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The Placer herald., 1868-10-24
State Government Of California.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT:
H. II. HAIGHr, OF Alameda county, Governor
VIM HOLDEN, of Mcndocno, Lieut.. Governor.
CT Ryland, of Santa Clara, Speaker Of the
Assembly.
H. L. Nichols, of Sacramento, Secretary Of
State
Robert Watt. OF Nevada, Controller.
Antonio l.. Coz onel, of Los Angeles, Treasurer.
John W. Bost, of MERGED, Surveyor General.
10 Hamilton Of Placer, Attorney General.
James H. Cutter, OF San Francisco, Harbor
Commissioner.
George Seckel, of Tuolumne, Clerk OF Supreme
Court
Daniel W. Gelwicks of Ell Dorado county, State
Printer.
o. P. Fitzgerald, Superintendent Of Public
Instruction.
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PUBLIC SALE.

Estate of Melissa A. Lyons.
nY virtue of an order from the District Court.
D there will be sold at public sale, to the last
and highest bidder. BY the undersigned admi-
nstraror or through an Auctioneer, at the last
residence of said deceased, in Plaquemine Bru-
lee in this Parish,
On Tuesday, 31st March next,
the following property belonging to the commu-
nifty heretofore existing between the said Melis-
sa A. Lyons, deceased. and F. ]. Bruner, her
surviving husband, to-wit:
THE PLANTATION
whereon the decreased last resided, with 200 acres
Of land. bounded East by Joseph Harman.
100 Arpents of Wood Land.
"a head Of gentle stock; one yoke of work oxen;
two horses; one mare and colt household fur
niture; kitchen utensils, &c. &c.
A STOCK OF WILD CATTLE
ia the Parish of Calcasleu (say about los heads
Conditions:--All adjndfrations under ten dol.
lars payable cash. The plantation. one third
cash and the balance in one and two years. The
stock Of cattle in Calcasieu, one half cash and
the balance in and 2 years from the day of sale.
The balance of the property on ! and years
| credit from the day of sale. The lands remain.
| ing ,nortc aged until final payment.
FL BRUNER. administrator
Opelousas 29lh February 1865. a
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Public Sale.

Estate of Thomas j. johnson, deceased.
DY virtue of an order of the Hon. the
ID Court of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trct 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 FRANCOIS Poupon Pitre, pere,
in Prairie Ronde, in this Parish ON
Monday, 23d March merit, 1868,
the following described property belong
ing to the Estate of Thomas ]. johnson,
deceased, late of the Parish of St. Lam
dry, to-wit:
The undivided half of that portion of
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~ A young lady who wore spectacles
exclaimed in q voice of sentimental en-
thusiasm to plowman who was walking
on the road: do you. sir, appreciate
the beauty of that landscape O. see
those darling sheep and lambs skipping
about!s "Them amt sheep and lambs !;
tkem's hogs, miss
That reminds us of the following incl
dent, which occurred not q thousand
miles off:
A lady, admiring the beauties of a
pond, inquired of q gentleman standing
near, whose knowledge of English was
somewhat limited: 'sIs that an artificial
pond, sir!" .s0h. yes, madame, plenty
tortte and fish in gat pond !"
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NOTICE TO PLANTERS.

"AVING made all the necessary ar
Ill rangements in New Orleans, | am
now prepared to purchase all the cotton
that You may send to the Landing at
Washington. I will purchase your cot
ton here in Washington upon the same
conditions as last year, that is to say |
will pay you the same prices as those of
the New Orleans market, deduction being
made for such inevitable expenses as are
incurred on all cotton shipped from
Washington to New Orleans.
The cotton bought here by me will be
weighed in your presence and paid for as
soon as weighed.
Ny offices are in Washington at the
Warehouses of Messrs. Pitre s. Carrlere
and 0. Hinekley e. Son.
@ s& A. DESMARE.
/ Washington, Jan. 15, 1868. 32tf
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Wanted a Good Man

TN every town and county in the Union. to en'
L gage in the sale of patent article used in
every household, shop, Office. hotel. store and
public building, railroad cars, steamboats,, &c.
Persons already engaged are making immense
incomes. and the d, mand for the article never
ceases Your customers once obtained your in'
come is great ami perpetual Full aud satisfac-
tory particulars sent 10 all who may apply to
J. LEWIS. No 81 Cedar ST.. New York, with
stamn. Box 1891, Dec. 7.-3n
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l. Is NJ 3
HARPER'S Bazaar, one year

