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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

The story that the New York Tri-
bune is having Mr.. Greeley's old
editorial manuscripts engraved as
maps of the seat of war is ridiculous
on the face Of it, when any one con-
siders that they can be put to ser
vice as new editorials by giving
them to fresh compositor to set
up the second time.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29
COTTON PRESSES
II HORSE POWERS.
The Reynolds" Revolving Wrought
Iron Screw


Iron Screw
COTT ON RESS
is an Improvement ON the most popular Screw
Presses, and is pronounced to be the most
complete, durable. and easy working Press
now in the market The whale weight Of the
Press with the cotton in the box stands on
pivot. enabling two men or one horse to press
q 500 lbs bale with ease.
TYsc Reynolds Horse Es0scess
Is unsurpassed for strength and durability.
They are manufactured expressly for Cotton
Ginning, Corn Mills and other plantation
work.
These articles took the PREMIUMS at the
TEXAS STATE FAIR 1871.
Manufactured in New Orleans, at
REYNOLDS IRON WORKS,
Corner South Market and Fulton Sts.,
Near ST. Mary's Market.
wv. H. REYNOLDS, Proprietor, Box 1890.
Office and Depot, 81 Carondelet Street
BLOCH Il DUPRE. Agents,
opelousas, La.
Agents wanted everywhere. Er Send for
Price List. IJe24-6m
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

The best medical authority says
that when a lady says no and means
yes, she has the amesic aphasia,
arising from elnbolus thombus. That
has long seemed to us the only cor
rect solution of such actions.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

The Louisiana Ledger touchingly
pictures the ''malevolent potato bug
sitting in Western fence corners and
waiting for business.'
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

A lawyer in New Orleans, seeking
to impeach the testimony Of a wit
ness, said: care you not in the hab
it of drinking" "Sure, yer Honor,
Iwould choke, else" was the prompt
RESPONSE
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29
THE HUMORISTS' COLUMN.
A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the wiscstmen.

MEAN-There is a landlord in this
city so mean and exacting that he
sees rent even in a cloud.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

"Why so late ?">said a schoolmas-
ter to little urchin, as he entered
the room on cold, slippery morning
in February. ''Why, sir" replied
the boy, "I would take one step for
ward, and slide back two" 'In-
deedw said the teacher; "then how
did you get here at all, if that Was
the case ~ "Oh," said the boy,
scratching his head on finding him
self caught, II turned round and
walked the other way"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

The mosquitoes are so plentiful
in the Adirondacks that they can't
all get on a stranger at once, so they
stand around in reliefs and wait for
their turns, like customers in bar
Der shop. They exhaust a man in
three days, and then let him alone,
like a deserted Oil well, to accumu-
late more blood.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

A female suffrage act has been lost
in the Dacotah Legislature, by a
vote of to2; which is a 4-2-itous
calamity, quite unexpected by the
ladies of that territory.
Our devil 1-ders that the writer
had not d more 10-der feeling 4 the
fair petitioners.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

Little Johnny's mother reached
for him with her slipper the other
evening for hooking the jelly, and
after giving him a good spanking,
she was surprised to hear him laugh
over it, and demanded the cause of
it. Il was thinking how [ had fool
ed you; il was Garry who hooked
the jelly
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29
REG ULAR
OPELOUsAS AND NEW ORLEANS PACKET.
- SELMA,

U o. FICRETTi MASTER, j. -. SCHMIT, CieEK,
Leaves Washington every Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock, and New Orleans every We'd
nesday evening at 5 o'clock. The SELMA
connects at Churchville with the steamer
Camelia running in Bayou Rouge, and takes
freight and passengers for all landings on
Bayou Courtableau, Atchafalaya River. and
the Coast. Through bills given to Bayou
Beuf. For freight or passage, apply on
board, or to the Agents:
A. Gamard, Opelousas.
Pitre a, Carriere, Washington,
d. p. Saizan, Port Barry,
j. u. Carlin, q Tchoupitoulas st., N. o.
Feb1S-ly
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29

WELLERIsMs.-"Hold your jaw"
as the man said when his head was
i'm the lions mouth. ..#
"You'll break my heart" as the
oak said to the hatchet.
II blush for you," as the rouge
pot said to the old dowager.
"You'll split my sides," as the oak
tree said to the fash of lightning.
'I'm dreadfully cut up" as the
crimped cod said to the fishmonger.
"Why don't you hit one of your
own size," as the ten.penny nail said
to the sledge-hammer.
"You're hard ON me-" as the corn
said to the tight boot.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-07-29
Successful TRANSMISSION.

