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OFFICIAl DI[E( TOR'. Pariah of Asoensi,'n. E W. Mason ............Pari h Judge. Jhn D. Cante.......... Cler. of the Court Chas. A. 'Young, .. ...... ReC, -d.r, Itodolph Branud.......... Seer. tary, Felix Reynauds.......r.... Tr u rer, e.'hrle0 . asits .........Tax Collector, chriatian Klince,.......... Sher. f. Charles N. Lesa....... Chict' Constable. POLICE JUROR'. Charles N. Lewis, President, E. W. Mason, Pier re Landry, iilaryy Rice, S. I e. Fields. CtHOOL BOARI'. E. W. Mason, Preshtlet, godolph Braud, Pie re Landry, . . HCh, r le F. Sm:ith, James M. Bryan, Ch: rles N. Lewis. Town of Donaldsonville. E. W. Mason,........... Mai or, Edw. N. Pugh............ Att ruey, (;. A Franklin . ........ c.s..s. , - i . . W. G. Wilkinson,- ..... e'ad k'tClk. ('hristian Kline, ..........Trt.aurer, Frederick Fobb, ......... Asw cor, Pierre Landry.......... . Collector, Linden E. Bmttleyr.. . Prh',ter. II. 0. Mahe', ......... Wh:srf-Mastcr, H. 0. Maher.............. Co; stable. ALDlERMEN. Frederick Duffel, Jos. Burbris" ge,..1st Ward Charles F. Smith, Robert No'l,...d--d Felix LeBlaeh, Joseph Johns. ,....3rd DONALDSONVIIL , LA., taturdam , - - - Karch 9, 1872. LOOMA 3O' 'flNGS . There was a heavy rain last night, accompanied by the most continuouri lightning we have ever vitnessed. Ustil further notice divine service will be held In this town by the Rev. M. MI. Dillon at 10C A. M. and 4 o'clock P. I. every Sunday. The regular monthly list of letters remaining in the Donaldsouville Post Office, which was crowded out of last issue, appears elsewhere. The river is rising at the rate of si. or eight inches per day, hene, Bayou Latourche is becoming quite navig able. Four steamboats were in the Bayou at one time this week, to-wit: the Era No. 9, Dani Rice's circus boat, the Henry Tete, the Lizzie Hopkins and the Tahlequab. Wilkinson has made our editorial heart glad with a batch of newspapers ind periodieala of the latest date, se lected with admirable taste from the large siqpply which he keeps constant ly on hand at his popular news stand on the:a.mnue leading to the railroad 4kpote , AoQp.e Adoww .ty he out landish title of Cabahaeoosse street. The weather this week has been uniformly clear,sanshiayand pleasant. Quite a contrast to the bleak weather that still prevails throtighout the northern States. At Wartertown, New York, on Wednesday last, the thermmetaer was thirty-four de grees below zero. Think of it, Don aldmonvillians, • and felicitate your selves that you are not there but here. Mr. Pierre Landry, postmaster of this town, has received a commnnica tion from Mr. (. F. Macdonald, Sn periniendeat of the money order office of the Rational Postal Department, saying that the pftitionfrom the citi zens, i.frat ed hy Mr. Landry, ask ing tbat the money order system be introdneed at Donaldsonville, will be favorably considered when a new list of money order offices is prepared, which will probably be in June next. .There was a special meeting of the 'ommon Connelttleld last evening at the'call of the, Mayor. The following gentlemen were chosen as commission era to conduct the election to be held nlext Wednesday, the 13th instant: H. W. Miller, frst ward, W. G. Wilk inson, second ward, and R. J. Duke, third ward. The ordinance adopted at a previous meeting abolishing the offices of Town Physician-and Town Attorney was called up and rescihded. Owing to the lateness of the hour at which the Council adjourned, the Sec retaqr was uhable to furnish us the official proceedings in time for this issue, bat they will be publishe4 next week.- : A meeting of the Police Jury will be held Monday, pursuant to the ad j.ournment of the last session. The committee appointed to prepare an approximate list of the expenses of thb partis for the current year will probahly submit its report. We would suggest to the Jury that the offices of Road Masters be either abol ished, or that their salaries be reduced tomuchlower figures. If it is deemed necessary, though we do not think it so, let the compensatioa of the other officials be reduced also, but the pay mentlof twenty-eight hundred dollars a year fr thle repair of roads is some thing unprecedented and should be at once.abolishled. A party of distinguished gentlemen, mostly cnnected wit.l the New Or leans, Mo ile & Texas Railroad, vis ited this ,lace upon last Sunday's train, on tour of inspection of the road. A Dug then were Messrs. C. A. Whitu n, agent of Charles.M3organ, Geo. W. 