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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

Henry and Rufus A. Echclbergcr, Of New
Oxford, Adams county, Pa, are building
bank barn ll0Nj0 feet.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

We understand that the field of oats of Mr.,
Davis Myers, in Uniontown district was
nearly destroyed by hail on Thursday evening,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

Mrs. Ephaim Cover and Mrs. Lydia Whit,
mycr left Friazctlsburg ON Monday for v,si,
Of several weeks to Iillin, Ohio
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

Ma. ANDEgv Dies, of Manchester district,
fell from cherry tree on Monday last and
was severely stunned and bruised 10y the fall.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

Elijah 7. Benson, mortgage, sold on
Monday last tract of land containing l1l
acres, in Hampstead district, to Peier j.
Wisncr for $3.50.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23

entertainment will be given by the pupils
of Miss Lizzie Matthews school, at Odd Eel,
lows Hall, on Tuesday evening next, at 5
O'Clock.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
Talks from Gov. Hayes.

Governor Hayes made flying visit
to the town of Fremont, Ohio, on
Monday, and was rendered an inn
promptu reception by the citizens and
an organization known as the Pioneers.
He was introduced by Gen. Buckland,
who said Friends, have the
pleasure of introducing our President
elect, as we believe" Gov. Hayes
said: " Friends and neighbors, the
manner III which | am introduced
makes it rather easy for me to speak
without much embarrassment, bnt we
had better stick to the old title until
we are sure of something new. In
these times of uncertainty we are often
disappointed. The good news OF to-
day is often dispelled by the evil news
of tomorrow. During the few months
since the 9TH of November, | have
schooled myself so as not TO be very
much down, nor very much up, but to
try aud keep as near the even line as
possible. This kindly meeting this
evening do not take SO much as hon
oring me, as congratulations upon
the manner in which the strange and
peculiar question is now being settled.
No other country in the world could
have endured such struggle without
suffering lasting calamities. La the
event of remaining among you for the
next two or three years, will attend
the next Pioneer meeting, and bring
a bundle of letters and notes, many
of which / am constantly receiving,
such as curiously drawn sketches of
knives, daggers and revolvers, but |
have not lost much of my sleep from
any of them yet. Que of the most
amusing was received this week. 1t
was ii knife about two feet long, one
edge hacked like Il saw, probably for
saving the bone, the other side for
cutting the flesh; :his WAS wrapped i'll
several tllicknesses of paper, and in
side was II note aS fOllows:
This is the knife with which the editor of
the Capitdt was to assassinate you, AS you
went from the White House to the Capitol.
1t WAS taken from his pants leg while he
was asleep.
Well, friends, think have talked
long enongh; as | am in the business
ul hHdhiIlS ldIuHJ Hb'aiu ray Ih'It
am i'll excellent physical health, aud
if any of you wish to shake hands, |
will be glad to do so"
Those present then congratulated
the Governor, and the assemblage
Dispersed.
During the same day Gov. Hayes
also made niet speech at Springfield,
Ohio. He hoped the people would
acquiescc quietly whoever might be
the person declared eiccted; believes
the country desires peace and security,
and thought this idea should bc the
expression of the people to their rep
resentatives ut Washington. Realiz-
ing his lack of special fitness for the
performance of which he might be
called. he placed his trust in Almighty
God. who lules the destinics of ma
tiOns.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
Bayou LatOurche.

The Thibudaux Sentinel of February
IL gives some interesting statistics,
demonstrating the fertility and pro-
ductive wealth of the country trav
ersed by the Bayou Lafourche. Our
contemporary also embraces the OPP
portunity to give another dig ut the
virtually defunct proposition to block
ade the bayou at Donaldsonville. The
Sentinel says:
In 1861 there was raised and shipped
from Bayou Lafourche between Thib-
odaux and Donaldsonville 76, 1856 hogs
heads of sugar and l0O,0 900 to $50, 900
barrels of m0laskes, all of which found
exit by that stream, without estimat-
lug the amounts shipped via this
bayou from plantations below Thibo-
daux and from the Terrebonne coun-
try by means of the canal connecting
lower Terrebonne and Lafourche at
Lockport.
Estimating this crop at 800 per
hogshead and the molasses at $50 per
barrel, it will show value of over
$4,000, 900.
Bayou Lafourche furnished navi-
gable inlet for the immense supplies
necessarily consumed in the cultiva-
ton and manufacture of such crop,
consisting of provisions for man, for
age for animals, stone coal, lime, hoop
poles, fire brick, agricultural imple-
ments, machinery, etc.
1t is now proposed to shut off this
stream, to remove all means of trans
portation from the plantations dis
tance ranging from twenty miles and
less, Theoretically sealing any entrance
by which stone coal could be brought
to the planters front, deprive the peo-
pie and animals of water in dry
weather, and cause the loss of millions
of dollars worth of sugar cane in a
season such as the last one has been,
because water could not be had to
make the steam requisite to grind the
cane, or supply those plantations
which boil their cane juice by steam.
If this Lafourche country is to be
destroyed and turned into a deseI
waste there is no snrer olamore effec-
tual method of doing SO d Ian to close
the bayou at Donaldsonville.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

