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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-06-02

ES Sign0f Miguel Suarez has been
tlesignafeJ Spanish Consul ut Spain
and as such has been recognized by
President Hayes. j
~ Natehitocl,es Record: A fine
horse on the Trichel place, belonging
s0 Mr.. Simon Harris, died last week
sf the hstlrophobia.
B Plauueinines Observer. The
hody of Edward Layhtte, clerk of the
steamer Emma, was found floating i'll
the river at Beausejuur.
v Bossier Banner The negro
woman, Jennie Wilson, the shooting
H whom by her husband, Muc Wilson,
was mentioned in this paper at the
time of the occurrence, las since died
Of her wounds.
~ Franklin Sun The mate of the
sbeasaer Pointevent, while helping to
SiTise Il drove of beeves aboard at
Sherpguse landing, was gored in the
face by a fierce OK. the horn going i'll
under the jaw and coming out i'll front
of the right ear.
~ Lafayette AGrertiser: An un-
fortunate shooting affair occurred at
Abbevilie, Vermili0n parish. After y
previous difficulty and threats by de-
ceased, Voorhies Trahan and Paul
Campet met, when the latter was shot
and killed By Trahan.
v Merelsouse Clarion: A little
son of Mrs. Thomas, living i'll the sec
s,nd wald, accidentally shot himself in
the hand and side with shot gun.
The gun was loaded with bnckshot
and the little boys wounds are very
severe, though. not dangerous.
I MindeD Democrat: Glenn Franks,
toll keeper of the bridge on Dorcheat
bayou, was shot down and danger
ously wounded Wednesday night, as
he was crossing the road to his office.
Two negro men and negro woman
have been arrested on suspicion.
" Ouachita Telegraph: The stern
eyLeel steamer Ora burned near Mr..
Buck Bakers place, an the 0nacinta
1iver. The boat had good freight,
sanostly supplies for planters on Bayou
bartholomew Nothing was saved,
che officers and crew barely escaping
with their iires.
II Pointe Coupae Pelican: There
Es a mile aad a half of navigable water
between the liver and the Court
House The ferriage is made in a
Aat BOTTOM boat - Charlton prevails
extensively aiaong horses and mules
on Bayou Ferdoclae, and many lave
died from it. A few cattle have also
been victims OF the disease.
II West Felicsana Sentinel: An
alteration toek place in Bayou Sara
hetmeeri the proprietor of the flying
horse exhibition, and the owner OF the
sh@oting gallery, which resulted II
the 6ori,,er being shot severely in the
right hloast and eat slightly on the
left arts aud the latter receiving
contusioa aa the head from stick
sg Richiand -Ecaoes. Tke runlol
reached Rayviiln that Ellison hao
killed y. Wemble, Sheriff of Frank
lin parish; but the rumor lacks con
firmation and we hope will prove tt
he untrue The Era No 10 anc
Tom Parker collldad on Beuf river
We learn, but neither of them sns
tanned any serious damage, we pre-
sume, as both of them made their reg
nlai trips to the city and back.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-06-02

Transient advertisements 81 90 persquar
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publication.
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Brief communications Upon subjects OF
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No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is not Responsible for the views
Of correspondents.
Address: CHIEF, Donaldsonville, La.
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AGENTS FOR THE CHIEF.

ASCENSION fAhlsH.
NSn. g. Wilkinson. Donai,tsonville, La.
Dr. John Dominique. nousinique's Landing
j. b. Hebert, New River.
Alex. Meyers, Manchac and Port Vincent.
ELSEWHERE.
Il. II. Bloomfield, Bayou Huula, La.
j. Curtis Waldo, New Orleans, LA.
Geo. Z. Roweil s. Co, New York.
Howell & Cheslnan, st. Louis, Missnuri.
C.. A. Cook g. Co.. Chirago, Illinois.
Hates 81 Locke, New York.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-06-02

[From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
In the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the
mystery of God should be finished, as He
hath declared to His servants, the prophets.
--ReY x1
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-06-02

Trump of the Lord hear it blow
Forward, the cross: the world shall know
JehOvah,s arms against the foe.
Down shall the cursed Crescent go!
To arms--to arms
God wills it so.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
4 NEW CRIME.
perience