A singular operation to save q
mans life-that of the TRANSMISSION
of blood from lamb to his body
is reported to have been performed
in Wilmington, Delaware, recently,
by Drs. King and Winants. The
subject was a colored man, an in
mate of the city hospital, who had
lately seemed in danger of death
FROM mere exhaustion. When laid
upon the table he was too weak to
talk, and appeared to have but a
few hours of life in him. When his
vein was opened, but one drop of
blood fell from it. The carotid ar
terry of the lamb was opened, and
the blood was forced from thence by
the palpitation of the animals heart,
through a small glass tube, into the
patients cephalic vein. In this way
about eight ounces of blood were
conveyed from the lamb to the man.
The operation was entirely satisfac-
tory in it's results, and the patient is
said to be doing very well.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-04-22
tcoMMuNIcArED.l
Hebron TOWNSHIP,
FoRK OF TIE ED1sros,
April 18th, 1871

Mr. ERttor-Our citizens are greatly
ngitated at the present time, and arc
striking right and left for a remedy to
mitigate the stupendous wrongs that are
bearing down upon them, like u huge
wave ofthe mighty deep. They have
resolved to meet in. Convention, in Co
lumbia, to take counsel together to abate
the enormous tax, to inquire into the
billowy State debt, and the many, very
many, shameful and disgraceful frauds
land impositions that they have been
compelled to groan under for the last
few years. Now, Mir. Editor, l highly
approve Of the meeting of this Conven-
ton, and as 1 also believe in striking at
the root of an evil, when I strike at all.
allow me to make a suggestion and a
few remarks to those who will meet in
Columbia to form this Convention. In
the first place, [ will ask a few pertinent
questions, and answer them myself. Who
is responsible for all the villianies and
rascalities committed by the first Radi-
cal General Assembly, sitting as an au-
gust body, in the Capitol Of South Car
DINA? L. X. Scott and his horde OF
arpct-baggers. Who laid the founda
ton stone and built colossal fortunes on
the tears and groans of an outraged and
oppressed people2 r. K, Scott and his
horde Of carpct-baggers. Who war the
leader, and who the followers, in that
grand land swindle, and every other
swindlc? r. X. Scott and his horde OF
carpet-baggersy and who has had to bear
the burden and share the odiom, without
: any Of the spoils? Honest Republicans
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A Plea for Amnesty.
TIE SPEECH OF CoNGREssMAN De-
LARGE.

