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The Opelousas courier., 1870-08-06
a - Pntroms~-Aw Public.

Is
,.,.suaa Avsfl dernier, nous nous Wines for
=. .,.snendre les publications du "Courrier
,..o,alousass, nous ne pensions pas que des
.-...staneas fortuites ramaneraient aussi tot
'. .seousritisu. Cependant, IL en- eat ainsi, ct
-. I'D, dc nouveau sur La breehe, pret 4 CON-
hsttre pour lee principles i'nmuables de la DE-
.so,ra.ie ct eontre le radicalisme, sous quslque
t0,rne anil % presente, sous quelque nom gull
:. manifesto; soit quill agisse sous le pseudony-
:. as aparti da Peuple," soft sous oeiui plus
,,ompeur encore de ''Conservaseus". Nous ne
..nysns veir dams aucun dc ces nouveaux par
il riea suiss rattache NOS principles de pre-
d;sss;oa; teut 81 contraire nous prouve que
-. pnartis auront pour r6sultat de donner do la
io,ca at do Influence au parti radical qui nous
conduit i rapidement la RUNE ct la honte !;
toet nous peeavs que eelai qui n'agit pas de
hanna fol Of ouvertement svec le parti Demo
crate, sss son snnemi avere.
Nesre lime De conduite sera done faelle sui"
,re. ct i,esis ne nous en- dkpartirons que lorsque
,otre rassou nous abandonaera on lorsque La
nastre aasl6e aura pour nous les dimensions
,.asmaltiplieits des assrea eslestes.
Que nous s4aasissions on que nous ne reussis-
aons pcs, nous aurons topjours Ia conviction
asyoir remph conscieneieusement notre devoir,
E. sroirons encore z'avoir pas merite de repro
ches. -
Dams eette enterprise nous surens besoin de
rssseuragement du public ct de nos amis, que
mons soilicissaa ayec eonfance.
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BEous appelons rattention du lecteur Ia
drssse au psapie, de la part du Comite Demo
erstique de- Paroisse, que Ion trouvera plus lon.
ny est rscobsmandk de tenir dams chaque arron-
dissernens detection des assemblies primaries
pasr nouner d. dSl<guks Ia Convention qui
aura lieu en- nofre vile sannedi proclaim lie 49,
pour ehoiair dss sandidass de notre parti pour
hxgsissurs. iss places de Paroisse, etc.
Piusieurs assemblies ont dejA eu lieu ct plu-
sieurs autres auRont lieu apjourd'hui. II est q
esperer que toutes les parties de la Paroisse &C.
reat Fspsesentess = eette Convention, ct que les
ehaix qui en- sortiront TSeevront le support una
aims da parti D6mocratique. ...
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Gear de Paroasse.-Cetee Cour s'est
savsrts Lundi dernisr, presidee par PHon. A.
Ganigaes. ct, D In requate des membres du bar
reaa presents, ellie sest ajourn6e su premier Lun-
d Dc Ssptembre proclaim.
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Assembaee PPaMa@ire.-Nous semmes
aabasise announcer quans assemble des Demo
esssss da Precinct d'Opelossas aura lien Ia
Maisoa 40 Cear Mardi proclaim, le oourant, b
HAsasss da matin, d reffss de choisir des Dele.
gnfsa n Cenvsution dn - aout, b Opelousas.
Sssatssstxhfi
Vfstoire 3saaosratjque dams 10
sasnsky. ~
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A. BAILEY IL E. ID. ESTHLETTE,
FxRRcERoNT leur profession d'Avocas
~ dams leo Cosrs des Paroisses 81. Landry,
lafayette. VeEHillon. Calcasieu, 81. Martin, IbA.
rie. sse. Marie ct Avoyelles.
Buresq ! Opetousas, Lne, rs aout 1870.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-08-06
Adresse au Peuple.

