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gNVHE undersigned, having recently made im-
Il portant additions to his facilities for repair
ing nd selling furniture. informs the public that
he is prepared to fill all orders entrusted to him.
and do all kinds of requiring in the best style.
at moderate prices. All furniture purchased
through him will be put up and delivered in
good order. without extra charge. Old furni-
ture bought and exchanged for new.
will always have stock of furniture on
hand, and will order anything not kept in stock
at New Orleans prices, with exnense of trans
portation only adtted-safe delivery and salts
faction guaranteed. LOUIS WAITER
Main Street. near Mr. JOS Johins
opc1oaSas, May H. 1871. 6n
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OrELoUsAs REsTAUkASr.-Mr. Villaseca has
opened new restaurant, at the corner of Court
.aa Bellevue sss.s atiesfs;Hs =. Eaeezab's salee
where lie is prepared to furnish meals at oil
hours, oysters, fish, game, wine. &C., prepared
by frst-class cooks, and served by attentive
walters; his charges are reasonable See bis
advertisement in another column.
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EYT The State and Parish tax collector will
sell to-day, Mt the Court House, the property Of
sixteen delinquent taxpayers of our Parish.
As these sales arc made for casl, and without
the benefit of appraisemenf these town lots and
lands will bring about onc-tenth Of their real
value, we suppose.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that any person who
Y may trcspass oll the land situated on bayous
'Ffche and Courtableau, belonging now to the
heirs of Isaac Baldwin deceased and that which
formerly belonged to them, by cutting or re-
moving wood or timbcr therefrom, will be pro-
c*esled against according to law.
JOS. NJ. MOORE,
Attorney Of heirs of Baldwin.
Opeleusas. Nov. 4, 1871. I'm
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The height of modesty is that of the
young lady who, desiring leg Of chick
en- ut the table, said, "I1l take the part
that ought to be dressed in draws"
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N. I'd Il U @ ,

N. ID T. U 1G,
Grand COteau Cheap Store
HAVING just received a stock of Fall and
IL IL Winter goods, Ready made Clothing, Gro
ccries, Crockeryware i'll a word a we'll assorted
stock OF goods suited to the demands of the
planters and others, which he is sell on
Small Profits, Foe Cash!
He invites visit and examination of his stock
N. BLUM.
Grand COteau, New. ii, 1871. finn
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Opelousas Parish of St. Landry La November H. 1871.

we publish this week. and will continue to pub
Gsh hereafter, carefully compiled summary of
the Administrators Tableaux filed in the office
of the Clerk of the District Court, and the SIcr-
iii Il and Successional sales taking place in our
Parish, where the reader can obtain at Il glance
all the information necessary, instead of wa,ling
through the long and numerous columns of the
newspaper designated by Warmoth & Co., ,lll-
der the provisions of the Printing Bill,' as
the official journal.
This is a sct-imposctl and improbable task
involving considerable trouble and labor, but
we chcertully assume it in the hope of its being
of some service to our readers
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~ Besides giving o correct synopsis of the
judicial advertisements published in the Parish,
the COURIER contains moro reading matter than
any official country paper In the State.
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MISCELLANEOUS CARDS
G. O Il u O N ER @H %

AND HORSE POWERS.
III" Reynolds: Revolving Wrought Iron Screw
COTTON PRESS
3s M MI Improvement on the must popular Screw
lrS>t, 'ni l. pronounced to be the most com
l'''t"' "nrahl' and easy working Press now in
me market. HE whole weight of the Press
with tn" cotton III the box. stands on a piyot
t''ah'i''S fN" men or one horse to press a 500
HIS hale with ease.
The Reynolds Horse Powers.
Is unsurpassed for strength and durability,
They are manufactured expressly tor Cotton
Ginning. Corn Mills and other plantation work,
These articles took til" PREMIUMS at the
TENAS STATE FAIR ISL
Manufactured in New Orleans, at
REI.NOLUS IRON VORkS.
Corner South Market and Fulton SITS.
Near st. Marys Market.
W. II. REYNOLDS. Proprietor. Box 1890.
Office and Drpot. - Carondrl,t Street.
BLOCH 4 DUPRE. Agents
OprlollHn>. La.
Agents wanted everywhere. ~ Send for
Price List. Aug nf
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SATURDAY,, - NOVEMBER II, 1871.
FCRLIslfED WEEKLY By
l. e O N c e s A NDOZ.

