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oEFECIAL DIRECTORY.
Parish of Ascension.

Parish of Ascension.
w uason5.,....~..P arisiI Judge,
I. IN Cantey. Clerk of the Court
JON jon Younger, .-.--. Recorder,
H1HJoInh Brauds Secretary,
E i:OTo Rovnaud. Treas lrer,
rtnrIoe + Smith, Tax Collector,
f1L-isfiau Kline. -SherL1
GLi,Jt.N n. Lewis, Chief Constable
POLICE JURORS.
Charles n Lewis, President,
z. W. Mason, Fie ~ P Ladais'
Gillar, Rice, D Ii, fieios-
SCHOOL BOARD.
E. W. Mason, President.
,olob Rraud Pierre Landry,
aoI 81 Y{Ji1I Charles F. Smith.
" 10 NJ Bryan. Charles N. Lewis.
Town of Donaldsonville.
w Mason. Mayor,
Edw n Pueh. Attorney,
- Ersuk Physician
" G. Wilkinson, sec J lIhi MN tNiA'
Crbristian Kline, treasurer
Frederick Fobb, ---- Assessor
p;a-re Landry, ColIettor
laden F. Bentley Printer.
II n Maher Wharf Master,
II n Moher. Cons able.
ALDERMEN.
frederick Duffel, Jos. BurbrideG, list ward
charles +. Smith, Robert Noel, IND
Felix Leblanc, Joseph Johnson -.ord
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DoNALDs0NVILLB, La,

saturday, March %, 1872.
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THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE

Contains a complete resume of proceedings in
Congress and the courts, of business at the
White House, at the Treasury department.
the War, the Navy, and the Agricultural de-
partments, at the Pension Office and the Pat
ent Office, at the Bureau of Education and
the State department, with full details of So
cial and general life at our great national
and political center
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State of Louisiana.

Parish Court-Parish of Ascension.
Succession of Marie Sarah Brand, de-
ceased wife of j. j. Boullion.
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News From The
NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Everybody should have news from the Cap
ital in clearer and more intelligent form
than the tragmentary telegraphic dispatches
to the dailies throughout the country.
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THIS GREAT NATIONAL WEEKLY
Is also a frst-class journal of choice Litera-
ture, instructive information, of domestic and
foreign news, of the arts, commerce and
Mechanics, and of rural, home, and public
affairs.
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Two Irishmen, working on the Ped
esclauxtlevee, who were in mild
state Oh intoxication, conceived the
brilliant idea of throwing down their
shovels Rand marching up to the boss
to dem;l I'D an extra allowance of "the
cratherf Becoming noisy and frac-
tious al fer being refused and ordered
back tekwork, the stalwart boss pun
ished Il EN- by knocking one down with
his fist Ind belaborfng the other with a
shovel. The notwithstanding sons
of Erirb gathered themselves up and
departl III for more eongenial chimes.
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On Fri Jay of last week Andrew
Washingts IN Wolf, whose name figures
in one oti5 Ter of the spring fights re-
ported in Ibis issue, and Washington
Boon engtged in rough and tumble
contest fck the possession of ten cents.
The VOL, Jim sleeps clothing received
a cut in tie arm, and Boon marched
off with the dime, rich and proud.
These t1o Waslingtons reflect no
particle credit upon their illustrious
namesak,b the Father Of his Country.
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Communications should be addressed to
THE CHIEF,
DenaldsonviHe, La.
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John ontieu, "a white man, and
Andrew Washington Wolf, Esq, one
of the rAwly enfranshised American
citizens whose ancestors baslSed in the
sunny clanes of Africa in undress uni
form, be- anne involved in a misunder-
standings one day some two weeks
since, and resorted to the game of ifs
ticuffs to settle it. In this miniature
war of ices the proud Caucasian was
considerably worstfd, and came out
of the ARRAY with one eye draped in
colors add a beauty spot on his check.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
Tile METHODIST CONFERENCE.