The catalogue of crimes has been en-
riched by the addition of filtration, and
the grand jury of Kings county, New
York, has just indicted hapless young
man for committing the offense, the
locus an quo being the neighborhood of
the Packer female seminary in Brooklyn,
and the particeps criminis a student in
that institution. Not having seen the
indictment we cannot say whether the
young man is charged with committing
the crime " feloniously, willfully and of
his malice atorethought," or spoonily,
audaciOusly and with intent to deceive
the school ma'ams," but it is more than
likely the former language was used. 1t
is a little singular that no mention is
made of the young lady's being indicted.
Filtration, like conspiracy, requires at
least two actors.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
TIE HORSE FANCIERS OF FIFTH
Avenue.

Bennett, Belmont and Bonner were the
three horse fanciers of Fifth avenue.
Bennett had a dozen in his stalls, and
might have had more had he remained.
Belmont has an Out-oftown establish
ment for breeding these animals, and has
devoted himself to raising racers. His
breeding farm probably costs him s., 900 a
year. Bonner, however, far outstrips
Belmont in equine taste, tor he owns one
hundred frst-class animals. Never be-
fore has any printer displayed such
horse mania. Belmont has a taste for
pictures, but Bonner cares nothing for
such things. His fancy is specially d.
rected to the horses, and he is willing to
expend $4,000 year to crafty it. No
man in the Union has as much invested
in horses as Bonner. This enables him
to make an unparalleled boast, and is
no doubt of use as an advertisement.
Bonner has been in no small degree
spoiled by his wonderful success, and
may yet have some useful lessons of ex.
perience.-N. Y Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
BLIND NED.

Who is dat ar a-playins7 shucks! wish wusn'
But when de Lord he TUX my eyes, he left my yeahs
Is dat you, Mahs'r Bob? l fought I recO'nized
your bowin';
said knowed twas yer rooms heered de fiddle
gOin.
Sha! dat amt right just le' me show you how to
play dat tune
feel like could make Do fiddle talk dis afternoon
Now, don't you dat counters jes leetle bit too
highf
Well, nebber mini guess you'll learn to tune her
by-an-by.
Yous jee like all musicianers dat learns to play by
note;
You amt got music in you, you has to hal it
Now dat amt science-why de debbil don't you play
by veahr
For dats de onlies kind oh music ttin' fer to heah
He ebber knowed de difference at~ixt flat an
sharp?
But any tune you called for he could pick it all de
Fer David knowed de music, dough he didd't know
de name
Now, what shall begin on? somefn' lively, fis
an quick?
Well, sah les pay attention, an III glib you "Capn
Dick"
Yah yah, young Mahs'r, don't you feel jes' like
you wasn't to pat?
You hab to practice for awhile afore you ekas dat
Dere amt nobody round dis place kin play wild
Uncle Ned;
Dey isn't got it in der fingers, neider in DER head
Dat fiddler Bill dey talks about heerd him play
piece,
An declar' it SOU nded like fox among de geese
voleen is like an 'ooman, mighty hard TO guide;
An mighty hard to keep in order arter once it's
buyed;
Deres always somehn' bout it out OBJ keller more
or lest
An faint de fanciest looking ones dat always duz
de best.
Dis yer's spen'id ins'ment-I spec it coss heap;
You rally ought to let hab dis fiddle for to keep;
1t amt no use to you, sab, for widout it's in de
He kain't get music out de fines, fiddle in de lam
1t 'quire' power OBJ science for to fiddle, sah' you
An science comes by nature dats de way it is wid
But, Lord dat Bill it muses. me to hear him talkin'
blgi
You ne6ber heerd braggn fiddler play decent
jig!
Dat Bill, he's caution, sab! wonder 10" whar
An oder folks know of-yes, wonder vhar dey' Il
In hebben. when de music's playin', an de angels
shout;
If Bill should jine de chorus dey would hab to put
him out.
Well, good-by, Mahs'r Bob, sab, when you's muffin
else to do,
Jes' send for dis ole darkey an he'll come an play
for you.
An don't give up your practisin'-you's only seb-
enteen,
An maybe when you's ole as me yeu'll play de
violeen.
-Appetoss' Journal.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
FIRE FORKS ON JULY FOURTH.