HARPER's Bazaar. one year 81 90
An extra copy of either the Magazine, Weekty
or Bazaar will be supplied gratis for every Club
of Five Subscribers of 81 90 earh, in one re-
mittance; or Six Copies for $40 90.
Subscriptions to Harpprs Magazine, Weekly,
and Bazaar. to one address for one year, $40 90;
or, two of Harppr's Periodicals, to one address
for one Gear, 81 90.
Back Numbers can be supplied at any time.
- Subscriptions sent from British North
American Provinces must be accompanied with
20 cents additional, TO prepay United States
postage Address HARPER g. BROS,
Franklin Square, New York.
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Ca.stfoaa 10 tase Public.

II OST, a note of hand for $500, drawn by
- B1aze Mote, IN favor of the undersigned.
dated Washington, La, February ID, 1867, and
payable twelve months after date, and marked
aNe yarieturn by VIM. S. Read, Esq, Notary
Public to identify the same with an act of sale
of said date.
The public are hereby cautioned not to nego-
tiate or trade for said note, as the payment *
the same has been stopped according to law.
THEOPHILE HERBERT.
Washington, Feb; 8, 1868 35-5t
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WILLIS P. COLEMAN'S
PA TRNT
Undulafory Corn and Wheat

Undulatory Corr. and Wheat
M L T. 8.
TEyHE manufacture of these Mills has been re-
Il sumed by the patentee, in New Orleans, and
we take pleasure in offering them as the very
best Mills ever manufactured. The genuine
COLEMAN MILL
can only be bought of us, in New Orleans.
At the late State Fair they were triumphant
over all others. tsix different Mills competing,
as they always have been North and South.
An descriptions of MILL AND PLANTATION
MACHINERY constantly ON hand.
THOS. B. BODLEY g. CO.,
35-la1 No. 9 Perdido street. New Orleans.
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Strayed or Stolen.

TROM the subscriber, ON the 18th of
IL September last, one dark brown
mare mule, branded Las S on the left
rump, with the owners brand NJ, on the
shoulder, the fore legs crooked, the left
more so, with prominent hoof.
A liberal reward will be given for de-
livery of the same, or for certain infor-
nation of whereabouts to the undersign-
ed. LUDGER LASTRAPES.
st. Landry, February 1st 1868. 34-5t
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Crockef.y, stoves, Efs
WM. ARMSTRONG,
FORMERLY ON ORLEANS, La,
4a,g 8 NA EN- NDsrsa SfF0saf. ss8Ef f&t#Es

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, &I
yKTILL attend to the filling of all orders for
wv HARDWARE, MACHINERY, AGRICULr
TURAL IMPLEMENTS, Garden and other Seed,
Portable Eurthsn Furnaces, Stores, Hoflotcpdrei
AatsAraeite Coal, de-, as wel as any other basi
ness intrusted to him "a
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. sSf& Iap6-6m.
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Gems. GRANT AND HANcocK.-The
community were startled yesterday
morning by a special dispatch from
Washington. announcing that Gen. Grant
had directed Gen. Hancock to set aside
his order removing certain members of
the City Council and appointing others,
and that Gen. Hancock had expressed to
Gen. Grant his wish to be relieved from
the command of this Military District if
required TO follow his directions in this
matter. Later in the day. it was ascer-
tanned that Gen. Grant had concluded
not to insist upon the reinstatement of
the Council. Gen. Hancock's firmness
probably surprised Gen. Grant, who has
been rather dictatorial of late even to his
superiors, and caused him to hesitate and
remember that Gen. Hancock could not
be recalled unless the President so order
ed. Discretion with him is the better
part of valor. ~ O Bee. 18th
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SUBSCRIPTIONS.
4 9 q 8 .

