev. s. NJ. Merrill, who WAS
elected editor of the Western Chris
tian Advocate. - CAiHic6tAe Ga.
zette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

DIVIDING THE FEES. A good sto-
ry is told Of a reverend gentleman
to whom a farmer complained that
ministers earned money much easier
than he did.
Now" said the farmer, "when
you are called upon to marry
couple, you never expect less sum
than SO, and you sometimes get
$10-this only for a few minutes
service"
"Pooh!" replied the Doctor, 81
would agree to give you half Of my
next marriage lee for bushel Of
potatoes"
Every vel" i" said the farmer, "I'll
take your offer and send you the
potatoes"
A few days afterward the clergy
man was called on to splice a low
ing couple at D., a place abOut
four miles from where he lived.
When the ceremony was over, the
bridegroom said to the worthy
minister;
"WelI, parson, s'posc l must fork
ovel something for your trouble.
What say you to taking one # my
terrier pups? The best breed l tell
you in the country. Shocking nice
to have in the barn. Worth full IS,
and | suppose a figure or two wo'd
do for the splice, eh ?"
The Doctor took the pup with
joy. The joke was too good; he
hastened to the farmer saying:
"Now, friend, here is my fec how
shall we divide It'll"
The farmer relished the joke so
well that he increased the potatoes
to half-a- dozen bushels.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
SPEECH OF Mr.. SMITH.

On being presented to the audi
ence, Mr.. Smith was received with
cheers, and proceeded in an extern
Iporaneous, but graceful and impress
sive manner, to edify his hearers,
The resolutions just .read-one of
them, at least--presented a theme
sufficient for an evenings discus
sion. The one relating to himself,
he would leave untouched, as it was
of minor Importance.
OF ColfaX, | need only say, said
the speaker, that he belongs to that
class Of statesmen in this country
of whom we should feel Justly
proud. He has come up from the
humber walks Of life, and occupies
the very mountain-top, so to speak,
of political distinction, by his own
unaided efforts. His elevation to
the Vice Presidency of the United
States will be q new era in the his
tory of the public men OF this coun,
try; for he carries with him not on
ly the intellectual ability to dis
charge all the duties incident to
that position, but he carries with
him a Christian heart, schooled in
all that makes one man better than
another.
But there is another man Of whom
/ propose to speak, and l think the
American people should at all times
be glad to hear him spoken Of
Life is but problem, and he most
deserves success and wins reward
who successfully solves the propo-
sitions that meet him in the pathway
of life. Nations have their prob
lens and he who is able to effect
their solution receives the reward
of the public in the gratitude of
their feelings We had such prob.
lem at the outset of our national
existence, when the great question
was, can we have a Government :?
Washington and his compatriots,
i'm their contest with George III,
solved this. difficult problem, and
created a Government for US. The
people appreciated the act, and
placed w ashington at the head of
the country that his valor and f.
deity had TO a great extent estab-
lished.
We have had a second problem,
ofno ordinary magnitude, to settle,
and that was Can we preserve the
Government which our fathers
made? And who solved that ques-
ton? You may look at all the
public men connected with the sup
preston of the rebellion, and hay-
ing fairly canyassed the whole of
them, you must como to the con-
clusion that the man who success
fully commanded your armies, and
brought them through the conflict
triumphantly, was the man that
solved the question Of the hour
And, therefore, the people of this
age, whatever their political diversi-
ties and prejudices, will decide in
favor of acknowledging so great a
public benefaction, and will Eonor
the benefactor by placing him this
fall in a position to occupy the seat
which your ancestors awarded to
public merit of the same kind in the
Revolutionary war.
How does it happen that this man,
whom we hardly knew until recent
ly, should loom up before the peo-
pie ofthe United States just at this
particular junctaTe, commanding
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

Temple Lodge, No. 227, meets at Wash,
ineton every Tuesday evening at their hall
on Court street. .AtLEN HEAeLFE, N g.;
S. B. YEoMAx, VIC; j. N. VANDEMAN,
r, s.; L. O. KAnEEV, P. s.; R. MILL
NAN. T.,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
OFFICIAL DIREI TORY.

