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The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
ATTORNEY General Williams, ungracions SINH

Attorney General Williams ungracious snnb
of the Louisiana people. upon receiving the
news Of their proposed unitication Of races, is
very severely commented upon by the North
erp press. He is generally set down as blind
partisan bigot, with whom the general welfare
Of the people is only an after considerations
Whether the arrogant tone he is so fond of
displaying Is innate with him, or caught from
his master, does not appear, but that it cxcites
general disgust is plainly eyident.ANe,c Or
leans RerUtd.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

we notice that our neighbor over the way,
Munzesheiner, il driving a pretty lively trade,
notwithstanding the hard times and the strin-
geneg Of the money market. This simple fact
il more significant than all the newspaper
puts Imaginable. and prDclains in thunder
tones, what We have frequently asserted, that
4alunzesheimers is the place to get good and
cheap groceries ~
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

10 0UR RExoHANGEs.-Those Of our exchan-
gss to whom we send this issne are informed
that We will checrfully pay the postage on
them, at the Postoffice here, if they will con-
anne 10 fayor us with an exchange.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

u So France is about to complete
the greatest financial wonder of the
age-the payment of the last INSTALL
ment OF the immense war indemnity to
Germany within so short period after
the close of hostilities. The fact shows
that France has almost exhaustless pa
'triotic as we'll as reeuperatiye resour-
ces. Few other nations could have
accomplished such a result.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
BRAsIEAR, La. June 90. lS7
Mr.. l.. SANDoz, Editor Courier.
Opelousas, La.

DEAR SIR:-Will ycs please announce in
your paper that the vacant cadetship for this
Distrist, at West Point, will be filled 10y me on
Il competitive examination. A board, consist
ing OF Col. d. Il. Boyd, Of the Louisiana State
University, Hon. Geo. B. Loud, Division Su-
perintendcnt Of Public Education, Sd District
and DR.. K. FL Day, OF Baton Rouge, will meet
in Baton Rouge, on July 18th, to examine ap-
plicants; aad will appoint whoever they re-
port as best qualified. Probably some young
men of your section will want TO make the
trial. and therefore / ask you TO make it pub
lie.
Very reSpectfully
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

MARRIED-At the residence of DIR. L. De
baillon, in this Parish, OH the 2Jth inst, by
the Rev. j. +. Raymond Mr.. FLAvIus DE-
RouEN to Miss ALMA DEBAILLoN, both of this
Parish.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
The Vacant Css&sea%aazp at West
Point.

The following note from the Representative
OF this, the Third Congressional District. ex-
plains itself We chcel1ully give it Il place in
our columns, with the hope that some of our
young parishioners may be induced to enter
the lists, and that St. Landry may bear off
the palm
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

10 PARISH SUBSCRIBERS. ~ Under the new
postal law going into effect on July Ist, the
subscribers TO the COURIER, residing in this
Parish, whose papcrs pass through the Post
Ofdcs will have 70 pay postage on il, at the
Office of delivery, 90 the rate of ave cents per
quarter, or twenty cents per year. Subscribers
outside the Parish have always paid postage
ea # Al the same rate, and will of course CON
Time I'D do 10.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
The New Postal Laws.

Very respectfully,


From the Postotfice Gazettc]
/. Frauking privilege abolished.
2. 'Postmasters supplied with official stamps
3. Official stamps must not be used except
for official business
4. Stamp of one department cannot be used
for correspondence of another.
5. No matter can pass through the mails
free.
6. Postage must be collected on newspapers
published III the county where delivered.
z. Exchanges not free. Publishers must pay
postage on each exchange received
8. Postal cards not called for are not sent to
dead-letter office.
8. Postal cards cannot be used second time
10. Ordinary cards can be transmitted
through the mails by affixing one-cent stamp,
provided the entire message be printed. Tie
address may be written.
Lcters-Three cents for every half ounce or
fraction thereof.
Drop Letters-Where delivered by carriers,
two cents for each half ounce or fraction
thereof. All other Offices, one cent for each
half ounce or fraction thereof
Printed Aaftsr One cent for each two
ounces or fraction thereof. Seeds, bulbs, cut
tings, roots, scions, chfomos, and engrayings,
are classel with printed matter
McrehaHdise-Two cents for each two ounces
or fraction thereof, limited to twelve ounces.
When any OF the above matter is mailed
wholly,unpaid, and by inadvertence reaches
its destination, double rates should be charg-
ed and collected. .
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