Les S6nateurs ct membres D6mocrates du
Congress ont spprouve en- caucus radresse sui
vaDte:
A NOS CONCITOYENS DIES ETATS UNIS, A..
MIS- DUN CONFINEMENT CONS
TITUTIONNEL, ECONOMI-
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MOORR a. nrDRGAM-

MOORE II MORGAN.
A vOCATS, Opeleusss, time. }qut torms una
n soeiet& ct exercerons leur profession dana
les Paroissss st. Landry, Caleasieu. I.afsve.te
Avoyelles ct Pointe Coupse. Bureau Onelou.
sas, kne. =, RS aout I67O
The Opelousas courier., 1870-08-06

Assembaee PPammire.-Nous semmes
aatosise ! announcer qu'ans assemble des Demo
essssa da Precinct d'Opeloasas aura lien Ia
Aaisoa 40 Cear Mardi proclaim, le Q oourant, d
II Asases da matin, d lef6es de choisir des Dele.
ea&sa d Cenvsution au Is aous, Opelousas.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
men may rise on stepping stones
WtAelT deal selves 70 higher thlhEs.'

A DROWNED ~MAN.-Yesterday
morning Joseph Creighton, q
cOlOred waterman, disCOvsd the
body Of o white man floating in the
river opposite the National Gene.
terry. He drew II in near Levee
street, where an inquest was held
By Justice L. N. Hall.
The man was, from his appear.
ance, q steamboat fireman /; be was
stripped TO his pants and drawers, as
II TO engage in 8 Sparring match.
He was much bruised about the
head and upper portion Of the
body; one ear was torn of; bis
pants pockets were turned /; he had
red hair and whiskers; whiskers
only under the chin. No papers
were found upon his person by
which his name could be learned.
He was apparently about forty-fve
years Of age. 1t is supposed he was
killed on board some steamboat and
thrown overheard, and had the ap.
pearance Of having been In the
water about four or five days.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

oHsTERS.-A popularity of oys.
ters is unknown to many. Thun.
der sours milk and kills oysters.
You may load a vessel to its ut
most capacity, start for market,
and one good round clap Of thun.
der viii kill every oyster in the
vessel Immediately. Pounding
with an axe upon the deck of a
vessel when oysters are thereon, or
pounding on the sides Of q vessel
with a heavy weight viii kill every.
that feels the Jar But.
fetches them ths frst pop.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

NONE BUT THE POOR WHITE
HAMS CHILDREN WILL ne
COMPELLED TO GO To THE
SCHOOLS WITH NEGRO CHnL.
DREN.
The Radical party pretends to
be the friend Of the poor and Op-
pressed every where, and make
special appeals to the poor white
people Of the country to join with
that party and aid in putin g
down the blOated aristocracy of
the land. This party favors and
keeps alive wherever it can, with
all manner of argument, that I'M
fortunate sentiment of hostility
which the poor almost invariably
entertain for the rich. And by
these appeals, hope to secure the
vote and influence Of the poor.
Many men are led away by these
specious appeals and are intensi-
fed in their unnatural hate by the
heated and over drawn pictures
presented 10 them, and do unite
with this Radical party of corrup-
ton, dissension, outrage and
fraud. But while such is true, has
it ever occurred to these poor
white people that a ma.
jority, Of the evils which they,
by their votes, enable the Radicals
to entail and faSten upon the PEG.
pie, are visited solely upon their
own heads
Thus, in this matter of mixed
schools, the poor white mans
alone is compelled to associ.
ate with the negro child. The
rich man can afford to and will
'end his child away but the poor
man will be compelled to force his
child to endure the degradation of
association with negroes
"a the public schools, or allow
to grow up in ignorance. The
interests Of the white men of the
3outh, rich and poor, are linden
ieal and should be jealously
guarded by all alike. The time
e petty Jealousy and unnatural
Hze has passed, We Just eli as
common brotherhood unite to
ls against . common enemy. !
49, therefore fully comprehend +,
ms ana prepare for the struggle. |
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18
A-mEHBHEHTs Re EHB STATE
Contribution

