The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-22
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER
The Donaldsonville Bond Suits in the SUI
prelne Court -Ascension's Array Of Legal
Talent-Goy. Nichols Appears for the
Town-A Young Girl Arrested in a House
of M-Fame-Human Depravity-The-
aires ofc

XOWn--A 1OunS Glfl AFTeSLeu IN y HOus'
of IH-Fame-Human Depravity-The
atres, etc.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 10. 1881.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The cases of" Widow Vileor Dugas rs
The Town Of Donaldsonville; "Justi
lien Onbre rs. The Town of Donaldson
ville;" Victor Manrn rs. The Town o
Donaldsenville; were fixed for trial
January II, 1881, but owing to the pres
sure Of other business before the Su
preme Court, the arguments Oh the above
named causes were fixed for the ensuing
day. The cases were accordingly argued
Tuesday, the 18th instant, and Messrs
Nichols & Pugh and r. N. Sims, Esq.,
appeared for their respective clients. Mr.
Sims addressed tho Court in his usual
felicitious style. He was frequently
questioned by Justice Todd, and the gen
tleman impresses one with the opinion
that he never lacks words wlerewith to
frame an immediate answer to whatever
pcrplexing question may be suddenly
put to him. Those familiar with the
modus operandi of Col. Sims legal ar
guments will not forget the facile and
impressive manners which he displays to
best advantage in the legal forum. The
delicate movement Of the hand and his
mellifluous modnlations OF tone can not
fail to enforce the wrapt attention Of al
audience.
| Gov. Nichols addressed the court after
Col. r. N. Sims had delivered his elabor-
ate argument. The Ex-Governor appeared
rather improved in health, and his argu-
ments were delivered in q manner which
impressed his hearers with the idea that
the gentleman was convinced of the
trntlfnlness Of every word he uttered.
Gov. Nichols delivered his argument
without the usual aid Of a written brief.
His delivery was rapid and the ques-
tions propountled to him by Justice Fen
ner were answered without hesitation Of
equivocation. "Those bonds were issued
by the Mayor without any authority"
said Mr.. Pngh in his opening argument
His argument, or may say his brief,
was read by him to the court. Justice
Poch6 was absent upon the trial of the
above cases, for what cause I do not
know. He is surely not interested III
any of tho above suits, nor is he related
to any Of the plaintiffs. Not having
heard the arguments Mr.. Justice Pochc
will not take part in the decision to he
rendered in these cases. The attention
with which the honorable Justices Of the
Supreme Court listened to the arguments
of the learned attorneys from Donaldson
vile was unusually noticeaaAe. The
courts Of the State arg flooded
with suits in which the holders Of
bonds are seeking to enforce their
Legitimate rights and it is seldom that
they fail to accomplish their ends. Re
pudiation is a thing Of the past, and
bonds issued for a legitimate debt and in
a manner free from all crookedness-in
word, bonds which do not import that Il
"job was at the bottom of the whole
thing, are unexceptionally upheld by
the courts. In this city alone, there are
writs OF mandamus against the city |
government, which command the levy
OF taxes to satisfy judgments against the
city amounting to over a million Of dol
lars. The judgments represent the face
value of bonds issued by the municipal
corporation which, after tho issuance
thereof, attempted to invalidate them by
resort to legal proceedings. The result
Except in the Weed warrants, that were
issued by the State) has always been the
triumph of the bondholder. The re-
of this State who attenlDt
to prostitute tie judiciary for the pur-
pose OF accomplishing their dastarlly
ends always find themselves vanquished,
md it is hoped that the fair name Of our
State will never again be furnished by
he attempted actions of those whose
does not comprise the paw
mont Of their legitimate debts. All the
bonds in the cases against the town Of
)onaldsonville We're issued for leyiti-
nate purpose, known to the people of
hat town, and the defenses raised by
he attorneys for corporation are purely
echnical. Those bonds were issued at u
ime when political corruption and de-
were qualities foreign to poll
lclans of those days, and the gentlemen
, their arguments failed to raise any de-
ense whatever founded upon equity.
heir defense is purely technical, and if
'e are to judge the animus of the SUI
RENE Court towards attempted repudia-
onists, by the spirit Of what is right.
'hich is daily demonstrated in the fed
raj judiciary, it can be predicted with
ut fear that the parties who are endeay-
ring to bring on a legal reputation Of :
onaldsonville's just debts will meet
lth complete annihllation-a fitting f.
lie to u long concocted farce.
"Horrors at the Academy of Music, it
said, is enough to make the "blood +"
N cold" but the spectacle presented =
st night to the eyes Of Aids Hennesey
I'd Caster were sufficiently horrible in
self to soften the hardest brute. As the :
ds was passing notorious house Of
ostitution in the rear Of the city they
anced to peep in the front room of the G
II when to their horror-seated on a
Ia was q vOunu ,rir1 scarcely twa1..a q