The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-04-25

tragedy of that name is not more requisite
for successful stage representation than
was the part Of HUI Kennedy in the farce
Of the civil government Of Louisiana. To
carry out the intentions of the Government.
tai party, it was first necessary to intimi'
date from the polls those who were oppos.
ed to the existing dynasty. For that pnr.
pose some prominent and active Democrat
must be sacrificed, and Gruber presented
himself at, for both himself and theh, on
inauspicious moment. PoeF Fred fell, but
the atrocity Of the deed rufHed up our spir'
its and put a tongue in every wound Of the
murdered man that cowed and paralysed
the assassins. The accused we're ordered
to be released in order that they might dc
their part in carrying the Election.
VIII you credit me when / tell you, posi-
lively, that on the day Of Election the pc
lice force of New Orleans Aumbefed--
regular policemen. and TWENTY SIX HUN
DRIED extra policemen, all pledged, or rath
er sworn, not only to vote, but to use every
endeavor for the success Of the Wells tick
Ell The proof is at hand and can be lAr
nished.
The ex.apotheeafy Hi. advertises bis
property for sale, soured no doubt by the
ingratitude Of the New Orleans people
whom he has done SO much so called /" IL
redeem. God grant US happy radiance
Of the ambitious songrado, and q speedy
exodus Of all his faithful compatriots:
There is quite number of stipendiaries
from Northern and Western radical sheets,
now in the city, who are here for the sole
purpose Of manufacturing injurious stories
about the South. They frequent every
public place, walk on Canal street with
unblushing impotence, and good many
Of them dress in gray, the better to pre-
serve their incognito. They are now at
tempting to rebut the evidence Of General
Lee before the reconstruction Committee
and of course will succeed-with the Com
mittee.
The streets and sidewalks are absolutely
thronged with people and all sorts Of vehi
cles-former years bear no comparison to
the animation and the press of the present
time. On Magazine street you hourly Gee
half dozen or more Of the city cars com
ing down, and all jamined together BY the
heavy teams Of merchandise which block
the way. The stores Of fancy articles on
Canal street are daily enctoaching upon
the private dwellings, and there are now
as many moa;stes and shoe and grocery
stores ON It, below Rampant, as fifteen years
ago were to be found on its whole length
From morning till midnight constant
and reduent line Of street cars ply between
Clay statue and the extreme limits Of thu
city. Each one is filed with heterogen.
GUS wayfarers from all parts Of the world
The star cars are the favorite resort Of The
negroes-you see them here in every phase
from the graceful and well dressed quad
room to the uncouth, gaudy and barbarou'
plantation hand.
You frequently meet gangofthem van
dering from the steamboat landing, tn
father, with his hickory and his bundle
resembling the cut Of the runaway" o
former times, the nanny Haunting in I
straw bonnet adorned with scarlet rose
and immense ribbons, her feet probabl.
bare, the duplex hoops exposing the syne
try Of her heels and shins, and in her han,
a tiny parasol to shield her from the amo
rous rays of Dan Phubus. The rear is gen
orally brought up by 3 numerous troop o
young ones, diferingone from another con
siderably in complexion and other charac
teristics Of an identical paternity. The,
wander without aim or ultimate purpos
all day about the city, and night End
them footsore and exhausted, looking il
vain for food OF shelter. The time viii
come, not in our generation, perhaps, bu
in the one which will succeed us, whel
the Southern negro will yearn for his "cat
in door fast by the wildwood" and liste1
with emotion and regret to the storie
about old massa and the genial labors an
comforts Of Dixie.
Have you none Of the Japan Plum 1
your Parish1 It ought to flourish as wei
there as in Orleans, and will grow from Ii
clippings. The original tree, which mo-
hos offshoots in every garden in New o
leans, was brought from japan by Con
modore Perry on his famous cruise IN IL
Pacific twenty odd years ago, and
branch Of it obtained by a gentleman /,
this city, took root, and, together with i
T offshoots, now furnishes immense quaint
ties Of a delicious fruit, much more refresl
ing than the damson plum.
We have lately had very heavy rain
cleaning out the streets, but, with the ii
of the gulf water and South Eastern gale
flooding the rear suburbs The wat
came up to within o very short distance
the populous portion Of the city, a.
, skiffs, pircgues and gunnels wero absolut
, ~ necessary for people to keep up comm
nication with the outer world. The
temporary inundations cannot be guArds
: against: Lake Ponchartran Il the rssd
voir for excessive rains, but when th,
, basin Il filled BY tho backwassr dom u
lGulf the surplus necessarily spreads or