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and Battahs reported marching on Deli,
Sumatra.
NJ. Martel Elected Fourth Vice-Pres-
ident of the National. Assembly of
France. The Holland ministers tender
their designations.
May 29.-Intelligence of an election
riot at Merida, Mexico; thirty persons
killed and fifty wounded.
General Valarde orders all males be-
tween fourteen and sixteen years of
age to military service i'll the Spanish
ranks.
President Grant issues proclamation,
warning turbulent and disorderly per-
SONS in louisiana to dispense within
twenty days.
Death, in New York, Of Joseph Fag-
mani, artist.
Several towns in Iowa visited by a
terrible tornado, destroying many build
ipgs and injuring many people, and Kill
ling several.
Death, at Rome, of Count Alexander
ManzOni, native Italian poet and novel
list, aged ei~ghty-nine.
May 23.-Dispatch of the destruction
by fire of the palace of the Mikado of
Japan at YeddO, 5th inst.
Intelligence of war on the African
Gold Coast, between the Ashantees and
the Fantees, and of a battle on March
10th, in which two thousand of the for
mer and one thousand Of the latter were
slain.
May 24.-Resignation of President
Theirs; election by the Assembly of
General MacMahOn as President Of the
French Republic.
Death of James W. Wallack, TRACE
dian.
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this is the ORDEAL Providence has marked
out for us to pass through, the sooner
it is done the better. God said man
should labor, when he drove him ont
of Eden; and no one was excepted.
The peopleof all civilized nations labor;
and whereth the majority of anation donot
labor, they have lost or will soon lose
their civilization. "Let us labor" is as
important as "let us have peace ;" for we
cannot have peace without labor. The
idlers are nearly in every instance the
peace-breakers and the criminals, while
the laborers are engaged at work. La
Dor is the real penacea Of all our ills,
and will bring us as near the original
Eden as it is possible for man to be in
his present state. Every man who does
not habitually labor, lives in a state Of
disobedience to his Maker.
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Lands Restored to Entry Under
the Homestead Law.

In the New Orleans Republican of a
late date, is the following advertisement
important to the people of this parish,
as much of the land described lies with
in its limits:
UNITED STATES CONSOLIDATED LAM OFFICE, I
New Orleans, La, February 18th, 1878. s
In accordance with Instructions received from
the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
dated January 80, 1878, notice is hereby given
that on and after the Fifteenth Day of March,
1873, the following lands in the late Southwest
ern Land District, Louisiana, which were ap-
proved under the act of Jun 8, 1856, to the State
of Louisiana, for the New Orleans, OpelOusas
and Great Western railroad, lying west of Brash,
ear City, and declared forfeited to the United
States by act OF COngess of July Il, 1870, will he
restored to entry under the provisions of the
Homestead laws, tO-Wit:
All such unappropriated lands lying and be-
ing in
Townships 6, 7 and 8 south, range 1 east.
Townships 7,8 9, 10 and II south, range 2 east.
Townships s, 9, 10, II and u south, range 3 east.
Townships 8, 9, 10, II, 70 and IS south, range 4
east.
Townships 10, II, 70 and 13 south, range east.
Townships II, - and - south, range 6 east.
Townships II, 10 and Is south, range 7 east.
Townships Is and IA south, range 8 east.
Townships II, IA and II south, range 0 east.
Townships II, Il, Is and II south, range 10 east
Townships IS and 1G south, range II east.
Townships Is and Is south, range u cast.
Townships 5 and 6 south, range l west.
Townships 4 and 5 south, range 2 west.
Townships 3, 4 and 5 south, range 3 west.
Townships 2, 3, 4 and ) SOUTH, range 4 west,
Townships 1, 2, 3, 1 and 5 south, range 5 west.
Townships 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south, range 6 west.
Townships l, 2, 3 and 4 south, range 7 west.
Townships l, 9, 3 and 4 SOUTH, range 8 west.
Townships l, 2, 3 and 4 south, range 8 west.
Townships l, 2, 3 and 4 south, range 10 west.
Townships l, 2, 3 and 4 south, range II west.
Townships ], 2. 3 and south, range u west.
CHARLES BARNARD, Register.
W. II. A Receiver.
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city and Country Politics.

