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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19
NOTICE.
Parish Court Of the Parish of St. Landry

Parish Court of the Parish OF st. Landry
#nN the Sd Monday of November next, | will
" hold regular term of the Parish Court Of
the Parish of St Landry, at the Court House of
said Parish for the trial of all classes of causes
of which | have jurisdiction; and on the third
Monday of December next, will hold regular
term of Court for the trial of Probate causes,
and the disposition of such Probate business as
requires tD be done in open Court; and there
after said Court viii be regularly held on the
third Monday of each MONTH until o5herWise
ordered. A. GAkRfGUEs,
Opelousas, Oct. 10, 1861 Parish Judge.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19

SUMAc.-The Norfolk Journal advises
farmers to collect the seeds of snmac,
and plant them like any other crop. it
thinks cultivation would produce sumae
OF superior quality to that now gath
cred.
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Crocakerv. stoves. Efc.

r EVI 81 NAVRA, Manufacturers and Direct
- Importers of china, glass, plated, tin, Japan,
wood. and willow ware. cutlery, &c; sell at
Neao Y9rs JTaotesate Prices. I'll Poydras street,
and Ia Canal street. NEW ORLEANS.
November 18th. 1867. 9m
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19
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 ali kinds Floor Furniture and EnameIed Oil
Cloths Matting-500 rolls China. 100 pieces Co
coss Window Shades, Table and Piano Covers;
Crurnb Cloths, Drugget Linen and Felt; Cur
tains-Lace Reps Worsted, Damask, &c. Fur
niture Covering Linen and Cotton Stripes Cor
nices, Bands, Pins, etc. [May2 fly
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19

Private Boarding.
q LADY residing IN II retired portion Of this
~ town, would receive one or two boarders by
the month with or without lodging, at u mode
rate price. Apply at this office. Efe29
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19

!. 10000 Feet of Lumber.
FEsHE above lot of good cypress lumber is of
IL fered for sale at a low price, and on liberal
terms For information apply to
Z. PHILLIPS,
Main ST, opposite Poseys Drug Store.
l9tf1 Opelousas, La.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19
HeENtE GT.

DR. JNO. G. ANGELL 100 Carondelet ST
~ Teeth inserted On gold or vuleanite base
Teeth extracted without pain. l5l ly
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19

lust received from New Orleans, and which they
are offering for sale at very low prices for cash.
LIZ I'M led e Il!
We have always on hand large lot of Lum-
Der which we are offering at very low prices.
Persons wishing to buy cheap will do well to
give us call before purchasing elsewhere.
E. DUBUISSON & co. 8
Washington, October 18th, 1868. 10
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1868-12-19

- I'll nature is not natural. People
who have it are out of balance. To a
certain extent to be i'll natured is to be
out of sense. To some people this con-
dition may not be observed, inasmnch as
they have kindred out. People who
have good circulation are never i'll
1latured. Circulation is healthy thing
to have about you. When it Is defective
we sour; when it is stopped we die. The
latter is inconvenient to business people !;
the former isn't pleasant to your friends.
Ill nature is of course sick nature. Sick
ness according to physiologists, is sins
and sin is wiekedness. Ill natured folk
will please bear these few feeble reflec-
| tions i'm mind
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25
70 ADMINISTRATORS.

The law of Tennessee requires Admins
traitors to publish insolYent notices in a
newspaper. A written notice carries out
neither the spirit or letter-of law, but it does
no injustice to asli interested parties and lays
the Administrator liable for damages to all
who are losers by his non-confermity with
the law. We quote from the code of Ten
nessee, section 2, $50:
The Clerk (of the County Court) = X x
shall make an order upon the executor or
administrator, to give notice by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within
the State, and also at the court house door of
the county, for all persons having claims
against said estate to appear and file the
same, authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed bylaw, on or against a day to be
fixed in such notice, which shall not be less
than three nor more than six months after
the date Of notice; and any claim not fled
on or before the day fixed, or before an ap-
preparation of the funds of the State is
made shall be forever barred both IN law
and equity
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25
Jacobin Desperation.

