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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
What is Contained in Many of the
Dead Letters.

THERE is now in preparation a full cat
logue of articles accumulated in the Dead
Letter Office since May, 1867, and to be
sold at auction, the proceeds, if any, after
paying charges, to be deposited in the
United States Treasury, subject to order,
should the owners hereafter be found.
OF this really curious collection, "sched-
ule No. /" contains / ,496 parcels, many Of
which no one would ever have dreamed Of
finding ina letterl We quote a few
Magic time-pieces, Go yards of tatting,
magic diamond and compasses, breather,
sample buttons and pattern marker,
wrought cushion-tops, patent door-fast-
eners, knife cleaner, baby's night-shirt,
socks, bib and aprons, curliques in abun-
dance, mouth organs, wrought chemise
yoke and sleeves, magnifying glasses,
magic combs, galyanic belts, Voltric
armor soles, crucilix and metal sewing
bees, parlor steam engine, patent fish
hook, thumbscrews, besides lace collars,
handkerchiefs, gloves, etc.
Schedule No2 Fumigator, door hinges,
Josephine sLuff- box, scissors sharpeners,
forks and napkin rings, tobacco pouches,
razors, meTino goods, corn huskers, den
lists thermometers, piano keys, adhesive
plaster, sapolio, bells, toy pistol and am
munition, patent time piece, and live
stretcher-404 in all
Schedule No. 3. 430 books on various
subjects, suitable for all the church de-
nominations; fifty pictures are also here
described, minerals, and twenty pieces OF
music.
In the jewelry schedule we notice an as
sortment of 1928 articles, including artii-
cial teeth and dental instruments, Catho-
lie medals, Masonic and Odd Fellows
breastpins.
Schedule No. has sewing machine,
abdominal supporters lady's wig quartz
rock, table covers, sheep shears, cylinder
for revolving rifle, erucifx, hoops, and
mosquito nets.- Washington Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York on the 17th-t

Gold closed in New York ON the 17th'at
111ss.n . -s'anne 'ad 's'1..ps % 1e0
An order has been received at the Bos-
ton Navy Yard from Washington to pre-
pare the United States steamer Worcester
to take a cargo Of provisions to France.
A Washington dispatch of the 12th
says; !" In regard 10 the repeal of the in
come tax, the President states that while
he would have been glad to have the in.
come tax abolished, he is satisfied that the
position ofthe Secretary of the Treasury
will meet with the appreciation Of the
country. He thinks it is, perhaps, best
that the revenue be kept up to its present
standard, ut least for the present. ~sll
TIE stehner Judge Wheeler exploded
her boiler, burnt and sunk on the morn
ing of the 18th, at Bells Landing, forty.
five miles above Yicksburg.., Three, men
were killed and three others injured.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
states that Secretary Robson had written
Representative Sargent that there was no
ground for fear concerning the Tennessee.
The general opinion In New York on the
18th was that the steamer had gone down
with all ON board.
Ex-Governor Fletcher arrived in St.
Louis, on the 18th, from the Indian coun.
try, where he completed treaty with the
Shawnee and Wyandotte Indians for the
right Of way for railroad through theil
reservations. This gives the road an un
obstrueted right Of way from the western
border Of Missouri TO the Colorado River
The receipts at the United States Treas
! ury for the quarter ending December 81
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
POLITICAL.