The Publishers have perfected system Of
mailing by whirhthey can supply the Magazine.
Weekiy. and Bazaar promptly to those who prefer
to receive their periodicals directly from the o.
fee af Publication. Pns'masters and others de-
sirous of getting up Clubs will be supplied with
a Show Bill on application.
- The postage OH Harper's Bazaar is 90 cents a
year, which must be paid at the subscribers
post-ofdcs.
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II A Down East paper, in putting a
certain soap, says it Is the s'best ever
used for cleaning a dirty mans face.
We have tried it, and therefore we ought
to KNOW
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Is SLAVERY CoNsTITUTIONALLY ABoL-
rsHED.-The NewYork Tribuneintimates
that the assent of seven slave States to
the abolition of slavery, must go for
naught, now that Congress has declared
that no such States exist Or else we
must, by forced construction, assume
that the acting States are alone to be
counted in the passage of constitutional
amendments.
In his message to Congress, recon-
mendiDg the constitutional amendment,
President Lincoln said:
The plan is proposed as permanent con-
stitutional law. It cannot become suef1
without the concurrence of, first, two
thirds of Congress-, and afterwards three
fourths of the States. The requisite
three -fourths of the States will neces-
sariIy include seven of the slave States.
Secretary Seward, reciting the accep-
tance of the amendment, naming Mary
land, Missouri, Louisiana, the two Fir-
ginias, Tennessee, Arkansas, the two
Carollnas, Georgia, Alabama, and Flor
ida. making with the North, thirty-two
States, pronounced the amendment a
valid part of the Constitution.
Butall this is Notwithstanding to
Radical philosophers-and slavery exists
as legal fact, because portion of the
asserting States were dead, and could
not give living satisfaction to any such
act. Slavery exists; or new rule must
be adopted, leaving out from the count
in this and in all future amendments, the
States upon which Congress is trying its
wretched and fatal experiments.-llbany
~. 7 ! ArGus.
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"a Repository Of Fashion, Pleasure, ana
instruction"
HARPER's Bazaar.

The Publishers will commence, on Nov. lst,
the issue of HARPER's Bazaar, Weekly Illus
trat-d Family Journal devoted to fashion and
Home Literature Their aim is twofold to sup
ply the existing need of a Weekly Fashion News
paper, and to combine Herewith a frst.class
journal, which will be indispensable to every
household.
Arrangements have been made, at an immense
cost with the most celebrated of the Fashion
Papers of Europe. especially with the famous
Bazar of Berlin, which supplies the fashions to
the leading journals of Paris, 20 furnish the same
to them in advance, SO that henceforth the fasf1.
ions will appear in HARPER's Bazaar simulta-
neousy with their publication in Paris and Ber-
lm-an advantage enjoyed by no other journal
in the country.
The patrons of HARPER's BAZAAR will receive
every fortnight large pattern.pIates, containing
from forty to fifty full sized patterns of ladrs',
misses, and children's bounrts, cloaks. dresses,
understanding, and other articles. accompanied
with the necessary descriptions and directions,
and occasionally an elegant Coorrd Fashion
Plate of the size of HARPER's WEEKLY.
HARPER'S BAZAR will contain l6 folio pages
of the size OF Harper's Heehiy. printed on super
fine calendered paper, and will be published
weekly.
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Gus. f. LoUALLIER, Capt. NJ. KEsIsoS, Clerk.
ETAS resume her regular trips, leaving Wash
Ill ington on Sunday, at 10 O'clock A. NJ. and
New Orleans every Wednesday at ) p. NJ.
All freight per Steamer Annie Wagley will be
stored with @. Hinckley & Son. Freight and
storage to he paid ON delivery.
For freight or passage apply on board or to
o. HINCKLEY & son,
Washington, La.
Washington, February, LIST, 1s6s.--lm
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NO. BUSINESS CARDS.
CDNFECTIONERS.

~ FL. MILLER & CO., First Premium steam
H. Candy Manufactory, so New Levee, Whole
sale Confectioners. Depot of California Wines.
- No. so New Leyee. ss s 4o-la.
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GARDEN SEEDS.

