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The Income Tax.

! The assistant assessors are buslly
engaged in their several districts III
| sending notices to citizens to make
| returns of their incomes, so that the
tax due the Government on all in
comes exceeding $4,000 may be col
lectcd.
The taxable income Of each per-
son is determined by adding togeth-
er the following items: the gains OF
profits Of business for the year; the
wages or salary received for services
from any government, corporation or
other employer; the rents received
from houses and lands; the interest
on notes, bonds or mortgages, or on
money lent on any or on no security
the profits of speculation in stocks,
bonds, or gold, and those obtained
upon the sale of any houses or lands
during the year which had been pur-
chased within two years preceding
and the dividends upon stocks OF
shares, except that the dividends OF
corporations which have themselves
withheld the tax from stockholders,
and paid it to the United States, are
not to be included, nor that part OF
the salary Of officers of the United
States from which the tax has been
deducted at the time of payment,
nor any pension paid to a soldier OF
sailor.
From the aggregate income as
thus determined, each Taxpayer will
deduct the national, State, county
and municipal taxes paid by him
during the year; all losses in bust,
ness, not including any estimated
depreciations of values; the amount
of interest paid during the year; the
rent of land for cultivation and OF
premises for business purposes, and
the wages of labor paid out for bu.
siness purposes; the rent Of the
house and rooms occupied as a resi-.
denee; but not the rental value, il
owned by the Taxpayer himself:
and the amount paid for ordinary
repairs, but not for permanent i'm.
provementS.
The remainder Of the gross in.
come, after these deductions are
made, constitutes the net income
for the year; and two thousand dol.
lars are further to be deducted from
this amount. The remainder is the
taxable income, ON which a tax OF
q per cent. is to be levied and paid.
This tax is due and payable Oh OF
before the 18th day Of April next
and a penalty of 5 per cent. upon
the amount of the tax, and of inter
est at the rate of 1 per cent. per
month, is to be levied for neglect to
make payment at that time, or with.
in ten days after the collector shall
have demanded the tax.
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April 1st. 1871. II .'"
sherif.s sale.

Sheriff IS sale.
Louisiana State Bank VS.. William B. Shields
ct ais District Court, Parish of st. Ian
dry-No. 1e05i.
Alfred Moulton VS. William B. Shields ct ais
District Court. St. Landry.-No. 1860.
d virtue Of two orders of seizure, and sab
- issued out Of the Hon. Eighth District
Court Of the State of Louisiana, in and for the
Parish Of st. Landry, ID the above EMIT led
suits, and to me directed, / 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 MAY, 1871, at II o'clock A. M, the follow
ing described property. seized to satisfy said
orders, to-wit: ~
A certain tract of land with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated on the left
bank Of Bayou Beuf, being a portion of the
lands purchased from Thomas a.. Cooke and
B. L. Oliver by William B, Shields. contain
ing am area of one hundred and sixty acres,
bounded below by1ands now or former, ly be-
longing to Elisha Foglemau, and above by
lands sold on the 18th day of August, 1870,
to the Bank of Louisiana, by virtue Of execu-
tons issued in the cases l2050 and 12O5l, Dis
trict Court of St Landry, and represented as
Lots II, 10, 10, 20 and 81, on the plat made
by Hezekiah Hayes, Surveyor, and filed in
said suits.
Also. a sugar mill situated on Lot No. 8 Of
the said plat.
Terms-Cash.
E. O. HAYEs. Sheriff.
April fst, 1871
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Connecticut ElectiaEfs.

