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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21
No Mystery About il.

The Virginia election is commented
upon as though it was an inscrutable
mystery. Enough has already been
written upon it to make several huge
and ponderous folios. All the editors
and politicians in the country have been
giving it their attention. One interprets
in one way; another in a different way
and SO they go. There is really no
mystery about it. The thing is as
plain as pike-staff. We defeated Wells
not because he was Republican, but
because he was Wells-because when
nominated he was known to hold pro-
scriptivet opinions, and excepted his
nomination under a platform (that of
Petersburg) which declared in favor
of the adoption of the constitution
'' without modification Or ch pnge," This
platform was adhered to by the bulk of
his party. He quietly decendcd from
it during the canvass, and mildly spoke
against the test-oath We could not
trust him. and no man knows now how
he voted whether fer or against the
test oath. We had various other rea-
sons for voting against him, alluded to
elsewhere We voted for Walker be-
cause We respected him, because his
views were liberal, because he was a
Republican, Grant, administration Re
publican, who could not be objected to
at Washington-because he was an ad-
vocate of, and not an obstacle to, recon-
>truction, and because he was Northern
settler. We hoped by eecting him to
satisfy the country of three things-fr>t
that we sincerely desired reconstruction
even on the Congressional plan; second
ly that we so little deserved tie appel
lation of Democrats as to be perfectly
willing to elect {, Republican and, third
ly, that we not only were not opposed to
Northern men, but ON the contrary, would
cordially welcome and highly honor hon
est Northern settlers. We had another
object in view, and that was to show to
President Grant that we had adopted
his noble MOTTO" Let US have peace
Such was the meaning Of the Virgin
ia election. In it we rose above party,
We conquered all oil and new prcju-
dices, and made ourselves the pioneers
in a great patriotic movement which
fools cannot and mere politicians will
not understand, but which will challenge
the approbations and admiration of all
true patriots and large minded states.
men -IALmond TThig.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

BAD FoR THE Bellies "A celebrated
Parisian belle, who had acquired the
habit of whitewashing herself-so to
speak-from the sole of her feet to the
root of her hair with chemically prepar-
ed cosmetics, one day took medicated
bath; and on emerging from it she was
horifed at being as black as an Ethio-
plan. The Transformation was complete
Not a vestige of. the "supreme Cauca-
sian race" was left. Her physician
was sent for in alarm and haste. On
his arrival, lie laug ghed immoderately
and said MADAME, You are not i'll !;
you are medival product. You are
no longer woman but sulphuret. 1t
is not question Of medical treatment,
but of simple chemical reaction. I shall
analyze you. Come, I shall admit you
to a bath ol sui lphuric acid diluted with
water. The acid will have the honor of
combining with you: it will take up the
sulphur, the metal will produce a s''l-
phate. and we shall find, as precipitate,
very pretty woman" The gool ma
tured physiciad went through with his
analysis, and the belle was restored to
her membership with the white race.
Young ladies who are ambitious >of
snowy compilations should remember
this, and be careful what powders and
cosmetics hey use-if they use any at
ALL h.t; -. -E-i r..4 E. f.~gs.f .- -. .
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21
Russian Proverbs.

The Scotch and the Spaiards have
hitherto divided the credit of possessing
the largest store of proverbial wisdom ;
but were the literature of Russia more
widely known, she might prove a formi-
dable rival either to the land of oatmeal
or to that Of oranges. We give few
specimens, which on account of their
pointed terseness, their quaint, homely
vigcr, and dry Sancho Panza satire,
scarcely need the aid of rhyme to re-
commend them. They are indeed, more
fully than words can express, the faith
ful mirror Of the shrewd, simple, dogged,
humorous Russian mind, ever yelling
its natulal keencss under mask Of hab-
itual and impenctrable stolidity " Every
fox praises his own tall" G. after two
wolves and you will. not catch even one,'
" A good beginning is half the work."
"Tlust in God, but do not stumble
YOURSELF With God, even across the
sea without Him, not even the tbresh-
hold,"" Without cheating, no trading"
g Money is not God, but it shows great
mercy" THE deeper you hide thing
the sooner you find it," If God don't
torsake us, the pigs will not take us,"
- A debt is adorned by payment"
" Roguery is the last of trades" " New
er take the crooked path while you
seek a strait one,' Fear not the
threats of the great, but rather the tears
of the poor "Ask pig to dinner,
and he will put his feet GA the table,"
" Disease comes in by hundredweights,
and goes out by ounces" every little
frog is great in his own bog IAN old
friend is worth two new ones," "Be
praised not for your ancestors, bu: for
your virtues" "When fish are rare,
even crab is fish" "A farther's bles-
sing cannot be drowned in water. nor
consumed by fire. lie who honors
his parents SHALL endure forever" "A
mothers prayer will draw one up from
the depths of the sea-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

