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PENNSYLVANIA passed Law last winter,
making nine hours days work. The
Reading Railroad Company have carried y
into effect in all branches Of their business,
reducing the wages of the workmen In Q
corresponding ratio. This will De the result
Of all similar attempts. Until the Govern
ment assumes to fix the price OF corn or
wheat, or brOadcloth, IL cannot fix the price
Of labo. and an attempt 10 define the null-
Der Of hours which shall constitute days
work Ia only a roundAbout way Of fixing the
price OF labor.-N. Y. TSmsS, Dec. rs, 1857.
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MEDICA

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OAED CIRCULAR On ne eniy rslsbls nsans diseov-
cred for ths Preyfnfzon Of o6spring ny mail Cor 20
csnAs. Special Rsasnsrt N ON privHts MASTERS w.
male rsmsd&@ end certain IN I'll casss. Nervins Ps.
sure sdfu for victims Of self abuse. On per hox BY
mxnS/DR. L. SANGER, 80 Randolph Street.. Rnclose
ps<np and address r. 0. Box b1s. Chicago
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poses, they VIII be freer from Intrusion, and
privacy may be more strictly maintained,
than can possibly be done in cottage. life.
The arrangement secures excellent light and
ventilation from the exterior, and also inter
nally, from sky light and ventilators in the
top Of the large hall Of the upper story, so
arranged as to light all the corresponding
halls below it.
The suites being always exactly alike in
any one house, great economy in the con-
Struction and concentration Of perpendicu-
laI heating flues, gas, hot and cold wster,
and other pipes, lie secured. We yah sup
pose these suites to be private property,
described by numbers, and conveyed in
fee SIMPLE, together with . common owner
ship 10 such parts Of this and adjoining
houses as may be devoted to cooperative
purposes.
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q he above cut represents plan Of the
thrce upper floors (uniform in design of an
Associated Home, 50x75 feet; md four sto-
ries high.
These three stories are divided, each into
four suites Of apartments, making twelve in
al, designed for the occupancy Of the same
number Of small families Each suite con-
iains a sitting room. l4xl6; two bed rooms
l2xl2, another 9 ~, which may be used as
private library; four closets and bath
room, witt necessary appurtenances. These
living rooms may be increased or decreased
in number and size, to meet the various
wants Of families or individuals. As no
cooking is supposed to be allowed in them,
they can Of course, be kept scrupulously
clean.
There being many rooms in the lower sto-
~ (not yet described) for associated rur-
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ElTbis eat shows the lower stories of three
houses ike the one just described, grouped
together BY neans Of one story nat-roofed
structures, Is feet In width. Tie part
marked @ h1s, in the front Of the lower sto-
ry, two snites precisely like these previous
y described ir the upper ones, making
fourteen in he whole single house Of 50x75
feet.
Back Of these, and running transversely
through fails and two other houses-G and
II, of the came grOup--is hall. connecting
all ireo one common building.
70 the rear Of the hall, In house @, and
including the connecting one story structure,
ie dIping room 25x7t feet conducted upon
the restaurant plan. This Is fitted mp with
large number Of prixa.e tables, from which
any member Of the BE- 3cIAion may order
meals at prime cost This win obEiate any
Dissatisfaction, which usually arises from 8
commoa table. Besides each pays only for
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United states Senators IN Feet and
Inches.

From the Cleveland Leader.
1t takes the following kind Of Senate to
be able to acquit President johnson Aver
age weight Of the Senator's, I'LL pounds I;
average height, 5 feet 10t inches; average
chest, So Is inches measurement OF head,
% 6-6 inches average age, 81 years, II
months, IA days Charles Sumner is the
taliest Senator, ght feet 81 inches; Van
Wrinkle has the best weight, viz 2S4 pounds;
Van Wrinkle has also the best chest, 43
inches. Van Wrinkle, Pomeroy, and Grimes
have the biggest heads, each 29 inches. The
six-footers and over 6re Chandler, Edmunds,
Henderson, Howe, Morgan, Sherman, Stew
art, Sumner, Wiley, and Williams. The
lowest physically, is VicAers, feet 81
inches, and he Is also the lightest, 1T
pounds. Fessenden has tie smallest chest,
% inches Trumbull the smallest head, %
inches. The following Senators are Welsh
bY past descent Anthony, Garrett Davis,
Morgan, Pomeroy, Williams tall Welsh).
TIE following have French blood in them
Sprague, Pomeroy, Reverdy johnson, Buck
aiew. Those OF pure English stock are Dix
on, Fessenden, Chief lstice Chase, William
Pitt Fessenden, James W. Grimes, Benjamin
II. Butler, Zachariah Chandler-ive of the
most prominent personages Of the impeach-
ment trial, are all natives of New Hampshire.
COMPUTING INrEREsr.-A new method Of
computing interest on any number OF dollars
at six per cent, which appears simple, Is
subjoined:
Multiply any given number Of dollars by
the number Of days Of interest desired, Sc
parate the right hand figure, and divide BY
six, the result is the true interest of such
sum for such number Of days at six per cent.
This rule is so simple and so true, according
10 all business usages, that every banker,
broker, merchant, or clerk, should post it up
for reference. There being no such thing as
a fraction in it, there is scarcely any liability
to error or mistake. By no other arithmet-
ical process can the desired information be
ohfained NV an faw fi0ureS
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DYERs.
@HM ~


