The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-09-17

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fashionable amusements. But the d,
mands of trade are remorseless, sparin
neither the temples of the living Go
nor the sacred graves Of the dead. O
the opposite side of Broadway the -four
; dations are being laid for the Produc
Exchange, which, when finished, will b
second to no building in the city. Tn
invention of the elevator has Introduce
a new era in building, many of the ne,
structures running ten and eleven storie
high. The London Globe Fire Insuranc
Comrany's building, on William street
is one of this class, and is built almos
exclusively Of iron and brick, and is per
fectly fire-proof as it is possible for
building to bc. Many of the building
now being erected i'll New York, unles
destroyed by an earthquake, may be sal,
to be indestructible for, except the desk
and chairs, there is nothing for fire tt
feed upon, and one room might have it.
contents completely destroyed without
affecting in tho least the apartment
next to it,.
With the first Of September "Tlle
Swallows IIomeward Fly" DR.. Talmage
was among the earliest of our returning
clerical wanderers, and he was greeted
with congregation that packed the
Tabernacle in every part. There were
doubtless many fervid prayers offered
last Sabbath for returning health to him
who now fingers on the border of the
Valley of the Shadow of Death. Yet,
nowhere i'll all this land was there a more
fervid supplication than that offered by
the Tabernacle pastor. While he prayed
tears ran like rain down the checks of
strong men, and women sobbed as if
their hearts were breaking. At the close
spontaneous "Amen" rose from the
assembled multitude. And who will say
that the snpplication did not reach the
Throne of Grace? Certain it is that al
most up to that moment he lay in most
deadly peril; and after that change
took place which has sent thrill cf ioy
through. the length and breadth of the
Union.
Most OF our campmeeting folks have
returned to their regular quarters, and a
few weeks in the. woods and by the sad
sea waves have undoubtedly given them
new energy and strength to wrestle with
sin and the devil.
We have lots of work Oh hand-enough
to challenge the best energies of a new
salvation army. Apropos of salvation
armies, the instailment we received from
England about two years ago with such
a flourish Of trumpets, appears to have
gone to the demned bow-wows.
Several of the valiant host have been
committed as common vagrants, and one
gencralissilno of the forces ran away
with another fellows wife. Rather a
bad start for the Salvators So expect
that us poor sinners, never yet within
the fold, will have to rely on the ordi
nary means of grace.
"God help the poor," l could not help
the other night as l took a
stroll through the sltlms. The air was
hot and frtid, and rank with the breath
of pcstilence and disease The streets
were crowded with ragged, drunken men
and women. Children, half or entirely
naked, lay on the stoops of the houses or
in the halls. The most cheerful and |
brilliant looking places in the neghboc-
hood were the rum shops on the corner,
md these We're filled with bloatcd, blear-
eycd, bcsotted drinkers. How they live |
through those terrible hot nights, with
heir blood all on fire with their accursed |
rink, is mystery. | should not be at
I'll surprised any morning to find that
lie angel Of death had descended upon
hem as he did on the hosts of Sena-
'harib, and that the breaking of the
morning light saw no living thing left
'mong them. We pity the suffering poor
# this great city in Winter, when the
ce chains the river and bay, and the
now lies deep in the streets, but their
offerings then are trihing beside what
hey endure on these dreadful Summer
lights. The death rate runs up awfully,
ringing with it the consolation, how
ver, that an early death is preferable to
life OF crime and sin, which would un-
onbtedly be their fate if they should
i've.
One of the sights of the city is to see
n Italian organg grinder playing dances
OF crowd Of ronghs and their girls on
he sidewalk. Tlamps, i'll ragged pants
r overlauls, minus shirt-coIlar or hat.
o through the maizes of the Lancers or
1azonrka, with Il mock elegance that
'onld make a fortune On the variety
tage.
The present week is the opening of the
ystcr season, at which there is much re-
olcing. An oyster may look, to gen
leman i'll the country, as very small
fair, but when it is considered that
YER one hundred thousand people derive
heir support directly from it, it assumes
ute an important character The traffic
rom New York IS up among the millions,
nd increasing every year.
The weather has been scorching, with
tile promise Of abatement.
A sense of impending financial danger
as locked up a good deal of money.
peculators are expecting cyclone
ONE of them have realizel IT. ALREADY