'andely, Superintendent of the Pontc artraiu Railroad, G. W. R. Bayley, eneral Superintendent of the N. ., Mobile & Texas R. R., State Sen tor A. J. Sypher and others. The part took dinner with -Judge Mason, ai I remained in town about two hour, leaving at two o'clock P. M. A sli ht indisposition prevented Mr. Char s Morgan from accompany ing the go itlemen on their visit here. Quite a interesting and, for this section, I "vel ceremony of the Cath olic reli an was performed in this town lar Sunday. It consisted in a processio of several hundred persons, both moo ited and on foot, about for ty of the latter carrying a large cross some thi y feet long. The procession was hea ed by priests, and formed quite an imposing appearance as it traversed the different streets of town. We are i formed that though this is a common eremony in France, it has niot bee performed in this country before. ftier the procession returned to the cl ,rch, from where it started, the larg cross was placed in an up right po tion in the graveyard, where it is inteo ied to remain for a period of twenty ; ears. The arty of excursionists "who went d wun to New Orleans on the splendt coast steahmer Henry Tete last Sn day and returned Tuesday night, o rather Wednesday morning, had a l endid time, and will long re member the trip as a pleasant episode in their ives. A combination of ge nial an. attentive officers, superior accomn >dations and swift running powers erve to make the Tete an ex tremel. popular boat, and a trip up on her t any time is a pleasnre, con sequen y pre-eminently so when there is an excursion party on board with a ilendid cornet band. Upon her ret mn Wednesday morning, the Tete n' de her first run of the season down I syou Lafourohe, and will here after n- ke two trips a week between Thiho.i ux or Lockport and New Or leant Oa to a reduction in the appro priatio made for the payment of as sistant levee engineers it has been found ecessary to reduce the force enmplo: ýd, acid we ate aorry 'to say that ai ong those, elieveld is Mr. Ben jamin licLeran, who has for some time p ut been superintending the con struct! a "of Mhe levees of Iberville, Ascen on and St. James pirishes, makiv his headquarters at Donald sonvi! ;. Mr. McLeran was a faithful, com ent officer, possessed of great euerg in the performance of his du ties, esides being a gentleman of many timable social qualities. We think here are few men employed in the le ee engineering department but could lave been better spared than Mr. icLeran. However, asI he is really relieved and gone, we can but send fter him our good wishes for his futur welfare and prosperity, in whict we will be joined by his man7 frien. and acquaintances in this sectih a. Th New Orleans papers are high in t Air encomiums upon the per formi ices of the Donaldsontille Silver Corun Band in that city on the 4th of Marc , and not undeservedly so. The band lid not take pert in the proces sion, rut discoursed sweet music from the illery of the City Hotel as the firen n were marching past that build ing, |nd in the evening sernaded all the rincipal newspaper offices, we are )ld, except the Republican. " We are arry exception was made in the case f the latter journal, for it shows a s it on the part of the gentlemen comrn sing the band that partakes far too l uch of illiberality to be admired. This thing of carrying political preju dice, inti the social walks of life and exh' iting them upon occasions which are no wise connected with politics is re rehensible, and it is matter of snrp ise that sensible and intelligent men ill do it. The $pwbidams would hav bestowed just as handsome a com iiment upon the Donaldsonville Ban as any of the other journals, and the ilure to serenade the office of that paper as well as the others was a breach of etiquette which we war rant none of the other bands in the city on the 4th were guilty of com mitting. TI)e Leader charges that this paper has .ischarged enough bile to pros tratf a dedent journal, and in the same brea 4 congratulates itself that it has esca ed prostration. That iswhat we call glorying in its owl indecency. A young lady in Philadelphia re cently went oat sleigh-riding in a fashionable bonnet, and the exposure of her forehead to the bitter cold wind caused her to become permanently insane. Since which a perfect mania has seized Philadelphia married men for buying their wives and mothers in-law fashionable bonnets and taking them out sleigh-riding. None of these experiments have yet been attended with