The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-03-02
Assumption Correspondence.
NAPoLEoNvILLE, La, Feb. 90, 1873.

NAPoLEoNvILLE, La, Feb. 90, 1873.
! EDITOR CHIEF:
The breeze of last Wednesday appeared
to exhilerate all hands in this g neck of the
woods" whatever effect it may have pro
duccd i'll other sections. Some of the old
stagers who had imbbed rather too freely
| at Poets saloon shifted what little they
could of the passing hurri-cyclone and, as if
eiated by its transient influence, coura
geously cndcavored to face the unseen ele.
lnents and Undue the more timorous with a
portion of the valor of which the said old
stagers seemed to have a superabundance
Trees, ehimneys, signs, fences, shingles,
etc, We'd with each other in their aerial
evolutious, while an occasional I" tile -
might have been seen travelling along at
a more rapid pace than suited the conve-
nicnce of its highly dcmoralized owner
However, as the day drew to close and
twilight verged into the first shadow of
night, Zephyrus, twlio had only been in
dulging in little " blow out,"l became
more amiable and consequently the hours
were passed in somnolency of a first-class
grade.
The city papers, somehow, do not always
AZ make this landing" with that regularity
which should characterize the efforts of our
metropolitan journalists, and in consequence
of not having anything later than last Sat
urday's Democrat and Pic, feel rather lost
on the 81 Southern Policy" and do not even
know whether or not Mad. Wells prime
minister, Anderson, has been permitted to
have new trial. My opinion Is that the
pardoning power vested in the executive
will not be used in his behalf
Much interest is manifested among all
classes hereabouts relative to internal inn
provements. Prominent is the scheme for
removing distractions from the Bayou La
fourche SO as to admit of navigation for the
regular packets throughout the entire year.
The principal impediments are said to be at
and in the immediate vicinity of Donaldson
willie, where the deposit from the Mississippi
forms a series of bars that could, with small
aio from the State, be easily removed, and,
by So Diving, add much to the business in
terests and enterprises of the LafOurche Val
ley. Petitions having this object in view,
have been extensively circulated, and met
with unanimous response. and | have no
doubt of its ultimate success.
A floating photograph gallery has been at
our landing for IA short time, and to Judge by
the throng in attendance l should think the
artist was coming his everlasting fortune.
This morning l met up with a parsonage
FROM the rural districts, inquiring for the
studio of the photographer. Said he, You
see me an Maria are engaged, and she hearn
tell of that picture man being here, an said
she to me = 'Dolphus, les go an have our
portraits took now, SOS when We celebrate
our golden weddin' we can look back an
see how we looked fifty years interior!''
l know it was very wicked in me to do so,
but SEINE how could not help directing him
to tin-boat which was lying further up the
bayou telling him, at the same time, of the
new process by which the art of Photog-
raphy had been superseded by the tintype
discovery, adding much to the stability and
beauty of the pictures. also intimated that
it was often necessary to make use of hard
language towards the artist in order TO in
duee him to spare the time to give a proper
sitting. Having given him full instructions
how to proceed, | had the satisfaction few
minutes LATER of seeing him escort his in
tended bride on board the floating tinshop;
and just now, from my snug retreat III
Levy's store, | see u large crowd on the
leyee in front o6Said tinstore, listening to,
and seemnas encouraging the beligercnts
inside. As the lady energies from the boat
followed by tue rural rooster. who III turn is
followed by naughty CALCULATIONS, and sun
dry tinware, the form of your correspond
emit may have been seen stealthily creeping
from the rear of his retreat towards the
neighberh0od OF the lofty Expresses which
rear their giant forms as if to throw their
protection around me, and as | enter the
sanctuary thus offered. a voice is ringing in
my ears" Where in thunder is that emery
cuss who sel.t me to a burned Yankee nut
meg crater maker to have my picture
taken % Yours, &c, LEO 40. =,