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The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
French Farming.

0hiiho EuSianQ, france 1S Ia
country of small propriete Is.
The greatrevolution wrested The
vast estates from their here di-
tary owners, and threw til IN
into the market. They VI re
then broken up and purcha ed
piecemeal, and though mSny
large properties have been gath
cred together since then, their
number is small compared with
that of the individual farms.
The result Of this condition of
affairs, is that viii lie in England
wealth centres in the manufac-
turing districts, and the great
cities. in France it is generally
Idiffused over the whole country.
In England the farmer pays
heavy taxes and heavy rent. In
France, he pays heavy taxes but
no rent. He saves money, and
there are few farmers indeed,
who are not small capitalists.
The extremely frugal habits of
the agricultural peoples of France,
aid in bringing about this result.
In England, as in America, the
farmer, though he may be a are
full man, does not stint himself
of necessities. He lives we'll,
and he. educates his children.
In France matters are different.
Hard work and fugal fare are
the rule with the French coun-
tryman. The proprietor" as
he is called, the master of the
great farm, lording it over herds
of fat cattle and heecy sheep,
does not pamper his body. On
market days you see him at the
village inn, admired and enyied.
!. He wears, as a holiday outfit, a
clean blouse over his white shirt,
with its tall collar, around which
a satin tic is twisted ; his pam
falcons are of shiny broadcloth,
his shoes of strong, fine leather,
without a patch, and he carries
: a great silver-headed cane. He
! takes double as many Jumps OF
;, sugar in his coffee as another
man, talks in a clustering voice.
and is universally respected and
: |, feared. These proprietors form
a very rich and powerful class
2 but they are often ignorant te
an incredible degree. They grow
J rich simply because the people
beneath them are more ignoraht
: than themselves.
The types of country life IL
France are probably distinction
| those of any other country ii
. the world. In some sections
y tie men and women dress ae
cording to their employments
SO that you can distinguish be
Q tween the field and the stabl
9 laborer, the dairy women, an
the house servant at sight.
9 The varioussimplenent now
= in use on the finest farms i
y France, would be considers
g old-fashioned across the chan
I, mel. In the best sections, the plo'
Z is vet little better than tina
y which the Egyptian uses t
scratch the soil. On very man
Y farms, the spade and hoe al
o made to do duty for the ploV
n With small farms and cheap L
= Dor, such a method is possible
y but it would make France
3 new country for the farmer,
e it was ploWed up from end /
end like one Of our great farm
American tools find little fave
70 with the French farmer as ye
OF There are a few in use, and the
e are apparently regarded as q
g riosities. We once passed
=, group of fifty people gathers
le at aroadside IN Normandy, ]
IS watch the working OF an Anne
e lean plow.-A. Trumble
Mt 4a,p1aeHns AarieuItaT9st.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
FOR SALE.

0NE of the most desirable residences in
" Opelousas; ample grounds-yard, lot,
together. about IA acres of land, all under
fence. improvements consist of two-story
dwelling, brick basement, containing nine
rooms; outbuildings, kitchen, servants rooms
etc, in good order. This property will be sold
very low for cash. or on favorable terms. For
further particulars apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
Choice Wines and Liquors.

~ AS u prices are so low as to
cave no margin for credit sales, we
must positively decline delivering any
goods on any other terms than cash ON
he spot. IF we did not adhere to this
rule. we could not afford to sell our
goods at the very low prices we are
offering them at.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
atop NV paper.

