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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

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LOOK BEFORE You LEAP.-Bottle-
bury, of Camden, will never dive into
the creek to save another woman from
drowning. He saw a Fed-haired girl
named Sparks tumble in the other day
off q boat, and he instantly plunged in
after her, caught her by her dress, and
swan to the shore with her. As soon as
they were on dry land MfssSparks gave
a h~ysteTical scream, flung her arms about
B~ottlebury's neck, and tainted. Just
then the father came up. with the rest
of the family, and perceiving the situa-
ton, he dashed up to BottlebuTy, grasp
ed his hand, and said: "Take her, my
boy take her! III Is ii hard To give her
M It wrenches her old fathers heart;
but she is yours. Bless you, my chill
dren-bless yOui ~ Then Mrs. Sparks
cried, and said she hoped Harriet would
be happy. The little Sparkses mani
tested their emotion by climbing up
ROttleburyis legs and pulling his coat
tails. Then Harriet came to, and lay
ing her head on his shoulder, whispered,
kiss me, darling" Bottlebury, amaz-
ed and indignant, tore himself amav
and fed. He was arrested that after
noon on charge of breach of promise,
and on the trial the jury gave the brok-
~en-hearbed Miss Sparks two hundred
dollars damages. Bottlebury has init
mated to his confidential friends that if
any other warm-haired woman intends
10 fall overheard near him she will find
it to her advantage to learn to swim.
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--latest Departure.
MEETING OF THE NEW REPUBLICAN
CLUB IN THE SECOND WARD.
{From the New Orleans Times, May It'll

