The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-01-27

was one of the most honored in the State :
he came of u family which ranked with
the Van Rensellaers, the DeLancys and
the great Knickerbockers, whose estates
occupied most of the spare lands between
Albany aud New York. The famous
Livingston manor is still one of the no.
blest in the State. Miss Livingston was
the granddaughterof the Chancellor, and
a young lady of great beauty and refine
ment. Mr.. Fleming Is a wealthy bach
elor, President of theNgreat Petroleum
Exchange, and the representative of a
class who live on the town, and whose
motto is watch and prey. Mr.. Fleming
made the acquaintance of Miss Living
ston at her home at Toms River, and it
is claimed, uneer promise of marriage,
led her to ruin. There seems to be no
good reason why he should not have
kept his promise, as she was his superior
in education, social standing, and every
thing that makes life desirable; but after
he had ruined her and blasted her pros
poets in life, he wanted to cast her off,
and then she sued him for $4,000 dam
ages, and recovered verdict for the full
amount, though it will but poorly pay
her for a blighted life and ruined repu-
tation. There has evidently been rank
perjury on the trial, one side or the
other. Miss Livingston swears to
promise Of marriage, and Mr.. Fleming
intimates that both mother and daughter
were bad. The terrible feature of this
scandal is the exhibition of the innocent
little victim of this shame every day in
court i'll company with bis mother and
grandmother. No matter who won, he
will carry the badge of shame to lis
grave, and Mr.. Fleming will require
many dollars to patch up his unsavory
reputation. Miss Livingston has got her
$751; 900, but all the gold and silver in
the national treasury would not give her
back the purity aud honor which MIR.
Fleming stole away.
If any body doubts that the Episcopal
Church needs waking up, his doubts will
DO dispelled by the latest interview with
Bishop Potter. AS I intimated in my
letter last week, the town is shaken by
ecclesiastical earthquakes, caused by the
sermons of the Rev. Heber Newton, of
All Souls Church. Not paper of any
consequence but has devoted two or
three columns to their review Almost
every church in the city has noticed
them, and men, lay and clerical, have
made then matter of conman gossip
for month. Tt is safe to say that no
sermon for fifty years las caused IS much
excitement in religious circles, and the
whole town has been wondering what
Bishop Potter would say. Well, Bishop
Potter has spoken. He was interviewed
last week by a Herald reporter, and on
being asked what he Thought of the Rev.
Heber Newtons sermons on the uses of
the Bible, said that he had not heard of
them and did not know any thing about
them. If he were any body else than q
Bishop, this would seem incredible, but
for vigilant shepherd it certainly seems
odd, to say the least. An uncharitable
sinner might suggest that his reverence
was either asleep or drunk, not to have
heard of it before. No wonder that the
late Archbishop of Canterbury signifed
his approval Of the methods Of the SALIVA
ton Army. Any thing would be better
than the dry rot which ouly fire or an
earthquake can destroy.
Notwithstanding the terrible wintrv
weather, we added couple of thousand
to our population last week; Germany,
Sweden and Norway being the largest
contributions; though, strange to say,
Italy is not very far behind. l hope I
am not prejudiced, but the Italians are
the most ill-looking lot of vagabonds
that l ever saw. Nine out of ten leok
like bad edition of Beppo in Fra Dia-
vola.
Speaking of robbers reminds me of
romance published the de-
tails of over year ago. A foreign no.
bleman came to New York abont ten
years ago. He led Il life of wild dissipa-
ton and finally sunk into the direst
poverty in the Italian qnarter. The step
from drunkenness and poverty to crime
was only short one, and he took it; Ire
became Il common thief and was sent to
the penitentiary, where he died and was
buried in Potter's Field. Before he be-
came a robber he married servant girl,
By whom he had sou; after the death
Of her husband the poor creature strne-
gled on to maintain her babe, but the
struggle was too great, and she died of !,
broken heart. In the meantime the
heirs to the title and property at home
had all died; messengers were sent to
America to search for the lost heir: the
'kein was unraveled, and this poor little
homeless orphan is the sole heir to a
noble title and immense wealth. Verify.
truth is stranger than fiction.
We are now taking a good rest after
The excitement of the holidays, though
The city is full. Business will be dull
Eor few weeks. We are balancing our
edgers, and hoping that you may find
5he balance sheet all right, am,
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