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MISCELLANEOUS.
Anew Presidential Movement.
Chase Proposed as the Democratic Comser'
rative Candidate-The Impeachment.

Il
Special Dispatch to Baltimore Gazette
WASHINGTON, March 10. A new
movement among our political managers
is being developed, intended to bring
forward Chief Justice Chase as the Con-
servative candidate for the Presidency.
These managers contend that Judge
Chase was originally Democrat of the
strictest school, and seeded from the
party on the abolition issue; but as
that issue is no longer in existence, he
now occupies fair position to be made
available in the next Presidential con-
test. Such is the talk among those who
in great measure run the party machine
nv, and O very decided feeling is being
created in favor of Judge Chase as the
nominee of the Democratic party. In
the meantime the Radicals are not back
ward in expressing their distrust of him
as the presiding officer of the Court. of
impeachment, and their fears are that he
will yet spoil their game, and allow the
President to escape. 7# ~
There continues obe wide difference
of opinion in all circles of society here
as to the probable result of the impeach-
ment trial. Many regard the Presidents
conviction as foregone conclusion, ar
guing that the absolute demands of par
ty will control the members of the court,
while others believe the case will be de-
cided on it's merits, and that the acquit-
tai is certain. The only point of differ
ence is as to the virtue of the Senate. 1t
will be for the Senators themselves to
decide the question. The Senate an
nounees to the country to-day the i'm
portant fact that there is to lie no extra
charge for reserved seats during the i'm
peachment performances. But, at the
same time, we have presented NAM
moth dead-head list, which excludes not
only negroes, but the unwashed masses
of the people. The proposition to ex-
clude the African citizens met the ap-
proyal of even Senator Sumner, and the
fact is demonstrated that there may be
great State occasions when New En-
gland recognizes distinction between
colors. =, '@s.ai
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a true copy:
z. LEoNcE HEBRARD,
March ] Deputy Clerk.
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FIRST Glass, STAND UP.-Q. Where ON
the map is new Africa? A. In North
America II + T & II g f
@. What is the capital? A. Wash
ington. g
@. Where is the United StatesayA.
Rubbed out, sir. ,s. 4aast;e tH 1,
Who rubbed it,out A. The Fortieth
stg @. Do they allow white men to vote
A. In some parts of the country.
@. Have they naturalization laWs1 A.
g. To whom do they apply, A. Sim
ply to white men.
i QsssWho Ais the strongest man? A.
Sambo
10. who il the most far-seeaing man 7
A. Ben Butler.
@. How. SO? A., Because he often saw
silver spoons all the way from New Or
leans to Lowell.
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Terms of Tuifiou
. Private Boarding O.

a LADY residing in a retired portion of this
\ town, would receive one or two boarders hv
the month, with or without lodging, at mode
rate price. Apply at this Office Gfe29
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EDUCATION.

=
FEHHE undersigned viii open. on the 1st day of
L. January, 1865. School for Boys, on the
III Terms Of Tuition:
Primary Department, 400
g French, If required. Observation-Disclosures.
To be paid in currency at the end of each
month.
Refere'ces: Hon. Geo. r. King, Hon Jno. H.
4verton, e. d. Estilette, Col. F. Brand, jas L.
Houston. VIM. HALL
opelousas, December 2sth. 1867. 29tf.
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10000 Acres of Land.

ENORMERLY known as Coopwood land,
IL will be sold in the Town of Opelou-
sas, at public sale, for cash, on the third
Monday of April next.
For particulars SEQ notices on Count
House doors ofSt. Landry and Lafayette
Parishes, and other public places.
.a J. A. WINSTON,
Feb. 3 Trustee
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VIM. ARMSTRONG.

e.. ,7 PHILADELPHIA, PA, ...
N1ILL attend to the filing of all orders for
w HARDWARE, MACHINERY, AGRICUL-
TURAL IMPLEMENTS. Garden and other Seed,
Portable Eorthes, Furnaces, Stores HoUo,cacare.
Anth'acste Coat, 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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Impeachment. t.
Especial TO the st. Louis Times.


