THi COURIER.Official Joeural of tie Parih of St. Ladry

PUBLISHED on SAITURLDAY Y

JOEL H. SANDOZ & ANDIEW IEYIEIR.

Opelousas ISATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1858.

AUI? FOR ST. IUATIBL07" Mr. Ave. Maalsr, of St. Martinaville, is

authorized to collect and receive subscriptions andadvertisements for the Opdo•es Courier.

C17Wj call the attention of our readers and prin.cipally to the esatwers of fine POULTRY to the ad-

vertisement of Mr. J. W. Platte, of Rhinebech,

N. Y., which will be found in another column of

our paper.

037We call the attention of our readers to the

adsertisement of sale of ploperty of the estate of

Frederick C. aufmnan, for the conditions of saidsale.

Mr. Hssau HArse, lotar Tbwn, has been ap-pointed by Gov. H4bert, Parish Surveyor for this

Parish, in place of Alexander Close, deceased.

up-Our young and energetie friend, Gus-tavo Louillier, has taken the command of thefine steamboat Red River, which has just

been thoroughly ovaerhaled, and is now wait-ing for the first rise of the water to enter theCourtableaun.

Those who are acquainted with M. Louail.lier will doubtles wish him an entire emecess.

07Our lower oi r Nm Orleans mail hasfailed twice during the last ten days.

Cd "roeds are in an awfuthl situationsince a few days, the continual rains we hadlast week, have destroyed our bridges, andwaste our roads.

gy'Xr. Quervauz, proprietor of theBall BRad IABsa e, tequested us to on-nouace to his .emhelehiad the publi, thatto-dfit, hor to 10 o'clock, he will hiaethe pleasre to offer them a HOT PFnca.

BACBThb finetgdaj cfs a overrMr. S. B. Harmon's

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tense agd painful on pressure. Violent vomitingwould supervene, but in many cases, this did not

dry come on before the third or fourth day, when itrapidly amumed the appearance of black vomit.The sin soon ehged itcolour, and assumed apeculiar purplish he now and then alternating ina leadeu yellowish cast; alter death it generally-became dirty yellow.

In a few cases, fearof death was manifested fromthe invasion of the fever. In the majority, duringthe first few days.and before the more aggravatedsymptoms set in, the patient would assert, that, hefelt "quite well," was luxuriating under the effectsof the quinine and opium he had been taking little

s or nothing was the matter with him, and this statelad would continue, little or no perceptible change oc.

curing, many of the symptoms which had markedthe invasion of the fever, abating, the

4skin wouldyin. become cool and moist, the tongue clean, the mindperfectly lucid so that the bystander would think,

ad- that all was going on well. But this state of thingsch, was often very deceiving and a sudden gush ofof black vomit, would painfully prove the real nature

of the case, and rapidly hurry the victim out of ex-istence.

There is no disease to which the human frame ishe subject, that is so apt to deceive the physician asof this; some cases so much so, that the inexperiencedid have been known to give an opinion to the effect,

that little or nothing was the matter, the patientat the same time having only a few hours to live;and even those who have treated the disease forip- many years, are obliged to acknowledge that theiris opinion has' often miserably failed in this most

treacherous of all diseases, to which human flesh isheir.

But many cases were not so rapidly fatal asle- those just mentioned; they died more slowly fromhe congestion of the lungs, brought about by the hearts

action being paralysed by poisoned blood, and pre.-lot venting it propelling its contents through those or-

gans, others were carried off by mere exhaustion,bleeding taking place from the nose, mouth andhe gums.

But to look to the bright side of the question;of those that recovered, many would begin tomendas early as the fourth day, before any of the moreviolent symptoms had come on; the fever wouldJ. abate, the countenance would brighten, and alto-

gether the nervous system, would indicate its hay-sug got rid, of some great depressing cause.All we have said is but a very imperfect and

abridged account of the disease.On the subject of pathology we have nothing to

With regard to the treatment of this dire pesti- ileace, the curative powers of medicine tell a pitifuld tall. All plans oftreatment thatingenuity could tdevise were tried, with very poor success. The esevere eies almost all proved fatal. The less se- rvere sosetimes terminated in health, whether in ie of the measures employed, or whetherin t•i of them, it is not easy to say. f

SW Consider, setting aside the origo nmai, that all cit the cases of Yellow Fever with the exception of a

