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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-06-05
l. Soaaslae esa, News.

- tEr6m tne AtHn0iS CS"'O AA0S'"' :.
The late excursion Of the editors Q
this state to the southern states. is ont
ofthe evidences of the very general "
tAnsst which the people of the whole
country, seel in; that section Of the union
All GOOD, honest men, desire that tn
questions settled by the late war shall
remain forever quiescent, and that thy
great American people shall not only ex
tract from the evil all, the bene6t pos
sible, but shall make the evils and rava
gss Of war the origin Of d more perfect
union O elossr fratsrnd sentiment and
O. higher civilization than we have here
toEore been sabls 70 reach lint ,'7t,' >
.aaT'he last spike ,drivenmn the compile:
ton OF. the. Pacific railroad, announced
tothe werd that the star of empire, had
fully taken posssssious Of that western
domain to which it has beee for years
iourneying. And the same great fact
also renders scertsin that the day Of
regeneration % laattio for the SOU u eias at
hand a Twenty years a Ihs go
armV, Of civilization rturned tip 2kge
Moantains,the obstacle their ywestwaid
march, by q tedious fisnk aev vementwltic
resulted il the ,establis hinsIlk Of pr
nauent post on the shores Of the great
Pacific sAud now that the great for
ward movement is completed. and emil
grants fromaI The east and from west have
nee on the Pacific, slope, the reflex wave
of,this temigration will roll l. sd6thward
and rivet the bands a that union which
neither politicians OF soldiers have been
abba DO aalooss. gin view OF the faet,
therefore, sthatsthe lsext emigration from
the great ceuters Of populasion is 70 'bs
to rhe soRhward, a. full understanding,
net only of the politics. butpf The social.
ayrieaitu6al and industrial institutions of
the southern states,, becomes necessary
to every man who would keep pace win
the progressfof the age 2 "a gIao et@se
For years the fertility of the southern
farms has been appreciated evsa b The
men of f'thelricll prairies Of the west, and
only the distaste for the peculiar iustitu-
tion prevented . large emigration. But
the institution Is dead, and the people
okthasaath ssrss aysA p DheG ehsag@
which its destruction requires.
The dssifabilisysof aEtiiick settled po-
pulstiou and SMALLER better cuafivated
farms, u recogaised by ali thinking men
Of the ,south, and the, sarmest welcome,
coupied with o readiness to sell them Dor
lions of their lands on the most favorable
terms, win be given TO all weH disposH.
industriiouaas persons frem the northaky
the planters Of the soath.aV /. rs.s4 Io,
No suei. bountsous and inviiing field
WIS ever before opened % = people as
il now nov, presented 10 The hardy, perssverr
ing farmers and mechanics of the north
ern and western states by The south
Men ofsall the various shades Of pofit-
ical opinion are given, Y II anywhere 10 tho
southarn, states. . hearty welcome. and
are afforded all Information desirable for
an Intelligent choice Of location. p ~. u.
These matters are becoming known in
che west, and % ligeIy b. interest 10. felt in
ssteiag detailed and reliable information
aud news from points, ia the south .sa7t' =.
" 8mf VI n
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Notice to Taxpayers.

Notice to fTax-Payers.
YvHE State and Parish Taxes for the year
1868 being due, as well as the One Per
Cent Tax, I, Or my Deputy, D. C. Sittig, will
always be ready to reeeive payment Of SAID
taxes at my Office in the town OF Opelonsas.
Those who have mot Jet taken ont their H.
censes, are hereby notified that from the LIST Of
May next they will be collected with costs.
sNw+T H2 91JsJ. BUTLER, Collector
..st-rs~r4e OF State and Parish Taxes.
,Opelousas, April Oath, 1864, r,a..1<s,.. .
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Proceedings of the Police Jury.
OPELousAs. Nav 18th. 1869

