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Mr.. nelson's ALARM. Mr. Nelson, the
counsel for the President, is as uneasy in
regard to Butler as Senator Sumner is;
but his uneasiness is ofanother sort. Sum
ner smells gunpowder, but Nelson has his
thoughts on spoons. Sumner sees the
fierce and bloody-minded Butler leading up
his powder ship to the great conclusion
and says to himself, "What will this man
not do?' Nelson sees Butler as the hero
of New Orleans he hears injured house
keepers crying out for missing silver CD
Buffers departure, and he muses.. What
will this man not take and keep" Thus
the figure of Butler, as coujured up in, the
mind Of Nelson, is quite dissimilar from
that conjnred up in the timid soul of Sum
ner; and Nelson. ia refusing to trust his
!, original papers in Buffers hands with
out calm public notice to the circnmstaD-
ces. proves that he best understands the
hero Of all the battles OF the war Herald.
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nm. Among the painful incidents ofthe
Erie Railroad tragedy is the undisputed
fact that the bodies Of the dead and dying
victims were mercilessly robbed by human
jackals of whatever valuabIes could be
found upon them. Large sums Of money
and many gold watches were taken, and in
one case diamond ring was fled from the
finger Of a lady who was conscious OF what
was doing, and lived long enough to tell d
the shameful atrocity. The robbaries are
SAID to have been committed By passengers
who were saved from q similar fate by
being 10 the forward cars. What fellow.
ship with humanity can such miscreants
claim p Providence Journal.
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SNERfFF,S SALE.

Mary Y. prico No. I1O5-9th Dis
49, VS. >trict Court, Parish
Robt. NJ. Fitzpatrick. )of Rapides, State O
Louisiana. $3.50
RYVIRTUE ola writ of Fieri Facias is
~ sued from the Honorable the 9th Dis
trict Court, Parish of Rapides, State O.
Louisiana, and to me addressed in The
above entitled suit, No. 1888, have seizet
ahd will offer for sale to the highest and
last bidder, on '''ss'' Z a. y '5.
SATURDAY, the 9th day of JUNE, 1863
between the hours Of II A. NJ. and 4P. NJ
at the .Court Honse door in the Town o
Alexandra, Parish of Rapides, State o
Louisiana, The following described proper
ty, seized as the property OF the Defendant
to wit: III; ,,s No. "A 81 ,,.,,
= Lots 2 and 3, in square No. coy twenty
in the Town Of Alexandria, Parish of Ra
pides, State Of Louisiana. and all the I'M
proyements thereon and thereto belonging
bounded above by property Of Maria Me
dairy, t. W. c and fronting on Third Street
TERMS OF SALE:-CASH in u S, Treas
ury Notes, subject to appraisement.
si M CIV. LEDOUX, 81
May E, 1S6S-tds. Sheriff.
Printers Fees 81 go fs"
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State Of Louisiana Parish Of Rapiles.

EvsTRAY TAKEN UP on the 7th inst.
IA by Calvin E Hosea, at the Bayou
Robert Plank Road, A small DUN MARE
Blaze in her forehead and the hind feet
white. branded, r on the right shoulder
and appraised by James A. Cruikshank
and D. w. Hynson to be worth Thirty
Dollars
The owner will come forward pay char.
ges and take her away, or she will be
dealt with according to Law.
Given. under my hand this 18th day o.
May 1868. &
w. w. WHITTINGTON JR., M
@ Justice Of the Peace.
Nav 10. 1852, i. SO 90
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Death Of Mrs. George D. Prentice.
Lafayette (Ind.) Journal.l

.
Died, between l and 2 o'clock, a. M,
April ~, Mrs. Harriette Prentice, wife OF
the editor Of the Louisville Journal
The wife of The poet.editor is dead. But
few days ago we saw her upon the streets
of Louisville full to overfowing of nature
and benefcent life. To-day she sleeps be-
side her eldest born in the quiet Cave Hill
Cemetary. to which, since Courtland's
death, she has made so many, many sad
pilgrim ages. Personally We did not know
her, but one near to us, and who was near
to her through affection and admiration,
has discoursed to us so glowingly Of her
wonderful charms Of person. mind and
heart, that, in her passing from earth, we
too feel we have lost friend.
Mrs. Prentice was the daughter of Col
onel Joseph Benbam, distinguished law
yer, whom many of the older members of
the Indiana bar recollect with pleasure
More than thirty years ago she married
that most gifted of all Southern editors,
George d. Prentice, and lived to see him
exercise more influence in Kentucky than
any other living man, not excepting even
Henry Clay himself. Possessing fine
education, and endowed with the rarest
personal charms, her fondness for society
made her Its Queen. She never had but
one approximate rival in her sphere of lash
ion and elegance, Mrs. Robert j. Ward
But as royal as was Mrs. Prentice's sway
in the most gorgeous and dashing society
in America, she kept her heart ever warm
towards suffering, humanity. Her true
womanly graces and sympathies were the
substrata Of her eventful life, and were
never broken or defaced by the vicissitudes
which beloved above them.
| A little incident is. told US at this mo-
ment, by one who knew her and loved her
which reveals her noble nature. Mrs. P
was some years ago seated in the well-filled
parlor Of fashionable watering-place
when, in, the midst of most exciting
pastime, she heard the casual remark of q
person near by that an old acquaintance
was dead. She Immediately burst into
tears, regardless Of the gay throng. Hel
charities were almost boundless, and dis
pensed with Christian quietness and unos
tentati0n. 'e aa
Born, we believe, in Kentucky, her warn
nature sympathized with the Southern
cause, and she sealed her devotion to it by
the gift of her oldest and splendidly gifted
son, who was killed at Augusta, Kentucky
during the war. Her joys in life were
many, and so were her SORROWS. But sht
has gone through the opening in the mys
tic curtain to the home of the blest, leaving
sorrowing but hoping friends behind, VIII.
will soon, very soon, 60 too. AS she wa'
the sweetest singer of the city of her adop
ton, may her songs ring out loud ant
clear in the choirs of tn Golden Git,
which has adopted her. To our old friend
who has so often clleered US with hi.
warm words of encouragement, and to hi:
bereft children, we extend our most earnest
coincidence.
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srovEpIpE HATS The New York Com.

