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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13
Notice.
J. Internal Revenue Special Taxes.
WAsHIsGToN, February IA. 1873.

WARRINGTON, February IA, 1878.
FINDER the Revised Statutes of the Uni
u ted States, sections 1892, 1887, 1898 and
1898. every person engaged in any business,
avocatian or employment which renders him
liable to special tax, is required to procure
and place and keep oORspicuousty in his eS-
tablishnlent or place of business STAMP de,
noting the payment of said special tax for
the special-tax year beginning May |, 1873
Section 1914, Revised Statutes, designates
who are liable to special tax. A return, as
prescribed on Form Ii, is also required by
lac of every person liable TO special tax as
above. Secere penalties are prescribed for
noncompliance with the foregoing require
ments, or for continuing in business after
April 80; 1873, without payment of tax.
Applications should be made to JOHN
-COCkREM, Collector of Internal Revenue,
at New Orleans, La. GREEN b. RAUM,
Com'r Int. Rev.
Deputy Collector JOHN A. SWIFT will
be at Donaldsonville CoEt-House on the
18th and 14th of May, rar the purpose of
collecting the taxes above referred to.
JOHN COCKREM,
ap6-4t Colpr Dist. Of La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

A SUBSTANTIAL INsTITUTIoN.-There are
not many lite insurance associations that
have been SO successful in business, while at
the same time paying out such vast sums to
the heirs of polioy-holders, as the widely
known Piedmont and Arlington Life Insnr-
ance Company. The amount of policies
paid in the South alone during ten years
past, is estimated at @, 400, 900.
The energetic and sagaoious general man
ager of the company, in this city is Major g.
w. Terrell, who has done much to promote
the interests of the institution.-From n. o.
PcayaHe, 7th inst.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

Read !" Fits and Falling Sickness and
Consumption Positively Cured" adver-
tisements to be found in another column
Meridioaai.
And then, if you can, read the ex-
preston of that editors countenance
when he learns that Ash & Robbins,
the Brooklyn swindlers, are as great
humbugs as their quaek remedies for
fits and consumption, and that the
best evidence of their scoundrelism
and total unreliability is their syste-
matte failure to pay the bills incurred
for advertising their trashy and dele
terious nostrums. We were unfortu-
nate enough to be misled by the SEEM
ingly honorable character of this ras-
cally firm, but we trust no reader OF
the CHIRF shared our discontinue by
sending money to them. We are usu-
ally very careful about accepting ad
vertising propositions from parties at
q distance, and it is indeed seldom
that members of the blackleg frater-
nifty obtain an opportunity to publish
their lying announcements in the
CHIEF. Our experience with Ash &
Robbins of Brooklyn, Dl. w. N. Park
of Providence, r. l., and DR.. S. A.
Richmond of st. Joseph, Mo.-~all de-
lectable scamps and frauds of the
same ilk-has made us doubly
cautious in that respect. We warn
our contemporaries to have no deal
jDgs with any of these parties, unless
they desire to be deceived aud
swindled.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

jeff DennisoG the negro who at
Westwego in July 1877, killed Louis
Fl. johnson, young man employed
by the New Orleans and Texas Rail-
road Company, has been convicted OF
granddaughter and sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor. His trial took
place in the Superior Criminal Court
of New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

Franklin J. Moses, Ex-Governor OF
South Carolina, is under arrest in
New'York city on requisition issued
by Gov. Hampton. Moses is charged
with having forged the name of J.
Woodruff to note and disposed of the
fraudulent document to James Allen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13
Monday, April 10, 1878
Inspector Of Schools.

TIME Board of School Directors of the
i parish of Ascension having decided tC
appoint an Inspector of Public Schools, with
nominal compensation to be determined
hereafter, all persons desiring to make ap
plication for said position should file suct
application with the undersigned, in writing
at once.
BY order of the Board.
apo E. N. PUGH, Secretary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

The CHIEF acknowledges the fol-
lowing handsome compliment with
more than ordinary pleasure, because
it comes from one of the ablest and
best conducted papers in North Louis
iana-the Vienna Sentinel:
We have received the Donaldsonville
CHIEF, with request to Y, with which we
gladly comply. 1t is a neatly printed, well
edited and newsy paper, not far from the
Crescent City, and it is g wading" into the
ferry monopoly at that place.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13
Educational Notices.
Examination.

