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

PY virtue of the power vested in me by
D law, will proceed to sell at public
auction, for cash, at my office in the Court
House of the parish of St. Landry, in the
town of Opclousas, on SATURDAY, the
18th day Of August, 1871, commencing at
II o'clock A. NJ, and continuing from day
to day, if necessary, the following property,
seized by me to satisfy a debt due to the
State of Louisiana and to the parish of St.
Landry, and all costs, for unpaid taxes of
1859 and 1870, to wit.
A tract of land and improvements there
on, situated in Pine Prairie, assessed in the
name of Ellie Clark, ST., containing 30 acres,
bounded north and west by public land,
south by lands of Colomb, and east by
lands of Manuel.
State tax of 1860 and penalty, 50 70
State and parish tax of 1870, 8 q
ID. C. SITTIG,
State and Parish Tax Collector for the par
ish of st. Landry.
,Tu1v s. 1871.
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$4,000 Deaths From Yellow Fever.

New York, July 1S.-A late Buenos
Ayres letter says: No true account of the
total number of deaths is to be had, but it
is estimated that no less than about 27,0 0
deaths have occurred from the epidemic.
The people who fed to the country are
commencing to return, but in all parts of
the city and in all the streets can be noticed
the severe ravages Of the fever in the large
number of houses and stores closed ard
sealed with Government stamps.
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July Is
TAX COLLECTORS SALE.

pY virtue of the power vested in me by
- law, | will proceed to sell at public
auction, for cash, at my office, in the Court
House of the parish of st. Landry, in the
town of Opelousas, OIL SATURDAY, the
9TH day of August, 1871, commencing at
III o'clock A. NJ, and continuing from day
to day, if necessary, the following property,
seized by me to satisfy a debt due to the
State of Louisiana and to the parish of St.
Landry, and all costs, for unpaid taxes of
1869 and 1870, to wit:
A tract of land situated on the Crocodile,
assessed in the name Of Wm. I. Lawson,
with the buildings and improvements there
on, containing $50 acres, bounded north
by lands of I. G. Anderson. south by lands
of Mrs. Montgomery, cast by - and
west by the Crocodile Bayou.
State and parish tax of 1869, SLY o.
1870, 81 0S
d. C. SITTIG,
State and Parish Tax Collector for the
parish of st. Landry.
July 8, 1871
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For Sale.

SEVERAL tracts of improved and unim-
NJ proved lands, in quantities to suit pur-
chasers.
The buildings on four of the improved
tracts consist. on one of them, of a magnif-
cent, large and commodious dwelling house,
cotton gin, cribs. and most excellent quarters
for laborers, and of an equally good anAcom-
modious dwelling house and necessary out
buildings on each of the other three tracts.
These lands are situated in the healthiest
part of the parish, south of the town of Opel
ousas. near Grand Coteau, and within half a
mile of the contemplated railroad.
known to those calling at the Clerks Office,
in the town of Opelousas.
ONEzIME A. GUIDRY.
July 49, 1871.
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SALE.
July 8, 1871

John H. Overton VS.. Elizabeth Wright, Wild
ow, &c. Parish Court, Parish st. Landry.
No. $50.
.DY virtue of a writ of fl. Ia, issued out
ID of the Hon. Probate Court in and for
the Parish of St. Landry, in the above entl,
tied suit, and to me directed, I will proceed
to sell, at public auction, to the highest bid
der, at the Court House of said Parish, i'll
the town of Opelousas, on
Saturday, august 9TH, 1871,
at II o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, seized to satisfy said writ, to-w1t:
One half lot of ground, situated in the town
of Washington, with all the buildings and
improvements thereon, bounded north by
Dupre street, south by Carriere street, east
by st. John street and west by property OF
John O'Riley.
Terms-Cash.
+. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
.IuIy I 1871
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SALE.

