The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-08-07

tribution. Claimants to any share
| therein should address the Depart
ment of State.
A severe rain and wind storm passed
over Marietta, Ohio, July Goth. 4
| five-story chair factory was prostratetl
andits contents destroyed. The whole
country is submerged. The storm
created great havoc with chimneys
and shade trees.
Ex-President Andrew johnson died
at the residence of his daughter, in
Carter County Tenn, last Saturday,
from paralysis. The funeral occurred
Tuesday, at Greenville, Tenn, and
was largely attended. Mr.. johnson
was 81 years of age.
Jno. Smith. a colored man, was
hanged at Charleston, July 30th, for
the murder Of Jas. Gerarty on Edisto
island in February last. Jos. Gibbs,
an accessory to the murder, was sen.
fenced to suffer death with Smith,
but was repricved.
Several battles have been fought
between Turkish troops and the Her.
zegovinian insurgents within tho past
ten days, in which the insurgents
claim to have gained advantages.
They expect the inhabitants Of Mon
tenegro to join the insurrection.
A committee of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America waited
on Mr.. Roucetti, Papal delegate at
New York, on Friday Of last week,
and presented him with an address
to be delivered to the Pope. The
abb!cgate left foi. Rome the following
day.
Twenty two hundred wolEmen en-
ployca on the ST. Gothard railway
tunnel, Switzerland, struck work on
Thursday, last week, and became
riotous. The Swiss government sent
IL body Of troops to tie scene, who
dispersed the rioters, killing iour and
wounding several others. ......
Two students and two citizens of
st. Petersburg, who were charged
with being implicated iii !, socialists
movement have been convicted and
sentenced to ten years imprisonment
each. -Four other persons who were
convicted of the same oftense were
sent to prison for a short time. =
Henri Rochctort has challenged NJ.
&c Cassagnac OF Paris to fight duel,
but the seconds could not arrange the
prclimilarics: satisfactorily and the
affair is in abeyance. Rochcfort wants
to fight with pistols at five PAGES. The
cause of the challenge is certain arti-
cles published in LIE pdys i'll 1872.
The syndicate has the option till
November 18th to take the remaining
$45, 900, 900 of the five per cent loan,
under the refunding act. Secretary
Bristow has called in Sl4, ,897 200 five
twenty bonds, the interest on which
ceases October 25tl. This call in
clndcs all outstanding bonds issued
under act of February 25th, 1862.
A Geneva letter states of the storm
of July 9TH, that there was literally
an ice storm, accompanied by a cy-
clone, which lasting not over fifteen
minutes, at midnight, wrecked every
window and skylight, smashed i'll
roofs and did considerable damage.
The surbulbs suffered terribly, all
the crops being destroyed. The ice
fell in masses.
The Controller of Currency advises
the Secretary of the Treasury of the
issue of 81 ,275, $50 of national bank
circulation in the month ending on
July 2Sth, eighty per cent of which
is to be returned in legal tender notes,
making the whole amount of legal
tender notes retired since the pas
sage of the act of January ii last,
,244 1872. The national bank circu-
lation outstanding is $3.50 O,5l2,53s.
A Havana letter of the 9th ult., re-
ports the capture by the Cubans of Il
Spanish convoy of 45 OK carts and 90
pack mules loaded with arms, ammn-
milton, provisions and Sl5O,OOO in
gold. The insurgent attacking party
was 800 strong. The Spanish force
lost about $50 killed, including Col.
Huclclles in command of the convoy.
The board of Indian commissioners
met at Long Branch, July 29tb. The
session was chiefly devoted to a re-
view of the work of the standing COM
mittee for the last quarter, and 4.
special rigid scrutiny Of the work
done by the purchasing commissions
They also adopted !. new method for
the prevention of frauds in future
delivery of beef, flour and other sup
plies.
FIRE REcoRD.-Glasgow, England,
July 25th: Grants cotton mills burned.
Several girls and two tiremen were
severely burned; three hundred en-
ployes effected their escape with much
difficulty; loss 5 SOC, 600. San Fran
cisco, Both: Bay sugar refinery dam
aged to the extent of SlO,6G0
New Haven, Both: Works Of the
Sterling Organ Man't'g Co. loss s4o,-
OOO.- Belfast, England, 3lst The
Broadwood weaving factory loss
$3.50, 900; 700 employees are thrown
out of employment. -Blianski, Rus
sia, 3lst: Two thirds of the town
burned: the fire broke out on the
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