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Public Sale.

Estate Of Eleono,e Chachere, decd.
DY virtue of an order of the Hon. Probate
LID Court of the Parish of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned or by a public auc.
%tioneer, at the Court House of said Parish, in
the town of Opelousas, on
Tuesday, July %, 1871,
the following described property, belonging
to the estate Of Eleonore Chachere, to wit
1. The last residence of the deceased, situ-
ated in the town of Opelousas, containing
three lots or arpents, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon. -
2. A lot of ground in the town of Opelou-
sas, being the present law Office of 3. A. Mar
tel e. Hudspeth, as also the building used as
the printing office of the Opelousas Journal.
near the Court House, with all the buildings
and improvements, except the stable and car
riage house On the south end of the lot, built
by Theodore Chachere. This lot will be sold
in two lots, the north end of the Journal
printing Office being the dividing line running
across the entire let from east to west. .
Terms and Conditions-One-half cash, end
the other half payable November LIST, 1871,
purchaser furnishing two notes, each for one.
half the credit payment, bearing eight per cent
interest fl om maturity, special mortgage and
vendors privilege. with the clause de non
aliendo, being retained on the property sold
until final payment.
81 b. A. MARTEL, Tutor.
June "a, 1871.
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A PLEASANT OCCUPATION FOR

A PLEASANT OCCUPATION FOR
LADIEss-The liberal percentage
offered by Messrs. Butler, Chad
wick & Gary to those engaged in
the sale of tickets in the great Land
and immigration Scheme, should
be a rare inducement to the ladies
to undertake the work of disposing
of them especially those generous,
unselfsh and noble women who re
present charitable institutions and
desire to raise funds for their sup
port. No gentleman could refuse
an appeal from such q quarter and
for such a purpose. 1t may be
safely assumed that not one man
i'll ten throughout the State, to say
nothing of the softer sex, will fail
to take his risk in securing a for
tune from the 2404 prizes to be
drawn in October next. Hence,
the ladies should be eminently sue
cessful in the. sale of tickets, and in
earning the legitimate profits which
attach thereto.
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Public Sale.

Estate Of George r. King, deceased.
pY virtue OF an order of the Hon. Probate
ID Court of the Parish of st. Landry, there
will be sold at public a~ustion, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned, or by a public
auctioneer, on the plantation hereinafter des-
cribed, on Bayou Beuf, in said Parish, OIL
Thursday, Juiy20tA, 1871,
the following described property, belong
ing to the estate of George r. King, deceas-
ed, to-wit:
l. A tract of land, with the buildings and
Improvements thereon, situated on the right
or western bank of Bayou Beuf, and fronting
on the same, having twenty-five arpents front
by forty in depth, say one thousand arpents,
more or less, bounded above by land of -
Prescott, and below by land Of Payne.
Also the following movable property will
be sold on THURSDAY, July 18th, 1871, at
the late law Office of the deceased and at the
late residence of Hon. j.. Fl. Overton, in Opel
ousas:
A lot of crockery. a lot of silverware, one
gold watch, one clock, one shot gun, a mis-
cellaneous library, household furniture, and
many other things.
Conditions-Movables for cash, and the
immovables also for cash for a sufficient sum
70 satisfy the mortgage claim of Ann Eliza
beth Winn, widow, &c, amounting to seven
thousand and tw~enty.eight dollars, with five
per cent interest thereon from the 29th June.
1869, and costs of the suit No. I1O73, District
Court, Parish of st. Landry, entitled Ann
Elizabeth Winn VS.. George r. King" and
the surplus of the price Of the immovables
payable in three equal annual installme,its
from the day of sale.
NoTE.-The library consists of a valuable
collection of law books, besides miscellaneous
works.
ANN E. VIM, Adm'x,
1unp ~
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REYNOLDS IRON WORK 6
Lands for Sale,