Fremont Dupre District Court,
vs.. >ParlSh OF st. Landry
DY virtue of a writ of ieri facias, issued
ID out Of the Hon. the Eighth District Court
of the State of Louisiana. in and for the Par
ish of St Landry, in the above entitled suit,
aud to me directed, | will proceed to sell. at
public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Court House of said Parish, in the town of
OpeIousas, on SATURDAY, the fifth day of
AUGUST, 1871, at II o'clock A.. NJ, the fol-
lowing described property, seized to satisfy
said writ, to-wit:
A plantation situated in the Parish of st.
Landry. i'll Prairie Plaisance, consisting OF a
house of residence, with all the buildings and
improvements, with seventy arpcnts OF land
and wood, bounded north and west by Charles
Belfour, south and east by the surplus of the
same land sold; the said tract is twelve ar
penis and a half in depth by six arpents front.
Terms-On a credit of twelve months, the
purchaser furnishing bond and security &C
cording to law.
July s, 1871.
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Cuba.

Havana, July 19.-General Palarca tele-
graphs under date of the thirteenth that en-
gagements occurred on the day before in
which one hundred insurgents were killed
and the rest dispersed. NiAe Spaniards
were killed and ten wounded.
Havana, July 22.-The Captain General
has published an official account of the
landing of Rafael Quesada with two hundred
men on the coast near Guantanamo. The
expedition landed with eighteen mules and
q small quantity of rifles. Within the first
few days the invaders ran short of provis-
ions, and were compelled to eat. one of the
mules.
Rifles were distributed among the insur-
gents under Gomez and Duclau whom they
joined near Puerto Principe. The whole
force was discovered by 40 men of Espsna
Regiment.
A fight ensned, during which the Cubans
were elected from their position andfina1ly
routed by the timely arrival of fresh Spanish
forces under Brigadier Velasco, who pur-
sued them until they were dispersed. The
insurgents left twenty-three killed on the
field, besides losing six fags..and d quantity
of arms and ammunition.
Panicho Vega and another of their leaders
surrendered to the troops. The loss of the
Spaniards amounts to two killed and twelve
wounded. ~-v
The most important result of the engage
ment has been the capture of a great num-
Der of insurgents, and in many instances
voluntary surrender ofwhole families, many
of them of important standing among the
Cubans.
New. York, July 23.-Private letters
from Cuba, via Jamaica, the 9th inst,
mention several important engagements. in
Which the Cubans were successful. One of
them is said to have lasted five hours, and
resulted in the capture of six hundred
prisoners. In another forty-five
Spaniards were killed, and one hundred and
fifty prisoners were taken.
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state Of Louisiana.
PARISH Court, ST. LANDRY.-No. 32l

PARISH CorKT, ST. LANDRY.-No. 32I7
Est0te Of Simon Nurkx, dcd.
OU1S MARKS, of the Parish of St Ian
~ dry. Administrator of the Estate of Simon
Marks, decd, having filed final tableau and
distribution Ct funds of said estate. accompa-
MED by his petition praying for the homolo-
CATION of the same
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order of court, bearing
date July 18th, 1871.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to all
persons interested to make opposition to said
Tableau in writing at my Office in the town
of Opelousas, within the time required by law,
why the said tableau should not be homoloca-
ted and confirmed.
JOS. u. RICHARD, Clerk
july IS. 1871. ii
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First Bale of New Cotton.

Galveston, July 22.-Ihe first bale Of
cotton Of this season, raised on the
plantation Of Mr.. Bntterworth, in Colorado
county, was received by Focke Is Wilkins
to day. 1t classed low middling, weighing
566 pounds, and was sold at &c, to 4. H.
MlcMahan q Co, and shipped to, New York
BY express.
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a Fuss IN THE FAMLY.-Last
Saturday, Robert Randolph was
brought before Justice Hebrard, OF
this place, on the affidavit of Willie
Reeves, charging him with having
stolen the pistol of afiant. The ac-
cuser and the accused are brothers
inlaW. Reeves failed to prove that
Randolph stole his pistol ; but the
evidence showed that Randolph car.
ried q concealed weapon--a pistol
in violation of law. So he was dis
charged as to the case of larceny,
but arrested and committed, until he
furnished bail In the sum of one
hundred dollars, for carrying con-
cealed weapons. After Willie failed
to prove his brother Robert to be
guilty Of stealing his pistol, he be-
came sorry for him when he was put
In Jail for violating another law of
the State, and did his best to find
some one who would 60 on his bond.
BY dint of perseverance, he finally
succeeded, and Randolph is &C lib
erty. Brothers should reflect before
they accuse each other Of stealing,
especially when they are not able
10 prove the charge,
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Tennie G. Clafin, of the firm Of
Woodruff & Clafin, female bankers
in New York, announces herself d
candidate for Congress from the
Eighth District of that city.
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Subscription.
Reading matter on every page.

