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MAKE CONNECTIONS
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corner q lth street and Pennsylvania avenue. and
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Sst0n as Hotel where reliable Information win BE-
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70. B. YOUHG, General PASSENGER Agent.
.U Baltimore, Md.
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GREAT SOUTHERN EXPRESS, via Richmond,
Through tickets to ali points south and SouthSest
nia avenue, and corner 9Th street and Pennsyivans
avenue where passengers can leave orders for bag.
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WASuINGTON,' NORFOLK, EEw YORK
BOSTON, AND PROVIDENCE.
The fine iron steamer LADY OF THE LAKE
having resumed her regular trips to
Norfolk, will leave her wharf, foot of E.aS494
sixth stres (. every MONDAY andes<01xxzE3n
THURSDAY, at ,. n. .cuching at the principal
river landings, connecting at Norfolk with steam
ship Of the nj. and nj. Line for Boston aud Proyi-
dtnce; with the Old Dominion Steamship Oom-
Psny, Tor New York Freight should be addressed
"Csre Of Lady ofthe Lake, via Norfolk"
N. Il. TITZHUGH, Agent, 9Th street wharf
A. q. PLANT, General Agent,
spD Room No. 10, Plant Butdipp
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RaL lhOhE q II
- DEPOT CORNER 6Tl
After June 18th, 1874, tri
ThAiNS LEAVE FOR
BAL TIMORE.
r 1888 q. d.. northern ex.
press, daily.
500 q. m, Acconmoda.
tinn, daily.
1923 q. m, Limited tx.
press for New York,
daily tx. Sunday. Par
lor Car train.
1890 @. H., Fast Line
West daily, ex. Sunday
3:4Op. IN, hccomm da-
ton, daily, ex. Sunday
$50 p. m. fer Pittsburg,
QncinF att, and South.
west, daily. For the
North daily, eXcep'
$50 p. m. for Philsdel
phia, daily.
1893 y. m. accommOda-
ton to Baltimore daily
except Sunday
8:0s p. m, daily, New
York Night Express.
Nn-s-
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ID Real Estate Brokers aud Auctioneers,
Southwest corner Pennsylvania avenue and 18th 81
Star ONCE Building
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-10
CONGRESSIONAL.

DEC. 18.-JSeadte.-A resolution was pass
ed calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
all information as to the amount and disposition
of cotton seized after the war The House Sal
ary bill was referred to the Committee on Civil
Sc rice and Retrenchment. The financial aues-
tion was debated at some length. Mr. Morton
holding that the present wasa most inauspieiOus
time to attempt resumption, and commencing the
action of the Secretary of the Treasury in drawing
upon the reserve Adjourned. Hoase.--A fierce
personal debate took place between Mr.. Hale of.
New York and Messrs. Wilson, Butler and Ed
ridge, in regard to the Salary bill, etc.. Mr.
Garfield of Ohio, from the Appropriation Com
mittee, reported on the naval appropriation bill
of four million dollars, wi h the recommendation
that the Senate amendment striking out the clause
authorizing the transfer of funds from one bureau
to another at the discretion of the President be
concurred in. Agreed to. ;. Adjourned.
Dec. 19.-Seadts.-The House bill for the
printing of public documents, with an amend
ment forbidding their printing for public distri-
button, but not prohibiting the stereotyping OF
such documents, was passed. :. The House Salary
bill was reported back with an amendment zap
pended hereto), but no vote was taken. .Ad-
journed to January 5, 1874 -. House. - Mr..
Butler of Massachusetts, from the Judiciary
Committee offered q resolution authorizing that
committee to send subcommittee of two TO
New Orleans to take testimony in the matter of
the impeachment of Judge Durell. with power to
send for persons and papers. He explained that
among the charges against Judge purell there
was a charge of misapplication of funds and of
misproceeding in bankruptcy. Adopted. y. The
Supplementary Civil-rghts Dill WIS then called
up and discussed, the speeches being limited to
fifteen minutes. Adjourned to Januaay 5, 1874.
SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE SALARY BILL.
SECTION l. Be it enacted, ETC., that so much
of act March 3, 1875 as provides for the increase
of the compensation OF Members of Congress and
the several officers and employees of either house
of Congress or both, be and the same is hereby
repealed and the salaries and compensation of all
the said persons shall be as fixed by the laws in
fpra OF fhof fir1aa of fhQ mas 0f 90 Pf
SEC. 2. That the compensation of the several
heads of departments shall be each eight thou
sand dollars per annum.
SEC. 8. That the Secretary of the Treasury be
required to cover into the treasury all fhe sums
that may remain undrawn, or which have been
received as increased compensation under the
provisions of the said act approved March3, 1873,
and which shall have, or may, come into his pos
session by the return thereof.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
personal AND POLITICAL.