From the New Orleans Times, May 7th.l
This club is composed almost exclu-
sively of young men, formerly Demo
Gratis, from the centre and rear portion
Of the Second Ward, and now numbers
about several hundred members.
A meeting of the Club was held last
night in Jackson Hall, corner of Clara
and Calliope streets, to consider matters
connected with the constitution of the
Central Club. A report from the Execu-
tive Committee. DR.. E. S. Drew, Chair
man, was submitted, in regard to the
permanent success of the Club, and ap.
proved.
A recess was then taken, during which
forty-four new members were enrolled.
were made by Messrs. Win
ston, Murrayand Gernon, the latter gen
tleman being loudly applauded.
Hon. E. E. Norton, Judge Durell and
M. Gernon, Esq, were elected honorary
members. and the club ~t1rreupon adj
journed to meet at the same place on
Wednesday night next.
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About the ~pleasantest picnic we ever
attended was last Saturday, at Calle-
hams bridge, three miles from this place,
near Bellevue. Opelousas was well rep
resented, and a large number from Belle
vue were there. There was an abund-
ance Of the best to eat, and all were filled
who cared to be. Enjoyment seemed to
begeneral. We observed several things
that pleased us much. There were no
politics nor social cliques on this oeca-
sion. All contributions were placed on
common table, and all ate as one
common family We cane away im-
pressed with the idea that sensible pco-
pie reside in Bellevue, and that Opelou-
sas was represented on this occasion by
L similar class.
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COLoRED CANDIDATEs.-One of the
main arguments, we are told, resorted to.
By some of the white league, is that the
Republicans are going to run a colored
man for sheriff. Now, as far as we can
learn, they will either vote independ-
emily for n of the three white candi-
dates now in the field, or consolidate on
one Of them-these candidates are
Messrs. Hayes, Duson and Chachere.
We are so confident that the Republi-
a n viii support one Of these gentle
men, Oh divide their votes between
them, that we will pledge ourself to
join the white league itself, if their
most serene honors will allow it, in case
they nominate q colored candate for
that Office. Some one may be foolish
enough to run Independently, but he
will not get the mass of the Republican
vote, and will be more tnan distanced
in the race. At the election in 1879,
there were three candidates for State
Senator from this Distriet-Moor white
Democratic nominee, Riard colore0 Re-
publican nominee, and Anderson white
independent. The latter was elected.
In this parish there were twenty-five
candidates for the legislature in the
field, and of this number all were white
but five, and yet no colored candidate
was elected. There was no colored can
didate for District Judge, District At
tOrney, Parish Judge, Clerk, Sheriff,
Recorder, or Coroner. Out Of twenty
seven candidates for the Police Jury
there was only one colored one, John
Simmss and he was not elected. Now
here we have two facts in this parish,
running for Office is q greater disease
among the whites than among the
blacks; and the latter vote more for the
white than for the colored candidates,
This talk about a colored ticket is sim
ply a political bug-bear gotten up for
selfish purposes. 1t is said that q Ger
tain colored man has been solicited to
become q candidate forthe State Senate,
in order to prevent a certain white can
didate from getting the colored vote,
and solicited too by a white Lacquer.
At the election next November, this par
ish will elect a Parish Judge, sheriff,
four Representatives TO the Legislature,
and vote for a Congressman and one
State Senator. Leaving out the Con-
gresham, there will hardly be a color
ed candidate for any of these offices,
except for the Legislature; and prob
ably not more than one for that, that
will receive the mass of the colored vote.
That c0lored ticket that some pirate SO
much about, is o mai of straw, existing |
only in their own talk.
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Some experiments lately made by
Prof. Binz, of Bonn, to test the effect. of
alcohol upon warm blooded animals,
and inferentially upon men, have set
tied two important matters. He has
made it plain, what before was only a
coniecttlral and disputed question, that
moderate doses of intoxicating drinks,
instead of heating the organism, really
reduce the temperature, andlarge doses,
to cause drunkenness, produce
d decided lowering Of the thermometer,
say from three to five degrees, the effect
lasting several hours. In order to test
the action OF alcohol iii eases of fever,
Prof. Binz injected purifying blood in
to the veins Of his animals, thus giving
them putrid fever. Where the disease
was allowed to take its course death
invariably ensued, but where alcohol
mixed with water was administered the
heat was Immediately reduced, the ac-
ton Of the heart and nerves increased,
and the purifying processes arrested.
Whisky has always been considered an
antidote for the bites of poisenens
att the South and West.
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We publish an announcement at the
lead 0f the local column, which ex-
plains itself. These gentlemen are too
well knoWR inst. Landry to NEED intro
duction from anybody. All but one Of
them. we believe, were born and raised
hero. and are thoroughly identified with
the interests of the country. They all
have families. and are large property
holders. NO j can possibly have the
interests of the country more at heart
than they have. They have NIL succeed-
ed in their several spheres, and are CONE
potent ard able 10 give sound advice.
Tho entire interests Of The community
might be safely committed To their.
charge, for they have sound heads and
sound hearts Tieg lid nos paliefeaI.
gamblers rho intend to leave the par.
ish, Il they tail md lose their vocation
here their domestic and material in
terests win keep them here. The peo-
pie oE the parish will surely follow
those who viii and who mustabide with
them through life, rather than those who
viii desert them after they have no fur
ther ase for them.
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Parson Frazee was approached" to
go into the white league Approach
ed"is their technical term for themanner
they come at n they wish to enlist.
The parson expressed his willingness to
join provided they would do one thing
insert one more plank in their platform.
That plank was left with the approach
er, but while it would make "a really
pure white concern he tthe approacher)
thought it would not make much Of a
party. #t
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40 BARN, when I am dead,
How shall We keep frae harmf
What a will gle We bread3
What fire will keep We warmf
How shall ye dwell on earth ava frae mel
80 mither, dinna dee!"
90 BARN, by night or day,
| hear no sounds ava,
But voices DER winds that blaw,
And the voices o. ghaists that say,
Unjust ava.
Lord that made the wind and made the sea,
Ia hard on my poor BARN and me,
And I melt in His breath like snaw."
80 mither, dinna dee!"
80 BARN, 1t is but closing up the cen,
And lying down, never to rise again.
Many 8 strong man sleeping haze I seen
There is nae pain!
Pm weary, weary, and / kenna why;
My summer has gone by,
And sweet were sleep, but for the sake O. thee"
40 mither, dinna dee!"
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STORY or Mrs SIDDoNs.--" When |
was d poor girl relates Mrs. Siddons the
actress, working very hard for my thir-
ty Shillings a week, / went down to LiE-
erpool during the holidays, where / was
kindly received. was to perform in q
new piece, something like those pretty
little affecting dramas they get up now
at the minor the~atres;sand I'M my char
acter / represented q poor, friendless
orphan girl, reduced tothe most wretch
ed poverty. "a heartless tradesman
~prosecutes the sad heroine for a heavy
debt, and insists on putting herin prison
unless some one win be bail FOR her.
The girl replies { Then I have no hope
Ihave not friend in the world What.
will no one be bail for yon to save yOu
from prison r asks the stern creditor,
4 have told you I have not q friend on
EARTH was my reply. Rutiust as 4 was
utteripg the words, i saw q sailor in Che
upper gallery spriggiug over the rail-
ling letting himself down from one tier
to another, until he bounded clear over
the orchestra and footlights, and placed
himself beside me in a moment. YES,
You shall have one friend at least, my
poor young womanp said he, with the
greatest expression in his honest, sun
burnt G~OuntenanGe. WIFI 60 hall Bf0r
Won to any amount! And % for you
turning to the frightened actor, If You
don't bear q hand, shift your moorings,
You Inbber, it will be the worse for You
when E;conle atllWarty our bOws9 Every
creature ia the house rose the uproar
was perfectly Observation-Disclosures pf
laughter, screams Of terror, cheers from
his tawny mess mates in the gallery,
preparatory scraping DC Yiolins in the
orchestra and amid the universal din
Tiers stood the unconscious cause of 1t
shelterfng me, the poor distressed
young woman and breathing defiance
and destruction against my mimic per-
seeutor, He was only persuaded ia re-
linquish his care of me bT the managers
q profusiop of theatrjcal bank notes,n
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We understand it 10 being circulated
that tie 1 white league is The POLITICAL
of-shoot, or ahand-maida as some more
femininely express it, De the grangers.
Now the Master DC the 0pelousas
Grange was recently Z approached on
the white leaguen question, and he
gave i rebuff that was worthy Of all
imitation. If We understand the prin-
cipies oil the grange organization ii il
peculiarly a farmers affair, and while
some are iii 1t who are not practical
farmers and DO not depend ON farming
for Il living, and who, consequently
have no right there, still this is no rea
son why the organization should be
perverted, on made TO be the consort of
other organizations. The true grangers
owe III to themselves to disayoW any
such courted alliance.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

