The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-26

the maFOralty, out Is take@ pnlc't Us 4
.precauSion against any acts o-Ndi>order OF
violence. Gen. Canby's actio'i is app'aN-
ded BY the friends of Cahooa, and was
protested against by Ellison as an unwarrant-
able Inference with the civil law Of the
State.
When the military took possession of
the station.house, Mayor Ellison's police
left, and being rocked by the crowd Of col
ored men, they charged theur Abo 1t fifty
shots were fired, which resulted in the
wonnding Of two or three colored mc1A
Affairs have since Quoted down, ant on
both Mayors Will have a police
force in the streets, and hold independent
courts Trouble is ~apprehended. n
The City Council met to might andpassed
ordinance !abolishing the station-hoS%cs,
now in the hands of Cahoon's police, iSd
authorizing Mayor Ellison to call out Ne
fire brigade as police, pled9ing the city y
pay all the special police sworn in by Elm
son; authorizing the city courts to be hel1
in the City Hall, and ~pledging Mayor Eli
son the earpest support of the Council in
his efforts to maintain~the pc@se OF the city
against DE lawleSs men who arg c~onsplrlng
against y The city is quiet this evening.
The casualties ofathe day have been one
man killed and three wounded. Cahoon
has his headquarters at the lower station
house, where the military guard is stationed.
Ellison's headquarters are at the C1y
Hall. His police patrol the city to, niggt.
Moth Carolina Affairs.
WASuINGroN, March l9.-Gr9Nolt,h,
of North Carolina, writes and telesraHls
to the President, asking hin to suspend xe
hn6eas corpus, that troops may operate I'm
Alamance county, in th,t State.
Gen. Candy, in obedience TO orders re-
ceivcd from the President, sent two COM
panies into the insurrectionary districts OF
North Carolic~1 today.
Affairs in Richmond.
RICHMOND, Va, March lS.-Mayor Eli
sons force numbers 200, with a reserve
of 100.
Two publ, meetings We're held tonight,
at which it was resolved to volunteer to
the support of Mayor Ellison. a
Tie city IS quiet except aroun3 the
third station horR, which Cahoon holds
with some 40 white and black adhcrents. y
tennessee Politics..
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 1S.-There
was a meeting of the people of all parties
held here to-day. They passed resolutions
protesting against Congressional interior
encr, and deIouncing the eXaggerations
and Misrepresentation which have been
made regarding the internal affairs of the
State ple]ging the people to mainta;h the
laws Of the State and the National Govern
ment at all hazards, and Declaring that
soldiers sent to sustain the civil authorities
will he welcomed.
Arms for the South. g..
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-SENATE.-A
bill distributing arms, or their equivalent
in ordinance stores, to the S uthern States
due from 1861 to 1865, passed.
Bradley Confirmed.
The Democrats voted in 4 body to day
for the confirmation Of Bradley to the Su-
prelne bench. The vote was ~ 10 0.
North Carolina Affairs.
WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Gov. Holden,
of North Carolina, tclegraphed the Presi.
dent to day to suspend the haoeas corpus
act in hat State.
Gov. Holden telegraphs a Senator: I'VE
have Federal troops but We want power to
act. Is it possible the Government will
abandon its loyal people to be Whipped
and hanged? The habeas corpus act
should be suspended at once"
Yerger Surrenders Himself.
JACKSON, Miss, March PIE. N. Yer
ger returned to this city yesterday morn
ing and voluntarily Surrendered himself to
Sheriff Lake. lie has at no time since his
escape, one week sEcc, been more than
light miles distant. He addressed the fol
lowing communication to Gov. Alcorn:
Having l.%rn i that the sheriff and his
Snbordinatcs, an.pcrhaps yourselves haS.
been censured for my escape. and as l am
unwilling that injustice should res in any
quarter, | have voluntarily returned to
prison. 4 proper and kindly feeling for
the officers who have shown me as much
courtesy as prison discipline will ALLOW,
prompts me to this action. Weacied al
most beyond endurance by long ~contine-
ment, my mind tortured by what appeared
to me, 20 ,inued aud unnecessary delays in
bringing my case properly before the
courts of the country, | was possessed of
an ungovernable desire to breathe once
more the air of fr.edom. TWAS aIwaysmy
intention to return at the proper time and
stand my trial. If have violated any laws
of the land I will not shirk punishment, and
| now await what action the authorities may
take. | prefer to return, and III the mean
time endure my suffering rather than the
innocent should suffer for any act of mine"
From Richmond.
R1crmoxD, Va, March 21.-Gov. Wal
ker and Gen. Candy exchanged letters to-
day. Nothing new developed: They wee
mere celebrations Of previous letters.
The city was quiet until this afternoon,
when Ben. scott, the colored leader Of Ca,
hoon's police, was captured.
1t was in from: Of SCOTS house Chat
Special Policeman Bush was killed last
night. ~
As the police approached the City Hall
With Scott, an excited crowd of whites
rushed in, but after a street fight, Scott
was safely landed in the City Hall. Ca.
hoon has about six adhcrcnts in the third
station house.
The President Inclined to Universal
Amnesty"
WASHINGTON, March 22.--The President
Informed Southern men to-day that as soon
as the Texas bill became a law, he would
send a special message to Congress ~favorine
universal amnesty as a fit closing up Of re
construction. -Fs.
Assignment of Supreme Judges,
Associate Justice Strong has been as
signed to Judge Grier's district. Justice
Bradley will be assigned to the fifth dis
trict, comprising the States of Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana
and Texas.
The Income Tax Law Repeated
There is a serious misapprehension in the
z,L1;, ,,;,d -, ralatiao fo the income tax,