gnlta1ranxbille Tibud.Punlished Every Saturday

Official Journal of the Parish of Ascensionand Town of Donaldsonville.

LINDEN E. BENTLEY,EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

Entered at the Post-Office at Donaldson-vwlle. La., as Second Class Matter.

EV" Job Printing of all kinds, from a full

sheet poster to a bread ticket, excecuted on

slhortest notice, at city prices and in best

style at the CIiEF office.

I7 Postmasters are authorized and re-

quested to act as agents for the CeIEF.

(47 The CHIEF is received by all sub-

setibersPOsTAOE FREE.

Saturday, April 15, 1882.

Candidates' Announcements.

Municipal Election, May 6, 1882.

For Mayor.ErITOR CuIIEF : Please announce that, at

the instance of many friends, Mr.DAVID ISRAEL

will be a candidate for re-election as Mayorof Donaldsonville at the coming town elec-tion. having rendered good service in theoffice three years, we hope to see him chosenfor a fourth term. MANY VOTERS.

For Constable.I beg leave to announce that I will be a

candidate for Town Constable at the elec-tion to be held on the first Saturday ofMay. Having endeavored to perform myduties as Assistant Constable properly, Irespectfnlly solicit proirotion at the handsof the people, and will spare no effort to jus.tify their confidence should they see fit toelect me Constable. WM. BECKETT.

Keep Goudran's Blue Store in your

mind if you wish to make your purchases

at low figures.

lion. Jonathan Chace, imenmber of

Congress from the Second District of

Rhode Island, is a Quaker, and such is

his belief in the non-combative theory

of his sect that le deolines to nominate

a candidate to West Point.

The CIIIEF heartily endorses the many

words of praise that have been spoken

of poor Jack Wharton and participates

in the universal regret caused by his

sudden death, announced in the letter ofonr New Orleans correspondent. lie wasa man of brilliant attainments and one of

the wittiest and most entertaining con-

versationalists in the country.

Gov. McEucry's estimate, as furnished

to the New York Herald, that ten percent. of the cultivated lands of Rapides

parish have been inundated is objected

to by the Alexandria Express as greatly

exaggerated. The Express says that not

more than one per cent, of these lands

were tnubnerged. There is a large de-

mand for laborers in Rapides and good

wages are paid.

The storms of Wednesday and Thurs-day caused much damage to property

and some loss of life in the Teche coun-

try, adding greatly to the terrors of the

inundation. At Fausse Point settlement,in Iberia parish, forty houses were de-

Imolished or damaged, and at many other

places similar disasters occurred. In

New Orleans and vicinity the storm was

accomnpaunid by a heavy fall of hail.

Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado

has been appointed Secretary of the In-

terior and Heo. Win. E. Chandler of New

Ilampshire Secretary of the Navy. Ihon.

Wilm. II. Hunt of Louisiana, the retiring

Secretary of the 5avy, goes to St. Peters-burg as United States Minister. Secre-tary Lincoln is now the only remaining

member of the Cabinet appointed by

Presideut Garfield, and it is reported that

lihe will soon be replaced as Secretary of

War and appointed Minister to England.

The I)umont faction gained the upperhand in the reorganization of the Itepub-

lican parish committee of Orleans. Anew election has been ordered in four

wards, the result of which will probably

still further strengthen the following of

the popular Naval Officer. It is all open

question w lethier the reconciliation in

the party ranks will reconcile any body

or not. One of the characteristics with

which Surveyor Pinchback is accredited

is that lhe doesn't appear to know whenhe is whipped and iusists upon kicking

up a deuce of a row when he ought to

preserve the st:id demeanor of a corpse.

The Alexandria State Central E:prl.ss is

ndvocatilng the restoration of the StateUniiversity to its former location inRapides parislh, where there is a tract of

-t00 acres of laud belonging to the insti-

tuti ion, situated in a healthful and beau-tiful locality superior in many respects

to any other in the State. There are ten

buildings on the place that cost the

State %t0,t00t and which could be placedin good repair for ar moderate s1111. The

cjrlarees thinks the General Assembly

,ught to provide for the erection of a

sublstn'utial University building, and

believes that the continued abandon-

menit of this valuable property will be in

utter disregard of the public interests.

