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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23
WiAe-Awai1e Again.
Weather and Craps ii Lower Ascension "A
Fair ITospect-loiitical Apathy.
ASCENSION PARISH. Oct ], 1880.

Weather and Craps III Lower Ascension "A
Fair osp.ct-loiitical Apathy.
ASCENSION PARISH Oct. j, 1880.
EDITOR CHEF:
Many weeks, yes, months have elapsed
since contributed to your columns, bnt
rest assured that have not forgotten the
CHIEF. Our section is by no means pro-
life Of such sensational incidents as are
most interesting to newspaper readers,
but the staple subject Of crops always
ment, and especially is this 50 during the
rolling season now close at hand.
During the latter part Of September
the weather was very untayorable to
planting interests, causing the loss of
I; large quantity Of peaviue hay which
had been cut and was in course Of curing,
besides compelling suspension Of plan
tation work. In spite Of these and other
draw backs, however, / am i'll hopes our
esteemed planters will be rewarded with
heavy and profitable yields Of sugar, and
I am glad to say the prospect in this re-
spect is encouraging
The Point Houmas place stands in the
front rank with 4 splendid stand Of cane,
and will no doubt show as good yield
as any place having a like number Of
acres. Much credit is due to the enter
prising overseer, Mr.. J. Prosper Leblanc,
for the industry and sound Judgment he
/ has displayed in experimenting the c,ll-
tivation OF this splendid crop. Tie Point
Honmas mill will start about the Goth.
We had the honor Of visit from our
esteemed Young friend Henry G. Brau,l,
Esq, the we'll known bookkeeper for the
Burnside places. From him | learn that
rolling will begin at the Clark pIanta-
ton about the goth also, and it is to be
presumed the neighboring places Of the
Burnside group will get under way at
or near the same time. / learn that there
are splendid crops on these places-how
could it be otherwise when they have
snch able managers as the Messrs. Law
less, Tucker, and Ray to Boote?
Election day is near at hand, and yet
one can scarcely believe that fact, owing
to the apathy among the politicians and
the people. However, there is yet ample
time 10 set the ball rolling.
Trusting | have not intrudel too much
upon your valuable time and space, am
Truly yours, WIDE-AWAkE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23
President HAYES.

The validity Of Nj. Hayes title may
always be questioned, and his admins
tration criticised, but tie payment of one
dollar gives valid title to one bottle Of
DR.. Pieree.s Golden Medical Discovery,
and its administration can never be crit
icised in cases Of coughs, colds, incipient
consumption. and general debility, for
leading physicians Of all schools endorse
the Discovery and prescribe it in their
practice. Sold b. druggists.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

We are indebted to Mr.. Carleton Hunt,
Dean of the Faculty, for catalogue OF
the Law Department of the University
Of Louisiana. The annual course Of in
struction in this department will begin
November Is, 1880, and terminate i'll
May, 1881. Students who join the class
after the 18th Of next January will not
be considered as taking {: full course.
Any necessary information can be OBJ
tanned by addressing Mr.. Hunt, at New
Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23
D0NALDs0NVILLE, La,
Saturday, October %, 1880.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Judge r. n. Sims is at home again.
Cincho-Quinine cures chills and fever

Judge Cheevers and District Attorney
Earhart go to st. james tomorrow to be
in readiness to open the regular term Of
District Court in that parish on Mon
day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

There is no better place to procure a
first-class sewing machine than at the
depot of Mr.. II. A. Peck, 167 Canal street,
New Orleans, one of the oldest aud most
reliable agencies in the South. All the
best machines are kept there, and are
sold at a great reduction from the prices
usually charged by canvassers and other
dealers. Send for circulars.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Delinquent Tax
and License PAYERS.

