The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-07-12
ASCENSION AT THE EXPOSITION.

ASCENSION AT THE EXPOSITION.
The subjoined letter from State Conmis-
sioner Barrow to prominent member of
the Police Jury of our parish was read at
Wednesdays session of that body:
| OFFICE STATE COMMISSIONERS, WORLD In !
dustrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, I
| Port Allen, June "a, 1884.
| Hy. Mccall, Esq, Donaldsonville:
| ny Dear Sir--Yours of the 18th to hand, also
| Ascension paper. | am pleased to see chat yonr
Police jury has taken some action III regard to
sltion, and sincerely trust that you. Mr.. Ham
son, Gen. Brent and others will take the matter
| in charge and lend every assistance and cooper
/ alton to your Parish Commissioner. who writes
| to me, under date June o. a very discouraging
| letter regards the progress being made III
| your parish. have already invited the assist
| ance and cooperation Of the Sugar Planters
Association of New Orleans, and now extend
| the same invitation to the Branch Association
of Ascension, and shall be highly gratified to
| learn OF their intention to aid in making our
State exhibit q creditable one.
Can't you prevail upon some of the ladies to
take IN charge the embroIdering of your parish
section of the proposed silk map of the State?
Several parishes are under way, and | should
be much pleased to see every parish repre-
aented. -
have been in attendance at the Legislature
several times and In consultation with mem
bers of tho judiciary Committee with view of
trying to get bill passed that would allow the
whole district to be taxed three or five mills as
the necessity may require, for maintaining and
repairing ieyees, the same to be under the SUI
peryisIon OF the Levee Commissioners, but ac-
cording to thoir views we can get no relief, as
the constitution prohibits. hope, as You do,
that some good laws may be passed.
Yours truly, C. j. BARROW.
State Commissioner.
The letter afforded matter for brief dis
cussion, but no action was taken by the Ju-
ry. President Hanson commented upon
the evident lack of interest evinced in the
Exposition by the association of citizens
formed by the Police Jury at the instance
of the Board Of Management, and gave it
as his opinion that the only way to insure
a special exhibit from this parish would be
for the Police Jurors to take charge of the
work in their respective wards, in conjunc-
ton with one citizen or more in each ward,
and for the present Parish Commissioner
to resign SO that some one might be placed
in his stead who could afford to devote tho
necessary time and labor to the perform
ance of his duties without pecuniary COM
pensat1on. Another member considered
that the subject Of raising and strengthen
ing levees should take precedence over any
other, and there the discussion ended for
the time being. The outlook for an Assem-
sion exhibit at the Exposition is certainly
discouraging, but we still hope that some
of our public spirited citizens will move in
the matter and see that Ascension will not
be subjected to the humiliating reflection
that she failed to appreciate the Importance
and advantages of the great worlds fair
shortly to be held at her very doors.
We ere pleased to know that the minor
matter of Ascension's section of the State |
map referred to by Mr.. Barrow, has already |
been attended to. The Sisters of Charity |
in charge of the St. Vincent Institution at |
Donaldsourille offered their services to the
nap committee for the purpose of making
sEe section, and the tender was gladly &C.
,epted. Mrs. James Teller, with character
site generosity, paid for the necessary ma
erial, and the Sisters of Charity executed
he embroidery in handsome style. The
is light blue silk, bearing the
amlliar figure of a pelican feeding its
'oung, worked in coors, and the name of
he parish in old English text of gold cord.
We are indebted to the Mother Superior,
sister Clotilda, for an opportunity to in
pect the section before it was transmitted
o the conamitte, which was done yesterday,
nd we feel confident both the material andsI
will compare favorably with
hose of any other portion of the map.