The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-23
L oUIsIAN A.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.

The Convention H0pelessIy Stuck ON the
Money misunderstanding Consultations
mud Mexican CoGins-Darlk Times In the Calf
stnte-Frnnds ON New York DIerclnnts-lmi-
portant Legal DecisiOn-Senso from South
ern Newspapers.
Nxw ORLEANS, Dec. Ia, 1861
Another week OF the Convention, and nothing
done-nothing bat tedious discussions TO how many
copies OF the proceedings that proceeding
be printed whether those copies are TO be all in Eng
sh half IN French for tho benefit Of tho crcoes "a
point decided In the Affirmative to-day, and how
much shall be paid the printer for printing them.
From the fact tha, tho price ultimately hxed
upon Is somqeners about hundred per
cont above The yake tho work II IL reasonable to
sn.S communications goss into somebody's
pocket Bl; than, u coorod iaw-mskcr IngenouS'y
urged to-day, loyal printers ought TO DO supported
Anything moro tedious than tho proceedings OF this
sagacIous body it difficult TO imagine. In decorum
sm that tho New Orleans Convention does not
rank with that at Albany. Where the proprietcs are
infnged ia moro often by the Arcanzod whites than
10y the whlewashed negroes. Some Of tho incll-
gent cclorsd models OF good behavior and cour
teons pertinent.
ain the money question Is settled nothing viii DO
done. Tho money question IL the great iicuity, aud
upon this rock the Convention viii probably become
hopeless wreck True the Finance Committee profess
TO nave Ia the background two capitaists' who are
prepared TO accept three hundred Thousand dollars
worth OF State bonds and pay FOR them az tho rate OF
sky nve cents tho dollar, provided repayment Of
tie prDcpa s guaranteed In two years, with interest
at eight per ceul but OF these gentlemen de-
cares be knows nothing OF the trsn.action and tho
other says his broherinlaw has been using his
without his authority full disclosure or entire
financial arrangement was 70 have been made
to-day but tho committee were mute as
mummies The fact Is the Radical Executive Com.
mittes ct Washington are the only nnanoiers mixed
up in tho matter and they out OF funds, stricken
helpless BY the failure Of their impeachment plot and
the universal reaction against their negro supremacy
theories So. after ALL Ii will probably como TO ques-
lion Of direct taxation. and instead OF three hundred
thousand the Convention will have TO be contcnt with
MY thousand dollars. and. as things going, may
deem Itself lucky if gets that. Not all the financial
he orgsnization the Frcsdmer's Bureau agent do
more for thom Even ho IL growing tired OF paying the
financial ordinance 70 be rushed through
Meanwhile things are coming 70 desperate pass 10 The
State Ten thousand whites and blacks are officially re-
ported starving. since tho ended New Orleans has
been in such financial stts The best firms arc
paying four psr cent month for accommodation.
Skukng starved looking negroes throng the streets and
levees In the country districts IN louisiana, % In
Mississippi tho blacks arc killing on oil the stock aud
farming operations are suspended These matters affect
not the Convention. NO consideration for the general
welfare comes 20 the surface Ia thor debsations
and future political supremacy and present cash are
Tho constitution TO be proposed sl lies. dogs cared
and soiled, in Nj wapies pocket but is provisions
leak out little by little and seem 10 be idcntcaiy ths
those fol sted the Alabama Convention by
the omniptessns Washington committee, sna already
made do duty at hat dozen reconstruction conven-
tions rcnnds me OF Mexican funeral whore the poor.
est people have thsy choose tho luxury OF being
carried 10 tho grave In the handsomest OF collins
false bottom draws out with slide, the body sumbes
cofnless into the hole dug for II and the conn "
ried back for future In like manner tue cut and
dried constitution drawn up by tho radical COMMITTEES
has done duty at ono or two conventions and IS Gene
raj Hancock mas Just issued orders for election In
Texas Ii will probably do duty In two three more.
rho owners must look out, however lest
iacky day tho coffin should be accidentally buried with
In ths sks,chs, which the RsaAiD has given OF Lead
ing monbcrs Of tho Convention mention has yot been
made Of Judge Tailaferro tho President James q.
Taliafcrro bora Amherst county Virginia on the
2Slh OF September. 1Ips and consequently II now
IN the ssveniisn year o. bis sgs Is parents removed
tho purchase Of that country In 1903. Jhs son, who
has made this State his homo from esrly childhood,
sfer receiving tho benefit or tho limited instruction
then Afforded hy the schools OF tho country,
sent In 1910 10 Transylvapis University At Lsxng
Ton, NY. Ho remained ~ that institution two years,
aud left with tho character Of dllgsnt student who
had made handsome proficiency In scholastic acquire
ments, and especially In the Latin and Greek classics
He married shortly Afterwards and spent several years
In the pursuits OF private life, dcvotlng, hoseysr hi
leisure time to the study OF shs law. Ia 1s3
ho was appointed parish and probate Judge OF his
parish which position he occupied until $780, whom The
Office abolished BY the constitution or 1s45 He
resumed the practice OF law in ls40 and continued
until the beginning Of Tho l.is var He was elected one
Of delegates from his parish 20 the Convention
Of 1852 10 revise the state constitution. His course In
that Convention attracted some notice from minority
report drawn up by him q member Of the committee
70 which was rssrrsd The subject Of representation He
objected In strong terms TO tho change shen made In the
basis Of representation, showing tbst ~ gave the pre-
pondeancs TIE Legislature 70 The large property bold
OF the middle aud southern portions Of tho state
Again, In 1891 he nominated ~ very large meet
Ing % the people Of Csshoul. parish as tho Unon
popularity known ~ the Secession Convention. He
WAS elected By heavy majority. HIS course
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keaisss q measure mat IVES % bring anarchy ana
war nd y blight ~ de gsss iaersss y We soas~v.