The demand for protection against the
6recracker fiend seems to be louder this
summer than it usually is, but no recent
year has passed without its being heard.
On June 18th, of last year, Mr.. Chitten-
den read in congress a letter from the
national boald of underwriters showing
that within FIVE years 500, 600, 900 worth
of property had been destroyed by fire,
and recalling the fact that the great con-
lagration which had nearly destroyed
Portland, originated in the careless use
of pyrotechnics. After it has been
shown that one hundred dollars worth of
property has been destroyed for every
one dollars worth of firecrackers imported,
it is a folly Of tie most puerile and
vicious sort to permit the havoc to go on
without any attempt to control it.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
OLD 81 VS..

The Florida Agriculturalist wants adj
ditions to these old saws-many of them
will be found correct aud useful. Send
them on postal cards.
When pigs pick up straws and run
about it is a sign of rain.
When fowls begin to oil their feathers
look out for rain.
Look for rain also when frogs begin to
croak very loud, smoke hangs near the
ground, objects leok near you, and swal-
lows fly low.
Soap nail to drive into hard wood.
Grease saw and it will 60 in easy.
Sprinkle starch in a tight boot to get
it on.
For felOn roast sour orange, or lime,
cut small hole and stick your finger in
as hot as you can bear.
For a cold mix the juice of sour
orange that has been baked with sugar,
and take a teaspoonful when the cough
Is troublesome.
SOles of old shoes will make hinges for
light gates.
For chafe on your horse burn leather
and cover the sore spot with coal, or
cover with gunpowder and vinegar made
into paste.
Mercurial ointment rubbed on a gun
barrel will keep it from rusting.
To cure a child of collie rub the back
gently between the shoulders.
Tomato juice or borax, and sugar or
honey will cure thrush in children. Dip
a rag in the mixture and let them suck it.
Sugar mixed with salt, when you have
saltpetre, will give meat fine color.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
THE BLACK SEA.

The Black sea, which is becoming the
scene of stirring events in the Russo
Turkish wa', is a remarkable body of
water. 1t is about seven hundred miles
long in its longest direction, and has an
extreme width of about three hundred
and eighty miles, being three-fourths
longer than Lake Superior and more
than twice as wide. Its depth is from
four to forty-eight tathoms near shore,
but in the middle no soundings have
been found at one hundren and sixty
fathoms. The greatest depth of Lake
Superior is two hundred fathoms. The
Black sea is not, like our lakes, fresh
water sea, but on the other hand it con-
tains one-seventh less salt than ocean
water, and is held to receive one-third
the running water of Europe. The
puzzle is, what becomes of all this fresh
water, and how the Black sea retains its
sadness. The sea is tideless. There is
no perceptible current toward the Medi-
terranean. 1t has the same level as the
sea of MarmOra. The outlet by the
Bosphorus, even were there a strong
current, would be insufficient to dis
charge the immense volumes of water
constantly pouring into the inland sea,
and it scarcely seems credible that the
evaporation is sufficient to carry off the
surplus water. Like our own lakes, it is
subject to frequent storms, but naviga.
ton is not perilous, and extensive steam
navigation is carriedon. There are sew.
eral islands near the mouth of the DAN
ube, but the sea is singuI srly free from
rocks and shoals. The Vsea of Azov,
which is connected with the Black sea by
the narrow strait of Yenikale, is much
smaller, being only about one hundred
and sixty-eight miles long and eighty
broad. Its waters are fresh and abound
with fish, but are very shallow, and
fall off toward the west into huge
marshes, which have been aptly named
the Putrid sea. 1t is of comparatively
little importance for purposes of naviga-
ton, though it has, several ports and
roadsteads.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
4 STRANGE STORY AROUr MARSHAL
NEY.