The Shreveport Times unearths q
fact which has not been sufficiently ven
mlated by the press of this State. The
PicaYune, the most uncOmprOmising
advocate of hostility to the Kellogg re-
gime, and the 1oUdest denunciatOr of
all who give it even constrained recog-
milton in any shape, has never had a
word to say on the subject; while the
N. @. Times, then pursuing its efforts
for compromise, let the matter go by
default, as having no bearing on the
political tendency which it was seeking
to develop. We refer o the haste made
by the municipal government Of New
Orleanset0 give in its adhesion to the
nsurpatiOn, of which the Shreveport
Times saws:
The Kellogg government could not
have sustained itself had it not been
recognized by the city council of New
Orleans. tits q well known fact that d
delegation from the legislature, during
Its recent sessions, headed by Gov. Nc
Emery, waited on that council and
requested them, n they could do nothing
more, at least to refrain from recognize
ing Kellogg, and that the Mayor and
Administrators declined to grant the
request
The statement of the Times is strict
ly correct. The city government, being
appealed to by q legislative committee,
responded, in d letter still preserved In
the records of the MeEnery senate, that
it could not recognize as till we had
achieved success when they would be
happy to do so.n The Judges, sherifGs,
clerks and other officers Of the co1ri
had abandoned as before the nixon Du-
TeIss decree had become dry. And,
with the exception OF a few who were
silent, the city members OF the Fusion
Legislature appIauded the mayor and
administrators, anddefended them from
the structures of the country members,
who maintained that the recognition
of Kellogg as the de facto government
of the city of New Orleans was q base
abandonment by friends. likely to re-
suit, BIZ its moral aud material srnrarf
0ftIie enemy, in the final overthrow 81
the EcEnerY government.
Many gentlemen who are now The
most prominent re~sisters,i' as they
were then most violently opposed to 4
compromise, WeHe the first to endorse
II not to counsel the city government
mIts course, and saidthat the parishes
being provincial, might act differently
btlb the city, being metropolitan, and
naTlag SO much st stake, could not haz-
afa It's government on the struggle
q snort, the action of the city govern
ment was d premeditated desertion III
0ur cause, dictated by pure selfshness,
1Aa was the turning point in thefor-
tunes OF two rival State governments
no appropriated mind will deny.
NaLehifaphaS Times
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Aaws Relating 70 Newspapers.

1. Subscribers who do not express notice to the
contrary are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the diScOntinuance of
their periodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until arrearages are paid.
3. II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the office to which they are di-
rected they are held responsible till they have
settled their bill, and ordered them discontinued
4. II subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher. and the papers are sent
tOthe former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals from the office, or removing
and having them uncalled for, is prima fucic
evidence of intentional fraud.
6. ANY person who receives q newspaper and
makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or
not, is held in law to be q subscriber.
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snceessiom de WiIlinrn R. GInnE

Tn VERTU DUN ORDRE DE L'HONORA.
PIE Ia C0nr DIES PTeuvpA de In ParOisse ST,
Landry, il sera vcndu 4 rencan public, an plns
ofriInt Gnchclisscul, par ic SOusSigne pncan-
t,eur public. a In MaisOn de Cour, dams la Vile
4tS OPel4IlslS. a II heureS du matin, lc MAR
1~crritrS, appartenant a la succession de william
b. Clark, DECIDE, SAVIOR '
DtlN cent acres dc terre. borne 4 Fest par. lie
Bayou BtHut, an n0rd par les tcrrcs de !, Huck-
any,, Il I"ucst par lie Bayou CocOdric, ct an sud
PER les IerfeS de Vincent BOagni, avcc tuutps les
oHtlsSeS ct ameliorati0ns qui sly trOuvent.
IN lnlllct Amtricain, q%uarante harils de mails.
plus OumOins, yingt4leuX cent mGroins do nhNn"'
une sell"' un lot de vielIe trraile, tr0is vieux
ConditiOns-Comptant.
,;,;. O.. II. VIOLET,
'J"'H Encautcur.
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Husband and Wife.

