THE DIFRENCE UDTWEEN THE NATION- Public Sale, 2 A Cragin, K N. wIscoNsIw. KNQW.1NOTiJ &llG IN THE SQ UTiI. I'Public Sale, CONGR 8s8. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND and v MEXICO. 1 Daniel Well, Jr, ALITY OF Public Auctioneer By the undersigned, Auctioneer in of members of the 34th beginii ., tr, exi:crierce By the undersigned,a I The following is alist the 1 J M Gallegos. 2 C C Washburn, The South is now THE KNOW NOTHING PARTy.-There is no for the Parish of St. Landrlry. of which began on in andfor the P.trash of St. Landry. Congress, the first capession 3 Cbs Tillinghurst. the baseful efforts of Know Nothingism. State in the Union which can be more just. that Monday. the4th indlnt. (Democrats in Roman; are hereby informed that / HE public are hereby informed RECA? ITULATION: The seed which this dangerous party has oly to as illustrating the nationality l1HE public T Whigs, those with astar attached A. Abolition- referred " there will be sold, at public sale. to the there will be sold at public sale, to the We need hardly -.. .-- --. .- .- 83 cast into our soil has taken root with fright- the undersigned ists, and K. N. Know-Nothings. Democrats, of the Democratic party than New Haramp last and highest bidder, by the undersigned, hlast and highest bidder, by remark that many of the Southern Whigs are heart Whigs, ------77 ful rapidity, and is producing fruits, the bit. shire. Nowhere else has the Democracy Auctioneer, at the last. residence of Elislha G. and soul with the Democracy.) ..--- -.- . 73 a public auctioneer, in and for the Parish of ! Know-Nothings, terness of which is being sensibly felt among gbeen subject to stronger temptations, and Sherman, on the Atchafalaya River, in this *NATE. Yacancy, - -- 13 St. Landry, at the door of the Court House, I P&XLI8BZD AVERY IATURDAY MORNING BY all the truly national men of the Union. It nowhere has it more unswervingly maintain. Parish, on President, - - -,- - -- Jesse D. Bright. on Total, .- . .- .- 246 has brought into agitation with renewed fury Surrounded upon all sides in the Town of Opelousas, JOEL H. &&tWDOZ & ANDRUEW IEYNIER Secretary, - . -.. Ashbury Dickens. yed its fidelity. Tuesday, 20th January next, 1 85(, And teven territorial delegates. the most vexed sectional issues, and succ -- by the fierce anti.slavery fanatecism, be. Tuesday, 29th January next, 1856, 1 ALABAMA. E•tire. Miss•slspar . Expires. ded in carrying to power a large number of lea. the following described property, belonging Opelousas : 1859 Stephen Ad*ia 1857 trayed oftentimes by its most cherished the following described property, belonging t Clem. C,.la~yr. STATES.-The iBejFitzpatrick, 1861 A G Brown, K N-1853 FacTS ABOUT THE UNITED its proselytes pledged to keep alive those e deor, it has still sternly and boldly preserved to the Estate of the late Antoine Boisdore, tto the estate of IRosemond Fontenot, deceased, States are composed of thirty.two alliance St. Landry, to-wit: MATUR1DAT ; f $ B 9t4, ARKANSAS. MISSOURI. United questions; to keep them prominently before eits integrity, and spurned every late of the Parish of St. Landry, Ilate of the Parish of 1859 H. S. Geyer,• 1837 Territories. deceased, W. K. Sebastian, States and nine the people, and to exert all their efforts to which involved a concession of its cherished to wit : A CERTAIN - Robt. W. Johnson, 1861 Vacancy, 1861 25,000,000 OUR AGENTS. They contain a population of promote their ultini.te triumph. Never was principles. Its gallant struggle one year are authorized to collect CONNECTICUT. NEW HAMPSHIRE. are white. A CERTAIN The followinlg gentlemen 1857 John P. Hale, %g 1359 of whom 21,000,000 Abolitionisn more rampart than at the pres- ago with the enemies of the contitution and TRACT Or LATD, and advertisemi..s for the Isaac Toucey, is 12,660 miles. and reelrve sabseriptions Laf. S Foster, AC 1861 James Bell,* 1861 The extent of the sea cost ent time-never did the full spirit of.Aboli. the Know Nothing lying in the Parish of St. Landry, on the Opswas Courier, in their respective towns: the Union, arrayed under CALTFORNIA. NEW TORK. The length of its ten principal rivers is 20,- tionism instil its poison with mere certainty of our rea- Atchafalaya, containing eighty acres, more Avouas MAcAnst, 8t. Martinsville, (La.) 1859 Ybanner, is yet fresh in the minds John B. Weller, 1857 Hamilton Fish,* 000 miles. and effect. situated in the Parish of St. Landry, on the or less, thirty-nine 49-100 acres of which be- Aaraiut BULLrARD. Breaux's L•idge, (La.) 1861 W. H. Seward, A* 1861 ders. Although defeated in that struggle, -. Msu.sAerue, Washington, (La.) Vacancy, The surface of the five great lakcs is 90,- condition of the East side of the Bayou dos Cannes, at the quarter of South-East quar- DELAWARE. NEW JERSEY. Contrast the present has been unable to extort any submis- town- ing North-East defeat the " pointe Mauuel," in, Jas. M. Bayard, 1857 J. R. Thomp n, 1857 000 square miles. country with what it was two years ago, and dsion from the patriotic Democracy of the placecalled ter of Section No. six, in Townshia