The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-12-23
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Items 81 Interest from the Crescent City
BY Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, December IL, 1881.

EDITOR CHIEF:
The comet is fsding in the eastern sky,
| bnt We observed faint trace OF it
| Wednesday evening, an epilogue, as 1t
were, to the transit Of Venus across the
| disk Of the orb Of day. The clouded
condition Of the atmosphere prevented a
fair sight Of the event 50 interesting, but
| observations taken at other latitndcs were
| more perfect and we are promised . full
aud satisfactory report Of all relating to
tho grand astronomical event.
The people Of New Orleans have lately
been aroused to train Of thought, and
many ask themselves, Can such things
be IS those presented by the Independ-
emit partyp They have been educated
to believe that they lived in free conn
try and that the Democratic party was
the representative of liberal ideas and
modern progress. They acted according
to their belief, and il the experience
gained il equal to the time lost orr State
may make suchs Roadway in the next
decade that mono will begrudge the fiery
ordeal through which she has passed. A
wrong il always wrong; no matter
who Immediately suffers, it has boon
committed, some ono is criminal and it
will revert ir time to tho detriment of
all. The moral suasion of the people
should be suffisient ut all times to COM
pei just enforcement Of tho law. This
ia the essence Of free government and
with the people it rests. In the nine-
teenth century it is the habit of people
te he shocked ut the torture inflicted
upon men as equally enlightened az onr-
selves, in their..banishment to the regions
Of desolate Siberia. Did it ever occur to
the average man until now that these
people 30 condemned wore onco ~ free
as ourselves, and have boon nnlawfnlly
deprived Of their own by snbversions of
the rights Of man and Wholesale dis
regard Of constitutional limits! We do
not say that such things can happen in
free America, but frand bringing conten-
ton invites outside interference, and lib
ersy is ssbvertcd and oppression takes its
place. The hope Of FREQ governments in
America rests npon tho integrit. of the
local administrations in the States. This
is well understood by the citizens of New
Orleans, .and it We mistake not, the
moral force of aroused public opinion
will ilnpal the courts to uuseat the
present illegal municipal government.
Tbs az has been falling at very
lively rate in the granite building during
the week, many changes having been
made among the lessor lights. It seems
that Third District men are the chief
victims, bnt it is understood that others
will come under the guillotine in few
days. The2most prominent appointment
is that Of ex-State Auditor Col. s. 3.
johnson, who has been made inspector
OF customs. Hon. II. T. Allain 10 after
the position now hold by Col. James
Lewis - head Of the warehouse depart
ment. 4 COMMITTEES Of Third District
mca was sslocted by the district sxeou-
tive COMMITTEES, composed Of T. T. Allan,
i. 8. Cage, George Drrry, Judge Fon-
tilieu aid W. 3. Merchant, to procyed
immediately to Washington in the inter
ests G? their section.
Tho Brush Electric Light Company
has proposed TO the city government to
light Canal street from Old Leyee to
Claiborne street with thirty 1000 candle
power lights, to burn from dark in the
evening until daylight in the morning,
and all for tho modest sum of $3.50 per
mouth, payments to'be made monthly in
cash. The city is now rapidly getting
rid Of the gas lamps and substituting the
electric liglits, most VI the business streets
being lighted up with them already
The gas problem will not long trouble
orr people.
Sunday morning the unfortunate Mark
Pennywitt, late engineer Of tho Inflated
Morning Star, breathed his last at the
Touro 1nfirmAry, where he bad been sent
for treatment. At the tino Of the explo-
sion he inhaled so,ne Of the heated steam,
aud all efforts to relieve him wero Of no
anvil. His brother took charge of his
RENAME, which have been removed to
Manchester, Ohio, for interlncnt.
The arraigpn,ent of the Carrie brothers,
Oscar aud Lawson, took place at the |
Seoopd Recorders Court the other day.
Both pleaded not guilty and were re-
;uuaded without benefit Of bail. Oscar, |
vino was suffering from wound in the
side, was. upon motion of Judge w. R.
Whitaker, sent to the hospital. The tes-
tiaony elected during the hearing shows
plainly that Pat OBrien was the attack
iay party. His dying statement soknowl-
edged that he strack the Carlos ars t,
but claimed that it WAS only in fun. The |
deceased IL known TO have been chronic |
disturber Of the peace, and saloon
Keepers who knew him were in the habit
Of closing their establishments on his
il he was at all under the
influence Of liquor. Since tie hearing
detectives have discovered tho store
where the Carlo brothers purchased the
pistol and knife which they used SO IA