YNHE TINE allowed for payment Of back
Wy Taxes without costs and penalties will
expire on the 3lst day of December next.
All costs and penalties will revive after that
forced according to Act No. l07 of 1880.
Parish Of Ascension, Oct. Is, 1880.
P. A. JONES,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

Antony Wives, son Of Mr.. Nnma Wives,
prominent sugar planter ofAssumption
parish, died at his fathers residence on
Thursday, Of pneumonia. The young
mans age was Il years and months.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

a concert will be given at Phoenix Hall
on the 18th of December for. the benefit
OF that worthy lady, Mrs. L. D. Leblanc.
Concerning the preparations for this en-
tertainmeut we shall have something to
say at a later day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

Hon. John S. Billiu, Democratic nom
inee for Congress from this district,
passed through Donaldsonville Thursday
evening en- route to Plaquemine, where
he was billed to speak yesterday. He
was serenaded at the City Hotel by the
Independent Brass Band, and acknowl-
edged the compliment by a few appro
pirate remarks, closing with the formula,
usual to such occasions, "Boys, let's take
a drink" Mr.. Billiu will speak at the
Democratic meeting to be held at Phoenix
Hall This afternoon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

Donaldsonville has no coal Or wood
yard and it is !. wonder to MS some enter
prlsing citizen has not established both
ere this. 70 be sure, wood can he OBJ
tanned at almost any time Of the year
from the men who gather drift logs that
float down the river i'll the Spring, but a
regular yard with a supply always kept
on hand would receive the preference Of
most purchasers. As for coal, there is
not barrel in town for sale that we
know of, and the prospect is that con-
sumers will have to depend upon the
steamboats, for their fuel, at least until
the grinding season is over, whom it is to
be hoped some of our kind hearted plant
ers whose coal was not all used in taking
off their crops will be willing to dispose
Of their spare fuel at reasonable prices.
Barbed wire fencing is gaining in pop
ularity everywhere, by reason of its SUI
perior utility and cheapness compared to
Tue olu Styles. Planters anu lantllOldeTs
will find it to their interest to examine
the merits of the barbed wire fence, and
the best way to obtain full and reliable
information on the subject is to apply to
Messrs. Rice, Born & Co, the well known
hardware dealers, 80 and 81 Camp, and
597 Magazine street, New Orleans. This
firm has one of the largest hardware es-
Establishments in the South, and their rep
utation for reliability and fair dealing is
Of the highest order. They keep a SPLEEN
did line of stoves, being general Southern
agents for the celebrated Charter Oak,
and also for standard scales, rubber and
betting, lawn mowers, cross-cut saws, etc.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

We neglected to acknowledge at the
proper time receipt Of complimentary
tickets to musical and dramatic enter
tainment given at Paincourtville on the
26th of September, nnder the auspices
and for the benefit of the Independent
Brass Band Of that village. We have
learned no particulars concerning the
entertainment-bus duties render
ing it impossible for us to attend-but
we trust it proved all its projectors conld
wish. The CHIEF was favored with tick
cts through the courtesy Of Mr.. Ant. V.
Pintado, secretary Of the band.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

The Lake Charles Echo, one Of the best
country papers in Louisiana, has been
enlarged from twenty four to twenty
eight column form. We congratulate
the Echo upon this evidence of its
material prosperity and wish it contin-
ued and greater success in the future.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

Col. E. A. Lever, editor Of the New Or
leans Ledger, visited Donaldsonville two
weeks ago, and did us the honor to make
the CHIEF Office his headquarters during
his three days sojourn here. The Col
onei is just the polished, pleasant and
accomplished gentleman one would ex-
pect the wielder of such a graceful and
brilliant pen as his to be, ard we were
glad to have the opportunity of forming
his acquaintance. He expressed himself
delighted with Donaldsonville and its
people, and hopes TO visit us again and
enlarge his circle of acquaintance here.
RIVER NEws.-The peerless John w.
Cannon is doing irst-class business in
the Bayou Sara trade, and there is no
boat on the river that better deserves
the patronage Of the public. Always on
time, carrying freight at lowest prices,
possessing accommodations for passen-
gers unsurpassed in comfort or elegance,
and having such tip-top managers as
Capt. j. C. Libano on the roof and Capt.
J. Fl. Mossop in the Office, it is no wonder
the Cannon is the noblest as well as the
nobbiest Roman of them ALL
Tell it not in Askelon, whisper it
not in Gath, but the Talk Small still
seoopeth in big freights.
The Edward j. Gay broke shaft while
coming up the river Friday night, the
9Th inst, and the swift and elegant
packet Jesse K. Bell is summing in her
stead. The Gay will be out again in a
few days.
The magnificent j. NJ. White now
leaves New Orleans Saturday evenings,
and the Ed. Richardson replaces her as
the Thursday evening packet. This in
dicates deliberate opposition to Capt.
feathers and his Big Injun. The White
flew by Donaldsonville at 10 o'clock last
Saturday night.
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QLD RELrABLE.-Many people are IN
der the impression that fine clothing,
boots, shoes, hats, etc, can not be pur-
chased as cheaply III Donaldsonyille as
New Orleans; but, if they will pay 4
visit to the Old Reliable Store, kept By
Christian Kline, corner Of Crescent and
Houmas streets, they will soon become
convinced Of their error. Mr.. Kline has
Just received new stock Of fall goods,
Of the very best quality, and cordially
invites the public to call aud examine
it. Ladies will find it greatly advan-
tageous to patronize this establishment
as they can find every article they require
and be waited on by the courteous and
affable Mrs. Kline, who esteems it a
pleasure to accommodate her lady
patrons.
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List Of Letters
Remaining in the Post Office at Donald
sonville, Ascension Parish, La,