HARTFORD, April 4.-Returns in
the Office ofthe Evening Post, this
afternoon, from the entire State;
give English q plurality Of forty.
five votes. Should the scattering
vote exceed this number the election
will be by the Legislature. Twenty
scattering votes were deposited III
New Haven, and it is not unlikely
that enough have been polled to de.
feat an election by the people.
The Times Democrat) makes the
plurality for English 8 votes
Should the election go to the Legis
ture there canbe no doubt Of Jewels
success, as the Legislature is Repub
lican in both branches.
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Bloch Brothers Us. Samuel d. Ashe.
Dist. Court, st. Landry. No 1912.
EOY virtue of an order of seizure and sale is.
D sued ont of the Hon. the Eighth District
Court of the State of Louisiana, in and for the
Parish of St. Landry, in the above entitled
suit, and 10 me directed. I will proceed to sell
at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of this parish, in the town of
Opelousas, on SATURDAY, the 9th day of
MAY, 1871, at eleven o'clock A. NJ. the fol-
said order, to-wit:
I. The southwest quarter of section four
teen, i'll township seven south of range two
east, in the district of land subject to sell at
Opelousas, Louisiana, containing one hundred
and sixty acres and 81 handredths. the whole
as per patent in the name of Veilland Cha
cherG, dated list September, 1853, numbered
$3.50, and signed by Franklin Pierce, Presi-
dent of the United States.
2. The east half of the tract described as
being the south half of northeast quarter of
section fifteen, same township and range as
the above, containing forty and thirty-eight
hundredths; said lands are bounded moth by
land belonging to the State of Louisiana. south
by State public domain, west by Leandre
Bourque, and east by land of Veilland Cha
cherGs
3 One arpent front by fifteen in depth,
bounded north by Joseph Chachere. east by
Louis Thibodeaux, south by William Bacon.
aud west by Bayou Plaquemine Brulee :; the
above described lands are the SANE purchased
by lnortgageor from Veilland Chachere, as
per act the Sd February, 1866, before Yves
D'Avy, Deputy Recorder, and recorded iu Re-
corder's office in book U, pages IS and %.
A.. The north half of the north west quar-
ter Of section IA in township Z south of range
3 east, containing 50 acres and 80 hundredths.
The northeast quarter of the north east quar-
ter of section Is, same township and range as
above, containing DO acres and IS hundredths.
being the same property purchased by mort
gageor from Joseph Chachere. as per act the
ID February, 1866, passed before Yves D'Avy,
Deputy Recorder, and recorded in Recorders
Office, book u, at pages "a and Is.
s. Ali the buildings and improvements on
said land without exception or reserve.
8 Twcnty-six head of cattle, three mules,
four horses, te9Aead hogs, forty sheep, one
large wagon
Terms-Cash.
L. O. HAYES. Sheriff.
AnriI LIST 1877
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Railroads,


We find in communication from
Shreveport to the N. O. Times, an
der date Of March Goth, the follow
ing: Ea&a
"Mueh JOY WAS felt at the views
from the eommittee of citizens that
went to New Orleans last week to
negotiate with the New Orleans, Ba-
ton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad
Company, relative to the running of
their road here direct from Mans
fed, instead of thence direct from
MARSHALL aud theil success In fixing
the read to Shreveport, and the
work to commence here: TINS all
are satisfied that the $780, 900 of
city bonds shall be issued To aid
the road.p@
This read is to pass through the
upper part of this parish; and it
was proposed about q year ago, by
the owners Of the road, to build q
branch from the main track TO- Opel
ousas, provided the parish would
give them q bonus of $15ay9Oe, pay
able IL twenty years, bearing eight
per cent per annum interest from
date, and the interest payable semi.
annually. The bonds for $4,000
were not to be delivered until the
road was completed aud ii running
order; and the FIRST mstallment of
interest was not to be paid until the
road had been il operation q year.
When the Chattanooga, now call
cd the New Orleans and Texas rail
road is completed to vermillionyille,
it may be continued directly to Tex
as, and We left without branch to
this place for several years. JIG we
lie still and wait for d railroad to
come to without making any-ef-
fortto bring it, we may never have
one- The New Orleans and Texas
road Will pass within eighteen or
twenty-five miles of us on the south,
and the New Orleans, Baton Rouge
and Vicksburg road will pass within
fifteen miles Of us on the north. We
should exert ourselves to have bran
ches built from one 81 both of these
reads to Opelonsas, as soon as they
are completed TO the nearest points.
The city Of Shreveport, II viii be
seen from the paragraph above quo
tea, will issue bonds for $500, 900 to
aid the road and prevent its passing
her by The Parish of ct. Landry
can certainly Issue bonds for $780,,
oODi for similar purposes
Sa@ az&# 1 &1S9
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sale.