The President has signed the billfor the re-
demption of the loan of 1858.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination OF
J. L. Remington as Governor, and Oscar
Whitney as Secretary of Dakota.
The Senate has confirmed the nominations
of Wm. F. Wheeler as Marshal for Montana,
James Wright, agent for the Indians of the
Grow agency, and John j. Sayille, agent for
Red Cloud agency.
Governor Booth has been elected q. s.
Senator by the California Legislature, having
received two majority ON joint ballot
Col. VIM. P. Ross of the Cherokee Nation,
at the head of delegation appointed by the
Cherokee Council to oppose the incorporation
of the Territory of Oklahoma, arrived ia
Washington on Dec. 81.
1t is stated that Senators Edmunds, Thur
man and Frelinghuysen, of the Judiciary
Committee, will devote part of their time
during the recess to the drawing of bill
which will be offered as substitute for the
Bankruptcy repeal bill which passed the
House.
At the sixty-eighth annual dinner of the
New England Society, held in New York
City, Dec. %, addresses were made by Sena-
tor Sumner, General Sherman, Rev. Fl. w.
Beecher, and others.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

| A Washington dispatch of Dec 81 says: It
has been known for some days that the Span
ish Government has furnished evidence with
regard to the Virginius, and her claim to the
right to bear the flag of the United States,
and that the President submitted the evidence
to the Attorney-G General for his opinion there
on. 1t seems now to be understood in official
circles that the Attorney General has given an
opinion that the vessel had forfeited her right
to bear the flag of the United States and at the
time of her capture was carrying it without
right and improperly. Inview of this opinion
our Government will, in accordance with the
terms of the protocol, institute inquiry and
adopt proceedings against the Virginius and
against any of the persons who may appear
to have been guilty of Illegal acts in connee-
ton Herewith. Under these circumstances
it is said that the salute to the flag on the 25th
day of December will be dispensed with as
now not necessarily requirable, but the United
States will expect disclaimer of intent of in
dignity to the flag in the act which was COM
mitted. From the proof submitted by Spain
it-appears the clearance papers of the Vir-
ginius were obtained by perjury.
Rear-Admiral Scott has sent to the Secre-
Vi 4Sdfy "a
connected with the capture of the Virginius
and the executions which followed. These
include the list of 103 who were in prison at
Santiago de Cuba, thirteen of whom were
shot. But four Americans are among the
number given. Those who were executed in
addition to the thirteen above mentioned
were in Jail only few hours, with the excep-
ton of Capt Fry, who was taken to that place.
According to the official rel ort concerning
the mode of trial by court-martial, Capt. Fry
declined to answer all the questions put to
him, protesting that by the law of nations he
and his crew had committed no offense that
justified his or their Imprisonment or trial as
pirates, claiming to be in command of an
American merchant vessel, furnished with all
properly certified papers, which he had de-
livered to the boarding officer of the captur-
ing vessel.
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1Hr harll tines seem to have driven a

The hard times seem to have driven an
unusual number of offiee-seekers to Wash
ington. The hotels and boarding houses
are full of them, and they swarm in the
lobbies and departments. They have no
regular organization like an army, but are
more after the guerilla style of warfare
than anything else, each one having his
chosen leader, in whom he reposes the
most implicit confidence, The new mem
bers, especially, have a large following,
and one of these remarked the other day
that at no time for the space of an hour,
except when taking his meals or asleep
had he been free from their solicitations
ard that he was utterly unaware of the
strength of personal attachment before his
elevation to Office,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-10
VOLUME III.
POETRY.
aY R. Il. sTopDARp.

