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NUMBER Is.

Hon. George A. Trenholm, Secre-
tary of the Treasury of the Confed-
crate government at the time of the
collapse, died Monday at Charleston,
aged 20.
Benjamin Marsh, Jr., City Clerk of
New York, has mysteriously disap-
peared. His books and accounts are
correct, and his son has been elecled
to the office.
An authentic report says that Bue-
nos Ayres is tranquil. States of siege
have been declared in four provinces,
with a view to prevent fermentation
by desperadoes.
The Turks will propose at the con-
ference that reforms be guaranteed by
a mixed commission. 1t is generally
thonght in Constantinople that the
conference will result in peace.
Nearly all the Turkish troops have
been withdrawn from Bosnia and Her.
zegovina. Turkey will not resist the
occupation of these provinces by Aus
tia in case of peace with Russia.
The body of Mrs. Young, German
woman 60 years of age, was found in
the Claiborne street canal, New Or
leans. An unknown white mans body
was discovered in the river the same
day.
An accident occurred about twenty
miles above New Orleans, on the
Jackson railroad, December 6. The
down train was thrown from the track
by loose rail, and several cars
smashed up. Two persons were slight
ly hurt.
The blockade Dahomins are grow
ing more threatening. Two Portuguese
merchants were stripped, fogged and
carried to Abomey, and their factories
plundered, for saying the King ought
to pay the British fine. Seven natives
have been shot for talking about yield
ing. =
Captain ]. s Gregory, of the U. s.
engineer corps, is about TO begin
survey of the reflections of the Rio
Grande from it's course since the ces-
sion of Texas to the United States.
Its yagaries have thrown American
citizens into Mexico and Mexicans
into the United States.
The body of the Baron de Palm was
cremated at Washington, Pa, last
week, pursuant To the wish expressed
by the Baron before his death. The
operation, which was conducted and
observed by number of scientists,
was entirely suceesSfiI II. a furnace
heated to 20000 the body was reduced
to ashes, the process occupying two
hours mud twanty s,iautes.
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mission of Colorado's Representative,
the Democratic side showed its pur-
pose to fight the legality of that State s
admission, in order to deprive Hayes
of her three electoral votes. His ad
mission was overruled, startling many,
even Democrats, by the offensive par
tisanship thus early displayed. A
ruling of the Speaker, just before ad-
jonrnment in the same direction was
such violation of the rules and all
prec edent that it has attracted mach
attention and excited the hostile crit
icism of all fair minded men. But he
was sustained by close party vote.
Any expectation that the House ma
jority will be guided by any other
motive than that of the most extreme
and Jesuitical partisanship, is likely
to be abandoned early in the session.
The opening proceedings in the
Senate were marked by no special ex
element. The two new Senators from
Colorado were admitted without OPP
position. Large crowds were in at
tendance in and about the Capitol,
the interest ceutering chiefly upon the
proceedings of the House. A resolu
ton, offered by Mr.. Edmunds in the
Senate on Monday, relative to the die
reimbursement and intimidation of cit
izens in certain States, was yesterday
adopted, after few filings at New
England by Democratic Senators. Mr.,
Morton also submitted II resniution,
providing for an amendment To the
Constitution. relative tn the election
of President and Vice President. The
great feature in both Houses yesterday
was, however, the rea,liug of the
Presidents message. The illusions
to the enemies in the rear,n were
heartily enjoyed by Republicans. The
message is rather distasteful To Dem
ocrats and equally acceptable to Re-
publicaus in and ont Of Congress.
The committees designatedb Speak,
Randall to visit South Carolina,
Louisiana and Florida will, it is said,
leave here within day or two. Not
withstanding all complications, the
crowds hers sfe geisertsfis elteerfal,s
and, like the President, believe every
thing will he amicably settled with
nothing more serious than some local
outbreaks, probably SENTINEL.
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A Glance into the Futur,

The following, says the New York
Graphic, is an extract from the New
York Eerald of March 9, 1877, re-
vealed to us by famous spiritualistic
clairvoyant. 1t is full of interest, aud
may not be So much OF a joke then us
it is to-day:
Governor Don Sam Tildeno has
taken the field. He has issued IA
pronunciamento against the preten-
sions OF General Roderigo Hayes to
the presidency, claiming that the elec-
tions in Louisiana and Florida We're
accomplished by fraud and the bayO-
net. Tildeno yesterday crossed the
Salt river with his command. In
case he is severely pushed 10y Hayes
he intends falling back and going
faI ther up that stream. Still he is
very calm and confident of victory.
