The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-01-17

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| Through tho sultry southern summer,
As the beauteOus pilot conner
| Perished by that city there.
! Still rolls on thAt radiant river,
| And tho sun nnhinds his quiver.
| Ger tho star-lit streams forever,
On its bosom ~ before:
But that vessel's rainbow banner
Gree4s no more the gay savanna,
And that pilots lnts drops mama
On the purple waves no more.
|
OUR LETTER FROM BRoADBRtM.
Charity and Starvation = Tho Nefarious
Spanish Trsaty-A Gay Deeeiver struck
for o26OO-JnveniIs Depravity-Fun 1T
| the Pfs,tluce Exchange-The New Mayor
-Beecher's Teosbles - weather. Busi-
mess, sto.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL. 1885.
EDITOR CaIEr:
At the opening Of the week tony New
York aired itself at the Charity Ball at the
Academy of Music. Once year our FASH
ionables give night to charity It was
plain to the most casual observer who stood
in the boxes on Tuesday night and saw the
procession that fled upon the stage that
very few Of then, as far dollars and cents
were concerned, ever stood in need of char
ity. Millionaires were thick as autumn
leaves, diamonds flashed, precious gems
twinkled like the stars, sweet music filled
the air, the perfume Of myriad flowers
doated all around: but among tho gay thou
sands that whiFled in the waltz there was
not one who stood in need of charity The
supper was rare and costly. All that the
highest genius IN cookery could create graf
lied the palates Of the feasters, and many
Of the fne ladies and gentlemen, - they
nibbled their woodcook, and washed down
ratA with Clicqsot, undoubtedly thought
Echaritya very dne thing. 1he sblottsr of
the. Arst police precinct il Brooklyn o.,
Tsiesday nigh reports Mary Smith died of
starvation mother slowly dying Of starva-
tion and want; Ann Ms3a6rsy, Putnam
aysnue, dyingof starvation. But tho reyel-
lers at the Academy had glorious time,
though I raRretto add that tho financial re-
suits wore not what " might expect from
such ! distingn gnished assembly. It was ell
most The Identical crowd that paid 5000 to
hear Patti, but the receipts Of Tuesday
night, on behalf Of charity, wore scarcely
half Of that sum.
We have been terribly excited in New
York about the new Spanish treaty which
President ArthaE m mhss recently 1 sent to tbe,
Senate with his recommendation that it
pass. A mose nsfarious sehesne than this
Same Spanish treaty was never attempted
to be pnlmed OF upon the people We are
asked to give mp $26, ZOO, OF as Mr.. Ere
linghuysen pnts it, $s6, ,0oo, 600, and an ex-
portation Of $17, 600, for the poor priv
ilege Of getting abogt 5oo, 900 impoverished
customers whose entire consumption Of
our goods would not amount to $5,OOo,O0o,
The affair seems to be engineered by a
combination Of the sugar refners Of New
York and the vicinity who hope, If they
succeed in getting the treaty passed, to do
what Claus spreckles did for the people of
the Pacific coast aftsr tho passage Of the
Hawaiian treaty-to dictate the price Of
sugar for years to come to tho people Of the
United States, There's millions in it,
for the ring, il it passes-brt il Won't pass.
1t is never safe to prophecy unless you are
sure, but think I will venture tbis prvaie-
ton in advance Of the action Of the Senate
1t won't pass, and it ought not to pass.
Tuesday was quite red letter. There
were number Of interesting events ON
Tuesday. A virgin of thirty five got 5000
as balm for . wounded heart. 4 brute of
baker promised to marry her. He gave
her IN engagement ring imposing in size
and gorgeous to look upon which cost
ssventy-dvs cents. He took her arouEd,
tho savage, and introduced her a. bic future
wife. The minister vas twice engaged, but
ths wedding was postponed each time. 1t
last the sanguinary ruf6an showed his hand
and went OF ana married fat widow with
$a5o0 and brick house, but Nemesis was
On his track. The law whose majesty he
had offended, struck him with . mailed
hand and to-day the deluding baker 10
$500 poorsr-and the young and innocent
creature of 90, whose heart he had cracked,
II not broken, 10 $500 richer.
The streets swarm, With hoodlums, male
and female, Wild Arabs, unkempt and
goddess, whom no provision Of our So
oiety seems able to grappie. A little girl of
II was taken up in the streets il state of
beastly intoxicadon, and the investigation |
revealed the fact that she had stolen her
fathers whiskey jug, and that two of her |
brothers were in the penitentiary and one
in States prison, while the father was re-
ioioingsin the society Of his fourth wife. |
People in the country who read this will !
be horrified, and ask how can such things
be. Why my dear friend. Il ia "a easy aa |