SHsssionally one ofonr sub
drops III and pays up his
snfion and remarks that
ss@ sTs very hard and that if
',l.d continue to take the
M might not be able to
ii at the end of the year,
,at as he does not wish
ssuer sent to him unless he
for ii orders his paper
.ssinued. This is a much
hunorable way Of doing
,sss Ihan to wait till you
INA Of three years behind
AL INN subscription and drop
Usher q postal requesting
sager stopped and not say
'' Word about what you are
..s hjn. This is about as lit
I'M mean d thing as a man
Il guilty of. Indeed if you
pasAr unable to take the
SSH and pay for it, it is only
.ssSsabl and honest in you to
81 forWard, pay your dues
oFder the paper stopped.
As' ION many men are there
naiborne parish who are not
.a' ID pay two dollars a year
6sir parish paper z We be-
that if there are any such,
q upmber is very small.
'.,es are hard, it is true, but
81 dollars a year is a very
Ell item with almost any per-
I..sD 1t i country like this. There
smallest number of per-
I'm Who do not spend many
sWs fhe sum foolishly every
IF you are forced TO
monte, and this we by all
'sshs advise you to do, are you
81 eommencing at the wrong
|sgs Is there nothing else
s6Ioh costs more money than
sSE paper and which you could
better without ? Have you
Nht over all your expenses
8 Concluded that you must
III your paper7 Have you
allsyour other expen-
a1d found that you can not
" aud pay your printer the
nm of two dollars year
AVE you simply concluded
F0u must economize some
and concluded to com
ee with your paper 7 This il
likely the case with most
nse who concluded to stop
sifpaper. This is poor econo:
indeed is 10 economy at all
8 money which yon pay fol
paper a year might be easil.
sa III many ways that Wonle
YDn no serious inconVen
What else can you Blu.
II small d sum that will de
Iii more good or give you mor'
pleasure \ What better in
Nment do you propose t.
There are many item
Expense which should be Gu
efores d man concludes +
i've I'D his paper-many thing
a ha can do without wit
Isss Inconvenience. But instea'
his most people conclnd
they can do better withou
AIR paper than any thing elst
ill their talk of hard time
economy ends in savin.
small pitiful sum of one 9
H0 dollars, and that at th
Isl be many times that amour
pleasure and profit.
Rlae political utterances OF th
York Sun are worthy |
Ittle consideration. Will
ofesses 10 desire the ele'
of 5 Democratic presiden
daily lauding Blaine to Il
aud yet during Blaine
amhency of the State p
RIlnent of the Governmel
an could find no terms
ApRUbrinm too strong Go app
hIm. That journal The
% up Blaine's interferen'
ez Chili-Peruvian war as
AtlG piece Of Vlllainy, I
D sister republic was
ashed and the honor Of ol
country sacrificed 10 esta
i fraudulent claim amour
eo millions against Peru
Blaine and bis ring we
Ged Aud not less bitt
She Suns denunciatlons
policy Of our government
tting ci1
s. Ireland I'd De arrested
dnn by The British auth
md held ii prison witho
allowed even q trial.
lB Sun then said "
re- think # Was. T
&E&
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Pure Drinking Water.

