The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-03-13

. Our BrOadbrim letters.
4 Couple of Wolves Oaged-The Era q
i Investigation New Yorks Dnt-A
Romantic Elopement TIE Panama
i Canal Question.
NEW YoRx, March 6. 1850.
EDITOR CHIEF:
It is a sublime spectacle to see an
entire people as savagely virtuous Al
we have been in New York for the
past few weeks. Heaven help the
unlucky sinner now who is guilty Of
any malefaction, for he has nothing
to expect from the courts. Cowley ID
sentenced for respectable term in
the penitentiary for watering the
cl,ildren's condensed milk too l;ber-
tally, and making their bean soup
much too attenuated and wealthy
young farmer on Long Island goes up
to Sing Sing for three years and half
for teaching gentle village maiden
to love him "not wisely, but too well, !"
and then forsaking her for another
gal, for all Of which malefactions he
goes to States prison for three years
and half, there, with cropped head
and striped suit, to reflect on the
excellence of that admirable old prov
erb, 1.-THE course of true love never
did run smooth" It is . genuine sat-
isfaction to know, that notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Episcopal Church
stands solid at Cowley's back, deter.
mined to zee him out through thick
and thin, and in the case Of the young
farmer, countless thousands Of dollars
could be had for his defense, the
eleventh conscientious juror could
not be found, aud the presumption is
that the pair of them will serve their
terms to the end. sz,.st,:s.,
This may fairly be called the age of
investigation, every body and every
thing is being investigated, and the
sad part Of it is, how badly they
needed it. It costs thirty dollars
head for each man, woman, child and
niger baby to be taken care of an
nually, on the Island Of Manhattan,
that is to ssy, there are million Of
Us on the island, which comprises the
city of New York, and our annual
budget at the present time, amounts
to thirty millions Of dollars. Now to
q man up tree, it looks a. if for
thirty dollars head per annum, con-
sidering the difference between whole
sale and retail, that We might be
pretty we'll taken care Of, instead of
which, the moment We start in to in
vestigate any Of our public institu-
tions, we find ourselves in the predic-
ament Of that ancient gentleman, who
on Q certain occasion, perambulated
down towards Jericho. Any stranger
making 9 tour Of the city, would be
struck with the number aud magnifi.
ceoce Of our elemosy nary institutions
they are scattered all over the island.
Even the criminals on Blackwsll's
Island have better food and better
shelter than nine-tenths of the poor
laboring people In the city, and yet
they are all Of them hives Of jobbery
and peculation, where millions are
yearly squandered. Randall's Island
is supposed to contain the reform
school, where the hoodlum who
sn,ashes church window, or picks q
pocket, or barglarizes = Dutch gro
Gerry, will be guided into the straight
and narrow path, instead of which,
the Juvenile prig whose most elevated
aspiration was French poodle or q
skye terrier, generally leaves Ram
dall's leland qualified to steal horse,
. mule, or u donkey. having equipped
himself against the chabces of dull
times with . wholesome knowledge
Of thimble rig and three card monte.
Still, their lines do not fall in very
pleasant places; the rulers seem to
have started with the principle that
they have a hard lot to deal with, and
Of this there can be very little doubt,
but 10 too many instances, they treat
them like wild beasts, and this is
what the present investigation has
brought 70 light. Many Of the boys
have been starved almost a. bad a.
Cowley's lambs, others have been
beaten till they could hardly stand,
while for weeks at . time, the char
acter of the food has been unfit for |
human use, and these infamies have !
been winked at by thieviDg officials,
who have shared the plunder Of the
game where human lives were the |
stake.
We are, however, adzancing.
..nooeo var, ha On not Slid Ar -o.l~