"Suhscription Frec.-Evcry person advertis
ing in this papcrto the amount of twenty dollars
and paying the same cash at this office will be
entitled to one years subscription gratis
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! BOOTS & SHOES

VTVHE undersigned, having opened a shop in
IL Opelouscs. in the rear of the Court House.
is prepared to accommodate his friends and the
public, with neat and substantial Boots and
Shoes at prices within the reach of all in fact ut
torer rates than "ny other Establishment in forn.
l.. 5. ANDRUS.
Opelousas. Oct. 81. 1871. IT,
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cTThe mail accounts of the fires in the
| northwest corroborate the narrowing
stories told by telegraph of the suffering
occasioned by the fearful visitation. The
fiery trial of Chicago, sad as it was, can
not compare with the devastation of the
prairie homes and villages of Wisconsin
and Michigan. The one entails mainly
destruction of ofpoverty-pccuniary loss
which the great generosity of the civiliz-
ed world can do much to tighten if not
altogether to reimburse. The latter car
ries in its desolating patl. the most horri-
ble of deaths, and strikes thousands of
hearts with a sorrow, krener and more
lasting than any the loss OF more worldly
goods can bring. The pecuniary suffer-
ing is necessarily greater among these
villages aud prairie settlers than with
the people of n large city. The former
have no neighbors left in comparative
atf1uence to relieve their immediate
necessities. and no hope of a speedy rally
from their sudden poverty by aid of the
spirit of enterprise which always comes
to the rescue of young and vigorous
city like Chicago. They mnst remain in
their sorrow and want, brooding over
their misery, unless the hand of sym
pathy is stretched forth for their comfort
and relief. In Wisconsin the cities. viii
lagos or towns of Peshtigo, Holland, Will
Hanson, Marinette, Hanboldt. Rosiere,
Messierre, Lincoln, Menekannee. Casco,
and Menomonee were either partially de-
stroyed or entirely swept away. In
Michigan, New River, Huron City, Port
Hope, Sand Beach, Centre Harbor, Rock
Falls, White Rock, Elm Creek and For
resville, all flourisling little cities and
villages on tic coast were destroyed.
The destruction of farm houses number
thousands. 1t is to be sincerely hoped
that the noble and wonderful impulse
which has prompted oil the world to
extend such glorious assistance to the
people of Chicago will be again awaken
ed by the sufferings of these Western
villagers. and that a portion of the grand
stream of benevolence now flowing into
the Western metropolis will be turned
towards the forests and the prairies
where there is so much need Of sym
pathy and aid.
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TO COTTON PLANTERS,

EDLANTERS who have shipped and sold Cot
u ton in New Orleans from 1863 to ls6t-in-
elusive. can make arrangements through me to
recover the Tar on the Tare paid to the United
States Government during that time. 1t is
useless to apply without bills of sale.
4. DESMARE
at Pitre & CarriGrcs, Washington La.
Oct. 2S. 1871. I'm
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AbemOcra tic View Ofthc Situa tom.

The Claiborne Adrocafe, a leading Democratic
organ of North Louisiana. thus views the So
called split in the Republican party
The whole npshot of the situation may he
thus stated: At the next National Republican
Convention on" wing the other will hr ac-
knowledged as the Simon pure Radical party of
Louisiana. The success OF the one wing will of
course squelch out the other. If the National
Republican Party should be hostile to Grant
then the Dunn. Casey and Packard Party are
as dta.t as Julius C~sar. If Grant is triumphant.
then the star of Henry Clay Warmoth will has
ten rapidly to its setting never more to arise.
Consequently the only advantage the split is to
the Democratic party will be in the next Lcgis-
laturc: Every Parish shonld instruct its repre-
sentatives to vote with the faction which will
repeal the Election. and Registration laws,
Printing Bills and others that were n,ude for
oppression and plumber. The Democratic men,
hers will be i'll situation t. dictate their terms
1t can impeach Warnoth. us it did Wicklifft ;
and it can keep the opposite faction hnpeIessly
ont OF power. They can intlict on one wing or
the other all the oppression which both have
heapcd npon the people and best of all. can see
that the promises made them are executed in
advance. AS the Democratic Central Committee
with Committee e-nlan from each Parish will
meet in New Orleans the 18th of November
and consult with Democratic representatives
let us hope that both of these bodies will make
some more useful suggestions for the rcgcnera-
ton of the State than have yet characterized
any of their sittings.
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Special Notice to Opelousas Shippers
THNfiE steamer CREOLE will make two trims a
week i'll connection with the fine steamer
GOV. ALLEN. which boat leaves New Orleans.
every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY,
FrtlghtS af tie same rates rs per steamer
SELMA. through tn Washing ton. La and inter
mediate landings: connecting at the mouth Of
Red River every THURSDAY and SUNDAY
This arrangement to hold good until the SELMA
can enter tue trade regularly.
{. G. PICKETT.
&fl Capta;n Steamer selma,
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To the Travelling Pu bile.