happy results, and it is probable the projected enlargement of the In sane Asylum will not take place. I I The name of the CHIEF occurs forty two times in three editorial articles of last week's Leader; which is quite an achiefmnent in the parrot line, but ra ther monotonous to the reader, per chance. The Tangipahoa Advocate devotes two columns and a half to eulogy of ex-Hon. J. B. Wands, whom we sup pose to be proprietor of the paper. We have not cared to read the whole article, but in glancing over it our eye was attracted by this very cor rect statement : " Between Warmoth alrn Mr. Wands there can be no par allel drawn." Assuredly not, and we are glad the editor of the Advocate has enough respect for Governor Warmoth and for the truth not to at tempt it. The " oldest inhabitant" has moved out to California. He is a woman now, 13~ years of age, hair white as driven snow, eyesight remarkably good, works finest embroidery with out the aid of spectacles, takes her meals much the same as other people, and doesn't expect to die for a month of Sunday's, to the gratification of her fond parents. We think the Republicans of Lou isiana will find some material for self gratulation in the following extract from a recent article in an out-and-out Democratic paper, to-wit: the Ouach ita Telegraph : Now, in reference to the Republi cans of this State, we unhesitatingly announce our belief, in pursuing the inquiry we suggested at the opening of this article, that they will be found united before the next election and supporting the same ticket. It is our opinion that the Philadelphia Radical Convention will harmonize the new discordant factions, supposing these differences shall be carried up to that body, and that the action of the Cou vention will be joyfully received by all the Republicans of the State. We do not entertain any speculations looking to a division in the Radical party in this State, and do not think any prudent and sagacious politican should. Such a division is a hopeless reliance. There is a deal of sound sense in the following felicitous paragraph!: In nothing is Republican strength in this State shown to a better ad vantage than in the division of its enemies as represented in this city. There is the " people's party "accorld ing to the Times doctrine, which is neither fish, flesh or fowl, the Fifty One people, which is foul, the Carter Wilderness party, which is fishy, and the bones of the Democratic party, which is without flesh. The Repub lican lion sits on his haunches com placently eyejung the discontented curs that yelp around him, and the deep serenity of his prowess is undis turbed. When the lion is once roused he will devour the whole pack.-N. 0. Louisianian. ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice to Tax Payers. ORPORATION Tax Collector's Offleo, Donaldsonville, February 24th, 1872: Notice is hereby given that the Corporation taxes for the year 1872 are due, and all par ties interested are requested to call at ipy office at the Post-Othie within twenty (20) days from this date and pay the same, under penalty of law. PIERRE LANDRY, Collector. Notice to. Tax Payers Of the Oorporation of Donaldsonville. YOU are hereby notified that the assess ment for the year 1872 is now complete, and the tableau may be found at the Secreta ry's oflice for thirty days from date, for cor rection. W. G. WILKINSON, Secretary. Donaldsonville, February 17, 1872. JOAN M. CROWLEY, SLATER. All work performed in the most satisfactory manner and guaranteed. Especial attention given to orders from the country for the re pair of sugar houses, etc. Address, 2O1 Howard Street, n3 New Orleans. Manufactory, 13 Barclay St., New York. R. SPROULE & McCOWN, DEALERS IN Fine Custom Made Clothing -AND- Gents' Furnishing Goods. Keep constantly on hand the largest stock of Fine Class of Goods for Men's wear to be found in the city, at Nos. 4A «2 181. CHARLES STREET, (Opposite St. Charles Hotel), nSf-6m 1New Orlcaae. Notice to Tax Payers. TAx COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Parish of Ascension, February 10, 1872. OTICE is hereby given that the STATE TAXES for the year 1871 are due, and all interested parties are requested to call at my office, in the town of Donallsonville, op posite the Court-House, within twenty days from the date of this notice, and pay the same, in default whereof I shall proceed tc seize according to law. CHAS. F. SMITH, State and Parish Tax Collector. Notice to Tax Payers TAx COLLECTOR's OFFICE. Parish of Ascension, March 