Grant still remains at Washington, but
is only President in name. He can
raise no army to enforce order through
out the republic. Yesterday he held
review of generals who had not dis
tinguished themselves during the
war of secession. They are tiockiug
to his standard in great numbers,
and if the present rush continues he
thinks he may take the field in few
weeks without any privates. George
B. Mcclellan is Don TIldeno's chief
military adviser. Hayes army is
now in Philadelphia. Mcclellan pro-
poses digging and tunneling uudel
them from New York and blowing
Hayes up. He thinks two years
would accomplish the work, and pro
poses that General Newton, of He'll
Gate fame, have charge of it. Hayes
has issued four prociaInations ad
dressed to the seit-styled Presidents
of the Eastern, Middle, Southern and
Western States of the former republic
These are Butler, of the Eastern !;
Roscoe Conkling, of the Middle; !;
Hampton, of the Southern, aud the
venerable Duke Gwin, of the Western.
He asks them, for the sake of peace
and quietness, to resign their respect
pretensions, join their forces to his
own and put Don Tildeno down.
Then be promises that another cleo
ton for President shall be held. But
Butler, Conkling, Hampton and Gwin
' can't see it." Butler, in reply to
Hayes proposition, sent huge spoon
embellshed with the motto, g scoop
them all in."
Meantime, there is no mail service,
aud the telegraph wires are all cut.
Tweed, taking advantage of the gem
eral confusion, has made his escape,
and collecting u remnant of his old
band, is raiding on the sub b-treasury.
A week siuce he captured Charles
O'Conor and Oakley Hall, and hung
them to lamp post. It is conjec-
tured that he may finally throw the
weight Of his force with Hayes against
Don Tilden0. He carries with him
ready made galIows marked +" For
Tilden aud Reform
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Burlington RulIdOzing.

"My son, my son." mildly ex-
claimed reproving West Hill mother
yesterday morning, antie that cat
from the gate latch, take in that rope
you've stretched across the sidewalk,
let your little sister out of the wood
shed, unfasten the cellar door, and let
the hired girl come up and get to her
work, take that sign of boarders
wanted off of Mr.. Posonby's front
door, let MIR. Jasper's dog nut of that
barrel, throw that paper of gunpowder
in your pocket out into the street, and
then come and tell me where yoa were
Friday and Saturday that You weren't
at school," The boy said he wasn't
prepared to answer just then, but he
would insist on throwing out the re-
port of the school teacher on the
ground that he (the boy) had been
unduly intimidated from attending
school by the terror of long, hard les
sons, and further by the practice of
bull6ozing in the parish, as he could
establish by reliable witnesses. Pend
ing the decision of the board, he fled
number of protests, but his mother
pronounced his attitude revolutionary
and sent to his fathers Office for troops,
which arrived about teatime, and the
local government was at once sup
ported and order enforced, and as the
boy weat mp to bed without any sup
port, and in custody of the troops, the
taroes of free people struggling
in the iron grasp of domestic despot-
ism, could be heard away down on
next street, where the other boya were
lifting gates off their hinges and car
rying them down to the creek. Hack
epe
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~ Thibodaux Sentinel: Fram re-
ports it is not probable that the yield
Of sugar in Lafourche will vary mach
from that of 1875.
~ LAFAYETTE AdUertiser The cane
in this parish is, Yielding very hand
ssomely. The prairie land is yielding
one and a half hogsheads and the
weed land, two hogsheads to the acre.
NO great quantity of cane is cultivated,
but there is il disposition to increase
it in the future.
II Morgan City Register, Dec. 9:
Capt. Mcclellan. telegraph operator
at this place, laid d new cable across
the bay on "Wednesday "A fire alarm
was sounded Thursday evening last,
caused from the fire III chimney at
the house beaangiug TO Mrs. Griffith.
No damage. The cool weather should
remind the Gsenaea that this is the
season when tbs department should
he in good Working order.
~ Lake Charles Echo: J. w.
Jackson, editor of the Opeiousas
Journal. has q $500 Parker gun and
knows how to use it. Last week at
Henry Welcla's, eu the Lacasine, and
on the Grand Marais, he bagged fifty
prairie chickens, or pheasauts, as they
are popularity called. The correct
name is the piunated grouse, or tetrao
captdo. They are unusaily abundant
on the Calcasieu prairies this winter.
