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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-02-19

The Supreme Judicial Court OF
.H.w Hampshire has new clerk
ing lady.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-02-19

A lady in California, Mrs. Pea
lie, owns a patch Of land compris-
ing 1906 acres.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-02-19
NASHVILLE.
NEW COTTON FIRM

TENHE firms Of S. b. SPURLOCK 81 CO,
Il and w. +. HOKE have this day en-
tered into a cOpartnership as Cotton Fac
tors under the uame and Style of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-12-03
Atnnfbtt yournal,

Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
foot Of Court, by SPRAGUE, OWEN " NASH.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-12-03
at'eeklu Kennelee 9onrnal,

Published every Wednesday morning, Is the
largest folio paper in the State, cona aiming news,
political articles, agricultural and scientific N ittcr
tales, poetry, anecdotes, household matter marx
cts &c, &C.
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Transient Adverti ements J. 80 per inch Tor hrst
week; 25 cents per week for each subsequent in-
serton. st -s
special Notices, $500 per inch for first week; 80
cents per week for each subsequent week.
business Notices, in reading columns, 20 cents
per line iOr first nserton 10 cents per line iOrcach
subsequent insertion.
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Daily asennebee aournal,

Issued every morning, except Sundays. 1t con-
tains the latest news by telegraph and mail gives
reports of the Markets, and has carefully prepared
political and local articles and generous amount
of farming, home and miscellaneous reading win
full compilation of State news.
Terms, 81 per amman in ddrasce; So if payment
Is not made within the year. Single copies cents,
TO be had at the bookstores and at this once.
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms.
Rates may be had on application at this Office.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

There is a festive genius in Mis-
sissippi Jail under charge of stealing
horses, who appears to enjoy himself
pretty well under adverse circum-
stances. The local paper says of him
He seems to delight in the exercise
of his powers, and frequently startles
the town by the shrill whistle of an
approaching train, which grows more
and more distinct until the train
whirls into town, stops, the signal for
departure sounds, and away it thun-
ders almost as large as life. He i'm
jtates most perfectly the voices Of
both birds and beasts: He frequently
fills the street, at night, with whoop-
ing, fighting dogs, squalling cats,
squealing hogs, etc. A short time
ago, the jailor and his family were
startled from sleep, in the dead hours
of night, by most terrific cat fight,
apparently in their bedroom. Lamps
were lighted, and most dilligent
search made for the discordant fe-
lines, but all in vain-they had van
ished in mid-air, and the jail-bird,
no doubt, enjoyed the joke. Happy
must he be, poor, unfortunate waif!
who can make sunshine for himself
even III prison cell.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

than two nor more than ten years, anu ny
fine Of not less than three dollars nor Aoie
than ten thousand dollrrs. m :.
Sec. 2. Be it further enactea, e.;., ,e. q
at said next general election, the wishes "
the En- 1 electors IN the premises, shall be OK.
pressed by printed or written ballots %
For the amendment limiting the debt q
New Orleans, !" or Against the amendment
limiting the debt of New Orleans and the
said ballots shall be counted and returns IN
made. and the result declared as IN the
case Of election of State officers.
1S;vnedl CHARLES w. LOWELL,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives,.
(signed) G. c. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF she
Senate.
Approved February "a, 1874. ooc
lSignedl WILLIAM r. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
P. g. DEs.oNDE, Secretary of State.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

The Democrats of Mississippi
charge the colored men of that State
with drawing the "color line" in
their selection Of officials. A Repub-
lican newspaper disposes of the SLAM
der with the following statistics:
Out of seven State officers three are
held by colored men. The Supreme
court, the Circuit courts and the
Chancery courts are all presided over
10y white men. There is not Il colored
district attorney in the State. With
two or three exceptions all the sheriffs
in the State are white men. And so
with other officers. An oyerwhelm-
ing majority OF the Office holders
in this State are white men.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
Joint Resolution

