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Let every one attend the eXh1'
bjtion tonight, and thereby sns
to;n the cause OF Education.
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Mr., Rudd deserves, and should
receive every encouragement. His
kind offer to the Ladies' Commit
tee Of the High School, is crtainly
annrpciatcd, and We hope to see
LARGE numbers of our people at
1acoste's Hall tonight, as we'll as
daily crowd at his ART GALLE
nv on st. Denis Street, where
pictures, true to nature, are taken
cheap.
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The Southrrn Hotel at st Lou
is burned. and loss OF life great.
Fifty persons or more persisted.
Kate GlaNtuH, the actress, who
was in the I;yooAIyn Theatre at
the time of the disaster, was in
the Southern hotel. and escaped
10y jumping from fourth story
window, breathing both legs il, the
fall.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-04-21

Peck, colored, District Clerk
elect Of Red River parish. was
here last week OH the hunt for
Judge Pierson to get his bond
approved.
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Fred Hubley, Recorder elect on
the Radical ticket, presented his
bond to Kearney, present lncum-
bent, but was refused the office
because the bond was insufficient.
Hublcy's bond is perfectly worth
less and we cannot imagine why
the Clerk approved it. Every Seru-
rity is especially prohibited from
going on other than the specially
named bonds, 10y legislative en-
actmcnt.
Tunnarl has made no effort to
get a bond. and Meziere, the OH
Clerk, is still holding over
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S,\l.NIif'S SALE.

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vs.. Parish OF Match
Mrs. .A,.,nir N. lIT.,mS. it"(l"S.
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hi-hrSt hi'!,irr u, tive door Of tn" t''Nr-
hrr>r in tie city and parish Of N"''A'-
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LOST OR STOLEN.

0NE LARGE hay mare, with l'\as
" brand or the Iii shoulder. having th"
two hind feet White. Also, two Greet"
hay marrS. branded LD. Two COWS,
branded \. {. "nA counter branded Y, {,
ma many o, ncr cat,|. h!:'N'"l ID.
4 suitable reverb will ho paid to the
.;u.ier l.. d. L"hAviNlNH.
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Natchitoches parish has ten thou
sand acres of fine, cleared Red River
land, which only wants fencing, and
which is cheap, that fairly groans to
heaven for tillaSe. We want five
hundred hardy white Northern farm
ers at once, to apply to us for lntor'
nation about the lands our soil.
climate &C., and We want them to
come and buy, and settle among us.
No questions as to politics asked,
only We want white men of character,
who will work. Come along, and
don't fear bulllozing, chills and fever,
Or any thing else that you may have
heard against us.
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TESTIMONY on iEN CNlEr Jr>Tlcr OF
(;luE,,l>.-.f have n,"N Si.n,no''; Liver
Regulator for cor, ':ir#trN II ,;Iy howrls,
c;u>rd Ivy Il tc1uw'rty arrangement ct
u" liver, for ,....' last thlrn gears and al
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,i,n,. with I(eGll4i benefit. | think it ii
a yrn'i u",,,ci!ic ivr the arrangement OF
the 'i'.rr-a; least such liA, beer my per-
>,,'lai Hpoirltr in the us Of it.
IIE,N WARNER.
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Governor Nichols will appoint
five additional Police Jurors tor
this parish, making the Police
Jury ten This will he a God
send here, and will stamp out at
once the present ignorant concern
On or before the LIST day of July,
the Police ,Juries of the several
parishes of the State, are required
to re-listrict the Wards in their
several parishes, into ten or more
Police Jury and as many MaSis
trate Wards as will be required.
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Constitutional Convention.
[Opelousas Journal.]

We believe that the long political
commotion in this State, from which
it has not yet recovered, renders it
inoppOrtune at present to call a con-
vention for the serious business of
framing a new constitution for the
whole people-not for apOlitcal party.
Political parties have been too excited
and zoo antag0nistic, to risk the i'm
pOrtant business of forming u new
constitution to the mass of those who
would be elected by Il political can
yass before this excitement eools
down and antagOnism to some extent,
disappears. Then the good features
of the present constitution will be re-
tanned, and bad ones excluded.
Therefore, if a new constitution must
be framed, at an early date, we pre-
fer to see it done by commission of
men, selected for their learning,
ability aud wise statemanslip. But
better wait awhile endure the evils
we now have, rather than go hurried
ly to those we know not of-and that
too at great expense.
1t seems the reform most considered
and talked of, is the cutting down of
the sal;t1.ies of judges aud State of
ticers. 1t would not be right to do
this before their terms of office expire.
And as the present District Judges
and State officers will not GO out of
Office till three years from now, at
the close of 1880, there is plenty of
time-say in l879-to frame con.
stitution to take effect then. In re-
gard to the reduction Of their salaries,
we mag have more to say hereafter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-24
THE OLD CLOCK.

