The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-06-03
Gbief.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Two Dollars q Yea

The TuIfllment Of the Proplecy--Far
: Judge Hilton What the Jews Think Of
It-Crazy Mary-A story-IIow Duke
Got His Bride-New York Cranks-The
Outlook Gossip.
New YoRK, May g. 1882
EDrroR CHIEF:
It is five years ago since n man passed
away ia this community whose name was
Il household word in every corner Of the
land; not for any very great good that
lie had done; not for lis benevolence, or
his wisdom, but for the colossal fortune
he had piled up in the greatest CONNER
cial mart of the Union. Men toiled for
him in the malarious swamps by the
great African rivers and under India's
burning sun; tribute was levied on every
land from the equator to the poles; the
sweat and the blood of suffering, toiliDg
millions turned into drops of gold as
they fell into the Golfers Of this dry goods
Cresus. Never a charitable man; never
kindly man; his appetite for wealth
appeared to increase with its gratifica
ton, till toward the close of his life he
seemed swallowed up aud lost in the one
absorbing idea Of gold, gold, gold! He
had burning desire to perpetuate his
name, but nature had denied him an heir;
he was getting old, and he knew he was
r.: f,,.
him, 50 lie chose from among the million
of people on Manhattan Island, man as
near like himself as it was possible for
man to be, and him lie made his heir.
Henry Hilton has lived in this commu-
nifty for many years. As a public man
lie is known to most of the people of
New York. He is The possessor of many
millions Of dollars, and is probably to-day
one of the richest men Oh the continent
OF America. His opportunities for good
have been vast, almost beyond calcula-
tion, and his pathway might have been
strewn with the benson and blessings of
the poor; and yet, through all these
years, though he received the greatest
gift ever recorded to single individual,
in ancient or modern times, have never
heard a person say one kindly word for
him, any more than they did for the man
whose gold he revels in, and whose
empty mausoleum yawns in grinning
mockery at the little ambition which
sought to perpetuate his utter worthless
ness in marble.
A man who is very rich, and who is by
nature an aristocrat aud tyrant, is not
very apt to be particularly regardful OF
the feelings of his fellow men, and Judge
Hilton was no exception to the rule. The
Jews came between the wind and Iii.
nobility, and he did not like the air so
us n warning to all that kind of cattle
he struck, not poor pcldler, not mis-
cradle pawnbroker, but rich banker
one Of the foremost mon Of his race. H,
gratified his spleen and demonstrated Iii,
power; he slowed his contempt and hate
for the cons of Israel and the daughters
of Judah, but lie forgot one thing, and
that was, that he had awakened the ire
Of q race that are not good at forgetting
race which has survived the sword and
the faggot, the gyve and the scatfold,
and which is stronger by millions to-day
than when the prophet, who died OH
Pisgah's summit, led them through the
Red Seas waters out Of bondage.
1t would almost seem that the veil Of
the seer had fallen on tue shoulders OF
Seligman; for when lie was Informed
of the insult to him and his race, in the
bitterness of his soul he prophecied the
thing which has inst come to pass-aud
that was, that before five years had gone
by Judge Hilton would he out of the dr.,
goods business.
The fate Of Mr.. Stewart and bis forum,
should be warning to men whose onl,
desire Oh earth is to perpetuate their owl
bitterness. With millions piled on mill
ions, he had no time when alive to d,
any decent or charitable thing; what
ever good lie attempted bore the impress
of his own hard, tlinty nature, and nov
his wealth will doubtless be scattered
SO that those who cared little for hin
while living will care less for him whe
dead. 'S''
In regard to Judge Hilton, who inl,e1
tied his vast property, it is of no conse
quence to this community whether lie i
in or out of business; he may have bee
guilty Of some charitable act in his lif,
but if he has been I have never heard ,
it, for he is undoubtedly a man VIII
never let's his right hand know What hi
left hand doeth, and l have no manne
Of doubt that his left hand remains i
the same blissful ignorance about I'll,
doings of his right. 1t would be a jus
fetrlbntion to see Jew controlling Il,
destinies of the great dry goods house o
broadway, and another presiding owe
the Grand Hotel at Saratoga. This is
very changeful world, and the pr,
gramne have marked out is not ii,
remotest of possibilities. Goodbye, NJ
Henry Hilton; ta-ta-wish you niue
Joy on your retirement from the dr.
goods business.
The Times of Sunday has very prett
notice of Crazy Mary, who for man
wears past has been one Of the sights
The town. Sometimes on Broadway
where fashion haunts its silks and di;
monds, this p"or distraught one may |
seen decked i'll her fantastic gear. Ra.
piled on rags, sqnalid wretcheaness an
filth siumla lar nut frau, Ii, =