The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-30
Our Nasllillst0E Letter.
Stamped Letter Sheet En'ei.
Opes-AcquittaI of Gen. HOW.
ard-Portrait oftile Electoral
Commission Etc.


Corn1eissions Etc.
WAsHISGroN, D. e., March p, 1873.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Residents of the District have no
rights that any one is bound to re-
spett, ergo President Hayes does not
give the Capital of the Nation the
poor privilege of being represented at
the Paris Exposition by an Honorary
Commissioner.
The Post-Office Committee have
agreed. to report bill authorizing
the Department to adopt stamped
letter sheet envelope" to be sold by
postmasters as envelopes are now.
Its use will lessen the tonnage OF the
mails, will prevent the reuse of
washed stamps, and will be a great
aaving aud convenience to the gen
eral public, as one-half of all letters
may be written en- such stamped
letter sheet envelopes"
Three salts were instituted some
time since i'm the Supreme Court OF
the District, by direction of the War
Department, against General 0. o.
Howard, for alleged misrepresentation
of the funds of the Freedman's
Bureau. These suits were brought to
sudden termination by judgment
in each case for the defendant, and
Gen. Howard stands fully acquitted
in the courts and before the country
in whose service he has borne an
honorable part.
The House was resonant with the
angry and tumultuous din-with its
over attendant sub-ba of noise and
hustle on the occasion of the discus
sion of the contested election case,
Dean Us. Field, when quivering over
the wires there came message the
reading of which cast gloom of sad
ness over the Speakers face and gave
sepulchral muffie to the gavel as lie
raped the House to order to an
nounce the death of a fellow-mem-
Der, John Z. Leonard of Louisiana,
who had but as yesterday occupied
his seat in the House in perfect
health.
Silver dollars with shining face and
pleasing ring pass from hand to hand.
The bulls and bears have signed a
truce and the country still lives.
At least 10000 names will be added
to the pension rolls by the passage of
the bill now law granting pensions
to soldiers and sailors of the war OF
1912 and their widows, and restoring
to the rolls the names of all pension
ers stricken therefrom for participa-
ton in the rebellion.
The latest invention is an applica-
ton by Edison of the telephone to
tho ordinary clock. a phonetic ap-
paratus calls off the hours with 6
sound not unlike the human voice
No more alarm clocks with din anG
rattle disturbing pleasant dreams o
drowsy sleepers. Bridget will rise a
the pleasant call of this zoe humane
saying six o'clock, be up and stir
ring"
/ McGarrahan's claim is again thu
subject of investigation. For nearly
twenty years this man has been al
enigma. Poor, ignorant and impu
dent, he has succeeded in winning t,
his support year after year, inhu
ences which controlled Congressman
Senators and Cabinet officers. Severa
hundreds of his private letters hav
been secured and they throw a cal
cium light upon the mysterious influ
euces which were the source of hi
hitherto hidden power.
Mrs. Fassett is working daily in til
Supreme Court room on her paintin;
of the Electoral Commission, and vii
remain there until the 25th instant
when the court eonvenes.
The picture gives evidence of grea
merit, and this illustration in oil of
historic event in the Presidential an
nails of the country, by the preserya
ton of the likenesses in group G
some of the principal actors, will b
valuable. SENTINEL.