Ar X, IA. sTODDARD.
The sorrow of all sorrows
Was never sung or said,
Though many a poet boTTows
The Inourning of the dead,
And darkly buries pleasure
In some melodious measure.
The loss of youth is sadness
To all who think, or feel
A wound no after gladness
Can ever wholly heal;
And yet, SO many share 1t,
We learn at last to bear it.
The faltering and the falling
OF friends Is sadder still;
For friends grown foes, assailing.
Know when and where to kill;
But souls themselves sustaining,
Have still friend remainingl
The death of those who love Us,
And those we love, is sore:
But thiak they are above us,
Or think they are no more
We bear the blows that sever,
We cannot weep foreverl
The sorrow of all sorrows
rs deeper than all these,
And allEthst anguish borrows
Upon its bended knees;
No teara nor prayers relieve it,
No lowing vows deceive it.
1t is one day to waken
And find that love is flown,
And cannot be o'ertaken,
And we are left alone:-
No wo that can be spoken,
No heart that can be brokeni
No wish for loves returning,
Or something in its stead;
No missing it, and yearning
AS for the dearer dead:
No yesterday, no morrow
But everlasting sorrowi
--Scribner,.s for January
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destitute condition, some of them being ell
tirely in rags. The poor fellows report that
they were barbarously treated. The surren-
der took place at Moro Castle, six miles be-,
low Santiago. A receipt was given for the
prisoners.
News has been received from San Domingo
that Gen. Ignacio Gonzales has been elected
President of the Republic. The new adminis-
tration, it is said, win probably endeavor to
annul the SANTANA lease,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-10

THE steady increase in the number of
patents issued at Washington, year after
year, shows the inventive spirit which is
inherent in the breast of every genuine
Yankee. From 1886 to the present time
no less than 10000 patents have been
granted by the United States. 1t requires
the duties of the bureau, and the fees col
leeted for the past year amounted to $70l, :
627, while the expenses were only $685.
$50. OF course, only few of the patents
ever make the fortune of the inventor; but
it is estimated that ene-half are, to certain
extent, remunerative, and small proper
ton have proved Of more profit than mines
Of gold to their owners.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-10
The Iee.House.
Lauder

No well-appointed farm should be desti-
tute of its ice-house, any more than OF its
barn. or wood-house. No elaborate or
costly building is needed for this use; no
large expense need be incurred in making
the inclosure, or filing it with ice. Some
hints regarding construction, though old,
may be of use to those wishing to build.
First, good drainage must be secured with
out giving the air access to the ice through
the drain. If the soil is porous, or gravel
". no artificial drainage is required. 1t is
not essential that the ice be stored under
ground. as it keeps quite as well above
the surface. Double walls are not neees-
sary, but in small houses are perhaps
safest. The ice should be compaetly
packed and enclosed with packed sawdust,
or tan-bark. on all sides, and on the top to
the depth of at least twelve inches. This
packing is the great preservative of the ice.
Ventilation must be gwen from the top of
the ice. With these principles in view, 1t
is easy for a novice to build an ice-honse.
It is well to bear in mind that the larger
the body of ice stored the better it will
keep; no farm ice-house should be less
than twelve feet square on the inside, and
eight feet high. A few square rods of ice
viii suffice to fill an ordinary house, and
the depth of water need not be more than
three feet. 1t is seasonable now to build
ice-houses, and we hope none of our read
ers. who, in the past summer, have vainly
wished for supply of ice, viii neglect to
provide for the future.-Am. RurGt Home.
Another writer says: My ice-hollse is
built entirely on the surface of the ground.
The only drainage is the natural slope of
the surface which is about one foot in six.
1t is fourteen feet square on the out
side, and the posts are ten feet high. The
walls are double, with eight inch space
filled with tan-bark. The roof is also
double. Inside and outside covering hem
| lock. firsrspread three or four inches Of
gravel on the ground, then ten inches Of
sawdust. pack sawdust between the ice
and wall, and cover it a foot deep on top.
| The north gable end of the house is open
all the while for ventilation. The ice
wastes but a trifie.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-17
TEX AS
GRAND PRIZE CONCERT.
Postponed to October %. 1873.


