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Dead.

With closed lips and closed eyes, IA ,tt
Wrapt all in white, so white she lies
Calm as statute caryen face,
And oh, so cold to loves embrace tJij't
Her share in all our dealings gone,
Life, as we hnowfit, hath she none; 4
Slid into slumber calm and deep,
A maiden sculptured in her sleep.
:, 81. E .ia.t gdt s., gHul
She was mine own ere this befel; .t
Whose now she is cannot tell;
Man knows not-has no sense that saith
What this thing is that he calls Death 4
And / but know that all my hopes il''''
Lie like dead leaves on smitten slopes, ~
That though my evening is not yet,
The day star of my life hath set .<'3
\ 1s Htfnl4 H4gI ft}. 99 .lrO
Now all my thoughts will turn and tend
In one direction to the end;
And with the ghost of my dead Past, it
Memry will wander to the last, ...r,
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Il. B. Watkins,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Minden, La. Will
IA practice in the 10th and tlth District
Courts Prompt attention given to all legal
business entrusted to his care v7n23
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noxious vapors, and open to
the breezesi from the Gulf, it
enjoys a cool and refreshing
temperature, while the rest of
the State is suffering from the
effects of a close and sultry
air. Without fear of CONTRA
diction, / may pronounce the
Opelousas to- be by far the
most healthy part of the State.
Nothing can be more beautiful
and cheering to the traveller
than the prospects and views
which this country Affords
There is nothing wild or savage
yet the scenery is not tame or
monotonous /; there is a suffi
cient variety and succession of
those scenes which sooth the
mind, orinspire with lively and
pleasing emotions. passed
through them last May, when
they appeared to great advan-
tage. The distance Of my
journey was forgotten while ]
gazed with delight upon the
waving surface ofthese mead
Ows, now covered with deep
green, and of extent, in some
places bounded only by the
horizon, in others by skirts of
wood, dimly appearing as in
some distant isle of the sea !;
while a thousand brilliant and
odoriferous flowers shed their
perfume upon the air. The
plantations scattered along the
water courses on the outside of
the fringe of wood, the vast
herds of cattle roaming at ran
dom over the plains, complete
the pleasing picture. ."-[OpeIO,t-
SGS Journal. y. uI.. ta
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Carpets are bought by the, e,
yard and worn by the foot, ,;4
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Fashionable Drinking Saloon
Bellevue, La,

Eshe pr lprietor respectfully announces to
J. his friends and patrons, his Saloon, as
heFstcfore, viii be kept constantly supplied
with the very best brands of choice Liquors,
90. In tact, everything usually found in
hrst claas drinking Saloon.
= Ny terms are positively cash.
senp .s JOHN C. HEAD.
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Opelousas and Attakapas.

To persons uninformed by
actual observation, less seems
to be known of the geography
of Opelousas and Attakapas
than of any other portion of
Louisiana, although this beau
tiful region was settled during
the last century. Notwithstand-
ing the subdivision of these old
counties, they are still recog-
nized by their original names.
OpelOusas was the Indian term
for dark water," and was prob
ably given to this country by
its primitive discoverers, owing
to the striking contrast which
they perceived in their migra-
tion southwark, between the
dark earth and water of Ope-
lousas, and the Red river coun-
try through which they had
passed. The word Attakapas
was an Indian expression for
'man-eater !" but we have no
reason to believe that the pre-
decessors of the white settlers
in that beautiful country were
practicable canibals, although
several old French travellers
record such a tradition. These
two old counties. although they
are now sometimes confOunded
have always been designated
and recognized as separate and
distinct, each having features
and peculiarities of its own.
The original French settlers,
fresh from European scenes,
owing their attractions to the
blended influence of nature and
art, found something peculiarly
facinating in the balmy air and
genial soil of Attakapas, in its
| green islands rising high above
the marshes, and above all, in
those venerable groves OF ever
green oaks, covering the gentle
slopes ofthe Teche, and spread
ing their moss-hung boughS
far over the stream. They
found at Opelousas some OF
the same features, but varied
by other peculiarities. The
country here spread out into
|
vast natural meadows and for
ests, intersected by occasional
running streams, dotted witt
round ponds of fresh water
and famed by breezes borne
over vast 'SavaEnaS, frt sh from
the Gulf.
