The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-06-20

Sully, May 22d, received at Fort Lincoln on
the 9th, says that four hundred Sioux had
left there, to be Joined by more at the Grand
River Agency and Cheyenne. They viii try
to intercept Custar's expedition when it
starts. A hot time is expected.
Ten persons, charged with issuing counter
felt money, were arrested in Cincinnati on the
them was not made public. They were all
lodged in Jail except one, who gave bail.
The thfrtiethof May was generally observ-
ed as Decoration day throughout the North
ern States The Government offices were
closed, and the day generally observed as a
holiday, at washington and elsewhere.
Outof ninety-seven aspirants for military,
honors at West Point at the recent examine
ton, thirty-two were rejected because they
could not write, spell or cipher, or were not
familiar with maps or grammar. The col
ored candidates all failed. ts.es
A special committee appointed by the Re
formed Presbyterian Synod in session at
Philadelphia has made a report in reference
to the g order known as Patrons of Husband
ry or Grangers,1 in which they g emphati-
cally and unequivocaily condemn this and all
other secret orders as insuring deception and
sinful in themselves, as prejudieial to the
best interests of society, and as a lawless and
inefficient way of obtaining redress of griev-
ances." They also recommend that the Synod
enjoin it upon all the sessions not to fellow
ship members of this or any other secret or
der, and to warn all under their care to be-
ware of the ensnaring influences of such or
ganizations. The report was adopted by a
unanimous vote. Ets
A revolt occurred in the Missouri State
Penitentiary at Jefferson City, on the 1st,
which at one time threatened to terminate in
serious manner. The outbreak occurred at
noon, while the conyicts were assembled at
dinner. They complained of the quality of
the food, particularly of the molasses, and re-
fused to eat their dinners. The citizens of the
town, hearing of the outbreak, armed them
selves andrepaired to the prison, while four
pieces of artillery were prepared for action
A body of sixty armed men was marched in
side the walls. The insurgents then threat
ened that the first shot fired would be the Sig
nal for firing the shops and killing all the
bosses. Finally pacific measures were re-
sorted to, and peace restored upon the assur-
lnce that no punishment should follow the
and that the food should be proper
y inspected. There are nine hundred and
5wenty- five prisoners confined in the peni-
entiary, and the news of the revolt was the
Iignal for general closing up of the banks
md business houses in the city. sst ssss = /
The cornerstone of the building to. be
Znown as the American Museum of Natural
\
aid by President Grant on the I'd. in the
presence of large number of eminent gem
lemen. The building is to cost SC, 6,OO0, 900, !
nd will be twenty-five feet longer than the
National Capitol at Washington.
FOREIGN. s6 s !
The Roman Catholic pilgrims from the g
United States, by the steamer Periere, arriv- 5
d in Paris on the 2Sth, and were received by 6
he Archbishop of Paris, who delivered an I
llocution and gave them his blessing. t
The sale of the Paris newspaper, the Nine
zenith Century, has been prohibited, as being a
offensive to public morality n
The correspondence of the British Foreign Z
'ffice, arising out Of the capture of the Vir- tt
inius andsubsequent executions at Santiago s
e Cuba, is officially published. It contains "
dispatch of SO late q date as May the 7th, P
S74, sent by the Earl of Derby to Lay i
I'd, the British Minister at Madrid, 8
/ which the former says g In view y
the grave difficulties of the Gov
rnment of Spain, Her Majesty's Government :,
as hitherto been unwilling to press for an : :
1swer to its demand fer an acknowledgment II =
the wrong done, and for compensation to D D.
slatives of victims who were subjects of I
reat Britain. We now trust that there will y y
, no further delay ON the partof the Spanish a
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A Paris dispatch of the 31st says: At a.
Getting of the Left to-day, it was resolved m
at a motion for the dissolution of the As re- re-
mbly should be pressed, and that oyertures m
ould be made to other sections of the Cham q
+ to secure their cooperation in the move g
ent. The sale and circulation of the Steele ..
has been prohibited in several de- q
lrtments. Prince Napoleon has been nom- az
ated for the Assembly in the departments ~
Charute, Charente, Inferieure and Seine. in
Caleb Gushing, Minister of the United ts ts
ates to Spain, was received on the 31st ult. CT
President Tobala with the customary GER n
Monies. Senior Martilla has been appointed eS
mister OF Spain to washington. The Span h
4 Government has forbidden the press from ar
tacking its financial schemes. tn
The Vieeroy of India telegraphs that rain tn
S been general north of the Ganges, and CO
rtions of the country south of that river al
We been visited with rain. Fears of fur. R,
er distress are measurably allayed. P.
A Paris telegram of the 1st says: The Left q,
inter, at meeting to-day, took action to- ha
ard an alliance with the Right Center. A its
otion was drawn up declaring in favor of NJ
9 establishment of republican govern pa
mt, which all the members of the Left viii llSS
n, in the hope that the Right Center viii 70
pport it when it is submitted to the Assem- "a
7.
A dispatch from Melbourne, 1st, says: The c.
ip British Admiral, from Liverpool for an
is port, went ashore on Kings Island, in n n,
ss's Strait, and became total wreck. She in
on board forty-ive passengers and thirty- to