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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

The Texas Real Estate Drawing, at Honston
has been postponed to May 18th, 1876, and the
remainder of the tickets will be sold at the re-
duGed price of 81 each, in order to make a full
and complete drawing. This enterprise is
un3er the management Of an old and respon-
sibie citizen of Houston-Capt. J. E. Foster,
who will furnish circulars to all applicants.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

The public are hereby assured,
through the columns Of this paper, that Par
sonfs. Purgative Pills contain no injurious
prlr'Iple, but that they may be administered
constitutions in small doses, with great GER
taiDsy of success.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09
Texas Enterprise

Capt. J. E. Foster, Of Houston, Texas, has
established an Emigration Bureau in connec-
ton with his old established Land Agency, and
vii! furnish pamphlets and maps descriptive
of Texas to all who wish 10 come to the Lone
Star State.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

AaGt's Liver Pills act mildly on the stom-
aeh and liver causing no gripping. They contain no
drastic element.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

BgBNETT's COCAINE is the best and cbeap-
est hair dressing in the world.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

"]WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW
w No. 6 MACHINE must event.
u0Lty Supersede all others nom rura
Wjtb eOh6cb 1t comes in competition.
We recommend for 1t the highest
GWGrd which 1t is in the poaUer of the
Institute to beStOV. From the unani-
nous report of the five judges of the
American Institute, New York, 1874.
The Board of Managers unanimously
approved the report, and recommended
for this machine the Gold MedaI of the
Institute.
The Board of Direction unanimously
approved this recommendation, and
awarded the Gold Medal to Wheeler &
Wilson, the only gold medal awarded
for a Sewing Machine by the American
Institute for many years.
The AUSTRIAN official Report of the
Vienna Exposition, pronounced 1t "the
marcel Of the Exposition" and added,
50 this UnjUeTSa machine seas the
ht ATTEST leather harness and the finest
gouze NTH q truly pearl stitch"
The Grand Medal Of Progress Was
awarded for at.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

. lac best Elastic Truss, warranted the best
is PDmeroy's, 744 Broadway, N. Y. Get it.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09
new No. 6 SEWING MACHINE.

We, manufacturers of boots and
shoes, are using Wheeler & Wilson's
New No. 6 Sewing Machine in all kinds
of stitching on our work, and conf
IDENTIFY believe that it will supersede all
others in this branch of manufactures,
for the following reasons
l. The work done by this machine is
superior to that of any other in variety,
amount, excellence and beauty.
2. This machine is more durable than
any other of its class, requiring much
less outlay for repairs and renewaI of
parts.
3. 1t does the cord6ng or staying of
button holes in a most elegant and sub
stantial manner, without the expense of
royalty.
In short. because by the use of this
machine we can turn out superior work
at less cost than with any other.
[Signed by meany.
IIt is fast supersediDg all other ma.
chimes for leather work.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

try herbs. If you are ill, try the great
herbalistic remedy, DIR. J. Walkers
Vinegar Bitters.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

60 TO River Side Water Cure, Hamilton, Il
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G. A. ROHANNAN

:. ~ dg, s. Fifth Street, st. Louis, No., ESTAB-
mercury. Charges reasonable fees.
fn ~ III " rs Treatise on Special Diseases, which
~ oAplaishs tla nature, causes, symptoms, and means
: 2 cure AZ forms q NerEons Debility, all Diseases caused
y tne Errors OF YOUTH" and valuable information on
envelope. M F~~ Ssst9"
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BUT TRUE!

The TOOng Qua Cucu 81. ber grows to weigh
~ pounds each anu fine quality. Is cts. per seed
10 sc, DIS. 81. Snake grows from 2 to
3 feet long AMI coils like a snake, 10 cts per paper.
Per sian Watermelon Very superior, and
keeps perfectly FRESH and sweet throughout The Wtn-
ter. q CHS. per paper. Stra w berry Water
melon finest In cultivation; 200 prizes; 10 cts per
paper Japan Radishs Pods 2 feet long, and
delicious: Is cts per paper. Mammoth Cab
bageo Heads weigh from 20 to Gu pounds each
tender and sweet; 10 cts. per p per. Mammoth
squash, weighs 100 t. 300 pounds. 10 cts per pa.
per. COnqnerOr TOmRtOs ten days earlier
than any other variety 25 cts per paper.
apa PeaS-2O bushels per acre TN common
land; uuequaled for stock or liable use; grows on
an uPr1ght stalk. Is cts. per paper, so cts per pint.
10 cts. per quart.
ChufaS Furnish grazing all summer and ford
for yourself all winter; fine for poultry, and fat.
tens more hogs than ten times the area in corn $50
bushels per acre on poorest lanj. 1Dcts. per paper,
40 Gus. per PIN: 20 cts. per quart, $40 per bushel.
MO have certificates 10 prove
all these claims.
Rose Slips-With good roots, of any variety
20 for q, loo tr 80.
Also. potato. cabbage and other plants at low
rates.
Seeds and r ses by mail, postpaid.
SEND Tor our JTte catalogue giving full list, de.
scriptions and Testimonials from those uho h0Ue
GTouon the above seeds. Address
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09
RIFLES, SHOT-GUNs, PISTOLS a REyOLyFRS.

