The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-08-13
Chips from the Capital,

| housing Reception OF tho New orleans
Excursionists-TheC Concert SANITY Sin
ncrs md Benevolent Famil-
| lar Faces, Etc.
BATON ROUGE, August 10, 1881.
EDIToR CHIEF;
Last Saturday afternoon it began to
rain and it rainet right straight along
for twelve hours. The impression pre-
| vailed that it had set in for forty eight
hours and would break up the grand
turnout contemplated for Sunday, August
the 7th-the excursion of the Louisiana
Division Army of Tennessee Association.
This rain was . providontial blessing,
especially for sugar cane and sweet pota-
to crops and for those preparing for fall
gardens. Not only these things, bnt it
washed tile streets Of Baton Rouge as
clean as could be desired. On Sunday
morning wereceivet' few more refreshing
showers, but about noon the clouds dia-
persed. In the meantime preparations
to receive the Association Of the Army
of Tennessee progressed. At the APP
pointed hour, one O'Clock, the train bear-
ing the precious freight appeared in
sight across the river. The regular ferry
boat, tile little steamboat Carl Schurz,
aud the t..gbsat Nellie viii q large Ut
IN tow, were IN readiness to bring the
passengers over. Tho Confederate Vet
cram Association OF: Batos Rensas pnder
command of Capt. John Wax, and a large
number Of our citizens assembled at the
landing. The artillery, under command
Of Sergeant WIN. Ferguson Of the United
States ARMY, fired a salute at the wharf.
Two trips Of the, ferry boats brought the
fifteen hundred visitors over III perfect
safety. THE celsns. vassfvrnsl At tip
foot Of Mum street, SlpadeA By ntrass
fbanl, proceeded to Third and thence on
down 70 gshe Strife sv,ivrrsity building
whcfe 4 COLLATION. had been prepared and
all the necessary arrangements made for
tile entertainment of the visitors and the
concert to be given. Speeches Of vel
come were made by Mayor Leon JAS
tremski, Capt. Wax, Sheriff Bates and
Col. A. S. Heron, and responses by Col.
J. A. Chalaron, Capt. Vim. Wright, Col.
Jos. Collins, Col. John Augnstin, Col.
james Lingan and others.
Tho concert was attended by five or
six hundred persons, mostly citizens Of
Baton Rouge. The following was the
programme:
Trio dc Bcrr,. ......M. NJ. Joubcrt, d'.Aquin
and Dejan.
Let Me Dream Again Mile. Frcmcaux
Pasqninade, Gottschalk, -. Nine. Joubcrt
Allcluia glamour, Faure, Mime. d'Aauin
Fantasia Brillante, Chopin M. d'Aguin
Violin Solo, Auber, Fantasia Ut the Muctte
dc PUrtici. NJ JOubert
In addition to the excursion by the
railroad, there were a large number Of
visitors from the surrounding country,
and o,tr streets We're literally thfongc,l
during the whole day and hundreds Of
our own citizens who did not attend the
concert from religious motives appeared
This was in striking contrast to tie pro
tests aud expectations Of some of the
brethren, who, not content with Ohserv-
ing the Sabbath day according to their
own views, wish to arrogate to them
selves the right to dictate to and control
others as to how they should observe it.
We would have been very happy indeed
il our entire population could have
turned out, and regret, Of course, that
the day appointed was not one on which
they could conscientionsly join MS; but
VIC think the publication Of !. protest aud
the protest-petitiom signed by about
forty persons and sent to the Association
ut New Orleans, was entirely ont of place.
In conversations Will, 81 very estimable
lady on this subject, she remarked to me
that she knew II member of the clnrcl,
who regarded this demonstration as 4
very great sin-a dissertation of the holy
Sabbatll-but lie never once thought it
was Il sin or dissertation Of the holy Sab
bath when he was crncifying his poor
cook on Sunday over red hot stove in
June (wllen the thermometer stood mt
1899 III the coolest shade in town., pre-
pairing big dinners for his invited guests!
The same Inconsistency is manifested in
many other ways.
Now, Mr.. Editor, l don't want YOU to
take me for an inf.lcl, but have this to
say: that some Of the greatest sins we
commit on this earth arc against our
fellow men, and ourselves. We have |
mon among MS too conscientious to parti- |
cipate on occasions like the one OF last |
Sunday, but who were mean and sinful |
enough to close mortgages for one fourth |
the value on property and turn poor
helpless widows and orphans ont OH the
streets to starvc! And they are members
Of the church, too: We have others
amongst us who freely participated III
the pleasures of the day, who have often |
taken the last nickel from their pockets
to help those poor unfortunate fellow
creatures that had thus been treated by
some Of these church brethren. We have
brethren amongst us who make it u bust
ness to swindIe the poor half paid laborer
out OF his hard earned tlollars-iill their
pockets with ill-yottcn gold aud swim in
luxury, while human want and misery
appeal to them in vain
Returning to my narrative, l would
remark that the audience at the concert