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THURSDAY, JUNE 1G, 1870.
CONGRESSIONAL ApPoRTI0NMENT,

The House bill increasing the number OF
Representatives, after the Sd OF March,
1871, to 275 members, has been amended
in several respects BY the Senate, and then
passed by the strong vote Of 30 ayes to 10
noes.
On motion Of Judge Trumbu1l, the n1m-
her of members Of the Housewas fixed at
son, by vote of 81 yeas to q nsya An
amendment, moved by Senator Morton,
was adopted requiring preliminary report
by the Superintendent Of the Census to the
Secretary Of the Interior Of the results of
the enumeration Of the population, 80
that the Secretary may sooner ascertain the
basis of representation in the States on or
before the Goth Of September, 1870.
An amendment by Judge Trutnbuu that
in any State, where by the new apportion-
ment there is an increase in the number Of
Representatives, the additional number
shall be elected to the Forty-second Con-
gress On general ticket, unless the States
otherwise provide, was adopted
We publish the bill, as it pissed the Sem
ate, IN our telegraph columns, and refer the
reader thereto for particulars. Computing
the total population OF the United States,
by tthe census taken this summer. at
"a COO 600. the ratio of inhabitants for q
member will be 133. .a33: and. estimating
the nonnlntion OF Illinois at two and hall
millions. this State will be entitled to nine
teen members, six Of whom must be elect
ed On d general ticket this fall. But il the
State has increased as RAPIDLY since
1865 as it did from 1860 to that year,
Illinois viii foot up 1880, 600, in which
case we shn1l have twenty members in the
next Congress. Our belief is that we shall
have tmt1ty members Ohio may have
one more than Illinois, but not to exceed
that; she has now nineteen to our fourteen
Estimating the population Of Cook
County at 350, 600, she, Will be entitled to
two members, as soon a. q new State ap-
portionment is made, and viii have S3, 900
inhabitants to spare, which will give her
third member with Will County; or with
Lake and Dupage, It is possible, however,
that her population may reach 375,00o, in
which case, she would be entitled to three
members with the addition of the smallest
adjoining county. Cook County vii, in
any event, be fairly entitled tdone Of the
members to be elected by the State at large.
Tie effect Of the enactment OF The bill
will l,e to do Justice to the West in the
next Congress, by securing to this great sec-
ton of the Union the representation to
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1LI4INO1b-
woman WAS fatally stabbed, at Golden,
last week, by another woman. They we're en-
gagged in picking Strawberries, and entered
above. The murdereaH is in jail.
AT the fremen's tournament, at Blooming
ton, on the 4ih p1ox., prizes will bo offered as
follows: To hand engine throwing, longest
stream, $500 in greenbacks; to hand engine
throwing second longest stream, $3.50 in green
backs; to steam engine throwing longest
stream, $500 in greenbacAs; to steam engine
throwing tho first water, S200 in greenbacka
to hose carriage making best time, s150 in
Efssnbacks; to hose cart making best time,
sln h greenbacks.
John G. Painter died in Sciota Township,
AcOoho461 County, on the 5th inst. aged Y
}eats, Ae ~ hnd lived in tho county since 1928.
1nas,ee nnaae,;t q; boaz, es Mound Township. Nc
yeats. ia e1u, baa ea On the ID inst aged Y
ton anu oa1e1'nnough for over tiartr saws
IOWA.
A letter from Daveurost Iu,a n,
' Among yourlIowA items ct juno ~, ron says
mistaken idea Of tho Episcopal church nns. 9aye
in progress in this city. The cost is moi 70 bo
$3.50, ,000, nor is the sum actually to be ezpeud.
ed already fully raised. The original estimate
Was $50, 900, but the actual cost will be consid-
erably more, as is almost alwaya the case. II
We cal, secure on~-ttird Of 315O,000, re shall
be satisfied and thankful
Near Birmingham, on Sunday last, suna-
way horse caused The death Of Mrs Greonup
Smith, and the fatal wounding Of her mother,
Mrs. johnson.
I'm Clinton Township, Ringgold County, on
the Sd inst, J. +. Dabbit and j. Y. Abarr got
into quarrel, and Babbt undertook to choke
Abarr, when the latter drew ! apocket-knife and
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dsnshtAr and hefress Of f1af nohe Oh Cbdef
WinnemuneA II Mss Sarah has improved hsz
Ime n Veu arce we aaw har - ata evidently
- PREVIOUS to That data, 70 have no he'd
fancy in pronouneng her at this day , highly
enISysted md 1efined young lsdy, well 1aal;-
aei to rrite . Hsagaeious Il letter 10 Commits
aones Parker" OK to 1Gaka valuable contsibu-
trw To HnfceT3 NA$tY.
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tacm to bring IN bill for free CO., @=.tPa-
nles, OF free capitalists AIs instructions
wers Emitea ~ 5oat, an Eng1iah word Of
svur letter. The committee might as well
have brought il bill to exempt ooa1-mine
OWNERS from the payment Of their doctors
bills or their uew rent,
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Official Use OF the WeEd KebeLPrs-
test OF tho ytrKAniA Cen4erv1~

