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Vcntc PuDliQUc.

Succession de tcu John G0rrin.
I'm vertu dun ordre de lHon. la Cour des
II Preuves de la Paroisse st. Landry, il scra
vendu en- vente publique, all plus otfrant en-
ch6risseur, par la soussignte, ou par un en-.
canteur. a la Maison de Cour, dams la vine
d'OprIousas, en- ladite Parolsse, lie
Mercredi, 6 Scptcmbre, 1871,
les proprittts ci ,apres dtcrites, dependant de
la succession de John Garvin, decide, der
increment de la dite p%aroisse, SAVIOR:
Les morceaux de tcrre ci-aprcs dtcrits, 81
tues dams la ~paroisse d'Avoyelles, SAVIOR: La
Motto est du quart nord-est de la section %,
township 2 sud de la rangGe 3 est, contrnant
uuatre-vingt- hut 52ll00 acres; aussi lie quart
nord-ouest de la section 81, dams lie township
, sud de la rang6e 4 est, contenant cent solX-
ante-six 64Il00 acres; aussi, une portion du
quart nord-est de la section 2o, township 2
sud de la rangGe 3 est, quantit6 %inconnue,
Gtant les mtmes terres ACCUSES par le deflnt
de VIM. B. Marshall, par acte de vente passe
pardevant B. L. Taliaforo, Notaire Public
pour la paroisse d~'Avoyelles, lie IA Aout 1866,
ct par actc de partition sous-seing privt, 81
que par lie dit defunt ct Th omas N. Butler, lie
Is DGccmbre 1860.
DeuX mulets.
Condisions-Les mulets pour du compliant ;
les terre8 une Motto compliant ct lautre moi
tie dams douze mois du jour de la yente, Fac
quGreur .fournissant son billet avec securitG
en- solidp, avec intGrGt a raison de 5 pour cent
par an ,lepuis ltcheance jusqu'au Placement /;
ct la prSprl6tG demeurant sptcialement hypo-
thCqu6e iusqu'au Placement enter.
ELIZABETH WRIGHT,
Tutrice Naturelie.
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Tente PUbIiHU0.

Succession lie ten Benz. +. Linton.
I'm vertu dun ordre de lHon. la Cour des
IL Preuves de la Paroisse St. Landry, il Sc
ra vendu a rencan public, all plus offrant en-
cherisseur, par lie soussign6. on par I'm encan-
teur. a la derniere residence du dtfunt, dams
la vile d'Opelousas, en- cette parolsse, lie
Mercrcdi, 23 AOut 1871,
les prophecies ci-aprcs J6crites, aprartenant a
la succession de feu Benz. T. Linton, sa7oir:
Une %citerne, un lot de livrcs, TN poole ct
ses accessories, une coupe ct une CUTLER d'ar-
gent, meubles de maison, etc.
Conditions-Comptant.
ALE. GAMARD, Admir-.
10 Aont 1871.
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Fiat dc la Louisiana.

Cour de Paroisse, 81. Landry-No. 32l7
Succession Simon MdrEs.
r OrIS MARKS, de la paroisse St. Lam
IL dry, administrator de la succession de
Simon Marks, decide, ayant enrGgistrG un
Tableau Final de distribution DIES fonds de
lsdite succession, accompagnG dune petition
d%emandant lhomologation d'icelui;
TT attendu quill a etc fat droit a la demande
de la dite petition par I'm ordre dc la Cour en-
date du - Juliet 1871.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present
donnG aux interessGs dams cette succession,
d'avoir Il taire opposition, 81 aucune lis ont,
par cert, a mon bureau dams la vile des Ope-
lousas, dams les dGlais accord6s par la loi,
pourquoi ledit Tableau ne serait pas approuve
ct homologuG. -
JOS. D. RICHARD, Grefier.
IL IuilIet 1871 '
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Etat de LA Louisiana.

