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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-18
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Go West.

Robert Ingersoll is credited with say
ing tiIe following:
1t there is Il young man in the au-
dlence, / beg Of him never take a
clerkship in the city of Washington. y
Don't you do it Never do you put your
self where yOu have to duck your head
and take Oft your hat to every BODY
else. Don't you do it. Don't put vour
happiness, don't put your fortune in
the power Of another mans breath.
Don't you do il. You never will lave
any manhood You never will have anv
FertepTa y0H never will have any real
square spHDK; yoH cannot have IT.: and
YOU Will loose confidence, and you will
begin TO think, il you cannot have a
regular payment each month Of 294 m
thdt you cannot possibly make a living
III this world. It will take all the nIncE
out or you. beg of you not to dis
count your future; beg Of every yonno
man, nave the courage to take what
comes, let II be feast or let it he famine.
put don't sell the gilt that fortune NAV
nave Tor you Tor petty salary Of $50
OF OF S!a or @l0a per month. Don't do it.
10 West would rather have forty
acres OF land and a log house with one
room-yes, and the woman | love, and
some LATHE work over the window, so
tAat t!le sunlight would fall checkered
on the badly In the cradle, and II few
Iloiiynocks at the corner OF the h0use--
/ would rather have thai, and q nice
naFn leading down to the spring, where
L could go and hear the water gurgling;
would rather live there and die there
than be clerk OF any government Oh
eartE.
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We have heard it suggested, that
owing to the impossibility of procuring
competent colored persons Co teach
c0lOred free schools in this parish, that
an effort waa he made to induce white
persons to feaen them. This project is
urged by Hon. Chas. Schiller and other
prominent citizens, who declare that
we will baVe to Induce some of onr own
people to take charge of these schools,
or get carpet-baggePs to teach them, as
very few cOi0ped teachers can undergo
the necessary examination as required
by law. While we are not prepared to
recommend white people to go into this
matter, we are rather inclined to think
it will be good for the country, and If
any persons can reconcile themselves
to it, we don't propose to have anything
to say in regard thereto. There are
doubtless some competent persons who
are unable to make living otherwise,
who wonld be excusable in accepting
such position. Our columns are open
to discussion upon the subject, Il Desoto
Democrat.
CoIoTed persons hold Office, white and
coiored sit on juries together, are ON the
same school boards, we have seen them
commune together in our churches, and
we see no reaaon why a white person
should not teach eolored school white
ladies teach eolored children in our
Sunday schools. We see no practical
difference, except the teachers are paid
in public schools, while in Sunday
schools they are not.
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to the best of our weak strength will
cover the bridge at Sistova. One can
| not In TINS moment OF hurried confusion
realIZe all the possible results of this
| stIo@e SO Tashly C0urted not Il Russian
| soldier stands between TirnOVa and
the, Victorious Turkish army in LOvrea
and Plcvga, and only weak division
OF the lit corps, stands between Tir-
nova and the Shumla army. +
LOOK ON PRINCE
ShIakOsky's force as wrecked, as no long
er tos this campaign to be counted as IL
lighting integre.
1t Is not ten days since the thirtieth
division crossed the Danu be in the pride
OF superb condition now what of it is
left Is demOralized and shattered. So.
on this side of the Balkans there remain
but the 9Th corps already roughly
handled, once at NlkOp0iS and once mt
PIeVna. One division of the 18th c0rps
ana the RuStchuk army is marched to
the west against PIevna, then the Turk-
lSh army OF Rustchuk is lie t loose ON the
husslan communication to Tirn0va.
One cannot avoid the conclusion, that
lbe advance over the Balkans is seri-
ously compromised
Ihe Russian strait is so bad, that
scattered detachments have been called
up from out of Roumania, and the Rou-
mahlafh division commanded by Cen.
Mann, which crossed day or two ago
at NlkOpOlis, has been called up to the
line OF the Osma river. An aid-de-
camp OF the Grand Duke Nicholas was
present at the battle, aud at once started
Tor Ilrnova with the evil tidings. We
are just quitting this biyoltac and fall
ing back on BuIgareni with all speed,
leaving the Bulgarian villages to the
tender mercieS of the Turks.
AS CLOSE LEARN
that on our left Cen Skobelof1 was very
severe y handled, having lost 800 men
out OF his single infantry battalion.
ERZEROUM, Aug. 3.-The Russian cen
tire, which has been reinforced by four
teen battallons OF infantry and three
field batteries, has resumed the offensive. |
There has been continuous fighting on
the advanced lines before KarS. Gen. |
Iergou kaSsOtf has also been reinforced |
by five battaliOns Of infantry, one bat
terry and regiment of Dragons. The |
Russian right is marching on PeDck.
ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR THE RUSSIANS |
REPORTED.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Daily Tele-
graph has a special dispatch purpOrting +.
% give an account Of another defeat of |
he Russians before Pleyna, on Wed
lesday.
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THE GAME LLT.-The close season
for deer expired last Tuesday, and yes
terday several parties of camp hunters,
from our own parish and from st. Ian
dry, woke up the echoes of the Calca-
sieu woods with the music Of horn,
hound and gun. TIE close season for
deer is from Feb. 1st TO Aug. list; for
turkeys from April 1st to Sept. 1st. for
partridges, pheasants (praiFie chickens)
and quail, from April 1st to Sept 18th
Penalty for shooting. killing or caEtur-
ing game ia the close season deer, s25,
turkeys and other birds, from So to s25.
One half Of fine to informer, the other
half to parish school board, for parish
schools. In case of failure to pay fine,
imprisonment IN parish Jail, not less
than ten nor more than thirty days.
Cut this ont, and keep it for reference
Lake Charles Echo, Aug. I'd.
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LAKE LHAKLEs, July 20, I811.
SHERIFF A. L. REID-I thank y0u for
your kind care Of me, I know full well
it is your duty to hang me, and may
God bless you and family. | do not
know of anything else | could say, to
show you that | have no hard feelings
towards you, | look upon you as
brother just want to show the world
that | die c0ntented, with no hard feel
ings against any one. May God be
with you now and forever. Amen.
| remain your friend until death,
: JULES GUIDRY.
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We were pleased to meet in our town
during last week, w. R. Ellis, Esq,
representing the House of John l. Adams
81 CO., wholesale grocers in the city of
New Orleans. she House is well rep
resented in the5 person of Mr.. Ellis,
whose nntiring energy, courteous and
gentlemanly bearing, have won for the
House he represents, and himself per-
sonally, friends and we'll wishers in
every nook and corner of our parish.
We wish him a prosperous and pleasant
journey in his tour through the adioin
ing, parishes.
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jules Guidry's Last Letters.
From the Lake Charles Echo

