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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27
TO Tax PAYERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Beard
IN of Assessors in and for the Parish of
Ascension will assess their property situated
in the aforesaid Parish, at the Court House
in the Town of Donaldsonville, for the cur
rent year, during one month"; commencing
August LIST and ending September LIST, 1879.
All tax payers are requested to call and at
tend to their assessments.
Office hours: From 10 A. NJ. to 10 o'clock
NJ, and from 2 to o'clock P. N. every day,
Sundays excepted.
Parish of Ascension July 9th, 1872
JNO. d. CANTEY, Clerk,
CHAS. A. YOUNGER, Recorder,
e. KLINE, Sheriff,
Board of Asseesors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

A colored man and Ibis wifi, who
live at Port Barrow, t,ad Regular
roughvand stumble fight at thlir do
mestic mansion, last unday, during
which they pummeled, scratch Jed and
pit each other in curious nanner
until separated by the fathety of the
woman. Neither of the belliserents
were arrested, though ihey both rich
" deserved to be.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

IcE!-Elsewhere inY this issue will
be found the advertisement of J. NJ.
Delavallade, Esq, of Piaquemipe, who
has received barge Of Northeta lake
ice which he is now rAtailing at the
very low rate of two dsllars 70. every
hundred pounds, or nine dol RS for
five hundred pounds, Including pack
ing and delivery TO any of th coast
packets. See the advertisement,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

The Board of Assess brs of the par
ish of Ascension, consisting Ut the
Clerk of the Court, Recorder and
Sheriff, win commence to ass bss the
taxable property of THE parish on the
LIST of August proxiHso. By{oficial
advertisement in this issue taxpayers
are notified to come fprward and at
tend to their assessments.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

DR.. B. Claverie, acting as Coroner,
held inquest Thursday afternoon
upon the body of an OLD colore1 man
named George Washington, wi b died
in this town "Wednesday nighI from
chronic inflammation bf the towels.
Deceased was stranger herse, and
was buried as paupeS at the expense
of the town
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

AS the CHIEF has been designated by the
proper authorities as the Official Journal of
the Parish of Ascension and the Town of
Donaldsonville, in its columns will be found
all proceedings of the Police Jury, School
Board and the Common Council, and all
official notices and advertisements pertaining
to the Parish of Ascension and Corporation
of Donaldsonville.
1t will be a constant source of reliable DO
litical and general information, and will al
ways contain a fair amount of editorial mat
ter.
Especial attention will be given to the de-
partment of home news, and among the
"LOCAL JOTTINGS"
will always be found an account of transpir-
ing events in the Town of Donaldsonville and
Parish of Ascension.
Besides the "Loeal Jottings," there viii
appear each week, under the heading of
EST. JAMES ITEMS"
a summary of the current news of the adj
joining parish of ST. James, transmitted us
by reliable correspondents; and these two
departments will serve to make the CHIEF
emphatically
The Representative Newspaper of the
Seventh Senatorial District.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

The thermometer wab up to o3 de-
grees at 2 o'clock of ThursdayAeven-
ing, which is exceptionally BIT for
that time of day. We have expert
enced hotter weather this week than
before during the present season.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

A person giving his name as T..
Hudeau came to our tbwn this week
with a trunk full of cigars asa Gig
arettes and commenced selling them
without a license. Thh Tax Collector
soon put stop to THIS littlet game,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

however, by Selling all Mr.. Hudeau's
stock in trade, which that gentleman
can only recover upon the payment
OF the fine prescribed by law-two
hundred dollars.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27
Comm umfcnted.1

l.. Z: Bentley, Esq, Editor DoSALDsoNvILLE
CHIEF:
SIR have been requested by several par
ties to register certain number of parish
warrants issued by the Secretary and Audi
tor of the Police Jury of this parish since the
18th instant, date of the sitting of the Police
Jury, at which sitting was present, saw in
trodueed, heard read and unanimously adop-
ted a set of resolutions including one to the
effect that hereafter from 18th July, 1872,
1t shall not be lawful for the Treasurer to
issue any warrants or register any claims as
valid evidences of debt against the parish
until the same shall have been submitted to
the Police Jury and approved by them in
open session.
Under the circumstances, l have had to
refuse to register all such warrants, and as
am blamed for refusing, and have been told
that it was all in my imagination, that the
Police Jury had not adopted any such reso-
luton. would be under obligations to you
if you would publish the enclosed series of
resolutions, which were kept back from pub
LEGATION for reasons which leave your read
ers to ascertain.
Respectfully, etc, your obdt. servt.,
FELIX REYNAITD
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