~ Port Vincent Triane And this
ia the way We got it: Hebert was
his name. and Ascension his home.
Hebert caught the colored man steal
ing his hog. Law being distant and
scarce at that, and justice living
several acres farther Up the road,
Hebert decided to take the business
within his own jurisdiction, and ac-
cordingly went for Ham. A short
time after Hebert was visited by
some twenty Eve or thirty individuals
of the col0red persuasion, from lher-
vile, who beat him numerically
And thus the case stands.
T Ouachita Telegraph, Dec. 8:
Mr.. j. D. Howell of Morehouse was
waylaid and shot ten miles from this
place, Wednesday. on the Monroe and
Bastrop road. One ball lodged in his
right artn, and another passed thsnugh
the tail of his coat. The assassin was
Just ut the edge of the road, so close
that the smoke of his gun came into
Mr.. Howeil's face, bat he could not be
seen. Mr.. H. was coming to Monroe
with cotton and was riding along leis
urely at the time, but some distance
behind his wagons. He has no idea
who the guilty party was, having no
enemy ON earth that he is aware of.
The wound in the arm is not serious.
E New Iberia Sugar BoDt: Last
Thursday, at Pattersonville, little
eolored girl, daughter of Robert
White, was burned to death by her
clothes taking fire at a chimney ----
About daybreak, last Saturday morn-
ing, an employee in Mr. James l..
Burke's livery stable attempted to
pour coal oil upon some burning corn
cobs, when the flames came in con
tact with the can and it exploded.
The man narrowly escaped death. as
he was enveloped in flames. For
tunately others were present, aud they
hurried the suffering man to a horse
trough where they rolled him in water
and extinguished the flames. He was
not much burnt. By that time, how
ever, the flames had reached the hay,
and in very short time the whole
roof was burned off the building.
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WHAT Boss" SHEPHERD HAS
DONE FOR WAsHINGToN.-Speaking
of the recent failure of Elk Gov. Alex.
R. Shepherd, commonly known to the
Democratic press as " Boss Shepherd :"
One of the most, if not hest, abused
men in the country-a Washington
correspondent says:
Even those politically opposed to
him openly express regret at his finan
cial difficulties, and frankly avow
their convictions that he has been a
public benefaetor. Before his day
Washington was mud-hole, COM
posed of treary miles of dirnly out
lined streets destitute of houses
aud not inaptly termed by Dickens
the City of Magnificent Distances
With clear vision be saw the needs
of his native city, and make haete to
supply them. He laid out parks,
paved and graded the streets, and
built hundreds of small but perfectly
convenient houses. Those who knew
Washington fifteen years ago, and
who have occasion to visit it now, tes-
tify as to it's metamorphosis. Could
that hater of shams, Dickens, once
more look at it, he would be inclined
to call it the City OF Magnificent
Streets" Mr. Shepherds creditors met
last Wednesday evening to hear the
statements of his financial embarass-
ment aud his propositions. The
amount of indebtedness unsecured
which was represented was 100000.
Mr.. Shepherd made frank statement
of the causes which produced his tenn.
porary embarrassment. and asked that
he be given five years extension the
first year without interest, aud for the
remaining time the debts to draw six
per cent. interest. This proposition
was unanimously accepted, aud pa
pers for granting the extension were
signed by all parties present.
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Those who have recently visited
New Orleans viii indorse the state
ment of the RepnJI;ceas that
Appearances on the leyee indicate
that our city is not quite dead. Al
most countless bales of cotton, barrels
aud hogsheads OF sugar, molasses,
moss and other valuable produce 80
blockade the wharf it is with difficulty
that people pass on the wood walk.
Yesterday there was sufficient cotton
is sight 10 make shirts for milliens
aud millions at least there was
enough to buy food for many days.
That does not warrant croakers IN
crying hard Hmex.
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Special dispatch to the London
Standard, dated at Conetantinople,
December 8:
A conspiracy to derose the present
Sultan was discovered on Tuesday
night. The conspirators, sig CT whom
we're found in disguise in the palace
itself and arrested, had planned to
carry off the Sultan, Kuad, in q
steamer, which they had already en-
gagged, to Athens; when there they in
tended to ploclaim that Murad had
recovered his reason, and the. Sultan
Hamid was consequently nsurper.
