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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

The legislative committee investi-
eating the affairs of the State Land
Office has partially performed its Ia
bors and adjourned until November
The committee consists of Senator
Robertson and Representatives Peral-
ia and Drury.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

The periodical premium bond draw
ing was held in New Orleans on Mon
day. Ticket No. 32S,595 drew the
capital prize of $4,000.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

We extend our sympatlies to Edi
tor Gentil of the St. James L0HiSidRGiS,
who have been sadly afflicted by the
death of his daughter, Philomene
Luce Gentil, aged II years, s months.
She was the third of five children.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

MI. Victor Samoan, for twenty five
wears a resident of Thibodaux, has
gone to reside with an aged uncle in
Algiers, Africa.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

General Grant visited Hamburg on
the 18th inst, and held reception
at large house in the Geological
Gardens. A grand concert was af-
forwards given on the grounds, which
many thousands of people attended.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21
Dwelling, Store & Fixtures
FOR 81 lie
Proposals for Printing.

HAVING been appointed by the Presi-
II dent OF the Police Jury to receive sealed
bids for the public printing of the parish of
Ascension for the remainder of the current
year-say from August to December 81,
i877-we hereby notify all persons DESTROYS
of making bids for the said work to address
a sealed communication containing terms
and conditions to the chairman of 81 id com
Inittee within ten days from this date, say on
or before TUESDAY, JULY "a, ut 8 o'clock
T. Nj. The committee reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
HENRY MCCALL.
Chairman of said Committee.
Donaldsonville, July IA, 1877.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21
4 H. WILLoz.
Sign Painter.

D0NALDSONTILLE Id.
Residence near corner of Lafourche and
Chetimaches streets, next door to drug ore
of Mr.. n. Bel. First-class work and perfect
satisfaction in every ease guaranteed
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

Louis Ii. Johnson, 10 years of age,
employed as cabin boy on the steam
er st. Francis Belle, the railroad fer
ry boat plying between Westwego
and New Orleans, was shot and NOR
tally wounded by colored man, last
Sunday. The shooting took place
upon the railroad track, near West
wego the weapon used was small
sized Smith s. Wesson revolver. The
ball entered the left side, near the
nipple, causing death in a few hours.
The negro who did the shooting was
pursued by large crowd of white
aud colored men, but entered the
swamp and escaped. He was subse-
qnently captured in the parish of st.
Charles, However, and confessed the
killing, bnt claimed that it was done
in self defense.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

Our eXcursionists believe that Donaldson
riile is a warmer place than New Orleans
few Orleans Times.
And nearly every Donaldsonvillian
vino has visited New Orleans during
the present heated term is ready to
make solemn declaration. that the
metropolis is at least ten degrees
ahead of this town in the warmth of
its holiness.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21
Saturday, July 81, 1877.

A new parish Jail for Terrebonne is
undergoing construction at Houma.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21

Mr.. r. II. Isabelle, who las for
some years held the position of Pen
sion Agent for Louisiana, has fur
nished bond of $50, 900 as Agent for
The new consolidated district, COM
prising the States of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tex
rs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05
PERSONAL.


Mr.. Eustis, prospective Senator from LOUISE
ma il man tail, large and Observation-Disclosures with =
ned face and black hair dashed with gray.
MIS-. Hayes is reported as saying that she
has lost al taste for the theatre she has lived many
years in place where there few public amusemens'
Professor Sumner of Yale, is to give lee
.ure on The silver question, In NcwIIaycn, this week.
He will larger audience than New-Hayen fur
nsh
General Longstreet has received severe in
iures In IRE which nearly destroyed his house at
Gainesville, Ga. the other day. lie was hurt in fighting
the ilames
That was an engaging little fowl which Sena-
tor Anthony, OF Rhode Island sent to Senator Hamlin
FOR his THANKSGIVING dinner II was turkey Weighing
thrtythree pounds.
Mr. f. ID. Palmer, the distinguished sculp-
tor who is present living In Albany cutting an IDEAL
bus, OF Napoleon. He Is doing this without making
previously any model In clay.
That IL quaint little picture Of Andrew
Jackson which the venerable Southern painter Washing
ton Cooper gives. jackson was rather pompous old
mana fine. clever, sensible old gentleman Thought
and had way ol making everyone about him feel at
home
Bishop Gilbert Haven is credited with say
Ing kind aud admiring things OF the preacher Mrs.
Colt He declares that her In dress is elegant To
the top vi propriety, but not whit beyond Not
lady In a thousand, II In thousand equals her In
that French howOdO-it SIT u appropriate dress. Ut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05
rHE PRESIDENT AAD rHE NATIONAL