; EaEE
CoNrRAcrs FOR CHINESE LABoRERs.-
A San Francisco paper Of fthe 9th ult.,
says contract has been made in that
city to supply 10000 Chimes laborers to
be employed as plantation hands in Ten
nessee. The same paper commends the
Chinese laborers for the manner in which
they performed their work on the Pacif-
ic Railroad, and thinks general attention
has been attracted to this class of labor
for the reason that they have proved
themselvesunsurpassed as rough workers
The Tennessee immigrants will receive
their fare to the State and $40 per
month wages. Another force Of 25, 900
is being contracted for to proceed to
Mississippi. ts4 H-fr. Z n .-s3.
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ropeon Powers may ere long have to
consider the case of the "sick man of
Turkey" again not, however, on the Bos-
porus and from fear of Russia this time
but, with regard to Ismail's ambition
and the future of Egypt. What will
they do in such a case? What will
France do? What England Vastly
important and valuable as the Suez Ca
nal will be to commerce, there is in it
the germs of serious complications that
may lead to wars, that may change the
political condition of Egypt, Turkey,
and the whole of that part OF the world.
N Y Hcral1.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

A BEAUTIFUL THoUoHT.- writer,
whose lite has passed its meridian,
thus discourses upon the fight of time i:
"Forty years once seemed long and
weary pilgrimage, to make. It now
seems but step. And yet along the
way are broken shrines where q thous.
and hopes have wasted into ashes: foot
prints sacred under their drifting dust;
green mounds where grass is fresh with
the watering of tears; shadows which
we nould not forget We will garner
the sunshine Of those years, and with
chastened step and hopes push on TO-
wards the evening whose signal lights
will soon be seen swinging where the
waters are still and the storms never
beat.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

GEORGE D PR1NTIcE.-We copy as
follows from a letter from Louisville to
the Cincinnati Commercial:
I was wandering through the hot
rooms, at midnight, in search of proof
reader, when I stumbled upon that of
the man whose magic name yet gives
significance to the journal he founded
and made famous. 1t was little room,
lit by one gas jet, that hared over low
cot bed, one table and few chairs. all
of the severest sty!eof upholstery. From
amid a pile of newspapers. knee-deep,
scissors in hand, rose up the poet journal
ist. could have then and there embrac-
ed the dear old gentleman, had I not been
shocked into sense Of propriety by his
unexpected appearance. had not seen
Mr.. Prenti-e tor years, and was not pre-
pared for the change he presented.
Never, at his best, caring a fig for ap-
pearances, he had, in the heat of this
July night, discarded all wearing apparel
save his linen, pantaloons anG slippers,
while his hair stood out like quills upon
the frettul porcupine. lie welcomed me
heartily, and I was glad to learn that
his health is better now than it has been
for years.
Few men have welded wider inhu-
ence in his day and generation than
George D. Prentice; and even now the
shadow of his name seems to breath over
and give character to the journal he
originated. But looking back over his
brilliant career, an admirer could wish
he had other surroundings than these.
Perhaps, however, he would not be hap
pie'. Berranger like, lie probably clings
to his old ways from choice.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21
A rscnnt Paris naper thus reports

A recent Paris paper thus reports a
conversation between two worthy con-
servatives: - And what has become of
the son of our friend X ?" Don't ask
me he has turned out badly = tIHow's
that? thought he was intelligent and
industrious. What has become of him? p
"He has become a journalist" "A
journalist-and his father is such an
honest man it is Incredible"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

