New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-18
THE COURTS.
aixfh nisfrict Court.

John Barth vs. Board of Metropolitan
Poice.-In this case petitioner shows that he
was appointed a member of the MetrOpol-
titan Police on the first Of October, 1868, and
served as such until October. tllirty-first,
1869; thasalary allowed being $1,000 a year:
That the General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana. at it's last session, passed an act,
entitled "An act for the relief of the officers
and members Of the Metropolitan Police
Said act became a law on March 3. 1870,
!. and provides that, Whereas, owing to the
great opposition shown by the different city
officials of the cities of New Orleans, JET
fcrson and Carrollton, the Metropolitan
Police were forced to receive warrants for
their salaries, instead IF currency, as re-
quiredSby law, thereby causing said police
to lose the discount of thirty cents on the
dollar. The said law provides that the Ne
tropOlitan Police Board were authorized
and instructed to pay in warrants the oii-
GERS and members for the fiscal year of 1869.
Petitioner AYERS that by virtue OF said law
he is entitled to be paid the sum Of $500,
being the said amount OF thirty per cent on
the warrants received by him during the
said fiscal year of 1869, as provided for by
said act, and though he has frequently de-
manded it, the same has been refused.
Petitioner further shows that said Board
of Metropolitan Police deny his right to re
ceive the same. by virtue of section three of
said act, which reads as follows:
"Be it further enacted, That any officer or
member who has not served on the police
for six months during the year 1869, or
those who have been dishonorabiy dis
charged, or have resigned, shall not be en-
titled to any of said appropriation made IN
this act
Petitioner shows that in letter and spirit
said law allows him the benefit of it's pro-
visions; that it was never contemplated,
nor can it reasonably be asserted that he is
not entitled to the same.
claimed.
Miss Minnie Hansel, of Berlin, really
raised an Amazon corps to servein the Ger
man armies, and offered their services to
the government. There were tifty-thcee in
all enlisted in this body, and it was their
earnest desire to be stationed in some place
where they could perform mems duties, and
release the garrison for field duty. They
offered to assist in guarding the coast.
General Won Falkenstein was applied to,
and after some delay declined with many
thanks their patriotic offer, on the ground
that the coast was already sufficiently pro
tectcd; but he suggested that the ladies.
she uld enroll themselves among the lands
troops. Miss Hansel has, however, dis
banded her corps on account of the Gen
erals delay, and the rapid and victorious
progress of the war, which rendered their
services unnecessary.
The New Tork Erening Post has the fol
lowing special advices from the seat of war:
Little Louis Napoleon-"Papa, / have
seen as much as | wish of the field and army
life. and l now propose to leave your
service"
Big Louis Napoleon-"But why, my son.
do YOU leave nv service ?"
Little Louis Napoleon-"Because, papa,
l don't like the situation"
LWhereupOn the young olive branch
leaves-for Belgium,
The Crown Princess of Prussia has com
to the assistance of the wives and families
of those who are now obliged to serve in
the army. Not content with providing re-
munerative employment for those who re-
side in Potsdam, she has given orders that
twenty families shall be furnished four
times a week with good soup and meat from
the kitchen of her farm at BOrnstadt. For
those who have lately become mothers a
special diet is furnished from the kitchen OF
the new palace. TIL Princess satisfies her
self by personal inspection that her orders
are properly carried out.
A man named Young. who is one hundred
and two years old, gave a banquet to his
relatives q few days since, at Honobye Vii
lage. He was surrounded by four genera
tons. and was the happiest person present.
The Fourth of July has been celebrated by
him tOr many years in a right royal manner
at the village hotel. where he repeats his
ott-told tales of the Revolutionary war, to
the admiration of aiew select friends. He
has lived upon his own farm for s~eventy-two
years.
Miss Maggie Lyon, of Des Moines. Iowa,
while on q recent visit to Western Kansas.
formed one of a party who went for a
buffalo hunt for a week, in which she had
the honor Of killing the first gane-a huge
buffalo bull. She lay in ambush for him,
and as he passed her she stepped ont. drew
up her carbine, aimed just in front OF his
shoulder, pulled trigger. and he fell dead
on the spot, the ball breaking his neck.
The honor Of being the first woman lee
turer made welcome by the Southerners. is
claimed for Miss Olive Logan. Last year
she lectured in Delaware. Maryland, and
Kentucky. Baltimore and Louisville gave
her four good houses in one season. This
year she has received invitations from Vir-
ginia-a State hitherto unknown by exper-
fence to women lecturers. and indeed to
lecturers at all.
The following, from Hosea Bigelow, was
a favorite verse of Abraham Lincoln's:
As for war, | cal it murder;
There yOu hey It plain and fiat;
Idont hev to 60 no furder
Than my Testament for that.
fyou take a sword and dror il,
And should stick a ieilcT through,
COMMENT amt to answer for il;
God viii send thebill to you.