The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-08
OONHRY- sAMBOLA.

This Conery-Sambola matter threatens to
become painful. Mt. Conery, d frugal, hard
working citizen. represents the rights Of
property, aud Capt. Sambola, o most valu-
able and miscellaneous person, represents
the finer feelings Of the human breast, In this
unfortunate controversy. On the surface
there would seem to be no occasion for q con-
fict between two such elements. The rights
of property appeal to the finer feelings, and
the finer feelings appeal to the rights Of
property. So far from there being any
incompatibility, the two are really as mutual
and collateral as could well be. Perhaps 1t -
that very fact which makes the present
antagonism 50 deplorable. AT all eyents the
antagonism has arisen and the community is
being riven TO its very core; and thereby
hangs d tail which we shall ask permission
TO unfurl.
Our readers no doubt remember that the
seventh vi last month WIS the day upon which
Hon. IL. a.. Wilt received tho nomination tor
Governor from tho Baton Rouge convention.
During that day. AZ least until the result be-
came known, great excitement and anxiety
prevailed. Feverish aud inilammatory crowds
surrounded tho telegraph offices, hectic per-
sons c~ongregated upon the sidewalks. Every
whore there was the tension of suspense.
And, specially, ut tho Headquarters OF the
Orleans Artillery there waited. grand but
lonesome. trembling but serene. pensive but
eager, the great bombarder, Capt. Anthony
Samhola, OF the Loudest. His arms were
folded, his brow was reefed In deepest
Thought. Upon one hand were thirty
blank cartridges in yellow, and upon
the other hand were thirty blank cartridges
In red. The yellow cartridges were for Wilt
the red cartridges were D rOgden. He, too,
was waiting for the news from Baton Rouge;
but, unlike most Of the walters, he was pre-
pared for either fate. The news came. Away
that listless attitudeAdisheveled be that in
Prospective eye. What. no! bring forth me
tallest hat and gorge the big catsson with vel
low cartridges; come on!
Thus, Sambola-we know the rest. The
broadsides were delivered. The levee front
was suffocating with smoke and deafening
with noise; all the demands OF glory were ap-
peased; all tho tiner feelings Of the human
breast were realized, and Sambola marched
back to his armory, o smutty but d happier
man.
Surely there was nothing wrong iu this.
On the contrary, every feeling heart will
sanction and approve 1t as q righteous and u
fitting deed. Yet upon the very next day
Capt. Sambola received the following unpleas-
ant missive:
NEW ORLEANS. October 9. 1879.
Cant. A. Sambola. Commanding Orleans Artil-
lery:
bear ,Sr-Last night. In firing a salute In
front " our store. yonr battery broke twenty
three panes Of glass, We now notify you that
w IN saa ~ ioos 70 your snd c shnnId va 1o w tas p ao 'm ean
call and see for yourself this morning. as we
ahal. be compelled to repair the damages before
snsntful Your "ttentiof 4. U Uo5NGRPRIf ,Fs I syo oHNEs, e.
Not only this, but three days later the fol
lowing:
NEW ORLEANS, October IL. 1879.
Cant. "A. Sanbola. Orleans Artillery:
Dear si--Enclosed find bill for repairs Of
broken glass. caused by firing salute on last
satisfactory to you. Trusting we may never
again have occasion to present you with a bill
Of this kind We ere S 6. Go .sN5EERRsYft ! ssyS;N.
WooD.
We are not apprised OF the nature and ex-
tent OF this bill, nor do we desire the informa-
ton. It must have been q colossal total, and
NsS ~
these narrowing details are always better
omitted. But here is the conflict. On the one
part Capt. Sambola has done a perfectly in
nocent, in fact commendable thing In firing the
salute, and, on the other, Messrs. =. Conery
4 Son, per pro. Wood. have done an equally
legitimate and meritorious thing In endeavor-
Ing to secure a reimbursement for the ruinous
injuries sustained by them. 1t is out OF the
question to censure Messrs. E, Conery& Son,
per pro Wood. They are struggling to earn
their daily bread by the sweat OF their united
brows, and they cannot afford to have twenty
three panes Of glass, to say nothing OF the
putty, charged to them. Il is utterly and ex-
travagantly impossible TO cansure Capt. Sam
bola. He Is q soldier and q ~gun-shooter; 1t Is
His business To wake the red-no uthed how