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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24

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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24
a OF LOUISIANA.
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
Parish Of Vermiilon.
NJ . In

Succession of Gustave Rrasseux,
Application of Ophelias Bourque,
to be appointed administrator.
Notice is hereby given to all par
ties interested in the said succession
or having any opposition to make to
the application OF said applicant to
file the same in writing, in the Office
Of the clerk Of court within ten days
from the date hereof.
Given under my official signature
this Gath day Of April 1856.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD, Clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24
Total

y 80 . 49, ~SH'f GA-C~ u w
Parish tax
$3T4.63 less com $l0.72 1854 SIS
Total S 493 Is
SOLOMON WISE,
r. J. MORGAN.
Filed April ., IS
l.. G. LYONS. clerk.
Alfred Baudoia presented his re-
gnaiion as road.OveTseer of 9th road
district. through Il Ii BarteIs,
which was accepted, and on motion
Of sane member John 4. Fletcher
was appointed in his stead, and that
he be notified Of his appointment.
Jury took a eeess until 2 o'clock.
Met at 2 o'clock, same members
present.
On motion Of Fl. H. Bartels, re-
solved that The lime as fixed nrder
Sec. l of act No 10 of 1882. allow
ing parties to kill ducks to October
lst DC extended 10 May lst Of each
year.
On motion Of r Green, resolved
that the following named persons be
appointed as a jury Ct free-hoiders
to lay out and trace public roads iii
the 18th road district, to wit
Thomas Hoflpauir. George Hayes.
Albert Morgan, Preston spell, JOS
Foreman ard Il Hofpauir.
On motion Of Robert Green, re.
solved that hereafter in no case will
the Police Jury pay any Justice of
the Peace any costs or fees in crimi-
nal matters unless said Justice com
ply with the general law Of the
State. and reduce to writing in each
case the testimony together with the
names of the witnesses and forward
to the clerk Of the court within five
days from the date Of such proceed
ings, all papers in snch criminal Ca
ses, including atiidayits, warrants,
examinations, declarations. deposl-
tons, confessions, bonds and gene
rally all instruments, acts, documents
taken or received, in or concerning
such criminal cases, and finally no
fees in snch cases shall be allowed
and paid until disposed CT before
the District Court
Report of Felix Bropssard, com
missioner of unbranded stock pre-
scented and ordered. filed.
Report Of parish Treasurer read,
adopted and ordered spread on the
minutes.
To the Hon. President and members
Of Police Jury Of VeriniIion Parish.
There remains as cash in the
treasury this 10Th day Of april '8G
81 ,969.51. Have been no receipts
since last meeting.
Very respectfully,
ELI WISE,
Parish Treasurer
Hlied Anrli IL, 1880.
l.. c. Lyons, clerk.
On motion Of j. T. Broossard.
Whereas the public road leading
from AbbeyiIie to Lafayette on the
west side Of Bayou Eergnilion, a.
traced and laid out in 1881. in
many places indefinite and aaknoacm
and in other places in dispute, sc
that the roadoverseer Is unable TO
determine where the road is, SO a;
TO work the same ; Therefore be j
| resolved that a committee consisting
of Messrs. Felix Broussard. +. D
Lege, Joseph Clarke and ] TBrous
sard be aud they are hereby appoint
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24

The above statement was handed
to us by Mr.. Lastie Brou5sard. We
have examined the Treasurer's books
and have found the same amount
was paid into the treasury except
the forfeited bond Of Vim Jasper.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24

Paid to Treasurer 81 Is
Cases in which zines have not been
collected, with the amount of snch
fines and the reason why same were
not ocIactnH
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24