HoCsK or DELEGATES, RICHMOND, June TO-
Hos. HAMILTON FISH: To the Instructions
by tho authority Of the United States tto the
Ma1shals Of Vlginla, or csnsovs, We take the
liberty to take exceptions. English. as wall "a
American jurisprudence, not to invoke the
all men to - be innocent until proved guilty :"
and while mourning tho loss Of our liberty, ~
veil rs tho ,ose Of our braves, who died IN de-
fence Of It, We reject, as inapp1icaola TO any
one among us, the word rebel" and va
therefore respectfully ask that il be stricken
shall hare been convicted OF the high crime
charged. Respectfully,
". McLzARIy. and others,
Conservative members OF House Of Delegates
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The infallibility dogma has passed the
Ecumenical Council, with an nnathema
against all who dissent from it. Aa orig
inalIy proposed, this anathema had very
wide scope It declared that the in
fallibility Of the Pope had alnays been the
creed of the Church, and visited solemn
curse upon Ill who should deny that propo-
sition. Inasmuch as all the American and
most of the French and Gezmnn Bishops
did deny that It had ever been the creed of
the Church, their present position is 1udi-
crous, It nothing worse.
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The Toledo, Wabash L Western Railroad
Company have absorbed tho Hannibal &
Naples Eailroad, and obtained possession OF
lts charter for . bridge ACROSS the Mlssass'ppl
River 1t Hannibal.
The long g-contemplAted railroad from Du.
eau Jnnotiec to atc,.-g: H.. by way Of
t,on easy access TO the coal o1 Peoria.
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THE NORTHWEST.

CHEAT CnE AND LITTLE WooL~-Genera'
Banks speech on the Cuban question!
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

lMh1GRAATIoN.-During the yea nd
ing June 49, 1870, immigrants frSf-for-
elgn countries arrived in the =. .ited
states to the number of 357 ,097. si is a
singular fact that the males outnuf.pered
the females by more than "a ,OO0tsa sad
evidence OF the severance of fanny ties,
since this surplus may be taken t'pabout
the number of adult or adolescef L saimmi
grants who are separated from Haeir pa
rents. The German States furlf Jled the
largest contribution to the livif twealth
OF this country, 122, ,64s. The n IT largest
contributor was Great BritaiLy lO3, ,ts5.
Ireland comes next, with 56,9OG. Sweden
and Norway send us 26,G59. China sends
ll.624 men, but only l1l6 women
The number of 4O, ,4O3 is credited to the
British North American States: but it is
probable that the most of these were but
recently from transatlantic Britain, and
only came from Canada in transitu.
France, with her forty millions, could
only spare to us 4OO5, of whom many
have probably gone back to fight the
Prussians. Denmark sends 4OS3, three
in five females. Of the Irish immigrants
nearly half are females.
". D. Picuyune, %.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

