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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15
Is mars, 1873.
Estate of Chnnncey Seymour.

DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE HON
d orable Probate Court of the Parish of st.
Landry, there will he sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder, by the undersigned public
auctiOneer, at the last residence Of deceased,
in this parish, on WEDNESDAY, April 10th,
1873, the following described property, belong
ing to the estate of Chauncey Seymour, de-
ceased, tO-wit-
!. certain tract of land situated about three
miles from the town of OpelOusas, containing
four hundred and five 56I10O superficial arpents,
with all the buildings and improvements there
on Said tract il bounded as follows, viz: north
by land Of Louis Guidry. south by land of Vim
cent B0agni, east by land of Louis Chaudet, be
ing the last residence OF deceased.
Tension a credit of twelve months. pur
chaser furnishing bond and security according
to law.
4. P, WILLIAMS, Auctioneer.
,rnl 80
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nm VERTU DUN ORDRE DE LHONORA-
II Bile la Cour des Preuycs, de In ParOisse st.
Landry, il seTa vcndu Il Pencan public, au plus
otflant cnchGrisseur, par le SOuSsigne, cncanteur
public, 4 In derniere residence du defunt, ell
cctte paroissp, lie MERCREDI, IL Avril. 1873. lea
propri6tes ci-aprts dGcrites, dependant De Ia
succession de C%lIaunceN. Seymour, DECIDE, sa-
yOir-
l.. Tn certain 1norctat do terre situe a environ
trOis miles dies OpetpNSas, COntenant 40j 5GI100
arpents 9uperfiCiels, avcc tOutes les bdtissrs ct
authorizations uul sy tronyent. La dite terre est
borne WI nprtl par les terreS de Louis Guidry, an
sud par les terres dc Vincent BOagni, a Pest par
les terres de Louis Chaudct, Gtant LII deFnieTe
residence du dGfunt.
Conditi0ns-A un credit de dOuze mois, Fac
unGreur fournissant uh caution avec DIES steuri-
ties suivant Ia l0i,
A, P. WILLIAMS, Eucanteur.
Is maFS~jf,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

New LAws.-No. 81, an act authOriz-
ing the muster of the Metropolitan
Police force as a part of the militia Of
the State. No. 38, an act making an
appropriation to pay the expenses of the
Legislature. No. 80, an act to amend
and re-enact the law regulating pro-
ceedings in CONVERSATIONS between per,
sons claiming judicial office. No. 40, an
act providing for contestants for office
withdrawing their suits Of contest from
the courts of the State. @
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

We haveoften noticed one thing some
people do not always practice what they
preach. In the fight last week in New
Orleans, not a single leader, not a single
individual of that class who brought
about the fight, was hurt. In the list of
prisoners captured in arms, no name
of a leading politician appears-the poll
ticians wanted the offices, and if they
got killed in fightingfor them they could
not enjoy them. Only the poorignorant
trash did the fighting, and they. and
other innocent ones who took no part in
it, got hurt and were captured. There
was no Indignation about the imprison-
n1ent Of the poor devils who were cap
tured at the fight on the night of the 9Th
inst. but a great furore was raised be-
cause the gentlemen cantured at Odd
Fellows Hall next morning, were put in
q eOaem0a prison. These gentlemen or
ganized the fight and got the others
common people, not Chased as gentle
men-intO trouble. Why, therefore,
should the organizers of evil be better
treated than the instruments by which
they execute their evil designsq In
strict Justice those who conceived and
organized the evil, should be punished
to & greater extent than their dupes. W.
are not discussing any political question
in this case, or whether the parties de-
served any punishment at all; but the
odd Fellows Hall Legislators who got
M the fight, oughtnot. because they arr
m .aeanen of note, to expect better treat.
yaant at the hands Of their adversaries
than the common people whom they in
cited to do their fighting. S~ehoolboys
do better than this, for when engaged
together iii mischief one viii not shirh
thepunishnaentdue themall eventhongh
II would do no damage to the others,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

sMALL-Pox.-It will be seen by the
following paragraph from the New Or
leans Republican, Of the fth inst, that
smallpox has a considerable foothOIdin
that city:
The whole number of deaths in this
city last week was 1874, against 40 the
week previous. Fourteen died of con-
sumption, two of fever, one Of bilious
fever, five of ~congestive fever, one of
puerperal fever, two of remittent fever,
ten of heart disease, three of lockjaw,
thirteen of pneumonia and twenty-four
of smallpox.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