..-. OPELoUsAs, May 18th, 1869.
At a regular meeting of the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. landry, held this day,
were present John g. Brooks, President :;
J. M. Thompson, T. CAN'T, j. Roy and
Wm. ,Cottrell. s.-s,4 -. e...t..- ..s.,
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Mr.. Tate being absent, and being one of
the committee appointed TO examine, the
books and accounts of the Parish Treasurer,
and NJ. Roy being present, on motion of
Mr. Thompson, Mr.. Cottrell was appointed
on the committee to audit and examine the
books, vouchers and accounts of the Par
ish Treasurer, and Mr. Evariste Dejean was
employed to assist said committee, the said
committee as thus reconstructed being
composed of Messrs John Roy, VIM. Cot
trell and Evariste Dejean, retired for the
purpose of examining said books, vouchers,
etc.
The President appointed Messrs. Thomp-
son and CAN'T a committee on claims, when
after careful examination, on motion of
Mr.. Thompson, the clerk was instructed to
issue warrants for the following approved
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The MAGNIFIcENT SOUrH.-It is sta
ted that after last years crop, with ex-
penses paid, the South Retained two
hundred millions in gold. Furthermore,
it 10 announced tha: six hundred thou
sand dollars worth Of manufacturing
stock has bsen subscribed for a cotton
mill at Columbus, Georgia, and seventy
one others are in process of erection at
Savannah and other points in the State
for the manufacture ofcotton aud woollen
goods sss One factory at Augusta has a
capital of six hundred thousand dollars,
and last year turned out nearly six and
a.haH million yards of cloth. The Ari-
coma cotton factory, e>tablishedtin Clai-
borne parish, Louisiana, since the war,
is row paying . net profit Of twenty -four
per cent per aanuzn. New Orleans is
soon to have cotton mill with ten thou
sand spindles.1 With these auspicious
signs Of prosperity before US are we nos
warranted in proclaiming the South as
magnificent? But she has scarcely
reached the threshold of her future wealth
and grandeur, if her sons stop bothering
themselves about politics and all put
their shoulders to the wheel of the car
of fortaue. Y III So y fA fA'Rot
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EsOR sALE.-A Sugar Kettle Of q small
= size. Apply at this Office.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-06-05

The Publishing House by which the present
Journal is issued has been extensively engaged
for nearly half century, in the work of pro-
noting general education, and ditfusng infor-
nation among the people Of the United States
through the medium of valuable books in all
the leading departments of knowledge. In
further pursuance of this important object,
and recognizing the increasing tendency of
the public TO cultivate the periodical form of
literature, the publishers have engaged in the
enterprise of Weekly Journal. which they
design to make worthy of the liberal patron-
age Of the reading community.
Omitting ordinary news, and avoiding par
tisan advocacy, both political and sectarian.
the JOURNAL will be devoted to general liter
ature, to science, art, and education, and to
the diffusion of valuable information upon
subjects OF public importance. 1t is intended
to make use OF all resources, original and sell
ected, domestic and foreign, which can give
interest and variety to its pages; and neither
exertion nor expense will be spared to secure
the aid of the best talent Of the time. We alb
stain from the large professions and the parade
of conspicuous names so common on these
occasions, and, trusting to the intelligence of
the people, shall be content to let the Journal
speak for itself. t-t 's ...
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nv 1869, he it further reSOIved That the
Trea sure, ha ;nstructed to cancel all of the
r.rrsnts - now Nv T ;n the .ressnrv ~ and retain
tho % same 1unt;I f,rther ';nsirnct,ons from
the pn,;es Jnrv, and th.+ Evor;sto ns;ean
hs G a-nnioved : 10 sss;st b;, and he raid
tn,s,,tg & az doIs.rs ~ for t,e - ss;d ,vor, ~ -
"'0n ot;nn ~ NJ Can't Peeorvad That
:, om o,nnl;ance with = .et;t;on s;onad w hv
- n,,msra,,s e;t;zens Of rie Cane the ann II
sav do,lsrs ha .nnronr;ated to nav Thomss
NJ n 'p,,tiar for Yepa;r;no ~.he hr;does On The
n,,hl;c m % road leading from Baven Boeuf to
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painted in his uniform TO hang up in the sitting
room. In matters of religion he was somewhat
of a skeptic, being a believer In Voltaire and
several other great men, and doffng his hat
whenever their names we're pronounced. He
had his convictions and his prejudices too,
and it was impossible to turn him aside
from an opinion. He read his paper carefully,
from the heading to the editors name on
the last page, and did not doubt for moment
that every line contained therein was true as the
fact of the suns rising in the east and setting in
the west. His ambition was moderate; he
dreamed of being independent at fifty, with an
income of seven or eight thousand francs, and
il made him shudder to think of the enormous
risks incurred by those who were daily specula-
ting at the Bourse. His amusements, too, were
modest. A good breakfast on Sunday, in the
company of his friends, was his delight, and.
according to the season of the year. he nvaria-
bly, brought with him either a melon or some
caviar, which was always received with loud
cheers. While eating of the dessert he would
venture to relate little joke or anecdote, his
wife never falling to blush and look sharply at
him. In summer he might be met in the woods
environing Paris, red, dripping with perspira-
tion, marching ahead of his family. laden with
basket of eatables, happy.
The citizen must not, however, be confOunded
with Monsieur Prudhomme: That type is of
later origin Monsieur Prudhomme speaks.
makes long perorations, tyrannizes over his
wife, bOres his friends, has his secrets and IS in
facr, an altogether different character.
The true bourgeois still has his historlographer.
1t is Paul de Kock. How drol his scenes and
pictures are Paul de Rocks bourgeois regu-
larly loses his wig, and can never find his
pocket-handkerchief when he needs IL. But
what has become of the world? The old
bourgeois has disappeared; opposite my house
lives butcher, whose wife plays the piano and
sings, and his sonis student at the Polytechnic
Institute.
Gan things are passing away!" so often SAYS
my friend-perhaps the last bourgeois.
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The BourgeOis'' OF Paris.

