The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-11
Town Of DonaldsonYille.
Our Washington Letter.


EDrron CHIEF:
The past week Aas been one of I'M
usual activity in Congress, and with
SESSIONS to begia hereafter at IL
O'clock and to be held occasionally in
Intervening, there will he no lack of.
time to dnisll up all needed legisla-
tion. The status of " Mr.. Lo +" is not
10 &c changed and the Indian Bureau
will not be turned over to the War
Department. This course is 10 doubt
wise, rs the change met with great
opposition from men of both parties
aud did not secure the support of the
Christian aud pbilanthropic senti-
piens of the country. 1t can not be
denied that there has been great i'm
proyeinent in the condition of the In
dams during the last ten years, and in
the next decade it may be safely ex-
pected that the scattered tribes, num-
bering 275, 900 souls, will become in
corporated into our body polite as
eitizeas, One hundred and thirteen
Thousand of these Indians now dress
as Americans, most of them having
cast Oft their native garb since '65.
TEAeG they haa 7476 houses now they
occupy %, l99-llO3 having been
bnilt last year. In 1868 there were
III schools, E}4 teachers and AIS
hcholars. Their churches number 2O7,
supported by 900 members. Last
year they cultivated 292 $50 acres,
raising 788, 275 bushels of wheat aud
a,656, 952 of corn. Their herds include
sOftIe 567 ,444 sheep. Time and edu
cation seem likely to wipe out the
heretofore troublesome question of
what to Ito with aye noble red man.
y The House has passed the Indian
appropriation bill at 81, az, SIS 20.
The lock out of twenty thousand
chiIdretf because of the disagreement
between the two Houses in regard to
CHI" public school appropriation for
this District is ii sad documentary upon
public Affairs and is Il disgrace to our
nonhtry. 0ne-half of these children
belong to government employees and
members OF Congress, or citizens of
other Suites temporarily residing in
Washington. s'ff
Ihe never. to- be- siienced question
OF faycs or Tilden is again Mt the
front, qnickened into newness of life
by tlieconfessions of Florida conspir-
ist0rs. 1t is evident the people are
becoming vexed and Disguised with
this whole matter and like Que of old
nre ready to exclaim " oh Lord, how
lohgI Neither Republican or Dem
Oefatic candidates for Congressional
honors will find the re-onenipc of
this question popular theme for dis
cnsslon either in legislative halls or
before their constituents mt home,
during the canvass. The people say
/" Let us have peace
nc campaign paraphernalia is
HOW being put in readiness for the
coming contest, and the modification
pftlie Presidents civil service order
turns loose $1,000 officers in the coun-
~ ."N VIII HoW Ut expected UF |
party leaders to do effective work in
1heG respective localities. The Dem
ocrate are sangninc rs 10 their ability |
TO hotd the ascendahcy in the next |
ffaase and from present indications |
VII secure the control of the Senate.
For the last mouth our papers have |
been full of q ccitain case i'm which
The defendant, "a government CLERK.
We arrested and brought to trial on
q charge of brutal abuse of his fom
daughters, all young women. He is |
sss0~al tn have beaten them, Knocked /
them down, stoned them, kicked them I
'Isw otherwise so maltreated them
TINT their bodies will always be
starred on account of it, and yet he is
acquitted aud the advice of the Judge
IS thai sthe little family difficulty he
lap AMONG themselves This
nan Meehlin is ret,Hned in office,
while such life saddeiisd women as
We Mnsafsrtl arr. turudU out on sas.,
';cioa Of disloyalty e ake country.
HIS AplnIerdfwas disehaTsetl for fear