The Mobile Register says it CON
fidently expects to see the New De-
parture' read out of the National
Democratic Convention
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A young married lady being ap-
piled to by a servant for a situation,
she asked: "Why did you leave
your last place." "Why, you see,
ma'am," replied the girl, ~ was too
good looking, and when | opened
the door the gentlemen always took
me for the misSiS.n
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Mr.. J. B. Clark, Of Plaquemine
Brulee, brought to this office last
Wednesday, a sugar cane with
twelve red joints, besides two Or
three small joints at the root end.
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Premium Bale of Cotton.

New York, July ga bale of cotton
raised by w. S. Mcshaw, Of Lee county,
Miss. picked by himself, wife and daughter,
in their parlor, and which had gained pre-,
miums a~ggregating $3,312, was sold today
at Doc. per pound. The bale weighed 44s
pounds.
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The Steamer Ruth now runs be-
tweenNew Orleans and Washington,
in place Of the Selma. She leaves
Washington every Sunday morning
at 10 O'Clock, and New Orleans every
Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock. .
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TAKEN UP by the undersigned, near
Onelorsss, a bay Spanish or Creole
Mare, U about T. years old, branded on the left
Office. The owner will come forward, prove
nronertv, and take it away within thirty days
from this date, or it will be disposed of accor-
ding to law. ~.z. ,o,,1e n.,r,s
July %, l87l-lm
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MARRIED-At the residence Of the brides
father, by the brides father, near Opelousas,
on the 21st inst, Mr.. THOMAS e. WILLIAM
SON, of New Orleans, to Miss MARY EMMA
FRAzEE, daughter Of Rev, G. A, Frazee,
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The number of deaths reported in
New Orleans, for the week ending
Sunday evening at six o'clock, July
23d, was 1873. The highest number
that died of any one disease, was
sixteen of consumption. No yellow
fever reported.
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The Weather and the Crops.

The weather, the latter part of
last week and this week, has been
rainy. ~ - -.
The crops have improved, and are
still improving. Cane, especially,
is very fine. The planters, notwiths
standing the damage done to the
crops, are in better spirits than they
were this time last year, on account
of the advance in the prices of sugar
and cotton, which, it is thought will
be permanent, Jig.
But few melons of any kind, have
been in the Opelousas market this
summer, and they were very inferior
both in size and quality, in conse-
quence of the rainy summer.
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The New Iberia Sugar-Bowl, of
the Goth inst, reports the reception,
on the 18th inst, of an open boil of
cotton, grown on Mr. Balthazar Pei
lerin's plantation, at Little Fausse
Pointe i'm that parish.
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TyANYAH SEED for sale at John Posey's
l. and G. Mayo's Drug Stores, Qpelousas,
by the gallon, bushel, Or barrel. ut
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oPELoUsAS POST OFFICE.

Hours of Opening and Closing.
nURlNG every day of the week, exclu-
- sive of Sundays, this office will he open
ed at Z! o'clock A. NJ, and close at 6 P. NJ.
Mails for above close at | p. NJ; mails for
below at 6 r
On Sundays the Office will be opened at 7
4. NJ, closed at 81 A. NJ, reopened at 4 p. M,
and closed at 6 p. NJ.
d. P. G HILL, P. NJ.
a July %, 1871. ..@.
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New Orleans, July 10, 1871.
FINANCIAL.
il2s
State Warrants DO WOo
Good Ordinary -.154W16
Low Middling 179@-.
M1od'lng
Strict MiddliDg -21d0-
GAR
Choice, t9 lb .-----.-.----..----.12iN12d
White Wl33
M0LASSES.
Prime, fY gallon.----------.------W @65
Syrup .----.....-..---..--%.-..90 ~ 100
Double Extra 90
Choice Extra 0OW9 90
CORN.
Fer huStel
OATS.
Per OO0R 90
Mess, y 750 -
BACON.
Shoulders, IL 7s0 II
Clear sides 91a %
Sugar cured all
LARD,
fierce, t. lOi01l
Reg lila
RON TIES.
L tl I'D - w.
BACKING.
India, II yard I5k02o
SALT.
Coarse, - so
WIISkEY.
Rectilied, p gallon.--.-.....-..G al O5
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Low WATER ARRANGEMENT.
The light draft steamer
le IISht dfatt steamer
u q e H 80 :

