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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17
CRTETE EHEEAEI.

l,t.ZA
ket this morning exhibited less activity, and
BUYERS we're mora indifferent. In Flour there
was no change worthy Of note, the transactions
being limited to the city trade. Wheat quiet;
good firm, and prices looking up; low. grades
dull, and quotations. unchanged; offerings CT
100 bushels white, ana 1887 bushels red, with
sales at 1875, 220 225, aad 800; Tor a lot OF prime
red 2j5 was offered, but declined. There was
but limited enquiry for Corn, with offerings OF
800 bushels mixed aud 100 bushels yellow, with
sales at ll8al2O for yellow, and l22 Tor mixed.
Sales Of Rye at 12Sal3G. Oats 64, G5, and &C.,
with offerings of 1871 bushels
COAL-The Philadelphia Ledger says: The
prices Of coal by the cargo at Port Richmond
Tor shiDment east of New Brunswick, and South
of Cape Henry, all soft anthracite, ere IS follows
Red ash, prepared, &5.I5a$5. 50: chestnut,
81. 7Os23. 50: white ash and lump and steam
boat, S4.l5a$4 80; broken and egg, &4.G0a
SAG stove. 81 9O4$5 The current rates OF
ireiabts, c1a.tGiSe. are To Bosom s., 40 80
IS to Albany, $40; to New Io:k, 3l.25.
$l.35, to Providence, $2a32. ID to Ch@rteston.
81. Is aud 50 to Other pOris OF Ike distance.
The New York Journal Of Commerce says
The market presents little more anlinalo9
in commercial circles from an increased demand
for most descriptions OF merchandise to supply
the wants Of legitimatc trade; but there Is
still hcsitancy on the part OF responsible par
ties TO engage largely in speculative ventures,
while the general tendency IS to lower stand
ard Of values tor nany OF the most staple pro
auctions"
Business at The Baltimore Stock Board vas
little bcG;cr yesterday God was active, open
ing at l44g and closing at I4l55. Governments
were dull one sale OF 5 Dos Eth at 100. y!
State stocks Tennessee Gs we're strong ant
higher; the G5 cG.c0up0n advanced 10 10, and
do. new to coz, Virginia is old brought As.
Private circulars from New York quote
Southern (whitr) Wheat at $50
7sAt@sVe 1a>E,
MIEIATGHE AACANAO-S&PT. ~ 1855
5UH iics&...........5 y zoos t.GS.,........ u
Sun 5Hra............G o. HIGH WATGEov'g. 8 4.
Ee,?G OF Agax:=:sssri:s, Sept Il.
ARRIVED
Steamer Express, Nie1;c, Baltimore, to j.
BrO1ers Il Co.
s3chr Bosc..G1, Mitchell, B41,imo:4, qu1no,
10 B;evis & I4aws}n; railroad iron 70 OlaDge,
A.cx1n.lfia aot Manassas Railroad.
S:hr }laJy l.. A~mSd3n, Smith, Boston,
ice to ". E!@ridgo 4 Co.
SAILED.
Big James Cr)sbv, Baldwin, Aliens Point,
COAL by American Goal Company.
MEMoEAEDA.
Schr Catherine Ward, for Boston, hence at
lIoi,,,.' ola 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17

TIE Fashions. --Tho New York Herald Of
the 18th says:
At present white and gray dresses are the
most fashionable, but as the weather grows
cooler these must give place to something Of a
heavier and warmer nature, and therefore a
few words pertaining to the latter may not
just now be deemed iaopportune or out OF
place. For iul! dress and evening wear, silks and
velvets will predominant. Changeabe silks, it
is thought, will be exceeding " fashionable for
fall wear, and the darker shades for winter
Silks and satins embroidered in silver and
gold, and silver and other colors, as also gold
and other colors, promise to be the rage for
evening toilets among the ladies of our beam
monde. Astrakhan cloths for cloaks will be
as much in vogue as during last winter Plush
es of various colors, 10 imitation Of the skins
of animals, are the latest novelty in the way of
clothing, and will doubtless be much worn
Poplins of every description continue to please
the fancy, and arc as fashionable now as ten
years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17

The PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA are not in the pre-
sent canvass, and have nothing to do but pos
sess their souls in patience. It is not the part
of wisdom and prudence to throw Themselves
madly into contest, in which they can only re-
ceive, without giving, blows. Everybody knows
which cause has their sympathy, and how they
would vote if they had votes. This is enough.
Let them then turn their attention to import
ant material interests, in respect of which 1t is
in their power to shape ends and control re-
suits The farmer, the merchant, the mechan-
ic, the lawyer, the doctor, the teacher, has each
enough to engage his attention and employ his
energies without wasting them violently on a
canvass in which they are denied participation
1t is more than probable that it would have
been betterit imprudent tongues, inspired more
by zeal than discretion, had waggcd less &C
lively, and If certain of our Southern people
had rather sought modest secjuslon than an
ilI-judged prominence and un.imey no;orjety.
So then, let Us avoid everything that can in
peril the great States that can decide in favor
of Conservatism 10 spite Of dame and Vermont,
all OF New England and the whole Of negrodom.
RICH Wh10.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17

\ New OYSTER BED DISCOVERED MANY
of the oyster lovers of New York, says the New
York Commercial, seem of late to entertain
the idea that the supply Of seed oysters will be-
fore long give out TO ease the minds of that
class, we give the particulars of new bed just
discovered Il is on Long Island Sound, and
extends from Stratford to Bridgeport length
OF nearly four miles, by one and a half miles
wide. There are taken from it at present
about 80 600 bushels of seed per day, which
are sold to planters for fifty cents per bushel,
and to DO this about five hundred boats arc en-
lloyet. She seed are abour as large as a big
colt cu2.an1 The supply seems inexhaustl5le.
These seed arc very fine, and when ia ken out
of their bed are planted ia the East river and
different bays. where they arc allowed to re
main Tor two years, when they are brought to
the city and arc known as Saddle Rocks. At
present il takes about 500 Of these seed to
make buslc!, but at the cad Of the two years
so large do they srow that hushel will not
hold over 200 The oyster trade of New York
was never better than it is at present, and the
fish were never finer At present oysters arc
worth, Wholesale, from one dollar to thirty dol
lars q thousand.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17

RATES OF ADVERTISING IN New YORK
Complaints are sometimes made by business
men as to charges made for advertisiug.--
The following are the rates in New York:
To the New York Tribune, IS cents per lire
for each insertion. Special notices-ifth page
40 ce, IS per line, each Insertion. Eighth
page-3O cents per line, each insertion Bus.
mess notices-tourth page-60 cents per line.
each insertion. Fancy type and cuts are
charged double rates for space occupied. In
the Weekly Tribune the rates are 81 per line
for each Insertion, and So per line for announce
ments. The other New York papers chartc
the same rates. with the exception of the Her
aid, which is about so per ct. higher. The
business men of New York all advertise extern
slvely and consider even these rates cheap J!
Compare these rates with the prices of adver-
Using in some other places
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17

AS MIR. William Butner, and another man
were handling piece of timber, recently at
a saw mill near Cairo, Illinois, it slipped from
the other mans grasp, and struct Butner in
the breast with such force as to knock him
backward upon two circular saws, which
were running at the rate of four hundred revo-
lutions minute His body VS. instantly cut
in two in slanting direction, reaching from
the left shoulder, from which it severed the
arm, down to the naval.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-17

RACON AND LARD, for sale b.
ID sep + J. G. MlLBURN.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-22

