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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-04

On melton of Mr.. Roy, resolved, that the
parfgh License be RENTED tOiV. g. Bouraue,
and that the sum OF twenty-five dollars each be
appropriated for the relief of the widows VALERIE
Arnand, Celestine Vidrine, Damon Fontenot,
Divide. and Frank Pruett.
The commissioners appointed July 18th, 1872,
to sell to the lowest bidder, the contract for
building a bridge over Bayou Doisite, at Joseph
Young'R Point, reported that the contract had
been awarded to Lastia R0zat fills and Etienne
FIisellier, for thesun of three hi and fifty
dollars, and that the work was completed in u
good, substantial and WorkTnanhke manner,
and had hsen received by them, WhereupOn
motion of Mr.. ChRehere, resolved, that the re-
port of the committee be received, and the clerk
Instructed to issue warrants to Messrs. R0zat fills
and FnseliieH, for the sum OF three hundred and
fifty dollars.
The commissioners appointed August Goth,
1872, for the purpose of having John Reeds
the contract for said work to Pierre Manuel, for
the sum Of one hundred andtwenty-iye dollars,
and that he had completed the work according
10 eontract; wheTeupon motion of Mr.. Morris,
resolved, that the report of the commissioners
he received, and the clerk instructed to issue
warrants to Pierre Manuel Tor the sum of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars.
The commissioners appointed August Goth
1872, 10 sell to thelowest bidder ths.c0ntraet for
building 3 bridge over Bayou Durald, reported
that tlle contract had been awarded TO Prosper
DaiTe, for the sum OF eighth1lldred dollars and
that the work has been completed In d good,
Substantial and w~0rkmanlike manner, and had
been received ny them; whereupon motion Of
Mr.. Fonten0E, resolved, tllatfthe report be re-
cetved, and the clerk Instructed TO issue war.
rants to Prosper DaiFe, for the sum OF eight
hundred dollars,
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 o'clock. A. n.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-04
GROCERIES &C.

DRY GOODS GROCERIES, &c
NOW's YOUR CHANCE FOR
BARGAINS!
BLOCH & DUPRE
MAIN STREET, OPELoUsAs, LA,
Have the honor of announcing to their MI
merous friends and customers, and the public OF
ST. Landry in general, thatthey arenOW Offering
their immense stock of
FANCY, AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
GROCERIES,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, HARDWARE,
NOTIONS AND FANCY ARTICLES, &c, &c.
AT Cost Price!!!
In order to close out their present stock before
removing into their
NEW BUILDING.
Parties in need of anything in their line will
do well to call on them at once while thei1
STOCK is COMPLETE
in every particular, as this is an opportunity
seldom offered to secure
CHEAP GOODS.
Don't fail to avail yourselves of this oppOr
tunity, as Messrs. Bloch & Duprea are determined
to close out their stock On hand at a
GREAT SACRIFICE,
and this offer will only be open for
TWO OR THREE WEEKS,
as they intend to removeintotheir new building
which is now rapidly nearing completion.
dec. 7-4t.
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"WEDNESDAY, December Afh, 1872.

The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present j. nj. Thompson, President John Roy,
J.L. Morris, e. s.. Eonten0t and T. C. Ghaeher6.
On melton Of Mr.. Glaehere, resolved, that at
ST. Landry, to be held ON the third Monday in
january. 1873, being the goth day OF said month,
the amount Of taxes tobe levied and assessed on
said Parish. Cor the services Of the year 1877,
shali then De fixed and determined.
Resolved, that the following is the estimate
exhibiting the various items OF expenditure ne
cessary Tor the services of the year1S72, and
that the the said estimate be published at least
thirty days, before the amount of tbs tax shall
be fixed md determined as the Inv requires.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-04

NOW's YOUR CHANCE FOR
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
FROM Rid TO WORSE.

