The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-04-24
Our Broadlbfinl Letters.

Our Broadbfinl Letters.
A varisg.ted Wssk Religious Infslia;;.
ties-A Wall Street Battls Start1ine
Spring F.shiola The Homsntous SD.
vaat-Gil Qaeston.
NEW YoRk, April II. 1850.
This week has been msde up Of I
little Of all sorts: religion, politics
scandal, opera, ETC., etc, etc., and,
taking them al togotber, it would
seem a. though the reign Of tho Prince
Of Peace was yet afar oif, and that the
child who il to seq tho dawn Of the
millennium is still unborn. After Z
somewhat protraesed session, ths
Methodist Conference closed hers,
with an exhibition Of i'll feeling aud
passion, which, trust, will be re-
gretted by every minister who took
part in the unsseslly combat. Whsa
brothers stand q bsfors : csnvsa.
tioa, called espseliiy b consider tie
welfare Of the Church, and thu 3D.
vancemeut Of the causs Of Christ, and
publicly accuse saeh other Of lying,
(for that 10 the term, frame it in Whist
language yoa will,) there 10 "soiue-
| thing rotten 10 Denmark" At tho
cl.'ss of the convention, minister
who had bean dsiyes out Tor imaBefai
conduct, impudeatly attsnptsd to b
rs-instated, but DR.. buckley threat
eDetl to expose tho matter tO the con-
vention, and the erring brother was
squelched.
A row has already taken place 10
the Independent Catholic Church,
which threatens to shattor it to pieces.
Au individual styling himself Bishop
McNamara has assumed control of the
movement, by what special authority
except his own does not appesr. This
authority is disputed by half-dosen
other Independents, who sobsl against
bis rule and ono Of thsm In Brook.
lyn, the other night, denounced the
new Bishop as worse than the Church
Of Rome.
A singular caee occurred hero on
Monday, when mother had her
daughter arrested - disorderly per-
sop, aud one night, At least, she passed
inside of . prison cell. When tie
case was called in the morning, tho
parties appeared At the bar, tho
mother as complainant, and the
daughter in the prisoner's dock. The
| nsotller accused hcr daughter, . pref
ty, well-dressed girl, Of being u dis.
orderly person, abandoning her home,
aud keeping had company. The
mother asked her cOmmittal to the
Catholic Protectory. The girl wept
bitterly during the charge, aud when
the mother had finished, tho Judge
asked her what she had to say. It
then appeared that two years before,
the girl had been converted in the
Baptist Church, aud had received the
rite of baptism. Her parents, being
Catholics, strove by every means, to
wean her from her now faith, but
without avail at last their i'll. usage
became 90 iutOlerable that she fled
from her home, aud took refuge in q
Baptist family, where she conducted
herself with the greatest lecOrum,
endearing lersolf to her new fiienils,
and finally getting situation to play
the organ in the Baptist Church. In-
stead Of rejoicing at their daaghter's
success 10 her effort to maintain her.
self l.onorably, these miserable, super
stiti0us, ignorant parents were willing
to make her the companion Of the
most degraded and vile, rather than
have ket change her religion. When
the Judge was satisfied that the giri's
representation was true, aud that the
mcther's Was not, 10 Immediately
discharged her, and abe went OF rs-
joiciog. .-" IS.
Wall street has been tempest. t.,asel
tor the last fortnight; ct ths time Of
writing, the +" bears having the up.
per hsnd; the battle has bsen . dss-
perste one, aud giants have beea on
gagged in the fray. Beard, tho artist,
has splendid picture in the Acadssay
Exhibition, which tells tho Wall street
story beteer than any thing ] havs
sssn for years. The seene is laid On
Broad street, opposite the Stock Ex-
change; the street is crowded with
bulls aud bears. There are all sorts
of bears aud all sorts of bulls; tho
battle 10 raging wildly aud in the
foreground short.h .herned Durham