time fixed for examination Of said
bridge was Saturday, at 2 o'clock
p. II. Mr.. Marion EEdredge and
myself were the committee, Mr.. Ed
redge failed to come, having no fur
Their time | secured the help Of John
Lemaire, who being present and a
mechanic to assist me in the exam.
ination OF said bridge. We found
as follows the FIRST bench at the
east bank lower and rotten, and the
other bench needed a new sill aud
one post. the rest Of thc bench work
good. Fourteen sIeepers most all Of
which had been broken and three
had railing rotten, which had been
broken, one missing next the floor,
the floor was badly broken and
patched and a good many holes. We
come to the conclusion if the floor
was taken up and all the good plank
picked out there would be good
plank enough to cover one-half Of
said bridge, the length Of said
bridge is $50 feet.
Signed, ROBERT GREEN,
JOHN LEMAIRG.
On the Monday following it being
the day fixed to report, it being a
holiday there was ITO business to be
done on that day, So We had no
meeting On that day, stating the
condition we found the said bridge
in to the President and other mem
bers of your body, they asked me 10
go and repair the bridge and bring
in my bills, the cost Of repairing Of
said bridge is $l35.7T.
Filed April II, 'S6.
L. g. LYONS, clerk,
Report of fines collected by Jos.
s. Nunez, sheriff, read. adopted aud
ordered spread On the minutes.
Fines. collected BY JOS, 5. Nunez.
sheriff in crimiua. cases and paid to
tho T'rpocurar
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24

Yours resDectfnlIv.
SOLOMON WISE.
Finance Commitfee
Filed April Y. $50.
l.. G. Lyons, clerk.
Report Of Finance Committee.
read, adopted and ordered spread
on the Minutes.
TO the Hon. President aud members
Of Police jury OF Vermilion Par
i8h.
We, the undersigned, have nxam
ined the stub book Of J s Noncz.
tax.c0lIectcr and find that he has
collected from March LIST to 3ls5 IT,
elusive. 1886.
On Rolls OF 1855 S 1913. IS
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-04-24
Courier-JOurnai.

AN ORGAN OF
Living IDEAS .Aad Lie Issues
AN ENEMY OF
Monopo'ies, Orgar,hjsu, and ths
Spirit Of Sectional Strife.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22

tradition practice and provide means lot t"e
suppression in America of dynamite con-
spirac:es against England. 1t declares '"a'
pubIic opinion IN Great Britain will continue 60
demand measures of this sort from the Amerl-
can Government. Possibly; but IL VIII, 10 "o
manding what it hss not itself been Wilde '"
concede to other Nations. Inc geher", q.
rangements for OrsDis plot we're maze On H"s
lisb soil money was privately collected tne'e'
the bombs were manufactured in Birmingham
and an Enplisbmap paid for them and Eng
% we'll "a French agents were sent TO fat's ~
oxr,od. them. When ten persons were k'i'eu
ord 20 wounded in the Rue Lepeetier, puDic
onnion in France demanded the suppression oi
,h.. secret society in England which had ueen
nlottnp against life and property aoroau'
What respopse to that demand was niauc W
ENGLISH public opinion 1t decreed the down, u,
fall of Lord Palmerston for introduclnga o''
designed to make conspiracy to muruer
opv II sanctioned the acquttal by an Engn'"
;u,r of DIR. Bernard, one of Orsni's accom-,
nIices. The conspiracy bill was thrown out anu
the attempt to enforce the existing. Jaws against
Tho conspirators was q signal failure.
Another instance may be cited OF the indine'-
ence OF Engllsn puoho oP'" Io5
on ifs own soil against life and properly ao,o"N'
In 1864 several of the great hoteis IN 40"
York were simultaneously set on IRE ny .on-
federate emissares, who had been sen. iion,
Canada To do this Infamous work. This ana
similar plots had been formed on British SOIL
money lad been collected there; and secret
agents had been dispatched across the ooruer ~
do the execrabe work of the consplrators'
canada was a base of operations for these IN
cendaries precisely as America has been the
scene of dynamite conspiracies against Eng
land. Nothing was done by the British "r
Canadian officials to suppress those secret so,
cieties or to arrest and punish their diabol'cai
ssents English public opinion, as in the orslnl
case. was not very deeply concerned IN tue
matter. For these reasons the London press
have need to be cautious in arguing the con-
spiracy case.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
PERSONAL.