II there is anything in which mere partisan
ship should be avoided, it is certainly in
questions of public money. We appeal to
thoughtful citizens of all parties, and to all
honest Congressman, however classified, to
consider dispassionately the present alarming
deficiency in the revenues of the United
States Treasury. The temporary depression
IN our foreign imports produced by the panic
has undoubtedly diminished the revenue, but
the extravagant appropriations of the Forty
second Congress would have produced def
cheney without the aid of the panic. Certain
it is that the expenditures of the current fiscal
year will exceed those of the last by several
million dollars, and yet the ordinary expendl-
lures of the last fiscal year are without prece-
dent in the history of shes country. Why
should the Army expenditures be nearly three
times greater than they were IN 1907 why
should the cost of tho Navy have more than
doubled in the same tmei Why should 1t ehli
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
9n0ex TO advertisements.

AMusENsNIs-EtepeaB Page--5th and 9Th columns.
BAskiSG-HoUsEs AND BANKERS - Tenn |a1e- A1h
column.
BANKING AND FTSANcIAI-Tenh PGge-ist column.
BOARD AND RooNs--Elepenth Fd0e-3d column.
BUSINESS AoTICEs-SLEh Pa0e-lst column.
CHANCES FoR BUSINESS MEN-IcHth Pd0e-fth column.
CogARTNERSHIP NouCEs-Effh PdGe-4th column.
CORPORATION NOIICEs-Bleuenh PG9e-1st column.
DANCING ACADEMIEs-Eighih PGQe-5th column.
DENTeTRY-Bieyenh PGge-lst column.
DRY GOODs-Eighth PUge-5th and 9th columns Ninth
PdQe-lst. al. and sd columns.
EURoPEAN ADyERTIsEMENTs-Ien PdGe-5th and 9th
columns.
FoR TIRE IIoLIDAYS-Eterenm Pdge-2d column.
FINAECIAI(-IeaGt PGae-Sd aud Atm columns
HELP WANTED, MALEs-Berenh Pdge-sth column.
HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, &c.-FNh P0ge-6tn
column.
Houses AND FARMS wANrED-Elerenm Page-lst column.
ICE CREAM-Eicrenh PGge-lst column.
LECTURES AND MEETISGs-Eieueah Pa0c-6th column.
MARBLE AND SLATE. MASTELs-EteeeaM Page-2d col
M.KRI.cEs AND DEArHs-Sepsnh Poge-6th column.
NIITISERY AND observation-disclosures Pdge-2d col
hiScsIL LANroUs-FdM Page-6th column; Thcelflh Page
sd lth On and 9Th columns.
urs,cAI ,TRI1IrNTs-EiepenM Paoe-2d column
MN BLCATIoNs-Eighth PGge-2d, sd, and ith col
REAL ESTATE FOE SALE. CITY-Elerenn Page-1st col
JErsI,Y-EicpenM Pd0e-lst cOlumn: CoUNTRY-Eteu-
sHfh Page-Ist column To EXCHANGE-EIepenhP Pdge-
lSt column. -
SAVINGS BANKs-IsHh Pdge-4th column.
SITUATIONS WANTED. MALEs-BiercRh Pdge-4th column
FRMALEs-BkgcRth Pdge-4th and 5th columns.
SPHCIAL NOTICES-Screnh PaGe-Gth column.
STEAMBOATS, AND RALRoADs-TeHh Pdge-5th and
9Th columns.
STEAMERS. OcEAN-Tenh PGge-lth and 5th columns.
STATIONERY- Eicrenh Pdge-2d column.
TEACuRRs--EiOhh Pu0e-5th column
10 LEr. BROOKLYS PEoPERTY-EiereRh Pdqe-1st col
umn; CITY PRoPERTY-Eierenh Pdge-1st column.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
;snn can bo based. compare as follows /:

