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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-05-06
Tho aoutheru FIoods.

WASHINGTON, May SAN appeal
published this morning states that
lia, 900 people are homeless on account
Of the Southern floods, and that $2o'-
600 are needed daily to supply them
with provisions.
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Proceedings of the hoard. of Police of
the sToNn OF OpelOussas.
TUESDAY. June 2ad. 1s7

TUESDAY, tune 23d, 1874.
The Board OF Police ofShe town of Opelousas
met. Present: DIR. James Ray, President; p. j
Iefebvre, 9. Mornhinyeg, ST., c. Mayo, g. N
EaleE, A.. q. Chachere and G. W. Hudspeth.
The minutes or the previous meeting were
On motion the following ordinance was read
twice and adopted, viz:
Sec. /. BE it ordained that the President OF
the Board OF Police be and he is hereby author.
lied and empowered, whenever, In his opinion,
it may become necessary, to appoint such an
additional number of constables or police Off
GERS as he may consider necessary, in order to
maintain peace and order within the corporate
limits of the town.
Sec. 2. BE itfurther ordained, That the depu.
ties so appointed shall lave the 'same power as
the regularly elected or appointed constable al
the town, to be under his control and subject to
the orders of the President of the Board; and
that they shall receive the following eompensa.
ton and no more, ttrwit: one dollar and fifty
cents for each day they may be SO employed.
On motion of Mr.. Mayo, the following resolu-
ti0ns We're unanimously adopted:
6ee.1 Resolved, by the Board of Police OF the
town of Opel0usas, That the Sheriff of the par
ish of ct. Landry and his deputies, be and are
hereby respectfully requested to cooperate with
the constituted authorities of the town in the
enforcement of the ordinances adopted or to be
hereafter adopted by said Board, having for
their object the maintenance of peace and order
and the prevention of violent, boisterous or dis
orderly eonduct On the street, or within the
CORPORATE limits OF said town.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That the Score,
5fary of the Board be and he la hereby required
to hand to the Sheriff q certified copy of the or.
dinance adopted by this Board on the 2Tth May,
1874, entitled an ordinance the more efectualiy
to provide for the police of the town of OpelOu.
sas and other purposes.
Sec. 8. Be it further resolved, That q commit
tee TO consist of the President of the Board and
Messrs. r. ]. LefebYre and c. Mayo, wait upon
the Sheriff for the purpose of soliciting his co
operation as herein above stated.
On motion, the Board adjourned.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest; Jos. ID, RICHARD. Clerk,
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Press N~EuZzlimg.
tFrom the New orleans Republican,

From the New Orleans Republican,
One of the most curious specimens of
journalistic enterprise to be found inthis
country is a paper called the OpeIousas
Courier, One-half of which is edited and
printed by intelligent men in Chicago or
St. Louis, making of the sheet what is
known as "a Yankee patent insider.n
After being inwardly charged with lib
eral ideas, and printed as above. the
edition is placed in an envelope and
sent to the parish Of st. Landry, where
the outside is distigured in two Ian
guages-one page receiving an impress
sion OF tolerable French, while the first
page is covered with bad English.
Trying IN so many ways to pake an
independent paper, and striving for
popularity by putting in two languages,
the outside editor certainly deserves the
support of the community in which one
half OF his paper is printed, and should
be let alone but it appears he has been
overwhelmed by q force more numer-
GUS than himself, if not superior, and in
his last issue he makes the following
humble admission:
From this date the control of the editorial
columns of the Courier passes into the hands
of the White League. The business department
remains under my control.
We have heard of clamOrous creditors
Selling the forms of a paper and delay
ing it's issue, but never before has a bar
becue public been treated to a raid like
one of these-the White League raids
where the editorial columns of half of
every edition are to be controlled by and
made to resound with the praise Of the
men who have captured them.
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The Baton Rouge Advocate tells a
very acceptable story of the success
that has so far attended the efforts OF
two young men of that place-mere
boys in fact-who never before had en-
dured hard manual work, and who went
fresh from clerkships to labor as field
hands on a piece of ground they rented
early in the spring. About the 1st April
they had thoroughly prepared their
ground and commenced planting. They
planted about seven acres in cotton
and some corn and though they have
had but four light showers since, they
have a fine stand of cotton, and intend
to show the first open cotton and ship
the first bale of new cotton from the
parish.
The editor of the. Advocate thinks
they will do what they say and he
winds up his statement with this very
appropriate moral
:" IF these young men, both of them
mere boys, can. stand the heat of the
sun now and show forth thus early
what energy and industry can do, 9TH
ers can do the same thing and the only
possible excuse that can be advanced
why they do not do likewise is that
they are too lazy. a
Now young men, we have put the
subject in it's proper shape for you to
consider; and it is for you to say
whether next year you will be the rivals
of Gotleib and Gesell ON the farm or
continue to loiter about the street cor
ners, in imitation of Wilkins Micawber,
waiting for something to turn up"
The advice can well be given to many
others than the Baton Rouge street.
corner loiterers.-[N. o. Times.
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CARD.
TEXAS REAL ESTATE DRAWING.