No. six, 7 We are authorized to announce that Mr. J M Clayt n, K NC 1859 Wm. Wright, 1859 The number of miles of railway in operation how changed is the scene ! At that perid State. On the 14th ult., they met ship five South, Ranges one and two East, of Range No. seven, in the South-Western for a seat granite CRABLES CLOSE has become a candidate FLORIDA. NORTH CAROLINA. is 52,310, which cost $621,316,300. and being seetions numbered Forty-four, Fif- of Louisiana, and the balance adi- Jury of this Parish. from the 3rd Ward. R. 1857 David S. Reid, 1859 our halls of legislation were in the keeping SinConvention, and nominated for Governor, District in the Police S. Mallory, The length of its canals is five thousand in Range comprising Gros Chevreuil. Grand Coteau and David L. Yulee, 1861 AsaBiggs, 1561 of the sturdy I)emocracy and National itJohn S. Wells, a sound national Democrat, ty-two, Fifty-three and Fifty-four ning, on the western boundary, with the Conide C.oche, at the election which will take G EORCIA. OHIO. miles. Whigs of the country. The ennemies of and adopted among others, the followingad- One, and Section Fifty-nine in Range Two, BUILDINGS & IMI'ROV EMEINTS the- place on the second Monday of May next. Robt. Toombs,* 1850 B. F. Wade, A* 1. 7 It contains the longe, t railway on the globe South and the advocates of negrophilism- containing five thousand nine hundred and rreon erected. Opelousas, Nov. 17th, 1855. E. Pugh, 1861 rmirable resolutions: Alfred Ivernon, 1861 Geo .- the Illinoise Central-which is seven hun- though in a helpless minority, unheeded, forty-five 9[100 acres. Said tract is the same INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA. RESOLVED, That we believe in the cardi- dred and forty-three miles. iHousehold Furnitures, Kitchen U- "We.are authorized to announce Mr. Ave. M. Jesse D. Bright, 1857 R. Broadhead, 1857 contemned-attempted to ievive the dange, nal doctrines of State Rights and popular conceded to Antoine Boisdord by the Spanish P~LRAULT as a candidate for Town Constable of Vacancy, 1861 Vacancy, 1801 The annual value of its agricultural produc- which was re- tensils, one Skiff, one lot of Hogs, rous agitation of the slavery issue, but were esovereignty; that we recognize, in its broad- Governmentclaimed in - by said, and Boisdorc, by the the town of Opelousas. at the election which will ILLINOIS. RHODE ISLAND. tion is $200,000,000. ' ported as first foiled in their schemes, thanks to the un- salutary, the principles one pair oxen, horned cattle, colts take place on the Monday of April next. S. A. Douglass, 1859 Chs.T. James, 1857 Its most valuable production is Indian corn est sense, as just and Opelousa, 24th November 1855. A. 1861 Philip Allen 1859 flinching devotion of Northerrn anti Southernn that the people of every organized State and Icommissioner's report No. 7, made 4th May one Ox- L. Trumbull, which yields annually four hundred millions mares, beeves, horses, IOWA. SOUTH CAROLINA. patriots. A bill, the object of which was too territory belongs, of right, the prerogative S1815, and confirmed by act of Congress. [L7We call the attention of our readers and par- 1861 of bushels. Cart, plantation utensils, one gun Geo. W. Jones, 1859 A. P. Butler, repeal a pseudo compromise, which, when their own do- consists of Prairie land and of Wood 1861 Josiah J. Evans, 1857 and enrolled ton- of regulating for themselves It below by ticularly of the heads of families, to the advertise- James Harlan. The amount of registered interest required, f land, and is bounded as follows: one silver watch, two log chains, KENTUCKY. TENNESSEE. was always discarded by mestic and local affairs, within the limits ofi ment headed Franklia Intitution, in another co- nage is four millions four hundred and ven y J. B. Thompson,* 1859 James C. Jon •* 1857 the North, and which infringed upon the e the constitution; and that we denounce allI lands conceded to Simdon Fontenot, by lands 100 cords wood, one saddle, &c. lumn of our present number. thousand and ten tons. J J Crittenden k n* 1s61 John Bell.r 1859 Constitutio I rights of the South, w ' pas- .violations of this principle, whether by the purchased from Government of the United .Conditions:-Allpurchases of moveable our rLOUISIANA. TEXAS. The amount of capital invested in manufac- This Institution is one of the most popular in sed. The principles of that measure wer'- Abolitionists of the free States by Jean Bte. Paul Fontenot, by Si- of and under twenty-five dollars to J. P. Benjamin,* 1859 Thomas J. Rusk, 1857 tures, six hundred millions. interference of the property Town, and deserve a continuance of the liberal pa- essentially the same as those enunciated and i and by the public domain; pur- John Slidell, 1861 S.Houston, K. N. 1859 The amount of its foreign imports in 1853 States, or by the aggressions of their abet. mon B. Manuel be paid cash, upon the day of sale, all tronage of our community. Mr. Valade, the Prin- MAINE. VERMONT. advocated by the fthiers anrd founders of the Stors, in the work of sectional agitation from East by the