Among the members Of the present
Gnaara=s 's one Robert q. DeLarec. a
colorcd man, representing the Charles
ton District of South Carolina. In n
speech delivered bJ him on Thursday,
On the Ku Klux bill, he put the very
Jealous Northern champions of the col
ored race to shame by the lcarlcssncss
and frankness with which he discussed
the subject. lie stated that he repre-.
scented n district in which there had
been no ouSrages since the passage of
the reconstruction measures. He freely
admitted that both parties were respon-
sihlc for whatever disturbance there is
now in South Carolina, and thought, that
legislation was Necessary; but "no legis-
ton woull' be sg6icieat mtkcss politsal
disabilities ,ccre renorcd." He insisted
that Republicans could not expect that
those now resting under political dis
Embellishments would exert themselves to
preserve the public peace when they
have nothing to hope from its re -cstab-
lishmcnt.
1t was we'll and truthfully said by
more than one Republican senator, du-
ring the recent debate, that peace could
be restored in every village and district
at tho South if the Democrat partv
would SO order it. In other words, if all
The men engaged in acts Of political dis
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order at the South would 4bandon their
practice, give up drinking aud swearing,
join the church, and become2 exemplary
members of society, there would be no
kusZluxery. But Dir. DeLorge cx-
plates why the Democrat leaders nj the
South aunot be expected to take these
%raftians by the throat and su 2press them.
A minority in Congress refuses to give
assent to the removal of the political
disabilities Of the very class of men upon
whom they call to preserve the peace
OF what interest is it how an election
terminates to the man degraded by law
rom any active share in it? Why
should a Interfere to protect BIS
political tights, when the law brands A
with interiority, aud excludes him from,
political promotion? That there arc
men Of high personal character, superior
utiain,nents and Influential social posi-
ton in every part of the South. who
could so control public sentiment as to
suppress disorder, is probably, true but
that very class of nIcu, whose services at
this time would be invaluable in making
reconstruction fiual and acceptable, are
the class who are prohibited by law
from being candidates even for comsta-
bIcs, and who arc punishable us lclons
if they perform the duties of a justice of
the peace or county surveyor.
Mr.. DcLarge tells the truth when he
states that to emancipatc this class Of
persons, perhaps the most intelligent
and competent ofthe whole population,
and upon whom the greater portion of
taxation falls, would be to place the
control of the Democrat organization in
those States in tie hands oI mcn deeply
interested in preserving law and order.
Twenty five Democrat leaders, of
property, respected by all classes for
their personal Integrity and their iutel-
%lectual ability, would do more in one
week to suppress the Ku Klux thar a
regiment Of soldiers would accomplish
in a year. Ii the people of s!.c North
will examine this question they will fad
that Mr.. DeLarge has not exaggerated
the Importance Of emancipating the
whites OF the rebel States.
From he (Hicago Tribune
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-04-22

ANTI OPPRESSION.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-04-22
[coMMuNIcArED.]
WILD CAT SWAMP, S. c.,
April 10Th, 1871.

Mr.. Editor: 1 promised in my last
letter-which was short-that I would
furnish you some observations for your
next issue, in the event that you should
consent to give me expression through
yoa1 columns. Since you have done so,
l intend to cut right and left. If L
mash any body's corns in my random
shots, all I have to say is, that they had
no business to get in my way.
This is my article No. 2. Now, my
observation, or interrogation rather, No.
/, is this: Who is'aLeo in the Fork?
Would it be a breach of editorial conf,
dence to let the public know through
your columns, who he is? People do
nothing else now but talk, sleep and
drink his scathing sarcasms. Who is
he? I say Mr.. Mditor. (This is ques-
ton No. 81 He's not a Republican,
is he? How is it possible? Are not
those of the Ring" bound by oaths
black and deep as the nasty Atlantic,
not to let the cat out the wallet? Say,
are they all not to love one another "as
thyself"? BY Jehoiaphat, "Lco,"
doesn't. He kicks up all around, and
by all that is marvellous, dabs White
more, and his spotlcss () followers,
right Square" in the face. If he is n
Republican, (Which he AYERS to bc,)
heavens! what n nasty stencil he must
have discovered amongst carpet.baggcrs
q would say scalawags too, but you see
| well, you can un6 rstand me AIr. Ed.
tori, to have wo' cd him up to such a
point us the one from which he has
written. But that's not uAm / want
now. Who is he? Introduce him to
the people. Ifhe is Republican, we
will like him just as well, for he seems
not to be chained and bound so tightly
that he is afraid to speak. Go ahead,
"Leo in the Fork BE yo saint or ID,
as long as such sweet things come from
your pen, Wen back you, by the Holy
Virgin There's nary ID, if we don't.
Now, for something else. What is
: the matter with your party, any how. Mr..
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"Anti OPPRESSION

