The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-06

wig and pair of white @hiskers, an
putting on shabby suit of clothes, b
started in to sing in Madison Square
The crowd was delighted pennies wer
showered in his hat, and in very sbor
time his breakfast and lodging woult
have been assured, when the vigi'an
policeman appeared upon the ground
with the result I have described. Whe,
the man was arraigned at the bar, h,
told story that would have melted til,
heart of a stone. For two days he hai
been without food the very style of hi!
address proclaimed him a gentleman
and this sapient Justice sentenced hin
to six months in the penitentiary fol
making an honest effort to save himself
from starvation. The shameful sentence
as soon as it was made public, awakened
such burst of Indignation as I have not
seen for years. A number of gentlemen
instantly came forward and waited on
the cruel Judge, and after some parley
procured his discharge. Money was sent
to him from various quarters, and an.
other gentleman was SO deeply interested
that he was about to start for ALBANY to
procure his pardon from the Governor
"AlPs we'll that ends WE'LL" The man
who, on Tuesday night, was q friendless
fellow, with a six months sentence
hanging over him, on Wednesday found
himself gentleman once more, sur
rounded by friends, with pocket full of
money and tolerably good prospects
ahead. can almost hear him exclaim,
in the falness of his heart, "These ERE
Yankees har not 50 bad halter hail."
Ex-Judge Greenwood of Brooklyn was
somewhat astonished the other night
when an elderly lady sent him a message
requesting him to step to her carriage,
which he did, when she further an
nounced that sue had little RESPONSE
hility which belonged to l.is son-in-law,
one Mr.. McGovern, and which she pro-
posed leaving upon the Jndge's doorstep.
The Judge warned her not to do it in the
name of the law, but the old lady gave
him to understand that she didn't care a
brass button for him nor the law either,
so she told the coachman to drop the
baby and drive off, which he did. Next
day, however, the old lady and her
daughter were arrested for abandonment:
but, the case being tried, the old lady
and her daughter were acquitted. The
daughter had been led astray by Mccoy
ern under promise of marriage, and when
it was discovered that he was already
married, he agreed to pay S75 per month
for the support of the child, and when
he failed to keep his contract, the girls
mother, to give him full assurance that
slle was not to be fooled with, posted
all the way from St. Louis, and left the
aforesaid infant on the father-in-law's
doorsteps in the manner described.
We were almost beside ourself with
fear, few weeks ago, when the news
came from the other side that an unfor-
tunate Englishman had been murdered
on the cars between London and Folk
stone. We did not see how even an
Englisl,man could feel the slightest de-
gree of safety while travelling in those
dreadful English cars. Now, however,
that we have train ransacked, the con
ductor murdered and passenger assas-
sinated, it takes little Of the wind out
of our American system.
Daylight robberies have taken place
in the city of New York without a par
allel in any city in tho world. Only
few years ago the cashier of the Planet
Mills, on his way between the bank and
the factory, was knocked down and
robbed at o'clock in the afternoon, and
the thieves never were discovered.
On the Third avenue q bank WAS en-
tered at II o'clock in the morning, and
while thousands of people were passing
the door, the bank was robbed Of $50, 900,
ana the thieves escaped. The bank at
the corner of Thirtieth street and Sixth
avenue was entered in the middle of the
day and over 100000 carried off. Last
Saturday the cashier of rich brewer
was OH bis way to deposit $4,000 in
bank. Some thieves in wagon ran him
down OH Third avenue, right in the mid
die of the afternoon, and in the presence
Of hundreds of people, robbed him and
got off With their booty.
We are wonderfully shocked at the
boldness Of brigands in the mountains of
or the banditti of the Pyrenees,
but doubt if history or fiction furnishes
q bolder example of robbery than that
which took place on Saturday last. We
may laugh at the insecurity of life and
in Mexico, but if it is any worse
than it is in New York City it must be
bad indeed.
The Elm Place Presbyterian Church
Of Brooklyn has been purchased for a
variety theatre. No less than twenty
churches in New York and Brooklyn
have undergone the same experience,
though have not heard of single the
atre being purchased for church. Yer
fly, the - goeth about like roaring
lion, seeking whom he may devour, and
it doesn't look as though he was likely
to suffer for grub as long as sinners are
so plentiful. Truly yours,
BROADBRIN.