Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-02-14
Correspondence OF tho Gazette.
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Ntw uALHaNas nth Feb 1907.
III. Gasetfai As an illustration Of
feklenasH md inoenstaney, u Ii custom.
ary to refer 10 woman. A l1ettet sifnile
would ts fouild ia ctr Southern climate,
fsr verify Ia ibis dileetablo city, We have
frequently all The i,bases Of Autumn,
Winter, Spring mud sunhiieh, compressed
III II few d.ys, After 4 sl,sff period Of
bright and gatlial weather, gtfsfe. we have
,of1ey what may ba shllel hy the very
expressive teehmpatieia. heaep aet,
Yesterday wns a great day fer New
Orleans and old apaill, The iIlustiieHs
T,aiortle, The consul who made 80 marked
u hsasia from orr oily last August. latds
ed with al the glorious pelft aud eifenms
staltee tint burning powder aud The disc
playing Of the broad peiliant Of Spain Oh
cur leyee could iippaft. The eefemdnies
were performed by 4 detachment Of q, y.
troops, and The whole aliair passed of
without nny %utiseemly demonstration
The Chevalief llulselnsn arrived here
seine days since, uhd Is staying 1T The ST.
Louis Hotel. This was mn event It seems
illat q certain GLASS Of our Teulonie porttla-
tioll determined Should he eettifietnofated,
and accordingly last evening there were
visible Indications Ia The neigibeflieod Of
the hotel Of d popular outbreak, Before,
However, they had fairly begun TO q make
night liideetts" with tin pans, penny
whistles and The etpheuie notes OF their
own melealotas Voices, q posse Of the nol'
lee seiaed oh The most obstfetufois aud
lodged them In the ealhbeese, until The
esifbanee OF their feelings had subsidized.
leaving The Cl,eveiier to his peaceful
slumbefs, and to dream on tue a~illeteaces
In the theory aud The pra6tiee Of fepublis
canaan. Tie exeeas IN this city last
August, have evidently created n setise OF
%ilnrunty among that small portion Of our
population who prefer mob law to civil
order. II Is Inns they should be taught
Their error Tint national character is not
20 be maintained by deeds Of Hposlhtion
and robbery, mud that repahleenism does
not imply that tbs pence, quiet. and 80.
auFlty OF n greus city Ia TO be superseded
by The RIGHTEOUSNESS aud Turbulence Of Il
lawIess fabbie.
The law coneerhiiig pledges, recently
passed by The Legislature, will prove very
acceptable, It II singular, nh perhaps
unfortunate, that the provisions Of tho law
on that subject hitherto, have not ofseaef
been avuiled of against the Pawn Brokers
Of this CRY. These people ufe IN The
hahit Of lending money on deposit, under
the old sys,en, AZ they never observed the
%lortnality Of 4 notarial act, necessary 10
constitute Il valid pawn. they acquired az
against third persons nc right whatever to
the deposit, They were, moreover, aeens.
toned in fragrant, disregard and fraud Of
the rights of the owner Of the deposit. OF
selling 1t on his failure to redeem IL pnile.
taally. This was Ia palpab'e defogetion
Of the law, which forbils the aalo Of the
depesit under nysaifoumstanaes sasitaostt
the order Of a court Of justice. Tho btlsi.
uess Of pawn brokerage inthis city Is Of The
most nefarions character, and II Is to be
hoped that their uncomfortable usuary
aud extortion will yet be visited upon
them. Yours, CRESCENT.