Z aayandeverykind. Send stamp
Ter Catalogue. Address Great Western gun
@za ElBtsl yEoEkas PHTESRURGM. "a.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

kMEEk AGENTS ANT
Ell choicest in the DrinesN
largest company in A~merica-staple article
phases everybody trade inGreasfng-best in.
4uGsr1eats. don't waste tme-send for Circular To
Robert Wells. 43 vesey ST., N. Y; P.o. Box PSI
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-09

QOR PER DAY commission or $50 a week
Dl0 salary, and expenses. We offer 1t and will
nav it Amply now. q. Wshber&zCO. Marion. o
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Mann A MUNTH.-Agents wanted every.
XEhE where Business honorable and ErSt.
WAJU class; PARTICULAR cent free, Address
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

our political history 1t is the indissolu.
bic spiri: Of our people from the common
hcritagcs that constitutes them Cne and
hSeparable. Iherd beats rot an honest
or ungenerous heart that has failed to be
aroused and animated at tie recital of
those spontaneous exhibitions Of recon.
ciliation. There can bc no race or tribe
that can successfully presume to discover
these pregnant rcccynlticns of common
brotherhood The arts of designing
demagogues ard the sway of fanatics
must sssoon'r or later pail before the
advancing tendency of the American
people to bury all passion beneath a
civilization as broad asst we'll is defined
Tor tie race that has made it what it
Is and Will continue TO cndow it with an
exclusive prestige.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

DIR. PurviS combats the idea that How
ard University is to be henceforth dcnom-
national and scctarian; and in relation
to the charge that the school is to be
Congregational he says that of the twen-
ty Instructors emp Dyed in the institu-
tion only six long to the Congregations
al Church. In the theological depart
ment, out Of four instructors there is only
one C1ngregationalist; in the law depart
mert MIR. Lanston is the only one. He
cannot conceive why the election of Mr..
Whipp:e makes tile school any more
denominational than when Howard and
Langston presided over it, for they both
believe in the same church. AS regards
the financial condition of the institution
DR.. Purvis states that all Howard Univcr-
sity owes 10 day is S25, GOO. To meet this
it has large Ian ded estate, which even
tualiy will bc valuable. The money that
hes been borrowed has all bctn paid to
this, aud the trustees, at t.,,ir recent
meeting, passed resolution directing
their president to run The institution
within its income.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
LESLIE.

c. p. Leslie, has addressed letter to
the Grand jury of Richland county in
reference to the charges against him in
connection with the Land Commission
lie mentions the Beaufort Tn,pUU;: hs
one OF the papers possessed of valuable
information in the case. We are pleased
to he recognized as one of the eng:ncs
directed against the huge swiudling of
the Land Commission, sad whenever we
can be OF assistance in bringing the ras.
Gals to punishment we will gladly help
do 50. There used to bc some talk of
a steal in this county in the purchase of
swamp land for The State aEd the lament
ed Smallwood was the source from which
most Of the news came. Hc complained
that all lie ever got for the part nc took
In the transaction was span Of hoI ses
and wagon, but there are these still liv.
ing in this county that know Whg he got
wagon and span for keeping sill. Bu,
Mr. Leslie seems dispnsc;l to assist ne
araal JaRy in their work and hc adds:
Positive action on your palt promptly,
may recover large sam of money . Il ;
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

