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IMPORTANT Norrr,,a

r,rED EVE STATES INTERNAL REyES,t ,
'-'N' o oa>sEs>aR's OFFICE, ? DlSTI,.
opELousAs, February IsI, 1858 {
Parish ot'It &c IS hIr'by given 70 tn. rexi1 nts a. n
df a,sn OF st Landry, that in pursuanr S e: IN
OF Congress, the annual Incrs 's''i'''ce ot Act
~ Tha iooo WIN BE- conmrncedsforlnvj,h '''''' LII
t;e4I nc clflzens Of tn" above parish ara also
davs zap apfear at this otiic" within Thirty l3
Of rnar 1!uia '.' date hereof tor rhe p1rnoS n,o1
year. D''ns Their lnco''e returns for the ras past
will rpnde, 10 10 comply with the above notice
prescrihad as ,l o"Iinquents liable to the i.u;.v .i
ss;st,.. JNO c. TUCKER
q 49, t,'SS"l ,, T.. s. Internal krvenue,
opelonsas, January Is, 1868 ''''''' A"
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Parliament caliInS


sss Now, 'wabea It is evidsn,1 ,t,isa tha,
vii pular voice condemns the outraaaa ,aa'
th IN nave been perpetrated,
aestructives will be swept awav hn
ev1ha tea' 'a Of indignation such as no party
ders, eefore experienced, desperate len.
sworhaarv rhave :, determined to employ the
inp } IS their only resource Of presprxs ,xe
caetiykEe yer. They have succeeded 50 n
the pr,! ng certain military chiefs with
rule ans se and prospect of unli,n;tad
unless ii hn's experiment is to be tried, |
fails al tSeo courage Of the conspirators
Iet ~ final pinch. Il. =: '''''
ed into a . fs fssuntry, then, be not betrav-
belief that security upon the yagEe
public librrt; b peril is remote, H. !.
and are menaced by an or
lnless the peos swerful conspiracy, and
md majesty ta rise up in their strength | "a
ur BLASTED RaS protect their freedom,
Tiers have donsl disalie will pass away, as :
ictim and prev fore, and become the .
,adical Consressn military rule. This PpI
,at its party can asao"s and admits su
onstitution is pres exist while the tn
We divisions of ,SVed, or the distinc- op
aue to endure. Hl'y under 1t con. ou
lved to cripple the e. they have, re- me m
all become The n,ersg sgecutive until he T
aadow Of a name.
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ro.ha, hoLD locH JAw.-TheJRoman :cor-
IoopUHaent ;nn of ' OF a eotemporary, in, sneak
l,lg OF some of the casualties of tha ba,t1o
% y ."en'aha' mentions the case of a vour,s
n.m1aI n""aye, -, whose wound he. .aescrbed Nas as
caused 6; by BAH which Injured " one af af
m how ,omerJaTS. , We should like to know
now many lower jaws the poor fellow % had
I've W. should think they would cause So" som.. nnu
ak IN anatomical circles '''ne
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employ White Men.

We have often expressed onr au,.z a,z :,
.hus;nal, e p'lsls'ent course of some OF on
business men in refusing cm01ouzua,,t us oa !,
1,, 1I1t,e men men' and giving their patron m :
Mac% a: :, men, IN those species of labor g., :,
,t. MnIcn 'he former are far better onal;fs vi u
e, We sincerely y wish colorea ,,ax +,
ahorded adequate and remunerat;na ~ ,.s,' We
p,loyment-bnt we can bardI. - 'e ','1' en- EN-
me policy to be good-that off.rs 'e,,g ang
pays oon3s to those who make .n1nI 'd
lance with the worst elements ~ oa
REPUTATION to deliver oyer-''b,o5und bana o
ana loot" Louisiana as we'll as the the wha, JaIp
nouth-to the infamous rule Of tba "nole n
ideals. A paragraph from nota ,h' ,:a ha-
ten ten by an honest hard work;no '0 ,1t WIFI
re a oI TINS town reads as follows. I'VE e
are are PROBABLY not aware, Mr., Ed;tor .o oe
- ~ 10y. tnat q zoor aoAtte man can os.
ao employment among most of the mss s
ehaats and business men of Plao;em;eer Mer'
80 "a any capacity, even though ht raw rvns' ne
ger 70 work upon the same, or e,Iar 10y ol g
per terms than negroes" WIS., suea- ~
T.. Al nc' .CoHQlelOn ol soc;a.x~ H..
J Leg those who employ laborers s., society. ETY. 8 =
@ n.ner purpose thantilling the soil orshass re re
~, pI.poses 70 which negro labor is nart; | -
Iulary d adapted, reflect upon The ras,,I.s H. ol u
mat VIII follow their present eonrss ,esol's n Ve
.a 'sJra Tor ,t-if their Be any truth in nra @ 70 70
will drive every T Iabor;pe BE- pre- L ra
- nii.e man out of the State within tbss -,
lext ten years, and render Ta,,;1. [ .he pr
nosner Hayti Treat the negro kindly ao., aa.
pcb onbsiasrately a and firmly, empIoyh for tbs d
iea ;m ,'19, work as he can do well-and nan the .ne
,rans an ~ell-but never give him the ny ny n sen
thee ,bs ea over the 1abo,iag so1ite man. ana pnd POS
,st;n;as M soorsd @ men see fit to ioin thar a una. maj
: degradation and destruction ~ ~ sesk hsk COM
'ees let them look to those on ssn,o o. oot@ spir
for employment ardsupport ' Ans nis- com
us say to employers-whiie von msa.n s thro
nerous to black aueu-do.,. coo are mem
14st taachite mea-and wbense ealses .Ls g Of Ia
'agonlsm Of opinion, let there he ae : ~ y the
6 s.'on d OF interests. Dont furnish t1e ma. aua
Ie 20 cat your ou8 assoass ri ,s m ment
'e S@e rate Of yosr ows tasAiouiug ..s au.'
Bevrinc s.sovI ~ ss1o :.
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: The New Orleans Cresca,.i
81 CAMP STREET

