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The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
DoNALDsoNv1LLE, La. SATURDAY, MAY ae, 1877.

Mr.. Evarts is said to have been
tempted to course of strict non-in-
tervention by assurances that we
be allowed to push our Southern from
tier beyond the Rio Grande. From a
reported conversation of Assistant
Secretary Seward, international OBJ
legations will be strictly enforced, but
way to avoid the governments ine
reference is alleged to have been
suggested which is feasible and may
be adopted. The prime movers in the
enterprise appear sanguine!of success
provided their volunteers can succeed
in crossing the border fairly equipped.
So far as discharges from and new
appointments to office have been made
it appears rather difficult TO discover
any radical difference from the meth
DDS governing the matters heretofore.
A potion of Washingtonians still
continue to denounce Marshal Doug
lass for his Baltimore lecture, and to
urge his decapitation, although the
offender has disavowed all SANDER
Gus or unkind intent. The truth ap-
pears to be that his remarks were in-
tended to apply to Washington as it
existed prior 60 tile war, and not to it
in its cllaraeteras regenerated by that
event. But every thing said against
it was reported as against the Nation.
al Capitafof to-day, while much SAID
in its favor was omitted, changing the
wltote spirit of the lecture which, on
the Whole, was highly eulogistic and
no one should be mad about it, if
some of the officials here and those
striving to become such, found faith.
full delineator. 4
The government is really much em-
barrassed i'll many of its most vital re-
lations by exhaustion of the appro-
priations cut down to the most inad-.
eqnate proportions by the reform De-
mocracy of the forty forth Congress.
The President and several members
of his Cabinet are still absent on their
New York visit, and the city is suffer-
ing from IN inuudation of office
ers, chiefly from the South, awaiting
his return.
SENTINEL.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
NUMBER 3s.
Weekly News Summary.
Foreign.

The Russians are bombarding Nik-
opolus.
e A balloon exploded at Hull, Eng
land, injuring 86 spectators.
The Turks bombarded Sukum- Kale
and burned the town, which was con-
sequently evacuated.
An affray took place at Mallow,
Ireland, between the town people
and some militia recruits, in which
eleven of the latter were injured.
A mutiDy occurred on board the
American ship Kate Davenport, at
Liverpool. The chief officer was shot.
The Russians have succeeded mex
plodimg Krupp shells under water,
the fragments flying a great distance.
The Russians have captured Arda-
han, in Asiatic Turkey, with sixty
cannon and a large quantity of stores.
The steamerJ. Bramwell, from New,
Haven with million dollars worth of
war material, arrived at Constanti-
nople.
The American brig &C. Sweeny,
for the United States, returned to
Havre, the crew having mutinied and
killed the mate.
Z The Danube is too high for pontoon-
ing. 1t is estimated the Turks have
900, 900, men north of the Balkans to
resist 25n, 900 Russians.
The Porte is anxious about arms
and ammunition due from America,
and is represented rs angry with ns
for allowing the Russian squadron to
remain in American waters.
Russia is said to be alarmed by in
dications of a Polish insurreetiOn. The
Governor General at Warsaw is or
dered to exercise the greatest vigilance
to prevent an uprising.
The Pope received the pilgrims from
Canada and Rhode Island, headed by
the Bishop of Sherbrolle and Vicar
General Bonsqne.. The Bishop deliv-
cred an address and the Pope replied.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26

were paid for before they left the
port, as we'll as the vessel that car
ried them, the whole concern is Rus
sian property. The vessel and cargo
is valued at 81 100000, making it a
tempting prize. Accordingly party
of spectators, acting in concert with
the Turkish representative here, have
bought a fleet steamer, and put into
her an armament, and propose to
follow and capture her on the high
seas. 1t will be y splendid speeula-
tion, as the Turkish Government will
Immediately buy the steamer to be
used in similar ventures, and as both
governments are compelled to get
their arms from this country, to u
very considerable extent, there will
be great deal of this kind of thing.
done, which will employ many adven-
turous spirits. The Remingtons, it is
said, have contracts for over million
of rifles, as both Russia and Turkey
have inspectors on the ground, there
will be a curious state of affairs at
lion. 1t may puzzle the nanltfac-
turers there to keep the officers fiom
cutting each others throats. But they
have done it before. They used to
have Spanish and Cuban officers in
specting arms at the same time, and
they will probably manage the Turk
and Russian with equal skill.
The weather is frightfully hot. The
thermometer having stood at 65 for
three days. AS it came without any
preliminary skirmishing, it pulls lis
down. PlETRO.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
The Flag of the Prophet.

