THE DONALDSONVILLE Co PICiAL JOURNA 6#i THE PaKIsH OF AseOENION ARD TOWN OF PONALDSgnV ,1LL.

VOtlUME IX: DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 188. S: NU. •:

+onrIDsoun it Q.1ief.Amious Hamani Generis.

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Dona•dsonville,AsoensionParish,LS.,-BY-

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DONALDSONV'ILLE

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.DRY GOODS, GROCERIIES, EtE.

A D. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Go6ds,. Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes,

Hats, Groceries, Liqnors, Furniture, Hard-ware, Tobaccso, Paints, Oils, Glass, Lumber,Brinks, Carts and Wagons; Loeb's corner,Railroad Arene and Mississippi street.

DERNARD LEMANN, dealer in WesternD' Produee, fancy and staple Groceries,

Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils. Carts,Plows, Saddlery, Stoves and Tinware, Fur-niture. Crockery, Wall Paper and HouseFurnisldhngQoods, Misissippi street, cornerCresentPlace.

JOSEPH GONDRAN. dealer in Clothing,Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries,

Wines, UQers, ocShoes, Hardware,Paints. Oily ensdd r, ~jakI Urit turesad sl kit * -of Heese mssNo. 14 Mississippi street.

M TOBIAS, dealer in Grocenes, DryL . Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots andShoes, Hats, Furniture, Hardware, Cre•k-ery, Trunks, etc., corner Mississippi and St.Patrick streets and No. 24 Railroad Avenue.Everything at lowest figures.

O KLINE, corner Crescent Place andC Houmas street, dealer in Dry Goods,Notions, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Pro-visions, Corn, Oats and Bran.

MN ISRAEL la CO.. deales in Dry Goods,M Clothing, Boots, Shoes, SadlerydBuggles, et., corger Misisselpplstreet asRailroad Avenue.

S MOYSE, dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth-e ing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groseries,

Furniture, Hardware and Plantation Sup-plies, at the old Post-ollee stand, Mississippistreet.

S WEINSCHENCK, dealer in Dry Goods,S Notions, Clothing, Groceries, Hard-ware, Hats, Boots and oes, anad general -Plantation Supplies, irod Avenue, be-tween Iberville and Attakapas streets.

1 T. BABIN, dealer in Choice Family IPs Grooerles,Wines and Liquor,.Lamps, -Oils, etc. Darrowville, near ferry landing,and opposite Donaldsonville.

LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

HE PLACE, GqL. Israel, manager,T Corner Lessar and Mississippi streets.Billiards, Lager Beer, Best Wines and -

Liqiuors, Fine Cigar, ete.

B UTCHERS' EXCHANGE, P. Mollere,pD roprietor, Crescent Place, opposite the

Market-House. Beat of Wines, Liquors andCigars always kept at the bar.

HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES.

R ORT. E. LEE HOTEL, at Marx Israel'sI! old stand, corner Mississippi and Los-sard streets. Jos. Lafargue, proprietor. Bar .and billiard room attached. First-class en-tertainment and aecommodations.

S T. LOUIS HOTEL, Lucy Butler, pro-pretor. Crescent Place, near te wharf.

First-elms Board and Lodging at reasonablerates.

S'1Y HOTEL, P. Leferre, Proprietor, .U Railroad Avenue, cor. Iberville street.Bar supplied with best Liquors.

•OMr~it-o-n----- s.COOWE tONERIES.

P HILIP QEIER'S .Coafectionery andP Fruit Store, Mississippi street, adjoiningLemana's old stant• Cakes BeSods Water,Nuts, Toys and Fdany Artisle.

DT ONALDSONV'LE CONFECTIONERY, uJby A. Gri-he, Mississippi street, near

St. Patrick. Briaeh on ilroa' venue, Inear Opelonsas street. Cakes. Fruits, Nuts, rSoda Water, Ice Cream. Cakes. loe Cream aand Syrup. for weddings and parties fur cnished on short netee.