The Marksville Bulletin thus sets
forth the advantages which the good
parish Of Avoyelles offers to immi-
grants:
We lack in this parish at least 1000
laborers. Few planters have as many
hands as they can employ. There is
golden opportunity for the emigrant
in search of home wherc he will en-
joy peace, plenty and contentment.
Our lands are inferior to none in the
State, our climate is all that could be
desired, and our people are noted for
their kind and llospitable disposition.
In the river and the bayous, the soil
is inexhaustihle, producing wonderful
yields, and the prairies are peculiarly
adapted to stock raising, fruit gro4-
ing and many other occupations.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
DoNALDsoNvnLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 1877

Il rc
let alone nnbl;clv af,vocate the commission
of so horrible crime. Beyond this l have
nothing to say. ask no odds Of these peo-
pie. Iney are playing with dangerous eie-
saa.;a,aI $500 ~ =. ~ -, - ~ -. g.
h,ooa - .,.a ..o,,. Thar ,r;,l h.,o .nor,,b
todo in caring for themselves, without troub-
ling me. DOM PIATT.
l have devoted considerable OF my
limited space to this matter on account
of the great local disturbance it has
occasioned and because of its general
interest.
After two caucuses in which the
revolutionary copperheads in Congress
were defeated by Southern Democrats
who presented q virtually united front
against them, decisive vote was
reached IN the House yesterday upon
a nlibusfering expedlent, which ap-
pears TO have rent democracy IN
twain, ana ali the signs seems to
point to large accession to the great
natlonai party OF progressive Southern
men, heretofore acting with heforelgn
cOpperhead Democracy, which dra-
gooned them into rebeiiion and then
deserted them to their fate. The un-
natural alliance appears shattered
forever.
Among Cabinet rumors which are
rife Is one to the effect tilat the South
Will have IN It one or more OF It's rep
resentatlve men, and that the great
West beyond the Missouri 10 to have
a representative. Mr.. Morrill, by his
exceptional successful management OF
the Treasury Department, has made
hosts OF friends among the business
men and capitalists at home, and
amonSthose abroad who have direct
interest IN the STABILITY and honest
administration OF that Department,
and his retention VIII probably be
strongiy urged. The names OF Blaine
and Morton are also often heard In
connection with the new Cabinet.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
NUMBER 26.
Weekly News Summary.
Foreign.


The Sultan's health is good.
Russian war preparations continue.
The German Reichstag convened on
the 22nd ultimo.
Russia has placed torpedoes on the
Black Sea coast,
Austria and Hungary have finally
arranged the bank question.
The tariff over the Anglo-American
cable has been fixed at shilling
word.
1t is reported that the Cretans re-
fuse to elect deputies to the Ottoman
parliament.
A royal decree has been published
in Spain permitting the return of Car
list refugees.
Du Verdier, an Extremist, has been
elected President of the Municipal
Council of Paris.
One English and two French ships
are reported lost off the coast of Spain
with all on board.
Several dock yards will shortly be
opened for the relief of the unem-
ployed of Marseilles.
The schooner NJ. E. Donner was
ran down and sunk by the brig Mar
iposa. No lives lost.
The steamer Franconia, reported
wrecked at Cape San Bias, got off,
and is safe at Aspinwall.
The Montenegrin ambassadors
reached Constantinople, and the ar
mistice was prolonged by mutual con-
sent.
The bark Krouprinzen, from New
Orleans for Liverpool, was lost on
San Bayetano reefs. The crew were
saved.
The steamship Ohio ran into the
schooner Geo. II. Twibill and cut her
in two. The Ohio's boats picked up
the crew of the schooner.
Adeline Patti has instituted suit at
Paris for separation from her husband,
the Marquis of Caux. The parties
find their tempers incompatible.
A violent storm in England and
northern France produced much de-
vastation. Thirty vessels with their
crews were lost on the English coast,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