The Hon. Jas. I. D. Wilson, Mayor of Houston,
and the City Council, endorse the enterprise as
follows: -
HOUSTON, Texas, April 18th, 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the Real Estate
Distribution, which J. E. Foster proposes to
make on the goth of July next, in this city, as
calculated to promote improvements, and pla-
cling within the reach OF many, who otherwise
would be unable, a chance to secure o HON for
them and their families, and having from our
long acquaintance with him, every confidence
in his integrity, we feel justified in saying, that
we believe he will carry out his Distribution
honestly and fairly, according to his advertised
plan.
James I. d. Wilson, John d. Usener,
Fred. Stanley, John Maher,
F. w. Heitmann, Robert Burns,
E. +. McDOnUugh, N. I. Turner,
r. B. Baer, N. Harrington,
Capital Prize, 81, 1000 Gold. Ten Residences in
Houston; Population 10000, and the railroad
centre OF the State, and nearly $50 tracts of land
in different portions of the State. Value of prizes,
Sl46, 900 q 5000 tickets, at s. each. Address.
I. W. HOUSE, j. L. FOSTER,
Treasurer, Manager,
Houston, Texas.
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amounting to fifteen dollars, for pay of assist
ant assessor, was adopted and OrderedtO be paid
by the usual warrant.
On motion, resolved, that notice be served by
the town constable and assessor on those per
sons whose assessment lists have been found in
correct, to appear before the Board of Police, at
their office in the Court House, on the 21st and
god of May, 1874, for the purpose of revising n
correcting said lists.
On motion, the Board adjourned until the 21st
of May, 1874.
JAMES RAY, President.
Attest: JOS. D. RICHARD, Clerk.
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NARROW EsCAPE-AbnBttWenty boys
from ten to sixteen years afAge, on last
Sunday were out bathing and fishing
and heavy shower coming UP. they took
shelter in the sugar house of Gov.Mou-
ton. While there amusing themselves
and unconscious of any danger, they
were suddenly stricken dONn and some
of them piled upon each ether. The
lightning had struck the building with
violent force, splinterfng and SCATTERING
some Of the tim6ers IN close proximIty
ned for some time and the others only
for a moment. The result of the acct
dent was indeed fortunate, for it other
wise might have thrown many of our
best families into grief and mourning.
M Lafayette Advertiser, June ~.
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TEMPERANCE MEETING.-The temper
ance meeting. which our young friends
Leonce Litteli and Jos. E. Houston were
particularly Instrumental in getting up,
held last Friday evening at the Court
house, was successful beyond our nj
most expectations. The large Court
room was pretty,We filed with ladies
and gentlemen. Rev. Or. Trippett de-
liyerea a most telling lecture. A call
was made for siigners To d temperance
pi6dgeyR and thirtytfve males andtwelye
females signed it. Another meeting and
lecture will take place, as before, next
Faiday evening. July 10th. All are cor
daily invited to attend.
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The 9TH oFJgLY.-We are authorized
10 announce to the public that the chal-
lenge of the White Leaguers to Messrs.
Garland, King, Martel, Hudspeth and
others, to meet them in public discussion
on the 4tlr day7of July, has been accept
ed. In addition, therefore, to the ora
tors already announced to speak OH that
occasion in behalf of the WhiteL eaguers,
the public may expect addresses from
John Z. King, H. L. Garland, B. A. Mar
tel, Ferreol Perrodin, E. D. Estilette,
George w. Hudspeth, representing the
opposition. There will no doubt be a
full attendance, as the list Of speakers
for the occasion embraces some Of the
ablest men of the district.
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WEATHER ASp CRoPs.-We had no
rain this week till Wednesday evening,
when a shower fell, accompanied with a
strong gust of wind. From all parts Of
the parish, except those overlooked,
come reports Of good crops. If the cat
erpillars do not come, it will be the best
crop raised in st. Landry since the war.
owing to its cheapness and the seIf-re-
liance it has taught our farmers.
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LOCAL ITEMS.


