The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-04-05
LETTER FROM NEW ORLEANS.

Mechanics Institute. Official pro-
mitigation Of laws causes momentary
autters among the large and much
abused class Of our fellow citizens who
have no place at the public table, but
"guns and drums and wounds are
not necessary appendix to the fut-
teriDg aforesaid. Even the Picayune,
as you will notice, has ceased to
breathe forth death and devastation.
Its policy now is not to make carpet
bag wives widows, or innocent little
carpetbag children orphans, and what
ever may be the amino turanG of it's
editorial staff, and however willingly
it would people our graveyards with
the corpses of those whose contuma-
cious breath was first drawn north of
that imaginary line popularity known
as the Mason and Dixon line, it finds
no expression in the columns of that
extremely sectional paper. The fort
ification behind which the Picayune
proposes, with it's supporters, to
breathe out its sanity existence is
resistance to taxation, but the admi-
rable legislation, conceiyfd and draft
ed by that eminent young attorney,
Henry G. Dibble, completely TANKS
and surrounds that position, and the
tax resisters will soon be crying, like
the coon to Davy Crockett, "Don't
shoot, I'll come down."
A stranger visiting our city is at
once struck with the idea that hospi-
tality is its marked characteristic.
If he has piped to the Bacchanalian
god, gratitude at once broadens his
features. Coffee houses smile upon
him from every corner, and are found
wedged in between massive buildings
and every conceivable out Of the way
place; and apparently not satisfied
with that, every back street grocery
is furnished with bar to provide
that, in case a customer should be
taken on the "short," that is to say,
be taken dry, some distance from his
saloon, he can be Immediately sup
piled with strengthening liquid. APP
parently in contradiction of this bless
ed and benign institution, was case
transpiring during the late sitting of
the McEnery legislature. One of its
most brilliant geniuses found himself
some distance from the centre of trade
pregnant with speech with which
he intended to crush and annihilate
Kellogg and the whole carpet bag
business. The day was warm. All
at once he found himself taken short,
viz: dry. Looking up, what was his
amazement and CONSERVATION at find
ing no saloon within, two blocks of
him. Now lie was used to his regular
drinks. He staggered. He stretched
forth his arms toward the nearest
Mecca, murmured Thou art so near
and yet so far" and fell upon the
pavement, monument of mans in
humanity to man. Kind friends and
a quart bottle restored him, but so
apparent was the danger to McEnery
and his coadjutors that saloon was
established at the place where he fell
at the expense of the People, and the
Legislature saved from threatened
humiliation. Now don't say this to
scare our Democratic friends from WIS.,
iting our city; | mean it as Il warning
to keep close to districts where their
wants may be speedily attended to.
Judge Dibble is now busily engaged
in compiling the Revenue Laws for
the State with instructions and COM
ments. It will be a valuable hand
book for the Collectors.
In closing wish to compliment the
CHEZ for correctness in it's produc-
ton of communications. I am an old
correspondent, having furnished sew
eral papers with war news during the
rebellion, but l never recognized my
own piece more distinctly than that
in the late issue of the
CHIEF. Au reroir.
NJ. PAULUS.
$4,000 IN GOLDFISH, 585 Given Awav.