The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-04-09
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.

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The appointment aud confirmation
of Mr.. Edward Bermudez as CHIEF
Justice of the Supreme Court Of Loui.
siana has met with general approba-
ton. A few words touching his career
may not be uninteresting to our
readers. .- ...f..
Edouard Edmond Bermudex was
born in this city on the 18th day of
January, 1892 he is now, therefore,
In his forty-ninth year. His father,
Joachim Bermudex, likewise a native,
was for many years Judge of the Pro-
bate Court of Orleans he was q descend
ant of one of the most respectable
families of Spain his ancestors, who
had migrated to this country, were
among the early settlers of Louisiana.
Judge Bermudez had married Miss
Emma Troxler, = person of great
beauty and refinement and of superior
attainments, Of French and German
parentage. OF that union was born
the subject of this sketch. ...,,t 8.
When seventeen years old, Ed
ward, who had pursued his elementary
studies at Boyer's Academy, In this
city, was sent to Spring Hill College,
Mobile, Ala. He graduated there In
May, 1851, with the highest honors,
and received the degree of Bachelor of
Arts "a. b., and, subsequently,, OBJ
tained that of Master of Arts, "a. ny
In July, 1851, Mr.. BermuGlez proceed
ed to Kentucky, where he studied law,
under Judge Thomas b. Monroe, and
was admitted by the Court of Appeals
In October following, on motion oil
Jas. Harlan, then Attorney General.
Returning hero, he entered tho Law
School, studied under Messrs. Chris
tain Roselius, Randell Hunt, and
Judges NrcCaleb and Nfayes, and Oh.
tained the degree of Bachelor of Laws
Oil. b., in March, 1852, but was not
sworn in until January %, 1853, after
becoming ofage, on motion of Hon.
J. p. benjamin. ..f.'. ..,... ...f-..
He was, subsequently,, admitted to
practice before the United States Courts,
on motion, before tho Supreme Court
sitting in Washington, OF tho Hon.
John A. Campbell, ex Associate Justice
of that elevated tribunal.
Mr.. BermudeZ Is related to tho
family of his Excellency Francisco tie
Zea Bermudez, Plenipotentiary Minis.
ter of Spain to France, in the first
quarter of the present century, who
signalized himself in the diplomatic
world for his acuteness, benevolence
and liberal conservatism. Mr.. Ber-
mudez married in January, 1853, Miss
Amanda de Maupassant, lady belong
ing to a family of great renown Of
French descent, related to the Comte
de Maupassant, who married a daughter
of Baron Hubner, Plenipotentiary
Minister of Austria in France.
Mr.. Bcrmudez was sent as delegate
TO the Secession Convention in 1850,
on the cooperation ticket, but froe and
He aided the measures
In support of cooperation, tlee,ning
inopportune and perilous,
He finally voted for and signed the
ordinance. AT the breakl Ing
out of the war he enlisted for local
service, and was lieutenant in the
Orleans Regiment and Judge Advocate
Of the brigade. Some time after the
of New Orleans he went to |
Mobile, where, owing to physical dis |
for field service, he served |
as Adjutant, under tho Provost Mar
,hal General and Post C0mmandant, !
in the Department of the Gulf, under |
Gen. ID. II. Maury. He remained |
here to the close OF tho war, returning
home in May, 1866. Upon his return, |
civil authority having been restored, he
vas elected for the term of two years |
Assistant City Attorney-an Office |
which he filled with exemplary lfber- |
alfty, correctness and efficiency until |
removed by Gen. Sheridan as an "im- |
to reconstruction. Both |
before and since the war his practice |
1as been extensive and lucrative. by |
. proper discharge of his duties he has
oeen able to win for himself an envi-
,ble record and spotless reputation.
A few years ago the degree of Doctor
IF Laws Gil. d. was conferred upon
him by the faculty of the University
Of Fordhnm, New York.
For many years Mr.. Bermudcz has
)ecn Il member of tho examining COM
nittee appointed by tho Supreme
Court Judges to inquire into the
of applicants for adInis-
lion to the bar, and was several times,
md is now, the chairman of that body,
the functions of that posi-
ion with marked ability.
Mr.. Bcrmudcz has been the counsel
If several important corporations, and
lmong these of the Lcvec Steam Cotton
Press, tho New Orleans Insurance
the Importers Bonded