The General Conference of the Methodist
Church now in session in Brooklyn excites
peculiar interest from the fact that it is the
first time that the lay and clerical members of
that body have been brought into equal repre-
sentatiOn in its government SO far the union
appears to be harmonious and cordial. Whether
il will tend to the development of higher mo-
tves or more forciblc action in the church re-
mains to be proved. The Methodist is and
has always been, one of the most healthy and
powerful Of religious bodies, although 1t has
heretofore offered the strange anomaly OF
class wholly democratic in its creed and habits
of thought, submitting to q government more
aristocratc and arbitrary than that OF any
other sect, even of the stately Church OF En-
gland, from which it sprang. 1t is not likely
therefore, since the temper of the Methodlsts
has remained so admirable and their Christian
work so united while under the yoke, that 1t
will not be more effective now when all the
members of the body have not only been
given their task but u share in its control.
The point to which we look with interest In
this Conference is the action it may take upon
the practical vital movements of reform be-
longing to to-day. Among the committees we
UOle lDdl upon lilc NOIh iVi """
Indian Missions with especial satisfaction but
there are other reforms which call for equal
attention. Both the Episcopalians and Friends
in their last authoritative utterances as churches
took hold boldly of the subject of wOman's
wolk and temperance. The MethOdists, who
usually are first to come to hand to hand
fight with any or the live Satans about Them
ought not to shut their eyes to these present
foremost issues in social life. They have al
ready waged long warfare against drunken
ness, and they should be first to perceive
the new movement by which that destroyer OF
our national life is threatened in the flank
Women have always been admitted to share
in their Christian work so fully that the
Law representation at least ought to be alive
to her present needs and claims, and the I'M
minent perils to which she has exposed her
self in her manner of pressing those CLAIMS
There are other problems, too freely. perhaps.
discussed by the secular press which 1t be-
hooves religious bodies to grappe with, and
that promptly, bringing to the work all the
innocence of the dove or wisdom of the SER
pent with which they may be endowed IL
the gift of Gods grace and the daily service
of Christ fit a man or a church for more help
full work in this world or any other, than their
irreigious brothers, they should not be chary
in meeting any evil which is Il matter OF moral
life and death to humanity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
CANADA And TIE UNITED STATES

Sir John A. Macdonald introduced "A bill last
Friday in the Dominion Parliament to give
effect to those clauses of the Treaty of Wash
ington which affect the relations between
Canada and the United States. Whatever may
become of the arbitration at Geneva, Sir John
has no intention that the portion OF the COM
pact in which he is chiefly interested shall fall
TO the ground, for he has supported his bill
on the first reading in speech of five hours
duration which, as the correspondents tell us,
was received with loud demonstrations of favor.
The provisions of the Treaty which call for
legislation at Ottawa before they can become
operative are those granting American fisher
men the right to fish III British waters within
the three miles limit; admitting fish and fish
oil free of duty in reciprocity with similar
LEGISLATION by Congress for the benefit
of Canadian fishermen assuring to the
people of the United States the free nav
igation of the St. Lawrence and the use
of the Canadian canals allowing the free entry
at Dominion ports of goods in bond destined
for the United States; granting citizens of this
country the right to convey merchandise free
of duty from one place 10 another in British
North America, when part of the transporta-
ton is made by land through United States
territory and in bond; and exempting from
duty the timber of the st. John district in
Maine, which reaches the sea through the
Province of New Brunswick. The bill appears
to embrace all these points except the last,
which, if the Geographic reporters have not
overlooked it, is perhaps reserved until the
Legislature of New-B Brunswick shall have
acted upon it first.
Sir John has had many things to explain in
proposing this bill, and the tone of his speech
seems to have been apologize. He reminds
his constituents that they get great deal
more than they give under this arrangement |;
that they keep their valuable and inexhausti-
bic shore fisheries; that they get the great
markets of the United States in exchange for
the opening of their own smaller ones that
they admit our vessels to the canals but have
still the tolls. The memory of the Fenian
raids. however, gives him some uneasiness. 1t
is true that the Treaty contains no provision
for their settlement. 1t is true that for the
sake of peace and the adjustment Of graver
matters the Commissioners felt constrained to
abandon these claims. But if Canada is
asked to sacrifice something for En-
gland, what has not England sacrificed
for Canadaf 1t was for Canada that
tho mother country made herself liable for
millions of dollars. and submitted TO put upon
record an apology for her behavior. England
herself is impregnable /; but Canada is u source
of weakness. and while the Dominion still
clings TO the skirts of Great Britain war
with tho United States must DO avoided. oven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