Mr. James Elverson. the wen-known PAiiadopn'a
publisher, has sailed for Europe
Mrs. Leland Stanford has given to forthcoming
church fair az San Diego. Ca large doll dressed 10
look like Martha Washington, and other people Will con-
tribute other dolls representing other eminent persons
of various nations Mrs. stanford also gives collec-
ton OF photographs OF prominent eOpe WIN her auto
graphs including those OF tire President and hTs CIe'e-
land.
Mrs Cleveland 1t is remarked, prefers the society OF
old men to that OF young Senator Sawyer OF
WISCONSIN, Is one OF her avortes and Rel Iresenta
tive Curtin, OF pennsylvania.
Captain Joseph Bury, who is now living quety al
HALEY idaho is TO he remembered for hts remarkable
war record When the rebellion broke out he spent
~ 600 of his own money in organizing regiment IN
Oho He went to the 'front.' fought ali throngh the war;
and when mustered ont had this indorsement placed
on his discharge ty his commanding ofncer; rms
officer has not been absent from LIS comWanu d oay
during the entire wac"
Prince Alexander OF Hesse tather OF the Battenperg
and the Dowager Duchess Of Hamiltod have received
each In of their claims on the es-
tates of the late Duke of Brunswick
Mr. W W. Corcoran appears to be enjoying the sum
mer at the White sulphur SPRINGS but he mas NOT tDo
elastic spirits AMI physical vgoi Oh years gone W.
Durin August the British Minister Sir Lohei oach
Vile West will remain at Newport Baron dc eru'e'
IN. Russisn Minister and NJ ROustan. tue french MIN
st.r will also visit the place with others Of the Dpo-
mai tlc
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
When the record began, gold certificates

When the record began, gold certificates
were used in about three quarters OF the pay
ments, and gold or gold certificates continued
to be so used, until, with the resumption OF
specie payments, there came freedom to use
legal tenders for that purpose. In 1879 legal
tenders were used for 90 per cent OF the pay
ments at first, but tho proportion dropped IN a
single year to 1872 per cent after gold coin be-
came generally circulated and freely used In
1891 silver certificates were thrust into clrcu-
lation so largely that their return to the Treas
ury COY cred half the payment of duties, but in
1889 and 1888 gold again was chiefly used
for 73 per cent of the duties in the first half
and So per cent in the las, half of 1882, and
70. . per cent in the first half and 70 per cent
in the last half of 1888. In the first hall OF
1884 there was great decrease ID the use OF
gold. but only because more silver certificates
had again been pushed into circulation thah
the country wanted. The return OF these met
more than a third OF the duties in the last half
of 1854 and the first half of 1888. Then,
when confidence that silver payments would be
averted was restored, gold WAS again used Tor
more than half the payments during the latter
half of last year.
In the light of this review, why is it that only
4lo per cent of the entire payments is now made
in gold and gold certificates More than half
the payments have been made in legal tenders
during this year thus tar, and the proportion has
rapidly increased it was 81 per cent in Janu-
arv. AZ in February, So in March, &C in April,
Il in Nav, 81 Z in June, and for the first half
of July has been S4 per cent. Is there not
here clear indication of rapidly growing dis
trust. not of the purpose of the Admnistra-
ton. but of its ability to sustain itself IN any
wise and honest policy against the repudlatng
tendencies of its partyi Is it a time for Sena-
tors TO add to that distrust, by permitting Nor
,ison,s resolution to pass without radical
ame endment2
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
ENCOURAGING CRUELTY AT SEA.

