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term.
For either Of these designs his re-
ticence upon this third term mystery is
working well in the decentralization o!
the republican party, and there is no
third proposition which will III the case
Returning, then, 10 these recent South
crn elections their bearing upon the
Presidential succession may be readily
defined. They do not point TO General
Grant as the republican cadidate; they
have not turned upon Grant as the
probable opposition candidate. They
point TO the overthrow OF the republic
can party aud tho administration. In
short, the opposition argument against
the dominant party Is Its argument
against the continuance OF Grants ad-
minstration. How, then, the Southern
opposition elements are to dctach the
ADMINISTRATION from the despotic acts,
usurpation and corruption OF the repub.
lican party in the nomination OF General
Grant for a third term we cannoi tell.
We see, however, that this difficulty OF
third term is braki,g down the repub-
lican organization, and that the cohtin'
ued silence OF General Grant will result.
first, in an opposition majority in the
next House of Representatives and
next, perhaps, In another message TO
the two houses congratulating them up
or the extinction in our recent elections
Of those party lines which have hereto.
fore divided The people and determined
in advance the results Of our political
elections.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
NUMBER 33.

APRIL 4.-SenGte not in session. House.
"A number of private bills were passed. :. Con-
sideration of the Currency bill was resumed, and
MIR. Kelley spoke in opposition thereto and in IA
vor of the 65-100 bend bill introduced by him.
Mr. Keiley's positions were criticised by Messrs.
Burchard and Merriam, and to the latter Mr.
Butler replied sustaining the s65-100 bond prop
osition, saying in answer to the question about
the effect of adding $44, 600, 900 to the currency
that the increase wasonly lid part of the whole
ISSUE and he thought no man would consider his
whisky much diluted If it had only 1-42d part of
water added 70 it =. The House soon after aos
journed.
APRIL 6.--Sendte. bill increasing the
volume of currency 10 $too 600, 600 passed. There
were eight roll-calls, four on propositions and
four for adjournment. The substitute, as 1t
stood, contained four peints-frst, increase of
legal tenders to four hundred millions; second,
increase of bank circulation to the same amount;
third, accumulation OF coin in bank vaults by re-
quiring reserve of one-fourth the interest paid
thereon; fourth, the national debt not TO be in
creased. The third and fourth provisions were
stricken cut, after considerable debate, By about
four majority. The fourth section was test vote.
There was loss to the infiatiorsts OF two votes,
the majority being only three. The vote on Mr.
MerrImon's substitute was % to 2l. On the mo-
ton of Mr.. Sherman, to substitute the Finance
Committees bill slightly modified, there were %
to 2S, each side losing Senator. On the final
vote the bill was adopted-aycs, %; noes, 81.
House Mo business of Importance was tran
sacted
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
CONGRESSIONAL.

APRIL 2.-Senate-Mr. Ramsey from the
Committee on Post-oflices and Post-roads re-
ported bill to provide for the transmission of
correspondence by telegraph. Placed on the
calendar The bill is the pOstal-telegfaph MINOR
bill, unchanged except IN matters OF detail. y
PROPOSES to incorporate Gardner 6. Hubbard
and his associates as Postal Telegraph COM
pany on conditions that it shall contract with
the Postmaster General for the TRANSMISSION OF
correspondence by telegraph at rates, and in ac-
cordance with the provisions elaborately pre-
scribed in the bill Discussion of the
Currency bill was then resumed: Mr.; N.
Merrimon offered as substitute for the
third section of the bill, as reported by the COM
mittee, the following; THAT S46, ,000, 600 In
notes for circulation, in addition to such circua-
| ton now allowed by law, shall be issued 70 ma
| tional banking associations now organized and
which may be organized hereafter, and such IN
creased circulation shall be distributed among
ssysFd af Whes m 0s
So; noes, I9. "A motion to adjourn over
Good Friday was lost :. Adjourned
cnssion on the Currency bill took place,
| the occasion being remark by MIR. wilson o.
Indiana that he warned New England that tns
If they chose but if they did it would be on prin-
ciples of justice to all and equal rights and priv
Ieges to all. He feared, however, that that wa
not the spirit of the East This brought ul
Messrs. Dawes, G.. #. Hoar, Hawley of Connect
ieut and Butler of Massachusetts, each OF whom
explained his position and the feeling OF hi
State in reference to the financial question =.
Adjourned.
APRIL 3.-SenGte.--A motion to adjourn
over on account of its being good Friday wa
lost-yeas, IS; nays, 30. Prior to the vote bein
taken, Mr.. Anthony said he had examined tn
precederfts, and found that prior to the war
was the invariable custom to adjourn over ths
! day, and that since the war, with the exceptio
of the time of the Impeachment trial. the san
custom had prevailed. The bill reiatir
: to the finances and the bill providin
for the payment of bonds Of the Louisville ar
Portland Canal were then discussed, but witho
I coming to a vote the Senate adjourned until MOI
a day. House-A bill was passed to legalize G
. pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at Prair
du Chen. Some seventy private bills, most
# pension bills, were passed. Adjourned.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
Pupil Farmers.