Sr1MuLANT.-T The following is from
the pen Of George D. Prentice: ~
There is atime when the pulse lies low
in the bosom and beats low in the veins !;
when the spirits sleeps the sleep which,
apparently, knows no waking sleeps in
its house Of clay, and the windows are
shut, the doors hung with the invisible
Grape melancholy =; when we wish the
golden sunshine pitchy darkness, and
wish to fancy clouds where no clouds
be. This is a state of sickness when
physic may be thrown to the dogs, for
we want none of it. s. What shall raise
the spirit? What shall make the heart
beas music again, and the pulses, throug h
all the myriad thronged halls in the
house of life What shall make the
sun kiss the eastern hills again for US
with all his old awakening gladness. and
the night evefow with moonlight, love
and flowers I? Love itself is the greatest
stimulant, the most intoxicating of all,
and performs all these. miracles, and is
a miracle itself; aud is not at the drug
store, whatever they say. The counter
felt is in the market, but the winged god
is nota money:ehanger We assure you
b Men have tried many things, but still
they ask for stimulant. ,s y 5.5>+n7=7=> .
: Men try to bury the floating, dead Of
their own souls TO- the wine, cup, but the
corpse rises. We see their faces in the
bubbles. The intoxication Of drink sets
the word whirling again, and the pulses
music and the thoughts gal
.loping,, but the -frstascloek runs down
sooner, and an unatural stimplant only
leaves the house il filled with, the widest
lreyelry, more silent, more sad, more de-
serted. ssz&.El IL s4asse:5o<s
i There is one stimulant that never in
toxicates, duty. Duty puts a clear
sky over every man into which the sky
lark-happiness, always goes singing,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21
Social Life iaa China.

In China man and wife never walk to
gethcr, arm-in-arm, in public, nor even
side-by-side, but the wife always fol-
lows her lord at respectful distance,
as the women do among the American
Indians. At social parties the sexes
sit at different tables, occupy seperate
rooms, and visit only among themselves.
Strangers Of opposite sexes are never
introduced, nor do the women ever speak
to he men, unless relatives Or verv in
innate associates of the family. There
is no such thing as social life, in our
sense of the word, among the Chinese :;
and all their social domestic theories
and practices are based upon the idea
of woman's inferiority and insignifcance
She is regarded only as a servant, and
an underling, and in no sense fit to be
companion and equal of a man. She
feels her inferiority, and, in the main,
submits checrfnlly to her fate.
The idea of women's rights " has
never entered her mind. So thoroughly
is this feeling of inferiority ingrained in
her nature that in the only book ever
produced in China by female author,
the proposition is gravely stated and
elaborately argued and illustrated, that
" woman was made for the same pur-
pose that tiles are-to tread upon"
They are sstonished to see the freedom
and equality allowed between the sexes
among Europeans, and argued strenuous
ly against it; and when vanquished in
the argument they reply, with all their
unusual stubornessand pertinacity, i" may
be good for Mclean man-for China man
no good" Since the coming Of Euro
pean ladies into China, some of their
woman have begun to entertain some
idea Of their rig ghts, and it has now be-
come proverb with the men, that "the
the two most dangerous things that can
be imported into China are foreign wo-
men and foreign gunpowder." Yet, on
the whole, the weaker sex are rather
kindly treated, and in general are not
much abused.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21
Lunabers L4stanber.!

THOsE wishing LUMBER. will please call
4 at Messrs. d Lalanne & Bros, Wishing
ton, and Bloch & Dupre, Opelousas, and give
their order, which will be filed within ashort
notice. -' A. SAMUELS,
July 10 3m Grand River Mills,
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He promises his especial attention to busi.
ness, and offers, gratis, his services with all
che information in his reach to parties bunting
land. Apply by letter enclosing stamp. or in
person. For reference, he refers to Editors OF
New Orleans Christian AdUocate and South.
era Presbyterian, s. c.
q Address pr &.~6 j. III. HOUSTON,
Opeiousas, La, July 10th, 1869.
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Washington Gossip.

