The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-10-11

i ile iOllOWlIiS is tllc CUiHpdI dtiNS SDttoli
statement for the week; ending Septem-
Der u:
- Bales.
Net receipts at all O. S.. ports during
Same time last year 1852
Total receipts to date since Sept. 1..a 2S,7s0
Total same date last year. "a, I06
Exports for the week S,1e5
Exports for the same time last year,. $50
Total exports to date. Observation-Disclosures. D, 230
Stock at all United States ports ........ Tiles
Stock for the same time last year ~, 1853
| Stock at all interior towns less Augusta $3.50
Stock at Liverpool -. 123, 600
| Same time last year $1,000
| Stock American afloat for Great Britain 700
Same time last year. g-...,.s. s5i00
| An immense crowd visited the Capitoline
Grounds, at Brooklyn, on the afternoon of
Sept. II, to witness the departure of the
Graphic balloon for Europe, which had
been definitely fixed for that date. unfor-
tunately, after about 100000 feet of gas
had been pumped into the monster, itgave
way under the strong pressure, and was
rent half way around. The voyage has
been indefinitely postponed. gltf $50
Dispatches from Shreveport, La, Sept.
II, report the yellow fever as being on the.
increase, and the Inhabitants are terror
stricken by the fearful ravages of the dis.
ease, and all who can are fleeing for their,
lives. There had been thirty deaths the
day previous, All business was suspended.
The latest dispatch announced the closing
of the telegraph office, the operators hav-
ing all been stricken by the disease. 5s't.l9
The appearance of yellow fever in Menu
phis was officially announced by the Board
of Health, Sept. 13. They state that It has
so far been confined to a few blocks in the
northwestern part of the city, and trusted
that it would not become epidemic. The
number of deaths reported at that date
was thirty. s.lf IS s.54:..f.4.5sf, Isa...
1 A dispatch from Galveston, Sept. IA, an
nounces the establishment Of quarantine of
all the chief ports on the Texas coast
against New Orleans, ywitha viewIof pre-
venting the Introduction of yellow fever,
Mails are eralso placed in quarantine.
/ The number of deaths, from yellow fe-
yer at Shreveport, Sept. Is, was twenty
three; ON the 14tll, thirty-four.a d 'The dis
ease is pronounced by the New Orleans
physicians to be the genuine yellow fever
q in an epidemic form. f
Prof. Wise publishes a card defehdfiig
fis,theofg of am es,sterE air e,sffetttt, and
announcing his.sreadiness to start for Eu-
Erope at any, time in a gas-tight silk balloon.
The Graphic Company. announce their in
i tention of building another balloon for
lProf. Donaldson A Philadelphia balloon
!, enterprise is also announced. y siies
The Post-office authorities have been in
formed that no postage is collected by the
: Prussian Government for papers printed
, in the United States in the German Ian
guage. a,.,as t........s s...f ;...r .,.l'g.
8 "A counterfeit of the new fifty-ce1it cur
rency is in circulation, and is said to have
made its appearances two days after the is
I sue of the genuine. ii Il }Rsi l18s-
A dispatch, from Shreveport, La, Sept
15,. SAYS: The fever is still raging
weather dnfavorable. Sixty per cent. ol
those attacked die. , There is great suffer,
! ing in all circles of society for want sol
) nurses. The surviving .eitizensa are doing
all in their power. to check the disease. In.
ternents yesterday, twenty-five. There
were rlany deaths last night. The How.
ard Association is greatlyin need of as
D sistanee. The Southern Telegram news
!, paper has asuspendeds the Times still
makes its appearance. George j. Rae
: manager of the Western Union Telegraph
office here, died to-day. '5ii'' 5s.4''sfs5s'i
3 The Illinois State Fair opened at Peoria
: Sept. 15. 9{5 H sp 9s8g 9asttt ST
l. The Kansas City (Mo.) Exposition
! opened Sept. 15. Governor Woodson de
: Iivered the opening address.
A Memphis dispatch of Sept. 15, say'
L that a terrible panic prevailed there onae
IS count of the yellowlfever which had made
f. its appearance in various parts. of the city
The inhabitants were fleeing in all direc
!, tions.
The New York Express announces thu
4 failure of the Eclectic Insurance Company
: with deficiency of nearly 100000. 3
!, ~ The German Savings Bank of Leaven
!, worth has temporarily suspended pay
: ment, but the directors claim their asset
sufficient to pay all obligations. s
The Tennessee State Farmers Oonven
ton met atNashville, September 16.t Gen
;. era1 w. II. Jackson was chosen President
$ The yellow fever was slightly on the de
: crease at Shreveport on the 10th, and tn
weather was cool. Physicians and nurse
g were fully supplied by the Howard Assoc
alton ofNew Orleans, and money cpntribu
tons were being transferred by telegrapl
d from various cities ~
r A Little Rock dispatch Of Sept. 16, say
+ that the yellow fever had reached tn
IT smaller towns in Northern Louisiana, te
Il circus men having died with itat Vernon
IS FOREIGN.
e Spanish adyices from Madrid, to Sep
ei 13, report that a large proportion of til
d reserves called out have been. assembled
It and their equipment is progressing. III