j. Q. NIXON, Editor and 7.op..,..-.
This popular Southern Journal, .s,aL,.f..
in lo4o. suppressed by Ben Butler, Ma, s
1862, and re established October 12,n' ,~9,
Is now, as in the past, = faithful cxpou, E. -.
Conservative Southern sentiment. !. -,
record of events, and the arlut ady.c,, +
all means calculated to dcvelope the resourc.
OF the great South-West\
h 1srms-Lnrariabiy in adrance.
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Half Yearly and Quarterly, same rate,
NEEkLY-per anuum RS OO
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1 -
'DUJ D' AS Assorted. Watches, ali s
- :..-...... 1oA =
tb;s - Every patron obtains a Wsta1.
1n's arrangement, costing $40 VIII a.'0 %
'' worm Ws"i,s 81 900: partiality sl,p~a show !,
masn;fnaa. @e %lsh to Immediately dispose Of ,ha
maghlhcent@ Stock. CertifcatesS y. aae +
ma,, s,Iiss: are placed in sealed a,nni da :
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namad I .tal Iter.lncates entities you to tb4scje
its no..tn u snereon upon payment, irres,,.Je % Of
or n.n,a n, ehsano as no article valued less Hst6
saen a.Ieo .I on any certificate, it viii st S he
NO Lottery but straiab,f,,,n.-,
BY on t5s most Waish may Be partieipa,a even
- = single certificate will be bi; sent in.;l
'os' - P"iq' upon receipt of 25 cts Ire for
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ie premium for $40, one hundred L most
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ss,'ess' an. duly authorized by tbGover1-
-, sn' "a and open to the most carefu1crutinv.
= MsI '4" ."5 y.>--
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say" The ship upsH salssrs Cong
The n'R1 Rh,'I the ""d resting Of
u mo-i' AZ, and departs -,
Is 4nI IT. %s ."I .. 81 as these throbs.
o God the esq., sn..n sa. alosn f'"g flashes give
-4ud wAi!s ha atiirmativa iva 'espo4-s ia sobs,
No mor, S"ns in, no MORE more the head upon my breast
mine. '''' S''iatl ~ nand i'fterlaeed with
','ofs rr"t Gods p9re Stars watch my dsrl;0...
Aud bless her as th"yoshine.
"'Gy G the chilly wind the: bloweth fres
onir Tn'y ;vr the t ship upou the biIIows tost-
Drop thckly and are lost. . .e@". 9"'' STA r
oi!y me pulses Of my heart that nov, |
=. sad accordance with the sob snhh;nn a"n
SAVING, fcl - love her, and so stiIl viii rs' sea-
Through all eternity % - p" - rove
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OF THE
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VIE partnership b"twp, Ii t;,u, =: Z =
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OF law, was by mutna. con<<n1 'jjo~.,.. D,i, Il
the 18th day of August last. The p,.,.,.: i.
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parties otherwise direct
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ny already imposed dps 4
so1s plrators have now devIssa
!, ana "a ;.s more odions contrivance, BY w||1l
hlosv Intended intend to to strike down at sinaIe %
a. .D| tt' every saf+gusrd and protection nj!
yer me ,onsssttitption, st whether exacnt;n. an
~ Jua'clai, and to deliver ,Dln over tbs c"nn
Try manacled into the hands ot q s m;,;
3ary a'ctator':in the person Of Gana.al '1
1ra"t' who is to govern BY his ;na' ;nd;n;
uual tha. w'il' dto disregard all law b,,t
s mat !, which his directory shall fshr;.0ta oeI
Sr ';ni ,ne 'et OCCASION 'This is but the besins
ing 4, OF the end. =, The real desisn 3 -
uoyert the Government and to as,a ahl;sI ,r 10
n,l!tary despotisn, first BY the snh'
Lsa''on OF ten Southern States. % and
.': nell' oy means OF the power TINS au ao
ulred' the whole Union. This consn;as @ a.
!. was vas hatched three. years ago, and
rs oeen increasing in proportions % in
. oegres that the country has seemad m
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j AnES WI. asds