HAVE several tracts of unimproved auds
IL belonging to mt and to others which | will
sell or rent to actual settlers
l will sell on credit, payable in one, two,
three. four, five, six, seven, eight, nine aud
ten years, with 8 per interest annually, from
first of December next. Or l will rent to &C.
tual settlers for mere payment During five
years. of the taxes which may be- assessed
upon the tract they occupy.
In either selling or renting, the purchaser
or lessee will obligate himself to actually set
tie on and place in cultivation the LAND re-
ceiyed by him, within six months from date Of
sale or lease, under penalty of nullity of sale
or lease.
l have also for sale a well improved place,
containing two hundred arpents of land, with
large and commodlous dwelling house, cotton
gin and cribs. Price of this place $4,000,
payable on terms, with & per cent yearly iu-
terest from day of sale.
Also a saw mill property, which l will also
sell on. terms.
HENRY l.. GARLAND.
June "a. s.
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Sanitary Regulations.

Our Board OF Police have settled
the dog and hog questions; but they
seem to have lost sight of something
which, in our opinion, is far more
important to the future Of the corpo-
ration. We allude to the failure to
pass, and enforce an ordinance hav-
ing in view the putting the town in
proper sanitary condition. The sum
mer just begun bids fair to be n of
the hottest ever known, and, taken
in connection with the unprecedented
fall of rain, during the past sixty
days, we may reasonably infer, will
be unusually unhealthy. Besides
this, yellow fever is now raging in
South America; the probabilities are,
it will be in New Orleans next month,
or the month after; and once there,
we know it's introduction into st.
Landry will be q mere question of
time. But, notwithstanding this
state of facts, Opelousas is, to-day,
in a worse sanitary condition than
for years past. It has n%everbeen so
filthy: the streets, not having been
worked for years, are in a horrible
condition. In some parts ofthe town
there is no longer any drainage and
thepools of stagnant water, standing
in the streets, and the eff1uvia ari-
sing from the privies at night, pro
ducea combination ofnoisOme smells,
which, to say the least of it, should
be unknown in a town situated as
ours. Now, when we take these
things into consideration, is there
any r~efecting man who is not ready
to admit, that a few weeks more of
the broiling sun of the last few days
may develop amongst lis the germs
of contagious disease. IfOpelousas,
in the past, has been famed for it's
healthtulness, was it not because,
from it's peculiar situation, in the
midst of a prairie, with facilities for
drainage, such as few other corpora
lions in Louisiana possess, there was
nothing either to terminate, or to
develop disease? But, through our
neglect, things are now changed.
We have ceased to work our streets,
why we know mot; our drains and
bitches, fOrreasons likewise unknown,
have been neglected, until they no
longer answer the purpose for which
they were originally intended, and
the consequence is the greater the
necessity for enacting, and enforcing,
proper measures to secure the clean
illness of thetown. Measures should
be adopted at once compelling the
citizens of the town to clean up their
premises, and keep them cleaned du-
ring the hot season. 1t certainly
would cost but little, and may be the
means of saving a great deal.
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JUDGMENT.
Marie Vidrine, wife, District Court,

Marie Vldrlne' WIFE, District Court
Pierre Felix Morein, hush. IN O. 1905.
IN this case, by reason of the law and evi'
Il Gence being in favor of plaintiff, it is or
dered, adiudged and decIeed that she have
Judgment for, and recover from the defendant
the sum of two thousand two hundred and
sixty-ive 30t10G dollars. the amount of para
phernal funds of plaintiff shown to have been
received by defendant and converted to his
use that plaintiffs legal mortgage be recog-
nized on all the immovable property of de-
PENDANT, to bear from the following dates, to-
wit for the sum of seven hundred and twelve
25IIOO dollars from the 23d September, 1843,
and for the sum of fifteen hundred and fifty
three 11I1O0 dollars from the goth August,
1876. The Court further adjudges the plain
tiff to be the owner in her own separate right
of the following property: one hundred and
eighteen head of horned cattle and ten horses
of the increase Of the stock branded rs
brought in marriage by plaintiff, if so many
remain. 1t is further ordered, adjudged and
decreed that plaintiff be separated in property
from defendant. That the legal partnership
or community of acquests and gains hereto
fore existing between them be dissolved. That
plaintiff have the sole and exclusive admins
tration of her estate, and that defendant pay
the costs of this suit.
, Done, read and signed in open Court, this
I'd day of June, 1871.
JOHN E. KING,
Judge 9Th Jud. District, La.
A true copy:
E. P. vEAzIE, by. Clerk.
July list. 1871.
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STIERIFF'S SALE.