Alpha" . correspondent, else
where inthe HzALD today, urges
the adoption o~famendments TO the
State Constitution 70 deprive the
Governor Of the power Ofappoint-
ing the judges in the State. He
urges very justly that the power
given tOtheG Governor by a Radical
Convention lie In direct conflict
with the principles of true Repub.
licanism, which Is pledged to uni
versal suffrage. Before Radical.
ism became supreme in this State,
the people selected theirjudges by
their votes at the ballot box.
Radicallsm, preaching universal
and unlimited suffrage, intervenes,
however, and takes from the white
Nan q privilege which he had
under Democratic rule, and gives
nothing to the negro. The read.
ers Of the HERALD must remember
that the Republican definition Of
universal suffrage in the South
means to clothe the negro with the
right and deprive the white man
of it. Whom the gods wish to
destroy they first make mad"
From this we augur the early de-
struction Of the Radical party, for
1t is perfectly mad in its alteration
Of the negro. Yet in this one
matter of the appointment Of
judges, it has not considered the
interest OF the negro much. In q
Republican government all the
great questions of the day should
be referred to the people,
but Republicanism, that EN-.
bOdiment of principle which so
jealousy guards the interests Of
the people, forgets the people I'M
accountably in this instance.
The Radical party, when 1t sue.
ceeded to power in this State, by
virtue Of bayonet power, went
upon the principle that everything
heretofore done by the Democratic
party was wrong, and that the
great moral idea, progressive
political party, alone was in a stu.
alton to correct these great evils.
Hence this party sought to do just
the opposite Of that which had
been the rule with the Democratic
party.
Democracy ruled that every
official position in the State was in
the gift of the people. Republic.
anism declares it the property of
The party, and therefore trusts to
he great Head Centre" of the
the Governor of the State,
The giving away in the party of
thirty-eight lucrative positions.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

Z. M. YERGER, Esq formerly Of
jackson, has been elected Chancel-
Tor Of the Second Chancery Court
of Memphis, Tenn.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18


Thus II is the Governor is put
in possession Of s676, 900 of pecu.
mary power in this State. 1t now
becomes a simple matter of mathe.
mates. How many Radical car.
pet-baggers can he buy with
that sum- Now, then, there is
another simple proposition con.
nected with this office. If there is
any purchasing to be done give
the people the privilege ofdoing It.
Put no more power in the hands
of the Governor; rather take from
him. Therefore we think the
ideas Of our correspondent, who
is good orthodox Republican,
are correct in this instance. And
we cordially endorse them.
To our Democratic friends we say
we may not always be able to elect
a Democratic Governor who will
to that party these positions
but there are many districts in
the State in which Democratic
Judges can be elected under any
circumstances, and hence a por-
Of the State will be made
pure. But under Radical rule
a Radical Governor the en-.
ire State will be entrusted to
Radical Judges who buy their pc.
in various ways.
By all means let the Amend.
nents be presented and adopted
restore to the people their
rue rights. Is there honesty
inough in the Radical party to do
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

EDITOR VIcKsBURG HERALD I'm
reply to the communication of An
Old Racer" suggesting that q meet
ing OF the citizens be called in ref
erence to forming 4 Jockey Club,and
the iaitiatOry steps be taken towards
completing q race course near
Vicksbu.g will suggest Saturday,
the 10Th inst, as q suitable day. Ii
will snit the convenience Of the sub.
scriber on that day, at which time
he will DO prepared to submit plans
and estimates which will at least
approximate the actual cost of The
enterprise. II this time meets the
views and convenience of those In.
terested, some Of them, authorized
by the interest they take in the en-.
terprise, will please suggest in your
paper the place o. hOlding the meet
ing and the hour most convenient.
A, j, G.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