Luck, they say, is better than brains. 1t
cannot be said that President Hayes has shown
marvellous ability in the selection of advisers,
OF the choice Of means to reach ends known
to be good Many evidences OF administrative
ability he has given; the highest, thus far,
he has not given in great measure. But hardly
one President IN half century has had as
fine a chance to stand between a nation and
financial dishonor as Mr.. Hayes now has. BY
rare good fortune for him, the House has passed
two bills in the last degree injurious to the
public credit, and has done this in advance of
the annual Message in which the President is
required to place before Congress his
understandings and convictions He has
seized the opportunity to step on those
bills not disc0uIteously, nor with any
departure from the dignifed rcticence
which he has thus far maintained rs
TO proceedings in Congress, but with great
firnncss and force. That the two bills in
question cannot pass, everybody now under
stands, unless a two-thirds majority in both
Houses can be obtained for them in spite OF the
strong objections submitted by the President. 1t
is to his credit that he had the ability to state
the objections 50 clearly, and much more to
wayerng frmness To state them precisely
when the annoyance to The opposition and the
risk to himself would be greatest.
1t is just to reflect that it cost some courage
and some sacrifice to say what the President
has said. Ohio has been the headquarters Of
financial hereses. A large share Of his own
political friends at the West were hostile to
the opinions he has ayOwed. Western Repre-
scntatyes, including men even as reputable
and as near 10 him as eX-Secrelary Cox, had
voted for the pending Silver Bill. M Mat
thews. the Senator who WAS thought 70 be
especially acquainted with ms views, had
taken conspicuous part in the Silver agita-
ton. A prominent newspaper in Ohio, sup
posed 10 be on very friendly terms with Mr..
Hayes. had devoted to the Silver question
enormous space, some industry and fanatical
zeal never shown by that journal in any other
cause Yet the President calmly observes that
the controlling idea of these gentlemen ap-
pears to him " a deusiOn," and shows that it
would be fatal to the public credit and to the
National prosperity.
For speaking such truth, under such cir
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05