80 OPELousNs, May 18th, 1874.
Mr.. Notwithstanding that an
organization, known as the "White
League is now being formed in this
parishi and being Of opinion that such
an organization would BEN conflict with
the public policy of the country, aud
prejudicial and detrimental to the agri-
cultural interests of the parish of st.
Landry, we hereby propose to meet any
or I'LL it's advocates at such times and
places as they may select to discuss, be-
fore our4 follow-parishoners the propri-
ETY. OF forming such an organization.
,u HENRY L. GARLAND, u
GEORGE w. HUDsPETH,
F. PERRoDIN,
JOHN Il. KING, rf
E. d. E%sTILETTE,
B. A. MARTEL,
w. A, ROBERTSON.
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When the new civil rights bill was
under discussion in the Senate, Senator
Salisbury declared thatit would destroy
the common schools, beget unfriendly
feelings where none now existed, affect
only the poorer classes, especially in the
South, injure the schools already estab-
lished for colored people, extend its ma-
lign influence into the hospitals and
~almshouses, and that it aimed to show
hostility to the people with whom the
North had been at war, in order to latter
and eonciliate the colored population for
partisan ends. v
Any legislation calculated to perpetu-
ate race hostilities and enforce the con-
ditions of an impossible equality, is pre-
judicial to the real interests of the blacks
as well as whites. Forced social con-
cessions are like convincing a mar
against his viii; they effect no funda-
mental change of opinion, but produce
irritation and hostility where none be-
fore existed.-EN. O. Times.
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There seems to be in New Orleans a
set of people who cannot be satisfied OF
propitiated by anything short of d daily
trade, the fouler the better, against all
their political opponents who happen to
opinion which they themselves, enjoy
and arrOgate becomes an objectionable
crime in others, and yilification which
genteel circles usually consider brutal
and disgusting they are pleased to COM
mend as virtlous reproof of evil and
corruption. big
These people always remind us of the
prudentIittle boys who push their holder
playmate forward to throw mud upon
the unsuspecting stranger and on lock-
ing very closely we discover that most
of them are gentlemen who, when they
were offered an opportunity of staying
the oppressor on their own adcount,
dismissed the privilege with Christian
observation-disclosures.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-03

The population of Great britain and
Ireland 1T this time is stated Id the
Register Generals returns to be 32,412,-
600, or 600,O00 more than double the
population enumerated at the first CEN
sus in 1901. The population of ireland
in 1874 is only $4,000 more than IN 1901.
The population of Scotland iii 1874 is
212,O00 more than double the population
of 1901. Tlepopulation Of England and
Wales in 1874 is above $500, 900 more than
double the population in 1901.
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IsCHARBoN CONTAGIOUS IA case of
cllarbon has been reported in town this
week. On some plantations, in sections
where it prevails, all the work stock
have died from it. Now, is the disease
contagious Z Can any animal in
fected with II, communicate it to another
byscontactf Aman, VIC are told, recent
liz died in this parish from charbop-con-
tracted ii from i mule or horse. As
there may be danger, an owners of
horses and mules should take precaution
to not let them contract it by contagion
from others. AS there may Do many
horses and mules here tomorrow, at the
barbecue, from all parts of the parish,
and from the districts mostly infected
with chhrbon, tile owners should be cau-
tiOus 10 NOT let them be hitclied together,
so that oontagion may take place.
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WHITE PEOPLE VS.. WHITE LEAGUE.
The white people of the parish Of La
fayette appear Indifferent and do not
respond III an ~appreciatiye manner to
the efforts of the organizers of d White
League. Many 0f the prominent men,
whose names were attached to the call
for u meeting tomorrow, have with
drawn from the same. In New Orleans,
tile Democrats, Liberals and Reformers
are organizing am Independent party,
upon whose platform the Hives and
other clubs may stand, which very prob
ably, will become general in its opera
tons. local party caunOtexist, except
for local purposes. The White League
enjoys d feeble and p~recaTiOus existence
ln u few parishes only. The evils they
wish to correct are not local but of b
general character. It follows then, that
aparty whose operations and influence
are extendeaand general, shouldattempt
the remedy. This shOuld be done iii q
comprehensive and c0nciliatoTy manner
and not In q way 10 excite discord and
trouble.
afe not aware Of amy l0cal reforms
la this parishtlat requires the forma-
ton of d white or any other League. If
the movement is made In view of local
objects, they have not yet been made
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Advertiser, June ~.
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CHARBoN.-This disease has caused
great loss in some. sections of the parish.
especially where they had high water.
Some planters, with large, hourishing
crops, have lost all their work stock. 1t
has been particularly fatal to mules, less
so to horses; or the latter have not been
so liable to attack,
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IL any One wants a model for a club
constitution and bylaws, let him read
that Of the constitution and bylaw
makers of the Washington Republican
club, which wepublish to-day.
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Information reaches up that a short
distance in rear of the jail at Pointe-a
la.Hacle, b gibbet, or gallows is being
erected! As there are three men who
committed murder in this ~parish-in
each instance of q most savage eharac-
teT-now under sentence to be hanged,
the erection OF this gallows is d little
significant. 1t suggests the hangman,
the hempen cord, the black hood, the
trap door and cross beam of the fatal
scaffold! Wellgit is time toputup such
j structure III this parish! The savage,
cruel, bloody Murderthat has b~eensstart-
ling this community for several months
past must be strangled, and nothing but
the rope of the cross beam of a gibbet
can do it. So up with the gibbet!-
TPlaquemines Sentinel.
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A couple was married in prairie Ma
mou in this parish last Tuesday, the
groom being seventy five and the bride
sixty eaF old.
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We have been SO often called upon
lately for our files Of 1879, containing
the Liberal Republican, and Democratic
platform, that we Pepublish it to-day.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-03

