The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-05-27
Miscellaneous News.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 1.-THE
Republican State Convention nomi.
mated Col. David Stanton for Au-
ditor General, and Robt. D. Beach
for Surveyor General.
The resolutions passed indorse
Grant, and renominate him for the
Presidency.
Memphis, May 17.-Last Friday
night a party OF masked marauders
entered the town of Pontotoc. Miss,
for the purpose of driving Off Flour
noy, editor Of the Radical paper
Equal Rights, but were attacked by
the citizens and F%lournoy, who kill
adj one named billiard; the others
fled.
The next day a number of men,
who were believed to belong to a
gang of horse thieves, were missing.
This party had a few days before
whipped three x-Confederate sol
diers for teaching negro schools.
A crowd of whites and blacks,
near B~atesville, Ark, hanged a ne
gro who attempted to abuse a girl
three years old. ..
The crop is bad; the rain, cold
weather and vermin have destroyed
the young cotton, and many plan
ters are without seed to replant.
AspinWall, via Kingston, May
1S.-Nfanuel Diaz, commanding 500
insurgents, is marching on Panama.
and is within nine miles of"the city.
His forces are armed with Reming-
ton rifles and cannon.
The Government troops are pre-
pared to offer a stout resistance to
further advance of the rebels; and a
battle is daily expected.
Arrests of rebel sympathizers are
numerous.
Foreigners continue neutral, but
entertain diverse opinions of the
merits of the revolution.
The Guatemala revolution is with
out Importance. ,
Galveston, May 1S.-The new
steamer Stonewall, plying between
Galveston and Lake Charles, ex-
ploded her boilers last evening near
High island, killing five men and
wounding several others.
New York, May 1S.-Dr. Lookup
Evans, abortionist, was convicted
of manslaughter in the second de-
gree, and sentenced to three years
and six months imprisonment at
hard labor.
The miniature steamer, City of
Rogosa, sails for Liverpool, Monday,
with a cargo of five hundred bricks
and a crew of one man and a dog.
Nashville, May 1S.-The steamer
John L1lmsden, hence for Cairo,
sunk with 220 hogsheads Of tobacco
for New Orleans and six race horses
Springfield, Illinois. No lives
were lost. ..s.-l
Washington, May 19.-Panama
advices to the 10Th have been re-
There were no war vessels
at Panama. Five hundred insur-
gents are within sixteen miles Of
Panama. Their leader gives assn
rances of protection to the persons
md property of foreigners.
!. The President of Panama has 500
and 800 national troops, well
He has sent word to the
Insurgents that should Panama be
attacked, no rebel life will be
Memphis, May 20.-The Protes-
ant Sunday School celebration to-
lay surpassed anything ever wit
lessed here; fully 10000 children
participated in the procession, pre-
eded by a brass band, the children
inging and marching along. After
he procession they were addressed
Court Square by several speak.
rs. Alter religious exercises they
Fere dismissed.
Annapolis, May 21.--The work
hops and engineers buildings at
he Naval Academy are partially
estroyed by fire. The loss is
&c, 900. i
Havana, May ola new society
t planters has been formed to bring
10 Chinese to- Havana,