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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING BY

JOEL H. SANDOZ & ANDREW MEYNIER.

Opelousas :

SATURDAY, MAY 9th, 1857..... .! " m m

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Editors of the Opelouira Courier :

GENTLFMEN.-Please annoUllice H. R. G' NTT asa candidate for State Senator at the next Novem-ber election to represent the Parishes of St. Lan-dry, Calcasieu and Lafayette, subject lo a Demo-

cratic Convention of said Parishes, to be held inJne next, at Opelousas.May 9th, 1857. .MA'NY VOTERS.

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Messrs. Editors:The notice in your last number that I would bea candidate for the State Senate, having been pub-

lished without my authority or consent, you willplease withdraw the same, as I am not a candidatefor any office.

Respectfully, L. J. DUPRE.May 9th, 1857.

DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.A Democratic State Convention for the nomina- I

tion of State officers. will be held in Baton Rougeon the 18th May, inst., 1857.

OPELOUSAs.-A meeting of the Democrats ofOpe-loasas is to be held at the Court-House, on Saturdaynext, 13th instant, for the purpose of choosing dele-gates to the Democratic Convention which is to beheld in Opelousas, on Saturday the 20th June next,to nominate candidates for State Senate, House ofRepresentatives, &c.

COULEE CaocnE.-A meeting of the Democratsof Coulee Crorhe is to be held at Marcel Richard,Esq., on Saturday next,' 13th for the purpose ofchoosing Delegates to the Democratic Conventionwhich is to be held in Opelousas on Saturday the20th June, next, to nominate candidates for StateSenate, House of Representatives &c.

According to the ratio adopted, Coulde Crocheis entitled to four Delegates.

DISTRICT CouRnT.-This Court will commence.its spring session in our Town on Monday next,the 11th May instant, Hon. B. A. Martel, therecently elected Judge presiding.

A WORD IN SEASON.It may seem to some a little too early to

speak of arrangements for the fall election,but its importance and the evil'consequencesof a want of through organization at pastelections, will excuse our calling the attentionof Democrats to the necessity of beingthroughly prepared for the active contest thatawaits us.

We are satisfied that our opponents arefully determined to unite all the heteroge-neous elements of antagonism to our party inone great final struggle to wrest the gover-ment of the State from the hands of Demo-crats. We are fully sensible that they willnominate such candidates and resort to suchmeans as will secure to themselves everypossible vote. Their organization is thoroughand complete at all times, and we should notbe behind them in that respect. We have nowigwams were our meetings fan be conduc-tedin profound aeoresy ; the members of theDemocratic party are not subject to their ar-bitrary rules; they are not sworn to the sup-port of the candidates nominated for them bya higher "order;" they have no officersspecially commissoned to furnish from everypreeinct in the State periodical reportsof the.numbers of voters. But we have this greatadvantage-we are ainHT in principle, andour platform is approved by every real statqs-man in the Union.

The next election is quite as important asany that has been held in this State formany p easte: Three principle State officersare tobe elected-a Treasurer, an Auditor of.'ublic• Accounts and a Superintendent of

Publie Education. We have to elect fourmemfbers of Congress. The entire delegationto the lower house of the State Legislature,and a large portion of that of the Senate arealso to be chosen. When it is rememberedthat the duty ofi choosing a United StatesSPnater will devolve upon the Legislatureelected this year, too much importance can-not beattached to 'the choice of representa-tives, nor too great exertion made to insurea good Democratic statesman as one" of therepreontativesof Louisiana in the- nationalSenatie OOur entire Congressionaldelegationshouldbe Democratic, for in each of the fourdistritawe have-' clear majority.

All h is necessary to insure our successin No~mhber is a through organisation. Wehave lre else to do but to take measures inseason~tat will bring out our whole vote.Our ihave been thoroughly promul-

d St two our three years,a6d eli•s of our oppo-

assumptions, theirtricks, have been as,and exposed. But

room or necessity there may bepment, the need of vigilance nod

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TIHE DE.MOCRACY OF THE NORTH.The Baltimore Republican. nolicing the "snb-

sidence of Abolitionism in the North," as mani-tested in the recent local elections of some of theStates, and general eleiction in Connecticut. wherethe Democracy mat'e a gain often thousanal votessince November, indullges in some sensible andeloquent remarks. IfL says that paper, there areany Democrats who have deprecated that rigidconstitutional policy whikh seemed, for the moment(f popular delusion,to strengthen the hands of fanat-ictsni-iftnere are those who fiomt that timiditywhich betrays like treason, disheartened the stio•igof faith, and spreaitdismayv in the ranks of nominaladherents-it any,>from an ulterior hope anddies.igu of disuniou. heightened the portents of per!ito the South, firing impetuous sp rits to acts ofuntitrgivlng reseintmenrt-all such must standabashed, rebuked, a:dJ condemned before the aits-picioils signs of popular reaction, resulting fromthe compact strength and defiant front of the evertrue and tried Democracy of the North.For a quarter of a century of anti-slavery agita-

tion. they have been the allies and friends of theSouth. If attimesthey have been borne down by

ii tu•ions, the "sober, second thought has provedlnever wrong, and always efficient.: Hos:tihty to the,.'L,,tution of slahcc,?/ has been the basis of thatcrulsade wh.ch they have so sternly and firmly re-sisted. The fontms of attacks have been fiom thefirst--hostility to slavery in the Dis.ict of Colunm-blh-the rendition of fugitive slaves-to tlhe pn-nexation of slave territory-to the admission ihtothe Union of slave States-to the extention ofslavery into the territories-these, one and all. havebeen from the beginning, the refectr'c groundls ofassault upon the Democratic party. As comparedwith these, in so far as poipdar effect was concerned,the issue of tariff. bank, sub-treasury, and internalimprovements, were as nothing. Ilndeed, unscru-pulous partizanship attributed the policy of theDemocratic party in these respects to anl allegedservile devotion to the institutions and interestsof the slave States.

