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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
Laws of the State of Louisiana.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. rs.
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-.n. AN ACE
70 incorporate the Sons of Israel Associa-
ton of the town of Natchitoches.
SEcrloS |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in general assembly convened,
That Jacob Wolfson, Jacob Israel, Philip
Myers, Isaac Kahn, Leopold Caspare, ia
cob Levy, Samuel Caspave, Simon Harris,
John Harris, Samuel Aaron, Edward
Phillips, Benjamin Wolfson, Simon Weinar,
Marks Weiner, Herman Lichtcnstcin,
Michael Gaus, Isaac Gaus, Harris Jaiia,
Henry NJ Levy, Simon Weinburg, Thro-
dore Beck, and all other 1sraelitles who
NAV from time to time associate themselves
with them, be and are hereby created a
ea,ody corporate, under the name AMI style
of the Binai Israel, or Sons of Israel, to be
located in the town and PARISH OF Natch
toches and shall under this title enjoy
the right Of perpetual succession, and be,
as such capable. to sue and be sued, to
acquire and possess real estate and personal
property by or donation inter visas
or mortts causi, TO acquire and possess and
also to dispose OF all real and personal
property obtained by any legal title and
acts; to grant and receive contracts; to
make and adopt such constitution and by
laws, not inconsistent with the constitution
and laws of the State, as they may think
proper, and TO alter and amend and modify
the same at pleasure; to use a common
seal and change the same.
Sec. 2. Be it further epacted, etc, That
the funds and means of said society shall
be employed in erecting synagogue or
place of religious worship, the prayers to
be read in the Hebrew language; also, for
the promotion Of general education; and,
also, to keep up in good order the burial
ground, and such other acts as may be re-
solved upon by said society.
SEC 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
meeting of said body corporate shall be
held at such time and place in the town
of Natchitoches as may be determined
upon by said society, and at the first meet
ing after the passage of this act there shall
be an election for the following officers
president, vice president, treasurer and
secretary-to hold said offices according to
the constitution and regulations of the
bylaws.
: (Signed) GEO. w. CARTER,
Speaker Ol tllc liUuSe Gt REPRESENTATIVES,.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate
Approved March 80, 1871.
(Signed) Ii. G. WARMOI'H,
J.. Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy
GEO. f. BovEE,
Secretary of State.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
No. So.
AN ACT

To release the damages for the non=pay=
ment of taxes due previous to the year
1869, and to authorize warrants to be
received in payment thereof.
SECTION l. Be. it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in general assembly convened,
That all the damages awarded by any law
for the nom payment of any taxes and IL
censes due to the State previous to the
year eighteen hundred and sixty be
and are hereby remitted and released pro-
vided, said taxes and licenses shall be fully
paid by the thirty-frst day of December,
A. D. 1871; otherwise the damages to
stand unremitted, and to remain in force
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all the taxes and licenses referred to in the
first section of this act, including taxes
assessed for any of the special funds, shall,
when collected, be credited to the general
fund. and may he paid in warrants of the
Auditor of Public Accounts on the State
Treasurer.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the collectors of State taxes shall publish
this act in the official journal in each
parish thirty days before they commence
collecting. ......-
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
(sigpcd) GEO. w. CARTER,
speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved April s, 1871.
lsigned) IT, G, WARMOTH,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO E. BoyEE,
Secretary Of State, a
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
No. 20.
AN ACT

AAl% &A&) II
Entitled an act to authorize the Governor
Of the State Of Louisiana to grant leave
of absence to State and parish officers.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by tie Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in general assembly convened
That the Governor of the State of Louis
lana be and he is hereby authorized tc
grant leave of absence to State and parish
officers, not to exceed ninety days at any
one time, at his discretion.
SEc.F2. BE it further enacted, ETC., That
all acts and parts Of acts inconsistent with
the provisions Of this act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
..his act shall take effect from and after the
da,,se of its passage. ..... ...-
(ss;gned) GEO. ". CARTER,
4 Sneaker Of the House Of Representatives.
(Signeuil, OSCAR J. Dunn, T.
T T,;aufenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved March 80, 1871.
'(signed) H. G. WARMOTH,
!. Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEo. 6. BovEE, .....
Secretary of State.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10