The old system of apprenticeship had its
merits. Although shorne of its ancient
usages and bonds it exists to great and
useful extent to-day. That it is gradually
coming into us upon the farm is proof
that farming is attaining the rank of an
established business in the full signifi-
canoe of the term. Anciently the weaver
or webster the butcher, the skinner, or
fletcher the smith, the tailor, or stay
lor," and other tradesmen taught their
sons their trades as they gave them their
names, and the trade became the property
of the family as much as the name. No
strapger irtermeddled with their trades.
Such competition was rarely permitted.
But society has outgrown this state of
things, and the son, not bound by the an
cien6 tyranny of a parental despotism,
leaves the farm for other employments.
As he quits the farm so other boys leave
their homes and seek the farm, or they
would do so if opportunities were pre-
sented to them. Such opportunities it
was hoped would be presented by the ag
ricultural colleges, but that idea has not
as yet been realized to any extent. The
only resource for such youths or young
men is to become pupils of some success
full farmer, and learn their business or
trade in thoroughly practical manner,
WlGn0uG Delng nanpeTeQ Will StuuieS loE
which they have no ase..s In England and
other countries the agricultural journals
contain numerous advertisements from
farmers who desire pupils, and from young
men who desire to become pupils, and the
same system is already originating here.
Not long ago casein which we were the
means Of bringing master and pupil to-
gether, has resulted so satisfactorily to both
parties that we recommend its repetition
| in 9th, + instances. Doubtless there are
many successful farmers who would re-
eeive paTsils, and hundreds of Young men
who would gladly seize upon an oppor-
tunity of becoming pupils TO such farmers.
We so frequently receive applications from
Young men desiring to learn stock farm
| ing or dairy farming in the West, or gen
eraI farming in the East, that it would be
of great service to them should those far
mers or dairymen who desire to receive
pupils make it known publicly through
the columns devoted TO business matters.
But none should enter upon this work un-
less entirely competent.-Ameriea's Agr1-
cuLtugist.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
FOREIGN.

London dispatches of the I'd state that au-
thentic advices from the scene of war before
Bilbao, show that the Republican troops had
taken no position held by the Carlists since
March %. A three days armistice, in which
Bilbao was not included, had been agreed
upon for the burial of the dead. Meantime
the bonbardment of the city continued. Gen.
Cabellero de Erodas, with 5000 men, was
advancing by forced marches to the assistance
of Marshal Serrano.
1t appears that only % Mahometan pill
grims, instead of III as reported, were lost
overload recently from the Mediterranean
steamer Laeonia, from Alexandriato Algiers.
A Havana letter states that the recent bat
tie of Guasamias was one of the hardest con-
tested fights that has taken place between the
insurgents and Spaniards. OF the wounded
brought to Havana, most all received their
injuries by the machete. They report that
they were over two hours fighting at close
quarters. Brigadier Arminian, with about
5000 men, cavalry, infantry and artillery, be-
coming aware of the massing of the insurg-
ents under Maumo Gomez, marched forward,
and on the 18th encountered them in large
force. The attack was Immediately begun
by the Cubans, so that Arminian had bare
". time to form square, placing his artil-
l. lery in the center, the. cavalry being order
ed to cut its way through the enemy's
line and procure reinforcements at Puerto
Principe. The cavalry was fearfully cut up,
very few being left to bring news of the eriti-
| cal position of the Spanish column. These
succeeded in reaching Puerto Principe, their
pursuers close at their heels. Brigadier Bas-
cones, with column of 1000, started out, but
had hardly gone beyond the suburbs of Puerto
| Principe before he was attacked by the Gu
bans. Bascones succeeded in pressing on,
and had another severe encounter with the
insurgents, finally uniting his column with
! that of Arminan. The losses of the Spaniards
have been very severe, and it is reported that
over forty officers are killed and wounded.
Both sides fought with great bravery.
Bayonne dispatches report that active oper-
| ations in front of Bilbao were resumed on the
Sd insw. with the bombardment of Oporto by
the Republican forces. Previous to that date
| there had been no fighting since the 2Sth OF
March. Marshal Serrano was occupied in or
ganizing his forces, and the Carlists in
strengthening their position. General iris
tany is reported to have surprised and cap
tured detachment of Republicans near Cal
min, 400 miles from Barcelona.
Recent letters received in this country from
friends of the Patriot cause in Cuba represent
that the conscripted volunteers are DESERVING
in large numbers and coming into the Cuban
camps. The Patriot cause is said to be gain,
ing ground daily, and important military sue.
cesses at no distant day are predicted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
A Days Work.

