Judge Mason came up from the
city last Saturday but returned, in
company with his wife, Wednesday.
If any one should ask us whether the
.Judge lives in Donaldsonville or in
New Orleans, we should answer that
he certainly does.
A colored man named Richard, ac
cused of the murder of a white woman
in this parish, on the 23rd of last
mouth, was arrested by the harbor
poli)c)e of New Orleans the other day,
he having just arrived at the landing
on board the steamer Talequah.
District Court adjourned last Sat
urday at 12 M., and Judge Beauvais
returned home on the cars the same
day. The session was a very busy
one, and we have no doubt the Judge
enjoyed the rest afforded him by the
arrival of the holidays,
Christmas passed off quietly in
town and parish, little occurring that
is worthy of note. As-far as we can
learn every body spent a merry
time, and no little boys blew the top
of their heads off with fire arms, or
scorched themselves with crackers.
The wreck boat is still at work at
the sunken steamer Wade Hampton
across the river. It seems to us that
the expense of raising the cargo would
amount to more than its worth, but
as we don't know anything about
it, we hesitate to make such a state
mnent.
ThQ.l plant: walk on Cabahanoosse
has been completed and is a great
public convenience. It is a mater of
some regret that the finances of the
town are at such a low ebb as to pre
vent making the walk as wide as at
first intended by the addition of an
other plank. But let us not complain,
for the present walk is 'ar, far superior
to 0o walk at all.