Attakapas was more confined
to the borders of the Teche; i
was a narrower region, watere'
through its entire length b.
this beautiful stream howin.
) gently in the shadow OF it
venerable evergreens. 0pelou
.sIaa aaAssJ aaa II - Z
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N. MUTT.
A. II. LEONARD.
sV1gtt - Leonard.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Milan Street.
IA Shreveport, La Will practice in the
Courts of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
Bienville. v7n40
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ACCURATE .KNoWLEDGE.-I

ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE,-I
hold that one to be the most valu-
able which is almost entirely with
in our power to acquire, and
which nature unassiSted never
yet gave to any one. l mean a
perfectly accurate habit of thought
and expression. This is, as far as
| can see, one of the very rarest
requirements, for it implies a good
deal--carefulness, close attention
to details, a certain power Of mem-
ory, and the habit of distinguish
ing between things which are
alike but are not Identical. / lay
stress on this because it seems to
me the Enthusiastically idistinf'
gushing mark OF good and ia ulty,
teaching, of real and unreal ltarnf
ing. The best thing is to know,
your subject thoroughly; the next
best TO know nothing about 1t,
and to be aware that you do not
know anything; the worst Is 10
know a little, and to know that
vaguely, Fand confusedly ri Lord
! Stanley. i.t ID
I AT sfTn ----- ------.----.--sz---s--i atkA %
When Patrick first tried peach
es, be said he liked the flavor,
j butt the seeds lay hard on his
! stomachl.olE II Cd e' bNaaoia
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IT. WI. Fort,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bossier
"A Parish, La
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BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.-For-
ty years once seemed a long
and weary pilgrimage to tread.
1t now seems but a step. And
yet along the way are broken
shrines where a thousandllopes
have wasted into the ashes,
footprints sacred uhder their
drifting dust; green mounds
where grass is fresh with wat
tering of tears, shadows even
Which we could not forget. We
will garner the sunshine OF
these years, and chastened step
and heayenward hope push on
toward the evening whose sig
nal lights viii soon be seen
swinging where the waters are
stiIl and the waves never beat
l-[Exchange. s il j II
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..fH
There is an establishment
in Rristol, England, where a
butt of sherry wine can be
manufactured from the raw
material in half an hour without
using a drop Of sherl.y.-[Er.
The only point of difference
between this establishment and
many that can be found in the
United States, probably, is the
speed with which the article is
manufactured.
1t is believed that in our
country are many places where
wine of any description is made
to order at any time Of the
year with little or no juice OF
the grape, and other liquors
are made with equal facility.
Poisinous drugs and dye stuffs
go into the labratory, and soon
reappear in the form of a spark
ling beverage. = 2,
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R. r. Fort.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bessie
IA parish, La. v6nl6
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f
BLOOD BATHs.-An ancient
king of France, in his gouty old
age, when troubled with chiIls in
his pedal extremities, would have
a lad disemboweled; that, by
thrusting them into this factious
cavity, the requisite warmth
might be obtained. The king,
monster though he was, used only
those of the sterner sex for his
foot-stoves, and w@s not obnoxious
to the charge of ungallantry. Not
so with the wealthy old Hecate of
Central Europe, who slaughtered
all the young virgins who could
be enticed to her castle, that, in
order to restore her withered
charms, she might battle in the
blood warm from their veins.--
That these blood d-baths were pop
ular at one period of the worlds
history, we have irrefragable eyi,
dence in the writing Of Pliny and
others.-[ Exchange.
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Rtch,d ". Turner.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, La
"A Will practice in the Parishes of Bos-
sier, Caddo and DeSoto. All business en-
trusted to him will receive prompt and ener-
getic attention. y7n4O
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NUMBER 40.

In the lower part of New Or.
leans are q few Malay families
who preserve the customs and re-
tain the superstitions of their ma
tive land. They bury their dead
at night, and, like the American
Indian, slaughter upon the grave
some animal the deceased loved
in life. On Saturday, the Sd inst,
a young girl died and was buried
on. Sunday night, in the old ceme-
terry OH Gentilly road. There be-
ing no priest of their religion here,
the oldest man of their country,
residing among them. He was
clad in a long black robe, and
preceded, on foot, the cortege
which conveyed the remains to
the grave. Arriving there the
tomb was annointed and a fish
and some cake placed in the vault.
