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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07
E. B. WHITE, M. D.,
President Board of Health,

DR.. White, President of the Board
of Health, accompanied the delega-
ton of merchants yesterday morning
to the Governors Office, and stated
to the Governor that he had per
sonally seen every case of !" fever
in the city, and was satisfied there
would. be no further mortality, or
any spread of the disease. He con-
sidered the alarm about fever here,
at Galveston, or elsewhere, as pre-
mature and without any just cause.
- n. o. Republican, Sept. Goth.
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Miscellaneous News.

Knoxville, Sept. 27.-Col. D.
nj. Nelson, son Of Judge T. A. r.
Nelson, Of the Supreme Court, shot
and killed Gen. J. FL. Clanton, of
Alabama, this evening, in a per-
sonal rencounter.
New York, Sept. 27.-Advices
state that a Coolie vessel recently
foundered off the coast of Marti-
niqqe, all on board p%erishing; 200
dead bodies washed ashore.
Boston, Sept. 2s.-John Quincy
Adams has written a letter accept
ing the Democratic nomination.
New York, Sept. 2S.-A man is
said to have died of cholera Oh
Essex street on Wednesday.
New York, Oct, Ia man seven
ty-ive years old, cut his wife into
pieces, and then shot himself.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

The white population in Louisi-
ana, increased 1909 from 1860 to
1870; and the colored population in
creased 1887 during the same
period.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

We we're delugcd with rain from
last Monday morning to Tuesday
morning. Since then we have had
beautiful, clear, balmy weather.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07
The Yellow Fever Scare.

The subjoined dispatch was sent
Wednesday morning to DR.. Peete +:
New Orleans, Sept. q, 1871.
DR.. Peete, Galveston:
Two cases of fever have occurred
since the Dist, in the Fourth Dis
trict. Total sick i'll the Fourth Dis.
trict, five, all recovering.
The case from Robin street is re-
covering. All other eases prove mere
rumOrs. s
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NOTICE..
Office Of the South Carolina Land 4 Immi.
grafton Association.
Academy of Music Building.


CHARLESTON, s. G., September, 1871.
The South Carolina Land and immigration
Association beg to inform their Subscribers
that from apprehension that the prevailing
fever i'll Charleston may produce interruption
to their business, which has progressed very
satisfactorily up to this time, and the impossi-
istence of the Yellow Fever in this City, would
respectfully announce to their patrons, that
the drawing will be postponed until the 1th.
January, 1872.
This postponement so far from being any
detliment to our large list of Ticket-holders,
is an absolute guarantee that it will posi-
lively take place at the time named, and
affords an opportunity to thousands of our
friends throughout the South who were an
xious to secure Tickets, but were unable to do
so, until they had realized from the sale of
their Crops. Respectfully,
BUTLER, CHADWICK, GARY & co.
Gen. III. C. Butler. John Chadwick. Gen. M. Gary,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

Miss Sarah Brown, of Charleston,
having experienced change ofheart,
sought communion with the people
of God, and stole an outfit in which
to be baptized. She got into the
church and Jail in one day BY this
simple single process.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

"ThesOul that sinneth shall die
be damned-go to hell. If we con
strne this literally, what is to become
of "the soul that sinneth" and re-
penteth?
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

Judge john E. King has returned
from Virginia, and is now at home
in Opelousas. His numerous friends
will be glad to hear that his health
is excellent.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

ATTENTION !-Pefferkorn's every
other Saturday night 5ouillon will
come off at his saloon this evening,
beginning at I o'clock. Everybody
is invited.
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Police .yszs'y Procedures.
Parish of ut. Landry.

OPELOUSAS. October ID, 1871.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
lnent. Present: J. NJ. Thompson. President,
J. l.. Morris and Il. S. Fontenot
On motion, resolved, that the Police Jury
adjourned until Monday, November I'd, 1871.
in THOMPSON, Presd't.
ATTEST.
Z. MAYO, Clerk,
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The rain last Monday caused
Bayou Courtableau to rise so that
one Of the boots passed the bar at
the little Devil" and came up to
Washington.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

A New GROCERY.--Mr. VIM. O.
Posey announces in another column
that the OPELoUsAs GROCERY is
open for customers. 1t is situated
OH Main street, next door to Posey's
Drug Store.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

