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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-02-29
PUBLIC SALE.
Estate of Josephus Lacomb and his wife

Estate of Josephus Lacomb and his wife,
Cctavie Pitre, both deceased.
pY VIRTUE of an order of the Hon. Sth
- District Court of the State of Louisiana,
in and for the Parish OF St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned Tu-
tor, at the! e>idence of the late Mrs. Edward
johnson, near Washington, in this parish,
THURSDAY, -Mtrch'1oh, 1868,
the following properly belonging to the said
Estate, tO-Wlt:
A HORSE CART, THREE WORK OK
en-, One horse, Three mules, Two young
oxen, Five plowS, One Scrapcr, One harrow,
\ lot of harness, An old harrow. One grind
stone, -Four mares, Ter head of horned cat
tie lmorc or less, The undivided half of
about terly Thousand bricks, Two old cabins
situated Oh the land Of widow Edmund
Johnson, \ double barrel CUR, Six hundred
feet Of plank, One spade, \ lot of about two
thousand rails, Tn" undi, ilel half OF three
bales of cotton, Four cart loads-about
eighty barrelS-ofcorn in the shuck, About
eight hundred and fifty bundles of fodder,
Twenty barrels of sweet potatoes, About
nlnety-live bushels Of corn. Thirty-eighI
barrels of sweet potatoes, Seven hundIA
bundles of fodder, Four trowel>, \ maS
Level, \ mallct, y lot Of books, One -
atlas, The undivided half Of a corn -
cabins situated on the land Of MIS- vn1
johnson.
ALSO: ~
viii be sold at the Court Use in tho
town of Opelousas, at IL o. A NJ "n
WEDNESDAY,, AAN1st, 1868,
CERTAIN
TRACT Of LAND
situated at Bayou Chicst in said Parish,
containi' & about two hune,ed acres. honnd'
ed North by land of Phillip L.nd;.l SontL
by land of Dennis Mcdaniel, Wes.bT Ra"a"
Taure, and on the East by public .,usHu
being the same purchased by said. Josep.,,'
Lacomb At the succession sale Of his motheeiS,
Marie htelmy Richard.
TEMS n CONDITIONS For the nova
b~lsMtash on the day of sale; the land on a.
It oftyelve months from the day of 81
Rehaser giving his note with satiS6f
Ncurity, to bear interest at eigb% cent.
per ann"m from maturity, and $ecial mort
gage and vendors privile21B be retained
ON the land until final psG@nent of the same.
~ ONEZIME R@CPON PITRE,
February %, 1866. Tutor.
PUBLIC SALE.
EStad~6f EBOisr BOudreau.
pY%KTUE of an order of the Hon. 9Th
2@0istrlct Court of the State of Louisiana,
%and for the Parish Of St. Landry, there
will be sold at pub ic auction, TO the last
and highest bidder, by the undersigned Ad-
or by a duly commissioned auc-
5IaReer, at the last resider.ce of the deceased
y Prairie Coulee Croche, in the Parish of
Landry, on
J, the I'd day of April, 1863,
he following described property belonging
- $50 : a - a.
Vile OF Joseph savoie, tO-Wit: H
ONE CERTAIN
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Grand Mass Meeting OF the Citizens
OF the Empire Parish.

