The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-10

tor Sumner, General Sherman, Rev. II. w.
Beecher, and others.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
/ Gold closed in New York, Dec. %, at 10 1-8.
The Illinois State Farmers Association ad-
/ journed on the 18th. Hon. William G.
FIagg was reelected President, S. NJ. Smith
Secretary, and j. Fl. Pickerell Treasurer.
| A constitution was adopted, and series
of resolutions passed demanding the
ssrepea1 of the salary-grab law, the
repeal to be retroactive in its action, and
this without a restoration of the franking
privilege - demanding the reform of abuses
in the civil-service; in favor of improving the
navigation of our lakes and rivers and water
connections; demanding the repeal Of the
duties on clothing, lumber, salt, iron and
steel; deprecating all further grants of
public lands, or loans of the public
credit, and all national, State or local
subscriptions in aid of corporations =
favoring the repeal of the National
Banking law and the issue directly from the
Treasury of a legal-tender currency inter-
changeable for Government bonds bearing
the lowest possible rate of interest; opposing
any legislation by Congress under the plea of
regulating commerce between the States,
which shall deprive the people of their pres
ent controlling influence over the railroads
through State legislation; condemning the
practice of public officials in accepting free
passes from railway managers, etc.
A call is being numerously signed by Mem
bers of Congress looking to union of Mem
/ bers of the Northwest and south for the pur-
pose of uniting these sections on the question
of cheap transportation from the West to the
| Atlantic seaboard.
/ A large meeting of unemployed Chicago
workingmen was held on Sunday evening,
Dec. q. Speeches were made in English,
German and Polish, urging the right of every
man to employment at the hands of the City
Government, when other sources failed, or in
the event that the city cannot furnish work it
should supply the laboring man with food
and other necessaries of life. Resolutions
embodying these views were adopted, and
it was also resolved that those present
would march in body to the Council cham
Der the following evening and present these
resolutions and their claims personally. The
workingmen of Cincinnati also held several
meetings on the same day. AT the German
meeting, one speaker made an address in
which he claimed that the condition of the
Iaborer in this country was worse than in
Germany. A mass procession was arranged
for the following day
The Western Union Telegraph Company, il
is stated, has secured by purchase the entire
line of the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph
Company, comprising 5000 miles of lines and
10000 miles of wires.
The Cairo and Fulton Railroad bridge across
the Arkansas River at Little Rock was com.
pleted Dec. 81. This gives an unbroken rail
way connection between st, Louis and Full
ton. The bridge across Red River at the lat
ter place is rapidly approaching completion,
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
1t has been ascertained that the name of the
man who with his wife and child was recent
ly found murdered near Little Rock, was
George w. Richardson. They started fol
Rola from Texas in the early part of Novem
ber, and the murder appears to have been com
mited November "a. Richardson was killed
by ball, and the wife and child had then
skulls broken with repeated blows. Evidence
is accumulating against the prisoner Maddox
as being the perpetrator of the crime.
Andrew j. Perfect (colored), convicted O.
the murder of his wife in Chicago, in Septem
ber, 1871, was hanged at Joliet on Dec. 10.
In battle between two policemen and foul
thieves, whom the former were trying to ar
rest at Chicago the other night, one of tht
latter was shot through the head and killed
The thieves had fired several times at tie off
GERS, who replied with number of shots, ont
| of which took effect as noted.
4 Harry Genet, the latest convicted membel
of the late New York Tammany ring, wa
permitted to visit his wife by the Deputy
Sheriff in charge of him one night, and ha
not been seen since. He was to have beer
sentenced on the following day. A reward 0
$4,000 is offered for his recapture. The Sher
itf and his deputy who permitted the escap'
are TO be broughtup for contempt of Court.
The trial of ex-Mayor Hall, of New Yorl
City, for completely in the ring frauds, com
menced Dec. p.
The striking stevedores in Philadelphia re
| Gently marched along the docks assaulting al
who remained at work. The police disperset
J the rioters and arrested the ringleaders.
Michael Ryan and his sister, who lived a
204 Broome street, New York, were recent,
. found murdered and robbed in their owl
house. The perpetrator escaped.
Some sneak-thieyes recently abstraeted a
envelope containing 1850 from the money
order counter of the Cincinnati Post-office il
lbroad daylight.