ronder nv our Government of its Case and its
claims. They seem also to imagine that our
Government will agree to this, in case there
il sufficient energy of insistance from the other
side. We hope they will discover that they
are mistaken. We have criticised, with the
freedom which belongs to independent jour
nalism, the action of our Government at va
rious stages of the conduct Of this negotia-
ton. But if the British uItimatum has indeed
been presented in the terms we are led TO ex-
pect-if they take their stand upon the abso-
Lutte withdrawal of our Case, and insist that
they arc to conduct as they please both
sides of this international suit at &C.
neva. we hope that the Administration
of Gen. Grant will refuse to yield to any such
arrogant demands, and we believe that the
country will sustain such q refusal. Our Gov
eminent has gone as far as even candid
British Cabinet could ask, in its endeavors to
prevent the failure of the Treaty. 1t has, as
we have understood its action, gone further
than we could approve. If now the British
Ministry, mislcd by the hope of further con-
cessions, and spurred on by fear of the Oppo-
sitiOn, demand that they shall conduct our
Case at Geneva as well as their own, we hope
they may be reminded that we are not to gain
enough by the Treaty of Washington to pay
for the least sacrifice Of national dignity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

At the cost of national humiliation. It was not

at the cost of national humiliation II was not
therefore because England was sorry for let
ting the Alabama go that she professed regret
in the Treaty, but because she was afraid Of
an invasion of her North American provinces;
and she promised to pay damages not because
she owed them, but because we might other
wise make ourselves disagreeable neighbors.
This sort of argument may perhaps render
the Treaty little more popular in the Do
minion, but it will be equally apt to persuade
the people of that anomalous country that
The London Times was right in suggesting the
other day that it might be a benefit to the
world to absolve Canada from her allegiance
altogether. The real interests of the Dominion
are all on this side Of the ocean-not to say
on this side of the st. Lawrence-and it will
be universally agreed before long that the cost
of sustaining its artificial and obstructive con-
nection with the mother country is too great
to be borne. Indeed, England has nearly
reached that conclusion already.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
THE MANAGERS or THE TRIAL.

There is q rumOr that certain faction OF
the Assembly propose to place the appointment
Of the Managers of the trial in tho case of
Judge Barnard in the hands of the Speaker.
We earnestly hope that this motion will not
prevail. In the first place, it will make 1t
nearly impossible that Speaker Smith himself
be placed on the list of prosecutors. 1t Is not
only the duty, but also the right of the entire
House, to have a voice in the selection OF
those who are to represent the peOple--the
real plaintiffs in This matter and the House
itself should see to it that those who are to
have the management of this important case
are men on whom they can rely to carry out
its intention In the adoption of the Articles OF
Impeachment According to all the precedents,
the Managers have been, as they ought to be,
elected by ballot. 1t is true that in the Dorm
case the Managers were appointed by the
Speaker but that was an exception to the
rule, and the power was conferred by special
resolution.
In the present instance, there is no reason
why the House should not retain its right ;
and we are informed on trustworthy authority
that it is not at all inclined to relinquish it,
The subject has been freely canvassed among
the members and decided preference ex-
pressed for certain persons whose record
throughout the proceedings shows the choice
to be judicious 1t should have the support
of the entire House. The Managers will
probably not exceed nine in number; but those
already spoken of are the Speaker, and Messrs.
Tilden, Alvord Prince, Niles, Hustled, and d.
b. Hill or TObey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