o, the old, old clock, of the household stock,
Was the brightest thing and neatest;
It's hands, though old, had touch of gold,
And its chimes rang still the sweetest.
Twas monitor, too, though its words were
few, GEtgYstEsatt #@aI
Yet they lived, though nations altered:
And its voice, still strong, warned old and
young,
When the voice Of friendship faltcred.
- Tick, tick" it said" quick, quick to bed,
For ten I've given warning;
Up, up, and go. or else you know,
You'll never rise soon in the morning"
A friendly voice was that old, old clock,
AS it stood in the corner smiling,
And blessed the time with a merry chime,
The Winter hours beguiling:
But cross old voice was that tiresOme
clock,
As it called the daybreak boldly,
When the dawn looked gray on the misty
way,
And the early air blew coldly:
q Tick, tick, )" it said-t' quick cut Of bed,
For five I've given warming;
You'll never have health, you'll never get
wealth,
Unless you're up soon in the morning"
Still hourly the clock goes round and round,
With a tone that ceases never;
While tears are shed for bright days fed,
And the old friend lost forever;
Its heart heats on, though hearts are gone
That warmer beat and younger
Its hands still move, though hands we love
Are clasped on earth no longer!
/" Tick, tick" it said to the churchyard
bed,
The grave hath given warning;
Up, up, and rise, and look to the skies,
And prepare for the heavenly morning"
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,SIDES DAT.

Mahs' Jedge O. de cote an de jury,
has few words fur to say
Afo you convince me O. stealin',
Fur which | is charged to-day.
De lawyers. dey spluttered an flummered
Bout intrunces, feathers an tracks,
An tof you NV everything nearly,
But wonldn't git down on de facts. ~
De ebberdunce say dat de planter
Which 'sarve is dis brack nigger Ben
Had stolen fun outn his peach tree
A valerable dominick hen.
Mex mornin' hen was diskivered--
All true-an' also it war dead
A dominick hen, please yo' honah,
Diskivered dar under my bed. -..
An here is de Gineral Returner
(Dey say he amt muffin but Dutch y
Says l stole de hen-F a 'xorter
AS longs to de Methods Chu'ch
While the plainter-well, he been mo'ner
A hunnud revivuls or two,
An hunnud, sahs, mo- will be needed
Fur him an his likes to pull through.
Now, de cote-house, an also de jury,
De troof an de fac's of de case
Is jes as I'm gwinter relate um
In a mighty short period NV space.
You see dat de hen 1onged to me, sahs;
| owned her in good title-deed-
De same on in eonterryvarsy,
an which all de witnesses seed.
De hen, she war berry domestic,
An SO when we'd ct all'n her aiggs,
She settled down under de bedsueau,
Among all de boxes an kaigs,
An tuck ur to settin' an settin',
Flat down on de empty, hard flO';
On muffin but two swee' potatoes
A-settin' fur ebcrymo'.
Well, de night at de stealin' war done on,
heard mos curious SCUM;
Says to my wife-which is Lucy
"Oie 'oman." SAYS /, I'll be boun'
De rats is a-killin' dat chicken"
Mex mornin, sho 'nOugh, she war dead.
So dat's all knows bout de hen, sahs,
Diskivered beneaf NV my bed.
An now. sahs, de cote-house an juries.
| hopes you all fully persee
Use planned de whole matter so cl'arly,
You's bOun' fur to lemme go free
Sides dat, when de awficer coined dar,
An locke d fur an foun' de ole hen,
I'd termined myself 1ur to take her,
An carry her back to dis Ben
-Quipple Forrou, in Courier7Journal
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The Battle Of Gettysburg.