SUUVIlt, hSV6NSIUI dTlSHj 1a'1
October %, 1880.
Allen, Lucinda Rogue, Emile
Allen. Mrs Melinda Sealy, Wesley
Delesham. Mrs Mary Taylor, Isabella
Gordon, Mrs Martha Turner, Anrrew
Rosker. Walter Weysham, Z
Washington, Mrs Sally
If not called for in four weeks will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office.
W. G. WILKINSON, P. NJ.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

Gen. Billiu returned from Plaqtlemine
by private conveyance last night, accom-
panied by Hon. Jos. FL. Acklen, Member
Of Congress from this district. Gen. Bill
lin honored the CHIEF office with call
this morning. He is a courteous gentle
man with whom it is !, pleasure to con-
verse. After the meeting today, Messrs.
Billiu and Acklen will leave for Napo-
leonyille.
The first new sugar received in the
New Orleans market this season came
from the Woodlawn plantation Of Mr. I.
NJ. Cage of Terrebonne parish. The first
shipment from Ascension was made by
Messrs. Mccall Bros on the sth inst, and
not OH the 18th, as our item of last week
would imply. This invoice consisted Of
thirteen hogsheads of choice white clari
fed sugar, which sold at the rate Of log
cents per pound.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

Our Grumpy, alias Plug Ugly, has left
us to engage in the more lucrative and
ing and tenderly caring for bagasss
chimney Oh the Clark plantation. IL
was given that position SO that he could
be ever near fire to light his cigarettes
by, but lad his employer known that
Plug could make fire BY simply placing
a piece Of paper in close proximity to the
red bristlcs growing on his upper lip lie
might not have been quite 50 kind to
linn. "B. B." wishes you success i'll your
new veAture,sand hopes you'll be little
more flush when the grinding season is
over than he was when he returned from
New Orleans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23
The Cheeyers Case.
The Supreme Court Oyerrules the Decision
OF Judge Hahn on DEFENDANTS Excep-


OF Judge Hahn on DEFENDANTS Excep-
ton and demands the Case for Trial
on its Merits iii the District Court.
On the second Monday of October the
Supreme Court Of this State assembled at
Shreveport, and is still in session there.
The first case on the docket was that
Of the State er rel. Attorney General ct
dis. Is. Jno. A. Cheevers, appealed from
this parish, which was submitted on
briefs.
The appeal was taken from the decis-
ion of Judge Michael Hahn sustaining
tie exception If defendant to the juris-
tliction Of the Court. The Supreme
Court reverses this decree. oyerrIles de-
PENDANTS exception, and directs him to
answer the merits, remandiDg the case
to the District Court to be proceeded
with as the law provides. Defendant is
taxed with the costs of appeal and those
Of the lower court from the filing Of the
exception. Cl,ief Justice Bermudez deliv-
cred the opinion of the court, which we
shall publish in full as soon as a copy
can be procured.
The attorneys in this case are Attorney
General J. G. Egap, District Attorney
+. 3. Earhart, Messrs. Z. N. Pngh, Fred
Dnffel and Paul Leche for plaintiff; st.
NJ. Berault and James D. Angustin for
defendant.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-10-23

They wear suits Of clothes up in Alex
andria that fit like q glove.-E1chaage.
We know at least one young man III
Donaldsonville who wears clothes that
tit him twice. He sauntered into the
CHIEF office recently clad in . garment
that brought forth from one of our must
cal typos the impromptu refrain
His grandfather's coat was too large for the
boy,
So it trailed seven feet on the floor,
It was larger by half than the young buck
himself,
Though it
would have been difficult to make him
believe it didn't fit him as If he'd been
melted and poured into its ample folds.
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Erit Grant.