Among my friends is melancholy philoso-
pher who sheds tears at every measure that has
been adopted within the last ten years for the
overturn of time-worn and decayed institutions.
When he has an errand to go, he is very careful
in choosing the darkest streets, where the pave
ment is continually damp; the good old man
then thinks himself in "his own Paris" He
clings tenaciously to the customs and practices
of what is styled the good old times" The
very mention of the word progress gives him
commissions, seeing, as he does, in progress no.
thing more than pernicious changes, and he is
an enemy of motion.
When / meet him in the street he rushes to-
ward me, presses my hands, and, embracing me,
says, in a voice smothered by tears, Everything
is passing away, my dear friend oh, every
thiDg!" This melancholy refrain has, among
other faults, that of not being quite new.
''Yes," reply, in tone of indifference, lit is
true; everything is passing away, and so are we;
all things are changing and renewing, yet do
not see why we should be inconsolable on that
account.
The friend of whom speak is bourgeois,
and, on understanding him, his lamentations
will not be taken amiss. The genuine bourgeois,
as known to those who lived from 1920 to 1910,
was a unique being suiting his name so well
that it was question whether he had been in
vented for it or the name for him, OF which but
very few specimens exist to-day.
The Partisan of the class referred to was a
retail dealer in linen or laces, always wore the
same coat (chesnut color, with yellow buttons)
and carried silver-headed cane, received from
his uncle on the completion OF his apprentice
shin behind the counter. His spouse was a
mighty woman; his servant girl, Jeanette, had
a mouth stretching from ear 10 ear wneh she
laughed; his daughter was always christened
Marie He was humble citizen, proud OF oelhg
a Frenchman, and looking Win eonteinPt On
everything foreign. Sometimes he would enter
the National Guard which procured MN greaI
consideration in the district where he hved ana
gave him an opportunity Of having his PORTRAY
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Domestic Affairs.

Gold closed yesterday at 1861.
The Legislature of Colorado will have clear
Republican majority.
The freight depot of the Pittsburg Railroad,
at Cleveland was burned yesterday.
Mr.. j. ID. Cameron, it is rumored, has no
chance now to be appointed Secretary of War.
The condition and equipments of all our
navy yards are to be inspected by Commodore
Meancthon Smith.
During thunder storm at Cleveland, Ohio,
on Thursday night, two or three houses were
struck by lightning.
-Sputz u Gesselers cigar factory, at Carlins-
vile, ILL.,, has been seized for violation OF in
ternal revenue laws.
Page 81 Kilburne's shingle and box factory,
at st. Louis, was burned yesterday. Loss $4,000,
and insurance $4,000.
1t having been rumored in Washington that
the tax on whisky was to be increased by the
next Congress, the rumor is now denied.
The Treasury Department is now prepared to
furnish stationery to Custom Houses, from the
Treasury Printing Department.
j. II. Sherman is on trial in Washington, for
the theft from the Treasury Department of
twelve thousand dollars in unsigned notes.
Sit is probable that the Worllingmen's party
of Maryland will unite with the Republicans,
and thus make strong opposition to the Demo-
cracy.
Washington officials estimate that for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1870, the receipts of
the Government will exceed the expenditures
by hundred millions of dollars.
The House Committee on Ways and Means
will meet in Boston on October next to confer
with the New England merchants and manufac
turers on the subject of the tariff.
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The genealogical Convention and the Horti-
cultural Fair wound up last evening with grand
banquet.
The Democracy held ratification meeting
last night
The Washington Fire Company, of Paterson,
N. j., arrived in this city last night, about
o'clock, at the depot in West Philadelphia,
where they were received by the members of the
Hope Hose Company and representatives from
other companies They were accompanied by
the Paterson Brass Band, and had with them
their steamer, which was decorated with flowers
and drawn by two spirited horses. After arriving,
they formed into line and marched from the
depot to Chestnut street, over the bridge, and
down Chestnut to Third, down Third to Walnut,
up Walnut to Sixth, down Sixth to Christian,
down Christian to Third up Third to Pine, and
thence to the Hope Hose house.
The Teachers Institute held its quarterly
meeting yesterday afternoon, at the Musical
Fund Hall. The programme included choice
selections of music recitation by Mr.. j. b.
Roberts, an address on the 'Duties Of Teachers" ("
by Professor G. W. Fetter and one on ''Teach-
ing" by Professor John s. Hart principal of the
New Jersey State Normal School.
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Foreign Affairs.

