New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-08

have the resolution Of censure yescinded,
and who was sent to Massachusetts TO carry
the glad news b- the Senator. It ;s now in
Mr.. Smiths possession. He mav well prize
it as a picture with a h!s:o:y.-Caiccco TIL.
jnNe.
A Social Party Of White Lea:uess In New
Orleans.
siess,s. Ac;st;ie ver1;er and Jaies lie
Pelletier are citizens OF New Orleans. who
reside respectively on st. Charles avenue
and Britannia street, which correspond 10
the Faubourg 81. German IN Paris. Thew
had Cor a long time been like Damon ard
mythical Pyt.ias. the warmes: Of friends.
Blu: recently these ties were rudeiy torn
ssunier by the little occurrence we are
aboU: 10 narrate. The facts are taken from
the New Orleans police reports. !: would
seem tina. Afistide. on the occasion Of attain.
ing his .wenty-tifth year, gave a dinner to
his boon companions at John Hawkins ia.
NOUS house OF entertainment. There were as.
sembied together all the iea.csse sores Of the
city. Aristide presided at the head Of the
cable. while his dearly beloved friend Jules
eraceo the foot. Some speeches were made.
MANY songs were kung. and. above all,
much wine was drunk. Hhe dinner was a
great success. In the language Of the re.
porter, who apparently was present: 1.-The
guests Eat down a. +. NJ. and rose from
che table a. a quarter pas: eleven: il was
more Il ban.ue: than Glnnec. aru reflects
great ccedi. on thatpvince Of caterers. Haw.
kins.' IN this chaste tribute to Hawkins,
we can no. but admire the great exact!sude
of the reporter as evinced IN the letters ?.
NJ. and the 'Hrarte: past eleven. The
sitting certainly was long oneiand though
We are told that 'they rose from the table,
we slal. see further OE that Il: leas: one OF
them was somewhat eccentric in his walk.
and greatly overcome by strong emotions.
This was no other than the givez Of the
feast, N. Aristiie Tey2ier. who insisted on
embracing his beloved jules, Il p1,ssi..rs
reps'ises. as one Of the Witnesses on
friendship being accompanied by a few neat
and appropriate remarks expressive of IN.
dying and everlasting friendship. After
this they all adjourned 20 the card-yoom,
where they occupied the time till the early
hours Of the morn. But everything in this
world Gas an end. and some thin gs have
two ENDS. They finally broke up. Monsieur
Aristide counted his winnings. which. as his
friends saw with their own eyes. and knew
by their own losses. amounted to five hum
dred AID thirty tive dollars. This sum he
put with another sum Of two hundred dol.
lars already in his pecketbook, depositing
the same, as on the trial he alleged. in the
breast pocket Of his coar-the two making
a Sum Of seven hundred and thirty-fve dol.
lars altogether. There is no doubt that he
had this money when he left Hawkins. The
only question is which of the various gar.
Meats that go TO form the outer covering OF
man was used as his temporary savings
bank for these hard-earned winnings. Did
vest OF trousers! jules and his friend went
of arm-in. arm together. l, Was thei: last
walk thus ten1erly linked.
We mex. hear Of the parties in the police
court, NJ. Aristide having sworn to an aft.
davit charging his 4uondam friend with
robbing him OF {. sum OF $3.50 ON the nigh,
of the memorable banquet. The accusation
was Indignantly denied. Several witnesses
were examined, among them one Lemercier.
a Frenchman speaking no English, who
testified that Vecdier was drunk on the
occasion; LOU IL await lie vim triste;" that
he not only embraced NJ. LIE Pelletier, but
was DESTROYS OF embracing ''toute Ia societe,",
and when they laughingly objected he said
with tears in his eyes. "Vous ne M aimee
pas" and that he was not in a state to know
whether he put his money in lis coat pocket
or trousers pocket. The defendant, LIE Pei.
letter, gave his evidence in a clear. straight
forward manner. He had accompanied the
plaintiff home on the night of the dinner,
as be had done on many previous occa.
sion: it would Eave been impossible for the
plaintiff TO have reached his home without
he was very drunk; desired
bled constantly overy imaginary obstacles.
and insisted upon lying down in the
street; i. was with the greatest diff.
Guilty that lie 1.-THE defendant, sue.
ceeded in getting him home; he was
obliged 70 open the door with the plaintiffs
night key. as Monsieur Verdier wa. inca.
paole OF performing that feat for himself.
After seeing him safely inside his own door
be closed it carefully and went on his way
rejoicing at having done a good action.
He looked upon the plaintiffs charges as
sanity. The plaintiff was in the habit of
carrying his money in his trousers pocket,
and never in the breast pocket of his coat,
as alleged. This had been proved by man
witnesses, mutual friends of the parties to
the suit. Now Auguste Verdier. a younger
brother of the plaintiff, testified that on
coming down stairs early on the morning
after the dinner he found Aristide fast
asleep in the yestibule, without boots or
trousers. lie had his coat on. and was
ying on the rug or mat. No trace of his
boots or trousers could be found. But his
watch was found, run down, hanging on
he knob of the inner vestibule door lead
ng into the house. This statement had
,een made by the younger Verdier to sew.
raj parties the day after the dinner, before
INV charge was made against LIE Pelletier.
Monsieur lie Pelletier, who managed his
'wn case. claimed that the plaintiff, on en-.
ering the vestibule, had fancied himself in
lis own room; that he had Invested him.
elf of his boots and trowsers, and set them
outside the street door TO be brushed and
hat he had hung his watch up, and laid
lown then and there to sleep, utterly obliv.
Gus TO everybody and every thing; further,
hat the money was, as usual, in his trow-
ers pocket, and that both the boots and
rowsers and the money were stolen by the
rst passer-by in the morning.
The judge SO decided. NJ. lie Pelietier
7as honorably acquitted, and his honor
1ade some remarks expressive of his aston
,hment that gentleman of NJ. Verdier's |
ducatiOn, standing and antecedents should !
ring charge of this nature against an old
riend and companion in the White League,
Tho had done him on this occasion great
indness, and had possibly saved him from
hose persons who prowl around the streets
New Orleans at night, on the lookout for |
runken men with money in their pockets
'orTcspoadence Ns,c York EoentaY Post. I
The ''Cnco Gude.'p
There are a good many stories ailoat !
bou. the punctilious observance of Sunday |