Two colOred boys, Iabout twelve
years of age each, quarteled upon the
banks of the bayou Thursday evening,
when one stabbed thA other with a
pocket Enife. The hurt was not Sc
IiOus.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

The post-office at this plaqk has
been constituted by the Postal DI part
menta money-order Office, and orders
on offices in all parts of the United
States can now be procured upon ap-
plication.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

A troupe of Mexicarf acrobats and
jugglers arrived in town this week and
erected a large tent in Crescent place,
opposite the CHIEF Office, wher they
gave a performance Thursday night
to very fair audience Another ex-
hibition will be given to-night.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

On Sunday last, in companf with
Mr.. c. F. Smith, We enjoyed a isit to
Mr.. j. C. w. Richardson, teacher of
the first ward school, Fho liveg some
ten miles up the river, nearl DOM
iniqne's Landing. Weispent aspleas-
ant day and were well entertained by
our host.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

According to the official notice which
we have published during the last
thirty days, the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict Court will convene in special
session at the Court House Monday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27
LOCAL JoTTtNas.

Get your i~ from 'Delavallade's
Ice-HOuse, Plaquelnine, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

A meeting of the School Board was
held last Monday. The proceedings
are published elsewhere.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27
ADVERTISEMENT.


A DWELLING-HOUSE AND LOT on
"A Attakapas street, near the corner of
Lessard. For terms, ETC., apply to
HENRY LOEB,
jy6-1m DOnaldsonville.
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ALDERMEN.
Frederick Duffel, Jos. Burbridge, LIST Ward.
Charles +. Smith, Robert Noel, .2l.tL Sc
Felix Leblanc, Joseph johnson, 3rl g.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27
The Dona1dsonville Chief,
A WEEKLY PAPER
Devoted to Politics, News, Literature, and
the Dissemination of Liberal Re
publican Principles.
Published Every Saturday Morning,
DonaldsOnville, La,
Linden E. Bentley, Editor & Proprietor
SUBSCRIPTION, THREE DOLLARS
PER ANNUM.

TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS,
One dollar per square of seven lines Minion
type, first Insertion seventy-fve cents per
square each subsequent insertion.
Professional or other carlsof one square or
less, fifteen dollars per annum
~ Special Terms to Liberal Advertisers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

Communications should be addressed to
THE CHIEF, Donaldsonville, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27
1onatOsonbille Gbief,
OFFICIAL asAREC'EORYE
Parish of Ascension.

dIleU VI AHCGu&4Gus
Y. w. Mason,- Parish Judge,
John ID. Cantey,. -.s.--. Clerk of the Court
Chas: A. Younger Recorder,
K0defph Braud, ....--..--S SECRETARY,
Felix Reynaud,. Treasurer,
Charles +. Smith, ........Tax Collector.
Christian Kline, Sheriff.
Charles N. Lewis, Chief Constable.
D0SALDsoSyILLE CHIEF, Official Journal.
POLICE JURORS.
Charles " Lewis, President,
Il. w. Mason, Pierre Landry,
Hillary Rice, s. H. Fields.
SCHOOL BOARD.
+. w. Mason, President,
RodOlph Braud, Pierre LandIy,
q. II. Hill, Charles F. Smith,
James M, Bryan, Charles N. Ifwis.
Town Of Donaldsonville.
Il. w. Mason. Mayor,
Edw. N. Pugh,. Attorney, !;
q. Franklin, Physician,
W. g. Wilkinson, SECRETARY,
Christian Kline, Treasurer,
Frederick FObb.. ....... Assessor,
Pierre Landry. Collector,
Linden Z. Bentley. Printer.
L. J. Duke, Wharf MasiLs,
II. D. Maher,. .-s.........C Constable.
GLDERNENi
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-07-27

