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The Opelousas courier., 1868-11-28

U Negro suffrage WAS defeated in
Missouri lly the German VOTERS 1t is
lost l,y twenty Thousand maiority, while
the Radicals carried the State by a very
heavy majority, In one ward in st.
Louis, where the German vote was
strong, Grant got 658 majority, with o
majority of. 1881 against negro suffrage.
In another. there was i Grant nn,jurity
of 675, with ~ tfmajority against negro
suffrage of I53Dso These GerilaHs be.
lieve that Gen. GrsHt continues to hold
the opinion he nse,l to express. that me-
gro freedom does not iiiclude negro suf-
frage. u. picayuae. e I.;s. ~. ,sss,. ...3
The Opelousas courier., 1868-11-28

M. S. SHIRK,
Proprietor of Patent and Dealer in
Patent Petrolene Burning Fluid.
LAMPS, LAMP FIXTURES GLASSWARE,
No. R30 Poytlras Sta
Betucen Camp and 81. Charles Sts.,
New ORLEANS, La.
e All orders promptly attended to.
PETROLENE BURNING FLUID.
This is the great desderatum of the age It
will not smoke, will not smell in burning. 1t can
not De exploded 1t will not grease your hands
or clothes. No greasy or dirty substance col
lects On the outside of the lamp. 1t burns with
greater brilliancy, steadiness and softness than
any Coal Oil known. VIII burn in any Ian
with Marcys Hinge Burner, or with the Dia.
mond or Lighthouse Burner. [Sept. 1915
The Opelousas courier., 1868-11-28
L. MOulor,

SUCCESSOR TO j. B. LANG,
MO. 53 Old Levee street, corner of Benville
l street, and l4l Chartres street, corner of
Toulouse, Steam Mandatory of Smoking To-.
HaUana gneeo arg nmV ana importer OF all kinds of
My23-la] New ORLEANS LA,
The Opelousas courier., 1868-11-28

JOSEPH NJ MOORE JOHN j. MORGAN
MOORE g. MORGAN,
A T o r N EYS At l. A w,
Opelousas, La.
HAVE formed a partnership, and will practice
Il Ill their profession in the Parishes of st. Ian
dry, Calcasieu Lafayette, Avoyeles and Pointe
Coupee. (AugT T7-i0tf.
ayOlan HIN. OvertOxa,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
TTAS resumed his profession and will practice
Il Ill in the eth and 9th Judicial Districts of Lou
isiana Office on Bellevue Street near the Drug
Store of Thompson & Mayo, Opelousas. janl9
JOHN M. TAYLOR,
ATTOR NEY AT LAW.
Opelousas, La.
WILL prnctir- i'll the C"urts of the F ghth
w Judicial District and the Parish of Saint
Martin. Ali business entrusted to his care. will
nrrt prompt and strict attention ~ Partiru-
lar attention given tu the coIi'rton and prn~rcr,-
lion of "laimS Sept. Is. 1~66-l4
Sa-Hr will temporarily be- found al he office
of the Clerk Of The District Court
The Opelousas courier., 1868-11-28
PROFESSIONS, &c.
A. BAILEY & E. ID. EsT1LETTE,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
"7ILL practice i'll the Courts of the Parishes
w of St Landry, Lafayette, Vermilon, Cal
c;.sieu, St. Martin, st. Mary aud Avoyelles.
Office :-Opelousas, Liz. Jul25-7.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15

Or Wednesday. of last week, the Hon.
Robert G. Davis resigned the Office of
Second Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, which he had held for considera-
bic length of time. and on the succeeding
Friday. James w. Austin, Esq. of this
city. was duly commissioned and qualified
in his stead Judge Austin took his seat
upon the bench on Monday, Of the present
week, when his appointment was announ-
ced by the Chief Justice, who directed
that his commission be read.
We are gratifed to notice that this ap-
pointment is well received by the public.
1t is important to secure the public conf
dence in all Judicial officers. They -exer-
else SO important an influence upon all the
relations of business and of private right,
that it is in vain to hope for successful
administration of justice where confidence
in judges is impaired.
The new judge has resided in the Ha-
waiian Islands for many years, and is famil-
lar with the habits and business transac-
tons of the whole community. He Is
literally educated, having received his de
gree at Harvard College in New England
and has devoted himself with assiduity
and fidelity to the important interests,
which, during long period have been
entrusted to his charge. We congratulate
the public upon this important accession
to the bench.
We are informed that Judge Austin will
sit with the Chief Justice in the trial of
the more important causes which may
come before the Court at its present term.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