= =
mercial doth moralize about them thus:
Artists ridicule the stoyepipe;" they
point out with force and clearnets the rules
OF art it violates; they exhibit its short
comings in semhlance as matter OF beau
IT,; yetye defy them to select or devise d
head-dress which shall so unmistal ably de,
note the gentleman of the nineteen century
as this. There is no figure Of the antique,
no mediaval model whose headeear bears
sucl, social significance. Unsainly, unas-
thetic, unmeaning, when observed as an is-
,olated object, place it on the head of a man
of average appearance, and his aspect be-
comes at once respectable. This is so,
even with persons whose port is petty.
How much more with one whose carriage
IS noble; whose head is well set upon bis
,houlders; whose face fronts that of his
fellow man with sclfpossessed dignity OF
mein! Whatever may be said against the
Z stovepipe n-and its faults are many no
man on the promenade can look like the
gentleman ofour period without it.
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Pope and Lee-A Contrast.

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati En-
quirer contributes the Two following ahec.
dotes: = So ss's
Two little incidents in the history of
General Pope, OF the Federal army and
General Lee, of the Confederate, very forci-
bly, illustrate the difference in the charac-
ter of the two men. one of the Army of the
Potomac. and tile other Of the Army Of
Northern Virginia. The story Of the for
mer was related by an attache Of General
Pope, and that Of the latter by a surgeon
III the Confederate army. t' 49,
While General Pope, attired in gorge
GUS suit Of nniform, and, with hat i'll hand,
was walking not far from his quarters, he
was accosted by small man dressed in a
plain suit of black::'i sif's''.'''t
"rhis is General Pope, believe" said
the civilian. @ s' "
"Pope is my name, sir" and after casting
a hasty and indignant glance at the stran-
ger, whom he regarded asa country farmer
come to ask some favor -. @
Il wish to see General Pope on business, y
continued the civilian.
$50 to my Adjutant," said General Pope,
turning on his heel, and regarding the
stranger with q haughty stare, continued
his walk The stranger, somewhat abash.
ed, but gathering new courage. he again
addressed himselfto General Popes
"My business is private, and wish to
see General Pope alone. y. '1S5
"Sce my Adjutant, sir" exclaimed Gene.
raj Pope, in an authoritative tone, and
turned indignantly away.
Twice thwarted, the stranger entered
the Adjutant Generals Office, and address
ed peremptory order to General Pope, re-
qniring his immediate presence. Signed
-, Assistant Secretary of War;
Pope was thunderstruck, and sent word
by the Adjutant General that he wonld see
him in fifteen minutes. ~ M @
The Assistant Secretary Immediately
sent another order, demanding his pres
ence forthwith; and Pope soon presented
himself, with hat under his arm, and made
an apology to the Secretary, which was
waived by the latter. i''.'
On the 3Oth of June, 1862, during the
great battles around Richmond, and at the
very moment the bloody and sanguinary
assault was being made on General Nc
| Clellan's position Oh Malvern Hill, a solita
ry horsenaf, some distance from the scene
of action, had dismonnted by cluster O
trees, and apparently listening to the roal
of artillery. This elevation had been Sc
lected by a surgeon of one of the corps fol
field hospital, and so terrible was til.
conflict at Malvern Hill, that all the shade
of the little promontory was required fol
the comfort of the wounded. One Of thu
surgeons approached the stranger, whom
he supposed to be only citizen attracted
to the spot to witness the battle, and re
quested him in rather hasty manner tt
move out Of the way.
Certainly, gentlemen replied thu
stranger, 1.-THE wounded should be kindly
cared for, aud shifted his position.
In a very few minutes courier dashed
up and inquired for General Lee. s.
"Here he is, sir-move quickly"
] The surgeon was thunderstruck, ant
FASTENED to offer apologies, which Genera
Lee readily accepted, mounted his hors'
and galloped to the front.
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DEATH.
BY REV. ABRAM j. RYAN.

