The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10


erty and distress. It's a government higher
than Thomas, or Sherman, or Sheridan
it's the loss ofcrops; the want Of rain. Th,
military never stopped the corn from
CROWN, and there's just as much rain il
ona platform as another. !, If the good Lore
will only bless us with abundant harvests
everything will go on smooth enough Will
the humble and honest people who drive
the pillow and hoe the corn If they pros
per, everybody else will too, if they mine
their own business. We will have to quit
talking so much, and quit writing altogether
-muzzled lips and y gagged press. I've
done took warnin myself, and quit. Hai
MY life insured in the Knfckerbocker, ani
the policy wont allow me to expose myself
to jump into unnecessary peril. The mill
tary can out write us anyhow. Folks say
the pen is mightier than the sword, but you
put 'em both together, and they'll flank {
man out of his liberty, and may be his life
F in double quick. The Mayor of this town
had little billet doin with General Thomas
the other day, and only come out, second
best. though it wasn't an open field nor q
fair fight. | thought myself that Il order
must be . hoax, got up by Brick Pomeroy
or somebody, and was looking for the
General to come out in card denyin Of it
but I soon found that it was q genuine
Robesperian document. | shall think his
|posterity will deny it some twenty years
hence.
Well, I was mighty mad. / would have
given hundred dollars to have played Van
toun with him one hour, Just to have been
turned loose in the papers, all free, no gag,
no Jail, no barracks, no bayonets, no guard.
! would have got such grin on him for
the next six months as would have made
everybody except Brick Pomeroy forget
that Beast Butler stole spoons. alvin on
their magnanimityp / tell you that got
me, that burnt me, when | knew there
wssent enough magnanimity in i ship load
ofall such to support d poor Reb twenty
foar hours Magnanimity! My opinion is
they've lost the seed, and don't know what
the commodity is. was as full of wrath
as Brownlow is of pisen. Language come
to me spontaneous regular hidelifters, that
would have peeled the hide from mans
carcass like skinnin an alligator. But you
see was in the cautions state, and had to
smother my feelings. / think should have
gone up with spontaneous combustion if
my wife hadent broke the spell with her
eomick scenes. She is an amusin and in
terestin woman, but much given to music
in these days of numerous and lively off
spring, but just as soon as order q come
out, she hunted up The stray iecl,et' md
The conquered banner and Jest such a
solo soiree as I have q times week, was
never heard in Big Shanty before. She
seems to take delight in lettin the rebel
flag on the title page "see the light, and
'haunts it about in my face because call
myself a Union man. She says that part
of the order about General IIansons re-
mains was founded on scripture, and SO
was Phil. Shefidan's about Gen. Johnston's,
for Solomon says ID Acclesiastes, "that a
living dog Is better than dead lion" My
bpihion is that it will be Impossible to har-
monte these women dtrin this century.
Such order as 81 will cut of all hope Of 1t. /
think if General Thomas hadn't been a
Virginian, he wouldn have issued il. I've
noticed that when Virginian falls, he falls
heavy and fur. He gifts further over on the
side agin us than anybody. I've heard that
the General and Edward Johnston we're
both powerful secesh and rot mighty i'm
patient because the Old Dominion was so
slow in nloyin. The General said all the
good officers would be gobbed un before
she seeded. Well, they say old Gen
Scott got hold Of 'em aboiit this time, and
took 'em up into a high mountain. and
showed 'em Il kingdom or two. aud the
General fell down and worshippesl; and Ed
Johnston woulaent. ! tell you. myf,icnds,
. man ought to be careful about going up
onto these dangerous mountains !; and this
leads meto remark we oight to petition
Mr.. Joh'is1n to pat over Biz s;hanty a
general who stood square to his State.
Hope for the best, my friends. Don't
imagine you see painters .ond iniuns because
we are iii d territory. DoEf mistake Bu-
reau track for bear sign. Don't fear it
will be sickly becaase Florida is hitched on
to our diegins. Attend to your business,
keep off OF high mountain; and oil will be
well. ] would say more but my wife's
music has begun,
Yours, respectfully,
Bill ARP.
?. ST. date my letter from Big Shanty,
as ! hear these three s'diggins" are to have
that name. Let us all be thankful we know
where we are. For two years its been
doubtful whether we were in or oft. My
opinion now is that zoe are 6nt, and heard
a female voice say Whoopee R.A.