The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-03

bHtES eAlStS ~ poSSlble IelatlOu DetWeeu
the raising of Lazarus from the dead
and the nursery rhyme which runs
something like;
Little Joe Horner~
Snt in II corner
Sucking his thumb"
1t all occurred in lawsuit, u very
) small one in appearance, but great
enough to show once more how uncer
tain is the law, and, above all, the cor
rectness Of Nosey's proposition.
A few days ago Mr.. Chas. J.. Howard,
President Of the Louisiana State Lot
tery Company. brought suit in the Su
perior District Court against Durant da
Ponte, Esq, on "a promssory note for
$3.50 and interest. This was answered
by u general denial and the plea that
the Louisiana Lottery Company, having
no banking privileges, was not empow-
cred to discount notes. and further,
that dofendant' had much larger
claim against the plaintiff, then pending
or about to be entered in the United
States Circuit Court. With q rapidity
that would be highly commendable II
manifested generally, the case was fixed
and decided within ten days, and de-
fendant was squelched. in the legal parA
lance of the deputy clerks Of the Court
house. Pending the proceeding. JOS
Hornor, ESD, representing the plaintiff,
probably with the conviction that, the
suit being so insignificant, the defend
ant would be willing to abide by the de-
cision Of Lynch's court, entered u re-
mittiture OF fifty dollars OF the face of
the note and the interest, thereby shaw
ing the amount down to an unappeal-
able condition. Mr.. Lazarus, the
defendants attorney, whose nose
is rs proverbial as our own,
began to think that that end Of himself
was either becoming less sensitive or
was "drove in.' In vain did he search
the quickest recesses of his subtle brain
to discover some plan by which he could
increase those five hundred dollare one
dollar more, in order to enable him to
take an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Not even the financial ingenuity Of Eu-
gene Levy the broker, could assist him
in his legal difficulty. But, lol that
nose, sirs, that nose, the ferret OF his
phiz, suddenly poxed itself into the dusty
pigeon holes Of the clerk 8 office of the
Superior Court, and, behold! there was
the Judges signature fixed in indellble
hieroglyphics to the judgment, which,
in plain and unmistakable words, de
creed five hundred dollars nHd interest
| i'm favor OF the plaintiff; just the problem
| that Levy bipaeclf had been unable to
solve
/ The clerk of the court, it seems, al
| though he had carefully eliminated
| the remitted fifty dollars, had forgotten
| to leave out the interest. And thus was
| Lazarus raised from the dead and little
| Joe Hornor sat in corner, whilst De-
metrius, the silversmitb. raised an up
| roar.
| Nosey finding such formidable rival
in q member of the legal fraternity, de-
| termined at once to emulate him in his
own field. He bethought himself OF
several plans, but only succeeded in
conceiving the dastardly project Of in
fringing on somebody's patent by con-
verting his nose into pump handle. |
After further and more mature reHec- |
ton the project was, abandoned, and
Nnsey walked into the CustOmhouse |
q strong odor of Guayava Jelly, tire susae 81 ne |
which probably prompted Dom Pedro to
ask one of the officials. on the occasion |
Of His Maiesty's visit to- the granite
building, to show him some OF zem
Guayava cigars" Certainly this odor |
had some connection with law, but not
civil law, and the latter was what Nosey |
was in search of. Presently, however, |
he chanced to run against an odd look !
ing little old man, whom he recognized !
as Tom Scandal, with q bag on his |
shoulder and hooked stick in his hand,
picking up scraps Of paper and parch- |
ment along the sombre corridors |
of the edilice. Nosey was prompt
ed to ask him what he was |
doing. Tom replied, with the |
utmost serenity, that it was none Of his |
business, but recognizing Nosey he told |
him that his occupation consisted in |
picking UP court decisions in anticipa-
tion Of their being rendered, and by |
hawking them about the streets he
made a fair living. Business had been |
dull during the past week, but he |
thought he had just picked up scrap !
that might prove profitable. 1t was
part of a decision in the injunction
phase Of the suit against the Lottery |
Company, in which plaintiff was put out
Of court because he had had the audacity
to prove that the stock on which he was
suing was his own, although it stood In
another mans name, and the man In |
whose name the stock was entered In
the Lottery Company's books had had
the candor to swear that such was the
case. Nosey thanked Tom for the in
formation and Withdrew, re marking that
he was not buying to-day.
few minutes later Nosey had en- |
tered the Charity Hospital unseen, and
for q few moments looked around for
Matt Hogan among the ordinary NOR
tails. Matt nau, however, Deen Iemoveu
to a "pay" ward, where he now lies I
with excellent prospects Of recovering, /
for the period within which peritonitis
may still be expected to declare itself
has nearly. If not entirely, passed. With
apparent nonchalance he scorns the |
charge OF being an accessory to the /
murder of the unfortunate Laresche,
and yet when the indictment OF the |
Grand Jury was communicated TO nm
Matt did not take it with his habitual
GOODNESS. He acknowledges that he has
sometimes INDUCED in "nefarious
transactions, but he does not wish to be
classed with murderers.
No policeman is now in attepdance
upon him, for, it is said, that he has sig
nified to the authorities that II watch
man was placed over him he would
Jump" otherwise he would remain.
The inference is that Hogan has i'm.
pressed the authorities with the belief