Both houses of the Kansas Legislature
have asked Congress toe make pensioners
of the sufferers by the Quantrell raid on
Lawrence during the war.
A resolution was passed in the Arkansas
Senate on the nth calling on Governor
Clayton TO make known at once whether
or not it was his intention to accept the
United States Senatorship.
Bowen, Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Arkansas, has rendered
his resignation to Governor Clayton.
Lieutenant Governor Leslie was inau-
gurated Governor of Kentucky, on the
18th, at Frankfort, 0iee Governor Steven
son, resigned.
John L. Bennett has been nominated
and confirmed as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
The Democracy of the Fourth Con-
necticut District have renominated the
Hon. w. II. Barnum for Congress.
Both Houses of the New Jersey Legisla-
ture have recently ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment. t-
The Republican Congressional Conven-
ton of the Third District Of Connecticut
have renominated II. H. Starkweather for
the third term. Dr. A. r. Goodrich is the
Democratic candidate for Congress in the
Hartford District, and Hon. Julius L.
Strong, the present member, is the Repub-
lican candidate.
Gov Alcorn, of Mississippi, who was
elected United States Senator to succeed
Revels on the 4th of March next an
nounces his intention to decline the Sena'
torship.
The New Jersey Legislature in joint
session, on the 10th, elected A. G. Run
yon, State Comptroller, and Joseph Sooy
Treasurer, and all the other State officers
nominated by the Republican caucus
The Republicans in the Fourth Con
gressional District of Connecticut have
nominated George Ooffing, OF Salisbury
for Congress.
The first of the spring elections will b
held in New Hampshire, on the 14th o
March. III NNER 4tt.. if4H
Articles Of impeachment were presented
in the Arkansas House on the 18th, agains
Governor Clayton, charging that he ha
conspired with members of the Suprem
Court of the State maliciously aud unlaw
fully to deprive the Lieutenant -6overno
of his Office when he had been lawful,
elected by the people and qualified by tn
constitution and laws; has nnlawfully re
moved N. H. Lock, County and Probat
Judge and Clerk of Court, who wer
also constitutionally elected; has encoul
aged fraud in elections, has accepted pecu
mary consideration for Issuing State bondl
obligations to and in favor of the Memphi
g. Little Rock, and Fort Smith 81 Missil
sippi, ouachita 8 Red River companie
in utter violation of law, etc.
The Iowa Democratic State Conwsl
-tion is called TO meet at Des Moines, @
Wednesday, June Ia,
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
Miscellaneous Reading,
ON AGE

Tse eye sAdIaSso..Ss. Otl.h. ~p,sps,o
rbs W. Slc,l y sfpsgs ~ rsgfe;ai bsndil W y.
Let u depart, and, learn to,nnderstand
The gladness Of great ca M the attnrnn rest. 2
Tne peace-of human joys the, latest and the
AM remember how IN early davs
NJ ~ ofe and thevild loYer grow beside
ny mngied forest paths, whose devious ways
rilied me with Joys Of mysteries untried, =
And suSSas is ana SSG ESasinsl Raii GSa lauas
And Irewembey bow, IN llfe's hot noon. -.
r, Around my path the lavish roses shed , 81 n 2
color ana fragrance, and the air of June ciHnr
Brestned nls. rapsurs--nowthose summer days are
Psysi T"TciO of sweet Rsg 4sept 2. ssEpsDt
The Hght 81 spring the SKINNER glow, are o'oi, e
And rej0icelln Knowing that for me "a . 4 '...
The woodbine and the roses bloom no moro; :.
. The tender green is gone rom field andtree;
Brown barren sprays stand clear against the blae
And Leaves fall fast and letfhs truthful sunlighs
For me the hooded herbs Of autumn grow
Square stemmed aud sober mint and sage
H0'TG2se&sr aTsSs ler'I 'ncs plFq'F 'hsalepT
And the deelipe Of life's long pilgrimage
ls soft and sweet with inariJfain and thyme,
Bright with pure evening dew, notserpents glitter
And round Ihppath the aromatic air -
Breathes health and Perfume and the turfy
Il soft fprYearg feet, aud smooth and fair ~
With iifhe thorfless Blossoms fatabound
In safe dry places, where the mountain side
Like to the setting sun, and no III beast can hide
What IL there to resretf Why should mourn
To ledfethe forest and the marslt behind, -
Or toward the rank, low meadows sadly turnG
Since here another loveinessI ! md, n ~ ~
Safer, and not less beautifnl-and blest
With glimpses, faint and fair, Of the long wished
sfor rsAt.f .re fstN VI .Er lH l@f b
And so drop the roses from my hand J
And Jet The thorn-prick heal, and take my way,
Dowh hll, across a fair and peaceful land
Lapt In the golden calm OF, dying day; ..r d. =
Glad that tue night Is ieqr, Alld glad to know
That rough or smooth the way, have not far 10
-PaSlic Opinion. u 7f'} 7rt =
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I1stq were SseS,oO1,fao, expenditures,