A man went home in a bad tenn
per. His supper wasn't ready. "What
in the thunder's the matter 70 he asked,
though thunder wasn't the word he
used. The Ere isn't as hot as your
temper, my DEAR" was the reply. He
didn't ask any more conundrlms that
evening.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

Kellogg having declared that he did not in
tend to issue any more bonds on the various
appropriations by the Legislature, proceeds to
issue us follows:
To North La Il. r. -(Ludelng,
Ray s. Coy $576,0O0
Red River Improvement t----.----.-- 5O0OO
Ten miles Of extension of n. O., VI &
I. r. r., beyond Donaldsonville $4,000
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
sATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1873.

The Hool and Ladder Company paraded
vur streets on Thursday evening last 1t was,
however, a very 4slimn turnout.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

ENTERTAINMENT AND FIREwoRKs.-As will
b seen By an advertisement in another col
amns Mr.. Simon Richard, the brag native show
man Of Louisiana, viii give one of his unique
Entertainments at the Court House, on the
evening Of the 4th prox., to be succeeded by a
display Of fireworks Of his own manufactare
Ererybody here knows that as a getter-up Of
asaasements of this kind, Mr. &. Is success !;
but everybody does not know that he has, for
tAis occasion, made considerable and most i'm
poraaHt cd dditions to his already attractive re-
ps'st0i,e, aaeh as sone very beautiful chemical
changes Of colofs the astounding and incom-
pEehepsibie Pistol Trick, (new and original, !
Thy sBeheading Trick in which man will
ae heheaded with a sblazing eimetar' icheese
knife without in the least endangering his
lfe, and sundry other apparent impossibilities
e W saas dsrs that the pyroteehnic display
Nill be, as ever before, magnificent.
you wish To encourage native talent, and
" tlle same time spend d delightful evening,
invest II y few tickets and 60 and see the
fslseitable Simon on ..the Fonrth."
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

We see that procter q Candies Extrn
Nive Soap il becoming very popular In our
city, its qnality we know ID superior and
being nicely perfunaed ne are not surprised
that consumers prefer il, and that it has a
mrge sale.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

Al IA certain farmer in this neigh
borhood has this s'notis'' posted up in
his field .If any mans or Woman's
cows or oxen gifts in this crap, his or.
her tail will be cnt of, as the case may
be. am Christian man, and pay hi
taxes, but dam man who lets his crit.
ters run loose, say I. 7
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
C MoRNHINvEG &J.DANTIN,

G. MORNAlN ' &c & J. DANTIN,
FHTAkE pleasure i'll announcing to their
Il friends and the public that they have
opened their tailor establishment, on Bellevue
street, adjoining the opclousas Tin Shop, i'm
lnedately opposite Bloah & DupIG's burnt
store. where they are really to make to order
men and boys clothing, on short notice, and a
tit guaranteed.
August, 81, 1872. l33-ly
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

Total of Kellogg bonds issued S74i ,O00
This is pretty good beginning for n Cover
nor who has managed to make some we'll
meaning citizens believe that he really intends
to reform our State administration and reha-
bitate our credit and tinarcns.-N o. Eert;td
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
MISCELLANEOUS CARDS

1872. 1872.
LOW WATER ARRANGEMENT
IT, b, The new, light draft and staunch
ssszaszsssaszs ssssEsEss passenger packet T'ren tom.
NJ. kENISON Muster, I. JOHN Cierk
Capt kenison having purchased the Trenton
expressly for the New Orleans, Opclollsas and
Washington trade, she will commence her reg
ular trips from New Orleans to Washington on
the lst of September, and continue until high
water, when she will I've succeeded by the fine
passenger steamer LeSsir Taylor.
II. S. WILKINS Agent
cor. Bridge and Water Sts,
August 3-l0-iy] Washington La.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

4 AAe NeN GFleaaa Voud0us' held their dis-
gias op Monday niglst, tlae
ii i ,asaks of Bayuss ST. John.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

BARGAINS to he made at
I'D IL. NILLASECA'S STORE.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28
n NebN'HGE.