Read the card of Geo. H. Wells, ESD,
of Calcasieu, about the late convention
at Lake Charles.
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We call the attention of all parties to
the notice Of the President of the Town
Council.
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It IS singular how easily we become
incensed very often even at things that
are too insignificant to be worthy of n0-
tice such actions and remarksasshOuld
be treated with silent contempt and SUI
preme Indifference. TIE we would al
ways think of this we would often save
ourselves sc 8 Good deal0f worry about
nothing, and OF ellagrin and self-abase-
ment at having noticed d matter Of such
Notwithstanding Delhi Chronicle.
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IA Boston correspondent of tile New
York Tribune says, that if the people of
Massachusetts fare really In earnest I'D
desiring rc overthrow Republican rule.
at the Statell0lsie this year, they will go
TO the people with other opinions Than
those OF purely partisan Democracy rep
represented IN their candidates for State
Oalcers.nIN. o. Times.
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The Republicans of the F~eIicianas are
not harmonious or happy. The Dunn
Leader Says John Gair sold out the
printing GOntrac6 DE the parish De East
Feliciana to- d Democratic sheet, the.
PatriOt-D Democrat, published t Clinton,
TSt. Charles Herald.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-03

DLANTATHON For SALE-sITUA-
u ted ON Bayou Teche, six miles from Opelou-
sas and three from Barry's Landing, contains
about 360 arpents, 72 aipents fenced and cleared.
balance woodland, has a new and commodiOus
dwelling house and two cabins. For terms, APP
ply at this ONCE. feb 2T-tf
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DOSEYsS BETTERS ARE STRICT.
~ Medicinal, and not an iatoricatimg aEcO-
hoif bege5age, but curative, Alternative and tom
ng in their effects, Isept 26-tf.
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FOR SALE.