DAILRUAD TINE TABLE-ARRrvAL
~ ASD DEPAKTuAE oV TRASs.-TrAlns will leave and
arrive a. Chicago ~ l0ll0vs..
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P o 3 7 R Y.
TIMES CAMPAIGN SONGS-NO. TX,
AMERICANS AWAKE t#a


Americans, wake Your loved Constitution
Demands your attention, protection and care
Unless you would leave to the RAIDS and pollution
Your dear cherished compact, your muniment
Americans, wake
Americans, wake! The day is fast dawnng
When proudly no more your loved ban ner shall
wave; IN ~.
Be not dumb to the danger, or deaf to the
warning; ago1aagat aa
Choose the crown of the freemen or chains of
slave
Americans, wake
Awake then, and up the foe is before you
United together you need not despair;
March on to the front while Truths banner
waves o'er you, t}<.8.E
You are destined to conquer with Seymour
and Blair.
Americans, wake!
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State of Louisiana
District Coxrt-Parish ST. Lond,.u-No.

District Court-Parish ST. Land,y-No. 3131.
ESTATE OF OMER PoIRET
EMILE POIRET, of the Parish of St. landry
Al Administrator of the Estate of Omer Poi
ret, deceased, late of the Parish of St. Landry
having filed Tableau of Classification of tx
debts of said Estate, accompanied by a petition
praying for the homologation of the same And
whereas the prayer of said petition has been
granted by an order of Court dated july 22d
therefore, notice is hereby given to all inter
ested to make opposition, if any they have, in
writing, at my office, Elm the town of Opelousas,
within thirty days f IN the date of the present
notice, why said Taleeau should not be approved
and homologated. I ~
A. GARRIGUEs, Clerk.
Opelousas, July 25th, 1868.
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State of Louisiana.

District Court, Parish Of st. Landry.-No lO953
ESTATE OF ALPHoNsE CoULo.
TTIENNE COULO, of the Parish of st.
II Landry, Administrator of the Estate of Al.
phonse Coulo, deceased, late of the Parish of ST.
Landry, having filed Tableau of Distribution
and Final Settlement of said Estate, accompa-
MED by petition praying for the homologation
of the same; And whereas the prayer of said
petition has been granted by an order of Court
dated June 27th, 1868;
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all inter-
ested to make opposition, if any they have, in
writing, at my Office, in the town of fOpelousas,
within thirty days from the date of the present
notice, why said Tableau should not be homolo-
gated, the Administrator discharged of all fur
ther liabilities and his bond cancelled
A GARRIGUES, Clerk
Opelousas, July 4th, 1868.
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State Of Louisiana,

District Court, Parish of St. Landry-No. 313(
ESTATE OF origin JACKSON.
A CHILE DUPRE, of the Parish of St. Ian.
IA ddry, Administrator of the Estate of Orgi,,
jackson, deceased, having fled Final Tableau
of Distribution of the funds of said Estate, ac-
companied by a petition praying for the homolo-
cation of the same And whereas the PRAYER
OF said petition has been granted by an order
of Court dated July 22d, 1868;
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all inter-
ested to make opposition, if any they have, in
writing, at my office, in the town of Opelousas,
within thirty days from the date of the present
notice, why said Tableau should not be approved
and homologated, the Administrator discharged
from all further liabilities and his bond cancelled
A. GARRIG UES, Clerk.
Opelousas, July 25th, 1868
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THE sOLDaEHs,s MESSAGE.
fFrom the MS. poems of the late Edward
poe. e.. ..-.. Morehead I ...

