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SoUla[l o n l ltt & ticf. Pulli- I l Every Satiird ay. LINDEN E. BENTLEY, EIITOR ANI) P)uwa)'itl:T.)! - t[ Job printing in the hiighe:t st le" the art at New ()r1 uns pricer. Leave your order- at the (iiinu ofiece. ;'7 Postmaste.rs are allthri7e anid re quested to act as agent, for tihe ('i iEr. r- The ClIEiF is received b""I all ,;u1 . ri hers P1),TAGE FREE. AG.:NT'4 FOIL Till'E ('111F. I. [':I i) * A N . W. G. WilkinMon....--.... Do nall ionvill! Dr. Jao. I),.'niniO e,--l'."miniuiItl' L tn ding A iuli tl . K night.................... hln--l g.. 1l. l[Cert -----------------.................--New Iiv'r Charles Sehlasie .............- Biaou Itla':k G. I. ltarig .................... Maeh Alex. Meyers.................. Port Vini ent J. 1,:rtim W aldo,.............. .w0 Orlean Thos. Mcilntyre................ 8. DM. Pettengill & (o.............New York Bates & Licke.................. " Lowell & Chs.man ...-------- ..--- t. Lou . A. Ck & ('.- ............ ..... higo ...... ................... . ---_-,o Saturday,i January 5, 1878. Seed cane has kept we.l! in Wcst Baton Rouge parish, anti the planters are vigorously Ipreparin'g I'fora;otlher y'ear's croplping. Mr.'llorace Va ;ils of the St. Charles 1Ierald anlnouncees'that he .Hill retire from the management of that paper, and :restume the pu:blication of the Mirror. MeSsrs.'Sexton, Slossoil, Daly and C. Dion,'the eelebrated hilliatld play ersjlare!in New Orleano, where they will engage itn ita ichampionship tour nament to open on the 10th instant. A convention of cotton growers is to be held at Vicksburg. early in Feb ruary, to form an organization fit the advancement an ti protietion of tihe importaut id ustry. Mrs. Ann E. Massey of New Orleans died in that city front nervous I)ros tration sunperinduced by her narrow escape from death at the 'burniug of the steamer Lotus No. 2. The lady had frequently expressed a prese nti ment that she would comre to her death through fire. The sugar planters of St. Mary par ish will memorialize the General As sembly for legislation by wihich labor contiacts may be regtulated a-i ten forced. Laborers wages ill St. Mary for 1878 will be from $13 to $18 per .month, two-thirds to lie paid at the end of the month, the balance after the rolling season. The New York ,un has been victor ions in a libel suia instituted by MIr. Alonlzo hell, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, whose ground of com iplaint was the Sun's charge that lihe lhad entered his a ife, under her nasident name, as a clerk in the de partment. Mr. M.Bll claimed $100,000) damages, but tie jury gave him a goose-egg. PresiCdent Haies and wife celebra tetl their silver wedding on the 30th of December with a dinner and re rteption ait the \White IHouse, but tlhe\ alrouelC.i pIeVilolls to lthe (.c.l)ln lhatcon presents i ould he received. Tihe present i1cn1nhenit of the pInesi dent.ial chair seemts de-termtined to avoid the criticism entailed utpon his predecessor ly, tihe practice of acce pt ing gifts while in otffie. There is a prospect of war between thle British troops ill South Africa and one of the powertul Catffre tribes in h11'riting tilhe rgiion contiguous to the Transvaai Republic. Sir Bartle Flere, Governor oif Cape Cohlony, deelart s the situation critical and daligetouls, iand reinfrceienlts have been sent him by the home governmnenilt. A pelican was killed in Fralnkliu pIrilh, two weeks aigo,l by a wanllton sporlrtslllian ii ho was evidently harld Uip ftor sometlhing to shlloot at. The Franklin Sint says of' tht bird: " From the illmmensity of its poich we juidge it wouldi be in excellent bird for the trlllansportatio n olf food illnto a besieged city or fortfititiaonll. The L1pouch will hold Irationsll fllr it dozein Illen. We give thils idea gratis Ito the War I)e .;i (ttle It." ... ..