A communication over the above non
de blame, will be found in another col
umn. We viii say to our correspon-
dent that the 0RANGEBURd News,
unlike the proprietors of the New York
EEsy%;y, anu the New FORK LcdJer,
does not keep a corps of editors on its
staff for the purpose of answering every
question that an idle and distorted i'm
agination might suggest. If can't
Oppression" is as we'll posted as he evil
IDENTIFY imagincs himself to be, lie must
certainly be able to answer his own cues
tons. However as he has written from
"Wild Cat Swamp" (wonder if it isn't
Pole Cat Swamp?) and is so unmorciful-
/ treated BY mosquitoes, We shall essay
to answera few of his "iuterrogations,"
and shall proceed to do SO, according to
the Importance that attaches to each
lone.
/. cleo il the Fork is a citizen of
orangcbhrg County, (said County stu
ate in the State ofSouth Carolina), aud
is n Republican.
2, If he is'a member Of the "Ring,"
and has ben driven into an abuse of it
by the discovery of certain corruptions,
that is his look out, and not ours, And
VIC do not know of the ~ablacknoss," OF
any oath that would rrevent.a member
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Are not these statements trne, Mr.. Edi-

Are not these statements true, Mr.. Edi-
tori
Now for tho remedy. Let an out
ragged people in convention assembled,
s%olemnly petition this Ohio shoulder
strapper, and his horde Of carpet:bag
andcr.strappers ito resign the positions
they have so disgracefully usurped, ere
MEME, MEME, TEKEL, UPHAR-
SIN is written on their brows in livid
flames of fire. IF the petition don't
meet with a favorable response, then
issue n proclamation to the world that
South Carolina is bankrupt, that the
last button from Jacobs coat has gone
into Scott u Co.'s pocket, and that we
never intend to pay another tax until
the true principles of a free government
are administered within our borders-and
call On all true Republicans to stand
by us in defence of IL honor, our
homes aud our little oncs-and at the
same time send q delegation to Washing
ton with q petition signed by every man,
woman and child in Carolina, praying
an Investigation into our financial condi-
ton.
1t is my opinion, Mr.. Editor, that I'm
Investigating Committee of honorable
men, sent here from Washington, would
rid our State of a host of invaders.
They can't stand the light, in fact, they
prefer darkness rather than light" for
all Meir Ufceds are evil.
1 would make another suggestion ::
Let this Convention elect n State Cen.
trail Committee CO.. posed of Democrats,
Reformers and Republicans, (leave the
carpet-baagers OUT with power to call
a grand Nominating Convention in the
Spring of 1872. on the following basis (;
Issue a proclamation to the people Of
South Carolina to assemble at the Court
Houses of their respective Counties, and
elect ten Democrats, ten Rcformers and
ten Republicans (Southe,n men) to re-
present each County in this grand Nomi-
mating Convention.
Let this Nominating Convention be
for the purpose of nominating candidates
from Governor down to Road Surveyor,
irrespective of party, and the man that
votes against the ticket, or gets up
another in opposition, Ku Klux him on
the spot.
These are way side jottings, thrown
put for reflection, from my stan l-point
in the Fork. Yours,
LEO IN TIE FORK.
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of the Republican party from asserting
freely his Sopipioas.
AS for Anti opprossion's' filings and
ipnendos at scalawags, We let go for
What they arc werth--that's a feather.
B. When we speak of carpet baggers,
we have strict preference" to those
birds of passage" whose removal from
this State tomorrow, would not put
them to any inconv cnience. We will
draw the line iner: We mean those
men-and cormorants, who hate the
Southern people with such an in.
yeterate hate, that they would not stay
here a single hour, were it not for an
cfiee, and what they expect to make
out of it. Ifesery man who was not
born in South Carolina, takes upon his
shoulders what is not meant for him, we
can't help it. But sensible men, will
know against what Kind of Northern
men, the hatred of this people is direc-
ted, Some of the best citizens we have
(and of whom we are justly proudly are
from tho North. A few of them are
right here in Orangcburg County. Some
of them have como since the war, some
before. But what is the use to pursue
this explanation any further? Does
not every citizen understand who it is
they hate? Does not their pockets in
form them? Docs not the condition of
affairs in South Caroliaa point eloquent