There is a grave suspicion that the important
bill legislating the present Police Justices out
of Office has been smothered in Committee.
Few of the measures pending at Albany have
such interest for New York as this, known as
the Police Justices bill, and we trust those
who have at heart the expulsion from public
Office of the whole Tweed gang will not let
this matter rest without immediate action.
Caucuses have been held here, large amounts
of money have been subscribed, and every in
fuence has been enlisted to keep these men i'll
place. There can be no thorough reform in
the Judiciary or in the municipal government
of the City as long as the present Police
Justices and their Rings" retain the power
they have so long misused.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
RATIFICATION IN KENTUCKY.

AN IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION IN CONVICTION
THE TICKET ENTHUSIASTICALLY INDoRsED
A PLAIN SPEECH BY THE HON. CAssIus NJ.
CLAY.
BY TELEGRAPH To tbs TRiBIkkl
CINCINNATI. May ga mass NEE ng Was hold I'D
Covingtou, KY. last night, attended by the Ken
lucky delegation to ratify the work Of tho Conven-
ton Gen. Burbrdge called the assembly To order,
and nominated X. d. Hickman. Mayor u Newport.
Chairman. Mr.. Hickman made shors address, IN
substance as follows
think tho nominations are excellent, sud have no
doubt but that the Democratic party will support tho
ticket For my part. think 10 Is the duty Of every
Democrat come out and say what he = going To do
said WON III support the nomination. l think no moro
proper person could nave been nsmnsed than Mr. Gre
lev for the position Of Preside of rho United states
[Cheers Although the DemoSfatto party No not agie
with hi In all his notions, yet, IN tn mae we are iot
reform. We want an honest Government Mr., urcele!
Is an honest amt honorable man. and tatthfuh uue
man. who will DO friend To the masses ~ the peSiae.
been selected aud will carry votes than any o'"e'
man that could have been dominated.
When the Vice Presidents had Len selected. tho
following FROM the Committee On Resolutions w~
adopted by acclamatin In great outbnrst oil o"o0'
ing:
Resolved That tho platform Of principles adops",
the Liberal Republican Convention ~ Cincihnaa, y hS
81 day VI MAY. ius, - udcssed apd lse aS~"s"""s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

We publish herewith the comments OF lead
ing journals Of all parties and of no party on
tho Cincinnati nominations, and, in order that
this may be done without trenChing upon the
snaee required for general news wo pub
lish what we very much dislike-a Supplement
We believe 80 large an extent and variety OF
diverse opinions and suggestions on current
tonic was never before presented in single
issue of any journal Some of the harsher
criticisms on the Presidential candidate OF the
Convention might seem to invite comment II
not continuation, from THE TRIBUNE; but 1t
forbears, choosing to let every assertion pass
for whatever it may be worth. 1t will not be
understood "a admitting their justice by thus
printing them az a part of tho news OF tho
day.
There are those who insist that TIE TRB-
UNE's avOwed purpose to be benceforth some
what other than a partisan gladiator will be
OVERCOME by the unexpected nomination made
at Cincinnati 1t means to disappoint them.
Its convictions on grave public questions will
still, when occasion invites. be expressed with
due frankness; but it will try to give those
who differ from it 80 fair and full a hearing
that they shall have no reason and rarely
pretext for complaint. 1t is hardly possible to
exclude from a great daily journal every para
graph, every casual expression, which, quoted
as from tho pen of the Editor, may annoy and
irritate but, so far as may be possible, it
will endeavor to make newspaper that shall
command the respect of good men of all par
ties aud provoke the just enmity of none.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
Netu'}1ork Daily Gribma1e.
TRIPL r S III E E T.
MONDAY, MAY G. 1872.