The prisoners are of various national
tiles one is Greek, and is e. brother
to the chief dragoman of one of the
principal foreign consulates.
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Servian police having forcibly de-
tanned and searched an Austrian mail
steamer, the representative of Austria
at Belgrade is instructed to. make an
energetic demand for satisfaction, and
two Austrian monitors have been sent
to Semlin to support the demand.
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Transient advertisements 81 90 per square
Rrst insertion; each subsequent insertion,
rs cents.
All otseial notices 81 90 per square each
pablieatioH.
Editorial notices-in local columns, 90
cents per line.
Brief communications upon subjects OF
Nsblie interest solicited.
Ne attention paid to anonymous lotters.
The editor is not responsible for the views
Sf correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonville, La.
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AGENTS FOR TIE CHIEF.

AGENTS FOR TIE CHIEF.
AsCEEsIoN PARISH.
wp a. wilkinson, Donaldsouville, La.
Or. John Dominique. Dominique's Landing
j, B. Hebert, New River.
Alex Meyers, Manchac and Port Vincent
ELSEWHERE
j, Curtis Waldo, New Orleans, La.
Gee. p, Rowell L. Co., New York.
RowelI e. Chesmnn, st. Louis, Missouri.
C. A. Cook & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
Bates d. Locke, New York.
New-York tribune., 1876-03-27
NORTHERN And CENTRAL AFRICA.
1rcrrRr by pr. GERHARD EouLFs.

LECTURE by DE. GERHARD ROHLFs.
DIR. Gerhard Rohfs, the African explorer, de-
ycred lecture last evening before the &c Fort
bldunss veren the commerce ana Industry OF North
aud Central Africa.
In ancient times he said, commerce on the northern
coas of Africa aourshed aud several OF the countries
enjoyed a high degree of civilization one great hinder
anre 10 the development II the continent was the Mos
,m religion whose false doctrines impcdod progress,
by making is followers fanatic and indoiont
Almost the only article manufactured IN No
rocco which ~ exported, is morocco leather.
TIC art OF tanning this leather the Moors brought over
with them wncn they driven from spain The
other articles OF export wool and fowls. In Agiers,
m spite OF forty years French rule, very little progress
has been made. Fenchmen, though they are eNcelltht
cutiyators Of the SOIL possess very small administrative
power. especially In their colonies Ever since their con
cst o the country they have shown too much enency
n the natives Coonsts of Teutonic origin have always
driven brore them savage and other Inferior races, and
have thus aed complete mastery Of their new homes
Tic Fr-i,h, however, allow nOmadic tribes TO encaup
r 10 d. cir settlements. and long az they pursue
. pcl,y th,y viii never be safe from lis. The Be
ouns a,d BcrUcrs viii not he civilized and look upon
nai,rI t the French Government should drive these
0arUaris into tneiestrt 10 tie only way OF developing
' T!nit Dr Rohlfs said was a small hut very fertile
country. The production Of oil WAS so great that one
wear The peope did not have vessels enough 10 store II
IN And VT hardly any this oil finds its 70 Eu-
ron, because the natives too anacs 10 sell II To
Clristiaus Trirol bors under an additional dsaHF-
tagc that Of Turkish rule The Pashas seek only en-
ricn themselves during their short terms OF Office ana
lhc natives are outraged The principal produce OF tie
sahara oases Is dates The houses OF tne na'ses are
built OF the palm tree ana the leaves OF the
lrre are made into baskets and mats. Cen
tral Africa, though isolated from tho rest OF
the world, s carries on greater commerce win Ior-
cil1l countries than many people suppose. Ostrich
feathers which found IN ali European and American
m;.raefs, form prominent article OF export: Inc
nrgroc. cannot form idea Of the uses To when these
/. Gathers are applied Some say they are woven INTO
broadcIoth. Another important article OF trade Is yosS
and the tusks OF African elephants are or much Larger
size and liner quality than those OF INDIA Araenis the
o of nut l. largely exported Ia France where IL Is re-
fined into salad oil. Palm oil forms another article of
commerce. in Germany Is used for luDrcag rail-
road ing hIncry. Gold dust also il taken To the
Western coast and thence shipped TO England.
