The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-04-26

be afreclover, and on one occasion tolt
young white lady with whom Ii,
was keeping company, that he neve
intended to marry. He wasnot asket
to call again.
The military of this city have enron
ically resented the withdrawal Of thu
management of the Indians from thei1
hands. They accepted the late treach.
cry Of the Modocs as complete vim.
dication of the warriors method 81
disposing Of the Indian problem and
public opinion for the time being ap-
pears to fully sustain them. The
question whether you can put an In
dian to any better use than killing
him seems now to be settled in the
negative. The devotions Of the rei
glous portions of our community were
sadly disturbed by the news from the
Pacific coast and many thoughts of
vengeance doubtless mingled with
prayers for mercy and for the coming
OF Christ's peaceful kingdom. Who
shall judge sentiments such as these
in an hour like the present. The ma
ton will amply sustain the President
III his determination to crush the
treacherous Modocs at any cost or cf-
fort.
1t will be remembered doubtless by
those of your readers who have visited
Washington that when entering the
room OF the national depository of the
inventions of the age (the U. S. Patent
Office) there was before them a box of
glass with walnut castings, and printed
ever it an invitation to contribute to
the fund of the Mt. Vernon Associa-
ton for the completion of the Wash
ingtoE Monument. This box being
glass, the daily contributions, con-
sisting mostly of five cent pieces, ten,
fifteen, twenty, and fifty cent fractional
currency notes and occasionally Il dol
lar bill are to be seen, and once on a
time when greenbacks were more
plentiful, it is said, q So bill was no.
ticed i'll it. The employees in the
model rooms talked great deal about
it OH the day of its deposit. One said
the donor was q wealthy banker; an
other, that he was IN Englishman and
so on. None appeared to know to
certainty who the patriotic individual
was. Prophecies were in order and of
course they were numerous. 1t was
lntimated that it was Il conscience
stricken individual who might have
considered it better for his soul to de-
post his i'll COTTON gains for the COM
pletion Of the Washington Monument.
than to return it to Uncle SANS treas
ury box. The excitement subsidized
the next day when there came in COM
pany with a policemen Il tall, ank and
not altogether good looking soldier,
(who was noticed there the day be-
fore in an exceedingly happy mood
singing "The Star Spangled Banner'1
inquiring after the keeper of that
George Washington box, stating that
he had made the deposit the day be-
fore, when he felt rich, and that he
would like to withdraw it to settle his
lodging at the station house.
just twenty years ago to-day Zach
airy Taylor, then President of the Uni !
ted States, took the first shovel full of
earth preparatory to laying the cor
her stone of the Washington Monument.
The corner stone was laid the 4th of
July following in the presence of the
President, Vice President, Senators
md Members of Congress. The orator
u the occasion was Robt. c. Winthrop.
then Speaker of the House. The fund
If $3.50, 900 was exhausted in six years.
when 100000 Was asked from Con-
5ress and was refused. Since that
line, under the direction of the society
Incorporated by Congress but a few
eetllave been added. There is hardly
! school district in the land that has
lot been visited by agents asking aid
or its completion, but up to date.
With all the money given, it remains
bout the same as it did Just before
he rebellion, a living disgrace to our
ountry and any thing but an ornament T
0 Washington. It's present height is +
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