Here is shown an increase IN eighteen items
of over fifty per cent in five years. Congress
grows expensive in the same ratio that 1t
crows contemplate. AS the Judiciary sinks
in public estimation the administration of JUS
tice rises in cost. Public buildings call
for five times as much as they did five
years ago. Indian affairs require double the
amount they did in 1868, but what percentages
90 to the Indians and what to the agents we
cannot say. In every item there Is an in
crease, except in the solitary instance of the
Marine Hospital establishment Observe, too,
that the current fiscal year is destined to show
n large advance on the disbursements of the last.
In the year ended June 80, 1865, the last year
of the war the expenses of the Government,
after deducting the interest on the Debt,
drawbacks. pensions and the cost of the Army
and Navy, were only S34,0l5,358 So. The same
exrenses last year were S757o1, ,l25 05, or sew
eral millions more than double In 1863 they
were s5i ,6SS,5o1 "A. The responsibility for tho
rapid increase of the public expenditures can
not be saddled on the panic or on Gen. Bur-
riel. The taxes must at no distant time be
increased, and the reasons why an increase OF
taxes is necessary must be sought in the reck-
less infdelty of those in power, both in and
out of Congress Shall it continue uncnecked.
and unrebukcd?
1t is not surprising therefore, that Congress
men, alarmed at the yawnng emptiness of the
public chest, hesitate to replace the abolished
taxes. Our Washington dispatches give a
vivid picture of tho dismay which has been
caused by the reluctant admissions of Secretary
Richardson. IL is pointed out that thirty millions
of appropriations are practically in the reach
of members of the Cabinet, and may bo re-
turned by them to the available funds of the
Treasury. Retrenchment is vigorously called
for, and we are assured that the Chairmen
of the various committees in charge of the
revenues and appropriations are in full accord
upon this all important subject. These virtuous
resolutions in favor of economy are mournfuly
late; but nothing else remains; the country
is in a poor state to endure increased taxation.
Every possible retrenchment must be insisted
upon and we shall be heartily glad If Con-
gress and the Secretary can show how the
expenses of the Government are to be met
without further imposition of taxes.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15


To tbo engaged mercantile pursuits invention tbtt Will feh
highly uonhy notice well
inventions Of the is that OF
hst the qualities HTmnes MARI and eur
bihty IN
Pfeeunently Foley m,pusurer Of fn.
Gold Pens and Pencils No Astor House Their superior value IL
BY sine he has been in city their man1ae
We subscribers the value FoLETs PESs from
them for pumber Of eheeuhy recommend Ihsn 70
wish for the best perfect Gold Pen rAdo
signed by fooSing gentlemen 1000 others;
J. K. williams President Metropolitan National Bsnt
g. Coz President American BTehGnge National Bank.
J A Bcardsey. Cashier National Bank Of North America
Vim A. Falls President Corn Exchange Bank
n. Lowry PrsS.l lent National Bank OF the Republic
y d. TappsD President Gal National Bank.
{. y nmpsOn, Cashier Co8anspta National Bank.
Lssc g. Ogden. Cashier lork County National Bank
WIN. L. jenkins. President Bank Of America
J. ". Lewis, Cashier Union National Bank.
Rm Mcekor Cashier Bank OF n Y n. Banking Association.
J. l.. SoVhs orth. President Atlantic Nstionsl Bank.
WIN. II Cox. Cashier hsessnies National Bank.
Bnei Preside Importers and Traders National Bank
J Nj Crane Cashier Shoe and Leather National Bank
Geo ". wiet Cashier Balls Head Bank.
Clarke. Dodge h CO. Wells, Fargo Co
United states Express Co.
. While MONS & Co. Barclay 4 Livingston
Vermie & Go. h. J. Raymond & Co., fewYork
Wiusow, Ianer & Co. Daily Times
Geo d. Ar.Iur Co A. Gordon, Cashier NeS-ierk her
Tisk Hatch. sid.
H. r. Morgan s. Co. I. ketcham K Co.
American Express Co. s. B. Cbiiienden Co.
Adams Express Co. Johuson a Higgins
ChaL Dennis Vice President Atlantic Muius ins. Co.
DANIEL d. Sm H. PRESIDENT Commercial Mutual lDs Co.
Rluooi walter President Mercantile Mutual ins Co.
A. y. Mlmarth, Ncepresident Home Fire lns Co.
Morris Prsnkhn PreEdsut Newborn ldie iaA Co.
Sold BY all she principal statiorsrs and ieweera
JoHx FoLgT Gold Pen ManGfseturcr.
Nc. 2 Astor House. opposite the Herald Ohee.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15

