The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October %, ls7;

the recollection was never at loss
for remedies for all our childish all
ments. It mattered not whether our
affection was merely bruised toe or
the most malignant form of fever her
resources were never exhausted. And
more than than this, all the neighbor
boys grandmothers were just like her.
These dear old ladies all "put their
heads together" and they concocted
all kinds of conspiracies, they manu-
featured all manner of bitter teas and
tasteless broths, they put US through
every imaginable sort of sweating
process, they did-what did they not
| do? Yet we survived it all.
just so is it with great many men,
only they take larger matters under
consideration. The nation is sick,
and they set themselves to work to
| manufacture the nostrums necessary
to restore it to condition of financial
health. We of this city were treated
to case of this kind last night. An
drew Johnson, Esq, ex-President, ex-
Senator, ex-M. c., Ex-Governor and
ex-a1derman, made speech from the
balcony of the Metropolitan Hotel, in
which he attempted to enlighten the
public as to the troubles of the nation
and prescribe the remedies necessary
to rid the body polite of all it's dis
eases.
Andrew Johnson is a garrulous old
grandmother. We have seen such
before. We have seen those old la
dies who crone away for hours and
when they have done talking no one
can tell what they have said. It is
so in the case of the ex-President.
Having listened attentively to his
speech last night [ came away with
dim, vague impression that there
was something the matter with the
constitution, that the "constitu-
ton was broken down, that we had
no constitution in fact, that all
had gone wrong, that the country
was ruined, that corruption had run
riot. Still l could not point out just
what was the matter. Ill fact every
thing was the matter. The liberties
of the people had been destroyed. All
that remained of the Republic was
the name. ALI else was gone. A mon
strous depotism had taken the place
of the once great and glorious Repub-
lie.
went to hear the ex-President be-
cause it had been given out that he
would speak on two subjects which
interested me; first, the question of
the responsibility for the execution
of Mrs. Surrat; second, the finances
Of the country.
was disappointed. The name of
Mrs. Surratt was not spoken. On the
question of finances he talked for at
least half an hour, but what was said
can not tell. l read the full reports
in the morning papers and | know
still less. 1t was meaningless jar
gon. About all / could gather was
that he was opposed to the national
bank notes by greenbacks. If he had
any other remedy for our financial ills
was not able to discover it.
The October report of the De-
partment of Agriculture contains re-
turns from large proportion of the
counties producing the corn crop of
the United States. This is the last
report of the season upon the condi-
ton of the crop. The final report of
the quantity will be issued hereafter.
The general average is given as "a,
which is smaller than that reported
at this time last year. It was then
reported at l08. The crop of last year
was estimated at 1902 millions of
bushels. Taking into consideration
the fact that the area planted has
been diminished four per cent. it is
thought that the crop will be decreased
by $50 millions of bushels. The only
States returning average conditions
are Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Cali
fornia and Oregon. The other aver
ages are as follows; Maine, s5; New
Hampshire, SO; Vermont, 81; Massa-
chusetts, 81; Connecticut, 50; New
York, 80; New Jersey, 90; Pennsyl-
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