This matter of pure water to
drink, is vital, vital, vital to the
Well-being of farmers. It may
be all very well for the good of
the race, for the puny, delicate,
"ceaked" children toadie,.but
these are the ones THAT the
mothers, at least, love best,
and there is a vast deal of rend-
ing of hearts. over the sickness
and death of the delicate ones,
young or old, which might at
least be postponed for many
years, if they and we had purer
water to drink. Wells near barn
yards, or within two or three
hundred feet of them, sometimes
contain the germs of disease
and death. The old fashion
priyy vault, fifty times more
dangerous, is usually nearer the
house and the well, and con-
triyed, as if by the "arch-
enemy" is an unfailing source
of malarial poison, ofdiphtheria,
typhus and typhoid fevers, and
the evils that follow in their
train. There ought to be State
laws forbidding the existence of
the privy vaults, or even of
pools ,lexcept, perhaps, cenlented
cisterns, through which a reg
ular flow of water it maintain
ed.
No system was ever devised
equal to the Mosaic, (Deut. xiii
IL, 13 and 14,) but this is par
ticulary adapted to a. nomadic
people, although I have me
with it in Louisiana and Ken
lucky, and know it is the rule
III Texas, where the abomina.
ton allued to has never existed
except to a very limited degree
Col. Weld in American Agri'
culturist for July.
Notwithstanding the little
progress that has been made il
the work of digging the Panama
. Canal, NJ. De Lesseps' organ
LIE Bulletin du Canal Interocean
ique, describes at great length
in its last issue, how the grea
waterway will be opened il
1888. A Partisan correspondent
writes : ITO say that the cana
, will be open in 1883 is a piec
. of pure imagination, to us,
+ the mildest word possible il
ones vocabulary. To-day, al
, ter three and a half years
work, only one-thirteenth Q
the work has been done, an
that according to their own show
! ing. They claim to have take.
out 1000, 900 cubic metres Q
, earth along the axis of the cana
and admit that 130,000,O0
must be removed. In the tire
and a half years they have ez
pended on the canal alone, az
cording to their books here, 5S
900, 900 soles-say $48,00O,O0
United States gold.
: "To return to the work con-
& pleted, about one twentieth
: of the dredging has been dom
:, and some Of it has been dor
. two or three times over. OftE
! earthworks, say one-fortieth hs
!. been finished, but Of this niue
! will have to be done over, !
: the rains wash it right bae
If again. Roughly, one-thirtie'
has been done or 4,O00,0 900 CT
! bic metres all told. One Of q
: greatest obstacles to the RAP
: completion of the canal is Il
: red tape of French oficialisl
:, The canal is offered to deaf
] for there are nearly 500 Office
a of various grades
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28

Queen Victoria is sizty-fiye
years old, the oldest European
monarch, with three exeeptions-
the Emperor of Germany, who
lis eighty-seven the King Of
the Netherlands, s~ixty-seven,
and the King Of Denmark, sixty
six.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
NOTICE.

A LII perons in the parish owing licenses on
"A any trade, profession or occupation, un.
der existing laws. are hereby notlhed tha6 II
tho same are not paid prior to the LIST day of
April next, 1884, they will be collected with
the costs by the attorney specially appointed
bv the Governor for that purpose.
c. c. DUS0N,
Sheriff and Tax Collector
March 8, 1884. Parish of st. Landry.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
BOTH PUBLICATIONS FOR ONE YEAR,
for
1920 -FOUR

Demorest's Monthly is Justly entitled the
Worlds Model Magazine. The Largest in Form,
the Largest in Circulation, and the best Two
Dollar Family Magazine issued. 1884 will be
the Twentieth year of it's publication; it Is
in the front rank of Family Periodicals, and
equal to any magazine. It contains GA pages,
large quarto, s4xl13 inches, elegantly printed
on tinted paper, fully illustrated, each num-
Der having steel engravings, oil picture, or
art subjects, published by w. Jennings DEM
combined with the OPELousAs COURIER at
$420 per year.
March L, 1884.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
Sl.O25 CASH

xKTILL buy a small plantation in Bellevue
w containing forty-nine arpents of best
quality of cotton and corn land, situated on
high ridge, all under fence, together with
improvements consisting of a building lbx2o
feet and cabin 10x30 feet, all in tip top order.
For further particulars, apply at this office.
TNOR SALE.-33333 acres of land, wood and
prairie, near the line of the La$Vestern
r.. R., in the southwestern portion OF this
parish. Will be sold in lots to suit purchaser
cheap for cash.
Opelousas, July "a, 1880. II
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
A Blnffed Minstrel.

Last night as a weary scribe
struggled homeWard he heard,
near Christ Church, a young
man under a laticed window
singing in a staggering tone OF
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28

Chevalier de Cruidis is mem
toned astne Cuban Ole Bull.
Not long ago he played before
Kaiser William at Berlin. The
violinist is coal black, and the
soiree his coat front glittered
with more decorations than We're
exhibited by any Of bis audience.
His appearance caused a sensa-
ton. The Kaiser turned to q
gentleman and exclaimed, with
d smile . The fellow has even
more orders than t.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28