Wis unlub1iulhal idsaa, vita
@a isdoauii8 end visionary par
1a EVsFythisgis ealosF aE0ssS
We ere HHtEalHsdaad Inexperienced
colder, and an we kH0W 81 The
battle e The oEniismsnt, glory, the
= Bompand ~GiFCumsiaRces7 aAd We
kHoW noiAiagof ne weary march
~Riehed blVOuac, stinted Are, sad
- Iaek Of military kuowlsdgs and
experience. Therefore, We 90 into
The fight unprepaCed, unprovided
and unAtted-aHd we meet with
successive reVerSes.
Our children who come after rs
have learned nothing from our ex-
peEhnce, and they must needs
climb the anne heavy hill.
This view III = discOuraging one
Of life ct the first Olush, but It has
lie hidden uses. This secret the
great human poet knew when he
wrote
Sweet are the SSss Of advsslty."
Il 10 all laid down in the grand
plan Of the Almighty. He who
works in Q mysterious way
HIS wonders 70 perfOTm."
And another sweet writer felt the
truth Of the primary cause. "Why
was 1t sop TennysOn had learned
that human life isa constant series
Of moral e~volvements; that one
dead, unsubStantial hope makes
way for another Of better purpose
and less unSubstantial.
TennySOn told the secret in these
men may rise on stepping stones
u lhelT oenl nolve8 70 higher fhanRan
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

Cor. Dan q. RUSSELL died in
CarrOlltOn last Monday.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-18

Thus We make a showing, three
supreme Judges Tor three,
SIX and nine years, a. a
AAiAry OI',,........"....,.N,D
The one for three years costing
the State ............ 1I3 zoo
The one for six years cost.bR
the STATE. -, ..~."""..'3 1900
The one or nine ) ears costing
the STATE tthis n Is Judge
stmTall oftnis city)........ O90
Making q total OF. .... esi. OOO
Then we have fifteen Circuit Judges
Tor six years at Z salary Of e..
30 being equal TO ninety yea Il
y w tSl5,OQ
Then we have twenty ChAneellor
appointed for four years each.
equal 10 eighty years at o., %
per year.""....' ..'.""-""'".' 10000
-
Total. .......... ......... .eg76, OOJ
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10
The Meeting OF the Authors.

Mr.. c., q gentleman who had just
published his first attempt at authorship,
which met with remarkable success, was
shortly after met by a seedy-looking indi-
vidual in the Queens Hotel, Toronto.
The latter extended his hand, and IN a
tragic manner, exclaimed, "Allow me, sir,
to welcome you to our ranks-the noble
ranks of authorship"
The peculiar appearance OF the lndl-
vidual rather amused c., and he re-
piled, "Thank you, sir; but may L ven
ture to ask who you arc and what work
bears your name !"
Certainly, sir Have you ever heard
of Tennyson, the Poet Laureate?"
EYES," said Mr.. -.
"Well, Pm not he. But have you heard
of Longfellow ?"
Yes, but have never seen him..
We'll, am not he"
"Then who the dickens are you?"
"Ah there. Have you ever heard OF
Charles Dickens?"
Yes, but know you are not Charles
Dickens"
"No, sir, am neither Tennyson, Long
fellow nor Dickens; but, sir, ], the indi-
vidual who stands prominently before you,
in the noble person of a mani sir, am.
"Well, sir, who are you, and OF what
are you the author?"
81, sir, am Jonathan Ezekiah Washing
ton Jefferson PiggletOn, and am the cele
brated author of recipe for taking
grease spots, tar, oil, and all stains out ol
cloth, wood, marble, carpets, etc, etc, and
of which will be most happy To sell you
or any other man who looks upon me, foI
the small sum of twenty cents?"
| Mr. c. cOllaDsed
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10
The Heart of a Turtle Found in a Hens
Egg.

