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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-27
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A -Sll20o0 ESTATE FUNDS TO LOAN, AT PER
IN. cent on improved and accessible unmproved cty
v X. STEVENSON BON, IL Pine street.
A TLANTIC SAVINGS BANK,
~ iS Chatham SQUARE and % New Bowery, New York.
NOTlCk-.lnterest ON deposits made now viii be dated
from March I.
MONEY TO LOAN, IN SUNS TO SUIT, ON NEW
IA. York improved and unimproved real estae first aud
second mortgages promptly cashed; principals only.
WM SINCLAIR, JR- 4 CO., No. Pine street.
LrUNDs TO LOAN, ON CITY REAL ESTATE, IN SUMS
also Fhst Mortgages Brooklyn Property Address At
IORSEY, box 2,l95 New York Post olce.
CEORGE B: WALTON. ATTORNEY, 81 PARK ROW,
- mas uncc tobo yen his whole attention 70 negotiating
Loans on productive New York Brooklyn properly Par
cs desuneso borrow OF loan can rely on prompt attention.
If YOU WANT TO KNOW THE OFFICIAL STANDING
OF every Bank and Insurance Company get the Bank
and Insurance Register published weekly at y Ann street.
MORTIMER n. SHELEEY Proprietor
"NEONTREAL" SHARES,
IN including the celebrated
SILVER 1SLET NINE, Of Lake Superior, for sale,
by 4. II. RICHARD, Is Nassau slrcct,
MONEY TO LOAN-ON BOND AND MORTGAGE IN
l large and small sums vacant lots improved prop
erty. Inquire Of r. WATERS Fremens Insurance COM
pany, No. ~ Pine street.
MONEY TO ON LIFE POLICIES AND OTHER
M good securities at the Insurance Agency 7S7 Broadway
Opposite Astor piace), room l.
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
C>OsT OFFICE NoTCE.-THE MAILS FOR EUROPE
casls- the week ending Saturday, March 2, 1874 will
close isis oce Wednesday At M on Thursday al
II A. NJ, arrd on Saturday asS
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CEAJED PROPOSALS WILL RE RECEIVED BY THE
~ School Trustees of the Nineteenth ward At the odce or
tho Clerk of the Department of Public Instruction. corner or
Grand Elm Streets until Wednesday, the 9th day or
March ls72. and until O'Clock L. NJ on sad day, for tho
Desks and other Furniture required Tor tue new Gam
school Fty-seventh street, near Third avenue.
Proposals Will also be received a the time and place
for tho "Steam Heating Apparatus required for said
school. -
SPECIFICATIONS may be at the Office Of the superin.
tendent Buildings and Repairs, N6 Grand street, third
door. -,
Two responsible and approved sureties Will be required
from successful bidders. Proposals will not be con-
sidered unless sureties are named.
trustees the right TO eject any or all OF the
PETER EwALD,
TIMOTHY DAILY, board OF
$$SSss SSBsss fSSA $SsHsGs. Si's':sa'I ward
ryBRuARY q, 1874
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COA5TVISg STEAMSHIPS.
TDACIfiC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S LINE TO
CALIFORNIA, JAPAN AND CHINA,
VIA PANAMA,
CARRYING MAILS, PASSENGERS AND
FREIGHT TO .,,. -.
KINGSTON, JAM, SANTA MARTINI AND 1kEYTOWN,
AND PACIFIC COAST or MEXICO,
CENTRAL AMERICA, PERU
AND CHILE.
Steamers leave 10th and 3h each month, except when
those dates fal on Sunday, then the day previous -
February 29-Steamer RISING SrAk, Captain II. r. Con-
will pier ~ North RIVER at IL O'Clock noon for
STlTUlION, Captain as) connecting Tor all Central
American and south Pacific ports Freghs FOR last named
ports received until 4 r. N. OF February 27 -
Steamer JApAN Will leave San francisco March lS73 Tor
Japan ana Chna For OF passage freight aud All
foot OF Canal street. n. X BABY. Agent
NOTICE TO sHIPPERs-THE PACIFIC NAIL STEAM.
IN ship Company will despatch steamship BIENvILLK,
Captain Baker for Aspnwa At noon, Wednesday Feb 70,
from pier n North River. Y. r. BABY, Agent
TINTED STATES MAIL TO HAVANA.
~ Atlantic Mail Steamship Company, sailing regularly
every Thursday, At O'Clock r. NJ precisely, from pier No.
North River.
MIsSoU RI. Captain T. H. Morton Feb q
MORRO CASTLE, Captain r. Adams (via Nassau March
CRESCENT CITY. Captain f. Van sice.. March II
For freight or passage Apply vS n1xocu p,..,,...
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CAs CONsrkERs ARE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND
NJ the meeting At Munxngcr's Hail. lE aud ll9 West
Ihryseccnd street. tins Tuesday, evening O'Clock BY
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