CIGAR DEATER.

JOS. THOMPSON, Railroad Avenue, nestdoor to corner of Conway street, near

the depot, dealer in Havana and DomesticCigars, Tobaeo, Sang Pipes, ete.

MILLINERY.

M RS. M. BLUM. Milliner, .MississippiSstreet, between Lessard.d St. Pat- I

rick. Latest styles of Bennets, Hats, FrenhFlowers. ete.; also, all kinds of Ladies' Un-tierwear.

.'J. FEVRIER, Milliner ; all kinds ofHats, Bonnets. Trimmnngs, Artificial j

Flowere and Fancy Articles, corner Missis-sippi sad Lenar streets.

* 1id-i eANID SHOE XAKING.

GOETT•• Beet 4 BloSemaker, Mis-Ssi5mJpi estreet, oppeost Jianrin's store. r

All work in bet style it;botts prices".

gADDlLERTY--.HAR lEsiaUAINfG.

TOSEPH HISS, Saddler lad HarnessXaker, 159 Railroad Avenue. saddles (

ad harnets of all styles arnipisieas made torilar. All orders for repairing ad paint-

ing of Carriages and Bugglies promptl; ex-euutted.

Singer Sewing MachineDEPOT,

earner MisissIlp i aiLessard street.

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LIVERY STABLES a INwDERTARIn .

S CHONBERG'8 bvery, Weed aad aeA Stable and Undertaker's Establishme•t,Railroad Avenue, between Iborville and At-takapas streets. Competition defied.

DRUGS AiD MEDICIfES.

B RYBISKI, Apotesr and Drnggist,* Miseuhdppi -betweevn t. Patrick

and St. Vincent stt9htbiasloining Gondran'sstore.

OCENTRAL DRUG STORE, orner Rail-road Avenue and Ibervfle street, L.

Blanchard, proprietor. Fresh Drnug andMedicines.

HOUSE AND SION PAINTING.

-I J. GREEN, House,Bign and Ornamen-R s tal Painter, Riilbad Avenue, near

Clalborne street. Panerhanglug sad Calsl-mining in superior style.

BARBER SHOP.

1 L. FERNANDEZ, Barber abop, MIs-1e asissippi Street, ear ceoarner MShaving, hair-utting, shampooing, etc.,most artststi style.

TINSMITH.TOUIS J. RACKE, Tinsmith, Misslssppi

L street, at Lemean'aold stand. Ordersattended to with dispatch and satisfactioninsured.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

Fredaiok De•al, R. Prosper Landry.ITUFFEL & LAANDRY, Attorneys at

ILaw, Oglee os Chetimaches street,lust back of the Court-Houne.

EDWARD N. PUGH, Attorney at Law,quare. Visits Naoodeonvle Mon oIndays.

SODA WATER -1wAMtAwCOEIY.SODA WATER MAIUFA RY,, .11.Hether, proprietor, No 11 Mississippitreet. Sda, Mineral, Seltser andall kinds

Saerated waters manufactured, and Isodlait lowest prices.

Dr. P. J. F'riedrich,

of New OrleaeiinaIs now permanently located, on RailroadLvenue between Miapissippi sad Iberville

Itreete

DR A. C, LOV,DarrowriUe, La.eft bank Mississippi river, opposIte Don-

aldsooville.Oflice and residence at O•bsos's Hotel.DR. rB. VANDEGomM,

Attakapas street, near the Court-House,DIomldsuevlle., La..

)R. . .MeGALLblD

Office in Crescent Place,Domaldesoaville, La.

LAW AND NOTAlA OFFICE.

H. N. simrs,ATTORNEY AT LAW.

Dosaklioneille, La.Practie in AswensoloAsaemption and St.

James. moh22-ly

ATOoNLTr AT ,AW,Offiee: Opposite the Court-House,

Donaldsonvlle, La.Practices in the Fourth Judicial Distriet,S--eomprising the parishes of Ascension, St.