The desperation to which the Radical
party in this country has arrived, says the
Chicago Times, Is comparable to
nothing so we'll as to the wild and bloody
desperation Of the French Jacobins when
that party of anarchy deliberately plotted
the arrest and massacre of the Girondists.
The question was one Of partisan suprem-
ecy. To prevent the overthrow of the
Jacobin party, the leaders of that blood
stained faction enacted not only the destruc-
ton of the national liberties, but the butchery
of the men on whom the maintenance OIL
those liberties depended. So it is in America
to-day.
To continue a bureau for the subsistence
Of idle negroes at the expense Of industrious
white men;
To seize all unoccupied lands in the South
and parcel them out in ten acre lots tC
negroes;
To declare proposed amendment Of the
constitution to be adopted without the rati
fication of three-fourths Of the States;
To punish and degrade the only Majoi
General of the army who has dared tC
recognize the subOrdinatiOn Of the military
to the civil power;
To reinstate the worst enemy of Ameri
can freedom-the greatest butcher Of ciTi
justice under the code Of military despOtisn
lin the exercise of a power from which h'
had been rightfully deposed
To subordinate the judicial to the legisla
tive power, by debating an arbitrary and un
heard of rule of action to the Supreml
| Court;
And to place in the hands cf the militar,
chieftain the authority Of dictator over th
/ constitutional executive and laws Of the na
/ ton
All these measures of revolution th
| Jacobin dynasty will hasten TO carry oui
Not to preserve public liberty. Not to restor
] peace. Not to hasten reconstruction.
Not to establish justice, or promote tran
! guilty. Not to relieve an overburdene'
| people Of onerous taxation. Not to brin
back private prosperity. Not to assure pub
/ rescue the dynasty Of JacObin theft, F6l
/ berry, plunder and destruction from impend
ing overthrow by an indignant and suffering
| people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25
A Cholera ship at New York.

OurNew Y ork dispatches have very briefly
mentioned that thesemigrant ship Leibnitz
had arrived at the quarantine of that port
from Hamburg, with cholera on board. The
detailed accounts show that no less than one
hundred and Ave Of the passengers. whoa
Germans, mostly from the Mecklenburg
Duchies, had died on the voyage. The Her
aid says
From the ships officers statements, it
seems the Leibnltz sailed from Eamburg on
the 18th of November for this port, with
nine cabin and four hundred and thirty-three
steerage passengers, q crew of twenty-three
men, and general cargo Of merchandise
The total number of souls on board was fouF
hundred and sixty-ive, which was increased
on the passage, by eight births,to four hun
dred and seventy three. On the t4veut t7-lirst
day out young woman from the Duehy Of
Meckienburg was seized with unnistakable
symptoms of cholera, and died on the 23d of
November, after few hours intense suffer
ing. This was the FIRST real case of cholera,
although number of the emigFauts Of both
sexes had been suffering from aggravated
dysentery, one of whom, an old woman, died
on the morning of the 23d after sevnval
days illness The disease est made - an
peaFanee are5hg the eu.i;sc,11aalltts from Meek
aen6ur99, 7Tmere the cholera was raging when
they took their departure. It increased
daily until it had spread through the entire
ship, and ragged for q period of over four
weeks without interruption. There being
no surgeon on board, the officers Of the ship
attended the patients; but the great majority
Of those who were attacked fell victims to
the fell destroyer. During those long weary
days and weeks the weather was unusually
warm; but a change began on December p,
and the weather became cooler, when the
disease abated, and no new cases occurred
since January 9th, when the last victim was
consigned to the ocean. The officers describe
the disease to be of most malignant type,
and the scenes through which they passed
heartrending in the extreme Frequently
whole families were stricken down at the
same time, and in some cases no member Of
a fea.;zliiiiy survives. The bodies were prepared
for burial and thrown overheard as fast as
death claimed his victim. OF one hundred
and forty-fve who we're attacked but forty
survived
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

