The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-09-20

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cuted under the direction of the General
commanding the Department of the Coz
lumbia at Fort Klamath, Oregon, October
8, 1873. 1..t,s
Secretary Richardson has issued orders
to Supervising Inspector Carr, at Mem
phis, Tenln, directing him to cause a
speedy and searching investigation into
the circumstances of the explosion of the
George Wolff at st. Francis Island, and
that to insure d thorough and impartial
inquiry, an investigation should be con-
Quoted by the local board not identified
with the last inspection of the steamer. &
News from the Yellowstone expedition
gives particulars of two sharp encounters
with the Indians, which took place ON the
4th and 18th of August respectively.
The Indians are supposed ito have been
principally Uneapapas, under the COM
mand of Sitting Bull, and were well
armed and had plenty of ammunition.
The q. S. troops, under command of Gen
eral Custar, were victorious in both en-
counters The losses We're four men,
killed and twenty-five wounded. The In
| dian loss is estimated by General Custar
at forty killed and wounded.
| The authorities of California have asked
| the Government that the Motlocs charged
with grave offences committed prior to
their capture, other than those sentenced
to be hanged, be delivered to them.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has de-
cided that the law forbidding validity Of
judgments for notes whose consideration
| was slaves, is unconstitutional, and that
unless barred by statute of limitation,
such judgments can be made operative.
The court was divided, Judge Mccoy dis
senting. .-y8IH sgfGIse ig 9zA ~
The town of Fayette, Mo-, has been
fearfulIy scourged by the cholera, the
number of deaths reported UP to August
25 being fifty. The town was nearly de-
serted, and both the papers had been
forced to suspend publication. All the
saloons and nearly all of the business
houses had been closed,
The National Temperance Convention
met at Saratoga. N. Y.,gAugust %. Judge
Pitman, of Massachusetts,, waso elected
| President. n
sEa.4 FOREIGN. iiaBt 4f9'
Madrid ,adYices, August, 81, state that a
battle had taken place near Berga, between
the Republicans and insurrectionists,
which resulted in a brilliant victory for for
the former. After desperate conflict the
insurrectionists were utterly defeated,
with a loss of 80 killed and 300 wounded.
Among the latter are Gems. sCaballas and
| Tristang.
Alta recent meeting Of the members ol
the Left of the French Assembly, it was
decided to seek the support of the Left
/ Center to prevent the success of the plans
of the Fusionists and Legitimists, for the
establishment of Bourbon. os'' s3 sas .
The threatened lockout by iron-masters
I,of Manchester, England, of asportion o.
their operatives, has been, postponed fol
the present, a proposition having beer
made to submit the differences between
Eernployers and workmen to committee
i of arbitration. aEJ os 4i3ab b47stEit't
t. From st. Domingo news comes that tbs
revolutionists under Luperon have gained
a decided advantage over the troops o
| President Baez. It is the general opinion
4 that Luperon viii finally be successful. ~
The Republican army under command
of Gen. Sanchez IBregna, numbering
| 12,G00 men, has entered Bilboa. The Carl
ist forces occupying the city. withdrew
without offering battle.
b 1T lis reported from Rome that the Pop,
has intiInated his desire for reconcilia
/ ton with Germany, on condition of Ger
many not interfering in the italian com
lplcations.
i "A dispatch from Vienna, August n
4 says that the cholera continued to increas
in that city. a.ls ti4 l5sts3e zssisoisA. sl
Sir Samuel Baker, and party hav,
4 reached Cairo, returning from their expe
ditiop in Africa. 3EBh DaBqf} els 20 Hos
Senior Emilio CASTELAR, has been electet
: President OF. the Spanish Certes, BY q yot
of 134 in his favor against 73 blanks. Upol
taking the chair Senor CASTELAR, delivered
s.I, S4st, t&833ftat ~ Bta