G.t III y Especial 70 thes Louis Times sS
Washington, March Z. - / have, the
highest authority for stating that Presi-
dent Johnson has, in private conversa-
tion with his friends, declared it as his
belief that the Senate will not carry out
the Impeachment measures Of the House.
He is supported in this opinion by mod
crate men of the Republican party, who
understand the temper of the Senators.
The President says, however, that if
the impeachment plot liz successful, he
will not resist the process of the court
and his deposition from Office. He
thinks he has fought long, and as ably
as he could the eneroachments of the
Radicals upon the constitution, and their
usurpations of the executives branch OF
the goyernm ent. \ He expresses his weari-
ness with the long and bitter contest,
and says if he could surrender the adj
ministration of affairs into other than
Radical hands, he would gladly retire
from the turmoilof political life. 9es
The impression is steadily gaining
that the Radicals have grossly blunder-
ed in their mad haste to impeach the
President. The Chief Justice does not
seem togbe infected with the Wild i'm
pulse to drive the President from the
chief magistracy whether he has offend
ed against the law or not. His seeming
disposition to administer strict justice,
as he may construe it, is not sufficiently
advanced for the Jacobin managers, and
now that the hot blood of the earlier
steps of the revolution has cooled, there
is party among the Radicals rallying
to the support of the Chief Justice.
The impeachers, however, are untirine
in their efforts to hound on the deposit
tion OF the President, y sss .~g
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LEON DUFILHc

2 .a LEON DUFILHo;
Plasterer and BrielkFayer.
snFFERS his services to the citizens of the.
" Parish of st. Landry He will execute
every description of work pertaining to his pro-
fession. Apply to him or at the store of Mr.. Eu-
gene Petetin, in Grand Coteau. Nov. 30-6m
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THE WAR UpoN THE tsAvALANCHE.''-
Some time ago it was announced that
Mr.. Galloway, of the Memphis ACalan-
che, had been incarcerated in prison for
certain structures, upon one of the Dis
trict judges of Tennessee. More recent
sly, Mr.. Campbell, the local editor, has
been placed in an adjoining cell, and
now the paper is edited by Mrs. Gallo
way, avery spirited lady, as every. one
will admit, who takes the trouble to
read her salutation to the public. We
copy as follows:
Twenty six years ago, gave my girl
ish heart to the husband whose name
proudly own. We have lived through
adversely and prosperity, but in what
ever condition our lots have been cast,
calumny has never dared to assail my
husbands name. Notwithstanding this
fact, he was yesterday torn from his lit
tie family and is now a prisoner in the
county jail; bnt thank God, he is pris-
oner without crime. He has been torn
from his home for the offensetof exercis-
ing the rights which are his by the laws
of the land. To a free. country free
press is as Indispensable as light is to
day. Tt is, i'm fact, the sun of the social
and political system from which emanate
the healthy influences which produce vi
tality, strength and fertility. For exer-
cising rights which the Constitution
guarantees, my husband has been incar-
cerated in Jail. Not only my prayers,
but the prayers of all good people of
both sexes will follow him i'm his prison
cell. Ishall not speak unkindly Of the
man who has sought to degrade my hus-
band and who has brought unhappiness
upon two families. But as the principal
editor and the local editor have both
been arrested. and no freeman is allowed
to speak through the columns of the Aua-
lancke, there is no other alternative left
but for me to assume the position forced
upon me by the prosecutions and mis-
fortunes which despotism always brings
upon the noble and the brave. A pre-
concerted arrangement has been made
to chrush out the paper. 1t cannot be
done. During The Incarceration of my
husband and Mr.. Campbell, I am con-
strained to take charge of the paper, and
can be found ait the editorial rooms of the
Aealanche, and If men are not brave
enough to defend their rights and their
liberties, trust the paper for the next
ten days, will prove that their is one wo-
man ready to defend the rights and the
liberties which weak and timid men seem
disposed to yield. 1.ta n tsa, ! ...4
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FOR SALE
ButcherV.

OWING to the difficulty in procrtring good
~ beeves, the undersigned will be compelled
henceforward to retail their meat at the Town
Market, at the rate of cents per pound. Large
quantities of meat will be sold under that price
C. COMEAU 81 JAS. G. HAYES.
Opelonsas January 18th, 1868 32tf
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THE STAFFORD CULTIVATION

FHNHE King Of labor saving machines can be
IL seen in operation at the place of j. Powers,
near Opelousas, and what can be done with it.
.t ..- r... JAS POWERS, agent.
st. Landry, Feb. s. l96S-31n -
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Public Sale.