The WHITE DEER.-Our readers have no
doubt often heard of the white deer which has
een repeatedly seen on the borders of Bayou
Darbonne, one of the tributaries of the Cour-
tabieau, in this Parish. Well, this time, it is
no Longer. possible to doubt its existence, and
the authority is incontestable,-itis is Col. John
y. Cook, of our town who asserts it.
The intrepid, Though not always success
ul,l hunter, accompanied party of five or
Hx excellent sportsmen in the depths of the
forests of Bayou Darb0nne. when the identical
,Hhlte deer was started, and one of the hunters
discharged his faithful gun ON his prize lin
perspectivel. 1t is true the noble animal was
not killed on the spot, but bounded afar off, to
the astonishment of the hunters; but it is a
hoieas uniloubted fact that the white male
deer exists in the thiekets of Darbonne.
Some wag pretends to say that the white
deer was none other than the old Billy-goat
which the urchins of our town daily find so
much fun in teasing, but that must be joke,
Tor COL Cookies authority cannot be contro-
yerted.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

To JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, NoTARrEs, AUC
TIoNEERs, ETC. We have on hand ready
printed. good assortment of blank forms re-
quired by Justices of the Peace, Notaries, &C.,
which we will dispose of cheap. We are also
prepared to fill all orders for job Printing of
every description on short notice, and in sr-
perior style, at the lowest prices. Having re-
Gently made important additions to the Job
Printing department of our Office, we are pre-
pared to turn out work superior to any other
country office in the State, and guarantee
satisfaction both in regard to quality and
price. Call at our office on Main ST. aud ex.
anime specimens and ascertain prices.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
A Noble Proposition from MIR.
Sumner.

Senator Sumner struck a chord of
generous and lofty patriotism yester-
day that will yibrate throughout the
whole country and give additional lns-
tire to his fame. immediately after the
Senate had convened. and while wait
ing for the Presidents Message, Mr..
Sumner intr oduced bill to strike from
the United States flags and the Army
Register all records of battles fought
with fellow citizens. The Romans in
the most glorious period of their his
tory did not celebrate victories in civil
war where Romans fought against Ro-
mans, and were desirous to efface the
memory of such fratricidal conflicts.
This is a noble sentiment, and was both
characteristic and worthy of that great
people. Why should American citizens
wish to perpetuate the emblems and
records of our national misfortune ?
Why keep alive the hatred that was
engendered by the civil war when the
combatants are and must continue to
be one people! To do so would be
unchristian-l like, ungenerous and high
ly impolitic. 1t would serve no good
purpose whatever, aud would only gra-
tlfy sectional and personal vanity at
the sacrifice of nobler and better senti-
ments. Every celebration of victories
In our civil war, by emblems on the
flags, by combinations or associations
OF the victors, by parades, gathering or
public dinners or in any other way, is
wrong. Mr.. Summers bill ought to be
passed unanimously by Congress, and
at once. In fact, every thing possible
should be done to obliterate the men,
ory of the sad event and to restore har-
mony and fraternal feeling among all
the citizens Of our common country.
4Yetg York He3atd.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
Renae3val of the State Capital.

