The Donaldsonville chief., 1877-05-26

III the evening, and all sorts of other
amnsements. So loud were the pro-
misses that the trains were crowded
with people. They came from the East,
West, North and South, and the
streets were never so crowded as oD
that day. Anxiously they waited for
the procession and finally it came. A
more humiliatihg failure was never
seen. Itwas nothing more thar half
hundred advertising wagons, of brew
ers, patent medicines, and all sorts of
| things which strive to catch the pub
4 lie eye. There were few attempts
at fun, but they were of d CHASTITY ma
ture. The night procession was only
| better, because it could not be seen,.
| There were dozen wagons, on which
were low women and lower men,
dressed in various costumes, but as
they rode along in solemn silence and
| the densest darkness, nobody saw or
knew any thing about them, The
bah at Gilmore's garden was even a
more dismal failure. A rich brewer
paid $1,000 for the privilege Of per-
sonating the King of the Carnival"
and as he Kept drunk all the day it
is to be presumed he got the worth of
his money. And now it has trans
pifed that the scheme was the work of
ka couple of frauds from New Orleans.
They charged $15 each for the adver-
tising wagons, they sold the "privi-
llege' of riding in the procession as
/" dukes, earls,n &C., they sold the
privileges of the bars, stands and
coat rooms at Gilmore's garden for a
great deal of money and they collected
large sums from the hotels and other
places of public resort@ They got
Fevery thing on credit, those from whom
they got supplies supposiag that rep
utabe citizens were at the head of ir,
and as they paid nothing, they made
a good thing of it. 1t is estimated
that they cleared not less than S15,-
600 by the operation. The loss in
money is the least of it. It cost the
city one entire days business, and
was nuisance, Il worry, and II vex-
alton from first to last New York
is easily gulled.
There seems to he an epidemic of
suicides with the approach of hot
weather. One young man came down
flom Orange county to get work, but
was disappointed. He had watch
which ae intended to pawn to live on
till he could get something to do, but
st was stolen from him the night of
the Carnival, and he went to his room
and shot himself. The police recov-
cred the watch two hours after. A
woman hung herself in Macdougal
street because her husband ran away
from her and wealthy man named
Adams, took poison, because there
was so much worry iii taking care of
his estate. A merchant was found
dead in the basement of his store
Oh Broadway, leaving Il note stating
that his trade had left him, and he
saw no hopes of revival; and
young man cut his throat because he
could not get an appointment in the
Post Office. All these, with dozen
others who stepped ont without giving
reason, in Il week ! Is there any
thing in heat that drives people to
the madness that precedes suicide 2
The effect of the war in Europe
upon New York is mixed. While it
does not materially improve business
at present, it has had the effect of
putting up the price of every thing
the people live on, and so it bears
upon those who are doing nothing,
and those working for low wages.
The farmers who have grain are re-
joiced at the advance it has caused,
but the poor laborer, the ,underpaid
clerk, and the half-starved seam
stress don't like it so well, for it has
doubled the cost of their living. 1t
has rot increased their wages. The
merchants hope to profit by it, for
they reason that if it puts up the
price of produce the farmers will not
only buy more freely, but they will
pay for what they have already
bought, and make the wheels run
more smoothly. The trade in arms