First at morning, then at night,
I think of thee,
Key to all my hearts delight,
Substance of fancy bright,
Prize and crown OfGvery fight,
Art thou to me.
Do T with the good compete,
To do or die2
Put myself beneath thy feet,
Flesh and famine abdicatC,
Rise Zip early, lie down late?
'Tis all for thee.
Art not thou my dream Of dreams,
For every night?
Every day with loving beams,
'Tis thy spirit shines and CLEANS
Like the SUI OH all my streams,
Both warm and bright. .
Far and near, howfar above ME! .
Bless me, teach me, trust me, prove me,
Bosom mate!
Gentle mistress, sage and lovely,
My sweet fate.
Did I not when first we knew,
Plight thee not my trOthR
Say that thou shOuldst never rue,
Whatever maynard time might do,
Change should never change us two;
True one, true both.
The years a holy hand have laid
Upon my life.
Confirming every promise made
To heart and soul, to board and bed;
This only waiteth to be said;
Praise God, dear wife!
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Pierre Hgnace Mouton, Administrator,

Pierre Hgmace MoHfOm, Administrators,
VS.. Alexis Lague ct ais.
HOUR DEPAR0IssE, ST. LANDRY-No. 972.
" En- vertu d'un writ de tieri faefas, lance par
Honorable Ia COur de Par0isse, dams ct pour la
Paroisse ST. Landry dams lie process ci-dessus in
fitul6, eft a moi adresse, je yeHdPai en- vente pu-
hlique, an plus Offrant enchGPissenr, q In Mai
son de Cour de In dite paroisse, enla Vile dope
lousas, lie sAMEDI, Juliet, 1873, d on2e heures
du matin, Ia propri6t6 ci-apres dGcritc, SAVIOR
In parOisse st. Landry, 4 rendroit appel6 lie Point
Jean Mouton, mesurant deux cent quinZc ar
penis, plus on moins, borne au nord par lc Bay
on P~IaQuemlne, ct aI sud, est ct POucst par DIES
terres don't les proprietaires est inconnu.
Saisie dams le process cidessus.
COnditions-A IN credit de douze mOis, Fac
au6reur fournissant I'm caution ayec des seeuri-
ties suiVantla l0i.
E.. o HAYES, Sheriff,
IA iuin, 1873
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Estate of William r. Clark,

RY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
91rablG Probate Court of the Parish of ST,
t La there viii be sold at public auction, to
tne highest bidder. by the undersigned public
irI ut the Courthouse, in Oprl6usas, ON
TUESDAY, July 18TH, 1873, the following drs.
GTi1ed property, belonging to the estate Of
william b. Clark. deceased. tO-wit: -
Nv" hundred acres OF land. bounded east bv
bayou B9nf, north by lands Of j. HurkabyS.
west ny Bayou COcodriC, and south by lands of
vincent Bnangni, with all lhe>bufldinigs and i'm.
the deceased.
one American mule, forty barrels of corn.
more or less, twenty-five hundred oak boards,
one Saudte, one lot of old iron, three old blows,
T~er1nS-Cash on the spot.
O. Fl. VIOLET,
J"iIC - AuCtiOneer.
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GTBAKED.- FROM LAKE CHARLES,
- about three weeks ago, my gray horse. He
had a small rope around his neck when he left.
He belonged formerly to Raymond Deshotels,
Esq, and has undoubtedly returned to his old
range, where he was raised, in Chataignicr prai-
rie, in the Fuselier and VPrret neiehhOrhOod.
S~TOLEN-On thenight Of May 18th, 1878, from
Simile Giants stable, i'll OpelOusas, my dark
bay mare. Has @ large knot or swelling on both
sides of the nose largest on the right side.
I will pay ten dollars for the delivery of the
horse and the same amount for the delivery of
the mare, to ThOs. II. Lewis, Esq, mt OpelOusas,
GEO. Fl. WELLS, Attorney at Law,
may JT-tf
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LITERATURE,