This was accompanied by a cere-
m0ny at once solemn and impress
sive. This over, a bird was killed
and laid on the breast of the de-
ceased, while all the friends and
relatives passed by the coffin,
each one laying their hand on the
head and saying in their native
tongue the simple word farewell!
no tears were shed; they do not
view the transition of the soul an
occasion Of grief. The ceremsni.
al over, the family returned home
accompanied by their friends, and
fruit, and wine, and bread, is
given to each in the name of the
dead. BY it they promise to pre-
serve their constancy to each
other, and by their love for the
dead perpetuate their friendship.
FIX. 2t.ll .'hi '''uis
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with it's great forests in the
east, and its immense prairies
in the west, extending from the
Atchafalaya on one side to the
Sabine on the other. It was
more undulating in its surface,
and higher above the level of
the sea. The general resem-
blance of the two regions in
some respects, and their dis
tinguishing characteristics in
others, have universally at
tracted the admiration of the
traveller but which to prefer
depended upon the taste, the
caprice, or the wants of the OBJ
server. .el g',r -.i Gaiaa1e
But we are betraying our
selves into a description more
lengthy than we intended to
give, our leading object being
to furnish a brief historical no.
tice of the establishment and
subsequent subdivision of these
two counties. & U lra.
The counties of Attakapas
and Opelousas were establish
ed by the Spanish government
and the old Spanish grants Of
land, of the last century, refer
to them by their distinctive ap-
pellations. In the year of1S07
the Legislature of the then Ter
ritory Of Orleans divided the
State into nineteen parishes.
The county of Attakapas was
called by this act the parish of
St. Martin; and the county of
Opelousas was called the
parish of St. Landry. In 1911
the former was divided into
| two parishes, st. Martin and
St. Mary. BY subsequent leg
islation two were again subdi-
vided, and now form the five
parishes of st. Mary, st. Mar
tin, Lafayette, Verlnillion and
Iberia, which are properly
speaking, the Attakapas par
ishes. The parish of st. Lam
dry remained undivided until
1910, when Calcasieu was form
ed out of it, extending from
the Nez Pique to the Sabine.
st. Landry and Calcasieu are
now the representatives'of the
old county of Opelousas.
We have before us a small
volume containing some inter
esting sketches of our country
many years ago, entitled Views
of Louisiana by Ii. Nj. Brack-
enridge. In the spring Of 1871
the author travelled through
Attakapas and Opelousas, and
speaks from personal Obserya.
ii n. What was said OF tht
country many years ago, When
its primitive scenery was al.
most undisturbed by the neces
sites or the arts Of civilization
cannot fail to be of interest t
our readers. We therefore ap
} pend the following beautiful
: description of st. Landry AM
| Calcasieu frOm breckenridge
! "Views of Lollisiana:"
, 1.-The immense tract of opel
2 plains or meadows, which com
] poses the Opelousas, boasts G
advantages superior to all th
I ,;uh., ,,f' tbn FFaoha C,p tho Mis-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-15
SALE TO EFFECT A PARTITION.
SUCCESSION OF MARGARET GRANT
HUGHES.
PROPERTY ON ELMIRA AVENUE. BE-
TWEEN HOMER AND JACKSON
STREETS.

RY CHARLES e. FORTIRR, AUG.
u tioneer-Ofice NO. 81 Exchange alley.-SAT-
UADAY. July 8, 1870. at twelve o'clock NJ ut the St.
Charles Auction Exchange, rotunda st. Charles Ho-
tel on st. Charles street, between Common and
Gravier streets, will be sold by virtue of Judg-
ment rendered by the Hon. Louis Duvigneaud,
Judge of the Second District Court for the par
ish of Orleans, dated twenty-eighth May, 1870,
and signed second June, 1870, the following de-
a CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND. situ.ted in
this parish. the right hank of the river Mssis-
sippi, opposite the city NOV the Fifth DstricD
bounded by EImira and Pacific avenues, ii omer and
jackson st cts, on plan OF the tract of which said
lot forms part, known as Brooklyn Warehouse
Company property drawn by w. T. Thompson. sur
veyor, on the seventh March. l. g. deposited for
reference in the Office of James Graham. q notary
public of this city said lot 50 feet inches
front Elmira avenue, by l23 feet inches in
depth. between parallel lines. American measure,
together with all the buildings and Improvements
thereon.
