The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-10-18
DoNALDsoNv1LLE LOUISIANA SATURDAY OCTOBER IS 1854
her only desire seemed to be to follow the
little angel who had gone before. M s.


her only desire seemed to be to follow the
little angel who had gone before.
The news of John McCullough's fatal
malady, though not altogether unexpected,
| was felt severely in New York, where he is
known, and has hosts of friends. 1t is q
mistake to suppose that John cCullough
| was ever a dissipated man, and being
perfectly acquainted with his professional
life for twenty years risk nothing in
! saying that there is not one man IN thou
| sand exposed as he has been to all sorts of
| temptation from boyhood who has led as
abstemious and correct life. People who
| look at the performance of tragedy and
who see the desperate energy required to
carry the piece to its final climax, little
think that it is sapping the life of the man
who delights them. When the piece is
ended his nerves are all unstrung, he can
not sleep, and finally in sheer desperation
takes something to give him moments
rest and peace. Booth, Kean, Cooke and
hosts of lesser men all went the same road.
But if permanent i'll should befall John
Mccullough it will bring grief to many a
friend who knew and loved the man, for q
kinder, truer, or more generous heart never
beat in the breast of man. He belongs to
jealous profession. There are plenty of
actors who hate the name of Booth and who
never will admit his claim to greatness.
There are others who think Lawrence Bar
ret does not know how to act and some who
think Joe jefferson hardly fit to black the
shoes of his half brother Charley Burk, but
I never head man or woman in the
profession say word against John McCu1-
Tough. If his reason is shattered, no more
to return, pray for speedy end, but that
he may be restored to the stage he adorned
and to the friends who loved him, is the
prayer of thousands.
Mr.. Beecher's position in the coming
election is exciting the liveliest attention in
the City of Brooklyn where he has reigned
SO long without rival. The position he
has assumed may not disrupt Plymouth
Church. tits not expected that the trustees
will reduce his $25,00O salary, but It is
equally certain that many staunch friends
who stood by him in the Interest trial of
his life, have bid him permanent good
bye. It is intimated by many who know
him that his advanced age, his terrible trials
and the herculean labors that he has I'M
~
softening Of the brain, and that the great
Plymouth pastor who has breasted the
fierce storms of over seventy winters is at
last about to succumb to the inevitable.
Some of his former friends deem this a
merciful construction of his present con-
duct, while many others right within the
pale of the congregational church have
doubted his soundn9ss. DR.. Storrs, the hon
ored pastor of the Chsreh Of the Pilgrims
and one of the most eloquent diYines in the
world, has not spoken to Mr.. Beecher for
many years and has refused to take part in
any religious conference with which Mr. Bee
cher was connected. Mr.Beecher is no longer
in the position that he was at the time of his
trial: he was then comparatively poor, and
had to mortgage his house for the few thou
sand dollars he loaned to Theodore Tilton.
To-day he is rich; he has received from Ply
mouth Church since his trial over 500, 900.
His receipts from his writings, his lectures,
weddings, etc., have been enormous, his lee
lures alone frequently bringing him $500
=, 41o4
has assumed the control Of the financial de-
dartment and the result is healthier con-
dition of the bank account than when the
Rev. Henry Ward managed it himself. But
his increased wealth has not added to his
popularity, and there have not been day in
forty years in Brooklyn where the public
faith was so shaken in him as it is to-day.
Whoever gains by Mr.. Beecher's political
change, it is certain Mr.. Beecher himself
has lost what he never will regain.
Our fall fashions are now out IL per-
feet blaze of glory; and although magnif-
cent, almost beyond the power of descrip-
ton, they are characterized by an exquisite
taste to which we have been strangers for
many years. Instead of the glazing mon
strosities that were so fashionable three or
four seasons ago the colors are mostly
subdued, and even where they are of the
brightest hues they are blended in such ex-
quisite harmony Us to be perfectly delightful
to the eye. ALI the goods look costly and
yet all my female friends assure me that |
everything is cheap as dirt and that silks |
and velvets absolutely cost nothing. !
hope this is true, for no doubt shall be |
called on to invest before the season is
over. I fancy see in the prevailing styles
a positive elongation in the skirt, which !
hooks like again sweeping the sidewalks. I |
hopenot, but if fashion says so it's no use to
hope.
Politics are jest q bili,s' and Tammany is |
just waltzing about, begging for some one
to tread on the tail of its coat.
It is fine cool weather for a fight Or any
thing else. The city is crowded with visitors
and merchants buying fall and winter
goods. You can scarcely get your nose in
q hotel. Even stocks are picking up. Let
'em pick. don't want any
Yours truly, BROADBRIM.
In NENGLAsD.-General Drum of the army
has just returned from three months tour
in England. He tells the Chicago Inter-
Ocean that the most noticeable thino over