-,o-o-- - 'The Genlerail Assembilly will beginl its reguilar sesion at. New OrlteanIs ill Mionday next. The Senate chamberl alnd l'Represeltati\e hall Ila\ h ice l repailnted alln ehle iIanIly furnished, and present al delighltful cautrlast to their dingy llappearanlice during tile late regime. Thel-re is in itch good work to be Bioni- lt tile ~oIl rigi3 ses sion1, 1th111 ill the way itf Ic·f et1del1ig and abolishiug old la;ws alldl ailend iig defective new o!nes rlrsheli tiloligh w\i. st proper deliberationi dtrintg thl closing days of tilhe trou)tbleCd .s sio of 1877. A FEW MILES OF RAILROAD IRAN AND OROSS-TIES WANTED. The Lake Charles Echo of last week says: " Thos. Kleinpeter, engineer, informs us that, he ahid engineer Barr inlspetewd the railroad road-bed east wardly to a point about forty miles east of \relrmilionville, and found it in much better coundition than they anticipated." It is a cr ing shame that the conmmercial ini:rests of New Orleans .lhdnld be suft'eriig and de clining for want of railroad conlliec tiol v ith the prolific agricultural and stock' raisii;g regionsii of the great State of Texas, when all that is nec essary to secure this desideratunm is a few miles of grading anul the laying of a few tonis of railroad iron. The extension of our Nei Orleans and "'Texas road to to the Sabiie, opposite the town of Oranige, T'exas, wouldl open connelction with the road ruln ning from that point towards IIons ton, and develop a trade that wouit' prove remunerativei from the stal;: and soonnmake the New Orleans and Texas the be.st .paying railway in the South. In fact, the simple closing of the little gap of a dozen miles between the western terminius of on r.)onii aldsonville section of the New Or Slaans and Texas, and the eastern batnk of the Grand river, would pIlace the line speedily upion a substantial paying hiasis. lThis extension iwould priovide connection with steamnbouats plying the Teche, Atchafalaya and various other streiams throughout the Attakapas region, thus insuring cheap and rapid communication bletween that productive section and the N'ew Oileans market. The beinefits of such a cnsuminmation are obvious, bat nil fortuaitely we can not entertain guinh hope of their fruition in the nealr future, as the lack of capital in the South, and the financial depres sion existing throughout the North, evidenced by the numerous faiilures daily recorded in the press telegramri, demonstrate that the men who have money to invest arefew and far be tween, and they will naturally be very cautious in their ventures until I there is promise of better times and a sounder ftinancial.status ahead. THE EASTERN SITUATION. At t!he inlstancell of Turkey, England: applied to Russia to learn the templer of that country relative to entering upon negotiations for peace through the mediation of her British Majesty's governiment. Russia's reply is that tlie Porte must apply direct to St. Petersburg ; and the hint is cast out that nio p)over can assume to be a rue diator without the consent of Ioth belligerents--mediation under other circllnulstanlces becomies intervenltion. This decided rebuff to England's ad vances has produced a sensation ii that country, but the Cabinet minis ters are still hopeful of paving the way to the conclusion of peace be tween the contending Eastern pfow ers. Talk of English participationi in the war has again become general, but the tone of the public utterances of leading officials and newspapers is moderate and pacific, demonstra ting that it will req'iire nimchi greater iro.vocation and- muore serious menace of Ilitishl interests Tlhan yet exiat8 to justify the plunging of the nation in to thie horrors of war. Encouraged by her recent brilliant i successes in the field, Russia seems determined