These facts are known to men of intelligenceeverywhere; but to Northern Democrats, who haveso long fought the battles of the South, not fromhope of reward, but from principle-from loyalfeatly to the common bond and brotherhood, theyare truths that are as household words. They areattested by the weight of blows given and recoivdin scores of severe struggles with fanaticism. Asit has been, soit will, until every imaginable issuethat can be tendered by sectionalism shall h:;vebeen boldly met andt strongly overcome by thecommon sense and sound judgment of the people.

Even at the moment of highest and wildest pas-sion in the past year, we abated not heart nor hopeof a returning eib in public sentiment. Nor sincethen have we ibared, that revolution of commonsense would go backward. The spring election inthe iorth have most signally established the just-ness of our confidence.

Everywhere Black Republicanism, though lea-gued for the most part with that. other form oferror and wrong-Know-Nothingism-has teenforced to yield before the serried front of the army Iof the Constitution and the Union. Its power hasbeen so broken in one sovereign State as to give-assurance at another issue of battle of its oter-whelm overthrow. "It was the North Church, inNew Haven. Connecticut, that was opened to fheeffort ot providing Sharpe's rifles for Kansas, :andidamid great excitement, with Henry Ward Beecherfor auctioneer, some hundred or two of rifles sWere

I subscribed for; there the bells were tolled on tmhepassage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill. there one ofthe old clergymen of the city expressed his readi-ness to put on his epaulets and march to the sceneof war and fight it out; and there all the Wilsons,Wendell Phillipses, Garrisons, and Burlinga4neswasted their oratory for weeks and months ilast.'But the law-abiding people have chosen to follow.the steady and safe lights of the Constitution, andleave the new-fangled wreck lanterns to thosewho choose to follow their dangerous glimmer.?'

Thus has the grave decision of the august tribm-nal of last resort been vindicated. Fanaticism in'its may fury has essayed to strike down our honored'and revered Chief Justice, but its rmssiles havefallen broken and harmlesrs at his feet. Anothereffect of this great antd heart joyous triumph is,litsvindication of the ever trtue and fearless Toucey,and its endopsement of thitt act of Mr. Buchanan.which raised him to an exalted position in hisacouncils and confidence:

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THE DEMOCRATIC. PaRTF- Why OpposeIt ?-The Columbus Times and Sentit:every pertinently says now that the politieawaters are still, and the minds of the peoph.are free from the excitement consequent upora heated political canvass, it is a propitiomimoment for those who have opposed thtDemocratic party and insisted upon keepingup an organization differing from it in miroiipoints of policy, to reflect upon thhiuposition and make the honest inquiry if iti,such a one as the love of country and theknowledge of truth would point out to themnNow they are capable of seeing their errbiand understanding the influences which pie.vented them from uniting with the Denmocracy, and enlisting under its banner; and i:they are honest, they will no longer mauwar upon it orikeep up an organization toimere party purposes o0 party spoils. The3cannnot fail to:see the proud position of tlhiDemocratic party before the world and re.cagnize as its supporters those whc love t.i-constitution and their country. They capnot fail to see that it is the only: party whillspeaks the same voice: to the samue peopleAnd has a platform of principles upon whitevery one who loves his country more 'thrhis party can proudly stand and proudly cotquer.

The Know-Nothing party at the Souilexists but in name, while at the North it iicrushed like an egg shell by Abolitionisr,leaving the Democratic party its only foe atidbitter enemy. In New Hampshire whereelections have been recently held, we healof only two parties in the field, the Democraticand the Republican parties. In Connecticiutthere are only two, while David Wilmot ibthe nomminee for the Governorship of Penh.sylvania by a coalition of the Republicansand Americans.

Thrbughout the whole North we do notfind a single State where the American partyhas a distinct organization or fights its bat.ities under any other flag than that of'tieBlack lebublican. Atld yet onr Know;Notluhg friends of the :South, incapable ofrisinog ov the prejudices of the moment,continue to make war ulon the Democraticparty as its greatest enemy, when they knowasdefeat would be th destruction of outinstitutions and the death knell of the Repu-lie itself. Let us thn, in view of the greittrust reposed to our lheping, our duty acitisnas of a commonseontry, our respect fnoourseIvea and posterity, unite together as a

d ofbrothers to drive back the .tide qfi i ch is threatening to overflow

t o y.Naskville Union.

FAm WU _ WAY-HUXqDREDS DYIN!TsalDY.---ki papers have acconntfrom Ko :vea painful picturaof th fe : buto Laplanand Fiidaz4lbortk4 the North Capeof Norm.7 Ow= t& e of the crops,the inhabitants are xn of etarvatiod.

H1undreds are d iled li-ingaroe ompelled tos as they .on thbark o tare.,;: grou ooked *k oat*.In ordor to abrnatetable o mmiatsasi have bku ` glze h'

lopost o o ontribuations in uc as co rn&esbe andsP i ,ir

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Anixiioas to pr -sease with tt,' 1. .. .. ; ,V,S kindly ar.d courteous l.fa.iOnTs ,,,(lb hk t1 . it

e as gentlemen and to the piess itselt •: a p:fr: ;,

e -relations. that it were better, if they weitr culti-

v:itq and sought after by us all, and at all tini.s.

d and Unt all occasion.--we have at times almost felti disposed to withdraw from the field of offensive

d argument when we found.that argument coil! notit be maintained without eliciting personal feelings;

following the old maxim of "'letting alone cr•ten-tioo: belote it was mieduled with.