President Cleveland has abused the power
vested in him by pardoning one of the most
inhuman ruflians ever convicted of cruelty at
sea- This man, William Watts, was chlci mate
of the ship Gatherer. He WAS tIied in San
Francisco, and convicted ON February IS, 1881,
of cruelty beating and wOunding seainen. On
March 5, 1884, he was sentenced to six years
imprisonment in the State Prison at San Quen-
tin The testimony given on the tlial showed
" ats to be an atroclous sounded His own
captain declared that he was not IA MIN but n
fend. 1t was shown that OH the voyage from
Liverpool to San Francisco not a day passed
without some brutal outrage. The deck of the
ship was continually stained with the blood of
the crew. Out of nineteen hands, eighteen
sufi cred abuse at his hands Not content with
ordinary runlnism, this butte invented new
modes of torture distinguished alike by cruelty
and obscenity. Ii wis said that the evidence
on the trial WIS so horrible that Judge Hoii
man, veteran of thirty ycars' experience on
the bench, turned faint and sick.
Not halt of the evidence could he published
but what did find its way into the San Fran
ci,co papep 50 reused public indignation that
the prisoner would have been lynchcd had he
not been strongly guarded whenever he went
to or left the courtroom. Thcle have been
many infamous sea- buIlies, but Wits of the
GatheIer exceeded them all. That he feared
Justice for his crimes was shown by the fact
that he deserted his ship as soon as she made
land, and trfed to escape. SO abominabe was
his record that it was matter for astonishment
that the seamen whom he delighted to outrage
had not killed. him. Never, in short, was there
a case which called more loudly for exemplary
punishment Never was there a case in " hlch
such action as President Cleveland has taken
was more fdgrantly ineIcusable. To suggest
that the President's confidence has been abused,
cannot mitigate his offence. 1t 10 an outrage
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22

for an Executive officer to act nnder such .g-
norance Of the facts as makes II possip'e luz
apy one to mslead him. Nothing was easier
than to ascertain tho truth in thus mattor' anu
the trnth must have made the exercise OF e1ecu-
tive c!emency impossible-unless, indeen, IL Is
m he supposed that the President OF the United
States is actually in sympathy WIN as VIII /"
scoundre as ever escaped the gallows'
There is indeed no conceivable way oi 30 eA-
planning the pardon Of Watts as 10 acqu'' ,he
President of gross neglect of duty. ne us
patch announcing the pardon stated 'ha' IL was
granted by the President on showing tna'
the punishment inflicted on the sailor was ae'
seryed.n Such a statement is adding Insult 'o
;piurv. Watts was convicted of cruelty, In
humanity. outrageously beating and wounding
not one. but many men. He had abused the
whole ships crew all through the passage 10
San Francisco. lie was proved 10 nave ac'eu
continually with perfectly devillsh crue'ty'
Inst of torture and outrage. TO pardon soch
villain ia to encourage the hideous ana horrlole
abuses to which seamen are exposch more ana
more Not twenty -four hours ago, IHE lRiB-
rNE published the particulars OF such another
case as that of the Gatherer President Cleve-
land has shown singular tenderness toward
sea-tvrapts. A few weeks ago he pardoned an
other, only less Infamous than WATTS ana VIII
scarcely more justification than In the latter
case. Mr.. Cleveland, it seems, can exercise
microscopic scrutiny where the question IL OF
pension of So month OF so, but when brute
whose crimes deserve the gallows sues Tor
pardon, though he has served but small part
of an originally inadequate sentence the sym
pathies of the Executive are moved, and
clomency is exercised. The plain truth Is that
the pardon of Watts, of the Gatherer, Is a DIS
credit TO Mr.. Cleveland's Administration. and
has the appearance of deliberate nullIhca-
ton of justice.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
COLD HIDING ITSELF

The acceptance of legal tenders in payment
of duties is justified only on the ground that
the note is worth just as much as the gold that
the Treasury is in honor bound to hoid Tor
its redemption. But if the Government IA go.
ing to pour out small legal tenders and small
slver notes, and to expend its gold reserve
rapdly, a different policy will become neces-
sary. 1t is question whether d fferent policy
is not already rer dered advisable by the dis.
nostion recently manifested to withdraw gold
from active use. On this point, the evidence Oh
official reports is impressive. One OF the most
instructive tables in the able report Oh treas,
urer Jordan, submitted last December, showed
the receipts of different kinds of money IN pay
ment of duties at New-YOrk each month since
April 1S, 1878. Taking from that report the
figures for halt years, and compiling the re-
tnrns fpr the latter half of 1855 and six and
half months of 1856, the following Is OBJ
tanned:
RTCFIVED
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22
POLITICAL CRIME And CONSPIRACY.