The Boston Journal of Chemistry pre-
serlts, in its March number, an article en-
titled 6 A Days Work. containing in
formation that will prove of marked in
terest to mechanics and all others who
earn their bread by the sweat OF the
brow" We condense from it as fol-
lows:
The unit adopted in comparing different
kinds of muscular labor, as of mechanical
force, is known under the the title OF the
s. foot-pound - that is, the force required
to raise one pound one foot, and the foot
ton - is the force required to lift ton
twenty-five hundred and forty pounds
one foot, or one pound twenty-five hum
dred and forty feet. Adopting this !" loot
ton - as the unit for measuring a fair days
work of an able-bodied man, we find that
| three hundred foOt-tons is an average days
work for strong man in good health.
The work of the porters ranges between
| three and four hundred foot-tons, while
that of the Indian cody, who Travelled
| thirty miles, with am ascent OF tive thou
sand five hundred feet, under load OF
eighty pounds, represents daily work OF
| five hundred foot-tons. The muscular
force expended by a man walking along
level is equivalent to raising one-twentieth
part of the weight of his body through
| the distance walked, while in ascending
hill the whole weight OF the body Is lifted
| to the height attained; hence, If man
weighs one hundred and fifty pounds,
miles walk along level surface repre-
sents over seventeen foot-tons, which a
days journey of twenty miles brings up
to three hundred and fifty-three, or more
than the labor of the average porter. II
the man be above the average in weight,
or carries a burden, as in the case OF the
cody, or soldier, this work is, of course,
proportionately increased. It is possible
to greatly concentrate this muscular ener-
gy. as in the case of an oarsman in boat
race, who, if he rows one mile in seven
minutes, expends force equivalent to
{ eighteen or nineteen foot-tons. In addi
ton to this external or voluntary, Inuscu
lar labor, we have the internal work, sucf
as that accomplished by the muscles con
) cerned in respiration, circulation, diges
p ton, and other vital processes, which ma.
be roughly estimated at two hundred ant
! sixty footrtons each. The moral, brief1!
. pointed, from these facts, might be t.
avoid all effort which has not for its en'
n some definite purpose, since the fore
$ exercised in one work is lost for an
6 other.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

During an exhibition in the school-house
at Middletown, Wis, on the night of the 1st,
a kerosene lamp exploded, setting fire to the
building. About three hundred persons were
present and became panic-stricken. In the
rush for the door about forty persons were
hurt, four seriously. The fire lasted about
half an hour, and was extinguished by two
plucky women, who smothered it with over
coats and carpets.
The reported massacre of a whole family at
Austin, Nevada, telegraphed to the Eastern
Associated Press on the 1st, turns out to have
been very silly joke on the part of some o
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
VOLUME III.
POETRY.
We LAY US DOWN TO SLEEP

BY LOUISE CHANDLER MoULToN.
WE lay us down to sleep,
And leave to God the rest;
Whether to wake and weep,
Or wake no more be best.
Why yex our souls with care?
The grave is cool and low;
Have we found life so fair
That we should dread to go?
We've kissed loves sweet, red lips,
And left them sweet and red.
The rose the wild bee sips
Blooms on when he is dead.
Some faithful friends we've found,
But those who love us best,
When we are under ground,
VIII laugh on with the rest.
No task have we begun
But other hands can take;
No work beneath the sun
For which we need to wake.
Then hold us fast, sweet Death,
If so it seemeth best
To Him who gave us breath
That we should go to rest.
We.lay Us down to sleep,
Our weary eyes we close;
Whether to wake and weep,
Or wake no more. He knows.
-ChristiGR Union
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
MHsCELLANEOUs.