A I L 0 r NEY AT l. i I,
E.tfce 4" Ope1ousos. near tie fo4rt- No,tsr
viii practice in the Courts of the erlr Judi
GA! district. comprising the Parishes Of :
Landry, CacaSE,u, I.at.s>.;tr ar, Errn ii.,
Opelcusas. Mnv % l>tc5
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t,ro, 20; arms that claspedA a ,'sr r
Ana t"to ''h',,d tlowrd.cn with steadh pei
49,, my n,"'4 If my life enclosed ,nd aS
NV dal!iur il her sleep 'eep, tei
,,...,,,....., 4. fast and serene % %
NY [,r 1"tI ttbI...,h:,h T. anne one silent prayer =:
-? ~" ,,l.a $ if I'd been' : al
NS ,Irr P"rI az wat, ing there J s.
And 90 tI.. Au;ua night waned l, On, 60
A'I' ,nd whining ais came OUT apov o;,es
,hust tnuu wnnulI = 'pst still slTp' Win St''''''
" "''Ss 'sn III. 4.Dt oflove o.
,rhe land lights grow dim, and lever esernof1 aOG me
ne n i'" kt. riseup betwixt their sheen anu hnr
,,,t;Is, ;o their faint outiae OF the woooeu SAW
" Si'lts Si'I iu the Leaving STA
.Ioo,, darling how the silver wahe Hs
R,r,,rs the purple na!t'e o' 'lI ,S' '.'S". S'...,-
,,'L',' h.ud NV head as ito hear hei si''~N'
lat none replirs asaIi4'
1s,v--" Behold yon star with our nlns 'i"'r 'p
~ like St. Michael.>as with hasliine sr" :.
',,.. 81 ' the horrent angel OF tn dalh
Eut none says, Love- heA'
..G,e great sea sadly moans ana 1,, walls
say 49,. .terpsl ssdness of its tone
M saAatal sil' ,,,. nv worn cheek shrinks an
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'"AFase-and DisGIancIsisem emf