10 tMe Af@vcRH1mg Pa bic.
n the absence Of any present convenience
IL between Opelousas and Bayou Chicut, for
the private entertainment OF man and horse
the undersigned will receive. in the Town of
Vile Plate, all who may call upon him at his
residence in said Town
OCTAVE DARE.
Vile Plate Nov. II, 1871. IT,
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ENTIRE SATISFACTION

1t washes i'll hard (wcll) water us we'll as in
rain water. No hueng need be uscd-no wash
boards or hard rubbing necessary. An entire
DAYS washing accomplished in ''co ho,rs! The
best Soap extant for washing machines. Tn
surpassed for woolcns of all kinds
ID. L. G. HILL. Opclcusas, La.
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.SucceSsiOmsaH Sales.


SuccessiOmsaH Sales.
Est. Chas, Trahan and Marie f. Sonnier.-F
Prrrodin. auctioneer, will sell at BAYOU Cane Oh
the 9th Dec: tract of l2o acres of land on said
Bayou; also % lot cattle and furniture belonging
to estate of Thcrtse Rousseau
Est. Nj. j. Daniels.-J. J. and L. J. Mckee adj
li'inistrators, will sell on Dec. 9TH on Bayou
BGuf: tract of 300 arpents of land with build
inss &c.' on said bayou, the undivided of a gin,
house. cattle furniture. &c bird
cash, balance on and wears credit
Est Elcck Dupre.-F. Perro,lin, Auctionccr,
VIII sell on Nov. llth: lot of cattle. sheep and
hegs; pony: mare and colt; , wagons; furni-
turc, &c. Terms, cash.
Est Isaac Hayes and Wife,. O. Hayes. adj
lnnlstrator. Will sell ut Big Cane, on Nov. 18th:
a tract OF $50 acres Of land with buildings &C.,
thereon. at Big Cane; 3 mules, farming imple-
mcnts: Terms-Moveablcs cash, immoveah hles
onc-thr,l cash, htance in and years.
ESt. FRANCOIS Marks-Aladclrine Sicily admv.
Will sell at Prairie DIES Femmes. on Nov. .lst :
tract of 10 arpents with improvements in said
see''on 2oo arpepts cypress swamp ON Courta-
hlean; ~ head cattle: oxen: 5 mules; | horse:
81 Sheep IL hogs; carriage: carts plows. &c.
TermS-Movcalles cash; lands e-third ApriI |.
1872, 1873, and 1874.
SheriM's Sales.
Zclienne Lyons vs.. Eliza Gui,lrv.-The Sheriff
will sell, at the Court House, On Dec. I'd, for
cash: 4 tract of about 80 acres of land: two of
obouf l6o acres each: another tract Of -, and
one of 81 acres: tract of 200 acres on PLAQUE
mine: Il tract of 81 acres: the undivided half of
200 arpcnts in Mallet Woods
Geo. Foster Va. Robt. Hart.-The Sheriff will
sell on Dec ID at the Court House for cash: u
tract OF 32o acres with the growing crop, situa-
ted on Bayou Petit Prairie.
Henrietta Wackcrhagen wid. etc. vs.. 4. ".
1ittell & als-The Sheriff will sell on Dec I'd, at
the Court House. for cash: Il sugar plantation
OF 70 arpents front by 40 depth with all the i'm
machinery. implements. stock &c.
on Bayou Teche; a tract Of 100 arpeuts: another
of ~ arpcnts. and one of about i arpents front
by 40 depth, all on Bayou Teche.
Admimistraa tors TabRenux.
Est. Jane Young, wi.l. p. Lacomb-M Bihm,
admir-. has filed a final tableau which will he no.
nologated Dec. 4th. If no opposition is made
Estates of Mary Eliza Simmons and Bosnian
Hayes. - Orsamos Hayes, admir-, has filed a
tabeau of classification and distribution and
account of administration of said estates which
will be homologated Nov. lith unless sooner
oppo>e'l.
Estate of Oramcl Observation-Disclosures La
lannc, admir-, has filed tablcau of cl,~>ic:,-
tl"n and account of administration of said cs-
tate. which will be homolo.atcd NOV. l4th
unless sooner opposed.
Estate Of John W. .Chcvis-E,lmond Harmon.
admir-. has filed Il tahlcau of classification of
tebts. which will be homologat,d Nov. l:th
unless sooner opposed.
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COLUMBIA AND CHICAGO.-.South=r'n Sym pnthu.
The Augusta tGa.) Chronicle and Sentinel,
in an article upon the Chicago contlagratiou
and the awful fires in the Northwest. saws:
But there are those among lis to whom this
picture will recall terrible memories Those
who witnessed or endured in Sherman's march
from the mountains in Georgia to the sea south
ward, and from the northwar,l to the plains
Of North Carolina, will recall wildly such q pie
ture of ttesolaton. and their hearts will tlrob
in responsive sympathy with the unfortunate
victims. We we'll remember that mcmoru ble
night when, upon Bollings Island. in the Con
garee, where, having found concealment from
cavalry. We witnessed, at q dis
tance of fifteen miles, the lambent flames reach
ing high up from the horizon, obseurny the
stars with luri.l glare. and from their topinost
reach blending into heavy, rolling volumes of
dark clouds-the passing away of Colombia. the
once beautiful capital of the Palmetto State
while. at our feet, seated upon the tattered
cashion of an ambulance. and reclining against
the trunk ofn swamp oak, II tender mother aud
wife OF ii Confederate officer, fugitive. watched
all night the last struggles of her dying infant
and we we'll remember that We journeyed from
dawn to midday. on the morning Of the next
lay, through hlackened and burning forests.
and by the white ashes which marked the fenced
fields, guided by the tall red chimneys. which
stood like sentiucls over once happy homes
We tender to the unfortunate victims of this
great calamity in the West sorrow full sympathy
1t is all we can spare to give.
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Money, Time and Labor Saved
WASHING MADE EASY.