T F. VIRGIN, successor to D. MAUPAY.
bet. Camp nnd Magazine sts., New Orleans. Ll2
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TRACT OF LAND,

which lies next to the Prairie, the whole
containing one hundred and six acres,
situated in the Parish of St. Landry, at
the quarter called Anse la Chaudiere,
bounded East by Jean Allain, West by
B. A. Martel, North by J. Bite, Guillory,
being the undivided half of the same
tract bought from Cade, on the 18th Nov,
1859.
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A NEW PLANT FOR SOUTHERN CCLTI-
yATIoN--THE RAMlE.-We are indebted
to the attention of the author, Mr.. A. b.
Bacon. Chairman of Section of Agrcul-
ture, New Orleans Academy of Sciences,
and associate editor of the Picayune, for
a pamphlet, descriptive of the new tex
tile plant for Southern cultivatiOn-the
Ramie, its origin, uses, mode of propaga
ton, also of the mode of preparing it for
market, the soil and climate in which it
fiourishes best, and full particulars re-
specting the plant, together with de-
scyiption of the Roezl machine, for clean
ing ramie, hemp, okra, hop, etc. This
plant (the ramie) was introduced into
Louisiana in March, 1867, by d. Benito
Roezi and is native of Java. Mr.. Roezl
gave it trial of eleven years in Mexico,
where he introduced it in the year 1855,
after having studied it in its native is
land. He encountered difficulties az11
losses in Mexico, which prevented fts
successful propagation and application
to purposes of utility there until 1864. 1t
was brought by him to Louisiana in 1867,
in which State it was first planted by A..
B. Bacon, in March of that year. Since
then it has been successfully grown in
nurseries in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tex
as and Arkansas.
This plant deserves the attention OF
our agriculturists. Full information re-
specting its history, properties, and pro-
fitableness is to be found in the PAM
phlet to which we refer. 1t is for sale
by Gresham, bookseller, 90 Camp st.
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1000 Arpents Of L a II d


4 CERTAIN Tract of Land, situated 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 Bourbense,
consisting of Section A. Township 6 South II. l
East, and of Section 7, Township South Range
3 East, containing 1862 acres and hundredths,
equal to 1000 arpents, one-third of which is well
timbered.
This land is the same conceded and confirmed
to the widow of Antoine Boisdore, by Act of
Congress, and reported by the Commissioners in
their certificate b. No. 1i09, and consisting OF
four tracts of four hundred arpents each. This
land will either be sold in block of 1000 arpents,
or divided into tracts of five arpents front by
forty in depth. in order to suit purchasers; The
ton obtained, by calling on Judge 3. A. MarteI
at Opelousas. The location is a frst-rate one.
for saw mill.
Terms:-One- third cash; balance on time.
JULIEN A. PROVENT,
Administrator.
Opelousas, December 21st. 1867-28
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THE oPELoUsAs COURIER,

Published on Saturday by JOEL H SANDOZ.
CoNDITI IONS:
Subscription.--Four Dollars per year payable
in advance, or Five Dollars payable at the eud
Of the year.
A subscriber wishing to discontinue must give
a written notice to that effect and settle up all
arrearages and 10 subscription will be stopped
until all arrearages paid, unless at the option
of the publisher
Aduertising.-F 1FTY cents per sqnare fos
each insertion. Eight lines or less constitute
square.
All advertisements sent in for publication will
be inserted in English and French (unless otheE'
wise ordered) until the editor shall judge it con-
venient TO discontinue.
Candidates to public favors will pay Fifteen
Dollars each, Ia aavsae. X they wish to be al
nsaxvsa.
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A TRACT OF LAND,

Aks..Aa situated on Bayou Mallet, in the
EH Parish of st. Landry, containing
two hundred arpents, (more or less,)
bounded North by public land, South by
land of E. Fl. Martin, East by land Of the
same and West by land of Jean Gallot,
together with all the buildings and I'M
proyements thereon erected.
Terms and conditions The sum of FIVE
hundred and thirty five dollars payable
cash; five hundred dollars on the first OF
April next, 1868, and the balance in two
equal annual instalments payable on the
first of February 1869 and 1st February
1870; with 8 per cent interest per annun
from maturity until paid. And moreover
the land remaining specially mortgaged
unto said estate until full and entire pay.
ment of capital and interest. Notes with
security to the satisfaction of whom the
right. LOUIS CHARRlE,
February 8, 1868. Curator
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"WHINING WoMEN.-A gentleman, or
man who would like to be considered
gentleman-married, we suppose--in
trouble at home, we wonld gness-writes
of whining women" as foll0ws:
IF there be anything in the wide world
that will wear out the patience of man,
and render him Indifferent to his freside
and the society of the wife he has prom
ised to cherish, it is a whining woman.
To hear day after day-in the morning
when he sits down at the breakfast table,
and in the evening when he returns home
from his wearisome days labor-a pitt
full complaint like these uttered in dolo-
rous accents: s0h have such head
acher or my hack aches SO can scarcely
stand,' would require virtne superior
to that found In any being made a little
lower than the angels, to withstand them
without .finehing from the course OF
strict rectitude.'
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Public Sale.