Fg'ilE public is respectfully informed that I
Ill have no partner i'll my trade dis carpenter,
but paddle my own canoe
Dec. I, 1872. w. X. MEGINLEY.
The Opelousas courier., 1873-06-28

FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.
MI L. II. Dcsessarts having removed on the
4SA plantation Of the late Chauncey Sev-
motr, mlles south west of Opelous;s, will
continue tokeep on hand q complete aSsort-
ment OF Genuine and fresh Garden Seeds. for
sale for cash, cheap. Feb 10, lS73-l4tf
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
SOlOmon's Temple and the Pyramids

II we regard, says q writer in the
Edinburgh Re0iew, not so much the
evidence of the labor devoted to the
work of the Temple as the effect pro-
duced on the mind'by its apparent mag
nitude, we may suggest the following
comparisons The length of the eastern
wall of the Sanctuary is rather more
than double that of one side of the
great Pyramid. Its height, from the
foundation ON the rock at the south, and
near the northern angles, was nearly
third of that of the Egyptian structure.
If to this great height of one hundred
and fifty-two feet of solid wall be added
the descent of one hundred and fourteen
feet to the bed of the Kedron, and the
further elevation of one hundred and
sixty feet attained by the pinnacle of
the Temple porch, we have n total
height of four hundred and twenty-six
feet, which is only fifty-nine feet less
than that of the great Pyramid. The
area of the face of the eastern wall is
more than dot BILE that of one side Of
the Pyramid. Thus the magnitude of
the noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem far
exceeded that of any other temple in
the world. Two ampitheatres of the
size of the coliseum would have stood
within its colossal girdle and left room
to spare. The coliseum + Said to have
seated eighty-seven thousand spectators,
and accommodated twenty-five thousand
more in it's arena and passages. For
such number to have been crammed
within it's circle, the space for each per-
son must have been limited to seventeen
by twenty inches Allowing two cubits
each way, or four square cubits for each
worshiper in the temple, the sanctuary
would have contained thirty thousand /:
the Chel, excluding the Priests Court,
twenty thousand more. and there would
yet have been room in the great court
and the coisters to make the t. til
reach more than two hundred and ten
thousand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
A MOravian Cemetery.

A letter from Salem, N. c., to the
Richmond Enquirer, gives the follow
ing:
In the Moravian cemetery, in Salem,
they separate and classify their dead
male infant from female the old from
the young; the married from the un-
married they won't bury the husband
by his wife. The dead are all placed Oh
an equality. The tombstones are all
alike, being small blocks of marble q
foot square, that they place at the head
of the grave. No different tombstone
is allowed. Neither can you find a
single epitaph. Some of the graves are
over 100 years old. One, a negro's,
reads, Abraham Niger, Guinea, died
April IL, ITO" On Easter mornings,
sIon after midnight, the Moravians get
up and march to this cemetery with "a
band of music in front, and the pro-
cession tapers off from the youngest to
the oldest person, whe brings up the
rear. They remain in the cemetery
playing music and conducting services
until morning. 1t is said they go there
to see the dead rise. When Moravian
dies in Salem, instead of tolling the
bells, they announce the death with a
band of music in the church belfry
They have three different tuHes-one
for the old, one for the young, and one
for the married. An old inhabitants :
death is blown out soft and solemn and
with heightened notes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
:" Oh, Pm a Young Man from the
Country" &c.

Why won't men read the papers,
or reading them, why will they be so
blockheaded in regard to the games of
the sharpers of our cities 2" Mr.. Cardi-
gan, of South Carolina, has just gone
through his little experience and has
been swindled in way which should
hardly deceive child. He has the
satisfaction, however, of knowing that
he is not alone. Other men, as green
as he, have been swindled in this way.
Some one meets Mr.. Cardigan on
Broadway, N. Y. "Why, Mr.. Brown,
L am glad to see you. When did you
arrive and how are all the folks IN
Bridgeport ?" Sir" replied Mr.. Car
digan, "you must be mistaken" "Oh,
no, l can't be, for you must have for
gotten me, or if not, you are certainly
the best living preventative of my
Bridgeport friend. L have favor to
ask, and it is to get your name and ad.
dress, so that / can write to my friend
in Bridgeport and tell him what
strong resemblance there exists between
you and him.
Mr.. Cardigan gives his card, and, of
course, somewhere down the street
another man, the accomplice of sharper
No. l, addresses him as Mr.. Cardigan,
and is 80 anxious to know how all the
folks are in South Carolina. The
stranger claims to have won 500 in Il
lottery, and he proposes that the two
spend 1t all for the old States sake. A
South Carolinian is always more or less
affected by this appeal to State. Mr.
@. nibbles at the baited hook, and gets
caught, and is swindled out of $238
But he was brave man, and seized
1888, and jumped out of window OF
the swinding shop, landing on al
awning, and sliding down telegraph
pole. The final result is some of the
thieves in the Tombs.
But when will our country cousins
learn some of these simplest games OF
the sharpers Once in awhile a game
is played SO shrewdly that even the
most experienced business men are de-
ceived; but these soft tricks, like the
one we are narrating, ought to have
no chance with men who have even the
feeblest knowledge of the world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
The Fetish of Society.