Marie Alix Lambert vs.. Celeste Roy, widow
and tutriS. District Court, st. Landry
No. I0SI6. ~
DY virtue Of a writ of &. ia. issued out of the
Id Hon. 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, / will proceed to sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
Courthouse of this parish, in the town of
Opelousas, on SATURDAY. the 9th day of
MAY, 1871, at eleven o'clock A. M, the
following described property. seized to salts
f. said witt, to-wit:
A certain plantation with all the buildings
and Improvements thereon. bounded north by
lands of James Powers and Ernest st. Armand,
east by lands of +. l.. Pitie aud Seburn Phil
lips, south by lands Of AchiIle Dupre, and
west by lands Of James Powers, containing
two hundred and forty superficial arpents.
Terns-Cash.
Z. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
April LIST, 1871. '" t@ "A
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Washington and Grand Coteau.

as.. ~ ~ E- - St&ET& go
THHE cfiee of the Supervisor of Registra
u tion for the Parish Of st. Landry, will
open TN Tuesday, April llth. aud close on
Friday April 81, 1871, remaining open from I
a. NJ. to ~ NJ, and from 2 P. NJ. tot P. Nj, of
each day. for the purpose Of revising and cor
recting the lists of registered voters residing
within the corporate limits OF the towns of
Washington and Grand Cotean.
The office will be opened in Washington on
Tuesday, April llth, for one day only. and in
Grand Coteaa, on Thursday, April 18th, for
one day only. 1t will be- opened the balance
of the time at the Court House, in Opelousas.
All qualified electors of said towns who de-
sire to register, are notified to come forward
and register; and all registered voters now
residing within said towns who have changed
their domiciles since they We're registered, are
notified to come forward to have such change
noted upon the registry books and upon their
certificates of registration; and those who
have lost their certificates Of registration are
notified to come forward and take ont new
ones. j. J. BEAUCHAMp,
Supervisor Of Registration,
ADri| I-3t
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Sherif9s Sale.

Victor Daniel District Court,
Samuel A Dar1enne. No. 1852.
by VIRTUE of a writ of fieri facias issued
I'D 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 ! will proceed to sell at public
auction, at the Courthouse of said parish, in
the town Of Opelousas, on SATURDAY,.
MAY 9th, 1871, at eleven o'clock a. NJ, the
following described property, seized to satisfy
said writ, to-wit:
A tract of land, situated in the Parish of st
Landry, containing eighty 47lt00 acres, and
designated in the Land Office as south half
OF southeast quarter of section twenty in
township No. 5, sonth of range No. 8 east, in
South Western Land District of Louisiana.
Terms--Cash
f. L. 0. HAYES, Sheriff.
April LIST, 1871.
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sNEr Ey AT Respectable Gracers and Drug
gisss.
Udolpho Wolfa,'S Est.
- BEAVER s., n. y
Mal oh 45-3m -a~.- ~ s.
Public Sale

Estate Of Fruaeois Poifet, deeeased-
DY virtue of an order of the Hon. Probate
ID Court of the Parish Of st. Lsnlyy. ,h-,s
viii be sold at public ~aaetio', to the llgless
bidder, by the undersigned, or ny a public
auetionrrr, at the last residence Of the drcess.
ed, or Bayou Carron, Parish Of St. Landry, OH
Wednesday,, April 26, 1871,
the following described rrop-sty, i~longing to
said estate, to wit: -
| 'Thr plantation whtrethe drc"ased last
| resid' d, Situated in the Parish Of st Landry.
| on tlr ss'%th side Of the lS#y.d' Carron or
| Grand Lonis. together. viii, aF TIE huIidings
| and Improvements thereon. bounded north
! by said bayou. southeast by lands OF Yorick
Valads ard Francois Jean, south by land Of
Louis O. Pitrt. west by land "f N$l'oieor L.
Pitle, and north by hand Of ioriek Faladf-
having twrnty.three arpents front by forty
deep. containing about nine huHdsfd and
twenty superb i'll arpents
!. 4 tract OF land situated iii the Parish OF
| St. Landry, on the north side of the Bayou
Grand Louis or Tcclie, OF Car'on, bounded
south by said bayou, north by lard Of the
widow Pierre Wartalle and Lawrence t.
! Bushnell, east by land Of Edmond Estiletts
and Pierre Beaudoin AM Cyprien L., Fonte-
not, having thirteen arpents front by about
twenty arpents in depth and containing
about two hundred and sixty superficial ar
penis.
J. The stock of wild horned cattle and
horses. composed of about FIVE hundred and
seventy-three head of horned cattle, and fifty
two head of horse creatures, and eight vschP-
! rie horses. About twenty-five h ad OF grntis
! horned cattle, seven mules, six creole horses,
! two pairs oxen, tire contents OF blaeksH1isfis
| shop, a one horse Fart, one carriage. one bug
gy, a large lot Of plantation and farming nten-
! sis, household furniture, kitchen utensils, and
! other movable property.
| Terms and Conditions.-The movable pro-
perty will be sold for cash; and for the pfan-
! tation, lands, buildings and improvements.
one-half payable January LIST, 1872, aud the
| other half January 1st, 1873. purchasers fnr-
nishing their notes with good and solvent Sc
curlties in solido with the principal, to tho
| satisfaction of the Admin s~tratoT, made psya.
bic to his order at his Office in the town OF
0pe]ousas; said notes to bear eight per cent
pcr amman interest from date until paid; and
the property remaining specially nortgsged
! to sal succession, with vendors privilege To-
secure payment Of the purchase price and in
terest represented by said notes; purchaser or
purchasers promising and binding themselves
| not to sell or dispose Of the property SO pur'
| chased by them, 10 the detrinrent Of said 70"
tanned privilege. 49,. s1'ss@ :
HENRY L. GARLAND. s'77a
March 25. Administrator
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Periodicals Received.