Terms-Onet third cash. and the balance on .
credit of six and twelve months in notes OF pur.
chaser or purchasers, secured uy mortgage, and
vendors lien the proper sold. bearing eight per
cent interest per annum from date until paid; i've
per cent attorneys fees event of suit to enforce
payment of notes. the buildings ard improvements
to be kept insured and policy transferred to vendor.
Act of sale before w. j. Castell. notary public at
the expense of the purchaser, including United
States stamps. ie4 10 % jy2
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THREE VALUABLE TWO-STORY RESI-.
DENCES. NOS. la, l26 AND 1873 PRYTANIA
POLYMNIA STREETS, AT AUCTION.

RY b. j. MONTGOMERV,A AUCTION.
- eer.-Wili be sold. On SATURDAY, June IS,
1870, at twelve O'Clock NJ. at the St. Charles Auc-
ton Exchange, basement st. Charles Hotel, by viz
the and in pursuance of an order of the Honorable
William NJ. Prescott Judge OF the parish of PLAQUE
mines, dated May TO- 1870, No. - of the docket of
"a court
TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, with the
buildings and improvements thereon, known the
Nos. l24 l26 and l2s Prytanis street, consisting Of
three twostory Brick Houses. with two story
Kitchens attached. and other sppurtenances.
situated IN the Fust District of this CITY, in
bounded by Euterpe. Poiymnis, Coliseum and Pry.
tania streets. and designated by the Nos. l9 and 20;
said lots adjoining eacn other. ana measures each,
q feet incnes front on Prytania street by DEPTH
between parallel lines, of III feet inches and 81
lines. all American measure. Plans exhibited at
place of SALE
Terms-One half cash in United States treasury
nbtes, and balance in one and two years credit in
notes Of purchaser bearing eight per cent interest
from date secured by special mortgage and vendor 8
privilege; the buildings to be kept insured and
policy transferred to the vendors.
Act of sale at the expense of the purchaser, in
Guiding the internal revenue stamps, before William
Nc. Jones. notary public.
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PY @. r. GIRAKDEY d co. AUG
~, n toneers-1tsce e Nc o., II Exchange Place
the Merchants and Auctione:r's Exchsnsss on on
Royal between Canal and Customhouse streets, in
y uss Of an t order Of the
Court of the United States of America for the Dis
trct of Louis ana, dated twenty seventh February,
lo9 ana rendered In the matter of the estate of W.
). q Baker, bankrupt will be sold by public auc-
ti9n' the foltowing described property. to wit
section thiryfve and that part of lot No. OF sec
ton thirty i've lying south of the raiDw ay in town
snp eSnteen north OF range four east. containing
2. The southwest quarter and south half OF south.
north Of range four east contsi ing 2ss oco acres
g. The north half of northeast quarter, lot No. 3.
No. 4, and northeast quarter of southeast quarter
OF section and northeast quarter and south
ship eighteen, north Of range four east. containing
4. The northwest quarter of section thirtysix,
township nineteen north, of range four east. con-
tanning 1853 r. 100 acres Ali situated In Ouacnits
5. A LOT OF GROUND, in the town Of Monroe,
louisiana adjoining the residence OF Mrs E. W.
Varied having iS9 feet 'front.' more q less on the
o o a.
being the ~
sold to W.. J O. Baker by 9. b. Dabbs. having Is
same purchased from Psyton Il. King, on twenty
IA I TRAGT OR PARCEL OF LAND. consisting
of SIX ,oIses of land side Of Bayou Barrhoo
NEW, from its source to its mouth, being the same
land confirmed by Congress- to the heirs OF the Barren
de Bastrop BY act approved March 1851; tina. part
lying in the State of Louisiana; the same being
patented by the United states: the same was pur-
chased at private sale of the estate of Baron do
Basrop In the parish ct Ouachita, the sixth day
OF January, 1853. as per deed, from L. A. RoaHe,
curator and OF record in the Recorders Office Of
said parish.
8. ONE TwENTY-sEvENTH INTEREST in
tne entire Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Rail-
road, as purchased by John 4. Ludeling and asso.