DoNALDsOEVIL1E, La,
Saturday, July %, lb7s.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

The first steamship that ever crossed
the Atlantic was the Savannah, from
Savannah, Ga, to Liverpool, in 1919.
She sailed from Savannah on Nav %,
but, her fuel having been consumed in
ten days, she did not reach Liverpool
until June %. On April %, 1888,
the English steam-packets Great West.
ern and Sirius arrived at New York,
commencing new and expeditions mode
OF intercourse between England and
America. The Great Western, measur,
ing $40 tons, made the passag &c in l44
days, against head winds and rough
sea. Each of the three vessels above
named were paddle or side-wheelers.
The fastest passage to New York from
Queenstown has been made by the
Cunard vessel Russia, the time being a
little short of eight days. The best time
from Queenstown to New York was by
the White Star vessel Adriatic, in
days, Is hours and SIS minutes. The
vessels are generally timed to Queens
town, not to Liverpool.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Gamblers Outwitted.

A Berlin paper relates the following
A few days ago well TODD, simple
looking farmer stood apparently in deep
contemplation before new museum.
He was soon cnticed to follow a lot of
sharpers that infest the locality to a
beer cellar near the Hallishe Thor"
where in due course he was invited to
play cards. The seeming simple-look.
ing farmer willingly accepted the chal
lenge, and soon lost few gold pieces,
which somehow had no genuine ring
about them; the sharpers, who sup
posed the pieces were false coin, sent
for the police and gave the supposed
coiner in charge. At that interesting
moment the farmer, assuming his real
character, Numbered forth "Tremble,
miserable sharpers, l am Herr Won
Madai, Chief of the Police" and turn
ing to the policeman he ordered the
whole posse to be taken to the police
station.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

The choice of foreign correspond.
ent of the French academic de Sciences
this year has resulted in the defeat of
Mr.. Darwin and the election of M.
Loewen, of Stockholm, who received
thirty-two votes, against fifteen given to
the English naturalist. The discussion
extended over three long sittings in
secret committee. 1t is fact suggest
i've of their candor that not one of those
who voted for Mr.. Darwin shared his
philosophical doctrines, and not one of
those who opposed his candidature al
legged as their motive the error or danger
of his doctrines. As stated by a distln
guished member of the Academy, what
closed the door of the Academy to Mr..
Darwin was the fact that the science OF
those of his books which have made his
chief title to fame-the "Origin of Spe-
cies," and still more the " Descent of
Mans not science, but mass of as
seltions and absolutely gratuitous n.y.
pothesis, often evidently fallacious. This
kind of publication and those theories
were considered bad example, which
q body that respects itself could not
encourage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Chinese Students,

The Chinese students who arrived at
San Francisco last week, Thirty in mum.
Der, are very young. They are fine, in.
telligent ladies and gentlemen, and of
much fairer complexion than any of
their countrymen who have heretofore
visited the United States. Three tutors
of Mandarin rank accompany them. The
Chinese Government has appropriated
81 100000 for their education. The de-
sign of the Chinese Government is to
send thirty students to this country an
nually. The ladies of rank and the boy
students are receiving much attention
AS the last students, while in America,
became contaminated by Christianity,
all the forms of the religion of Confu.
Gus will be rigidly enforced, and the
four books Of the five Kings and the
sacred edicts of the Emperor Kanghi
will b portions of their regular lessons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
QuInille.

This article of drug now commands
three dollars per ounce, and is one of
the most useful in the entire list of
manufactured drugs. Recently there
has been an effort on the part of prom.
inent medical and scientific men to in
duce Congress to set apart a suitable
portion Of the public domain for the
purpose of cultivating and growing the
chlnchona tree, from which the useful
and almost indispensable article of
qulnine is produced. This tree is ma.
tive OF South America, and found to
grow only on the Andes, above what is
termed the cloud line of those high and
majestic peaks, and usually in greater
quantity and better quality north of the
the equatorial line; hence for its cult.
walton in the United States the Sierra
Nevada range of mountains in Califor-
MIA have been selected by the parties
who urge the trial of its cultivation in
this country as being the mountains
most closely resembling in soil and eli
mate the Andes. There can be no
doubt of success of the cultivation if
the chlnchona tree is properly under
taken and attended to, us the results
OF similar experiments by the English
Government in the Himalayas of India
fully attest.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Napoleon Sued.