=
1870 were ss5,oO7,f9o; expenditures,
$7411572S.
lAll the collieries at Mt Carmel, Pa,
have resumed work. l' g,rygr 1-F' q-IF II Z
The Washington Chronicle Of the 10th
has doubIe-leaded article on the Tcnnes
see, in which all hepe is given up of the
safety of the vessel,
Census returns for Michigan foot up as
follows Number of dwellings, in the
State, 2S5,6S7; number of families, 234,
725; number Of voters 26S 1856; number
of inhab tants, / ,1s4,o3S. yTT 8 Fr
Anentire block of buildings in Helena,
Ark, was destroyed by fire on the 10th,
involving loss Of $4,000.
Orders were received at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, onthe 18th, from the Secretary
of the Navy, to A. out, with all despatch,
The United States ship Supply, to carry
contributions to the suffering inhabitants
Of France. ggfd sJ,
dl = PERSONAL. as1Is 9a
Alice Gary, the welfknown poetess,
died in New York city on the 10Th, aged
80 years. She had been an invalid many
years. tft Jf-il.ti
A Newburyport, Mass, dispatch states
that Leonard Choate, known as the New
buryport /" "Fire.bug," has been sentenced
to the State Prison for life, for commit
ting numerous incendiary acts in that city
and vicinity.
1t was George s. Benedict the son ol
the editor and publisher Of the Cleveland
Herald and not George A. Benedict, the
editor himself, who was killed in the Hud
son River Railroad disaster. The son
was the business manager Of the Herald
office.
The President sent the following nomi
nations of Postmasters to the Senate on
the 18Th: William Ii. Streeter, HoughtoH
Mich. J. II. Shattleworth, Clarksburg
W. Va; James H: Fetler Peru, Ind. Ed
ward w. Freamin, Kokomo, Ina.i j. Ii
Mills, Gold Hill, New.
News was received ID Washington or
the 18th that it would be impossible fol
Sir John Rose to serve on the Joint com
mission to settle questions at issue be
tween the United States and England. II
was believed that the commission will MOI
begin its sessions until about the 1st Ot
March The Commissioners ON the part
of the United States, are Secretary Fish
Gen. Schenck, ex-Attorney Gen. Hoar
Judge Nelson and Senator Williams
Russell Hastings has been nominated by
the President to be Marshal of the North
ern District of Ohio. ....rs.
Among the nominations by the Presi
dent on the 18th were; B. 6. Whitney
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Cali
fornia Postmasters-John McNeely
Petersburg, ILL.,, II. B. Fargo. Greenville
Mich W. II. Martens, ST. Charles, Mo.
j. e. Williams, Baxter Springs, KS; Eel
Stewart, Chettapah, KS. S. o. Mcdowell
Columbus, KS. A. II. Hamilton, Ottum
wa, Iowa; Charles Weir, Cedar Rapids
Iowa tH tv
General j. NJ. Hedrick has been ap
pointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue
for the district of Iowa, rice Willis Drum
mond, resigned. ~
Thomas Balls marble statue of the late
Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts,, was
formally unveiled at Boston on the 14th
aud presented to the State.
The following names were sent to the
Senate on the nth: Jacob Hasckstetter
Postmaster OF Nebraska City, Nebra ka
j. Milton Turner, OF Missouri, Minister
Resident and Consul General at Liberia
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1T Is said by those who profess TO know
that there never was better prospect for
good wheat crop in Kansas than the COM
ing season. The peach crop also prom
ises TO be large.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
YfFUREIeN. HRAD

A London telegram of the 18th says it
was ascertained beyond doubt that the
result of the French elections is triumph
for the Conservatives. A Brussels dis.
patch of the 12th states that the result in
tfty-four departments is S07 Bonapartists
and Orleanists and so Republicans.
Napoleon has issued a proclamation
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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
Public Sale.

Estate Of John G. Cheney, deceased,
pY virtue of an order of the Hon. Parish
- Court of the Parish of Avoyelles, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned, at the Court
House, in the town of Opelousas, on
Wednesday, January 18th, 1872,
the following described property, belonging
to the estate of John G. Cheney, deceased,
of the Parish of Avoyelles, to-wit:
A certain tract of land, lying and being sit.
uated in the Parish of St. Landry, in the
Bayou Chicot settlement, bounded on the
south by lands of John Wilmington, on the
west by lands claimed by the heirs of John b
Cheney, on the north by lands of John Car
rier and on the east by lands unknown, con-
tanning six hundred superficial acres, with all
the buildings and improvements thereon,
being the same property purchased by the de.
ceased from John Montgomery.
Terms and Conditions-Cne third of the
purchase money cash, one third payable on
the 1st of January 1873, and the remaining
third on the LIST of January, 1874. Purchasers
to furnish their notes with two good and
solvent securities IN Sotido to the order and sa.
tistaction of the tutor, bearing eight per cent
per annum interest after their several maturi-
ties, until final payment The land remaining
specially hypothetical in favor of the tutor
until full and final payment of the principal
and interest that may accrue thereon.
E. o. HAYES,
e Sheriff and Ex-Omcio Auctioneer.
Dec. 16, 1871.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
Our Best Society.