-Jaes, St. Charles and St. John Baptist-and the parish of Assumption. apr19

PAUL LECHE,AWWORWJT AT •AW,

Donaldsonville, La.,Office: One block below the Court!

House, on Attakapas street. my24-ly

John H. llsley, Jr., F. B. Earhart.

1 LSLEY a EARHART,

ATWO3rRTS AT LAW,Ofice: Opposite the Court House,Donaldsonville, La.

Practice in the Fourth Judieial: District(comprising St. Charles, St. John, St. Jamesand Ascension parishes), and in the Snupremeand United States Courts. my31-79

RHAL. OBERKAMP. Jr.,

Barber and Hairdresser,Crescent Place, adjoining St. Louis Hotel,

Donaldsonville, La.Shaving, Hair Cutting, Dyeing, Shampoo-

ing, etc., in elegant style at moderatecharges augl

H. C. OGUBE'SAuction and Commission House,

eaaldMsoaille, La.The undersigned is pleased to jnform the

public that; having filed the bloalrequiredby law and received his commission fromthe Goveraor as an AUCTIONEER, le isnow prepared to exeoute with promptnessand satisfaction all business in the auctionline with which he may be entrusted. Fur-niture and articles of every deseriptionstored and sold on oommission. Apply toor address,

H. C. GRUBE;d13 Licensed and Bonded Auctioneer.

DRoUGG L T,Corner Chetimacles and Mississippi Streets

Donaldsonavill, La.A complete stock of Pure Chemicals al

ways on hand. Prescriptions carefully com-piled at all hours, day or night. febl6

OHN P. FORCHA,

d Cistern Maker,Railroad Avenue, opposite the Post-office,

Domald.omvillle La.

All work guaranteed and satisfactionwarranted. Prices lower than the lowest.

T.W " B BOWN,

Justice of the Peace andNotary Public.

Olfice at Hereule Landry's Prairie Store,Parish of Aseesiown.

All busieness transacted with precisiop anddispatch. sep20

For the Cuma.TO OCAS . . WPAUEL•.

God bless thee, Parnell, thou hast struckthe grand key note,

And millions unborn yet the anthem willswell,

Till the last chain is buerst from the limbsof the nations,

And mankind like mens willinnity dwell

All alll to thee, Parnell, thy voie hasawakened

Stern echoes from mountain and seaboardand glen,

For the harp thou hast struck Is of God'sown creating,

And the strings of that harp are the heartstrings of men.

Long, long have the dark eloads of ilnor-anee shrouded

Both rulers and ruled in one commongloom,

Now Truth's lightning gleams shoot acrossthe blaeck•ehas,

ShowingFreedom her pathway, and Mis-rule hertomb.

Not alone will thy Erin respond to the sum-mons,

But nations and people from sea unto sea,Will leap to their places, and face the op-

pressors,And declare in their manhood that Man

xusr be free.

Ye tyrants and moqey-kings, weighed andfound wanting,

The band and the pen are again on thewall,

"Let the people go free," ere the stormcloud bursts open

And in one wide destruction overwhelmsyou all.

Ah I Albion beware, disregard not the warn-Ihg,

There's time yet for one act of jnstieefrom thee;

Now millions entreat, who will soon .topentreating,

And in red retribution will deelare them-selves free.

God shield thee, Parnell, amidst scoffs andbetrayals,

Remember thy Master was soffed andbetrayed;

Go on with thy work, and the hearts of allfriemen

Will see that thy heart will bhe starngth-ened and stayed.

God bless thee, Parnell, may Re guard anduphold thee

And lengthen thy days, that thine owneyes may see

The harvest appear from thy seed time oflabor,

All nations united and old Erin free.DUNDEE.