The lecturer uext passed on to ADysslnla, where
ur accompaned the English army III 1858. lie
gave bric sketch of the march into the Interior, or the
nitack ON Mlgdala and suicide oI KING Iheod0re
New-York tribune., 1876-03-27
BRITISH TRADE REPORTS.
LoND0N. Saturday, Marc

~.
The Stock Exchange to-day has been steady
bnt inactive Discounts were weak at the quotations
Mncingane has very dull this week. and the prices
~ several leading staples are furher depressed Sugar
nm the SPOT Is inactive hut OF the lower qualities fof
distant orriy al can be sold former terms. The coffee
uorts have been large and the sales during the last
two DAYS have generally at former rates Fine col
onv plantation Ceyon has alone realized previous quota
lions At Rio Jancro yesterday the market was quiet and
unchanged though the previous advance was fully main
tained. Spices still tend downward
The Liverpool cotton market for the week CLOSING
Friday hasjbecn animated and buyers have followed the
advance without hesitation The trade have been large
buyers and spectators and exporters have also pur
chased freely American descriptions have been in good
demand and urices are generally eighth higher To-
d,y tS,ray the market T. firm, though there Is 10
movement OF prices be noted There has been rather
more than an average business for short day. Tho
sas have been 10000 bales, Of which 5000 bales were
taken by spectators and exporters leaving 1000 bales
to the spnncrs OF Lancashire and YORKSHIRE The last
mutations of the leading American staples were as io
lows: Middlmg Upands, 80 pence; MdilinG Orleans
49,, pence The arrivals market has shown great
and sustained activity and has further advanced.
Among the last sales this afternoon were the following;
u,ddiny Irpands, Low Mddling clause, May aud June
delivery CLIO pence Middling Uplands Low Mddllns
clause June and July delivery, Ga pence; Middns up
lands Low Mddling clause, July and August delivery
6l3,e pence
New-York tribune., 1876-03-27
GOV. HARTRANFTS FLYING VISIT.

MR.. BLAINE COMPLIMENTS HIM WIFI DiNNf'-
VARIOUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PRESENT
THE PENNSYLVANIA OBLIGATION PROBABLY
FOR MIR BLAINE.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE IEIEuNE.I
WASHINGTON, March 26-The presence of Gov.
Hartranft in Washington on Friday and Saturday.
in view Of the early meeting of the Republican
Delegate Convention of Pennsylvania, eXcltes more
comment than the occurrence is believed to deserve.
The visit is said to have had ttle political signili-
cance ifany, whatever Gov. lariranft had accepted
an invitation from Sr. Blaine to dine on Friday, ana
his visit here was to I'll that engagement. lie re-
turned home last night, and spent only about -
hours in the city. Ii is alleged both by icnn'yi-
vaniaps and by those who speak for Mr. Blaine that
tbe subject of the representation Of pennsylvania III
the Cincinnati Convention was not for moment
referred TO between Mr. Blaine and Gov. Hartranft.
Mr.. Blaine paid him the compliment of dinner and
there were present MIR. Morton aud nearly all the
Presidential candidates in town except Mi. Conklng,
who did not want TO go.
The Convention OF Pennsylvania will OF course
instruct for Gov. Hartranft. Nobody has any idea
that he stands any chance for the Presidential nGui-
nation at Cincinnati He has 10 power Whatever to
control the vote of Pennsylvania after the irst
ballot and il is not intended he shall have any The
Cameron interest in Pennsylvania is too strong to
allow young man like Gov. HartTantt 70 step IN ana
control the delegation IN Kepubicah Nd'loh' ON
vention Mr. Cameron wants the strength for HIM
self at present, and when he no longer wants con-
troll he expects to be able turn ii to his son,
Don Cameron lie will not allow any young man
to 90 beyond his tether, and 50 Gov. lartranf may
understand that the first vote which PcnnsJ wanna
will give him at Cincinnati means nothing what
ever.
The Republican members Of the House from Penn
syIvania, with very few exceptions, are openly Tor
Mr.. Blaine, and they say that he Will receive the
final vote of the delegation. They say that no
arrangement has been made between Mr.. Cameron
and Mr. Conklng, by winch the former is TO turn
the State over TO the latter; and that if such an
arrangement were made, Mr.. Cameron would not
deliver the goods. They say that Pennsylvania can
not be turned over to the NewYork Senator by any
one or by any set Of men, 1t is said that Mr.. Blame
is himself confident of the support of his native
state.