'" tHowever we

gmay diifer aus t cur views of policy. or our con-e !tructions of political doctrine, the great object of

d the press is the same; and it disrobes itself of its

p just influence as a compact, operati,,e body in theAt Sate. when aught but the kindness consistent

d with a manly and positive assertion and defence ofSpit ions. characterizes the assertion.

We can. in the ciutixation of kind and honorable

r friendship ard esprits du corps among the membersof our own inti,etulial proftssion, be enabhld to

I elicit more truth. and to dlefeid that truth and at-

e tack oppcsinrr error. with a firmner hari, by reason

. of the confideice that our own self respect and the

ii respect of our associates give us.--Natlhc: Courier.

t UOur able cotemporarv has touched upon a greatit e!l. one that is not onrly fraught with much ruin-, chief to society, but which lowers to a very great

e exteit the respectability of the press and cripplesits power to do good. It is an evil, too, which liesmainly with the press itself to be corrected. It is

o due to its standing that it should be. Abuse is

if productive of evil and only evil to the press and toits readers. It is belittling to its conductors. It: lowers the standard of journalism. It begets ill-

! will, and scatters far and near the seeds of lastingenmity between those who ought to be friends andto act constantly in concert. It is injurious to thecommunity. Itcreatesataste for Billingsgate and

cultivates all the debas;ng passions of the hurman Id heart. It frequently ends lit mere vulgar cncoun-

: tera and bltooiished ; and sornetirns clothes thmiliesand friends in sack-cloth, filling the hearts of the

e innocent with inexpressible anguishand de;rivingthe community of valuable easothbers of society.In all cases, we thiik. it lowers the character of

the paper which indutlts in it and curtails its in-fluence and its usefullness. We know very wellthat with the ignorant a strong, abusive article,

d full of personalities and vile epithets, frequently.

s perhaps generally, passes for talent. Nothing.however, is easier than to write such articles.

e Titcy aie, in fact, the easiest sort of articles thate can be written. The veriest vagabond can ,beinsolent and use coarse language. It is his verynature to do so. With intelligent readers this ise pretty well understood and by such there perpetra-e tions are almost universally condemned, tacidly and

really, if not openly and publicly. An editor whoso tl tborgets his position and what he owes to thepublic as to descend to scurilty, is unworthy of hisvocation. His proper treatment is profound si-eitnce. No cause is promoted by such a course.SOai the contrary, it is injured. When one losesa his tempter and begins to abuse his opponent, it isa strong ground for suspicion that lie feels himselfc ioncerned. and, like the cuttie fish, and disturbs thewaters in order to escape from his position or todirect attention to other objects. This may notalways be the case, because abuse, vulgarity anddetraction are the natural elements in which somepeople exist, and consequently when they cast upr" mite and dirt.

: they only act out their governing

instii.cts. When argurneiit cannot be nitititainedwith courtesy, without misrepresenting or nmalign-min opponents, it may well be stopped. Nothingcan then be gained by its continuance. Better, athoi-and times better, in our judgmept, give anantagonist all the delights which fancied triumphmay bring him, than continue the controversywhen he begins to substitute the fury of the fanaticfor the strength of reason; when he sinks the gen-tleman into the calumniator. It is not necessary,as some people seem to think, to be scurrilous, or

.1 even offensive, in order to give expression to themost emphatic sentiments-to the most pointedrebuke. The force of expression is weakened bycoarseness. The finest and most polished steelpenetrates the deepest. However decided the con-test :ind bitter the struggle, the g-ntliman willalways peer out; natural refinenment, it it exists,will slhow itse't

With occasional exceptions, we think the South-ern press conducted with more decorum,. and agreate r degree of self-respect, than the Northern.The coarsest and most abandoned presses we knowof in this country, are the Abolition papers of theNorth. Their course is at once sharneltil and infa-mous. With very many of them there appears tobe no bound to their licentiousness. Nothing issacred in their vulture eyes. Nothing seems toafford them a greater repast than to feed uponreputation ; to laceiate and distort private charac-ter, however estimable. Their coarseness and vileabuse of each other are proverbial. But it is whenthey refer to the -oligarchy," that their rarestbeauties are developed, and their gejnins of inven-tion, Billingsgateward, manifested. We tro+t thatSouthern newspapers. instead, of imitating them,wuil take the diametrically opposite course. Theywill thereby elevate themselves and the communi-ties they represent. in the eyes of the intelligentand refined everywhere. Such a course will aug-ment their influence, and elevate the profession.-

_N. U. Bulletin.

W tasulrNGON's PATRIOTISM -The follow-ing paragraph is from Guizot's new work onthe causes of the English and AmericanIevolutions :

" Washington had no ambition. Hiscountry had need of him; he became greatto serve her, from duty rather than fromchoice, and sometimes even with a painfuleffort, His experiences of public life werebitter, and he preferred the independence ofprivate life and the repose of the mind to theexercise of power. But he uuhesitatinglyaccepted the task imposed upon him by hiscountry, and, in peforming it, he allowed noconcessions to be made, either towards hiscountry or himself for the purpose of lighten-ing its burden. Born to govern, though hetoyk no pleasure in it, he told the Americanpeople what he thought was the truth, andmpintained, governing them, what he thoughtwas wise with a simple but immovable firm-ness, and a sacrifice of popularity, whichwas all the more meritorious because it wasnot compensated by the joys of dominion.The servant of a nascent Republic in whichthe Democratic spirit prevailed, he obtainedits confidence add secured its triumph bysustaining it, with a modest, severe, reservedtad independent policy, which seems only to

belong to the leader of an aristocratic Senate,placed at the head of an ancient State. Hissuccess was remarkable, and does equalhonor to Washington and to his country."