What is this fag of the Prophet,
around which the turbaned the
FAITHFUL are called upon to rally ?
The best authorities state that it was
originally of Il white color, and was
composed of the turban OF the koreisll,
captured by Mohammed. A black
tfag was, however, soon substituted
in its place, consisting of the curtain
that had .lnng before the door of the
Ayeshall. the favorite wife OF the Pho.
phet, whose affection for her was so
strong that he was wont to say that
she would be the first of his wives to
whom the gates OF paradise would be
open. The Sanjak Sheriff is regarded
by the Mobammedans as their most
sacred relic. 1t first came INTO the
possession Of the followers of Omar,
tue second Caliph of the MoslenIs,
and generally regarded as the founder
OF the Mollammedan power, as from
a mere sect he raised it to the rank OF
a conqueFi2g nation, aud left TO his
successors an empire greater than
that which Alexander of Macedon had
made and ruled in oltlen time. 1t
was this Omar who assumed the title
of Commander of the Faithful
(Emir-al- l-mumenia) by which, as the
readers of the " Arabian Knights En-
tertainments will remember, the
Caliph Haroun-al Raschid. who was
contemporary with ChalleMasne, was
always addressed. The flag of the
Prophet passed from the followers of
Omar, at Damascus, Into the hands of
the conquering Abbasitles, in the
middle of the eighth century next
into those of the Caliphs of Bagdad
and Kallira. 1t was brought into
Europe toward the close of the six
teenth century 10y Sultan Amurath
III. with wAom Queen Elizabeth
made a treaty of commerce in 1879.
1t was deposited in Constantinople,
where, covered with fOrty-two wrap
pings of silk, it was deposited in
chapel in the interior of the seraglio,
where it is perpetually guarded By
several emirs with constant prayers.
1t is known, h.wever, that the banner
unfolded by the Moslems at the be-
ginning of the war, and likewise care
fully preserved, is not the same as the
identical flag which Moliammed had
made out of the white turban of the
Koreish. The Moslems believe that
it il, and will fight bravely under it,
verifying Mokanna's famous declara-
ton, that
/" Faith, fanatic faith once welded fast
To one dear falsehood hugs It to the last
Philadelphia Press.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Yes, think it was perfectly splendid
I'm sure feel awfully wise.
With my head full of glaciers and icebetgs
Of such Ridiculous size;
And the masses of what-do-you. call-it!
The dirt that is ever so old.
And came down on the ice to New jersey
1t must have been horribly cold.
The views, too. weren't they lovely
Especially Mount Blanc and the Alpsl
Though the last ones were perfectly frightful
Those men with the clubs and the scalps
Well, maybe they didn't have scalps-
They frightened me all the same;
And that animal-wasn't he horrid
The-what-did-he-sa e-say-was-his-name
0 perfectly dote upon science!
think it's just jolly good fun;
And wish | were going ON your expe-
Dition, with knapsack and gun.
Mamma says I'm growing strong-minded,
And should cut off my hair and all that;
Though eyeglasses would not become me,
And how could keep on my hat
Here's the end of our walk. Goodnight
You may call Wednesday night, Rob,
And we1l talk ef the Glacial Epoch.
And the wonderful thingumabob.
-Prineetonian.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
--~0<n--
MAY DAY.
FANCY AND FACT.

Hail, beauteo us May sweet month of flowers
John, stir the fire, put on more coal
OF verdure soft and gentle showers!
f1is showing hard upon my soull
The south wind dailies with the flowers,
This northern gale quite takes my breath,
And sweet blooms of jasmine bowers.
llll swear I'm nearly chilled to death.)
The joyous brooks breaks into song:
tThe ice is fully one inch thick.)
Sweet May is here, though absent long,
I {This colds eaeugh to make one sick.
To the woods cool shade let us away;
(The coal NIL gone what Il fearful bore y
Hail, beauteolts. balmy, constant May
(My haud's so cold | can write no m0re.)
-Philadalphia Press.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
Domestic.