Estate of Jean Marie Du uand, deceased.
DY virtue of an order of the Hon. the
I'D District Court of the Eighth Judi
cial District, in and for the Parish OF st.
Landry, there will be sold at public sale,
to the last and highest bidder, by the un-
dersigned Curator or by duly commits
stoned auetioneer, on the plantation here
matter described, on Bayou Mallet, on
Tuesday, March 10th, 1868,
the following described property belong
ing TO the Estate of the late Jean Marie
Durand, deceased, to wit:
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S RIF F'S S ALE.

S 81 E r RIF F'S S A L e.
State of Louisiana.
John w Hardy, Adm, District Court,
Jane H. Caller Ca & al "''SA No. 70 ioi4d. ' ''N >
DY virtue of IL writ OF f. IA, from the Hon.
d the District Court OF the Eighth Judicial
District of the State OF Louisiana, i'll and for he
Parish OF st. Landry, in the above entitled suit,
and to me directed. will offer for sale at a,lc-
ton, to the last and highest bidder, at the Court
House of this Parish, in the town of Opelousas,
On Saturday, March 9TH, 1868,
commencing at the hour of IL A. NJ, and con
tinuing from day to day, if necessary, all the
rights, tiins. interests and demands Of Jane Ii.
Caller and John TarIton, the defendants, INTO
the following described property, seized to
satisfy said writ, to wit
The Plantation
on which the deceased William F. Hardy last
resided, containing about fourteen hundred
acres, with all the
Buildings and Improvements
thereon, situated near Grand Coteau. in the
Parish of St Landry. bounded (when purchased
by defendants in March, 1861 North by land of
Joseph b. Richard and Mauria, South by Bayou
Carancro East by land of widow Augustin BOu-
dreau and land supposed to belong to Lessain
Broussard and on the West by lands of Joseph
Richard and Onezime Caruthers.
CONDITIONS Twelve months credit from day
of sale, with interest at the rate of per cent
per annilm from same date. Purchasers fur
nishing bond and satisfactory security, and
| mortgage reserved on the property sold.
JAS G. HAYES, Sheriff.
Opelousas, February 18th, 1868
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Gliding. Bronzing, Graining. Marbling, Gia-
zing and Paper Hanging executed and satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
a8- Country Produce taken fss wsfk.
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U Don't advertise it is very bad
plan. 1t viii call attention to your place
of business and it is much better for
people who wish to trade with you to
hunt You up. It gives your customers
exercise. and makes them healthy. Be-
sides, if you advertise somebody will buy
upall of your goods, and then you will
have to get more, and it will be a greaS
bother to you. Don't do it. Stewart,
and Aver, and Bonner, and Sehenck,
and others, never advertise. They have
an idea that 1t iniures their business.
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Sg1ooU IuogD,
w eeOd Iand. .

situated at Mallet Wood, in the aforesaid Parish
bounded on the North by George K. Wartelle
Lumpkins, and Gardiner. on the East by Evaris-
te Guillory pere, on the West by Donate Guillo-
ry and Evariste Guillory pere, and on the South
by Bayou Mallet, making altogether seventeen
hundred and ninety acres and 80 hundredths.
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70 head Of Cattle.

branded mostly thus FZ some of them however
branded ab0ut thus I'D.
Conditions Cash.
JAMES G. HAYES, Sheriff.
Opelousas February lst, 1868.
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Bull LD|NGS AND IMPROVEMENTS

thereon, bounded lin 1861 on the North by R. Il.
Lumkins, Brooks, Young and Perrodin, South by
Landry and public lands, East by Smith and the
public land and West by Henry L. Garland
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2Dls11Gf Gfat1ooQ,
State of Louisiana

situated on Plaquemine Ridge in the Parish of
St. Landry, containing about thirteen hundred
sunerfical acres of iaud with the