Patented April 10, 1866. IN the Z. S. Pat Office
T AM now prepared to supply the public with
Il MAHER's lot South Carolina) PATENT Soar
the most wonderful preparation of the age. No
family should l,c without it, 1t is the cheapest
Soap in the wold. and can be manufactured in
thirty minutes. The materials accessible to
all. The washing for large family can be per-
formed at a cost of .frr rrnts in Soap per week.
Call at Mr. John Poseys Drug Store. corner OF
Main and Landry streets. Orclousa<. and pro
cure Il sample, with directions for use.
Family Patent Rights can he had by calling
upon the undersigned. at the Post Office, in OPP
elousas. or uron Mr.. Po$cy. Persons at a dis
tance can obtain all information by addressing
d. 7. &. Hill. Opclousas. La.
This Snau fully guarautce to give
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c. Munzesheimer's stocksof groceries &c, is
far from being exhausted, notwithstanding the,
many recent calls from his numerous customcrss
visit to his establishment is always amply
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FOR SALE.

WILD AND GENTLE HORSES.
Ec asrction, for cash. eyerv Saturday and Sun
day commencing on Saturday, July ist, 1871, by
the undersigned, at his plantation, about Ave
miles west Of Opelousas.
ALCEE DCPRE
July LIST, 1871. 4s-tf.
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FOR RENT.
The "Verandah Coffee House.
Opelousas; Possession given January lst, 1872
T0HE undersigned, being compelled to retire
IL from business OH account of i'll health, offers
his well-known establishment for rent, having
been recently thoroughly renovated. For terms
and full particulars apply to or address
n. QUATREVACX
Opelousas, Oct. %, 1871. I'm
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PRIVATE SCHOOL,