Col. Thomas F. Houston, a well.known
farmer and stock dealer, who resides
near Houstoni, this county, claims to
have been pupil of Peter Stuart Ney.
one of Napoleon's greatest marshals
According to Ney's own words related to
Col. Houston when mere lad, he
escaped his death sentence by the soldiers
firing over his head. He feigned death,
was taken in charge by friends, disguised
and shipped as sailor from Bordeaux,
France, to Charleston, S. G. In few
years he removed to Rowan county,
North Carolina, where he taught school
for several years, portion of that time
boarding with Col. Houston's father.
He fondly cherished the hope that
Napoleon's star would again rise in
splendor, and when the information Of
his death reached him he acted like a
mailman, and only through persistent
efforts of friends was prevented from
committing suicide. He left lengthy
history written IN French, which was
transmitted to the New York historical
society for translation, but through some
neglect was never carried out. Col HOus-
ton retains several mementoes of his illus
trous preceptor, among them his Latin
grammar, spectacIes, pocket-knife. several
verses of original poetry, etc.-Sedalia
No. Cor. Of Chicago Times.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

bout" allude to this steel companion
with blonde attachment as he kids v
his fellow on the levee where a hundred
of the clan lOll lazily in the sun watching
the curling smoke of the steamer com.
ing from around the bend.
"Git off dat foot, niger; eff you don't
I'll be onter yer wild my white handle
razer."
eyer will, eh ? Jes' come long. I'm
a Phil Allin (his favOrite steamer) mig
ger, l am. Pm b-a-a.d man, sho'. III
cut yer gwine, and I'll cut yer comm
and I'll cut yer deep, an I'll walk all
'roun' yer an see why yer don't fall
down. Oh, I'm b-a-a-d man. l am"
Each" roustabout" has his pardner, "
for whom he is bound to fight or steal so
long as the partnership exists. These
"pardners" load and unload cotton to-
gether, draw their pay together and assist
each other in MASKING up any Negro who
may interfere with their concerns.
DeSOt@ street is the roustabout's"
headquarters when not at work. As i.
is one of the unwritten lawsof the broth
erhood not to marry, their loves are pro
miscuOus, and have associated with them
in their individuality a class of lewd,
drinking negro women, who 60 to meet
them when the steamers arrive, and to
whom the " roustabOut's" greenbacks 60
with lavish hand.
This character, thus briefly sketched,
is familiar to Memphians. When work.
ing, he is of great service when idle, of
great annOyonce-the roustabout."
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
THE ROUSTABOUT.

A Graphic Pen Picture Of the Roustabout
ofthe Bluff City.
TIE Memphis Avalanche paints this
we'll known character in the following
glowing terms:
He is character of clear, distinct in
dividuality-that factor in the making
up of the census of Memphis known as
the roustabout." One glance at his
personnel gives convincing proof of the
eternal fitness of his name and the I'M
paralleled injustice of history in not re-
cording the name of its inventor.
The roustabout" is gentleman of
color varying from extreme sable to palli-
dity in buff; and, to use his own proud
description, "a ba-a-d man." His life
work is in the glare of the sun on the
cobble-stoned levee, or the steamboat
deck his hours of recreation in the dingy.
smoky bar-rooms of Hell's Half Acre, !"
or in those that fringe the landing. HIS
dress is his own and fashions fckleness
beats against it about as effectually as it
does against the drapery of a tombstone.
Hard times in the shape of disease or
dizziness in steamboating may reduce this
dress to a dilapidated state in which its
unique originality is lost, but with the
resurrection of luck the old attire comes
back again. A sombrero of felt covers
the close clipped wool of his head A
shirt of wooden. blue, black or checked,
encases his brawny chest, its collar
thrown open, revealing similar garment
of gaudy hue beneath. This pair of shirts
is thrust into jeans pants, which, fitting
tight at the hips, broaden, and widen,
and stretch out, and bulge in the legs to
an enormous width only to recede into
a comparative noth;ngness at the
ankles. Then the reustabout" al
ways rolls up his pants at the bottom.
Whether this is to show his socks or not
is probably not known to the "rousta-
bout" himself. 1t is one of those sacred
customs which the "roustabout" clings
to as the bad grammarian does to
writing poetry. That all roustabouts"
must roll up their pants is fact long
settled. As to socks, he sometimes wears
them and sometimes he dosn't. His
shoes are the roustabout's" own shoes,
with tall, slender heels, and thin soles,
the very shoe in which the "roustabout"
can least conveniently follow his vocation.
A towel with blue or red border always
encircles him at the waist. Some of the
profession have been known to wear
leather belts, but anything but a fringed
towel is deemed heresy to the established
toilet. In this girdle he carries his cot
ton hook. The weapon of the "rousta-
bous" is the white-handled razor. A razor
with horn handle, or even gold one,
would not do. 1t must be white to be
orthordox. You can hear the "roasta-
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