In the Arcadian there are some sharp
observations on "the parlor of tht
period"
Among those fetishes which we wor-
ship with slavish idolatry, none is more
thoroughly our master than the parlol
of the period. Coming in from the
cheerful glare of daylight, the unhappy
caller is blindly ushered into the mys-
terions chamber of horrors. Cropping
his way to find seat, he hits his knee
against the sharp cornered ottoman
which turks in ambush on his path, OF
catches his feet in the sprawling legs OF
the large easel on which it is now the
fashion to display engravings and paint
ings, or rather the frames which are
supposed to set off to advantage these
works of art. AS his eyes become ac-
customed to the dim twilight, he grad
ually iiscerns chairs scattered around
at regular distances, more ottomans, a
table or two with knick- knacks, and,
looming up far away, grim piano-forte
carefully covered with gloomy pail.
1t is too dark to read, too dark to exam
inc the knick- -knacks, too dark to do
anything but impatiently await the tardy
hostess. Ten minutes of life which
ought at least to share at will in God S
gifts of light and air, are lost every
time we visit friend and are kept wait
ing in the dismal receptacle we call a
parlor.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
South African Diamond Fields.

The Detroit Tribune publishes the
following extracts from a private letter
received in that city from the Diamond
Fields in South Africa:
There is so much sameness with life
on the fields that il is slmost impossible
for one to content himself. 1 am etill
engaged in digging for the little char
mers, and have moderate success. If
half the diamonds find we're perfect in
shape and color, could return from the
fields in short time. The proportion
of bad stuff and off color is about nine
ty-nihe in one hundred. | have found
a great many stones within the last four
months, but not one in the lot was per-
feet. A few days ago | found one OF 50
carats, good water, but it was shattered
all through, so in reality IL is not of
much value. Small mixed chips up to
10 carats bring Is. per carat. ! sold, foI
friend, stone of % carats, deep of
color, at 45s. Cd. per carat. Good octo-
hebron white, from 4 to 10 carats, bring
good prices, say from &c to Gl0 ster-
ling, gold, per carat. Few of these,
however, are found. A few months ago
found beauty, octohedron in shape,
of 8 carats. 1t had a slight, smoky
tinge. had it out of the ground only
two days when it flew all to bits. The
chips / sold for six shillings per carat.
The loss for me, of course, was great.
Still, we have to take our chances. The
cost of working a claim is so much that
there is no more morley i'll it. Perhaps
there are not ten claims in 1900 on this
field that are much more than paying
working expenses. Men stick to the
work with the hope of finding a good.
sized diamond which would give them q
lift out Of this region but these per-
feet big stones don't lie about loose.
The work is getting to be very tedious.
am taking out ground at the depth OF
eighty feet. 1t all has to be broken
with sticks in the handsof Kaffirs. With
sixteen boys l can take out aud sort
carloads a day. ....
1 have many times sorted 100 loads
and not found d chip. At other times
have found ten in q wheel-barrow full oi
ground. One, to make it pay, wants tC
ind one or two diamonds to each cart
load of ground, that is, taking them as
they come, chips and stones, large and
small. The rush, instead of coming tc
the fields, is turning from them. car
see great changes in the camp every
day The majority of the diggers art
rom Cape Colony or that of Natal
They come with their oxen, and, oI
course, can leave any day, while will
Europeans or Americans the case is diff
ierent. They don't come to leave unit
they have replenished their empty pock
cts. Very few do it, however. The
longer the majority stay the poorer the.
| get .....t
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
A Thief Killed in Attempting to Escape
from a House.