The Blackville Sun seems to have not
so smooth sailing as its friends wished it.
Last Wednesday, on the arrival'of the
train from Columbia at Branchville Mr..
j. F. Myers, the editor of the Sun, Jump
ed from the train and seized MIR. Hall
the owner of the paper, by the collar,
whercupon Hall drew his pistol and shot
Myers In the left thigh, inflicting pain
full wound. Myers then fired at Hall.
missed him, and hit one of the Writers
OF the Branchville house in the knee.
lnfilcting quite serious wound. He
persucd Hall, who fed at the first shot
down the platform, and fred ut him a
second time, missing HIM again. 1t was
fortunate that no second bystandcr was
injured, as Myers fred in the most reckless
manner
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

The joint celebration Of National Cen
feDnials by representatives from States
hitherto antagonistic is a happy augury
'of fature frsternal Accord. The great
heart of the Nation has tbrobbed r.
spoDsiye 10 the ,claanls Of Bunker Ellis
Centeanial Ami, sary as ore common
patrimony. Frcm tie base Of t,e proud
shaft atat commcmorstcs tho inaus ura-
tion cf the struggle for american Indc.
pendsnce a proclamation Issues that the
sum q is fpend:d deeds arc the Nations
SRherilaEce If there is enc il,ing more
s5gaifcint ihan ancther at tit;a peiiad Of
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
So DSl.

The jury in the great Parker trial have
agreed on verdict in favor of the State
Tor the above sum, by what mode Of fig
urlng they reach the exact amount we
are net informed 1t seems as thaunh
the jury had accepted Ladd's testimony
that Parker had divided the spoijs with
his friends who, by the verdict, are at
once subject to prosecution on the zane
charge. "eare rG1ctabiy di.alIciltod
that Sucha verdict ccu,d he rendered in an
atmosphere of corruption such as Colum-
hIa. Though the State will not derive n
dollar Of indemnity, it is a commentary
upon the possible hope OF bringing other
public maleiactors before legal tribunals
The Sinking fund commission is next in
order and then the Land Commission
swindie. The lawyers fees for defence
in .thc forthcoming trials will retain
some of the i'll gotten gains, thus robbing
Peter to pay Paul.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21


The Intiictlon of the Death penalty fer
crimes OF an aggravated nature is q ne
ccss1ty growing out of cur wretcbcdlv
dlsorganized society. Under n humauiz.
ing civilization it can scarcely be iust1-
ned by other preteXt CT condition. Its
paraphanalia and execution are most rc-
voting under any circumstances and its
witnesses should be confined to q few on. .
~ authorized to gaze upon its terrible
alternative US a sacred and paramount
dIsy. lie custom Of making an exb;-
bitten Of so fearful an act Of The law &c
calculated TO defeat the objects for Which
the penalty is inflicted, and q more whole
some effect might be produced ly inves-
ting its terrors by secrecy with a m,ste.
rious awe. Particularly imperative as
an example does tic extreme penalty of
the law become Nhcn the victim wJ,c
may have been sentenced for vile and
nghiful crimes, is exalted into a mar.yred
sa by an Ignorant and incxpcmens cl
auulcncc who forget the crinir he com
h''tteo IN the revolving spectacle OF his
sacrifice upon the gallcws. "More are
mems ends marked than their lives lcforer
aud the culprit bound in The humi IN.
ting attitude to receive fjlons doom
eXt"rts a sympbathy that completely
overshadows the Justice and the cx.
ped1tncy OF the execution. Tie sheriff
should be attended in the
performance of lis painful dutv
by duly authorized committee
whose participation in its dread ordeal
should be as enforced as are those OF that
ciicer OF The law who fulfls his functions
at the behcsts of the court. It seems to
US that the dread sentence which is inteu.
dtd to be cxpiatory night be made at
least less rcpulslve hy restricting the
exhibition to the gaze Of as few as would
only lender the commission certain and
according to ti.e.laws mandates.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

sY The hot weather still continues,
with no rain and every thing seems des-
tined to be burned up. Corn and ear.
den s'utfis almost destroyed, and in some
places the cotton begins to show that it
cannot exist much longer without rain.
All the cistcrns in toxn are dry and
there Is fierce raid on the old wells that
nave been totally neglected. We under
stand that in the upcountry the crops arc
splendid, as the season has been very ia
'oraoie there for the growth of cotton
and corn.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

A Chicago mechanic prctends to hav,
reached the same results as those clai,n-
ca Tor the Keely motor, by a machine of
MS own Invention, cir and water furnish
Ing the required power, generated to the
amount OF ten thousand pounds to the
square inch. He also ciaims to be Iun-
ming a race with Kcely to reach the Patent
Office first with model.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