to exact fromo her adver sary terms that will insure a lasting peace, and while she is willing the protocol when arranged shall be sub mitted to the European powers for ratification or rejeCtion, she especially desires that the primary negotiations, at least, shall be conducted by the belligerents themselves, free from in terference on the part of other gov ernments. The attitudes of Germany, Austria and Italy encourage Russia to maintain this position. The experience of Mr. Leon Sar'y, a sugar planter of the parish of St. Charles, is somewhat singular, we believe. The St. Charles Herald re ports that for some time after the November freezes Mr. Sarpy ground his standing cane and made sugar, but when lie commenced on wind rowed cane he found it worthless, stopped grinding, and carted it to the rear of his plantation, dunmping it in the fields. The fact that windrowed cane was found unfit for grinding is not exceptional, but that cane stand ing in the fields should retain its sac charine qualities longer than that in windrow, seemls to us in contraveil tion of the usual order of t hings, and at variance with tihe theory held by a muajority of planters. \e should be pleased to have the views of somne ot our experienced cultivators of cane upon this point. The ELast Felicita Pittriot-Demito criat calls a halt in the business of bulldozing, whit1 it swt&ni is still carried on by a t',; v of the freebooters who attached th,'nl,'ives to the o - ganizatiotn ot' Iegitimt:;., b ld:. . for illegitii ate lpupoJse. t r it content porary remarks: Althougih we upheld the legtiinato bt:ll dooz-r i:ylit that was done by hint during ih,. tr.iun ordeal throiuh which our section et,1-, durin. tiile nitu al,. ii tr 'as of IN75 b.ud a, neve-rtlthelesis , I are now 'l're( to ut tl our eml) t aitwi' latist againsth the ipter rupthn of 'hn:lds tnploevd Ir. an l dodi ailed upn y tl places of our ftellow citizens. The capitali.t ho i .-scts in aln:l, and puts laborers apon it fur its en.itiva:ion, should I terets, ite Ihale h lvnow a go 'lil overnlent- ione of cniir own slct.O nl--;l deds Of V.,a leinie are unaie (' io;ir and lis iquei tly -houl l cease. The CHIEF tl buls pozeristenily main-o tlined that in thlil e r edicout prece dentl liable to e folowed and tillused by lawless and viciants characters, lay the prain. datiger of the oliircible plan adolpted by the white peoplfe of the Ileli oianse it to tlielriselvs flollt tle lhe rule of all obnoxious local gov erlment. The above paragraph, ta ken from thei special organ and advo cate of the b tlldozer t proper, shows that the evil which we predicted is impending.. t aving i accomrplitsihed the objects sought to be attained by Stle proseution of their chosen politi i'r. Cortti'ilti O'l~oiluehl,. the logo cal p)olicy, tlhe citiztts of Feliciana now owe it to themselves and the good lamte of the State to counteract, with unanimity and detereinar ftiio, the tetd effects of that policy. It will require earnest and vigorous i nideavor tihleant tha it can and will be done. Mr. Cornelius O'Douuell,. the regnu l, Democattlic nioinie-l, was eOtit-d lasdeSdt Sat ll as State enato or frot s pln' th e ttlnth ad lvith wirl- < f v Orleans, to fill thte v iacai -n rs :!ti , i from the resigi:titii'e of Seatitoin LEustis. The total vote cast was only '21, a little over oet-half the votingl population of the district. MIr. JL.i. G t. Fleming anillgced hdfcit oself as ll independent candidate two or three days prior to the lection and polIled 271 votes. r. O's cDonnell is lt work ingt anss, ad was puFit forar ai s tlihe special reprsentative of the labrigtthe classes. of TerrebnIhone parish, who has for somle weeks been in retirement oln account of an alleged deficit of some 12,1000 in his offtlicial lilccounts has I re-appeared in his accustomed hants -District Court having adjourned. it was asserted by Fred's friends that he was rlu-ticating in Canada, but the Proyress shrewdly guesses that the Canada where he spent his leisure moments during the Grand Jury's sit Ifing, is not it thousand miles from the Lutetia p lantation, on Bayou Terre bonne. The order ofthilgs which may be l(oktdo for under the new dispensa tin is significantly indicated by the result of a sp.jcial e!ection he-ld for Representative inl he p.h arish of Caddo on the 2nd inst. NStwitohstatiding a Republican majority of from itti) to 120)0 votes is ustaitlyl. cast in the par ish, Mr. W. II. \Vise, the Democratic nomiil.'e for Repli):esentative, ha:i beIen elected by 300 majority over R. J. Looney, iian independent canI:lidatte who was secretly indaored by the Re publican parish committee. lion. (Geo. G. Ve-t of Missourl i, nw an a visit to this section. It is h:pel lhatt lie ma be induticed to addrtss our ni)opol on tl loU plicea! i-sues of the day w hile helitt. Shrereport Tlims. Come 1now, thi, is rather too early in the political year to be harrying the patriotic citizen with the famings of the spread-eagle orator. Shoot the speech and pill do ,n your Vest ! "Germnan syrnp." No other nedtlicilne in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities at Boschiee's Geriman Syrup. In three ylVars two millon flur lihun dred thousand small Ibottles of this medicine were distributed .free of charge b I)ruggists in this country to those atllicted with C'onsulmption Asthma, Croup, severe (Conghs, pien inonia and othet diseases of the Throat and Lungs, giving the Amer ican people undeniaible proof that Geruman Syrui p w il! oure thein. The re sult has been that Druggists in every town and village in the United States are recolmmennlding it to their cu - tomeis. Go to your Druggist. and ask what he knows about it. Sam ple Bottles 10 cents. Regular size 75 cents. Three doses will relieve any case. Among the Dead Failures. Of the past, how imany bogus nostruams may be tnnlmlere.l! lBegilnning their careers with a tremendous fl)iur.:,h of tru')pets. blazoned fhr a time iu tli, lpliio . ,hus end on flanaing posters. s't1 . 1 t .ot ;,o soon, were they relegatd to tli tth li of tiii igs lost on earth. But iluosttteri S tomi.tch Bit ters is a living aul thrivinig remedy. It goes on, curing andl to cur,. Neither uiildrhand or olpen tolipeitition affect it. IOn the con trary, contrast with inferior rival prepara tions culy iincreaies its popularity. It has been rep(eat+"dl imi[tl t+ 1. `umt wiitho t :stle 1 -s. ( X'O itil'+'" , i't""-i :I " t11, e 1 li".i. - tll ul t 3 t :eiit i, [ b t ',ii II i itt. vi'.er' h i l" re I t ntri n ll- l it; . if hlll h itlt It ll htcnec u0f the peop ih.: ;and well it n.y. !t,. it is a th r:.ruihly rIlil;h, ittnigirr t iit' tihe fehbl(e, ha].!mi."o l, I-sy pi:,:t e:i ' .it)atioa, br;act, the it' t tS. 'lule. I 'l illl i 0iu t i t" n an. kiituy colpiai h:i:, and eudic:al,- all ,t pr1 cuts intcrmnitteniit and relmittent fevers. rhrelnology. The public are being educated to a better knowledge of Phrenology by the efforts that are constantly being made by the publish ers of the Phrenologieal ]Jaurnal, that .-ratu:.-h old monthly which has been pub li-led n.w in New York for forty years, and during all this time has lost ninel of its vigor, and has attained a much wider cir ulation than its technical namue would indi c'te. The publishers annovu ec fow ,t great redlluctlion in price-from three dollarh to two dollars at v-:ur--and in conntecttion with this a Pthretiologiecl Bust as premium to each saubscriber. iThis Iust is a ntodel syimbolical headI, Imade nea:rly life-size, of plaster of Paris, soi laeltedl as sh~i the exact location of all the l'hrenological Organs. It is a hands:ue ornamlent. well ad"upted for the