1t is to be hoped that the present Legisla
ture will take some decisive step towards hav
ing the seat of Government changed from itt
present location.
The good and cogent Reasons that deter
mined the people of this State many years age
10 remove the seat of Government from the
city OF New Orleans and to locate it at Donald
sonville and then at Baton Rouge, and after
wards to decide against its renewal back ts
New Orleans, are, IF anything, more potent
to-day than they were then.
Louisiana is to-day one of the few States il,
the Union having its seat of Government at its
largest city,-its commercial center. Other
States have selected for their Capitals in many
cases small towns or villages insignificant as
to their population and commercial adyanta-
ges, but having central position.
In every case however, care seems to have
been taken in the selection made to avoid
proximity to large commercial cities. The
people of the county Parishes of this State,
we believe, are anxious that the seat of Gov
ernment should be removed to some central
point remote from New Orleans. Legislation
since it has been at that place, has been of
]
tration of our Government has been attended
with so many causes of disturbance, and sur
rounded by SO many circumstances inimical
to the best interests Of the people, and to pub
lie order and the general prosperity of the
State, that the people are better satisfied than
ever of the wisdom of having our seat of Gov
ernment at some place remote from the city
of New Orleans. This should be attended to
before an appropriation is made to purchase
site for State House and to erect q costly
structure. In selecting place for the State
Capital care should be taken that central
point, territorially considered, and one the
most accessible to the other portions of the
State, be fixed upon. There are three places
in the interior OF the StaSe that now suggest
themselves to our mind as possessing the
quality of centrality, namely: Opelousas, in
st. Landry, Marksville, i'll Ayoyelles Parish,
and Alexandria, in the Parish of Rapides. 1t
very accessible to the different portions of the
State, when the navigable streams Of the
western and southwestern portions of the
State are low, but within eighteen months or
two years from to-day there will undoubtedly
be Il railroad running through the center of
the State from northwest to southeast, pass
ing through or very near these villages The .
State already OWNS beautiful site for State |
House, consisting of about so acres, at Opelou-
sas. 1t is located ON the western limit of the
town, and the New Orleans and Opelousas'
Railroad runs through portion of the tract,
the road bed being already constructed at this
spot.
We hope that if the present Legislature
should fail to do its plain duty in this respect,
the people themselves will move in the matter.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

G.. NJ. BAYLY g. PoND.-In another column
will be found the card of this old and reliable
New Orleans firm of wholesale grocers and
commission merchants, well known through
out this and adjoining States. Capt. Geo. d.
Logan, whom many of our readers will remem-
Der as the popular Quartermaster of Con
federate Regiment ON duty i'll the Trans Mis-
sissippi Department in 1861, is connected
with this house; formerly merchant himself,
intimately known throughout this section OF
our State, Mr.. Logan's experienced services
cannot fail to greatly increase the business OF
Messrs. Bayly 81 Pond
Capt. Logan passed through our town a few
days ago, on his way to Avoyelles, and the
other northern Parishes of our State.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
The Sitsxa fiORa.
lFfom the n. o. Picayune, 14M inst. I

FROM the ". U. Ptcdyune, I4M inst
j When the case of Kellogg vs.. Warmoth and
others was fist carried before the United
States Court, we felt that the gravest of issues
had come upon this people. We were shocked
to find that there was means through which
! designing politicians could attempt to stab a
sovereign State in its most vital part, and we
gave expression to our ahhorance of the act.
But we connseled our people to he calm and
self-possesed; not to ty to pieces under u use
less and even dangerous excitement border
ing on frenzy itself. We were sure we saw
b]unders being committed where blunders was
IN niardonable I'VE felt that it was the result of
the cruel subordnation of the great interests
of people to those of a few and we felt that
the burdens that was threatened to be imposed
would require all our energies to resist, with
out the self -inposi tign uf more We wanted
our people to feaiI &1sESN aisAs thoroughly that
q thrice armed bs Mho hath his quarrel
just"
And to-day we feel more satisfied with our
course. A great, damning wrong has been
heaped upon a long suffering people-a wrong
which nothing but brute furee can sustan,
and it behooves that people calmly and per-
sistently resist by every peaceably means at
their control. z
If Mr.. Kellogg knows any one thing con-
nected with this election business, he certain
ly know that the Board which has declared
the body now sitting at Mechanics Institute
the Legislature of Louisiana, had not, and has
not, aug official data arhich TO base its re-
turns Before the world, then, the act of de-
claration of that body as the choice of this
people, as legally elected, is fraud; and it's
fxation on the body polite can only be by the
violence which has thus far sustained it.
A clear consequence, then, is that if Mr.. Kel-
logg becomes Governor under the acts of this
utterly illegal body, he too, will rule through
force while proclaming for the purity of the
ballot
But let us still hope that the majesty of
State law will yet assert itself to contound
those who have come here to smother it UP for
selfish uses. Let us exhaust every effort to
avert the calmity of calmities-the overshad-
owing influence of Federal power. A legiti-
mate, an intelligent effort in this organization
yesterday Of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana in the City Hall building.
Therein is the echo of the late expression Of
the popular will therein is somo hope for law
and order; therein are soundings on to which
a long tossed ship of State may cast an anchor
hopefully. From theadeep, dark, raging sea
which seethes aud boils at Mechanics Insti-
tute, but one hollow voice comes up to CRATE
upon the ear Of a long torturned peopie-and
that voice cries, wreck, ruin and eternal woe!
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
Good Susges estfOns.-WilI they be
Faithfully Carried Out?