In the Philadelphia Weekly Times,
appears the long expected report of
Gen. Longstreet OH the battle of
Gettysburg. 1t has been understoo d
for a long time, since the war, that
Gen. Longstreet had differed with
Gen. Lee about the battle, first
as to fighting it at all aud then as to
the method of the fight; but that de-
ference for his great commander had
kept him silent. 1t was also under
stood that as Gen. Longstreet's corps
was blamed by some critics for not
winning in the decisive charge, he
would some day feel it his duty to de-
fend his men and himself.
He says now that he was opposed
to the march into PENNSYLVANIA for
reason that Western Confederate
armies needed assistance. When the
two armies faced each other at Gettys-
burg, he advised Gen. Lee to decline
batte, interpose his army between
Gen. Meade's and Washington, and
force the latter to make the attack.
Gen. Lee said +" If the enemy is there
tomorrow we must attack him. y
General Longstreet replied 1" If he
is there it will be because he is an
xious that we should attack him-a
good reason, in my judgemnt, for
not doing So" Longstreet was di-
rected to make the opening attack.
His corps numbered 1900 men. 1t
charged up Cemetery Ridge with such
bravery and audacity that General
Meade, reducing his right wing to
one brigade, hurried the others to the
support of his imperiled left, aud
forced Longstreet back. When night
came, Lougstreet found that he had
lost 1929 men, or more than one third
of his corps.
Longstreet charges the failure of
his assault to Ewell's inactivity, de-
claripg that if Ewell had attacked
Meade's weakened right wing it
would surely have been overcome and
the battle won. He also criticises
Pickett,s assault on the second day
of the battle, and says that it was IL
great mistake in, General Lee to Or
der it lnade.--N %. Delta.
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Domestic.

Ingersoll declines the Berlin mis-
sion.
Nearly 100 Pittsburg rioters have
been indicted.
John Morrissey has gone to Saw
anah for his health.
Boston bankers petition Congress
against the silver bill.
There are a few cases of yellow
fever at Jacksonville, Fla.
Cannee 81 Co.'s large rubbery fac
tory, New Haven, burned.
Hon. John F. Wiley, Maryland
State Printer, died at Baltimore.
The Pittsburg Dispatch was burned
out, but has risen from the ashes.
A five-story building occupied by
several firms, burned at st. Louis.
Thos. Alex. Fuller has been reeog-
nized as British vice consul at Charles
ton.
A. B. Sayers shot and mortally
wounded his wife in a philadelphia
church.
Several miners were hurt by an ex-
plosion in colliery at Scranton, two
fatally.
Two New Orleans lads quarreled,
aud one stabbed the other with red
hot nail.
Newman's hardware mandatory of
New York, six stories high, was de.
stroyed By fire.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-24

THE SUGAR YIELD.-St. Mary Eg-
terprise Most of our planters COM
menced making sugar this week, aud
the yield, as far as heara from, has u
frightening effect, and encourages
the planter to hope that the average
will not be as small and rlilous as
was at first feared. On Bellevieu
plantation from stubble cane they are
making beautiful white sugar with q
yield of II hogshead and IL half To the
acre. This exceeds previous ,calcn-
Iatioh, aud is indeed very fair wlen
we consider the unusually greea eau-
dition of the cane.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER a.

thir behalf. A lobby from each is
hes anxiously watching the course of
hesitation.
he President has declined to ac-
Gee to the request of the lately ar
ried Ponca chiefs to remove their
trie to the old Missouri river reser-
vaton, but promises them one as
god in the Indian Territory, to
maze up the losses incurred by re-
mUaL and to aid them to the ex-
ten o. his ability in their effolts to
innate civilization. The chiefs made
Il Gciled sensation by addressing the
Sunday school children at Foundry
Chrdl last Sunday. SENTINEL.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-24
Weekly News Summary.

Foreign.
Kars has fallen.
Erzeroum is besieged.
Yellowifever increases at Havana.
The Pope is weak, but no worse.
Black small pox prevails in the
Vatican.
Marquis Franclien,s French. Sena-
tor, is dead.
Osman Pasha was-summoned to sur
render and refused.
The only live gorilla in Europe
died at London last week.
M. Pierre Laufrey, life member of
the French Senate, is dead.
Spuz is suffering greatly from the
Montenegrin bombardment.
Anderson & Co.'s sugar refinery,
Greenock, England, burned.
Turkish advices claim that Plevna
can hold out until December.
Gladstone has been reelected lord
rector of Glasgow University.
tn Cuba 400 insurgents surprised
300 Spanish troops, killing %.
Paul BoudeI, formerly French Sen
ator and Minister of Finance, is dead
Rosalie Pass, in the Balkan noun
tains, has been captured by Russians.
Fort Uzizie, at Erzeroum was taken
by the Russians, but the Turks recap
tured it. st
"A new Russian loan for seventy
FIVE millions of five per cents is on the
market.
General Grant visited the tomb of
Thiers and placed upon it a wreath of
immortelles.
The French Chamber voted 800 to
2O3 for committee to investigate
electoral abuses.
4 Pole was arrested in Berlin on
suspicion of intending to assassinate
Emperor William.
Montcnegrins.. have captured de-
fenses commanding the approaches to
Antivari and Scutari.
Two mates and seaman were lost
overheard from the English vessel
Thames during storm.
Two insurgent Colonels who sur
rendered have been given commands
in the Spanish army in Cuba.
Gen. Skobeloff was twice wounded
by fragments of shells, last week, but
| refused to leave the battlefield.
The King of Abyssinia has accepted
the terms of peace proposed by Gen.
Gordon, Egyptian commander.
The German admiralty are prepar-
ing TO force Nicaragua to indemnify
the German consul for recent assault.
A royal decree has been issued
which subjects the Basque provinces
to the same direct taxes as the rest of
Spain.
A small revolution against the au-
thority of Diaz broke out at San Ra-
fael. Troops have been sent to quell
the disturbance.
A Turkish council of war resolved
to largely reinforce Mehemet Ali, who
is operating for the relief of Plevna
from the direction of Sofa and Wild
din.
Exciting rumors are circulated daily
in Paris, caused by the antagonistic
attitude of the Chamber of Deputies
towards President Mcmahon and the
Senate.
Deputies Mitchell and Allain Lange
of the French Chamber, fought duel
in which the former was wounded in
the arm. The lie passed between
them in debate.
The members of the French Cabi-
net rendered their designations on the
10th, but acceded to President Nc
Mahon's request to remain in Office
until the appointment Of successors.
The revolution in San Domingo is
yet i'm progress. Over 100 persons
have been sent in chains from Puerto
Plata to st. Domingo city, OIL sus-
picion of connection with political
disturbances.
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NUMBER Ii.