and manner prescribed for similar rolls in
the United States army Said rcl!s shall
be subscribed and sworn to by tie company
and rcgimcntal commanders, verified and
approved by the brigade and division com
mandcrs, and approved by the Governor.
The Auditor of Public Accounts shall issue
his warrant for the gross amount of each
muster and payroll thus approved to the
Paynaster General upon the Treasurer of
the State which shall be paid out of the
funds, appropriated for the expenses of
the militia Of the State. The Paymastcr
General shall account monthly to the
Treasurer OF the State for all sums SO re-
ccivcd and disburscd exhibiting the proper
vouchers and receipts for all disburse-
fents and his accounts shall be examined
by the Finance Committee of the Senate,
and shall at all times be opened to their
inspection and critical examination.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted etc, That
the Commander in Chief, and the Major
General commanding the First Division,
are authorized 10 designate the number and
grade of the officers of their respective
staffs the same to Jc appointed and COM
mssioncd as now provided By law
SEC. 1. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all acts and parts of acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act, are here.
by repealed, and that this act shall take
effect from and after its passage.
(SigneD GEO. ". CARTER,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
(Signcd} OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate
Approved April IS, 1871.
(Signed) II. c. WARMOTH,
Goycrnor Of the State of Louisiana.
4 true copy:
GEO. Il. BovEE,
Secretary of State.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
mo,
AN ACT

To amend and rf-onact articles 495, 500,
$50, 1911, 130s 14G8, 1868, 1881, 1889,
1929, 174l, 1794, 1914, 1915, 1857,
. 206l, 22ls, 1886, 2495, l5GG, o591,
i 1868, 2T40, 2792, 2o77, e9s6, 3125,
| $500 and 3442 of the Revised Civil Code
@5ol Louisiana, being Act No. 81 of the
session .acts of 1870, approved March
a, 1870. .@....
Whereas, In printing of the Revised
Civil Code referred to In the title of this
act, there exists Typographical errors and
omissions in the articles referred to in the
title to this act which it is important tc
correct therefnre. @ .&
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of ofLoulsiana in general assembly convened
That the articles of the Revised Civil Code
of Louisiana, being act No. 81 of the ses-
4sion ACTS Of 1870, approved March Il, 1870
be amended and re- e-enacted so as to reae
as follows:
Arr. 495 (48T]. lie who has once &C,
quired the ownership Of thing by ONT
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
(Signcd Fl. c. WAhMoTl,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
Gro E. BovEE,
Secretary Of State.
No. s9 J..
No. SS.
AN ACT
Creating an additional Justice Court fol-
the parish of Orleans.

Creating an additional Justice Court for
the parish of Orleans.
SECTION ]. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in general assembly convened,
That in addition to the six justice courts
already existing within the parish Of Or
leans, there shall be one created for the
Sixth District Of the parish Of Orleans and
city Of New Orleana, which court shall be
designated and numbered the Seventh (7)
Justice Court for the parish of Orleans.
Sec 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
upon the passage of this act the Governor
shall appoint justice of the peace and one
constable for said justice court and sad
appo;ntecs shall be qualified electors Of
said district, and shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with the other SIX justices IN
said parish, and whose duties and cnolu
ments shall be the same as arc now or may
be defined by the constitution and laws of
this State
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
at the next ensuing general election and
every two years thereafter there shall be
elected by qualified voters residing within
the Sixth District Of the parish of Orleans
and city of New Orleans, one justice Of the
peace and one constable, who shall hold
their office for the term Of two years, and
who shall be qualified electors Of the dis
trict.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts of laws contrary to the
provisions of this be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act shall
take effect from and after its passage.
(Signed) GEO. W. CARTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signcd) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved March so, 1871.
(Signed) Ii. C. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. f. BoyEE
Secretary of State.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
Ne. = I,
AN ACT

| AN ACT
For the relief Of r. p. fBruton State Tax
Collector for the parish of Union.
SECTaoS u Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana In general assembly convened,
That the State Treasurer be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to refund
u R. p. Bruton. State Tax Collector fer
the parish of Union, the sum Of fifteen
hundred and Fifty three dollars and thirty
eight cenis ls1553 5s), amount oserpaid
by said Brlafon on the one per cent special
tx of 1868, and that the Auditor is hereby
directed to draw his warrant in favor Of the
Sid II. P. Brnton, and that said amount
IL paid out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
sEc q. he II further enacted, etc, Tha'
this aet shall take effect from and after it,
passage. - ,,,,r,,
lSigned) GEO ". CalsiEis, CslLlE.l
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
(Signedl OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved March 80, 1871.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
PH O T O O. II "A y - Z
.Esr. Rudolph .lg6syess
hssist phasasrauhar.