Ex-Gov. Pinchback thus defends
his course, in letter recently written
to friend at Indianapolis:
Knowing that the present pretending
Packard government is monstrOus
iniquity and its success would entail
still futher debauchery and demorali-
zation upon the race, / resolved to
destroy it if possible. / have not
abandoned the national Republican
party, but if to denouEce the thieves
in Louisiana, who are fast destroying
the manhood and integrity of my peo-
pie, renders me ineligible to member
ship III it, | shall have to seek shelter
elsewhere and continue my struggle
for justice and equality for the race,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
For TILE CHIEF.
A RAINY DAY.

LETTER FROM a GENTLEMAN AT HOT SPRINGS
TO HIS WIFE.
Well, this is a rainy day, dear Pet,
Dark, dismal and cheerless, and dreary and
wet,
And nothing hear save the sad refrain
Of the moaning wind and the pelting rain.
The caves are all yielding their drippity
drop,
The hillsides and paths are all slippity slop,
While the geese with their cackle, the ducks
with their quacks,
Roll the bright crystal globules right off
from their backs;
To them tits the jolliest, hveliest fun
That ever was known since creation begun ;
And yon believing bullfrog just down on
the creek
Has been singing this deluge for more than
week
But yonder sad rooster and hens, ween,
With dripping plumage and solemn mien,
Are waiting, perhaps, for the man with the
wire,
Who wooes them with chaff, but who cooks
them with fire
In TRUTH tits against all the rules of good
breeding,
And is altogether Il most fouL proceeding.
But it's thus that our landlord supplies his
full board,
ford"
In the midst of this raining the dinner bell
rings,
When at once to his feet every hungry soul
springs,
From euchre or draughts, or casino or chess,
Some lounging, some dozing, i'll dress or un
dress.
where's my hat 8" Where's my shoes ="
Where's my vest and my coatl
"Will the landlord not send US hack or n
boat F.
"Or spread some tarpaulins tor send an
umbrella,
f" Or parasol only to help out felleri"
.' En- arant, mes cmfants," for the bell rings
u charger
Right on through the trees without carriage
or barge"
Dinner to right of them,
Dinner to left of them,
Dinne.iu front of them,
Valued and 1ondled!
Theirs not to Vince or whine,
Tho tII..y will yet 10 wine
Theirs but to do or dine,
Onward they trundled!
And they captured that dinner in spite of
the rain,
And are ready for service again and again.
Some palsied, some limpng, some hobbling
on crutches;
such is
The nature of boarders, TO bring all their
maladies
Where are beef and potatoes, and eke the
best salad is.
Thus many shall part where many did
meet"
And the white table-clotll be their sole wind
ing sheet.
Aud such, Pet. is life at the famed Sulphur
Springs,
When, in midst of ii raiustorm, the dinner
bell rings.
C.. VII.
Sulphur Springs. Ark, Aug 10, 1876.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

An agreement betweeIS the Porte
and the Servian enVoys was concluded.
Prince Milan will address Il letter to
the Sultan accepting the Turkish con-
ditions, except those claiming equality
for the Jews in Seryia and the right
of the Porte to be automatically rep
resented at Belgrade. The Sultan
will grant Prince Milan new tirman
determining the further relations of
Servia and Turkey.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
Domestic.

