The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
prRsoNAL AND POLITICAL.

will be held at jefferson City, August 26.
The Illinois Republicans State Convention
met at Springfield ON the 18th. S. M. Gull
lom, of Sangamon, was chosen permanent
President of the Convention, with vice.
President from each Congressional district.
Daniel Shepard, of Cook county, was chosen
Secretary. The nominations for State officers
were-for Treasurer, Thomas S. RidgeWay,
of Gallatin county; for Superintendent of
Public Instructions, W. r. Powell, of Kane |
county, (The resolutions adopted are pub
lisfred in another column.)
The Indiana Republican State Convention
assembled at Indianapolis, on the 18th, and
nominated the following ticket of State Of |
ficers: For Secretary of State, w. w. Cur
ry; for Auditor, James A. Wildman; Tor
Treasurer, John B. Glover; for Attorney
General, James G. Denny; for Judge OF the
Supreme Court, Andrew L. Osborne; for SUI
perintendent of Public Instruction, John M.
Bloss. The resolutions, which are OF consld-
erable length, are substantially as follows:
| They adhere to all the fundamental prlnci-
pies of the Republican party, in SO far as the l-
ture condition of the country Shall require 1heir
enforcement.
2. They believe in giving precedence to those
measures which shall recognize agricultural anu
mechanical
protection and the fullest development; of put
| ting stop to large grants of the public DOMAIN
to railroad corporations and reserve It Tor setue
| ment and cultivation; of improving the naVlSa-
ton of our great inland routes; of securing cheap
| transportation and profitable markets ior Ihe
| products of agricultural and manufacturing Ia
8 Favor freexeanking and the issue of such
| an additional amount of currency as may pe
necessary to meet the wants OF the agrlcultural'
| industrial and commercial interests OF the couh-
! try, to be distributed between the sectlons ac-
| corling to population .o,.
/ 4. Favor the passage of local optlon temper
/ ance laws by the Legislature.
Express entire confidence in the PresldenI,
| and cordially endorse the course OF senators
| Morton and Pratt.
The Republicans of Vermont have noml-
mated Judge Peck for Governor, Lyman e..
/ Hinckley for Lieutenant-G Governor, and John
o. Page for Treasurer.
The Kansas Republican State Convention
will be held August 26.
CAPTAIN j. C. Blackburn has been nomln-
ated for Congress by the Democrats of the
Seventh District of Kentucky, to succeed Hon.
James B. Beck, who declines to run
, again.
!, The House Committee on the Judiciary
have resolved to impeach both Judges Durell
and Busted. The vote of the committee IN
each case was six to five.
The Maine Republicans have renominated
, for Governor Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Hon. James Ct aine has. been renomi
,-i.nated for Congress M the Third Maine Dis
!. strict.
The President has signedthe bill abolish
ING the District Government and establishing
an ad interim commission.
! The following nominations were confirmed
by the Senate on the 22d: Lyman K. Bass
: Representative from New York, as Assistan
Secretary of the Treasury; Benjamin Moran
present Secretary of Legation in London, a
i. Third Assistant Secretary of State; B.
3 Potts, Governor of Montana Territory.
: The President, on the 23d, sent to the Ser
i ate the names of Alexander r. Shepherd, lat
0 Governor of the District of Columbia, Wi
liam A, Dennison of Ohio, ex-Postmastel
!. General, and Henry T. Blow of Missouri
formerly Member of Congress and afterward
!, Minister to Brazil, as Commission to COVER
the District until new form of governmeI
= shall have been prepared and adopted. III
it Senate was in session about two hours and
It half on these nominations, the debate bein
1 altogether confined to that of Shepher'
IL Finally his nomination was laid on the tab
Z by vote of thirty-six againstsix. The 9TH
- two nominations were confirmed without
Fe division. The President subsequently sent
a the name of A. G. Cattell, ex-United Stat
is Senator from New Jersey, who was co
TO firmed. This gentleman is the only one
f. the three Commissioners, it is stated, wi
n has real-estate interests in the District, b
III all are non-residents. The names OF the
y Senators voting for Shepherd are stated to
;s Sargent of California, Jones of NeFad
IN Spencer of Alabama, Clayton of Arkanss
n Flanagan of Texas, and Patterson of Sou
lie Carolina.
fe The President, having approved of the
as for the distribution of Geneva award, nor
mated the following gentlemen to be Jude
of the Court of Commissioners of Alaba1
claims: Hezekiah G.. Wells, of Michiga
Martin Ryerson, of New Jersey; henne
Is - Raynor, of Mississippi; VIM. A. Porter,
" Pennsylvania, and Caleb Baldwin, of IoV
NJ Also. John Davis, of Massachusetts,, to
ns Clerk of the Court of Commissions. 1
We nominations were confirmed.
A The Maine Democratic State Convent
It'll was held at Portland on the 23d. Joseph
IN Titeomb was nominated for Governor. K
ler olutions were adopted favoring the resun
n. n. ton of specie payment, declaring for
IS. trade, etc.
me couwrpcR AVN INDUSTRY.
~ The closing price of gold in New York,
sa- the ed, was Iii 7-S.
are The formal opening of the great St. Lo
bridge and tunnel is to be celebrated In
ing elaborate manner on the Fourth OF July.
the The crops in Southern and Western I
e lucky are said to be suffering severely II
-.is long-continued drouth, only very slight II
are having fallen for two months. Advlees
- cate that not more than one-thlrd OF
ons usual crop of tobacco viii be reaped.
lty. delegation of business men from Gal