Town of Creswell, n. G.. burned.
A $500, 900 fire occurred at Wood-
stock, Mo.
A s5OO.OOO fire occurred at st.
Stephens, N. B.
Quiglay the wife murderer, was
hanged at Philadelphia, Pa.
Z. Felix committed suicide at New
Orleans by drowning himself.
A loaded coal barge sunk at the
head of Piety street, New Orleans.
The body of Mrs. Augustine Menkin
was found in we'll il: New Orleans.
The sloop-of Plymouth left
Pensacola for Vera Cruz on the cath.
The ships Uncle Toby, Geneva aud
Hancock were lost on the coast of
Peru.
A child six years old, fell from u
balcony in New Orleans and WINS
killed.
Seventeen ships were wrecked and
forty damaged recently on the coast
of Peru.
Charles Horr, little child, fell into
the New Basin at New Orleans and
was drowned.
r. f. Peterson was arrested at New
York charged viii having obtained
$4,000 fraudulently.
A steady and increasing demand
for American securities by foreign
investors is Indicated.
P. I. Barnnm and the father of
Charlie Ross offer $4,000 for the boy
and no questions asked.
Mrs. Donovan having guarreled with
her husband. drowned herself and two
children at Cleveland, O.
Rochester Company's factories were
destroyed by fire. The loss is about
100000; insurance S80,0O0.
A deputation of. the United Metho-
dist Conference. in session at Balti-
more, called on President Hayes.
Capt. r. ]. Jeffreys of Horn Lake,
Miss. shot himself, blowing the whole
top of his head off with shot gun.
Dent Whips, proprietor of Will
lard's Hotel, Louisville, who killed
his clerk in May last, was acquitted.
Tom Malone shot and killed him
self at n station on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, eight miles from Mo-
bile, Ala.
1t ia feared the schooner G.. P. POM
eroy. frnm Satilla river, Ca, for Bath,
Maine, with timber, has been lost Gfr
Hatteras.
The depot building at Little York,
n. Y, was burned, with FIVE children
of breakman who occupied the mp
per story.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
called ten millions FIVE twenty bonds
of 1865. on which the interest ceases
August 81
The building occupied hy Hostetter
isitters Company and C. Fl. Ruther-
ford, dug manufacturer in y. Y, was
DESTROYED by fire. Loss estimated at
$50, 900.
Tom and Ike Reynolds, illicit whis-
KEY distillers, resisted four revenue
| officers who sought to arrest them,
near Glasgow, Ky. Both brotlters
We're dangerously wonnded.
Chas. Tommy, c0lorpd, after sellins
his body to the doctors for three ss0s-
lars and eonfessing the outrage and
subsequent martler of Mrs. Carraway,
! q white lady, was hanged at Anegieus,
Ga.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26
AGENTS FOR THE CHIEF.
ASCENSION PARISH.

ASCENSION PARISH.
WIN. G.. Wilkinson, DOnaldsonviile, La.
DIR. John Dominique, Dominique's Landing
j. B. Hehrrt, New River.
Alex. Meyers, Manchac and Port Vincent
ELSEWHERE.
r. II. Bloomfield. Bayou Goul3. La.
j. Curtis Waldo, New 0rieaus, La.
Geo. z. Rowell & Co.. New Ycrk
Rowell & Chesnan. St. Louise Missouri.
&. A. Cook & Co. Chicago, Illinois.
bates & Locke New York
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26


colned boys were drowned in Bayou
Bartholomew, near the Williams place
- West Feliciana Sentinel: Wed
nesalav night u roored m;in known as
French Jim was shot ard seriously
wounded by some uHkudwn persrn,
in st. Francisyille.
To- Rieiiian,I Beacon a. nal.tta
sleight-of-l hand performer and ban
ioist, named William Quigicy, was shot
and killed at or near Boxiua, Miss,
by Louis Collins, a negro; WHO is row
in Jail at Vicksburg.
" Concordia Eagle: John Linton.
Constable of the first ward, was struck
upon the head with an TX Ivy jacob
Hawkins and instantly killed. The
murderer fed, but WAS arrested oppo-
site Fort Adams, Miss.
~ Shreveport Telegrpm: Henry
Plowman. from Vifden, Ills, was Ie-
Gently accidentally shot and killed at
this place by his friend and travelling
companion, James NJ. Fannell. The
latter underwent judicial examina-
tion and was discharged from custody.
~ st. John MeSchacebc Capt. J.
Barter, a f1atboat trader, was robbed
of about S400; on the 10th inst, in
front of Acadia store, parish of St.
James. Capt. Barter made affidavit
charging Nellie Owen, WHO was travel
ling on his boat, with the robbery. A
special constable has been dispatched
in search of the maiden:
g Lafayette 4dUertiger Alcibi-
aides F0rman was arrested on q war
rant charging him with having fur
nished Lafayette Forman, in the par
isli jail and accused of murder, with a
file and crowhar to facilitate his es-
cape. - The smallpox cases near Pin
Hook are doing weil-one being re-
covered the other two convalescent.
~ w. Baton Rouge Sugar Planter: !:
S4n Monday of last week a colored
man aalaed Hugh Landreaux, brutally
assaulted and SO severely wounded
,his father 1iR-&aw, Edward Willis, that
the old man died on tile Wednesday
following. The mHu(ier aroused the
greatest Indignation among the col
ored population of the parish, and an
attempt was made tolyaeh Landreaux
which was with difficulty resisted by
the officers.
w Franklin Saa; At DelAi, on taAe
lIth inst, Mr. John Young of that
place was shot and killed by Mr..
George Ellison. The nur6erer. who
is man of bad character, said to
have committed maTder in Missis-
sippi, made good his escape, though
fired at by several hystanaers. The
quarrel between tie men resulted
froAa an old feud- Several mules
have been killed on DR.. Rapp's and
fMr. John Bradley's places By the
.gaats.
! tg 0pelousas o0xyRqit 4 letter
dated 10Th inst, from Bayou Ghicot,
states that the day before the body
of a deaa white man was found be-
hind q log about forty yards from the
old Jackson road, six miles north of
that place. It seems the murdered
man Wac q, foot traveller, and had
camped blythe road side. Signs in
dicated tlIat.lie had been dragged feet
foremost from his camp by the road.
TO where the :body was concealed.
Two bullet holes we're through the
skull. The pockets Of his pants were
turned inside out. Il is supposed lie
asas killed while asleep.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26