The radicals in the Mechanics Ipsti-
'u!s convention have at last rot to eab.
ntcs ts on !he questions of suffrage and
I,'~1li"nchlsemeHt. u In the exercise Of
.'1' sovereign power which they sun
pose 10 have been conferred on Them hv
1he federal Congress, they are about to
:, ueterln1ne whom, of the white peopJp ~
ing otate, they will permit to vote and
WI Wnom they will prevent from votine
we presume that vayrant and m.ndi.
cant loyalty has figured it all up and
made tolerably c%ose calculation ~ the
Jumper u necessary to be excluded. in or.
der that the brilliant statesmen and nar; wi
oatet1c politicians whn compose thai de-
.,ef'lng class, may be enabled 70 stne
he emoluments of office into their amntr
'ed n eapacious carpet-bags. But soms
lhe black members of the Convention :
ed ee'n TO HESITATE. They want T., vote
n e mold office themselves; but tLev
ee the absolute necessity Of wort c
Iusively for the benefit Of tha va n
y mentlicant loyalists. They e e
y n that the extremes to which &
= Pa" 't Of en driven by these timer. p
'EF1"' g' schems very probably, tnrn the ,e
t:o'' '1 nrivilegA opinion against that q
Th;s fear waf' ehich their newly ac. w W
'caI'S % ~ vss.-rda1ssed very emnha be
'erI ns,n,4 " any disfranc'ler of their men, p o"
asa'n. sn..,s received the-clared himself ba
sevcral of his co,o,.u ,ntaerra ant; and 2af- tn;
49,; &c.; to the major.'> s1ts. Judge cru cru
s5s sSs" wish them ,1s As% i j tb:es1Is"f hs fht
%" ~. ,uld be Pc 5,<v a.,,> But Of I'D W., w
t+og.. Of Of, the. the .s%~ H. 1t is useit :; ty,
= }r~ Coot @ ,saea meH wnhdrawhe
- "a States .@ srs wess for the thre
lev be s.hauqpasd s,mp'yd ssroes, aidsd ,o2a oy
''s st - 'npvs of vsgrant msna'e3toa tour rGs hu
~ II - !. sept .,t3';ts' to g. - - :
l, LA = aaaelucsaa wh,ts s
k r.' ~''Gn aprdncatyd educ ~
r .:v,y~ Of tl9dm see u
nai, al revolution WI
th,, I',. ,sistance on which
lis, that hi when they, are lett u
selves SEW they will surely com
md - - ~.orm Of reaction whlctly
Inr hryn ,'c.H raised against them. y
;or;tv aeir have an infautile rever
{Sp,'y ConsrsHs. na.' TLsy think that ca
lisSssslms...s- .,nact miracles. llelf gu
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,., Fl: :; Fl; a ''!lal! VI: !.
VI Course, the h.
Ahow vtsy weShsuIll M
st, country ae opposed to them 49, +
til h,,t l',s ,'os''ienot only to negro sunrama
=. VIZ. 10 negp Suffrage; and thu a. IN 10y, :
's way or another, they viii fns,I,, MI III one
r4con IreoW the wlole scheme of congressional @
| no rue';oi sItarne. but these patriots have
al a..Gtnatlye' -. h,t They are are bound 70 s r;st
ho, ~ ~ =; a1 :, 4 Their motto is ;I.I,oof
oni', noE Or die" 'ney know that tbev ~ 'o'' hoo
y only one chanceto get tb4ir "' Lucy lucy nave
the public treasury :7on,' ,ieit ~ hands into
| get into Office oifv @ ,ldi 1Is et,anee to
chsno', shs,r empty I carpet bags; and tIat nv
Of tlee the M depends on the disfaneh;ssm.an .n;s
. IN ,ne white people. Ifthey '',ehent can,t hs
VII Ing term Of power they viii H. n,tW nase W
S WIN a short lease but power n'n anJ Pu5 % up
them if the whole scbana n'a,'erS a. Il, i'ttie to
t5t 1hprtmaey !be finally ervsrthroyn. ynss So
,ua' 3hey have two years, or s"' avsn so
Lna, v,,sns OF office and emolament u Th six q
~ H"oW ,V that "a the deluge is com;n conn.,, ney Q
hue lucy care nothing for It ifthax % % out ii
lave 'h: 11me to get out of ths VIZ & eH.y f.
he he'f piqander SO they gable o1 .h m'th G
,oto ne 'nal,enable right Of everybodr %ooa' Ut d'
@ ,ose that will vote for them and uI'y ~ TO tn
W. W. inaefessible right to .disfan.hs'r .hs'r fo'
nd }auaT uJy =. .ha1 viii not vote for them MI
" v crau raugn at fhe credulity of the enIsn % SUI
~ creatures whom they have dtana huap, a
~ sounding words and false promises iaea JUG
s..2 ...' l.'E..s'> a,N M @. Crescent the
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0lELOl SAS. IA SATURDAY, FEBRJ7 APY : ,o1.5

stances, and by removing the pretpnde,
cause silenced these al rm; no pttarano.,S
m; n;"snel a resort was adopted by the enc
niles of free instit;,tions.
!, reace having been proclaimed. and
me object Of the war, as sole,nnlv d.clor.
br bv ty tIu Congress ot having been attained
= py y! the complete suppression of the re-.
] us'l'on' the question came up, in what
l'a''''er the State lately in in>nrr4ct;on
should resume their normal relations 70
Ine CH'on' and by what means this do.
s,raole Result should BE- brought about
nr' A'nc'm immediately initiated A pol.
ICY, ana went so ta' in Virginia as to
aufhor'ze the military com,nauder to .s
semitic Legislature elected under Jeff
trH'h ,c ~, laws to carry it out. The proc. |
u that fact exists, apd'was submitted I
1eior9 Congressional COMMITTEES in tho
residents own handwriting. Mr.. John
on soon came upon the scene, and took
p thu policy exactly where Mr.. Lin
0ln ad left it, and endsavored to exc.
Ute lis Incomplete idea with upright
rs. and fidelity. That purpose, how- 1
" f. d'd not suit the schemes of Con. t
'ss' which had secretly determined to t
event its consummation, and TO snh-
ct the South to the treatment Of con-
Tered Il, provin Hence the rupture ,,
tn tiyjtr mr. x;a 11l nd INSCRIPTIONS II il
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