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gsIsetsa Story.
THE RTCHIN DIAMONDS.

Arthur Stangate, attorney-at-
law, was my brother. He had
succeeded to my fathers business,
and no name was more esteemed
and trusted in all Huntington,
and Huntington was a rich and
important place. My brothers
Offices wereein the town, two miles
distant; but he did almost as much
business among the gentry at his
OVID private house.
Most. Of the great folks ELL
ployed him but his best client
was Sir Etchin Eckford, a cl.devant
Indian judge very wealthy and
the possessor Of some rare and
costly jewels, known in the coun-
try as the Etchin Diamonds. Their
name even makes me shudder
now.
One evening, as Arthur was
preparing to return to his office,
where important business would
detain him all night, Sir Etchin's
groom left a parcel: with a note.
The latter stated that the former
contained the famous Etchin dia-
monds, which their owner thought
safest to intrust to Arthur's care;
as he had been unexpectedly called
to London.
II don't care what deeds they
leave with me-" said my brother ;
"but | don't like such trusts as
these. Still, I suppose [ must
keep them"
Of course he could not send
them back so taking the parcel,
he at once proceeded to bis study
to lock it in the iron safe. [ went
with him, and with a woman's
curiosity and love Of jewelry, be.
sought a peep at the gems before
they were put away.
Arthur, the best brother in the
world, instantly removed the
paper covering, disclosing a square
morocco box, brass bound, with
the key tied to the bundle. Open.
ing it, he showed me the gems,
They were indeed, magnificent,
set in the massive Indian fashion.
while many of tho diamonds were
yet uncut. One by one, bracelets,
bangles, necklets, Arthur lifted,
and flashed in the lamplight be-
fore my dazzled vision.
H was holding a superb eme.
raid and diamond necklet in his
hand, for my admiration, when
happening to raise my head, cry
of alarm burst from my lips.
"What is it, Nell?" asked Ar
thur.
"The man y l replied. "See
the window is uncurtained, and
am sure I saw man looking in
from the tree outside"
"Nonsense j. cried Arthur.
Nevertheless, he flung up the
window, called, and gazed in every
direction. There was nothing
not a sign; not sound; anc
assured as I was that [ had beer
mistaken, he fastened the latch
and dropped the curtain,
AS, ho"';ever he was about t.
put away the diamonds; aaid
ARTHUR; w7osia il pot be better t'
piaoa them b p ip the safe in you
bedroom %
He agreed in the advisabllity
and locked them up; then, having
'..antinnad MA TO sea well 10 lhI
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W OOioSAe'S hSlS -uldQ0
from the flesh of the donkey. We
should have comparatively little
cause for complaint if the sole com
ponent Of this delightful comestible
was the body of our long cared
and respectable her, but in it
are remote possibilities and pro-
bable contingencies which would
seem to give value to the time
honored injunction of shut your
eye and open your mouth, etc.
And here let me pause for a mo-
ment to refute a SANDER indus
triously circulated and generally
believed, that the French rabbit
might be found roosting on the tops
of fences disturbing your dreams
at night. Never was there fouler
OF more unmitigated SANDER, The
gentle forester may be seen on
any market day on the top of a
basket with q string tied to his leg,
and the purchaser can follow him
from the moment that the axe of
the executioner decapitates him, to
the instant he is ready for the pot.
I take greater pleasure in exploding
this infamous libel on French
cuisine from the fact that the know
ledge of the allegation has often
filed me with serious and uncom-
Portable misgiving, but now / at
tack my rabbit tfricassee with a faittHfi@ e
that move mountains, and look up
on frogs as divine dispensation
with which a benefcent Providence,
in the plenitude of its power, has
comforted the children of men.
And now a word Of caution to
travellers. He who would tread these.
streets with unmeshed feet will
need to be wise asa serpent though
he can scarcely be expected to be
quite as harmless as a dove. IF in
your walks along the beautiful
boulevards, or through the delight
full maizes Of the Champs Elysees,
you meet female of especially
sanity countenance whose eyes are
fixed demuraly on the ground, and
whose face reminds of the angels (
which you may have seen oc1
casionally niched in cathedral
aisles, don't raise your eyes, dofG-
turn about, don't look over your
shoulder Or you are lost, go down
into your pocket at once for the
prayer book or Bible that your
wife or mother gave you when you
were about to depart from home;
begin with repeating TIL thirty
nine articles, and then side gently
off into the apostles creed or any
other Of those spiritual safeguards,
the anchors of which are supposed
to hold fast when your moral ark
is in danger. If you find yourself I
still dragging, try Glow doth the
little busy bee" or the first verse in
the last chapter of Ecclesiastes and
if, after all this, you still experience
signs of weakness, stuff cotton in
your ears, pull your hat oyer your
eyes, pack up your traps and start
for home, Paris is no place for you,
and even that universal panaces
saltpetre would scarcely avail In
your moral and spiritual preseFVs
ton. BROADBRlM.
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Were but asked to name word,
Most full Of Of joy and sorrow,
The sweetest yet the saddest heard,
My soul would say, Tomorrow"
Tomorrow and our brave ships co..
With sails agleam with glory;
Tomorrow! and the wrecks are low,
With none to tell the story.
Tomorrow! hope shall spread her wing,
And seek new scenes Of gladness:
Tomorrow grief may cypress bring,
And fill our homes with sadness.
We meet, touch hands, look into eyes,
Too deep for loves divining;
Tomorrow slips the frail disguise,
And shows the heart light shining.
And yet tomorrow may reveal
An evil light out-burning;
In-born to blight where others heal,
The fond hearts to it turning.
And so say tale sweetest word
Our speech may know or borrow
Is saddest that was ever heard!
Index of joy and sorrow.
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The policies he issues are POLICIES OF
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NESS.
All classes Of insurance written at PAYING
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WM. F. NANCE, Agent.
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Fant. At night at the residence Of aF. l.
Z. Folk.
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and is offered to the public as low as any
Stove Of it's class can be bought in the up
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No man is wise or
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If the cash accompanies the order.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12
THE DISTRICT JuDGEsHIP.