R@ RS nj. NJ. HAYES respectfully informs
W. the public, that she will open Private
School, at her residence, in Opelousas On Mon
day the 4th of September. Terms, % 90 per
month.
Sept. I'd, ls7l.-tf.
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~ Senatorial authority in Washington
gives out that the President has declared his
determination to proclaim martial law through
out the entire South. We may as we'll state
that the authority referred to is Senator Poole,
who is represented as holding Intimate relations
with the President.
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II The latest advises from Spartansburs
and York counties. South Carolina reccivcdkn
Washington. confirm the previous reports that
the United States officials, backed by the sol:
dierv. have instituted a rel gn of terror. Inno-
cent citizens are dragged from their homes in
the night, and thrown into Jail with common
frlons. Instances ar" given where men were
torn from their families without being allowed
t" make any preparation for the journey. and
were forced to ride ten, twenty. and thirty
miles. and then confined in lnat hsomc dungeons
Eighty-fvc persons in York county had been
mt in Jail. and other arrests were being made
At one point in Union county the soldiers went
to gcntleman's house to arrest him. lie was
absent. They invaded every room in the house
and carried away his private arms He was a
licensed .listiller. After helping themselves
freely. they poured out the resctlue of the Ii
quor on the gruund.-N. D. Commercial EuIlGu
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% To-day, at r. u. at the Court House, will
he held meeting of oil the citizens who are op-
pssed to the oft-repeated crimes and other mis-
demsanors which are perpetrated in our parish
since few years.
All honest and weai-thinking men will attend,
We have no doubt
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GUESS WHO is THE NEArEsr HoUsEKEEPER in
our town We know her. She cleans her knives,
china, windows, paint oil cloths, tables and
floors, and brightens her tin. brass and copper
wares with Enoch Moreans Sons Sapolio. Ask
for 1t. 1t il good thing.
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- Ayer's Cherry Peetornl-the worlds great
$,aaedy for colds, coughs and consamption
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BARRY's LANDING WAREHOUSE

VENHE undersigned heing encouraged by a.
u general success in his business. hereby all
nonnces to his clients and the public in general
that hereafter his Warehouse will bc under his
personal supervision. No effort will be spared
to satisfy the Public in his line of business.
ID. p. SAlZAN.
Nov. 4th. 1871. I'm
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TIN sHoP.-See Mr.. Lightleys card, in another
column Of to-days COURIER
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MEDICAL NOTICE.

MEDICAL NOTICE.
A REGULAR meeting of the St. Landry Med
IA ical and Surgical Association will be held at
Opelousas, the lst Saturday Of every month, at
10 o'clock A. III.
VINCENT BOAGNI MD.
President.
JAMES RAY, NJ. D., Secratory. t45-ly
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JOSEPH NE. MOORE,

aBUSRIM II HM WI VhUU ~ r.,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Office formerly occupied by by the late law firms
of swayze g. Moore and Moore g. Morgan,
OPELOUSAS, La,
Will practice in the Courts of the Sth judicial
District.
Opelousas April, 1871. 3.tf
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~asxwM pair of work oxen years old,
g we'll broken. and powerful. Apply
to Jean Beneit or V. 5. Bour4ue,
April lj 1871 Bellevue
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FO R SALE.
FO R SALE.

E A second hand Family Carriage,
w H-z&-cheap. Apply to c. c. DUSON,
e6-tfl at Shrritf's Office. Opelousas.
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Taken Up az in Esttay.

pf the undersigned at Coulce Crochc. sor
- rel Mare, about six years old. with white
spot III the face, and branded the left hip.
tFac-sfrnile of brand to be seen at CornlEE
Otiice.) W. u. LASSITER.
COulee CrOche, Oct. a. 1871. Inn
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JOSEPH W. CARBw.
Washington Butchery.

The undersigned respectfully III.
9H%sY4 forms the citizen< Of Washington
and vicinity that he is retailing at
--@A the Market lionse, every morning
fresh meat (beet and veall Of the first quality at
the rate of seven cents per pound. Those whe
take quarter or fraction thereof can have
meat even nnder 7 cents per pound.
lie takes this opportunity to offer his thanks
to the public for the patronage accorded him in
this occasion PIERRE CIIARLY
WashingtOn 26 August lS1l :rllf
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FU RNITU e E 8 O & E .
REMnuED

Opelousas Sept. 9th 1871. 3m