The New Orleans Times-Denicrat calls

mapo0 the Pitcatune to haul down " thetattered eusign" so long borne at its

in•:thlcad displaying the deceptive

egecnd, "Thle I'icay•ine has the largest

circulation in the Southwest;" and in

support of the demand the T.-D. offers to

wager $t1,000 that its bona Jide circula-

tion is larger than that of the I'icayuitn

in any and all of the Southwestern

St ats. l he qunestion to be submit ted to dis-

itttcrested parties for in\tstigatit•n and

tdecisiu, . The Pl'c. ridicules the proposi-

tio; aIndl ddeclines either to "put p, shtill

lip" or tale ldown-and we can ott but

:iiuire the old laiy's discretion. what-

c\ievr we ( ll:y lhinik of iher c:andor oi

tf.itntss. In, our opini, n the ]pretettsionus

,f I the Tim,- ijt.•o'raft aire tfoutdt.l on

!.lti: andwe ha:ve n, doull thlit already

i.u ritciult ,ti ,n of that enterprising

jturt a will , iatli all y ilnc 't•ir eti l by

t h:1 n t 0 i h l of t1 e the ut:rU".. t the g:e:t oVC..ow.

KU8SIN' KELLOGG.Our Alexandria contemporary, We the

People, evidently deriving its inspiration I

from ex-Governor Madison Wells, is t

reachilng out after Senator Kellogg's s

scalp with much ferocity, the pretext c

for the assault being that the Senator,"a carpet-bagger," is maneuvering to t

have himself elected to Congr:ees to I

succeed Dr. Darrall, "a native of Lonisi- i

ana." Our confrere is somewhat off his

base concerning the nativity of the 1

Representative from this district. The

Doctor first saw the light in Somerset

county, Pennsylvania, not long after the I

optics of Senator Kellogg opened upon t

the green mountains of Vermont; both

camne South during the war and adopted

the Louisiana pelican as a stepmother

about the same time, hence, so far as

concerns the accident of birth, the

honors are even between them.In order to demonstrate the unfitness I

of Mr. Kellogg to represent us in Con-

gress, the People publishes a letter

written to him several years ago by ex-

Gov. Wells, vber~i the writer declares

in effect thatIffleis riot left undisturbed 1in the enjoyment o his federal office he

will tell all he knows concerning alleged e

dark deeds committed during Governor e

Kellogg's administration and thus have

that functionary condemned to do the 1State some service at Baton Rouge--which was not then the State Capital.

As we find n •o stit omission or comnrlis-

sion referred tosl• the letter which has

not been repeatedly alleged against Mr.

Kellogg before,; shis reply-also pub-

lished by the People-invites Mr. Wells

to disclose to th attthorities whatever

information lie may possess implicatingthe writer in anly criminality, and as this

challenge was never accepted, we are at

a loss to see how the reproduction of the

correspondence at this time can affect

Mr. Kellogg's capacity or fitness as a

member of Congress.If we were to believe one tithe of the

vicious and unkind things that have

been said of Gov. Wells, we should

regard him as a corrupt, unscrupulous

and very bad man, but as we know that

these criticisms were engendered by

political malice or personal hatred, we

decline to regard them as worthy of

credence by unbiased minds and it isonly fair that the same rule should apply

in Senator Kellogg's case.

A RIDIOULOUB MANIFESTO.Mr. M. A. Ledet of Lafourche, a mem-

ber of the Republican Congressional

committee of the Third District, recent-

ly relieved his mii4 by circulating an

address to the Repl plican voters of the

district descautin ,f upon the inferior

quality of their r rtesentation in Con-

gress for the past years, denouncing

Dr. Darrall for Ifa'i;g fasteniied " his

brother-in-law aiint crowd of ulerccna-

ries" upon the puh c service in lositions

which are little moj; than sinecures; andcharacterizing Mortis Marks as " that

prince of jugglers_- man in no way con-nected with the district and having no

hold upon its affections." The ovetflow

and its consequent damage to crops, loss

of stock and destruction of homesteads

is ascribed by this grandiloquent ad-

dress to the " rapacity of these cormo-

rants"-" the infalhus quartetle, Darrall,

Merchant and Ma•s!" The document

concludes with an peal to the voters

addressed to "

be b longer disgraced by

this mercenary iho c of tricksters" but

to stand by the district committee,whose names are ageniously appended

in such a way as tq reate the impression

among casual or n hinking readers that

the members of t kt committee have

signed and endorsed the address. This

subterfuge has since been demolished

by the committee adopting a resolution

repudiating the pronunciamento. Mr.