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.-A ladyvisiting the Coalbathfield jail saw the prison-ers at work on the tread-wheel, She said tothe Governor, " Ah! there they go tread,,tread--climb, climb! Poor things! Be kindto them, Mr. Chesterton, and don't workthem too hard." Sometime afterward a dogwas stolen from the lady's house, the thiefwas convicted, and on her second visit to theprison he was on the tread-wheel " Ah! therethey go-tread, tread-climb, climb !" sheexclaimed as before; and then, suddenlyassuming the wildest energy, she exclaimedwith outstretched arm and clenched hand," Work them to death, Mr. Chesterton-work them to death ! I don't care what youdo to them, now they've got my 'dog ! "-

Chesterton's Memoirs.

THE STEAD PLOUGH.-This wonder ofmachinery has long been desired and oftenattempted, but without success, until the lateexperiments of Mr., Obed Hussey, who hasaccomplished the great work.

A bteaSm plough of his invention has beentried and pronounced, by capable judges, asanswering every purpose desired by agricul.

SThis invention will have, an imtmenee in.&enee in giving value to prairie lands and

ae fhem to be peopled with extraordinaryty. Coming before the public at the

when the Pacific Railroad promisesa wilderne's of prairie countryto cul-

iioe, it will be no unimportant agent inlation into Texas on the line of

h s•• st as the lands are offered for-tle . -

~~B~ID~~it'easier to be a clergyman+ ` Blecauseitis easier to

A RI:DGE OF MONKEYS.

The f,!wi-i

: curious inc.ident is related bycaptain Ridi. il i.is "Adventures in Southern Mex-ico." This is the most novel way of erecting a

I suspension bridge ever invented, and we think theMexican monkeys are entitled to the patent:

" They are coming towards the bridge ; they willmost likely cross by the rocks yonder," observedRaoil.

"How-swim it?" I asked. "It is a torrentthere."

" Oh, no ! " answered the Frenchman ; "monkeyswould rather go into fire than water. If they can-not leap the stream, they will bridge it."

" Bridge it! and how ?"Stop a moment, captain-you shall see."

The half human voices now sounded nearer, andwe could perceive that the animals were approach.ing the spot where we lay. Presently they ap-peared on the opposite bank, headed by an oldgray chieftain, and officered like so many soldiers.They were, as Raoul stated, of the comedrecja oriing-tailed tribe.

One--an aid de-camp, or chief pioneer, perhaps-ran out a proijecting rock, and after looking acrossthe stream, as if calculating the distance, scam-p!ieedt back, and appeared to communicate with tneleader. This produced a movement in the troop.Commands were issued, and fatigued parties weredetailed, and marched to the front. Mean whileseveral of the comedrjas---engineers, no doubt-ranalong the bank, examining the trees on both sidesof the arroyo.

At length they all collected around a tall cotton-wood that grew over the narrowest part of thestream, and twenty or thirty of them scampered upits trunk. On reaching a high point, the foremost-a strong fellow-ran out upon a limb, and takingseveral turns of his tail around it, slipped off, andhung head downwards. The next on the limb,alsoa stout one. climbed down the body of the first.whipping his tail round the neck and arm of thelatter, dropp:.d off in his turn, and hung head down.The r lr t rep rate I this mano:lvre upon the second.and the fourth upon the third, and so on until thelast one upon the string rested his forepaws uponthe gro nild.

The living chain now commenced swingingbackwards and forwards, like the pendulum of aclock. The motion was slight at first, but gradu-ally increased, the lowermost monkey striking hishands violently on the earth as he passed thetangent of the oscillating curve. Several othersupon the limbs above aided the movement.

This continued until the monkey at the end of:the chain was thrown among the branches of atree on the opposite bank. Here aftertwo or threevibrations. he clutched a limb. and held fast. Thismovement was executed adroitly, just at the calum-inating point of the oscillation, in order to save theintermediate links from the violence of a too sud-den jerk.

'The chain was now fast at both ends, forming acomplete suspension bridge, over which the wholetroop to the number of four or five hundred, passedwith the rapidity of thought.

It was one of the most comical sights I everbeheld, to witness the quizzical expression ofcountenances along that living chain.

The troop was now on the other side, Mit howwere the animals forming the bridge to get them-selves over ? This was the question that suggesteditseif. Manifestly, by number one letting go histall. But then the point d'appui on the other sidewas much lower down, and number one, with halfa dozen of his neighbors, would be dashed againstthe opposite bank or soused into the water.

Here, then, was a problem, and we waited withsome curiosity for itssolution. It was soon solved.A monkey was now seen attaching his tail to thelowest oi the bridge, another girded him in asimilar manner, and another, and so on until a dozenmore were added to the string. These last wereall powerful fellows, andrunning up to a high limb,they lifted the bridge into a position almost hori-zontal.

Then a scream from the last monkey of the newformnation warned the tail end that all was ready,and the next moment the whole chain was swungover, and landed safely on the opposite bank. Thelowermost links now dropped off like a meltingcandle. while the higher ones leaped to thebranches and came down by the trunk. Thewhlie troop then scampered off into the chappardand lisappieared.

ONE OF THE CIGARS.-A New Yorkphysician tells us the following story, andwhich we feel safe therefore as endorsing fora fact:

Two or three years ago, a Spaniard fromCuba came to that city to be treated for adisease of the lungs. He came to Dr. MI.,described his symptoms, and put himself inthe doctor's hands.

" Well," said the doctor, " if I undertakeyour cure, I shall be obliged to impose onecond:tion ; and that is rather a hard one foryou to comply with."" What is it? " said the Cuban." That you entirely cease smoking until I

give you permission to resume.""Never ! I'd rather let thing kill me!

What pleasure is there if one cannot smoke?"The doctor was a smoker himself, and felt

some sympathy. So he said :" Well, perhaps that is beyond your pow.

er. But you must solemnly promise me tosmoke but one cigar per day, or I will notundertake your case."