1t was with pleasure that we read that Dor
ton of Governor Pinchbacks message to til,
legislature, in which he urges upon that body
the necessity of modifying or repeating Ell
/ trely the printing law.
He recommends that the subject matter Of
printing be remitted to the Immediate con
troll of the communities and parties interested
therein and charged with the expenses Of the
same" this is what we have always contended
rfor. 1t is step in the right direction it is a
step forward in the path of reform and re-
trenchment, and it is to be hoped that the
legislature will heed the wise counsel given
them by his Excellency.
If there is anything that is calculated to
keep alive among our white population deep
seated feeling Of hatred to the Republican
party, it is the existence on our statutes of
such laws as the Printing Bill the Registra-
ton and Election laws.
These several statutes are stamped on their
face with the impress of mere partisan legisla-
ton. They were originally intended to sub
pOsss of demagosues and party leaders, and
lave been the cause of much evil to the coun-
try They are not only defective, that is they
not only fall far short of the ostensible pur
poses for which they were enacted, but they
are bad laws and open the door wide to fraud,
corruption and an irresponsible and extrava-
CANT expenditure of the public money.
They should be repealed entirely, and more
simple and better laws on the same subject
matter enacted in lieu thereof. Let every
man or party interested in judicial adyer-
tisement, and who is to be "charged with the
expenses of the same" be left the right to
select the paper in which it shall be made, and
thus to make the best bargain for himself or
for those whom he represents, that he can.
Let there be competition in this, as well us in
every other branch of trade industry Oh in the
professions.
The Governor also recommends the enact |
ment of such laws on the subject of registra-
ton and election as will secure to each citi- |
zen, upon tue basis of exact and equal justice,
thepossession and the exercise of the right of |
suffrage" and place it beyond the power of
officers charged with the execution of these |
lawsto reproduce the complications that were
exhibited i'll the late State elections" The
Governor, as well as every other man of any
sense, is now, ii hc were not before, satisfied |
lnregard to the effectiveness of these laws.
HWeare to have registration of voters.-and |
Feare not opposed to it,-let us have sys- |
TEN entirely different from the existing one,
Que that will leave no such power in the hands
Of the State Registrar and of Supervisors of |
REGISTRATION, to be abused and fraudulently |
exercised by corrupt and dishonest officials.
Let severe penalties be enacted for any dere-
hetlon Of duty on the part Of those charged |
With the registration of voters, the holding of
elections and the counting of votes, and the
purity of elections in this State may possibly
Dc attaiaed and preserved.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
More Lawless and Imcemdiary
Violence.

10 call the proceedings of the body whcl
was convened by Judge DureIl, yesterday "
at the Mechanics Institute, under protection
OF the United States bayoncts, revolutionary
would be too mild an expression Of the law
less violence and reckless madness of this in
cendlary and felonious assmblage. 1t woult
appear that the height of audacity had beel
reached IN the attempt to make such an as
sembly the Legislature of Louisiana in the
admission Of titty-eight negroes as the repre-
sentatlVes OF the people, some of whom wert
not even candidates for the offices, many u
whom received small minorities, and all of
whom were rejected by the honest and peace
ful sutfrages Of the people.
! Ffty-eight negroes, not ten of whom can
write their names, were thus 10y a bill in the
chancery placed in the House of Representa-.
tlves, and ten in the Senate. All by the mo-
tion of VIM. Pitt Kellogg who, during this
whole contest, has pretended and succeeded
in making some creduous people believe that
he intended to put down negro rule in Louis
lana.
But this is only one of the steps in their
course of crime and lawess violence.
The pretended Legislature had hardly been
organized before some negro i'll the House pro-
poses resolution to impeach Gov. Warmoth,
which is adopted is sent to tue Senate and
there another resolution is passed recognizing
PInchback as Governor, who immediately
proceeds, at the head of a mob to batter in
the doors Of the Governors office, to force
open his drawers and desk, and to occupy his
rooms
All this is done under protection of the
United States troops and by authority Of
decree of United States Judge.
All done too in flagrant violation of the law
OF the State, which has never been repealed,
and which requires that no officer Of the State
can be impeached except on memorial and
atfidavid, setting forth charges against him,
and after all investigation and hear OF witness
ses by u committee of the House, with q re-
gular summons and appearance of the officer
accused.
There is the law, fully set forth in the code
of Mr.. John Ray, who gave his aid and en-
enlargement to the proceeding yesterday, by
which this law was trampled on.
Of course such u proceeding can have no
other effect but to place Pinchback in the
prisoners dock as burglar for breaking into
the Governors office under a felonious title
The resolution of this so-called House of Rep
resentatives was simply an impudent nulity,
without effect law fact. Gov. Warmoth,
is still Governor of Louisiana and Pnchback
is not even Lieutenant Governor, his tenure of
that office having terminated with his Sene-
torship, as we have shown in another part of
this paper.
Let it be understood then, by the whole
world, that Pinchback is fraud, q nullity, an
intruder into an office which is
still occupied under the constitution by
another. and that it is not in the power of
Judge Durell, or of the United States hayo-
nets, to any legal effect or validity to of his
acts as Governor.-N. o. Times, l4h
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
THE OPELOUSAs COURIER.
PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY
LEO nee SAND OF.