The bark Clara L. Suta arrived from San
Francisco on Sunday, fourteen days passage,
having left on the 2sth ult.
The steamer Montana was to leave July
Sd for Honolulu.
The small pox has made its appearance in
San Francisco-nine deaths in the week
ending June 27th The papers urge more
attention to sanitary measures.
FLAG SHIP PENsACoLA-The u. S. flag
ship Pensacola, Admiral Thatcher proceeds
TO Victoria TO. day. The object of the cruise
north, it is said, is that the Admiral may
confer with the commander of the jamestown,
now lying in Esquimalt harbor, V. l., on the
affairs of Alaska.
The Omnibus Reconstruction Bill, was
vetoed by the President, but passed by Con-
gress by the necessary two-thirds vote. The
President and Congress seemed to have
changed places, regarding the speedy admis-
sion of the Southern States, the latter are
now urging legislation, for this purpose
willie the former seeks to retard action. 1t
in time TO take part in the coming election.
In England, the Government has resolved
to dissolve Parliament, and-the new election
viii take place in October. This will extend
the term of the existing Government, for
eight or nine months longer, though the
electors should disapprove the ministerial
policy, as already the Commons have done
by their adverse votes. The vote in the
House of Lords on the Irish Church Suspen-
sorry Bill, had not been reached. There are
rumors of an European war, but the only
further fact pointing that way is the tele-
gram, that Italy declares q neutrality, as be-
tween France and Prussia. Full details of
the news will be found in the letter and
teI.oroms -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15
Examination of Common schools.

IN accordance with the instructions E5ued
by the School Inspector, the Government
Schools of the District of Kona, Oahu, were
examined during four days, from the 2Sd to
the 26th of June, and the following is the
report of the Examining Committee of ma
tive Hawaiians, as published in, and trans
lated from, the Au Okod By the report of
the Committee it will be seen that the pro-
gress made in the Common Schools of this
district, during the past year, has been favor
able. The registered number of children at
tending the 10 Government Common Schools
In this district, to June 30th, last, was 40,
or an average of about 81 scholars to each
school. The number of children present at
the examinations this year was COZ, or an
average Of about IS children to each school
examined If to the no children registered
as attending the 10 Government Common
Schools, we add the 204 registered as attend
ing the Government English Day Schools,
we shall have 9l4 children registered as at
tending the Government Day Schools of this
district. To this number, if we add the 26S
children attending the two English Day
Schools at Kawaiahao and Kaumakapil, un-
der the charge of Messrs. Malo and Kiha,
respectively, We shall have total Of l,l77
native children of both sexes attending day
schools in this district. ffll1
To HIS Highaess, II. Kekuaaaoa, President of
the Board Of Education e
The undersigned, the Committee appointed
to examine the Government Common Schools
of this district, having performed the duty
imposed upon US, beg leave to present the
following report, based upon fair consider
alton of the merits of all parties
H FIRsT DAY
On Tuesday. June 23d, in accordance with
the instructions of the Board, four schools
were examined IN the church building at
KamoiIiili. From careful Inspection of
these schools, it would appear that they have
not retrograded, as some idle reports which
have been published might lead us to be-
lieve. We mention particularly as worthy
of Communication, the school of Kamoiliili,
proper under the tuition of Keoki In all
the branches in which this school was ex-
emlned, 1t was made evident that the master
was skiliful in the art of teaching, and dis
played zeal and patience in instructing his
pupils. ~ SIS
Second, the school of Palolo, j. II. Kane
pun, teacher; third, the girls school of Wal
kikikai In regard to the latter school the
Committee regretted TO learn that some of
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15

A chap who was told by a clergyman
to remember Lots wife," replied that be
had trouble enough with his own without
remembering other mems wives.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15

eHas the railroad got ins7 asked gen.
ueman Of an freshman standing at the
depot, thinking to quiz him Zone ind
has. sir" was Pats quick reilly.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15

