The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-02
The Recusant French Priest

Father HyaclntheS letter. No such lar
guage has been heard in the Frenc
churches since the middle ages.
Washington Items
WASHINGTON, Sept. Internal reve
nue. receipts to-day 1857, 900.
l.. F. Ward has been appointed specia
agent at large for the post office depart
mcnt.
The Supreme Court meets October lst.
Mrs. Lucy M~orshead has been appointed
postmistress at Louisville.
Judge Chase is here. 9
The Uni!ed States steamer Sabine va
at Lisbon Sept. 4th.
Sherman is charged, while acting a.
messenger of the treasury, with taking
national notes and forging the signatures
and in whose transactions Turner, expost
master of Macon, aforementioned. ha:
been found guilty. There were three ne
groes on the jury.
Edgar Weidham remains as Assessor O
Louisville this term.
The continuance and appointment o
Mrs. Porter to the ~postoffice disS,sts the
soldiers rewar lSarty ofeKentucky.
Gen. Candy and the Test Gath
RICHMOND, Sept. ga. T. Daniel
Chairman of the Conservative State Cen
trail committee publishes a card this morn
ing stating that there is not even the col
or of truth in the newspaper statements
that Gen. Candy even intimated that the
test oath would not be required i. he (Can.
by) could be made Senator.
Cabinet Mretine--The Texas
Question
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-Nothing is GER
tainly known regarding the Cabinet meet
ing. @
The Texas question was brought up,
and is stated on quite reliable authority
that the determination has been reached,
to thu w executive influence III favor of
Davis. the extreme Radical candidate for
Governor.
In furtherance Of this rolicy, J. G. Tracy,
Chairman Of the Republican Executive
has been appointed Postmas.
ter at Houston, and Swarty Palm Post
master at Austin.
1t is s83atei on the same authority quite
good) that other federal OTHERS opposing
DAYS will be removed.
1t. is worthy of notice hat while the
above items are thrust into the hands of
the reporters, other actions of the Cabinet
are earthly concealed.
Later in the evening the determination
Of the Administration to throw lis int1u-
ence in favor of Davis for Governor q Tex
as is almost positively confirmed.
Agricultural Report--COrn and
Cotton
The agricultural report states, regarding
corn, that unless the close of the season is
very favorable, there must be one hundred
md fifty million bushels less than a full
CT p. Regarding cotton, it stated that there
will be a reduction in the yield Of cotton ftom
The CarolInas to Alabama, and a material in
,rease from Miss ssippi to Texas. Georgia,
and South Carolina have suffered
most, manly from dronth, in a few localities
rom rust, the caterpillar and the boil worm.
Dur estimates make the increase in Mis-
Louisiana and Texas respectiv' ly
10, II and ii per cent. The probabilities
1t present favor a yield of two millions
seven hundred and fifty thousand bales.
The wheat crop is large and the quality in
he Soath is decidedly superior.
Authentic Advices from
Cuba
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The following
regarded as authentic) advices from Cuba
received fto.day. They confirm the &C
count of the battle of Las Tunas and the
capture of Col. Bunga~i's train by the
Cubans:
A lettor from a distinguished Southern
gentlemen, now in Cuba, who was at one
ime a member of the Confederate Con-
,ress and a Colonel in the Confederate
.rlny, states that jealousy, influenced by
or Spanish greed, has necessi
ated a reorganization of the Cuban army,
nd compelled General and President Ces.
,edes to take command of the army with
len. Jordan as his hief of Ssaf.
This letter also gives an account of the
assassination Of the brothers Marcano, Do
ninicians by birth, by Cubans. These
occupied positions-one was a
MAJOR General, commanding a division in
he Eastern Department under Jordan the
'ther was a Bri-adier General. The only
to them was that they were fvt-
This assassination has caused
treat excitement and may result in serious
Fair ut Richmond--The Test
Oath
RICHMOND. Sept. 24.-The City Conn il
o day appropriated $1,000 to arrange the
Fair Grounds for the State Fair, which
ONES off November I'd.
Gen. Candy has printed his c%orrespon-
with prominent Virginians relative
0 the Test-Oath.
The letters show that as c:rly as June
;, a month before the election, be had, in
ely to letters of inquiry, announced his
mention Of requiring the oath of members
f the Legislature.
speech from George Washing
ton, Co OTed
RICHMOND, Sept. 24.-There was an ex-
raordinary scene in the Hastings Court to-
lay. George Washington, colored, was
onvic,ed of horse stealing and sentenced
0 ten years in the penitentiary. Being
sked what he dad TO say, he turned TO the
arge negro audience that were in the
and warned them against Yam
les and carpet baggers who were the ruin of
heir race and of the State, and he hoped
When he came out in ten years to find the
Star Spangle Banner waving over Virgin
a, the State governed by her own people
md all the carpet. baggers in the bottom
fthe ocean. The speech created eonsid-
.rable excitement. .... g..
The Recusant Priest Awaits his
Trial .... T.
PARIS. Sept. 24-Pere Hyacinthe has left
lis Convent and gone hence to his par
nts, where he viii wait for a decision of
ouncil. ~ ... -.
The Gold Panic i'm California
SAN Francisco, Sept 20.-Yesterday
he heavy rush for gold cause by Atlantic
,dvices caused the banks to refu Sc to sell
nv price. The Bank of London and San
Naancisco has drawn on london for a million
nd a half in gold. ...- i :---sf..
The Israelites here have organized an
migration society to aid persons of their
aith to come from Europe. ...' . ..
Imf hence of the Ad ADMINISTRATION
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