On Monday last a decision OF the
Supreme Court was announced re-
fusing a rehearing to defendant in the
case of the State er rel Fred. Duttel,
District Attorney pro tem., as. Morris
Marks. So far as the authority of the
highest judicia tribunal in the State
can extend, therefore, Judge Marks IS
inhibited from occupying the position
of Judge of the Fourth Judicial Dis
trict Court by reason of his ineligi-
bility under the Constitution. The
substance of his disqualification is the
fact that he held no diploma or license
as an attorney at law for the term of
two years next proceeding his cleo
ton as Judge.
Defendant has applied through
counsel at Washington for writ of
error to the Supreme Court of the
United States, but ne has small con-
fidence in the success of this applica-
ton if the repoit is true that he is
maneuvering to prevent the appoint
ment of the Ascension aspirant for
the vacant Judgeship. We predict
the failure of this effort. Without
questioning the fitness or worth of
the several candidates from other
parishes of the District, we contend
that Ascension has first claim to the
place that a majority of the District
bar endorses the candidate from this
parish, aud the Office being one of
a purely judicial character, Governor
Nichols will naturally give great
weight to this endorsement.
In short, we believe that Henry L.
Duffel, Esq, of Ascension will be the
next District Judge.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

In Lafourche parish the tax collec-
tions for 1877 were very close, the
State and parish delinquent lists ag-
gregating about $500. The current
expenses of the parochial government
were paid and $4,000 of old indebt-
edness cancelled. The outstanding
debt is now only $1,000, and will be
wiped out during the current year
Ascension presents somewhat diff
ent record. We have heavy delin-
quent list; the collections were not
sufficient to defray expenses, and the
debt of $4,000 has been increased.
The latter circumstance need not Sc
riously exercise any one, however, as
there is no evident disposition to de-
wise means for liquidating old claims,
and the repeal of the law authorizing
the levy of special taxes to pay judg-
ments against the parish deprives
creditors of the only remedy hereto
fore afforded to enforce their claims.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

LYNCHING IN WEST FELICIANA.-
Tuesday night of this week Thos.
Rice, colored preacher, was taken
from the parish Jail at Bayou Sara by
a crowd of laWless men, and being
conveyed to point half mile from
town, on the Woodville road, was
hung to the limb of mulberry tree.
The offense for which this unfortunate
negro was thus cruelty murdered was
the killing of a prominent politician
under circumstances which fully just
ified the deed. During the night of
Saturday preceding the last election,
crowd of men visited the home of
Rice, near Bayou Sara, with the evil
dent intention of "bulldozing" him.
He heard them coming, however, and
escaped to the woods. Finding their
game had flown, the mob set fire to
the house, destroying its :.entire con-
tents, and while the flames were still
raging Rice fired upon the crowd of
incendiaries from secreted position
in the woods near at hand, killing one
Th0s. G. West, the Democratic can
didate for Sheriff.
Shortly after this occurrence Rice
left the parish and went to Pointe
Coupee. Last week the Sheriff of
West Feliciana went over to Pointe
Coupee and arrested Rice, but crowd
of the latter's friends rescued the pris-
oner. The Sheriff organized a posse,
returned to Pointe Coupee and ar
rested the riugleaders in the rescue.
Rice came forward and gave himself
up under promise of protection and
fair tlial. How this promise was kept
the opening sentence OF this article
will show.
While law, order and good feeling
prevail in all other portions of the
State, violence and lawlessness hold
imperial sway in West Feliciana and
bulldozing continues long after all
pretext therefor has disappeared. If
there is power enough in our State
government to enforce the laws and
protect the lives of its citizens, it is
high time the freebooters of Feliciaua
were made to feel it.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