TIE SCHOONER
IS M "A Rx. q


OF EzELO,
As 1895 tons reeistef, copper and coppar-Ess-
tened, now running between this Per; and Hiir.
having jsst been put in q Thorough state 81
repair and furnished with comuIsls s..e 81
New Sails, Gear Ground Tackle. eie.. Is nv
offered for sale. For particulars. apply %
l. L. 10EDERI.
HonolEInr q
lit J. H. cons5. Hao-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-07-15

teacher would be advantageous, should q
more competent one be found residing in
that part OF the district
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

The fact that nothing is known of the result
of the meeting in favor of Mr.. Disraeli indi
Gates fair promises and professions of conf
dence on the part of the Tory members of
Parliament. The new Prime Minister begins
his Government by seeking the control of his
party, but whether he shall be able to satisfy
both his party and the liberal sentiment Of
England is a question that cannot be answered
in anticipation The conference was closely
followed up by his appearance in Parliament,
where he enunciated the policy of his Govern
ment with as much distinctness as a man who
understands so well when to talk and when to
be reticent could be expected to do in so criti-
cal an emergency. All that he said was, that
be should follow in the footsteps Of Lord Derby,
and pursue policy that would be just abroad
and liberal at home. His treatment of Ireland
should be gentle; but if Mr.. Disraeli considers
the policy of Lord Derby's administration to-
ward that country as partaking of the quality
of mercy, it is difficult TO understand how he
may cOnstrue the same policy in other respects
Lord Derby's policy, with Mr.. Dsraeli at
the head of the Government instead of Lord
Derby himself will be closely serutinized
by the opposition, and the Premier can expect
no favors at their hands. And indeed the words
of the Prime Minister were followed by some
very sharp remarks in both houses on the very
day he announced that he could not decline
Her Majesty's gracious offer. The whisperings
of opposition indicate that he will not find the
Premiership q bed of roses, and from his efforts
to organize his friends and infuse confidence
into the wavering he evidently does not expect
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06
MIR. JORNSONS PARTY.

The child whose paternity is universally dis
claimed is presumptively no credit to his pa
rents; and the eagerness of the Democrats to
rid themselves of all responsibility for Andrew
johnson and his acts is significant foretaste
of what shall be. After having seduced, per-
verted, debauched him, they turn upon their
victim with stony stare and protest that they
do MT know him-that he must have settle
Element in some other parish. 1t is not often
that President of the United States is thus
disowned by the party which he has risked
everything to serve.
Mr.. johnson was ready, willing victim.
Stopping at Cincinnati, on his way to be in
augurated Vice President, he then and there
disclosed to Col. Stanley Matthews his pur-
pose to resuscitate and reinvigorate the Demo
cratic party-in other words, to place himself
at the head of the opposition to Mr.. Lincoln's
administration. No scruples of delicacy, no
sense of gratitude to the great party which
had lifted him, an outcast and fugitive, to the
second Office in the land had any restraining
force with him. He was already, in heart and
purpose, a traitor to those who had fondly
trusted and immeasurably exalted him. And
he had barely established himself in the White
House, after Mr.. LincOlns assassination, when
the Tom Florences and Cornell Wendells
whom he and all knew as implacable
adversaries of the party which had
elected him were welcomed to his conf
dencS and his privacy, and were pfoclaiming,
through their Rebel organ, that Andy was
the same old Democrat he ever had been, and
sumr1oning the Democracy of the slave-Whip
and the cofile TO rally around him. Before
Congress ever met under bis sway, Mont
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06
LATEST GENERAL NEWS.
[By Telegraph !

[By Telegraph
- Counterfeit Convention warrants have
appeared In Jackson, Miss.
.... The steamer Nymph went 10 the bottom
In the Missouri. near sibley, on Monday night
THE steamer Laura was seized at st,
Louis on Wednesday, for freightng contraband high
wines.
The Kansas Legislature reached Coyote
Wednesday and attended ball In Junction City last
night.
The Chicago, Alton, and st. Louis Rail-
roads net earnings for the year ending Dec I 1851 wers
tl7is,7S3E.
...The Pacific Railroad Branch, connecting
the Chicago and at ST. Johns Iowa, with
the Sioux City, is finished
49,. In whisky riot on Monday, near the scene
Of the late diser's riot in Claiborne County three men
were killed and one was mortaly wounded.
....Dr. McElroy fell dead on Tuesday even
ing, at Mr.. g. w. Kohps hotel. Nicetown, Penn Iho
doctor out sleghing, accompanied by his wlie
-. Mr.. Evan Williams, Superintendent OF
the Lackawanna Coal Company was killed. yesterday.
by falling down the Briggs shaft near Scranton
Penn.
The Baltimore Conference of the NJ. =.
Church SOUTH Bishop Daggett presiding and the Batl
presiding, are in session In Baltimore
It is said to be the general belief among
the neghbors John Bennington that the recent robbery
of his strong of 10000 committed under the
leadership OF his son. who has not been seen nor
heard Of since the robbery.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