Out of the shadows of sadness,
Into the sunshine of g,adness, l2l
Into the light of the Blest- '''.a
Out of land very dreary, "a ~.
Out of the world of the weary,
Into the Rapture of Rest. .
Out of to-day's sin and sorrow 81,
Into blissful tomorrow, q
Into day without gloom
Out of q land filed with signing
Land of the dead and the dying 5
Into land without tomb.
Out sf a life of commotion, s }a ea
Tempestswept oft as the ocean,
Dark with the wreck drifting o'eri
Into land calm and quiet;
Never storm cometh nigh it; ~
Never o wreck on its shore.
Out of the land, in whose bowers
Parish and fade all the flowers
Out of the land ofdecay-
Into the Eden where fairest
Of fow'rets-and sweetest and rarest-
Never shall wither away.
Out of the world of the wailing,
Thronged with the angushed and ailing
Out of the world Of the sad;
Into the world that rcjoices- 2 -
World of bright visions and voices,
Into the world of the glad.
Out of a life ever lornfnl,
Out of a land very mournfnl,
Where in bleak exile we roam;
Into q joyland above us,
Where there's Father to love us
Into ''our Home--sweet Home"
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AsnBuRS's MURDER PRED1crEp With
reference to the assassination of the Radi-
cal Ashburn in Columbus, Ga, it is assert
ed that ut can be proved that only the day
before he was killed, an ex-member Of thu
Convention, in public speech, predicted
that Ashburn would be assassinated by his
party friends, anu for political purposes"
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TyOR Such Information as may lead t.
Il the detection, apprehension and con
yiction of the party or parties who carried
off OIL Thursday night last 3oth ult: two
Mules Gone gray or dun color the othel
y sorrel) from Est. Bonner Plantation
Said Mules were crossed over Bayou Ra
pides and fonnd yesterday in q field neal
Bayou Boeuif JAMES BARRON
Alexandria May 9th st
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Parish Of Ra1ides District Court.
81 NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
No. Succession Of Duncan C. Good.
8zs; win--Tableau Of Debts.
fXTTHEREAS Thomas III. j. Bowles has
w filed in this Court o Tablean OF
Debts Of the Succession of Duncan c.
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Parish Of Rap;des- District Court.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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SEVENTH SESSION
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THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,

z 10 . q. v. IEDUUA, Sheriff.
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$50 REWARD,

May IS, 1863 P. L. So 90.
The Opelousas courier., 1868-12-19
Etat de La Louisiana.

Etat de La Louisiana.
CoUR DEs PREUvEs sT.LANDRY-No. 227l
Succession Joseph Victor Richard ct Marie
L. Richard, decides.
A LEAANDRE V. RICHARD, de la
N Paroisse St. Landry, administrator
de la succession de feu Joseph Victor Ri
chard ct Marie L. Richard, son epouse,
tous deux decides, ayant enregistre un Ta-
bleau final de distribution de la dite sue.
cessIon, accompagne dune petition de-
mandant fhomologation d'icelui,-E at
tendu gull a etc fait droit a la demande
de ladite petition, par un ordre de la Coer
en- date du 10 Novembre 1868.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present
donne aux lnteresses dams cette success
sion, d'avoir a faire opposition, 81 aucune
Ills ont, par ecrit, mon Bureau, dams 10
vile d'Opelousas, dams les trente jours qui
suivront la date du present avis, pourquoi
ledit tableau ne serait pas homologue, Pad
mnistrateur decharge de toute responsa-
bilite ulterieure ct son obligation cancel
lee. JOS. D. RICHARD,
GreGer de Ia Cour des Preuues.
Opelousas 81 Novembre 1868.
The Opelousas courier., 1868-12-19
Vente Publique.
Succession VIM. Tony, affranchi.

Succession VIM. Tony, affranchi.
I'm vertu dun ordre emanant de lHo.
IL norable Ia Cour des Preuves siegeant
dams ct pour Ia Paroisse St. Landry, le pu.
blic est averti quill sera ofert en- vente pu.
blique, au plus offrans ct dernier encheris.
seur, par le sonssigne administrator, ou
par l'intermediaire dun Encanteur, a la
residence d'Urbain C. Lavergne. Belle.
vue, en- cette paroisse,
LIE Mercredi 80 Decembre 1868,
les proprietes suivantes, dependant de la
succession de William Tony, affranchi, de-.
cede, d sayoir:
Environ 1900 hvres de cotton en- grain;
Environ 125 barils de mas en- robe;
Un vieux cheva|;
Deux vaches lai';
Un petit lot de meubles de maison, US.
tensiles de cuisine, &c. &c.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
MICHEL LAVERGNE,
10 Dec. 1868. Administrator