The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-09-19
NEW ORLEANS C0RRESP0 NDENCE.
NEW ORLEANS. Sentemher s.

exceedingly incoigruous and ridiculous il
the spectacle of q huge negro, dressed il
the uniform of the United States and witt
a FURNISHED musket and fixed bayonet, pa
icing with complacent pomposity, in thes,
dull piping times Of peace, in front Of TIL
Twiggs mansion on Prytania street. Tn
waylarers attention being ronsed, he CLAN
ces in ut the interior Of the mansion to SCI
a lot Of simpering gentlemen; with pape
collars, long necks, aud the invariable SIX,
fblue; most of them with brass buttons OF
their white waistcoats, and in their prig
gish costume ambitiousy aping the rea
soldier. General TWiggs' house is, be
lieve, occupied by the Freedmens Bureau
Now what can be the use for the arlne(
sentinel before The door? Is it to protect
the sanctimonious r. BIS. from the rage Of
the .rebelious people Of New Orleans?
Then, Lafayette Square is occupied by
a company Of the lst Infantry, and the grin
pageantry Of war is exhibited on d puny
scale there, apparently to hold the authori
ties in the City Hall opposite in awe ane
terror-but really to afford pastime and
show for the vagrant negroes with whom
thepoor old city absolutely swarms. Re
veille and tattoo, guard mounting and re-
lief, muster and drill, are here conducted
on the most approved principles, and with
that gravity which is always necessary in
face of the enemy. The military aathori
ties seem to think an outbreak may Occur
at any moment, else why all this parade
and preparation?
I presume General Sheridan has been SC
stung and exasperated by the home thrusts
Of the city press that he is determined to
(" show the d. rebels" that he is boss
over us, and the more unpalateable martial
law is to the citizens the longer they shall
have to endure it.
The Picayune and Crescent portrayed in
the strongest colors the uselessness and
folly Of superceding civil authority here
and sutjecting the liberty and convenience
of the inhabitants to the nod and beck O
every "petty, pelting officer" But this
only makes Sheridan the more obstinate
andsmulish.
! suppose your readers have all seer
Judge AbeA's letter to Sheridan-it pro
voked no reply, but his manly and coura
geous defence Of himself must have been q
bitter pill for the General, and the repartt
which he gave his military yilifer en- pleiae
poitrine must still rankle in his heart.
But the circumstance which must Ger
tainly most mortify Sheridan's overWeen
ing vanity was the combative message sen,
him by the gushing King Cutler. Cutler
could pass in contemptuous silence the
abuse, the acurses, not loud but Deep O
the "infernal rebels" but no man Of sher
idan's loyalty and position should class
him among dad men," / can't find ou'
the name of Cutters adventurous " friend,
but have heard that when the message was
received the impetuous little general jump
ed up in a fury, and cried tell that d.
thief that if he or any Of his friends com.
round here to annoy me, I'll kick then
out" The truculent Cutler is not thu
brayest OF the braye-he got up company
of boys at the Beginning Of the war, dubbed
them "the King Cutler Guards, and usei
to make speeches in true cutlerian style
i. e. Ia furious appeals to patriotism ant
self-devotion, without sense or connection
got off with the gesticalations OF madmar
and the grammatical barbarism of corn
field b. B. But for himself in the war
nihHft. It is said K. Cutler lived many
years,ago in Indiana, but that he was in
duced to leave that State on account o.
some little feats in initiative penmanship
1t is also stated that true BILL from the
Grand Jury Of that State was found agains,
him for several little delinquencies which
entitle man to rest from the turmoil ane
labor of out door life, in a substantial edi
flee erected by the liberality Of the Legisla
ture. Iii is further reported that in sui
pending in the Parish Of Jefferson, tn,
moral character Of the King was question
ed and a copy Of the Indiana true bill sem
for; but the war stopped all communica
ton with the West. Afterwards, wher
the illastrieus Butler occupied the city, til,
King suddenly discovered that the lands il
the bay Of Honduras offered the mosi
wonderful inducements to the Immigrant
so he sllrreptitiously departed for thai
tropical region. Some malevolent persons
asserted that the King was afraid the littl,
affair would reach the cock-eyed spoor
thiefs ears, and the copy be sent for Vi,
the circuitous route Of New York and tn,
Atlantic; but after a years self constitu
ted exile the majestic King returned to tn
| city and ingratiated himself with Butler.
"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
As q member Of the Convention ofls64
the King manifested a zeal, an eIoquenc,
and originality which were amazing. Tn
brandy 50 literally supplied by the Stat
formed the staple for his orations, an,
those Of them which are preserved in tn
debates Of the Convention of 1864 will
as remarked by Professor Parson Of tn
Lake poets, be read when Chatham an
/ ESkine are foYpottan--.hut not t;ll +bon