Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-11-26
IMPEDJMENTA

Gen. Mower, considering the brlel
time he has been officiating as chic
commander of the Fifth Military
District, has out Sheridaned Sher
idan, by long odds, in the work O.
decapitation, lie is having an abun
dant harvest-time Of it, cutting dowr
and reaping, wherever his fancy
prompts him. His scythe is sharp
and we'll fabricated, and, as events
60 to prove, is welded by a ready
ruthless hand. Like old Father
Time.
Gle cuts down all
| Both great and small"
From the Lieutenant Governor
ship down through all the different
grades and branches Of the Executive
department, and again, from the ju
dietary down through all the append
ing functionaries of Sheriff, Coroner,
Clerks of Courts, &c, the Mower
scythe has told with fearful and
merciless sweep.
The faint of impcdimenta, more
imaginary than real with those
"Whose optics keen,
See W hat is noG to be seeu,n
is the objectionable sin, only to be
expiated under the avenging stroke
of the official scythe.
Well, it may come to pass eventu-
ally that the scythe will pass into
other hands, and be made to work
the other way. Such thing some
times happens. 1t happened in the
cases of Gems. Sheridan and Sickles,
when, after strutting their brief hour
upon the stage of poIitico-military
authority, they Were superseded aud
removed to other parts.
ale who of old would rend the oak
Dreamt not Of the rebosndn
Our readers generally have ere
this, been made acquainted with the
sweeping orders recently issued by
Gen. Mower. 1t may be well, as
matter of convenient reference, to
give place in our columns to the sub
stance of those orders, and to begin,
We append the following relative to
the removal of the State officials
which we find embodied in the ac-
companying comments copied from
the New Orleans Bee, of the 22d
instant
By reference to the order of Gen. Mower,
in another column, it will be seen that
Lieut.. Gov. VOORHEES, gives place 10 MI.
jacob Hawkins, who is comparatively
stranger to the community, aud sea- cely
entitled by his standing TO occupy the
high position of Lieutenalt Governor of
tho State. MIR. Hawkins was ut one time
q teacher in Catahoua parish aud is at
present Reporter Of tho decisions OF the
supreme Court of the SGufe. Gov. Voor-
HES retires with the esteem Of every one
whose respect is worth having.
Mr.. J. Hamilton HARDY, Secretary of
State, gives place to Mr.. j. 4. &. Pitkin,
who has made himself somewhat eccentric
and notorious az II would be politician.
Mr.. Adam Clifton, State Treasurer, who
has always enjoyed public confidence, has
also been removed, and Mr.. L. ). Jenkins,
whose name is quite new to us, becomes
Treasurer in his stead.
Mr.. II. Peralta, long and favorably
by Mr.. J. IL. Sypher, who
and was spoken of some months ago us
probable Chief Of Police of this City.
Mr. K. M. Lusher, the interchangeable Su-
perintendent Of Public Education, is su-
perseded by Mr.. John McNair, who has
been known hitherto as an instructor Of
youth.
Our friend, DR.. Charles Delery, Coroner
of this parish, has likewise been removed
and w. II. Hire appointed to succeed him.
The officers removed are all well known
to the people of the State. They bear
regulations, and retire to
private life with universal respect.
1t isnot for us to pass upon the motives
of Gen. Mower, who has been unable to
resist the political pressure against which
Gen. Sheridan successfully fought. These
appointments have doubtless bee dictated |
to him from Washington. Whether he
can justify his action to his superiors lc-
mains to be seen. The officers removed |
were all elected by the people. In their
blow has been struck at
the principle of popular sovoreignment
which may hereafter bring evil fruit
The order removing a Judge, Jus
tice of the Peace, Tax Collector and |
Clerks of Courts; is as follows:
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DlsTnoT, |
New Orleans, La, Nov. 20, 1867. |
Special Orders, No 1911.