We presume no one will question the thorough
Democracy of the Hon. Robert j. Walker,
nor will any ono deny his ability as lawyer
and q statesman. Listen to what he says con-
ccrning the duty OF obedience to law On the
part of Executive officers:
"Icalled," says Mr Walker, "upon Gen. Thomas early
OIL Saturday morning, at the War ONCE, and coamun
oaed to him in friendly way my opinion that any such
order would be nuy. and would subject him oserious
consequence especially IL any such collision should
occur told him that he had no right, nor had e Pres
dent 10 dsobey aw Of Congress upon the assumption that
ras unconstitutional aud that his rere NOT the Pres
dent might set aside all The lars Of Con0ress since he ou
dafon the Government upon the ground that they were
unconstitutional That the President possessed no such
power because 1t not executive but erelSsirey
judicial poer and that all the lars OF Oo0rsss must be
obeyed e1eeuted the President unless
was restrained by tho highest judicial authority That to
declare lac unconstitutional not only the exercise
OF judicial power but the highest judicial poiOer and only
20 be resorted by the courts where, In their judgment
the act was clearly unconstitutional, and that In all
doubtful the court had uniformly refused to inter
fere with the execution OF tho law"
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06
rRIRUNE CAMPAIGN SHEETS.

THE FIRST NUMBER contains Senator Nor
toms speech on Reconstruction, delivered in the
Senate, Jan. "a, together with the speech of
Senator Williams on the same subject
THE SECOND NUMBER contains the speech of
Gen. sickles, at New-Haven, Feb. S6; the
speech of Senator Morrill, of Maine in the Uni
ted States Senate, Feb. 8, and the letter of
Speaker Colfax to the Indiana Republican Con-
vention. Every village Club should subscribe
for at least a hundred copies of each of these
publications, and see that they are scattered
far and wide. The terms are as follows:
20 Copies, Postage Paid..-... .25 cents.
100 Copies, Postage Paid.......S1
1000 Copies, BY EXPRESS .....s7
Single copies may be had at the counter for
two cents. We cannot undertake to send less
than twenty copies by mail to any one address,
These Documents are for sale by all News
men. ~ VI.
Address THE TRIBUNE, New ork'
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

The last steamer from Yokohama to San
Francisco brought news of a revolt in Japan
on account of the opening Of the new ports.
The person of the young Mikadc had been
seized by three of the most powerful Daimios,
and StOtsbashi, the late Tycoon, was collecting
forces to oppose the revolutionary party. Later
news by the Cable reports the struggle Of a
serious nature, and battles had been fought
between the opposing forces with loss of life
on both sides. 1t is to be regretted that Japan
should be embroiled in civil feuds at the very
moment she is shaking off the narrowness of
the past, and seeking to take the important
place among the nations of the world that she
might occupy. We naturally come to regard
the Japanese as the future commercial allies of
the United States, and anything that retards
their progress is of much interest to the people
of this country. The success of an illiberal
faction would be unwelcome to us and unfor-
tunate for Japan.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

Conspicuous among the chosen orators Tor
tho Democracy in New-Hampshire stands
Henry Clay Dean, the Iowa traitor whose
rawlings during the war delighted every ene-
nv of the Union. Here is an extract from a
recent speech said to have been got Oft by the
same Dean during his recent labors for the
New Hampshire Democracy:
"If could have my way would place JEFF. Davis In
Congress where he rghtfulIy belongs; then would go
70 Concord take all those miserable batteags from the
State House. and make bonfire Of them in the state
House yard then would go all through the Nortn, anu
destroy all the monuments and graves'ones ere0'qu ~
tIe memorv Of soldiers in short, would put out OF
sight everything which reminds that we ever had
war with our Southern brethren. do not know as
would hang one legged and one-armed soldiers put
would pray to God to get them out of our way as soon as
possible"
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