We shall take no part in the social
question just sprung here, in connection
with politics. If we had been born a
bastard, we might take the same inter-
est in the matter that a strumpet does in
decrying female virtue. The origin and
lives Of some are so impure, they as
sumo a white livery to conceal them.
They n veritable social and political
wolves in sleeps clothing.
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$#
A PaFanhFassic% R0hhse.
From the Rapidea Gazette.I

From the Rapides Gazette.T ~
Got up expressly for the occasion,
We hand you a copy of the ""++*A"
With the Very firm persuasion
That without excuse or evasion,
Youth plank down the dust.
For though perfectly willing.
For blood or ink splitting,
We would vet be instilIfng,
That something needs filling,
n I'LL 1t we must.
Praise, honor and fame,
Makeu up n great name,
Butstill alIfhe same. 81 = rs s. g.
That's not exactly our game,
AS perhaps we won't win.
Though we war with rascality,
Incompetence, fraud and Venality;
claim that as our speciality 81
We might meet a fatality,
Unless armed with the tin.
We're down on the Niger,
And won't have him at any tigger,
Because we are setting the trigger
To catch something bigger, Z Il =
Than ever before.
We go in strong for agriculture,
Stock raising and horticulture;
The Rapides Fair Association,
Horse racing Immigration
And several things more.
Geography. Climate. Geology,
Plantation topics, P0mology,
And any other olOgy
To have an apology
For something to say.
Wen have a place for communications.
The Ladies' Receipts and the Fashions:
Items foreign and local,
Brought together in a focal,
Amusing sort of way.
But with all these irons in the fire,
Wont some burn, you may inquire,t
We wislIittO transpire, 2
Neither for prose or poesy's Tyre,
Will we give up the law.
For that's our fort particular,
Where we stand up perpendicular;
And we know it's not required.
Expected or desired,
For us to withdraw.
So hurry up your subscription,
For in that there's.n9 prescription; =
White, blackeO or buff tbs all the same.
II You pay your money and sign your name,
Wen take You in.
And treat you fine until the election,
Provided, you vote for our selection
Fer you cdn vote, and we can't prevent it,
But to offer for office and We not resent it,
Would be 4 sin.
"Paraphrastic only, by poetical or ~rythmical
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Change Of schednle ON the Following
U. q. Mail Rauces

Route No. a081-From Opelousas, La. to P1a-
quernine Brulee, La. Leaves Opelousas every
Saturday at 0 A. NJ, arrives at PIauuernine Bril-
lee same day by IA Leaves Plaauemine Bra
lee same day at ?. NJ, arrives at Opeiousas by
6 p. M, same day.
Route No. sll5-From OpeiouRas, La, to Hick-
DRY Flat, La. Leaves opelOusas every TIresday
at A. M, arrives at Hickory Flat next day fy
l2M. Leaves Hickory Flat every Wednesday at
3: NJ, arrives ct OpelousasT Thursday by p. NJ.
Ttia route supplies ~Prud'hOmme CITY and Fa-
bacher, the intermediate Post Offices.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