2, 1.72. . OTICE is hereby given that the STATE and PARISH LICENSES 'or the year 1872 are due, and all interested parties are requested to call at my office, in the town of Donaldsonville, opposite the Court-House, within ten days from the date of this notice, and pay the same, in default whereof I shall proceed to seize according to law. CHAS. F. SMITH, State and Parish Tax Collector. Election Proclamation. MAYOnR' OFFICE, Donaldsonville. March 1, 1872. W. IIEREAS, the Town Council of Don aldsonville, acting upon the petition of the citizens and tax payers thereof, praying for the levy of a special tax not to exceed ½ of one per centum on the assessed cash value of all the property listed for taxation, to pay the interest of the consolidated debt of the Town of Donaldsonville, have adopted a res olution calling for an election for the purpose of proposing said special tax to the qualified electors of the town. I, therefore, by virtue of said resolution, do hereby give notice that an election for the purpose of ascertaining whether said pro posed tax shall be sanctioned by the vote of i majority of the voters of said town will be held according to law at the Court-House, in Donaldsonville, on Wednesday, the 13th of March, 1872, by three Commissioners of Election, one from each Ward, appointed by the Mayor and Al dermen and to be sworn and qualified by any .Justice of the Peace, to perform their duties as such faithfully. The tickets of all persons voting upon the proposed tax shall have written or printed thereon the words " For the Special Tax $1575" or " Against the Special Tax $1575." The rules for conducting said election shall be agreeable to the laws of the State for holding elections, and the returns shall be made by the said commissioners to the Par ish Judge of Ascension within twenty-four hours from the closing of said polls, and said Parish Judge shall proclaim the result with in three days after the returns shall have been received by him. .The polls to be opened at 8 o'clock A. M. and closed at 5 o'clock P. M. In faith whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Corporation to be affixed. Done at Donaldsqnville, this 1st day of March, in the year of Our Lord one [tEAL] thousand eight hundred and seventy two, and of the independence of the UnitedStatesthe ninety-seventh. W. G. WVILKt.sos, E. W. MASON. Secretary. Mayor. THE STATE OF LOUiSIANA. Parish of Ascension-Probate Court. Succession of Marie A. Landry, Widow Claude R. Babin. W HEREAS, Raphael M. Babin, Adminis tr:stor of the aforesaid succession,. has this day filed his account and tableau of his administration and distribution in the above succession, Public notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern, to show cause if any they have or can, why the said account and tab leau should not be approved and homologa ted as prayed for, according to law. In faith whereof, witness my official signa ture and~the seal of my office, Parish [SEAL] of Ascension, Clerk's office this 2nd day of March, 1872. m2-2t JNO. D. CANTEY, Clerk. STATE OF LOUISIANA, Fourth Judicial District Court-Parish of Ascension. Mrs. Judith Melaneon, Widow of Alex ander Landry, vs. No. 1811, Vincent Paul Landry. BY VIRTUE of and in obedience to awrit of seizure and sale issued by the afore named court on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1872, atnd to me directed in the above enti tled and munumbered cause, I have seized and will offer for sale at public auction at the Court-IHouse, in the aforesaid parish, in the town of Donaldsonville, at 11 o'clock A. M., On Saturday, the 6th day of April, A. D. 1872, the following described property, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND situated in this parish on the left bank of the Missis sippi river-at about seven miles from said river-in that portion of the parish known as the "New Rhter Settlement", containing a superficial extent of about ninety-eight ar pents; bounded on the north by lands of Dr. Heisen, on the south by lands of Gerome Landry, on the east by lands of the succes sion of Etienne Melancon and Evariste Blouin and on the west by lands of Leufroi Boudreaux and by lands of the succession of Belonie Babin, together with all of the im provements thereon and thereunto attached. TERMS AND CONDITIONSB: One-half cash, one fourth payable on the slt day of January, 1873, and one fourth pay able on the 1st day of January, 1874, Credit instalments to be represented by notes from the purchaser to the order of Mrs. Judith Melangon, Widow Alexandre Landry, secured by mortgage with the part de non alienando and vendor's privileges retained on the property sold, and made payable at the office of the Recorder of Ascensioli Parish, and bearing eight (8) per cent per annum interest from maturity un til paid. Ctil pa. KLINE, Sheriff. Parish of Ascension, March 2nd, 1872. 