The Cuban promised; it was his onlychance. Four or five days afterwards thedoctor thought he would call upon him as heDassed his house, and thus save him a walkto the office for the day. He walked upstairs-knncked--" come in "-beheld theCuban with a cigar about eighteen incheslong and a proportionate thickness? Heconfessed that he had that brand made toorder:" But, doctor," said he "I smoke but one

a day, as I promised ! "-Sandusky Clarion.

A BPEECH ON SCOLDING WIVES.-At a

young men's debating society, somewheredown in Indiana, the question for discussionwas: " Which is the greatest evil, a scoldingwife or assmoky chimney I " After the ap.pointed disputants had concluded the debate,a spectator arose, and begged the privilegeof" making a few remarks on the occasion."Permission being granted, he delivered him.selfin this way : "Mr. President, I've beenalmost mad a listening to the debate of these'ere youngsters. They don't know nothingat all about the subject. What do theyknow about the evils of a scolding wife.?Wait till they have had one for twenty years,and been hammered, and jammed, andslammed all tha while-wait till they havebeen scolded because the fire wouldn't burn,because the oven was too hot, because thecow kicked over the milk. because it rained,because the sun shined, because the hensdidn't lay, because the butter wouldn't come,because the old cat had kittens, because theycome too soon to dinner, because they wereone minute too late, because they sung, be.cause they tore their trowsers, because theyinvited a neighbor woman to call again, be.cause they got sick, or because they didanything else, (no matter whether theycouldn't help it or not,) before they talk aboutthe evils of a scolding wife ; why, Mr. Presi.dent, I'd rather hear the clatter of hammersand stones, and twenty tin pans, and ninebrass kettles, than the din, din, din, of thetongue of a scolding wife. Yes, sir-ee, Iwould. To my mind, Mr. President,a smokychimney is no more to be compared to ascolding wife, than a little negro is to a darknight."

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A Satirical Senior..- One of those oldgentlemen whose age is supposed to entitlethem to say anything, made the followingextremely rude and personal rk to ayoung oftcer in a distinguishedIegimentabout to proceed to China: " Well, sir well;you're going to Canton, eh, sir ? Well, I canonly say I hope you won't fall into~the handsof the Chinamen, alive or dead ; for ifyou'realive they'll kill you, and if you're dead, orwhen you're dead they'll eat you. Sir Ibelive it's an undoabted fact that the Chineseeat puppies."--Pknch,

Site ALWArS MADne HOMIE HAPY.--A plainmarble stone, in a church-yard, bears this briefinscription:

" She always made home happy."

This epitaph was penned by a bereaved husbandafter sixty years of wedded life. He might havesaid of his departed wife, she was beautiful, and anornament tosociety, and yet not have said "shemade home happy." He might have added. shewas a christian, and not been able to say, "Shealways made home bappy." What a rare combi-nation of virtues and graces this wife and mothermust have possessed ! How wisely she must haveordered her house ! In what patience she musthave possessed her soul! How self-denying shemust have been! How tender and loving! Howthoughtful for the comfort of all about her I Herhusband did not seek happiness in public places,because he found purer and sweeter enjoyment athome. Her children, when away, did not dread toreturn, for there was no place so dear to them ashome. There was their mother thinkingof them,and longing for their coming. When tempted,they thought of her, When in trouble, they re-membered her kind voice and ready sympathy.When sick, they must go home-they could notdie away from their dear mother. This wife andmother was not exempt from the cares common toher place. She toiled, she suffered disappoint-ments and bereavements; she was afflicted in her

own person, but yet she was submissive and cheer-ful. The Lord's will concerning her was her will,and so she passed away, leaving this sweet remem-brance behind her.

"She always made home happy."

A SAD PICT'RE OF DESTITUTION IN NEW YORK.--An inquest was held in New York on Monday, onthe body of a woman 40 years of age, who wasfound in a dying condition the previous light inan open yard, on Seventh avenue, and who expiredat the station house. A little girl, eight years ofage, and two younger children (boys) were lyingbeside her upon a pile of rags. At the inquest thelittle girl, Mary Ann by name, was examined.She told a very sad tale most artlessly :

" That is my mother," said she pointing to thecorpse. "The night before last two men cameinto our house and turned my father and motherand me and my two little brothers out. We hadnowhere to go. We then went to sleep in theentry. Nobody turned us away all night. In themorning father went away to look for anotherplace. " He was gone all day. We had nothing toeat, and were very hungry. Father came back at6 o'clock and then went away again. Nobodywould let us into their house, 'cause they said ifthey did the landlord would turn them out. The Efolks we hired the house of hired it of somebodyelse. So we went into the yard. Mother said shewas very sick ; she had been sick a long time be- jfore, and my little brother cried. Mother lay tdown, and I put some rags on her to keep herwarm, because she said her head ached so bad.When it got dark my two little brothers lay down, rand I put some things over them, and I got somerags to put under them too, then I sat to watch.By and by a policeman came along, and then hewent away and got another one, and they liftedher upend put her in the cart and took us all here.Mother didn't wa, : to leave the yard. She said tothe policeman that she wanted to stay where shewas."

"T.E HON. THOMIAs H. BENTON.- A correspon-dent of the Buffalo Republic tells a good one aboutthe talkative old gentleman who " never lecturesfor money."

: He was going down the Hudson on

a steamer not long since, and when the clerk ofthe boat asked him for his name, the old man re-plied. '"Sir, you have heard my name often; it iscommon, sir, hereabouts." The clerk still lookingat him, Mr. B. contiued, "My name is Benton."" Thomas H. Benton?" " Yes, sir." The clerkbowed politely, passing the money back. andhanded Mr. B. a ticket and key to a state room.Mr. B. said, "This is a civility I had hoped toescape here." He conducted. however, that dis-cretion was the better part of valor, by taking themoney and key and marching off.