public domain, by lands purcha- c property above t wenty- 1Hannibal Hamlin, 1857 J. Collarner, AC 1861 was $367,969 947; and its exports $220,67I,- chases of moveable cipal, and Dr. Hoare, the English teacher, areboth Republic; viz, that Congr s had no right the slave States. sod from the Government of the United States five dollars, payable on the first of 3larch, Foote, 1837 197. fully competent to discharge their arduous duties. W P Fossendon, A 1859 Solomon to determine whether slavery should existst RESOLVED, That the Constitution of the1 by Jean Deville, and by the tracts of land 1857.I The price of the land payable in two MASSACHUSSETS. VIRGINIA. The annual amount of internaltrade is 900,- 1857 or not in t'e National Territories, but that t United States is founded upon the funda- conceded to Alexander Foutenot, to Pierre e instalments, fruni the first of I2rIn the course of next week, three succession- Chs. Sumner, AC 1857 James M. Mason: 000,000 of dollars. equal annual Wilson, A. 1859 R. M. T. Hunter, 1859 the question should be left open for decision, and absolute equal- .Bapti-to Fontenot, to Etienne Deville and to 1856, by mortgage and good al saleswill take place, in our Parish. Henry The value of its farms and live stock is five mental principle of entire 1 LouisDeville and above by lands conceded March, secured MARYLAND. WISCONSIN. according to the wishes and interests of the e ity among all the States of the Union; and personal security. The nctes to be made pa- The first will be near Grand Coteau, on Monday Thos. G. Pratt,* 185.7 Henry Dodge, 1857 billions of dollars. people residing therein. These were theie it is not competent for Congress or any other rto Jacques Dupre, and by lands purchased yable at the office of Henry L1. Garland, in sold. Jas. A. Pearce,* 1861 C. Durkee, A K N 1861 Its mines of gold, and silver, and copper, and nextwhere a Plantation and 8 slaves will be doctrines laid down in the Kansas-Nebraska to impose upon new States coming of the United States by sums not punctually paid at MICHIGOAN. iron ore are among the richest in the world. apower from Government Opelousas. All The second willbe made by Auctioneer Ddjean, Cass, 1857 act, introduced by Richard-on in the House or restriction 1Etienne Bundick, Cesaire Lafleur, Gustave t eight ler celtun 1er annum Lewis The value of the gold produced is $100,- into the Union any condition r Soileau, Olivier Lafleur, Widow Olivier La- maturity, to bear on the plantation of the late Jacques Lastrapes, on Chas. E. Stuart, 1859 and Douglas in the Senate. Aider a warm"' in respect to their domestic institutions or interest, from that time. The admiuni-t'ator where he will sell that fine 000,000. Wednesday, when and RECAPITULATION. and protracted d, bate, the measure was car-r internal concerns, which the federal consti- fleur and by the public domain. will receive no security living out of the Ia plantation known The surface of the coal fields is 138,131 as Jacques Lastrapes', 37 slaves, Democrats, -. -- - 33 ried, approved by the-Executive, and recei-- tution has not imposed upon the original A CER TAIN rrich of St. Landry. - 12 square miles. a first rate stock of cattle, &c. &c. Whigs, ...... ved the sanction of all the Union-lovingg States; and that any effort on the part of EVTE. DEBAILLON, Auctioneer. --- - - 10 Its receipts for customs, lands, &c., in 1852 The terms of this saleare favorable to purchasers. Abolitionists, - December 1'15. Know Nothings, ------3 and its expenditures, $43,- rmen of the country. It was thought byY Congress, or any other power, to violate this Opelousas, 29th And the last, though not the least, will be made was $52,482,394, Vacancies, ------... 4 543,945. them that the vexed question of slavery, de. *principle should be met and resisted by allsituated in the Parish of St. Landry, on the - oathe next day (Thursday) by Auctioneer Ben- on principles which in- There are now four vacancies in the Senate- Within her boundaries are 80,000 schools; cided as it had been Sgood citizens as an attempt to trample upon Bayou Mallet Woods, at the place called the where he will sell one of Atchison of Missouri, Petti tt Sjured the interest- of neither section of the and destroy the Union. guerel, at Prairie Laurent, the terms of Messrs. 6,000 academies, two hundred and thirty-four ie the constitution "L'Anse Bourbeuse," consisting of the sec- TIENNE VIiRISE, of the Parish of and finest plantations of our Paris, to- of Indiana, Cooperof Pennsylvania, and Gwin of land, and which was left entire'y to the ar. Observe the contrast. E the largest colleges, and three thousand eight hundred Gov. Garder of tion Forty-four in Township Six South Range St. Landry, having applied by his pe- California, having expired on the 4th of March, bitrament ofthe people, woild have received Massachusettsd is claimed by the Know No. gather with 865slaves, horses, mules, oxen, waggons, 1855. churches. One East, and of Section Seven in Township tition,t for the appointment ot Administr;.tor &e. &c. In order to become purchaser at this sale, its final ouielus. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. thing organs of the South as a type of their Six South, Range Two East, containing thir- ofc the Estate of Victuire Soileau, widow of one must have a trifle of $20,000 about him, and Butg such was not the case. The North, The convention which nomi- late of thei ALABAMIA. NEW JERSEY. Bulletin, in an article up- nationality. teen hundred and sixty-two and 4[100 acres, IEtienne Vidrine, pere, deceased, The Philadelphia him repudiated the Philadelpia plat. a good credit, as every thing will be sold in bloc. 1 Percy Walker, K. N. 1 Isaiah T Clawson,* the European war, has the following ttuth- or rather that portion of it under which Blue enated being the same conceded and confirmed to 7Parish of St. Landry. on 'n form, which contained a timid, pretermitting For further particulars, we refer our readers to 2 E. S. Shorter, 2 Geo T Robins,* ful remarks upon Russia's real situation at the Laws, Abolitionism and the spirit of faciion Widow Antoine Boisdord, per act of Congress Therefore, any person intending to make the advertisements on the other side. 3 S. W. Harris, 3 Jas Bishop,* flourish in unchecked growth, conceived theie endorsement of the principles so boldly pro- will file the 4 Wm. R. Smith, K. N. 4 Geo Vail, present time, and American feeling for the and reported under Commissioners certificate opposition to said appointment, design of carrying out its projects under a in the resolutions of the Democra. office, in the townth of U. S. SENATE.-COMMITTEES. 5 Geo. S. Houston, 5 A M C Pennington:O Czar and his government. a claimed B No. 1109. same in writing, in mly 6 W. R. W. Cobb, NEW YORK. guise so novel ani attractive as easily to de- tic convention of New Hampshire, and Gov. Opelousas, within ten days from the date of on "As a last desperate means of annoying her L Said land is part wood Land and part prai- The Senate of the United States has elected, 7 Jas. F. Dowdell. 1 W W Valk,* K N lude the unwary and the ignorant. Theie Gardner, in his letter of acceptance, wrote this notice. 2 J S T Stranaban, enemies, Russia contrives in disturb the mon- rie Land, and is bounded as follows : On the t the 12thinstant, its different permanent committees. ARKANSAS. snare which they ad,.pted was Know Noth- as follows: Ave. DEJEAN, Dep. Clerk. 1 A. B. Greenwood, 3 Guy R Pelton,* ey market and produce a panic which, al- North by the public domain, by lands pur- -The oemposition is as follows : ingism. By arraying the religious predju. who the 2 Albert Rust. 4 John Kelly, though groundless and absurd, is serious and "I thank my friends gave me chased by Government of the United States Opelousas, December 22d, 1855. On Foreign Relations-Mr. Mason, chairman, K N dices of the de cendants of the Puritans in the cALIFORNIA. 5 T R Whitney,* embarrassing, and we here in America espe- i opportunity of being the first man by Louis Fuselier, by Jean Btc. Manuel and Douglas, Slidell, Clayton, Weller and Fish. 1 J. W. Denver, 6 John Wheeler, against a denomination which was represen. i Philadelphia Convention, from this Com. ALL KINDS OF On Finauee.-Mr. Hunter, chairman, Toucey, Jr,* K N cially are made to suffer from the trickery oi by Bertrand Pousson; Northeast by lands 2 P. T. Herbert. 7 TChilds, ted as silently working the downfill of the emonwealth, after the gentleman from Geor Pearce, Stuart, Broadhead and Crittenden. CONNECTICUT. 8 A Wakeman,* a paralysed and corrupt nation five thousand conceded to Garrigues Flaujeac, Blanks for Justicci of the Peace, Dodge, Republic; by insidi-,usly instilling into the 1egia who introduced the platform at that by the pub- Os (bmnmerce.-Mr. Hamlin, chairman, 1 E. Clark, Jr, K. N.* 9 Bayard Clark,* K N miles distant from us. And. yet it is this t lie domain, and by lands purchased from the IReady for delivery. and' fr sale cheap for cash. Benjamin. A S Murray,* Stewart, Seward, Clay and 2 1. Woodruff, K. N. 10 sympa- minds of the labor ng classes feelingsofenvy 'YConvention had spoken, and after a New VGovernment of the United States by J. Da- the otffice of the Courier. Allen, K N nation that it is pretended we should Apply at On Manufactwres.-Mr. Wright, chairman, 3 S. Dean, K.N.* 11 RH King. and jealou-y against these mecha,:ics of for.r. York Delegate had asked, "Is there any ' vid Schmidt; East by lands purchased from -rlan,Wilson and TrumbulL 4 W. W. Welch, K No 12 Kilman Miller,* thise with, and this nation that we are told .t Ajgriculture.-Mr.Allen, chairman, Hunter, DELAWARE. 13 Russell Sage,* must triumph in any struggle that she may eign birth whose avocations frequently lyman on this floor who willdare to say he . the Government of the United States by said Brick-Laying & Kettle'-Settian H Dixon,- brought them in contact, and, perhaps, inn will not be bound by the will of the majori. War4s, Thompson, of New Jersey and Harlan. 1 E. D. Culin, K. N. 14 S have entered into. But this delusion will Schmidt and by Michael Lacaze; South-east T IIE undersignedl respectfuill inftrmu those O .Milta~y Affairs.-Mr. Weller, chairman, FLORIDA. 