In Windsor, Ontario, few days
since, criminal met with sudden and
awful death while endeavoring to escape
the consequences of crime he had Just
committed. The following are the cir
cumstances:
Shortly after dinner Major Perkins,
an old resident of Windsor, and for a
long time past connected with the Gus.
tom-house, left his residence, which is
short distance back of the Town Hail.
and, in company with his wife, started
down town, leaving the house securely
locked. Major Perkins, between and
4 o'clock, went home, expecting that his
wife had returned. but f@.ud that she
vas stil absent. HeusSed the front
door, and upon walking into the dining
room was confronted by two men, who
had, as it appeared from subsequent
developments, effected an entrance
through the back way for the purpose
of robbing the house. One of the thieves
made dash for the back door, and eff
fected his escape, but the Major, who is
a vigorous, powerful man, although adj
vanced in years, was too quick for the
other fellow, and seized him by the col
lar. The thief turned upon his adver-
sary, and fierce struggle took place.
The Major used heavy cane which he
carried with good effect, and the thief,
although a young and active man, saw
that he was becoming rapidly worsted.
Summoning all his strength he broke
away from his captor's grasp, and sprang
through a large window opening out
into the garden, smashing the glass and
carrying the sash with him. He failed
to clear the window, however, and Mr..
Perkins grasped him by his right leg,
the victim hanging head downward,
with the upper portion of his body out
side the window, utterly unable to ex-
tricate himself. 1t was two or three
minutes before Major Perkins succeed
ed in pulling him back into the room,
and then he discovered thathis prisoner
had been horribly cut in the right thigh
by sharp fragment of glass, which
mad severed the femoral artery. The
blood spurted from the wound in great
quantities, and it was evident that tke
thief had received fatal hurt. Major
Perkins ran into the street and called
several persons who Glanced to be pass
ing, and also dispatched messenger
for physician. Everything possible
was done for the wounded man, but to
no avail, as he bled to death in about
twenty minutes from the time that he
received his injury.
Before he died, however, he stated
that his name was Philip Henley, and
that he was from Dundas, Ontario,
where his parents still spesitae. He
frankly acknowledged that he and his
pal" took advantage of the absence of
the family to rob the house. In side
pocket of his coat were found valua-
BILE gold watch and chain, belonging to
Mrs. Perkins, and al:o quantity of
silver forks and spoons, all of which he
had secured before the unexpected re-
turn of Major Perkins. The body was
taken to the Town Hall, where it was
visited by hundreds of people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
R0rn In the Ear North.

An incident of interest is related of
the Polsris Investigation at Washington.
There are here on the Frolic at Wash
ington, besides 10. and Hanna and their
adopted daughter, another Esquimaux
by the name of Hans Christien, with
his wife and four children. He was
taken on board the Polaris after she
reached Disco, with his wife and three
children. While the vessel was in win
ter quarters the fourth child was born.
The birth having taken place ona United
States vessel, under the national flag,
the child is an American citizen. It
was born 100 miles further north than
any habitations of men are known to
exist, and, with reason, is believed to
have had its birthplace in higher lati-
tude than any other living human being.
This fact, and the wonder that it SUR
vived the perils of drifting foe during
long Arctic winter, will make it the
object of universal attention when Sec
retary Robeson's investigation has ad-
vanced far enough so that he shall deem
it prudent to permit 1t to leave the
Frolie.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-06-21
A New Idea in building

Wire netting for plastering is being
rapidly introduced to take the place of
laths. 1t takes less labor to place on
the walls, is more continuous, and will
not burn. Coarse netting, with one
iuch mesh, and made of strong wire, is
found to answer best. For ornamental
cornice work it is especially valuable, for
it can be bent into any desired form.
Secured to iron studding in brick
building, our greatest danger on ac-
count of fire would be removed. A still
further application of this plan is to
make round bags of wire, resembling
barrels, and to coat them inside and
out with cement. When it hardens
they resemble stcne barrels. Filled
with sand and sunk in rows and masses,
they make excellent building material
for break waters. Another extension of
the idea has been tried with success in
England. 1t consists is making IRON
framed buildings, covering them with
the wire netting, and Speeding concrete
on both sides. 1t is claimed that q
house-walls, floors, roofs, doors, par
titions and all--has been built, that IS
strong, firm, aud absolutely incombus-
tible. Various applications OF the use
of wire netting, and plaster or cement,
readily suggest themselves, and the
matter is worthy of the attention of me-
chanics and builders.