GATES At the Sherfs sale at Monroe Louisiaua, on
the third day of February, 1866, at the suit of
w r. Gordon W. the Vicksburg, shreveport and
Texas Railroad Company.
Order of seizure and sale from Twelfth District
Court for the parish of Ouachita, Louisiana.
The decree of the court ordering the sale of tire
above described property directs that the same DO
freed from all encumbrances and the assignee act
ing as the officer OF the court, will convey only zach
les is in him vested by the assR nment in bank
ruptcy. and by the aforesaid order Of court.
The taxes not having been paid, and the assignee
not knowing how much there may be due therefor,
the purchaser to assume the payment of all taxes.
that the property may owe up to the day of sale,
over and above the price of adiudication.
Terms-Cash on the spot At the moment of adju-
dication.
Acts of sale. together with the United States in.
ternal revenue stamps attached, 1t the expense Of
the purchaser: before n. Gernon, notary public.
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RY c. E. GIKAKDEY q CO., AUG.
~ tIoneers - Office No. IL Exchange place
THURSDAY, June Is, 1870, at twelve O'Clock
NJ, at the Merchants and Auctioneers Ex.
change. on Royal, between Canal and Custom.
mouse streets, in this city of New Orleaas nv
virtue OF an order of the Honorable Is. 81,
Dureil, Judge of the District Court of the limited
States OF America for the District of Louisiana.
SITTING s IN bankruptcy, dated twentieth February'
1867 and rendered in the above entitled matter will
De sold by public auction the following described
property, to wit ~
THE ONE UNDIVIDED HALF INTEREST in
and to piece Of land known as the 'Moreau Plan
taton, situated in the parish of Concordia Louis.
iana. fronting on Rrushy Bayou, bounded on
Ine east By lands belonging to David
STACEY, south by lands of Sparrow and H. M. Brown
ana on the west by lands of David Stanton, con.
tanning i2SO acres, more or less, with the buildings
and improvements thereon.
Inc court ordering the sale of the above described
property, directs that the same be freed from ali in
cumDrances, and the assignee acting as the officer
OF the court will convey only such title as is in him
vested by the assignment in bankruptcy and he
aforesaid order of the court. AS
inc taxes not having been paid, and the ASST enee
not knewng how much may be due therefor the
purchaser to assume payment of ali the taxes that
the property may owe mp to the day of sale over and
above the price of adjudication.
cation. ~ VI "u'uui'
Act of sale together with the United States in
ternai revenue stamps attached, ct the expense of
sne pno =, before n. Geruon, notary public
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RY. c. +. GIRARDEY q CO.. -AUC.
ID tioneers-Ofhce No II Exchange Place
THURSDAY. June l6 1870. at twelve O'Clock NJ,
at the Merchants and Auctioneers Exchange, on
Royal. between Canal and Customhouse streets, in
this city Of New Orleans by virtue of order of the
Honorable E. h. Durel Judge of the District Court
of the United States of America, for the lDstrict
of Louisiana. sitting in bankruptcy, dated four
teenth May 1870 and rendered in the above entitled
matter. will be cold by public auction the followiI z
described property, to wit
The north half of northeast quarter north half of
northwest quarter, southwest quarter OF northwest
quarter of section twenty eight. Also the north
west quarter of northwest quarter of section twen-
ty.seven, all in township twelve north, range eight
west, in the northwestern land district of Louis
ana, containing 242 1900 acres per patent No.
1900. The north half of section twenty nine, in
township twelve. north of range eight west. on the
northwestern land district of LOUISIANA. containing
32i so 100 acres per patent No. 1885, all located in
the parish of Natchitoches.
The decree of the court ordering the sale of the
above described property directs hat the same be
freed from all membranes, and the assignee act
inc the officer of the court. will convey only such
title as is vested in him by the assignment in bank
ruptcy and by the aforesaid order of court The
taxes not having been paid and the sssg nee not
knowing how much there may be due therefor, the
that the property may owe up to the day of sale
over and above the price Of adjudication.
Terms-Cash on the spot at the mo ,ent of adju.
dication.
Act of sale, together with the United States in
ternaI revenue stamps attached, at the expense of
the purchaser. before NJ Gernon, notary pnbiic.
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