ly to the authors of her ruin?
Let "Anti Oppression" Che really
speaks as if he was a carpet-bagger) be
careful and not take upon himself or
friends anything that is not meant for
them. Honi soft quii NAL .ypenss.
We will answer your question in rela-
ton to Gov. Scott and his former cham
pions by remarking: Has not can't
Oppression" often seen u man serve the
d-lt to a good old age, and her reform
and serve in a better cause?
AS for minority representation, we
are heart and soul for tie movement.
and when the question comes to be agi-
tated more freely, our little mite shall
be contributed towards its advancement.
and permanent establishment.
Tr. Ransicr's suggestions are wise,
and to convince "Anti Oppression" that
we endorse them, it is only necessary to
say that the course hat the NEWS is
taking was suggested from conversations
had with Mr.. Ransier and other promi-
ncnt officials Of his class. We are for
anything that is honest Our cry is.
down with corruption.
We would say to ANTI Oppression"
should his place be taken up in our next
issue, he must try to keep from "bust-
..
ing" before We saall be able to give it
to him again.
For further information, we turn
ANTI Oppression" over to cleo in the
Fork" who is a~bundantly able to take
care of himself.
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SATURDAY. APRIL %, 1871.
It will be remembered that 10 our last
issue ne commented extensively upon
certain misrepresentation that had been
made Of US y the Columbia Us,ion We
said there that IS believed our c0ntem-
pofary was labofins under ~,nisappro-
hsusion for il really seemed level bent
on saadlingg the achols responsibility Of
the high assessments Of this County
upon our shoulders. To show how un-
fair unjust and uncharitable this attack
OF the Gaioa ssaa: il only required that
wesshouId point our re:tders to our STRIFE
lures on the equalization Of this
County, directly after il was made. We
confess, that in the knowledge of these
facts, We did feel aggrieed at the man
ner in whichour Columbia contemporary
treated us. Still, we believed that
when the Jaion got at the real facts of
the case, it would, as a matter of simple
justice, make amends by correcting its
statements. In this we were not mis-
taken. The Union, after reading our
- 49, -. .E-.-.
last issue, comes out gracefully, and
really like a brother journalist, and
makes the following explanation:
aTho orangeburg Ne,ss feels ag-
grieyed at what was said in this journal
a few days since in regard to matters of
taxation in that county. If any injus-
tice was done the News, it was not be-
cause there was a desire to do Injustice.
This is what we said at the time in re-
gard to the connection of the editor Of
the News with the Board Of County
Commissioners.
sAfter quoting from the Charleston
Aems the illustration Of enormous as
sessment in orangeburg County, and
speaking Of the duty of the owner of
the property to go before the Board of
Equalization, the Union said
stIf he went before said Board and
was-refused relief, will the editor of the
Orangeburg Nc,rs. aehn. acc are Informed,
9is Chairman 4of tho Board of County
Commissioners, and By virtue of his
Office, a member of the Board OF Equali-
cation, fell The public why such relief.
was refused he must / Know something
about this matter ~
aThe9editor OF the Orangebnrg Nsus
fully explains the matter by saying, that
he wassnot Chairman of the Board at
that time, and consequently could know
nothing about it. This is sufficient and
relieves him Of all completely in the
matter. We are glad to know that our
HSssssaAaren Of thiezp.csss are free from these
stains, for it makes the profession stand
out in bold relief. w are in hopes
that we shallhaye thehearty assistance of
the editor of the Ofangeburg NegS in
our efforts to find out something about
tho corruption charged against the
County Commissioners Of his county"
IL is unnecessary for us to say that
The Einiion- shall always have our support
and undivided assistance in ferrcting out
h. :. tLa M.
anything that is wrong. The future
will establish that fact.
We have the kindliest feelings in
the world towards our contemporary,
and trust it will not again be led into
the commission of errors so csrcgious,
as well as gricyops, as the one just made
by it.
ts
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Fl NJ E N E l..

MARRIKp-on the 18th April, 1871, in
Charleston, 5. c., by Rev. T.. Elliott Wanna
maker, Mr.. CHAS G. lN%ABINET, of Or
augsburg, s. c., to Miss ALICE T.. SIM
MONS, of Charleston, $. C.