Ledet's logic is as poor as his gra'mmar-

and his hifalutin address violates all

four parts of this branch of knowledge,

the designation of a trio as a quartette

being only one of the numerous blunl-

ders; and the provocation for the effu-

sion is plain enough to destroy its force

without particular inquiry into the

source from which it emanates: it has

grown out of the irrepressible conflict

between the ins and the outs-Ledet

wants a crowd of officehohlers bouniced

to make room for a crowd of office seek-

ers.

Rev. Henry Highland Garnett, the dis-

tiuguished colored United States Minis-

ter to Liberia, died at Monrovia on the

14th of February. He was one of the

best educated colored nlen in the world,

the equal of Frederick Douglass in nat-

ural ability and his superior in learning,

and his career was truly remlarkable as

the following brief biographical sketch

firom the New York Christian Adrocate

will show:Grandson of a native African brought

over in a slave-trader. himself born a slave.lie was brought to Pennsylvania by hisfather, when hit ti fled from slavery in 1824.Next we tind him, at the age of 17, ridiculedfor studying (reek and La tin then nmobbedin a New Hlampshire seminary ; then drovefroni a street car iu Utica: then studyingtheology with Dr. Beman in Troy, N. Y.Soon he was settled as a minister; after-ward lie traveled in Great Britain and onthe Continent of Europe, and was sent by aScottish soei-tyv as Presbyterian missionaryto Jamaica, West Indies. lie returned toNew York anid was long the pastor of theShiloh Presbyterian Church, his houseescapinm the riots in 1863 " by the foresightof his daughter. who wrenched off tile door-plate." lae was the first colored mlau whoever spoke in public in the Capitol at Wash.ington. having preached there Sunday, Feb.12, 1865. In 1~8t he was appointed Ministerto Liberia. * * We heard him make aspeech in 1865 which, in force of reasoning,purity of language and propriety of utter-ance, was not unworthy of comparison witha sermou of Bishop Tlhomson or an addressof George iWhliamn Curtis. As he was "afull-blooded Negro." he was a standing andunanswerable proof that the race is capableof all that has distinguished 31-s.

A very handsome 16-page periodical,bearing the title of the Son ther World isbetLte us. It is beautifully atd amply

illustrated, and judging from the con-

ite is of the number at hand, the outlook

is pronii.in'g tor a welcome throughout

ilhe S ~itny South. It is published setni-

.n hly :it. Atlaut., Ga.. at the very low

tiglr.e o f per an 1num11, in advanlce-each

lbscliber being entitled to a prcicuiiut•l

of h book frum a list of a dozen.

UNJUST IMPUTATIOINS.In the course of an article provoked

by the ridiculous address of Mr. Ledetto the Republicans of the Third Congres-

sional District, the New Orleans Republi-can condemns the document as calculated"to impose on the ignorant and weaken

their political attachmentto the Repub-

lican party and thus create a diversion

in favor of Mr. Acklen, the Democraticcandidate for Congress, or some sore-headed, bull-in-a-china-shop Republican,who may feel that he has a heaven born

right to go to Congress, whether his

party nominate him or not." We believe

the last portion of this sentence is lev-

eled at Judge Beattie, and we must

except to it as an unjust imputation. It

should not be forgotten that he was the

nominee of the party for Congress in

1880 by the unanimous vote of a full con-

vention, and voluntarily resigned' the

prize that was within his grasp. In the

face of this action the charge that he has

an inordinate ambition to go to Congress

can hardly be established. And further,we have heard Judge Beattie declare

that he is not an. independent candidatefor Congress, but is seeking the Republi-can nomination, and that reporw 4.the

contrary are circulated in the interest of

opposing aspirants. Add to this the factthat Judge Beattie had no part in the

concoction or publication of the Ledetmanifesto and did not even read it until

some days after its distribution through

the district, and the injustice of the Re-

publican's insinuations Jecomes doublymanifest.