I'D EsPECTFUIIsY announces to the 'ub-
u ., lie of Opelousas that ae has opened
Photograph Gallery opposite the Court I'll ursey
and il now prepared to take portraits by his
new and permanent process.
1.-THE ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH
The beauty and superiority of this style re-
coulriesids itself, Portraits taken daily from
10 Il. M.tp 6 ID. III.
Opelousas, April ~, ls71--tf. "
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
JOSEPH M. MOORE,
Aseasgadsg and agauRSeslor as Law.

Al III tlHfasv Office formerly occupied by the
Il a late law firms of Swayze III Moore and
Moore III Morgan, Opeias,sas,, La. viii prac-
tica Iii tiie aIh Judicial District.
Opelonsas, April 22, I67I. tf -aass
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-10
J.W. BLACKNgANS
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
GIL CAMP STREET,

Corner Of Commercial Place, New Orleans, La.
If OPEN DAY AND EVENING THE
ENTIRE YEAR.
-&@-E-===ss4 Penmansbip, bookkeeping, Math-
rmatcs and Languages are practically taught
by experienced professors. Persons from ff-
teen to fifty years of age attend. Instructions
given privately to eacl, student. who has a
separate desk TO himself, and is put through a
thorough and systematic course to qualify h'n
for the situation he intends to fill. Persons
who lave neglected their education are here
speedily prepared for business: Students from
the country may obtain board in the family
of the Principal.
TERMs-Twenty per cent less than other
Commercial Colleges in this city. Cost of
full Commercial Course only 800. Average
time, three to four months.
The Principal has been professional teach
CT in New Orleans since 1851.
For Circulars address =
J. w. BLACkMAN,
FebIS-Iy1 New Orleans.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
A RADICAL VIEW,

The New York Tribune, one of the most
rabid of that uupriuciPled press that is unre<
ientiDg in its persecution of the people of the
South, in its professod love for the negro,
has a special correspondent who is now making
n tour through South Carolina, Georgia. &c.,
for the purpose of making personal Observa>
ton as to the true condition of things in these
WfOnged aud outraged States. The writer, in
his Columbia letter, says that "SOuth Carolina
may be regarded as the typical southern
State" and he gives the following picture
of this type of the South:
The slaves of yesterday are the masters of
to day, and the old, naughty, ruling class is
reduced to a condition OF political thraldom.
In order to comprehend the cause of the pres
ent disturbed condition Of the State il Is ne.
cessarJ 10 consider the elements of its popu-
IatiOn aud their changed relations to each
other. In n total of 10000 inhabitants
there are about $4,000 negroes, who, rs n
class, are ignorant, superstitious, semi barbar-
ians, but little elevated in Intelligence above
their kindred in Africa. ISpeak of the great
mass of the negrOes-Of the plantation. field
hands They are extremely iudoIent, and
will make no e~xertion beyond what is ueces.
sary to obtain food enough to satisfy their
hunger. They rarely commit great crimes.
but are given TO petty ;hieviug to a great ex.
tent. Toward the white man they are still
deterential, and assume an air of abject sub,
mission but they are diStrusrful Of the white
men, by whom they know they are hated
Upon these people not only political rights
have been conferred, but they have absolute
political supremacy. They are the governing
class In South Carolina, and a class more totally
unit to govern does not exist upon the face of
the earth. There are not a dozen highly-ed.
ucated negroes in the whole State, and the
whole number that can read and write is com.
paratively small"
The writer says that at first the whites, who
own the property, could not believe that re-
construction was more than a farce but when
they found it to be a reality-when they saw
"the negroes making law, levying taxes, hold
ing office, and acting as jurymen-they passed
into 4 condition of bitterness and rage of
which violence and murder was the natural
consequence"
The correspondent also enters into details
about the efforts of the whites at Cancellation.
and the formation of a ticket OF good and re-
liable men to save the State from the domin>
ion of corrupt strangers and iguorau. and in
capable negroes. This effort the blacks
seemed a, first to favor but wound up their
conference by casting their votes unanimously
for the Radicals. Ninety-one out of one hun
dred aud ~ffty>fye member of the two Houses
of the Legislature were negroes.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
LATEST FROM R

