The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-10
MOTIONS Pa ACE.

Yesterday we gave a brief description OF
the palace of Pat. Clark, the honest bnt
belligerent dairyman of the Sixth District
To-day we propose to treat of very DIFF
| ferent kind of nuisance-one of which, IN
fortunately, no city ordinance or board OF
health regulation can rid us-a nuisance
which has had more blighting effect upon
Louisiana than all the epidemics that have
ever scourged her-a nuisance which Is to-
day sappng the wealth and happiness OF
hundreds of families.
We refer, of course, to the universal as
signee in bankruptcy E. f. Norton, the pet
and chum of Judge Durell and the man
who more than all otter men has helped to
drag the judges ermine in the mire, and to
render the name of Durell synonym for
Injustice, arrogance and tyranny.
1t has puzzled great many people unfa-
miliar with the possessions of Norton, to
know what he has done with the vast
amounts of money which he has wrung
mercilessly from the wretched victims who
were thrust into his clutches by Durell, or
who, like poor deluded flies, were caught
urawares in his pretty, gossamer-like, but
deadly net. Doubtless the superb mansion
on Canal street will account for some of his
ill-gotten gains, and then he is known to be
or to have been largely interested in some
Of the finest plantations ID the State. But
the major part of the plumber, 1t is
believed, is invested in the purchase, fitting
up and stocking Of lordly manor located
near Stroudsburg, on Broadhead Creek, in
the State of Pennsylvania. The historian
Macaulay has..recounted how Warren Has
tings, even while under trial, had devoted
the loot pillaged from the Begams, in the
purchase and adornmcnt of the place of his
retirement, known as Daylesford. "Has-
tings," says the great writer, proceeded to
build, to plant, to form sheet of water, to
excavate grottO, and before he was dis
missed from the bar of the House of Lords,
he had expended more than forty thousand
pounds" So, reports reach us from persons
dwelling in that State, that NOrtOn's estate
consists of hundreds of acres, cultivated and
woodland, diversified with trout streams,
of hill-sides dotted with sleek cattle, furnish
ed from the choicest pastures and breeds of
Devonshire and Ayrshire, of game preserves
stocked with every variety of fur and ftath-
er; Of an armory provided with all kinds |
Of improved firearms adapted to the chase
stables filled with the rarest breeds Of
horses; kennels of blooded dogs; yards of
choice poultry and variety Of vehicles, hot
houses and Conservatives filled with rare
exotics, and residence Iuxuriously furnish
ed, crowns it all. In fact, if the reports
Of gentlemen who occasionally visit the
fishing, and furnish these state
ments, are to be believed, this manor con-
tains and comprises everything which money
can bny and taste can suggest, and here Nor
ton and his chums, accompanied by Judge
Dnrell, annually spend their summers, en-
oying their otium cum dignitate, and per
chance like the poet "4rcades ambo recumbens
sub tegmine Jtag;," plan new conquests for the
winter campaign. Here, last
they feasted on the fat Of the land.
themselves from well supplied Gel
ars with rare vintages and choice brands,
md drowned their cares and consciences in
the flowing bowl.
Citizens of Louisiana, people of New Or
cans, how long shall these things be borne
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