TYTT CITIA T.MRRI.

Speaking of the redistricting of States

for Congressional representation, the

Monroe Bulletin sa3 s that gerrymander-ing is the prevalent rule in Mississippi,Virginia, Tennessee and other States,

and cites an instance where tle law has

been violated in Mississippi to get rid of

Chalmers, and his district surrendered to

the Republicans.. Heaven save the mark!

Chalmers has never once been fairly

elected to Congress-this "able man,worthy of any honor that could be put

upon hii;," is one of the most conspicuous

representatives of force and fraud in

elections who have been permitted to

occupy seats in our National legislative

assembly. When the Democrats secured

control of the State government in Mis-

sissippi several years ago, they gerry-

mandered the Congressional districts in

a most shameful manner, placing the

river counties-which were nearly all

heavily Repubiican-in one district,

known from its formation as the Shoe-

string District, which was conceded to

the Republicans in order that the rest

of the State might be reliably Demo-

cratic. By the machinations of such

men as Chalmers, however, the R'epubli-

cans have been systematically defrauded

of representation even from this district

with its overwhelming Republican ma-

jority. Bulldozing, ballot box stuffing

and legal quibbles have all been brought

into play to keep Chalmers in Congressseveral terms in defiance of the will of

tlhe people, and-i is a satisfaction toknow that a Republican House is about

to lift hima out of his seat and that a

Democratic Legislature is providing

against the probability of his return to it.

Wonld that a similar fate could overtake

all politicians of his ilk.

'Ph. Tharrrilla .rnuh Inarnnl t.lnt ann ntf

tempt was made by two unknown per-

sons to cut the levee a short distance

below the Arizona crevasse during Mon-

day night of last week, but that their

purpose was foiled by a levee guard who

leveled his gun at the miscreants and at-

tempted to shoot them, but the cap

snapped. The parties were said to haveapproached the levee in a skiff and when

accosted by the guard jumped back intotheir boat and rowed rapidly away. We

have no means of knowing " whether the

information received by our cont:nmpo-rary is reliable or not, but so many nu-founded reports of this character havebeen circulated that we are loth to ac-

cept them as true until good evidenceto that effect is presented. It should re-quire some extraordinary proviocation tolead any man, however vicious, to en-danger the lives of fellow creatures andentail suffering and loss upon hundredsof poor people by cutting the embank-ment which protects them from the en-croachments of the Mississippi's floods.Several rumors have reached us duringthe past few weeks of the wounding and

killing of parties detected in attempts tocut the levees, but in every instance in-vestigation has shown the reports to

have been untrue or exaggerated. Per-haps the case cited by the South will

prove to be of a similar character.

During the past week the trains on thePacific railroad have made Donaldson-

ville their western terminus, the waterfrom the overflow having covered thetrack between here and Bayou Gonla to

such a depth as to render the passage of

trains impracticable. The backwater

having begun to recede, it is expected

that travel on the road to Plaquemine atleast, and perhaps to Baton Rouge, will

be resnumed in the course of a few days.In the meantime, the transmission of

mails to points between Donaldsouville

and Bayou Sara has been sadly interferedwith and tri-weekly service by the

Vicksburg boats has been temporarily

substituted for the daily service via the

railroad and the steamer Morning Star.

It was expected that the Star would run

between Baton Rouge and this place,making daily connection with the train

from New Orleans, but we learn this

arrangement was rendered impracticable

by an accident to the Star-the breaking

of her shaft. Superintendent Morse is

on the qui rirc and will send his trains

through at the earliest possible dlay.

Experience the best Guide.The reason why women everywhere use

i Parker's G:nger Tonic is, because they havelearned by experiepce-the best guide-

that this excelient umedicine overcomesltdespondency, periodieal headache, indiges-tiou, pa:i in the back and kidnevy, andIother tuoubles of the suex.--Home Journal!.