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW opens
with "ProveHcal Versification,p an
able essay On rhythm and rhyme,
and comparison between the Medie-
val and modern schools of poetry.
"The Borgias and their Latest His
torian.--A review Of the work of
Gregorovius, recapitulatng the am
bition and crimes of the Borgias,
and their establishment of the sale
of indulgences, which has since pass
ed into u tenet OF the Catholic
Church. "The Idealism Of Berkeley
and Collier" "Mr. Tennyson's Poe
try" ''The Sects Of the Russian
Church." "Commercial Crises" and
the usual book reviews, make a rich
and varied table Of contents
OUR HOME JOURNAL contains
useful hints for planters and house
keepers. It is a Southern expert
ment which deserves success.
APPLEToNs' JOURNAL. ~ This
April number contains another in
| stallment of the tale Morton
House," by the author of Valerie
Aylmer. Whoever this new South
ern writer may be, she bids fair to
take the first rank among American
novelists. There is a freshness and
cultivation in her style which are
very promising. Somewhat stilted
in portions, but that may be the
fault Of youth, for it strikes us this
"Christian Reid" is a young girl
with much genius but little expe-
| rience of the men and women of our
work-day world.
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DY WRIT. Of an order of the Hon the Par
I'D ish Court Of the Parish of st. landry, a
meeting Of the creditors of the Estate Of John
Close, deceased, will be held before Yves
D'Avy, Recorder, at his Office, in the town Of
Opelousas, Oh Saturday, April 22d, 1871,
at 10 o'clock A.. NJ for the purpose of deliber-
ating on the most advantageous II amer Of
disposing Of the effects Of said estate. and Of
fixing the terms and conditions of the sale.
JOS. D RICHARD, Clerk.
= Onnln,nnr k,,r;l 1 Ley
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Sheri6eS Sale.

John T. Smith, Extr,, District Court,
VS. }Parish st. Landry.
John Collins ct al. No. 1O5I5.
pY virtue of an alias writ of Fl. ia 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, / will proceed to sell at public
auction, at the Court House OF said Parish, in
the town of Opelousas, on SATURDAY. the
9th of MAY, 1871, at II o'clock, A. NJ the
following described property, seized to satisfy
said writ, to-wit:
A lot of ground, containing about one su-
perficial acre, with all the buildings and I'M
p~rsvemeDts thereon, bounded north by John
F.. Smith and school house lot, east by land of
John Miller, south aud west by land sold to
Edward NJ Willard at the successional sale of
John Fall, deceased. ~ z
Terms-Cash. a.
. E. O. HAYES, Sheriff.
A--sf fl no%
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state of u

PARISH Court, ST, LANDRY No. 1895.
EsAte Of Joseph Simon Foateaot.
DRosPER DARE, Of the Parish of St.
Landry, Administrator Of the Estate OF
Joseph Simon Fontenot, deceased having
filed a final tableau of distribution of the funds
of said Estate, accompanied by bis petition
praying for the h~omologation of the same;
And whereas the prayer of said petition has
been granted by an order Of Court, bearing
date April Z, 1871
Now, therefore notice is hereby given to
all persons interested to make opposition te
said Tableau in writing at my office i'll the
town of Opelousas, within the time required
by law. why the said tableau should not b,
homologated and confirmed.
JOS ID. RICHARD, Cierk.
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PARISH COURT, PARISH ST.. LANDRY-No. 3477
TLARA CARENTIN, of the Parish of St.
" Landry, having applied by her petition
to be appointed Administrative Of the Estate
of Martin Richard, deceased, late of the Par
ish of St. Landry ;
Therefore, any person intending to make
opposition to said appointment, will file the
same in writing, at my office in the tovn of
Opelousas, within ten days from the presant
notice. JOS. d. RICHARD, ClerF.
Opelousas. April |, 1911.
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April /, 1871.
Estate of George II. King.