TOU'LL NEVER OUE$S.I know two eyes, two solt brown eyes,

Two eyes as sweet and dearAs ever danced with gay surprise,

Or melted with a tear;In whose fair rays a heart may bask

Their shadowed rays serene--But, little maid, you must not ask

Whose gentle eyes I mean.I know a volceof fairy tone,

Like brooklet in the June.That sings to please itself alone,

A little old-world tane;Whose music haunts the listener's ear,

And will not leave it free;But I shall never tell yoen, dear,

Whose accents they may be.I know a gblden-hearted maid

For whom I built a shrine,A leafy nook of murmurous shade,

Deep in this heart of mine;And in that calm and cold recess

To make her home she eame-But, Oh! you'd never, never guess

That little maiden's name.-Good Words.

THAT AMATEUB FLUTE.Hear the fluter with hs flute-

Silver flute!Oh, what a world of wailing is awakened by

its toot!How it demi-semi qnaver.

On the maddened air of night IAnd delleth all endeavor

To escape the sound or sightOf the flute, flute, flute,

With its tootle, tootle, toot-With reiterated tootings of exasperating

toots,The long protracted tooteliges of agonising

tootsOf the flute, flute, flute, flte,

Flute, flute, flute,And the wheesings and the spittings ofits

toots.

Should he get that othe flute-..Golden flute-

Oh, what a deeper anguish will its presencenlstitoot 1

How his eyes to heaven he'll raise,As be plays,All the days !

How he'll stop us on our waysWith his praise !

And the people, oh the peopleThat don'tlive;in the steeple,Hut inhabit Christian parlors

WhereJhe plays. plays, plays-In the cruelest of ways,

And thinks we ought to listen,And expects us to be mate,Who would rather have the ear-seheThan the music of his flute-

Of his flute, flute, flute,And the tootings of his toot-

Of the tootings wherewith he tooteleth itsagoniting toot

Of the flute, newt, luit, foot,Phlute, phlewt, phlewght,

And the tootle tootle tootliag of its toot.

If that funny old ink spatterer of theLiringstoaian don't stop throwing slursupon the modest editor of this paper,we'll •o over to Port Vincent one ofthese une days and pull out the remain-ing capillary vegetation from the seam-mit of his cranium and leave him as des-titute of bhairas billiard ball. Chan-fran, Addison, Morgan and all them oth-er fellers can come over with us and en-joy the fhn.--Sgar Plaster.

Now that we have our cue, pleasecome this way, Mr. " billiard ball."A cordial invitation is also extendedto the country press generally, and" them other fellers," if they wish to"enjoy the fun."--4vAtqestedas.

Mr. D. B. Gullet of Amite City hasbuilt and presented to that town, avery large and handsome school-bouse. The citizens of Amite City,being duly sensible of the magnitudeof.thisgift, prepared agrand banquetin ;honor of that patriotic citizen,which came off on Thursday night,the 19th inst., to the satisfaction ofall.-Greensburg Gazette.

YOur Broadbrim .ettsrs.

A Couple of Wolves ga E. oo ofI Invetigation--ew a Dir•-ABomanti .Elopeme Panamaands Question.

New Yoax, *reh 6, 880." EDITon Cmar:

It is a sublime spectacle to see anentire people as savagely virtuous asI we have been in New York for the

past few weeks. Heaven help theunlucky sinner now who is guilty ofany malefaction, for he has nothing.to expect from the courts. Cowley issentenced for a respectable term Inthe .penitentiary for watering thechildren's condensed milk too liber-ally, and making their bean soup~gich too attenuated ; and a wealthy

young farmer on Long Island goes upto Sing Sing for three years and a halffor teaching a gentle village maidento love him "not wisely, but too well,"and then forsaking her -or anothergal, for all of which malefactions hegoes to States' prison for Ihree yearsand a half, there, with cropped headand a striped suit, to refleet on theexcellence of that admirable old prov-erb, "The Course of true love neverdid run smooth." It is a genuine sat-isfaction to know, that notwithstand-ing the fact that the Episcopal Churchstands solid at Cowley's back, deter.mined to see him out through thickand thin, and in therese of the youngfarmer, countless thousands of dollarscould be had for his defense, theeleventh- conscientious juror couldnot be found, and the presumption isthat the pair of them will serve theirterms to the end.