Seed for the Overflowed. (

Appropriation by Congress for its Purclase

and Distribution.

Special telegram to the CH•eF:WASHINGTON, D, C., April 6, 1882.

Congress to-day by unanimous consentpassed the bill introduced by Gen. J. FloydKing of Louisiana appropriating twentythousand dollars to be expender by theCorunmmissioner of Agriculture in the purchaseand distribution of seed among those suffer-ing from the overflow. A.

The foregoing dispatch was receivedon the 7th inst., and should have

appeared in our issue of last Saturday,but It was overlooked by the foremanand omitted.

The bill introduced by Mr. King is oneof the most subst..dattial relief measures

that could h ave been devised, and if thefund which it !,r,;vide: is judiciously

exp,-.:ded tih hi r-fi:' resulting therefromwill pioduce a hu:ndrcd-f'oil return Torthe governmental bread thus cast uponthe waters. It is of course presumablethat in the distribution of the seed to be

purchased by the Coemmissoner of Agri-culture, care will be taken to supplythose who are least able to procure withtheir own means the material necessary

for replacing the crops destroyed by theinundation.

SUMMA1RY OF STATE NEWS.

Gleanings from the Louisiana Press.Shreveport has had a couple of cases

of small pox.Five prisoners broke out of jail at

Lake Charles.Bill Hogan fell into Cobb's ditch, near

Bayou Sara, while drunk and wasdrowned.

A wild cat was killed in Calcasieu

parish that measured four feet from noseto tip of tail.

Farmerville bad a municipal electionMonday before last, and Mr. W. A. Darby

was chosen Mayor.Over a hundred mules were drowned

in the waters of the Alsatia crevasse,East Carroll parish.

Vic Pierre, who escaped from the St.

Charles parish jail three weeks ago, wasrecaptured in St. John.

Mr. Geo. Ilildenbrand's moss factoryat Gretna has been destroyed by an in-cendiary lire for the fourth time.

A plantation " with any amount of

water privileges" is advertised for salein one of the overflowed parishes.

The store and residence of Mr. EugeneAhearne, situated in the suburbs ofPlaquemine, were destroyed by fire.

Joshua Mason killed Harvey Field

with a fence rail in Ounachita parish.

Both were colored men. The murdererescaped.The Was.hingtol Argus says that lands

in St. Landry that have "never been

under water since the delnge " are now

submerged.Mr. Gervais Broussard's two-year-old

daughter was fatally wounded while

playing with a loaded revolver in St.Charles parish.

A colored man in Avoyelles parish wascured of total blindness by pouring afew drops of fish gall in his eyes two orthree times a day.- •

Ground is being broken for the firstrailroad ever constructed in Bossier par-

ish. The Banner trots out its rooster to

crow over the event.

Thos. Middleton, an old colored man

living in Iberville parish, fatally shot

himself while pulling his gun out of his

wagon by the muzzle.

Delta had a narrow escape from total

destruction by the flood. The river

threatened to make a new channel

through "Grant's canal."

A colored man named Beatin was

drowned in the overflow in Caldwell

parish, and a companion had a narrowescape from the same fate.

Dr. J. C. Gordy of St. Mary, the ven-

erable: Ctra.d Lecturer of the Masonic

order for thi State, Ias relinq uished the

:du.ies oi t; position on account of old

age.

State cunator L. MI. Nutt of Caddo

died at his residence in Shreveport on

the 22nd of March. iHe served as an

otlicer in the Coufederate army and was

an able lawyer.

John Hall, a colored skiffman, was

shot and dangerously wounded in West

Baton Rouge by a colored tramp whom

Hall refused to cross over the river un-

less paid in advance.

The only planters in St. Charles who

have suffered from the overflow are a few

on the east baink of the river whose back

levees broke, letting in the water from

the Bonnet Carr6 crevasse.

Sunday before last a severe storm vis-

ited the eastern portion of Ouachita par-ish, destroying a number of buildings

and fences on several plantations. A

woman was badly hurt by falling timbers.

Phil Jackson stabbed Munch Brigham

through the heart in Morehouse parish

and was taken to jail. The murder was

unprovoked and the Clarion says Phil's

chances to swing are reported favorable.