COMPLIMENTARY TO GEN. r. E. LEE
The New York Express, in commenting
on the surrender of Sedan, alludes to
Gen. R. E. Lee in the following compli-
mentary manner:
1--WE can only infer what might be
done from what really was done during
our own rebellion. The Confederate
General Lee, with a half naked, half
starved army, or remains of an army, of
some forty or fifty thousand men, we all
know, held Gen. Grant at bay for some
six months with 2C0,0 men, more or
less, and only surrendered when the
commissariat had distributed the last
crust and the last ounce Of powder. If
that French army at Sedan had had
leaders with some of Lees brains and
pluck, Frenehmen would not have had
to blush to-day for so inglorious a sur
render"
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

GERMAN SHIPPING.-lt is stated, on
good authority, that over one hundred
German steam and sailing vessels are
now in the port of New York. They lay
there at an average cost per day to the
owners Of about thirty thousand dollars.
If Congress had not been under the con-
troll Of New England Radicalism, and
pledged to maintain the pet interests and
high protective theories of that section,
all this valuable shipping would before
this time have found ample protection
under the American flag. Of course Ger
mans, and the friends Of Prussia, will
duly appreciate this unmistakable evil
dence of Radical sympathy for their Fa-
derland, and vote for the Radical Know
Nothings who now rule poor, oppressed
Louisiana. Not much will they, we
guess.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

rP 1t is believed that the great battle
of Metz or the three successiye,engage-
ments of which it was composed, cost
the two armies, together, at least 1000
men. We have had the losses of the
French in killed and wounded actually
computed at $4,000, and as the attacks
of the Prussians were directed. against
strong positions, defended for days to-
gether with desperate tenacity, it 10
probable that the sacrifice on their side
was quite as great. According to the
calculations usually made in such mat
ters, total loss of 100000 would repre-
sent $4,000 wounded and 10000 killed,
but, with the murderous arms and terri
BILE fighting of the present time, the pro-
portion of downright slaughter may
probably be larger. Anyhow, there is
nothing surprising or unlikely in the
statement now made by the Prussians,
that the wounded left on their hands be-
fore Metz are fully 10000 i'll number
London TIMES.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

" On Thursday night Sheriff Landry
with his deputies, made raid on Cote
Gclee, and captured two individuals be-
longing to a band of horse a nd cattle
thieves and murderers, who have been
carrying on an extensive business in that
way throughout the Attakapas Parishes
and in st. Landry and Calcasieu. Julien
Guidry, horse thief, and - Brous-
sard, an accomplice in the murder of
Saunders and others, which occurred on
Bayou Tisrc, in the Parish of V ermillion
some months ago, were arrested and are
now in Jail; the officers are on the track
of several others of the band and it is
hoped that they will be arrested soon.
These scamps should be caught and dealt
with by all means. The officers of other
Parishes should be on the alert.-Lafa
yette Adrertiser, Sept. 18th.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

