The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-04-03
DONALDSONV1LLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY APRII. 3 1880

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can preach on the street corners in
New York. Mr.. Railton, the COM
mander- in chief Of the American bri-
,, gade of the Army Of Salvation, has
sent his ultimatam to Mayor Cooper,
demanding that the ordinance on
street preaching be abrogated. The
Mayor, in the most kind, gentle,
christian like and considerate manner,
told him that he'd be blessed If he
would do anything Of the sort, SO the
presumption 10 that We shall nave to
seek salvation through some brancl,
Of the militia iDstead Of the regular
army. certainly mean no disrespect
to religion, but the way these new
EvaDgelists knock the h's and the his
about is really bawful. OF course the
t'oppertuDities for Christian work har
unlimited among the Hamerican
eethen; but to a casual observer, it
would seem as though there might be
some little cleaning left in the fruit
full fields Of the Seven Dials, White
Chapel aud st. Giles. Saffron Hill
may possibly be sborn Of it's fair pro-
portions, aud the minories may have
felt the benefits Of the new evaDgel.
ization, but enough still remains of.
the old Adam in all of these places to
call for the best efforts Of every gen
eral and spbaltern officer, and every
private, in the new salvation army.
If these fields fail, let them turn their
attention to the Strand, Piccadilly
and the Hay market, where tile most
bra1en barlotry flonrishes as it does
in no other city in the world, in the
light Of open day. We are wicked
enough, Heaven knows. Not day
passes but the record Of crime reminds
me that the devil is working in fallow
ground but we need no such mis-
sionaries as these new evangelists have
shown themselves to be; they have
left behind such mountains Of crime
and sin, that we can not fail to re-
mind them that charity begins at
home." Let them go back to London,
and when the hundred aud forty
thieves and harlots, who ply their
trades in that huge caravansary of
crime, shall be brought, like the Mag
dalene Of old, penitent at the feet
of the Saviour, then we will welcome
them with the greeting Of the Master.
:" Well done, thou good and faithful
servant"
Some time ago, referred to case
where one woman had sued another
for the loss Of her husband. The al
legation was that the defendant, who
was a wealthy widow, had i0veigled
the plaintiffs husband away from her,
and that the loss Of his society and
compani0nsbip was worth to her $25-
600. As coDnubial felicity goes, this
looks rather steep, but the woman
swears that it was wortl, that to her.
SO the conclusion is forced upon us,
that he must have been mucl, better
than the average husband that We
know. This week the case came up
it 10 the first Of its kind III the United
States, and the defendant fled an an.
sweI. First comes general denial of
each and every particular, and sec.
Ondly, an avellneDt that this affec-
tionate wife was not willingly aban-
douded by her husband, that she per-
s,laded him to vam0Ose with the aid
Of sundry stove lifters aud pot lids,
and that scaldiDg water, milk pitch.
ers and slop bowls were not unusual
arguments, and lastly, as clincl,er,
the recreant widow AYERS that she has
no fair show for an impartial trial in
the county, IS the public press have
made such mis- statements Of the case,
that it is impossible justice could be
done. This throws the case over till
the next term, during whicl, time, tile
widow will retain posse aston Of
the stolen goods, that is, ii a husband
who abandons his wife, can be called
u good.
Providence be thanked, We have
seen the last of female pedestrian
matches. We have done lots Of dis
graceful and foolish things in Gotham,
but We have been guilty Of nothing
more foolish or disgraceful than the
female pedestrian craze. Wretched
creatures from the slums have taken
that means Of advertising their bust
ness, aud thousands Of male brutes
have urged them OH, when in the last
stages Of physical exhaustion. The
act making these exhibitions a peni-
tentiary OffeDse, has passed both
houses Of our Legislature, and by the
time yOn read this, will be incOrp0-
rated among the laws Of the State.
The season among the theatres has
never been better, all Of the houses,
good and bad, are crowded nightly.
s. How She Loves Him." has brought
about the unusual combination of
Boucicault and Waliack. say nn-
usual, because each being star of
the first magnitude, neither brooks
the rivalry Of an equal in the cast.
/" The False Friend 2 after magnifi-
cent run at the Union Square, makes
way for the "Two Orphans," while
+" Hazel Kirk" at the Madison Square,
promises to run till the close vf the
summer season. ".Humtty Dumpty"
and the "SpaDish Students" still
crowd booths Theatre, and her Maj
esty's OPERA" under the direction of
the gallant Colonel Mapleson, is re-
peating fhe successes OF the early
winter. "Ihe Pirates of PenzaDce
have gone fran, apr gaze like ). heau-
tiful dream Ieaxinu lf.lind 4 host af