Both were colored men.

At Smithville, jnst below Red River

Landing, Geeo. Smith shot at HenrySewell but missed him and the bullet

mortally wounded John Lindsey. Smithshot again, seriously wounding Sewell,who returned the fire and killed Smith

instantly.

A special election is to be held in

Caddo paiish on the 25th inst., for the

purpose of choosing a successor to the

late State Senator L. M. Nutt. Col. A.

D. Battle, editor of the ShreveportTiames, and Mr. Win. Robson are candi-dates for the vacancy.

A Timely Suggestion.DONALDSONVILLE, April 15, 183"2.

EDITOR CHIEF:

Dear Sir-Let nme suggest that thevarious conmgregatiomns in Donaldsonvillemake a generous offering in their respect-ive churches on S:udcay, April 23, forthe benelit of the su'ierers by the overeflow. Other communities have alreadydone this. Let Ascension fall into line.

Respectfully yours,ROBT. S. STUART.

Faded Colors Restored.

Fade d or :zray hair gradually recovers itsvouthfl't color and lustre by the use ofPiarker'. air iBaia:um. an elegant dressing.admnired tor ihs purity and rich perfume.

)UR NIW ORL AY! LETLEVER.[tems of Interest from the Crescent City

by Our Regular Correspondent.NEW OntcAns, April 11, 1882.

EDITOR CHEF ;

With the exception of a wind storm innorthern Iowa the weather for the pastweek has been favorable to the Missis-tippi valley, and consequently the greatfood of waters isbeing gradually drainedAff into the Gulf. Our friends of the'reche valley and vicinity are still suffer-ing from the surplus discharge drawnthrongh the Red and Atchafalaya riveis,

and the finest lands of St. Mary and Terre-bonne are now covered by the water.We may hope for a change and a rapidfall within a week, if the weather stillkeeps fine. Words can not express the

distress and loss now being undergonein the lower Teche country. It will take

thousands of dollars and months of laborto repair the injury done, and without

national assistance and governmentalcontrol of the Mississsippi levees, all re-lief must end abortively, for it can notbe permanent otherwise. It is to behoped that our representatives in Wash-ington will stir up this question until ]the matter is taken properly in hand andthe local authorities relieved of tinkeringupon a great national work.

Business was generally suspended inour city on Good Friday and religiousservices were duly celebrated, and butfor the great destroyer nothing occurredto mar the scene. Alas for human hopes,Jack Wharton, the brave, witty andgenial Marshal of this jurisdiction, well,happy and buoyant in the morning, wascarried home from the Custom-Houes a-piece of cold inanimate clay, a victim toa stroke of apoplexy, ere the shades ofnight had closed around. About 3o'clock he called upon Surveyor Pinch-back, and while conversing with himand Mr.T.B. Stamps, was suddenly takenwith pains in the head and spine, andre-questing the windows to be opened,stretched himself upon a lounge. Thepain increasing, he exclaimed, "I amgone," and then lost his speech, whichnever returned, and he breathed his lastat about 5:15, barely two hours after hefirst noticed the attack. Drs. Pratt andSmythe were soon upon the ground, butpronounced the case hopeless from thefirst. General Wharton was a bold andable leader of the Republican party here,and an orator of national reputation.He also had the unlimited confidence ofall classes of our people. Truth wasstamped upon his features, his languagecarried conviction to his every listener,and liberality flowed constantly from his

heart. All feel that a void occurs whichit will be hard to fill.

Decoration day passed off in this citywith its usual quietness and solemnity.The Grand Army of the Republic madefloral offerings to their fallen antagonistsand the outpouring of sympathy for thefallen braves, pictured and responded toso ably by Justice Fenner, will go far toprove the unity of our people upon allgreat questions. Having one flag and

given way to calm reflection and work.

Sunday morning at 1 o'clock, upon1avinrl n .. 11rnnn a vmnunc man nnmeldleaving a aill-room, a youug man nanime

Alexander McMahon was set upon by oneJohn Melia, who inl a cowardly manner,and without provocation, drew a pistoland shot McMahon in the left breast.The locality, Lotz' bar-room, corner IHun-

ter and Tchonpitoolas streets, is a very

bad place, and very near to the notorious"Corduroy Alley " of ante bellum fame.