A destructive fire occurred at Lancaster,
Garrard county, KY, on the 1st, which con-
sumed eleven buildings, including the Depos-
it Bank, Lancaster Neacs Office, and several
stores. The loss is over $60, 200.
The City of Philadelphia has appropriated
81, ,000, 900 in aid of the Centennial.
The Hudson River was open and nayi-
cation resumed on the ID.
A heavy frost occurred in the vicinity of
Memphis on the night of the 1st, and injury
to the fruit crop was feared.
BY the burning of the Tivoli Knitting mills
at Cohoes, N Y, on the ID, one thousand
workmen were thrown out of employment.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
DoNAIDsONyIILE La SATURDAY, APRIL Is, 1874.
the Pacific coast operators, without any foun-

the Pacific coast operators, without any foun-
dation in fact.
Two New Orleans gentlemen, Messrs.
Aristide Bienvenu and A. ID. Phillips, fought
duel few days ago at Bay st. Louis, the
weapons used being double-barreled shot
guns, distance forty PAGES. Bienvenu was
shot through the heart at the first fire. Phil
lips is a lawyer and Bienvenu was broker.
The difficulty grew out of lawsuit.
At Hunters Point, N. Y, on the 9th, four
men were sent into a still at the Bisbee Chem
ical Works, for the purpose of removing some
obstruction, when they became overpowered
by the gas, and three of them died soon after
being taken out. 1t was thought the other
would recover. The accident was the result
of criminal carelessness, for if the still had
been opened and aired, as is the custom pre-
vious to descent, the terrible affair would
have been avoided.
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aHow much better it would have been
To have shaken hands and allow 1t was all
a mistake,'' said Detroit judge. "Then
the lion and the lamb would have lain
down together, and white-robed peace
would have famed You with her wings
and elevated you with her smiles Of ap-
probation. But, no, you went to clawing
and biting and rolling in the mud, and
here you are, It's five dollars apiece"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-25
CoMmERCE AND INpusTRY.


Gold closed in New York, on the 9th, at
113 IL.
At convention of general freight agents
held at Indianapolis on the I'd, the following
schedule of rates was adopted: Fourth-class
freight from Chicago to Boston, 45c; New
York, 4Oc; Philadelphia and Baltimore, SOC.
St. Louis to Boston, 55c; New York, soc;
Philadelphia and Baltimore, 45c, Indianapo-
lis to Boston, 40c; New York, 35c; Philadei-
uhia and Baltimore, soc. Louisville to Bos-
ton, 47e; New York, 42c; Philadelphia and
Baltimore, 37c. Cincinnati to Boston. 40c;
New York, 35c; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
soc. Third-class &c, seeond-class 1Oc, and
| frst-class 15c more than fourth-class.
The Treasury Department has prepared as
complete a list as possible of the casualties on
the great lakes of this country within the last
ten years, from which it appears that in that
ueriod the number of vessels lost was 4,527.
| The loss of life amounted to 1,3l persons,
and the loss ofproperty aggregated $51,S7o'-
O62.
Isaac II. Sturgeon, of St. Louis, Govern
ment Commissioner to examine the Texas
and Pacific Railway, has submitted his report
to the Secretary of the Interior. He examined
1859 miles from the boundary line between
Louisiana and Texas west via Marshall to
Dallas; IA miles from Marshall northeast to
Texarkana, and Sc miles from Sherman east to
Brookston. Mr.. Sturgeon reports that the
road is well built and equipped, and recon-
mends its acceptance. !,
A mass meeting in opposition to any ex.
pansion of the currency was held in Faneui
! Hall, Boston, on the 4th.
Following is the comparative cotton state
,, ment for the week ending April 6:
1874. 1873.
Net receipts for past week
all U. s. ports. ......... 59,0H ~, I3t
Total receipts from Sept
TO date all q. s. ports. 3,4OS, llS SUISSE
Exports for past week
from all ports. .....-.... 8,eoI oz, IL
, Total exports from Sept.
to date from all ports. 2,072, 30s 1,ez3,9 W
Stock now on hand at all
) u. s. ports. ............ 600, eo2 oo5, Ie
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-26
East Trinity Bridge.