WE have Just heard of one of the most
wonderful freaks of nature it has ever
been our lot to record. 1t seems that one
day last summer little girl, living in
Beaver street, was down near the Island
creek, PLAYING with one of her mates, when
she discovered a very small turtle of the
land species. Thinking it would be nice
to have the shell for plaything, the child
picked it up, and carried 1t home and gave
it to her mother, who first cut of the tur-
ties head and then proceeded to pick 1t
out of the shell in pieces. After awhile
the heart was taken out, and excited no
little curiosity from the fact that it was
beating still, although some time had
elapsed since the turtles life was supposed
to be ended by taking off his head. Wish
ing to experiment little and see just how
much life there was in turtles heart out
side his shell, the mother pierced it with
a needle, and in this condition 1t showed
life for four and a half days, when it was
thrown out in the back yard, and finally
disposed of by being swallowed whole by
an old gray hen, which, with a few other
fowls, were kept as sort of pets for the
children.
Not many days after the heart had been
thrown away, and all recollection OF II
had vanished, old gray "Biddy" took il
into her head to lay all egg. And now
comes the marvellous part of the transac-
ton. Having occasion TO use an egg mex,
morning, to settle the coffee, the mother
took Biddy's" egg, opened it, and in the
very centre of it, instead of the yolk, she
found the Gerry identical heart which had
been thrown away previously, and in a:
perfect condition as ever. She could
hardly believe her eyes, and so she called
her husband and children, all of whom
were satisfied that it was the same heart
as the needle punctures were still plainly
visible.-TFOy ". y, Times.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10

uncertain; and hence medical writer's are
unanimous in impressing the utmost eau
ton in their administration to the young
Hoffman states that opiates are dangerous
to children not only in their effects, but
as leading in some instances to "perma-
nent mental imbecility and loss of muscu-
lar power" and warns against the popular
custom of giving anodynes tor slight at
tacks of collie or other pain. Trousseau
asserts that he has frequently seen infants
poisoned by dose of wine of opium, con-
tanning not more than one -hundredth of
a grain of opium. Hundreds Of cases are
recorded in which children, ranging in
age from few days to year or more,
have been fatally poisoned by preparations
containing opiates, and thousands of older
invalids are suffering the consequences of
a drugged infancy. Self-indulgent parents
or unprincipled nurses may quiet fretful
children with plain paregoric or disguised
carminatives and soothing syrups, but the
desired end is purchased at fearful risk
The World suggests that it would be well
if the compOunders of all "patent medi-
cines," whether intended for children or
for grown people, were forced by law to
print upon the label of every box or bottle
of their wares the names and proportions
of the different ingredients, in order that
the purchaser might judge for himself, or
ascertain from the proper authority,
whether they were devoid of danger.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10
Truthful and 0bedient.

"CHARLIE Charliel" Clear and sweet
as note struck from silver bell, the
voice rippled over the common,
"That's mother" cried one oil the boys,
and he instantly threw down MS oa', ana
picked up his jacket and cap
"Don't 90 yetl' Have it out!
Il" Finish this camel" "Try it again "
cried the players, in noisy chorus.
Unjust co-right off-this very minute;
| told her I'd come whenever she called
MAKE believe you didn't hear theS
all exclaimed.
But did hearT
"She don't know you did"
"But l know it, and"
let him go" said bystander. lou
can't do ANYTHING with him. He's tied 10
his mothers apron-strings.
"That's So" said Charlie; "and II 10
what every boy ought to be tied ana IN Il
hard knot, too.
"But | wouldn't be such a baby as To
run the minute she called" said one
al don't call it babyish To keep one
word to bis mother" answered the oocoi-
ent boy, beautiful light glowing IN ms
blue ewes. Il call that manly; and the
boy who don't keep his word to her VIII
never keep it To any one else-you see II
he does |" and he hurried away TO his col
tage home. -
Thirty years have passed since those
boys PLAYED ball on the comraon. CharieS
GREY is now a prosperous business man In
a great city, and his mercantile friends say
of him that "his word is as good as
bond" We asked him once how he ac-
quired such reputation.
81 never broke my word when boy
no matter how great the temptation, ana
the habit formed then has clung 10 me
through life ."-Cild's Delight.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10