In conformity with previous announce
ment, the citizens Of the Parish of St. Ian
drv opposed to Radical doctrines, met at
the Court House at OpclouSa>, on Saturday,
22d February, 1868
The meeting was organized by B. R.
Can't, Esq, by calling lion. Goo. R. King
to the chair.
On motion of B. r. CAN'T, ESQ, the fol
lowing named persons were chosen as Vice
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e~ On account Of the bankruptcy of
the State Treasury, and the impossibihty of
defraying the current expenses of the State
under the present revenue laws, Gen. Han
cock issued an order on the 22d. inst, that
from and after said date "aIl the licences
on trades, professions, the revenues, dues
and taxes, of the State of Louisiana, shall
be payable and Collected in United States
legal tender treasury notes" ''"t ..
LIFE INsURANcE.-We observe that the
business Of Life Insurance has increased
very greatly in the Southern States since
the close Of the Wa and when we recol-
'lect the very general impoverishment and
ruin of our people, we are surprised that
Life Insurance companies have not been
even more extensively patronized than they
have. Gi'' O. |' mar IL
j. For q comparatively small sum paid an
nually, any n who may desire to do so,
can secure his family against the suffering
or dependence to which they, may be re.
dnce6 by his death. This consideration is
entitled 10 special attention In these times
when SO many families who were former
ly accustomed to wealth with its comforts
and luxuries, are now dependent upon the
manual labor Of the male members thereof
for a bare subsistence. .... F.
We suggest to the citizens of this Parish
the importance of attending to this matter
of securing the helpless and dependent
the suffering and want which in. these
times SO often come AFTER the death of the
father or head of the family
We know Of several instances where par
ties formerly of this Parish, died during
last summer ofyellow feverin New Orleans,
and left their families in very comfortable
circumstances, owing TO the premiums paid
by Life Insurance companies. So far as
we have observed, these. institutions have
paid up promtIy and fairly. We think eve
~ man who has others dependent upon
him, should give his attention to this i'm
portant matter. 3s@a asr ."ys~ .aa
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The 9onrn2l.
official Paper Of the Parish of st. Landry.
Saturday, February 80, 1868.

OPELOUSAS, LA:
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AFFAIRS AT WAsuINGToN.-- Since our last
issue, events of a very grave character have
occurred at Washington City. The issue
pending between the President and Con
gress since the close of the war has taken
a sudden turn and now promises to be spec
Oily and finally settled one way Or the 9th
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-01-02
THE SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY

rs LOCATED IN THE LAFAYETTE BANK
Il Building, containing the burglar-proof vault
on its only floor, Is massive structure of one
story without basement, built Of stone, with
stone floor and copper roof and with no other
occupants than the Bank and the Safe Deposit
Company. The burglar-proof Vault is safe be-
yond question: and well ventilated as is also each
small Safe therein. The internal police of the
office has been organized with care, to protect
its dealers. The Company have constant pri-
vate night watch inside their premises, which
are open to the observation of the city night
police and the special bank policemen.
The Business Of the Company.
The reception of Deposits Of any articles of
We re not too bulky for safe-keeping, at o rate.
70 Government Bonds and such securities, less
than one-third the rate charged by insurance
companies against fire alone, in any amount how
ever small or large. The Certificate of Deposit
given contains full description of the items Of
the Deposit which is delivered wholly or in part
whenever called for precisely as deposited, De-
positor having the right of access to it. full
record Is made on the books of the Company,
giving the details of every Deposit and Of It's
| reception and withdrawal verified by the sig
nature of the Depositor.
The renting of small Safes inside of its locked
burglar proof Vault, the renter exclusively keep.
ing the key, which will fit no other Safe therein,
with the right of access to 1t, locking and un-
locking 1t, always identifying himself before en-
tering the Vault, and then accompanied by the
| Safe-keeper. The lock Is changed with every
change of renter. For mutual protection q re-
sponslble Introduction is invariably required Of
| every renter.
Each renter of Safe and each depositor may
appoint deputy TO act in his place with the
Company.
How Deposits Can be Made.
deposit may be made by one person in the
name Of another, and deliverable to himselfo or to
A third person, or to either but only In the pres
ence of both. married woman may make a
deposit in her own name, deliverable 70 herself
only. or as she may direct. special provision
NAV be made In the Certificate of Deposit and on
the books of the Company to whom, In the event
of the death Of the depositor, the deposit shall
be delivered
The officers and employees Of the Company
are under oath to impart no information Of Its
transactions with It's dealers.
The Charter confines the Company to the safe
keeping of valuables.
DrectOrs-W.W w. Scarborough, Chas. B, Foote,
Lewis Worthington, Alfred Gather, Joseph @.
Butler. JOSEPH Z. BuTLEK, Prest.
s. P. BISHOP, Sec'y. Dec.l9, 7-4w.
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necessary measures which otherwlee might new