Greenville the Mountain city is rapid
ly improving under the impulse of man
ufacturing interests that are being built
upon ITS water powers. A factory for
20. 600, spindles is now being built and
stores and dwellings are going up in ev-
cry dir ectiop. All this has been secured
by the opening up of that Piedmont sec
tion by the Air Line r. r.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

fhe Regatta at Saratoga was an ex
citing affair and called together M i'm
mense crowd from almost every eastern
University. Cornell Won The Chmrion flag.
making her the victor for two successive
years. 1t can h:.rdly be termed n dis.
nppo1nmtrt, SO manfully was the race
contested, however warmly partisan NAV
have been the feelings indulged in ad-
vance OF the event. " hen it is consider
ed that the struggle lay between thirteen
crews pulling abreast down the lake be-
fore Thousands of excited spectators, tie
Accomplishment of so fortunate and
successful result is in itself cause for
qualification to the varqu1shcd as well
the Victors. Neither the number ofboats,
larger than at any previous regatta of the
intercollegiate series, nor the novelty of
the arrangement of buoys and stakes, on
which disaster was predicted. causcd
confusion or accident. The race was
pulled from the start to the finish with n
'smoothncss as well as pluck that give il
a pccniar distinction.
The double victory Of Cornell in carry
ing OF the honors of two successive wears
Is almost tco much for the capacity of
the ordinary undergraduate to bear with
out decentralization. 1t was q notable
triumph beyond the mere fact of win
ming; tor the tine, although it has been
twice surpassed, was admirable and 4ha
race was in no way easily won, but clcsely
contested to the very end. A distance
OF but eleven seconds separated Cornell
from Columbia, and Harvard was but
one and one half seconds behind the win
ner OF last year. The race was in eyery
respect we'll pulled, and was we'll won.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

ga most effective way to bring re-
fractory church members to their senses
has been adopted by one of our rural pas
tors. AT church meeting q short time
ago vote on some question was taken
when two members voted nay, and re-
fused to take their seats at the bidding
of the parson. They were thcreupon
brought before trial justice and mule
ted in the sum of fifteen dollars each.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

Never have the prospects of Port
Royal been more seriously threatened
than by the complications affecting the
Savannah and Charleston r. Read which
1t IS sought TO 'oSerpowel in bankruptcy.
It is clGimed that if the Savannah and
Charleston r. r. is placed in the hands
of the Comptroller Geal. her more power
Sui rivals Charleston and Savarah will
put aside their natural antagonisms for
each other and combine in smothering
process against their new and dangerous
common rival, by securing the communi-
cation through Port Royal via the Saw
annah and Charleston r. r. and the
Port Royal r. r.. and crush out the
commercial advantages TO be secured by
tie Port Royal outlet. Tho practical
-worh ing .of tlris threatened Combination
against the growing slpremancy of Port
Royal would be to destroy the competi
dion CT the growing rivalry of Port ROYAL
against both, and O monopoly of the car
rying trade from Augusta and beyond
and languishment of both the Say. and
Charleston and the Port Royal Rail
Roads. The pEan seems to be VIII Iii
Gested scheme upon the parts of the So.
Ca. and the..Georgia r. Road, VIII: h are
themselves bankrupt to recover part of
the carrying trade which has been lost
blythe greater facilities and the cheaper
sates of freight offered by the advantages
Port Royal naturally affords. 1t is said
shat in taie event of decree, bel g ob
fained before the Supreme Court favora
5le to placing the road IN to the. hands
CT the Comptroller GeDeral that hc Mas
been pledged to lease the Say. and
charleston Il. II. to the So. Ca. r. r
which would of coure be tautaaount to
n destruction OF all advantages which
Port Royal might offer in comparison to
those less favored seaports. The vital
intercsts to both Charleston and Savan.
nah, involved in obliterating if possible
Port Royal which is being built up ut the
expense Of both cannot be oyerestimatcd,
and there will be neither expense or in,
fuence spared to secure q decree again st
the Saw. and Charleston r. II. and to
procure possession of the road by lease or
otherwise not for the purpose Of develop
Sag it but 10 run 1T down and if possible
TO destroy its usefulness and contribu.
tdon to the Por. Royal interest.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

AT the last regular meeting of the Ma
non steam fire company, they resolved
unanimously to visit Philadelphia during
the centennial, and appointed n commit
Ice OF seven to perfect arrangements to
that end.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
SHERIFF,S SALEa