From the MS. poems of the late Edward
.- u c-. Morehead.I
Darker grows the misty shadow
On my fading eye; ta
But it makes my head no darker
That so youthful / must die.
Something, comrade, Iwould whisper
Ere the end is come;
Some short message would give thee
Fer the cherished ones at home.
Break it gently to my mother,
When you tell my fate; M 5
Say her soldier-boy is sleeping
Victim TO the foeman's hate;
But that when the shadows settled
On his youthful path,
Peace and hope were in his spirit
Mingled with no worldly wrath.
Tell my sister, brother Eddie
Shall return no more;
Never kiss the rising bushes
On her cheek as oft Of yore; r...-. IT,.
But when time has made her
All my hopes portray,
Bid her blooming heart remember
Then this sad and mournfui day.
And to her whose heart deceived me
In the olden time, -ts, 49,. ~
Say that dying forgave her
For the love that once was mine.
Give her back those silken tresses,
With my hearts blood stained,
And, oh (! tell her how loved her
Eearer as life slowly Waned. e
Say, too, once more beheld her
As in days gone by,
Ere the cloud arose between us ~
On affection's lowering sky p
Saw her-heard her-and repeating
Her endearing name,
Yielded life without a murmur
Tothe fell destroyer's claim. aa
Lift me higher, comraxie, higher 4 ss7
Darkness rises fast fs g4es4ftrsia B
Now once more see them gathered
Where gazed upon them last.
Something seizes ON my breathing,
Can You hear me still ~
Observation-Disclosures darling
4 Fare YOU well OIL fare you WE'LL
Mansfield, Merch 6, 1865 !
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JOSEPH BLUM

H AS just removed his store to the
4 Il building situated between Mr.. Jos.
Bloeh's residence and Mr.. PrGvot's store.
lie seizes this opportunity to inforlr
the public that he viii continue to sell
his goods as cheap as any one else.
Opelousas, June 9th, 1868. If
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GunsInith.

FQs. SKINNER is prepared to execute aa
~ KINDS OF work IN his line, at short notice al i,
on reasonable terms. He viii also sharpen Sc.
sors, razors, knives, and all kinds of tools She
on Landry street, near the bridge. fmy2-Ja.
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NO. BUSINESS CARDS.
Carpet Warehouse.

A BROUssEAU & co, Importers, 10 Char
~ tres Street, New Orleans, offer for sale at
low prices: Carpeting-English and American,
OF all klndsf Floor Furniture and Enameled Oil
Cloths; Matting-500 rolls China, 100 pieces CO.
Goa; Window Shades, Table and Piano Covers;
Crumb Cloths, Drugget Linen and Felt; Cur
talns-Lace, Reps, Worsted, Damask, Sc: Fur
niture Covering-Linen and Cotton Stripes; Cor
hiees, Bands, FINS, etc. [May2 fly
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DENTIST

nR. JNO. G. ANGELL, lO9 CarondeIet St
! - Teeth inserted on gold or vulcanite base
Teeth extracted without pain. T51 Iv
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pY virtue of an order of the Hon. the
- Court of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict of the State of Louisiana, in and for
the Parish of St. Landry, there will be
sold at public sale, to the last and high
est bidder, by the undersigned Admins
traitor, or through the ministry of any
duly commissioned officer, at the resi-
dence of the undersigned, on Coulee
Croche, in the Parish of st. Landry, on
Saturday, Aagust sth, 1868,
the following described property, viz:
sssss. ONE TRACT OF WOOD
d Land, containing about thirty
S@ arpents, situated near Grand
- Coteau, in this Parish;
Fifteen gentle cows and calves;
~ Twenty-Five head of other gen.
} tie cattle; 200 pieux and a
lot of household effects.
Terms AND CONDITIONS The move
able property for cash ON the spot as de-
livered. The land on credit of one
and two years from the first day of April
last. Purchasers to give their notes with
security in solido to the satisfaction of
the Administrator, payable to his order,
at the office or domicil of John T. Smith,
in Grand Coteau; and the land to re-
main specially mortgaged in favor of the
Estate until final payment of principal
and interest.
PIERRE D. RICHARD,
July 4th, 1865. Administrator.
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! PERSONAL AppEARANoE or GOVERNOR