Transient advertisements 81 90 per square
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Brief conmunieations upon subjects Of
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Nc attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not responsible for the views
of correspondents
Address: GRIEF, Donaldsonvilie, La.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-20
Keen Straight Ahead.

Pay no attention to slanderers and
gossip mongers. Keep straight on in
your course, and let their backbiting
die the death of neglect. What is the
use of lying awake at night brOOding
over the remark of some false friend,
that rung through your brain like light
ming! v hat is the use of getting into
a worry and fret over gossip that has
been set afloat to your disadvantage by
some meddlesOme busybOdy who has
more time than character? The things
cannot possibly iniure you unless, in
deed, you take notice of them, and in
combating them give them standing
and character. If what is said about
you is true. set yourself right; if it is
false. let it 90 for what it will fetch. If
a bee were to sting you, would you 90
to the hive to destroy itY Would not a
thousand come upon you? 1t is wis
dom to say little respecting the injuries
you have received. We are generally
losers in the end, if We stop to refute all
the backblting and gOssiping we may
hear by the way. They are annoying,
it is true. but not dangerous, SO long as
We do not stop to expostulate and scold.
Our characters are formed and sus-
tanned by ourselves, by our own actions
and purposes. and not by others. Let
us always bear in mind that "calumni-
atOrs may usually be trusted to time
and the slow but steady justice of pub
| lie opinion"
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-20

zen I'm and do not think So "They
NV hsis As black az a niger" said the
soms'. Il gurss no. Sal! the other,
~ thpk he Is about NV complexion"
Jus. here the stage became full. and
Cows offered 10 take Master Wilson
mon is knee. for which The lllv Wa
vrry tankful. and became more con-
dding han before.
She rmaykrd TIA. she shouIi Ike "a
hear us man who Is trying ,o get the
Goyerorshlp away from her tl,b4nd"
talk 3 little anywav. and WIS deter
mined 10 stop over IN Marietta FOR "A
night ni listen "a him.
Thus matters ran on until The town
was richei and the crowd t-sAn 10
call fGrthe next Governor. Tom Corwin
Esv.n hen the good woman did not
understand. and II WAS only when Cor
win replied that Ia would spetk - soon
a. he put Wilson Shannon down that
she appreciated the situation and de-
psar,ed n IA passion.
II " thought AZ one time that the
insight which Mr. Cofwln thus gained
intot the plans Of his opponent dlI much
toward turning the scale of election IN
bis fayt-. -CIsC- lGDi L-ui,r.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-20
Nsxims kr Young Men.