plause :" With no check and balance of
commodity, wheat or gold, TO disturb tho
F" natural relation Of its vOlumep Is 1t per-
mitted for citizen to be so reckiessiy igno-
rant as this-unIess his name IS Richardson
He is not always so absurd. Sometimes in
striving to be lively he is merely siily' as
where lie says, ave say we have oo'Vo,o'o
" souls. 1t is not 80. We have not more thah
100000, for only about half OF us nave
" souls In tho time of our iOreiathelS
nearly every man had soul. They nave no.
" got il now.' Is there any trace OF Wehdcli
Phillips in these drcary puerilitcs This is
the point 10 which few years of subordlna-
ton to the strong and yulgarizing influence OF
Benjamin f. Butler have brought this sensi-
tive spirit.
His reasoning faculty was never especially
strong, but it seems To have lost what niue
"gripr it had He says the war taught N0rth
and South to understand each other, Dut
wants a few more terms of Grant because
they do not understand each other he
says that "America is at the head Oh
"civilization to-day because women are
"nearer equality here than anywhere else.
Five minutes afterward he said Europe was
ahead of us. because there the negro enJoyeu
social equality. To man OF Mr. Philips
habit of mind twcnty-four hours Oh con-
sistency would probably be fatal-but IL not
five minutes rather q limited space to change
the face of civilization in
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
THE LATE JUSTICE NELSON.

Samuel Nelson was one of the most Illus
trious iurists of an era which is fast depart
ing. He was raised to the bench at an early
age, not in reward for partisan service nor
through tho bargaining and scheming of a
political caucus, but because his fitness for the
dignity was universally recognized by the bar
and the public. During twenty-five years he
presided over the courts Of this State. first as
Circuit Judge, then as Associate and finally
Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court. He
brought to the duties of his high calling a
thorough knowledge Of the law, clear and
comprehensive mind, wonderful memory,
sturdy common sense and scrupulOus con-
science. 1t would be but faint praise to say
that he was honest and impartial; those
qualities were not 30 rare in former days as
they afterward became; but he bestowed upon
the causes which came before him an amount
of patient study which very few of his asso-
ciates thought it necessary to expend upon
their duties. Hence his learning every day
grew richer and more varied. His decisions
commanded universal respect, and the Su-
preme Court of New-York was quoted as high
authority not only all over the United States
but also in Great Britain. He was one of the
last of the great magistrates who adorned the
bench of the State. The Convention of 1876,
which introduced the experiment of an elec-
tive judiciary, struck blow at tho character
of the Supreme Court from which it may never
recover. For more than quarter of q CEN
tury the bench and the bar have been going
down in company, until we have seen our
Supreme Court the scandal of the English
speaking world, and our ablest lawyers shun
an Office which can hardly DO attained without
degradation. -'m'xa
1t was just before the decline in our State
tribunals began that Judge Nelson was pro-
NOTED to the Supreme Bench of the United
States. The honorable position which he
maintained for twenty-seven years in that
distinguished place. where Story was for O
short time one of his associates, and Taney
and Chase were succsssiyely his chiefs, will
| long be precious memory to his country
men. No Judge in our time has left a
brighter record Of integrity and strict judicial
uprightness, or finer reputation for pru-
dence and scholarship. When he retired in
the full vigor of his intellect. to the enjoy
ment of that repose which no had 80 well
earned, the bar of his native State united in
a remarkable tribute of spontaneous respect
to one who combined all the virtues that
adOrn the ermine. Wise, impartial, incor.
ruptible, industrious, experienced. dignifed,
and invariably courteous, he was model for
his profession a. we'll as an honor to his
country.
As the retirement of Judge Nelson frem the
Supreme Bench of New-York marks the era
of decline in the judiciary of the State. 80 wo
fear it may come to be thought hereafter that
his resignation of the Justiceship of tho Su-
promo Court of the United States corresponded
with the beginning of similar decay in the
highest tribunal Of the nation. There arc
illasrious lawyers now who would rodect a.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
CHANCES ALL ABROAD.