RsONALAPPEARANCE or GOVERNOR
SEYMOUR. -Seymour's appearance as hs
took the chair in ,Tammary Hall is thu,
described 'sSeymour lis dressed in thu
old style shad-belly coat, which is but.
toned across his chest, leaving open !
diamond shaped portion of irreproach.
able white linen and very neatly ar.
ranged black neck-tie of moderate ffi.
mensions. The head is well shaped,
and sets gracefully back on firm pair OF
shoulders, and the lower part of tile face.
below the eyes, is almost d perfect oval.
Inc eyes are OF brilliant brown color,
and shine like diamonds beneash a firm
~ balanced forehead, which is bald, the
badness extending back as far as the
back part Of the skull. The mouth is
pleasant and mobile, and when seymour
smiles at You, the feeling produced is a
genial one. This is a cultured man. q
man OF free taste and high purposes. a
man of elegant diction and also of now
erful analysis. The skin of the face is
sallow and a thin seam of white whis-
kers encircle the throat under the. chin.
Why Is 1t that all men of mind or mark
in the worlds struggles have this pecn
liar sallow skin It has always been II
accompaniment, If not an indication of
genius. The Csesars, Napoleon. Fred
er1ck, Tully, Turenne, Disraeli. Henry
Clay, Webster, and many others Of sim
ilar celebrity, have had, or have salIow
SKINS. The dress of Seymour is In per-
Iect accordance with good taste, for
Horatio Seymour is a gentleman first.
last and all the time. When he makes
q gesture il is dignifed, ana Vet Grace
ful. HIS voice slightly impaired yester-
DAY by bad cold, is correct in its in.
donations, full. and, when approaclinr 1
ciamax, resonant. The hands. when
HIted IN arr, are white Like q woman,s
and the fingers slenderly shaped when
speaking, all eyes and ears are snrnead
ms way, and his Influence on 4 laro,e
body OF men is magnetic and thoronal, ]
HIS long and steadfast adherence e.
Democratic principles, his persistence
U the right, through good and i'll report.
mas made the name of Horatio sevmour
9 dear one to all Democrats. 70 the
numbIest man In the party he Is ,our-
teous, polite and kind iii his manner
!ais knowledge of parliamentary law
y Iuil. His manner of recognising a
aeiegate on the floor is all that could be |
lealred and no man in the house ever
looks at him for FIVE minutes witha,,t
leelIng that he is worthy of beinr. the
cnarman OF the convention
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CONFECTHONEEgS.

q Il. MILLER Il Co, First Premium steam
W Candy Manufactory, 50 New Levee, Whole
sale Confectioners. Depot of California Wines
EeF@ No. so New Leyee. 16-1a
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Public Sale.

Estate Of Gustave b. Louai1lier, deceased
d Y virtue of an order emanating fror
- the Hon. the Court of the Eight
Judicial District of the State of louisa
ma, sitting in and for the Parish of St
Landry, the public are hereby informe,
that there will be sold at public sale, t.
the last and highest bidder, by the un
derslgned Auctioneer, at the last resid
ence OF said deceased, in the town O
Washington, =,
On Saturday, September 5th, 1868,
the following described property, be-
longing to the Estate of the said Gustavt
E. Louaillier, late of the Parish of St.
Landry, to-wit
The half Of
A Certain Town Lot,
situated i'll the Town of Washington
Parish of st. Landry, being part of Lot
No. LII on the plan of said town, at the
corner OF Main and Sittig streets, to-
gether with all and singular the
Buildings and improvements
thereon, being the same property that
said Louaillier purchased from Edmund
-. VI tSoa 7oLieans' ny luthen-
u 1lc act oe1ore Joel I'll. sandoz, Notary
fuDllc 1or the Parlsh OF st. Landry, un-
oeT e aate 10 february 1908, and recorded
Id Recorders office, on book @ for alien
aIlons' pages 4oS and 49O, to which re-
ference [s3l is MADE.
Inc undivided halt OF a certain
Parcel of Town Lot.
together with all the -
Hp-:Yas..a
80. -. w y, ehneass
vWoaI;'. a.SJ so IL INC eown oI
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WMANTED. Patent Office Agricultural Re
j y " ports Of 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, and 1854.
ANY person having the said numbers can dis.
pose of them at this Ofsce.
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GARDEN Seeds

" F. VIRGIN, successor to D. MAUPAY.
AAs Dealer in Seeds, No. 104 Gravier street,
bet. Camp md Magazine sts., New Orleans Ii5
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l.. Moulor,
J. ?. SARRAZEN'S
Steam Tobacco Mandatory