A Yankee, guiItless of any
tongue but his own, was harang-
inc on a German railway plat
form a porter who was in the
same predicament. An Eng
lishman, seeing the expenditure
of words with no correspond
inc result offered his services as
interpreter. "No, thank you,
stranger" said the gentleman
hailing from the Stars and
Stripes II guess English is the
language of the future, and he's
cot to understand it."
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
FAMILY GROCERY

FAMILY GROCERY,
LANDRY street, near the Bridge, Opeloasas, Ia
Kept by Mrs. E. J. TRASk,
II EEPS a select stock of fresh Groceries,,
~ Fruits. Cakes. sc. Dolls and
TOYS for the little folks. Persons from the
country furnished with a substantial cold
At moderate prices. lDee. FIN
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28

Queen Victoria's rigorous pro-
hibition of social festivities
among England's nobility since
the. death Of the Duke of Al
bany has excited considerable
comment. Labouchere, in Lon
don Truth, says; THE royal
family is numerous enough to
form a small regiment, and is
rapidly increasing. If, then:
this sort of public penance is
to be ordered whenever a death
takes place, the time will come
when the country will be IN a
state of permanent mourning
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28


Come into the garden, Maud,
With. brickbat and q stone,
Here's the biggest cat youeversawed
Chewing a chicken bone
Run like the mischief, Maud,
I'm here with the beast alone.
Presently the window was
raised and a basso profundo
voice came out of it that
made the young musician for
get where the gate was and I'M
pale his pants on the palings..
The voice from the window sang:
Git out Of this garden, Fraud,
With your blasted old trombone.
or I'll play a. tune where your pants
are broad
a tune called Kickaphone."
Run, or you'll feel so gnaWed
That you can't feel your funny bonena
#g&GA
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
SALOON.
Printing Office For Sale.

A COMPLETE outfit for printing seven
A caInmp newspaper. Press, Type, Cases,
Stands, Etc, all in good order, being the ma;
terial used for the publication Of the Wash.
ington Enterprise and News. wiz be sold
cheap. Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-06-28
GREAT COMBINATION.

THE OPELOUSAS COURIER
and
DEMOREsTS ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY
MAGAZINE. s 81
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29

JOHN RoAcu's iron works employ
1900 men. William Gtymor, foreman
of the foundry, said yeserdly; am
Democrat and always have been; but
if you want 10 know for whom am
gong 10 vote, that's another thing.
You'll find plenty like me III the works,
Some of them are for Blaine and many
for Butler. 0ut of $50 in he foundry,
at least fifty of them are for Butler
Opposition TO free trade pervades the
entire body Of work meu.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29
ONE CONVICTION

The San Francisco Call says: Those
who would debauch The ballot should
take warning by the conviction of Don.
AVIAN in the United States District Court
on Friday for false registration. Two
other men are in prison awaiting trial
for the same otftnse. 1t is lholgbt
thai there has been nearly or quite
1000 false registrations. OF course no
name can be placed on the rolls ofiener
than once without The commission of
perjury on the part of the person
enrolling, and al! such must be
hardened offenders TO run the risk of
detection when they know, HAT in
most cases, they ae suspected and
watched, and that the chances of their
escape from arrest and punishment are
greatly against them Ii has been the
habit Of one parry 10 accuse he other
of fraudulent attempts upon the ballot
boxes. If both are sin, ere IN their
professions of "A wish TO prevent fraud.
ulent voting, they will unite TO prevent,
the preparation tie Outrage. By so
doing there will he "A probability TINT
many Of those who are falsely regis
tered will refrain from any attempt TO
vote, while Others may be taken in the
nct and hanInl nvpr tn The rpurts far
punishment.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29
AnecdUts of GArrick.