Submitting an amendment to the constitu-
ton of the State to limit the debt of New
Orleans, and the issue of warrnts by the
officers and prescribing certain penalties.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana, in General Assembly convened
ltwo-thirds of the members elected to each
House agreeing thereto), That at the gen
erai election for members of the General
Assembly, which will take place in Novem-
Der, 1874, an amendment to the constitution
OF the State shall be submitted to the aual-
tied electors of the State for their ratifica-
ion or rejection in the words following;
Article The city of New Orleans shall
not hereafter increase her debt in any man
ner or form. or under any pretext After
the first day of January, 1876, no evidence
OF Indebtedness or warrant for payment of
money shall be issued by any officer of said
city, except against cash actually in the
treasury; but this shall not be so construed
as TO prevent renewal of matured bonds
at par, or the issue ofnew bonds in exchange
Tor other bonds: provided the city debt be
NOT thereo y increased, nor to prevent the is
sue OF drainage warrants to the transferee of
contract, under act No 80 of 1871, PAYABLE
only from drainage taxes, and not otherwise:
any person violating the prohibitions (pro.
vlslonsJ of tbs article shall, on conviction
Dc punished BY imprisonment for not less
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS

We give particular attention to the selee'
ton of Music for school purposes. Teachers
favoring us with their orders need only state
what class OF music they desire, and we will
guarantee to make them a satisfactory Sc
lection.
GET the b E 8 II.
The Best New School Singing Book:
Fairy Echoes. Price, bO
The Best Standard School Song Book:
The Song Echo. Price, 70
The Best Piano Instructor:
Peters Eclectic. Price, 70
The Best Reed Organ Instructor:
Kinkeps New Method Price, so
The Best Instructor for the Voice:
Ludden's School for the voice, 81
The Best Guitar Instructor:
WorralFs Guitar, Price, 50
The Best Collection for Male Voices:
Sangcrfest,- --..-...-. Price, 81
The Best Collection for Mixed Voices:
Ne Plus Ultra Glee Book, SO
The Best Collection for Church and Home: :
The Cluster, Price, l 50
The Best Instructor for Accordion
Sedgwick's Complete Method, 50
The Best Instructor for Concertina
Sedgwicks Complete Method, 10
Published and mailed, postpaid, by
j. L. PETERS,
sep121m 500 Broadway, New York
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
OFFICIAL.
vuyO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF
i THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

( STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Office of the Secretary Of State,
New Orleans, July 18th, 1874.
TN conformity to article 147, title nine Of
the constitution Of 1868, publication is
hereby made to the voters of the State Of
Louisiana, of the proposed amendments to
the constitution Of the State agreed to by
two-thirds Of the members elected to each
house Of the regular session Of the General
Assembly of the year 1874, and required to
be published three months before the next
general election for Representatives. to the
General Assembly, in at least one newspaper
in every parish of the State, in which q news
paper shall be published. Said amendments
appear fully in acts Nos. 4, % and GA of said
session OF the General Assembly, which are
herewith officially published for the intor-
nation of voters, and will be submitted to
the people at the general election, Monday.
November 2, 1874, in such manner and form
that the people may vote for or against such
amendments separately; and if majority
of the voters shall approve and ratify all or
either Of said amendments, the same shall
become q part Of the constitution.
P. G.. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State.
No. Il.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
Deacon jones Experience.
ARK ANs4s CONFERENCE.-THE.

ARK ANsAs CoNFERENCE-1874.
Yer right when you lays it down, Parson,
Thet the flesh is weak and snare;
And to keep yer pillow in the furrow
When yer cattle begins to rare
Amt no sure thing. And between us,
The same may be said Of Prayer
Why, I sto9d the jokes, on the river,
Of the boys, when the critters found
Tibet I'd jined the Church, and the smoker
Thet may be ye mind, went round,
The day at down with the mourners,
Ii tho old camp meetin' ground
I stood all that, and ! reckon,
might. ct pinch, stood more
For the boys, they represent Bael,
And stands a. the Rock of the Law,
AND It sseps like moral scrimmage,
In holding agin their jaw. >0..
But tlsr's erosses . Christian suffers,
As hezl't got that prete4se-
Things with no moral purpose,
Things or haz got no sense
Things eT. somehow, no profit
VIII coysr their first expense
FL how ! was jist last evenin'
Al4ressiB the Throne Of Grace.
And mother kpelt in the corner,
anu CasCn VI Ino DOyS II ufS pAact-
When that sneaking pup Of Keziah's,
To Jonathan's cat Civ chase
l never let on to mind 'em,
never let on to hear,
But drove that prayer down the furrow
With the cat hidin' under my cheer,
And Keziah whisperin, /" sic her!"
And mother y saying" you dare!"
/ asked fer light fer the heather,
70 guide on his narrer track,
With that dog and cat jest waltzin',
And Jonathan's face jest black,
= when the pup made rush, and the kitten
Dropped down on the small Of my back.
Yet, | think, with the Lud's assistance,
l might Aaye co9tinered then,
If gettin' her holt, that kitten
Hedn't dropped her CLAWS i4 we-wlep
It somehow reached the sold ADAM"
Aud jumped to my feet with Amen"
So yer right when yon say it. Parsoq,
That the flesh is weak apd a snare,
And to keep your plow i'll tho furrow
When the cattle begins to rare
Amt no sure thing. And between US
say it's jist SO with prayer.
-BREr HARTE
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
4onalosollbllle Gbief.
Three Dollars Year.
Al The Altar.


