The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-04-29
COuiee CrOChe,

Last Sunday we visited Coulet
Croche neighborhood, in the prairie
about sixteen miles south Of Ope
lousas, in the genial company o
Rev. G. A. Frazee, who preached a.
the Methodist church there on that
day. We arrived just before Sun
day school opened. There were
present some sixty OF seventy per
sons, about half or two-thirds o.
whom are children, young ladies
and young men. Our reverend
companion delivered a powerful and
impressive sermon on Death anG
the Judgment. We never saw q
more attentive and orderly congre
cation. There was no talking, whis
pering, giggling, or rafting of feet.
during the services. 1t was a de,
cided improvement on what we have
usually been accustomed to, in
congregations in town, and We
were struck by it. After church
we received several invitations to
dinner, but accepted that Of Mr.
Thos. Deane who near by. He
gave us an excellent we'll cooked
dinner of various dishes, all Oh
which were of home made articles,
except the flour bread. His ham
was equal to the canvass hams we
buy.
This settlement, in Coulee Croche,
consists of about thirty families,
principally MississippiaAs, who re-
moved there the first year of the
war, and after the war. They are
well satisfied and are doing well.
They live in a high, rich, level coun-
try. They are a. moral and indus
trious people. Since their settle
ment in Coulee Croche, they have
built a church, which they also use
as a school house. Both the church
and school are in operation. Their
have SO increased from
time to time, from immigration, that
the building has become too small.
They speak of charging it, or put
ting up another one. Their farms
and plantations are well cultivated.
and their crops look very promising.
They complain of only one incon-
yenience-they have to come all
the way to Opelousas for their let
tiers and papers. They want a post
office. The weekly mail from this
to Plaquemine Brulee, could
easily take Coulee Croche in the
route the distance would be in
creased only three or four miles
each way. An effort is aboutto be
made, we understand to have Cou-
Croche included in this mail
we hope it will succeed.
DISTRICT CoURT.-The Spring or
term of the District Court
commenced here last Monday, Judge
E. King presiding. The Grand
was organized and the Petit
Jury discharged until next Monday.
meantime the Court is en-
gagged in civil business, and the
District Attorney and Grand jury
are preparing criminal cases for
trial. as
We understand there are fewer
larceny cases than usual before the
This may be owing to the
diligence and success of District
Hudspeth in prosecuting
thieves heretofore. He has already
sent so many Of them to the peni-
,entiary, that comparatively few
ire left, or the almost certainty of
conviction if caught has been a
heck on their inclination to steal.
From Judge Kings ready knowF
,dge of law and dispatch in bust
less, we may reasonably expect,
hat the docket will be cleared or
disposed of at the present
;erm of the court.
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The Democratic members of Con
,ress, issued an address, about the
10Th inst, " to the people of the
States,n wherein they com
that " nearly 200, 00O, 900
ceres of public lands, which should
rave been reserved for the benefit
# the people, have been voted
way to giant corporations, neglect
ng Dur soldiers, and enriehing a
handful Of greedy spectators and
u
Does :. our soldiers y mean Con-
ederate as well as Federal soldiers z
fit does not, what does the Con-
ederate soldier care who gets the
and" our soldiers or the "hand-