The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-16

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than was appsrent at last report. Vast
numbers Of peach trees were KILLED. The
condition. Of grapes ranged nom 81
in California to l27 In Nebraska, 100 rep
resentings the average. The average of
potatoes remained the same as. last. year,
or increased in twenty-five 6tatss'and de
creased in others. The Colorado beetle
has extended its ranges East, being re-
ported for the first time I'm severalac0un-
ties in New York. It was stnlz demon
strating in the West, but farmers Had
learned in many counties hew to- destroy
it efectually. The maximum condltmion cond 10
Of the crop, Ill, is found in GeOrgias and
the minimum, 76, in Delaware. 1%ses "a
III The Union City (Tenn.) Casssr. Of July
%, reports twenty-nine deaths froA ehol-
era during the week in that village and
immediate vicinity. 8, zss... ..,srxsus.a.l
A San Francisco dispatch sayax that
twenty-five Chinese females recently
brought by steamer from Hong Kong had
been sold at put5lfc auction to ot66 gNn.Sse
IN Their quarters. o5sdng gnm 0asht
as high al $3.50 eachs lhiddlesaged and
old women from $500 to 500 each.
The Pacific termink 9fs he N@thesn
Pacific Railway has been fixed at Lac0R-
ma. at the head IL Comfnednc cemeE Bay,
On Puget Sound. s4ksA n
There have been recently a large num-
Der of failures in the tea trade in New
York city, '='s'i 'iSi ii % ao7|fJ.a
|'n tsd News ,,isf,o from y Abroad %.
"A recent Paris dispatch eggs that
the French government has received in
formation, which it regards as trust
worthy, that Instructions hssS beeDas-
sued from the head Of the InteEpatiQnals
in London to it's subordinates in France
to organize for a series of labor strikes
throughout the republic. TO bescaEDied
into effect during the coming recess OF
the Assembly. Increased vig4hnoe On
the part of local authorities is ordered,
and contact Of soldiers with foreigners
prohibited. ~'s's'~~as'
A dispatch from Bayonne, July 26, says
that Don Carlos, with force said to num-
Der twenty-six thousand well-arn1ed
men, had arrived at Elesopda, near Pam
peluna.i The Republicans were concen-
trating near Elesonda, and it was thought
that a desperate struggle would take
place soon. ..5, ...-E iii
Madrid dispatch, of July u, says
that the Government troops attached the
Insurgents at Valencia on the day pre-
vious, and after five hours fighting took
the place. The insurgents offered t0sdr-
render conditioually, but the Government
troops demanded an unconditional sur
render, failing in which they bombarded
the city. Marshal Serrano and Admiral
Tepete had offered their support to the
Government. ''''si - s'1
The Speaker Of the English House Of
Commons, July %, announced the con-
sent of Her Majesty the Queen to The
marriage of the Duke of E lnburgs The
Speaker, at the same time, on behalf of
Her Majesty, requested that further al
lowanoe be added to the Dukes pre4nt
income. .~..
A Vienna dispatch, July %, says that
in the barracks in the suburbs Of that city
there had been in one day as many as two
hundred cases Of cholera and thirty
deaths. The ravages of the disease Had
become SO extensive that the Government
had been compelled to order the removal
of the troops to Bruck, q small town %
miles southwest of Vienna. In the city
the number of deaths from cholera vas
reported at twenty per day. za.y
The message Of President Mcmahon,
proroguing the French Assembly, assures
that body of the maintenahce Of order,
congratulates the county on the cessa-
ton of German occupation, gives M.
Theirs credit for having succeeesla1lyseon
Quoted the negotiations to- ttatTnd, and
concludes by declaring that peseesthoqgh
dearly bought, is the first necessity of
the country.
Recent advices from the City Of Mexico
state that the Government had received
dispatches confirming the report that the
famous revolutionist, Lozado, had been
taken prisoner by the National troops.
The Tepic revolution is sabout tended. sFhe
Government is arranging toa'sendsMx
thousand troops to reinforeestie axMIen
the Rio Grande. Minister. Mejia declares
that he will not support the Government
in its dictatorial powers. he is charged
with holding revolutionary ,caucuses at
the house of Santa Cecilia, son-in-law OF
the late President Juarez.
8 It is now known that secret treaty has
been consummated bet0een the
Governments of China and Janen the
two sovereigns having bound .themsaves
not to form an alliance with anys foreign
power against each other, but On The con-
trary, to use their mutual endeavors to
secure for each other repaTation fsrmy
indignity or injustice suffered & the hands
of any Christian powers. A remarkable