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THIBoDAUx, La, May 6, 1880.

IHIBoDAUX, La, May 8, 1880.
To the Editor of the Pieayune:
In your paper of this morning is pub
lishea all interview with q; prominent
planter of the Third Congressional Dis
trict and your reporter, IN which my
name is mentioned in connection with
the race for Congress in this district.
Either your reporter misunderstood
g. Prominent Planter" or Prominent
Planter misunderstood whatever con
versatior, he may have bad with me.
have not sought and do not aspire to
the leadership Of the Republican party
of this State, if by that il meant /" the
power to dispense Federal patronage" /
have never sought Federal position, and
have refused at all times to allow my
name to be used in connection there
with.
| do not recognize the right or the
power of the C,lstom-House crowd to
give me the leadership even If I sought
it. When | aspire to that position I
shall seek it from the party and not from
any acrowd"
Besides this, it is well known in the
Republican party, and had hoped out
side of it, that, whereas the people
whom your reporter has dubbed "C,ls-
tomHonse crowd" are supporting John
Sherman for the Presidency, l am I'M
compromisingly for u. s. Grant.
As to whether shall In a candidate
for Congress, that is /, question to be de-
termined by the Republican party IN
convention and for me to decide when
the proper time comes.
OF one thing my friends can rest as
sured-1f am Il candidate, It will be
upon platform Of principles meaning
something definite, and which don't
sqnint both ways-and they. l am sat
istied, need not my assurance that will
not seer votes from either side by pro-
fcssion of principles in direct violation
of the cardinal principles of my party. l
have not as yet come to look upon poll
tics as Il new trade whose object is office
at the sacrifice Of protested beliefs.
Believing that yonr interview, as pub
lished, has a tendency to do me harm, !
ask the insertion Of this.
Very respectfully, your ob't. serv't.
TAYLOR REAT"TIE
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TAYLOR Beattie's Platform.
The late Republican Candidate for Cow
ernor Defines llis PositiOn-War De-
clared against the Rule or Ruin
Ringsters.

RfngSters.
THIBODAUx, LA, May 3, 1880.
W. B. GRAY Esq:
Dear Sir-Your letter of the first inst,
addressed to mutual friends, and inqnir-
ing whether / am candidate for Con-
gress, has been handed to me, and take
this opportunity to- answer this question
once for all.
am not candidate in the sense i'll
which the expression is generally used.
have not sought and shall not solicit
the support of any delegate to the con-
vention. l so said i'll our parish conven-
ton here, when my name was proposed
for the position, and what | said then /
meant, and mean now.
If the party in convention think fit to
place me i'll nomination, I will accept, if,
ut the time, | am convinced that my can
didature will be for the best interests Of
the people. But if | accept, the party
must take me as it finds me, convinced on
certain points which | deem necessary
for its existence and for the welfare Of
our whole people.
1st-Unalterably opposed to the sec
tional and race issues which are made
the stereotyped subjects OF debate among
party hacks, both Ring and Republican.
2d-Favoring strong National gov
ernment to which all of us can in conf
dence appeal at home as well as abroad
for protection i'll all our rights of stuff
rage, property and liberty.
3rd-Favoring an American system of
Internal improvements and protective
tariff, not merely for Louisiana, but for
the nation, which believe ought to be,
and is, one and indivisible, i'll material
interests as well as in Union. Holding
that it is only by such means that our
waste places may lie made to bloom again,
and our suffering population given ade
4uate means to achieve happiness and to
acquire competence.
4th-unalterably opposed to the pres
ent system OF party government by which
few tricksters, unknown for good, and
deservedly unpopular with all right
thinking men, attempt to keep in leading
strings, the great mass Of the people. BY
this means preventing in the Republican
party any adherence of heart and nerve
by which an undoubted numerical ma
j"rity can be made serviceable to the
State and the nation and doing this, as
l firmly believe with malice afore-
Thought, with the purpose Of keeping
thems Ives in offices which they have
acquired, Heaven knows how, and to
prevent their RELOCATION to private life
which must inevitably ellsne when the
voice of the party and of common sense
and co''mon decency is once again heark-
ened to.
Finally, fr1rthering the nomination and
election to the Presidency of Ulysses S.
Grant; believing that around, him as I;
rallying point, the good people Of our
State will again unite and hurl from
power and place the corrupt rings by
which we are governed and misruled,
and our substance tilciled from us.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser
want, TAYLOR BEAITIE.
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l" LIS speech at the opening of the
Brazilian Chambers on the 5th lust.
Emperor Dom Pedro announced the
disappearance Of yellow fever frou.
atlo aud the cessation Of the drouth
that has prevailed in the provinces.
There se,ms to be difference of
opinion on the feverquestion between
the Emperor and the New Orleans
Board III Health.
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No. S8. An Act to provide 1os the pro-
lection and preservation of completed
public leEees i'll conjunction with the
police iuries ct the serera parishes of
the State; to prescribe the manner in
which lerees may he cut for rice fumes,
roads and machinery, and to provide
means for the payment of the expenses
attending this work, and to provide
penalties and punisl!nents for the vio-
lat,on .t tue provisions of this act, aud
tor Violations Of paroehial ordinances
made in conformity with this act
We understand that the provisions OF
tits important act will 'c Incorporated
Al length in the minutes Of the next scs-
sion OF our Police Jury, which will take
place on tie 10th Inst. hence we Shall
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08
Partiti0n..Sale.
State Of Louisiana--Parish Court-Parisl Of
Ascension
Leon Dugas ct ais,
VS.. No. 773,
Gustave Dugas.

