The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-10

g ed in their petition for the use specified. 1t
r therefore ordered, adludged and decreed thu
I the Judgment of the lower court be amended
SO as to allow thesaid plaintiff, which sues &c
the use of the Opelousas and Great Westef
$ railroad company,the full sum of $3.50 wit
legal interest thereon from the first day OF Junt
j A. y. 853, instead Of the sum Of 81 II 5oa
lowed said police jury by the judgment of tn
Hover court, and il is further ordered that sal
;. sum of 81 SO with Interest and the costs ofbot
!, courts be paid by the said administrator an
= administrative of the succession Of said r.
/ Harris, decd, in the due course Of admlnlstra
! ton, and it is further ordered that said judg
, ment SO amended be affirmed.
CHARLES DERBIeNY.-We have long bee
cognizant of the facts detailed in the follow
ing article, taken from the Plaquemine SENT
mel of the 9th ult., but have declined givin.
publicity to them, owing to our knowledge Q
! the retiring nature of our venerable STANDARD
bearer, who is as truly modest and generou
as he is just and patriotic. He is one of tina
small class of persons who do good for til.
sake OF doing good, not with view Of having
Fit blazoned in the papers; and we have nj
doubt he will regret the appearance Of the sub
joined narrative, in the journals of the sdav
butas it has already been published, it shall
have the benefit Of our circulation. ias5Et
But to the narrative Of the Sentinel. %ss9
|, We heard an incident related short time
since, before the Americans held their conyen.
ton, in which the character of this gentleman
was displayed in a light that cannot fail to win
the admiration n1 of every 5high-nlinded Louisi:
anan. - + -. - 's.a.a ~
Many years since, certain class of the citi-
zens OF New Orleans was thrown into consd
cradle excitement by the announcement that a
cashier OF one the banks had absconded, Ia
king with him a considerable sum of money.
Mr.. Derbigny was his security. B@a "a .saE
The directors waited upon the endorser and
informed him that they were happy to say to
HIM that there was an error in the drawing up
of the bond, which gave them no hold upon
him legally, and he was, therefore, free of the
heavy Indebtedness which the cashiers con-
duct had brought upon him Ghis certainly
was extraordinary generosity on the part of
the directors, and showed the high estimation
they entertained for Mr.. Defbigny. But what
wasahis reply? #a @
"No, gentlemen, said Mr.. Derbigny, when
l became an endorser, I was in honor bound
as security, which no technical error in draw
ing up bond can possibly Eradicate" and SO
saying, he drew off check for $4,000 and
handed it to the directors. '".sF
The above, if not literally, is the substance
OF the incident as we heard itrelated. and
proves that Charles Derbigny is a man in whom
The people can place the most implicit conf
denlce, in whatever position they may see pro-
per to elevate him. .,..-..,. ., -#.
Ii our memory serves us right there is an
errorln the narrative, which, though unin,por-
ant, 1t may be well enough to correct. Instead |
't the directors waiting on Judge Derbigny, he
waited upon them, and informed them Of the |
law in the bond. The. absconding bank Off
'er, just before his departure, wrote a Ietterto
he Judge, telling him of the aforesaid infor=
nalty and expressed much satisfaction that
us criminal acts would not ininre one who had
'een his friend and benefactor. He little knew
he incompatible integrity of the man he was
leallng with. The directors examined the
'ond, and at once saw it was not worth the pa
'er upon which it was written, and SO inform
d the endorser, whereupon he told them that
he was not legally, he was morally bound
0 make up the defalcaton Of the person for
1hom he had underwrtten to the full amount
f the bond. And he did so. qr,-s.za
When to stern, infexible, self-sacrifcing ho- l
esty, is added ability of the highest order,
he garnered experience of many years of pub
c service, and Gunquestionabie patriotism-as
the case with the American candidate for l
overnor-we think the people will stand sad
: in their own light if they do not confer the
lghest office IN their gift upon him by an over
helming majority. r Crescent. t
The bank alluded to, is the Consolidated As /
ociation, now in liquidation j
The hon. A. H. Chappell, an old line demo
ratio representative in congress from fre-eat- G
'g Georgia, was recently invited to attend S
ubllc meeting of the anti-American party al Il
Georgia. In letter to the COM r
'lttee OF invitation he thus alludcs to the posi-
on OF the American party on the subject of c
avery: - .-G
Il am aware that my fellow citizens who be- n
ng to the newly organised American party,
aim to stand upon ground and to be actuated a
y views and principles, in reference to the l
avery question, identical with those have Il
'serted for the democratic party. I will not Fl
alnsay the justice Of this claim. Irejoice as
southern man that cannot gansay it. Ere a
ice that the southern men in the late Phila-
elphia convention did act true and faithful t,
artto theosouth, the constitution, and the Uni F
., on the slavery question. 1 rejoice that tt
icy adopted a platform which expelled from Il
leir body all the noxious elements Of freesoil- S
N and abolltionism, that, in fine, they adopt c
platform, SO far as the slavery question is tt
as good and as sound as the south C
eeds or as southern democrats in the national S
invention to be held next year will demand I
ld insistupon.' s. 60 s..rrs F.,.,.~a. 4 - lie
The opinions of such men show how proud
: prominent, how just, how national, and ii
ow patrioticis the position of our party in re- a
ton to slavery. ,t.faa.,z- s..s.s,s.'.r 49srgvIt]
1t has placed itself infinitely above and be- is
ond any other political organisation that has tt
listed in the country since the early days Of
e republic. 1t has risen superior to the trick tt
y and chicanery, the ''wld hunt after Office o
nd the disgraceful spirit of demagoguism p
hich invariably dictated and controlled the h
rmation Of the platforms of old parties. The tt
'nservative men of the country can find no '
etter proposition for the settlement of the sla-