The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-05-08

DClll1u COu0VI tlt0 VCOu NSoSNAlCN 0O~e
wounded at Port-a-Paix. English
war vessels are in motion, for an ox-
planatiOn or retaliation. 8 !.
The beretta, or Cardinal's cap, was
officially donned BY, Archbishop Nc.
Closkcy, in New York city, April
9th. A vast cOncOurse Of people
witnessed the ceremony. yss t'i fs
Lawrence NooEan Of New York WIS
last week convicted Of .complicity in
the robbery of Adams Express Com
pany, in January, and Sentenced to
Is years in States prison.
The Georgia Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Masons has returned to it's
allegiance to the General Grand Royal
Arch Chapter Of the United States,
which was severed in 1861. A as
The French commission for the
American Centennial celebration re-
port encouraging progress. There
will be u large number Of articles ex-
l,ibited from France at the expedition.
The steamship Metropolis, from
Bermuda to New York, was enconn-
tered at sea last week in q disabled
condition, short of coal and provisions.
Relief was afforded by the bark jacob.
Z On Tuesday Of last week, in New
Orleans, Louis j. Leche, young
school teacher, shot and killed W. J.
Miller, also young. man. The two
quarrclled about some trivial matter.
A committee of the Prussian Diet
has prepared q hill declaring Old
Catholics entitled to share of Roman
Catholic churches, cemeteries and
revenues in proportion to their num-
Der. -A's
A heavy storm visited Knoxville.
Tenn, Oh the LIST inst, blowing down
the county bridge over the Tennessee
river; also damaged the Charleston
railroad bridge. Loss to the county
$4,000. sfEttz
Two constables serving a civil writ
were m"rtally wounded by miners
near Wilkesbarre, Pa, last week.
The parties who shot the officers were
arrested by Sheriff"s posse, after Il
severe fight. H..t.
Ex-Congressman Bowen Of South
Carolina, who was plaintiff iu the
libel suits against the Charleston Ne,rs
and Courier, has been arrested for in
stigatins the murder Of Col. White,
committed eleven Years ago.
Cardinal McCloslsry, accompanied
bx the papaI ENJOYS and a number of
bishops and clergymen, left New
York city for Boston Oh the 1st inst,
to conduct the service il, the elevation
of the see of Boston to an archdiocese.
The people at Nashville, Tenn, ON
the LIST Of May, took Joe Reed, who
killed q policeman who attempted to
arrest Reeds whipping his wife, and
threw Reed over u bridge, ninety feet
fall. The body has not been re-
covered.
1t is reported that ill-fceling exists
between Frenchmen aud Englisllmen
engaged in the fisheries off Newfonnd-
land, and is likely to lead to collisions.
French and English war vessels have
been sent to these waters to prevent 4
disturbance. s''-# 4';
Advices from Melbourne state it ia
supposed De Rastoul and companions.
French Communists, who escaped
from the island Of New Caledonia,
perishe.l, as NO ti,lings Of them have
been received, and fragments of their
boat have been found. .,. -.,
The schooner jefferson, from, New
Orleans for London, has arrived off
Port Lcthcn. The captain reports
that his crew mutinied, and the first
and second mates were killed. Two
sailors were wounded and put in irons.
One sailor was wounded and cllalned
to the pump, and another is dying.
The vessel vas worked by three hands.
The sixth Texas State fair will be
held on State fair grounds, in HOus-
ton, commencing Tuesday, May llth,
and closing Saturday, May 18th. A
very large exhibition is secured.
Lieutenant Governor Coleman, Of
Missouri, will deliver an address on
agriculture. A large delegation from
Georgia, Ohio, Missouri aud Kansas,
will visit the fair and Texas. 49,
William Morris, Canadian, and
Henry Waldroon, bt,tl, raftsmen,
while intoxicated became involved in
a quarrel on May lst, in trout Of a
saloon, about fifty cents, which re-
suited in Wald,oon stabl,ing Morris
with pocket knife, from the effects
Of whicl, he died in \ few minutes.
WaldrOon attempted to escape, but
hut was arrested. 4s'
The city Of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. was
almost wholly destroyed by fire last
week. Nearly all the principal busi-
ness houses, including the banks,
newspaper offices. and all the hotels
but one, were burned. The loss is
estimated at 81. .50O. .OtU. Several men
were killed by falling walls and the
explosion Of IA powder magazine.
The Carlist committee at London
has received tclcgrame n. porting great
victories l,y Don Carlos forces, under
command Of S:abails, over the Spanish
government troops ut Breda, L~rida
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