UNCoNsTITUTIoNAL.-In a recent case tried
in the District Court of the United States
for East Tennessee, at Knoxville, Judge
Trigg declared the franchise law of this
State unconstitutional, but said he was bound
to respect the decision of the Supreme Court
of the State on the question until that de-
cision was reversed by the Supreme Court of
the q. S. Ho also declared that the first
Legislature under the amended constitution
exhausted its powers, and that all amend
mcnts to the franchise bill by subsequent
not worth the paper upon which they were
written.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25
The United states Supreme Court

The following information, in reference to
the Supreme Court of the United States, win
correct some prevalent mistakes as to the
names and number Of the Judges, and be
otherwise interesting, now that public atten-
ton is directed to the rumored action of that
tribunal with the reconstruction laws. There
are present eight Judges, who rank as fol-
lows
Salmon P. Chase, Ohio, Chief Justice /;
Nathan Clifford, Maine, Associate Justice.
Samuel Nelson, n. York. "
Robert G. Grier, Penn,
David Davis, Illinois,
Noah W. Swayne, Ohio, 4"
Samuel T. Miller, Iowa,
StephenJ j. Field. California, 4"
Each Associate Justice has q salary Of
s. 600.
The ages Of these Judges, as far as We can
ascertain them, are as follows: Chase, 60;
Grier, y, On the 5th Of March, 1863 Mill
er, Al; Clifford, SIS, on the 1lth Of August
1868; Nelson, about % Field, IS 5 Davis,
CO. and Swayne, about 55.
Of these men, Chase, Miller, Swayner
Davis and Field, were appointed By Lincoln,
Grier by Polk, Clifford by Buchanan or
Pierce. The Democratic partisans are Nel-
son and Clifford Justice GrieT, claimed on
the same side, gave several opinions, during
the war, that showed him TO be true pa
triok Of the five Judges appointed By Lin
coin, Mr.. Field is accepted as reconstructed
JOhnsonian Mr.. Davis as very moderate
Republican, whose name has lately been
mentioned as Conservative candidate Tor
President; while Messrs. Chase, Swayne
and Miller are ayowed members Of the Re
publican party.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

PENDLEVox.-The wide awake friends of
peace, unity and freedom are determined to
strike hot and heavy for the Hon. George II.
PendletOn, who says that 'f if paper money
is good enough for the farmer or mechanic, it
is good enough for the rich bondholder." >"
Four States met on the 9Th Of January in
Democratic State Conventions, and each ex-
pressed preference for the Hon. George II.
Pendleton for President They were Ohio,
Indiana, Nebraska and West Virginia We
expect that the other Western and Central
States, from all indications, will fellow their
example. Throughout the Great West, re-
marks the Cincinnati Enquirer, there is the
most perfect unanimity in his favor
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

A CoMPLMExT.-J. P. P, an oecasiona
correspondent of the Memphis Avalanche,
in a recent letter to that paper, thus refers
to Hardeman county:
In my peregrinations through the coun-
trv of late, l have found no people more
cheerful or more hopeful Of the future, In
these gloomy times, than are those of the
good and great" old county Of Hardeman,
in this State. This may be accounted for
mainly on the ground that the population of
that county is made up mostly of brave, self
reliant men, but, there IL, perhaps, another
reason that has something to do with it, and
that is, that they have not of late years made
so many nor such disastrous crop failures
as their neighbors in the adjacent counties
particularly those of Marshall and Iippah,
in Mississippi; nor have they devoted them
selves so exclusively and so blindly to the
production Of cotton. Add to this, that
they are, and for many years have been, es-
teemed the best and most thrifty farmers IN
all the region for one hundred miles areund
Memphis, and the secret Of their compara-
tive cheerfulness and prosperity in the midst
of the surrounding gloom, and in some
places impending famine, is fully disclosed.
Notwithstanding the almost unexampled
pecuniary distress of the times everywhere
else south Of them, the people of Hardemau
| generally are still able to pay their debts
and have enough left to carry them COM
fortably through another year, or at least
until another crop can be grown and gathered
| They also find themselves able to rebuild
/ their court house (burned by the Federal
/ soldiery) on a scale of substantial magnif-
! ieenee " seldom surpassed even ia the most
! fourishing times. The contract has been
taken by one of your energetic Memphsi
| firms, at an estimate of SIS, 600; the fOunda-
/ tions have been laid; the walls are being
/ built up as the weather peFmits-having al
ready reached hight of six or eight feet
and the work will no doubt be pushed
/ through to the earliest completion possible
under the circumstances. Besides The
! court house, other substantial buildings, ,lpub-
lie and private, are il process Of erection
while many others have been completed
since the war, which adorn the town and
/ help to fill up the unsightly "gaps made
/ BY e the sword and the torch of that evil
/ time All honor to brave old Hardeman
" always gay" and her beautiful little capi
/ tal-prosperous and hourishiDg Bolivar
May her people ever enjoy their well-won
reputation Of being the best farmers IN Wes
Tennessee, and the best and safest, because
the promptest and most prudent, customers
! of TENNESSEE s commercial metropOlis-yOul
own good city of Memphis
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