A Paris journal says that Messrs
Plon. the wel!-known publishers, OF
the Rue de la Garanciere have brought
an action against Louis Charles Napo
leon Bonaparte, formerly Emperor OF
the French, and now residing in Chisel.
hurst, Eng land, to recover 1888 ,299f. 25c.,
for printing and delivering the small
edition of the " Life of Caesar" This
case will be tried before the First Cham.
Der Of the Civil Tribunal at the egin.
ming Of the next term. By delivering"
the = Life of Caesar" Plon means send
ing copies gratis to functionaries, re-
viewers and landlords of country inns,
who were the only persons that could
be induced to take them. The large
edition cost the publisher 20O,O0Of, for
which he laid seizure, with other credit
ors, on the personal effects of the En-.
peror and Empress found in the Garde-
Meuble.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
BOnaparte'S Double.

A few weeks ago very old man died
in London, at the age of ninety-one.
Tie bore an extraordinary resemblance
to the first Napoleon, and boosted to
the hour of his death of having won the
battle of Jena. The following was his
story, which, however, true or false, was
universally accepted During criti-
cal moment of the battle, Albolino this
was the old mans name), seeing the
soldiers begin to waver, mounted a
horse and galloping in front of the
troops, cried out, | am your Emperor
Forward 7 His corporal's uniform and
his resemblance to the Emperor created
such enthusiasm in the ranks that they
pressed forward and the battle was won;
not, however, before the Prussians had
noticed the cheat, and Albolina was
seriously wounded. lie lived upon a
pension in Paris until quite an old man,
and then went to end his days in Lon.
dom"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
A Specific for SmalI.POx.

In recent number of the Lancet DR..
Alexander Watson recorded several
cases of small. pox and scarlet fever in
which the external application of car
bolic acid met with marked success. In
the case of one patient with smallpox
whom he saw at the period when papula
appeared, he ordered an enema, and
then had the patient-a girl of eleven
years-sponged all over with carbolic
acid soapsuds. On the next day Sc.
we're attack of continent smallpox was
threatened, but the child was sponged
as she had previously been, and then
her whole body was painted with the
carbolic acid glycerine of the British
Pharmacop@ia. Five grains of Dover's
powder were then given to allay irrita-
bility, and the little girl slept quietly
for several hours, when she was sponged
again. No vesicles formed, and the pa.
tent WAS convalescent in few DAYS.
Carbolic acid was, in the meantime,
plentifully used about the room.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
A Young Man Who Meant Wei.

young and energetic gentleman of
this city, noted for the promptpess and
decision with which he always acts of
emergency, took the train on the Hart
ford, Providence and Flshkill road, for
Waterbury, where he had business to
transact. When the train reached Plain
vile, number of passengers alighted
as usual. In the seat opposite our gen
tieman friend were Il lady and her boy,
a little fellow or 6 years of age. As
the cars stopped, t lady peered out
OF The window, rose hastily, seized the
boy by hand and walked hurriedIy with
to the rear of the car. The two had
scarcely passen out of sight before our
energetic young friend noticed that the
boys hat, tin whistle, whip and other
toys, We're lying on the seat which had
just been vacated. The train started,
and hastily concluding that the lady in
her hurry to get off at the station had
unwittingly left them, our friend r. she'd
across the aisle, and gathering up the
hat and toys slung them out OF the
window. A change came over the spirit
OF his dreams Us the lady,, a moment or
two later, came up the aisle, leading her
boy by the hand. She didn't stop at
Plainville. The laugh that was heard
in that car when the lady returned made
our young friend sick. He apologized
to the lady, explained how he came to
throw the things out of the window, and
went back to his seat in frame of mind
anything but happy.-Hartford Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
A Horrible Death.