The remains of Lady Palmerston were buried
at Westminster yesterday.
Peter Mark Roget, the author, died in Lon
don yesterday at the age of ninety years.
The Liberals of North and South Germany
propose to unite and become one party.
The King of Italy has given his assent to
the Duke of Genoa becoming King of Spain.
After spending a week at Voslau Mr.. Jay,
United States Minister to Austria, will take up
his residence at Vienna.
The London Telegraph says editorially that
if the United States recognize the Cuban patri
OTIS they will place themselves in the wrong on
the Alabama claims.
The London Star thinks that if the Cubans
are to be guaranteed freedom and religious
liberty by Spain, they ought also to be allowed
to live and enjoy the boon.
"A National Tenants League has been organ
lied at Cork, for the benefit of farmers, who, at
n meeting at Cork yesterday, demanded perpe-
tuity in land tenures, the placing of rents on a
fixed basis, and the abolition of distress for
rent.
The Indian mail steamer Carnatic has been
wrecked on an island in the upper part of the
Red Sea. Five of the passengers, nine of the
crew, and fifteen natives are all missing, and are
supposed to be drowned. The mails and cargo
were lost.
"A despatch from Madrid says that since
Minister Sickles has sent telegrams stating that
the over-eXcited state of the Spanish people
forces the Government to continue the war in
Cuba, the Cabinet at Washington have become
more conciliatory towards SPAIN
Mr. Chadwick, speaking before the Statisti-
cal Congress at the Hague, said that the cost of
the standing armies in European States weak
ened the countries more than the payment of
the cost Ofthe American Rebellion did the people
of the United States now that the soldiers
had resumed peaceful avocatons.
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Collector of the Fourth District James Atwell's
distllery was seized on the 18th of august by
James j. Brooks; the seizure was for removing
four barrels of whisky bearing fraudulent in
spection marks, and for other reasons.
Albert L. Magilton sworn-I am Deputy Col
ector of the First District; four barrels of whisky
were seized at Mr.. Keenan's store on the 18th of
August; judging from the marks upon them they
came from Mr.. Atwell's distillery.
Detective Gordon sworn-I went to prison
with Mr.. Wood; / had note from the Mayor,
and remained down stairs and Mr. Wood went
in company with one of the keepers up stairs
] saw the keeper open two cell doors, and then
saw him at the cell in which Hamilton is.
At this point Mr.. Hagert said that he had no
further evidence then to offer, and he should
ask that day be fixed for a further hearing.
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MARINE TELEGRAPH,