necessary measures which otherwise might nev-
er have been necessary.
In commission, allow me say. as friend desiring
peace and quiet the welfare of the
whole country North and South that 1t is in my
opinion more than the loyal people of this cOun-
try--I mean those who supported the Govern
ment during the great rebellon-will submit to,
TO see the very man of all others whom they have
expressed their confidence In, removed.
would not have taken the liberty of address.
ing the Executive of the United States, but for
the conversation on the subject alluded to in this
letter, and from sense of duty, feeling that
know am Y ight In the matter.
With great respect, your obedient servant.
GSigned,l U. 8. GRANT, General.
This has brought the rebels down'upon Gen.
Grant with vengeance. Here is what the n. Y.
Day Book says;
HELPING yHE MoNeREIs BOLSTER THEIR CAM
DIDATEs.
\ Some of our Democratic exchanges speak Of
I q large and enthusiastic Grant meeting in New
York" The meeting referred to was neither large
nor enthusiastic. II was really tame and spir-
! itless affair 1t was one OF those gotten up"
meetings for which there is no call in the pepu-
| ar mind and which have TO be managed" from
beginning to end to obtain even the semblance of
! enthusiasm, IL is a great mistake in Democratic
papers to assist in giving currency to the buncomb
| frauds Of the Mongrels in favor of their Icandl-
dates 1t is in this way that Grants notorety is
Kept up. He is not really popular even with
| soldiers, who quite generally regard him as a
bntcher who had no more solicltude for their
lives than he ad for so many dogs. Grant has
no popularity except what has been made by the
ne,rspdpers. He has no sympathy with the mass
es nor they with him. He has no sympathy for
ANYBODY, nor ior anything. He is US destitute
Of emotion as corpse; and he can no more
awaken enthusiasm In a popular canvass than q
marble effigy could.-W ithout any natural or ac-
uuired fitness for the Office of President, and
without the first quality ofspontaneous popular
ty he is, certainly one of the very last men 10
be named in connection with that Office
And he never would have been so mentioned
but for the despair of politicians and place-hunt-
ers. His candidacy for President is the offspring
of partizan political despair. Nobody really
wants him; nobody believes he is fit for the place
but some adventurers Of both parties, bobbng
around foran available" candidate, hit upon
him That is all there is of him as Il Presiden
tial candidate, aud 1t is all there ever will be
Notwithstanding some Democratic editors seen
willing to lend the Mongres helping hand il
the way of bOlstering his popularity. .....
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Educa LiOn in jackson County.
NUMBER /.
by D. MAoKLEY.

On last Thu rsday night the teachers at the
Ins titute in this place held kind Of general
class meeting, atwhich some one or more of the
teachers spoke for each of the townships in the
county, giving brief description Of the school
houses, school books, furniture, wages paid, and
many other matters relating to the condition of
education in Jackson county at the present time.
l was surprised to hear some things that were
related by them. commenced teaching school
In this county in the fall of 1887, and from that
time to the month of February 1854, l taught
thirteen years, oil but FIVE months Of which time
taught In the townships of Hamilton, Jefferson
| and Madison, in jackson county. | can dis
tnctly remember as far back as the year 1926
period Of forty.two years. / have thought that
II might be interesting as well as profit
able, to give history Of education in Jackson
county, during the past forty years. 1t might
be- TINT my heading should be "The lack of Edu-
cation" But have chosen the above title and
IN series of articles, running through several
weeks, perhaps months, viii give description
| of tho school houses teachers, books furniture
pupils, parents &C., during the past forty years
A short time ago, gentlemen In this town
told me that had the best memory of any person
| he ever saw. Whether he meant that | exager-
ated, or whether he was in earnest, do not
know but will here remark that do have an
excellent memory, My means of improvement
have been limited and have been compelled to
make the most Of what / have seen aud heard
and thus have trained and improved my memory.
l will here assure my readers that what shall
say In these articles, shall be the plain truth,
without colorlng or exaggeraton. will mostly
relate what has come under my personal oJser-
vatlon. Some of these things have published
heretofore, but will endeavor 80 TO arrange
iNhem as to render them attractive. II | often
speak of myself Il will not be through egotlsm
as shall be free to confess all my shortcomings
both as pupil In the common schools of thi'
county. and afterwards as teacher.
My main object In pursuing this course, is
desire and hope of bcnehttlng the cause o
education in my county, hope to stimulate ant
encourage both the teacher and the pupil, ant
especially do hope to arouse parents and schoo
officers to take more active interest In th
cause Of common school education.
As my paper is crowded this week, will stol
here now, and next week take up the subject Il
detail.
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RANDOsI TmOUGHTs No. !.
By THE EDITOR