In an election for school trustees in
Denver, Colorado, votes were cast by
three hundred and twenty.three women.
Only one was challenged. Miss of
eighteen, who knew she was old enough
to marry and thought she was old
enouoh tn vote.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

A GROVE of the great trees Of the
Yosemite has just been explored. 1t is
of an altitude similar to that of the other
groves-six thousand feet. Instead,
however, of being only cluster of forty
trees, it is a six-mile square collection of
ten thousand. There are trees on it
estimated to be from one hundred to four
thousand years old.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

-" When it can be arranged, as the
Bible suggests, 50 that only those with
out sin shall indulge in the pastime of
throwing stones, we won't have to dodge
around as we do now"
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

GA POOR, unfortunate tramp, weary
of life, John J. Wilson, 14S Washington
street, New York-two months in this
state-can not get employment" was
found on a slip of paper, together with a
bottle OF strychnine, on the dead body of
a man on the east bank of lake Merritt,
Oakland, California.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

GEN. GRANT will not be the first
American to receive the freedom OF the
city of London in a gold box. Mr..
George Peabody received it for his SER
vices to England. and to London par
ticularly.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

1T is reported in London that Sir VIII
liam Vernon arcourt, after the close of
the session of parliament, will proceed
to the United States to prepare the
biography of his father-in-law-the late
John Lathrop Motley.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

THE streets in front of employment
Offices in San Francisco are so Obstructed
with men seeking work that business
firms lately petitioned the chief Of police
to keep a passage clear.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

CADET FLIPPER, the colored graduate
at West Point, stands sixty-third in a
class of sixty-seven. And white boy,
the son of an eminent general, too, stands
onlv second.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

A BOY in Salem. Massachusetts,: died
last week from lockjaw, resulting from
the filling of a tooth.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28
CURRENT PARAGRi fHS.

The twenty pound Emma mine shares
have been sold in London at ono shining
each.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

PErRIFIED sea-turtles and cocoanuts
have been found in earth mounds in
southern Colorado. These mounds form
a vast range, and are fifteen miles from
the foot of the Rocky mountains. One
is four miles in circumference at the
base, and has a thrifty growth of trees.
Petrifed and agatized wood is beneath
the surface. The mounds are thought
to have ages ago been islands of the sea.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

A MAN has been swindling Alabamians
by a new device. He advertised that he
would loan money in sums of three thou
sand dollars on good mortgages, TO be
secured by real estate. Many persons
called on him to borrow, and to each he
said he would require from five to
twenty dollars to cover the expenses of
the search. He thus secured about a
thousand dollars, and then ran awsy.
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

Miss IDA HAwIE,, who omnitted
suicide in .Hornellsville, N. Y, recently.
Lett the following explanation of the act ::
"The cause is not modification or dis
appointment, dread of the future, or ILL.,
health. or lack of friends or work. / am
young-twenty--healthy. have had
always friends-never enemies. ] never
have known lack of food, or clothing, or
love. The cause then arises from deep
seated conviction that this life is not
worth living for the prospect of life
beyond the world, which this is but a
preparation for, is too vague and Chin
erical the aspirations uDfilled-the strug-
gles undeserved which the best of man.
kind must needs experience (and the
best nost)-worth the repetition by
each Individual"
Richland beacon., 1877-07-28

A Graphite Pen Picture Of the RoustaboUt
Ofthe Bluff City.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02

$1OS.552,2OO
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-02
Judge pauis,s Successor.

The New York Tribune don't want
Judge davis to give Grant chance to
appoint his successor. 1t says:
No citizen who regards with anything of
respect or pride the highest court in the
nation, and who remembers the nomiua-
tons Of Caleb Gushing and Attorney-Gen-
eral Williams when the office of chief
justice fell vacant, can contemplate the
possibility of President Grants making
another appointment to the surreme bench
without shudder. President Grant is
about to retire from Office, and there is a
strong desire on the part of the people to
think well of him, forget his mistakes,
and remember him. kindly. This would be
too much to hope for if he were exposed
to the temptations which this vacancy
would offer to him. Judge Davis would
be doing the court and the country and
| the president himself great injustice if be
should resign his place upon the bench
and leave it to be filled by appointment
from President Grant.