The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-16


tropolis-has filled our hearts witt
sorrow and dismay. Following: ST
closely upon the loss of the Huron i
is doubly dreadful, and no one cal
doubt but there is blame somewhere
I wonder if better state of thing
might not be brought about if our Re
public should adopt the cruelty strict
rule of the Chinese nation that some
body must be convicted and suffer
death punishment in case of such g
calamity as those above mentioned
Mr.. Frye of Maine presented the
petition of 10000 women of America
asking Congress to legislate for their
protection in the Territories of the
United States and in the District OF
Columbia. This document, over one
thousand feet long, elegantly bound
up with red, white and blue ribbons,
and which had been reposing on n
| pedestal decorated with the Ameri-
can flag in front of the desk of the of
fetal reporters, was handed up to the
reading clerks desk and read. This
petition is an honor to the noble wo-
men of the Temperance Union who
now have an organization in nearly
every State in the Union.
The system of receiving liz Wash
ington during the season, which en-
ables any one to call upon the fami-
lies of representatives of government
on certain days, fills the streets with
persons in every imaginable style of
costume. There are grand ladies in
regulation calling costume, who per-
haps have no carriages and can not
afford always to hire one. There are
wives of minor officials, TO whom the
" calling" business has become nuis-
ance and bore, who are obliged to
wear simple dress. There are Wis
itors from abroad and visitors from
the wilds of our own country who
each carry about with them the ihli-
cations of national and local habits,
manners, customs and idiosyncracies
and lastly the professional women,
who are gradually forming a class of
their own. All these different classes,
characters and individualities make
the streets of Washington unlike those
of any other city in the world, and
create diversity of character and in
fuence. The calling dress upon of
ticial occasions is the ordinary visit
ing dress of polished life in any well
bred community. 1t may be COM
posed of the very richest combination
in fabric, always dark and inconspic-
uous in color, relief to this uniformi-
ty of color being afforded by the lace
at the throat, the delicate tint of the
gloves and perhaps of the bonnet.
Mrs. Hayes Saturday afternoon re-
,eptions keep occurring as the weeks
go by and are the scenes of very much |
beauty and pleasure. Last Saturday |
Mrs. Senator Dawes assisted Mrs. |
Hayes and those two stood in their |
places and shook hands with the peo-
pie for the allotted three hours. Mrs.
Hayes was dressed in maroon colored |
'ilk and velvet, cut square in the
leck, with half sleeves, long white |
gloves, lace finishngs and Il knot of |
'osebuds at the throat. Mrs. Dawes |
wore drab silk, cut without sleeves
md with train two yards long. Her
lrms were covered with black lace.
Francis Murphy, called upon the
President and Mrs. Hayes aud met |
with a most cordial reception. The
President said that Mr.. Murphy was
i'll the right direction-mak-
ng war upon no one, but seeking to |
'ave lost men through the ministry of |
Christ. He had no confidence in any /
'eform that did not increase the mem
)ership of the Churches. When men
stop drinking there will be nc saloons.
lie commended the movement and |
Wished Mr.. Murphy God speed in his |
great work. The whole city is aroused |
Is never before on the subject of |
Temperance aud the ribbon of blue is
een every where. SENTINEL.
An important movement is on foot |
Imong the workingmen of Indiana to
1etter their condition by emigrating