TlIRAic AFFrAI.--It has already been stated thata gentleman in Kentucky recently shot his daughter,and then killed himself in the same manner. Theaffair occurred near Shepardsville, in 'ullitt county.and the man's name was Julius Buchey. It appearsthat a young man who had been paying attention tohis daughter Elizabeth was objectionable to Mr.Buchey, who broke off the alliance and forbade theyoung man's visits. It is said that in compliaueewith her father's.wish, the young lady had discardedher lover, and had entirely abandonued the idea ofwedding him; but the old gentleman suspected thathis daughter still indulged a lingering affection forher admirer, and hbd been watchful of her move-muents. The young lady expressed a wish to spendthe day at a neighbor's; her father objected, sayinghe had no doubt it was her design to meet her oldlover. This the young lady utterly denied, and re-buked her father for his lack of confidence. Duringthe conversation Mr. Buchey became excited, anddrawing a revolver, shot his daughter dead. Con-scious of the terrible crime he had committed, andfrantic with excitement, the old geatlemnan completedthe tragedy by takiing his own life. Mr. Buchey hadbeen esteemed unusually kind to his family, and wasmuch respected.

AN INOeNIOs' INVENTION.-Mr. Salles. .lrque-busier to the Emperor Napoleon, has inventpd apostoffice automatom, which takes up every letteras it is thrown into the box, places it under thestamp, where it receives the post mark and date,and throws it out again for delivery to its destina-tion. The process indicates the number of lettersthus stamped. It is said that no less than 200 let-ters may he stamped by this machine in oneminute. The General Postoflice has made a trialof the invention, which has turned out satisfactory.and it is now in treaty with M. Salles for machinesto be furnished to all the principal postoffice,throughout France. The illegibility of post marksso often complained of, will, it is said, be com-pletely obviated by the use of the automatom.

A very fine article of salad oil is manufacteredin New York from African peasants, which areimported by the cargo, in bulk, for the purpose, andsold at $1' 25 per bushel. Old nuts are as good asany for this business.

A DANGEROUS COLLISION.-A discussion is inprogress between two savants, the one French andthe other German, in relation to an anticipatedcollision between the earth and a comet, which isto take place on the 13th of June next. TheFrench astronomer, M. Babinet, takes the com-mon view, that a comet is composed of nebulousvapor, and is consequently harmless; but the Ger-man states it as his opinion that the centre ofthisexpected visitant is composed of solid fiery matter,which, he pleasantly assures his readers, will re-duce the surface of the globe to lava. The HomeJournal. in mentioning the circumstance, wittilyrecommends its subscribers to send in their twodollar bills as quickly as possible, as the less paperthey have about them, the less likely they will beto take fire.

At the dead letter branch of the General PostOffice, Washington, during the quarter of the arwhich expired on the first of April, about twothousand dead letters have been opened, whichcontained money amounting in the aggregate to alittle over $11,000, and already seven-eighths ofthis amount has been restored to its owners. Thenumber of letters, as well as the amount of money,shows a considerable falling offover the returns ofprevious years.

AN ARTFUL Misea.-Some time ago, a gentle.man called upon a certain nobleman, a very wealthyand inordinately mean character, and found himat the breakfast table quit alone, and doing hisutmost to catch a fly, which as buzzing about theroom. "What the deuce are you about ?" deman-ded the astonished visitor, to whom the spectacleof an old man amusing himself by catching fliesseemed very singular, to say the least. " Hush ! "exclaimed the other. "I will tell you presently."After many efforts, the old fellow at last succeededin entrapping the fly. Taking the insect carefullybetween his thumb and fore-finger, he put it intothe sugar bowl, and quickly dropped the lid overhis prisoner. His visitor more annoyed thin ever,knowing, as he did, the avaricious character of theman before him, repeated his question. "I willtell you,' replied the miser, a triumphant grinoverspreading his countenance as he spoke, "Iwant to ascertain if the servants steal the sugar."

PrUZLr PoR CARPETELRS.--The ollowingprob-ilem has been communicated by a carpenter to theCleveland Plaindealer:

Having an apecture in the floor twelve inphessquare to cover, and his ways and means limitedto a board 9 by 16 inches in size, he wishes toknow how the fact can be accomplished •y oncecutting the board in two ? Its solution may serveto beguile a winter evening hour. All carpentersmust try and make it out.

A STEAM WAGON.-A stock companyformed of persons residing in Citoo, Ohio, who have cbe ran on commonnights since, modof those who

AN AICTIONEER.-" Gentlemen! I amin some doubt whet;her there are any gcrhtle-men presenti but I do not wish to inr:ilt anyof my customers, and therefore I say gnthl.-men." (Holding up with both blades open.)You see before you the identical jack knifewhich was not owned by Benedict Arnold,when he didn't wish to cut his throat after go-ing over to the British. It is a great pity. ,however, that he didn't have it, as it is suchan exquisite instrument that I feel morallycertain that if he had he would have attemp-ted his life with it, before he attempted thatof his country. Any person present at allinclined to commit suicide and rid society ofa rogue, wili please make a bid for the splendid article-this inimitable specimen of theart of cutlery. How much mwa I offered ?Who bids ? Who wishes to die for his coun-try ? Where is the villain ? A cent ? Thatmust be the very person. One cent for thisremarkable strong and beautiful implement.I hope some of you will bid higher and thenmake a present of it to that individual. Heis evidently conscious that he ought to die.(John, open the window ; whew ! it is so closethey are all running into Mr. Field's.) Sixcents! Thank you, sir. Glad to hear youhave so much money about you. (I wonderwhere he borrowed the money ?) Gentlemen,have the goodness to examine the knife.Pass it around, but not too near the door."