The seige of Paris makes but slow progress,
and the accounts have assumed IN air of mo.
notony. Fort D'lssy is sad to 10 a heap of
ruins yet 1t Is still held by the Communists,
who are entrenchiug under a perfect, b.iI or
Pr"Jectiles from the VerSalIliest batteries. TO
which they return n slow fire. The other
forts OF the insurgents are constantly bonn.
barded by the Versailles batteries, but with
no results OF consequence. The loss Of the
insurgents within the past week. in killed
wounded aud prisoners, has been two thou.
sand.
The bearer of a flag of truce who came into
the lines OF the Versailles army on Thursday
refused to return. lie gave deplOrable ac>
counts of the condition Of the INSURGENTS wbo
he said, except deserters, were all foreign ad.
venturers. A special from Paris says that no
hopes of peace whatever are INDUCED in
The Free Masons of Ilavrc and Fecamp are
about to make a joint appeal to both the beIIir.
erents. for the institution of negotiations
with a view to peace.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
THE DANGER NOT so IMMINENT.

The New York World shows up the hypoc.
risy Of the President in his appeal to Congress-
to arm him with extraordinary powers to put
down the new rebellion in the South :" and
concludes, very properly, that the danger can.
not be SO imminent, even in the estimation of
the President, as he then represented it to Be.
Says the World: "What an illustration is the
conduct of the President of the false preteuces
with which he urged the Kuklux enactment!
Three weeks ago he pretended the country
was In danger. The rebellion was upon US.
Not only did he indecentIy and in hot haste
rush to the Capitol to earwig aud button hole
congressman, but he read the Riot a.t-he
issued a proclamation requiring the revolters
to lay down their arms and in only twenty
days to disperse.
The time is passed; the law is enacted; the
prerogative is conferred; and the President. in
the agony OF initiate rebellion packs his trunk,
lays in n good stock of cigars and BRANDY. and
goes OH to visit his farm in Missouri, s~toppinp
on the way to be sereuaded at the IndiaDapo.
lis Academy of Music! All this while Ku-
k!uxiSm, according to Scott, reigns unchecked:
Holden dare not so back aud Pool feels his
poor speeches to nave been in vain. Nav
further the new bill being prospective. one
of the P~rOvisos requires a new proclamation
before It goes into effect, aud this gives the
rebels twenty days more grace after the
President shall recover from the fatique of
his accidental frolic :"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
RATHER POINTED,

The New York Eeening Post bits the nail
on the head when it says:
The Federal government is to be used.
under the klu,KIux bills, not TO redeem
South Carolina from its robbers. but to fasten
upon the taxpayers the rule of scamps who
are Piunderlng 1t. The Federal power will
appear Ia the southern States, under this KIu-
hlux bill, as the ally of thieves. the protector
OF swind!ers tie guardian of their pIunder."
This is plain talk (says the Ne,c Era for
a regular straight out Republican paper to in
dulge in. 1t is not only plain but true as
gospel. The object of the Klu Klux bill, and
all other PrOscriPtive enactmeuts of the Same
character of TIE last six or eight years, were
not passed to produce peace and good feeling
among the Southern people, but to keep up
strife and Ill feeling between those who earnest
u desire to live in harmony with each other.
Peace and quiet is not what Grant wants in
the South. If it was, he would not have
lobbied to defeat the amnesty bill in tho
Senate a few days ago. 1t was stated. time
and again, in that body by men who knew,
that general amnesty would do more to restore
the South to good order than q hundred
thousand bayone;s in the hands of United
States soldiers. The passage of the Klu Klux
bill was intended to inaugurate violence and
blood-shed, in the South, as the last hone of
maintaining the Grant family in the high po-
SltIons they are disgraceing every day.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09

