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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

Last Saturday night, at a bali on
Lemann's plantation, difficulty arose
which resulted in an indiscriminate
discharge Of revolvers by the combat
ants. Isam Smith was shot in the
hand, and a boy named David Porter
in the knee. Isam was accused of
shooting Porter; and was arrested
Sunday morning and lodged in Jail.
Monday he was taken before Justice
of the Peace Conway, and after due
examination released upon giving
bond in the sum Of one hundred dol
lars to appear before the Parish Court.
It is not yet discovered who shot
Smith. The boy Porter will probably
lose his leg.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

nIED.-on Friday, September 20, 1872,
IL at Southwood plantation, parish of As
Benjamin Palmer, Jr., aged % years.
Northern and Western papers please copy.
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SUBSCRIPTION, Is PER ANNUM,
Payable in advance.
insertion; Is cents per square eac6 subse-
qucnt insertion.
+ Professional or other cards Of one SQUARE
or less, fifteen dollars per annum.
For additional rates SEQ first column of
first page.l n
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There should be town constable
appointed. Several houses and yards
in town have been visited by persons
in the night with felonious intent,
and the supposition is that gang Of
thieves are carrying on their opera
tions in this neighborhood.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

We unintentionally omitted to give
an account of an enthusiastic meeting
of the first ward Greeley and Brown
club, held Thursday evening of last
week at the regular meeting room at
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

Yesterday and day before those Of
the storekeepers of town who profess
the Jewish faith, closed their places
of business in honor and celebration
of the advent of the Jewish New
Year. Services were Held in the syn
agogue on both days, and social visits
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

Things are certainly not "as they
used to was" Day succeeds day, week
follows week, month after month rolls
by and still our honorable Common
Council holds no session. Did the
CHIEF put such an effectual damper
upon them as to squash them alto
gether? If SO, we are sorry, for we
think there are several potent reasons
why a meeting of the Council could
now be held to the public advantage.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05


DOPULAR PRICES.
First Glass Family Groceries
Plantation Supplies
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
j. w. PLATvT Il co,
WHOLESALE d. RETAIL DEALERS,
l02 Camp Street, corner Of Poydras,
New Orleans.
Invite the attention of housekeepers, plant
ers and buyers generally, to their complete
stock of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Wines, Liquors, and
Plantation Supplies,
at prices that cannot fail to meet the views
OF the closest buyers Of
FIRST-CLAsS GOODS.
To Special attention given to TEAS and
COfFEES, of which our stock will at all
times prove the best and cheapest in thecity.
Orders from the country promptly filled.
Our catalogue sent free to any address.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

The Republicans Of the first ward
held their ward nominating conyen-
ton last Tuesday evening, at Domin-
ique's store. Some three hundred
people were present, and great unan-
unity prevailed. Albert Dominique,
ESQ.,, Ayas nominated for Justice of
the Peace and Geo. Diggs for Consta-
BILE. Addresses by several speakers
followed the nominations, and the
meeting adjourned with cheers for
Grant and Wilson.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

The D. s. G. B. Hall will be filed
again this evening with the elite Of
Donaldsonville and vicinity to witness
the second performance of the amateur
theatrical association whose first at
tempt in the histrionic line was such
a complete success. The combined
influence Of fine music and the good
representation Of an affecting French
drama and an amusing English COM
edy will not fail to delight all who may
attend this evenings entertainment.
Those who do pot or can not go will
be deprived of a rich treat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
Delavallade Ice-House
PLAQUEMINE, Iberville, LA.


I have received Barge of fine quality of
ICE!
And ! am now prepared to fill all
CASH ORDERS
with dispatch, and at the following rates:
Two Dollars for every 100 Pounds
Nine Sc !" SOC S
The abore include Packing and Delivery
at the Boat
70 All of the Coast Packets leave Plaque
mine early in the morning, and ICE can be
delivered all along the Coast in aytime.
jya-2m J. NJ. DELAvALLADE.
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4 Greeley and Brown m,eetinp Nil

-.
A Greeley and Brown meeting will
be held 1t r. o. Landry's store, first
ward, next Thursday evening, and an
other at Richardson's school house,
same ward, the Saturday evening fol-
lowing. The first ward has produced
the best attended and most enthusias-
tic Greeley and Brown meetings of the
campaign, and the assemblages Of
Thursday and Saturday evenings will
be in no wise behindhand in either
respect. tits expected that the A.
cension Brass Band will be present
upon both occasions.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
NEWSPAPER BoRRow1Na.-A We

NEWSPAPER BoERow1Na.-A West
ern paper whose subscription list
has suffered from the evil it depre-
Gates, says Reader! if you have
borrowed the paper you are reading,
don't do it again. Subscribe. 1t
isn't safe. to borrow papers. We
once knew a poor, but honest man,
who borrowed a paper, innocently,
and inadvertently, from a hitherto
wholesome neighbor. Fatal act
That terrible centagion, the small
pox, was conveyed insidiously in the
fibres of that sheet. OF that exten-
siye and interesting family, a doting
father, a fond wife, several intellectu-
al and heroic sons, thirteen lovely
daughters, two popular mothers-in.
law, and three beautiful aunts-no'
one remained to tell the tale"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
. A Step in Advance.