SsGAcs
3 ESTAT ATEsOF MARIE .4ZELIE FALL.
pY virtue of an order Of the Hon. the Court
lD of the Eighth Judicial Distfict of the State
of Louisiana, in and for the Parish of st. Landry
there will be sold at public sale, to the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned Admins
traitor. or through the ministry of duly commits
stoned auctioneer, at the last residence of the
deceased on Coulee Croehe, in this Parish, on
TUESDAY, March 31st, 1868, d
the following described property, belonging to
the Estate of Marie Azelie Fall, deceased widow
of William Colligan, also deceased, to wit:
A Tract of Wood Land.
situated lear Grand Coteaii, in the parish of St.
Landry, containing about thirty arpents, bound
ed North by widow David Mecbe, South by
Edward m. Millard, East by widow David
Meche, and West by Estate of ThoS. s. Hardy.
gzsFO One horse :; "a =Iasa3 sssz
70 :a One sofa; szs5@E
s@ One armoir: E#9 ss@Eet4
80 ,e.+s.5s,@ s2s r.. Bed and bedding;
And many other articles,
the enumeration of which would be too tedious
Terms and Conditions ALI sums of Ten
Dollars and under, payable cash for each adjudi-
cation and all sums upwards of ten Dollars one
third payable cash, and the balance on credit
of twelve months from the day Of sale. Pur-
chasers furnishing their notes with good and
solvent security to the satisfaction of the Ad-
ministrator, and bearing interest at s per cent
per annum from maturity until paid. The land
10 remain specially mortgaged unto said Estate
until full paymens of capital aud interest which
may accrue. sa HONORE MECHE, q
f.il Feb. 90, 1861 a Administrator.
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For sale as E.rivate sale.

-. 79F.se7# NAAEnA . VFFICEs = 80. 4 Z -
Opelonsas, March 21st, 1868.
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"a head Of gentle Stock; one yoke Of work oxen;
two horses; one mare and colt; household fur
niture; kitchen utensils &c &c
The New York herald., 1868-03-19

THE EAST RIVER BRIDoB LoAS.-The Special Com
mittee recently appointed BY the Common Council
to consider the question Of the city in Its corporate
character subscribing 900 worth OF stock, the
amount Of loan sought BY the East River Bridge Com
pany for the use OF that company, met In secret and
executive session at the City Hall yesterday after-
noon. Alderman whitney, chairman OF the COM
mittee, presided and thorough and earnest discus
sion Of the whole subject In all its bearings said to
have taken place. but definite course OF action In
the matter was arrived at. The committee adjourned
TO meet again at ten O'Clock A. M. on Saturday.
BOLD THEFT OF PocKETBooK.-A lady named
Mrs. Edward Fillie, while walking along Court
street. Pacific, yesterday afternoon, was robbed
OF portemonnaie attached to q small steel chain
which she held In her hand. The theft was commit
ted BY young man who grabbed II from her. part
ing the chain to which she held fast, and made on.
The pocketbook contained about $i0. NThc rogue
was not pursued there being no policemen within
sight at the time the outrage was perpetrated.
FBLL OvRRBoARp.-MrsL MARY Ann Mcmahon fell
overheard At the foot Of Hudson avenue on Tuesday
evening and had o narrow escape from drowning.
she was taken to her home In Cherry street, New
York. Mrs. Ellen Powers, residing ct No. % r'as-
bush avenue fell overheard At the Fulton Terry cn
Tuesday nirkt aho was rescued by the ferry nan0s
and taken 70 her homo In an exhausted CONDITION.
James DufYy q resident Of Flatbueh, fell into tne
ferry slip about eleven O'Clock on Tuesday night
while jumping after one - the boats. He was soon
nahod ouE
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COURT cAlEnDAU-THls OAY.