AN

LEVY1NG A TAX ON THE PARISH OF ST. Ian
DRY, FOR THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1867.
ARTICLE |. The Police Jury of the Parish
OF St. Landry, five members thereof present
and unanimously concurring therein, Or
dain,
ART. IT. That for the service of the wear
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty.
Seven QS67) a Parish Tax of Thirty thous.
and dollars be and is hereby imposed on
such objects Of taxation as are established
by law by the State, ard within said parish
(thc towns o. Opelousas, Washington, Grand
Coteau and Flat Town ~excepted.)
ART. LII. First for the ordinary Parish
purposes Of expenditures, there shall be
added to the assessment of the State for the
year 1867, in a proper ionate addition not
exceeding seventy-ive per cent. to the tax
OF each person assessed, so as to make the
sum of Twelve thousand Eight hundred and
seventy-fve dollars.
Second, for The payment ofexisting debts,
the payment of Jurors, the payment of
witnesses in criminal cases, and the con-
struction of public works, there shall be
further added to the said assessment Roll.
in a proporti"nate addition to the tax Of
each person assessed, so as to make the sum
Of Seventeen Thousand One hundred and
twenty-five dollars the said two sums
making together the sum ofThirty thousand
dollars. .
Ordained January 3oth, 1868.
EBERT CAN'T,
President of the Police jury.
Attest: Jos. D. RICHARD,
JanlS6S Clerk of said jury.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-22

AN ORDINANCE, Levying a Special Tax or
the Parish ofSt. Landry, OF the purpose O.
building a new Jail. :
Wereas, The present Jail at Opelousas in
the Parish of St. Landry is insecure, and un.
suitable in every respect as a prison; and
%rhereas, Commissioners appointed by the Po-
lice jury, have examined the said Jail, and
made approximative estimates of the probable
cost of building a Jail; and whereas the said
Commissioners have reported that a new iail
ought to be constructed without delay, and
that the probable cost of said Jail would be
about Twenty Thousand Dollars therefore
|. Be 1t ordained by The, Police Jury of the
Parish Of st Landry, ThaEthe sum of Twenty
thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated
for the special purpose of building a new Jail,
in the town of OpelOusas, in said Parish, and
that a special tax be imposed for the aforesaid
purpose, as authorized by the Act of the Cen
eral Assembly. approved on the 18th of MarcA,
1856.
2. Be it further ordained, That the aforesaid
tax shall be payable and collectable exclusive
ly in the legal currency Of the United States.
3. Be it further ordained, That said tax shall
be levied and imposed on the objects of taxa
ton, and on all trades and professions, inclu-
ding all the municipal corporations of the par
ish.
4. BE it further ordained, That the aforesaid
tax shall be due and coI.ectabIe on the first
day OF March next, 1868, at which time the
Collector Shall commence with his collections. |
and that the said entire tax shall be collected
by the first day of March, 1869.
Ordained December 18th, 1867 !
EBERT CAN'T,
President Of the Police Jury.
Attest: JOS. d. RICHARD.
Clerk of the PolieeIEry, St. Landry.
Opelousas, December 81, 1867. st
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-22
THE JOURNAL.
oPELoUsAs, SATURDAY. FEB..22, 1863
Public order.