THE PUNISHMENT FOR ExTORTION IN
OFFICE.-The following is the material
part of the act passed by the Legisla-
ture, and approved by the Governor, on
the 10Th ult., to punish extortion in
office. It is now a law, and we publish
it for the information of all concerned:
That any public officer or employe
authorized by the constitution and laws
of the State of Louisiana, in either the
legislative, executive, judicial or mill
tary department. of the State govern
ment thereof, whose compensation for
official services OF employment therein
is fixed by the constitution or laws
thereof, who shall charge or receive. or
take, directly or indirectly, any more
than the said lawful compensation for
said official services or employment,
shall be deemed guilty of extortion in
Office, and shall be punished in the
manner hereinafter prescribed in this
act; provided, that the provisions of
this act shall also be made to apply, and
extend to all officers aud employees of
parishes, judicial and other districts,
and of cities and towns incorporated or
having governments authorized by law.
ma any OIlceFS OF persons violating
the provisions of this act shall he deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof by a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be liable to pay a
fine of net more than one thousand dol
lars, and to an imprisonment for a term
not exceeding five years, at the discre-
ton of the court :; and any person ag-
grieved or injured by the acts of said
ohendershall, independent of any Grim
inal proceedings, be entitled to maintain
a civil action against the same for
damages or injuries sustained, and a
verdict in favor of the party injured, or
q conviction of such offender, shall ips0
factosOperate o vacation of the office or
function of said offending official Of en-
nloYe. 80. Z
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

In the Republicans account of the
jackson Square fight in New Orleans,
an error occurs which was afterwards
corrected in the same paper. 1t is this
the first discharge from the Napoleon
gun was a blank cartridge, the subse-
quent ones were grape or canister.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

C. W. Ringold has been appointed
postmaster at New Orleans, in place of
Hon. C. w. Lowell, speakerO of the House
of Representatives-the federal law not
allowing any person to hold both a State
and federal Office at the same time.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

There is a rumor that the Marquis OF
Lorne and Princess Louise, daughter OF
Queen Victoria, recently married, have
separated on account of incOmpatibility
of temper.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

MI. n. Ofutt, student in the Medical
Department of the University OF Louis
iaua, has our thanks for an invitation to
attend the commencement exercises OF
said institution, on March 14th, at Odd
Fellows Hall, New Orleans.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

Chief Justice Ludeling, of IL State
Supreme Court, and Judge Jacob Hawk
ms, of the Superior Courtin New Orleans
have each sued the New Orleans Plea
yune for 100000, for libel.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15
CidaIise EHuapower vs.. Andrew Henry,
administrator.

NOUR DE PAROISSE, vERMTLLTON.-N0.
~ SG4.-sGries dc la COur de District.-En veTtu
dun writ de ficri facias, lance par Honorable
In COur tie pa~rDissc, dams ct pour Ia ParOisse de
VcrmilliOn, danS Ie process ci-dcsSus %iEtituI6, ct
q moi a~lress6, je vendrai Ell vente pubIique, al
plus Offrant enchGrisseur, IL la MaisOn dc COur de
la parOiSse st. Landry, enla vile d'OpelOusas, IL
les prophecies ci-apres dGcrites. savOir-
Tine paire de hGufs de tire, Americain, cOuIGur
barosse, une paire de bRufs de tire Creole, cOu-
leur sign, I'M cheval Creole, cOHleur baic, un bill
let sur Andre MGChe pour S4.25, I'M billet sur
Eugene Bird pour S1O.25, un billet stir Aim
Morgan pour SOS. 25, TN htnuf do tire creole.
saisies dams lie process ci-dessns.
COnditions-COmptant.
+. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
* mons 1872
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

