The daily gazette., 1876-11-28
Seventy-Five Gents

Seventy.FiVe Gents
The sum of 20 cents just now assumes
Colossal proportions. in the eyes of the
American people. Ii is true that we
have spent over 80 ,Og0, 900 900 with in the
last fifteen years, but to such an ext ,emi-
ty have We been reduced that IS cents
thrown into the scales has perhaps decid-
ed the destiny of the nation. The returns
Of Franklin Parish had come to New Or
leans and were lying in the office of the
Southern Express Company while the
Returning Board in another part of the
city was slowly counting the vote Of
Louisiana. The package was marked
"collect on delivery, and the State Regis
ter, while he yearned for those returns
as the hart panteth after the water brooks,
was obliged to, turn away in. despair, for
he had not whefcwithaf to pay the ex-
press charges, amounting to 10 cents.
Wells, Anderson, Cazenove and Keuner
ptned for the returns as q ragged urchin
looking into the window of candy store
pines for the sweetmeats displayed to
tanta1ize him, but what could they do
without the requisite 20 cents? Whoever
has cried in vain for o new ball or been
obliged for the lack of 70 cents to try to
teal into Bareum's show under the can
vass, can appreciates the misery of those
innocent and impecunious statesmen as
they hung around the express office with
their innocent little hands in their impe-
cunious little pockets crying for the
Franklin Parish returns which the hard
hearted clerk denied them. The whole
country looked on in anxious expecta-
ton, afraid that the failure to get that
express package might alter the deter
minatiOn of the national will and affect
the future of the people. Wells and his
companions had done many naughty
things, and it was supposed that they
would not hesitate to capture the returns
by force or steal 75 cents to release them;
but overcome with sudden timidity and
smitten with unaccustomed scruples the
Louisiana statesmen simply continued to
lift up their voices and lament their help
lessncss. The good Mr.. Zachcrie, of the
Democratic State Committee, passing
along that way took pity upon them and
gave them 75cents to hand to the inexor-
able expressman; and the happy boys of
the Returning Board bore away in
triumph the fateful package while the
unlocking public breathe sigh of relief
to think that the dangerous obstacle off
cents no longer stands in the way of pro.
gress towards settlement of our nation.
al differences.
THE MAKTrNEz-DEL VALE SUIT
Fifty Dollars Damages for the Plaintiff
The suit of Miss Eugenia Martinez
against Juan Del Vale, to recover S50,.
900 damagesfor alleged breach ofpromise
of marriage and seduction, which has
occupied so much of the public attention
in New York during the past week, was
brought to a very unexpected conclusion
Saturday afternoon by the jury bringing
in verdict,for the plaintiff, and award
ing her $50. The plaintiff was absen
when the jury returned its verdict, bu
the defendant was present and wore al
anxious look. When the verdict wa
rendered the jury was discharged, afte
| the Judge had expressed his regret tina
| he had kept them together so long, an,
explained that he had done so because h
felt certain that they would come to a
| agreement, which he desired them to dc
rs the case was an important one. "Well,
said MIR. Choate counsel for defendant
with his face beaming with simles, "w
don't find fault with verdict like that.
Del Vale also looked very much deligh
ted, and laughed and chatted with hi
friends quite merrily after hearing exact
ly what the verdict meant.
The Herald says: "Before the .jur
came into court they bound themselve
by solemn pledge not to reveal wha
had passed in the jury-room, but one O
the jurors told the writer confidentiall
that when the jury took their first ballo
they stood about even, as between tn
plaintiff and defendant. After this ballo
there was a general break up, and fron
that time until after dinner yesterday tn
two parties were unable to come to terms
The two champions of the plaintiff fror
the very start, and who hung out to til
lend, until there was no longer any hop
iof a compromise other, than the on
finally adopted, were c. s. Goodrich an
q. b. Coin, the fifth and eleventh jury
men. At one time there was determir
ed fight made by the advocates of tn
plaintiffs cause to giveher S15, 900 dam;
ges, but it was all of no use. The jury
men who were out and out in favor of
verdict for the defendant, and who weI
always the majority, would not give wa.
Several other sums were mentioned
5000 at one time, 81 900 at mother, an
even S500-but the compromise Of givin
the verdict for the plaintiff and awardin
her only $50 won over the obstinat
} jurors who were at the beginning again
! her, and thus the struggle ended. I'll
ferring to Mr.. G. S. Goodrich, s'stood IL
talking, and 1 don't think he slept a win
all Friday night. Some of us slept {
the floor, others in the chairs, but the
was precious little sleep for anybody as
rule. 1t would he hard to say how maj
ballots were taken, they were so man,
Mr.. Del Vale, in addition to the 8
damages, will have to pay the costs"