An old man sat iq the doorway
When the sun was going down.
And heard the laugh of the children
And the ehime Of bells fro1fthe town.
His hair like FURNISHED silver
Fell oil about his face,
And gave to the old mans features
A look Of sanity grace.
The sunset faded from crimson
Into the twilight's gray;
And the lag gh Of the happy children,
Like the sunset, died away!
And silence fell about him
As he sat there all alone
Where the moonlight, like a blessing,
Lay over the threshold stone.
Mary" he murmured softly,
Are the children all asleep?"
And he fapcied he heard her answer
In the shadows grown SO deep.
81 wish yop would read chapter
Fropi the Bible befote pray;
Something about the city
Of God, and the last great day"
And sitting there in hetwilight,
He fancied he heard her read
From the Book to which all his lifetime,
He had turned and given heed.
Fancied the voice Of his Mary,
Who for years in Heaven had been,
Was reading the dear old chapter
Over to him again.
And then, when he thought it ended,
Let us pray" the old man said,
And knelt in the beautiful moonlight,
And bowed his reverend head.
They found him there on the threshold
Kneeling beside his chair,
And the white threads of the moonlight
Were tangled ip his hair.
But he did not stir nor answer
To the words his children said;
Low at the dear Gods altar
He knelt in the moonlight, dead.
.--EBEN +. R.ExFoRp, in american Homee
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

A California temperance association
limits the beverages of the members
to Wine, beer and cider, "except
when laboring under sense of dis
coaragement, and then whiskey will
be allowed
The members Of that association
are generally the most discourse ed
set of men in the State.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

Col. Edgerton, in the British House
Of Commons, said philanthropy is so
energetic that g it requires a good
deal Of infueece nowadays to get
banged"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

North Platte, Neb., was once viz
tuous and happy town; not a swear
was ever heard there, and the people
just spent their time in preparing for
Heaven. Now all is changed. In an
evil moment brass band was organ
lied.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
TIE FAV0R1TE HOME REMEDY.

THE PAVoR1TE HOME REMEDY.
Is eminently Family Medicine: and nv
peing Kept ready for Immediate resort wifi
Ell many an nonr OF suffering and many a
dollar In time and doetccs bills.
After over Forty Yeap' trial it is still re-
celvlng the most unqualified Testimonials to
its virtues from persons # the highest cj,ar>
aeter and responsibility. Eminent oh ys;eians
commend it as the most
Ehectaal specific r...t
u al o1senses OF the LIVER, Stomach. and
me symptoms of Liver Complaint
are a bitter or bad taste il the mouth Pa;u
IN the Back, Sides or joins. often mi,tatan
iof hhe"matIsin Sour Somach: loss of
appetite; Bowels alternately costive and
lax Headache; Loss of mernorv with a
palnIui sensation of having failed to do
snoihe1hihg which ought to lave been done
,,a spiss, Low spirits, hick. yellow ap-
i pa.anee on the Skin and Efes, a dry Cough
often mistaken for CONSERVATION
Sometimes many of these tymntoms attend
the disease, at others vers few. Int tho
liver the iargest organ in ne body ia .ar.
eIally the seat of the diseased and II not e.
ulated in time, great snfEf,;ng fa- ros III
ness and Death viii. ensua 'ss"osa-
1 For DYSPEPSIA q f:1GSrrp. r1o,,
ACEE On; nu n attacks. SICK. HEAD.
STOMACH CHI Hep DsPrssslon Of Spirits, SOUR
Inc cheapest Parest. and Best Family
Medicine in the wela! IS
81. AASCrAcT1 RED sosIt BE.
=. n. ZEILINx. 90
MACON, GA, and PHTI nFIlpuY aies,
Price, u o. Sold BY ali Br.sxIst,.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12
A LIVE NEWSPAPER