Il a koIA1G1GALEIN y
Steam Tobacco Mandatory
Nos. 81 and93, corner Charter and Cont Streets,
NEW ORLEANS.
iRECT importation ofFrench, German and
~ English PIPES. Always on hand, LARGE
assortment of leaf tobacco for segars, and also 8
full supply of Domestic and Havana segars Our
Havana segars are of direct importation and Of
the most iavorite brand.
The undersigned informs his friends in the
country shat he has constantly on hand an ex-
tensiye stock of
Smoking and chewing tobacco
ready for delivery. His assortment of
MEARsHUM, BRUYERR ROOT.
India rubber and Clay pipes, is unrivalled in
New Orleans. for the prices and quality. His old
and new customers will find great ADVANTAGE
by calling and visiting his steam mandatory and
sales rooms, They are well known in Louisiana
and other States, and will defy all competition,
j. p. SARRALIN.
January A, 1868. ly
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~ The editor of the BraftIeboro W..
Record and Farmer ID mot Al honeas,, :. u
we learn from the followiner :ss,rIe MAJ, s.,
y, VINO lett his name as McGinnis O,Fla-
tnerty was about seven feet in length.
ana drunk accordingly, and who called
s g. our Office on Friday, accompanied bV
2 noe handle, to ask Ii the editor Was in.
u respectfully Informed that the editor
y y net iH town, and Is not expected to re-
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Opelousas, July 4th, j
Public Sale.

Estate of rierAadsss, deceased Widoa,
Of Pierre 8. Richard, decd.
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A Certain Town Lot,

Situated III the Town of Washington,
Parish of st. Landry, being part of Lot
No. Ii on the plan of said town, at the
corner OF Main and Sittig streets, to-
gether with all and singular the
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A Yicksburg Relic.

From the Columbus Journal, May 23.1
The nomination of General Grant
for President reminded one of his
old soldiers, yesterday, of a relic of
the old Vicksburg campaign, which
he brought to this office. It is a copy
of the last edition of the Vicksburg
Daily Citizen run off before the fall
of that stronghold. The following is
one of its items:
ON DIT.-That the great Ulysses
the Yankee Generalissimo, surnamed
Grant-has expressed his intention of
dining in Vieksburg on Saturday next,
and celebrating the Fourth of July by
a grand dinner, and so forth. When
asked if he would invite General 10.
Johnston to join, he said No! for
fear there will be a rOw at the table
Ulysses must get into the city before
he dimes In it. The way to cook a
rabbit is, first to catch the rabbit"
etc.
The sheet bears the date Of July 2,
1868, and on the Fourth Grant did
dine in Vicksburg. This sheet is
about one and a half feet in width by
two in length, and is printed on the
blank side of wall paper.
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The nfan IA 10 DO the conveyance

The plan is to do the conveyance
! chiefly by baroes. It is proposed to
| have elevators-One of which IS al
ready IN operation-thus loading
I these barges at q mere nominal rate.
The mn river cities, as Win0na, send
ing down smaller ones, they viii be
emptied into larger ones here, and
! thus 20 Gown by tugs8t0New Orleans.
Chicago, or any method fof railroad
ing car never compete with thisimOde.
Of transportation. Fhesnwar between
barges and steamers has READY been
Iinaugurated, and ike other revolu-i
tions it will ssnever 90, backward!"
So greatis the riValFy9 that last week
-four was taken by boats Gte New Or
leans at fifteen (15) cents per barrel.
Yesterday it was taken LatsItwenty
cents. 1t cost five cents to take il
from the store-room to the boat. But
any one can see that the cost of steam
boats and the wear and tear on them
and their machinery, and their C
sionally exploding aud the canger of
fire, never will enable them to convey
heavy freights as cheaply as barges.
So the golden days of steamboating,
: with its glorions pride and pomp
and circumstance" must come to an
end. Boats such as | have referred
to, are taking the bulk Of the freight
and our railroads the cream Of the
travel.
But l must stop, possibly to give
you NOR some other day. The river
is still rising here. Steamboats, are
abundant and freights low. The com
petition for travel is so great that
one may go from here to st. Paul
for fifteen dollars, or make the
round trip for twenty-five.
The height of the river has put q
stop to the building of the abutments
Of the bridge. The two opposing com
panies to prosecute this work have
been consolidated. and the courts
have settled the rightof territory, and
so it will be pushed forward to its
earliest accomplishment.
The Pacific Railroad already ex-
tends seven hundred miles west of
this. But | must stop. Yours,