Order is security-which means peace
by day, for labor ; peace by night, for re-
pose.
For orders sake, power in all its forms,
government in any form that can secure
it is submitted to, is welcomed by men,
and has been from the beginning. Bar
balism and civilization agree in that.
Enlightened Rome and barbaric Gau',
constitutional England, semi-constitu-
tional France, monarchic Prussia ari>to-
cratic Russia, despotic Turkey, absolute
Abyssinia-all accept the power need
full for order, even to tyranny. even to
power over life and death, to escape an
archy. Order, which guaranteed their
formost need-peace and sccurity-was
the peoples compensation for a Caesar,
q Frederic, or a Bonaparte!
Congress has overturned order. One
third of this Union-the very garden of
the World-it has turned into a wilder
ness has covered it with darkness; has
filled it with dread has turned itoves
to license. Breaking the unfelt fetterr
of the contented blacks, in has put ga =;
ling chains on the free-born whites :
has supplanted social peace by deliberate
Explained and devlishly-fomented dis
cords the sense of security by the fear
of violence, and is now plotting to SUBJ
ject eight millions of white people (who
helped it to its liberties) to four millions
of black people (whom it helped to keep
in slaverg)-to give ignorance rule over
intellige nee, restitution over property,
License over liberty, and to affect this cru
ell, unnatural, and monstrous design, to
seize and invest itself or it's agents with
the attributes alike of the President and
of the Supreme Court ; in a word, to
raze out the Constitution and revolution
ize the government.
. This is no question merely of the
South. We might cut the South off from
us altogether, and live =; but to make a
corpse Of it and drag it after US in chains
never yet was corpse chained to liv-
ing body but it made a corpse Of the bod
y twas chained to. But apart from all
regard for the political liberties of the
South, we yet plead for them if but to
save our owl. Apart from all regard to
its prosperity, we yet plead for it as in
dispensible to ours. Q
The cry of the whole country is raised
for law and order but above all, for Or
der.
The President is the appointed sole
constitutional neutrality-suspicious. of pub
lic'order, through and By lar Will he
not, and can be not, so maintain it =? AS
jackson said of the Union, " it must and
shall! be preserved" and did it, let, John
son say of the Constitution, 1t must and
shall be preserved" and do it,. The
people will back the new hero as they
did the old, and legal order shall again
assert its benefcient sway over our much
vexed and suffering Iand.-Nahonal
InteWlgeucer.
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1000 Arpents OF Land for Sale.

A CERTAIN TRACTOF LAND, situated
IA in the Parish of St. Landry, on the West
side of Mallet Woods. about ten miles from
the town of Opelousas, at the place called
fAnse Bourbeuse, consisting of Section "A
Township 6 South Range ] East, and Of Sec
ton z Township 6 South, Range East, con-
tanning 1862 acres and a huudredths, equal to
1900 arpents, one-third of which is well limb
cred ..,v -, 4.".t-.-.- 81 iii.
This land is the same conceded and con-
frmed to the widow of Antoine Boisdora, by
Act of Congress and reported by the Comm,s-
sioners in their certificate B. No. 100, and
consisting of four tracts of four hundred ar
penis each. This land will either be sold in
block of 1900 arpents. or divided into tracts
of6ve arpents front by forty in depth, in order
to suit purchasers. Tie plan of said land may
be seen, and al! Information obtained, by cali
ing on Judge B. A. Martel, at Opelousas. The
location is a ~first-rate one for a saw mill.
Terms :-One-third cash, balance on time.
4@.t-.rt JULIEN 4. PROVENT.
aq.-, ...... Administrator.
Opelcusas, December ii, 1867.
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State ofLouisIana,

District r c&"bt Of St. Landry. No. 1osl4
ESTATE OF MARIE DE LA CONCEPTION WE'VE,
EOHN E. KING & E D. ESTILETTE,
u Agents of the Estate of Mari" de "a Can-
ception Vienne, decreased, late of saI| r. 5-1',
having filed a tableau of the dlsul,'t-"1 e:
funds of said Estate. accompanies! ~ IT,"
petition praying for the hom"logHti'" - Il'
has been granted BY an order of court, bearing
date January "a, 1868;
i Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
Iableau in writing at my Office in the town Of
pppIousas, within the time required by law,
&yiy the said tabeau should not be homolopa,
ted and confirmed.
A GARRIGUEs, Clerk.
Clerks Office, Feb. l, 1868.
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A l. WAN.