This may fairly be called the age ofinvestigation, every body and everything is being investigated, and thesad part of it is, how badly theyneeded it. It costs thirty dollars ahead for each man, woman, child andnigger baby to be taken care of an-nally, on the Island of Manhattan,that is to say, there are a million ol6us on the island, which comprises thecity of New York, and our annualbudget at the present time, amountsto thirty millions of dollars. Now toa man up a tree, it looks as if forthirty dollars a head per *pnum, con-sidering the difference between whole-sale and retail, that we might bepretty well taken care of, instead ofwhich, the moment we start in to in-vestigate any of our public institu-tions, we find ourselves in the predic-ament of that ancient g•ntleman, whoon a certain occasion, perambulateddown towards Jericho. Any strangermaking a tour of the city, would bestruck with the number and magnifi-cence of oar elemosynary institutions;they are scattered all over the island. ,Even the criminals on Blackwell'sIsland have better food and better,shelter than nine-tenths of the poorlaboring people in the city, and"yetthey are all of them hives of j6bberyand peculation, where milions areyearly squandered. Randall's Islandis supposed to contain the reformschool, where the~ hoodlum whosmashes a church window, or picks apocket, or burglarizes a Dutch gro-cery, will be guided into the straightand narrow path, instead of which,the ~ovenile prig whose most elevatedaspiration was a French poodle or askye terrier, generally leaves Ran.dall's Island qualified to steal a horse,a mule, or a donkey, having equippedhimself against the chances of dulltimes with a wholesome knowledgeof thimble rig and three card monte.Still, their lines do not fall in verypleasant places; the rulers seem tohave started with the principle thatthey have a hard lot to deal with, andof this there can be very little doubt,but in too many instances, they treatthem like wild beasts, and this iswhat the present investigatgation hasbrought to light. Many of the boyshave been starved almost as bad asCowley's lambs, others have beenbeaten till they could hardly stand,while for weeks at a time, the char-acter of the food has been unfit forhuman use, and these infamies havebeen winked at by thieving officials,who have shared the plunder of thegame where human lives were thestake.

We are, however, advancing. Isuppose you have not failed to mark,from time to time, that my opinloe ofNew York was, that it was the. dirti-est city in the world. I have not al-tered my opinion yet, but up to lastweek, it was a punishable offense forany man to remove a cart full of dirtfrom the streets, except the author-

ized contractor. In the lower part of

the city the mod might be knee deep,but the unlucky wight who shouldappropriate a wheelbarrow full, mightpossibly find his way to the peniten-tiary, but this week the farmers out-side the city made application tq the

Police Board, and they have receivedan unlimited grant of the city's dirt,so that within the next two weeks, Iexpect to-be able to see the eebble-

stones, a sight wbdeh has not glad.dened my eyes for this many a day.

A pretty little romance ouenrred ashort time ago, which for a timethreatened serious consequences, butat last turned out to the satisfactioof all parties concerned. A rich wid-ower, whose name I would only haveto mention to have it recognisedthroughout the United Statee, wasblessed with a lovely daughter, who,like the sage oin Hamlet, he lovedpassing well. She was attendingboarding school on the Hudson, andher papa took a trip to California.The father of the young lady had apartner, with whom he had beenassociated many years, and their re-lations were of the most amicable andconfidential character, the pair hadengaged in a very profitable specula-tion, where each had bagged a mil-lion, and, as I remarked before, onewas blessed with a daughter, and theother with a son. The daughter wassweet sixteef, and the son eighteen,and while the girl was attending schoolon theHuodson, the boy was prepar-lng for college in Connecticut; The

widower with the daughter kept nohome after the death of his wife, and

the daughter's vacations were gener-ally spent at the house of his partner.