John G. Barry, an ancient typo, left Holly
Springs, Miss, a day or two .sinee for Vicks-
burg. where he proposes to set type. Mr.
Barry is So years old, and has worked at tie
printing business SERENITY years. In 1898 he
was an apprentice in the Office Of the Nero
in this State
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25
An Outrage.

The jackson West Tennessee Wing Of
the 18th inst says:
We understand that very bold and
successful robbery was perpetrated in the
village Of Gadsden IN this county on Monday
night last
Three men, partially disguised knocked
ct the counting room of Matthews and Hunt,
after their clerk young AIF. BoYkin had re-
tired, and he suDposing it was some friend,
unlocked the door and the light-6ngeFed
gentry entered, and IN response to a polite
request to be seated, drew receivers and
presented them at B0ykin and demanded
that he remain silent they then deliberately
and securely pini0ned his arms by Topes and
covered him up in q bed, and then proceeded
to break open the Safe, which they soon
succeeded IN doing and distracted thereirom
some So, 90 in eash-Sl goo Of which was a
special deposit in gold, belonging to our Old
friend Mai. Ed. Matthews. They then de-
camped, and left young Boykin bound, and
no trace Of identity Of the robbers thus far
has been found
No doubt they arc more Of the Memphis
professional" on moral excursions who
sometimes get picked up.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

CANED.-Hon. G. f. Frigg, Judge Of the
United States Court now in session at Men,
phIs, was presented, a few days ago, by OIL
GERS of the court, with a magnificent walking
cane. Col James B. Bingham, on the happy
occasion, made the presentation, and his re-
marks were responded to by His Honor in
the most graceful style.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

The mud crop of the streets Of Paris
is sold annually. In 1928 it brought SI5, ,OOO
It now brings $4,000; and when left in
rOtting tanks is sold for manure at the In
creased valuation Of $1,000
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

The Memphis & Charleston Railroad is in
q most solvent condition. The Company has
paid Its Indebtedness to the Government, and
in March next viii pay its stockholders the
same rate Of dividend it was paying before
the war.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

On the 10th met, at Memphis, a large
number Of treason suits were dismissed from
The docket Of the q. S. Attorney.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

Citizens Of Sumner county have organized
a Vigilance Committee for the suppression
Of horse thieves and lawlessncss generally.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

The Nashville Press and Times wants a
military force sent to Dyer county in order
that the eigi1 laws may be enforced
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

The corporation Of Jackson, Tenn, is a
healthy institution. The receipts Of the
city last year was S9,068 SO +; expenditures,
same time, S8,425 66; cash on hand, Jan. Z,
1865. S743 81
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

It is said that Great Salt Lake, which is
-l25 miles long and IS miles wide, is gradu-
ally rising, and threatens to destroy Salt
Lake City, the home of the "saints," not
many years hence. The water of the lake
rose three feet last year The lake has no
visible outlet, and receives the drainage of
over 100000 square miles Of territory.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

An unbroken railway communication now
exists between New York and the base Of
the Rocky Mountains, a distance Of over tRo
thousand mileE A temporary railway bridge,
recently erected across the Mississippi river
at Omaha, was the last link Of this line con-
slfaeted.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

