The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-05

The bill to forfeit the backbone land
grant was defeated in Congress.
No more speeches will be printed IN
the Congressional Record unless dellv-
cred in Congress.
A very destructive fire occurred in
New Orleans on the night of the 10th.
The loss is set down at $500,000, and
Messrs. McCracken & Brewster, L. Il.
Christeson, w G. Tebault, A. u j.
Solari. f.. Plcon and Mr.. Forget were
the principal losers.
The Philadelphia Times calls atten-
finn to the fact that the new Mexican
nension bill. inst passed by the Senate,
rpeneals section 47l6 of the Revised
Statutes, so far as it relates TO that bill,
and that is the section that forblds pen,
sions to those who voluntarily engaged
IN the war on the Southern side 1h1s
new bill, adds the Times, Will embrace
Mr.. Jefferson Davis.
Mr. Tilden must be made the candl-
/ date either with his consent or Wlthout
/ # The consequences can be safely
/ left with the Almighty, The Ameri-
can neople owe it to themselves to put
I samnel i. Tilden in the presidential
chair. Of which he was robbed by he
nnhliean schemers eight years ago
i He is the only Democrat who can oe
elected, and if he lives but an nonf al
ter his election great wrong VIII nave
been rebuked and popular rights sin-
i dicated and upheld. New York Irnth,
4 Ind.
Probably the white people Of tiIe
II Santh know at least as much about the
4 Southern negro aud his prospects az
i Frad Douglass or any other Northern
nrofessor and it is. enough to sayEtnat
whataver their soIicitude about the m
ii tnre M &c fhe negro IN other respects, tney
I have not the slightest Apprehension
h either that the races will ever amsalga-
y mate. Oh the one hand, on tiiat 1he
4 hacks will ever be the ruling. element
Il II the South on the other. - Csiafiestoi
News and Courier, Dem.
The area thickly occupied by tn
I blacks At the end of century henc'
,;l s.;ll he much smaller than it IS now
Their natural home is south OF Vlr
g;nia and Tennessee, and IT ls proDaol'
fhat q century hence there VIII no
! Il l.s.s to exceed 25 ,0O0, 600 Of blacks With
81 Ia the area of the old slave states
while the whites will exceed three tmo
that number. The blacks Will away
| he 4 formidable but never o prepon
) aierant element in the South outside
} three or four States. Chicago \ lrioune
: Rep.
The bin introduced by Nh. Know
=, .a,.ce,,f. the Allen Monument in
2 annronriate the sum of one thousan
l dnllars for transportation OF the sam
t - Raton Rouge, was taken up yesteI
day and passed 70 its thira Teadlns
!, Il would be d fitting tribute 20 tne men :,
/ orv Of this beloved Loulslanian tns
h;s monument should be placed oi Ih
: Grounds he loved SO well and did !
i sSsnch for. It is therefore suggeste
fhat II should be placed ~ q sultao
nlace on the State House GROUNDS.
Z Z Capitolian AID yocate.
z z Yesterday may be well set down
e !. S,,e ssl,essi' davis work in the Hous
Besides attending to lncldentai nla
fers. SIS bills were considered 70 ehe
i various stages from committee repor
D sto final passage. Thirty bills were 9
). crossed, aud passed to. their third reas
lel MI mo and will BE put on their final Pa
Il saoe At the succeeding days sesslo
st 4 ii "a gratifying to see that the memDe
a-I of that body have come TO the coacl
ii sion to clean up their calendar by q
Il aav s,f Adjournment. If they do, Z "
III be tie first time in the history ot sta
j. legislation that such a thing has pc,
done. CapitoIian Advocate, june I