Leon Dugas ct ais,
vs.. No. 773.
Gustave Dugas.
R1 VIRTUE OF and acting in obedience
~ to an order of SALE to me. tlirected BIZ
the Hon. Parish Court of the parish of As,
cension, in the above entitled and numbered
cause, dated April 10, 1880, will proceed
to sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der at the Courthouse door of the parish
of Ascension, on
Saturday, the 18th day of May, A. d. 1880,
at IL o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
A certain lot of ground situated in the
town of DonaldsonviIle and designated on
the plan thereof as being lot number six
(6) fronting ON Iberville street, between
Railroad Avenue and Lcssartl street, boun-
ded on one side by lots Nos. II, 1862 and 1863
on the other side by lot No seven, ~ and
i'll the rear by lot No. twelve, (l2) together
with all the buildings and improvements
thereon and tbereunto belonging, being the
same property acquired by Widow ULCER
Dugas from the succession sal.. of the late
Pierre Rougeau and wife made by the
Sheriff of this parish
Terms and conditions:
Cash in United States currency
Parish of Ascension, April 10, 1880.
p A. JONES, Sheriff.
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Organization Of the Police Jury,
Parish of Ascension,

PARISH OF ASCENSION, April %, 1880.
On this 22nd day of April, 1880, the fol
lowing named gentlemen met at the Court
House in the town of Donaldsonville, and
having presented their commissions as mem,
bers of the Police Jury and taken the oath
according to law, took their seats, viz:
DR.. Edward Duffe1, Ist ward Matthias
Rodriguez. End ward Pierre Klop1nan, Bird
ward; Il. r. Hanson, 4th ward H. G. Braud,
5th ward; Ben. Gibson, 9th ward C.. T..
Blouin, 9TH ward; Solomon harmon. Sth
ward.
The Police Jury then proceeded to elect
their officers. President, r. r. Hanson,
elected by accIamatioa. Secretary and
Treasurer, +. 2. Landry, elected by accla-
nation " c. Gabrielle was elected Ser
geant alarms.
On motion Of a1r II. G. Brand:
Resolrcd.. That the matter Of the leyee
be referred to the Finance Committee when
appointed.
Adopted.
Resotrcd, That the President be author
lied to appoint Il Finance Committee. to be
composed of three members, of whom thu.
iIoihtut SHftll oC cHE, W dltGuu 10 all HUd0-
cial affairs connected with the parish, and
to report same to the Police Jury at regular
meetings.
Adopted.
The President appointed on said commit
tee Messrs. Ben. Gibson and p Klopmann.
On motion of Mr.. Ben. Gibson:
Resolsed, That the Secretary and Treas
"rer be instructed to have his vouchers and
accounts ready for inspection by the Police
jury at their next meeting, to be held on
the second Monday i'll May next. 1880.
On motion of Mr.. s. harmon. the Minutes
OF the last meeting were read and approved.
On motion, duly seconded, the Police Ju.
~ ADJOURNED to tie second Monday in Nav.
1889.
K. 7. HANSON,
President Police jury.
A true copy:
FRANCIS VlckSA1R. sec.y Police jury.
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Hon. VIM. p. Daringer, Chief Jus
ticc of the Supreme Court of Cali
fo:ni", dropped dead on the bencI, at
San Francisco, last Wednesday. The
cause Of his death was heart disease.
He was a native Of Virginia age, Sc.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

The Ohio Democratic State con-
vention Endorsed Senator Allen G.
Thurman as presidential candidate
and instructed its delegates to advo.
cate his nomination, ...-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Twenty fishing boats were wrecked
by q squal1 near the mouth of the
coina'bfa river, on the Oregon coast.
Twelve men were drowned.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Col. Tom Scott will retire from tile
presidency IF the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company on 1st of June. Mr..
Geo. b. Roberts has been chosen to
succeed the Colonel.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