O•0r In a chancery suit, one of the counseldescribing the boundaries of his client's land,said, in showing the plan of it :

" We lie on this side, my lord."The opposite counsel then said: "And

we lie on that side."The chancellor, with a good humored grin,

observed:"If you lie on both sides, whom will ye

have me believe ? "I i

ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN BusINEss.--A judgment quick and cautious, and clearand sound-a decided purpose-firm will-energetic and preserving industry-punc.luality and fidelity in every engagement-justice and honor controlling every transac.tion--and courtesy, that true courtesy whichsprings from genuine kindness, presidingover all the intercourse of life. Such qual.ihies, indeed, whenever and wherever ex.hibired, may be said almost to insure afavorable result; for they are the meanswhich common sense dictates, and whichProvidence is wont to bless.-Hunt's Maga.zine.

SThe number of seamen of all nationsis estimated at nearly two millions. Thecommerical marine throughout the world wasstated in the year 1855 to embrace about 15,-000,000, tons. Of this amount GreatBritain had 5.000,000, the United States5,200'000, and other nations of the earth inAsia and Europe, had the residue.

EMIGRATION. -As heretofore noticed byus, says a Lexington, Missouri, paper, theemigration from the East to Kansas contin-ues, and seems rather to increase than toabate. Some boats are crowded almost to

Ssuffocation. The number of persons thusgoing into the Territory can scarcely be lessthan six hundred to one thousand per week.

A gipsy women promised to show twoyoung ladies their hnsband's faces in a pailof water. They looked and exclaimed:" Why, we only see our own faces." " Wellsaid the gipsy, " those faces will be your hus-bands when you are married."

ELECTIONS IN THE " OULD CorNTRY."-The Down-shire Protestant, by the last mail, had the flowminginteresting item in reference to the Downpatricke!ection :

It will be seen by our adrertising columns thatMonday next will be the day for electing a burgessto serve in parliament for the borough of Downpatrick.We understand that a troop of dragoons, two com-panuies of infantry, and one hundred and fifty of theconstabulary, are to arrive on Saturday, and remainuntil after the election. Bon !

FOLLOWING FASHION.-Said a judicious father," Do not imagine, my daughter that you are agreeableor attractive, when your person is exposed, or whenyou aid nature by artificial means. Two classes ofpersons may gaze on you, to be sure-the immoraland licentious with famtiliarity; the reflecting andserious, with sadness. Will you couseut to suchscrutiny ? Follow fashion no further than fashionfollows propriety. Never let your mautua-makerdictate your molals."

" How shall I take this coat apart?" asked an in-dustrious wife of her young husband. She was aseamstress. " Why," said he, "you ought to know,for you made it for me. I should say do it prettymuch as you put it together, for as you sew, so shallyou rip, you know ! "

A V FRY CONSIDERATE PRAYER.-We find thefollowing floating among our exchanges as a speci-men of a down-east prayer, once solemnly spoken

an old weather-beaten meeting house in the landof Puritanism by one of the gospel ministers of theolden time: "We thank thee, Lord, for the goodlynumber to-night, and that Thou art also here,snotwithstanding the inlemency of the weather."

Hume, the spirit-rapper, who passes in Paris foran Anierian, has stupified the Emperor andimpress with his performances at the Tuileries.He has been called to the houses of many of thenobility, and made quite an excitement in Paris.

Since the 1st of January the amount of gold re-ceived at New York from Califolnia has been$5,800,585, which is $1,823,386, less than for thesame period last year.

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I)LIBERATIONS OF THE BOARD OF POLICEOF THE TOWN OF OPELOUSAS.

SATURDAY, May 2nd, 1857.The Board met pursuant to adjournment, present

Messrs. J. Harris in the Chair. Solomon D'Avy,P. D. Hardy, J. M. Moore and Martin Perrault.1st. Account of the late Constable presented fro%October 1856, to April 7th, 1857. for work done onthe streets, building and repairing bridges, haulingout dead cattle, and for the amount of $644 80cents.

On motion, the said account was passed.2nd, On motion, the bond of the late Constablebe cancelled.3d, On motion, ordered that the Town Constablebe authorized to purchase fifty dollars worth oflumber for the use of the Town in repairing

bridges.4th, Ordered that a committee be appointed

composed of the President and Solomon D'Avyto have the Fire Engine thoromgh.y repaired andput in order for use.5th, Resolved that the widow Charles Devilliersbe colntiued on the pauper list for the same amount

of provision she was allowed last year, there beingno further business before the Board.On motion, adjourned to the first Saturday inJune. JONATHAN HARRIS, President.

May 9tL 1857.

MAaRaIE.-In this Parish, on Wednesday, 6thinst., by the Rev. Mr. Raymond, Mr. C. L.DUP•E,to Miss ExMA POIRET, both of this Parish.am Accompanying the above announcement,we bave received froth the youngandiappy couple

a fine piece of the wedding cake and a bottle ofnice and sparkling Champaign, which we drank totheir health and prosperity.- In this town, on Wednesday 6th inst., byAndrE Meynier, ustace of the Peace, Mr. Crpaian

LACOMB, to Miss ADELAIDE LEJEUNW , both of his

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' Y'TEs i'AFY, the pre-e•t Recordlrr, infuronEthe public that he is a candid•te lor the -:l.n: •ufiti~at the election of November iu•xt. [Aptil ]

LE.We are authorized to it,;rio ce t iatj Mrr.J. BarTrSTE COMFEAHr is

a c ri•!i .l r thre h ,tftie ofSheriff of the Pariah of St. Larndry. a> the- electinwhich will take place in Nceembrer i,ext.February 14th.