Nobody, we suppose, ever doubted
General Grants courage. The man who
captured Eicksburg, after starving out
its occupants, and sacrificed nearly a hun.
bred thousand men in a five weeks
campaign between the Rapidan and
James, and was not afraid to confront
Lee for nine months in front of Peters,
burg, cannot be regarded as deficient in
a certain kind of valor. But he never
before exhibited so reckless an audacity
as when be entered into a p~olemical cor
respondence with President johnson.
In such a controversy he was sure to en-
counter defeat, but he bravely consented
to sacrifice his reputation and to act as
Stanton's ~forlorn hope, in an assault
on his superior officer. 1t is is very true
that Grant had very little reputation left
after his conduct in the affair of the war
office but considering his position before
the country as prospective candidate for
the presidency, he would, naturally, have
tried to preserve that attenuated remnant.
As the Sibylline books became more
valuable in proportion as their number
increased, SO General Grants character
became more valuable to him as he found
it diminishing. But with the courage
of a hero, if not the sagacity of a philoso-
pher, be has sacrificed the whole of it
by rushing wildly into a confic ct with the
President when he must have known
that humiliation awaited him. Macau-
lay somewhere says that tits a hopeless
task to try to make an Ethiope white
but it is even more absurd to attempt
to make an Ethiope appear white by
giving him an additional coat of black.
This is just Grants position. 1t was DIFF
fcult enough for him to preserve his
character for truth and fairness before
he wrote his last letters, but it is ride
ulous for him to try to preserve it by par
aiding his own shame as an evidence of
his innocence.-N o. Crescent.
.s. ~~oo~>~-@~~~~~>~ es,
A correspondent of the Springfield
Republican writing from Akron, Ohio,
January 26, says: Fred. Douglass de-
livered an address to the colored people
of this place to-day, in which he gave
them some rather unthanktul and prac-
teal advice. He said they had no more
to feel thankful to the govern
ment for their freedom than had the
Hebrews to feel thankful TO Pharoah for
their deliverance from bondage. The
Government was driven to emancipate
the negroes, and did it as a matter of
policy, and not from any Christian mo-
tive Of right andjustice. That although
il was possible that, naturally, they were
equal to the whites, they We're not prac- (
tically. They must rise through their {
exerrions to a much higher degree
intelligence before being allowed all :
rights OF the white race. He did
not blame them for being in the condi-
ton in which they now were, as it was
caused by the degrading influence of
He should, however, c~ensure
them harshly if they suffered themselves
d remain SO without striving hard for
IMPROVEMENT. Thatiff fifteen years hence
found them as they now were their des- i
inv was sealed, as they were now on
PROBATION, and if they failed in that time :
. nobly acquit themselves, it would be :
,Imost impossible for them to make any c
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FOR SALE.

49, A PLANTATION about four miles
H#lHi Southeast of Opelousas, containing
-aanA about seventy-two arpants. thirty ar
penis being woodland, all enclosed with good
fences and bitches, and we'll improved.
Another PLANTATION, one mile West Of
Opelousas, containing sixty-fve arpents, en-
closed and ditched. and improved with build
ings.
Two separate LOTS, with residences on
each' one being near the Court House, in the
town Of Opelousas.
Apply at the SENTINEL OFFICE, or to
THEODORE CHACHERE.
in Opelousas.
December 7th 1857
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-22
1.-THE
TJON

- on winch The deceased last roc;do
#3ti!i S'iuat>d at Queue Tortue in this ~
--14A lsh, measuring fourteen acrns "a
front by fourteen in depth, maxine ONO h.,
dred and ninety acres of land mo,o n'ag n''
cou u N9'th by the land of Pierre Girs,
So''h by the land of Ephraim llnIr'owo,
naSt o' the land Of Joachim Provost WI
est by public lands or the rur,hax.rs "I :
he Same-the improvements will No roI
So4
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Opelousas Female College.