The boy ind girl had thus 'grown up

together, very much like brother andsister-only they were not. To makea long story short, papa with thedaughter made a trip to California,leaving Minnie, who wais at school, incharge of his partner. Now it occdredabout this time that William arrivedat his eighteenth birthday, and his

papa resolved to give him' a birthdayparty. As the 'rles of Minnie's schoolwere particularly severe about pupilsbeing assent during school term,William's papa thought that he wouldgive the party and say nothing aboutit to Minnie. Well, the party was

iven, and it was quite a swell affair,'for the gentleman occupies one of the

nesat residences in the upper portion

Af the city, and just as they were inthe middle of the " (ermad," whoshould pop in but Miss Minnie. There

was considerable conatrenation amongthe elder branches of thl family.: butin the presence of the company therewas no opportunity for explanation.

rhe school authorities, not knowingwhere she hba gone, telegraphed toher father of her sudden disappear.noe; ins acouple of days, her guar-lian, not knowing what the.schoolwuthotities had done, returned her tolcb6ol, and at school, they. concluded

i make her an example to all run-away girls, so they shut her up in a

oom, on very meagre diet, but sheontrived to get a note to her young

over, who had not yet returned toehool. That afternoon -he borrowed

is father's buggy. and horses, and

started up the river. After darkfound hima under the window of hislady lovb. A ladder was borrowedfrom aueighboring building, and in avery short time, the happy pair weredashing down. the liver road at a goodten mile gait. A clergyman wasfoundby the wayside, who, in considerationof ten dollars, made the twain oneflesh, and next morning, bright andearly, they turned up at home to askfor papa's blessing. What could hedot There was the certificate, andthe thing was all regular, accordingto the statutes of the State of NewYork. Like a sensible man as he is,he said, "bless you, my children,"and now the youthful couple are bill-ing and cooing like turtle doves. Theother papa is yet tor h~r from, andas he has no conscientious seruplesagainst swearing upon proper provo-cation, it is fair to presume that hemay make it warm for them yet.

Canal or no canal, that is the ques-tion, and whether we come to a finaldecision at all, one thing is certain,the great engineer of the Sues ditchis bound to have a Jolly good time.Almost eighty years old, with acharming young wife, and severallovely children. What could theheart of man wish for more t We arecomparatively happy, Monsieur Lee-,seps informs us that he never had tiheslightest idea of violating the MonroeDoctrine, for which, of course, we aregrateful; but, when he informs usthat he will actualry:allow as to takethree hundred millions of the stock,our gratitude knows no bounds. But-

ton-hole bouquets and champagne allaround. Hurrah for Mona. Lesseps (bully. for the canal. Put me down forhalf a share. Three hundred pmillionsis not the slightest objection. Pdjust as soon go ip for that as for fiftycpplt. eouro tr!uly,

BROADBRIM.

Ou Washingteu tie

osl Gradusta, sOs.WASnoeOii . C..c..Mas , e1880.

rro a ry G ...It is believed by everybody inCa--

gresa that the ruldi adopted by theHouse on Tueaday will failtate leg-islation by allowing the will of themajority to be moreraldh epreesqd.There are only about one-third asmany rules as before, and they are nomore difficult to understand, each byitself or collectively, than the othere,yet they cover every thing coveredby the larger nt~,ber.If, now, the House will wrestle for

a month- or two with the appropria-tion bills, giving its time only to themand a few other measures of general.interest, there may be realised theSpeaker's prophecy of adjournmentin May. This will leave the bonnlbesof the country to take care of itself,which is what is needed and what itwants, and will remove from meaysminds the idea that Congrese is rs-.solving itself into a machine to in-fluence presidential nominations.