Five business houses burned at
Mexia, Texas.
Gen. Andrew w. Dennison, post
master at Baltimore, was found dead
in bis bed.
The Opera House, Baptist church
and private residence burned at
Waco, Texas.
The President has issued procla-
nation ratifying the extradition trea-
ty with Spain.
Francisco YiRcent Aguilera, Vice
President of the Cuban Republic, died
in New York on Sunday.
The Columbia Life Insurance Com
pany of St. Louis has been enjoined
from continuing business.
A band of indians attacked Sheriff
City, Dakota One hundred shot were
fired no damage to miners.
Ex President Iglesais of Mexico ar
rived at San Francisco and is now en-
route East, via Niagara Falls.
DR.. John L. Temple, the founder of
the Homeopathic Medical College of
Missouri, is dead, aged 10 years.
Ford's New American Theatre,
Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire !;
loss $l50,00O, insurance SIS, 900.
The Deaf and Dumb Asylum at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, was destroyed
by fire. The inmates all escaped.
Cardinal Cullen refused to allow
the remains of John O'Mahoney t0 lie
in state in the cathedral at Dublin.
The Norwegian bark Lief, from
Liverpool for Savannah, stranded on
Hunting Island, S. c. The crew were
saved.
Revenue officers captured ten dis
tilleries and nine men in the moun-
tains of South Carolina. No resistance
was offered.
Henry Rehberger, workman in
Maginnis' Oil Works, New Orleans,
shot and killed himself during a fit of
TEN porary insanity.
Gen. Macarthur, postmaster of Chi
cago, is short $38 900 in his accounts.
Mr.. Frank w. Palmer has been APP
pointed to the position.
The st. Louis, Lawrence and Vest
ern Railroad was sold at auction at
Lawrence, Kansas, for $500, 900, to
the mortgage bondholders.
A scaffoldins gave way at Bethel
hem, Pa. precipitating six men sew
enty feet, killing two outright and
severely injuring the other four.
Mr. Cochran of New Orleans had
two ribs broken by railroad ac-
cident at Br0od's station, on the Lou
isyille and Cincinnati short line.
| NJ. Ontrey, the new French minis
ter, presented his credentials to the
President on the a3rd nit, when the
customary addresses were made.
Fonr persons named Hard have
been arrested charged with being inn
plieated in the killing of Lieut.. Me-
Intyre, in the Georgia mountains.
i Edward Americus, a colored labor
er, was thrown from a gravel train on
the st. Louis and Chicago railroad,
near New Orleans, by men who at-
tempted to rob him. Ameficns WAS
discovered twenty four hours after
| ward, insensible and nearly deal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

Never go into store where you are
not wanted. II man wants you to
come to his room he will invite you
to do SO. aud if a merchant wants you
to visit his place of business he will
invite you through yonr home paper.
1t is very wrong in any one to intrude
upon privacy, SO don't do it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

Pettingill says that the first g re-
turning board" of which he has any
recollection was sliingle in the hands
of his father. fhe three father, son
and slingle-used to hold frequent
committee meetings in the back shed,
but the returns came in su swiftly
that fair count was impractieable.
Boston Advertiser
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
AGENTS FOR THE CHIEF.

WIN. G. Wilkinson. Donaldsonville, La.
DIR. John Dominique. Dominique's Landing
j. b. Hebert, New River.
Mex Meyers. Manchac and Port Vincent.
II. II. Bloomfield. Bayou Goula. La.
j. Curtis Waldo, New Orleans, La.
Geo. y. Rowell g. CO.. New York.
Rowell S Chesman. st. Louis. Missouri.
G. A. Cock & Co. Chicago, Illinois.
Bates & Locke, New York.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

Eg Baton Rouge Adrocate, Feb.
%: A negro deck hand employed Oh
the steamer Frank Pargoud fell into
the river, between the boat and Il coal
barge Tuesday night, and was
drowned.
sY Morgan CITY Register: A little
child of John Bigler drank some coal
oil from n can and died from the eff
fects of the t1nid. = Morgan City has
n boy seven years old, son of VIM.
Jones, who weighs 100 pounds.
gB ST. james Sentinel: Geo. f,
Bovee, Tax Collector of this parish,
has made his settlement with the
Parish Treasurer His collections
since the Goth of November amount
to 1887 "a, leaving delinquent list
of 2143 46.
w West Baton Rouge Sugar
Planter: An inquest was held Fri
day evening of last week on the body
Of Thos. Berdoes, levee lahorer. at
the railroad depot. The jnry pro-
nounced verdict of " asphyxiated
alcoholism"
I Shreveport Times Jno. Agnrs
shot and killed negro man named
John Waber at Greenwood Mr..
II. H. Pitts was thrown from his horse
and drowned while crossing slough
in Sabine bottom, few miles beyond
Loganspoft.
~ Madison Journal. Feb. 20: One
day last week, while the steamer
Kate Dickson was lying at Milliken's
Bend, quarrel took place between
Mike Gallagher, the mate, and one of
the deck hands. and the deck hand
was shot and killed by Gallagher. who
afterwards took the yawl of the Dick
son and made his escape.
gg IberviIle South All the levees
of this parisI. that were down are now
in fair way of construction and will
soon be finished. fhe preliminary
trial of the four colored men who
killed George Washington on the 10th
inst. was concluded on Tuesday.
Judge Crowell decided it was case
of murder and sent the four accused
before the District Court.
" Lafayette Aduertiser Mr.. E.
f. Delaunay, general agent for the
Sun Mutual and La. Equitable lnsnr-
ance Companies of New Orleans, died
very suddenly of apoplexy. at this
place. A serious alteration took
place between Israel Thibodeaux and
Joseph Meaux, in which the former
received "a mortal wound with a knife,
i'm the left side above the hip. Thibo-
deaux acknowledged that he was Ill
the wrong and desired that Meaux
should not be prosecuted.
II Thibodaux Sentinel: On the
morning of the 18th instant, as the
passengers were getting abroad the
cars at Algiers, IA number of them
were robbed of their purses. watches,
chains, ETC. Statistical reports of
the products of Assumption, La
fourche and TerreboIne parishes for
the past year show, as compared with
the crop of 1875, gain of 36l8 hlids.
of sugar, decrease OF 447l hbls. of
molasses, and decrease of 26,6l7
bbls. of rice. The decrease in the
culture of rice will be large the pres
ent year, as but few planters will
plant it at all, aud many small grow
ers will abandon its culture. The ex
cellent seed cane and ratoons Indicate
Il fine Weld of sugar next Fall.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

