The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-10-07


found disengaged who. could play th,
> part of MacdnH. To john McC Culloh ant
r Lawrence Barrett the American stage il
, indebted to-day that there is such
: thing as a legitimate drama in existence
The system of combinations, now Sc
popular, makes the actor a man of uDt
part, and that part frequently demand
ing for its success the smallest and
, the faeblest intellect. Romany Rye
brings us back to the Bowery of forty
) years ago, and Bartley Cambelps g White
Slave " reminds us of the old Chatham in
all its glory. Light operas are in great
favor, and Stevens, the author of BiIlee
Taylor, who is among the latest arrivals,
gives us the promise of something new.
Maurice Grams new prima donna is
pretty and talented, and by no means
chary Of her charmaA On.the occasion of
her first appearantb ahs Rpearea in a
costume very mud 81 apling that of
the FIJI princess b. down to
the missionary meS1il Bsed in coral
necklace and paiF brings. When
Bateman brought onE tee, we thought
we Lad learned somal1 g about Partisan
costumes but this seas sensation would
have made TosteeAAB behind her fan,
ana even Aimee would have cried, "Pc-
cave, j'ai fini.'
The coming elections. with their at
/ tendant conventions are not calculated
to improve our moral tone; in fact i
don't believe there is much moral tone to
politics. At this particular season all
the heelers and strikers come to the sur
face, and whatever there is bad in the
community assumes an unhealthy promi-
nence. Vagabonds and tramps are hail
| fellow we'll met: the candidates treat
them the politicians pander to them,
| for every one oftftem has a vote, and we
may esteem ourselves fortunate if they
have only one vote.
A new arrival of Mormons has been
one Of the events of the week, large
number of children being included among
them. The Moraion emigrants are all of
the. dull, stolid, ignofant, thick-headed
class which is no particular advantage to
any community. The addition of large
numbers Of children to this ill-begotten
community is fruitful of future evil. IF
the Governments of Europe cannot stop
this infamous system of proselyting,
then our Government should prevent
their landing. 1t is useless to say that
we have not tho power; when it was
found necessary to exclude the Chinese
at the behest of a horde of other foreign
ers, we found ready means to accomplish
the purpose, and Of late it has even been
attempted to prevent them setting their
foot upon our shores, though they come
here as the crew Of Chinese ship. No
Chinamanis asoffensive to 6ils eiyiiiza-
tion or as dangerous to our liberties as a
Mormon; the one is 2 peaceful industri
oOo Jaw ClUlHCA UIlO QOACl 10 d
constant menace and offense to all of our
most sacred and cherished institutions.
Those having the management of them,
arrange everything like clock-work !;
their passages were all engaged for the
West before their arrival, by the resident
agents in New York. Several elders
were i'll charge of the flock, which was
evidently instructed to hold converse
with no one except the elders i'll charge.
One thing that these Mormon evangelist
understand (and indeed they are wise
beyond their generation) and that is that
the majority of sinners don't care about
waiting for the delights of the New Je-
rusalem, backed by moral, tract and a
hymn-book. The Mormons provide their
converts with schwictzer kase and bo-
logona, pretzels and sauerkraut, and
thus reach the conscience through the
stomach. Those who have been miser-
ably fed and clad, find their estate |
bettered, and even the wretclied women
find their estate no worse, for after they
reach Salt Lake their husbands cart |
blackcn their eyes at pleasure or stamp
on them with their boot heels.
The weather is cool and business driy-
ing. Yours truly, BROADBRIM.
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