Hon. John Is. Hoffman, late judge
of the West Virginia supreme count
of appeals, is dead.
Gen. Hugh ]. Campbell of Louisi-
ana has been confirmed as District
Attorney for Dakota.
Jacques Levy was badly cut by j.
P. Hudson in IL quarrel about mule
tra,le at New Orleans.
The Collateral Loan and Savings
Bank of San Francisco was placed iu
the hands of a receiver.
Eleven striking engineers have been
convicted at Boston of obstructing
the transportation of mails.
Jacob Parker, a well -to-do farmer,
was murdered by an unknown per-
son near Amsterdam, N. Y.
. At Bethel, Conn.,, Mrs. Thos. Doran
and her two children burned to death
from coal oil lamp explosion.
Edward and j. w. Day, Jr., brick
manufacturers of Danvers, Mass, ab-
seconded leaving debts of 100000.
The committee of foreign affairs
agreed to-report an appropriateness
800, 900 for the French exposition.
San Francisco cigar. manufacturers
are willing to discharge Chinese work
men and employ. New York strikers.
Field g. Letters dry goods palace,
Chicago, burned. One fireman was
killed and four dangerously wounded.
William F. Coolbaugh president of
the National Union Bank of Chicago,
committed suicide by shooting, him
self.
Capt. Eads' new dredgcboat, the
G. w. r. Bayley, intended for service
at the jetties, reached there last
week.
The Buffalo schooner Bertha
wrecked in Lake Erie. Four of the
crew were lost and the remaining two
rescued.
Two men who wrecked a cattle
train We're arrested at Harrisburg.
The engineer and fireman we're fatal
ly injured.
The jury in the case of Bob Drury,
who killed his uncle at Memphis, has
been out over two weeks, aud is un-
able to agree.
Distinct shocks of earthquake were
felt at various points throughout the
Northeast and in several Western To-
calities, last week.
The boilers of the steamer Tom
Morgan exploded, at Greenville,
Miss. Captain w. Howell and the
engineer were killed.
The Senate reeeded from its amend
ments to the army bill, in which the
House non-eoncuTed, and the bill
goes to the President.
A tramp robbing the post Office at
Grafton, O., was fired upon by Chas.
Allen. The tramp returned the fire
with probably fatal effect.
Mrs. Sidney Bartlett of CRANKY, N.
Y, who was struck on the head by o
burglar last July aud has since been
in poor health, cut her throat.
The steamer City of Montreal lost
boat and one seaman while unsuc-
cessfully endeavoring to rescue the
crew of disabled unknown ship.
Frank Rande, IA notorious murderer
and desperate was arrested at St.
Louis after fierce fight in which
Rande was seriously and police
man fatally wounded.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-11-24

Gen. Escobedo and several com
panions are on trial at Brownsville
for violation of the neutrality laws,
they having been freshly indicted.
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Transient. advertisements 81 per square
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Insertion; each subsequent publication 81
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Editorial notices, first insertion, 90 cents
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Brief communications upon subjects OF
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not responsible for the views
Of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonville. La.
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g st. John Mesch acebe DR.. G.
Chabaud, aged 81 years, a native of
Bordeaux, France, and resident of
this parish since 1910, died at his
residence suddenly of apoplexy of the