John TT. Overton VS.. Elizabeth Wright, wild
ow, &c. Parish Court, Parish st. Landry.
No. S69.
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 emit
tied suit, and to ne directed, / will proceed
to sell, at public auction, to the highest bid
der, at the Court House of said Parish, in
the town of Opelousas, on
Saturday, August 9Th, 1871,
at IL o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, seized to satisfy said writ, to-wit:
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.
e. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
.Jr1v I al
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The Dog Law.

The ordiPance Of the Board of Po-
lice of this town, for killing dogs,
goes into operation to-day. Hereaf-
ter, there is no limit to the time the
ordinance shall remain in force,) all
dogs found at large WILDE poisoned
by the town constable. Dogs are
recognized, we believe, by the laws
ofthe State of Louisiana, asproperty;
and it is also, we believe, a well es-
established principle in the jurispru-
dence of this country that no person
shall be deprived of life, liberty, or
property withoutdue process of law.
Wedo not know whether the charter
ofthe town gives the Board of Police
the right to legislate in this manner
concerning dogs. Wepresume how
ever, the Board were advised by the
town attorney, ashley always should
be before legislating away the prop
erty of individuals without judicial
trial and without compensation. We
presume also, that the entire Board
were present when the ordinance
was passed, as a minority of the
Board should not pass ordinances of
this nature during the absence of the
majority. There are six members of
the Board, and the President who
cannot vote except in case of a tie.
Three, if not four, of the members
should always vote for ordinances of
this kind; because, if only two vote
in the affirmative, it cannot beprop-
erly said that the ordinance was
passed by the Boa.
We hear many complaints, even
among members of the Board, about
the manner of killing the dogs-by
poison. They say it is dangerous,
and that some other method should
have been adopted. On inquiry, we
have learned thatthe object for muz-
cling the dogs is to keep them from
eating the poison. Now, if the in
tention of the law is to have the dogs
killed off, why should it provide for
their being muzzleds If all dogs
were to be muzzled, the law will be
The object of thel law ma
kers, we understand, was to clear the
streets of dogs, as in the case of the
hogs. In this view of the case the
should have been framed
so as to have all dogs killed or poi
found running at large in the
streets of the town.
We think it would be well if the
log ordinance were modified or
amended, If not abolished.
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GIN II.
w. =. ANDING

TINWRIGHT, on Bayou Plaquemine Bru-
VI lee, about four miles from Pouppeville,
and eight miles from Plaquemine Brulee Post
Office, will put up and repair cotton gins and
presses. He has had considerable experience
in putting up Brooks revolving wrought iron
screw press. He will attend to orders from
the cotton planters of this'and the ~neighbor-
ing parishes. GJuly 1-2m
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New Orleans, Opelousas and Great
Western Railroad.