POLITICAL CRIME AND CONSfIh1Cf.
The London press complains very unreason
ably of the prom inence given in the ExtraditiOn
Treaty to exemption for political offences. II
is urged that dynamite Outrages may be con-
sidered form of political crime, and that the
treaty expressly provides for the exemption of
this class of offences. On the contrary the con-
vention must be Interpreted prima facie as dis
eliminating between dynamite outrages and
political crime. The former it declares to be
eXtraditabe; the latter it excmpts iIOm ex-
tradition. As matter of fact the treaty
merely formulates a principle respecting poti-
cal offences that has been recognized uni
versally in the extraditiOn practice Of both
countries. No attempt is made to define p0liti
cal crime, and the question whether OutrSges of
this class are or are not political in nature may
be raised in exradition practice under this
convention. But the formal Incorporation of
dynamite crime in the eYraditable list coupled
with the formal exclusion of political offences
tends to separate rather than to confouDd the
two classes Under the Treaty with Belgium
the murder or assassination of the head of a
foreign Government or OF any member OF his
family cannot be considered political offence
and is made an extIaditable crime. The new
convention is not equally explicit; 1t does not
expressly exclude dynamite outrages from the
category of political offences but as a matter
of inference it distinctly confirms this view.
The London Standard is disappointed because
the treaty does not 80 outside the field OF ex-
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22

glory, and wherever she leads the way the sumnso
young man go The cold representative Of ~
Nsw.Ensspd cult may look dsdsinfuy upon the res1p
rocal studies Of young people, but 10 oil rsht
Why should mako our brains szze when IL costs ~
more to DO cool aud hsppyp
Boston lady writes The Transcript that until msa
become less masculine and manly aud women lea2
feminine and womany. they will never obtain tha
esq tcefbtiche. We think she 10 mistaken. II bf
simply ceasng to be masculine that Carl Schurz aa1
Dormanbsatsn obtained the ew0 refblIehe.-St Louis
Republican
New-York tribune., 1886-07-22

record is maintained, and Mr. Squire's purging OF
the rottenness which has been soaking into ms oe
partment for so many years shall prove 10 De hon-
est in its purpose and efficient well. he VIII nave
done much to quiet the apprehension when DIS
earlier history and the manner of his appointment
have justly aroused.
Unless train runs of the track or some o'ner
unforeseen accident occurs to-day will witness tho
long. postponed and ever-to be-memorable meeting
between the modern David and Jonathan. Need
less to say that the whole civilized world stands on
tiptoe in anticipation of this event. If the news
paper correspondents in Albany fail to throw sum-
cent fervor into their descriptions of scene that
can have but few parallels in history, they will not
be easily forgiven.
Acknowledgement O Brien's excuse for instituting
his Broadway Railroad actions I'D in the country
that final adjudication of all the questions IN
volved will be reached sooner than if they were
begun down here. is all fudge. AS Corporation
Counsel Lacombe clearly points out, there would
probably be little or no difficulty agreeing upon
a case to be presented at an early session OF the
New York General Term. so that the Court OF APP
peaIs might pass upon it next September. The
present situation is not advantageous to the city,
but there is some consolation in knowing that he :
ceiyer o. Bren, statesman and general contractor
will have to fight pretty hard before ne succeeds
ir grabbing any part of the money that belongs 10
the city,
"A Cleveland Admirer" Enthusiastically calls
our attention to the Presidents fearless courage
IN vetoing the pension bills. He seems to regard
the slaughter of these small measures for the rehei
of unfortunate people whose troubles arose from
their patriotism as an heroic work Perhaps IL is
and yet the Presidential quality of fearless cour-
age" stubs its toe and falls PROSTATE every time IL
comes in contact with Pan-Electric cooole-stone
Baseball enthusiasts will have their nerves
severely tried tbs morning when they read tne
score of the game between the Detroit club ana 'ne
Kansas City nine. The former club lead III 'ne
championship race the latter are one OF the poor
est that have the face to travel Yet they played
IL innings in Detroit yesterday, and at the eno Oh
nine innings the score stood two to two. linen tne
Kansas City men ran up score of ten. Even TO
man who only takes passing interest in basepal'
this was a remarkable performance-not SO mucn
for what Kansas City did, as for what Detroit
failed to do.