Gen. Grants feelings are not to be CO.
We'd A kind of prestige had hedgod him
about, and bis star had been 10 the ascen-
dant, SO to speak, for a long time. His
adherents began to think him invineible.
After two terms in the Presidency be
travelled ia foreign countries and received
the homage of princes aud potentases, and
was singled out BY his adherents after bis
return, for a third term. They Rugged
the delasion that be eOHll not be beaten,
bat they have been rHdely sSsased to a
sense of that dclusion, and now 10 bitter
ness aad disappointment he has been fual-
" rclegated 10 that privacy from which il
would have been better for his fame had
BE Deeer emerged, afaeF bis second term
expired "Finis" may bow be written to
his career, and this Chicago chapter is M
calculated to give kiE additional eelat in
history. The world would haze accredited
him with greater sisaeity, more dignity Of
character, and higher order Of patriotism,
but for this untoward finale in his eveat-
ful public career
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A wei Blanket.

Garfield aad Arthur beget no enthusiasm
10 any quarter. The Grst named is only
secoud-rate man, while his assaeisie upon
the ticket is but third-rate, and ada no
strength to his principal whatever. Par
sisans add machine politicians win accord
their support, bat the large body of indie
pendent voters will grsyitate towards the
Democratic rominees, presided they are
such as shall challenge public respect and
confidence The Democratic party has :
plenty Of such men ia its ranks if the con
yeution ut Cincinnati shall search them
out Nothing but the grossest blander 10
making their nominations eau mar their
present chances Of success.
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In the Republican platform, made and
adopted at Chicago, the first paragraph
reci.es the record Of the party for the past
twenty years, and much stress Is laid upon
the announcement that the Republican
party put down a rebellion Of nearly mil
lion Of armed men aud freed and citizenized
the negro. The party denied that they
even intended to interfere with slavery,
much less enforce negro legal and social
equality, and it now boasts, as one of its
grandest achievements, that it freed A.
100000 negroes and elevated them to the
rank Of citizens. Had Mr. Lincoln aud
the Republican party announced at the
beginning Of the war that it was to be
prosecuted to elevate the negro race, this
country to-day would not be united, To
save the union was their only ayowed OBJ
jeet, aud to accomplish that end led many
men into the federal ranks who would not
have been there had the Republican party
proclaimed then what it now asserts; and
the federal army, minus the Democrats who
enlisted to preserve the Union, would have
met humiliation or been scattered to the
four winds at the very outset of the con
test
While no one regrets the abolition Of
slavery, many scorn and abhOr the manner
Of its contamination, 1t was swept from
the South by force, gathered together by
fraud, and in Maryland, Delaware, Mis-.
souri, and other border States its abolition
was mere robbery by the government, Il
is not our purpose, however, to discuss sla-
very, but We wish to call attention to the
fact that by its own admission, the Repub.
liean party was founded as negro party,
and the still further elevation ofthe negro,
for party purposes, is its object. The
white people of the United States do not
believe in negro equality or negro rule, and
just as they would hare broken down the
party twenty years ago, had its real object
been proclaimed, they will now hurl it
from power. Legislation for fifteen years
past has chiefly been in the interest Of the
colored man, aud 10 matter how unconsti-
tutional it has been, partisan supreme
court has always sustained it. A party
that will give little consideration 10 the
white man, is what the country now needs,
and the people demand The Democratic
party is a white man party, though it will
protect the negro in all lis rights, and its
success in November next will be more
emphatic than that Of 1876, when fraud
triumphed to dcfraud the people
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Flanagan and the Offices.