Tie Democratic Pa1ty-A Third Par
ty-W Wherc WIZ Grant Stand-1He
Test Oath an Vlrginia-IHe South-
e,m Elections- What IXey Indicate.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

The Inhabitants Of the Globe

There are on the globe about 1885,
100000, persons, of whom $50, 100000
are of the Caucasian race; $4,000, 900
of the Mongol race; l90,000,OOO are Of
the Ethiopian race; l76,O00,000 of the
Malay race and 100000 of the Inno-
American race
There are 1000 different religions,
and 36i2 languages spoken.
The yearly mortality of the globe is
333, ,333,333 persons. This is at rate
of 9l,544 per day, 3s29 per hour, go per
minute.
So each pulsation of cur hearts marks
the decease OF some human creature.
One fourth of the population dies at
o: before the age of 7 years; one-halt
at or before II.
Among 10000 persons one arrives at
the age of 100 years, one in five 500 at
atains the age OF 80, and one in 100 lives
to the age of 60 years.
Married men live longer than single
ones. Iu 1000 persons, IS marry; and
more marriages occur In June and De-
cember than in any other months.
Professions exercise great influence
on longevity.
In 1000 individuals who arrive at the
age of 70, 42 are priests, orators or pub
Hc speakers; DO are agriculturists, S3
are workmen, 80 soldiers or military
employers, 20 advocates or engineers,
27 professors, and "a doctors.
These who devote their lives to the
prolongation of those Of others, die. the
soonest.
There are 35O,0O0,0 900 of Christians,
5,9000,OO0 IsraeIites, 6O,OO0OOO Asiat-
ic religion, 16O,0O0,0O0 Mahomedans,
and 20o,o0o,oo0 pagans. In the Christ
ian churches there are 10, 100000 who
profess the Roman Catholic faith; IS
100000 who profess the Greek faith,
and 80 OOO. 900 the Protestant,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21
HOUSE-PAINTING
MRS. ANNA HINCkLE
louis STAGG. MRS. ANNA HINCKLEY
..
HtNcKlEY& sTAGG,
RECEIVING g. FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
20USS CTAGG.

WASHING TON, Id,
fAT TUE OLD STAND OF HrNCKLEY SON
A RE Ssady to receive and forward all freight
- that may be consigned to them, and will
pay the highest market prices for cotton, or
will adVsnce provisions and money on the
Same. If shipped through them.
- Louis Stagg has also opened separate
GROCERY STORE at the same place, where
he is ready to furnish Groceries, Plantation
Supplies, Bagging, Ties, Wagons, &c, at
New Orleans prices.
Washington, La. October 10th. 1868
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IT. H. HOUSTON.
SUGAR, COTTON, CORN OR RICE

Some Of these placeo are located on the
lines Of the Chattanooga Railroad, and the
New Orleans. OpeIousas and Great Western
Railroad, and on the banks of the Teche,
Courtabeau and Beuf 90.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-08-21

To kiss rosy checked girl, and find
your mouth filed with Venetian red,
and she growing pale on it, is truly aw.
ful
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
pRrmARY ELECTIONS.

