The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-23

When tile ixlselIigencea of this 1evei,tGreaeted
'Aiis he, became moro 4fdfihally inapor-
tunate, HAD aregulars specification f his claims
servedIapon Colonel Blake, accompanied Thy q
notice THAT II they iwere not satisfied or ar
ranged gefcfe o. certain day; legal prbceedingss
enforcing their liquidation. "A private letter,
forwarded lby post, Expressed thSareEsret Mr..
Clipper felt at IbeiAg obliged to adopt sneh a
course, and requested that, AS Colonel b axe
had appointeda land agent, he wouid, without
f6fay, appoint q law one A bill, Bingham ..
Binp ham, had been that day fled, and as pro-
ceedings were about to be vigorously pushed,
look after the defendants interests for whom
he could not heneeforth be in anywise con-
cerned. He further suggested that some per-
son should be deputed to settle his accounts as
land agent, to whom he might surrender his
books when final arrangements was made; ;
but he positively declined holding ;cofnmuni-
cation on this,or any other subject, with Mr.
Michael Blake. Il! it.st: ~sta4i J-.tI "a M
b In, those days people expected that the legal
gentlemen employed in the conduct of o suit
should fully identify themselves with the feel
upon as competent to defend the rights, unless
they prov their sincerity by being prepared,
personally, to resent the Injuries inflicted upon
their employers; and the attorney or barrister
who was not always ready to counterbalance
n check in the court by q shot in the q iifteen
| acres" was at once suspected of selling the
Gauss and Sacrificing the interests OF. those
who i,iaceil cnnl science In his honestly The tst
consideration " r1lgs e1letSk
IttigaAG IN SeleCt11g o. BD1tC1GOf, ADf U1ko e4-
listing state of feeling between; tho person
pitched upon and his legal opponent on tho OPP
posite side. 1t WAS considered sound policy
that they shOnld if possible, be ithe NEST deter
mined personal enemies and no one felt more
convinced of the abaolute necessity of adher-
ing strictly to this osell-estRbkishe rule than
Master AIike.l.As the Colonel had no preIliiec-
tion for any member. of the profession. the APP
pointnent rested in his hands . and4 as might
be expected, he engaged a gentleman mOreFe-
marketable forAhis Fstgnncious capabilities than
/ for hislegah lose-s Mr.. Pepperhndib been impris-
oned some monthstfor hog gfng MIR. CliPpersst a
contested electiOn1-this wits one qualification
! Ae was at 'daggers drawn, with Mr RfRcher--
that constituted the second And from those
atItecedents, Mike sagely concluded that there
need he no spprehehsion of a!cOmpromise, and
no dan gersoSl9 Hsell"sf57f eli 10 .%u!4 qdI
! Mr.. Pepper, of course, sscautedl the idea of
Mr. Clippers being able to substantiate his de-
manoIs Open war WAS declared, and Colonel
Blake found himself involved i'm a*chancery
suit, as guardian of his neice. in whose fitilnre
OF success his own interests were seriously in
volved and III common law proceedings on ais
own account. go. s-stt H';|s h.
During his employers absence, Clipper had
instituted proceedings of all kinds to ibarrass
the tenantrE--on-pretenc of maintaining roy
aIfiea5 IYhich-cou1d never be of the sft shEEAf
| value to the owner IN fee. And thus, ia his
double capacity of solicitor and land agent,
had robbed the landlord and ruined the occu-
| pier. His bills of costs under those heads
| were taxed after fearful contest between the
| attorneys, and Mike was quite charmed with
matters far as they had vet proceeded.
/ Nothing could be more commemorate than Dir.
Peppers conduct thrice; during tire
I conflict, given the lie direct to Clipper, With
out, as he triumphantly remarked = putting .
tooth in it; and at length became SO violent
in his demeanor that it was considered neces-
sary to bind him over to keep the peace. His
| attachment to his clients interests could not
| possibly be doubted after such aedecided exhi-
| bition of his feelings; and when unable to sue-
| ceed in reducing the amount Of his opponents
claims to anything like the extent he had anti
| cipated and promised, he assured Mike, TO his
! great comfort, that his failure was not of the
! slightest consequence, as they were then only
| battling the amount of costs, which he was
sure to get rid of altogether by proceedings III
equity as all the suits for which they were in
Cured had been unwarrantably undertaken.
Ito lie Ccnrinued.l