The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-07-05

raers tb, pe5pis have ever bad
to endure consists in being COM
PEELED to keep silence. MOI q
public journal would publish their
complaints. Of course those who
wanted to make complaints and were
thus debarred from doing so nave
concluded that the newspapers have
been bought. One newspaper COM
papy is erectiDgan immense bn'ld1ng'
but since the Board of Public Works
has been out Of funds work on TINS
building has been stopped. A prom
inent member of the Board decided an
elegant residence to the wife OF the
editor of another newspaper. Now,
this is no proof whatever of fraud OF
corruption, but it furnishes ground
for suspicion, and almost every man
Won meet on the street is ready to
express suspicion, making no effort to
conceal them. When the thousands
and thousands of men now dependent
upon the Board for work shall have
been discharged its members will ind
themselves deserted OH every hand.
However, as between Shepherd and
Dana, public sentiment outside of this
city will he against Dana simply be-
cause he is known to be a professional
black-mailer rand libeler. On the whole,
il is rather recommendation to
man to have been accused of corrnp-
ton by the sam. The greatest good
Mr.. Dana can do any man is to call
him a thief and swindIer; the great
est harm to call him an honest man.
Mr.. Shepherd is not damaged to the
amount of one dollar by the worst of
the Sun stories. But, perhaps, there
may come out some evidence in this
case that will damage him.
The report Of the Commissioners OF
Agriculture for June, 1873, contains
an article on the Deterioration of
American Cotton" From statistical
and other information Mr.. Watts finds
that the quality of the cotton now
grown is quite inferior to that pro-
duced twelve years ago. He is salts
fed, however, that this is not attrib-
utable to natural causes. It is, he
thinks, to be charged to the careless
and ignorant manner in which the
crops are now cultivated. There are
a great many persons engaged in cot
ton planting who do not appreciate
the Importance Of a careful selection
of seed, proper cultivation, or care
| full preparation for the market. He
deems it quite probable that cotton
dealers will ere long see the necessity
of making discrimination between
sclean and dirty" cotton and pay
more for the article that is properly
prepared. But until the merchants
make this discrimination it is not to
the interest of the planter to prepare
it so well. The cotton buyer and not
the cotton plaE ter is to blame.
The same report informs us that
s'the total Of wheat imported by Great
Britain in the first four months of 873
was Il, zoe, 085 cwts., an increase of
,265, $3.50 cwts. over the corresponding
months of 1872" Of these imports.
4,279, 1893 cwts. were from the United
States, against 1891 ,3l5 in the cor
responding period in 1872. The total
of wheat flour imported into that
kingdom during the same period was
2, 453, COS cwts., being an increase of
$50, 2O8 over the import in 1877, of
which $50 ,73l cwts. were from this
country, against l8l ,265 in 1872. The
import of Indian corn and meal into
Great Britain from the United States
was 572 cwts. less than the same ner-
lod last year. The total Of raw cot
ton was 5,495,346 cwts., of which
3,529, 1867 cwts. (about three-fifths)
was from this country, an increase of
539, $40 cwts. over last year.
ALERT.