CoUR DE PARoIssE, ST.. LANDRY, No. 1884.
Succession John Z. SatterWhite.
VINCENT BOAGNI, de la ~paroisse ST.
' Landry, Administrator de la succession
de John 2. Satterwhite, dGcGd6, ayant enre-
gistre un Tableau de classification DIES dettes
ct distribution des fonds de ladite succession,
accompagn6 dune petition demandant Pho
mologation dicelui;
Et attendu qu'l a etc fait droit a la de-
mande de la dite petition par un ordre de la
Cour en- date du 10 Juliet 1871
En- consequence, avis est par lie present
dome aux intGresses dams cette succession,
d'avoir IA faire opposition, 81 aucune ills ont,
par Gcrit, IA mon bureau dams la vile des Ope-
%lousas, dams les dGlais presents par la lol,
pourquoi ledit Tableau ne serait pas approuve
ct homologue.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Grefier
Is Juliet 1871.
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ADVICE OF AN OLD LADY.-Now,
John, listen to me, for [ am older
than you, or | couldn't be your
mother. Never do you marry a
young woman, John, before you
have contrived to happen at the
house where she lives at least four
or five times before breakfast. You
should know how late she lies in bed
in the morning. You should take
notice whether her complexion is
the same in the morning as it is in
the evening, or whether the wash
and towel have robbed her of her
evening bloom. You should take
care to surprise her, so that you can
see her morning dress, and observe
how her hair looks when she is not
expecting you. Ii possible, you
should be where you could hear the
morning conversation between her
and her mother. IT she is lima
tured and snappist to her mother,
so she will be to you, depend
on it. But il you find her un and
dressed neatly in the morning, with
the same countenance, the same
smiles, the same neatly combed hair,
the same ready and pleasant answer
to her mother which characterized
her department in the evening, and
particularly if she is lending a hand
to get the breakfast ready in good
season, she is a prize, John, and
the sooner you secure her to yourself!
the better,
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VeRte mar ze Constable.

Samuel P. Clark VS.. Jacob Hilton.-Cour de
Magistrat, Ter Ward, St. Landry.
I'm vertu dun writ de fieri facias lance par
II FHon. P. LGonce Hebrard, Juge de
Paix, Ter Ward, st. Landry, dams lie process CT
dessus %intitul6, ct a moi adresse, je vendrai en-
vente publique, au plus Off ant enchtrisseur,
a la Maison de Cour, a Opelousas, lie MER-
CREDI, Is Ao1t 1871, a IL heurcs du ma
tin, la propTiete ci-dessous mentionnGe, saisie
pour s~atisfaire ledit writ, SAVIOR:
I'm Hack.
Conditions-Comptaht.
VALERY ROY, Constable.
5 Aoat 1871.
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The UNADULTERATED TRUTH
Anexchange truthfully remarks that
"there is no more arrant hypocrite
than that man who picks all what he
calls the nasty things from a news
paper, and goes bowling about that
such q paper is unfit to be read. Tt
is noticeable that he always finds
these things, may they be slowed
away IN ever SO obscure a corner;
and he always adyertises them, and
points them out and explains when
he finds anybody that draws an in
ference different from his. It would
be interes ing to know how this
Of persons manage about their
Bibles
ADMoNITIoN.--Hold on to Your
tongue when you are ready to swear,
lie or speak harshly.
Hold on to your hand when you
are about to strike or steal.
Hold on to your temper when you
are angry, excited or imposed upon.
Hold on to your heart when evil
associates seek your company.
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Origin of Financial AbreViatiOns.

The New York Journal of Com
merce thus answers a query as to
the origin of the dollar mark:
The dollar sign (s) was il $
long before there was any federal
coinage to be represented. All these
old characters grew into S so gra-
dually that their exact origin is often
disputed, and frequently lost even
beyond the reach of ~long-armed ira
dition. The origin Of the dollar
mark is disputed. Most old writer's
claim that the ) came from the Old
Spanish pillar dollar, which bore OIL
it's reverse the two "Pillars of Her
cules," the ancient name of the
opposite prolnontories at the Straits
of Gibraltar. The parallel lines i'll it
thus stand, accordingto this explain
alton, for thetwopillars, and they are
bound together thus 5 with a scroll.
More modern writer's claim that as
the Spanish dollar was a piece of s
reals, "S r" being stamped once on
it, and it was then called "a piece
of eight" that the figure s with a
line drawn through it, as characters
were generally formed, produced the
| sign Of the dollar. It was not called
a dollar but "a piece of eight" The
name itself was born in Germany,
and from the fact that the first piece
of this character vas was coined i'll
the Valley of st. Joachim, in Bohe-
mia, in the year 1918, it was called
Joachfm's Thaler, the last half OF
the word being pronounced (and
often written) daHer. The character
6 is the first letter of the Latin word
Libra, with a line across for the
pound sterling, and the letters 10,
with a line across it, represent the
same word as applied to a pound
weight.
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Gordy r.. A.. Chapter, No. SO.

ID OCULAR convocations of this Chapter
IN will be held at Humble Cottage Lodge,
No. 10, the First Tuesday after the
full moon of every month. at z O'Clock, F. NJ.
By order of
JAMES RAY, FL. 2.
x. H BoDEMULLER, Secretary.
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Succession de Martin Richard.