The Chicago platform contained not a
word on civil service reform, that staple
subject for long resolutions. Mr., Barker
come forward to supply the omission. Mr..
Flanagan of Texas, a patriot formerly
known to fame, indignantly protested
against the sham. My State, said he,
'has had enough of your civil service.
What are we here for except to get Officer
This plain speech was greeted with long
aud loud applause by the body of the Con-
yention aud by the galleries. The audience
seemed to regard it as the utterance of
practical statesman who meant business
Mr. Flanagan is entitled TO whatever credit
there may be in being the ouly member Of
the eopyeptiou who has given candid ut
teraRee to ihs real sentiment of the dele
gates. lie ought 60 be the candidate of
the party "Flanigan aud the Offices
would be war cry which would at least
tell the country honestly what the Repub-
lean party is after.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

The new cemetery connected with Saipt
Mays Church, Silver Run, will be dedicated
on Saturday, June l2th, at 10 o clock, a. n.
Several ministers will be present. An arc
cordially invited to attend.
METHODIST PRorFsrASr CqrRcn. To. NOR,
row, Sunday, at 100 n. ~, Bdecalaurente
Sermon, by Rev J. +. Ward, President n
Western Mar land College. So. IN. discourse
before the Literary Societies, 6y Rev. s. i.
Graham, Of Newark, New Jersey.
CoRxrg SroyE LhYlsgZThe cornerstone
OF Beihesda NJ. Z. Church, near Gis, Posi-.
olhce,. will be laid June ~, at |, n. M. II
iaIrr It not on the following Monday. II
Monday should be uniayorable the exercise /,
wlll be held on the next fair afternoon, Of the
same hour. Several ministers from a distance
Eill be present, and Defiance Lodge, !. o. o,
r., will also assist in the exercises
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THE COLLEGE RECORD.

There will be a daily paper called Tuv
eeits,e llgaaaDi Published at Western Nd.
ryland College during The Gaming commence.
meat y will By four pages in size, and viii
be printed BY Messrs. Vanderford Bros. On
the same quality Of paper as the Adroeais
iHE hrcoAn will give full account OF he
exercises Of the week, aud its coming out
every day will enable large selections 81 ,he
ssrii9s afa4ogs sBd essays to be given. ID
H y, also contain original pssays, Il0eps, I'd
Inc subscription prizes for The i've Issues wili ~
10 cents--zo cents ifsant outside 81 the CIV.
SUBSCRIPTIONS ~ih be received At the ddcocafs
once Address al communication 10.
H. n. MEEKINs.
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Dissolution Notice.

TllE Copartnership heretofore s1,'illls
"A between David A. ShAFetts and Asn
ham n. less, doing business under lbe ~
name Of Shateits 4 Hess, has been dl'sSiis y
by mutual CONSENT All persons indee9s,g 4;
requested 70 seille ct ageahy GAY. hAg9 =
authorized 20 receipt ior the fitnl,
DAVID A. sHARbIIs,
ABRAHAM n. HISS "a
laneytown, Carroll eoaniy NJ
quit business October 10, 1879.
june ", iss0-sts
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One week from next Tuesday the Dem
ocratie National convention will assemble
at Cincinnati, and name the next Presi-
deut and President Of me United
States. Whilst almost any ticket wonld
be superior to Garfield and Arthur, let US
have an able and strong one, that success
may be tho mosc assured.
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Notice to Creditors.

NO. 1858 EQUITY.
la the Circuit Court for Carroll CcuaF
Kinney Evans and Others VS.. James !. has
aHd others.
NOTICE Is hereby given TO all us Va \,
- tors Of Amos Evans, deceased y y
lheiF claims dHly proven and agihel,. vi
with the Clerk d lhe OireuH uoafs hrs''
county. son'oF before the l9.h dag o. Aus4''
AZ ID, 1850. az
ione l9.4t Aadloe
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Everybody knew, when petitions were
pouring 10 upop the Chicago convention,
asking the nomination Of Senator Bruce
or Fred Douglass for Vice President, that
the eolorcd race would receive no such
recognition from the Republican party,
Douglass was not even mentioned in the
convention, aud Bruce, after being rcgu.
larIy put in nomination, received but Eve
votes oEt Of the T56. Indiana gave him
two votes, Michigan two aud Wisconsin
one--not one vote did he receive from
New England or the North.
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A woman has been Gned 10 Frederick
county fg using profane language os the
street II such thing had occurred in
Washington comfy, il you'd have excited
no Fonder, for men women and children
swear about Hngerstowu.
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The river and barbor bill is . eqntrt,.
ance for immense jobLery and for the
depletion Of the treasury. This whoIs
system of appropriations is al abOmination
which ought to be uprooted by honest leg
islafinn