and have heretofore noticed a state
ment of the fact, made some time
since in the Opelousas Courier and
the Planters Banner, that Judge
Boyce of Rapides has been negotia-
ting with Mr.. Charles Morgan, who
owns the New Orleans, Opelousas &
Great Western Rail Road, with a
view to the completion of that road
on this side Of the Bay.
1t seems that the Judge has effec-
ted a satisfactory arrangement with
Mr.. Morgan; that on the basis OF
this arrangement, a company has
been formed under the general i'll
corporation law of the state, bearing
the name of the old rail road compa-
ny, and a charter drawn up, and
signed by a number Of well known
andpublic spirited gentlemen of New
Orleans and some of the interior
parishes, who have thus become
stockholders. The capital stock is
fixed at $1,000, 900.
Mr.. Morgan proposes to cede to
the company the roadbed and other
property belonging to the road on
this side Of the Bay, it's franchises,
ETC., which he recently purchased at
sheriff's sale for the sum of$250, 600,
at the price at which he purchased
it, and $4,000 of accrued interest
added thereto, making S27O,0OO, and
to become a stakeholder for that
amount. The balance of the capital
stock, say $4,000, must be raised
or subscribed to by the LIST Of Nov.
next, and the work of construction,
get under way, else Mr.. Morgan will
not consider himself bound by the
propositions which he has made to
Judge Boyce, and which have, we
understand, taken the form Of a no.
tarial act. 1t is proposed, that the
six parishes, through which The road
is to run, take by subscription the
balance above stated, under the act
of 1868. The subscription list how.
ever is not to be confined to these
parishes; tits open to private parties;
and before the time arrives for the
Police Juries of the several parishes
mentioned above, to act in the mat
ter, the balance may be largely re-
duced by private subscription.
We give below statements in tabu-
lar form, showing the amount OF
taxable property owned by the six
parishes referred to alone the pro:
portion Of the capital stock to be
subscribed to by each one; the All
nual amount of interest to be paid
by each ON the bonds payable in 20
years, to be issued by each.
The first column of figures in the
following table shows the amount of
taxable property in each parish in
1870, and the second column shows
the proportion of bonds to be issued
by each of said marshes:
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Public Sale.

Estate Of Victor Dejour, deceased.
ID virtue of an order of the Hon. Probate
Id Court of the Parish of St. Landry, trMre
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned, or by an auction
eer, at the last residence Of the deceased, in
the town of Washington. on
Tuesday, July 25th, 1871,
the following described property belonging to
the estate of Victor Dejeux, deceased, late of
the parish of St. Landry, to wit
-Four lots of ground situated in the town
of Washington.
Terms-Cash.
EBERT CAN'T,
June 241 Public Administrator.
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ESTRAY.

TAKEN UP by the undersigned, at Pla-
H. quemine Brulee, a dark roam creole
HORSE, with his feet and legs white half
way up to his knees, branded on the right hip
with a brand that may be seen at this Office,
having a star in the face and a scar from a
rope cut on the right hind leg near the knee.
The owner will come forward, prove prop
erty, pay charges and take him away, or he
will be disposed of according to law.
JOHN MARLBOROUGH.
July 1, 1871.
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Our youngfriend, c. j. Thompson,
q student at the Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, has our
thanks for a ticket of invitation to
the Commencement "Hop," which
took place there the 2Sth ult.
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Public Sale.

Estate Of VALERIE Arnaud, deceased.
BY VIRTUE of an order OF the Hon. Pro-
bate Court of the Parish of St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned, or by a public
auctioneer, on the premises. on
Wednesday, July 26th, 1871.
the following described property belonging to
the estate of VALERIE Arnaud. decd, to-wit
A tract of land situated in the Parish of St.
Landry, containing twenty-three acres, more
or less, bounded north by land OF Osborn,
south by land of I. C. Anderson, east by land
of - Melancon, and west by land of 7. C.
Anderson.
Conditions-Cash.
JOACHIM JOUBERT,
June24 administrator
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William Johnson, colored, ac-
cused of breaking into Mrs. Riders
house on Bayou Waxia, last Tues
day night, vas arrested on Thurs
day by a young man named Dean
and lodged in the jail here.
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State of Louisiana.