S ee or two; originated in Washington.Thatttheir number is within 400.

these, hundred at least died.We give a list of the. names, rather unperfect, fa

but the best we could obtain. liMr. SamI. Lepp, W. Ra CJames-Petit, Chas. Mullin Jr., ha T. M. Watkins, C. C. Rudd,

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{r John Franklin; the services of Lieut. Maury,d the Naval Observatory, and his scientific resear-ches of Prof. Epsy. Lieut. Davidson2 and Prof. Al-exaoder, the astronomicatlibservations .. Lieut.Gillis in Chili; the exploration of the Amazon andtributaries by Lieuts. Herndon & Gibbon; the laborsof Lieut. Jale Green for the improvement of gun-aery std ordnance: and the proceedings towardsthe execution of the contract with Robert L. Ste-vens for a war-steamer to be shot and shell proof.

The Naval Academy is presented in an interest-ing aspect, as being to the Navy what West Pointis to the Army. Exercise in the mandgement ofsteamers and steam engines, is strongly recommen-ded. The institution contains one hundred andsixteen students,

The Navy Yards are reported generally in goodcondition. The dock, basin and railway at Pensa-cola, having been tested by a commission, wereunfavorably reporied upon, and the contractors werenotified that the works could not be accepted. Thecontractors claiming that the test was unfair, areto have the opportunity to make repairs and a newtest at their own expense. The similar works atSan Francisco have not been commenced for wantof sufficient legal title to the grounds. The questionof the necessity of a basin in connection with thesectional dock to be built at that port, referred byCongress to the discretion of the department, isdiscussed, and decidgd in favor of the basin; whichwill be commenced when practicable. A navalestablishment at New Orleans is conditionally re-commended and the p/opriety of others, at Newport,R. I., and Beaufort, N. C.. referred to the depart-ment for examination, will be considered in a spe-cial communication.

Legislation on the rules and regulations, particu-a larly relating to rank, is urgently recommended.s The increase and re-organization of the Navy

are urged at great length, and in an earnest andforcible argument. The Navy consists pf abouti, seventy vessels of all kinds, of which a large num-b her are unfit for use and even unworthy of repair.Only about forty vessels could be brought into ser-vice, in ninety days, if required.Screw steamers are particularly favored, for use

as sailing vessels generally, carrying little coal, forI emergencies and calms. Six of these are recom-mended to be immediately constructed.

The two frigates on the stocks since 1819, shouldbe altered to modern improvements, and completed.I The old ship-of-the-line, Franklin, is being repairedat Kittery, and her model much changed, with aview of converting her into a first-class steam frig-ate. It is recommended to dispose of such vesselsas are unfit fok service as vessels of war.

A commission has investigated and reported uponthe causes of the failure of our war steamers. Theerection of machine shops for the construction ofnaval steam machinery, at various points, is recom-omended.

It is recommended to increase the enlistmentfrom 7,500 to 10,000. Also to increase the medicalcorps, the improvement of barracks and the increaseof the marine corps.

The statements in illustration of the evils of thepresent organisation of the Navy are of very stri-king character, and are worthy to be especiallyire-ferred to. The Secretary recommends a retiredlist on reduced pay, for the faithful who have be-come infirm: the discharge of the inefficient whohave no claim for services rendered; promotionregulated by merit, and not by mere seniority ofcommission; and pay to some extent controlled bysea service. The application of these provissionsto be decided by a board of officers, subject to theapproval of the President.

The improvement of the Seamen is dwelt uponin alfeliag and generous spirit. Better pay, morepermanent connecien with the Navy, increased 1pay according to continued service, a system of rrewards and pnilshisentes and, in particular, theforfeiture of wages for unfaithfulness, not to thegovernment, but tothe faithful seamen, upon whomthe iscreased burden will fall; are the principal re-commendations touching this subject.

The estimatesforthe year ending June 30th, '55,are $9,351,174 19, and the Expenditures for theye-ar ending last June, were 58,939,723 71.

'Come hebare, sonny, and tell papa what thefour sesons are ?" "Pepper mustard, salt and vine-gar-them's what mammy asons. with." .

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DIED.-Of consumption, at the house of Mad.Garand in Flat Town, in this Parish, on the 27thinst, Huaa FonPom r, in the 28th year of hisage.

Poor Hilaire, the scenes of life are forever closedupon youl The sufferings which you endured inthis world have gained-or you everlasting bliss inthe•.other. Aware of• your approaching end, youhad made peace with god and man. To know you,was to love you.

