The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-04-03

TO = breathe the dark and Lo1some
vapors Of u dungeon
Gen. jeff Thompson, Chief State
Engineer, who has travelled down the
river from Vicksburg in a slSiff for the
purpose of inspecting the levees, ar
rived at Donaldsonyile yesterday
evening about o'clock, and made a
brief halt for refreshments. He paid
| us a visit of exactly three minutes
duration, and in that limited space OF
time gave us more general informa-
| ton than could be crowded into. q
column of the CHIEF, then was up
and off again in his brusgue, impul-
siye way, saying: "I'll just call on
Charley Nolan n see how he's gittin
| on with Lacraw leyee, then III drop
down t Andefson's and stall night.
G'bye;n and he vanished like sllad-
ow, but left behind an indescribable
sense of his CHEEKY manner that Is as
contagious as small pox. The Gen
eral assures us that g the worst piece
of leyee on the whole darned coast is
right tween here and Legare's." We
are not certain about that word
darned tho remark might have
been still more empiiatic-but the in
formation concerning the leyces is
given just as we received it, and We
are con tideit there is more truth than
poetry therein. The levecs spoken Of
are, with occasional exceptions, Local
ted on the extreme edge of the river
bank, and cave, such as occurred at
the Mccormick place in the summer
Of 1872 and at Wright's store the year
following, would, if happening during
the high water season, flood the lands
and destroy the crops of a large num-
Der Of poor people, besides damaging
several large plantations to greater
or less extent. The Port Barrow,
Smoke Bend and lower Legare levees
should be carefully watched. They
are sufficiently compact and strong in
themselves to resist the pressure of a
food, but the danger lies in the ten
dency of the river bank to cave.
HORSE AND BUGGY 5ToLEN.-Last
Tuesday Il well dressed, good looking
man, about thirty five years Of. age,
who had been stopping at Lefeyre's
hotel since Sunday, under the rame
of G. Otis, called at the livery stable
of Kramer, Mitchell & Co, and. en-
gagged a horse and buggy for the os-
tensible purpose OF riding to Tlibo-
danx on the upper Bayou road and
returning by the lower, to view the
plantations along the Lafoarehe. He
represented that he was DESTROYS OF
buying place for his brother, and
seemed such iaigilttorwarti, we'll
to- do person that no suspicion Of biz,
real character WAS entertained. At
his own request a stable boy was sent
with him as driver, aud no concern
was felt by the owners of the horse
and buggy for the safety Of their
property until the return of the boy,
unacccnlpan;ed by Otis, Thursday
morning. The story OF the lad is,
that after crossing the Bayou ferry,
Otis announced his determination OF
going to Baton Rouge instead Of T'hib
odaux, pretending to have just ftprmes9'
the intention. Arrived at the former
place, Otis shipped the boy back ON
a steamboat with instructions to tell
MIR. Kramer to meet him (Otis) in Ba-
ton Rouge to-day, when he would
bHy the horse and buggy. The game
of the nice looking fellow was then
clearly apparent, and Thursday
night found Mr.. Mitchell speeding to
Baton Rouge with all practicable ce-
lerity. He may recover the missing
property, but We doubt that he will
set eyes on Otis, as that individual
probably struck a bee line for the
jackson railroad after selling the
turn out which he had obtained by
his willy deceit. The following de-
scgiption Of the stolen animal ail,, We
hicle has been furnished us by Mr..
Kramer: Large soryel horse with blaze
face, both hind feet white, shod all
round; top buggy with patent wheels.
The bride had a cnrb bit.
Since the above was in type, word
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