4 recent s~atirist has indicated his esti-
mate of the intellectual character Of fashion,
able society in America, and particularly
New York, as follows:
"The nobility and gentry of v~irtuous En-
gland are reported to have foresworn the
giddy galop and the whirling waltz. and re.
verted to the quiet quadrille and the modest
miuuet. If this be so, now that Paris has
lost its prestige, one might expect the fash.
ion in question to reach New York, were it
not that the seGate set aforesaid entails
the unused if not lost art of sustaining u
conversation for several minutes at a time.
Native talent for this, perhaps, exists
amongst us; but the brief, breathless pau
ses of society's past and present saltation
have not been calculated to develop it. The
parenthetical remark, 'Oh, Pm so hot
from painting Beauty, Intoxicated between
two twirls, is of the nature of a dogmatic
statement, and does not arouse in the mind
of attendant Valor a sequence of progressive
and aggressive ideas; nor can he we'll pur-
sue the subject unless he dispute the orig
inal proposition and proceed to argue the
matter from a purely objective point of view,
or else, admitting the premises, undertake
a didaetic monologue on the properties of
~caloric; the first of which methods would
be impolite and the second preposterous.
If, ON the other hand, the initiative be taken
by Valor, who usually puts it in an inter-
rogative form, as 'Awfully warm, amt it?'
this mode has the advantage of eliciting from
Beauty a response, if only a m~onosyllable !;
but there the same difficulty arises as in the
former instance.
" If our best society is to follow the fiat
footsteps of Britain instead of the light fam
tastic toe of France, it might be the nearest
attainable approach to wisdom to enliven
the intervals of forward two and right
hands across with the recent recreations of
the nursery. 'Puss in the Corner Blind
Mans Buff or Button, Button, Who's got
the Button p while possessing sufficient ST.
militAde with the mystic figures of the
German to serve as succedanea therefor,
exact less arduous intellectual effort than.
continuous talking, and might come within
the compass of all New York's elite"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
Public Sale.

Estate Of ULCER Lanclos.
>DY virtue of an order of the Hon. Probate
D Court of the Parish of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned, or a public auc-
%tioneer. at the last residence of deceased at
eros Cheyreuil, on Bayou T&che, in this
Parish. on
Wednesday, January 17M, 1872,
the following property, belonging to the Es.
tate of ULCER Lanclos, deceased, to-wit:
]. The plantation where deceased last re.
sided, situated on Bayou T6che, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, having
two arpenfs front on said bayou, by forty ar
penis in depth. making an aggregate of eighty
appoints, bounded north by land of Leon and
Emile Lanclos, south by Emile Hauguel. east
by FRANCOIS Robin, and west by Bayou T6che.
1.-TWO rpents of fencing belonging to Hauguel,
excepted.
The said plantation to be sold by 40 arpent
tracts.
2. One barn with a grist mill, situated on
the land of Emile and Leon Lanclos.
Terms-Oh a credit Of one and two years
from dsy of sale, purchasers furnishing their
notes, with eightrper cent per annum interest
after maturity, payable to the order of the ad-
ministrator at the Office of B. A. Martel g.
Hudspedth in Opelousas. special mortgage and
vendors privilege with clause de non atiendo,
reserved in favor of said succession, to secure
payment of said notes, principal and interest.
THEOPHILE FONTENOT,
MARIE CELIMA HEBERT,
Dec. 10. Joint Administrators.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
Lieut.. Gov. PinChback.

The Attakapas Register gives the foil W.
ing sketch of the political career of the new
Lieutenant Governor:
Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback dates his record
from the advent of General Butler, and his
name is a household word. Hell one of the
first men of his race upon whom was con-
ferred a commission in 'the United States
army. He served with credit, but when his
rights were trodden upon by red tape, and
color became a mark of degradation he in
stantly resigned. He performed yeoman
service in the organization of the Republican
party, and his forcible and eloquent speeches
have often rallied the disheartened voters of
New Orleans. His efforts were highly an.
preciated in the Second District, which hon
ored him with the position of State Senator.
His name has been associated with every
measure introduced in that body for the
amelloration of the people, and while to
Dunn was conceded executive tact, Pinch
back was regarded IS the foremost spokes-
mar Of his race in this State. He is chiefly
deserving Of credit as the author of the civil
rights bill, which he earnestly %championed.
He alterward took an active part in organi-
zing a Mississippi river packet company for
the purpose of accommodating all classes of
the travelling public, without distinction of
race or color. A year since, conceiving the
necessity of an organ to especially represent
the views OF his race, he established a news
paper entitled the Semi Weekly Louisianian,
which has battled earnestly, and is to-day
a power in their behalf. At the late cleo
ton for u. S. Senator, to succeed the Hon.
John S. Harvis, Mr.. Pinchback received the
high compliment of a respectable vote for
the position. He was. chosen President of
the late Republican convention, and his
manly utterances were a chief feature in the
transactions of that body. AS a further tri-
butte to his ability he was elected President
of the State Central Executive Committee.
He was a leading member of the late Ma
tional Colored Convention, held at Columbia,
South Carolina.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
The Price of Murder i'm New Orleans,

