, 1860-02-13
Tho McDonouEh E~tate--TAe Result
in NesV 0rlcons.-A Lesson for lkfch
mfIts

NS3A
IN New orleans--A Lesson for Rich
men.
IF.om the New o.'ean. Delta]
The last nail has been driven into the coffin
Of John AcDonough's hopes-the last kick Civ,
en- to the dead old miser- as if it were not
enough to dissi pate d large portion OF his for.
tune on lawyers, executors, clerks, sheriffs, NO.
taries, etc.-to Illustrate oil his deeply cherished
hopes and schemes of holding his propettr to-
geiher as the General Estate" in nll time 10
cu,ae-so throw into the market At one fell
swoop, ati those vast tracts Of swamp and pub
urban land which he had so cunnipgiy picked
up at successive sales, and by speculative suits
new BID of lot BY lot, arpent by arpent, to
those small proprietors aud capitalists from
whose enterprise and industry he hoped bis es-
tates would, without expenditure or effort on
his part, become rast priucipa!ity, whose pto-
ceeds, by re.investrnent, should eventually swal~
low up he whole State-aud now poftioned of
between his two legatees, New Orleans and
Baltimore, property Which was to be, III all time,
indirisib1e- attempt to divide which was to
involve forfeiture of the legacy as If there
were not wrongs; insults, Sights, and ungrate-
full treatment enough, our Council comes in to
put the cap -sheaf upon this mountain Of iugrat-
itude, by cooily borrowing for it's use, ut the
moderate rate Of six per cent, the whole amount
from the sale of this "indivisible aud inaliena-
hle estate"
Titus the abandoned and reckless young rake
rerels in the wealth of the grim old miser !!
Thus the savings Of his struggling, ambitious,
~ * + rdr- 55ost ,arsnns - 49,,
are ~ aosploea "a tns - w.; Mu
~ ~ uI re,,,rao.a.s ~, E,i;a ,,a.t.'
oflisc-holdess Of e1trayagant tastes aud insatinto
appeiites, public eharities and parades, Mayor
pm aoo n's seslss PoMe uo 10y e,s;;
ont tue In.1ua ~ e. ~ a"s t.;". t o,, ~
noM aaaoae ~ ~ and 18th tha s,,!r,t
H.,.i ahs uas ~ c4sa ~ nar;ii -, n,.ls H. ;n5;%'
P!ilIalnEo3 - 'us 1a,;a.s's - =
nHy greater, 'ne apPs1p..atoa 1a.s .aAen ss ~ ~
Ioe naulc ana iea ~ t ,;t1 ~ o,, a.
sl1 Her Ien. .o:u -. nsiaIP"a ae.on, s.on
.auo 'u", 1ne ~! fo!ason ~ ~" tI1.' =. ".
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h4s aa}t u Poot east1sss =" 4e'@e 'eos sna"
lively psa eent :, t,,;no .1,. r,o,ov st-,;oh+
out; It isl mockeIy OF The woe and WRONGS o.
tne olu 1n.str' lno onc Mou'1 's:n. ~ uor 3,
roboefj Inc oshes II - se9sest opp'optsas w
Don s'eal nolse-tua. 's =. ". !; ~. ~ auq
mol pay lot hna' mt ~; nas .He ~
sice o. sasac'ous Pnmosopn oa ,h.r ~"
e' has aaep.ea ;a,,fi aGa caile Gct;on'
ns o. NV shese asH. ,aaeus I nJ dos;rae ~
Of the law,tbat the purposes ano desires {;
sua oG ...,. ". ~ ins
pte. Mence tne 'nsmaIos ouar.. sa,laa sau -
| ,, ;, 1a... ai.I,nnon,h.a ,v;li Il n ,noxt For
yonh heoonoas W.. aSst ~ tan,s .J
ln.oao.e aoeun9ns, s ..,;ss" *. ~ n1a;n hofd
gap, every WE" tia m ~ 4,,a ao; S,o;n w.,
neat hand: Every ao'e lawyer !" 'ae ota'e W.
consulted ~ iss prerfat.Gn, nna rg;; aa' =
so eonsa'1eo were i eareu =; ,"a ~ snoa;t;an ts ~
promises ' et. u ~ Cd tpe;r nr;n
Eseu me oeoea1 .. ia'is r. d 5p'n
ions. AA ernculleu .aa. us Us to1m iaai dna h'oue
osSHostn % -. 10 81 th"t vii ;ts crco+ al,
i1e '9 anJ u nrroosa ", ,rarc az ihe hoil
ana eaus oneS' rS ner,ftua1;ne te nroncrtic
| ~: - a-arr mart [''f tLo Stota dur