The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-10-25
Registration of Voters.
No Clerks to be Appointed-Facilitie At
forled the Citizens of Ascension for
Registration.

appoint q Clerk of Registration for AS
| cension and other parishes, is explained
| by tire following circular to the various
Assessors Throughout the. State issued
from the executive department on Sat
urd;sy last, the 18th instant:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, }
STATE OFF LOUISIANA, <
New Orleans October 49, 1879. J
| tSir-His excellency, the Governor, calls
| the attention OF the various Assessors to
| the fact that no provision having been
made for the payment of the clerks of
registration provided for i'll section Of
article 1O1, extra session, 1877, he does
not therefore feel at liberty to make such
appointments, more especially as the
adoption OF the new constitution may
render it impossible for the next General
Assembly to cover the deficiency, should
one result from appointments being made.
| Under this state of things ne considers
| that the duty of each Assessor is to allow
some suitable person from the opposing
| political party to lie present at the reg
| istratiOn in all its stages of progress :;
and lie expects the Assessors to act uc-
cordingly.
Acknowledge receipt hereof.
| BY direction Of the Governor:
T. MALOcEE, Private Secretary.
MI. Felix Braud, our efficient Assessor
and Registrar, has reconsidered his orig
inal intention Of keeping his office open
| at the Courthouse during the entire
period allotted for revising the regstr;.-
ton lists, and has employed Mr.. j. 3.
Hebert as deputy, to visit the several
polling places and spend day at each
point for the purpose of registering The
| citizens OF the respective vicinities whose
names are not already on the books. Mr..
Braud has requested the Republicans to
| designate some member Of their party to
accompany Mr.. Hebert, but such is the
general confidence felt in the honesty
and fairness Of the deputy Supervisor,
We believe the Republicans will cheer
fully waive their prerogative in the
premises. The time and places at which
the deputy will attend with the regis
traton books are as follows:
II. l.. Dutttl's store, first ward, Mon
day, November 3.
Mccall Brothers, second ward, Tues
day, November 4.
}. Oubre's store, second ward, Wednes-
day, November 5.
A. Richards store, third ward, Thurs
day, November 8.
Turaud's store, fifth ward, Friday, No
velnber 8.
Burnside's Clark store, fifth ward, Sat
urday, November 3.
River ferry, fifth ward, opposite Don
aldsonyille, Monday, November 10.
Ashland store, sixth ward, Tuesday,
November IL.
Head Of New River Lane, sixth ward,
Wednesday, November II.
S. Earmon's, seventh ward, Thursday,
November Ii.
W. Landry's, seventh ward, Friday,
November a.
Saturday, November Is.
Alex. Myers old place, eighth ward,
opposite Port Vincent, Monday, Novem-
Der II.
Courthouse, Donaldsonville, from No
vcmuer Ii to 20, both inclusive.
All reasonable facilities will thus be
afforded the citizens of this parish to
qualify themselves for participation i'll
the most important election of December
next, and n he who feel an interest in
the good government Of the State should
fail to register. We need scarcely i'm
press upon candidates the advantage Of
acquainting their political friends in the
various wards with the dates upon which
the deputy Supervisor will visit their
respective localities above designated.
No citizen who failed to register last
year or in the spring of 1879 can vote at
the coming election unless he registers
anew. All who have arrived at the age
Of II years Or have moved into the parish
since the last registration must register
now or be deprived of til. privilege of
voting in December. Those who may
have removed from one ward or election
precinct since they were registered
should visit the Supervisors office and
have the change Of residence noted on
the registration list and poll hooks
Under existing laws, no certificate Of
registration is & wen to the voter, and
those who expect to cast Il ballot by vir~
tue of their old papers will be disap-
| pointed on election day.
MURDER-Last Saturday night as the
steamboat Jno. w. Cannon was landing
at Burnsi.le's Orange Grove plantation,
in this parish, Ben Nelson, colorcd man
and captain Of the night watch, was
stabbed and killed by one of the culored
roustabouts, who ran ashore and made
his escape. The men had quarlelcd Il
short while previously, the rouster re-
senting some display of authority on the
| part of Nelson. The Cannon remained at
| the Donaldsonville wharf until Coroner
Sullivan held an inquest. Nelson's body
was buried here, under the Coroner's SUI
| pervision.
HURRY! HURRY Great bargains at
NJ. Israel & Co,'s-kid gloves at SOC Il
pair, and other goods in proportion.
ENUMERATION OF YoTTus.-The CHIEF
is indebted to Mr.. j. B. HILBERT, deputy
Assessor, for the following statement of
the enumeration Of youths between the