Rev Henry Ward Beecher has given
81 900 to a fund foE the benefit Of General
Lees college.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

In 1860 the United States produced 5, 1885,
397 bales Of cotton. Last years cFep Is set
down at 100000, of which amount Tea
nessee produced I75. 900 bales
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

The sheep firm of Flint Bixby d CO.,
Monterey county, California, own $4,000
sheep, which feed on a range of 100000
acres. The firm commenced sheep raising
fifteen years ago with capital of $1,000.
The first flock was of the common Mexican
breeds, which have been improved by i'm
porting fine wool rams
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

Brownl0w says that each days work Of
the Tennessee legislature costs the State
Sl,000i lie wishes the members 70
''hurrry up and 90 home
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

The headquarters Of the lIth military
district have been changed from Holly
Springs to Yicksburq.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

Ristori Is to be in Memphiaa about the frat
Of March.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

A strawberry patch Of one hundred and
thirty acres is reported IL Alameda county,
California.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25

One Of the principle exports Of Texas is
cattle, jet the State imports butter, cheese,
and even milk.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-01-25
Is Daslished Every saturday.

One Square, Of ten Lines or less, 81 90
each suisegucnt insertion 80 cents; LOca
Notices 20 cents per line.
, 1868-02-25

his follies." A new adage, only made a
bout o month ago, either by q "monkey",
an sass, a "ferret", or a "Lizard".
Now, | have read of the long winged
species of Observation-Disclosures known as
the CROTON-BUG. The specie of these
bugs is very annoying. They trouble peo-
pie exceedingly much Like the Cock
roach, this CROTON-BUG, making itself
always very busy; in running after every
thing in smelling every thing !; tasting
every thing and what is worse /! in en-
tering the very safes, (where most persons
keep their food)-to look for Jelly and
bread. But 10 and behold! the GRO
TON-BUG, instead of finding ielly and
bread, it found some cod-liver-oii in n
mug. In went the CROTON-BUG and he
died shortly after. Poor CROTON-BUG.
Being very nearly connected to the cock
reaches, these insects called a meeting,
and declared that a should be
erected over it, and on it should be placed
these words "BuIly for the Americans!"
"BulIy for the Natives 90 ''BulIy for them.
who do not say 'go-dag', "Shame for The
ferret"
Your obdt servt
PITT.
, 1868-02-25
ERRATAl

In Avis No. IA Communication from
ga Native" second line from the top for
"who" read "whom."
In Avis No. IA, communication "to be
continued tenth line from the top, for
"choosed' read selected, also last line by
4, for "gernimation" read "g~ermination."
In same paper, in the communication
from ga Creole of St. Thomas" the sixth
line from the top for "hourly, read ,,hoary."
The 10th line for "Automatums,' read
"Automata." For Employees" read
"Employ6s."
, 1868-02-25
Your obdt servt
PITT.
To the Editor of the s'St. CrOix Avis"
West End 25th Febr. 1863

wv H NNkGH
West End 25th Febr. 1868.
My dear Sir!
l have just heard hat the Government
have withdrawn the suit against you, and
that it has been Withdrawn in
of yourself and other Members of The IA
mlly having ''implored and beseeched"
His Excellency to do so. Is this true7
Let me hear from you.
am yours in haste
S. A.
owe have been informed that it is truly,
and really so ; and that the suit will be
forthwith withdrawn.
we knew to our conscience that we had
done nothing wrong and, we oppose,
that the governments conscience-felt
that it was WRONG, TO bring an action
against Us for a "true cause" We are
very forglving; so we will shake hands in
a friendly manner.-ED1
, 1868-02-25
THE SALE OF THE DANISH
WEST INDIA ISLANDS.

The following despatch was received
at the State Department at 81 o'clock yes
terday morning:
C~oPENHAGEN, Jan. 81, 1868.
"Wn. II. Seward, Secretary Of State Wash
angton:
"The treaty in regard to the sale of the Dan
ish West India Islands has been sent to Wash
ington. It has been ratified by the Rigsdsg and
signed by the King.
"YEAMAN."