The new French education bill,
which, if we understand the some
what enigmatical kilograms, has pass
ed the French assembly, provides
that every child between six and
thirteen years of age mast be sent to
school. A persistent refusal Oh the
part of parents to send their chill
dren to school, entails a loss of cir;l
rights. A more important provision
limits the suffrage, after 1880, to
such as shall be able to present a
certificate of study, showing that
they have passed an examination in
certain specified branches. We are,
in this country, just trying the ex-
pertinent Of confirming all offices to
those who have passed a competi-
tive examination. It is a fair ques-
ton whether, since the voters are
the rulers, they should not also be
required to pass on examination in
reading, writing, and speaking the
English language. Should the
servant, in learning, be above his
master !?
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
M.FRMCNLLE, LOUISIANA FRIDAY AHIL5, 1872.

To-day good mechanics are in re-
ality the most independent and pros
porous members of our community.
Some have made large fortunes, 9TH
ers are making them. The cry is
universal for. skilled labor, and the
ranks are not as we'll filed as if
young men would put aside an old
effete prejudice and recognize man
ual labor not only as necessity, but
as an honorable necessity. The old
life is null and void. The new life
requires different training and cul-
ture. Tt is better to roof house
well and get good pay for it, than to
sit under the same roof and let pow
crty and discomfort eat out the heart
As q general rule there is no want
of culture among mechanics. In
fact, they are usually intelligent men,
better posted on the issues Of the
day than most of their fellow-citizens.
They are pcaceable, law-abiding.
and usually make up the best part Of
every community.
Let no one suppose that our re-
marks have grown out Of any want
Of respect for the " Three Black
Glacas.' We pay them due honor.
but they are not SO universal in their
favors that they lavish wealth and
reputation upon their most incapable
followers. We merely suggest there
are thieves and sinews Of very little
use in the learned professions which
might be turned to profitable &C
count among the welders Of iron ane
f;,slioners of wood. We merely
deprecate the folly Of parents who
in MANY cases will not allow thei2
sons to follow their own inclination'
and choose an honest trade instea(
of a profession.-N. 0. Times.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

What won't American inventors
do finally T? A civil engineer has pc
titioned Congress for aid to enable
him to test his method for producing
artificial rain. To try this expert
ment, he asks only for 800 cannon
and 10000 pounds of powder. He
furthermore wants the cannon to be
discharged simultaneously by cleo
tricity. The rain-lnaker calls atten-
ton to the fact that heavy showers
have followed great battles, and he
suggests that the government ought
to find out whether artillery had any
thing to do with the rain. In case
the experiment is successful, we sup
pose that every well-to-ao farmer will
invest in 800 cannon, and keep
largo stock Of powder always on
hand. And, then, in dy times. the
clerk of the weather will receive
laundering salutes of artillery.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

Bills SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
The following is a complete list of all
the bills passed at the last session OF
1872, which have been signed
1. Civil rights concurrent resolu-
tion
2. To amend an act to incorpo-
rate the town of Carrollton.
3. Appropriatins balance OF sala-
ry of the late Lieut.. Gov. Dunn to
his widow.
4. Relief Of J. Osborn.
5. Joint committee to prepare an
address to the Congress Of the Uni
ted States.
6. Relief of Mrs. Mary Barlow.
T.. Relative to tie removal Of duty
on rice.
s. Relief Of VIM. Bendel.
8. Amendment to Revised Civil
Code. -------------------
10. Pontchartrain Railroad bill.
IL. Appropriation bill.
-. Supplementary appropriation
bill.
13. Relative to police jury Of Red
River.
"A. License bill.
Is. Relief Of Alex. Lazano and
others.
le. Relief of Mrs. Lipshuts.
II. Revenue bill.
Is. Establishing an additional
term OF the District Court OF the
parish Of Carroll.
10. To incorporate the Indepon'
dent Hook Company No. l. Aiexan'
dria.
20. To incorporate Independent
Hook and Ladder Fire Company
Alexandria.
21. To define fees, &C., of Audi
tor of Public Accounts.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
Over.WOrM.