Never be idle. If your hands cannot
be usefully employed. attend 10 the cul-
tiyatiOn of your nand.
Always speak the truth.
Keep good company or none.
Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements.
Keep your secrets. If you pave any.
When you speak to person. look him
in the face.
Good company and good converse
ton are the sinews of virtue
Good character is above all things
else.
Never listen to loose or idle eonversa-
ton.
You had better be poisoned N your
blood than in your principles.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your Owl acts.
If any one speak evil of you. let Your
life be so virtuOus that none Will t"-
lieve him.
Drink no intoxicating liquors.
Ever live, misfOrtunes excepted. with
in your income.
When you retire to bed. think over
what YOU have done during the day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no haste to be rich if you would
prosper.
Small and steady gains give compe-
tency with tranquility of mind.
Never play at any game of chance.
Avoid temptation through fear that
YOU NAV not withstand it.
Earn your money before you spend
it.
Never run in debt unless you see d
way to get out again.
Never borrow if you can possibly
avoid it.
Be just before you are generous.
Keep yourself innocent if you would
be happy.
Save when you are young and spend
when you are old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-20
Tower Of London.

At the present moment the Office of
Works is engaged in clearing out and
restoring the chapel with the precincts
of the Tower of London known as st
Peters ad %vincular. 1t was here that
the state prisoners who died in the
Tower, or were behealed were gener-
ally inferred. but, according to the GUS
tom, in plain deal collins. and always
without plates by which their bodies
might be subsequently identified. Luck
lily at this time the Secretary to the
office of Works is a gentleman who. by
his writings as we'll as by such pOr-
tiOns of his collections as have passed
into the possession of the South Ken
singtOn Museum, shows himself to be "a
student and an artist, and it is owing
to his reverent care that IN clearing out
the vaults of the Tower chapel the
dead have given up some Of their
secrets. The Tower records have been
carefully searched, and the infoI nation
has been applied to each coffin as it was
brought to light. First almost among
them was n lying far down the nave
containing bones, which, according to
the opinion of the surgeon. were those
of a woman of at least sixty or seventy
years Of age. The records showed that
in ONE such spot was inferred the body
of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury,
whom Henry VIII. caused to be be-
headed in 1541. Near the alter, lin a
common elm tree chest made to put ar
| rows in" were the remains of another
woman, young and ~delicately made, and
whose "lyttel necke," it would give a
headsman 80 littl. trouble to sever
These are almost certainly those Of
Anne Boleyn. MOI far of the diggers
came upon the remains of what must
have been a man Of more than ordinary
stature; and on comparing cOntempor-
airy chronicles with the iii cial records,
these were identified as the remains Of
Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. OF
his daughter, the unhappy Ltdy Jane
Grey, no trace has as yet been discover
ed, and it is feaei that in her case, as
probably in thst of many others, the
later corners have disturbed the resting
places of the original occupants, and as
in no case was there eve the pretense
Of honor or reject shown To the re-
mains OF state criminals, it is not i'm
probable that Lady Jane Grey and her
coffin may have Olg since been ground
to powder. Amongst other persons
buried in the chapel may be mentioned
Sir John Eliot, t,e Duke Of Monmouth,
r )bert DevereH. Earl or Essex. and
the Lords BalnerinO. Kilmarnock and
Lovat, i'm pllca,sd in the Scottish rebel.
lion of I1l5.
The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-20
How to Breathe Properly.

Most people breathe properly, often
more by accident or instinct than by
design, but on the other hand hundreds
of thousands do not breathe properly,
while many thousands at his present
moment ar suffering from more or
less severe affections of the lungs or
throat, owing to a faulty mode of respi-
ratio: in other words, because they
breathe through the mouth instead Of
through the nOstrllS. The mouth has
its W functions to perform in con-
nectiOn with eating, drinking and
speaking; and the nOstrils have theirs,
namely, smelling and breathing.
In summer time the error of respiring
through the mouth is lot so evident as
l. the winter season, when it is un-
doubleday fraught with danger to the
person who commits the mista Ike. If
any n breathes through the MAJ ural
channel. the nOstrils, the air, passing
Over the mucous membrane lining the
various chambers of the nose, becomes
warmed to the temperature of the
body before reaching the lungs; but if
he takes the air between the lips and in
the mouth, the cold air comes in con-
tact with the delicate lining membrane
of the throat and lungs, and gives rise
to a chill, frequently ending Ill intlam-
nation.
Many persons without knowing the
reason why they are benefited, wear
respiratOrs over their mouths in winter,
if they happen to go out of doors. By
so doing they diminish the amount of
air which enters between the lips, and
virtually compel themselves to breathe
through the nOstrIls. But they can at
tain just the same result by keeping
the lips closed, a habit which is easily
acquired, and cOnduces to the proper
and natural way of breathing.
We believe hat if people would only
adopt this simple habit-in other words
if they would take for their rule in
breathing, "Shut your mouth" there
would be an intense diminutiOn in the
two classes, namely, diseases of the
thrO;t and lungs, which count many
thousands of victims III this country in
the course of a single year.