The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-02-01
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few hundred dollars, periured him
self2 1.only wish you we're here, t,
listen to the degrading development
: i'll this Investigation. The chosen o
!; the land face to f;aee give the lie tt
each other with al the blazonry of til.
denizens Of Five Points district O
New York City.
The Senator Caldwell investigation
has developed some rare and ricl
matter of inter est to the reading world
The testimony thus far elected has
been such that one on the grounG
would judge that while Senator Cald-
wells present. honors were bought
those who are the most willing wit.
nesses were particeps .crisninis in this
reformer's transaction. Ex-represen-
tative Sydney Clarke. of that. State, is a
most willing witness, although doubt
less Truthful one. It will be remem.
bered that this Clarke went his bot
tom dollar on the Senatorship, and OF
course now feels little sore that he
did not succeed.
| The heads of the departments, their
bureau officers and their respective
! chief clerks in Washington are so
many targets to be shot at by the
rank and file Of the clerical force I'M
der them. No ruling, opinion or con-
versation which in any way affect the
interest Of the clerks escape their no
tice, and like school teachers, the su-
perior officers of the Civil Service are
generally liked or disliked according
to their treatment of their sub
ordinates. For instance Mr.. Swank,
just retiring from the chief clerkship
OF the Agricultural Department, so
considered the clerks under him, and
so treated them, that he did many
foolish things. Among them, he dis
charged several poor ..girls, receiving
$3.50 per diem, the day before Thanks
giving, and Oh the next day after
Thanksgiving, hired them over, and
thereby saved to Uncle Sam about SI2
by the operation. j The, girls now
boast that they were in part instru-
mental iii making things so warm for
Mr.. S. that he deemed it advisable to
send in his resignation.
Prof. Agassiz in a late visit to the
Department Of Agriculture, denounced
the stinginess of the government in it's
appropriations to science. While
Prof. Glover, the entomologist, on
salary Of $4,000, with an assistant at
$1,000: and q total expenditure, in
addition, of 900, is expected to keep
pace with Agricultural Entomology in
the United States, Prof Agassiz has
twenty-six assistants and 100000 per
annum for his Investigations. Our
government is doing but small part
of its duty to science.
The Woman's Suffrage Convention
has been and gone. It has been voted
Il non success. The Woodruff faction.
1t appears, was represented in the au-
dience by Mrs. A. F. Boyle and Miss
Maggie O'Brien, the latter clerk in
the Treasury Department, who pro-
pounded questions to Mrs. Stanton,
which the champion of female suffrage
refused to answer, for refson, as she
gave, that she did not come there to
answer questions pertaining to scan
dals, but to discuss the question of
woman suffrage.
Among tue wonders of the age is
the calling Of a representative body of
the Japanese people to assist the gov
eminent by advice and counsel. The
deputies are to number about 600 and
will be divided into two houses as ia
The United States. The panorama of
reform moves with startling rapidity
IN the Island Empire. Within a semi
decade it has broken up the feudal
system under which Europe has
5roaned for thousand years and is
not yet free. A people that can not
'nly recognize its critical position but
'an also organize such intelligent eff
orts to revive itself from the crush .
ng power of advancing civilization
" rapid process of self improve
nent, must possess a remarkable en- 5
[owment of wisdom and energy.
The Pennsylvania boys, who have $
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