The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-03
W II. WILDER.-The community was mel
tor et,rtIed NOR surprised at learning the con-

$500 ~N~~-S
m;litarv bounty land warrants His escape from
the custody of the United States marshal is un
fortunate, as it may possibly defeat the ends Q
Justice and enable the cul pitt to flourish on hi
ill-gotten gains in some quarter OF the Worlt
where no treaty for the extradilon OF criminal
, exists with our government
4 This man Wilder had been rather proml
nent character in New Orleans. H was an &C
tive and jealous po,ician-one OF the leader
of the democracy, and was supposed to contro
a large number Of votes in the third district
where he resided. Unlike many Of his com
peers in the democratic cause, he was noisy
factious, and intensely abusive. We well re
member that in 1848, be spirited his venom OF
the character of Zachary Taylor, meanly ira
ducing the old hero, charging him with poltroo
merry, military and civil lncompetency, ane
roundly swearing that the victory of Buena Wis
ia was due exclusively to the brilliant tactic!
and heroic bravery of gen. Wool. During ths
exciting canvass of that year, Wilder was seve
raj times personally insuted, and once slapped
for his virulent ISLANDERS against gen. Taylor. II
! 1852 he INDUCED in similar strain of inyective
against Winfield Scott. He denounced that
distinguished soldier in fiery terms, charging
him with ignorance, eggregious vanity, and ram.
pant abolitionism. He was heard to say that il
Scott were chosen president, he (Wilder) would
leave the United States, for be would never con-
sent to live in country ruled by An abolitionst
Scott was defeated, but we have a shrewd sus-
picion that If Wilder can evade the argus eyes
of Justice, he will expatrate himself, leaving
his country for his country's good. At all
events, should he be caug hit and Gagged, his con-
tinued residence in the United States will doubt
less be highly repugnant to his ideas of large
and liberal freedom-more especially as in such
contingency, the boundary of his travels will
| probably be the ten feet square of apart
ment in the penitentiary at Baton Rouge. tits
believed that at the time when Wilder abused
gen. Scott so bitterly, he was busily engaged in
the nice little financial operation of forgery. He
probably imagined that should Pierce be elected
he would, if found out, be leniently treated, in
consideration of his manifold and eminent SER
vices to the democratic party. He was, how
ever, mistaken, for hugely, to his regret gen.
Pierce, happened to be an honest man, and did
not participate in Mr.. Wilder's heterodox ideas
touching the entire compatibility, if not absolute
identity between democracy and stealing. The
rogue missed figure in his calculation, though
he may have baff1ed justice after all.
HIS SAINT ~ tIOSI USSu ACTUALLY
honorable" New Orleans on two several
occasions enjoyed the distinguished honor of
being represented in the Legislature by this
counterfeiter of land warrants. Although
his reputation had never been regarded as i'm
maculate, he welded SO potent an influence
among the sovereigns of the old third, that they
sent him 10 Baton Rouge, whenever he solicited
their suffrages We question whether they ever
anticipated that he would subsequently stand a
fair chance of being sent to Baton Rouge upon
a somewhat less exalted mission. He had like
wise held some sort of appointment under the
federal government, for which he was well paid.
He was an attorney by profession, but bis prac-
tice was exceedingly limited, and yet his expen-
ditures lavish and luxurious No wonder he
gave splendid and recherche repasts at the state
capital, and entertained his colleagues so sump-
tuously. The Golfers of Uncle Sam are well
supplied, and Mr.. Wilder has dipped into the
treasury to the elbows.
The scamp was wont to boast of his intimacy
with gen. Lewis Cass, and to speak in the most
style of the handsome manner
in which he had feasted that eminent statesman,
and other political celebrities at Washington.
We set these vauntings down to the score of his |
Unsuitable vanity, for there was nothing about
Wilder even under the supposition of his recti
tude Of character to justify the belief that he
could possibly have been on intimate terms with |
the ablest and most experienced statesmen of
the day Be this as it may, we, have the sad
spectacle before US of man who has filled places |
of trust and profit under the state and federal |
governments, convicted of forgery, and skulk-
ing, felon and fugitive, from the officers
whose vigilance he has eluded. The lesson
should not be lost upon our citizens, and should
admonsh US of the necessity of exercising a
prudent forecast in the choice of our represen-
latlves, so that we may escape the humiliating
reflection of having assisted in the elevation Of
base and dishonest characters. N. O. Bee.
Corn and cotton in the cotton planting States
have, BY common custom, become the uniyer-
sal crops of extensive cultivation How far
his shift is correct is not entirely proved by
is universally, nor by the prejudices which
sustain it in the minds of planters. Indian corn.
Indigenous to the soil, was perhaps the most
convenient and profitable when the country
was first settled, and when an abundant and
eaisly prepared crop, to supply the wants of
Doth man and beast, was requirement of the
lines. In this relative value, it is still the
most valuable crop grown on the virgin soils
Of the middle and southern of the western
states, for it luxuriates upon the vegetable
matter Astounding in new soil, and with little
preparation and Indifferent culture, Yields
arge returns for labor bestowed Such, how
ever, is not the case in the older States, where
he cream of the land has been stolen awav i'm !
oercepubly by the most exhausting systems to
Shlch TILED soil has ever been subjected, and
aklng ten years cropping together, the In
han crop is the most uncertain we can plant {
1t is difficult to grow on any but virgin or al
uvlal soil, and the drouths of summer, ex-
'ept in extraordinary and most favorable sea-
sons, cut it off to ruinous extent The corn a
rib is called the store house of the planter in
he south and indeed it is his main dependence.
But this is only because he is not accustomed i
o lnterweave other crops with their cotton.
On the improved and well prepared soil bar
ey and wheat would yield more bushels of 6
grain of more value to the planter than Indian t
orn In fact, barley is the most valuable 5
which we cultivate at the south If sown in
he proper season, itreadily perfects itself from
fF winter moisture in the earth and r;olde