- WASHING MADE EAsY.-The Post
Master at this place, has the patent
right for making a certain kind of
soap, which, when dissolvedin water,
hard or soft, will take the dirt out of
clothes in fifteen minutes, without
any hard rubbing or beating. 1t is
not necessary to use hot water and
successive lots Of clothes may be
washed or soaked in the same water.
1t has been tried here, and proved a
success.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

The Jackson (Miss.) Pilot says
the yellow fever was brought there
i'll some rolls of leather which was
opened in the penitentiary, and
from which the disease spread.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

At the eighth census in 1860, the
colored population of the United
States was ALL, $50; at the ninth
census IN 1870, it was 4,ssO,OO9.
This is an increase of 43S,179 in ten
years, which does not go to fulfill
the predictions that the colored pop
ulation is fast dying out. The Plea
yune, in the article on the census
which will be found in our issue to-
day, says this fact " will be received
with satisfaction by all who are fully
sensible of their value in our almost
empty continent, where labor and
population, producers and consul
mers, r of such great value.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

Miss Pettibone, of Maryland, has
purchased q house Of worship for
the Methodists, for which she pro-
poses to pay by her needle. She has
made the first payment, and has on
hand twenty-five dresses, made by
her own hand, without the aid Of a
machine, from the profits of which
she expects to pay the second install
ment. ~r= ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

NOT 1 OTHER DICTIONARIES.
5000 Engravings. 1910 Pages auarto. Price SIP.
Ctlad to add my testimony in its favor.
[Pres't Walker of Harvard. ]
EVERY scholar knows its value.
LIZ NV H. Prescott, the Historian. I
VTShe most complete Dictionary of the Lam
L guage. TOR. Dick, Of Scotland. !
FsNhe best guide of students of our language.
Il CJohn G. Whittier. I
lie will transmit his name to latest posterity.
LII [Chancelor Kent.
chronological parts surpasses anything by
LIZ earlier laborers. TGeorge Bancroft. I
pearing relation to Language Principal does
- to Philosophy. lElihu Burritt.
lSxcels all others in defining scientific terms.
Ia president Hitchcock.
SO far as l know: best defining Dictionary.
~ Horace Mann.
fE7ake it altogether, the surprising work
L LSmart, the English Orthmpist.l
A necessity for every intelligent family,
student, teacher and professional man. What
Library is complete without the best English
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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

Well, there is something in
that p as the man said when he
tried to put on his boot with a kitten
in il,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

The man who invited Warmoth to
pistols and coffee is named Lula
LULA with four rs, He is evidently
an of a fellow.-lLouisyille Courier
.JournaI.
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Subscriptions.
Circulation.

O%PELOUsAs Posi- OFFICE,
September 28th, 1871.
I certify that the Opelousas JOURNAL has,
and has had ever since | have been Post
Master, a larger circulation in the Parish of
St Landry, than any other paper passing
through this post Office.
d. P. C. HILL, P. M.
Opelousas, La.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

It will be seen from the statistics
of homicides in the United States,
which we publish to-day, that
Louisiana enjoys the credit of hav-
ing more men killed within her Dor
ders than any other State, except
Texas and we all know that there
are a great many killed, whose cases
are never reDOrted, @
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

The mail failed on Wednesday,
on account of the rain, we suppose.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

The drawing of prizes in the South
Carolina Land and immigration AS
ISOLATION has been postponed until
January Sth, 1872, On account of the
prevalence of yellow feverin Charles
ton. See notice to that effect in an
other column.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

Observation-Disclosures NJ. Van Pelt.
Clerk at the Louisiana State Uni
versity, has been missing since
Sunday evening 9th inst.) about
8 o'clock. He had been sick some
two weeks with bilious fever, and
is supposed to have wandered off
III a tit of temporary mental de-
rangement. He is about 30 wears
OF age, . feet 6 inches high, spare
made, and weighs about 100 pounds.
His eyes are light gray, hair dark
brown, beard nearly black, all over
his face, but clipped short. His
bearing is very quiet and gentle
manly; his manner of talk rather
slow AND deliberate, and his accent
Northern. He was born and raised
in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and has
been a resident of Baton Rouge
about fifteen months. When last
seen, he had on brown linen pants,
light almost white) linen coat, and
a white straw hat.
Mr.. Van Pelt is a most estimable
man, and the undersigned knows
that he does not appeal in vain to
a humane public to use every effort,
for his own sake and that of his
wife and children, to find out what
has become of him.
D.. F. BOYD.
,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

