Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-09-08

SLlll SlOWllb5 OsoA SA0 PSAoSSNss -
Union men in New Orleans and are PEI.
eistent as ever in denouncing the "rebels"
of that city for the murders committed in
the Convention riots. They have always
endeavorcd to create tie impression that
no Union man could O. would be permit
ted to hold office in that city, and have
flied tic ignorant Northern mind with
such falschoods for political effect. The
Crescent dissccts the personnel of the
courts for disqualification Of our Northern
friends.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRr-Abell, Judge
Judge Abel, an original Union man. lie
was elected a member of the Union State
Convention Of 1864, from New Orleans.
lie was nominated by Gov. Wells for
Judge of the First District Court of New
on the 3lst March, 1865, and confirmed
by the Radical Senate by a vote OF "a
yeas to 9 nays.
SECOND DlsrsIcr CouRr-Thomas, Judge.
Was all original Union man. Was
nominated for Judge of he Second Dis.
trict Court by Gov. Wells on April LIST,
1865, and confirmed by the Radical SEN
ale by 4 vote Of % yeas to 2 nays.
THIRD DISTRICT CoUHr-Fellows, Judge.
Was, we are Informed, a quartermas-
ter Or commissary in the service Of the
Confederate States, abandoned the Con-
!ederate States, and returned to New Or
leans before tie close of the war. He
was nominated for judge of the Third
District Court of New Orleans by Gov.
Wells on the 3lst of March, 1865, and
was confirmed by the radical Senate
unanimously.
FOURTH D1srR1cr Co~URr-Theard, Judge.
-Judge Theard was a colonel in the
Confederate service. Sometime in the
fall 1864, we have been told, he returned
to New Orleans and made a public
speech in which he congratulated him
self, that he was once more under the
protection Of the cold flag" He was
nominated for judge of the Fourth Dis
trict Court by Gov. Wells on the 3lst
of March, 1865, and confirmed by the
radical Senate by a vote of % yeas to l
nay.
FIFTH DISTRICT CouEr-Leanmont. Judge.
-Judgg sc beaumont was an original Union
man. lie was nominated for judge of the
Fifth Distric, Court by Gov. Wells on
shc 3lst OF March, 1866, and was con-
tirmed by the radical Senate by a vote Of
% yeas to l nay.
SIXTH DISTRICT carbohydrates, Judge.
Judge DuQiantier was an original Union
a lis name was used as one of the
Vice Presidents of the incendiary meet
ing on Friday night preceding the late
riots. lie was nominated for judge OF
The SIKH District Court of New Orleans
by Gov. Wells, on the 3lst of March,
1865. was confirmed Ivy the radical Sen
ate unanimously.
So much fox t;c District Judges. Now
for the judges Of the Supreme Court.
HYNAS, CHIEF JusrcE.--Chief Justice
Lyman IS supposed to have been an orr
sinai Union man, but of this we are not
certain. He resided in Alexandria, in the
parish Of Kapides, before the war. Some
time during the war, after the capture of
the city by tie United States, he came to
New Orleans. He was nominated for
chief justice by Gov. Wells, and confim-
ed by the radical Senate by a vote of "a
yeas to l nav.
LABAuvE, JUDeE.-Judge Labauve, as
sociate justice of the Supreme Court, was
an original Union man. He was NOM
mated for associate justice by Michael
Hahn, radical Governor, on the 10th of
January, 1865, and confirmed by the rad
ical Senate by % yeas to 3 nays.
Howell, JUDGE.--Judge Howell was
Judge of the Sixth District Court Of New
Orleans at the time of secession. He is
said to have taken the oath of allegiance
to the Confederate States, and served I'M
under the the Confederate States down to
the occupation of New Orleans by the
United States forces. AS Judge Of the
court over which he presided, lie received
his salary while Louisiana was one of the
Confederate States. lie was a member of
the Convention Of 1854, and under a call
by him as president pro tenn. of that Con-
y%ention, some of the members, among
whom was himself, assembled in the Me-
cl1anic's Institute, on the 50th of July
last. He was nominated for associate
justice of the Supreme Court, by Gov.
Wells, on the 31st of March, 1865, and