II Es personnes qui ont des reelamations
- contre la dite succession IA quelque tire
que ce soft, sont prices de les presenter a
NM. B. A. Martel & Hudspeth, il leur bureau
en- la vile d'Opelousas, pour etre par eux ap-
%plouvees, Ia soussignee desirant presenter
son Tableau de classification ct distribution
des fonds de cette succession.
CLARA CARANTIN,
Administrative.
5 Aoat 1871.
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5AoGt 1871.

A LOT of three feet boards, made out
II of the butts Of cypress trees, for sale at
Mount Pleasant Sawmill, near Washington.
Apply at once.
FRANK MCNICOLL.
Y,1v IE4e s@= ..L- - ..#.
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TANYAH SEED for sale at John Posey's
Il and C.. Mayo's Drug Stores, Opelousas,
by the gallon, bushel, Or barrel. Sf
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Foreign News.

nuh1ication of a Turkish newspaper
has been stopped by the Govern
ment, in consequence OF all attack
on the Pope in its columns.
London, July31.-There lisa grow
ing uneasiness in the public mind
over the fact that the cholera rayages
in Russia are terrible. The scourge
has not passed the frontier. A close
watch has been instituted to prevent
it's progress. Approximations exist
whether Or not it has advanced into
Germany as heretofore.
1t may not now come by way OF
the sea, and the government has
prescribed regulations to be enforced
upon all ships from the Baltic ports.
Paris. August 1.-The cholera has
appeared in South France. Measures
have been adopted to prevent its
spread if possible.
Constantinople, August 1.-The
Porte has dispatched 10000 troops
against the insurgents IN Albania.
London, August 2.-Papers have
been seized at Marseilles relating to
the purpose of the Internationals to
fire the docks, burn the shipping,
and take the city during the cOnfu-
sion. Nancy and Bourges were to
be fired and tal-en on the same plan.
Belfort, August 2.-Abstention
has defeated elections generally in
Alsace and Lorlaire.
Paris, August 3.-Algerian adj
vices are alarming. The insurgents
are burning the forests and commit
ting horrible atrocities. The natives
of Oran have joined the insurrec-
ton.
London, August 1.-THE British
Charge dAffaires at Teheran, tele-
graphs to the Foreign Office that the
famine in Persia is over, but provis-
ions still held at exorbitant prices.
The Versailles Government has
information that a general socialist
movement is imminent i'll the south
of France.
NJ. Remusat has accepted the mi
nistry of>foreign affairs.
Paris, August 3.-The French
POstoffice authorities are about ar
ranging IL money order system with
England and the United States.
The Minister Of Finance yesterday
completed the payment of another
installment of 100000 900 francs in
demnity.
The German army of occupation
has been reduced to 150,000men.
Marshal MacMahon reports the
casualties to the Versailles forces in
the second siege of Paris at 1914.
4 Trains for the transportation of
passengers and freights have com
menced running through Mount
Gents tunnel.
london, August "a dispatch
from Dublin to-d,y says the city is
quiet. Several places visited by the
royal party were Quilted OH Sunday
by the mob.
Several French war steamers are
ready at TOulOn, in view of appre-
hended Eastern complications.
Troubles, continue in portions of
France occupied by the Germans.
A Prussian subject was hanged a
day or two since at Paligny, i'll the
department of Jura.
A riot followed, in which the Ger
man soldiers wounded about twenty
of the citizens, and threatened to
burn the place.
Quiet was restored, by the au-
thorities promising the arrest of the
offenders. -@n
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THE COMING MAN.-While our
fine girls are bemoaning the lack of
young mel and the scarcity of beaux
who are manageable and who mean
marriage, there is a class of young
men whom they do not recognize at
all, yet who will furnish to the next
generation it's men of enterprise, of
power, of position, and Of wealth.
1t is not the sons of the rich who
will, as a rule, remain rich. The
sons of the poor will get rich and
thee are to-day drudging, in Office,
counting-rooms and manufacturing
establishments of all kinds, the men
who will, in twenty-five years, con
troll the nation socially, politically
and financially. Every mar of them
means to be married; they will as a
rule, make excellent husbands they
are all at work trying to win success.
They are men who could be easily
improved by recognition, and by
bringing them into good, intelligent
society; yet they are as little noticed
as if they were so many dogs. Ex-
cellent young men from the country
go into the city and live for years
without any society, and are regard
ed by the fashionable young women
with indifferent contempt; but these
young men have q hold upon the
future, and when their success is
known, in whatever field of enter
prise it be, the fashionable world
will be glad to receive them as be-
longing to their own number. We
regret to say that, as a rule, the
young men for whom a position has
been won by yirtuous and enterpris-
ing fathers alHount to but little in
the world, and rejoice to say that
companions chosen from those who
have their fortunes to make and
their positions to win, are those to
whoma Nell-bred wo can entrust
her happiness and herself.-[Hol-
land.
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In the United States and Canada
there are more than half a million of
Free Masons, or more than one in
twenty of the adult male population.
The Order is increasing, not rapidly
but steadily. Forty thousand were
initiated last year. [Picayune.
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Beecher says there are three kinds
of dissipation in the world-white,
red and black. White dissipation is
the waste of nerve and excessive
use of hain-that is pious dissipa-
ton, business dissipation, the dis
sipation of men who, with salutary
shudders, thank God they I not
as other men + Red dissipation
is the dissipation of the increase
of blood by luxurious food, or the
waste of blood by all those pas
sions and indulgences which come
of luxurious living. Black dissipa-
ton is that Of the grosser indul-
gences which criminal men seek. He
thinks that the first named is in
creasing rapidly, and taking the
place of the lower grades. The pc
culiar folly of II age, he says, is
the waste of nerve and force. The
diseases of virtuous men are no
longer what they used to be-blood
diseases. Good men are living too
fast.
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THE FIRST BALE OF THE New
CROP RECEIVED FROM LOUISIANA
The steamer B. L. Hodge No. 2,
Capt. Heinz, from Marcy's Cutoff,
arrived Friday evening with first
bale of the new crop. This cotton
was raised On the plantation of Mr..
Chas. A. Pierson, in the parish of
Natchitoches, near the mouth of
Cane River, and is consigned to
Messrs. Bouligny and Esclapon.
1t weighed 692 pounds, classed as
Good Ordinary, and was, we learn,
sold yesterday at Is cents.-N n. o.
Picayune, Aug. 6.
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New Orleans Market.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.