A CURIOUS insight is furnished into the
honesty of the Partisan population, but
more especially of Partisan cab-drivers
and policemen, by the fortnightly lists
which French papers publish of objects
found in public vehicles or thoroughfares
and deposited by the finders at the Pre-
lecture de Police. In recent list, emu
merating objects deposited at the prefec-
ture between the 26th of December and
the 10Th of January, are IS watches, 21
purses or 'pocket-boOks Containing alto
gether 37,479 f. 30 c), rings, gold snuff
box, bracelets, 3 lOckets, brooches, and
1 pair of gold spectacles. All these OBJ
lects were picked up in the streets or in
public gardens. In cabs Omnibuses, and
theatres were found 81 purses and pocket
books containing 63,69S f. 10 c), II
watches, 23 opera glasses. pearl neck
lace, gold necklaces and lOckets, 2 brace
lets, A umbrellas, 5 ladies' shawls Oh
cloaks, and gentlemen's Ovcrcoats. The
most surprising feature of the list consists
however, in the number of isolated
twenty franc and ten-franc pieces picked
up and brought to the police office.
One can understand cabman taking q
purse or watch to a police station; bu'
who are those phoenix drivers who fee
bound to deposit COINS of which it mus
be impossible to discover the owners
This question, which suggests itself tC
foreigners, leads unfortunately to a very
prosaic explanation. II seems that Thu
Prefecture de Police, entertaining small
confidence in the same innate probity o
mankind, has recourse to an ingenious
and eflcacious method of seeing that los
objects are not misappropriated by th'
finders. With view of impressing upon
cabmen the prudence 'as. well as tn,
beauty OF honesty, police agents are di
rected now and then to leave things 81
purpose in public vehicles If the driver
do not bring the objects to the Preiectur
] within two days, they are punished by
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-10
A Few Maxims for Young Girls.

NEVER make your appearance in the
morning without having first bathed, II
only with a sponge and quart OF water,
brushed and arranged your hair, dressed
Yourself neatly and completely.
Keen your clothing, especially your
underclothing, in perfect order. Never
let pins do duty as buttons, or strings take
the place of proper bands.
Examine every garment when 1t comes
from the wash, and, if necessary, mend 1t
with neatness and precision. DO not sew
nm the holes in your stockings, as we have
seen some careless, untidy girls do, but take
in a broad margin around the hole, be 1t
small or large, with fine darning needle
and darning cotton, and cover the fracture
with an interlaced stitch, so close as to be
as strong as the body OF the stocking, and
fine enough TO be ornamental.
Stockings mended in this way need
darning but very few times IN the course
of their existence. :,
Never carry coaSse embroidered or laced
handkerchiefs. Fine plain ones are much
more lady-like.
Avoid open- worked stockings and very
fancy slippers. Fine plain white hose
and black kid slippers, with only strap
or rosette in front, are more becoming:
Train yOurseH TO uselu "'Ai
Remember 1t is wicked to waste time, ana
nothing gives such an impression OF YAM
ty and absolute Stiffness as haolt ol luiihg
and never having anything to Go.
If you are in your fathers house take
some department of household labor nponl
Yourself, and a part of the sewing, and
make it your business to attend to it. DO
not let call from this idle girl, or VISIT
from that, or an invitation from the other,
interfere with the performance OF your
duty.
Let your pleasure come in as recrea-
tion-not as the business OF your Nie.
If you can, cultivate some arr py Mnlcn .l'l
YOU can gain an independent livelihood
Do it whether there is necessity for II or
not. Do it quietly if you will, but do it.
There is no telling when or under what
circumstances you may need it.-De""- :
resf