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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

colliers in the Seine, were in fair way OF
adjustment.
Versailles advices state that Mezieres
capitulated to the Prussian besieging army
on the I'd, and the Prussians entered and
took possession of the CITY,
The news from Versailles on the 3d is
TO the effect that the bombardment of the
forts on the east side of Paris continued
with such effect that only Fort Nogent
was responding to the German fire.
A London dispatch OF the 4th says more
reliable information has been received as
10 the movements of the French Army of
the North, under command of Gen. Faid-
herbe, 1t appears to have occupied the
towns of Achiet and Briancourt, after tri-
fling resistance from the Germans The
towns of Envillers and Behaignes were
also carried by the French after hard fight
ing. Losses heavy on both Sides
Prince Amodeus arrived at Madrid on
the I'd, and Immediately paid visit to the
widow of General Prim, and expressed his
sympathy for her in her bereavement. He
then proceeded to the Chamber of the
Cortes, and took the oath as King of
Spain. The enthusiasm of the people is
said to be universal. The funeral services
of the late General Prim were performed
on the 3D. $3.50.
General Sheridan was rendered grand
reception at Rome, on New Years eve
Victor Emmanuel entered Rome on the
31st ult, His reception was most enthusi
astic He was accompanied by the princi-
pal ministers of the Cabinet.
A London dispatch of the 4th says it
was known in the highest German circles
that desperate efforts to reduce Paris were
being made The Paris correspondent of
the London Times of the 9TH thought that
further resistance by Paris would be brief,
and that food will fail before the end of
the present month.
Garibaldi was at Dion on the 4th.
The London Times of the 9TH has an
article on the Alabama claims question, in
which it says England only desires by fair
concessions and frank allowance to bring
about settlement of this foolish quarrel
which alienates two great nations.
The new Spanish Cabinet has been com
pleted, as follows: Serrano, President Of
the Council; Martos, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Montero Rios, Minister of Justice;
Beranger, Minister of Marine; Sagusta,
Minister of the Interior; Ulloa,S Minister
of Public Works; Ayala, Minister of Colo
nies.
A Versailles dispatch of the 4th says
the bombardment of the south forts of
Paris commenced at 8 o'clock a. m. on that
day,
A great battle is reported to have oc-
CURED on the left bank of the Seine on
the Sd, in which no decided advantage was
gained by either party. The loss on the
part of the Prussians was very heavy, and
the French troops showed remarkable
spirit and daring. 1t is also reported that
the Prussians, on the morning of the 4th,
surprised and dispersed the French force
on the left bank of the Seine, near Rouen,
three stands of colors, two can
non, and 450 prisoners.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

crat, by vote of II to 49, For Secretary,
Hendrick, Democrat, over Moser, Repub-
lican, by vote of 10 to IA. The other of
ficers are divided. Miss Belle Fenloysin
was elected Engrossing Clerk, unani-
mously.
The Legislature of Nevada organized on
the 4th. The House has twenty-three
Democrats, twenty-one Republicans, and
two independents. Robert E. Lowery,
Democrat, was chosen Speaker. Governor
Bradley was sworn in.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

"A clergyman having preached several
times in small town, in which he had not
once been invited to dinner, said, in Sc
riously exhorting his hearers against being
sedueed by the prevalent vices of the age,
" / have preached against every vice but
luxurious living, having had no opportu-
nifty. of observing to what extent il was
carried on in this town"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

THE yearly mortality of the globe is said
to be 33,333,333 persons. This is at the
rate of 9l,654 per day, 373 per hour, and
40 per minute. One.fourth of the popula-
ton die at or before the age ofseven years
one-half at or before seventeen years.
Among 10000 persons, one arrives at the
age of one hundred years; one in 500 at
tains the age of ninety, and one in 100
lives to the age of sixty. ir1lf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