1t might be interesting to those who
viii read files of the Standard in future
years, to know what the people Of jack
were doing about Christmas time, in
the year 1867. On the day before
Christmas, went around town to see
what was going on. say large
number Of persons in the stores trading,
mostly buying presents. / think a
larger amount of money was expended
for presents than in any former year.
There was much noise and confusion in
town all night, caused mostly by the
boys. They got into the Protestant
Church and rang the bell for some
time. They shot crackers, and had .
good time generally.
Christmas day vas cloudy and warm
The people appeared to enjoy them
selves well.
The Teachers Institute brought some
sixty school teachers into town. re.
marked that nearly all the teachers il
attendance were quite young. Among
about ferty male teacAers, ! only no
ticed one who wore spectaclss, and h
was only forty one years ofage. ThC
same was true ofthS female teachers
With one exception, ! think they were
all under thirty.
Taking it altogether, Christmas wa
rather o pleasant time There was nf
service at any of the churches, bat thSr,
was a dance in Dungan's Hall, the nigh
before Christmas. The doggeries weE
pretty we'll patronized, but there wa
not much drunkenness, and no quarrel
ing or fighting that / could hear Of
Everybody appeared to be joyous, AM
there was never better state Of feel
ing amOng the people of Jackson
than during Christmas, 1867 D. NJ
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nRAn ruIs...A PROPOsETEON.

INresponse to my call for money, my subscribers
have been coming in and paying up for the Stan
Sayd. | do not adopt the cash system strictly,
because nearly all my subscribers are good.
Some never pay. Them drop whenI find they
do not inteud to pay. But lose less than per-
sous do who are engaged In the mercantile busl-
ness, 70 the same amount.
Many Of my subscribers say that ought to
reduce the price Of the STANDARD. / tell them
that no country paper Of the same size, is fur
nlshed for less than two dollars. Bat as my sob
scribers have sustained me 50 generously through
the hard times of high priced paper and labor, I
propose to give them the benefit Of the slight
decline In the price Of printing paper.
Now any one who will send me three dollars,
can have two copies Of the Standard for one year.
But the cash must be paid In advance. All old
subscribers can have the benefit OF this ohcr. II
you have not paid 10 advance, get one more sub
scriber, and then send me $500 for him and
yourself II you have paid me %, 90 in advance,
get new subscriber, get his el 50, keep the hall
dollar, and send me E1,OO That win give me
the 60 90 for the two.
Now friends II you win make little effort
you can double the subscription to the paper In &
short time. You cun thus do me a service, and
ct the same time greatly benefit the cause
President and member Of Congress, md import
ant county officers will bo elected next fall 0uI
county is extremely close. Work ls needed. &c
70 work now.
The STANDARD win come out promptly eaci
week, printed on clean white rag paper. YSu
need have no fears Of its playing out. II Il
stronger than It ever was before. There viii b,
important and valuable improvements made II
its local department, Every family In jackson
county should have IT,
Give this matter your attention St once, On'
all can have the paper at 1,6O per year, and .
tho same time double tia circulation on
usefulness Of tho paper.
] wish 70 soy to my friends Of tho furnaces
thatI will still takO credit on any Of the furnac
books, under the above proposition. f
d. MACKLEY.
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ENGLAND AVID IRELANp.