A workman in sash, door and blind
factory. in Chicago. met his death in u
most shocking manner last week. The
unfortunate man was caught by belt
revolving at the rate of 200 times in a
minute, and after being whirled about
the wheel numberless times, was finally
completely dismembered, the lower por-
ton of the body having been thrown
some distance to one side of the cellar,
while the head and upper part of the
trunk were hurled against the wall on the
other side. Beneath the pulley large
hole had been torn out of the earth by
the body as it was whlrled swiftly
around, before it was separated. The
hand and right arm were torn out of the
socket at the shoulder joint, and were
still wound up in the fatal belt. Frag-
ments of clothing, shreds of flesh and
clots of blood covered the walls and hung
from the josts and parts of the machinery.
His shoes lay little distance from the
pulley, where they had been thrown by
the swiftness of the motion which tore
them from his feet, while pieces of his
hat and other articles of clothing were
scattered in other directions. The frag-
ments of the body were gathered up
carefully by his fellow workmen and
carried to the County Hospital, where
the coroner held an inquest upon them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
A Boy of Seven Murders a Girl of Five
Years.

On last Sunday afternoon the people
OF Lexington, Scott county, were horri-
fed at the announcement that a little
son of Mr.. Hugh LOTUS, of that place,
only seven years old, had shot a daugh
ter OF Jerry Chandler, at the tender age
OF five years. They were together in a
room at Lotus house. Young Lotus
said he would kill the little girl, when
she ran away, but subsequently, return
ed, when the young tiend deliberately
took up shotgun and fired, filling the
poor little girls stomach with slugs.
She survived until last Monday, when
she died at about daylight. The above
is substantially what the little girl
stated after the terrible tragedy. A res
ident of Lexington states that it was
not many days previous to this that he
saw young Lotus in stable trying to
get the little girl to put her arm under
the blade of the cutting machine, in
order that he might cut it off. This
certainly is the most shocking case of
a naturally depraved and blood-thirsty
taste We ever recorded, and one that
seems to amount to monomania.-
NeW ALBANY (Ind.) Led4er.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Bird Life i'm the South.

The city of Columbia, S. c., on q Feb
ruary day, presents 10 its inhabitants a
sight which no other city on the cont.
nent affords, in the immense number
CT birds that people its magnificent
shade-trees. Thousands upon Thousands
OF red breasted robins are assembled.
as IN grand convention, prior to their
Hight to the North. Jay birds, blue
binds and peerless hooking birds are
here in large numbers. The fruit of the
sugar-berry tree, the wild orange, the
black gum and the varieties of oak af.
ford them abundance of food.
The robin makes its appearance from
further south about the beginning of
January, and still remains about the
middle of February, when it takes its
Hight to the north. For the last few
days the air is full of them assembling
tor departure, and to any one who ever
witnessed the gatherings of swallows at
the North in the fall of the year, pre-
pairing for their flight South, this as
sembllngof the robins presents a familiar
scene.
1T is an interesting sight to see them
ON the ground in search of food. They
move us an army, and seem to be under
the command of a leader, who, on the
slightest alarm, utters a shrill, quick
note; instantly the whole flock takes to
flight. AS they move through field
their numbers are SO great they destroy
immense numbers of cutworms and
srubs. For moment they stand as in
silent meditation, then turning the
head TO one side, listen, when presently
they peck away at the eartn, and a
worm is brought to the surface, which
is quickly devoured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
A Costly Railroad.

There have been some astonishing dis.
closures made concerning the Metro,
polltan railwao of London. This i'm
mense work has cost Ct, 100000, or
about ST 100000 par mile. At the an.
nual meeting, held on Aug. %, it was
shown that although during the last
year the road had carried a million more
passengers than ever before, it had
earned only s3OC more money, and a
dividend of only l per cent. could be
PAID. The sum of s536,6S5 has been
spent IN law costs since the opening of
the road. About $4,000 persons are
carried over the road every day. In
1863 the company paid per cent; in
1864, ct in 1868, 7; in 1869, 4 in
1870, 81; and in 1871, 3; but it now an.
pears that all these dividends had been
been paid out of capital and not out of
revenue, and that in point of fact the
road had never paid at all. Not less
than FL 100000 had been wasted'' in
spending the G7,500,OOO, and the com
pany had never been able to make
this up.