The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-04-28

hands among the members of the Js,,estpolice

hands among the members of the fnestpolic.
force in the ,corld. Probably fifty thousand
dollars was won and lost on this contest
80 that gambling the most brutal and de
moralizing known to mankind, is directly
| iostered and encouraged by our city gov
crnment. The Board of Aldermen was well
represented at the exhibition, % full quor um
being present, and my only surprise was
that they did not organize on the spot and
vote Mitchell the freedom of the city.
We have scarcely recovered from the as
founding frauds in tho Dock Department
when we are startled again with n defalca-
tion in the sinking fund commission. An
old and highly respected clerk of the com
mission died few months ago; he was one
Of the most trusted employees of the de-
partment, but this pious fraud has been
stealing for years, and his robberies will
probably amount to 5000, 200. The whole ol
our city government is honeycombed with
rottenness, and it isglardly safe to trust any
official out of your sight.
A A,startling sensation was afforded US or
Tuesday by the report of dynamite explo'
sion in the Post-Office. The package was
addressed to a young lady by the name of
Gould, but no relation to the immortal Jay
and if the package was merely intended for
a joke, it might land the joker in States
prison if lie or she were caught.
The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, of the Lee Ave
nue. Baptist Church, who was elected to
Congress two years ago, borrowed thou
sand dollars of one of the members of his
congregation under the plea that he was
without a dollar, but would pay as soon as
he got his salary. He went to Congress,
received twelve thousand dollars, but never
paid cent to lis creditor. He was sued
this week, and his attorney had conference
with the attorney of the plaintiff, and it was
finally settled by the Rev. j. Hyatt Smith
paying about fifty cents ON the dollar.
This is certainly y very bad showing for an
orthodox minister.
If any bod y doubts the world still moves
they should ! ook over the resolutions of this
weeks Presbyterian council. Now it is
very we'll understood that Mr. Beecher does
not believe in Gehenna; when he left the
council some months ago he told them 80,
and that not wishing to embarrass them in
their beliefs, lie withdrew. Now they want
him to come back. Gehenna or no Gehenna,
they want him and by very full vote ;
notwiths standing his brothers protest they
have invited him to return. This is rev.
eiation indeed, and we may expect q con-
siderable modification in orthodox preaching g
for the future, if not a wholesale stampede
from the rubric of Calvin.
Wall street got q grain of comfort this
week, for since Monday stocks have been
booming. Almost every ythiug along the line
took a jump, the Goulds and Vanderbilts
being strongly in the lead. There was a
lack of confidence, however, in every trans
action; there was no very heavy bulling or
bearing;a everybody acted as II he might
possibly got left. They were good deal
like boys attempting to swim in water about
up to their knees. They were quick to get
in and quick to get out, and when they
were out they were sorry they had not
stopped in, and when they were in they
wanted to get out
Spring has come at last and with it the
terror of the first of May, with all the horror
of moving. Visions of broken crockery, dis
located furniture, desolate households,
ruined tempers, lots of bad language, and
a disagreeable time generally float before
me. This is the truckmau's vision of Par
adise: ten dollars load and all the pick
ings Hoping that like all other of lifc's ills
it may soon be over, am,
fOnrs fru1y RROA DBRIM,