15 Edward Dodd,* soon be dissipated, and the real,,wcakness of competition with them, and by skilfullyY ty ? " I am proud to acknowledge it as one eby the public domain and by the said lands planters who may wish their kettles set or H Johnson, Jones of Tennessee, Ivernon 1 A. E. Maxwell. 16 G A Simmons, using the lever of antislavery upon the fil.i. of the most glorious days of my life, that I repaired. that he is engaged in the above bomues., 17 F E Skinner, Russia will be demonstrated to the satisfaction of said Schmidt and Lacaze; and on the South oRoaRIA. erum of sectional hatreds and passions, theiehad the pleasure of being the first delegate and solicits a share ct public patronace. lie be- On thLeMilitia.-Mr. Houston, chairman, Dodge, 1 James L. Seward, 18 Thos R Horton,* of all. Army after army h;s been recruited West by lands purchased from the Govern- lieves that his work will compare sdvamntageou.ly leaders of the movement scon saw hundred. 1. from the North to rise and tell him to his e gg Thompson of Kentucky, and Bell of New 2 Martin J. Crawford, 19 Jonas A Hughston, - and wasted; port after port h..s been blockaded sment of the United States by Henry Young with that of any other woirknan in the slate.- 3 R. J. Trippe, K. N. 20 0 B Matheson,* cyptured and d stroyed one co :ly fleet is im- and thousands of young enthusiasts, greysface, that my colleaguesfrom Massachusetts Many references to that e;dlct can be given, if 4 Hiram Warner, 21 Henry Bennett,5 and by William B. Reed, and the public do- OnAVajal Aairs.-Mr.Mallory, chairman, Fish, the Baltic and another is annihi- headed Abolitionists, disappointed dema- - and myself would never be bound by that desired. Slidql, James, and Bell 5 John H. Lumpkin, 22 C McCarthy,* prisoned in t ain. He is familiar with the detail of the Ramos plan Tho ofwJersey, gogues and ambitious wire-pullers flocking igmajority." of Teime 6 Howell Cobb, 23 W A Gilbert,* lated in tee Black Sea. Defeated in the Prin- YConditions:-One, two and three years and will introdr:ce that improvement, it desired, 7 N. G. Foster, K. N. 24 Amos P Granger,* to their standards and arraying themselves face of such evidence as this, is claimed by O e.•Lahdb-Mr. Stuart, chairman, Jeo-n cipalities, in the Crimea, in the Pacific, in sYet in the credit, beginning on the day of sale. Pur- without extra charge for work. It SF Clayton, Pugh and Mallory. 8 A. H. Stephens.* 25 Edwin B Morgans,* Caucasus and in Turkey in Asia, with no in- into a body, the invincibility of which was 3Southern men are audaciously asked to vote the proprietor of the patent that, by that rode of Oriate nd Claim.-Mr. Benjamin, ILLINOIS. 26 Andrew Oliver, said to be unquestionable. What was the e with this Know Nothing party echasers furnishing solidary endorsers to the skimming the grande. the gum as well au the scum chair 27 John M Parker, ternal re. ,urces where, with to combat the against the Big , hosmpson of Kentucky, Foster and 1 E. B. Washburn,* result? It can be clearly seen in the Con. Democratic party.-Louisiana Courier. satisfaction of whom the right; and each sum is entirely removed from the juice. which is not 2 J. A. Woodworth, 28 Wm W Kelsey, exhaustir . drain that she is suffering, Russia method. and that the sugar Northern bearing interest at the rate of 8 per centum thie case by the oidirary 3 Jesse O. Norton,* 29 J Williams, K N must and will sue for peace, and that before gress now in session. Every will outsell that made in the ordinary way. from "ndian Afairs.-- r. Sebastian, chairman, 30 Benj Pringle,* per annum, from maturity. Besides, the lands lombs,Brown, Reid and Bell of Tenne•aee. 4 James Knox * a great while. The world will be better for Representative who stood upon the Nebraska one to two cents per pound. 5 Wmin.A. Richardson, 31 ThoeT Folger,* platform, and had the patriotism to vote remaining specially mortgaged to the succes- commun;cation will receive prompt attea- Oielaims.-Mr. BeOdheA chairman, Geyer, I K N her humiliation; for a nation whose whole poli- Any 6 Thomas L. Harris, 32 Sol G Haven, 1'. O. Avoveiles. La. , Yulee, Femendn and Wade. K N. according to the dictates of conscience and sion until real and effective payment of the tion -Address, Evergreen 7 James C. Allen, 33 F S Edwards, cy, since she had an exiLtence among impor- GEORGE FITCII. Revolutionary Claims.-Mr. Evans, habr- omo. equity was unmercifully sacrificed, and a principal and interests. 8 Vacancy, tant powers, has been tyranny, and whose dy- Evergreen, Avoyelles, Dec. 1st lbi5.-3wm. .) H lde,FFeoser and Dukee. " 9 S. A. Marshall. 1 Tim C Day, K N rampant Abolitionist elected in his stead. A. DEJEAN, Auctioneer. t Judiary.-M-r. Butler, ehairman, Touy, nasty has been a succession of murderers, is INDIANA. 2 J S Harrison, K N* a stain upon earth-a reproach to Christen- It was immaterial to what political creed he Opelousas, 29th December 1855. " G eT,Toombs and Pugh. 1 Smith Miller, 3 L D Campbell, A' Catholic Church of Washinlton, thP ianPost Roadd.