The complaint is quite universal
that in our American iife We over
strain the muscle, over-wear the
brain and over-burden the heart.
Men at the hottest point Of enter
prise give out, and consumption
takes the body, lunacy the mind,
avarice the affections. Prominent
men drop suddenly here and there,
when they are all aglow with pers-
piration, and lilated eye, and alb
sorption of success. The ep;taph is,
"died of over-work." 1t should be,
+" "died of mis-managed work." That
wheel on the car is not hot because
it rolls faster than the other wheels,
nor because it is weaker or stronger;
but becsuse its journal was not pack
ed as well-because some unusual
friction has heated 1t. :. Hero is a
sewing machine with which woman
has flung thread enough to baist the
two hennispheres together at the
equator, and reach the north pole,
and make q spool Of it. And yet it
has needed little repair as it sung
The dollars together with it's monoto-
nous buzz. Here is another that is
returned, broken in pieces and radi-
cally injured. Lack Of fabrication,
misleading Or guiding caused an in
| jury, and then it has been uphill
work ever since, till it has become
absolutely worthless.
Men are worked in precisely the
same ways. A man cannot run his
body, and leave Lis mind behind
without harm nor mis- mind and
leave his body in the 1urch and
neither, and fling his soul out to the
dogs. False work, mis-judgea, and
misguided work, is the crime of the
day. No mechanic shall fail in mus
Gle, nor in skill if he will fertilize his
mind as hegoes along, and keep a
!, window in his sunl open to God. No
business Or professional man shall
waste in body, or waver in mind il
he will proportion his intellectual
and physical toll, and not forget his
religious obligations.-Rev. Wm. Ill
rin Bartlett III the Chicago Pulpit.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
IRoN-PApER.-Gerlnan

IRoN-PApER.-German Journals
complain that this article, which is
simply common paper mixed while
in the pulp with iron filings, SO as to
increase the weight, is " shamelessly
advertised in all English and Amen-
can papers," and is particularly re-
commended to shop-keepers for wrap
ping up their wares. AS the papers
in which groceries are put up are
generally weighed along with the ar
ticle, there can be no doubt that the
use of such paper is fraudulent
But we must demur to tho assertion
that it is advertised in all English
papers-Amernan artisan.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
NEW SERIIS--Y |. NO. 9.

A Dolly Warden dress is thus des-
cribed for the benefit Of ignorant
people CA dolly Warden is Il
MORE antique dress pattern, and'it is
made of some material, and is cut
bias at the top anu bottom and trim
med with honiton polonaises and
tube roses, with a pepl1m running
two chains and three links to the
southwest from the starting point.
around the skirts Of civilization, and
pinned together self-acting safety
pin. The figures are SO large, that
it takes eight dress patterns to show
them off to advantage.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

'' VINO was sympathizing
ghbor Jones on the death
sad: T" You should re-
t. Jones, there is no loss
Pc gain. John, you re-
as always a monstrous
mow he was," respond
eaVed parent !; I" but to
y n laid up with the rheu-
'ae winter and died just
'us spretty tough neigh
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
Artisans Versus The Learned
Professions.

We have time after time urged
upon our people the advisability Of
directing the choice Of their sons to
a means of living hitherto tabooed
by what is called good society,"
We have pointed out to them the
certainty of an artisan making
living where lawyer, doctor Or cler-
gyman might starye in genteel idle
ness.
The world cannot do without
craftsmen. The workers in iron or
wood are always ill demand. A man
may go into q new country, whether
civilized or demi-civilized, and carry
his recommendation in his first stroke
Of work. He does not need to build
it UP step by step as falls to the share
of the learned professions. His first
work establishes his fitness for his
place, and for the first work he has
not long to wait.
We said these things several years
ago, and we repeat them with in
creased emphasis. A ruined coun-
try, and people brought up to habits
Of luxury, and then suddenly impov-
ished, required an entire change i'll
thought and habits. There are vast
landed estates, but no money, and
greatest curse of all, the terrible
turf hunger" which made the plan
ters hold on like grim death to DESC
late and untitled acres.
| Under these circumstances, what
were our young men to do? Some
all honor to their energy, threw
themselves into the hardest agricul-
; tural labors. But every one knows
how disaster after disaster has houn.
ded the planter ever since the war.
Floods, and failure of crops
high-priced labor-a niggardly legis'
lation, WHICH fought over every cent
appropriated to the benefit of the
people, as so much taken from theil
own nerousites-all these things have
, reduced the Southern planter to thu
last extremity. OF the brave-hearted
young men, who four or five years
ago set forth, hoe in hand, to re
trieve their disasters, how many to
day stand free of debt, and will
means of living for ono year aheae
y insured to them
Others (and by far too many
threw themselves into the oyercrowd
ed ranks of professional men,
a Where one of them has made q liy
, ing, twenty have failed. Yet adher
ing to old tradition, a,oblesse oblagt
that the sinews of mind and bod.
. should only be exercised in the old
b time honored rlts.
j. But at no time since the war cal
9 we remember the day when a goo
J. artisan was not certain to get wor
IS and pay, even when apparently ther
l. was no money in the country. l
o the infancy of any community the
l. are indispensable, and if we are nc
It in swaddIng clothes, we would rea
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