COMMON PLEAs-TRIAL TERM.-Part mos. III
$685. 1915, l104 lIl6 s57, $685. l043, 1045 l04o l047
o25 $780, 6l5 791 1881, 49, 1885, 1857 1914 1O16, 72
SUPREME COURT-SPEclAL TERN.-Nos. 90, 148, 1877,
204, 25S.
MARINE CoURr-TRrAL TERM.-Nos 545, 27s, Ae7,
520 522 524, $780, $780, 561, 346 5l8 518 &c., 567 $685.
66o 57O o7l, 572 573 574 s75 576 677, 57S 579 5s0
6Sl.
SUPREME CoURr-CHAMBERs.-Nos l0l, 102 los,
los Ill, liz, IFS, l25 l3l. l42, 14s, LA, 147 1896
l69, CIT, 1S5, 100, 207, 2l2, 23l.
sUrEME CoURr-ClRcUlr.-Part 2-Nos 1886, 14ss
l474, 14s4 11l4 17s, 416 1885, 1882 14OO I424 l4ss
1872 l494, 14s6 149s, 1850, 1900, 1902 1904, 15l2
losK, los3 $780, Ill., 523 49, 1872 9s2 1884, llO6 $780,
1922.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURT.-Nos. 23eo, s54l,
eS79 $685. 2S75 3705 $685. 39l5 $685. 320l $685. s271
$500, 1928 1925.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

naval hoard, consisting OF Commodore John B.
Marchand, Captain Foxhall Parker, Commander
John l.. Davis, Paymaster Alexander A. Russell,
Surgeon Andrew A. Henderson, and Chief Engineer
william Roberts, has been convened at Washington
to examine into and report on the application Of the
stan ofcers for different assignment Of quarters On
shipboard.
Another board. composed Of Commodores winslow
and Alden and Commander RansoH has been order
ed to assemble at Boston to examine officers for
promotion.
on al, that Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven WIN
relieve Rear Admiral Dahgren this summer OF th0
command OF the South Pacific Squadron; that Vice
Admiral Porter will relieve Admiral Farraguf, but IN
case he should decline the position In consequences
Rear Admiral Radford win be ordered to command IL
Commodore Charles II. Poor has been relieved of
the command Of the naval station, Mound City, and
placed on waiting orders He VIII be succeeded hy
Captain Henry Wake.
Captain John de Camp has been retired on account
Of physical disability.
wampanoag will probably succeed Captain J. n
Madison Mullany as Ordinance oficer, Brooklyn
Navy Yard, when the Wampan0ag Is relieved by Tho
frigate Contoocook, at which time she win 60 out q
The gunboat Gettysburg is nttng for sea at the Boz
ton yard. Commander John Irwin has been ordere4
to her shs w es ,s ~ rnnns res g
graph cables and win then proceed TO AspinwA4
taking s0undngs on her course.
All the receiving ships are TO be rated NO. >
order TO give them TO commod0res a. commands
The sloop-of-war Saratoga, Commander Jonn y.
Upshur, will take cruise on the let OF April down
the Sound with portion Of the naval apprentices
and will lay for while In Gardner's Bay, IN order 20
give them abundant opportunities to exercise ~ ths
sTnS Ths % Corvette riccnderosa win be recalled from the
European squadron and no AZ fes s srosa o sss
Navy Department.
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sull AMorHea FINANCIAL LAPSE.


fFrom the Albany Evening Journal, March III
We often hear Of bank robberies by tcers. cashiers
and burrlars buti is seldom bank president turns
robber But the President OF p. X: Westneld's Bank,
At LYONS (Westneid himself has furnished the pub
tic with an illustration Of the possibility OF such
fall Westneld has been running . small bank sf
LYONS for some time. He had, 70 very consider
Able degree, secured the confidence OF the public
and was In good credit. good many business
men deposited with him. and quite number OF citt
gens had placed their securities In his vault for safe
Keeping Saturday week he len the place on the
plea Of business, TO be gone Tor day or two.
Nothing wrong suspected until the expiration Of
two or three days beyond the time nxed for his
absence, when some neglected business had TO be
attended 10. This business neceseitated the examk
nation Of the contents Of the safe, when, loi ID
was found emptied Of oil its valuables--money,
special deposits and everything else, except tho
broken envelopes from which bonds and other avail
abe securities had been taken. One OF the local
creditors Of the bank having his suspicious aroused
in advance OF his neghbors procured an attachment
about $4,000, with nothing available The thief b
supposed 70 have ned the country. The excitement
runs high OF course and all the creditors arc hope
iam of svSs realizing anything nom The wreck.
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TRIALS AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
An Omcer Convicted Of N Misdemcnnor NJ
Once Dismissed.