country on the Atlantic, the Pacific and the
! Gulf.
But there are other researches and discoveries
which have grown out of such work, that are
quite rs wonderful and have not yet lost The
charm of novelty. OF these the studies OF
magnetism and of sea currents have produced
the most striking results. In respect to mag
netism these have been attained partly by II
precise series of observations at n very large
number of stations throughout the country,
and partly by an elaborate analysis OF those
and older observations. As a consequence, 1t
is now practicable TO predict the compass yarl-
ations for any hour, at any place III the United
States, as readily and accurately as the tides
are now f0retOld. Such variations Tor dillcr-
ent localities are greater than Is commonly
imagined. A want of exact information
on this point is a constant source OF
error i'm land surveys, and may also be reck-
oncd among the frequent occasions OF
shipyreck, whether through local Vail-
alton of the compass, or indirectly, through
erroneous charts of the coast Twenty years
ago the errors of the common charts used by
coasting vessels in trips to our Southern ports
were exceedingly numerous the discrepancies
of longitude were sometimes rs much as nine
miles. The measurements Of the Coast Survey
have been also extended to interior lines OF
triangtllaton and have proved that the maps
i'm ordinary use misrepresented the place OF
certain inland cities by nearly three miles 1t
is not at all surprising that the Office OF the
Coast Survey has been oyerrun with appca-
tions for exact facts as TO the magnetic vaIia-
tion of different localities. The interest that
a. -. ...sf.s IL -, il..
well as the present. in cases where the bound
dares of property are in dispute; and In
oniries are often made to ascertain what
was the variation in a given locality, at some
stated time years ago.
Similarly valuable and exact information Is
partially compiled respecting ocean currents.
The time is not far distant when the velocity and
direction of such currents can be given for the
waters anywhere along our coast; can be pre-
dicted with accuracy for IA given hour OF any
day. When this is accomplished for the whole
seaboard of this continent, we may hope that
fewer shipwrecks, such As that OF the Atlantic
Oh the Nova Scotia coast, and perhaps that OF
the Huron off Kitty Hawk, will be due to The
unseen sweep of the surface waters which con
POUNDS the shipmaster's reckoning. A due ac-
quantance with ocean currents may make them
allies instead of enemies, and already some of
the trips of the Coast Survey vessels have been
shortened by the use of such knowledge.
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amuoemenio uno aleeiinss Co Might.
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TIE cOIST SERTET.

As yet there is no satisfactory explanation
Of the disaster to the Huron, which has cost
so many valuable lives. Among the theories
offered, one is that the ship was carried out
Of It's course by currents for which no due al
lOwancc was made another is that the mis-
take IN navigation was due to error Of the
compasses. Admitting either Of these posi-
biliucs rs the cause, il is worth while to asl,
whether ON vessels are to he constantly ex-
posed to these forms of danger, or whether
there is some hope of providing against such
contingencies in the future Whatever there
is of hope, is chiefly in the worl; that the United
states Coast Survey Is doing in these special
and ocean currents.
Elsewhere We give a brief synopsis of the
work done by this bureau during the current
year. The work begins with and includes a
great deal Of coast survey, and it in
cudcs much besides. Alterations of harboTs
and channels by the action of rivers and the
sea are constantly taking place ihe labor Of
recording them has 10 be repeated from time
to time, or charts viii grow worthless and mis-
lead the navigator. Bat in the outset the
Coast Survey had greater labor 90 perform
to give exact knowledge ON points that were
previously unknown, so hat charts would sup
DIS Trustworthy facts a. 10 shore lines, depths,
dangerous localities, tides. aud the like. II
is one of the strange uiumphs OF moi.r
science that Che rise and fall OF the tides can
be predicted for each day ANA hour with
reference to a given locality; the Coast Sur
ycy furnishes these predictions for a year
ahead, in respect to the chief ports Of this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05

cumstances q man deserves high praise. inc
country will give to President Hayes, III no
scanty measure the credit which is his due
lie has dealt mighty blow in defence OF the
Nations honor aud at n remarkably cllticai
period and the Nation will remember II long,
ard with keen gratitude. Years hcnce, when
these noisy raids upon the public credit ana
the noisy demagOgucs who make them are
half forgotten, men will still remember PreSl-
dent Hayes for his great service to the Ma
TONS honor; and if he should not have the
good fortune or the practical wisdom 10 erect
any other great thing for the public welfare, 1t
Will still be thankfully remembered OF nm ana
of Secretary Sherman that, although from ohio'
they stood like rock to resist the most dangerous
Of all assaults upon the public faith. SO rare OPP
poilunty and rare tirmness are matched again.
Eight years of President Grant left blemiohes
which time will kindly ctlace, but also left one
shining mark destined to attract the admlra-
ton of our children aud our childrens chill
dren. He vetoed imitation. President Hayes,
we sincerely trust, will do better IN many
minor things But faults or minor virtues
VIII be forgotten in the history of these
United States if il he recorded that he Sc
cured specie resumption, and stamped out the
prairie fire of silver reputation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1877.