! achievement in. sewing
the successful introduc-
: is known as the i" car
1t is an " automaton,"
F. to run along the room
I oreadths of carpets to-
|s propelled by the oper-
y the same time, does the
an ease which is really
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
FROM TUESDAYS ISSUE. |

New HAVEN, o., April 1.-The Ell.
tire Republican State Ticket is elect
ed beyond doubt. Voting pro-
gressed quietly, with less than usual
excitement.
WASHINGTON, April la bill was
introduced repeating the income tax
and forbidaing it's collection for II.
Repeating tax on brandy and reduc-
ing whiskey tax.
An effort to get q two-third vote
for the Supplemental Civil Rights
Bill failed.
Abill repeating the law giving por-
tion Of fines and penalties to infor-
mers in Internal Revenue cases pass
ed. =
Private dispatches received from
Connecticut say that it is very doubt
full if there is an election by the peo-
pie. Gov. Jewell himself shares these
impressions. Indications are that
the Republicans gain one legislator
over last year when they had twen-
ty-six majority on joint ballot.
The committee reported favorably
on Parkel's nomination for Survey
or of Customs, at New Orleans.
The Earl of Granville's second let
ter to Secretary Fish, reached here
and will be read in Cabinet to-mor-
row.
New York, April 1.-Advices havo
been received from the Aspinwall
showing that the steamers Pizaro
and Virginia, are in close quarters
The Capt. Of, the Virginia threatens
if Pizaro fires he will run into her
and sink both vessels.
At Seven P. M, Professor Morse
continues very low sleeps at times
but conscious when awake.
LOUISVILLE, April 1.-The celebra-
ton of the Fifteenth Amendment
was notable success. The conduct
Of the people was perfect. Speeches
and concerts were largely attended.
i VlcEsByRe, April Down steam
er Frank Pargord at Z p. NJ.
New ORLEANS, April mo clue has
yet been obtained as to the perpe-
traitors Of the robbery Of sixty thou
sand dollars yesteaday from run
ner of the Citizens Bank, although
the Bank offers twelve thousand
dollars reward for the arrest Of the
robbers.
New ORLEANS, April 2.-Go!d quot
ed at 10 to 10 IA.
Cotton, firm and unchanged. Low
Middling 81 81, Molasses, light
supplies and i'll the absence Of buy
) ers no accurate quotations can be-
; obtained c,,r
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

anderwerken, q young
entfrom Troy, New York,
ond fields Of Africa, has
th several fine specimens.
eighty-two-carat stone
and an eighty-three-car-
he and two partners
orking thirty negroes in
the diamond rivers.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

Some Pennsylvania wood-cutters
recently sawed down large poplar
tree, and found snugly ensconced
therein q hickory sappling fully four
inches inside the bark. Both hickory
and poplar were perfectly sound.
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

Parted, but il|iterate, liv-
keeper, who could not
p horse ill-treatcd, used
perfect sincerity, and, as
with accuracy +: +" My
them as abuses hosses
unto me, and comes as
Preathin'."
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

| Beust said, the other
hungarian journalist =
6eye that I have amassed
! I was chancelcr Of the
bpire. The truth is, I
oorer than when I came
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

On a certain occasion Lord Alyan-
lev half alfronted Mr.. Greville, with
whom he was dining. The dining
room had been newly and splen5idly
furnished, whereas the dinner was
but a very meagre and Indifferent
one. While some Of the guests were
flattering their host on his taste,
magni6cence, ETC., "For my part,
said his lordship, Il had rather have
seen less gliding and more carving
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

Geo. Peabody, the Lon
once sawed q cord OF
ncord, New Hampshire,
a nights lodging at the
lat was a practical lecture
en who fail to pay their
because they are out Of
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

|n (Indiana) paper says {:
here are swarming with
5, and sportslnen have
|ging them down by the
The roost is said to ex-
ght miles of woods. At
en- and boys kill them
D save ammunition"
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

|h writer advises young
/ fayorab]y upon those
! agricultural pursuits.
keason that their mother
] q gardener. He forgot
ever, that the gardener
ltion in consequence OF
The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05

PERr1SENr.-A London exchange
says The publisher Of q London
street periodical was recently fined
ESQ Oh account of the obscenity of
the engravings it contained, which
We're considered as unfit to be placed
in the hands of the children for sale.
What about the lads who have .to
assist in it's machining and folding ?
Are the morals Of juvenile printers
less worthy Of care than gutter ur-
chins +? Is it e&ac@y the right thing
to undertake the printing Of such
works !?