A YOUNG, lady of New York ought to
have prize for persevering endurance in
the way of pleasure seeking. On a recent
Thursday she went to large party in New
Haven, and returned by the midnight train
to New York, in order to attend morn
ing wedding where she was to officiate as
bridesmaid, and on that evening went to
party in Elizabeth, N. j., returning the
same night. Early the next morning she
started for Buffalo, where she. was engaged
TO act as bridesmaid TO friend.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

railway bars, from p and 10 per cent. tc
Ia cents; pig iron, from 50 to 81; cast
ana wrought scrap are each increased 81
per ton. Fifty-two articles, mostly drugs
are placed on the free list; and the tariff
upon forty reduced
AS the 500 Boston train started from
the Union Depot in Albany, N Y, on the
evening of the 9th, to cross the Hudson
River bridge, a man sprang onto the
American Express car, and shot the ex-
press messenger, Thos. A Halpine, through
the neck, in the right eye and right ear.
The robber then took the keys from the
messenger and opened the safe, from which
he abstracted $2,259 in bills. He accom-
plished all this while crossing the bridge,
and on arriving in East Albany Jumped
of the train and made his escape. Hal
pines recovery was not considered posi-
bic, although he was able to converse and
give description of the robber,
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Belknap, wife of the Secretary of
War, died at Washington on the Goth ult.,
after several months illness. She was the
daughter of the late John Tomlinson, of
Harrodsburg, Ky.
1t is stated that Charles A. Dana has
been challenged to mortal combat by
Colonel James B. Mix, an ex.army officer,
and writer for the press, for abusing Mix
in the columns of the Sun, as a common
blackguard, drunkard, liar, and thief.
Dana refuses to take any notice of the
challenge, and Mix threatens to attack
him the first opportunity.
On the night of the Goth ult. the Jury
in the jerks murder trial, at La Grange,
Ind, brought in a verdict of guilty, and
sentenced the prisoner to the Penitentiary
for life.
Much excitement has been created in
Boston and New York financial circles by
the failure of Oakes Ames. There are
several firms involved, viz; The Ames
PlOw Company, Oliver Ames & Sons, and
Oakes Ames individually.
Owing to the death of Mrs. Belknap,
and in order TO show proper respect to her
memory, there was no public reception at
the Executive mansion on the I'd, nor did
the families of members of the Cabinet
keep open houses on that day.
Colonel A. H. Conner, of Indiana, has
accepted the appointment of Governor of
Idaho Territory, and will assume the
duties of that office on March 4.
The Boston Times of the Sd, speaking
of the Oakes Ames failure, says: ave
are able to state from reliable authority
that the Ames Company will, after all
their debts are liquidated find themselves
enjoying a surplus of at least $S,0O0,O0O.
The idea of insolvency as connected with
this firm is simply absurd"
Among the nominations sent by the
President to the Senate, on the 4th, were:
A. E. Lyon, Surveyor of Customs at Du-
buque, Iowa; NJ. d. Leggett, of Ohio, TO
be Commissioner of Patents. Postmast-
ers-J. NJ. Boreman, Parkersburg, Va
II. B. Wells, Dowagiac, Mich; c. B.
Beeve, Beaver Dam, Wis; J. j.. Parme-
lee, Aurora, Ill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

IT is known that in early life Sam Hous-
ton abandoned just-wedded wife and the
Governorship of Tennessee, and for many
years lived in voluntary exile among the
been discovered. He learned within few
hours after his marriage that his wife did
not love him, but had been urged into the
match by an ambitious family while low
ing another man. He at once left the
place, and by his subsequent exile gave the
lady right to the divorce which she OBJ
tanned,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13

Mrs. j. @. Headly, elected sheriff in
Montana, fultils the duties of this office
satisfactorily, besides taking care OF a family
Of Ave children,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13
Miscellaneous Reading.
FURTHER LANG U46E FROM


FURTHER LANGUAGE FR0A
~ TRUTHFUL, JAMES.
II. - Af aF HU Z
tSYEsToRD, srANprAus, lsTO.) &
Do sleep; do dreamt ie
DOL wonder and doubti 4
Z v are hings what they seem,
- roris visions aboutf g. ts, y, 4
h our civilization failureY
VI the Caucasian played Outi
Which VII; ,,.,g expressions are sttOns 'f@eG
N s!Es slSSsSIl sSss!1ll e siisE I wrong "a
1iS,j : T WV = '''''''
ON on the very same day
Of that Lottery, drawed
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replied, ut Is FAR, far, from gay
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wBlsS SS 5ss ;si$ Sys .s e min:
W FgPSIiesd ~ ro &c
Out alist which he scanned: {: a-3
Then he softly went for hie revolver, y
81 With language cannot command
Then said, William Nyel"
bSs And tie LOOK in fis HsSy eve S'' ~, = 4
was quite painful to see
~ And he says: You mistake; this moor Injiu
Iproteets from such sharps'as you be lnP.
was shocked and withdrew;
But | grieve to relate,
When he next met my view
Inn Dick his mate,
And the two around town was living p
In a frightfully .dissolute state : lt !
~.N' Which the war-dance they had
.....f. Round tree at the Bend
Was sight that sad;
. And 1t seemed that the end
r, Would not justify the proceedings,
"'i' AS quiet remarked to q friend
For that Injin ne fled
- The next day to hts band;
And we found William spread
Very loose the strand,
With peaceful.lik smile on his features
And dollar greenback in his hand. .s
81. - 1 Which, the same when rolled out
tl'f-l Z We observed with surprise,
" - " A. What that lnjin, do doubt,
Had believed was the prize
Them figures in red in the corner
which the number of notes specifies.
Was 1t guile, dream? 2
sit Nye that doubt!
Are things what they seem,
Or Is visions about!
Is our civilization failuref ..
Or is the Caucasian played out!
. iH p IF. BRET HARTE, IN Overland Monthly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-13


