The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-30

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providing the associations reimburse the
Treasury for the cost Of preparing the
notes furnished. .sest' 1855 =
Information has been received in Wash
ington, it is stated, that valuable deposits
of gold have been discovered by army
officers stationed in Alaska.
The following is the public debt state
ment for August IT, s. - iFis l3 .5ra5s
Six per cent bonds, PSI 05 l50
Five per cent bonds. ............... AS, III 400
Total coin bonds. 81, ,726, 10 $50
Lawful money debit! ..... .s.ss:..- d4,MS, ,M0
Legal te tender depi notes. s5s S7ei
Certificates of deposit. ......... 30, $40 900
fractional currency. =. "A, ,372, ,466
ota Totaf e<sii witbont Interest ....s 47ssa PSI
Total debt. :. :. ... 81 2ss OH, "a
Total interest. st................... 81. .457, ,115
Cash in Treasury 4rE- ..r..
Coin - :. 80, IA, 1856
H Special aepositsheid for redemption '''''' 00'
+ of certificates Of deposit as provid- l..y.
ed by law Observation-Disclosures. 80, $40, 900
Total in Treasury. ...............s 1913, 900, s75
Debt less cash in treasury. l47, ,!4s, ls4
Decrease during month: ........... $40, 5lS
Bonds issued to Pacific r. r. Co.'S, ..... .
interest payable in lawful money,
principal outstanding. .......... 6,4e2, 1925
Interest accrued and not yet
Interest ;;aid ~ United States. so4, 10
Interest repaid by transportation,
Balance interest paid by u. s.. l6, ~, is2
TWenty-three thousand six hundred
immigrants arrived at the port of New
York during the week ending August 2.
Counterfeit half eagle coins are in circu-
lation, which so closely initiate the gen.
uine as almost to defy detection. In
weight and color the counterfeit CORES
ponds with the Legal coin. The chief of
the secret service offers reward of $780,:
600 for information leading to the cap
ture Of the dies from which the spurious
article is made and to the arrest and con-
viction Of the parties guilty of making
and putting it in circulation. Counter
felt $40 gold pieces are in circulation, and
efforts are being made to trace them to
suspected persons. q, -HF i'f"'t F
The Commissioner General of the Land
Office has decided that parties desiring to
acquire land containing valuable deposits
of iron ore, must comply with the provis-
ions Of the mining act, approved May 10,
1872, except in the States Of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, which, by act
of Congress, approved March 3, 1873, are
expressly relieved from its operations.
Formerly lands containing deposits of
iron were disposed Of at private entry the
same as other public land, after procla-
nation by the President. q. .,+a .sE
News from Abroad.
A correspondent states that the recent
massacre by the mob at Alay, Spain, ex.
ceeded in ferocity and brutality that of
the Commune in Paris, and, ke-that, the
women played an important part. The
mob demanded the resignation OF the
Town Council, which was refused, and
the Mayor with small force took pos.
session of the Town Hall. These were
soon overpowered by the mob, and it is
said that they were seized and stripped,
and then held up in the balcony in full
view of the raving mob below. Their
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the mob was asked whether it would
have them dead or alive. According to
answer either their heads were cut off and
the mutilated bodies thrown down from
the balcony, or they were thrown down
still alive, the mob below trying to catch
them as they fell on bayonets and pixies
then rushing to assist in dispatching what
remained of life.
A Madrid dispatch of July 81 states
that Contreras, in command Of the in
surgent fleet at Almeira, had made a de-
mand upon that city for contribution OF
$4,000 piastres, which being refused, he
had made an attack lasting two hours,
and had then attempted to disembark the
assaulting force, but was repulsed and
compelled to return to his vessels. The
town was determined to hold out to the
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| A Paris dispatch says that both Nancy
and Belfort were evacuated on the last OF
July by the German troops, who burned
all the goods which could not he carried
off. The inhabitants of both cities re-
NAMED in their houses while the Germans
were leaving.
The Shah of Persia arrived at Vienna
August 2, and was received by the EN-
peror.