Modern literature is q literature OF
deprayity. Whatever is most gross
and sensuous inr human relations is the
fascinating theme which willrun a book
through numerous editions, and create
a demand for q p~rurient newspaper ar
ticle, that far exceeds the supply. On
centre tables in respectable parlOrs you
pick up Swinburne's indecent word
paintings, or are brought face to face
with Ouida's rose crowned Hetairie.
Your wives and daughters go to the
theatre to hear society plays where the
doctrines of utter RIGHTEOUSNESS is
preached to them from the stage. That
they do not hide their faces in utter
shame, is because they either do not un-
derstand the full drift of what they hear,
or that they enjoy itin the modern spir-
it which, reversing the Scriptural man
date, holds on to everything evil, impure
and of i'll repute.
Dion Boucicault says F" Decency
is a matter of convention. What was
indecent fifty years ago has become ad-
mirable in our day!n Wicherly and
Congreve were applauded by our ances-
tors, but they would have hooted a mod
ern danseuse from the stage, The ear
Of that age was grOssin the extreme, but
the eye shrank from indelicacy.
According to a modern writer we
unite both. The filthy eye which revels
in the posturing and nudities of the
Black Crook, and the filthy ear which
drinksin the impurities of society plays,
and modern novels.
Who can foretell where all this will
lead us 2 Reformation will not come in
this generation, nor perhaps to the next,
unless the lessonso of to-day will be tragic
enough to amend the lives of tomorrow.
We would have no depraved literature
if a vitiated popular taste didnot clamor
for it. We would have fewer offences
against law and morality if the modern
standard of men and things was not so
u~nutterably low.
Among a certain religious set there is
a general outery against novels of any
kind. That is simply absurd. In a novel
reading age young people will not have
their mental diet restricted, and they
will add concealment to other faults,
where the pater famitias puts his foot
down on all works of fiction.
The only thing possible for the most
judicious and Watchful guardian is to
choose the least Objectionable novels for
his charges; to educate a taste to a high
standard of literature (and many fctions
belong to that class) is to purify it be-
yond the possibility of enjoying the slip
slop ~indeceneies of the modern novel.
We are no philosopher to trace back
the causes of the dangerous de~teriora-
ton of modern taste. We only know
that for the past twenty years, the press
has soWed broadcast over the land the
Vilest sheets, the very offal of literature,
and that the demand has increased with
the supply. Morals are at a low ebb,
and the crime statistics are appalling.
The ideal Of the human mind is its
highest capacity for virtue or greatness.
Judged by this standard, what can we
say Of the popular heroes and heroines
Of modern literature, but that brute.
force and female frailty. are the inter
prefers to the American mind of the
very noblest development Of which that
mind Ia canable.
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June II, 1873
EORGED AND INSTRUMENTATION
WARRANTS.