OFFICE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
of the parish of Ascension, :
Donaldsunyille, La, April 6, 1878. }
NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it
IN may concern, that an examination OF
applicants for positions as teachers in the
public schools of Ascension parish will be
held at the Court-H House, in the town OF
Donaldsonville, on
Monday, April 10, 1878,
commencing ut 10 o'clock A ~ Candidates
should file written applications with the I'm,
dersigned on or before the 18th inst.
BY order of the Board.
E. N. PUGH, Secretary.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

Under the provisions of Act No. loS
of the late General Assembly, store
keepers are allowed to sell medicines
without a special license, if there is
no licensed druggist within a circuit
of eight miles, but they are prohibited
from compromising prescriptions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

1t is now thought by the friends OF
ex-Congressman Vance-whose mys-
FERROUS disappearance from Cincin-
natl we mentioned last week-that
instead of being the victim of foul
play, he is voluntary exile from bis
usual haunts. His supposed flight is
ascribed to financial difficulties.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13
Saturday, April Is, 1878.

Tive Louisiana towns-Marksville
and Clfnton-are each pulled up with
pomposity over the possession of a
natural curiosity in the shape of a
four-legged chicken.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

Pensions! Pensions Soldiers and
Sailors war of 1912 or Indian wars,
their widows and all pensioners whose
names have been dropped from the
Rolls. can now secure Pensions. Send
stamp with full history of case to
Presbrey and Green, Patent Attor-
neys, 500 9TH St., Washington, D. c.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-13

Mile lima de Murska, the famous
singer, is in New Orleans giving con-
certs before large audiences.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12

IL q Cincinnati hotel last week. the
guests were startled by the report Of two
pistol shots. and at the same time Frank
&. Phillips. who had registered with a
woman as his wife. came running out Of
n o shouting. 1--WE shot her I've
shot her 7" The voice Of the woman,
who had received two wounds in the
breast was heard screaming. Don't be-
lievs that man. I shot myself. Frank
never did IL. ! shot myself. 80 help me
God. I say il, II I am to die now, I
did it," The woman had the last word,
as usual. and forced Frank to confess
that after her supposed suicide. he ac-
cussd himself in order to be hanged
and join her in the other world. Intense
love this. but by NO means romantic. for
the woman was not handsome and was
. confirmed drunkard. Besides. the
story is spoiled by the fact that she did
not die. and had Frank persisted in his
folly. be would now be languishing in
Jail for attempted murder. while his
paramour Ia imbibing her cocktail ~ Of
yors. Frank had a lucky escape. He
won't "ds 20 no more"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
NEVADA ITEMS.

-, ~ - -
This mornings Reno journal says
Last sunday hlgh' o zen car loaus OF SOL
.na u; III ci,,h CavaIr. ssn Er.ns
u n. ~. NJ. .oa,,a.;n~ go,
.nssh 49, E,om mh., !. "onId
,aa,n ,hsv ware sisss,issed with tbe
-. a;y.n ,h.m 40 moya s,om q,
Loui. TO San Francisco. and complained
bitterly at II. From words they pro.
ceeded 10 blows, and from blows TO
weapons. A row occurred and three
soldiers were severely wounded. Nine
teen were placed under arrest a. partici-
pants In the mntiny, and Will be tried:
They were heavily guarded as they passed
through mere.
Reports from Paradise Valley ars to
tbs effect that the excitement caused by
the discovery Of mines in the mountains
above town continues undated. There
Is a general rush TO the Red Hills;
springs IN . vicinity pave been located
anu 'o"n 'o.' so"' PRIV"
Yesterdays sum om'e says: a
brakeman named Reyes met WIN a pain
,ui Aec,aen' Nv uolev Is LILY
On wSlch +. va smn,ovad h;s thumb
WAS csnybt bstween tbs Jravhsais mud
completely severed from his hand.
T,.,sl w.., ov.r ,bs Central Pacific
Railroad has moi been so lipbt sipee tbs
snow blockade two years ago as 1, Is at
present. Three coaches arc being run
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12

AxxKrcASs are exporting collins to
London and putting them in the market
at prices little more than half Of those
charged by her Majssty's native under.
takers. The Yankees began with send
ing washing.machines, apple-pearers.
and eeg-beaisrs; then they shipped win
dow-sashes, doors, panels and wainscots;
within q year they have been exporting
rsady.made furniture Of all kinds. from
the commonest kitchen chair. to the
most elegant d~rawing.room table; and
now they are following the h-less Bnton
oven to his grave. and packing him
underground In brand.new American
collins with patented handles and revsr-
sibls lids. vastly superior to the English
made article. and with prices TO suit the
times.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12

Francis MrRruY. the temperance
~rsvivalist. an the originator Of the blue
ribbon movement. Is . widower. and,
withal. something Of q love Of q man.
The Troy Times says that he wal wildly
loved in that city By several women,
and that one widow became so infat.
uated with him that she followed him TO
Springfield. Mass. This will never do.
10 Mr.. Murphy's temperance labors are
to result in drawing OF fair maidens
from their natural protectors, he must
10 snjoined. Far better is il that ten
drunken men wallow In the mirs. than
that one damsel compromise her honor
by clinging to the garments Of this man.
Look to II. Murphy; look to 1t.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
CARSON ITEMS.

