The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-09-09
Sharp Correspondence Between
Dnnn and WArmOfh.

During the absence OF Cover
nor Warmoth, Lieutenant and
acting Governor Dunn pardonel
convict and notified the Cover
nor ct his action. \ spicy cor
respondcnce ensued which has
just been published. The Gov
ernor disapproves of the action
OF the I.ieutenant-GOvern in
taking charge of the Executive
office and repudiates his cats.
The Secretary of State will be-
instructed not to record them,
and adds: "When l intend ab-
senting myself from the State
under such circumstances as will
render necessary the services OF
the I.ieutenant-Governor, / shall
do myself the honor to officially
inform you; until such time,
can but regard any act performed
by you, in the capacity Of acting
Governor, as au intrusion, calling
for immdiate revocation and re-
buke. Harry Hewes, whose par
don you inform me you have
granted, will be Immediately re-
arrested and recomnitted to servt.
out the sentence imposed upon
him by the court, your interpO-
sition being regarded as ofiicious
and wholly uncalled for.''
1T. Gov. Dunn, replying, says:
"1n the future as in the past, i
shall tearlessly assume and con-
scientiously perform the duties
devOlvinG upon me under the
Constitution. The ordinary cour-
tesies that obtain among gentle
men and State officials should
have induced yOu always to have
notified me of your Intended ab-
sence from the State, but your
neglect in this PARTICULAR, while
very damaging to you as gen
tlenlan, in no sort relieves me-
from the obligations imposed up
on me by the Constitution in
your absence, nor invalidates any
act performed by me as acting
Governor. Harry Hcwes, in my
Judgment, has been legally par
doned, and il your Exccllency
will not consider it ofticious for
. me to express an opinion, ! would
respectfully suggest that you are
acting outside OF the Constitu-
:, ton aud the laws whenever YOU
attempt, without additional Of
!, fence, to deprive him OF his lih-
" erty, and such an attempt on
i, your part will Justly subject YOU
F.; to Il rebuke from the sovereign
people Of Louisiana. In cOnrlu-
> sion, permit me respectfully to
decline accepting your Exceilcn-
! cy as my eNcmplar in either mod
esty. Uropricty or official duty"
An amusing incident took place
recently at a trial. The counsel
had just risen to state the case
for the plaintiff, and had gone no
further than "May it please Your
Honor and ycntlc,ncn,' when ne
: was interrupted by II small juror,
whose head was just visible above
The lawyer replied quickly "Sir,
| will cut it short. Sir, will
cut it almost as short as YOU are :"
He was not intertered with amy
more hy the little juror.
! Gen. Gratz Brown says: II
think the main point at issue will
tie the oustinS Of Mr.. Grant.
80 bstf as lbstttotltS axe concerned,
t | think that the platform Of the
t Democracy cmbodicS everything
, necessary for a proper admins
t tratiOn of affairs"
q Two rttstics came into Il village
T. telegraph Office to send dis
r patch. AS the, left tho Office
q the gong of an adi;lccnt hotel
sounded for tea. Whcrcupon one
of the pair went int" the air sew
: er,l feet, e<claining, "By JcruS-
-, alem! there it goes, .Iim!''
l.. n witness under cross-eNaui-
i nation, who had been tortured by
p a lawyer for several hours, ut
G last asked for II drink OF water.
;. "There,' said the Judge, Il thinl,
q you'd better let that witness q.
now as y"u have pumped hin
= dry
The Government has ordered
strict investigation into the caus
!; of the disastrous explosion O
- the boiler Of the Ocean Wave, q
- Point Clear wharf, in NIohil
- Bay.
J. Col. Jerome Bonapartc, gran,
4 son of Prince Jerome BOnaparts
t. has married Mrs. Newbold Edgar
IS, nee Miss Appleton, OF Boston
rs granddaughter of Daniel Webster