has been chartered by Capt. C. c. PICKETT,
to run between New Orleans and Washing
ton, IN place of the Steamer SELMA, during
the low water season.
IN case of low water, therefore,, this sum-
iner and tall, there will be no interruption or
delays III the regular trips of Capt Pickett's
ooa1. 0 April 2tf.
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JOSEPH w. CAREW,
DEALER IN
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS,

ROBERTS COVE,
Near James Webb's MILL
BRULEE,s
Parish of st. Landry, La.
EEPS constantly on hand a supply of
An Split Lumber, such as SHINGLES,
Boards, Pieux, Pickets, Well Curbing, Posts,
&c, of either Cypress, Pine or Oak.
p Receives in exchange for merchandise
HIDES, Chickens and Eggs. LApr I5tf
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u EVENUE STAMPS of all denomina-
IL tons tor sale at Mayo's Drug Store.
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Zee for Safe.

TINE first ice of the season can be had al
l. JOS. BLUM'S GROCERY,
ap15tf1 Main Street, Opelousas.
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A DEVIL" PROMOTED The
East Feliciana Patriot, published at
Clinton, La, Of the ed inst, comes
to hand with the name of a new
editor at it's masthead. The edition
of that date is No. 10 of Vol. 13. The
new editor, s. Lambert, was once
the Devil !" of the paper of which
he is now the editor. So, there is
hope for the " Devils; and "Dev-
lis who work their way up, like
Mr.. Lambert, deserve honor and
success. He says:
We feel proud in having our name
at the Patriots masthead. Years
ago we filed the honorable but by
no means easy capacity of Devil,n
in the Office which issued the first
number of this journal.
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A WARNING.-When a person
pays for a license required by law to
follow any particular occupation, it
is the intention Of the law that he
shall be protected against those who
follow the same business without
paying for any license. There is a
law, we believe, forbidding grocery
keepers to sell or give away liquors
by retail and allow it to be drank on
their premises. The object is to pro-
tect coffee house keepers, who pay
heavily for the privilege Of retailing
liquors. We have heard several
coffee house keepers of this town
complain that some of the grocery
keepers sold or gave away liquor by
the glass, not occasionally, but as a
custom; and that they intended to
submit to it no longer. Verbam sap.
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New Orleans Market.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.

CVINN 1IV - w -
New Orleans, July Is, 1871.
FINANCIAL.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-06-15
CAPTrALI M C-ALTPORNEA.

Capital is not doing much for California
Just at present. So many men have tried
m this State to get rich by lending money
at high rates, that industry languishes in
consequence. When a proposition is made
to a capitalist To put money m a manufac-
turing enterprise he'hgures atonce on the
one per cent per month basis. Iiit can be
shown ~conclusively that the enterprise
will pay one per cent. per month the mon
ey is forthcoming. II a less return is ex-
pected the capitalist chooses To- loan his
money. Thus manufacturers are given.
the go-by. The San Francisco papers are
puzzled to know what is 10 become of a
State whose rich men devote their talent
to swapping dollars with each other
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aoop ron NEW HAmPsnInE.

The telegraph news from the Granite
State informs us that the Legislature has
elected the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, JAMES A. WEsroN. 1t viii be re-
memoered at the election in March last,
Mr.. Weston beat his Republican opponent
several hundred but did not have a major
ity over ALL
On Saturday last the Democratic can
didate was elected Governor by the Leg
i~slature, SO that the choice of the people.
50 far as it could be gathered from the
popular vote, has been respected. This
completes a thorough revolution Of the
Granite State and hereafter, now that the
slavery question is out of the way, may
be counted among the Democratic States.
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IFor the Dsmoerat.l