ES- General Grant has issued his procl,.
nation calling attention to the provisions of
the act OF Congress, commonly called the Ku.
hlux bill, and notifying all persons that it
will be enforced to the extent of the powers
vested in the Executive. The President ia
compelled to acknowledge that extraordinary
powers have been conferred upon him by the
act IN question, but, at the same time, notice
Is given that these powers, foreign to the Con.
stitutiOn and alien to a republican form of
government, will be exhausted by the chief
magistrate of the nation, whenever he thinks
an occasion arises. The proclamation is a fit.
ting attendant upon the infamous bill. and the
finale is intended to aid the prospects of Gen.
eral Grant for q re-clcetion,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
MEDICINES

The theOry that the virus of disease can be safe.
counieTActefS by doses of poison, IL faIse nnd
dangerous. Within the last twenty.Gve vrsT. no,
Ices than = score of VirUlent poisons have brcn
39ueN the repository of the medical proEessioD
ihey are given IN small dOses, other wise Ihey would
a.str"y me Immediately but even in minute quan-
tIIes' they. produce, ultimately, very disasITpus
'ncets. itls unwlse aud nPhiIosophicaI to employ,
es remedies, powerful and iSsidiuus druss. which
In sutJugAtiHg one discase. SOW the seed. uf npo,b"r
sui more unmRnageablc. None Of IA, Sc teTTiLL,
heuICaniehIs operates with Is much dirscrnessRn and
certainty upon the Gauss Of disca sc as HosteIteT's
StnIiaSn bit:eTS, a tonic and corrective, ariHOmf a
Slnse GehtsTIOuSI ngTedisHtiR iGs eOmpOsition. ATsenir
anu qEinIH are given Tor inteTmiIenIs bromide Of
potassium Tor nervous disorders; stTyChnine 80
pruSsic acid for general dcLiliIv: IncTc,%v ~
NSIlous iormS' for liver complaint; Ireparniions Of
chIor"ioTm and opium for SleeplrssneEs: and vet
these deadly drugs do not compare, as soscifcs iior
the el4SasesAoOVe enumerated, with that whOIesome
vegetable lnvigOTAnt and RiIet tive, while tbcy +.
~ : o PernieiSus that ! q: a:tonishing any hysician
shonI" laEe the responsibility Of prrscriLinS ,bem
Let InNnlids. for their own sAkes. tTv H. R;,,sH:
DeI%re they resort to the pOisnns. The relief ,bcv
VIII experience rom = cBprse Of the hnrmirss
EPo.ihc' VIII render = recOurs. to the unsafe pTcpa.
May /. ISL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09

HS- The New York Herald thinks that
Secretary BoutwelVs administration of the f.
nances IS, IN some instances, Questionable
The report of the Fifth Auditor of the Treas,
ury shows that, Notwithstanding the internal
revenue in 1906 yielded sS9, 565, 600 more
than in lS69-7O, the cost of collection in the
latter year was s21I ,S53 more than in the
former term. Financiering which requires
increased expenses to collect a diminished
revenue is not cl!cullted to speedily extin-
Guish the public debt or to relieve the people
from the oppressive taxation now imposed
upon them.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09
HONE INDUSTRY.

IhE undermined having Iessed for n ter, AZ
i years the WsOIen Factory Of Nr. q r Po-,.r
y nov ADDING to and putting The marhirSry IN fr,f
oooSr IoS the mAnuiActuFe Of both eoSySe md
nae Hoo1sn Goods such a. S. Lins~yS nj al SooI
Heiseys' eotored and white narfno FI.aneIs-
IUeeds. CassimeFs. Beaver Cio1bs 800 0HI.--".
inEs. Blankets. Yarns. sc
na.inE had twenty years experience IN the buIis
UorEed 81 all its various detaiIs, he hopeb
Dy s-Ttct attention 20 business and ~ v.1tSo N ~.
customers. to merit a liberal share Of pubiie a
The highest Baltimore price. p"id sr Vol in
April q. Is7l-tL A-AeC-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-09

The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Gazette says ''that orders have been
issued to open all the passenger cars between
Washington and Baltimore to travellers, with.
out regard to race or color" Recent decis-
ions Of the Courts have forced the railroad
company to adopt this course, or locate their
terminating depot outside Of the District