An Omcer Convicted OF n Mtsdemcnnor at
Once Dismissed.
Among the many ofilcers who were tried yesterday
charges preferred against them by their captains
sergeants and roundsmen was patrolman Farsari,
formerly Of the Fifteenth but who was lately trans
ferred TO the Twenty-seventh precinct. The COM
planant sergeant Phillips, was sworn, and testified
that on q certain evening week or two ago he met
Farsari in the street. who offered him an unbroken
paper OF tobacco. The sergeant then asked him
where he had obtained It, when Parsari told him he
had got 1t at store which he had found open on
Broadway; that he (Farsari had told him that the
private watchman Of the place after they discovered
the place open told him TO "take something and he
payne wine; that he orered the wine to the sergeant
who refused to take II and who told him he had done
wrong 10 taking It from the store.
A clerk at the stevens House, Broadway, was
sworn and testified that Farsan had entered the
ONCE OF the hotel about two O'Clock In the morning
wouldn't like TO have a good drink OF wine They
said of course they would" when Farsari produced
the bottle he had taken from the store and the three
men then partook freelyr OF the wine.
The proprietor OF the store that had been found
open also testified that he had missed some tobacco
and cigars from the store the morning after the night
and the officer.
At the close Of the case, when all the witnesses had
testfned Mr. Acton told Farsari that II he had any
witnesses who could testify in any way favorable to
him In regard 70 the he should bring them before
tns boaru ~ nhe o'clock this morning.
Farsan then LEFT the room, when Commissioner
Brennan remarked that the evidence against the
onhcer was go strong, and In fact sustained by his
IFarsarsl own admission that he took the wine that
he had no doubt the Board had already made IN it's
mind as 70 what should be done with him. II was
not safe, he thought, to allow such man az the
evidence had shown Farsar TO be to wear n shield.
Commissioner Acton then made a motion that
Farsari to dismissed the department which was
unanimously adopted: An ofrcer was then sent out
into the hallway to bring Farsari back. The latter
was found just the point OF leaving the building
When he appeared before the Board his sentence
was announced and his shield was taken from him.
He was aso ordered TO divest his uniform OF the
police buttons.
This prompt proceeding on the part Of the Board
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street while intoxicated These facts, as well as the
rendering OF verdict OF accidental DEATH were fully
reported at the time In the HERALD The Coroner
received such Information since then as JUS
he proceeded to ts When three add
tonal witnesses were examined. Christopher OF $50
West street. testified that he was standing at ms ms
towards Desbrosses street, being followed by James
Horsho, porter at Waterman 4 Browns HOTEL NO.
g2 West street. Horsho overlook Connell and struck
him in the face, thereby knocking him down. and
tumbling over his prostrate body. the porter ex-
amined deceased and andlng nun 20 pe ena ~
1858 Third avenue happened to be In West street on
the l1th instant and saw deceased running away
from his opponent, who overlook him near Des-
brosses street and knocked him down by blow in
the face with his fist. John w. Brooks, OF 45 Mac
dougal street. ass testified to the same facts. The
Coroner thereupOn caused the arrest Of Horato, and
he was remanded to the TOmbs to await further de-
velopments. The inquest VIII be resumed on friday
THE OLD SUBJEcT.-For some days past the clerk
OF the weather, who, after all that has been said
about his crustiness Of manner is not so bad as an
offcial as those who believe in the sgreat demo-
cratic dogma"-rotation in ofice-would persuade
'the party" The fact is, the clerk being entirely In
dependent OF political associations and afiations
in the matter Of weather does as he pleascs For
some days past he has kept the thermal valve open
genial--we are all right. Doubtless he had read the
story Of Judge Writings troubles before the Street
Committee OF the Senate in the HERALD, and came
to the conclusion that he would shurry up
things" and give Miss Spring dlance to dress her
person with Of the flowers Flora cutivaes in the
early vernal season-commencing with the crocuses
and the acs and their modest sisters Of the field OF
course, when the governor Of the weather sent
balmy air and "plenty Of sus' the work Of clean
ing the streets was not 80 dificult and behold the
cohorts OF the street contractor armed with hoes
and shovels and brooms and fankod by dirt carts
and the other "materfel OF war; have been
making things look lively'' in Broadway the
Bowery, Fulton street and the other great business
thsroughfares since Friday Of last week. It
has been made in removing the mountains Of Hth
which have been permitted to uprear themselves
that the pavement be see here and there without
the assistance Of magnifying glass. There is little
doubt now, unless sudden and unlocked for change
takes place IN the mind Of the celestial gentleman
who engineers the weather machine, that. to en-
ploy Bunsbysm. we shall have serene days and
nights for time at least.