New Orleans, August 8, 1871.
FINANCIAL.
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E'eRSe par lie Sheriff.

; Aout 1871.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-10
WEDNESDAY,. MAY 10, 1871. s6.C

and above all, Boaz who permitted the moor
widow to CLEAN his field, and afterwards married
her to make sure that she should be comfortable:
and host Of Others Of the worthless of antiquity.
would have made excellent Odd Fellows. and
would at once, have no doubt, have applied for
admission into the Order if there bad been any
Lodges, but alas l fear there we're no Lodges in
those days. Joseph and the re.t of them did
their good deeds simply from their own sense Of
justice and right, and Of the higher sense Of the
will of that Mysterious Being whose commands
and inspirations they Obeyed whose teachings
and commands are to-day the foundation upon
which Odd Fellowship rests. No, Odd Fellow
ship, as | look upon it, is rather the sum Of the
teachings Of the wise and good of all time, prac-
ticaly interpreted and made effective by the light
of the civilization Of the 18th Century. 1t is
the sum of the teachings of the good, the wise,
and the Philanthropic of all ages, refined and
elevated by the light of modern Interpretation
Then say, brethren, let US give up the idea, (if
any ever had it, that we are the direct heirs of
the wisdom of all time rather let us profit by
it, in taking it as the rest of the world does 1t
is the teachings and commands of that Being
whom we must all acknowledge before we can
gain admittance within these doors. 1t is called
the accumulated wisdom of the world, but is all
in reality the offspring of Divine inspiration 1t
is the sum of the highest human inspiration,
derived from this source of good.
II wouId ha On aouv r,o4tar e. A.
tice of the Order and Of its gradual development,
but the time allotted before we enter into the less
serious and more pleasurabe ceremonies of this
occasion, will not permit me to extend my re
marks even to the time which is generally allotted
to addresses of this kind. Still brethren, can.
not close without reminding you of the great mis-.
sion to which we are devoted the elevation of
our fellow creatures and the diffusion of those
principles to which we are all bound
In your conduct before the World, to your
characters as faithful and loyal citizens depends
the credit and honor of the Order
Loyalty tOyour King and submission to the laws
of his government, are as obligatory upon you as
the observance of the rules and requirements of
the Order of which you are members Your mis-
sion as Odd Fellows is to be faithful to YOUR
brethren in everything which is right and sub
servient to the laws, TO assist them in every laud
able undertaking, and to deport yourselves as
upright and honorable men. In doing these
things, you can do nothing which will compromise
you with your fellow men, with your, King, or
bring discredit upon the Order which you are
taught has only the object of elevating man in
the moral elements of his nature-the elevation
Of mankind to the highest standard of honor and
uprghtness.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-10
Photographic Gallery.