The next day after the Jackson
Square fight, five or six members of the
McEnery Legislature, took their seats
in the Kellogg Legislature.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

We publish from the NatchitOches
Times, an item giving an account of
q lady who gave birth to four children
at II time, in that parish, last month.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15
CiduIise HuHfpOwer vs.. Andrew Henry

Administrator
pARTSH COURT, PARISH OF VERMILLION
= No. 864.-SerieS District COurt.-By virtue Of
a writ of tcri faCiaS, issued out of the hOn0ra-
BILE Parish Court OF the Parish of Vcrlnillinn, in
the above entitled suit, and to me directed, will
pr0CeedtO sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the Courthouse of the parish of st.
Landry, in the town of OpeIOusas, on SATUR-
DAY, the 5th day Of April, 1873, at eleven O'clock
A. NJ, the following described property. tO-wit-
One pair dun American oxen, ono pair brown
Creole oxen, one Creole bay horse, one note Oh
Andre NTGche OF $4.25, One note Eugene Bird of
Sl0.25, one note Oh Aim Morgan of $685., one
Creole On.
Seized i'll the above suit.
Tcrms-Cash OH the spot.
E. o. HAYES, Sheriff.
March * 1879
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

Judge Henry Boyce died at his resi-
dence at Cotile in the parish of Rapides,
on the 1st inst, aged se%yenty-fve years.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

This amounts to two dollars and fifteen
cents on each hundred dollars worth of
taxable property, and twenty-one dol
lars and fifty cents on each thousand
dollars worth of taxable property. The
warrants issued to pay the expenses of
the recent extra and regular sessions of
the Legislature, viii be received in pay
ment for State licenses and the fourmill
State general fund tax. So vi. ... -.
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Succession dc Chimney seymonr-No.

1912.
FTAT DE LA LOUTSTANE.-COUR DE PA
~ rolssc, ST. LAndry.-Attendu Que Joseph
Bloch. dc Ia ParOisse st. Landry. AdIninistra-
leurdr la succession de Chauncey Seymour.
cation dies dctteS dc Ia dite succession, accompa-
gn6 dune petition dcmandant IIUlnolOgatfon
dicelui;
Et attendu qu'il Il etc fat droit Il la denandc
dc la ditto petition par TN Ordre dc la Cour en-
date du II Mars. 1873.
En- consequence, avis est par lie present dome
aux lnteresseS dams Cette succession, d'Av0ir 4
faire opposition, 81 aucune lis ont. nar fcrit, 5
mon bureau dans Ia vile d'Opelousis, dams ipA
delais present. par Ia lOi, pOurquoi lie dit tableau
ne serait pas apprOuyG ct hOmUlOgut.
w. A. ROBERTSON, Grefirr,
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"Tt is a sin to steal a pin,'' and a man
in Philadelphia has been arrested for
that very ohense. The pin has a dia-
mond attached to it,
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800, 900 for Only 80.

Under authority of special legislative act Of
NaTrh IT, 1871. the trustees now announc~ thr
b hilIFH Grand OiIft Concert, for the benefit OF the
Drary Han. at Louisville. Ky, on TUESDAY
April Sth 1873.
Al TINS Concert the best musical talent that
Cam nG procured from all parts Of the country
InQIlSand Cash Gifts, aggrrgating a Vast total
OF tiall a Million Dollars currency will he lis.
'rlP"Ieo ny lot to the tickct-holders, rs follows:
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

