The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-10-16
LATEST NEWS.
Policy OF Grant Defined hy
+H Greedy.

been aScertained from authentic sources
and may be definitely stated hat the toi
lowing are in substance the views enter
,ained BY the President. and sure to be
carried out by his Administration with ref
ererce, to the vr question involved in the
Enterpe case. The shipment Of arms and
munitions of war to either irarty engaged
in the Crban struggle is not prohibited.
The revolutionists have All equal right
20 buy and ship arms with the Spaniards.
II Is upon the I'll ling cut of a naval or mill
sary expedition that the neutrality law
operate It is an entire mistake TO sup
pose that the United States officers have
ever been instructed to stop the shipment
of merchandise even though it be in the
form Of articles contrabant of war.
The owners and masters of vessels must
in oil cases take their own risk. but if an
expedition, whether Of AIMED men or OF
armed vessels, or Of vessels fitted out and
prepared and intended for naval warfare
Is started from Our ports, then a question
of our duty as n~eutrals or as a friendly
power arises and even if we had acknowl,
edged the independence Of Cuba, our duty
and one rule could not be differe"t until
w had directly and publicly espoused one
side Of the quarrel by making war upon the
other. It must be remembered that we
constantly bought arms of England du,
ring the rebellion. and no one que'tioneo
the right of Englishmen to sell to US or
the C%onfederacy. Blockade runners took
their own risk Of CAPTURE. Bat the Ala
bama was fitted out as q ship OF war, to
DESTROY our commerce. The Cuban Re
uuublicans must learn to draw this distinction
Before complaining of our conduct. In
This respect as before remarked, the rec
IGNITION of their independence would not
alter the law.
Washington Etem1
WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-The Supreme
Court met TO-DAY, all present except Field.
The court is hearing the gas light case
from Memphis.
Nothing whatever received here regard
ing the Tennessee Legislature.
Internal evenu receipp over a half a
million.
The proceedings at Washington a~gainst
the Cuban privateer Hornet were ordered
by the Cabinet. &c.,,
The report which has been published, to
che effect that Secretary Fish had been
notified that the English and French gov
ernments had ordered their fleets to p"r.
cue and capture the steamer HRTnet, and
hang her crew is untrue
Ev a. Opinion Of HOar 49,
Attorney General Hoar has rendered an
opinion to the effect that the Secretary Of
Warcannot preclude claim agents or at
torneys from trosecating business in his
departnent In all proper cases but when
there Id eeason to suspect frauds, the right
and duty exists % Suspend such business
intercourse. Nbeing proper and obligatory
to protect the govsrguent from tta, d.
The agents or attorneys should be fer
nisted with the reasons for such suspen-
sion in order to vindicate the department.
The opinion was rendered in cases alleged
TO effect the payment of bounties to col.
ored troops it having been said by an "fi
Ger who Investigated similar claims, tina;
they wereetainted with fraud.
RouseA agent fr"aaa N o. to Ber-
Wick's Bay
Postmaster General CrcsweIl has ap
pointed Thomas F. Koohin route agent
from New Orleans to Brasllear City.
Postmaster Lowell ellis OficPs
The case Of postmaster Lowell of New
Orleans was presented to Postmaster Gen
crat Crc<wcll to day. He (LowelD was
represented as absorbing in his ow" per
sen the offices of postmastee at New Or
leans, member Of The legislature from
Caddo parish, involving the SpeakerShip
of the Houses also, q notary py5lic and
chairman OF the, committee 10 revise the
statutes Of Louisiana, amounting to $56o,
and SO per day while the committee is IN
session. 1t was represented to the
postofice authorities that this sconccn
Iration Of Office and pay would ruin the Re.
publican Or any other party in Louisiana.
,Creswell is said to have replied that he had
no control over State Offices, but that the
postmastership involves residence in New
Orleans, and If the representation in Caddo
parish, under the State laws, required his
residence in that parish, he must resign
one or the. other.
Proceedings OF the Virginia
Legislature
RicHMoSp, Oct Gin the House of Rep,
resentatiyes to day two resolution , to the
effect that the iron clad oath be now admin
istered to the members or temporary off,
GERS Of the House, were referred to the
proper committee when it shall be appoint
cd. lae.@~"~ :@,.s. III ~.@.'t
A protest adopted by the Republican
caucus last aignt was presented. 1t is in
tended :. answer Attorney General Hoar'S
argument, and protests against any acts of
the Legislature ut this session, the members
not having taken the iron clad oath and the
body therefore being illegal. 1t was re-
ferred. oar ....s-. ...
4 The followng nominations were made
Sorspeaker Ztpheniah TArner~ ofTappahan-
mock, S. T. Maddox Of Chesterfield. ar
Joha B. Gresham of Richmond Turner,
who vas n inflated by q Conservative, re-
ceived 81 vote; Maddox, nominated by
. Wells Republican, II votes, and Creush-
aw 5 vetes. TTtrner was declared elected.
In this discussion before the voting tie
point was pressd that Turner now has, IN
application betoe Congress for the reno
cal Of his politici DISABILITIES, and it was
explained that, tough not able to take the
test oath, he wa not disqualified by the
Fourteenth Amendment. 1r!>-
J. B. Bigger, he old e%ncumbent, was
elected clerk.
CHAD g. CriAeiden was elected sergeant.
at-armss :u2 Ha4'o4oEs& al VI |
Turner. who ws elected Speaker, is a
4awyer about sixt years old, and one Of
the first advocatesof The reconstruction acts
in the State. He ~as ai old Wing, Changed
70 q Douglas Democrat in 1860. and was
shortly after as q lnion candidate for the
Legislature. -, s...,.
@ va fhs Senate Tie same protest of the
Republican caucm was resented, and a
resolution laying i on the table. on the
ground that manifaiy il was an effort to
obstruct recon~trueion, was in plain oppo.
sstion 70 the intentina of Congress as ex-
pressed in the recoBtruetion2 acts, and In
direct violation of the Interpretation of
said acts by the administration, was adopt