When minister asked Garrick how
it was that IN speaking of The divine
truth to his congregalio ion he should
make 80 slight an effect on them, Will
lhe great aclor could storm those who
went to see and hear HIM, beyond
measure by his fiction, he answered !;
Sir, | viii tell you. touch tiese
felton, AS you call them, SO that those
who hear and see me, feel that they
are the very soul of reality, while you
preach theiruih as II IL was the merest
uclion. "-Ito6ert C0tlyer's Note Book"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29

In Buffalo, yerslerday, Governor
C eveland said: Paying tt hundred
cents on the dollar is II peculiarly of
Democrats" Evidently. the Governor
doesn't know very much abou Tenn.
esee Democracy. -NaShoiae B,hner
No, nor OF Virginia d mocracy, and
he evidently knows very little of Nat.
iional Democratic history, and the
effort his party made to cripple the
United States Government, when the
people insisted that it should pay dol.
lar for dollar Let Governor Glove.
land recall. if he can, that in 1866
his party declared in favor of imitation
of the currency, and two and II half
wear, ,nlcr in favor of The taxation of
the bonds of The Government and the
payment of The same in paper currency.
In 1916 il denounced the law of the
resumption of specie payments, and
never ceased demanding ils repeal M
t. the hour WHEN resu,qYion in 1879
took place Carson appeal.
The 1ppeM mistakes motives and
pecuari'ies. The peculiarilies re.
ferred tn 10y il are outward evidence of
the "iorniust' policy oil the Democratic
patty. 1t is always arrayed against
any policy until The people have
asserted themselves, then i, claims TO
have been always on that side.
The pecuiarlt, referred To by Gov.
ernor Clrvelaad is the desire of the
Democratic party 10 pay hundred
,ents on the dollar of he Indebtedness
Of The 5 pnlheln Contedtrtcy.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29
OUR LONG RE~SuAN.

Let there be no cessation in the work
for tie election Of Congressman Wood
burn; keep it up, steadidly and per-
sistenlly, from now until the day Of
election. Ii is waste OF time to
allude to the Importance of electing a
Republican House of Representatives !;
sense. Without it. there can be no
projection tn American labor and in
dustrv,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29

AN pld reporter writes: When
was much younger than | am now, |
was sent to ask questions Of The
late Commodore Vanderbilt and re.
marked alphabetically to him: I'm
afraid am prying too much into your
private business Never you mind
my bali of this j b, Young man. the
blunt old veteran replied, am not
going to say anything % you tina, |
don't want to-"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29
GETTING READY TO FOLLOW
THE LEADER.

The politicians are never content to
rest. Already The Democratic pipe.
layers are putting things IN trim for
the Presidential candidacy of Samuel
j. Randall in 1888.
So says an exchange. They will
have to make barge hole in their free
trade platform to let Randall's prolec-
tive tariff policy through. However,
nothing is more probable. This cleo
iion will prove that he country wants
projection, and then the Democratic
party will say it vas always for protec.
tiop
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29

LARGE Republican gains may be
looked for all over the country. The
young men, who vote for the first time
this year, are not wrapped up in party
tradili on or tied by party name, and
being unbiased choose the party of
Americanism and advancement.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29