By three separate votes the HouseCommittee on Ways and Meansshowed its determinatlpJp ot to, in-terfere with tariffmatters at this ses-sion. ,Esept in the matter of print-log 'materials there had been nogreater nfluence brought to bear infavor of change-than was presentedagainst change. It may be consideredsettled, I think, that Congressiwillorder a eommisldon' of eitisens,,whowill be authorized to' finquire ntonecessary and Judicious ehanges Inthe tariff laws,,and that no itportantaction will 'be taken until the reportof the Commisilon is received - andconsidered.

Senat$r Randolph on Monday calledup the noted eas of General Fitz JohnPorter, and spoke eloquently in be-half of the bill, which in substance,restores that oecer to bin rank in thearmy from which he was dis sqdafter trial in 1863.- The bill for ree•toration is based on as inquiry,sub-sequently made by authority by Gen-erals Schofield, Terry and Getty, who,after .examniing new evidence, de-clared the General not guilty of theoffences for which he was dismissed,Senator Logan spoke yesterday inopposition to the bill. There will be,a considerable debate probably, butnot a partisan one, and the bill issure to nas.

What are known as the "States'rights" cases were disposed of on-'. Monday by the U. S. Supreme Court.,Tbhe decision virtually, declares, for'one thing, that State laws which pre-vent the selection of colored men asjurors are in violation of the four-.:teenth amendment of the Consattu-tion.

The public debt is reported by oo-retary Sherman to have been de-creased to the amount of nearly sixmillions in February. This isa verygood showing.

The adulteration of the food we eathere at the Capital has ha4 the at-tention of a committee of Congress,and the facts elicited ought to sta•tlethe people of the whole cobauntry. Sixpackages of offee. bought in Balti-more, submitted to a chemist werefound coated with a compound ofchrome-a deleterious substance- toimprove the appearance of the berriesand increase their market value. An-alyses of samples of "good gnnuowdertei" showed adulterations with Pros-sian blue, with tea enough to giveodor to " the compound." The com-mittee SAnd that 90,000,000 pounds ofartificial butter were made in thiscountry in 1878 and that George T.Angell had discovered, in "speciRensof oemargariine, fangi and living or-ganisms." Mr, Angell states thatmqriate of tin, a poison, had beenfound in twelve samples of sugar andsyrups. Adulterations will be foundin almost every article of food, It isto be hoped that the stringent billnow pending in Congress will find aplace on the statute books of the DivetLiot. If we must;eat these vile poi-sons, they shopld be furnished onseparate plates a~ our frugal boardsand give humanity the liberty to-mixthem as our tastes shall dictate .. .

Visitors to the Capital from .Illinoisspeak in the most encouraging man-nor of the Gabernatorial prospects ofthe Hoo. J. A. Hawley in that State.Althoqgh he zasy seem far away fromthe active work of the canvass, to onewho sees hi~4 daily at his desk herein the Treasury, those who know himintimately, would say "'that is justlike Hawley." With him the path ofduty is the road to sPcees. He isfortunate in having hosts of frtiends in

his $tate wo le .

eats are eared fore eatph.s w ; ,be kept herg by fhis oela ldea i..

The visit oDhe Le tesps o eap,Ital Is 1 oped will result is. a -cable arrangement in . eeastruetion of the great Wit: lethe Isthmas worast lastwi noaIeilrioparts whtcri ast uVIwmay colf, the :comater d e t

-desirable.

The Ilemoeracy are by no '06' essettled as to their irsidtial 'pdife• .ences. It is to be hoped that ap 1tt'i -otlc pirrt willAler at the dfo tindsof political preferences n bpoti pu-ties. iftuee years sPine peae .declared and it i s tlni e b-.on..d 4 weforgotten, aienations heoaled sa•dt ietal confidence restored. A countrtunited fitf more value tirhadle

sation to power ofet any manb e as-etcandidate of either party.