Agreeably to the provisions Of the
Rules for the Government of the DEM
ocratic Party Of Bedford County, adop-
ted by the Democratic County Com
mittee, Feb. ., 1869, the Democrat
ie voters of Bedford County will assem-
bic at the polling places in the several
election districts, on SATURDAY,
MAY %, and vote by ballot
for the choice of Candidates for the sew
eraI offices to be filled at the next Gen
eraI Election, and, also, for two Inspec-
tors and one Judge for each polling
place who shall hold the primary EIec-
ton for the next year. The Vigilance
Committe now in existence shall hold
this election, and in districts which
have no such Committees, the Demo-
cratic voters present at the polling
place at the time herein fixed for the
opening of the polls, shall elect two In
spectors and one Judge to hold the e.
lection. The polls in the townships
shall be open from nine O'Clock a. m.
until O'Clock p. M, those m the bor-
oughs from I O'Clock p. m. until o.
clock p. m. An accurate list of the
names of all persons voting shall be
kept and correct and full return of
all the votes cast for the several persons
voted for shall be made out, aud both
the list and returns shall be certified
over the signature of at least two Of
the election officers to be correct and
true. After the counting of the ballots,
and the proper certification Of the re-
turns, the list of voters and the return
of votes for the several candidates, shall
be sealed up by the Inspectors and de-
livered to the Judge, who shall place
the sealed return in the hands of the
Chairman of the County Committe,
at a meeting of the Judges from each
polling-place, to be held at the Court
House, in Bedford, on TUESDAY,
JUNE l, at one o'clock, P. M. All per-
sons entitled to vote at the election for
Representatives in the Legislature and
pledging themselves to vote the whole
Democratic ticket at the next General
Election, will be permitted to vote at
this election.
J. w. DICKERSON,
Chm Dem. Co. Com.
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DON'T You LOVE HIM, FATHER?-
One Sabbath evening, the father of
two little children had placed one on
each knee, to ask them what they had
heard in the infant school that day.
He was not professor of religion, al
though he had a pious wife. The little
children began to tell him in their own
way, of the beautiful home in Heaven
that Jesus had left because of His love
to them. Looking full in her fathers
face. little girl said, "Jesus must have
loved us very much to do that; don't
YOU love him for it, father?" Then
they went on describing the trials and
sufferings of our Saviour, and she again
asked the question. "DOn't you love
INN for that, father 90 and when they
spoke of His death on the cross, the
little one asked the third time, "Now
don't you love Him, father ?" The
father had to put the children down
and go out of the room to hide his e.
motion. He confessed to the writer
afterward, that he felt more under the
aftless questioning of bis little chill
dren, than he ever felt under the most
powerful preaching in his life. He
soon afterwards united with the
church.
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A KLEPToMANIAC LEAGUER.-An
afternoon cotemporary gave an account
the other day Of the arrest of Lacquer
by IA grocer on the charge of theft,
which was settled by the grocer COM
pounding a felony and accepting $500
for the amount stolen. kleptomania
il good title for theft when rich
man or woman is the guilty party, but
we believe we have never heard of a
poor person, man, woman or child,
being afflicted with that singular aud
peculiar disease. When they lift any
thing it is called theft. In the case in
question, however, we can readily ac-
count for the mania. He is one of the
''trooly loil, and acquired the habit
of stealing during the war, which hab-
it, as with many others of the truly
loil." has become second nature. In
fact, it is said to be a eontagion peculiar
to loyal Leaguers, which, since the
close of the war and the absence of fat
contracts, manifests itself frequently in
petty pilferings. Even the great Cen
eral Burbridge, Radical special agent
of the Treasury, has been inoculated
with the disease, and Butler is said to
be an incurable case.
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THE NEVADA CALAMITY.

Its seldom that we are calledup to
record the occurrence in our own cour-
try of calamity like that which was
lately telegraphed from California. fhe
great silver mines at Nevada are on
fire and it would appear that nearly
forty of the miners have perished in
the flames. The scene at the mine is
described as hear t-rending.
The wives and families of the unfor-
tunate men who perished in the con-
fiagration are gathered about the en-
trance of the shafts, and exhibit spec
tacle of grief and despair that melts
the hardest hearts. The mines were
all roaring pit of flames. 1t does not
yet appear what caused the disaster,
nor what the flames find to feed upon;
but it is probably another case of the
dreaded ''firedamp," that inaammabie
and explosive collection of noxious
gases which has caused so many and
such terrible disasters in the mines of
Great Britain.
To guard against this imminent dan
ger the safety-lamp was invented and
its use, under very strict and rigorous
rules, is insisted upon in the European,
and doubtless also in the American
mines. Notwithstanding, however,
all the precautions that can be taken,
the danger of an explosion OF Sire
damp" in the mines apears to be al
ways very great, both on account of
carelessness in the use Of the safety
lamp, and also from the effects of blast
ing.
Hitherto the mines in this country
have happily been almost exempt
from.these calamities, in comparison
with the dreadful experience of the
Cornish and Welsh miners, perhaps
because some of our miners are more
intelligent and careful; though a large
proportion of their number are Cornish
miners.
The danger seems TO be far greatest
in the deepest mines. The silver
mines of Nevada are from 900 to | 300
feet deep; while many Of the British
and continental coal and tin mines are
much deeper-severat being about
1000 feet below the surface; and one
an abandoned mine in Kuttenburg
Bohemia-reaches the enormous depth
of I, 800 feet.