PARISH COURT, ST.. LANDRY No. 3l75
A mn ELIZABETH VIM, of the Parish
"A of St. Landry, having applied by ker pc.
tition to be appointed administrator Of the
estate of George r. King, deceased, late of the
Parish Of St. Landry;
Therefore, any person intending to- make
opposition to said appointment, will file the
same in writing, at my Office, in the town of
Opelousas. within ten days from the present
notice JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk
Opelousas, April .1st, 1871
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.rDT.ETE,

II, nersons who are indebted to the estate
u Of John w. Chevis and Martha Hayes,
his wife. both deceased, otherwise than for
purchases at the probate sale, are hereby nosi-
fed to come forward aud pay the same. either
to the undersigned or to Messrs. Moore d.
Morgan, Attorneys, opelousas; and those
having claims against said estate, 70 pfesens
them to the undersigned for Justification Y
a,nroved. Z. L. HARTMAN, :
March 1s-at1 AdministratoT.
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At the previous election in Con
necticut, the Republicans elected
three out of the four congressman,
and the Democrats elected the 9th
er Congressman and the Governor.
AT the election there last Monday,
the returns indicate that the Re
publicans have again elected three
Congressman, and the Democrats
one-the election for Governor was
so close as to require the votes to be
counted before knowing whether
English, Democrat, or Jewell, Re
publican, was elected, or whether
neither was elected. Read the dis
patch under the proper heading.
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PARISH COURT ST.. LANDRY - No. 347I
TOsEPH D. RICHARD, of the Parish of
~ St Landry, having applied by his p~etition
to be appointed administrator of the estate
of BENJAMIN +. Linton. deceased, late of said
parish;
Therefore. any person intending to make
opposition to said appointment, win file the
same in writing, i'll my Office in she town of
Opelousas. within ten days from the present
notice. JOS. d. RICHARD, Clerk.
April s, 1871.
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Estate of Caroline Lambert.

Parish Court, Parish Of. St. Landry. No. 3O65.
A USTIN LACOMB, of the Parish of St.
IA Landry. having applied by bis petition
to be appointed administrator OF the estate OF
Caroline Lambert, deceased. late of the parish
of ST. Landry;
Therefore. any, person intending to make
opposition to said appointment, will file the
same in writing, in my off &c in the town OF
Opelousas, within ten days from the present
notice.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
Anil = 1871
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Shel.iR's Sale.

= AS~S H-rF E-@
Frances B. Curry, wife. ct al. No. 1909.
DY virtue of an alias order of seizure and
ID sale. issued out of the Eighth District
Court of the State Of Louisiana, in aud for
the Parish of St.. Landry. in the above en-.
titled suit, aud to me directed, l will proceed
to sell at public auction, at the Courthouse OF
said parish, 10 the town OF Opeiousas, on
SATURDAY, MAY fth, 1871, at eleven
o'clock A. NJ. the following described prop.
erty, seized to- satisfy said order, to.wit:
Attract of land containing seven acres, more
OF less, with all the Improvements thereon.
situated in Big Cane, La, Parish of St. Lam
dry, bounded as follows, viz: north by lands
of s N. Weldon, west by public road, south
by lands of staple'on s. jackson, and east
by s. J. Weldon.
Terms-Cash <4s7 .
z. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
=" ku,s3 "a slrs es@E If s8 .EE4' E. 49, e.E.sssF 2
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Low WATER ARRANGEMENT.
The light draft steamer
JENNIE HOWELL, Z

has been chartered by Capt. C G. PICKETT,
to run between New Orleans and Washing
ton, in place Of the Steamer SELMA, during
the low water season.
In case of low water, therefore, this SUM-
mer and fall, there y i'll be no interruption OF
delays in the regular trips of Capt Piektts's
boat. April 2tf.
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Parish Court, Parish St. Landry.-No. 1913
A LFRED PERRY, of the Parish of St.
"A Landry, having applied by his petition
to be appointed administrator Of the Estate OF
Lise NofmanI, deceased, late of said parish
Therefore, notice is hereby given to all in'
terested in the said Estate, to m~ake'opposition.
if any they have, in writing, at my office. in
the town of Opelousas, within ten days from
the date of the present notice, why the prayer
of said petition should not be granted.
JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
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