The Sheriff will sell on Tuesday Aup.
srd. the following property.
o. Cohen rs. r. i. Miller: seabrook,s
Island on Bread river containing $50 acr-
cs: also Pelots Island, containg 150 acres:
and Dawson's Island on Broad river con-
tanning 40 acres.
Rufus w. Bennett "a w. W. Williams
1923 acres bounded by lands of Gray.
AIRS, Johnson, and Williams.
AAlcB. Peoples os. d. r. Dem pscy one
house, and lot containing 80 acres in the
village of Varnville.
w. N. Barnes rs. G.. @. Zilthauer nv
order of Probate court, 25 acres in Shell
don township, on Savannah and Charles.
ton public road.
w. D. Bryan ps. Jacob II. Grar. 3ss
acres bounded by lands of r. j. Dawson
and j. II. Gray and the Barawcll county
line.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

In his recent speech Fred Doughlass
adocatcd greater independence for the
colored man aad recommended that they
should learn to do their own banking,
preaching, teaching &c, and the Angus
ia Consiitutionaiist accepts the terms
Noposed in the following words;
I'VE move thar these dusky persons be
gita:ticd to the extent of at least wholly
supporting their schools by exclusive
taxation. That poor white people in
the South shnuld De taxed to educate ne
sro's is an abomination and folly. The
Langson-Doughlass programme may suit
.he southern States exactly, and we un
d 'rstahd hat our Worthy Richmo ond
C"unty Superintendent of Education
will report in favor of all wing the freed
nlrn to attain the satisfaction and priv
cSe which some OF their Washington
leaders so earnestl destroy"
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
~ We protested last week that nm

W We protested last week that our
euterprising burglars might be heard
from fbout the 10th. We hit the nail on
the head exactly, as on the morning of
that day Mr.. Melvin, doing business at
Port Royal, was relieved of his pocket
book containing one hundred and fifty
dollars. A negro named Brown was ar
rested In Beaufort the next day charged
with the robbery. We shall probably
chronicle another burglary about the
2oth. as they are very regular, and it is
Beaufort's turn next.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

H-The Steamer Reliance, carried a
large party ofcolored people to Savannah
yesterday, and returned about midnight.
The excursion was gotten up by Rev.
Mr.. Bythewood, and proved a success,
financially.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21

state, upd may get me in the pcniten,iary
and out OF the Legislaturc-a thing de-
sired just now by some of the Dem ocracy
ana by all the respectable Republicans
II mean those who are not corrupt, =, =
vcr have been, and never expect to be,
real good men, piOus, devout and GCdly.
You have sort" % got your hand in
and You may rs well make clean sweep;
keep politics out of the matter ifyou can,
but, ut any rate, go ahead;. but while you
are ut 1t, probe the whole Land Commits
sion business to the bottom; find out
whether any of the Land Commission
bonds were delivered to me, and if not,
'oho got Mcna; find out whether the pre-
cccds OF any OF the bonds were paid over
to me, and if not, aoho got them: find out
whether ever purchased any land for
the Land Commission, and if l did. not,
ioh0 did; find out whether ever sold my
land for the Land Commission, and if 1
didn't, 'chO dill; find out whether had
the handling OF the money paid for the
land, and if had not, aoho lad: find out
whether the deeds made out IN nv name
us Land Commissioner were delivered to
me, and if not, who they were delivered
to; mud cut whether in the whole busi-
''"'S SoEHllSslOn L was Inc
head and font of it," or whether 1 was
simply the clerk of the Advisory Board,
doing what they directed ne to do, and
with n" power to do anything elsc
We agree with Mr. Leslie that an in
vestigation of the sort he mentions is
just the thing desired, but the trouble is
that these inquiries inyariaby y branch
out 50 as to embrace such a lot of the
leaders OF the Party that the inquest
always comes to grief, and the only way
anything can be done is to break their
lines us iii the case of Tweed and then
the doors of the penitentiary will not
yawn in vain for those who have robbed
the State Of so many millions.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-21
The property of the city of Columbia Is

The property of the city OF Columbian Is
advertised for sale by the Sheriff to sat
i>iy judgments obtained against it by the
Carolina National Bank. The city wa
ter works, four acres, and ten other acres
arc among the pieces of property. to be
placed under the hammer. There Is said
not to be Il dollar in the treasury and
500 900 arrears of taxes due.