The omainenceib•ueudt eereiaiseofWihdlcal Deportmeint of Howard lMiversity at Lincoln Hall was an 'fi-sion of great interest. TlTI halt wasfilled with citizseia' I hi? n e-elated tihe noble wori his+u.ftltuoIs doing Inclasses w u':respec . or Alsex. Ninewiisred aind h •n~d gj stranks of; the elase of 8w)areals i tshedegree of Dloctoer Iodlllee.aSI htiinastitution, now sationealIn Its eha.acter, undershe Presideney •otW. W. Pat`is, D, ., s is t-ilsk•h3eek almpa3thetl o us .aIllctI aaeter throughoeab lweousatr,.=t t.Is no nobler otjecfWhiibtch the ben-efactiionsi of thiie wealthy 1a tie aplied than aiding thi. Unfv rIrits great wort educatingyouth and t te f$ r $emfs

rica. One hunadred $as b soe .ayoung man throuid . ponp of

loss, Oxtures and groeodn de Is ofdebt and has the eveaealteueea i efor 10o0 setIa iapa yeartibenevolent v iarit tras ldw apa thmSSto aid these. aeesklays .$ = whoare pre vegtpj ecaae eof their pare.

ty. sm-~IFuI~~L.

The Betude Toe TqLNiow Jblpoarl ier)

We are happ to fsqbte 6_ -9e-gratulate our ers on oe s o-tiob of the Morgan Lovi3 g.Teas line 'alreadThe bridge over YwwdIIgtbyeste.crossed last wqek. The' o Iof this line to' Vermif~oa g fgreat Importaseeto 'e•iana road which formns tae

Orleans'Raliroad 'that e ztepds.IBouston to Orange.

Much -of the. ni lt for rb. s•.est'Uetlon otleWeaihn line 'fhwutheretofore sent by water•,iii new betranspor ted ont. #a= n -the Mi.gan Company. Tis wM i great -cilitate the'iork Oiet th or'er rad,which has beeno bulde ,ftt'Iakeast and woes from Lake I ar• se• .west from Orange. The mctlonl hi.tween LakeOlmarles apd the Merme.-tan river is neatly fiCised.

A Crisis in au Framie.sCoushatta Citiasn.

According to las dispathes, af-fairs I. San .Froalnseaoae comi toa crisis. Kearuey is now openly show-ing his hand, a ken up a subetlp.t~on- to ere" hs gallows on the i: d.lots, to.hangCbiueesi t nd ee~sobarn thecinty, and desthew er-works, the property of •taor.ron. Mewrs. roker Stor8anoingpe, FPrare•tt, Latham inAdaothrtmDiHlonalr*ir s rhae rggre gsta 1rtheir houses tq protect.tbem a.ndteirproperty in case of riot, Kearney iids forer well organised .4 arded,

and on the other hand, hs twothousand, State militia, there are tworegiments of United States ~trpepsstationed in an•around the city andthe citizens haburevivedt~he odiwig-ftance eommittee, with the antentionof banging Kearney and the rrgalead-en upon the slightest pparsronee ofactive trouble. It is to be hoped thevigilante will carry out their intentionto the letter.

The Poydras Ftid,West Baton Boow Squa W P1r

The Poydras Fund is a doumaeiosapthirty thousoand dollars md to thisparish someafty years ago by pl -anthropic old gentleman pe .iB . J-lie Poydras. According lw 1s wdilof Mr. Po dras, the money was

vested in at nortgag aafutate, and the eint er der sthe.-from Mis divideda a dnt a .iadi tagirls of the parish who a •

during each year. Pair rooutbreak of the war, the ai :-enally divided among ir b •-tiscla.w was abogtstweay vp hsssdollars, o4 nwas inten wmaryldowries to begin hlanerkeeAt the close of the wer, ifand Nlargely decreased by I valuefsands upon whicl wort had bemtaken, ban•it wil be yeats besfore torigital sa-of thirty ihbodaaod dol-lars willy *tstored. whhn di•isi.on

of iuterest witl again couaanneer.