The Opelousas courier., 1855-06-30
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF LOU.
ISTANA

L -
t ISIANA.
: intimately connected with the question of
e 1orelgn immigration, is the growth of the Ro-
!, man Catholic Church in our country. Des-
Potlc' proscriptive and intolerant, its ascen.
, dancy, as all history teaches has ever been
: destructive OF freedom of opinion and while
$ would unoompromisingly oppose any inter-
ference with the rights of its members as citi-
Sens, by any legislative enactment. vet bv
full and independent exercise of the riobf of
suffrage and the appointing power, they s6oul6
De excluded from the offices of the govern
ment in all its departments "-ExtTacs of
FIourn0y's letter.
fer Contr0.- GEORGE WAsHrNcroM
wrote the following letter soon after the Con.
stltutlon was made, and addressed it to the
General Committee of the United Baptist
Churches in Virginia: f'-''
| Gentlemen If could have entertainer
the slightest apprehension that the Constitu-
ton framed by the Convention where T had
the honor to preside might possibly endapper
the religious rights of any ecclesiastical soeie.
ty, certainly l would never have placed INV
signature to IT. and if | could not conceive
that the general government might even be
so administered as to render the liberty of
conscience insecure, | beg you will be per-.
suaded that no one would be more jealous
than myself to establish effectual barriers:
against the horrors of spiritual TYRANNY. and
every, species of religious persecution. For
you doubtless remember have often expres-
sea my sentiments that any man conduetinu
himself as good citizen, and being accoun.
table to God alone for his religious opinions,
ought to be protected in worshipping the Deitv
according to the dictates of his own conscience
A PERSONAL SKETCH OF MADAME Tr.
MEL, WIFE OF AARON BURR.
From the Correspondence of the Albany Exnre,sr T
NEW YoRK, May 13.-In Lossing,s Pisla Rool,
OF the Revolution there is picture ofa house on
this Island that was erected one hundred and fteen
years ago, and which was at one time fhe hoat
quarters OF Gen. Washington. 1t is situated near
the high bridge, over the Harlem river and though
really within the city limits, is surronnda,G E..
forest and dells giving it a rural and wild asnecS
me grounds are beautifully improved, the gardens
laid cut with taste, and everything around fhe es-
tabishment bears the marks of refinement and
wealth. "A"
On this historical spot lives venerable ,vo,,,n
whose history has been varied as the CHANCES IN
her eountry's prospects have been rapid. Mime.
Jumei Is native of Providence r. L Her raider
name was Miss Bowen. She came to th;a c;tv
a6oue the year 1898, and in 1905 was married 10
Mons Jumel, native of France but then a refnoee
from the bloody massacre Of ST. Domingo T5seIT
did not 1--we long together, from incompatibilitv of
temper or some other cause. He soon afterwards
died. leaving her three millions of francs in France
she frequently visited Paris, always living in
style commensurate with her husbands pretensions
and wealth She moved in the highest circles,
both In France and in this country of that day and
the court and homage Of the most dist;n~
gusned mea of the time. She subsequently married
4 aaron Burr, somewhere about the year is16, but
they too, soon separated. After his death She con-
tinued to live in secluson at her stately residence
on Tins island, with the exception Of occasional
visits to Paris.
:, She was there soon after Louis Napoleon became
Emperor, and was at the Tuilleries on the occa-
her as the widow of his old friend (which one fra
1ltion does not,) A friend OF mine visited Madame
y ,umel few days ago, and this has brought freshly
% my recollection the romantic incidents Of her
;neckered career. Her residence is described as
IN earthly paradise, minus the angels
Everything that art can achieve. or taste desise.
Or money procure, may be found there Costly
paintings land among them genuine Rubens,L
articles Of vertu presents from noble and distin.
5uisned PERSONS autographs, and everything that's
'een theresin lavishaprofusion.
Madame Jumel lives the life of a reciuse. She
Knows nothing of and will have nothing to do with
aeE neighbors around Fort Washington, with a
very lew exceptions Even the boys have a tudi.
'ious fear or her. and trouble neither her orchards
'or her hower.gardens, nor anything that is hers.
Every evening gun is fred off on her premises
o warn intruders. Very few persons ever solicit
'ermisson to view her grounds, and only a favored
minority OF these ever have their petition granted
This old lady, now seventy -eight years of age.
las one penchant, and that is for gathering around
ler refugees from Europe. She is always taking
are OF flock of them, and to make them useful
whenever good musician comes along she gets
nm the instrument with which he is most fsTni-
lar, and in this way she keeps up a very pleasant
'aHd OF music, which enteTtains her by their re-
'eated performances.
Madame Jumel, from having mingled so muchin
ne best kind of society, has all the courty graces
nd blandness of manner which distinguished ks
sanaes dHomne'v of the last century. To society
md the world generally she bears herself yery
.anghtily, forbidding anything like approaches to
amliarity. She is a much of a despot in her own
ominlons as any monarch who swaps a ceptre.
She likes her mode of living, has wealth enough.
las seen the world, outlived the desires Of life and
slll consequently probably never again emeres
rom chequiet enclosure of her elegant residence,
'he has beautiful niece living in Bordeaux WHO'S
married. and to whom her property will most ike
Y descend.
CHINESE PROPOSALS OF MARRtAeE.-When a