MAGNIFICENT LITERARY FA-
BRIC.--Webters' Qnarto Dictionary
has passed through various editions,
each all improvement upon and an
enlargement of the preceding, until
it has eliminated in the present
magnificent literary and linguistic
fabric. The reputation of this work
is not confined to America. We
find it stated that in the Alexandra
case, tried in the Court of Exche-
quer at Westminster Hall, under
purely English law, no other die
tionary, English or American, was
quoted or alluded to than his. The
Lord Chief Baron, in his decision,
pronounced "Webster's Dictionary
a work of the greatest learning, re-
search, and ability Besides tile
numerous illustrations with which
the volume is interspersed, there
are at the end sixty-seven pages
of the most finished pictorial illus
trations, representing almost every
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science, and art. 1t would be I'M
necessary, if we were competent to
the task, to subject this work to a
critical analysis. It's reputation
is firmly established. It is built
upon a rock, and can bid defiance
to any petty storm that the critics
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"THE UNIVERSAL AYER.n-On

"THE UNIVERSAL AYER.n-On
my journeys over the continent
through Turkey, India, China,
Japan, Peru, Chill, Paraguay, Bra
zil and Mexico, and the United
States-in them all to some extent
and in some to a great extent, |
have found the universal Aver re-
presented by his family medicines,
which + often held in fabulous es-
TEEN. Whether they win their mar
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know not, but [ know they have it
to such a degree that it frequently
gave me a distinguished Importance
to have come from the same coun-
try Fields letters from abroad.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

Galveston has quarantined
against New Orleans, on account
of yellow fever. It is said that
Galveston is stocked with goods,
and that by cutting off the trade
from the interior Of Texas with New
Orleans, she will profit thereby.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-07

GOOD EMIGRATIoN.-Mr. George
Dionne of this Parish has just re-
turned from Canada bringing with
him twenty laborers, several of
whom have families. This is the
kind Of emigration that we need.
These are hardy laborers, and, will
soon identify themselves with the
interest and prosperity of this com
munity and become industrious,\ re-
liable, and trustworthy citizens.
Mr.. Dionne says that he could
have obtained 500 men, if he had
wanted them.
They are too poor to emigrate
themselves, and only require means,
with a sure prospect of employment
their arrival to bring them here.
They have all gone to work with a
will, expressing themselves perfect
ly Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
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Webster's National Pictorial Dictionary

I'5o5 011H5I0VHIS 1110e 20.
The work is really a gem Of a Dictionary,
just the thing for the million.-Ameriean
Educational Monthly.
Published by G. L c. MERRIAM, Spring
field Mass. t
Sold BIZ all Booksellers. .-+Ht..
Oct 1th
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d. F. BOYD,
Superintendent.

FVI7N1
Will our exchanges please copy
the above Or make editorial men
ton of it?
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VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.

TERMS.

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81 CHARIESTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA. SATURDAY, JUL
POETRY
I'm GROWING OLD.
br JOHN C. sAxs..

III JOdN ". oAAhss
NV davs pass pleasantly away,
NJ nights are blessed with sweetest sleeE
feel no symptoms of decay,
have no cause to mourn or weep;
Ny foes are impotent and shy,
Nv friends are neither false nor cold;
And yet of late, often sigh
I'm growing old
Nv growing talk of olden times,
Nv growing thirst for early news,
Nv growing apathy to rhymes,
Nv growing love Of easy shoes,
Nv growing hate of crowds and noise,
Ny growing fear Of catching cold,
All tell me, in the plainest voice
I'm growing old!
I'm growing fonder of my staff,
I'm growing DINNER in the eyes,
I'm growing fainter in my laugh,
Pm growing deeper in my sighs,
I'm growing careless in my dress,
I'm growing frugal Of my gold,
I'm growing wise, I'm growing-yes-
I'm growing old
feel it in my changing tastes,
see it in my changing hair;
see it in my growing waist,
see it in my growing heir;
A thousand hints proclaim the truth,
As plain a: truth was ever told,
That even in my vaunted youth
I'm growing old
All me! my very laurels breathe
The tale in my reluctant ears;
And every boon the hours bequeath
But makes me debtor to the years:
Fen fattery's honeyed words declare
The secret she would fain withhold,
And tell me in " How young you are J.
I'm growing old
Thanks for the years whose rapid fight
NV sombre muse too gladly sings;
Thanks for the CLEANS Of golden light
That tint the darkness of their wings;
The light that beams from out the sky,
Those heavenly mansions to unfold,
There all are blest and none shall sigh
I'm growing old
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TIN &c STOVE HOUSE