For additional Marine Neirs see FIRST Page.
ALMANAC FOR PHILADELPHIA-THIS DAY
Sun RISES. 43 Moon SETS 331
Sun SETS. .6O4 HIGH WATER Il Ia
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE.
JOIN o. JAMES,
G.. b. DURBOROw, COMMITTEE OF THE MONTH,
THOMAS L. GILLESPIE,
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CLEARED YESTERDAY
Steamship Wy9ming NY m Teal Savannah, Philadelphia and
Steamship J. w. Everman. Hinekley, Charleston, E. A
Steamer Franklin, n PiersCn R9ltimqEe A. Groves, Jr
Bqraue Emma O. Litchfed, Crockett, Galveston D. S.
N 6. barquentine Peter, Leinau, Barbados, Workman
Brig Nellie Move, Ware, Bangor j. e. Bailey 4 Go.
SchT SatterY, stetson Savannah, Casner, Stickney
schr Zoyia, Crowell, Roxbury, Weld, Nasle & Co.
Tug Thongs jefferson Allen, Baltimore with tow of
Tug Chesapeake, Merrihew, HavrodeGrace with tow of
barees, w. p. Clyde Co.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY
with mdse to " 2 ciSde Co. --O"lS i'OH -'0" hO'A'
Ys With Bad M2FIG'6 hours from Ne"
Wiz w e. PeTrePSnt s SShTFSpshiTe& Fgp ~ "a hours from
Steamer R. Willing, Cundif, i8 hours from Baltimore,
schr Jghp garey, sanders days from Providence.
sfhr " s. Mason Lacey days from Milton Dell with
fi$stPR $eRr T Ro@sns 5rifR RR No Ross from Boston,
Schr l.. Blew, Buckslew, from Boston.
ssRF sRF 4 An & R f@s fsTf5a' GEsy ira% 4 N0sSa NPsF
sSBr Anna mas hePparG BoWditcb frO Pfovidence
Schr Fred Gay. lakeman from Ipswich
TUG Hadsop SiS6soso1 S6o from Baltimore with tow of
tow Tga bSRes S tts Co. with
s i5s is Ssss fs'f Sowns boats left
BsIa BsTa G Mil SWbaP WITH sS e : Sow wheeler
eoidsn FaFio Eith SnSSE Fs{Fors9n LiDpnoott
Ger ssgs dSs With With SmbsP Rs tG t. To- %f
y 4 Simpson with lumber to e: P. w&tnErght III 4 Co.
r. W Buck, with lumber, for Brooklyn
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange
fbsP bqs o Sa Bsss 6hr
1S i are the Breawater this sTsR2F LYONS
MEMORANDA.
Steamer New York, Jones, hence at Georgetown d. c.,
Barque Sarah PaysOn, Dakin for Philadelphia sailed
Brig Nellie Clifford idttlefeld hence at Sierra Leone
Brig VIM. E Sawyer, Wallace, for Philadelphia cleared
Brgs Annandale, Warren, hence for Boston, and Q. H:
Kennedy Staples hence for Portland sailed from Holmes
Brig Hattie S. Bishop webber, hence at Portland 10th
SshIs Isaac Rich, Crowell; j. s. Mouton Crowley and
schr sahwa Kelly hence for Boston, at New York 10th
schr j. Cadwalader, Steeman, hence at Salem 14th
schr JAS Xeldren, Cavalier, for Philadelphia sailed
Cherry for Philadelphia sailed from Salem 18th inst
Schr Magnet Smith, for Philadelphia, sailed from New.
sohr Pathway Haley hence, Portsmouth, N. H., 1ih
sehr Virginia Small for Philadelphia, cleared at Ports
SCbrs John s DetWiier Grace: Golden Eagle, Howes
and Mary Tyler Tyler for Philadelphia, sailed from
schr E. NiCkerson Nickerson hence Providence 10th
schr Edward Ewing for Philadelphia sailed from Nor.
sehT Lucy B. Ives Bowdtch, for Philadelphia, sailed
sohr Ceres Treisthen, from Dover, N H.. for Philade
| phia, sailed from Newport p. M. 18th inst.
SERf May % % aTppe M MH5gRPS 5 from Boston for Pa
Scbr Mary Johnson Phinney, hence, at New Bedford
schr Evebelle Barrett hence at arbebead l4th inst
schr A. Denike Crane, hence, at Boston 10th inst.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Spar Buoy mark the to Rockaway inlet
storm, has been replaced
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soNNEIs. TRIMMINGS. gTo.
m r s. M. a. BIN . c r.
Artistic DES MODES.
1101,
n. w. Corner Eleventh and Ches-
NUT Streets.

This opportunity is taken to announce that have
lust returned from Paris and London, with the latest
FALL FASHIONS. These designs being personally
selccted and modelled from the greatest Novelties
and trimmed in asuperor style, VIII open
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1869,
With French and English Dresses, Cloaks, Mante-
lette, Sleeves, and Chlldrens Costumes, Robe de
Chambre and Breakfast dresses.
Dress and Cloak Making in every variety
wedding Trousseaux furnished at short notice and
reasonable prices.
Real Thread and Guipure Laces, Roman and Plain
Ribbons and Sashes.
Paris Jewery, newest style OF Jet Gold and Shell,
the Tarest and most elegant ever offered. Hair
Bands, Combs and Regal Nets.
Dress and Cloak Trimmings, the most tasteful that
are be found in the French metropolis, wholesale
and retail.
Bridal Wells and Wre6ths.
Kid Gloves, 75 cents and s100 per pair.
Exclusive Agents Jor MRS. NJ. WORKS celebrated
system for Cutting Ladies Dresses Sacques Basques,
etc. etc. SO stuths