!
My DEAR BROTHER AND FRIEND
| When l am dead you can send this to a
| New Orleans reporter, | say that the
Governor has taken the life of drawer
man than he ever was or ever will be,
and after | am dead he can
l do not regret having killed John. [
VIII die perfectly glad, but not on the
gaIloWs. Do not think that I am q
coward. II [ do not go on the gallOWs
1t Is that do not want any one to ever
tell my children that your father was
hung, | am too much Of Il man for that.
l know you all have done all that was
IN your power to save me from the dead
tall gilllows. hnt it Eens all in vain. |
do not want you all to regret Eut, fur I
am all right. | can gut my artery, and
before | die | will ask my Goo to for
give me, and feel that he will, / will do
this to keep the shame off OF my chill
dren. | die to-day for love, and Della,
you know full we'll that you have put
the rope around my neck, but you will
not have the pleasure Of seeing me
hung, and to all of them that would be
glad to see me hung, they can take--
I remain, JULES GUIDRY.
p. S.-I ask of you all my friends, to
write to Capt. c. C. Cain, and thank
him for his Kind care of me, and also
DR.. Moses, he was good friend to me,
and tell c. c. DuSon that | never in
tended to harm him Or any one else,
the two years Of my imprisonment had
made a good man of me, but yet [ will
not die a coward ike Louis Rousseau,
to try to take his life, and let his cow
ardly heart fail him, but You know that
| have courage to the end, and | will
keep it until death. | am going to
heaven, and hope you all will meet me
there. Tell my mother that die really
happy. | have forgiven everybody in
this world, and my last prayer for every
body on earth, for | remember the |
lords prayer, forgive to be forgiven. \
JULES GUIDRY.N'! !
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I'll Great B0rsGjps.

sstinE of 20OO pannes Of good cypres fsncmltT fmnT
ln1hhef, two corn cribs IA by Is feet long. one
oI them having shed On three sides viii
stables the other one having the same on two
st: Landry Parish affords All Of which I am;
offering for $1,000. For further particulars an;
ply to Asa Miller on the premises. two mills
east 9I tue ola Wikott Yacheric on PlaquemineJ
dII1r
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Notice.

