The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-12-01


throughout the earth, still full high adj
vanced, its arms aud trophies streaming in
their original lustrr, not Il stripe erased or
polluted, nor single star obscurrd, bear
ing for its motto, no such miserable inter
rogatory as, JIhm rs all Ills wo,th nor
those other words of dclusion and folly,
Libcty first, and UniO" Gtler~0yds,-but
every where, spread all over, in characters
of living light, blazing on all its ample
folds, ms they float over the sea, and over
the land, and on every wind, and under
the whole hcavensahat other sentiment,
dear to every true American hcart-Lib-
eyty AND l"i"@, ~o'r,0"d. j1rrrcr;' O@c ami
ms'ParabH =
a There was n general turnout of the
military in New. Orleans ON the 22d ult
We have not learned whether Gen. Slidcll
was present or not, but we have it from
unlimited authority Ohc La. DrmocraD,
that his aid-le-camp, r. O. Moore, was,
besides others Of "old IIoumas'" followers
Mr. Moore promised, it is said, to do all
in his power to get appropriations for the
military companies of the State. His
speech on the OCCASION hes not been re-
parted by the New Orleans press, so our
readers will have to remain in the dark,
like ourself, as to the mighfy effort of his
immaculate majcsty the inhabitant of the
"white house" of the " sovereign State"
of Louisiana (but hold OH, Louisiana has
no "white house," the extra session of
the Legislature should certainly provide
one, as the inhabitant should not be com
PEELED TO fish" for himsrl), on the occa-
sion above alluded to- The reporters of
the city papers Should certainly do as
they would he done by" and let the dcni-
zens of the b,Hightcd region of Rapidr~
know what kind of speech their dear,
departed (sincc the cltction) frllow-citizcn
could make on military occasions.
81 The mail service in ;his portion ot
the country is in most wrrtrhcd condi.
ton. Where the fault lies, no one can
tel at this time Mail failures occur about
twice week. generally. Probably South
Carolina has refused Uncle Sam the priv
icge Of carrying his mails through her do.
minionS but still that would not affect
the New Orleans mails 20 the Red E.vcl
country. Where does the evil lie! Is il
with the contractor between this and til,
mouth of Red River We think not, n.
Mr.. Taylor has always been very pune
tual in delivering all mails that have been
deposited at the mouth OF the river.
must be with the New Orleans Post-ofiic,
some "grecn 'un" having been appoint
ed lately, in place Of "Old sam" to tin
position OF Postmaster, we suppose.
But more than probable, all Of thes
&" failures" can be accounted for i'll the re-
moval of the Post-oiiice i'll New Orlcam
to the new Custom House; but We hop
those who are connected with the Post
office in New Orleans will soon get thing
straight again, and let us have our mail
regularly.
IV We took occasion to visit, shol
time since, the magnificent Drug an
Book establishment of Messrs. ST. John
Burgess, situated on Front street, dircctl
in front of our SanctUm. We found tn;
it was filled with the choicest and mo.
variegatcd stock of goods ever offered
r Rapides. The senior partner, DIR. ii. :
f John, is one of the most skillful chemis
in the State. 1t is a business he has Ion
P studied, and We believe he has made hin
: self perfect in all its branches. As q
2 apothecarist he has very few equals an,
, where. 1t is said by his friends, that
' has never made mistake in his profe
a sion, during the four years he has be,
: doing business in this place, in putting I
e medicine. The junior partner. our youI
r friend II. T. Burgess, is creole, we b
e lieve, of our parish, and we can say wi
g truth, that there is "nOne more deserving
e Their assistant, Mr.. Pierson, is a goo
n jovial, study-to-please sort of fellow, w
1t attends strictly to his own business, al
V lets others alone. We are glad to s.
~ that this firm is in very prosperous conc
It ton.