ROCKS DEMOCRATIC STATE Cen. COMMITTEE, !
New Orleans, August l6, 1870.
Mr.. Edmund Brown, New Orleans:
Sir-I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 18th inst, propounding the
following questions, viz:
/. Will the Democratic State Central Com,
mittee of Louisiana admit colored members OF
Democratic principles to seats i'll its body}
9. Will the Democratic party of Louisiana
admit colored delegates of Democratic princi-
Convention to be held in this cityin September
next}
g. Is the Democratic party of Louisiana will
ing to admit colored citizens Of DeInocratic faith
honest and capable to participation in public
Offices
So far as the action and authority of this Com
mittee is concerned, am Instructed to reply to
oil Of these interrogatories in tho affirmative
Your attention is called to the address recently
issued by this Committees in which these con
clusions are clearly and fully expressed
Under the Constitution and laws all men are
placed on a common footing, entitled to aspire
to the highest honors and are invested with the
same Responsibilities.
The Democratic party has ever been distin
guished as the party of the Constitution.
The Committee avail themselves of this occa
sion to reafir1n their deep sense of the natura
sympathy and identity of interest existing be
tween the white and colored people of the State
and hold that neither the one nor the other N
responsible for the antsgonism Of races, sough
to be inaugurated, but that the sole responsible
ity of this odious attempt belongs to the politi
cal adventurers who have courted the coloret
man only to use and betray him.
The Democratic party does not seek to elevate
or depress one class at the expense or for thu
benefit of another, or to delude the colored maj
with specious promises, shows and parades bu
to consider him an integral part If the common
wealth, entitled to all the benefits aud privilege
of its laws.
What the State now moss needs is the expul
s;on from Office of the vampires who are sucking
the hlood of the colored as we'll as the whit
man to have Just laws, Justly administered san'
an economical administration of the whole gov
ernrnent. Then Louisiana will resume her fol
rser proud, peaceful and prosperous condition.
The Committee are ready to aid and co-opt
rate with all who seek to effect this happy n
sult FIJI. HATCH,
President of Democratic State Cent. ComDaitte'
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

V Notice the trepidation of the
Northern Radical press. The Democratic
triumph in Kentucky. Tennessee and
North Carolina, has not had very sola-
cling effect, as will be seen by the follow
ing clipped from Forney's Philadelphia
Press The salvation of the new Con-
gress is with the North in the coming
elections. If Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
New York are reasonably true to them
selves, we will save it. If not, we shall
lose it, That Congress is matter of
vital Importance. 1t IL thousand times
more so than the choice Of Presidents
before the war. Upon it may depend
the whole structure of the Government
it's faith, its honor, its very existence.
The issue itself is one that transcends
administration and ambition" All! Mr..
Forney, your hopes of another Radical
Congress are hung upon rope Of sand"
if your dependence is upon New York,
PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio. Those States
as we'll as the South are nauseated with
the misrule and corruption of your
scheming and outrageous party. Demo,
Gratis, cheer up, work on. A gleam OF
light can now be seen through the dark
political clouds that have nearly obscur-
ed every ray of constitutional hope on
this continent. Even Forney says ''the
salvation of. the new Congress is with
the North in the coming elections
Baton Rouge Adrocafe.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
The St. Louis Republican Of the 18th
contains the following telegram:

uC Cts 4AOulS xkcp0OtttNT oA WIZ Ace'A
contains the following telegram:
Washington, Sept. l2.-Minister Wash
burne is in disgrace at the State Depart
ment, .and he has been informed by Sec
retary Fish that the manner in which he
expressed his sentiments at the forma-
tion of the French republic was hig hly
-undiplomatic. The suppression is that
Mr. Washburne became entirely too wild,
and in, his enthusiasm at the formation
Of The republic permitted lis diplomatic
character to be Overshadowed by his per
EQUAL views and feelings. This is distate-
fulste MI rishsaud also TO the President,
neftlfSF ofs kiiUnf had any desire to be fg-
nored in the recognition of the French
republic. They prefer TO wait q little
longer to see what new political features
maybe deveaoped, for they are not sure
that King William will not see fit to res
tore Napoleon to the French throne. A
hasty recognition of the republic light
place the .lnited States i'm . somewhat
embassasSip9 position, and Mr.. Wash
buraes sft will be remembered, was ex-
ceaainklv enthasiastic and made quite q
spSeeh popuaace, and Mr.: eFisi.
, wafsio no Es$& n ausIerstood that he did
not spsAi by athority. and that his ut.
EegsRees sasast nat be taken as the well
eonsaahs6a vsAw x1f hin goverDment. Mr.
WaskbaFde, ik veil known, iss a spe-
cial net pf t6s Fses tdent, apd the latter
did nosaika ~. lAaa lld1a saapQn him too
hard. Bnk Secsetasy.- Pisb persuaded
bak Ashh hpfh sateeraIlces r6quiF-
!. I'D 10 hs aarFeeted,s it not absolutely con.
tgAdfese6 III fac&si it has transpiFed that
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
Tin Shop.

