New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-26
Getting their Commissions.

The recently elected clerks of the five District Courts
have undergone little trouble turmoil and vexation in
order get their commissions for the offices to which
they entitled and wonderful to relate they have not
got them yet Elected the 7t of this month, and it is
the 26th-nneteen mortal daysthey have not been
able to bear the sweet burhen Of Office to finger any
of the spoils which belong them victors 1t may
well be supposed that these Ave patriotic officials have
suffered little rbulaton Of the spirit in thus being
deprived Of the glorious privilege of wearing that yoke OF
Office whose burthen is SO light
The day after the election Eve met together and
having to the conclusion that things settled in
their favor by the popular vote and that they had moth
ing further ia order make their everlasting for
tunes, than to disembowe the goose of the golden egg
in other words walk into the placer of Office and rake up
the dust by the shoyefuthey resolved to send for their
commissions and proceed forthwith the exercise Of
their official functions 1t was unnecessary for them all
to go Government and apply in person
the Governor for their commssionsthat would involve
unnecessary expense To the useless outlay Of
dimes they determined to make up pony purse by way
Of outfit and to delegate envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotenary to the court of His Exceeucy
Governor Hebert, for the purpose of demanding their
sealed licenses The Envoy to have all his expenses
paid with liquor thrown in aud was to embark forthwith
He proceeded accordingly, and having arrived at Baton
Rouge, forthwith conducted to the portals the
Governors hospitabe mansion His Excellency received
MIN In due form anu having inspected the certificates Of
election which the Envoy bore the capaeious receptacle
OF his somewhat antiquated tile said it all right
legal preliminary however, to be settled before the
embodied representative OF the States Sovereignty could
grant the commissions
1t was necessary that the individuals elect should show
that they not defauters to the State Parish and
until then their right to hold office in suspense.
Every man, according to the genius of Louisiana law
presumed to be defsuter until the contrary is shown
ha; Inv dya
robes Of all faint before he the pre-
cncts that lead the enjoyment of official pap Here
a dilemma which the genius of the Envoy not
equal to- He had failed to bring the evidences that the
Clerks elect deauters and hence in his
pressive vcrnsculsr totally iunkt - His only
retrace his steps. He home, and the
melancholy tdngs having reached the of the dsa
pointed clerks they met in concaye to devise
and to obtain the necessary certificates Their
resolution taken Ia body they proceeded to
the Mayors oce to get the incumbent Of that post to
certify to their civic mmacuateness. He couldn't do
that He had not the custody Of the State Parish
accounts and hence did not know whether they de-
fauters not All he could do was to certify that they
owed him nothing, and this favor he willing to
extend The Mayor assured them that be ready and
willing certify anything he knew but to bearing
witness anything he didn't know, out of the ques
ton They proceeded to the Recorders, each of
whom gave them clean bill of morals, stating that
neither of the Ave had been for vagraney fer
any heinous offence that they 1.-THE Recoriers knew Of
Next they arched with formidable front the Chief Of
the Police Jury who also gave them little satisfaction
intimating that he could testify to a good many little
things which of them had done, hut to stating
what they had not done, utter mpossibity and
he testified accordingly. Armed and equipped with
these unsatisfactory documents they again drew upon
the exchequer the of outfit for their
Plenipotsntiary and he dsdaining to decline mission
of SO much mportance--with free liquors thrown in
started of again. This time the Envoy certain
had the Governor and he rejoieed exceedingly Jumping
on board the Gypsy he plowng the Mississippi
with full head of steam (not the Envoy but the boat
and in due time arrived within sight of that enigma Of
architecture-the State House at Baton Rouge,
But while the Envoy stesming up the river the
Governor seaming down Simultaneously thew both
touched at their respective destnatons-the Ruyoy at
Baton Rouge and the Governor at Neworeans The
Governor immediately proceeded his rooms at the 81
Charles Hotel where, good dinner and bottle of
the last vintage he roced in the funess of degutition
The Envoy ended his journey only to be at by dis
appointment and bad whisky and he lamented as much
! as the Governor reoicei
Inc Clerks becoming apprised of the presence Of the
eoVernor IN the city would have application to him
IN person for their but 10 the certificates
thsr election were in the hands Of their Envoy at Baton
Rouge aud they must wait until he should come down
10 hasten MS return they tegaphed him to come back
ne sar'eu-ahd on board the same steamer Gipsy-and
hu eeseuy on the Clerks might have presented
their credentials and had their commissions signed
sealed ana delivered But unfortunately for the elect
the Envoy did not arrive until after the Governor
bad agan shipped and departed for his post at Bstoa
Rouge The gentlemen Clerks had committed an error