There was a citizens meeting held in
Opelousas on Saturday, April 4th, 1874,
10 nominate q ticket for the town cleo
tion on Monday following. The entire
ticket, except one-a colored man-was
elected. The whole Board Of Police.
seven in number, is white. That Board
has elected us town printer. The
Board last year also elected us. Now
this is endorsement enough for III right
here in our own town. Where there
is 90 much fuss made about the. paro-
chial printing, it is evident that some
Of the fuss makers want 1T. AS to who
does want it and who tried to suck pap
out DC two bottles at the same time, we
refer the curious on this subject to
John simlas, .. P. G. Hill, and others
that these two can point out.
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To cash In Parish Treasury. g. 2so 10
I, Louis Desmarais, Assistant Treasurer for
the parish of st. Landry, do hereby certify, IN
der oath, that the above statement Of moneys
paid in the treasury of this parish. bv Jonathan
L. Morris, Tax Collector, up to the 1st day Of
May, 1874. LOUIS DESMARAfS5
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th OF
May, A. D., 1874.
Z. P. VEAzIE, Justice OF the Peace.
The warrants referred to in the aforesaid state
ment which had been properly cancelled, were
exhibited TO the Jury and found to correspond
with the said statement and were handed hack
to the Treasurer, to be finally disposed Of ac-
cording to law, or the Jury may direct.
On nolion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday the Lat of June, 1874.
JOHN ROY, President.
Attest: E. p. VEAzTE, Acting Clerk.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

Mrs. Gardiner, III i letter 10 an In
diana paper, makes the declaration that
women carry q concealed weapon that
can, if properly used, " sway the dasti-
MES of mankina.n Mrs. Gardiner neg
lected to name the thing but means q
Woman's tongue,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

We had mails two days in succession
this week for the first time since. the
bridge over Bayou Bourbeux between
this place and Grand Coteau was
washed away be the recent freshets.
We understand it will now come daily
as formerly.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

It will be seen, in the proceedings Of
the Town Council, that the election for
printer was a double barreled affair on
-one side, but both barrels missed.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

Last Monday the Odd Fellows of this
place had an anniversary celebration in
the shape of q picnic.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

a kind lady in Danbury recently gave
a beggar half a dozen paper collars,
with the advice to turn them and chalk
the edges.
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List Of Lefaaa.n

Remaining in the Post Office at Opelousaa.
May, LIST, 1874, and IL not taken out before
the list OF june, 1874, will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office at Washington. ID. G.
Bailey Locke, Clara
Bel, MISS dame Lecoq, Mrs Sallie L
Baker. Miss Caroline Led0ux, Vi
Clement, 8 H Leheleanne. Miss Nar,,
CaillOuet, Nile Emma Moss. a p
Commea, Joseph Morris, IT.
Corbett, Joseph Onrey, Andrew ]
Gray, Dark Pitre Silveste
auidry, Augustin Pitre, A E
Guilbeau, Mime 4 Wright, Mrs Emily
Gordon, Chs r Wright. Miss Dinsb
John, Erancwa Wyatt, James
John, FrOissey Williams, Samuel
p. j. LEFEBvRE, p. M.
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Two fatigued travellers, having to
travel ten miles further, comforted
themselves by the calculation that It
was only five miles each.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-15

"Honor to whom honor is DUE" and
Justice wrongs no one" IF some of the
features of the school law of this State
were taken advantage of, its execution
here would be disagreeabIg felt-in other
words there would be mixed schools, or
white children would not attend. The
Presidentof the school board is a colored
man, and he appoints a white teacher
for white children, and a white or col
ored one for the colored children, to suit
the parties most interested.
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List of letters