While the old mare drinks at the trough.
THE late Professor Silliman, of Yale
College, received from company speci-
men of coal to examine, and the Professor
said he would make test and determine
its quality. The next day the owners of
the grand discovery waited on him again,
eager to hear the verdict which was to
make or mar their fortunes. The Professor
said, with that impressive solemnity which
always marked his manner; Gentlemen,
understand you TO say that this property is
situated upon'a hilltop, consequently the
situation is prominent, 1t is valuable
immensely valuable-though as a coal
mine l am obliged TO observe that It is
failure. Fence it, gentlemen, fence 1t in,
and hold 1t through good and evil fortune,
till the Last Day; am convinced that 1t
will be the best point from which 10 view
the sublime spectacle Of final condagration.
feel satisfied that If any part Of the earth
shall remain uninjured after that awful fire,
II viii bs that coal mine OF yours,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28
How Poor People Live.

Alexander II, gets sS,25o,O00 or
$50, 900 per day, and has the run
OF his entire dominions, including
half Europe, and one-third Of Asia.
Francis Joseph receives 81, 100000
annually, or $10,0j4 per day, with a
large allowance of beer. Joe has a
family, and the entertainment given
Prussia proved so expensive, that Il
little retrenchment has been found
necessary. Tie has several pleasant
residences in the city and country,
with out-houses, stables, wood house,
etc, and is said to be very comfort
ably fixed up.
Frederick William is not paid
quite as well as his neighbor over in
Austria, butmanages to keep up ap-
pearances on $5,O0O,0OO a year, or
sS,210 per day. He is said to suf-
fer for want of funds, and is forced
to econOmiZe.
Victor Emanuel manages to get
along in Italy on $2,4o0,0OO a year,
or $3.50 per day, but this is owing
to the fact that the climate being
mild in his dominions he is able to
wear cotton clothes.
Victoria receives only S., 200, 10000
a year, or S6,270 per day; but
she owns several large dairy
farms, and her butter and milk com
mand the highest price in the Lon
don market; besides, she supplies
the first families with vegetables.
She has married several of her
daughters to men of fine incomes,
who help her to pay little bills when
she finds herself pressed for change.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28

What Is I'm the Bedroom :?

IF two persons are to occupy a
bedroom during the night, let them
step on the weighing scale as they
retire, and then again in the morn
ing. Frequently there will be a loss
of two or more pounds, and the aver.
rage loss throughout the, year will
be pound of matter, which has
gone off from their bodies partly
from the lungs, and partly from the
pores of the skin. This escaped ma
terial is carbonic acid, and decayed
animal matter or poisonous exhala'
ton. This is diffused in the air in
part, and part absorbed IN
the bedclothes. If a single ounce of
wool or cotton be burned in a room,
it will so completely saturate the
air with smoke, that one can hardly
breathe, though there is only one
ounce of foreign matter in the air.
If an ounce of cotton be burned
every half hour during the night,
the air will be kept continually sat
urated with smoke, unless there be
and open window or door for it to
escape. Now, the sixteen ounces
thus formed is far less poi
sonous than the sixteen exhalations
from the lungs and bodies of those
who have lost a pound in weight
during the eight hours of sleeping !;
for while the dry smoke is mainly
taken into the lungs, the damp
odors from the body are absorbed
into the pores of the whole body.
Need more be said to show the i'm
pgrtanee of having bedrooms well
ventilated, and Of thoroughly airing
the bedclothes in the morning, be-
fore packing them up in the form Of a
neatly made beda
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28
Our PreSidents-WhO are Dead and
When They Died.