ntintle-nieei, center-table, library, or office. With the aid of this uand the key which ae comtlpanies it, together with the sei'ies of ar titchs tmuunlemilted in the Januarly No. of the hI'iereIllogiecal .lournal on Practical Phreuol ot i, celc pei-'son maiLhy bIecotme quite familiar with the lcation of the different pihrenolog itrtl organs. It is senllt by express, carefully ptacked, to every subscriber of the Jo;i'unal I who suds. inl altlitiou to two dollars, the sub .eription price, twenty-five cents extra fir hoi.ng and packing, or No. 2, a smaller I size, will be sent iby mail, post-paid, on the stlee teruLs. l-ealder's who desire a u.lrc I complete dettcrilltiin, together with pros lp poeas of tlh l'lre"enolouical Journal, sh!ould emni aldd..ss on a s i-tal eard, or accept the ipulishir' s offer, and send ten cents--half price--tor a samplle number of the Journal to, S. It. Wellc & Co., Publishers, 737 Broad way. New York. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY! BEIN UNAXIt.iLE to irnd a purchaser for unr establisl:0.unt, the firm of :IRS. )I. ISRAEL & CO., Will continue in force. I'nder the circum stanic*s, lld on aic counlilt of IRemoval to Our New Store, -no, being built at the Corner of Mississippi st. & R. R. Avenue We ot;'r to our fried.s and patrons, and to the public in general, tile G R E ATEST G BARGAINS FOR CASH. We will sell our ENTIRE REXAINING ST¶O.K, COMP PIISING Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, S A DDLERY, WEARING APPAREL, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, ETC., ETC., REGARDLESS OF COST H t In otrder to enable us to take ,possession of our inet: Store withlout the trioublle of mov ing. GIVE I' A CALL, COMPAIRIE (tU PRICES, and be your own judges. We ohfer New B ug-iev, from $50 00, $60 00 and UPWARDS. SMRIS. M. ISRAEL & CO. Excelsior Academy, 13 ........-Derlbigny Street.......13 -NEW OILEANS, A superior school for training and scholar ship for Colored Y outh. Apply to or address T. DE S. TUCKER. Principal and Pvop'r. 10t- Gasquet St., or at the Academy. nov- O-ti. Conti Verandahl Hotel, CONTI STREET,.......NEW ORLEANS. Thoroughly Renovated. .re-opceedl on Wednesday. September 5, 1877, for the accommodation of guests, both permnanenlt and transient. The undersigned, Iop'es for a continualnce oft tmhe patronage Ao liberally Iestowed in ftrmllr years, as Un pains will be sparedl to merit the aplproval of patrons. TEMIIS REAS(OABII.E. se -ly CilAS. GECKS, Proprietor City Hotel, Cor. Railroamd Avenue and Iberville Street Donaldsonville, La. P. LLFE |IE, - - - Proprietor. The bar is always suppllied with the best Win(es and Liquors. je30-ly Shingles and Staves For N;ia . Dlli\vrdc, i, w h- r, ou th, ,',,-is.,t or !.,tyol l .af. .ur.bh . Al- a.,nt fur t . r.,i lrat.,I F't,,d N!e4wing- ,Inc'ltinte. Aiipl'y to or addlcresa, C. KLINE, ;iy2 Dudnldsonville, Lµ. GO TO THI.E CHEAP CASII CORNER FOR BARGAINS! TIIEPE 1WILL BE FOUND AT HENRY LOEB'S Lw¢ BIHRIC NTORlE, Corner Mississiipi St. and R. R. Avenue, Donaldsonville, La., A Mammoth and carefully selected Stock of DRY GOODS, READY-MIADE CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS. BQOTS ANI) S!IOI':S, GROCERIES, PLANTATION SUPPLIES, WINES AND LIQUORS, CIIINAWARIE, CROCKERY, LADIES' FANCY WEAR, NOTIONS, PERFUMERIES, TRIMMINGS, -All Mar<r.J i!own to LOWEST CASH PrICES! ('oplt.;rison of (Goodts a;nd Prices with those of other dealers always challenged I Iand invitodl, and the det-;uiunatiou Tlot to be lUndersold, :trictly adlhered to. The Cheap Cash Cor I nr is also at headquarters for sale of MI.cNabb's Carts and Wagoiis, Manufactured ait Pittsburg. Pa., and justly celebrated for tdu:ar ility and cheapness. DON'T I)FORGET TlIE PLACE! Loeb's Cheap Cash Corner, dtl3 ON 1'IE FRONT STREET. ly DIt. P. HL.UIBERT, Performs all opera tions on thie