New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-07

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Inpart, these failures are3 due to the fac
that nonresident lawyers will not go ther
unless paid unusual rates go to do; and 9
for resident ones, there is but one lawye
that ever tried to i've there; and he, l
| spite of his being capable, amiable, ten
perate and honest flor lawyers are some
times honest, in spite OF Satanss and hl
imps y was starved out, and, regardless an
| longer of the promised glOries of the future
| went of, with disgust in his heart an
| with naught in his pockets
How the visitors got along during tina
| one lone session of the district court. it j
amusing to think of! Where victuals wer
gotten from, and how they were cooked, b.
those who did not carry with them thei
own grub; and what their horses got to ca
beyond the grass on the streets (''streets
so called only. that isl, it is hard to say; bu
where they all roasted at night is prett.
well known.
A few of the favored ones got into tn
lone and solitary hotel, the Tucker House,
as it is pompOusly advertised, and thel
slept, if sleep they did at all. three, ant
even four, in a bed; some of said beds being
wide enough almost for one and q halt
others got into the courthouse, so called
and therein lay on the ''s0ft side'' of thu
benches and floors; others again found
retreats in whatever stables and cattle
sheds they could find out and penetrate
and then slept with the "beasts of the
field" but the greatest number of all roasted
on the roots Of the trees in the neighbor
hood.
What rates they all paid for their respec.
tive accommodations most of them know
better than l, but for the latter class of
sufferers have good reason for stating that
the liberal owners of the trees charged them
nothing at all!
In connection with the sessions of the
parish court, the matter was not quite so
serious or c0mical as one chooses to regard
it; for the last parish judge Judge HE
stand), who occupied his position for some
twelve months, l believe, held there. as al
of one every month. The reasons for his
absence are quite another matter. and
whether he was deferred from holding
others, by the dangers Of being begged in
the bOttOmless swamps on the way, of being
drowned in the bridgeless streams necessa.
ry to cross, by the threats said to have been
made against his life, or by fears of the ter
rible White League, of which Port Vincent
is said to be the headquarters for the parish,
this depOnent can not say.
The Port Vincent newspaper, too. the
"official paper" as it claims to be. can not
overlook; for newspaper is an institution
Of itself. Owned by one or two persons
interested in the town, there is also little
second hand and one.h horse printing Office.
from which has issued occasionally, and by
spasmOdic jerks, few printed sheets, mum.
bered SO as to make them look as if they
had been both regular and continuous, as
we'll as prominent part of that great power
n the land-the periodical press"
In these sheets, the place has been talked
II as the prospective centre of commerce
md civilization, not only for the swampy
'egion in which it is placed, but also tor the
parish Of Livingston; not only for the par:
sh OF Livingston, but also for the State of
louisiana, and SO on, ascending, that a |
eader at distance, who had seen nothing |
o the contrary, would suppose the town
destined soon to exceed in size and import. |
nee the Eternal City itself.
The courthouse will refer to again, for
instead Of being, as every courthouse should |
re, fire-prOOf binding, or at least brick |
uilding, is altogether of wood. Indeed, it
J mere shell, weatherboaded, it is true.
With thin plank on the outside; but within
eiled only in spots, and only with plank
qually thin. The outer doors of it. too,
nd possibly occasionally the inner doors
lso, have been and remain without fast
nin gs; and so that hogs, dogs and drunk.
rds could at night find quarters therein.
Port Vincent, l have forgotten to say,
an not boast of Jail; but it has, neverthe.
'ss, building erected and intended as
I'll, which the parish judge, very properly,
efused to recognize as such. He regarded
as Of too frail a character to keep people
!. Time, however, proved it to be still
'orse calculated to keep people out of it;
u month or two ago, when q negro was
herein introduced tor protection from vic.
nee, until he could be tried, his enemies
fnn |
nd sent him to kingdom come" at the
I'D Of rope-Or rather of chain-that
appened to be more conveniently at hand.
The records, too, deserve some little no.
ce beyond what l have already given
lem, for since they were wrested, or rather
lided, from Springfield they have been
ther and thither hid in the swamps, and
ave been SO far reduced in number that not |
III OF them now remains-a fact which
Is been told me by man once legally in
'ssession OF most OF them, and who de-
AIRED that he himself was possessed of a
'nsiderable pile of them.
The judicial proceedings, too, for the last
,riOd OF eighteen months of the parish |
urt may not be found hereafter exactly to
hold water" Nor will that fact create
UGH surprise when it is known that we |
I'VE had within that time five installments
judges and five also Of clerks Of the
urt. Then, again, it has sometimes han.
med that two of the rival judges have
en operating in chambers simulta.
ously. each claiming to be the one and .
ly simon pure, and in defiance of each
her; so also of the clerks, who have issued /.
arriage licenses and done many other
ings which, when done concurrently and
rivalry and defiance of each other, can
rdly have been done at all times .ac.
riding to law."sz
The illiteracy I'D incompetency of some
these conflicting functionaries ,s hardly .
nth talking about, for that has ALWAYS )
en- crying evil in this parish; 60 much
indeed, that sometimes it was q moot
int which could spell best, the function. =.
7 himself or the horse he rode. And this :
no absurdity, for there have been learned !;
rses in the world, as we'll as learned plgs! y
strange to say, this very great town of !
rt Vincent. where every now and then
y raise tempest in teapot, might at
time have been bought. out, clock, stock y
barrel" or to speak without slang.
ID, stores, goods, houses, and everything y
9, for $40 900, and just now it is queSrion. =
g whether. with the new courthonsa
luded, it would bring one-half of that
q. That this lesser amount would also il
7, the good people themselves I Will