Rowdies of the lowest order are con-stantly breaking the peace in this neigh-borhood. The Mayor, by withholding

permits from houses where shootingscrapes have previously occurred, wouldteach these characters a lesson, at thesame time conserving the well being ofthe community. McMahon lies at the

Charity Hospital, given up by the sur-geons, and Melia is in durance vile with-out benefit of bail.

The President of our Board of Health,Dr. Jones, reports that during the pastyear the death rate far exceeded thebirths, and hinted strongly that a cer-

tain class of women practicing midwiferyare at the bottom of the secret. This,coupled with the fact that the death rate

of New York city exceeded the births byover 12,000 last year, shows to what anextent this evil has grown, and calls for

serious consideration at the hands of our

law makers, and it may need harsh means

to crush out this canker-worm of our

social system.Hon. A. J. Dumont was visited last

night at his home in Algiers by the firefiend and his house and several adjoining

wele completely gutted. Mr. Dumontloses over $5000 by this catastrophe, not

being able even to save his personaleffects. Thesuburban fire brigade turned

out, but were not able to render any as-sistance, and the destruction was so rapidthat it was impossible to send assistancefrom the city side in time to do any good.The loss is complete, there being no in-

surance.Oscar Crozier has published an open

letter in answer to Jones of Nevada.'From a semi-white man's basis he en-deavors a refutation of the charges made

against the Chinese and African races,which no doubt comes in good time, andhad the diction been equal to the ideano son of Caucasia would be sorry tofather the same; but whether this willsuit the Negro yet remains in doubt.

Several deaths from drowning are re-ported from Morgan City. No partic-ulars, not even the names of the victims,have been discovered so far.

Hons. Alfred Shaw and J. R. G. Pitkinare mentioned in connection with theva-cant Marshalship.

.Yours truly, W. H. Y.

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WNS, LIQBORS CIG•ARTOB.A.CCO, Aqr'D

GENERAL MERCHANDN E ,AT PRICES THAT CAN'T BE UNDERSOLD.

Railroad Avenue, one Block from the Depot !LOOK FOPR THE SIGN OF THE ELEPHANT.

CALL AND EXA.MIE GOODS AND PRICES.

COMPETITION DEFIED.

THE OLD RELIABLE STORE.

C. K IINE,O CRESCENT AID DONALD SON VILLE,

HIOUMAS STREETS,.

-DEALER IN-

Dry Goods, Groceries,

HA-TS, CAPS, NOTIONS,

C LOT I I~-N0,ZEPHYR WOOL, FANCY GOODS, ETC.

C•ow, OATS AUn BRAN,GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS,

Sour Rraut and Limberger Cheese.Scotch Ales, Canada Malt Beer and

I.IBtE0 0 ZLL Q1y xJ ITI M--Parties desiring fine Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Hats will do

well to call arid examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.

For Sale.Desirable Property in Thibodaux.

THAT desirable property located at thewestern extremity of Jackson street, in

the town of Thibodaux, consisting of a s a-CioLu lot of ground, a neat and comfortableresidence, with L attachment-five roomsin :ain building, three in the L--and abuilding suitable for a store or other pur-pose. Yard contains fruit and shade trees.Two cisterns attached to the dwelling. Willbe sold at a bargain. For further particu-lars apply to or address A. L. )ONNAUD,Times-DInocerat office, New Orleans, La.

Estray Notice.TAKEN UP in the third ward. by James

Holmes. ONE CREAM COLOREDHlORSE, with a blaze in his forehead, nobrands visible. The owner can recoversame by proving property anl payingcosts. JAMES IIOLMES,

Constable. Third Ward.

F. L. TREPAGNIER,Watchmaker and Jeweler,

Mississippi St., next door to post-office,

Donaldsonville, La.Old gold and silver bought. Clocks, watches

and jewelery repaired.

Sheriff's Sale,State of Louisiana-Twenty-Second Judicial

District Court-Parish of Ascension.W. W. Buford,

vs. No. 185,Joseph Cloudy.

