The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-12-04


Gustavus A. Smith has been appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue at New Mex
leo. =
Four hundred thousand dollars w,r,
subscribed here last night for the contcm
plated international fair, to be held in 1870
The Commissioner of Customs reports
show the receipts during tie last tiSca
year to he $3.50. UOO, 900, with fines, penal
ties and forf"iturcs, and $75U,UOO for othr,
fees ; making a total AGGREGATE of SlS2, 600.
900, equal to $234, Oon, 600 in currency
\ Washington special to the New York
Tribuue says "AdMilal Potter has no"
got our navy into a condition that will
render it. dangerous for Spain to attclnh'
any rcprisals in case the ~gunboats are 1oI
any reason withheld"
The students of Harvard College have
prepared a petition to Congress which has
been signed by all the students, prayin!
that brIligcrcnt rights be granted the ca
bans. Several thousand signatures wcr,
added in New York.
The Peabody Fleet-Suez Canal-Span.
ish Throne.
LoNDox, Nov. 25.-The Peabody flee
will sail December I'd.
The completion of the Sucz Canal ha:
seriously affected irei5hts Wa The CAPE
of Good Hope.
The 7iurx, on the question of the Span
ish throne, asks:
"Whv should not Spain, as we'll a,
France and sweden, have an ulStart king
Ii Spain wants a royal king, why go be
yund her own Bourbons? Why nol-fcs
cuiuy him from his mothers Influence
recall AsturiaS to the station which A>tu
rias has not forfeited by any act Of liz
oWn?'
English Comments on the Return O:
specie Payments.
The .ShjppUrG Guzftte says: 1.-The rctrnl
of specie payments in the United State:
could soon be affected. None of the debt
or class would suffer hy it. The Soutl
is generally we'll supplied with cash, an
the Southern buycls are the main.stay o
the Northern market; they usually pul
cha~e with gold and they teavr their crops
behind them. The South now raises gran
fer her own requirements, and is in 4 posi-
ton to le>ume specie payment. Nlcr
the less favored sections Of The county car
cooperate, gold price for cotton will tvHd Il
tn 5 cn1.'
The London Times on Ireland anG
France.
L0HpoN, Nov. 2j.-The Times on the
FEM N question says: "IreaSon mast 10
be permitted, nor praises Of murder sung
Il declaration must 90 forth that lrvlunt
must not sink to the level Of Greece Or Sic
iIy-such preparations must be made
the injury to the budget, thai
there may be no possible temptation to re
si>tance.'
The Times considers the election Of
Rochttort the important protest Of an angry
lopulAcc. The yumiHS have sent one OF
t, the Corps Je-l>latit, bat
this doc Hot prove France ripe FIR Ga"inS'
government. France, with the eXcvptio
Of the First District, his returned men who
will at least be hostile before a choice be
tween Napoleon and Rocncfort,
Customs Receipts-Renoval OF Land
Office from Monroe La,
WAsulNGroS, Nov. Pa full Cabinet
meeting to-day.
Hccclpts Of customs for week ending Goth
50, 0oN, 900
The Investigation in currency printing
been concluded; all straight.
DR.. Faulkner is mere wi II IL rcInunstIancc
against the removal Of the land office from
Monroe, La, winch has been ordered.
EauIker Supported with rcmol.~trancc let
lels from many prominent gentlemen.
IiicletterS ur-c that the removal vii. cau>c
,nuch confusion regarding titles.
Dispatches from Sickles.
"There arc minors atiuat that Secretary
Fish laid before the Cabinet to day DIS
received Ivy HIM from Minister Sick
to the affect that the Spanish authorities
Acrc about t" instruct tlirir Ml',i>;cr here
10 AGAIN demand the release of the 4un
and if he should meet with Il refusal,
% demand his passports; also, that several
war V,s>tl, lad been ordered to
IN cnaSt.'
Alabama Legislature-A Democrat tx
PEELED.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 2G.-Ihe State
Legislature met this morning, after IA two
lays Adjournment. The Senate proceed
In-S are unlnlpoltant-
In the House, Mr.. Magcc, a Democratic
member from Noble, recently seated, was
expelled on the ground that before The war
ne had been a country commissioner.
The credentials Of NcNinstry, Radical,
Who was defeated by 500 majority by
were sent up and, it is understood,
lr will be admitted at an carly day.
Mckinstrv was in the Legislature before
he war, was a probate and city judge, and
lis disabilities have not yet been removed.
1t is thought several oth,r Democrats
will be expelled i'll a day or so.
0isagreements as to the Negroes Hold
ing Office.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 2G.-The House tabled
he bill repeating the laws allowing negroes
o hold office Or act as jurors by q vote
fl to so.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2G.-Mrs. Margaret Per-
y, daughter Of the late Governor Carter.
nd her daughter were to-day held in bail
f $1,000 each for infanti>ide.
Miscellaneous from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Intcrnal revc-
ne rcceip pts to-day S4GS,O O0.
Commissioner Delano has returned.
1t is stated Gen. Jno. G. Breckenridge,
f Ky, has engaged rooms here for the
winter.
1t is officially denied that either the
american Or Spanish fleets are concentra-
at Ne York.
The Miantonomah was merely sent there
n a trial trip.
The President, in an interview with Gov.
of Virginia, saw re objection to
be early admission of Virginia.
The Committee Of Minority of the Re-
ublican Convention had a satisfactory
with the President to-day. The
etails of the interview have not trans
irc!, though it is understood that the
onsultation strengthens the hopes CT an
arly admission,