We are annoyed by disagreeably pertinent
inquiries as to the price of murder in this
city. They come to us from citizens and
strangers, from planters in the country, and
from foreigners now sojourning in our midst.
To answer these questions satisfactorily
will require an intimacy with the details of
the management of trials in the First Dis
trict Court, the fees demanded by the law
yers, and various other items, relating chief:
iy to the empaneling of the petit juries.
We have very scant information upon these
subjects, which are kept very close by the
parties who derive profits from these valua-
Bile secrets. Enough is known, however, to
justify the general estimate that five thou
sand dollars, properly applied, will, under
ordinary circumstances, insure an acquittal
of the foulest murder that could. be commit
ted. If there are any defences, or any room
for legal skill, or the raising of what the
lawyers call a reasonable doubt, the thing
may be done at lower rates.
Those who are unable to raise these
amounts, persons of limited means, and who
have only poor relatives, are prohibited from
INDUCING in this high priced luxury. The
constitutional amendments have not secured
an equality of rights in this matter. Besides
the rhino, the exclusive class of free muir
derers must be persons Of honor they must
wear fine clothes and have large circles of
friends of responsibility and influence. No
poor, common people, who wear t~hreadbare
clothes and have nc friends, will be al
lowed TO give way to their murderous in
stincts and aspirations. The galIows or the
penitentiary will be very apt to get them.
The defensive arrangements are expen-
sive, and lawyers, with all their love of us
tice and their great delight in the due pro-
cess of law, cannot be expected TO fatigue
their faculties, burden their consciences,
and exhaust theirskill and strategy forsmall
compensation.
Our querist must, therefore, be satisfied
with these general remarks, and seek further
and more specific information from those IA
miliar with the legal mode of procedure, in
order to learn the market rates of murder
and manslaughter in this city, N. 0. Times.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
ShcriH''S Sale.

Ze1ienne Lyons VS.. Eliza Guidry. No. 1918
District Court, Parish of St. Landry.
VOY virtue of a writ of ieri faclas issued
ID out of the Eighth District Court
of the State of Louisiana, in and for the
Parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled
suit, and to me directed, I will proceed to
sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder.
at the Court House of said Parish, in the town
of Opelousas, on SATURDAY. the sixth day
Of January, 1872, at II o'clock A. M, the fol.
lowing described property, seized to satisfy
said writ, to-wit:
The following lots of plat of survey, mark
ed in my office, subject to inspection, to-wit:
Lot No. S, being southwest quarter Of
southeast quarter, section 26, township G
south range 2 east, containing 4020(l00 acres.
Lot No. s. being southeast quarter of south
west quarter of section 26, same township and
range as above, containing 40 20ll00 acres.
Lot No. 9, being southwest quarter Of
southwest quarter of section 26, same town'
ship and range as above, containing 100000
acres.
Lot No. II, being southeast quarter Of
southeast quarter of section q, same town.
ship and range as above, containing 40 25Il0C
acres.
Lot No. ~, being southwest quarter of
southeast quarter of section q. same town.
ship and range as above, containing 40 25l10O
acres.
All said lands are situated in the Parish of
st. Landry.
Also, about two and a half bales of cotton.
TENSION a credit of twelve months, pur.
chaser furnishing bond and security according
to law.
Z. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-16
Washington.

Washington, Dec. 6, 1871, Senate
Senator Anthony introduced a bill amend
ing the election act, making it a criminal
offence to use any writing, device, token,
word or gesture, with intent to intimidate
voters, or counseling, or indirectly procu-
ring the use of such means of intimidation.
Washington. Dec. II, 1871, Senate-Mr.
Robertson introduced an amnesty bill,
which passed the House last session, with
the recommendation that it pass.
It excludes former army, navy and legis-
lative officers who went into the Con-
federate service.
An interview elected the fact that Mr..
Wilson failed in his attempt to reconcile
President Grant and Mr. Sumner.