The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-12-13
NEWS SUNNI AIRY
Personal AND POLTTICAL.

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f Personal AND POLITICAL,
The official majority of Taylor for Gov
liernor of Wisconsin over Washburne, is
15,411, terunning nearly I 600 ahead of the
balance of theticket The Legislaturewill'
stand-Senate. IL Republicans, l6 RefoFm-Y
ers; Assembly 50 Reformers and II Re,
Ipublicans.
Judge Robert Crozier has been appoint
ed as Caldwell's successor in the United
States Senate from Kansas. ~ Pa Il
1t is stated that Senator Morton is pre-
pairing a bill to repeal the bankrupt law.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. so
Peter Burgett, wealthy planter reside
ing at Cat Island, twenty five miles below
Memphis, while riding home recently in;
company with Major ". G.. Goodshaw,
was shot by an assassin concealed in the
cane, and instantly killed. Major Good
shaw was dangerously -wonnded, the
weapon used being a shotgun, loaded
with buckshot. Certain parties are sus-
peeted, but there had been no arrests.
Boss Tweed has been fined Sl2, $50 and
sentenced to twelve years. imprisonment.
He is s66, years old. The. convictions
against him aggregate fifty7one. He was
| locked up in the Tombs at the conclusion
! of his trial = : e S'5s -
Lieut.. J.sR. Peitenhumer, Fourth u. s.
Infantry, committed suicide recently at
Fort D.A. Russell. by, shooting himself
through the heart. Cause, mental depres-
sion, resulting from illness. { He leaves a
wife and two children 81
Walt. Grayson, a wealthy Creek Indian
| farmer and stock dealerin the Indian Ter
| ritory, Was'recently robbed of over thirty
thousand dollars, mostly specie, by three
white men, who seized him and hung him
up repeatedly until they forced him to dis
close theplaceiwhere he had it concealed
The robbers escaped with their booty. IS o
81 MISCELLANEOUS.
Goldefosed in New Y York, November %,
at l09ss. aa5 ys5 sfi3essf 5.ssss 8
Telegraph reports from New ENGLAND
and the interior of New York represent
the storm that prevailed on the night OF
Nov. Is as the most severe. for years.
I The National Trust Company of Pitts
burg suspended payment, Nov. as, en- iac.
countsof the cashier having left fer parts
unknown. Deficiency not stated, .ess,..
Robert Porter, another juror in the
Stokes case, has been arrested for bribery
] Jon AN fndfedhent by the Grand gtAy .ssss'
II The Post-ofiieei Departments has con
j Icluded partial postalcard arran gemen
with GERMANY x..f..-..: -
i The Memphis Exposition, opened on tlt
night of Nov. Is. ss''s s2' Het a#
i : A slight shock of an earthquake was fell
q at San francisco on the night of Now. 20
I The Erie Canal was closed by the ice OF
Nov. 10, large number of boats ladeI
lswith grain and provisions being unable tc
4 proceed. Sssss. TisEssas1sss assaa sFsss 2
The Commissioner of Internal ,ReEenu'
i estimates the receipts for the current yea
at Sl00, 100000. This will be falling of
4 of between S14,00O,0o0 and SIS, 900 ,O0t
1lfrom the actual receipts of last year, ~
The New Y ork Aldermen haveUoted thu
Department of Public Works and Parks
81, 900 each, to furnish work for unem
1ployed. laborers,
Il The. union printers IN the PIttsburs
newspaper offices struck on Nov. 20, ant
all the eoff1ees are since being run by non
& union meIl!ea- ys.af. sssg -tz.i IN .sgiE 81
A number OF the striking printers al
Pittsburg have been arrested on charge
1 Iofi conspiracy.
3 During the week ending Nov. g, Mem
phis had tWef1ty-two deaths from yellow
feVer.s6I Islsao F i ss4sa3 n sssAh
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs or
Nov. "a sent the following telegram to Mr.
4 Hayworth, United States Indian Agent Al
: Fort Sill, Indian Territory :ss Issue ne
more annuities to Ithee Comanehes. The
: demand for five raiders and murderers il
not remitted, and. if not complied with il
ten days after the receipt of this dispatch
4 you viii stop their rlt1ofEs entirely, and i
they still refuse they will be handed oyel
to the military. !. Assure the Indians ltha1
I the Government is in earnest and that ar
rangements are already being made to com
pei the. Comanches to do right.
The Secretary of the Treasury announces
that hereafter silver coin win be paid only
for the fractional part of a dollar, instead
of suns not exceeding So. dF .gaG
Many of the suspended mills and shops
Il in the East are resuming work, either OF
full or partial time. '
L The National Press Convention, which
was called to meet at st. Louis Nov. 26
has been postponed sine die.ssI "a
+ 5 'sss FOREIGN. aa 1sssss 9ssas8
The French Assembly, on Nov. 10, bys
majority of sixty-six, adopted the motion
s. that President MacMahon's term be pro
longed seven years. There was great ex
scitelnent in Paris over the result. Tn
members of the Cabinet subsequently ten
dered their resignation, but President Mac
Mahon refused to accept them, and TIL