The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-09-29
Our Washington Letter.
The Eastern War---An ex-Of.
fetal ina TrOubIe---TWeed's
Tales--Crasy IIOrse.-.AnotlleE'
Rursfed Bank. Etc.

Europe, tIuc W tHo CHdlaSboi VI mo
savage ancestors, appears only to re-
gain vigorous health when engaged
in the congeni;,l occupation of war,
conducted after the most brutal eX-
ample of any afforded by the history
of his race. On the other hand, his
Russian foeman, under whose impe-
rious tread continental Europe and
the British Isles have trembled for
the past twenty years, has been so
reduced in his seeming greatness and
boundlessness of resources by the al
most unbroken series of disasters
since returning across the Balkans to
complete the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of his
enemy and to distribute him piece
meal to whomsoever he listed. that
the balance of the world is coming to
the conclusion that he is a fraud, a
vain pretender, and unless he speedi-
~ does something to re-establish the
prestige he has lost, he is in danger
of being kicked, cufed, maltreated
and taken by the nose by his third
rate neighboTs whenever occasion Of
fers to further humiliate him. Rarely
has general expectation proven so
completely at fault as in this Russo
Turkish contest. The theory is now
advanced, to explain what is other
wise inexplicable, that the Turk is
indebted for his success to the supe-
riority of his arms, the Krupp, with
which he is abundantly supplied, be-
ing pitted against the older patterns
used by his enemy, resulting in u
monotonous uniformity of victory.
Some months ago the late assist
ant of Secretary of the Treasury Rich
ardson, F. E. Sawyer, figured as de-
PENDANT before the District Police
Court on II charge of some discredita
BILE connection with a low gambling
den in this city. On Monday he was
again arraigned, this time before the
criminal court, with several alleged
accompliees on charge of conspiracy
against the Treasury, believe. The
court positively denied Il motion for
postponement, the trial having been
peremptorily fixed two months ago
for the 18th inst. The whole day was
exhausted in securing jury and i'll
some preliminary skirmishing be-
tween counsel. Yesterday was mostly
taken up hearing Mr.. Paig's testi-
mOny, which should really have come
in ut later stage, but which the
Judge ruled should be taken then as
the witness desired to leave to-day to
place his two daughters at Vassar.
Hence the case appeared rather un-
ineligible from the records last
evening but it is expected to assume
better shape to-day.
How many have wished during the
past two weeks that the " Boss" had
gone to the bottom of the sea on his
return trip from Spain, it would be
wholly impracticable to enumerate.
But advices from the New York poll
ticians represent them in q fearfully
detected and wholly demoralized con-
dition.
1t appears very probable that Crazy
Horse came to his death from a knife
in the hands of another Indian, or
from the stab of a bayonet in the
hands of Il soldier-the latter, he said ];
and although letter to the Indian
Commissioner says the doctors in
elined to the belief that it was from.a
stab from his own knife, the majority
here coincide in the view of the de-
funct Crazy Horse, and regard the
soldier as entitled 30 promotion.
The bursting of another Savings
Bank, the Clairmont of New York, is,
as in the case of insurance companies,
contributing to the forfeiture of the
little confidence remaining to those
irresponsible concerns; and the de-
mand will be urged for Congress to
devise some remedy, the proposition
to establish saving institutions in con-
nection with the Post Office Depart
ment, having many. advocates. 1t was
the old; old story repeated so many
times within the past three years in
this country. An official examination
revealed deficit in the Clairmont's
assets, amounting to S67 900 to come
out of 1000 or 1900 depositors, the