At the following named places, 10 VIII:
Election District No. /, Aurora-At the old
Courthouse
Election District No. 2, Swectwater-Henry
williams ause.
Election District No. 4, Columbus-Tur-
ncr's Hotel.
Election District No. 5, Fish Lake Valley
George Leidy's house.
Election District No 6, Pine Grove School
house.
Election District No. 10, Aida Vallcy-vu-
covich' store.
Election District No. IL, Silver Peak-Chi-
atovich's.
Election District No ie, Gold Mountain
Grian's stor..
Election District No. IA, Furnace Canon
Indian Queen office.
Election District No Is. Rellevile-Nichol-
sons Hotel.
Election District No IS. Marietta Smiths
store.
Election District No. II, Candelaria-Jus-
tices office.
Election District No. IS, Hawthorne Ur-
Election District No. 10, Soda Springs
DeIot Hotel.
Elect;op District No. q. Cambridee-Mill
office.
Election District No. %, Coryvlle-M aney's
house.
Elec,iop District No. %. Luniny-Mc-
clone,. hons.
Election ,,istrict No. "a. Gardeld-Faring-
toms mill office.
Election District No. %, McKcnxieville-
Toll-bor..
NJ, ,.r
,'''1-..-a - .,so,;o,, IT..
Aurora D. Mooney FRANK Neai' u NJ
VaeoVlch-
Swectwa'er-Ieorse 0onp'"i' VI. o"riah'
10nh hoach'
Coinmbus-F Conn., Joe uooo"ih' ra'
iiahah"h'
fish Lake aai''y7-"' d. "cSe''' a. Viz
patrick 'ohn ia"eruay.
Pine Grove-E' L. Moses d H. Deaih'
pa'ia Visor -,
~, =, -.
silver Peal-.ohn Chiatoyich. Alex. Palm,
4 II r Harris
cold Mountain-James Cahaly. w. II. Rob-
ipsrn. Robert Peberts.
Furnace Cahon-E. b. Small, Patrick Kill
foile. jane. NJ. Kane.
Belleville John Goodwin, T. G. West, A.
w. Sailor.
Marietta-Frank Mcguire, L. A. Brown, G.
Z. Ross.
cand- laria-B. @. Smith. Joseph Loryea, j.
C. Driscoll.
Hawthorne-H NJ Montgomery, Joseph
Davis. Edward Prince.
soda sprinrs-O. e. Nash, NJ. Brazzano-
yich, J. Stansdell.
Cambria Dickinson, G. W
Webster, E. X. Willis.
Coryyille-Frank Hill. PHI lip Mitchell, W.
T. Nrrl.
Elis Correpson
,,arneld-rlcm Oeg. Pete Mercer, John
o.Donneu
M.Kenzieyille--Andr Johns n, O. W.
Henderson. J. G. Ruppert.
MI Coz
NJ
Three 'eSiaretia' Eiec's's'
o"e Judge ot the supreme e""re'
O"r MrnSef OF 'ohsress'
Tive A>sr nisiyneR.
ASbsriW
n N"un'y s'rfk.
= County Treasurer.
tnu.,y A..e.sor
.
n toas'! 'fr"'"rr'
a District Attorney
A p.h;. x,n,.istrator
.,,..,..,.n, ne p,h,;.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29
BLAINE OF AMERICA.

After November 4th il will no longer
be Blaine of Maine, but Blaine of
America. He will be of The whole
United States, aud he is large enough
TO carry the title.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-10-29

GENERAL JACKSON IN 1924 wrote ;
ut is Time that we should become
. little more Americanlzed, and instead
Of feeding the paupers and laborers OF
Epglsnd, feed our own"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-19

No 75.-An act in addition to section 1895,
chapter ITO OF Revised Laws. to protect
game.
IL is hereby enacted, etc:
SEC. !. No person in this State shall, at any
time, take kill, purchase or receive, or cause to
he taken, killed or received, any wOodcUck or
rutfied grouse, commonly called partridge, for
tue purpose Of shipping or in ATTY manner dis
posing OF them to parties or persons outside Of
this State. for traffic or gain. Any person yiu-
lating any Of the PROVISIONS OF this act shall
forfeit, tor each otf.nse, tea dollars and cost,
One-half to go to the person making tic cOm-
plant and one half 10 the state.
SEC. ,. This act shall take effect January l,
1850.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-19
Approved Nov IS, 1884.
No 7I.-An act relating to bear traps.

No 1i.-An act relating TO bear traps.
Ii is hereby enacted, etc:
SEC. l.. A person who seIs or causes 70 be
set bear trap, shall cause to he built and
maintained, thrre-fUurtns around the same in a
substantial manner, q railing or guard not less
Than three feet high, and shall project the en-.
trance Of such trap against domestic animals
by placing pole horizontally at a height ut
three feet. from the ground across the points be-
tween which it il designed that tue bear should
enter such trap. y person who violates the
provisions OF this section shall be fined not less
than ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars.
SEC. 2. Justices Of the county shall have ia
risdictlOn OF OfIenses under this act
Approved Nov. %, 1851