The Alabama question is still further complicated -
The Cariss are reported to have been beaten In Sc
we're engagement. serious riot has occurred at
Kharkof, in Russia, several persons being Killed ===
More Generals 10 be contaminated in France
Several extensive fires are reported this morning
49, Gov. Read Of Florida, has been acquitted by the
Senate and resumed the duties OF his Office. 49, No
important business was transacted IN Congress on
Saturday. An Indian outrage is reported near Fort
LARAMIE. More important papers are nissing from
the War Department.
Lbbe GaTrabrant. the Paterson pOisOner, was found
guilty OF murder in the first degree. Dr. Lanahan
appealed to the General Conference 10 investigate the
Book Concern frauds Gold, llSs, 1875, l1St Their
mOmeter. so, $50, $40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

Here is "A story of q woman's life noby spent
Miss Rhoda r. Ellis at Exeter n H., has just begun
the fortyrst year OF her work apublic instructor
in that town. During all this time she has hardly
ever been absent from the post of duty and, it is
said has maintained almost faultless discipline.
She began with salary of 81 per week. Miss
Charlotte Ellis, her sister. taught in the Exeter
schools from 1928 to 1854 her labor ceasng but a
short time before her death. The father of these
ladies also taught school in Exeter from 1920 TO
1888. Here We have an aggregate Of nearly humid
red years of public service of the most useful char
acter by three members of one family. And, speak
ing of -mistresses what ferOcOus one is this
of whom we read in Wisconsin newspaper, who.
being angry with young man. caught him up by
the legs, jerked him around with great force.
striking his left temple against bench and bruslng
il dreadfully.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

IL @ F # -vears the establishment OF THs TRBrSB
tie October elections having developed popular uprising against the
>A~ BURES dynasty which lad for seemed nvincbe
&C. moved to issue POLITICAL REGISTER for 1888. intended
~ % mboiy Of that and compare them
os. preceding The reception Of that little annual
A. 20 Justify reproduction for each succeeding ytarthat OF
sl erepted-unt 1868 completes series Of hr
Annual Registers Of Election Returns with other useful political and
cs matter each reader though the pepara-
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usa hs been known excessively THR POLITICIANS KEGIs'
ryy WHO ALMANAC, and TRIBUNE ALMANAC, under which
m name has been issued several past The stereotype
s Of the earlier having been consumed in the IRE which
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- procure Of the work rate and the Imperfect
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hat living promise greater the by distant
r IL possible T. reproduce old issues moderate cost and
II 90. resolved that lin of full Of the work. at least so
n IL contents epemera should be phoohhoraphed aDd
10 the public OF that resolve the work herewith presented the
m A. will wholly unique and Of great interest to historians and
M ln, trust that Of the may be promptly secured for
Public they be preserved and remain generally &C.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

"Honest Hodge" of the England of 1872
seems to be the same bovine minded, medieval
peasant of whom we read in early English
annals, if late reports from the Midland
Counties of England be true. A London cor
respondent of THE TRIBUNE gives a Ditiful
account of the condition of the agricultural
iabOrers OF Warwickshire and Hereford. 1t
will be seen that the "hindsS on the estate of
Mr.. Disraeh are az much below the average
OF what men should be as the laborers in any
ather part of England, notwithstanding thc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

An error which crept into the singulariy
full and admirable reports of the Cincinnati
Convention by the Associated Press demands
instant correction. The change in the vote of
Indiana on the sixth ballot did not give
twenty seven votes solid to Adams, but that
number solid to Greeley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

this universally dstrusted politician and 1t
would only DO natural that he should now
think Of continuing tho experiment OF oon-
servative government with the man who above
all represents the traditions of tho old mon
archical parties who so long ruled and plum
dered Spain at will.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

We republish this morning the platforms of
the Republican party of the United States, be-
ginning with that adopted by the organiza-
ton sixteen years ago. A complete political
history is involved in the progress of these
remarkable authoritative utterances they will
bear renewed perusal and study.