The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-31
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THE spORTIvE GnAssMOprKn.
IL Exercises the Minds Of the Farmers of
| Iowa.
Especial to Chicago Times.1
.GLsawoop, Iowa, March 2e.-"The
Oldest inhabitant" is at present greatly
exercised on the subject Of graashop-
pers. Various theories are afloat in re-
gard TO the probable future of the pests
and their effect on the crops In this sec.
| ton. In 1867 eggs were deposited in
| this section In great abundance. The
| spring OF 1853 was very wet and most OF
| the 'hoppers were killed by o heavy
sleet, after they were hatehed. In 1868
the eggs were again deposited and In
the spring OF 1869 small grain was very
seriously injured, the 'hoppers staying
| till fully developed. Last fall the eggs
| were left here in greater abundance
than ever before. It is impossible for
| the uniformed to form the slightest
idea as to the number Of eggs In this
| portion Of Iowa. Notwithstanding re-
ports to the contrary, few of the eggs
are already hatohed and so fearful are
the farmers that but very little small
grain will be sowed in this section, It
| is claimed that the amount Of damage
| done this year will be entirely depend.
ent upon the weather, and farmers are
| fearful Of the result. Our corn crop has
never been injured by 'hoppers hatehed
here.
THE rosTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriations that Must be Made to
secure ECONOMY.
Especial to Chicago Times.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-In spite Of
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shorten the session Of Congress, which
Is to begin In June, it Is evident that
there will be many causes ut work to
protract 1t. There ID going to be pres.
sure for additional appropriations for
various branches of the public service,
and some necessary appropriations may
have to be made. Congress directed,
at the session just ended, that the Post,
master General should inquire into and
adjust the rates of compensation paid
to clerks In the postofficeg, and also to
investigate the free-delivery system,
with q view to q reduction II possible.
Mr.. Typer, the First Assistant Post
master General, says 1t will be utterly
impossible for the department to COM
ply with this law unless an appropria-
ton is provided for force Of special
agents. He intends to 20 before the
Senate Appropriation Committee when
Congress assemblies in June. and show
the necessity for the appointment Of q
competent, corps OF special postal
agents. Their appointment ID neces-
sary, not only for the Investigations
above referred to, but to facilitate the
He is Of the opinion that the govern
mant loses from half million to @
million Of dollars q year by the fraudu-
lent use OF Cancelled postage stamps,
and that this leak could be stopped en-
tirely II the department had sufficient
force Of special agents.
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION.
Nothing VIII sc Done by Hayes until II
| Is settled.
| IEegnlar Correspondence OF the Tribune.l
WAsHrSeroN, March "a, The pressing
importance of the Southern question
postpone temporarny q, '.-...s, ~
other subject. When the Southern
question has been satisfactorily adjusted
and single government, accepted IL
not acceptable to all classes of people,
has been established in Louisiana and
South Carolina, the President and his
Cabinet will be able to give. their atten-
tratiye reforms which have been prom
ised. Among the most important Of
these is an improvement In the civil SER
vice Of the country, which Is to be un-
dertaken in an earnest and systematic
manner. In the meantime few funda-
mental principles nave been laid down
and announced from which something
Of the character of the reforms pro-
posed may be judged.
THE SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN.
Charges Made Against Mr.. Chandler
by the Detroit Tribune.
Especial TO N. Y. Tlmes.1
| DETROIT, March Ex-senator Christi
ancy spent last Saturday In this city On
his way to his home at Lansing. This
morning the Detroit Tribune. which led
the Republican bolt against Mr.. Chand-
Ter which ended In Judge Christiancy's
election, says editorially that the Mexi-
can Embassy scheme is political in
trigue of Mr.. Chandler's to create q
vacancy In the Senate, with the hope
tIt is as true In this case as it was In re-
gard to the Davis vacancy, that Senator
Christianey has not been engaged in
promoting this business, but has been
quietly attending to his important legis-
lative duties, and in such manner as
to lead the people Of Michigan to desire
no change In their present representa-
tion In the Senate. There is no prospect
that the second scheme will fare any
better than the first"
| ROUGH SEA.
And a Fearful STERN All Along the
| Jersey Coast.
! Especial dispatch to N. r Times1
LONG BRANCH, March ga fearful
STORM has been raging along the Jersey
coast for the last forty hours, sweeping
almost everything before 1t. This
evening the steamer Husband was only
few feet out OF water, and was con-
tinually being lost from view by i'm
mense waves and breakers, covering as
high as her smoke-stack. She lies
almost parallel with the shore, and
seems to be fast in the sand. Every