The Hon. Janvs T. u. Wilson, Mayor Of
Houston, and the City Council, endorse the
enterprise as follows:
Houston, Texas, April %, 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the Real Es-
tate distribution which j. F.. Foster proposes
to make on the 22nd of October next in this
city, as calculated to promote improvements.
md placing within the reach of many, who
otherwise would be unable, chance to &C.
cure home for them and their families and
having from our long acquaintance with him
every confidence i'll his integrity, we feel JUS
tilted in saying that we believe he will carry
out his distribution honestly and fairly. &C
cording to his advertised plan.
[Signe1 by the Mayor and City Council.l
NO CONNECTION WITH ANY SIMILAR
ENTERPRISE.
Capital Prize, $4,000 in Gold. Ten resi-.
dences in Houston population %. 900, and
the railroad centre of the STATED; $50 tracts
Of lane in different portions of the State.
Value Of prizes, $l460O0; 1900 tickets at
50 each. The management are SO well con-
WINGED OF the success Of the enterprise that
they teel justified in promising to refund e.
cry cent Of the money If the drawing does not
take place on the 22nd Of October. Ercrv
price paid in full whether all the tickets are
sold or not. J. f. FOSTER,
Manager, Houston, Texas
L. W. HOUSE, Treasurer. sl2toc15
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than two nor more than ten years, anu a ~
fine of not less than three dollars nof "o''
than ten thousand dollrrs. -, attn That
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, e u;.hes OF
the =. s slectora in the premises shall be ex.
pressed by printed or written ba''o's' 10
"For the amendment limiting the ds lodi ..
New Orleans,' or Against 1 Inc .'t and the
.aid ballots eas shall BE- counted and returns rms
made, and the result declared a. Ia '"'
case Of election Of State officers: ,,,,rrY
(Signed) CHARLES y. LO"n 1ives
Speaker Of the House Of ksPresenta'i'seS
(Sfgnedl C. G. ANTOINE, ~.
lieutenant Governor and President OF t9e
Senate.
Approved February "a. 1874. r,1onn
1Signedl WILLIAM r. kELLO'd,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana.
PC. DEsloNpE, Secretary Of State.
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OFFICIAL.
rCo THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF
Il THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

III OAA11 Ut A0O1o1ANAs
sTATE OF LOUISIANA,
Office of the Secretary of State, ,
New Orleans, July 14th, 1874. }
IN conformity to article l47, title nine of
i 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 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 =, 1874, in such manner and form
that the people may vote for or against such
amendments separately; and if q majority
of the voters shall approve and ratify all or
either of said amendments, the same shall
become u part OF the constitution. M
r. g. DESLONDE,
ar Secretary Of State.
M n
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-17
Address of the Union Republican Con
gressional Committee.

bles showing
The reduction of the public. deot,
The appreciation Of the public credit,
The reduction of tax.tion
Comparative expenditures and compare
tive appropriations
makes a pamphlet of l6 pages The docu-
ment will be supplied to committees or indi-
vidlals at 81 per hundred or $40 per thou
sand Postage paid by the committee. Adj
dress the secretary. Wa-i,inytou. d G
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-17
A D Y E R T ISEMEN rs.
Send rs cts. for the
ADVERTISERS GAZETTE.