BY VIRTUE of and acting in obedienceto a writ of seizure and sale issued by

the lion. Twenty-Second Jadicial District

Court, parish of Ascension, in the matter of

WV. V. Buford vs. No. 195, Joseph Cloudy,

dated March 15th, 1882, to me directed, I

have seized and will offer for sale, at public

auction, to the last and highest bidder on

Saturday, the 6th day of May, A. D., 1882,

at 11 o'clock A. M., the following described

property to-wit:

A certain part and portion of a fractional

LOT OF GROUND, situated in the parish

of Ascension, in what is known pa Port

Barrow. Said part of lot being part and

portion of lot number four in square number

fourteen on the plan of Port Barrow madeby Cnlakowskhi, deposited in the Recorder's

office of Ascension parish, together with the

one undivided half of a certain building,

said half being situated on said part of said

fractional lot, said fractional part of saidlot forming the corner of First and Pinestreets, and measuring about- feet on

Pine street by 4~tj feet on First street, ac-cording to the plan of Port Barrow madeby Sulakowski, and deposited as afaresaid.

Seized in the above suit.

Terms and Conditions:Said property to besold for CAsa sufficient

to satisfy plaintiff's claim herein in princi-

pal, interest, attorney's fees and all costs,amounting to the sum of thirty-five dollars,with eight per cent. interest on fifteen dol-lars thereof from November 1st, 1881, toDecember 15th, 1881, like interest on tendollars Irim December 15th, 1881, and likeinterest on twenty-five dollars from January1st, 1882, together with ten per cent. attor-ney's fees on aggregate of said principaland interest and all costs of this suit; bal-ance of purchase price payable in threeequal instalments at the respective maturi-ties of plaintiffs three notes of Fifty-eight

i331100 dollars each, due respectively, on theIst July, 1882, and 1st January and latJuly,

I Parish of Ascension, March 25, 1882.P. A. JONES, Sherit.

Corner Missippi Street and Crescent Flace,DONALDSONVILLE.

Good Board and Lodging at lowest prices.Best wines, liquors, cigars and tobacco atthe bar. P. REDDINGTON,

Proprietor.

Board ai Lodiig.Mrs. George Stehle,

.1'o. 145 RI/ICE sTREET,Near Magazine,

NEW ORLEANS.Transient Boarders, $1 50 per day. Gouodtable• and coumfortable rooms. nl

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Licenses!!S•ERIFF's OFFICE

Donaldsonville, La., March 17, 1882.TOTICE is hereby given to all persons,1. associations of persons and corporationspursuing any trule, profession, vocation orcalling subject to a

License Tax, either State or Pariah, for1882,

that such licenses will become delinquent onthe Ist day ot April next. They are there-fore requested to settle them before thatday, to avoid costs and penalties of prosecn-tion. P. A. JONES,

Sheriff and Tax Collector.

Regular New Orleans and BayouSara Passenger Packet.

TilE FINE PASSENGER STEAMER

(In place of Jno. W. Cannon.J. C. LIBANO. J. H. MOSSOP,

Master. Clerk.Leaves New Orleans

Every Wednesday and Saturday, at 5p. mFor Bayou Safa anud Coast Landings.

RETURNING DOWN:Passes Donaldsonville Mondays and Fri.

tlays, between 3 and 10 o'clock P. M.

Josph Rodrigua,EBA&R ROOM,

Cor. St. Louir and Chartres Streets.

New Orleans.The best ofi wines and liquors on hand.

ViAitr to the city can be accommodatedwith rooms, with or without board.

J. CLAVEJRIE

Druggist and Apothecary,Successor to F. . Grve,

Coruer Magazine and St. Andrew streets,NEW ORLEANS.

Dealer in Medicines of all kinds,'Perfum-ery, Toilet Articles and all sorts of goodsgenera!lly kept in a first-class drug store.Physicians' prescriptions carefully eom-pounded, alght and day.

R. H. """DNCarpenter and Builder,

Shop on Iberville street near the corner ofIlHoumas,

Dnmuald.nville, Em.Orders receivedt -tr:n:-': t;:e '.c .:,- tt-