The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-19


and promptly annulled the re.
strictions thus giving our mer-
chants free trade in ships-restric.
tions that are estimated to cost us
$10O,OOO,000 annually. The almost
wholly worthless condition of our Ma
Wy, requiring immediate appropria-
tions to enable it to meet the danger
to which our commerce is threatened
through any of the thousand acci-
dents likely to result any time from
the European situation, and also the
defenceless condition of our seaboard
cities, are also vital considerations.
The Department of Justice is practic-
ally abolished from the exhaustion Of
its funds, and the same is true, to a
greater or less extent, of other bureaus
of the Executive Departments. Final
ly it may be pretty safely predicted
that should the administration resort
to any method for relieving the pub
lie service not strictly warranted by
law, it will find itself mercilessly ar
raigned by the conciliated Democracy
the moment Congress meets.
1t is understood that all the changes
contemplated among public officers,
will now be made, taking the chance
of favorable action by the Senate on
such as require its confirmation; and
our city has been flooded for the past
few days by those apprehensive of
trouble, and by another crowd of
"outs F" hoping to soon be classified
among the ins." The National Re-
publican of this morning started a re-
port that Attorney General Devens
was about to succeed Mr.. Maynard at
Constantinople, Secretary McCrary to
take the Cabinet place vacated, Civ
ing his present place to Senator Cor
don as Secretary of War. find very
few attaching any Importance to the
statement.
1t is asserted that the lobby spent
81 ,OOO, 900 here last winter to no pur-
pose in an effort to induce Congress
to extend the Batchelder and other
sewing machine patents, the former
expiring yesterday. The Singer Com
pany has announced a reduction of
one-half in the price of all it's ma
chimes, which must be followed by all
the others and the time is at hand
when good machine can be had for
$25. 1t is given out that the credit
system is to be abolished.
If, as alleged, the appointment of
George H. Butler was made as peace
offering to his uncle Ben., its almost
immediate revocation while he was
yet on his way to his field of labor, is
inexplicable, unless we accept the ex-
planation of morning paper that
George grossly insulted an eminent
church dignitary by familiarly invit-
ing him to participate in an immoral
revel while on his way West, which,
SO the story goes, was at once re-
ported to the Department.
The opinion obtains in military cir
cles here that the surrender of Crazy
Horse is fatal to the ambitious pro-
jects of Gen. Sitting Bull and that
one more campaign will cook that
braves goose.
Among the many unfortunate omis-
sions of the last Congress was its fail
ure to provide for a representation of
the government at the Paris exhibi-
tion next year, and as it is not to
meet till next October, no time will
be available for creditable prepara-
tions to make display, and private
enterprise will have to make up for
the oversight on the part of the gov
ernment.
The morning papers report that the
committee which investigated the
New York Post Office disaster acquit
Supervising Architect Hill, but Sc
verely censure Oakshoot. The same
authority intimates that Collector
Arthur will likely be informed that
his services will hereafter be dis
pensed with in consequence of the
revelations of the Custom House in
vestigations. SENTINEL.
Major Thomas G. Jones of Alabama,
who made a memorial speech at Mont
pomery in 1874. and afterwards at a