-Mr. Rusk, 4 M H Nicholas, K N dom. However some of our people may be might have been attached whether that of 2 Wm. H. English, of obdmras, Yues, Isarnm, Adams, Jones of Iowa, 3 George G. Dunn,* 5 Richard Mott, K N prejudiced against England and France, as Democracy or Whiggery; Know.-Nothing. PUBLIC SALE, T• IIB' PEWS of the Catholic Church 4 W. Crumbach, K. N. 6 Jonas R Emrie, K N freemen and foes of despotism, crime and cor- ism needed victims, and ruthlessly glutted Washington will be sold on Sunday, & garid Oanals.-Mr. Slideli chairman, 5 D. P. Holloway,* 7 Aaron Harlan,* By the undersigned,a Public AuctioMw the end of mass, which ruption, they cannot consistently and honest- its vengeance. This was the first stab in. HE undersigned respectfully inform the the 6th of Jantuary, at tJoes of Teenessee, Blggs, Bell of Nw 6 L. Barbour, K. N. 8 Benjamin Stanton, T for the Parishof St. Landry. on that day will be said at 10 o'clock. They zh3 r ,and Durkee. 7 Harvey D. Scott,* 9 Cooper K Watson, ly wish for the success of the Czar of Russia." flicted upon the vitals of the South by that public that on Monday evening, 31st as those at the Church -Mr. Jones of Iowa, chairman, 8 Daniel Mace, K. N. 10 Oscar F Moore,* heterogeneous ofisms, miscalled the "Ameri- instant, at the Opelousas Varieties, they will T HE public are hereby informed that will be soll for ca.ch, Clay, Ber,Seward, and Thbompsn of New Ja 9 Schuyler Colfax,* 11 J B Horton, K N AGE.-But few men die of age. Almost can party"-a stab from which she has not there will be offered for sale at public of Opelousas. For the accommodation of such 10 Sam. Hunton, K. N. 12 8 Galloway, K N give a grand Dress Ball. all die of disappointment, passional, mental, entirely recovered, and a repetition of which No efforts will be spared to render this sale, to the last and highest bidder, by the un- persons as live far from the Church, divine ok d Owfamnue.-xr. Brown, chair 11 'John H. Petit, K. N. 13 John Shurman,* dersigned Auctioneer, at the last residence service will hereafter be generally kept at 10 IOWA. 14 Philemon Bliss,* or bodily toil, or accident. The passions kill it will require the undivided exertions of the ball agreable to all present. s •a• All. and a•ed Sunday. .-d t, Patnt Oree.-Mr. Jast, 1 Jas. Thorington,* 15 W R Sapp, K N* men sometimes, even suddenly. The com- Democracy to avert. BEAUCHAMP & REER. of Elisha G. Sherman, on the Atchafalaya o'clock, every other Stuart, Brown, Thompson of Ken- 2 Augustus Hall. 16 Edward Ball, mon expression, choked with passion, has lit- The difficulties which are now occurring River, in this Parisb, on December 20th 1855. 3-2t. KANSAS. 17 C J Albright, Opelousas December 29th 1855. tle exaggeration in it; for even though not Kansas the state of anarchy and disorder, ..'.r.Adam, chairman, FiR 1 J. W. Whitfield. 18 B F Leitter, K N -in Tuesday, 29th January next, 1856, NEW ORLEANS, OPELOUSAS. WA SH- Wade,* 'suddenly fatal, .ron passions shorten life. into which this unhappy territory has been Biggs, and mCiten.dn. xtrsqcxY. 19 Edward the hereinafter described property belonging 1 H. C. Burnett, 20 J R Giddings, A* Strong bodied men often die young-weak plunged nay the civil war which threatens Franklin Institution. INGTON AND BAYOU B(EUF Mr. Douglas, chairman, Jonesol Bingham,* to the succession of the late Cldmentine Ri- PACKET. ell of Tmennessee, Sebastian and 2. J. P. Campbell, K N 21 J A m u live loner t',an the stro for the strong to break out at every moment, are undoub. THEODORE VALADE, Principal, 3 W LUnderwood kn OEGON. chard, wife, &c.,deceased, to-wit : use their strength, and the weak have none to tedly the work of Know.Nothingism. It is Da. HOARE, Professor of English. TIIE elegant and fast running stea- 4 A. G. Talbot, I Joseph Lane. mer SYDONIA. Gr(;Irtv Lor-AIL adit amd Control the Contingent RExpens raNxs•LVANAu. use. The latter take care of themselves, the a matter of fact which events in the North A CERTAIN TRACT OF EsN.Zvans, chairman, Wright and 5 1. H: Jewett, .I.mt, Master. Having been thor- 6 J. M: Elliott, 1 T B Florence, former do not. As it is wi'' the body, so it have fully corroborated, that the principal Institution, now well known in our oughly repaired, will, as soon as the water will B Tyson,' THIS 7 H. Marshal!, K. N. 2 J is with the mind and temper. The strong aim and purpose of the new fangled party community, offers remarkable advan- permit it. ply as a regular packet between Opelou- Uhdeldisy•i-Mr. Bs.azd, chairmss, 8 AK Marshall. K N* 3 Wm Milward, Thompson of New Jersey, Pratt an are apt to break, or, like the candle, to run; was to secure a majority of members in Con- tages as regards the moral and intellectual de- situated on the Atchafalaya, in this Parish, sas, Washington, Bayou Bruf and New Orleans. 9 L. M. Cox, K. N. 4 J Broom, K N' This boat is safe, comfortable and fast runner, ad- 10 8. F. Swopes, K. N. 5 John Dadwalader, the weak burn out. The inferior animals, gress opposed to slavery, fog- the purpose of velopment in the pupils. bounded North by lands of Henry Gallings- 0u AukE-,xr. Fltspatrick, obasrama, mirably built and is of light draft. The officers LOUISvANA. 