A copy of the report of the Grand Jury, in REF
erence to forged warrants, was read, and on mo-
ton of MI. T. s. FOnteuOt, resolved, that the
following suggestion he adopted: Thai 1T be
made the duty of the Parish AuditOrt to mark all
forged and spurious warrants so rs to preclude
the possibility of their ever being again used, nv
writing across their face the words Forged and
Spurious, i'll at least three ditfcFentplaces, with
red ink, in large and legible letters. That In Or
der to facilitate this he be allOwcdt to give public
notice through both the local papers, during
thirty days, to all holders of these warrants to
present the same to him to he marked. That
after the expiration of this notice it be made his
duty through the Parish Attorney, to institute
suit in the name of the Parish of st. Landry,
against all persons holding such warrants and
who shall have refused, neglected. or failed to
present them to him to be marked rs suggested
above. Resolved further, that the Auditor he
instructed to keep q record of the forged and
spurious warrants so marked by him..
In accordance with the above resolution of the
Police jury of this parish, adopted May 9th, 1873,
I, James o. Chacherc, Auditor for the Parish Of
st. Landry, do notify the holders of said Forged
and Spurious Warrants, that if. in the thirty
days following this notice, they do not comply
with the foregoing Resolution, that suit in the
name Of the Parish will be Immediately institIl-
ted against those known to be holders Of said
Forged and Spurious Warrants.
JAMES D. CHACHERE,
Parish Auditor.
OpclOusas, May oath. 1S73.-5t
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The New Postal Law.

The new postal law will go into effect
on the 30th of June, after which date
exchanges" will not pass through the
mails free, and the privilege to country
papers OF circulating free within the
counties in which they are printed will
cease. The following extract from the
law will furnish all the necessary infOr-
nation to publishers:
Newspapers sent by mail must be prepaid by
stamps, unless regularly issued and sent to
regular subscribers by publishers on newsleal-
ers, when the following rates are charged, pay
able quarterly in advance, either ut the mailing
or delivery office:
Dailies cents
Six times a 80 cents
Tri-weekly cents
Semi-Weekly 10 cents
WeeklieS i cents
semi-monthly, not over four ounces. . s cents
Monthies, INST over four ounces -.-.-... 8 cents
QuarterlieS, not over four ounces. l cent
Newspapers and circulars dropped into the Of
fee for local delivery must be prepaid at the
rate OF one cent for two ounces, and additional
thereof; and periodicals weighing more than
two ounces are subject to two cents, prepaid at
the letter carrier offices. The postage on regu-
lar papers, etc, must be paid in advance, either
at the place OF delivery, to the carrier, or at the
office, otherwise they will be charged at trans
lent rates.
This law will operate seriously with
many struggling country papers, and to
the extent that it does this will assist
those which are in a position to sustain
the extra burden, and particularly will
1t prove an advantage to the weekly edi-
lions OF the dailies. Regarded with res
pect to the revenue it will afford the
Post Office Department, tits a good law,
but it is a questionable measure when
considered with reference to the general
public Interest," Printing Gazette.
THE CHOLERA.-As this dreadful di-
sease is gradually approaching our i'm
mediate locality, we have thought
proper to publish the recipes below:
The first one was furnished by Mr..
Jas. 5. Mathews: He says it has proven
very ~efficaciOus in many. cases:
ChlorofOrm,......2 teaspoonsful.
IT. CamphOr,-----4 do.
Laudanum,..--...4 do.
IT. Capsicum, -...4 do.
Mix the chlOroform first, and then add
the others.
DIRECTIONs.-Give one teaspOonful
IN water, after each operation.
The following recipe was written and
and extensively used by the celebrated
Dr. 5. A. Cartwright, during the pre-
valance OF cholara in Natchez, in 1882
CTS.
cayenne pepper. &c"
: Gum CamphOr.
Pulverized Charcoal..----.I5"
Gum Arabic.
I0be given at adOse, or may be divided
and one-half given at a dose; in fifteen
minutes give the balance. 1.-THE stomach.
does not retain it, repeat the half doses
every fifteen minutes until it does.
North La. Journal.
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Meeting of the School Board.