China continues preparations for
threatened war with Russia, and has
apparently secured assurances of the
co operation Of Japan. ..""~
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Planters and owners of stock generally
shonid not fail to apply TO NJ. Israel d
Co., for a sample bottle of Whites infal-
liable remedy for bolts. cole and tympa-
nets III horses and n.ules. Samples free.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Hon. VIM. B. Hyman, who was
Grief Justice of Louisiana during the
administration Of Gov. Madison
Wells, has been appointed to sue
ceel the Ex-Governor as Suveyor Of
the Port at New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

by permission Of the general govern
!nemt each State IN the Union may place
IA the capitol at Washington the statues
OF two OF its deceased favor;te eitizens
We suggest Edward Livingston aud L.
pnidas Polk for Observation-Disclosures
Standard
We mo~e to amend the suggestion
ny substituting Zachary Taylor for
one Of the names proposed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

J"hn Burgess and Godf.ey Hines
were drowned in the river at New
Orleans, falling overheard while drop
ping All anchor from Il barge. Burgess
sst'se have saved himself, hut swan
to the as<istapee Of his comrade. wiz,
could not swim. The drowning man
gxasped Burgess in such Il manner as
to iAptae the sxs<c,'s movements,
and both Rcu went down together.
On Wednesday,, at TIE same city, ,Ie
body Of +. n Garuaa. laborer, was
recovered from til" liver, displaying
evidence al tie deceased having h.cn
severely beaten before drowning. No
clue t" the murl.rcrs has yet been
sound,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

The Ways and Means Committee
OF the House Of Representatives has
voted to strike the sugar question
out Of the general tariff bill and bring
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Two religious General Conferences
are in session this week: that of the
NJ. E. Church, North, at Cincinnati,
and the African Methodist Confaranca
at st. Louis.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Gen. w. s. Hancock has been re-
elected commander Of the Legal LIE
gion Of the United States. The head
quarters Of the order are at Philadel-
Dhia. @
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Acting upon the advice Of the New
Ork-sns Board Of Health, Gov. Wilt
has iss'sea q proclamation requiring
>e<<st's ftsss, Havana, Vera Cruz and
K'o do Jane,i", together with their
passengers and crews, to le detained
vt Quarantine Station far ss,ss, lenoth
st time as the Board of Health may
direct. Ali the ports named are in.
ftcted with yellow fever.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

A fire at Palma, near Santiago de
Cuba. destroyed 100 houses and
caused much distress among the in.
habitants.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Green Re'lding, colored man, has
been convicted of the murder of his
wife iii Ouachita parish, and is under
sentence of .leatls- He has taken an
appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Congressman Gibson has had the
appropriation for the harbor of New
Orleans increased from $780, to
$4,000.
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SHARPE CREvAssE CLosED.-After
the expenditure Of much time, labor
and material, the work Of closing the
Sharpe crevasse, near Westwego, was
successfully completed last Monday
evening. The news of this achieve
ment was all the more welcome from
the fact that it followed close upon
the heels of q ]ugub1ious announce
ment by the superintendent of the
| work that he was less hopeful of sue.
cess i'll his undertaking than he had
been 81 any previous time. N1ucl, of
the credit for stopping this crevasse
is due to Messrs. Whitney & Co., pro-
prietors of the Morgan railroads,
and to Mr.. Geo. Pandcly, their super
intendent, who had charge Of the
work. The State authorities contrib
uted materially as also did the neigh
boring planters.
Two crevasses are reported at the
Dnplessis place. parish of Plaque
mines. Each gap is about fifty feet
wide. The planters are making an
effort to close the breaks, the State
authorities being without means to
undertake the work.
a Texas paper, the Fairfield Re-
corder, says that
Texas is getting to be a bad place for
fugitives to come to. Two men, G.. G.
Duson, from louisiana, and w. W.
Browne, from Pike county, Georgia, were
arrested in BraZoria and Hill counties,
respectively, for murder committed nine
years.
This will be startling news to Mr..
G. G. Duson, the vigilant Sheriff of st.
Landry parish, who recently visited
Brazoria county and effected the cap
ture Of y desperate murderer named
John SOnnier. If the Recorder had
complimented Snnrier for the arrest,
the jnxtaposition Of captor aud erin
inal would have been complete.
Gen. Grant visited Springfield, Hi
nois, on Thursday, and was rendered
u public reception at the State House.
In the course of his remarks acknowl-
edsing the compliment he said:
In my travels through our country, /
an happy to say thought saw signs Of
returning prosperity in the section we
were lately III conflict with. and with
prosperity a returning love for the flag
that floats on this side of the platform.
That is what we desire, certainly, that
there shall be no sectional feeling, that
there shall be a substantial union Of feel
ing in every section of the country, and
no matter what was the public position
OF the parties Ii neteen years ago, they
should AL feel that now they have a
common interest in the country, and are
protected by the same flag, and, if neces-
sary should fight, for it.
The Generals patriotic sentiments
were applaudtd to the echo.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