A book of l44 pages, showing how, when and
where to advertise, and containing a list of
nearly 5000 newspapers, with much other in
formation of interest to advertisers Address
GEO p. ROWELL & co. Publishers, Al
Park Row New Y ork
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-17
Joint Resolution

Submitting an amendment to the constitu-
ton of the State to limit the debt of New
Orleans, and the issue of warrnts bv tn.
ohcers 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
two-thrds of the members elected to each
House agreeing thereto), That at the gen
eral election for members Of the General
Assembly y, which will take place In Novem-
Der. 1914, an amendment to the constitution
Of OF the State shall be submitted to the auai-
ihed electors of the State for their ratifica-
ton 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 iirst day of January, 1875, no evidences
OF Indebtedness or warrant for payment. Of
money shall he issued by any officer Of said
cty, except against cash actually in the
Treasury; but this shall not be so Construed
as 70 prevent a renewal of matured honda
al par. or the issue of new bonds in exchange
Tor other bonds; provided the city debt be
not thereby increased, nor to prevent the ia
sue OF drainage warrants to the transferee of
contract under act No 30 Of 1871, PAYABLE
only from drainage taxes, and not otherwise.
any person violating the prohibitions fnro,
vlslons] of this article shall. on cany;cf;on
pc punished by imprisonment for not less
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-10-17
MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS.

We give particular attention to the seiec-
ton of Music for school purposes. Teachers
fayorinp us with their orders need Only state
what class of music they desire, and we Will
guarantee to make them a satisfactory &C.
lection.
Gil EFT the b T. q IT,
The Best New School Singing Book On
Fairy Echoes --.---- PRICE, ~
The Best Standard School Song Book: 49,.
The Song Echo Price. 70
The Best Piano Instructor:
Peters Eclectic. Price. 20
The Best Reed Organ Instructor:
Kinkel's New Method Price. ~
Tie Best Instructor for the Voice:
Luddep's School for the voice. 81
The Best Guitar Instructor:
WUrrall's Guitar. Price. 1 ~
The Best Collection for Male Voices:
Sangerfest,- ---.-..-..IEce, q"
The Best Collection for Mixed Voicea:
Ne Plus Ultra Glee Book 50
The Best Collection for Church and Home:
The Cluster, Price, ~
The Best Instructor Tor Accordion:
Sedgwick's Complete Method, 50
The Best Instructor for Concertina:
Sedgwick's Complete Method, l 10
published and mailed, postpaid, by
j. L. PETERS,
sepl2.lm 500 Broadway, New York
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| n The CnIkY having been designatsd
! by the proper authority Official Journal Of
| the parish of Ascension, in its columns will
appear the Proceedings of the Police Jury,
| Town and Parish School Boards, and all
| Parochial and judicial Advertisements re,
CURED by law to be published. Great care
will be taken to render the CHIEF
DEsIDERATUN
to every Merchant, every Lawyer, every o.
fetal every Man, every Woman, in fact,
Everybody
in the Community and to this end we solicit
AID AND ENCOURAGEMENT
from the Business and Reading Public in the
way Of .EsJl ISL
Advertisements and Subscription.
Though making Specially of Home Al.
fairs, the CHIEF is not unmindful of PASSING
Events Elsewhere. and upon the first page
of each issue will appear =
SUMMARY OF GENERAL NEWS.
and Choice Selections of
POETRY AND LIGHT LITERATURE
h'ie the fourth page will Contain
FLASHES OF FUN,
GENERAL GOSSIP.
USEFUL RECIPES.
MARKET REPORTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
u In consideration of the effort VI ara
making to furnish 3 First Class Nevspapsr.
it will not be unreasonable ON our part to
expec othe Intelligent People of this and Ad-
jacent Parishes to
Subscribe For
Advertfso IN
The Donaldsonville Chief.
~ Communications may be addressed
SIMPLY CHIEF, Donaldsonvile, La" or to
L. Z. BENTLEY,
Editor and Proprietor
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PLATFORM
OF THE

OF THE
Republican Party Of the State
of Louisiana.