St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-20
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met in convention at Richmond on the 4th.
John W. Daniel was nominated for Govern
or, James Barbour for Lieutenant G Governor,
and Gen. Phil W. Mckinney for Attorney
General. The resolutions declare the mainte-
nance of the public debt to be essential to the
prosperity Of the State and condemn repu-
diation in every form; but pledge the party
to use all lawful efforts, consistent with
honor and integrity, to secure the settlement
of the outstanding debt, with the consent Of
her creditors, upon as favorable terms as
possible. A resolution of sympathy with
President Garfield was adopted.
THERE was an exciting scene in the
British House OF Commons, on the 4th,
caused by Bradlaugh's attempt to force an
entrance in spite of the resistance Of squad
of policemen, commanded by DR.. Lyon Play
fair, Deputy Speaker of the Commons. Brad
laugh failed, though not until he had made a
desperate struggle, in which he was utterly
exhausted and his clothes torn. He was
removed from the lobby by the police and
escorted into the palace yard, where he
stood for some time with his arms folded,
three officers barring his way to the House.
In the House there was wordy war, quite
as exciting as the muscular war outside,
The Speaker decided that Bradlaugh had no
right to enter, and both Gladstone and Sir
Stafford Northcote Endorsed this decision
Labouchere and Sir Wilfrid Lawson protest.
ed against the exclusion of Bradlaugh, and
offered resolutions which, if passed,
would have the effect of permitting
Bradlaugh to take his seat. The
Speaker refused to entertain Lawson's
resolutions, and both Labouchere and Law
son while speaking were declared out of or
der. B!oadhurst, Joseph Cowen, and John
Bright also protested against the treatment
to which Bradlaugh was subjected, and Mr..
Bright was called to order for irrelevancy.
Bradlaugh subsequently went to Bow Street
for summons against the police, which was
refused, but the magistrate urged him to file
information for assault.
The Prohibition amendment has been
defeated in North Carolina by a decisive ma
joritY.
THE Democrats of the Second Maine
District refused TO indorse Gilbert, the
Greenback candidate for Congress, although
urged to do so by Governor Garcelon Frank
lin Reed was nominated bv reclamation.
THE Mississippi Democratic State
Convention, being unable to unite upon
either Stone or Barksdale, the two promi-
nent candidates for Governor, finally nom
mated Hon. Robert Lourey, of Rankin
County, Barksdale Withdrawing in his favor.
G. D. Stands was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor. Other nominations were: H. G.
Myers, for Secretary of State; W. L. Hem
ingway, Treasurer; t. c. Catching, Attor-
ney-General; S. Gwin, Auditor; j. A.
Smith, Superintendent of Education. The
platform of 1879 was substantially reaf-
firmed.
HARTMANN, the self-confessed Mill
list, recently arrived in New York, has
taken hasty departure for Canada, owing,
as claimed, to fear of being extradited.
ORvILLE L. GRANT, only brother of
Gen. U. S. Grant, died at the Asylum for the
Insane at Morristown, N. j., ON the 9TH, As
years Of age.
The President underwent another sur
gical operation on the morning of the Sth,
necessitated by the partial stoppage of the
flow of pus from the wound, by reason of the
gradual healing Of the original aperture
DR.. .Agnew performed the operation as be-
fore. The patient was put under the inffu-
ence Of ether, beside which the rigor line
was used to deaden the spot where the in
cision was made. The incision extended
downward and forward, and counter OPEN
ing was made into the track Of the ball be-
low the margin Of the twelfth rib. By this
means the old wound channel and the re-
gion above the battered rib have a free
chance to heal up, being now entirely sep
arated from the pus channel. The President
bore up well under the operation. and the
physicians expressed themselves we'll salts
fed with the result.
THE Mississippi Greenback State Con-
vention will be called to meet on the oath
and the Republican Convention on the 25th,
at jackson. 1t is anticipated that the two
bodies will agree upon joint ticket.
GENERAL CHALMERS has announced
himself as Greenback candidate for the
U. S. Senate in Mississippi in opposition to
Lamar.
GENERAL HANCOCK will command
the troops at the Yorktown Centennial.
JOHN DILLON has been released from
fail, and it is said nearly all other persons
arrested and imprisoned under the Coercion
act, save those guilty of participating in out
RACES, will soon be set free.
GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON, hero of
three wars, and at one time the largest cot
ton manufacturer in the United States, died
recently at his home in Philadelphia.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
ATToRNEY-GENERALM ACVEAGH has,
at the request Of Postmaster General
James, given an opinion as. to whether TN
der the act of Congress of April 7, 1880, al
lnMance for eXpedition in carving mails is