FEvHE undersigned takes this opportunity to
= inform his customers and the public in gen.
eral that he has just received an assortment of
materials for the manufacture of Tinware of all
descriptions, and that he continues to work at
his shop, near Mr. Jobins, where he has been since
his childhood: He will manufacture all kinds
of Tinware to order, and he hopes by his work
and prices to continue to merit public encour-
agcment. JOSEPH SARRA1LLE.
Opelousas, August 90, 1870. Bun
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

We publish the following correspondence that
has taken place between Mr.. Edmund Brown,
a colOred man, and the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee. The reply of the Committee
speaks for itself:
[CoPY.]
New ORLEANS, Aug. II, 1870.
+. H. Hatch, Esq, President of the democratic
State Central Committee of Louisiana:
Dear Sr-Will you ohlige me with replies to
the following political questions, which deem
of the highest Importance to the whole people
of this State:
l. Will the Democratic State Central Com
mttee of Louisiana admit colored members of
Democratic principles to seats in it's bodyl
. Will the Democratic party of Louisiana
admit colored delegates of Democratic princi,
plies from the parishes to seats in the Democra-
tic Convention, to be held in this city in Sep.
tember next7
3. Is the Democratic party of Louisiana will
ing to admit colored citizens of Democratic
faith, honest and capable, to participation in
public otfice7
/ ask these questions because I and other
colored citizens, who are disposed to act with
the Democratic party, are deeply interested il
prompt reply.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
EtBROWN
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

LOOK HERE, G1RLs.-My dear little
lears. YOU are no more fit for matrimony
than a puilet is to look after family OF
fourteen chickens. The truth is, my
dear girls, you want, generally speaking
more liberty and less fashionable re-
straint; more kitchen, less parlor; more
exercise, and less sofa ; more making
puddings and less piano; more frank
ness aud less mock modesty. l like a
buxom, hrigbt-eyed, rosy checked, pop
eyed, bouncing lass, who can darn stock
ings, make her own frocks, mend trou-
sers, command n regiment of pots and
pans. and shoot wild dncks as we'll as
the duchess of Marlboro or the Queen
of Spain, and be lady withal in the
drawing room. But as eor your piping,
moping, screwing up, wasp-wasted, ETC.,
you won't do for wives and mothers.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

y The war. now raging in Europe
may drag nearly all the other powers in
to ia vortex; and to deepen the gloom
of the prospect, the rinderpest follows
in the wake of the invading armies, ana
the cholera fend throws bis black shad,
ow athwart South Prussia. War ana
pestilence, but thank Heaven, no pros
pect Of famine.-N. o. Pscaywne.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

~Those who have refused te believe
that hundred thousand, or eighty thou
sand, Frenchmen laid down their arms
at Sedan, are now justified. Prussian
headquarters puts the number at thirty
thousand, and the French loss in killed
and, wounded at twenty thousand. BE-
ing thus crippled and so enormously out
numbered, further fighting on their part
would he criminal folly N. y. Ptca,
yune.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
$40 Reward.

STRAYED OR STOLEN from the undersign-
= ed, ON Bayou Carancro. Parish Of Lafayette,
on the 18th inst, q Sorrel Creole Horse, aged
about eight years. and branded On the left
thigh about thus: il
The above reward will be given to whoever
brings beck said horse TO the undersigned.
ROSEMOND CORNER.
| Carancro, Lafayette Parish, Aug. q, ls70-lm
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

rF Poetry ists Tho ifowersof thought,
ieMY The thorn, sarcasm the nettle, W.T.
dhss md pnnDing the small beer
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
PRIVATE BOARDING,