Russia has achieved another splen-
did victory in the capture by General
Radetsky's army of the entire Turk
ish force stationed at Schipka Pass,
consisting of about 10000 men, with
ten batteries and large supply of the
munitions of war. The Turkish cause
is on the down grade, and there can
be but little doubt that the Porte will
shortly approach the Car with pro-
position to arrange treaty of peace.
Even now negotiations for an armis-
tice are pending with this view, and
it is not unlikely the battle at Sclipka
will be the last of the war.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

A prediction is ventured by the At
takapas Register which we shall en-
deavor to bear in mind, ''just for
green's" Speaking of the prepara-
tion of Southern Pacific Railroad
bill by Senator kellogg, the Register
says
Kellogg is hard worker and one of the
keenest members of the Senate. In less than
two years we predict he will be one of the
most prominent and applauded men in Lou
isiana.
If our contemporary desires to risk
wealth on that proposition, there will
be no trouble in finding takers. 1t
viii require an almost phenomenal
revolution in public sentiment to
make our late Governor popular with
a majority of the people of this
State, or even oregaiu him the esti-
nation in which he was held during
his former term of Senatorial service.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12
NO CONVENTION WANTED.

There is no necessity for a Consti-
tutional Convention at this time, and
none will be called. The General
Assembly is fully competent to effect
such reforms as are Immediately es-
sential to tighten the burden of taxa
ton, and we believe it's members have
the will to respond to the needs and
expectations of the people in this re-
spect. Hence the expense and turmoil
of political canyass, which must
attend the election of delegates to a
convention, may well be deferred to
a more opportune season.
Despite the fact that majority of
the newspapers of the State which
have expressed views on the subject,
favor an early convention, we do not
believe the mass Of the people are in
sympathy with the project; and we
feel qnite confident that such is the
case in this section. The people are
enjoying period of needed repose
after many years of turmoil and bat
tie, and they do not propose to be
unnecessarily disturbed. There is
universal confidence in the State gov
ernment, and general disposition to
rest content for the present with such
relief from oppressive aud unwise
laws as the General Assembly eau and
doubtless will give. 1t is our belief
that about all the enthusiasm existing
relative to the Constitutional Conven-
ton scheme, is confined to the bosoms
of the rural editors who have agitated
the question, and that the supposition
of popular feeling in favor of the
project is conspicuously erroneous.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

The New Hampshire Republican
State convention which met at Con-
cord on Wednesday, indorsed the
Presidents policy, thus administering ug
a rebuke to Mr.. w. E. Chandler for
his vindictive letter attacking the
President and claiming that his ac-
cession to Office was the result of a
corrupt bargain with Democrats in
Congress. During the debates in the
convention Chandler was bitterly re-
tiected upon, and as bitterly retorted.
Such was the character of the wordy
war that it was deemed not improba-
BILE that several personal difficulties
would grow out of it.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12
The Eirhth of .Iannnrr mos ool0

The Eighth of January was cele-
brated in New Orleans by an imposing
military parade, in which the United
States troops and marines stationed
in the city participated. In spite of
inclement weather the streets aionp
the line of march were crowded with
spectators, and the city assumed a
brilliaat holiday appearance.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

Messrs. Chism g. Boyd, New Or
leans commission merchants, have
suspended on account of the low
prices of sugar and shortness of the
crop. Their liabilities are from $3.50
600 to $500, 600; assets much larger,
but not at present available. 1t is
thought creditors will grant an extern
sion of time and that the firm will
resume business.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

During the month OF December one
hundred business failures and assign
ments occurred in New York city,
liabilities in eighty-nine of which ag-
gregate s7,704, ,39l assets, S4,1l8,-
US. Last week the Associated Press
kilograms announced the collapse of
twenty prominent merchants, bank
ers, etc, apportioned as follows
Chicago, 8; Cincinnati and New York,
4 each, Boston, Sau Francisco, In
dianapolis, Springfield, Ills, Lafay-
cite, Ind, Des Moines, Newark,
Nashville and Montreal, one each.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12
Among the Dead Failures.