gomery Blair was stumping the State OF new
York In company with John Yam Butep, urging
ali to support Mr.. johnson by voting the
Democratic ticket, and confdentially promising
the Federal offices to the Democratic party In
case they carried the State. This was in oppo-
sition to Republican ticket nominated under
the direction of Thurlow Weed and Henry j.
RAYMOND on a platform of boundless devotion
to Johnson. Mr.. Raymond made journey to
Washington on purpose to obtain from the
President word of recognition and cheer for
this ticket, but had to return without it.
They defy the most palpable facts, therefore,
who talk of Congress having quarreled with
the President He had fully resolved to de-
sert and betray the party which elected him
before there was any Congress to differ with
Congress no more quarreled with him than
George Washington quarreled with Benedict
Arnold.
Why should Republican Congress have
sought feud with Andrew JohnsOnf he was
the dispenser of boundless patronage-the
fountain of honor Some Congressman aspire
to embassies, judgeships territorial governor
ships; all Congressman have friends in office
or friends whom they would gladly have ap-
pointed to Office They certainly did not quar-
rel with johnson in behalf of Impartial Suf-
fraee: for tho last Congress framed and
passed plan of Reconstruction which left the
question of Negro Suffrage expressly to the
decision of the several States Congress stood
on that platform when johnson declared open
war in his mob speech of Feb. -, 1866. Can
any one invent plausible incitement to QUAR-
rel with johnson on the part of Congress-
unless he had become an enemy to the party
which elected himH
"Then why did MT he turn ont Mr. Lncoln's
cabinet and select one entirely after his own
"heart 2" it is asked. We answer, Because no
couldn't There was never moment since his
accession to the Presidency when the Senate
would not have vetoed such Cabinet by more
than two to one. To have nominated it would
have simply exposed the clOven foot in order
to have a spear thrust through it. From that
moment, Mr. Johnson would have had not even
n nominal following outside of the Democratic
party.
Mr.. Johnson's entire career as President has
been animated by the deadiest most implaca-
bic hostility to the party which elected him.
Do you pretend to doubt this Then tell us
why ninety-n mine in every hundred OF those
who voted for him as Yice-Presdent are eager
to see him kicked out o. the White House,
and why like proportion OF those who voted
against him are now his NOISY eulogists Are
we all mad together Are we all blind OF
besotted 7 No" instinct il great matter"
as Fastaff truly observes; and we all know
both our friends and our foes. And, 1t the
Republican party has OF ever had an enemy
prominently deadly and perfidious, his name
IL Andrew johnson.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06

Strongly as we desire to favor and prOm0te
all needed internal improvements, including
those which are Of too great national import
ance to wait for private capital and enter
prise, we regret that the resolution offered by
Mr.. Wilson of Iowa against further grants
of National bonds to aid railroads was voted
down. The resolution was tabled by 78 Yeas.
of whom Is were Democrats and 63 were Re-
publicans. The votes against tabling 1T and In
favor of retrenehment were A, of whom IL
were Democrats and 81 Republicans. We look
to- the faithful friends of retrenchment in both
parties to follow up this matter until they carry
40 important point. AT time when it is all
the country can do to suppress the tendencies
toward reputation, and when every measure
which looks to tightening taxation is essential
10 the very existence of the Republican party,
we warn our friends in Congress that we are
not in condition to give away bonds to railroads
at the rate of from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile.
Even if these gratuities would secure the i'm
mediate completion of the roads, and if the
roads themselves were indispensable, the
bounty would have to be stopped. But the
whole business is full of iniqnity. The argu-
ments which induce members to vote for such
grants are of kind which will not bear ex-
posure, and they must be stopped.
New-York tribune., 1868-03-06
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTIONS.

An Intellectual attempt was made in the Lou
isana Convention yesterday to amend the dsfranchse-
ment article.
The Mississippi Convention completed tho
report on the Executive Department yesterday and APP
pointed committee TO conduct the trial Of Merriam for
drunkenness and for publicly impugning members mo
tiveA
Phe South Carolina Convention adopted reso-
lutons yesterday, petitonng Congress 70 give lands
sold for United Seates the State for distribution
among the freedmen The value Of property thus de-
sained is $TOO,O09
The Georgia Convention adopted an Educa.
ton clause yesterday, providing that all children rre
spective OF coer shall be educated by taxation.