AND9 FOR 6ALE.-IHAVE SEVERAL
A4 tracts of unimproved lands belonging to me
and to others which I viii sell or rent to actual
settlers. 4s
I will sellon credit, payablein one, two, three,
four, hye,ssix, seyen, eight, nine and ten years,
with eight per cent interest annually, from first
day OF December next. Or / will rent to actual
settlers for mere payment during five years. of
the taxes which may be assessed upon the tract
they occupy.
In either selling or renting, the purchaser, or
lessee will obfigate himself to actually settle on
him, within six months from date OF sale or
lease, under penalty of nullity of sale or lease.
l have also for sale a WellimprOved place, con-
tanning two hundred arpents of land, with large
and cdfnmOdiOus dwelling house, cotton gin and
cribs. Price OF this place 5000, payable on terms,
with eight per cent yearly interest from day of
sale.
Also, a saw mill property, which / win also sell
ON terms. HENR I. GARLAND.
June "a, 1871-tf.
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NOR 9ALE.-A LONG ESTABLISHED
u. Store Stand with one arpent OF ground, and
buildings and improvements, six males north OF
OpeI0usas, near Garrigues' Bridge, and on the
public road leading to Vile Plate. y
Terms-Easy.
Apply to TH0S. Fl. LEWIS or HENRY L.
GARLAND, at Opel0usas. mas,
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EyOR sALE-oN LIBERAL TERMS of,
n Credit.-A sawmill, in running order.
situated in this parish, with q large tract Of
land valuable for its timber and cultivation.
Price $4,000, payable with eight per cent per
annnm interest from date, in s, 70, 10, "a, 80, &C.
10, 4s, "a, 60, 66 and 70 months. Lumber will ba
taken in payment. -
Apply to HENRY L. GARLAND.
OpelOusas, Dec. "a, 1870-tf.
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Total cash in Parish Treasu-
", june LIST, 1s74;-..- S2,14s OF
/, Louis Desmarais, Assistant Parish Treasu,
rer for the parish of st, Landry, do hereby Ger.
tify that the above statement is true and cor
rect. LOUIS DESMARAIS,
Sworn to and subscribed before me this I'd OF
Tune, 1874. e. z. VEAZTE, j. p.
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, July 9Th, 1874. 2
Attest: @. MAYO, Clerk.
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approved
LOWS Hayes, Jail fees and guard. s17s 90
e Lyons, Jail So 90
j I'll Mlllspaugh, jail fees Washington. 16 40
j + Knox, justice peace fees-.-....-. 80 81
Veazle, .,..... IS As
GDelah0usSaye, --- 90 70
B A Gu1dry, eonstable's fees...... lis 20
V Roy, ~ 90 so
p Woods, " ri r3"E...A 6 60
B Bloomfield d Co, blank books and
10 95
OpeI0usas journal, extra printing. o. so
] Z M~eCiendon, llnl. for pub. road, 1878 lit rs
] Frozard, 10 rs
L Da1gle 10" 1T 90
j NJ Lalanne, AZ o.
Mt Pleasant Mills" so so
VIM Taylor, wlleelbroke hauling lumber
for public road, 10 90
Z FOntenot, ak broke on road, 1873. 2 co
Petetin s. P%Ollingue, spikes furnished. 90 10
W NJ Bell, road 0verseer, 1873..... "a 90
b CuSnulan, . -.--.... 90
4 SaY0le, witness fees-.... rs
LebGuf, y / so
WIN Bundaekfa = ~ -" ......-t go
e LebRuf, 30
J N Ropefts, 81, ..- 81
J Ignent, 3 20
A Backward, !" go 10
NOSE GreenjtG - IN a.....!H l 90
john Slnlms, witness fees transferred II 90
Is A GllQFY, II IN
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ablest men of the district.
, 1874-07-05
a Church TINT .Eeaun will = Dog.
Eight

. from TIE Christian Urfpn.
The true o,igin Of one Of tho New Hayeu
churches e1 IL perhaps unknown ovou to many Of
the present wotshpels within its beautiful
Entes. MOT to put too fns q point upon It," il
began in dog-aght. As a young u.a,i, whom It
will DO sufficient to describe as being at present
ths sur:Asssi of the Unltod States Marine Hoypi-
tai at + let Sound, was on his way to church
one Sunday morning, about eight scals ago, a
couple Of vagabond curx fell out directly il ha
pattt. It was In part Of tlo city where
Bibles, and suudnya, and eanctuary privileges
were spatsely enjoyed, for in less than i've min
utes from tho tirst graphic of the combatants,
no fower than twenty-elght children had GATH
cred TO act as umpres. The surgoou-to-bo at
once decided that then wns tho time and that
the place for d naisaion-ychooi on which his
heart hRd loug boen set. The shop in front Of
which the fight took place happened to bo that
or ra9-picker, aud after somo d,hicultios tho
loft above 1t was secured for two years at mod
crate rent, tho rags Hwopt out, beucl,cs Wero
furnished BY the Old Center Church, and the
sunday-school opened with eighty at its first
aession. Tho t,umbors aud interest constantly
Increased from month to month, until to make
long atory short, this school OF street Arabs
has now become the strong West Church, with
ita stately edidca Of stouo aud sterllug mcuber-
ship.