The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-05-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May /, 1873.

/ The weather IL rapidly merging
from winter to summer. The ther
mometer indicates the mercury tt
have risen in the past twenty -four
hours nearly twenty degrees. It il
now sixty-nine above zero. The dry
goods merchants here, who have an
ticipated good spring trade, are
chop-fallen.
A young man here, an ex-officer in
the army, and from appearance and
testimonials worthy gentleman, has
just been ruled out, in. an appoint
ment on the police force of the city,
because it was ascertained By his sworn
statement that he had drank glass
Of ale three days before he appeared
for examination.
There was q large crowd ut the
Capitol yesterday, to witness the sale
of the furniture in the Hall of the
House Committee rooms. Every thiny
sold beyond its intrinsic value, not
outstanding the most valuable fur
niture had previously been disposed
of ut private sale.
The course pursued by Governor
Kellogg OF Louisiana is universally
approved here among the loyal por-
ton Of our citizens. "A few who have
always been found on the side of OPP
position to the government, prophesy
that the recent butchery of the inno-
cent colored people there, is the COM
nence,uent Of general warfare be-
tween the white and colored races.
The Chief Of the Bureau of Statistics
has recently received a letter from
firm in Bremen, who are interested in
forwarding emigrants to the United
States. After acknowledging the re-
ceipt Of copies Of the German edition
Of Mr.. Young's Report on Immigra-
ton for distribution, they continue:
. We take the liberty to draw your
to another fact, which if
your Government feel inclined to make
IN expenditure, would most certainly
prove a good thing to promote emf
grafton to your States. As it will be
we'll known to you, the Slavian ter
'itories Of Austria, furnish a great
,ortion Of the emigrants and it would |
induce many for the coming |
iear, if they could obtain a really
.ood report Of the affairs in the United
states. Your work, if translated into
he Slavic language, would prove tile
'est. and if Your Government would
'ay for the translation, we could rec
well qualified person now
n one Of your Northwestern States.
Veare most certain, that if you would
nrnish us with some thousand copies
= the Slavian language, it would
realty facilitate our agents in the way
f immigration"
Prof. A. P. Martin, an American
Tho for several years has been an ac-
We worker in Introducing modern
utilization and science into China.
nd is now president of the University
Pekin, writes very interesting ac-
punt of his University to the Bureau
Education. He states that the
University was organized five years
20 under the special effort Of Robert
art, Esq, Inspector of the Imperial ;
astoms. 1t occupies strategic !
'sition, and though The: more super c
itions and conservative natives be- q
eyed the institution Of this establish ,
ent to be the cause Of earthquakes, {
mine and other calamities that yis- T
cd the empire it has been sustained I
the Government and is now be-
inning to be patronized by the more It
tive citizens. 1t has 81 students t
I'd ten professors, 4 of them being. G
tives and six foreigners. The in 0
tuition is divided into two depart 9
cnts; in the first, the English, French, d
'rman and Chinese languages are D
light; in the second, mathematics, O
ysics, chemistry and medical science. Il
| the students receive a Government a
pend Of from So to SIG per month, s
d like our West Point graduates. 81
, expected to enter the service of Il
Government on their graduation. rt
esident Martin remarks, that, while b
, prospects of the University for W
; future. continually brighten, still N,
nd growth onu MT 1o n>,rao+~l ~