5t 1ADDIIE SS -OF THE Republican Committee of Third Congressional District, State of Louisiana. To the Republicans of the Third Congression al District of Loaisiana: Your Congressional Committee, chosen by your delegates at the late Republican Con vention. which met at Turner Hall, New Or leans. August 9th, 1871, in view of the ap proaching campaign, have thought best to make to you some suggestions in reference to the party work before us. 1. V e desire to urge upon you the necessi ty of thorough organization in every ward and parish at the earliest moment. Wher ever possible, let each ward be represented by a club, and each parish by a Parish Exec utive Conmmittee, composed in equal ratio of delegates from the ward clubs; let the Par ish Executive Committees, through their Presidents and Secretaries, place themselves in correspondence with this committee, and make it a medium between themselves and the State Central Executive Committee of the Republican party. We shall then be able to speedily transmit to you public docu ments, circular letters, and general advice and counsel, which may assist you effectual ly pending the next campaign. 2. Time and experience have fully demon strated to the Republicans of Louisiana that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," and if they desire success they cannot afford to be idle. In your midst will be found the seeds of discord, which will command your most earnest endeavors to remove. It is all important that harmony be restored to our ranks. and that disorganizers should be put down with a strong hand. Beware of any compromise or coalition with Democracy, and for your own safety draw the party lines straight, and keep aloof from any movement which has for its object the union of Demo crats and Republicans for any purpose what soever. 3. It will not do to lose sight of the fact that the newly enfranchised citizens of Lou isiana are yet in sore need of the strong arm of protection against their former masters and present political enemies. The rising generation must be provided with a free school system. This is only guaranteed by the success of the Republican party. The commercial interests of the State (demand the extension and building of railroads. The present Republican Administration has been most favorable to these interests. Under four years of Republican administration, public improvements of all kinds hav; been increased in a remarkable degree, its prede cessors have shrank into insignificance, and its successor will be pledged to the most lib eral State policy. 4. Unite yourselves speedily under the leadership of true and trusty men. You re deemed Louisiana from oppressive Demo cratic rule in 1868, and secured peace and wholesome laws for your protection. Your platformn to-day is unchanged. It is as broad and strong as ever, and our opponents occu pv their relative position. The contest in 1872 will between the friends of liberty, or der and improvement, as represented by the Republican party. and the last remnant of diAunion sentiment. slavery prejudice, and retrogadc policy, as represented by the Dem ocratec Party. You whipped Democracy in 1888 by over twenty-five thonsand majority, and we will increase to forty thousand in 187'. By order of the Committee. " J. R. GALLUP, President. EMERRSON BENTLEY, Secretary. Address care Secretary of. tate's Office, New Orleans. OFFICIAL CALL -FOR A National Republican Convention. THE undersigned, constituting the Nation al Committee designated by the Conven tion held at Chicago on the 20th of Mavy, 1868, hereby call a convention of the Union j Republican party atthecity of Philadelphia', on WEDNESDAY, T'HE PI'TH DAY OF JUNE next, at 12 o'clock nookl, for the pur pose of nominating candidate# for the offices. of President and Vice-President of the Uni ted States. Each State is authorized to be represented in the Convention by delegates equal to twice the number, of Senators and Represen tatives to which it will be entitled in the next National Congress, and each organized territory is authorized to send two delegates. In calling this Convention, the Committee remind the country that the promises of the