6 J Hickman, which live, in general, regul:: and temperate defeating any attempt to introduce Kansas Pupils cannot go about town unless being housen, South by lands of M. W. Read, East will use all their exertions to satisfy those who KN 1 G. Eustis, Jr, K.N. 7 Bradshaw, lives, have generally their prescribed term of into the Union as a slave State. It is also accompanied. by the Atchafalaya and West by Public will encourage them. For further information ap- O . James of lows, urmaara 2 Miles Taylor, 8 J G Jones, e years. The horse lives twenty-five years; a matter of public notoriety, that, for months Condition,-Payablequarterly. Lands, containing one hundred and twenty ply on board. 3 T. .Davidson, 9 A E Roberts, boat in the trade. C Kunkel, the ox fifteen or twenty the lion about twen- acres, more or less, said land being acquired 07- Freight taken as low as any 4 J. M. Sandidge. 10 J back, a secret political and military society Boarders, per scholastic year of ten December 15th, 1855. xAINE. 11 J H Catmpbell, ty; the dog ten to twelve; the rabbit eight; has been formed in that territory for carry- months and a half, $130 from she State of Louisiana, and being more 1 J. M. Wood, 12 H M Faller,;* particularly the gaineapig six to seven years. These the Day scholars, 1st class, 60 described on the title from the 13 Asa Parker, ing Free Soil measures into operation, State, with For sale at privato sale. 14 G A Orow, numbers all bear a similar proportion to the chief of the Order being styled "the Gener- Day scolars, 2nd class, 40 all the BUILDINGS & IMP- at pri- 15 JJ Peesae, time the animal takes to grow to its full size. al," and his subordinates officered according All quarters commenced must be paid in ROVEMENTS thereon erected. HE undersigned offers for sale, T and upon reasonable condi- 8 IW 1•b6Lemuel Todd, When the eartila4nous ; of the bone to their respective station. This is the sec- full, and no reduction will be allowed except vate sale .D. Fner. o•binson,' Four property, to-wit : S T. become ossified, the bone e4t grow. This ond evil, which Know.Nothingism has en- for sickness. Lots of Ground, tions, the following SAieAoaisErrSe. takes place in a man at ab6.twenty years, BI3.B. HallK.L N 19 tailed upon the South the creation of new Opelousas 29th December 1855. situated in the Town of Washington. atI o t I 2 J. BuSagto ,LN. 20 on an average ; in the camel :t iight; in the political secret organizations, heretofore un. j ONE LOT OF GROUND, 3 W. 8. Dinl EItK N 21 Dar' at five; in the ox at four; in the lion at known in our country's history, and incom- A NEGRO-WOMAN, 4 L B. Comine, . N. 22 8 A Putviaee, situated on Main street, in the town n the dog at two; in the cat at eighteen patible with our institutions to all good Dem- aged about fifty-three years. wasacodmead t agpro a per 5 A. Berli $me, K N 23 JohnAll as in the rabbit at twelve; of Opelousas, together with the Buildings and STim Davi K N 24 David Baclay, in the gui- ocrats throughout the land to know, that One pair work oxen, two english neas•i •seven. Five or six times these Improvements, consisting of a Dwelling 7 N. P. Banks jr, K N 25 John Dick.' while others have been plott'ng against the cows, two heifers, one cow, one House, Store, and other buildings. 8 C. L. K K.LN. auon Iszann. number en term of life; five is pretty true interests of their country and lending 9 Alex. ittL N. I N D rse, K N Washington, La. pony, 300 barrels corn, 1,000 Another lot of ground upon which l near the animals greatly exceed aid and comfort to those who have been seek- t aru .Uooo• etndatiou~nas a iabaur d 10 CCC. ChneLN. 2BB Thurston, K it. But man, of als, is the one tha' HbE undersigned having purchased the there is a small dwelling house, situated at 11 Mark T &afte,L N. smon oaaaua. ing its destruction for years past, they at bundles fodder, 20 heads of hogs, shamsh offala t W anthsoafthisl~adeeemege A above property, formerly known as the the corner of Court and King streets. NARtrahW. 1 John MeQueen, seldom comes up to rage. He ought least have been true to their creed, to the one ox cart, household furnitures, Wm Galt House, begs leave to announce to the ]:Any body wishing to purchase can ap- :.1a:A. 8tewar 2 Aiken, to live a hundred year; rding to this laws and the Union. Even now, while I Jae.BJ •& XIN. 3 LM eitt, physiological law, for five es twenty are public that it is now open for the reception of one lot carpenter's tools, planta- ply to the office of the Courier,or for more SJasLM.f N 4 FPmretoo. 