I notice an article published in
the ROckwall Banner of the 18th inst, 4,
alluding to an article published in the
Dallas Daily HERALD, in which the
HERALD says he is informed by me
that money sufficient had been made
up to build bridge across the Trinity.
So did say to the editor of the HER
ALB, alluding to the amount of money
made up by the liberal and patriotic
merchants of Dallas. The writer in
the Banner says this is a slight mis-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-26

THE idea brOached some time ago by
n correspondent of The HERALD, to
open q canal from the head waters Of
Trinity river to Red river has attracted
a good deal of attention, and caused
some discussion among the papers in
the northern counties of the state. The
last issue of the Gainesville Gazette
contains the following on the subject:
GAINEsyILLE, Texas, Sept. Il, 1874.
From several recent articles in the
Gazette there seems to be quite an in
terest manifested in the proposition to
turn the waters of Red river into Pecan
creek and the Trinity river, by cutting
u canal through the ridge that divides
the two streams. / have frequently
passed over the ground between this
point and Red river, and doubt the
plausibility of the scheme from the
fact that the dividing ridge is too high
to run canal through.
1t would require but small portion
of the water of Red river, to fill the
deep narrow channel of Elm fork and
the Trinity; fof this reason the water
would have to be controlled by locks,
to prevent the overflow of the Trinity.
If our townsmen will take enough
interest in this matter to defray the
expense of running level over the
ridge spoken of, / can tell them how
deep the canal would have to be.
G. II. RAGSDALE,
Snrvaunr and nnrinaar
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-26
whose Bull Gored MY OK

To the Editor OF the Dallas Horald:
The above, from an ancient fable, is
pertinently called to mind on reading
the following editorial from the st.
Louis Globe, of the 10th instant:
"To those who hesitated IN uncertain
ty whether the pen was really might
ier than the sword, we would COM
mend the proclamation Of Lieutenant
Governor d. B. Penn, Of Louisiana,
calling for q civil war throughout the
state. This Penn Is "mitier" than an
old cheese and twice as rank. His
proclamation sounds like one of Mas
hy's, but its possibilities of realization
make the jest sorry one. The meas
ure of its disastrous consequences will
be the limits of its influence, and If its
alarm is heard here in Missouri, it
should ueacil US one lesson, and that Is
that the work ofrepublicanism is not
done, and that the power of republi-
canism cannot be laid aside. If any
man puts any other meaning than that
on Penn's proclamation, he is not a
republican"
mo matter what may be the legal
aspects of the case, or what claims
may be put forth by innocent bond
holders, it is impossible for the public
to withhold sympathy from the people
of Macoupin county, Illinois, in all the
trouble into which they have been
swindled by unfaithful officers. They
have been robbed to an extent unpar-
alleled in political history, and the law
is now pursuing them with vindictive
fury to make them pay the bills con-
tracted by their unworthy stewards.
We understand that they have quietly
determined to let their lands he sold
under execution for nOn-payment of
taxes, with the firm belief that it will
not be a healthy investment for those
who bid them in. They certainly have
our good wishes in all that may fairly
be done to protect themselves and
their property from absolute ruin"
Is. it not little strange, MIR. Editor,
that what the people OF Macoupin
county, Illinois, may do to protect
themselves when oppressed by thieves
and public plunderers, will not answer
for the people of New Orleans under
the same circumstances. 1t is some
what singular that the people of Indi-
ana, in the Reno brothers case at New
Albany, also similar cases in Iowa,
Michigan, and that dear old radical
state Kansas, can put down crime in
their midst by lynch law, and yet no
call from the dear people for federal
interference and federal bayOnets.
And yet, il the honest people of the
northern states desire to put down
crime and protect their. families, per-
sons and property, they are immedi-
ately arraigned as criminals of the
deepest dye. And the whole wrath
of the northern radical press and
federal power is immediately called
down OH our devoted heads, and the
cry is raised give them hi; they have
no rights which criminal Is bound to
respect, and don't deserve any under
the constitution.
The Globe already sees the ''hand
writing OH the WALL" and, parting his
hair in the middle, straddles the rail
and branding with curses people who
are brave enough to assert their rights
on the one side. With q barbed stick
lie Is punching a slower people to do
the same thing on the other side. Oh!
what q jewel thou hast In
this parted editor.