The political troubles in this State are
not caused by the people wanting GER
tain parties to hold the offices. Dema-
g0gues tell the crowd this. but very
body knows better. The whole trouble
is caused by the office seekers them
selves. When an office ii to be had,
there is no such thing as hunting for a
man who will creditably and honestly
I'LL 1t, for a cor of men without soli-
citation from anybody set themselves up
as candidates, and are all ready to swear
thecountTy will be ruined anarepublican
institutions overthrow. if they are not
elected. If offices could hunt the men
instead OF the men hunting the offices,
matters would be in better shape.
--:... Il Estate Register,
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It is but a act of simple justice to
Col. Chas. W. Lowell, the late post
master of New Orleans, that the public
should know that so soon as it was as
~certained that defalcations had taken
place in his Office, that he promptly
placed every, dollar Of his property in
the hands OF his securities to protect the
government and them from any loss.
The amount claimed to have been en-
bezzled does net reach half the sum
street rumors report it-in all probabi-
tItyg, not over $4,000. The property of
Col: Lowell IN New Orleans far exceeds
that amount, and will be used to make
up the deficit when a~seertained. tt is
clearly shown that he has been victim
employees.-[Sugar Planter.
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EVERY MAN HIS OWN PAINTER.

Sample card Of cOlOrs, ana testimonials from
owners of the finest residences in the country,
furnished free by dealers generally, or by the
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT co,
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RATE OF TAxATIoN.-The rate of tax
ation-State taxes-fOr this year is the
same as that of last year, t~wenty-One and
o half mills on the dollar, divided as
fn11nna.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

INFORMATION WANTED.-The follow
ing communication is in Roundabout's
column of the New Orleans Times, of
the 18th inst.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15
A RE KOU GOING TO PAINT
THEN USE THE
Averin Chemical Paint.
STATES,
YEILOWS.

And ali The fashionable shades and cOlOrS used
i'll house and cottage painting, TeGdy for use, re-
ptjreS no oil. MiHHipg, or dryers, and sold ONLY
BY TIE GALLON.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

The people who are keeping Louisiana
in a broil are principally Of the class
who during the war hung around the
tanks and rear of the Yankee armv
claiming to be Unionists. Generally,
they were only good for two things. As
consumers of government rations, and
revilers Of the rebels, they were eminent
ly successful. After the war, they de-
sired that their great services should be
rewarded with the best offices. Other
people understood the matterdifferently
and consequently the suffering patriots
sought refuge in the democratic party,
where they are anxious to obtain a good
standing by abusingthe federal govern
ment and Cursing the "niggers.H Since
McEnery's disastrous campaign, they
are very anxious that this troub1e should
be settled at Onca.-EStata Rhnister-
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15

Manufacturers OF Agricultural Implements. Cir
cular Saw Mills, Hay and Cotton Presses, Horse
Powers, Threslling Machines, SC, &c. Send for
illustrated catalogue.
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NEW ORLEANS, March 10th. 1874,

COlullIu OL GuG New orleans lines OF
the 18th inst.
NEW ORLEANS, March 10th, 1873.
Mr.. ROCNDABoUT-YOu beings friend
to the public i'll general, l would like to
ask You for a bit OF information, it is
this: The Citizens Committee of Two
Hundred have collected some $40, 00O or
$4,000 to defray the expenses of the
Peoples Legislature. Now Woulditnot
be just for the Finance Committee of
the Citizens Committee or the Contin-
gent Expense Committee Of the Peoples
Legislature to let the people know what
has become of the money so subscribed.
They have not paid a dollar to any of
their employees, nor have they paid a
dollar toward any articles purchased by
their Sergeant-at-Arms, such as sta
tiOnery and other fixtures. Not a bill
has been paid to any one that thus fur
nished the Peoples Legislature with any
goods. Now, Roundabout, try and tell
the public what has become of all tile
money, and let's know how the peoples
money went.
Respectfully, yours,
TIMOTHY, an employee.
Not being able to reply to any Of the
queries contained therein, we have pub
lisled this letter as being the method
best calculated to produce the desired
enlightenment.