It was n i!i• ne to be counted oneif yourfriends, a no one could better appreciate the

ualitie• tr distibguishedy our generousb"advlence and charity were your

ebrcteristie traits. Your last hour was markedbl our dealgnatio to the will of God, accompa-

o with *a j ofl and chistisa conidence,for caemejgea of a 4pent life, death for yoa adan fora v-A l- it aid, that during your sick-

ed ea the of death, the most '1t kindness,atteotlon and care were bestowed upon you, by theobject of your de etiction. ' br wife, a sin-sere and eeha t hd habee Mg torn from your

embrace, ald cnalsed to the gravelLong will the memory of his love and affection

remazand I Paiatd -ai your bat! May we-alIstirsw tsp the of your lif , inlits

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PUBLIC SALE.t. Estate of Bisemond Doacet.

PI" E public are hereby informed that

I there will be sold at public sale, to thee- last and highest bidder, by a duly commis-'f sioned Auctioneer, on the plantation herein-

n after described on

of Tuesday, the 31st of January next,Id 1854, the following described property, part

of which belonging exclusively to said Roserd mond Doucet, deceased, and the other parta belonging to the copartnership heretofore ex-re isting between himself and Clement Hollier

ie fils, to wit :

A PLANTATIONLe on which the said deceased last resided, situa-

y ted in Cataro, Parish of St. Landry, measur-' ing about five hundred and seventy superfi-il cial arpents of Land, bounded North by John

O'Connor, South by widow Denis Stephen,t, East by Culvert Quirk and West by Fran-

- gois Doucet, together with all and singularthe buildings and improvements thereonerected and thereto pertaining, and consistingin a good dwelling House, out Houses 4.c.

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r of both sexes and different ages.

About 240 head of gentle hornedcattle, about 165 head of wildhorned cattle, 50 head of horsecreatures, about 20 gentle horses,2 yoke of oxen, a lot of sheep, alot of hogs, about 100 barrels ofcorn, about 1000 landles of fod-der, one gold watch, two guns,one violin, household furniture,plantation implements, kitchenutensils, and great many other ob-jects the enumeration of whichwould be too tedious.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS :-All sums Of Sten dollars and under payable cash, and all bsums upwards of ten dollars payable in two t]equal payments, say one half payable in allthe month of April eighteen hundred andfifty-five, and the remaining half payable inall the month of April llowi 'i856. Pur.chasers furnishing goo•9Fnd sufcient securi- .ty in solido, to the satisfaction of whom theright, and all sums not punctually paid at timaturity bearing interest at the rate of 8 per ncent per annum from time due;-And more. stover, the land and slaves remaining specially c(mortgaged unto aid Estate, untiffull and en-tire payment of capital and interest, whichmay accrue thereon. 0

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Opelousas, December 31st, 1853.

Public Sale.Estate of Alexandre Close.-

"JL hL be sold to the t isd hbighest'bidder, by th•i Anuc

tioneer, in and for the dry,at the last residence of thisParish of St. Landry, •ei

Thursday, 2nd. February 1854,the following proprty, belonging to the Es-tate of Alexandre Close, deceased, to wit:A Negiro Girl and her child.80 Arpents of Land.

4. VE W 1O USE,situated on the land of J. P. Close.A skiff, a flat-boat, 350 six feet

pieux, another house, a :lot ofpieux, a l9t of boards, 2 watches,2 cows, abeef and 2 calves, a sur-veyor's compass, 2 rifles, a gunatcreole mare, a creole horse, a cart,one pair of oxen, 60 cords ofwood, .1500 nine feet pickets, 8008tRve 4,L$OU hingles, 2500 thir-ty inces boards, the stock ofdry'gopds and groceries at Barr.'s

Conditions yl be pade known o the day

EBvsr. DxBAILLON,Auctioneer.

0pe ln s-"b~oeuser 81st, 18,8.

S.TO te P ltry diealers, Plantersand an iers at the Sonth. Thesub-.004w # t prepared toull orders

to any extent for any known variety of dhiceimported and 'oe Fowls, Geese, Ducks,Turkeys, Swa. Pet and Guinea Fowls,and will sell htock by the pair, trio or lot, atvery "reasonajil jes .- 'J a wjio buy to

sell again on *rBle k erms. Iwill warrant Birlsd Wsektyat_. M• equalin all respets to any in the opryry., Stock

werb.e Emly sent to any part of the United8tates.