Of the past, how many bogus nostrums
may be numbered! Beginning their careers
with tremendous flourish of trumpets,
blazoned for time in the public prints and
on flaming posters, soon, but not too soon,
were they rele gated to the limbo of things
lost on earth But Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is a living and thriving remedy. 1t goes
on, curing and to cure. Neither underhand
or open competition affect it. On the con-
trary, contrast with inferior rival prepara-
tions only increases its popularity. 1t has
been repeatedly initiated, but without sue
cess. Counterfeits of it have been surrep-
titiously introduced, but have fallen fat
Everywhere 1t entrenches itself into the con-
fidence of the people and well it may, for
it is thoroughly reliable invigorant. of the
feeble, banishes dyspepsia and constipation,
braces the nerves, cures rheumatic ailments
and kidney complaints, and eradicates aud
prevents intermittent and remittent fevers.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The two houses of the General AS
sembly met last Monday, and have
been in daily session since, excepting
on Tuesday, which was legal holi-
day.
The business so far has been con-
fined to the introduction of bills and
resolutions, or notice thereof, and the
announcement of committees for the
session by the President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House. Senator
Landry of this District has been ap-
pointed on the Committee on Peniten-
tiary, while Representatives Hill and
Fobb have been assigned to service re-
spectively on the Militia Committee
aud Committee on Retrenchment and
Reform.
AS soon as the Assembly begins
work By the discussion and passage of
bills we shall endearor to keep our
readers fully informed of it's doings.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

Col. James B. Eads has received
from the national treasury the second
$500, 900 on his jetty contract with the
government, the United States engin-
eers appointed to survey the channel
through South Pass having reported
it to be of the width and depth pre-
requisite to the payment.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

A resolution was adopted by the
New York Beard of Aldermen, rec
ommending the release of Tweed
after means have been taken to obtain
possession of all his property and
receive his testimony in any suits
that may be hereafter instituted by
the city.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

1000 dozen white shirts, at prices
ranging from so cents upward, for
sale by Mrs. M. Israel 81 Co. Nothing
like it ever before offered in Donald
sonville.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

Mr.. Leonee Fl. Sandoz, one of the
founders of the Opelousas Courier,
and father of the present editors, died
at opelousas on the 4th inst, aged go
years. He was native of Neuchatel.
Switzerland, aud had resided in Lou
isiana since bnyhoad.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

Hon. George H. Pendleton has been
chosen in caucus as the Democratic
candidate for Senator from Ohio, to
succeed Senator Stanley Matthews.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

There were only seventyfve deaths
in New Orleans last week. Consump-
ton stands at the head of the list
with eleven victims.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

So far as our observation has ex-
tended, the Monroe Observer is alone
in its harsh conclusion that Gen.
LOngstreet's account of the battle of
Gettysburg was published with a view
to dim the lustre of Gen. Lees fame
as soldier. That Longstreet had a
plan of his own for fighting the battle,
which Lee rejected, is true; and it is
also true that history and the weight
of military opinion tend to the con-
ciusion that the superior officer made
a serious mistake in refusing to accept
the suggestions of his subordinate.
But this does not detract from Lees
character or fame as great military
chieftain-not being infallible, he was
liable to occasional errors of judg-
ment-and Gen. Longstreet has ex-
pressly disavowed any intention of
rejecting injuriously upon his hon
oied commander of former days. The
Observer further charges that Long
street yielded only sullen and hesi-
tating obedience to orders in conse-
quence of the refusal to adopt his
plan, but the brilliant and heroic part
which his brigade took in the battle,
and especially the fatal charge up
Cemetery Hill in the face of over
whelming numbers, effectually dis
poses of this unjust accusation. Long
streets narrative and his soldierly
conduct have been vouched for by
both Union and Confederate officers
who fought on the bloody field of
Gettysburg.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

The Louisiana Medical Association
will hold a session at the Medical De-
partment of the University of La,
on Monday next, commencing at noon.
Physicians throughout the State are
requested to attend.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

The professional billiard tourna-
ment opened in New Orleans, Thurs
day evening, with a game between
Sexton aud C. Dion, in which the
former scored 600 to $40 for his opps-
nent.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1878-01-12

st. Landry parish has $50 educa-
bic children, 5018 of whom are white
and 3492 colored