We are authorized to :oneounce that j,. x'CHACHERE is a candidate for is clbhc. ~ >irthis Parish, at the electiocr of N venriwlr Ivtext,

April 25th.

Messrs. Sandoz iS Ilm lrrBe so good as to arn no•c that yie ;r: t r e

solicitations of my friernd,. I d Te c use d tS become a candidate Ibr the otfice of Parshi Aissssor"to which they have elected me two, cess vetimes, the election of wbhi:h i to take pl -November next. PIERRE 110 ILLREApril 11th.

07"We are authorized to annoulrce Mr. CHAR.LES BOURQUE as a casdidate for A&c.or. atthe next election. [Aigust :0t. .x

[ , We are authorized to annorune that •r.VILLENEUVE JOIURERT is a candidate for the officeof Assessor of this Parish, at the electioni in Novrnm.ber next. [May 2d,

rr -i _ _..I7• We are authorized to arn•ooIrlce that 1ir.

MARTIN PERRAULT is a canedidate lor the otlice otConstable for the 1st Ward ,f the Palish of St.Landry. Election in November next.

April 11th.

: ' We are authorized to announce that MIr.ALCESTE ROY, is a candidate for Conpitable for theFirst Ward of the Paii-h of St. Landry. Ei• ctioi inNovember next. [Ap ii 18th.

Sale at Auction.WILL offer for sale, on Wednesday the20th May inst., at 2 oe'lock, '. MI., at

the Rail Road Hotel, on the corner of a3ainand Bellevue streets, occupied by 3IMr. N.Quatrevaux, the furniture of said Ilotel, co•i.sisting of

Bedsteads of different sizes, tables,a cooking f.urnace, a large bell,one sign, 500 empty bottles, look-ing glasses, one billiard table, oneice box, one well pump, olie lotof lamps.Terms :--CASH.

U. GABEREL, Auctioncer.Opelousas, May 9th, T157:

To the Towun Tax-I'aycrs.HE Tax Roll of the Town of Opelou.sas, for the yerr 1857, is now complete

and can be examined at the office of JosephD. Richard, at the Court IHouse, during thelegal delay, at the expiration of which it willbe placed in the hands of the Town Collectorfor collection.

J. HARRIS, President.Opelousas, May 9th, 18,7.-2t.

I NEW BUTCIIHERY.s TIHE uLsi-r-;pned will con:-s mence selling beet in the market

in Opelousis, ablut the lt ofJune. He has maId his arr;e l1,-eient. to oh-0 tain his supply of bet ves froiim o•e f the

I largest Vacherieq in the Parii-h, and wiilalways sell as fine beef as the c(untry can

1 afford. He hopes by moderate prices andstrict attention to his bnsiness to obtain afair share of the public patronale.

EDWApeloas WI, KFF.Opelousas, May 9th, 1i37.-•1 .

NOTICE TC) 0, ,HENR.T E price of Fresh IFl, r b,.iln, :8 00in the New Ore!ans Mairket. I:',rs

are required to give .: ,ances ,,f brhlad i rten cents, during Ine.t we( k.

Board of Police, Ope l•-as Mayv .h, 1K~7.J. IIAIIlIS, President.

NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE,T HIS Great IJornal of Crime and Crimrinal isin its Twelfth Year, and is widely cirrotated

throughout the country. It contains al' ti, (;reatTrials. Criminal Cases. and appuropriate. E ,itrRialsqn the same, together with irl,lirration on C('rliualMatters, not to be fotun in oany othrr new.rpaper.

7 Subscriptions. S". per ~rrrum : 81. tOr SixMonths. to be remitted by Subscribers. (whoshould write their narmes and the town, county andstate where they reside plainly.) tro

I. A. SEYMOUR.Editor & Proprietor of the

National Police Gazette.,New Yolk City.

May 2d, 1857.

VERANDAH COFFEE HOUSE,SItIS new establishment, situated oppo-

site the Court-House, and near the la-gle Hotel, will be open on the 9th May inst.It will always be well provided with the bestliquors " New-Orleans market can afford.

N. QUATREVAUX.-Those who are indebted to the Rail-

Road Exchange are earnestly requested tosettle with Valin & Godefroy, Collectors,between this and the 1st of June next. if theywish to save costs. N. Q.

Opelousas, May 2nd 1857.

LL persons having claims against theSuccession of the late Dr. Robert E.

Smith, will please present the same to theundersigned at his residence in Grand Coteauor to John E. King Esq., Attorney at Lawat Opelousas. EI). 1. MILLARD,

Testamentary Executor.Grand Coteau, May 2d, 1857.-3t.

JOHN E. KING, Attorney at Law.H AS removed to his new Office, cornerof Landry & Market streets, adjoining

his residence, and nearly opposite the Clerk'sOffice. Opelousas, May 2d, 1857.-lm.

DOCTOR E. lMP. ILLARDC ONTINiTES to devote his entire atten-

tion to the practice of Medicine.Grand Coteau, May 2d, 1857.

JOEL H. SANDOZ, NOTARY PUBLIC.W ILL attend with care and diligence to all

business entrusted to him, such as FamilyMeetings, Meeting of Creditors, sales, transfersand exchange of property. mortgages, release ofmortgages, Donations, Inventaries, Testaments, &e.

Office opposite the Court House, near Thos. H.Lewis & Porter:s.

Opelousas, April 18th, 1857

JAMlEi RAY, NOTARY PUIBIC.W ILL punctually attend to all business entrusted

to his care. Office at Opelousas.Opelousas, April 25th, 1857.

1 •[ SACKS LITTLE GUILFq1 [C(TTON SEED. For sale

by DEBAII LON & CAIRIERE.(April 18, 1857.) Washington, La.

ICE! ICE!! ICE!!!le at wholesale or retail, at WMI.

ner, of Bellevue andnt•pe r pound

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