No sharge mdae for oapes.

BRhinebeek, . Y.er, 31st;1868.-S-3t.

C. H. Mouton,frI anu tw tsitr. at Uae,

attend to all businesg-of lnsn, intheriahes of St. L

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PAdL0 SALGE.By the undersigned, Public Auctioneer, tn

ankfor the Parish of St. Landry.TItHE public are hereby informed that

there will be sold, at public sale, to thelast and highest bidder, by the undersigned,at the last residence of the late BenjaminCarantin, in the Town of Washington, Pa-rish of St. Landry, on

Wednesday, the 1st February next,1854, the following property, belonging tothe Estate of said late Benjamin Carantin,deceased, to wit:

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of both sexes and divers age,

Seven head of gentlehorned Cattle, one Horse,Household Furniture,

Kitchen Utensils, a set of SilverSpoons and Forks, 1 double barrelledGun, one Chest of carpenter's tools,one Saddle and Bridle, &c.

TERMS AND CONDITIONs:-One third ofpurchase money payable on the first day ofApril, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, onethird on the first day of April following, 1856,and the last third, on the first day of April1857. Purchasers giving good and personalsecurity, and all sums not punctually paid atmaturity, to bear interest at 8 per cent per Iannum, from time due until paid, and more-over, the slaves remaining specially mort-gaged unto said Estate until full and entirepayment of capital and interest which may Iaccrue thereon.

S. D. ALLIS, Auctioneer.Opelousas, Dec. 31, 1853.

MARD .W T .ST.-MAR TiNS VI ZE, LA.,H AS constantly on hand a fne aassort

ment of Italian Marble, of the fliestquality, for Tombs, &o. Persons in want ofsuch works will please send their orders tohim, in St. Martinsville, or to the editors ofthe Opelousas Courier.

He warrants all his foundations.St. Martinsville, December 31st, 1 8 53 .- 1y

SALE AT AUCTION.THE undersigned will sell at auction, attheir Store, in Grand Coteau, through

the ministry of a competent officer, on Wed-nesday, the 25th of January next, 1854, theirstock r goods, consisting in dry goods, gro-ceries &c.

They will also offer for sale twoDW'ELLING HOUSES,' with thuflots and other appertenances

attached to them respectively.Conditions made known on the day of sale.

PATIN BROTHERS..G•and Coteau December 31st, 1853 .

,P BLU1. SALE.U tStATtg idan authorization from

the i f Public Accounts, in con-formity o. 2 of the Legislature,approved rii•Api 83, the undersigned,auctioneer, i sell o the last and highestbidder, at public auction, at the Court Housedoor, in the tqwn #Opglousii , onWednesdaysA : 18th. of Januarynext, 1854, fot i, All the right, title andinterest ofth#Dte, in and to the undividedhalf of a tract w aFarcel of

situated in the Parish of St. Landry, near thetown of Opelousas, bounded North by lands ofThomayqH Lewie East by the Bayou delPuento, outh by lands of Lastie NKzat andWestby lands of J. J. Louaillier, containingtwo hundred and twenty-two arpents.

ACHILLE DUPRE,Auctioneer.

Opelousas, Deeembei 17th, 1853.

A LEXIS DRiBRE$3 of the Parish ofSt. Landry, having filed a petition for

the appointment of Administrator of the Es-tate of the late JRoeamond Doucet, deceased,of said Parish.

Any person intending.to make oppositionto said appointment, will file the same in wri-tin, in my office, lh the Town of OpeiusM,wit. n ten days, from the publication of thisnotice.

A. GARRIGUES,' Clerk.Opelousneas, December 24th, 1$85.

A TT ie `a1 s'aaleofJean Per-talis CaatiUe, Jean Baptiste B bin pur.

chasedds el iwncd } it 60 year ofage, andfailed to iiete t ;publicnotice is herehy .iren that BiIbe resoid A :,ian18th * day- tI' .. ̀ o

Thet trid t o e*;ihA ril1855, one i rd Ist ApriLA18Mim thirdlst bpril Th&71 ith7 n geretainedbesidusgood personal aecnnt.