The Rover case was taken up by the
Board Of Pardons last night. Judge
Leonard. who participated twice as Of
counsel for the defense. was present,
but by reason Of his having taken such
part in the case did not act with the
Board. There were present Governor
Bradley, Chief Justice Hawley. Judge
Beatty AMI Attorney General Kittrell.
members Of the Board. General X. NJ.
Clarke appeared for Rover. and District
Attorney Cain Of washoe county for the
State.
Hank Msnk left yesterday morning
with a full stage load for Glenbrook.
Lum Davis and Rigby were among the
passengers. Hank says II the roads are
bad he will stop at Bailey's to the camp
meeting. He wishes the Saints Rest
hadn't shut down.
The lightning express for San Fran
cisco ran through u switch that had been
left open just east Of the Carson depot
last evening. and was delayed an hour
and a half. Ii is suspected that leaving
the switch open was q piece OF malicious
mischief.
Some Of Hank Blanchard's Bodis
teams came into Carson yesterday. The
drivers report mighty bad goin'."
Governor Adams and bride arrived
home on Sunday. They were met al the
depot BY numerous friends.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
DEATHS 4 DAY.

The year 1878 seems to have been
chosen by Death to aim particularly at
aiming marks. and yesterday was a
asld day for him in this country. No
less than i've distinguished men fell be-
meath his fatal shaft. and Of the Ave
four have been among the famous states
mon Of our land. Gideon wslles. the
last Of the Cabinet that surrounded the
martyrsd Lincoln. and by their counsel
and acts saved the Republic from violent
disruption. died in Hartford. Connsc-
ticut. last night. He hal been confined
to his bed for two weeks by q carbuncle.
the effects Of which have proved fatal.
Hon. Charles NJ. Conrad. Secretary Of
War under President Fillmore. passed
away In his home in New Orleans.
William welch. brother to u Minister
to England. aud President Of Girard
College, fell dead Of heart disease at
Wells Hospital. Philadelphia. yestsr-
day afternoon. He. too. had served
his country ~ Indian Commissioner
under President Grant; and Hon. Mer-
Ger Strouss, an sx.member OF Congress,
died In Pottsville. Penn. Finally Thso-
dore Roosevelt. n OF New York's most
solid citizens. and President Hayes
choice for Collector Of that port. de-
parted this life yesterday. Truly the
harvest reaped was q goodly one. and
February IL. 1878. should DO recorded
in Deaths calendar ~ . bright and
shining day. To the present generation
IL will be known a. an exceedingly dark
one. Our statesmen and scholars. and
men Of mark in every department Of
life. ars falling rapidly around US. and
in q few years at most the old heroes
whom We have been wont to worship.
will have all passed away. Who will
arise TO take their places ? The youth
full generation now springins into man
hood must Ill them. The boys Of to-
day are the statesmen Of the future. Let
them think well Of IL. and so order their
lives that they will be prepared for the
grand destiny which awaits them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
RUSSIA. TURKEY, ENGLAND.