An advertisement is published in
the New Orleans papers calling fol
proposals ''for the work Of construc
ton on extension Of Mississippi VAL
ley and Ship Island railroad from the
present end Of grading t" across Big
Black river" Specifications may be
seen at .he company's Office at Vicks-
burg, where proposals must he filed
laic. to the 18th Of May The worl,
is to he completed by the 18th 1T
September.
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures chills and
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Experience in every branch of business
ensures success. Inventors who secure
the services of attorneys familiar with
patents, and the practice of the Patent
Office rarely fail in obtaining patents.
The same rule applies i'll all Contested
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blanks furnished. PREsBREY & GREEN.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

No. go. An Act to amend and re-enact
an act entitled An act to provide for
supplying the loss Of public records
and other papers consumed BY the
burning Of the Courthouse in the par
ish of Livingston, on the night Of the
fourteenth Of October, eighteen hum
dre,l and seventy-fve,' approved Feb
ruary 23, 1877.
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Somebody's Child.

Somebody's child is dyins-dying with
the flush Of hope on his young face and
All Undesirable yearning to live and
take an honores} place in the world be-
side the companions of his youth. And
somebody's mother is thinking of the time
when that dear face vii be hidden where
no ray Of hope can brighten it-when
her heart and home will be left desolate
because there was no cure for con-
sumption. Reader, if the child be your
neighbours, take this comforting word to
the mothers heart before it is too Lutte
Tel! her that consumption is durable,
that men are living to-day, aged, robust
men whom the physicians pronounced
incrrable at the age of twenty-five, be-
cause one lung had been almost DESTROYED
By the disease. DIR. Perce's Golden Ned
zeal Discovery is a most efficient. altera-
tive for separating the scrofHlous matter
from the blood and lungs, and imparting
strength to the system. It has cured
hundreds of consumptiyes.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

At Chatham, Ont, James Cages
honse was destroyed by fire and his
FIVE children were burned to death.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Governor Wilt appeared before
the Judges Of the Supreme Court last
Wednesday, aud after undergoing
the usual examination, was granted a
certificate Of qualification MS an at
torney at law. Sunday before last the
Governor visited the neishho,ing
parish Of St. james us guest at the
house of Judge Poche, and was
warmly received BY the good people
Of the vicinity. While the Governors
health has greatly improved it is yet
far from robust, and lie will make Il
Summer trip to Colorado in search of
further improvement. Lieut.. Gov.
McEn.'y has made preparations for
assuming the duties Of Executive
during the absence Of Gov. Wilt.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic restores thu
appetite,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-08

No. So. An Act declaring that laws pre-
scribing that judicial advertisements
shall be made in rthc French language,
or i'll a particular newspaper, shall not
apply to advertisements begun before
PRONUNCIATION Of said laws, or before
the selection of the newspapers in
which said advertisements are to be
made.
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No, 81. An Act making appropriations
to pay deficiencies due by the State for
the year eighteen hundred and seventy
nine.
The act appropriatcs S19,742 so ont Of
the revenues Of 1879, subdivided as fol
lows: Salaries of Parish Judges, $500 !;
Secretary Of States Office, sl1o2 As; As
SCISSORS of country parishes, for enumer-
ating the militia, $4,000; Clerks of Regis
trars Of voters, country parishes, $4,000 !;
Treasurer's office, 1915 IS; Joseph Lula,
for rent Of portion Of building occupied
as State House, S1050; I. F. Richardson,
Sheriff of Ouachita parish, for attendance
on Supreme Court, 500; Costs Of Austin
Green, Clerk Of Court, in case State Is.
North Louisiana and Texas Railroad,
1874 10.
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Saturday, May 8, 1880.

Tile New Hampshire delegation to
the Cincinnati convention is said to
he favorable to Tildep.
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occupy no space at present by giving q
synopsis of the law.

No. SO. An Act to create an additional
justice of the peace and constable i'll
ward No. Nine 10y, in the parish of
Natchitoches, to be located on Rigolet
Bon Dieu, III said parish; to define its
jurisdiction and to provide for the
election Of the same, and to prescribe
the manner of filing the same.