guilty author of the uproar stepped backward
TO the door His hand was on the knob; he
stuffed the bursting notebook into his breast
pocket; and looking upon tile GREATNESS com
pany he launched one matcbless question
{" How do you all stand toward Miss Cary now y
The reply came in chorus, and with an emphasis
that seemed to require the most impossible
style of capital letters. Pleasantly! We all
"admire hcr!" There was an obscure move
ment of five dubious fingers around question:
able nose faint and mOmentary flush OF in
telligence glmmered IN the one eye not yet
eclpsed by the half-opened door; and the
Bathen,llite went off to his desk, wearing his
shabby hat little more on one side than usual,
as If conscious that he had done rather neat
thing.
No doubt the Blatherskite has his use in the
economy of creation; so, too, has the gadily !;
and they are very much alike. The industri-
ous pest, which roams from place to place,
filing the air with his dreadful buzzing and
excretng tOIments wherever he touches a liv-
ing creature, is, nevertheless, an object of un-
conqucrable aversion to clearly people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER ), 1877.
THE NEWS rms MORNING.

FoRuGN.-Mchcmet ALI has repulsed the Russians
at Kamari. - In France the Committee on the
Budget has reported against voting the direct taxes
until Republican Ministry is formed = Prince
Milan holds out brilliant prospects TO bis troops in
the coming war with Turkey.
DoMEsuC.-The Presidents Message is discussed
with unusual interest in Washington The
failure Of some Of the Presidents nominations causes
embarrassment in the service orders have been
issued by Secretary sherman for deputies to
take charge of Offices where there arc vacan-
cies - Army officers believe that the Sioux
are raiding the Black Hills. -= Continued
Outragcs are reported by the Indians in
Dakota. General ook has been ordered TO the re-
lief Of the settlers. = Captain Davis Peuy's
conduct at the Cottonwood fight, has been inyesti-
gated by a court-martial which has eXonerated him
fully. - Naval Court Of Inquiry will luvesti-
gate the causes of the wreck of the Huron. ==
Tie wages of the employees Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal Company viii he reduced 30 per cent.
CONGHEsS-Thc Senate was not in session. In the
House a resolution was adopted for The enforcement
Of the rule against the sale Of Quor, IN the Capitol
Bills were passed renting the tax alcohol to be
used in colleges and universities for preserving spec
linens. repeating the law requiring the iron-cad
OATH, ard removing the disloyalty disqualification
from Jurors Several bills and resolutions in
troduced and referred.
CITY AND SUBURB lN.-Richard b. Connolly con-
scented 20 a verdict AGAINST himself over IS 600 900
yesterday -- Testimony was given about Com
mod0re Nandcrbiits views on claryOyauce and re-
lgion. == City officials conferred concerning
street cleaning == Nal-st. rumOTs about the
National Trust Company We're denied. =- Edward
A. Nance a wealthy resident, shot himself at his
brothers Office --=- The trial OF DR.. 7. s. Lam
bert, ora charge of perjury, was begun. -= Ed
ward I. Rice, of tho Registers Office, and Andreas
Won Limbeck, of lObokcn, are missing -= PO-
lice Captain Lowcry was tried on charges Of drunk
enness. -= Efforts were made to promote har-
mony in the XVIII Assembly District Tanmany
COMMITTEE == Dr. Washbum DR.. Crosby, Pro
fcss0I Short and others discussed the consolidation
OF colleges. --=- The Kings County Democratic
General Committee adjourned without action; the
Republican Committee organized for 1878. ==
Gold 1O2lt 1925 1928. Gold value Of the legal
tender dollar az the close 97tO cents. Stocks active
and Auctuatug, but closing weak without recovery.
The WE,IurR.-rEBUNE local observations in
dictate rainy and somewhat warmer weather Their
mometel yesterday, SO, 1872 42.o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05

