The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-23
Our Washington Letter.
The New Pension, BiII-Agri.
cultural ldumOr-A Suit for.
the Arlington Butter
Sculpture.

Sculpture.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 7, 1873.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Congress gladdened the hearts
many needy ones by the passage
the act granting pensions to the so
diers and sailors of the war of I8l
and their widows. This act embrace
officers, enlisted or drafted men j
the military or naval service VIII
served fourteen days or were in an
engagements and were honorably dis
charged. Pensions may be paid t,
the surviving widows of all such per
sons, provided that it shall ceas,
when they marry again. The act ais.
provides for the reinstatement upol
the rolls of all persons who served il
the war of 1912, or any of the Indian
wars, whose names were stricken
from such rolls because of their par
ticipation in the rebellion. The sur
viving widows of all such persons are
entitled to pensions under the act.
| The Burchard savings bill seems TO
meet with great favor, and the Senate
has passed Wallace's bill for long
bond for the investment of savings.
These bills look to the same end-a
convenient and safe investment of
the small savings of the people of the
United States in government securi-
ties.
The question of relieving the pub
fishers of newspapers from the be.
wildering and onerous tax under the
present law, is now occupying the
attention of the Post. Office Commit
tee, and the unjust discrimination in
previous acts is likely to be wiped
out.
Commissioner LeDuc finds great
difficulty in satisfying the public that
he has a fitness for the place he is
trying to fill in the Agricultural Del
partment. His schemes for raising
tea, dates, figs, ETC., are accepted by |
the press with all sorts of suggestions
for adding to the products of our
country. One paper advises the plant
ing OF large areas of chewing gum;
another wants the Dismal Swamp
purchased and utilized for the pro-
duction of bon-bons, and advises the
Commissioned to purchase abroad a
supply of the best bourbon seed vet
another points out that while common
1ates may be well enough, our soil
md institutions are better adapted to
he growth of candy dates. Again.
he inquiry is raised whether our LIE.
ouc Is any relation to lie Petit Duo.
he great hit of the Paris comic opera
eason.
A suit is in progress at Alexandria.
"a, brought by son of Robert e. :
lee, against the United States, to re-
over the Arlington estate, which was
ought by the government! during the
ebellion under direct tax sale. In
he grounds comprising this estate lie 7
he bones of 10000 brave men who !;
ared to do and die; aud over the = =
ntrance to this city of the dead, the Y
asslng stranger reads
On Fame's eternal camping ground Il
Their silent tents are spread, :.
And glory guards, with silent round. 81
1he bivouac of the dead. Il
Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, tile butter re
llptress of the Centennial, is in this is
ty, seeking to bust" Congressman 81
the same Oleaginous material. and la
Hing photographs of her most Gel pt
'rated pieces, with a view to obtain IN
g funds to enable her to work in o'
ore enduring marble. This lady is W
genius In her way, rs every one who OF
W her Dreaming Iolanthe" can ia
stlty. The tools used in modelling
at beautiful face, expressing the U
tlent serenity of the blind. were pr
mmon butter-paddles, cedar sticks.
oom- -straws and camel's-hair pen- RI
3. Years ago she removed with her m.
soand from large circle of culti- FL,
ted friends in an Eastern city TO an
then almost wilderness of Arkap- ori
J. Hers was the monotenous ex- ins
ence of farmers wife and she soon Sn
md that her happiness depended ho
on contriving something to relieve me
tedious monotony of lonely hours. do
ing butter maker, she amused viz
self in shaping artistic rolls for ind
rket, and gradually acquired won tbi
'tul skill. Her first attempts were Tn
ltined to she'll fish, fruits, flowers. flo,
:, and it was at comparatively Of
ent date that she conceived the nra
of moulding human faces. 6tt
he evidences of returning conf. to
zee begin to be manifest every- fra
ere. With gold at nearly par, Po,
EernmeDts strong and advancing, mn
b no danger of undue imitation or Po,
ching contraction of the currency. hea
people have it in their hands to :. 7
ie this most prosperous business
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