A LIVE NEWSPAPER -
az
THE
DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF,
PUBLISHED
EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
Donaldsonvil1e, Louisiana.
'sa5al 82xESI
Subscription Price, Three Dollars Year :
Payable in advance.
Advertising Rates as Low as the Lowest,
(see first column of first page.l
The CHIEF aims to be essentially q
Wide.Ayvnke Local Paper,
Devoting the Greater Portion of its
Editorial Space to ..l5
HOME HAPPENINGS,
PARISH POLITICS,
TOWN TIT-BITS,
SUGAR STATISTfSS,
- COTTON CROPS,
The Full and Impartial Discussion of all
Matters and Projects Calculated
to Affect the Interests fr-
or THE
PARISH OF ASCENSION AND l7r5.
TOWN OF DONALDSONVILLE.
4 - The CHIEF having been designated !
by the proper authority Official journal Of
the parish of Ascension, in it's columns will
appear the Proceedings of the Police jury,
Town and Parish School Boards, and all
Parochial and Judicial Advertisements re- ),
quired by law to be published. Great care
will be taken to render the CHIEF
DEsIDERATUM
to every Merchant, every. Lawyer, every OF
fetal, every Man, every Woman, in fact,
Everybody
in the Community; and to this end we solicit
AID AND ENCOURAGEMENT
from flo prss;ra.s ond Doo 1;rc D,.l,l:. - A.
way Of
Advertisements md Subscriptions.
Though making = Speciality of Homo At
fairs, the CHIEF is not unmindful Of Passing
Events Elsewhere, and upon the first page
Of each issue will appear a -, j.,
SUMMARY OF GENERAL NEWS.
and Choice Selections of ~
POETRY AND LIGHT LITERATURE
While the fourth page will Contain ..,g
FLASHES OF FUN,
GENERAL GOSSIP,
USEFUL RECIPES, -. s..it
MARKET REPORTS AND.
ADVERTISEMENTS
u In consideration of the effort we are
making to furnish First Glass Newspaper,
it will mot be unreasonable ON our part to
expect the Intelligent People Of this and Ad-
jacent Parishes to -sst= f5.is.ts
For
1t ~
Advertise In
The DonaldsonvilIe Chief.
p Communications may be addressed ~
simply CHIEF, Donaldsonvile, La" or to
L. E. BENTLEY,
Editor and Proprietor
THIS PAPER II. ON FILE WITH
q r.
..-
Wsefe Acknowledgement can bo uaae.
::
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

largely fomented. It's chief strategy
is to raise false issues, and the final
punishment its managers always re-
ceive is to see their best laid plans
overthrown by the spirit they raise
but can not control. "They raise
the whirlwind and reap, but can
not control the storm.
Whatever may be the derelictions
of the party in power there can be
but one choice among all those who
prefer the rule of civil liberty to class
and race oppression and inequalities !;
who desire a national rather than
sectional spirit controlling the Gov
eminent; who want legislation to be
unmarried by cunningly devised at
tempts at multiplying those ordinances
of freedom which are the result of
our struggles and sacrifices who de-
sire to see protection accorded to the
humblest the right of free locomotion
maintained who oppose civic serf-
dom as they did chattel slavery who
want progress the rule and education
as broad and free as the segis of the
Union-we say that with such issues
there can be but one choice for the
people who desire peace and liberty
as regulated by law and provided for
in the Constitution. Such are the
real issues. There can be no doubt
OF it. Good citizens have got to fscs
it, and go to the ballot box determ-
med that the next Congress shall not
be transferred to the hands of the
party whose only aim is power, and i
whose steatlfast policy is to go back
ward Just as tar and fast as it dare. J
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-09-12

AOVeFt1SG In
The DonaldsonvilIe Chief.
y Communications may be addressed 8
simply CHIEF, Donaldsonvile, La" or to
L. E. BENTLEY.
Editor and Proprietor.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

RECAPITULATIoN.
The Senators holding over number: Republi-
can, 80; Opposition, 15 The new Senate will |
stand: Republican, 43; Opposition, 81; total, "a.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
Pension Report.