There have been fifteen persons
elected by the people to the office OF
President of the United States. OF
this number the present incumbent
is the only survivor. 1t is true that
Messrs. Fillmore and Andrew John
son, who were chosen Vice-Presi-
del1s, and became Presidents by
the deaths of their chiefs, Taylor
and Lincoln, are still living. This
is extraordinary mortality.
The first President, Gen. Wash
ington, died while the second Presi-
dent was i'll Office.
The second and third, John Ad-
ans and Thomas Jefferson. died
while the sixth President was in
office.
The fourth President, James Ma
Olson, and the fifth, James Monroe,
expired during the administration of
President jackson. But the fifth
President, James Monroe, died five
years before the fourth, James Ma
Olson.
The sixth President, John Quincy
Adams, lived until 1913, and died
when James X. Polk, the tenth
President, was in office.
The seventh President, Gen. An
drew Jackson, died three years be
fore his predecessor, the sixth presi-
dent, Viz, in 1915.
The eighth, Martin Van Buren,,
died in 1866, when Andrew Johnson
was i'll Office.
The ninth, Gen. Harrison. expired
one month after his inauguration,
in 1911.
The tenth, James X. Polk, died
within three months after leaving
the office, May, 1S49.
Gen. Taylor, the eleventh Presi-
dent, died in office, in July, 1850.
Gen. Franklin Pierce, the twelfth
President, has just deceased, being
the last survivor of the eX-Presi-
dents.
His successor, James Buchanan,
departed this life in June, 1868, be
ing the thirteenth President.
Abraham Lincoln, the fourteenth
President, as is well known, was
assassinated in April, 1865, being
the second month of his second
term.
We give below Il list showing the
number Of years each President
lived after the expiration Of his
Presidential term, taking no account
Of odd months: Al
George Washington, three years;
John Adams. twenty five years !:
Thomas Jefferson, seventeen years ;
James Madison, nineteen years !;
James Monroe, six years John
Quincy Adams, nineteen years: An
drew Jackson, eight years Martin
Van Burcn, twenty five years; Will
liam II. Harrison died in office; JAS.
X. Polk, three months after eXpira-
tion OF Office Gen. Zachary Taylor
died in office; Franklin Pierce, -
years; James Buchanan, I years !;
Abraham Lincoln died in Office.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28
Birthplace Of the B0napartes.

1t will always be the chief pride of
.Aiaccio that she gave birth to the
great Emperor. Close to the har-
Dor, in a public square by the sea
beach, stands an equestrian statue
of the cOnquerer, surrounded by his
four brothers on foot. They are all
attired i'll Roman fashion, and are
turned seawaltls to the west, as if to
sylnbolise the emigration of his fam
lily to conquer Europe. His fathers
house stands close by. AN old
Italian waiting woman, who had
long been in the service of the Mu-
rats, keeps it and shows it. She is
well hammered, and can tell many
stories OF the various members of
the Bonaparte family. Those who
fancy that Napoleon was born in Il
mean dwelling of poor parents will be
surprised to find so much space and
elegance in these apartments. OF
course, his family was not rich in
comparison with the wealth Of the
French or English mobiles but for
'CorSicans they were well-to-do, and
their house has an air of antique
dignity. The chairs of the entrance
saloon have been literally stripped
of their coverings by the enthusiasts
tic visitors the horse hair stutfing
protrudes itself into a sort of comic
pride, as if protesting that it came
to be so tattered in an honorable
service. Some of the furniture
seems new but many old cabinets
inlaid with marble, agate, and lapis
laXuli, such az Italian families pre-
serve for generations, have an air of
respectable antiquity about them.
Nor is there any doubt that the
young Napoleon led his minuets
beneath the stiff girandoles of the
formal dancing-room. There, too,
in Il dark back chamber, is the bed
in which he was born. At the foot
is the photograph of the present
Prince Imperial, sent by the Empress
Eugenic, who, when she visited the
room, wept much-piunse motto Ito
use the old lady's phrare) at seeing
the place where such lofty destinies
began. On the wall of the same
room is portrait Of Napoleon him
self as the young General of the Re
pilblic-with the citizens unkept
hair, the fierce fire of the Revolu-
ton in his eyes, and a frown upon
his forehead also one of his mother,
a handsome woman, with Napoleon
ic eyes. brows, and nose.-[Galig-
nani's Messenger.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28
Rich Without Money.