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A LL persons having claims agaiu•t theEstate of the late Frederick C. Kauff-

man, deceased, are invited to present themto the undersigned, Agent, and all those in-debted to said estate, are also invited to comeand settle the quickest possible with the un-dersigned, if they wish to avoid costs.

YVES D'AVY, Agent.Opelousas, December 31st, 1858.

PUBLICO SA..L.Estate of Felix Young, deceased,

T HE public is hereby informed that therewill be sold, at public sale, to the last

and highest bidder, by the undersigned, apublic auctioneer, in and for the Parish ofSt. Landry, on the plantation of Louis C.Devillier, at Prairie Basse, in this Parish, onTuesday, 17th January next, 1854.the following described property, belongingto the estate of the late Felix Young, late o,the Parish of St. Landry, to wit:

A Mulatto-Boy,named William, aged about 18 years.

named Mary, aged about 12 years.Three creole horses, one saddle and

two bridles, one plough, about 6heads of horned cattle, a brand-ing iron, a silver watch.

CONDITIONS :-All sums under $25, pay-able cash, and all sums of $25 and above,payable in three instalments, one third onthe 1st day of April 1855, one third on the1st day of April following (1856,) and thelast third payable on the 1st day of April1857. Purchasers furnishing security in so-lido at the satisfaction of whom the right,and all sums bearing interest at the rate ofeight per cent per annum, begining on theday each instalment become due, until finalpayment; and besides, the slaves remainingmortgaged, by privilege, until final paymentof the capital and interests that may accrueas above.

A. DEJEAN, Auctioneer.Opelousas, December 17th, 1853.

PUBLIC SALE.Estate of Frederick C. Kauffman,

deceased.THE public are hereby informed thatthere will be sold, at public sale, to the

last and highest bidder, at the last residenceof the deceased, at Washington, in this parish,by the undersigned, public auctioneer, in andfor the parish of St. Landry, onThursday, 12th January next, 1854,the following described property, bilongingto the estate of the late Frederick C. Kauff-man, deceased, late of the Parish of St. Lan-dry, to wit :

A Lot of Ground,with improvements, situated in the town ofWashington, where the deceased last resided

4 SLAVES,of both sexes and divers ages.One horse, one cow, about 16 head

of horned cattle, one horse cart,one buggy and harness, one lot ofsaddles, household furniture, kit-chen utensils, one gold watch, onesilver watch, a lot of books, &c.Terms aid Conditions:.-The slaves and

lot payable on a credit of one and two years,from the day of sale. For the other property,all sums of or under $50, payable cash, andall sums over $50, payable at one year'scredit, from the day of sale. Purchasersgiv.ing good and sufficient security in sotido tothe satisfaction of the Administrators, and theslaves and lot remaining specially mortgagedunto said Estate, until full and entire pay-ment of capital and interest which may accruethereon, at the rate of 8 per cent per annum,from the. time due until paid.

A. DEJEAN, Auctioneer.Opelousas, December 10th, 1853.

PUBLIC SALE.UT uhL be sold at public Aiuction by the

undersigned public Auctioneer, onWednesday, 18th Jan'y. next, 1at the last residence of Mrs. Maredenigo, widowof Etienne LamoranTown of Waihington, the followibelonging to the Estate of saidmorandier, deceased.

TEN SLAVof both sexes and V aOne lot of cattle.

Terms and Comiitioni be made knowsona ti ay of sale,

<Evm. DREBAILLON, Au-ctioen- r.Opeleasae, 17th December, 1853.

LL persons having claims against theEstatesof Thomas Gardner and Mary

Norton, his wife, both deceased, will, pleasepresent them duly authenticated to the u4%dersigned, Administrator,,withi thithiy daysfrom the date of this notice;-,-And all thosewho may be indebted to said deceased, or,their Estates, are requested to c me and set,tie in the shortest delay possible they wishto save costs. O KLEY,

Administrator.Washington, (La.,) December 24&, 1858.

tAFILE the Par,oSt. Landjry, State of Louisiana,

h•t`ified a petition for the appointment ofAdm•nistrator of the Estate of Mrs. AdrienneDeshotels, widow of Alexandre Bte. Pont.not pine, deceased, late of the Parish of $t.

Nqiow,any person intending t mllake oppo-.sition to said appointment, will le the samein wriin, in my omoe, in the'T6wn of Ope-louss,• within ten days, f the publicationof this notice.

A. GARRIGUES, Clerk.Opelousas, December 24th, 1858.