The prosperity of 8 town Is not owing
alone to7ths fostering care Of a specially,
no more so than if all our attention were
directed exclusively to making shoes or
paper shirt collars. all the elements
producing proper enjoyment Of life and q
healthy condition of social pleasures should
not be lost sight Of There Is too much
speculative piety governing the purse Of q
large portion Of our citizens, more especl-
ally among our business men. The pros
pect of losing the sale of a yard Of tape or
calico, will prompt mEny to sacrifice the
dictates Of an otherwise liberal conscience;
and the hope of selling a yard Of the
above materials viii induce some to the
outward appearance of spiritual devotion.
Such members IN q community are an in
cubus upon its growth and success. There
is q time for all things Ne would rec
ommend q more independent, social and
moral Course of action among all degrees
OF the human family in our city, and OPP
position to any submission In conflict with
1 a true sense of manhood. There is 40 city
in Ohio containing the same number Of
inhabitants as Canton, where so much
"Old Ladyism" prevails, more especially
among the gentlemen. Why not reform
this dolefuf and laaentable condition oil
affa:rs2 The only source of amusements
relished, seems to be TO congregste at the
corners of our streets and on our pave
ments in the evenings, and to comment
upon passers by.
Let some OF our young men meet and
consult with each other in regard to the
formation Of social organization for the
formation Of athletic and other exercises,
combining with it a reading room. gymna-
SUM, &c. Who will lead off in this enter
prise? Don't speak all at nee.
"A DEPARTURE.
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rEHa rrEMs.

The steamer Polaris left Washington.
Saturday for New York, and Themes about
the 25th of June for the North Pole.
Hon. Abraham B. Vanderpool. the old
est surviving member of the Tammany
Society, died on Wednesday, aged eigh-
ty-three years.
Edward Wells killed his wife Thursday
in New York by stabbing her four times
In the abdomen with a pocket-knife.
while she was asleep.
The superintendent of insane asy-
lums, in session at Toronto, have deeiced
that the next meeting of the Association
shall be held on helast Tuesday in May
next, in Madison, Wisconsin.
The twelfth musical festival of the
Northeastern Sangerbund of America
will commence in New York on the oath
inst, and will continue six days. Over
one hundred German societies will be
represented.
A. c.. Jones, recently arrested a st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, for forging the signature of
Thos. A. Scott, President of the Union
Pacific Railroad, to free passes, was SEN
fenced to three years in the p~enitentiary.
a ulSpdICn from OT~dttleoOIo, eIMoAt
states that the National Bank of that VII
lage was robbed of $4,000 by a burglar,
last Wednesday night.
The funeral of five young men, who
were drowned at North Andover, Massa-
chusetts, took place yesterday. Business
IN the village was entirely suspended.
The Orleans princes remain at Versail-
les, where probably they will await the
coming supplementary elections for the
National Assembly. The Paris press ex-
pect that a strong effort will be made by
the Bonapartists for the success of their
party in the elections.
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5 farmers Of the Western States ar,

p farmers OF the western states are
- ming seriously alarmed in regard to
ravages Of the potato-bug, and not
ahout good reason, from all accounts
Colonel Frederick Hecker, a scientific
farmer of Belleville, Illinois, wh0R&S W
investigating the matter, says the b.
native of the canons of the Roc
tains, where it feeds ON tb> M
1t left its original haunt So 80 :.
travelling eastward 5 IN 1908 ana Il
80 40 anS at the rate of about
SaS Il fifty miles a year. II
-. ~ reached the Allegheny Noun.
- he line of its march being ovel
va, Northern Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
and Ohio and wherever the potato il
found in abundance this destructive insect
is likely to make its way in time, though
it does not thrive in a Southern climate
1t also feeds upon the tomato, egg plant
and others belonging to the same family,
There are three successive generations in
each season. The first of these continues
about twelve days, and if promptly and
generally destroyed, the crop may be saved
Soon after its first emergence from the
ground 1t begins to deposit its orange col
ored eggs on the under side of the potato
leaf. from twenty to forty in a cluster. Il
these are not promptly destroyed in all
the potato fields in the neighborhood
where they appear, the crop isalmost GER
tain to be ruined. When it is considered
that in 1869 the FIVE States of Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin
produced "a, 10000 bushels of potatoes,
valued at SIS, oOO,o 900, some idea may be
formed of the serious nature of this des-
tructiye visitation.