THE NEXT SESSION of rhe Opelousas
u Female College will open on MONDAY,
January 9th, 1868.
Board, $I5 per month English Tuition 81;
French and German, each, $l!; Music, SIS, in
Guiding Use of instrument.
First tenn will continue six months.
Half Board and Tuition fees payable on en-
tcring and balance LIST April. Mrs. S. NJ.
White and sisters will teach the different de-
partments.
Rnpils will furnish their Bedding, Napkins
and Wash-bowi and Pitcher. All fees may be
paid in country produce.
B. F. WHITE.
Opelousas. December 9TH, 1867.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-22
( state Of Alphonse Deba;llon.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

P1 virtue of an order issued from the
- Hon. Sth judi, ial District Court, act
ing in and for the Parish of St. La, dry, da-
ted this day. a meeting of the reditor> OF
the Estate of Alphonse Debaillon, deceased,
late of said Parish, will be held on WED4
NESDAY, the 4th of March next, before
Yves Davy, Recorder of St. Landry, at his
office in Opclousas, for the purpose of de-
termining upon the disposition to be made
of the effects of said Estate.
a: GARRTGUES, Clerk.
Clerks Office, Feb. l.. 1863.
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SklerifTS Sale.

Q Lastic Duprt, No. 1863,
VS.. District r,rrI
Mrs. Eliza NJ. Parrot }Parisb of St. Landry.
~ VIRTUE of an orIer of seizure and
- sale emanating fom the Honorable the
9Th j dicial District Court, in and for the
Parish of St. Landry, and directed 10 nj,
James &. Hayes, Sh~ritf Of said parish, |
have seized and VIII proceed to sell vi pub,
lie auction, to the last and highest bii cr,
at the Court House in the town o%tpciou.
sas, on
SATURDAY., Mareh tile 7th, 1863,
at II o. lock, A.. NJ, the following described
property, viz: =
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3-ANOTHER.
Of Voodf,,1

situated on the Bayou Queue Tor,ue in n;
~ia'I>h, continuing forty-nine acres mn,o Il
less, bounded North by the land ofFnhrs; |
nan poWer, South by the lands If n.aa:
V'ebcdean, last by the Bavon Ouena Wv
l''e' and West by the lands belonripr ~
Joseph Singleton. o"s u
The dwelling house and eirbt
other buildings,
ing, 'p'eSS lehc1
feet pieux, e'sos
"A lot OF about five hundred six feet pieux
Thirty head Of gentle cattle. o
Five work horses,
lhrec mares-"le with q colt.
Two colts-one and two wears ola
a pair Of tlntber,whrels idlablrl
An OK cart, 6
Five plows,
Two armolreS,
Asafe,
"A cupboard,
A clock,
A loom and accessories,
A lot OF twelve chairs,
a table,
A small table,
Two feather beds, @
Three bedsteads,
FIVE mat rcsses,
Three wheels,
A lot of corn,
Kitchen utensils. #
"A lot OF four buckets.
A crOSs-cut saw,
Three jars,
Two harroWs, 8
An Old carriage md harness.
Contents Of hlacksmith's shor.
a lot OF carpenters tools, @S
Fifteen balrelS-three full Of cotton.
Two cane mattresses,
Inc branding i~'A figuring N s:tr-t,.
5"t er with the a.: ia. tir,t .n,, -. aio
"1
A gun,
A saddle and bride.
TERN+ >>' to>DirioSs.-Al sums u,.1.r Y
I'VE dollars payable casa on the day Of s,le.
all sums of five dollars and above thn,, h
amount, payable in one, two and three ycare /
rom the day OF sale, purchasers ia r;-hiDc
.helr notes payable to the order nj at tho
1omlcle ofthc Administrator, with two good
solvent securities in Solld0, 10 the ~utis.
action Of theoAdminiStrator; the $50! notes.
n case OF non'parlnrnt, to bear eight DER
cent per an1um interest from the mtIurity
each note respectively until I.nni pay.
nent; and the lands to remain specially
nort@aScd with ven or's privilege retained
II favor OF said succession until full Dar-
10Th OF principal and interest, p0rcha.
ers binding themselves not to Sill or other.
use dispose ofSaid property before tho pay
lent of said notes.
PLAClDE LEBLANC,
Jan. 20 Administrator.