Mr.. Wendell Phillips last Saturday night,
after enumerating various indispensable
changes, which will possibly not be made,
said that if they failed to come, the boy is
"born to-day who shall write the Decline and
Fall of the American Republic.D We do not
share in the apprehensiOns of this "slver
"snaring" orator but we are oppressed by a
foreboding, that if the boy is not yet born who
shall write the decline and fall of Mr.. Phillips
it will be because, on the whole, the next gen.
GRAFTON will not care to read anything about
him. He is not one whom distance will make
venerable Other orators live in their speeches;
MIR. Philips's strength is in his speaking. He
is always effective and imposing to his audi
ence. His studied and memOrized discourse
sounds 80 precisely like improvisation that peO-
ple are moved and thrilled by a spectacle which
looks like genius in the very act of creation.
They do not judge him by ordinary stand
ards. He talks nonsense with such calm and
Olympian assurance that it ceases to appear
absurd, until the audience recur to it tho next
day, and then it seems so ridiculous that
modest people prefer to think their own
mep9riss at fault. They say to themselves
that no one could talk pshseNse 90 screnely. Z.
But the printed letter is an unprejudiced
witness, and it tells US, year after year, that
Mr.. Phillips finding his old lectures growing
flat, has got into habit Of peppering them
with crude extravagances to bring down
the trusting house at proper intervals
He has adopted as his leading bogey Mr..
"Tom Scott" whom he calls q greater
power than the Church of England,
and says the sweep Of his coat tails
"as he goes from San Francisco to Phila-
"delphia knocks down all the legislatures in his
"path." When he says this, the audience ap-
plaud, but when men read it the next day
they think there is something wrong with the
types. Though he fears Mr.. Scott 80 much, he
is still devoted to the system which makes
Mr.. Scots possible. He wants TO reslect
Gen. Grant for third term, and to
give the Government unlimited power to
issue irrodeemable currency. 1t is i'm
possible to caricature the crazy language
in which he announces his financial scheme
ave have the best currency in the world
"nOw," he says. "G0d forbid that we should
"eyer return TO that delusion of specie pay
"ments" II look forward to currency
"double in volume. resting only on the
"crcdit of tho Government at this
poiat vo gro informed there was ap-
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
TRIPL Z S Ill E E L.

The yrgnus and surviving passengers are to be sur
rendered to the United States simultaneously at Bahia
Honda the prisoners will arrive at that port to day
The o. steamer Despatch is to take charge OF the VIZ
gipius. President Grant has refused to accept
the resignation Of Gen. sickles. - Republican
candidates have been successful IN the French elections
g Fatal diseases have prevailed among the British
forces on the Gold Coast OF Africa. == Marshal
Bazaine has written letter to President MacMahon
thanking him for his in cOmmung the sentence
OF the Court-Martal.
Great alarm has been caused by the discovery OF the
embarrassed condition OF the National Treasury. -
meeting OF the Mississippi Valley Representatives IN
Congress was Saturday night in Washington, TO dis
cuss the subject cheap and rapid transportation
alleged that ex-senator Pomeroy has paid large
sum TO secure the quashinS Of the bribery
Indictment against him. - Undertook has
been sentenced TO death, the motion ror
new trial being denied Prof Agassiz died at 1O;lt
last night at Cambridge. - The Rev. Mr. Cheney was
oonsecated Yesterday at Chicago. bishop OF the Re
formed Episcopal Church 80 The Illinois state
Grange and the Egin, Ill., Farmers Club have adopted
declarations OF principles; the Iowa state Grange re-
ceiyed a significant report on education
was stated that the trial of Treasurer sprague OF
Brooklyn would be conducted by the Attorney General
and civil and criminal suits would be pressed against
Tax Collector Badeau DistrictAttorney Brtton was
in regard 10 the falsincation of the records Of
a public Office go The Rev. Drs. Adams
Crosby scha and others paid tributes at memorial
meeting of the American Evangelical Alliance to two OF
the delegates who were recently drowned Sc Wendell
Phillips ectured on Glmpses Abroad" and Prof. WIN
chell on Geology" - Gold, i091 l09I, 1l0l Ther
Iootneter Zgo. 34o, $50
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
u,ooh Glory upon the judicial dignity as

uroch glory upon the judicial dignity a.
Samuel Nelson did during his half cen
tury of service; but it is not from
among them that judges nowadays are
selected. Petty politicians are thought good
enough for the seat to which the best men OF
tho nation were once proud to aspire, and a
partisan and friend of the President with little
repute in his profession, without the respect
of the bar or the confidence of the public, is
deemed worthy to succeed Chase, and Mar
shall, and Jay. Let us show all tho honor we
can to tho memory of Samuel Nelson. We
shall not be much troubled to honor the new
tribe OF Judges.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15

