The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-05-10

the symptoms very similar to thos,
OF the horse disease lately in this coun
try but not Of that in Europe. TIL,
Agricultural Department has also in
formation of disease of this charac
ter prevailing in former years in Soutl
Africa.
The news from the seat of war is o.
a serious character. The Modocs sue.
ceeded in nearly annihilating one Of
our detatchments, killing and wound
ing 40 out Of 65. Who is to blame
for this is not the question now to ask.
The methods of warfare pursued by
regular soldiers are not available
against savages. It would bave been
more economical both of treasure and
OF life to have embodied a force of
Indian fighters from among the back
wood'smen. The regular army officer,
however, is jealous of irregular troops
and is apt to look with contempt upon
all fighting that does not come within
West Point science. 1t would be well
to open to our Military Academy a
protessorship of Indian tactics. The
example of Braddock is still inopera-
tive upon our regular heroes.
1t would seem that all clerks in the
several Government Departments
drawing salaries ranging from $1,000
to $500 per annum, should be fully
able to get along without running
IN debt, but strange to say it is not
the case. More than one-third are
living beyond their income. 1t is a
general complaint among landlords,
grocers and dry goods men that the
greater portion of the clerks are Door
pay, and with many business men it
Is quite sufficient in order to refuse
an applicant credit, to know that he
or she is O government clerk. On one
OCCASION, q young man of family, a
government clerk who had settled in
the northern part Of the city, near
store on Seventh street.
needed a pound Of nails and had no
ready money with which to buy them.
The thought struck him, that a posi-
ton worth $1,000 per annum would
asking credit of six cents.
He therefore went to his neishbor.
he hardware dealer, and bought the
rails, observing after the nails were
'nt up, that he had not the change,
md was informed that it made no diff
erence, that he could pay for them
when ne called again. The young
nan, on leaving, incidentally re-
in assuring his creditor that
'e would certainly remember to call
n and pay it, that he was a govern
nent clerk. WHAT" was the reply,
are You a clerk in one of the De-
'artments1 I rathcrthink you'd bet
er leave the nails"
The files Of the Agricultural Depart
aent note a special wheat enterprise
t Mr.. Charles F. Reed, near Knights
'anding, Yolo county, California.
his gentlemen has now 1000 acres
most promising wheat. ! A year ago
his land was from five to ten feet
nder water, being a late swamp. It
as been reclaimed, and will probably
leld 1000 thousand bushels worth
30 per b,shel. sl8O,OOO is quite a
andsome return for single years
1terprise. The present indications
re that the California crop of 1873
i'll be about 3O,0OO,OOO bushels, or
lnal to last years crop. California t
'pers talk very complaccntly of sup
ylng the whole world with bread.
From tables now being prepared in I
e Agricultural observation-disclosures i
at while our general exports de-
med per cent. in 1872, the exports t
soil products increased 3.33 per t
mt. The production of soil pro-
lets to the whole quantity of ex-
'rt was Is per cent. in 1871. The /
'ly branch of agricultural export ,
at shows a marked decline is cotton f
d its manufactures, amounting to L
s3,oo8, 1885,. in 1872 against s211,- t
,245 in 1871 and s23o,so7 ,951 in r
20. Animals and animal products
se from .46 to 70 millions in 1872
from 10 to "a millions 9
'od and its products from II to Is Ii
lions, miscellaneous products, 81 to s.