teeth in the latest and most scientitic manner. - Co.nsultations free. and all work gn:uaran teed. Office : No. 72 Railroad Avenue, ap21-Gm DONA _ LDSONVILLE. : . E. I. CONNELL, DARROW PLANTATION, Mississippi river,...........Left Bank. myl2-ly Ascension Parish, La. Di. J. C. LEGARE, Ofqice and Residence: Souvenir Plautation, Ascension Parish, One mile above Donaldsonville. f3 D t. W. M. MccftALLIARD Office in Crescent Place, Donaldsonville, La. . F. EMMETT. Veterinary Surgeon, Is stopping in Donaldsonville for a limited period to treat All Diseases and Lamenesses to Which Horses are Subject, Castrating a specialty, particularly of ridg lines. Best of reference given if required. Terms reasonable. All orders left at MITCHELL'S STABLE will receive prompt attention. jy28S-tf LAW AND NOTARIAL OFFICE. Xt. N. Sims, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1)onaldsonrille, La. Practice il Ascension, Assumption and St. James. mch22-ly JOSEPE ICARD, Carriage & Wagon Maker, MAC II N IST AND BPASS FO TUNDER, REMOVED TO (8 RAILROAD AVENUE, D)ONALDSONVILLE. mar24 F. B. EARHART, LA.. OFFICE, DONA LDSONVILLE, LA. Practices in the Fourth Judicial District (comprising St. Charles, St. Johu, St. James and Ascension parishes). and in the Supreme and United States Courts. my5 OS. BILLEISEN, COPPER, Tin.andl Sheet-Iron Worker, DO1NALDSON VILLE, LA. MAlut'actfirer of Strike Pans. Evaporating Paus. Clarilirse , .licee Boxes. Syrup Tanks, Cinitneys and Breechings, Force and Litt punls. etc. Stati: 'Triis plult upll andil fully zuarmt-oieed. Also kepson hand a full sup pi of Iron Fipes aiud Fittings, for :teaml nid watter usle. Jobbinig and country orders promptly attended to at moderate charges. -ON -AT- G. FEI TE EL' Next Door to Post-Office, Who has just received from the city, Fall & Winter Goods, LINEN LAWNS. EMBROIIERIES, TRIJJINGS,. PERFUMERIES. ETC. Gentlemen's Clothing, BRITISH AND LISLE THREAD HOSE, WHITE LINEN SHIRTS. BOOTS, SIUOEI & IHATS a specialty, in which I defy competition. LADlES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. NOTIONS, PERFUMERY, -AND FANCY ARTICLES. HARDWARE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, TRUNKS, AND SADDLERY, Also a large and fresh supply of FLOUR & PROVISIONS GROCERIES, WINES -AND LIQUORS. G. FEITEL, Mississssipi St., next to the Post-Oee, DONALDSONVILLE. d2 " The Place." Lager Beer, Billiards, Choice Wines and Liquors, FINE CIGARS, ETC. Mississippi Street, corner of Lessard DONALDSONVILLE. GUSTAVE ISRAEL, apr3-ly Manager. DR. J. DELGARDO, proprietor of the Great Medical Wonder, a cure for Salt Rheum, Ulcerated Sore Legs, Erysip elas and Dropsy, Biliousness, Sick Head ache, Colic, Cholera Morbus, Cramps. Acting directly on the liver and kidneys, hence is a sure cure for Dyspepsia, Back ache, Side-ache, Scrofula and Worms. A cure guaranteed for TAPE-WORMS. Every description of Piles and all private diseases treated. Office on Mississippi Street, Adjoining Rose's Restaurant, angl8 DONALDSON VILLI. H AVE YOU SEEN the New Stock of Dry Goods, Groceries. Crockery, Glassware, etc., -AT JOHN F. P.ARK'R Opposite the River Ferry Landiny ! DEALER IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES KRUG CHAMPAGNE, GERMAN LAGER BEER BASS'S EAST INDIA PALE ALE, STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, ENGLISH GOOSEBERRIES, PINEAPPLE, RAISINS, FIGS, CITRON, CURRANTS, JELLIES-in Glasses or Boxes, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, ENGLISH & FRENCH MUSTARD ENGLISH CHOW-OHOW, SALMON, SARDINES, LOBSTERS, SHADINIES, EAGLE MILK, FRENCH CANDLES, CHOICE GOSHEN BUTTER. Also in Store, CHOICE SUGAR-CURED HAMS, FRESH SHOULDERS, FRESH MACKEREL, CODFISH, HERRINGS CHOICE BRANDS OF FLOUR; Basket, Willow and Tin-Ware. All Goods at New Orleans Prices. Call and see mlie Before Par chusing Elsewhere. d18-Jy