WASHINGTON, Nov. IS.
Gen. j. H. Baker, Commissioner of
Pensions, under date of Oct. 10, 1874, has
submitted his annual report to the
Secretary of the Interior. During the
year 5,75S applications for army invalid
pensions were allowed, at an aggregate
annual rate of $39, 1882. SO; the pensions
of 8,O63 pensioners of this class were in
creased at an aggregate annual rate of
$4I6, 257. so; the losses to this roll from
death and other causes were 6,105,
whose pensions with the amount of re-
duction of the rates of other invalid PEN
sions aggregated $377, 452.55 annually.
On the Both of June, 1874, there were
102, 457 army invalid pensioners on the
roll. The aggregate annual pay of this
class was $40 058,377.54 The increase in
the number of this class was 1858, and
the aggregate increase of pensions was
$431, 1915. During the year 3,051 new
pensions for army widows and dependent
relatives were allowed, at an aggregate
annual rate of $116,433, and the pensions
of 1889 pensioners OF this class were
increased at an aggregate annual rate of
$4O3, 11l.22. There were stricken from
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
General News Summary


Washington dispatch Of the 18th says
Philip Wadsworth had BEEN appoi nted Col
lector of Internal Reveusc for the First Dis
trict Of Illinois, vsceJ. j. Hoyt, whose nomina-
ton had been withdrawn.
The Secretary Of the Interior has reversed
the decision d Commissioner Drummond, Of
the General Land Office, on the 23d Of Janu-
airy, 1874, refusing to consider an account IN
favor Of EebraskaTor per cent. Of the value
OF public lands lying within her Limits, IN
cInded within the reservations made by
treaties with Iuiians. The account viii be,
therefore, at once prepared and forwarded TO
the Treasury Department. This decision VIII
control the pending claims from several other
States.
II Is stated in Washington that Postmaster
Gen. Jewell emphatically disclaims intending
TO recommend any increase In the present
rates OF postage. On the contrary, nc thinks
letter postage should be reduced whenever 1t
shall be found possible TO materially diminish
the expenditures for carrying mails without
depriving the public Of existing facilities.
Information recently received In diplomatic
circles In Washington confirms the report
that Spain has paid her indemnity 10 England
growing out Of the yrginius affair.
The appendix TO Treasurer spinners report
shows:
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

The balance In the Treasury June 30 was
$3.50, 73l ,53363, against $13117S, 1871 June
30, 1873. The net receipts Of the Postofiiee
Department were s11,990, s163S; expendl-
lures, s11 ,560,2l6.
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th says
there was In the Treasury at that time, aris-
ing from seizures Of cotton and other cap
tured and abandoned property, $10,4l4,OO0
Claims OF this class filed aggregated s13,5O0,-
600, and there were besides large number
OF claims for captures alleged to have been
Illegally made aggregating four times the
amount remaining in the Treasury
President Grant discussed the Arkansas
case with the Cabinet on the 18th, but stated
that he would not interfere except TO keep
the peace until he was further advised Of the
facts
A Washington telegram Of the 18th says
Senator Dorsey denies having received GER
tain dispatches purporting to come to him
from II. M. Cooper, Secretary Of the Arkansas
Republican Central Committee, relating TO
affairs In that State. Tie discaims the re-
sponsibility for their statements.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26

the reduction of rates by the new
aw, this system of compulsory prepay
ment of newspaper postage will yield a
larger revenue than has ever been col
lected Comprehensive inquiry seems
to warrant the belief that In the city of
New York alone not less than $500, 900
per annum will be paid, sum which is
little less than one-half of the entire rev.
enue from newspaper postage through.
out the United States during the fiscal
wear. 1t is, however, impossible TO esti-
mate the actual increase for the whole
country, owing to that provision of the
law which allows free mail circulation of
newspapers in counties in which they
are printed.