The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-02-13

Injunction had been actually Issued,
the petition having been thrust aside
unheeded; but whether it was 80 put
aside designedly, was " accidentally
done on purpose, or whether it took
place from the dullness of obfuscatiOi'
1 Of tile fuDctionaries who ought to have
needed it, can not say very positive
r Then came question as to who
were the true officers of the parisll--a
questionwhicl,, after q few repetitions
Oh both sides, of General Grants short
j bnt most lau,lable prayer of Let us
have Peace /" was decided by Gen.
eral JEFF Thompson and two Or three
companies of .MetropolitaDs, as much
to the satisfaction of some of the as
pirants, as to the disgust Of others,
and vice versa.
The troubles, however, did not end
there; some reprisals were feared,
and 50 much 50, that records were not
set up in order, and before they were
SO set up, if they ever have been fully
80 even yet, they were spirited away
from Port Vincent and into the swamp,
and about that time, suppose, it
was that a new caper was introduced,
iii which each one for himself, having
selected, seized upon and bore off,
solitarily or in bundles, all such of
the fled papers and records as ne him
self was interseted in individually, I,
declaring, while so doing-what no.
body seemed to deny or protest
against-that such papers, etc, were
safer in his own hands, than ii, such
a public building or in the hands OF
such functionalies and then again,
that no furthere action could he taken
"n these papers till it suited his own
interest. if ever it suited it so to take
action. 80 a.. rH.;,.'1 ..t
Bnt let me return fur while to the
town. The town still contains and
still consists entirely of those two or
three small stores, and OF, as before
said, about the same number OF houses
or shelters wherein dwell the enter
prising and sanguine owners of the
stores, and also of the "doggery !"
aforesaid. There is, too, one, and
only one, house of entertainment, and
that one is kept by a pleasant looking
| and honest old gentlemen, one who
does not " skin his visitors, it is said,
as they were skinned they say by
some one who preceded him in the
business. He has, however, but four
or five beds, beyond those needed for
himself and his family; and this poor
fellow, although complaining griey-
| iously of the present, is, nevertheless,
induced, by predictions Of )" better
| times," to stay there and " build up
the place ",iby trying, even with his
limited, means. to- accommodate, for
three or four DAYS each cine tIle' ses- =.
sions roll round and are held, Judges,
lawyers and other court functionaries,
| besitles clients, jaries, witnesses, poll
ticians and amateurs, to the aggregate
number, perhaps, OF 200 or 800. ''ss
| Unfortunately, however, for him,
the csurts are not held very often, for
within the two years past there has
been held, of tue district court, but
one session, instead OF the four called
for by law; and within the year last
past, Of the parish court, there was
! held but one session also, instead of
the twelve required BY law. "
Inpart. these failures are due to
the fact that non-resident lawyers will
not go there unless paid unusual rates
SO to do; and as for resident ones,
there is but one lawyer that ever tried
to live there and he, in spite Of his
being capable, amiable, temperate and
honest tor lawyers are sometimes
honest, in spite Of Satanas and his
inaps!) was starved out. and, regard
less any longer of the promised giories
of the future, Went Off, with disgust
in his heart and with naugLt in his
pocket! ...,l...=....r...''.,.,,., e.. z-,.
How the visitors got along during
that one lone session Of the district
court, it is amusing to think Of! Where
vietuals were gotten from, and how
they were cooked, by those who did
not carry with them their own grub; !;
and what their horses got to eat be-
Iyond the grass OIL the streets STREETS
SO called only, that is), it is hard to
say; but where they all roasted at
! sight is pretty welf known.
| A few Of the favored ones got into
the lone and solitary hotel, the "Tuck-
er House." as it is pompously adver-
tised, and then slept, if sleep they
did at oil, three, and even four, i'll q
bed some OF said beds being wide
enough almost for one and a half ;
others got into the courthouse, So
called, and therein lay on the soft
side" Of the benches and floors; others
again found retreats in whatever sta
bles aud cattle sheds they could tind
out and penetrate, aud then slept with
the "beasts Of the field" but the
greatest number Of all roasted OH the
4 roots of tue trees in the neighborhood.
| What rates they all PAID for their
respective accommodations most Of
them know better than !, but for the
latter class OF sufferers l have good
reason for stating that the liberal
owners of the trees charged them
nothing at all
In connection with the sessions OF