Union Republican Convention of 1868 have been fulfilled. The States lately in rebellion I have been restored to their former relations to the Government. The laws of the country have been faithfully executed, public faith has been preserved, and the national credit firmly established. Governmental economy has been illustrated by the reduction, at the same time, of the public debt and of taxa tion; and the funding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest has been success fully inaugurated. The rights of naturalized citizens have been protected by treaties, and immigration encouraged by liberal provisions. The defenders of the Union have been grate fully remembered, and the rights and inter ests of labor recognized. Laws have been enacted, and are being enforced, for the pro tection of persons and property in all sec tions. Equal suffrage has been engrafted on the National Constitution; the privileges and immunities of American citizenship have become a part of the organic law, and a lib eral policy has been adopted toward all who engaged in the rebellion. Complications in foreign relations have been adjusted in the interest of peace throughout the world.while the national honor has been maintained. Corruption has been exposed. offenders pun ished, responsibility enforced, safeguards es tablished, and now, as heretofore, the le publican party stands pledged to correct all abuses and carry out all reforms necessary to maintain the purity and efficiency of the public service. fo continue and firmly es tablish its fundamental principles, we invite the co-operation of all the citizens of the United States. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, of Massachusetts, Chairman. WILLIAM E. CnaANDImaR, of New Hampshire, Secretary. Call for a National Convention of the Colored People of the United States. COLUXImA, S. C., Janmu-y 22, 1872. The following preamble and resolutions were adowted by tm " Southern States Con vention of Colored Men," which convened in this city on the 18th day of October, 1871: WaEn~kAS, The time fixed for the assem bling of this Convention was very unfortu nate. owing to the important canvasses go ing on in several of the Southern States, and the inability of many good men to attend, in consequence of the same; and whereas,many prominent colored men disapproved of said call, because they considered it sectional; therefore, be it Resolved, That the President of this Con vention be, and is hereby authorized, to call a National Convention of the colored people of the United States, to meet at the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the second Wed nesday of April, 1872. Resolved, That the representation to said Convention shall be two from each State or Territory at large, and one for each twenty thousand colored voters, and one for eacdh fractional part over ten thousand, to be elec ted as the State may determine. Pursuant to authority vested in me under the foregoing resolutions, I hereby call upon the colored people of the United States to elect and commission delegates to a.semble in convention on the day and at the place mentioned, at 12 o'clock x., to consider their political and material interests. The ratio of representation as laid down in the foregoing resolutions, is expected to be strictly adhered to. Respectfully, AioNzo Jr RAtSIEaR, President of the " Southern States Conven tion of Colored Men." Papers friendly to the cause.of equality be fore the law and the material interests of the I colored people, will please copy. The Donaldsonville Chief, A WEEKLY PAPER Devoted to Politics, News, Literature, and the Dissemination of Repub lican Principles. Published Every Saturday Morning AT Donaldsonville, La., ny Linden E. Bentley, Editor & Proprieter. SUBSCRIPTION, THREE DOLLARS PE$ ANNUM. TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS, One dollar per square of seven lines Minion type, first insertion; seventy-five cents per square each subsequent insertion. Professional or other cards of one square or less, fifteen dollars per annum. U?" Special Terms to Liberal Advertisers. As the CHIEF has been designated by the proper authorities as the Oldicial Journal of the Parish of Ascension and the Town of Donaldsonville, in its columns will be found all proceedings of the Police Jury, School Board and the Common Council, and all official notices and advertisements pertaining to the Parish of Ascension and Corporation of Donaldsonville. 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