The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-12-31

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Satnrday,,- Decemberts3L 81, 1870.
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By request Of the members Of the
bar, his Honor Judge King, Oh the
9th inst, adjourned his ceurtsover
to the I'd of January. THE jury was
discharged for the term. sssseEs l. =.
Mrs. Laalra,s s. Webb, assisted by
Mr. Simon Richard Withlfis celebra.
ted pupet show. will soon give an.
other dramatic s entertainment in
ope'0'P n saa
AS wfllSbe seen BY the advertise
ment in another column, the best
quality of family -four ean be bought
of Jt w. Platt & Co, 1Oe Camp
street New Orleans, at dollars
per barrel anaagrata# ,baA }Tf&d9
sans#4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ess&aG
We have received SEINE exceed
ingly beautiful specimens of plain
and ornamental penmanship from
5,Mr, jackson CasIes aPepaman5 glei
fDolbearss commercial College, New
Orleans. -A34 x8e Il 49Ag9 aat
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oil MrsaD. g.asittig, Tax Collector fol
this parish, has received his ,quie
Itus for State and Parish taxes col
lected this year. Waaabsoffti time and
space prevents our giving a more
extended notice Of the matter and
publishing the tquietuses this week,
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By agreement Of the parties, the
property to be sold at1sheriA's sale
next Saturday, fnstiie ease OF g. Ell
Slocomb and others VS. Nathaniel
jenkins and others,WM be sold fol
.ene-half cash and the ether half on
.acredit of twelve months with s
per cent: per "a n ni1o pA, mt rest from
day Of sale. 10 sa4 he tga 3ss4 1853
r@W Observation-Disclosures gSG9ay
g 4ss.w Arrival OF Immigrants. 71
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@~On the 25th inst, the steamboat
Arrowline arrived at Washington,
the shipping port " this parish, di
rect. from Louisville, Kentucky, hay
ing on board twenty-five families
who come from their native State ID
settle themselves permanently d
mbolsg Us. tasb Eaf .asE .sA fa' ]s
I'VE welcome these newcomers
most cordially, and 3hope that theil
anticipations of this, to- tIiem com
parativeIy strange country, will DC
fully realized s.
We learn that the attention. Of
these persons to this section, was
influenced by Mr.. Charles NJ. DAILY,
gentleman who himself game from
Kentucky aboutt two years since, and
purchased the Scott plantation i'm
Bellevue, where he now. resides.
Among those who arrived by the
ArroWline, are DIR DAILY, brother to
the gentleman. above mentioned, DR..
Haiiles and Nj. Evans, gentlemen
difitelfgence and means, Wle alp:
pear leaders ofthe party, The Ar.
roWlne was chartered by them fo1
the "trip, and was loaded with every
description Of usefhM and indisperts-
ablerhousehold and plantation arti-
ticles including Q yyear'sHaapplyfof
provisions Nj fsx9a aaE a
aT'flis acquisition 10 thesa bone and
siliew,ss as vel al To the wealth and
Intelligence of ODE parish, is . sub
jeet for enngratulation and we be-
speak for our iiewscitizens the hos.
pitality and welcome which Is 50
characteristic of the people from
among whom they came. nj t
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stsaap Miscellaneous News.
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sNEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Henry wv.
Gestoa has been sentenced to item
years imprisonment for perjury i'm q
fraudulent divorce case.
PHILADELPHfA, Dec. 2O.-The
election toldayin the first Senate
rial District resulted lid IL majority
ofHa343e for Drahert. Democrat.
I'm October the Republicans Had
1000 majority iii this district. ~
1N0TK-It istflIderstood this gfves
Pennsylvania hi the Democrats.
AUGUSTA, (a., December 224..
Sufficient election returns from
ain Sections have been received TO
showthatthe State has goile large
Democratic. a 60
Fheaecoild ana fofarthdfstrfcts are
deaptfalH, though III II thought they
haEe zone Republican. It viii
taNeshe oHlcial count To decide.
TlsaDeIfecfats have elected three
fOtaFths VT the members ofsthe Leg