VE AAGkbCEA ..
Remaining in the Post Office at Washington. In.
May LIST, 1874, and if not taken out before
the LIST OF June, 1874 win be sent to the Dead
Letter Office at Washington, ID. g.
Andrus, FIR Ginns, James
Bird, Nat Huckalby, s A Miss
BiacKsnler, PT Jefferson, Agnes 2
blhm, Emily johnson, Lizzie
Bihm, Georgy Keller, Henry
Bihm, r l. Long, John
Baker, Samuel / Latter, Minerva
Brewer, T Lafieur, Robert
Bowers, J0hn Mefriield, Mrs
Buckles, William Mudd, RI
Conquelin, ID Moore. u "
Chopper, N II Mayo, Il Mrs
Collns, Inemas Picard, Isaac
C0vel, Abram Reggie. EN-
GaLney Y z. Rouk, Qnitlnan
DOueette, Sarah Smith. .Tamea p
Dunbar, Mary A Smith. Frarcis
eEaney, John Strodes, Dilla
Outlet, Liz2io Taylor. Edward
Gulllory, A p Vaiade. n >
Ghlliory. az Vest, III L Mrs 2
GallOWe, Mary Young, John
Gay, Jean
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The emigration writer for the Courier
lis respectfully requested to stick to the
truth and not grossly misstate and mis-
represent. The following is what we
said, and none but a bastaDd heart
would pervert it so grossly:
TIE speaker said if the movement
failed, he was going to Texas. One of
the secretaries Of the meeting has said
the same thing, and others also we are
informed. They had better go before
it fails, and thus save trouble to both
themselves and the country.
Those who are not satisfied or will
not submit I'd the present state of things
until remedies come in the proper aud
legal way, should migrate before
bringing trouble on those who do not
want Ii and WHO cannot go.
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Cn1nmnnieated.l

tEAE+& EH&&
& SEINE have at first for wits, then poets pass'd;
Tnrn'd critics next, andprov'd plain fools at last.
Some neither can for wits nor critics pass,
As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass
Mr.. EDTToR-Kpowing your willing
ness To open tile columns OF your paper
to all parties, L desire to trespass upon
your generosity, for the purpose OF stlg-
| costing some friendly advice, in answer
to the gquibs and filings which appeared
III the editorial columns OF the last issue
of the Courier, touching the personal
integrity and standing qr fle members
Of the fwlitey Republican Club of this
t0wn. They compared, I must confess,
very badly with the dignifed remarks,
on the same subject, by Mr. y. I, Lewis
FL Ills communication to his White
League
The gentlemen. who organized and
compose the (white1 Republican Club OF
0Defousas, are we'll aware chat the COu-
rier and some of it's lesser satellites are
strongly urging the social ostraclsm OF
each and every member of that particu-
lar clnh. al che ground that all RepUb-
Iieane are aniggers.v They have taken
unon themselves. ia their ignorance, to
coin d definition Tor Republican, and
makeit tllesynOnymeo b" niggeT.p Now,
Mr.. Editor, this social business - q very
dangerous thing. Look well TO- your
MI escutcheon before yOu tarIlsll that
of others; therefore. the least that is
said on the subject the better, for 1t
might evenEuate I'D forcing the tnearth-
ing Of some terrible truths, "A Qoap1
eadOrmi, YieN We toatbe en- lG gaenIes
AS to the choral song Of the club, we
could furnish the Courier with the other
part. and like tie Arkansas traveIer,
turn tile tune: but will forbear for the
present. III ii might have q tendency 20
depreciate the patriotic "a and unseif-
isis [! u attitude assumed BY The Courier
towards the members OF the White
League.
"a MEMBER oF THE WHrTE REp. CLUE.
Abiding III tine death nf b citizen, 4
Gently, the Danbury News neLDarks
I" With the single exception of twenty
three years AGO, when he took few les
sons Oh the yiolin, hislife hasbeen blame
lesstH
If thy conscience smite thee once it is
admonition If It smite thee twice e is
ii condemnation.
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iii thy conscience gmite thee once it is
admonition If it smite thee twice il is
condemnation.
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1t is going on four weeks, now since
we had rain. We observe that corn
that has been well drained and cultiva-
ted looks well and is improving. Rain
has. been much needed to get a stand
of cotton and preserve it until the
plants take sufficient root to stand dry
weather. Tho first principle in agricul-
ture is drainage, whether the weather
be wet or dry. Then if the land has
been well broken and prepared for the
seed, cultivation will be comparatively
easy, and good crops generally certain.
Two candidates are now in the field
for the State Senate-Geo. Ell. Wells,
Esq, of C~alcasieu, being announced to-
day; and we hear more are coming, all
whites and no niggers. The next to
come out is said to be d white Lacquer !;
and to make the race more interesting,
the white leaguers, it is said, have urged
a colored man to run, but he decidedly
hesitates about taking such friendly
and DISTINGUISHED advice.