w, G.. SMITH.
AgeRi fer jas. LGc Hoof and Successor 10
Miller d. Smith.
u ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the
II public that he has reOpened at the old stand
Of N iller & Smith, where he is prepared to do all
kinds of
Tin and Sheet Iron Work.
Roofing and Spouting done at short notice and in
the very best manner. My assortment of TIN
WARE, STOVES, &c, Is complete and will be
sold low for Cash or to 80 day prompt paying Gus
toners Please call and see me before purchasing
elsewhere as my motto shall be 70 please.
Respectfully,
W. G.. SMITH,
Feb 4, ls1l-ly, Agent,
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LUMBER.

ON and after this date, will sell Lumber only
" for Cash, as the parties for whom am sell
ing require it.
Oct Is, 1870. W. j. HAWKS.
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READ THIS!
The Greatest Discovery of the Age.
Ba5ners Compound OIL Cake or Fishing Er-
tract.

4 FTER several years of hard study on the art
y Of catching fish, we are at last able TO offer
20 the public a genuine preparation for catching
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with the bats in fishing with the hook and line,
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April :, lS7l-4m.
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Grape Wine.

I HAVE few Gallons of Concord, Clinton and
/ Catawba Wine for sale, suitable for Church
purposes, and is highly recommended for the sick.
THOMAS LOCKE.
Summit Point, JEFF. Co., W. Va, Feb. 4, TIT.
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JAMES Nj. JOHNSTON,

HAVING added some Of the finest New Ma
chiuerv 70 the Shannondale Factory, now
i1 use in the Valley of Virginia, is prepared, and
viii continue 20 manufacture
WOOlen Goods,
Such as Lindseys, Fulled and Plaid, Cloths,
Casimeres and Tweeds, and with his improved and
superior facilities, is satisfied that he will be able
to offer 10 the public an article Of GOODS, that
cannot be surpassed, ifequalled, by any other es-
tabishment.
Baltimore Prices paid in CASH for WOOL.
he s0cts orders.
Apr. /, ls7l-tf. JAS. NJ. JOHNSION'
p. = Having experienced such heavy and Sc
we're losses bv the late food and having had to re-
pair and redt his Mill and Machinery throughout,
ne must appeal TO all who are indebted TO come
forward and settle at once lie stands greatly in
need of every dollar that's due. J. NJ. j.
April T. ls1l-u.
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TTlE undersigned have leased the Shops Of Mr..
Thomas W. Davis, in Charlcstown, for the
purpose of conducting the business of Making and
Repairing Wagons, Ploughs, HarrOws, &c, and
Blacksmithing. Experienced in the business, we
propose to turn out only work of the very best de-
scriptior Repairing done with promptitude.-
Farmers can rely upon speedy and substantial ex-
ecution of work entrusted to us.
Particular attention given 70 HORSESHOE
ING. Terms reasonable,
MARTIN l.. AVIS & BRO.
T,ru,rr 90 IeS1tr
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The cost of the banquet, at which six hun
drcd and thirty persons were seated, it is esti-
mated was about $4,000; the boarding and
lodging of the guests at the several hotels,
$4,000; wines at hotels, $4,000; carriages,
$1,000; making total cost 10 the city Of
Pittsburg Of $4,000
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NOTICE.
STRAW WANTED.

TIVUE VIRGINIA PAPER COMPANY Of Hall
town, viii De prepared 20 purchase
Straw Of All Kinds.
on and after the lsto Of August, either in the stack
or delivered az the Mills 40 HalltoWn.
Apply y John n. Strider or at the Mills.
July u. l-69-t.
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DIR. SIMMONS

Elections OF the Kidneys
Efever, erv business,
echills, diseases Of the
skin, impurity of the
EblOod, melancholy, or
depression of spirits,
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Andrew Hunter.

Solicitor in Matters of Bankruptcy,
HAVING specially prepared for the business
and not being excluded from the United
States Courts; will prosecute diligently, all APP
gicat0us for the benefit OF the late Bankrupt law,
committed to him.
9.e- Tie viii regularly attend the Federal Court
at Clarksburg, and elsewhere as the cases may re-
Quire.
Charle,tovu, July IS, lS61-C