The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-12-27
VIRTUE REWARDED.

VIRTUE REWARDED.
! Messrs. Geo. l.. Bird and A. r. Holt
members Of the Packard Legislature iron
this parish, ate now employ in the Gus
tom-House at New Orleans.-Baton Ro.g
Herald.
So are the Hons. Fred. Fobh an,
Gloster Hill Of this parish, the lattel
being represented By q proxy who i
not above performing the duties a
we'll a. drawing the salary Of q labor
er's position. In fact the Custom
House is crowded with ex. legislator
If the Packard regime, and if our dis
tiDguiahed consul to Liverpool shoulG
1 find it necessary to convene his law
makers once more, We believe b,
would find considerable majority 0
| them enaconced 10 the granite build
ing at New Orleans, pensioners on tn.
bounty Of q grateful government. /
vas testified before the Senatoria
committee investigating the Spofford,
Kellogg contest recently, that Reeve.
nue. CoAactor Marks had declared hit
inability to furnish his friends witt
employment because ga act of id
scoundrels who threatened to squea]
on Kellogg had to be provided for,1
and some uncharitable opponents OF
our Republican Senator may be dis
posed to class the distinguished OK.
Representatives above named 10 this
category, but we feel assured this
would be 8 cruel injustice, and that
Ascension's delegates to the Custom
House are only enjoying the legitim-
ate reward of their brilliant and in
valuable services 10 behalf of the
people.
The Packard Legislature died that
a Republican National Administration
and Democratic State Government
might live and lie down together 10
harmony, even as the lion and the
lamb whose fraterniza ton will precede
the millennium. Why, then, should
not the men who suffered political
martyrdom receive few of the crumbs
that fall from the tables of magnatos
whose power and glory are largely
due to the Inartyrdom aforesaid
And echo answers, Whyf
And if some long enduring patriots
prefer the permanent advantages Of q
regular salary for keeping mum, to
the fleeting benefits Of q pecuDiary re-
ward for swearing against Mr.. KEEL
logg, why, forsooth, should envy cavil
and malice how'll And why should
the Republican lambs be mixed with
the Republican goats, and the supe-
rior morality OF the former be meas
ured in the same half Lusl,el with the
easy virtue Ut the other
The chronological journal for January
1880, comes early into the field of Amer
lean literature for the new year. Its
topics are selected with particular refer
ence TO the season, and each one has an
important practical bearing. It is rare
to find serial publication which from
month to month covers SO broad field,
and yet SO effectively instrncts and in
terests it's readers. To be sure, its work
relates to human nature specially, but
one would think it difficult to provide
fresh, crisp matter, month after month,
in such a field. The journal, however. is
demonstration Of the extent of the re-
sources at the command of the earnest
student. Every page in this number
seems to have a special pertinence, a
or two being found therein
which have q useful bearing. At the
opening, phase of American politics is
presented to the reader, in sketch and
portrait Of the Maine Senator, Mr.. Blaine.
Another personal sketch affects American
literature, especially poetry, and is a |
eally interesting paper, viz-Fitz- Greene
4alleck. Technical science has its place,
md is copiously illustrated in the elab-
rate article entitled "Studies in Com
'arative Phrenology." Here the readers
ya is arrested by an array of facts of
\ entirely novel order. A capital article
J that of Intemperance in History"
n the course Of which the writer culls
rom old authorities to show the sad e.
acts Of wine-drinking in ancient times.
My Wicked Friend " il very pleasant
fe-incident, while "The Old and New
supplies some very valuable
ints, on which parents and teachers
'ould do we'll to reflect. A juvenile
5ory is begun, with the title Of "The
Dung Folks of Cherry Avenue" which
III be taking to the young readers of
10 chronological. The department Of
Science of Health" is we'll filed. The
rticle entitled Magnetism and SOM
ambnlism in Paris" is noteworthy as
tering some very extraordinary Incl
ants from a Paris observer. The regu-
r readers Of the Journal must find the
otes on Science and Agriculture" also
&c "Answers to Correspondents" mine
intellectual wealth. "What They
w." although devoted to fugitive con-
buttons, usually contains many excel
ot notions, etc. Taken altogether, rs