State of Louisiana.
PARISH COURT, ST. LANDRY-NO. 347S.
Estate Of Lise Normand.
A LFRED PERRY, of the Parish of St
IN Landry, Administrator of the Estate OF
Lise Normand, deceased, having filed a Final
Tableau of Distribution of the funds of said
Estate, accompanied by his petition praying
for the homologation OF the same;
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by au order of Court, bearing
date June 23d, 1871;
Now. therefore, notice is hereby given to
all persons interested to make opposition to
town of Opelousas, within the time required
by law, why the said Tableau should not be
ho%mologated and confirmed.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
July /, 1871.
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WI are indebted to Hon. Geo. E.
Bovee, Secretary of State, for a
bound volume of the Acts of the
General Assembly Of Louisiana,
passed at the session of 1871.
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We forgot to state last week that
Mr.. Raymond Deshotels, who was
committed for the killing of p. S.
Guidry, had furnished the required
bail bond for his appearance at the
next term of the District Court, and
was discharged from prison.
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ST.. JOINS DAY was celebrated by
the Masonic Fraternity of Humble
Cottage Lodge at this place, last
Saturday. There was a large num-
Der present, including ladies'; and
an excellent dinner, with wines, cake,
ice cream, SC. The boys came in for
their share. All present seemed to
be highly pleased, except the boys
who did not getenough ice cream.
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The weather this week has been
dry and exceedingly hot here,
though we hear of rains in some
parts of the parish where it was
needed. The cotton crop, as far
as II observation goes is improv-
ing and doing well, since the rains
have abated. The corn crop, though
materially injured, and in some pla-
e more than others, has not been
damaged to the extent at first sup
posed.
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Alexandra Fuselier, who was ar,
rested for larceny in this parish,
two or three years ago, and released
on bond for his appearance before
court, was,recently arrested in the
parish of Calcasieu, and brought
here, last Thursday, by Deputy
Sheriff Gray of that parish. The
Grand Jury had found a true bill
against Fuselier, and he failed to
appear ON his bond.
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"ORSES, Mares and Colts will be sold at
IL public auction, for cash, every Saturday
and Sunday, commencing on Saturday, July
LIST, 1871, by the undersigned, at bis pIanta-
ton, about Eve miles west OF Opelousas.
ALCEE DUPRE.
June 10, 1871. tt
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Total, S12,15S,O42 $729,4s1

And the following table shows the
annual amount of interest to be paid
by each parish, at eight per cent per
annum, for twenty years, on the
amount of bonds to be issued by them
for stock, the first column of figures
representing the amount of bonds,
and the second column the annual
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subscription.

A subscription is being made in
New York for a monument for Gen.
Lee.
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est on the same:

There are, as will be perceived,
some dollars left out in the second
table, the object of which was tomake
the shares 800 each.
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Gordy r.. A.. Chapter, No. 30.
ID OCULAR corporations of this Chapter
IA win be held at Humble Cottage Lodge,
No. 10, the First Tuesday after the
full moon Of every month. at 7 o'clock, P. NJ.
BY order Of ~
JAMES RAY, H. P.
K, H BoDEMuLLER, Secretary.
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rANYAH SEED for sale at John Posey's
L. and c. Mayo's Drug Stores, opelonsas,
by the gallon, bushel, or barrel. ett
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Also, the following movable property, be-
longing toe said estate, will be sold at same
place, on MONDAY, July Sd. 1871, to wit:
Ten head of gentle horned cattle, one COW
and calf, one mare and colt, one bay tilly, one
horse. one lot of hogs, one shot gun, and one
revolving pistol.
Terms-Cash.
PIERRE CHARLY, Admir-.
Tuna ~
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The following question is now be.
ing discussed before the BungtoWn
Debating Society aCan q big man
ache 1,arder than a little one?n
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DEATH OF A NOTED MURDERER.
Donate Soileau, usually called
"Old Roan,n died recently in this
parish, in great agony and mental
distress. He is said to have been
about sixty or more years Of age,
and to have killed several men du-
ring his life. During his last days
he was like a drunkard suffering
from mania potu; he was haunted
by the victims he had murdered, and
invoked the names of some he had
killed, of which there had previously
been no positive evidence. His con-
science which had slept so long was
awakened at last, and accompanied
his agOnized spirit to the presence
of those he had murdered. Thus
do some men die, whose souls have
been stepped in the blood Of their
fellow creatures; and from all ac-
counts, there are several more in the
parish, who may die likewise, unless
sooner brought to justice by the eff
GERS of the law.