When Parliament voted the necessary
funds TO enable Her Majssty's Govern
ment to make known her views Of the
Eastern situation to Russia. with the
dignity which material strength always
gives TO a nation. it was supposed that
she had the Gar only to deal with. and
that Turkey would be only too glad to
accept her good Offices. and play into
her hands as she has done in the past.
That the Sultan should snub the Queen
Of Great Britain and Empress Of India
was q thought that never entered into the
head Of the average Englishman. But
that Is Just what the Sublime Porte has
done, and IL Is no wonder that intense
slcitsment broke out in London when
IL was known that the Porte forbade the
British fleet to snter the Bosporus. and
that Turkey now rejected in scorn the
aid for which she has been suing for the
past sir months. The refusal places
England between the horns OF q dilem.
ma. Superior Russian diplomacy and
Turkish resentment have forced her
into Q position where she must either
declare war at once. or stand quietly by
and see her Eastern interests placed at
the disposal Of the Car Of Russia.
There can be no doubt that Russia
and Turkey have already formed an
alliance. offensive and defensive. II
needs not the rumors to this effect tele-
graphed by the var correspondents. to
confirm this fact. AL the events Of the
past 81, weeks. and especially the mys-
terry surrounding the negotiations for an
armistics at Adrianople. establish
the existence OF such an alliance beyond
q doubt. By means OF 1t Turkey takes
q terrible revenge ON her old ally. Eng
land. for her desertion Of the empire in
tho time Of need. and secures for herself
n nrotector mare powerful than Great
R,;,sin. Nv means Of 4, Russia gains
nv dinlom.tie ,tratscy what she might
never have gained bv war. or. II she
did xould have cost her millions of
,,sa.u,. anil hundreds Of Thousands Of
lives. the con,ro, Of the Black Sea, and
the free passage Of the Dardanelles.
sh. esius these great advantages, too,
nv treaty.. not by war. and No power in
Europe can DENY her tho right to make
an alliance with tho Porte. although
MANY might object 10 her acquisition Of
territory. In short, the victory for
Russia has been greater In the cabinet
than in the field. and England is just
beginning to see the handwriting on the
wall. when 1t Is too late to ssacs il.
a.. n.,..,. h.a u,vv tura eaurSas
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
THE CLASSICAL HELL.


Homer, in "Ths Odyssey" paints
some vivid pictures OF life In the lower
world. Ulysses. in his wanderings after
his triumphs at Troy. dsscsnds to the
abodss Of Pluto. in order that he may
consult the Theban seer. Tirssias. and
also his (Ulysses') mother. After con-
sulting the seer. Ulysses Is made to say
(Book XI.. line 252):
Ilonged TO tshs into my . m
The soul Of my dad mother. Thrice ] tried.
Moved by Q strong desirc. and thrice the form
Passed through them Ike . shadow of dream.
After meeting Agamemnon and many
others, Ulysses is made to say Cline
724):
And next I looked on Tantalus, . prey
That reached his chin. Though painfully
lie could nor drink ~ often % be bowed
nis Aged head 10 IKE into his lips #,
rhe water. Il wa,drawn away. and sank
Into the earth. and the dark soil appeared
ATuutu Ill = koA ltS - ~
And lofty trees dropped over him, hung With
Peas and pomegrsnates. apples fair TO sight,
And luscious ngs, and olives green Of hue.
And when that anci,nt man Tut forth his
hands
To pluck them from thar stems, the wind
Add whirlsd them far among the sAsdovy
clouds.
Virgil did not believe In eternal hell.
Anchises, Ensas' father. died while the
latter was on his voyage TO Italy.
lE.eas. arrived in Italy. visits the tenn
pie Of Apollo and Diana and requests
tho prophecies to conduct him to the
lower world, that he may with
his father. After their descent Eneas
draws his sword ("The E.nid."
Cranch's translation. book vi, line
35s):
And had not then
Ills wise companion warned him that these
We're but . lifting swarm Of bodiless
AMI unsubs,antial ghosts, he would have
rushed
Among them. eleaving but the empty air.
lEneas tries to seize his father Zine
s75);
And thrice the shadow lifted from his srpsp,
And vanished like = winged drsm away.
m ONLY.
lie then ASKS lune o9f):
At,, . u,,t.,
U.s'as.t,sd, III. ~ MN, Ne.
~ ~ .n,., .,a,siph ,,.m.s AGAIN,
,vs. . ,n,.,,Iy a., H.. h.nla.s on..
NY so,,sa NM
"
Ancbisss nromises IN keen his aon no
longer in suspense, aud begins his story
-, oa
thus June WIZ
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.