Thanks to Judge Davis Connolly, the last of the
through the courts, emerges If not with his pockets
lightened. at least with the brand upon his brow
which belongs there. 70 him we owe perhaps
the most vigorous and satisfactory utterlncc that
has been heard from the bench in the Ring suits
since this same Judge himself sentenced Tweed.
Judge Davis speaks for the whole community when
he denouuccs the disgracefu failure Of almost
every attempt to bring the thieves to justice, and
expresses his disgust at the recent performances Of
some Of these rascals under the patronage Of the
Aldermcn's Committee. As to COnnolly's honesty,
Judge Davis is as explicit could be desired, and
whatever consolation that wretched exile may
draw from his counseFs portrait of him
nection with the voucher robbery, and who
is now ready 10 make all the TeparatlOn he can for
the crimes OF Others he will get none from his
Judge The public is distinctly informed that this
proceeding is not to be considered as in any way,
shape or manner. certificate Of good character for
him This is undoubtedly the last Of Connolly as a
defendant. 1t is well understood that he has
little or no real estate which the city
could reclaim, and, as far as any practical
good is concerned. the Judgment might as well
have been entered for eight dollars as for eight
millions. Indeed, Alr. Waterbury admitted that a
Million more or less. made difference Slippery
Dick" will remain abroad, rich and miserable, bat
slippery to the last. At the same time, 1t was re-
frcshiDg to hear Judge Davis say what he did.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05

involving British interests win not he affected
in the settlement is clearly intended to remove
any pretext for his Interference. The triple
alliance seeks to have the spois of war left iii
it's own hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05

Little good came out of the conference OF
CITY officials yesterday, on the subject of clean
ing our streets There was "A great deal of eX-
PLANTATION as to why our streets are filthy,
and a profuse exhibit of the difficulties
of keeping them even passably clean.
The excuses were 50 satisfactory to cur
Mayor that he concluded that nothing
could he effected without new legislation. SO,
for the present. there will be nothing done.
The only practicable suggestion for anything
that could be started promptly, was 10y Pro-
fessor Chandler TO compel the separation of
garbage from ashes by the occupants Of
dwellings. This was at one time enforced
for while under an existing ordinance. The
shiftless, senseless way in which our author
tiles work was at that time fairly illustrated,
by dumping together INTO the carts the garb-
age and ashes that had been separated. The
lack In that instance was not Of legislation,
but of brains. 1t IS satisfactory, however, to
find that the Mayor believes that somebody
is responsible for our dirty streets; he lays
the burden ON our Police Commissioners,
though for the present he accepts their ex-
CuSCS.
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Hnolncse Nonree.

FINEST OLIVE OR SALAD on, expressed from
the choicest SITED OLiy1, especially for and bottled by;
CNwrLL HAzAED Co, druggists tiih Avenue ~, ltoosl
Budding AMI Gh ave. o9thst also. No 2 Ihaiues
ct Newport r IS bottle this oil ourselves, we can
guarantee % De- superior 60 oihri salad OH III
market our only places OF business ere - above
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RRANcn nTFIcEs Ia THE TRIDUNE.

Nrw-YoEK-No. 1.23S broadway. corner Thirty
frst-st: No. SOS West Twenty-third-st.. corner
Eighth-ave: No. $50 Ihrd-aye., corner Forty
seyenth-st: No. 2.3sG Fourth-ayc. ilarem.l
NAsHINGTON-No. .335 Est.
IoNDON-No. l3 Pail Mall. :. w.
PARIs-No II Rue de Ia MOnnaie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-05

Never were there such unselfsh men in Ring
before. One sacrificed his property 10 Illustrate
the extent of has brothers repentance, and now
another, who says he never stole anything IS
willing to make restitution foI those who did.
Now if Tweed viii pay lngersoll that money,
aud Ingcrsoll will volunteer 90 80 back to the
State J. rson, we shall know that the Ring
millennium is al hand.