Jadve Of Fayette Common Pleas Court.
.-Alss. DfokEY, Of Highland County.
Probate Judges, B. WOMAN.
Prosecuting Attorney H. b. MAYNARD
Sheriff.-JAM STRALEY. .as
Clerk of Court.-R. MILLEAN'
Auditor.--ABEL McCASDLRss,
Treasurer.--A. @. JoHNsoN.
Recorder.-Z, W, HEAeLER.
Surveyor-JAcoB CREAMER.
Ooroner.-H. LyMEs
Commissioners WIZ. II, JoNrs, ALLEN
HEAdLEa, B. F. THOMAS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

as they arise, and exercise your
own enlightened judgments in re-
gard to them. Go forward and
make men Of yourselves, and don't
be afraid Of the colOred man, or
any other kind of a sDan, outstrip.
ping you. If they can keep up with
yop, or only follow in the distance,
You will not suffer by it.
The foregoing is mere abstract
Of the very able speech of Mr.
Smith, which was listened to with
great attention, and frequently ap.
plaudcd. At its close, Mr.. J. NJ.
Barrier, of Hillsboro, was called
out, who responded in a few stir
ring remarks which greatly excited
the enthusiasm of the audience.
The people of this busyg well-to-
do town are thoroughly alive in
the work of political regeneration,
and with the aid of their wide
awake local paper, the Bee, under
the management of Mcssrs. Sniffin
& Glidden, and such other newspa,
per agencies as they propose to use,
they hope to work a revolution in
the condition of their country, ard
turn the majority in their favor.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

A monument for the grave Of
General Scott AZ West Point, has'
been complstea fof his daughters
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
To The Musical Public!
PIANOS,
ORGANS & MELODEONS
At PRICES BELOW COMPETITION

TIME Undersigned having received Agep-
cies from several first class music stores,
is prepared tofurnish Pianos, Organs and Me.
lOde0ns, at great bargains, Among others Of
celebrated manufactures are the unrlvaled
Decker Bros Steinways and Knabe's Pianos.
These pianos are noted for their power, BRILL
fancy and richness Of tone and elasticity Of
touch, and are warranted from fve TO seven
years. The list Of Organs consists Of the cele-
brated BOudoir, Esty, and Mason Il Hamlin.
Also having been appointed by Messrs. smith
n Nixon as agent in Fayette county, and by
MessIs, Lyon Il Healy, for Clinton county,
for the renowned Burdett Organ, with Celeste
Stop, is prepared to furnish these excellent
Organson,th most reasonable terms. Gail
and examine samples at the residence of l. T.
VanDeman. Instruments rented by the month
and rent applied to purchase if desired Old
taken In exchange. Sheet music
and music books Of all kinds furnished at Cin-
einnati prices Orders left at W #. WILLETTs
Gallery, will receive prompt attention
Washington. O., April 2, 49, 19t3m
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09

the admiration and respect Of the
American people. Men do not al
ways regulate their own destinies
When a peoples peace is disturb
ed by causes Of great magnitude,
men turn their attention to those
upon whom they can reposc for
safety, and cling to in the hour OF
trial. If Grant had failed us in the
great trust which was committed
to his care, he would have passed
from our observation, and this
evening he would not have been the
subjectof general thought and com
ment.
What was the nature Of that
struggle? Itinvolved no ordinary
results. 1t was not a mere contest
to overthrow the Confederacy.-
That was the purpose at first, when
the South declared they would Sc.
cede and establish a Confederacy j;
but events grew beyond their first
intentions, and the question became
in the end, whether you were to
have a government at all whether
this national Government of ours,
with Abraham Lincoln as President,
was to go out of existence, and the
Southern Confederacy become the
Government Of this people. 1t in
volved not only the peace and hap.
piness of US all, but it involved the
great question Of American civili-
zation. Had Grant failed in his
march from Washington to Rich
mond, what would have become of
usp Where could you have pre-
sented him another army2 That
was the turning point of the strug-
gle, and had he been stricken down
where would Lees army have been
in sixty daysp He would haYe
been in command of the whole coun-
try.
The speaker then traced the lead
ing points developed in the course
of the war-measures that were
forced upon our Government by the
exigencies of the struggle-result,
ing in the establishment of that
great and distinguishing feature of
modern ciVilization--free labor
the interests of the middle and low
er classes. Had the Confederacy
triumphed, free labor in the North
as well as in the South would have
gone down, for the Southern idea
of slave labor was o principle, and
not to be confined to race or color.
The North triumphed, and free Ia
Dor sprang up in the South. 1t is
to be not only free but educated,
intelligent labor, and all men. are to
stand ON the same platform, having
the right to struggle for all that is
good in life-eyery effort of sinew,
and brain, bringing to their
owner its full reward, and all con-
to the elevation of our
humanity. To a great ex-
tent, all this is the result Of the ge-
MUS and persistent efforts of Grant
and his compeers in the late strug-
gle. [Cheers.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-07-09
STAND FAST BY THE COUNTRY.

Now, gentleman, stand fast by
the country. Let no specious or
local question divert you from the
permanent best interests of the
whole country. Let me say to the
young of the country, take a posi-
ion in which you can look calmly
at the developments of the hour
Turn yorr back upon the trat i ions,
the preiudices of family and Of par
ty, and look fairly at the questions