The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-11-04

ml1lOHS OF uOilATS 60 Hnn0l6 annually
and the point with each OF these patriot
| was to see who could get tho creates
grab. The Comptroller ohice, the Sheriff
Office and the County Clerks office wer
tho prizes to be contendsd for, and eacl
one was worth fortune IN a year job,
Kelly knew all about the Comptroller
office, Jimmy O'Brien knew all about th,
secrets of the sheriff's office, whilo til,
County Clerks office was tho fnathe
that broke the camers back, when Gum
bleton, of historic fame, was put in limbo
by Lucius Robinson, the last Democrat,
Governor. "Great trees from little acorni
grow" 1t was the ousting Of Gumbletoi
that produced the Democratic revolt. L
was Gumbleton who relagated Governor
Robinson back to private life. It wa,
Gumb]eton who laid out Sammy Tildei
with his bar'l, and it was GnmbletoI
whe Kept General Hancock Oh Governor.
Island instead of the White House. Il
was Gumbleton who elected Garfield
and of course it was Gnn,bletcn who
killed him, for il he had not been elected
he would never have been killed, so tha
Gnmbleton is directly responsible 70,
that. No wonder then that New York
trembled in its boots When the name oi
Gumbleton was mentioned. It was said
that John Kelly had SWORD by St. Patrick
and St. Tammany that he wonltl vindicate
Gumbleton if it took him a hundred
years. The conference was long and
bitter, and the surprise was great when
it was declared that for the sake of
harmony John Kelly waived his right to
the County Clerks Office, which was
good for hundred thousand year.
There is huge African il. the fence
somewhere, but where the colored gen.
tleman is concealed no fellah can find
out at present. The motley crowd that
haunt the City Hall are hungry and lean :;
they sigh for the flesh pots, and, as Frank
spinola says, "Let US hang together and
get 'em." If they do they will, and if
they don't they won't. Whatever may
be the result the bargain was most dis
graceful, and the parceling out of the
Offices was very much in the same style
as those who cast lots for the garments
of the Saviour.
Another sensation Of the week has
been the libel snit of Marie Prescott. the
actress, against tile American News Com
pany. A dirty dramatic sheet published
q most infamous article about Miss
Prescott, and as the impecunious vaga-
bond who published it had not a dollar
in the world which could bs got at. Miss
Prescott sued the American News Com
pany, which had helped to circulate
The siander. 1t then transpired that the
article was written by a wretch named
Haryier, whom Miss Prescott had form
erly employed as agent In the coHfden-
tial communications between principal
ana agent, Miss Prescott had written
This fellow some thoughtless letters
these, with others, which she claims
were forged, were put i'll the evidence
against her, and Harvier himself took
The stand to testify to the truth of the
libel. Our New York criminal courts are
calculated to blunt a mans feelings and
harden his heart; but in an experience
of many years have seen nothing yiler
or more contemplate than that misera-
Die wretch. If what he testified to was
true, it only made him Infamous; for he
said the woman loved him and trusted
him, but whether true or false, the man
If man be can be called-wllo would
testify to his own iufamy for the SAKE. of
running the woman who loved him, is
thing SO degraded and mean tha. the
English language, rich as it is in terms
If insectiye aud execra:ion, has no term
vile enough to describe him.
We have not altogether recovered
from Brother Beecher's flip-nop of last
week it set all Brooklyn and New York
oy the ears. Some of the goody goodies
thought that he was going to GeLeuna
light away, while tho more moderate
portion very logically said if there is no
iehenna, how is it possible that lie can
20 there But we are SD busy will, the
,etnal matters Of o-day that VIC will
lave to get a slight discount OH the
'uturc. z-..
Politics, trade, the weatIerssFocks a;,d
several other very important things en-
gross us so that VIC hardly have time to
hink. 1t is now settled that Vanderbilt
lid not say "d-n the people" Yon will
loubtiess recnllect that he was speaking
with Chicago reporter about railroads
md inadvertently Mr.. Vanderbilt re-
marked that he had had considerable
ronble with one of his bridges over ths
illinois river, and the reporter asked
What he was going to do about it ~ and
le said, Dam the river" The reporter
Knew that he could get two dollars ard
! half more for lis article If he pnt it iu
lifferent shape; lie had dam to work
N, so he made it "d-n the people"
The weather has been miserable for
lit past few days and everybody has
,een grnmbling; perhaps after the eIee-
ion is over We may have q clearer sky;
t looks cloudy for Fol.er now, but no
nan can tell what II day may bring