The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-03-22
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.

LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS
New ORLEANS, La, March II, 1873.
! EDITOR CHIEF:
The smiling face of your neat paper
called to my memory the fact that l
had made you a promise to contrib
| ute a letter OCCASIONALLY to your pub
| LEGATION.
A silent tear, yelling up from a
heart o'erflowing with pity, coursed
its way down my cheek as l read the
graphic account Of your Incarceration
in q poisome dungeon in our city
while on your recent visit. Let us
congratulate ourselves, sir, on the
fact that the state of excitement that
could SO distort the imagination of a
Metropolitan Policeman MS to trans
form you in gil your meek and lamb
like appearance into u fierce and
bloody warrior, armed to the teeth
and bearded like the pard," has
passed away, and the reaction is so
great that it would require heavy
premium to induce one Of the guard
ians of the night to lay his official
hands upon you. for the purpose of
arrest. Yes, sir, the cry for blood,
coming from the throat of McEnery
and re-echoed from the Threats of that
vast host of .expectant office holders
under him, that so startled the ccm-
munity fortnight ago, has died away
until scarcely a whisper of protest
disturbs the political atmosphere to-
day. The political status Of Louisiana
for the next four years is fixed, the
grenadier moustache of Governor
Warmoth to the contrary notwi TIL
standing.
To-day is gala day for Erin. St.
Patrick whose canonized bones have,
for many centuries, been sleeping
with their mother earth were, in the
memory of his fellow ,countrymen to-
day exhhmed, rehabilitated and
adored. This alteration found ex-
preston in the gilded trappings of Il
magnificent parade. St. Charles street
was scene Of life and show scarce
ly ever surpassed. Young girls,
misses anil matrons;> boys, young men
and old men crowded all the availa-
BILE space for the purpose of witness
ing the grand pageant. The green
banner Of Ireland with the stars and
stripes Of the Union borne by the
sturdy hands Of nationality that
contributes SO largely to our popnla-
ton passed along our streets side by
side.
The lake. is beginning to attract
pleasure seekers and love makers.
Sunday witnessed the subscriber
standing on the classic beach of
Pontchartrain contemplating it's vast
surface and watching the smiling ia
ces of those escaped convicts of the
monotonons walls Of the city. If
there is any one thing that stirs the
fraternity in the soul of man it is the
association with beings escaped under
circumstances as above described.
l don't mean that gross and unpoetic
fratcrnal feeling that originates from
liberal applications of beer to the
mucous lining Of the stomach, but
true, genuine, natural brotherly feel
ing that pervades the soul in the
absence Of care in moments of relax
alton.
Business in warrants gets lively
as they increase in value, and the
half starved brokers that two weeks
ago were standing around the doors
of coffee-houses with their hands in
their empty pockets waiting for some
to ask them to take a
drink with a lunch appended, now
indulge in a beefsteak with coffee,
and frequently in moments of ex-
IRENE felicity, fried potatoes! If you
doubt my word you can come and see
or send an agent.
But l transgress. More anon.
NJ. PAULUS.