Our special dispatches from the West indi-
cate season OF great activity among the
Oranges. They asserted themselves so strongly
in the late elections that they are naturally
seeking to lay the foundations for organized
political action in future, and their prelim-
nary manifestations take the familiar form OF
resolutions and platforms. AS might have
been expected, they have not yet attained
TO perfect harmony in their utterances.
The Iowa Oranges denounce the pur-
chase of Illinois agricultural implements and
order their own members to subscribe to an
Iowa paper. There are also diyergences be-
tween the different organizations on the sub
iect of internal improvements and finance.
But in most essential things they are more
coherent than either of the two political par
ties of the country. They want legislation
for the benefit of one class, and, de-
nounce it when it is used for the ad-
vantage of any other class. They have
some rather vague and we think injurious IDEAS
about the functions of the Government
and the questions of revenue. But their no.
tions about the preservation Of timber, the
education of farmers. the reform of the Civil
Service the necessity of honesty in Office. aud
the duty of Congress in reference to recent
flagrant cases Of corruption, are sound and
wholesome, and cannot be too earnestly
pressed upon the serious consideration of the
r,ossos of the peODle,
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
cost ii. per cent to collect the Internal Rev

enuef
The fiscal year 1868 was the last complete
vear of .Jobnson,s administration. Since thon
it has been claimed that the GoVo,nnion' A"'
grown economical. We shouiu "nu 90 20
in what branch of the public expenu,.uro a,', .n,s
economy can be found. the rauno :,a.os, pooO oo
has decreased, and therefore the ln'GlVSs a., =.
count is less burdensome than 1t was s'A y1a'o
ago Six years ago the Army was larger as,,utsd 's
il is now, and vast sums were a'Ssl,Jasu sn,,iops
about that time in bounties to the sOu,ora. uonas
have naturally ceased to exist. But !., the NAVY Navy
"".D n".o nuch and amounts to as little as ever
yns Tho chief remaining items of public expendi-
ture. so far as the Secretary of the Treasury
furnishes information upon which compar-
-, aa., ho hased cnmpare as follows
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15
-Amnsements an0 Aleetinge.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC" Othello" Salvin-
BARSUa's GREAT Suow.-rhe Rink. Day ana nign"
BOOTH 'sTHRA ATER.-" Kit" +. 8. Chanfrsu.
BROADWAY THEATER--" The Woman IN White'
GRAND OPERA HOUSE." Humpty pumpV Aoro"u'
q. L. Fox.
LYoEun THEATER.--" LADY OF Lyons" fechter
NEW FIFTH AVENUE THEArER.-' London Assurance
NIpro,s GAnpES-"The Children in the Wood" The
Vokes Family.
O1yup,c TuEarER-' The Dead Heart" Edwin Adams.
TosY PASTORS OPERA HoUsE.-vareties.
rJ,uos SQUARE THEATER.-" Led Astray"
N.tI.cN.s THEArER-" She stoopS 70 Conquer" Lester
Walisck
ASSOCIATION HALL.-Leoture. James T. Fields.
TWENTY THIRD REGIMENT ARMoRV-Concert. Gilmore.
TnE BRICK CHURCH.-Lecture The Rev. Newman Hall.
New-York tribune., 1873-12-15

by the City of Brooklyn for the recovery Of
this sum, and such suit has been begun.
There is little doubt that Mr.. Bsdeau should
be criminally Indicted and tried fer this viola
tion of law, and we hope he will be. But in
view of tho peculiar phraseology of the law.
which makes the briber and the bribed equally
responsible, why should the Bank officers be
exempted except on tho ground that they
"only gave Badeau the money!