The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-04-15
DoNALDsoNVI4LE, LOUISIANA, /.

theless, there has been a tremendou
rattling in the dry bones.
While on church matters, it is wort
recording that the best reply to Bo
1ngersolps wooden gods was givel
by that level headed preacher, DR.. Col
lier, the blacksmith. His blows fell wit
the weight of ten-thousand POM,
trip p-hammer, and yet, in his Who'll,
discourse, there was not one word 0
bitterness or unchristian unkindness.
was bold, manly defense of the God b
believed ina God broad as the universe
all-wise, all-powerful, and all-good
His closing peroration was magnificent
and deserves to be written i'll letters o.
L Ill, don't know what our good
Ia dox believers will do with th.
| Reverend Doctor, for lie confessed tht
other night to q profane reporter, that ht
had visited the Fifth Avenue Theatre
and had seen the play of Tho Profes.
or, and that lie had enjoyed it hugely
Shades of Lyman Beecher, Timothy
Dwight and Leonard Bacon, what are
We coming to, when clergyman, even
+, if he is not orthodox, conse nts to be
amused by profane playi Are we
going backward or forwards 7 1 don't
! know whether it will do to trust Brothers
Cole and Talmage for an answer to the
question, but, one thing is certain, the
world still moves.
The fashionable event of the week was
the reception at Palais Vanderbilt.
Every body who was any body was in
vited to the show, and the result was o
tremendous squeeze. Hardly an artist
or man Of note in town was absent, and
the gathering was one of the most notable
ever seen in New York. A few envious
people used to hint that the rec options
of William 81. might do very we'll for the
parrenues and shoddyites, but they would
never draw in the real old blue blood.
1t this ever was the sentiment, they have
got bravely over it, for, on Tuesday, the
oldest and blueist Of them, were out in
full feathers. In one little group stood
three men-Vanderbilt, Jay Gould and
Astor-whose united capital is not far
from four hundred millions of dollars;
close by stood Russell Sage, aud Hun
tington, of the Pacific railroad, with
half dozen others representing at least
a hundred and fifty millions more
Millionaires were as thick as buckle
berries, and, have no donbt that a
petition for immediate assistance would
have been started for any poor wretch
who was only worth a couple of hundred
thousand. The Whole affair was an
immense success. William H. is no more
mere shoddy accident. He is now
great patron of art; gentleman of
taste and leisure.
New York sees it now as she never saw
it before. The Herald, the Times the
Tribune and the World, all see it. By the
way, did you ever examine landscape
or portrait through the bottom of
champagne bottle7 If you never did, try
it! You have no idea how it improves
the tone of the picture. saw number
Of reporters examining them in that
way, and they assured me, on their hon
ors, that it was the only proper way to
form a just Judgment of the fine arts.
Another cargo Of sonr-krout and cab
bages from Germany-another cargo of
Jews from Russia-another cargo Of po-
tatoes from England. Yes, we are abso-
lutely importing potatoes and cabbages,
aud mighty thankful to get them. A
barrel of potatoes costs four dollars and
half, and a barrel of fine oran ges from
Florida or the West Indies, will only cost
three and a half or four dollars. You
can get twenty-five bananas for the price
Of very poor cabbage, and every other
domestic vegetable is in proportion.
The tide of immigration is rolling i'll
upon US. am neither a prophet, or the
son of a prophet, but, vast as was the
immigration of last year, it will be far
surpassed by the immigration of 1882.
Even at the present time our Commits
sion is sorely taxed. Castle Garden no
longer furnishes anything like proper ac-
The whole immigration
matter should be taken in hand by tie
United States, and not left as a burthen
on the State Of New York.
The business boom has fairly begun,
and all of our great down town houses
ere actively engaged in packing goods,
away into the wee hours of the night.
The stock market is not lively, and the
weather has been unsettled Altogether
we have been in a sort of transition
state, and rather awaiting results.
it be a rise in stocks, a hoist in
the Louisiana lottery, the death Of rich
uncle, or the life insurance on my moth
sr-in-law, l shall accept the windfall
with equal thankfulness, and subscribe
myself, Truly yours,
BROADBRIM.
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not be violated unless at the expense of