The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-03-04
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.

VC1G N II w V1GLLAAeo LIZ Iles
Items of Interest from the Crescent City
by Our Regular Correspondent.
New ORLEANS, Feb. %, 1882.
EDITOR CHIEF:
Tho Third District Republican Con-
gressional committee meets here Satur-
day, March 4, and some lively times are
anticipated. DR.. Darrall is here upon
the ground Senator Kellogg remains III
Washington. Darrall is not leaving q
stone unturned to assure success, but lie
has hard road to travel this time, if he
would succeed. This is no Merchant
Hebert contest. Tho best brain Of Lou
isiana is at work on this issue, and it
will be persistency alone that will keep
Darran before the people. DaTall aud
Kellogg are to be measured together,
this time. Few doubt the result, but the
strife engendcrcd, now Matching, must
be hazardous to all. Hon. Taylor Beat
tic will be offered the candidacy, and if
lie refuses, Geo. Drury stands a good
chance as compromise candidate; but
everything points to unity Of the party
and a Republican success. This Con-
gressional contest, In contradistinction
to the wishy washy action Of the recent
convention at the st. Louis Hotel, will
| undoubtedly bring out the new move
| ment which is to redeem our State from
the present benighted do-nothing policy
Of the controlling faction. After the adj
iournment Of the next meeting of the
Legislature the break will come, and
Hon. L. John Ellis will be seen in the
advance line Of the new movement.
The day procession Of Rex was tilt
ut the vices aud follies Of the day. It
was well conceived and the public appre-
ciated it very much. The Phunny
Priority Phellows did much to add to its
success. At night the Mistic Krewe Of
Comus gave representation Of the diff
frrcnt rites of aboriginal religions. CO.
mus lead this procession, astride of the
winged steed Pegasus. The second car
contained figures Of the graces, Faith,
Hope and Charity. Then followed a
representation of the worships Of the
Arancan Indians Of the Andes. The
Assyrian Worship and the Temple of
Belus Of the ancient Babylonis rite
called forth well merited applause.
Comus next pictured Caractacus Of An
Gent Britain, chief of the Silures, within
the sacred groves under the ancestral
oaks Of England, where hangs the mis-
tletoe, consulting the god Of battles
through the medium Of the Druid Priest
His body stained with wood, in the gara
Of q savage, ready for the fray, pointed
appealingly to the memories Of our pro
genitors while yet in barbarism. Apis
the Sacred Bull Of Egypt, as the Symbol
of Osiris, the Deity of the ancient Egyp
tians, was with his female counterpart
Isis, the Queen Of the Shades, the reign
ing ,lcities Of the religion Of his strange
but enlightened people. How wideI,
different, OH the same continent, was TIT
Fetish worship Of the Negro, which wa
here portrayed by its sable cohorts. TIL
worship Of Carthagenia or Astoreth, long
since buried under the tread of the Mos
lem, came in for Il share Of rem nlbrance
| A will, all ifc
f plernalia, was followed by New Yea
land cannibal sacrifice. The Lama rit
of Tibet, much akin to Druidism, pre-
sided over by the Grand Lalpa of Thibet
was perhaps the most beautiful
, pictured iii the whole procession. Nor
. monism came in for a rebuke in til
i. representation of IL Ncphite marriage
Cuzru, the ancient temple and city Q
, the sun, i'll Peru, was a work of dazzlin
brightness. Inca, priest and king, SUI
rounded by his retainers, was represente
! as making the spring floral offering i
the temple. The Mohanmedan in Para
disc, the Hall Of Eblis and the Gate {
Heaven-lligh flights of fancy, richl
and beautifully decorated and TASTEFUL
q arranget-ended the last and farewe
- procession of Comus. Let us hope tn;
+ ere another Carnival approaches, he wi
have changed his mind and portray sol:1
other scene of beauty for the editicatio
Of the Crescent City and It's guests.
The Secretary of War has been empoN
:, cred and instructed By Congress to Us
100000 to relieve the necessities of til
!, sufferers by the disastrous floods Of I'll
= Mississippi. It is estimated that betwee
:, $4,000 and $4,000 persons are in need {
: assistance. At this writing disastro,
. crevasse is reported at White Chure1
- six miles above the city on the rigl
bank Surveyor Broman has received /
official confirmation, but reports tn;
this levee was iii II bad condition whe
last seen by him.
= lIcssrs. McGrath and Lemon ha,
taken i. new departure in the baggil
" business, and have erected new engil
! and are running q number Of improve
machines, eacli Of which is turning q
- $500 bags day. This is the first stca
bag manufactory III the South, and C;
" not but succeed, with such energy
: : has been already shown. Orders a
: already pouring in from all parts Of Il
country, showing there is IL brillia
future for all manufacturing enterpris