HAVING OPENED A PHOTOGRAPHIC
III GALLERY, nearly opposite my former stand on Fort
Street. shall be most happy to my old patrons and
others who wish for hrscass Pictures and shall try, by
tention the tastes Of my customers merit their patron
age Also for sale Photographs Of celebrated personags
views &c Pictures of all kinds taken on the
able terms TS2-1y7 H. Z. CHASE.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-10

Mas. PAETISGToS, on reading the account Of
schooner having her jibboom cagis5 away on
Long Island Sound, ons night last week. Won
dered why people would leave snsh things out
doors, onigbts, to be stolen, when there we're SC
many buglars about hItering everything lhs5
could lay their hands 70"
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Address Delivered at Odd Fellows
Hall, Wednesday Evening,
April 20, 1871.
"ExELs1oR LODGE" No. l. 1. o. o. F.,
Honolulu, 2nd May, 1871.

NJ. RAPLEE, EsQ.,-Dedr Sir and Brother:
have great pleasure in informing you that
the Lodge this evening, By unanimous vote,
resolved, That the thanks of the Lodge be ten
dered to you for the able and eloquent address
you delivered on Wednesday evening, the 26th
of April, on the occasion of celebrating the in
stitution of the Order in the United States and
also that copy of the same be respectfully re-
quested from you for publication in the local
papers, Yours, very truly,
JSo. S. SNITHIEs, Secy
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-10

lraENoUs DEvIcE A widow occupying a
large house in a fashionable quarter Of London.
sent for ; wealthy solicitor to make Der viii. Sy
which she disposed Of between iilty and sixty
thousand pounds He proposed soon after, vas
accepted, and found himself the happy husband
Of a penuilssa adyenturer-
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u. sCHAEFER.

A GENT of Bremen Board OF Underwriters,
n Agent Of Dresden Board Of Underwriters,
agent Of Vienna Board Of Underwriters
Claims against Companies within the urfdiction
Of the above Boards Of Underwriters will have be cer
fed 70 by the above agent 70 make them valid ls-ly7
The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-10

II you would relish your food labor for it if
you would enjoy your raiment, pay ioF it before
you wear il il you would sleep souLsiy, taks
clear conscience 10 bed with yos.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-06
pa MEMPHIS TENN. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY. 6, 1871.

ror is canaille, that is known; Thiers
is another; so is Jules Favre. The As
sembly had best disperse. The Assembly
has gone; the Assembly is traitor Our
Generals are fools" Everybody Eek
cepting only the speaker is something
worthy only Of supreme contempt; and
everything is wrong except as above.
For the rest, Paris is like bird shot in
the head. 1t flaps its wings and pad
dies its legs as If it we're alive. The
streets are swept and carefully watered,
the cafes are open, the busses and rail
roads 90 on as usual To all outward
appearance the city goes on as if there
was nothing unusual aboutit. But mount
a hill and look out, and there is civil war
raging furiously, while the damaged head
is uttering incoherent nonsense in proc
lamations full Of sound and fury sig
nifying nothing" and in journals that
seem to be the rawlings of downright OBJ
scene ingenuity.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-06
Rough Joke on Mrs. Fairs FO nrth
Husband.

Rough Joke ON Mrs. Fairs FO nrtn
Husband.
From the Carson (Nevada) Register.l
A good joke has been told us Mrs.
Fairs fourth husband, Snyder, wh ich we
have not yet seen in print. Sn yder is
said to be the handsomest man in the
United States, and was formerly a heavy
coal dealer in Philadelphia, but soon
after coming to this coast few years
since, went through on stocks orr some
thing of that sort. Mrs. Fair net him
in an omnibus and determined o marry
him on account of his beauty. She
sought an introduction and Soc after
ward they were married. Snyder thought
it was all right until the second night,
when the fair one made him sit up or
occupy the sofa all night. Snyder
bucked a little next morning, when Mrs.
Fair repaired to a gun store and pro-
cured brace of pistols. Snyder b egan
to smell mice, and went down 10 in
quire among the boys as TO the char
acter and disposition of his beautiful
bride. They told him, not only what has
now been proven in court, that her repu-
tation for chastity was bad, but that she
was a vixen, and would shoot or stab
man on the slightest provocation. Sr'y-
der looked serious, thought over for a
moment the harsh words he had said to
her before she went for the pistols, then
raising his eyes heavenward and clasp
ing his hands together, exclaimed in an
earnest tone: "Ill bet a t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d
dollars don't live an hourl