No question OF public interest has
been discussed in this country during
the past twenty FIVE years, upon which
there has been such unaAimity ofopin-
ion, as there now is upon the questions
at issue between Great Britain and Ire
land. We have not seen a single pa
per, whether Democratic, Republican,
religious or neutral, but that condemn
ed the policy Ofthe British Government
in its treatment Of the Irish people.
But while this is true, it isto be re-
GREETED that. the Fenians have been gull
ty of conduct which is fast lsSseRing the
sympathies Of all good people in this
country, in their favor The blowing
up of Clerkenwell prison, and the muir
der of several innocent persons, was a
most wanton and cowardly act. So Is
the practice now said to be common, Of
sending letters to leading men in Eng
land, so arranged that when they are
opened they explode, and killor iacer'
ate the person to whom they are sent
If the Irish people are not capable Of
carrying on system of warfare more
in accordance with the spirit Of the age,
they need never expect to succeed.
How far our Government is bound to
protect its adopted citizens, when they
voluntarily leave this country, is q grave
question. Whether the Irish people
can come to this country and forsweal
all allegiance to Great Britain, for the
express purpose of going back to Ire
land to get up revolution, and theT
claim theprotection ofthis Government,
may bo doubted; but Great Britain es
tablished very dangerous precedent
when she protected the rebels who wen
to Canada during the rebellion, ant
then got up raids to come into the Uni
ted States to rob, plumber and murder
Ifthe Irish people will only be true t,
themselves, and conduct themselves Il
Christian spirit they may expect tn
hearty sympathies, and Unnecessary, Oh
aid ofthe people of the United States
Our people will never forget the Cours
pursued by Great Britain towards thi
country during the rebellion, Tha
matter must be settled at some time
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GEN. GRANT.

onr readers viii remember that last summer
Gen. Grant wrote private letter to the Presi-
dent protesting against the removal Of Gen,
Sheridan. That letter was nevermade public un-
I'll last week. The House of Representative
called for the correspondence, and here Is tho
letter;
HEApouARTERs ARMIEs oF THR u. ST.
WAsHISGroN, D. O., Aug. II, 1865
Ris ErceAeng, ANdrev johnson, PresideEt Of
United Sidioe
sIR-I take the liberty OF addressing you pri.
yately on the subject Of the conversation we had
this morning, feeling, a. do the great danger
to the welfare Of the country, should YOU carry
out the designs then expressed. First on the
| subject OF the displacement OF the Secretary Of
War. Ills removal cannot be effected against hls
wiz without the consent Of the Senate. II was
but a short time aimee the United States Senate
was IN session, and why not then have asked fol
hls removal II II was decided onl II certainly
was The Intention OF the Legislative branch OF the
Government TO place a Cabinet Minister beyond
tho power Of the Executive removal, and II Il
pretty well understood, 90 far a. Cabinet Minls.
lers are affected by the Tenure Of Office, that The
bill was intended especially 10 protect the secrc.
thfy Of War, whom the country felt great conf.
denca In. The meaning OF the INV may be ex
plained away by an astute lawyer, but common
sense and the views ofloyal people will give tC
II tile effect Intended by its fTamers
second--0n tho subject Of the removal Of The
| very able commander OF the 9th Military District
let me ask you To consider the effect II woult
have upon the public. He ls universally and de.
seryedlv beloved BY the people who sustained
this Government through its trials, aud feared
| by those who would etill DO enemies Of the Gov
einment, II fell to the lot OF but few men 10 dC
as much against an enemy a. Gen. Sheridan did
during the rebellion, and II is within the scope
Of the ability Of but few, In this or any Other
| country to do what he has. His clyll admins.
tratlon has given equal eatlfactlon. lie has had
difficulties 10 contend with, which no other Dis.
trlct Commander has encountered. The press
had given out that he was TO be removed; thai
! the administration was dlssatlaled with him
This has emboldened the opponents OF the laws
! Of Congress within his command 70 oppose him
In every way 10 their power, aud has rendered