The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-31
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The New Orleans correspondent %
the New York Tribune undertakes to
enlighten the sable readers Of that ap-
proved Black Republican sheet by re-
failing few items Of "news" from the
Parish of Rapides. "Our own cores
pondentn would have the Radicals be-
lieve that a state of anarchy exists in
this Parish, and proceeds to draw on
his fertile imagination for facts to boil
ster up his statement. He says that
there are nineteen murder cases on the
docket of our Court and that the presi-
ding Judge represents the state Of feel
ing such that none Of them can be
brought to justice.
Now there is not one word of truth
in this statement. Ifthere are nineteen
indictments for murder on the docket,
nine Of them are for the murder of one
man, and six for that of another, and
in both instances, we believe, the muir
ders were committed by jayhawkers
during the war-"Union Scouts" as
they were called, in the military SER
vice of the United States. Judge Coo
ley 1.-THE presiding Judge spoken of
though he came to our Parish with pre-
iudices derived from his associates in
New Orleans, was happy to testify on
his departure that the people of Rap
ides are no worse than other people,
and that they are just as Moyal"-a
term which, according to the Radical
vocabulary, implies the very sublimity
of order, justice and virtue.
The Tribune man goes on to say that
Colonel Frisbee had been notified by
committee of citizens, headedsby Judge
Ryan, that he must leave the Parish,
and that no Yankee would be permit
ted to reside here hereafter. Now it
singularly happens that the day after
the extract from the Tribune appeared
in the Crescent, the Democrat contain
ed a letter from Colonel Frisbee to
Judge Ryan, expressing his gratifca-
ton at his acquittal on two criminal
charges, by juries composed mainly Of
secessionists and Confederate soldiers,
stating explicitly that a Yankee can
live in Rapides as safely and peaceably
as any other man, and thanking Judge
Ryan this committee chairman) for his
personal exertions before the jury in
bringing about a result so satisfactory
to himself. To that letter we refer as a
complete refutation Of the charges
scattered through the North, by un-
scrupulous a.liners, for the pur-
pose Of bringing down Radical wrath
upon our heads.
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u The soirees musicales, dansantes,
valsantes ct sOhisky-cales, with which
our town was cursed with during the
whole of last Winter and Spring at q
neighboring plantation, have again
been inaugurated and are in full blast.
People may think we have no right to
scold our country friends for this, but
we are sure did they know the internal
nuisance it is to our people in town,
they would abate it at once. The town
niggers attend en- nnasse and get back to
town about daylight, drunk, boisterous
and kicking up HI generally; and
these things though they annoy good
people on the Sabbath morning, which
is the morning the biggest fuses occur,
never are interfered with in the least
by our vigilant civil officers. On last
Saturday night these colored Bachana-
lians had a grand affair Of it, good old
tanglefoot being in the ascendant, and
a real fuss all around being the result.
They shindigged oil night till broad
day light and come to town, without
the gals, loaded to the guards with the
pure busthead, and, our word for it, we
never have heard such scandalous con-
duct-whooping, cursing and going on
allowed before in any decent commu-
nifty. Let it be attended to and abated
The NEGRo's New REL1eIoN.-The
Rev. c. X. Marshal, of Mississippi,
writes to the Baltimore Episcopal Meth
odist as follows: A.
~ am preparing for publication, in
one paper, an article on the relapse Of
our negroes into the vilest African SUI
perstitions. The downward way out
here is frightful. Leading, old artful