The San Francisco Ala says : About
0 o'clock yesterday evening LEGAL officer
Miller arrestsd q person for battery. and
locked him up at the so.called police
station on Tenth street near Howard.
The station consists OF an aperture
under the exterior stairway Of st.
Jossph's Hall. where q police telegraph
instrument IL kept, and o single "csll"
opening off from the office" The Of.
fcsrs report there on and of, and 20 to
their beats, but no one is In charge
during the interval. Tho friends OF
Millsr's prisoner took advantage Of this
ridiculous weakness Of the police. and
at II o'clock made o descent on the sta
ton, broke into the cell and delivered
their friend. Next.
Bsrnabs Perez was murdered Satur-
day night ON q mountain trail between
the New Alamedan and Guadalupe
mines. He was an important witness
against Victor Lambrano. now awaiting
trial In San Jose for q murder committed
about ten days ago. Angelo Silva, who
was known To be with the murdered
man, says he was assassinated by two
men who laid in wait for them on the
trail. Silva Is in custody on suspicion.
The number Of workingmsn In San
Francisco who are at present out OF
employment Is very much larger than
most people imagine. The highest ssti-
mate yet given by those who have
testified before the Labor Committee Ia
5000.
The distressed still visit the lunch
tables spread for the relief Of their NO.
cessitiss In San Francisco, and there APP
pears to DO neither lack OF food to dis.
tribute nor OF willing hands 10 wait upon
applicants. ~
Oakland Is to have an illusttsse I'd
paper called The Mirror. The first ap-
pearancs Is announced for nsxt Satur-
day. Its propristors promise something
neat and tasty.
From the LIST Of January to tho 2d Of
February, inclusive, William Mitchell,
Tax Collector. paid into the City Treas
ury Of Ban Francisco the sum Of s2,'
521. 84i II.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12

No more striking evidence Of the cos
mopolitan character Of New York can he
given than the number Of newspapers
published in foreign languages, and the
variety Of theatsrs. There are number
less German journals. daily and weekly;
two French dailies. and many other pub
locations; Spanish and Italian papers;
one in Swedish, ons in Dutch. one in
Bohemian. and one in the Catalonian
dialect Of the Spanish language. This
last is an illustrated paper Of good up.
pearance, which is now in the third
year OF its existence, and apparently
thriving well.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12

Tx Tuscarora Times. Reris,o has
larged its size. This course. the editor
says. was made necessary by the increase
Of advertisements, and the growing i'm
portance Of tho new camp. There is
no better evidence OF the prosperity Of
q mining town. than the steady growth
Of its newspaper. and while we con-
gratulate the proprie,ors OF the Times.
Rsris,c. we must also congratulate the
citizens Of Tuscarora upon the posses
sion Of q lively and enterprising jour.
nal. and their apparently rosy prospects
for the future.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12
PARKER LODGE, !. o. o. 3.
MEETING.
NOTICE OF SUITS COMMENCED.

ITO TIKI PoLLOwINa.NANED DEPEND.
L ants, and to oil owners Of or claimants 10 the
real estate md improvements thereon, or I'm.
movements when assessed separately, In the
Town Of Gold Hili. storey county. Nevada.
hersina after described, known and unknown :
You are hereby notified that suits have been
commenced In the Justices Court Of Township
No. 3. storey county. Nevsd.. by the State Of
Nevada, plaintiff. against each OF the defendants
hereinafter named, and each Of the follow.
ing-described tracts or paicels OF land, W III
this improveue nta thereon, aud improvements
when separately assessed. and oil ovneis OF or
claimants 10 the same. known or unknown. 10
recover the TAI and delinquency assessed 10 ssid
defendants agains. said property. for the nscal
year commencing the lat day Of January. 4. ID.
1878, and ending December u. A.D. 1873. and that
. summons has been duly Issued In "a b case.
And you are further notined that unless you
appear and a1sver the complaint died In said
court IN OF before the TWENTIETH DAY
OF MARCH, A. ID. 1878. Judgment will be
taken against you and the real estate aud I'm.
prUvements therein Described. Tor the amount
Of tar and delinquency specified. and costs Of
suit:
Mann. Tar aud hkisqsoncy.
Andrews George L. Tar ard delinquency
ON portion Of Lot o. Block I, Range y,
and improvements .................. - w
AshieJ y. A.-TsI and delinquency on
land and improvements west OF Amer.
lean rMT. and d:iIinaa:ncy on p.rt
provensn,s Is j,
Billiard A. D.-rax and delinquency on
the Thistle mine. situated southwest Of
the new works Of the OvcrmAn Mining
ps US"P' 3, B..T.i and DELINQUENCY on
part Of Lot "a, Block Q. Range O. and
Gravel Octave Tar aud delinquency on
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-12

The African Methodist Church Of
Louisiana is presided over by a sensible
eolorsd Bishop. lie advises all his fol-
lowers to give up the insane notion Of
s~migrating to Liberia. and urges then
to stay where they arc and work out
their own salvation in the land Of their
birth. Here they have progressed from
slavery to freedom, and here they may
emerge from the bondage Of Ignorance
into that glorious liberty which
knowledge alone a confer. The
emigration scheme is all nonsense. Let
the colored men Of Louisiana listen to
the wise words Of their spiritual leader.