8 Brooks, Know-Nothingism is openly showing its informations, call on the undersigned, N. 5 JaOrr, hundred; but instead of scarcely transcient and permanent boarders. This tion utensils, one cistern, kitchen at the H.I4 W.4vsK hands in Congress, Free Sotdism threatens Hotel is situated between the upper and lower junction of Bayous Teche and Fuselier. "r Kwa ts, K N d WoW3.yce. reaches on the average four times wing to elevate to the Speakership utensils, one lot ploughs, 256 1-4 seinsesa. of the House Steamboats Landings, fronting the Courta- EDOUARD FAYOLE. * Thou P lowie, period; the eat six times; and the even an Abolition agitator, the &c. e eyes 4the South, blean. The premises have been newly fur- cords of ash wood, St. Landry, December 8th, 1855. eight times the standard of measure .nay of the whole is not only ter country, are turned up to. nished, and no effort will be spared to render Conditions:-Allsums of twenty-five dol- S B Wr• s• 3WS A Smith, reason is obvious-man ward the Democracy, irregular and the most intemperate, but as the only party the house as pleasant and acceptable to its lars, payable cash, all moveable property of x'20 Rew rt"d. which deserv;es its confidence, and which meat laborious and hard worked of all patrons as any similar establishment in the twenty-five dollars and upwards, payable on Ranaway from the undersigned, guaranties of order and tranquillity. the first of March 1857. mals. He is also the most irritable of all interior of the State. The lands and sla- in Pine Prairie, in this Parish, on 7 s a tribute due to genuine patriotism IL8.tm ebalitetA animals ; and there is reason to believe, WM. IRELAND. yes at one and two years credit, from the 1st 20th of November * Gt'bse Poeters s F K ,K N ofaltering attachment to republican the night of the though we cannot tell what an animal secretly Waehington, Dee. 29, 1865. 4 of March next, 1856. All sums not punctu- last, a mulatto man named CHArn- # Jas.JIade ,' 9X Etheridge,K N ally paid, to bear eight per cent per annum, Jona4 G Mrir 10 Ths Rivers, N feels, that, more than any other animals, man 80 years, about 5 feet, 9 or 10 from maturities until paid, the lands and LES, aged about cherishes wrath to keep it warm, and con- W 3s CowuTsnrp.-The following high, having the first phalanx of the slaves to remain specially mortgaged in favor inches snmes himself .with the ire of his own secret incident ated of the late Mr. Webster's S OSTHENE LAMBERT, of the Parish thumb on the right hand cut off. Charles eeeetione.-Blackwsor Magazine. courtship. was then a young lawyer of St. Landry, having applied by of said succession until fully paid. The notes speaks french and english, and is the same his to be made payable at the office of Henry or, of Upt, Mss., ia in Port . H. At one of his visits to petition, for the appointment of Administra- that the undersigned has purchased at the sale 5 i reoodAetiodatet hsbtaud i L. Garland, in Opelousas. Sw. Lois, Dee. 68.-The pro-slavery par- Miss Grace , he had, probably with tor of the Estate of the late ZEphirin Lam- The administra- Lastrapes. SWearyJks; s Iss• mx" , tor will receive of the estate of the late Jacques ty ie encamped on the Wakassa river, and a view of comb', tility and enjoyment, bert, deceased, late of the Parish of St. Lan- no security residing out of the of $20 will be given to whoever Parish of St. Landry. A reward asmt night, by order of the Governor, they been holding , f silk thread for her said boy to the undersigned, Therelbre, EvTE. shall bring back arrested Gen. Pomroy, who was on his way when suddenlylh. ped, saying. "Grace any person intending to make DEBAILLON, Auctioneer. fifteen dollars for his delivery to Mr. Ca- Opelousas, December 29th, or to Kansas city, with an important dispatch we have th l` d in tieing knots: opposition to said appointment, will file the 1855. seaux, in Ville Plate, or ten dollars if he is for the East. Threats have been made to not,let Us see itw.ea one which will same in Writing, in my office, in h%i Jo 4desie,t the Town of lodged in jail. r~~s WP. 4 TWah s44?Als destry the American Hotel pt Kaneas, on otunatie for a fi He then took a Op.louaes, within ten days, from the date of READ! READ!! E. DARDEAU. the suppositios that it was owmag by the af~ nning a knot of this notice. 15, 1855. piece of tape,and, 18:5, I will Pine Prairie, St. Landry, Dec. Emigrant Aid Society of MAasehusetts. a peculnr kind, gave it er complete. A. GARRIGUES, Clerk. as to close gaily the yearto my numerous S Ohave the honor to offer T'he seitiimoplede themselves to defend SThis was the ceremtony tifieation of Opeens, December 29th, 1865. customers a "Hot Punch" day after to- FOIR SALE, and proveRS its destruction. Four or five their engagetment. And n a little box, morrow, Monday, NEGRO BOY about 20 years old, b Slat December, at 8 o'clock A huadred men, several picesof artillery, and imarked y him wi .the • "Precious Cheap for cash !! P. M. with full guarantee, for sale at private pr-bably a thomsand mukets pased through• Documnents,'onlitaaoing t- of has Aine lot of 6 and 9 feet pickets, for sale Let it be remembered ! sale, or to be exchanged for a family of ne- sdeppednene yesterday fremp the border early eourtship, this unique metnorih~ptili *chap for ealh, by N. QUATREVAUX, groes, and the difference paid cash by the Po1nti9. of Misu~ern to aid tIk Sheriffot to be fImd. TPhi knot baauever bFdn us' PONTENRT & LYONS. Rail Road Exchange. owner of the boy. For particulars, apply at *susbr~firaplpq~ inedules~:bie Wauhiugre, DeS, * .1$ 4. Opeleeas, Demb.r 20th, 1865. this Office. Opelonase ept 8. (tf