Many man is rich without mon
ey. Thousands of men with moth
ing in their pocket, are rich. A
man born with a good, sound CON
stitution, a good heart and good
limbs, and pretty good head-piece
is rich. Good bones are better than
gold tough muscles than silver );
and nerves that flash fire and carry
energy to every function, are better
than houses and land.
It is better than a landed estate
to have had the right kind of a IA
ther and mother. Good breeds and
bad breeds exist among men as re-
ally as among herds and horses.
Education may do much to check
evil tendencies, Or to develop good
ones, but it is a great thing to in
herit the right proportion Of facul-
ties to start with.
The man is rich who has q good
dispesition--Who is naturally kind,
patient and cheerful, hopeful, .and
who has a flavor of witand fun in his
composition. The hardest thing to
get along with I'M this life, is a mans
own self.---A cross, selfish fellow, a
desponding and complaining fellow
"a timid, care burdened man
these are all born deformed on the
inside. Their feet may not limp,
bat their thoughts do.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28
The B!asphemous Crow.

At a certain cross-road in the
State of Alabama stood a small gro
Gerry or whisky shop, where "bust
he'd" and ''chain lightning" were
dealt ont to the thirsty unwashed
at five cents a drink, or twenty five
cents quart. The presiding genius
of this delcctable institution was
one Bill Skies, who, among various
pets, had q domesticated crow, black
as the ace Of spades. This crow had
learned, among other things, to re-
peat quite plainly the words "damn
you" which he, of course, heard
frequently used i'll the grocery. Du-
ring the prevalence of a knock down
and-drag-out fight, one day, how
ever, the crow was frightened from
home, and flew off to the woods.
never to return.
About three miles from the GRO
Gerry was a settlement Westinghouse
an old tumble-down affair, only
used on certain occasions when a
circuit-lider came that way. Into
this building went the crow, taking
peaceable possession and two days
thereafter the church was thrown
open to preaching, and a large crowd
assembled, alnong whom was a very
old lady, who was compelled to use
crutches in walking, who took her
seat in the front pew, and was soon
absorbed in the cloquence of the
preacher. The reverend gentleman
had scarce got under full headway,
and commenced laundering his ana
themas at all grades of sinners, when
a hoarse, croaking voice from above
uttered the ominous words
'Damn you"
The preacher and congregation
looked aghast at such profanity,
and each peered into his neighbor's
face in vain to detect some sign of
guilt. Quiet being at length res.
tored, however, the sermon proceed
ed: but ere ten minutes elapsed the
ominous "Damn your again cleo
trified the audience, and Just as the
preacher cast his eyes upward to
search for the delinquent, the crow
flew down from his perch, and light
ing upon the Bible, calmly surveyed
the terrified crowd, and gave an
other doleful croak: y
EDamn your
The effect was electrical. Giving
one startled and terrified glance at
the intruder, the preacher sprang
from the window, carrying sash,
glass and all with him, and set off at
a break-neck pace through the woods,
closely followed by his horror-strick-
en- congregation, who had piled out
of the building pell-mell after him.
In the general scramble, the old
lady with the crutches had been
knocked down in the church, where
she lay, unable to rise; and, observ-
ing her, the crow, who was after
something to eat, flew down beside
her, and looking up at her very
knowingly, eroaked out:
"Damn your
eyes, and damn you, too! had
nothing to do with getting UP this
old Methodist meeting - and you
know it.n ~-. .s- a..
The poor old woman had mistaken
the crow for the devil, and concluded
if possible to propitiate his Satanic
majesty by denying all completely
i'm that affair. The world is full of
just such people.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-01-28
For sale for Cash.

A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, si-
N tuate within mile Of Washington, From
ting on the road from said town to Opelousas,
having arpents front by 40 deep, about go
of which are enclosed and partly cleared. The
balance is well wooded, and on this account,
and on account of its proximity to Washing
toa very valuable. Supposing each arpent of
the wood land to allow the cutting thereon of
80 cords of fuel wood, it will'pay for itself by
clearing the fourth or it.
Apply to HENRY L. GARLAND.
Dec Ia. 20.