The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL. :

MARCH 12.-Sendte.--No public business
was transacted. The chair of. the. late Senator
Sumner was. draped in mourning and upon his
desk whsa large bouqHet Of wlnte feWers- On
thony male the formal announcement of Sena-
tor Summers s death after the appointmens OF
comrhittee to escort theremains of the deceased
nnents to make afrangements for the funeral SER
vices at the capitol, the Senate adjourned
House Mr. Hoar read q series Of resolutions
announcing the death of senator Sumner, and
soon after fhe House adjourned szss' -
NfARCH 13.-gSendte. "A Afterl the funeral
services of the late Senator Sumner We're conclnd-
ed, the Senate was called to order and the Chair
announced as a memberte ill the uacaney OF the
lointselect committee to Investigate the manage
rnent of affairs of the Districtsof Columbia, Mr..
Stewart of Nevada. to be chairman of the COM
nittee in place Of MI Boutwell,, exetsed oa ac-
count of i'll health. The Senate then adjourned
till Tuesday, 18th. House. e.--Imrne edfatefy after
on rganization, adjournment was had to attend the
fnneral of Senator Sumner. az
. MARCH f4-iSenate not in session. .Hoasse,,
The session was given up exclusively 70 de-
bate Mr.. Kellogg concluded the speech begun
by him on the Ith on the Legislative Appropria-
regulate fnterGE State railroad commerce, andwere
made by Messrs. Pratt, Stanard, Hazelton of
Wisconsin, Burrowsand Eden. ~ r -
MARCH 16.--Se1dte not is session. 1Hoase.
Among the bills introduced were the following:
Prohibiting the use of public horses and vehicles
for private purposes and forbidding Government
Officers to require their servants 10 wear livery;
for commissioner relation to preseryatlon tof
orests; to give land warrants to soldiers ana
sailors m the late war; appropTiating 5000 to
be expended in the course of the current hscal
year In improving the mouth of the MISSISSIPPI
Ry seSslpa was whc
was participated in mainly by Messrs Kendall,
Orr and Cannon.
"A GOOD Deed Brings $1,000, 900 to a
aF.NI1 So Florida Man. aita
We find the following in Jacksonvilles
| Florida, paper OF recent date go,
/ More than twenty years ago Major al
| do a. Blossom, who is. now in Jackson
| vile. was resident of Washington. While
| there. chance east in his way a young man
named Larimer, in whom he became deep
| ly interested. Iarimer had been led astray
! by the influence of wicked associations,
and was utterly dissolute and dissipated4
to all appearances moral and physical
fwreck. 8 sessAissss is3t ~iiftfssississ
tits more than probable that Major
| Blossom discovered redeenling qualities Ia
the Young man, Notwithstanding the
tdepths. to which dissipation had brought
| him. for the ssGood Samaritan" rescued
him from the gutter, gave him pleasant
homes assistedsh him byseounsel and the aid
OF, fine social influences to make himself 9
tnew man. After his reformation was ief
i fected, the young man returned to his par
ents, who resided in Colorado, and for
I number Of years his generous benefactol
heard nothing of him.a'is& ~!
In December. of last year, Major Bios
SONS attention was called to an advertise
ment in Boston paper over the signature
of Larimer, inquiring the address of W. A
! Blossom. He responded to the inquiry
. and soon received letter from the parent
of his former protege in CASTILLO county
Colorado, informing him that their son il
dying had willed his property to him, il
gratitude for the kind deed of years agone
The letter which feelingly alluded t
this act, gave the sequel to the reforme
] mans life. He applied himself vigerousl
: to business after his return to Colorado
5 became an honorable and useful Inenfbe
! of society, and in a few years amassed !.
t large fortune, all of which, valued /;
ST, 900, 600, will fall into the possession |
, Major Blossom next June.
No act of genuine charity is ever los
Somewhere in the conservatory Of goo
! deeds the plant will put forth its blossom
and shed its perfume, perhaps in the bal
: and brilliance Of the Eternal Morning. pc
haps in the subdued lightand murky q
t mosphere OF the mortal life.