The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-23

poor, strlckeH creature, deserted b.
her own flesh and blood, finds shelte
in the home of trusted friends VIII,
have never ceased to cry out agains
this infamy. The managers of tb,
Bloomingdale Asylum, who profitet
by her incarceration to the extent o
$50 week, may throw their blood
money away, as Iscariot did of old
and shall bring in a vervict o
: served 'em right if they shonlt
follow his example and hang them.
selves.
For neatly forty years this commu,
nifty has been cursed by the presence
of a. Haunting infamy in the person o.
Caroline Lohman, known as Madam
Restell. On the Fifth Avenue, almost
under the shadow of the grandest
Cathedral in America, is the splendid
palace of this infamous creature,
whose life has been one long crime
and shame for almost two genera
tions. The little boys who first heard
of her as a convict on Blackwelrs
Island have become gray old men.
Millions have come and gone, but she
remains, and from the proceeds of her
shameful trade has accumulated un-
told wealth, and lives in a palace in
the most fashionable quarter of New
York, the appointments of which
would throw in the shade the gided
halls of Heliogabalus. Curtains of the
rarest and most costly lace veil the
windows, backed by rich Indian hang
| ings of curious workmanship aud fab
ulous price; pictures by the most
famous artists line the walls, and
| statuary by eminent sculptors Won
derful in design and marvellous in
execution meet you at every turn
This week, thanks to the energy and
tact of Anthony Comstock, this crea-
ture was dragged from her palatial
home and lodged like felon in cell
in our city prison. Among all her
former companions not one dared
come forward to go upon her bail
bond, and so far, notwithstanding tie
persistent efforts of her counsel, they
have not been able to procure bail,
though the woman offered to deposit
$40, 900 in bonds. We now anxiously
wait for her conviction and incarcera-
lion in the penitentiary. She is near
ty seventy, hoary with age and crime,
and if she should die there, perhaps
those who expect to initiate and
profit by her sin may realize that the
way of the transgressor is hard.
We are more than ever convinced
that Darwin's theory is correct. We
have now couple of our sixteenth
cousins from Africa all covered with
hair, having no tails and conversingH
in French and German. They NAV /
not yet be entirely couversant with
the beauties of Goethe and Schiller
perhaps the comedies of Moliere or
the stories of Balzac might fail to fur
nish them with that intellectual pall-
ulum in which their Latin and Celtic
Cousins so much delight; but the ex-
quisite intelligence exhibited by them
in Sdur krGut uRt speck and fricasee
al general, certainly entities them to
much higher consideration than any
of our recent importations. Perhaps, |
after proper consideration of our |
case, they may be able to settle fol |
us the much vexed question of the
presidency, and do it in a more SEN
sible manner than that recently en-
ployed by their brothers at Washing
ton.
Perhaps the grandest religious pa
geant ever seen in the United States
was the celebration of the obsequies
Of the late Pope, at ST. Patrick's
Cathedral, on Wednesday last. Hun
1reds of the most eminent Catholic
slergy in this portion of the United
States participated in the ceremony,
Bishop Lynch of Charleston delivering
he eulogy of the dead pontiff. It
must be gratifying to the
admirers of Plus TX, that now, though
lie has passed away stripped of his
emporal power and deprived of much
Which was once considered necessary
or the proper vindication of his state,
hat he has received such considcra-
ion, even from his foes, as has never
'een paid before to pontiff, living or
lead. There is something, after all, +,
u a decent, well-spent life, whether
be the life of a peasant or Pope,
nd happy he who, when he can no
Dnger speak for himself, shall have
hose who were hereditary and bitter
nemies rise mp to speak of him in
arms of commepdati0H and of praise.
his has been the case of the Pope
Tho has just passed away, for the elo- i
uent tribute of Bishop Lynch to his
riend and Father found parallel in
'almage, the bitter Calvinist of Brook
IN, who, spoke of the dead Pope in. ,
ach terms of admiration and affection
nat a casual listener would have sup
asef that the Presbyterian Church
ad just lost-0ne of its most reliable g
lpports. {
The dramatic and legal lunatic, +,
cunt Johannes, has been making q
nffoon of himself during the past
eek, at the Lyceum Theatre. trav- q
styling Lear, Hamlet and Richard III.
he New York hoodlums turned out
. masse !: rotten eggs and deeayed
egetables took sudden and alarm G