The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-04-27
Our Wasllin gton letter..

The wheels of legislation move
slowly as time Wears on. The cheer
full sunshine Of spring tinhs the fnture
with more Aopeful, prospectssand men
in Business are committing them
selyes TO their daily toll with drawer
hearts ands more heroiGl purposes.
The financial question: by anisuh-
deIeafFeut 4efailIesistibley force i has
dfifted gu" ST tie arena Of legislative
eHactmehts divided. public senai-
mfein'tt,, and the gulf is now nov closed. that
has for years been "a yawliing ehasm
between greenbacks and gold. While
statesmen and politicians are fiiseuss-
ing the best met bod of resuming spes
Gle payment these silent and persist
epb S5refs IH9yegilref ith e countFS
to ffce fle resum ptiol as IYIPg fact.
Ii this confines for a. few days. the
WHILE specf6 q 3 ieserye, Iof the nation
viii Ieome oil to- nRetixa htirettlatioDg
lafgebyaiHersasiagsthe iscufre eney, seandT
ttfa eBy aabs the mean E. Of, indII{efi "a
heSiIflh "a q Initiation il The. current me dia
um efgeKeIlaage.as HE fesHltdfas had
the tendency ;rtreauy to quicken tire
sluggisH }aefiYifies ofAffa d Nssls6s
are nov established, and from this on
ward it may UeEsafe 70 expect an era
of nnpreesde edT prosperity. The
wealth to- be ggi3GGn This country
bx-asceop q, breadall@ufs elrea Hna. III
/ quantity Unparalleled; WIN PIT INTO
circulation alHgng tlryfarpers millions
upon millions, that shall from them
| tlosw ipU viewers nlsaBnHF o ftraae. .aKK
couutry in the world has such powers
of reafpeRati8ns ofs 4 Uofnaitiasb di-
versitied aaawell ratlaptad TO- eaAialgl
Into exercise ltsagglegated industries.
,EIilea 4 ssisFIiit y Treasurer tat San
Francisco reports -the-frst deposit in
coin ever received by him on aeeotnt
of saLe}sUJfF pdblfc f,thds in paYmsntA of
Il currency obligatiaa-- -.
| - The TElh'se1.dfit dfitpest iinlpipltast1 d r 4
Im0vGnleti etit rot, ,ILep present E0il
loccufefdl HIS IeSciiftg Q In the form of a
Caucus; ansrHsaAf3 f3sE ifofabfe feature
vast resdlutioH 10 ask tlie President
to.rescind bis order fdfbiddinS 1aftieii:.i1
patid!Eaqf officers ip9 the asxer atiiYisI
branch of the eiy Vi seggiee in eencnses,
cpnyentions, aud meetings of "a poli5i=
cal character. The meeting did-not-
exhibit much FREUD linsss awards Mr..
Hayes and in it's course it was de-
clared that he had Thus far benefited
his party not whit. Conkling, Blaine,
Christiancy, Hamlin and Batter were
unaceeantably and conspicuously alb
sent from the caucus. But the Presi-
dent.appeais in no way disturbed by
these proceedings. and his friends as
sert that they will not influence him
or his actions at all. @ga g@A
Four hundred and fourteen new
post Offices have. been established 1
since the 1st Of December and the
settlement of new fields in the far
West is creating the necessity for new
postal facilities at a rapid rate.
1t is estimated that 100000 will
be collected in this District by the in-
PRODUCTION of the musical Moffet reg
lister, and we may shortly expect to
bear its tinkling jingle. above the
hum of all other sounds.
Commissioner LeDuc proposes ford
the Department. of Agriculture a !
wider field of effort than that of a
mere conservatory of pumpkin seeds,
or Il distributing medium of Congress
sional favors. He claims that we are
importing articles from abroad at an
expense of $3.50, 200, 900 annually
that can be raised with profit by our
own people. The cost Of imported
sugar alone is S1l0, 900, 600 per year
The Commissioners is confident that
tea, olives, dates, palms, figs and Eng
lish walnnts can he raised proftably
in many sections, and he asks Con-
gressional appropriation to test the
experiment.
Economy in the House is showing
itself in a manner anything but pro-
motive of the interest of the people
For twenty five years Congress pro-
vided for the publication, at a cost of
from $50, 900 to 5000, 900 annually, of
a meagre illustration of patents
granted, known as the Patent Office
Report" III 1872 this publication
was discontinued and the office began
the issue of an illustrated weekly
Patent Gffiee Gazette, at Ii subscrip-
ton price Of $5yearly. A saving Of
$150,0 900 was effected, as the subserip-.
TONS TO II greatssexteut betrayed the
cost of publication. The present, Cons
gress are SO tafdy. in Appropriations
that thousands of inventors who have