O~PELOUSAS, La, June I'd, 1873.
The Board of School Directors, of the parish
of st. Landry, met this day at the Court House,
the roll being called, the following members an
sWcrcd to their names: Anderson. Bell, Martin
and SlmmS Absent: Donate and Nash. Quo
ruln present.
Mr.. Simms nominated Mr.. Martin for Presi-
dent. Mr.. Martin declined and nominated Mr..
Bell, who was unanimously elected.
On motion OF Mr.. Simms, Mr.. Anderson was
MI. Marin moved that tn" Bfoaar1 do now nd ID.
jOuIn untilSaturday the 14thinst., which motion
being adopted the President announced that the
Board stood adjourned.
W. G. BELL, President.
THOs. c. ANDERSON, Secretary.
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Samuel E. Moore ct ais, W.. Abraham
Millannmrh

"HAlllleI a. Moore et ala, Va. AbrnbRm
MillSpaugh.
PARISH COURT, ST. LANDRY-No. 1944-
BY virtue of a writ of fiePi facias issued ont
OF the honorable Parish Court. in and for the
FaflSh OF st. Landry, in the above entitled suit,
ana 10 me directed, | will proceed to sell AT
public auction, to the highest bidder, at the
courthouse OF said parish, in the town of One.
I0nSas, on SATURDAY, the 5th day of JuIy,
described property, to-wit-
-Four lots Of ground, in the town of Washing
ton with all the buildings and improvements
thereon bounded north by Mainstrcct, and west
by Bayou CarrOn.
Seized i'll the above suit.
Icr1nS-Om a credit of twelve months, murcha-
ser furnishing bond and security according to
f. O, HAYES, Sheriff.
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Marie Eeouise EeemeIIe, fennne, W. WASH

NOURDEPAROIssE, ST. LANDRY-N0. 1873.
En- yertu dun writ de fieri facias, lance par
Honorable la COur de Paroisse, dams ct pour la
Paroisse st. Landry, dams lie process ei-desstis in
titlle, ct q moi adresse, .ie vendrai en- vente pu-
de Coar de la dite paroisse, en- Ia vile d'Opel0u-
sas, lie SANIEDT, 5 Juliet, 1873, Il onze lieures
du matin, Ia propri6t6 ci-apres d6crite, gsvOir-
Tn certain moroccan de terre, situe Ian Ia
vile DIES Opelousas, p~aroisse st. Landry, Gtant
lie lot NO. 1877 dixneuf, de Tradition dc PEglise,
d 10 vile des OpelOusas, borne an nord par III
rue don't lie nom est %ineOnnlle, an sud par Ia rue
de Church, a Fest par lie lot No. 16, Ell P0Iest
par lie lot No. %.
Saisies dams le process ci4dessls.
ConditionS-A I'm credit de dOuze mois, Fac
quGreur fournisSant Iin caution avec DIES secu-
rites suivant la loi.
E. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
= IL min 1879
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"Show me the man who struck
0DOugherty," shouted a pugnacious
little Irishman at an election. "Show
me the man who struck O'Dougherty,
and Pip :" I'm the man who struck o.
Dougherty,n said a big brawny fellow,
stepping front; and what have you cot
to say about it?" "Och sure" answer
ed the small one, suddenly collapsing,
land didn'tyou do it well !"
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

A GREAT OFFER.-HORACE WATERS
IN & Son, 481 Broadway, N. Y. will dispose Of
100 Pianos and Organs of ftrst-class makers, in
Gliding Waters, at extremely low prices for
cash, or part cash, and balance in small monthly
payments. New %7-OCtavO trst-class Pianos, all
modern improvements, for S275 cash. Organs
$50, $T5. DOuble-Rced Organs. 800 4-StOp, $40:
8-StOp, S125, and upwards.
WATERS CONCERTO PARLOR ORGANS
are the most beautiful in style and perfect i'll
tone evcr@madc. The Concerto Stop is the best
ever placed III any organ. 1t is produced by Il
which is most charming and soul-stirring, while
its imitation of the human voice is superb.
Terms liberal. Illustrated catalogues mailed for
one stamp. A liberal discount to Ministers,
Churches, sunday-Schools, Lodges, etc. Agents
wanted.