Persons who design to apply for no.itio,,.
teachers OF public schools in this parish, ard
h"tiHed 10 call upon or address the undrrsi@ned3
Hta,,inE the grade OF schio they may desire. ii
the committee Oh tencAclrs. who will iH 4,@
I'm" give public notice of the date upon whirI8
Such persons must appear before said C0n,mittc(J
for examination. ''i' i4''''
r,n...,.-..,., --E4As. N. EALER,
PRESIDENT School = arc st. Landry Parish. Ia
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The thunders may roll and light
nings fash about your house for nine
hundred and ninety mine tfsaes. aud not
touch it but the thousandth time, they
may strike it, destroy it, and kill your
self and entire family. Therefore be
warned in time, and apply at once to
DR.. Gilbert who will put safety light
ming rod protector on your house.
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NOTICE OF ADmrNHsTKArION,
PROBATE COURT, PARISH OFsT. Landry.
No. 1900 ~
ESTATE OF HOMER ROY

Whereas. Alicia Marks Of the parish of <,
Landry. has applied by her petition 70 he
appointed Administrative Of the estate of Houpr
Roy, deceased late OF the parish OF st. Iand.S-
Therefore, any person intending to make on.
position to said appointment, viii lille the same
In writing in my office, in the town of One}olIsaS
within ten days from the present notice.
JAMES o. CHACHEPEN C.nrl
aug 1s-fp
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We call attention of all interested in
the public schools of orlr parish to an
article of the New Orleans Democrat,
reproduced in another column, in regard
to meeting Of the State School Board,
adopting rules, text books etc, and
grading the schools.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

All persons having any guns, pistols, Or other
effects III possession Of the above estate are
requested 10 call ON the undersigned at his
residence in tilc town of OpelOHsas, utakt. proof
OF teir property, pay what may be Cine there
on, and redeem the same; otherwise everything
in possession 0l the Estate will bc sold at Dn6fie
auction, on saturday. September 18th, 1871.
MICHEL LAEERGNE
aug ll-5t Agent Of the Heirs.
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Capt Sam. Haas, appointed by the
Governor, recently, under an act of the
last legislature, on our Police Jury, to
represent newly created ward, took
bis seat at the session of that honorable
body this week. Capt. Haas is a good
citizen, and will make competent
member.
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Life Insurance.

We have had the pleasure of visit
from Robert W. Ogden, Esq, Vice
President and manager of the Louis
lana Equitable Life Insurance Company.
The object of Mr.. Ogden's visit is 70 es-
tablish an agency of his company in
our section of the State.
The Louisiana Equitable is the only
corporation that has ever received a
perpetual charter from our State Leg
islature and the only Life Insurance
Company in the United States that
makes its policy holders secure by a
special deposit in the State Treasury of
its reserve in registered bonds of the
United States or of the State of Louis
lana, according to act 80 passed April
I'd, 1877. The passage of this act has
rendered as safe as any human Legisla-
ture can, the vast interest held for the
protection of widows and orphans. Its
NECESSITY grew out of the previous de-
fects and workings of Life Companies
in the North, and elsewhere, which by
their failures and mismanagement have
entailed such disastrous results upon
so many of our citizens.
1t is to the credit of our Senators,
Garland and Robertson that this great
and protective result has been obtained
They presented and sustained this bill
until its final passage, Notwithstanding
great opposition, brought to bear against
~ hu fhn hnoxTTy NoH4hnnY, Ensfnrn
Western Life Companies, who opposed
it in every possible manner, they being
willing to take from our people their
money, but not willing to give them any
tangible security, that when a policy
became claim the funds to meet that
claim should be under the jurisdiction
of our coIffts and held by our State
Treasurer as a special fund to meet this |
result. Although all foreign companies |
can avail themselves of this law, none |
have thought proper to do SO, and our
home Company, the Louisiana Equitable |
Life, is the only one now doing business
in our State that makes its policies safe
by this special deposit.
It must be fatt9ring to our Senators
to know that as soon as this law reached
Canada their government adopted pre-
cisely the same, only going further by
from all companies, foreign
and domestic, special deposit of their
reserve upon all policies taken within
the Dominion.
Recently commissioner of Insurance
in one of our Western States, has writ
ten letter to leading Insurance Jour
nal, setting forth as the only aositive
security for Liz Insurance, the passage
of laws in each State requiring every
policy ON life to be thus secured.
We have now in our little Louisiana
ahead of our older and more
wealthy neighbors in one respect, and
we would be pleased to see them all
follow our footsteps by protecting their
widows and orphans, by special statute
requiring the reserve on every life policy
to be specially deposited in the State
Treasury and thus not be exposed to be
lost or stolen by board of directors
who however honest may be unfortunate
in their investments.
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Our printers were absent this week,
one at the Big Cane camp-meeting
and the other at Point-aux-L -Loups
springs; we therefore fail to give our
readers the usual supply of war news.
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All persons intending to apply for
positions as teachers of public schools
in this parish, should read the notice d.
rected to them in another column.
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A camp-meeting began at Big Cane,
last week and 10 still going on, we be-
lieve. II was attended by number of
persons from this place.
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Landreth's New Crop Turnip and
Cabbage seeds for surslner and fall
planting, just received at q Mayo's.
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In some parts OF the country, when d
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DIE d:

OGDkS-At the residence Of her parents.
thls town. on the 12th inst, Lucille, jnfaI
Thompson. a
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There isa man in New Jersey who
has not been to church for twenty years.
He boards at the State Prison, Trenton.
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a Tennessee funeral was delayed for
half an hour to allow horse trade.
Business before pleasure was the motto.
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The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion of Chicago, talk of moging to some
city where il won't be such hard work.
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eEN. KRupENER sEsT woRn

in the morning that he had lost severely
and could make no headwaY, and hai
resolved to fall back on the line Of the
river Osma. There had been some talk,
his troops being fresh, of renewing the
ATTACK with his cooperation, nlt it is a
plain statement OF fact, that we have no
troops To attack with. The most mod
crate estimate is that we have lost two
regiments, say i've Thousand men, ont
Der, beating Eyian or Friedland.
This takes no account of the men of
Krudener's losses. We too retire on
the 0sma river about Bulgareni, and
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The. school board Of Ouachita parish.
has elected colored secretary.
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We call attention to the advertise
ment of .A Great Bargain
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Read advertisement of gin and corn
mill offered for sale.
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NEW ADVERTTSEMENTS.
Notice.

PartleS desiring to purchase ii second ham
To saw Calv"rs gin, nearly us good az new n
Il a second hand corn mill, Will find it TO thci
Washington .,,or 10" 20 a. II
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Rather than see 1t neglected, a thrifty
Eastern farmer is raising potatoes on
the grave of Tom. Paine.-l Courier
journal.
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Why is sido5saddle like four quart
ing Because 1t holds Il gallon.
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Al strong minded woman viii always
Tie speaker Of the house.
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Half the discomfort of life is the re-
suit Of getting tired of ourselves.
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When they hang yeu in Texas Con
stay hanged and eventually die.
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Love without money is something like
patent leather boots without soles.
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JUDICIAL ADvERTTsEmENTs.
-~1./,>S>-~<-,>rz --.s -
DUBLEE SALE. ..',
ESTATE or SOLOMON navy r,r-r,p,,g,,,,

By virtue OF IN order Of the honorable Par.
ish Court, Of the Parish Of St Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, TO the highest bid
der by the undersigned or some other ppbfc
auctiOueer, al tho last residence of the defeasad
in tile town OF Opel0usas in the parish of ST.
Landry on SATU RDAY, September i5th. 1s77
all the movable property belonging TO sad cs
partition Of said estate among tile heirs fowl:
Five milch COWS and calves, five head of
horned cattle, oNe Creole horse. one American
WorE morse, one buggy and harness. t.ne old
hack, plows and harrow, a sett of blacksmith
and gunsmith tools, household and Eitchrn
furniture large number of guns pistols, re-
VolFefs' &c, ahd many other articles to tumer-
GUS 10 cuumcFatc.
TCTms-CasH.
{. G. DUsON,
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A number of Alma (Wis.) sportsmen
who chartered steamboat to go hunt
ing, returned with just one snipe.
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ANNE E. MCDOWELL.

This must be a typographical error OF Col
EQrney's celebrated Journal. So accomplished
a Latin scholar as G. W. Chiids. A. NJ, would
never fall into such deplorablo syntactical in.
accuracy NO living man is more deeply pene-
trated than he with the immortal truth that in
the language OF ancient Rome, after the prepO-
sitlon sine the qualifying noun must be put In
the ablatiEe case.-ISun.
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SJIUI 70
hereby certify that the above account
correct w. 4. ROBERTSON, #
r, Parish Treasury
The President appointed Mrssrs A. Guild
t. DWbuiHs"n and :. Haas a committee to y
anime claims unpath aud on file against 81
PARISH, WhereupOm they reported the follow +
correct and approved q
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LAKE CHARLES, Julv 81. 1877


ERNEST PoTIER-My dearest brother
ly friend-L can not thank you enough
for what you have done for me, and
pray to God to bless you for what you
have done for me, and in the last mo-
ment OF my life, | will not endeavor to
write my sincere thanks to you, for it is
beyond the power of pencil. | pray
that God will be with you and family
now and forever. Good bye.
! remain your brotherly friend,
jules GUIDRY.
P. S.-Give my love to my mother.
little brother and sister, and all inquir-
ing friends If die on the gallows it
is that my friend Potter has made me
take another step. was ready to take
my own life, but he begged me to go
on the gallows, and | will do anything
he ask of me, for | think more of him
than any one on earth, in the last hour
of my life he was standing by my side,
and may God have mercy on him.
remain your brotherly friend,
JULES GUIDRY.
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Estate Of Solomon D'.agv.

Sheriff and Ex-Officio Auctipner,