Corner Charttes dnd COnt Streets, ant
65 Poydras St., Corner 1chon
pitoulds, Netc Orleans.
Importer Of Pipes and Smokers
Articles.
TENHE undersigned offers to country merchants
IL the most complete assortment in his line to
be found in New Orleans such
Meersrhaum Pipes Mterschaum Cigar Hold
Imitat Mcers Pipes. ers and Match Holders,
Bruyere Root - Tobacco Bags,
Cuoutchuuc - Pipe Stems of Cherry,
Charcoal Amber aud Caoutchouc,
Rosewood Matches,
In fact, all kinds. Flint and Steel.
SMOKING TOBACCO:
MARYLAND, Reliance, Rough and Ready,
Virginia, Gamhrinus, Grand Turk,
Pcriquc. Industry. Club, kllickinick,
and the Maryland Right Bower" which m:>t
not be confounded with the Right Bower OF
Gail & AK, Of Baltimore.
SNUFF:
Virginia half-coarsc. MacoEba, Rose, Pfriqne
and Natchitochcs. Also, a large stock of
CHEWING TOBACCO:
in plugs and fine cut in tin foil, and natural
fine cut in barrels of TO- 20, 40 and 50 pounds.
And not less than one million cigars OF every
quality constantly on hand.
Jan. /, 1861 J. 7. SARRAZlN.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01

THE FALL ELECTIoNs.-The following
is correct list of the elections to be
held this year in the several States men-
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
Louisiana Agency-oa Carondelet 81
OfEceIs for Louisiana Branch:
Medical Examiners:
j. n FOLWELL, NJ d., J. Is. RITCIIIE, u. D.
Louisiana Directors ::

The Munnd City Mutual Life Insurance Com
pay being ii Home lii>tituliU il should be pre-
t,rrtd y iiiZtnS of the South for many ltIsuns.
We will, however. tnumr1'atc onl y two or three.
|. tn" H,,llt1 lnvr-tcd III II Is retained ut home
where, ii INSISTS III promoting Western and South
rrn tl.tdr Llu commerce. III i'uilulnG mp towns
uL. cities, i'll urIt Looping our rich mineral and.
az ricltural resources i'll building great lines
Of r:,ilruud ard i'll ,ultiyating hound1css
pralr,S. For these reasons Southern and W est-
: MEN should insure III it.
:. A. it, funds all invested where high
rates of interest prevail. it can grant Insurance.
chritl,.l aud pa, better dividends than any East
.rn Company. For his reason all persons d"sr
Ing I" make certain and safe provision for their
iinlh,> should insure iii 1t.
:. It. Local E",r, Of Louisiana Directors being
com nl"~..i ct of high standing i'll the coni
mnniI l. -iiitirirnt guarantee that widows
, and orphans viii be protected in their rights,
when l"rlr, I-~l,cd Ivy this COMPANY mature by
reason oi .ir:li "l hrrw sc. This feature is pc
ruiiar t" this company IN" "th her institution be-
Son.l the lut>"t the STATE having local board J
and is. therefore, worthy of the highest consid
! Grafton.
j All kinds of Life Policies. are issued by this
| Company, and nnn-i"rteiting after an annual
i payment.
| This Company makes no charge for policy, fee
or stamps.
! The Louisiana Branch Office is at No. 33
Carondelct street. New Orleans.
! u r. SIMMES
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
ELGIN WATCHES
MANUFACTURED BY
THE NATIONAL WATCH CO.,

Dealers and COnnOisseurs
throughout the country to be the hest time
keepers now offered to the public for
Ladies' or Gentcmem's Use.
They combine Improvements not found in any
other Watches OF either Foreign or American
make. Ladies' desrous of purchasing a hand
some. strong and correct time-piece will find
the elegant Watch bearing the trademark of
LADY ELGIN,"
to be all that they desire. Inquire of your jew
eller for the LADY ELGIN.
No Movements Retailed by the Company.
Business Office and Salcsroom National Watch
Company, lJ9 and l6l Lake Street
Ap2-3mI CHICAGO. I'LL.
The Opelousas courier., 1870-10-01
Important Correspondence.

The Colored Man and the Democratic
Party-His Political Rights Fully Re-
cO0uised