Transient advertisements 81 90 per square
first insertion; each subsequent insertion,
rs cents.
All official notices 81 90 per square each
publication.
Editorial notices-in local columns, 30
cents per line.
Brief communications upon subjects OF
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is rot responsible for the views
of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donaidsonville. La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03
Sulphur Springs. Ark, Aug. 10, 1876.


Greatness flows out of Ohio, MS
Mark Twain would say, "as sponta-
neously as the ottor of roses out of the
ottcr.n When Gen. Grant, an Ohio
man, resigned the command of the
army to assume presidential dignities,
he was succeeded by Gen. Sherman,
another Ohio man. Gen. Sherman's
promotion caused IL vacancy which
was filled by the promotion of Gen.
Sheridan, also an Ohio man. When
Chief Justice Chase, who was an Ohio
man, died, another Ohioan in the per-
son of Judge Waite WAS placed ut the
head of the Supreme Court. And now
that Gen. Grant is about to retire
from the Presidency, another son of
this much favored State, r. b. Hayes,
is to be his successor.-N. q. PicG-
yuhe.
Our contemporary has given the
glorious old Buckeye State a little
more credit than she lie entitled to,
inasmucl as President Grant is not an
Ohioan but an Illinoisan. Perhaps
this detraction is compensated for,
however, by little circumstance
which the Picayune has overlooked :
ahem -ah-excuse these bushes the
editor of the CHIEF is a native of Ohio.
The views of Gov. Hampton OF
South Carolina relative to the proper
course for the Democrats in Congress
to pursue are thus stated:
| think it not advisable to throw
obstacles in the way of the decision
of the commission. We submitted
our case to that tribunal, and it we
have been deceived or betrayed, we
can better afford to suffer defeat, whicb
brings nu dishonar to our party, than
to incur the imputation of acting in
bad faith. Other legitimate means of
redress are still open to us, without
resorting to parliamentary tactics,
which may imperil the peace of the
country, aud would surely place US
in Il false position. The Interests OF
the whole country demand Il peaceful
settlement of the pending question.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

gB ST. james Sentinel: Geo. f
Bovee, Tax Collector of this parish,
mas made his settlement with the
Parish Treasurer. His collections
since the Goth of November amount
to 1887 "a, leaving a delinquent list
of 0I43 46.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

sY Morgan CITY Register: A little
child of John Bigler drank some coal
oil from can and died from the eff
fects of the find - Morgan City has
u boy seven years old, son of VIM.
Jones, who weighs 120 pounds.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

Eg Baton Rnuge AdrOcate, Feb.
%: A negro deck hand employed Oh
tie steamer Frank Pargoud fell into
the river, between the boat and coal
barge Tuesday night, and was
drowned.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-03

w West Baton Rouge Sugar
Planter: An inquest was held Fri
day evening of last week on the body
of Thos. Berdoes, levee lahorer. at
the railroad depot. The jnry pro-
nounced a verdict of " aSphyxiated
alcoholism,D