CON ITIoNs:
Snbscriptiom-Three Dollars per year, pay
able inUariably in advance.
first insertion and Twenty-Five Gents for each
subsequent insertion. Eight lines or less
Ali advertisements sent in for publication
will be inserted in English and French unless
otherwise ordered) until the Puohshei sh"ii
Candidates to public favors will pay Fifteen
Dollars each, in advance, if they wish to be
Obituary Notices, Cards of Thanks, &c, to
be paid for as advertisements
charged at the rate of twenty cents per line,
in advance.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

% St. Mary has formed an association for
Immigration, Industrial purposes. $4,000 is
raised. Every parish in this State should do
the same thing. The cry has been 20 West.
when it should be 90 South. But those seek
ing field for their labor and skill could never
be made to ounderstandIit. Tie reason that for
eigners have not in large numbers come to set
tie in the South, is because we have taken no
pains to acquaint them with the superiority OF
orr soil, and for the better reason that the
government of this State, seems to foreigners,
fo be lin continual strife, and at war with the
National Government. When we convince
the world that we live in peace among our.
selves and with the Federal Government, will
the tide of immigration turn South.-Ascen-
sion Leader
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

A CHASGE.-By referring to our advertising
columns it will be seen that Mr. Maurice Viii
laseea has taken charge of the store recently
conducted by Mr.. Homer Latour in our town.
To the already well filled stock of this store
Mr.. Villaseca has added an assortment of goods
suited to the season that renders it one of the
best appointed stores in town.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

DAN RICE STILL FLoURIsHING.--We see by
our recent exchanges that Dan Rice's celebra-
ted Circus is making tour through our State.
Will it visit our townl We have every reason
to think SO, as none know better than ''Old
Dan" that such exhibitions invariably reap a
rich harvest of greenbacks here.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

70 1t Is with pleasure that we announce
me re-appearance among our exchanges of
mat staunch conservative paper, the Planters
Bdnner, which Lad suspended publication for
she last or 10 months. It is now published
% franklin, La, under the editorial manage
nent of Mr.. w. L. Smylie, at @ 50 per annum.
The Banner has always held place in the
tirst rank OF the country press of this State,
and we heartily wish it success in its .new-
departure
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

TY The legal Legislature has adjourned to
The first Monday in January next, 1873. The
Illegal Legislature is still in session at the
Mechanics Institute. We see. by our late
dates that our four Representatives and Sena-
tor Anderson are participating in the sessions
Y the latter body. but Senator Daigle's name
does not figure therein.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

a RELIEF. - You are troubled with q bad
breath it annoys your friends and aequaint-
anoes, as we'll as yourself. You would like to
ges rid of il, but scarcely know what means
to adopt. We will tell you. Use the fragrant
Sozodont. 1t will cleanse and beautlfy your
teeth, and leave your breath pnre and sweet.
Accidents happen; keep Spaidings Glue.
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21
NOTICE
Mr., MAURICE VILLAsECA

HAVING taken charge of the store recently
n q conducted by Mr.. Ii. Latour, on Main St,
has the honor to announce to his friends and
customers, and the public in general, that he
will continue the same style Of business. that
is the retailing of Dry Goods. Notions, Hats,
Boots and Shoes, saddlery, Hardware, Glass
ware, Crockeryware, Groceries, Choice Wines
and Liquors, Whiskeys, &c, &c, &C., all OF
Figures for CASH. Call and see.
Opelousas, Dec. 81, 1872, tSm
The Opelousas courier., 1872-12-21

PAY UP.-Our friends who are indepted for
advertisements, announcements, subscription,
or job work are respectfully requested to pay
at once.