The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-30
LETTER FROM OLD "TIM."
IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH THE Ex-HoN
BLowHARD sNoBKINs-THE SOUTH
ERN CoNFEDERACY TO BE RE-
EsrABLIsH ED.

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Special and Extraordinary Correspondence OF
the Louisiana Democrat:
EVANSVILLE, La, SEPT. 81, 1868.
Friend Democrat In obedience to
your orders made rapid preparations for q
visit to this place. Icalled at No. 3s
Camp Street and procured from Christian
& Hyatt, one quart bottle of French writing
fluid, gross of lead pencils and ream of
fools-cap paper, and had them charged to
the committee on Ways aud Means, of
course don't mean to pay for them. 1
then made visit to our whole-souled (if
he dealt in shoes he whould have them all
double soled) friend Capt. G. J. Barstow, of
the firm of Eaton & Barstow. No. 16
Tchoupitoulas street. The Captain was
busy receiving new goods, Pickles Preserves
Jellies, Hams, Flour and all that sort Of
thing, but greeted me heartily and produc-
ed the Bourbon. I then got some supplies
from him, one box segars, four bottles Of
old Bourbon, three ditto Jamaica Rum,
three ditto Cognac, another box segars, six
bottles Bourbon, one box sardines, some
more Bourbon and pocket full of sweet
crackers. I told the Captain I would pay
him out of the public funds, when the Con-
federate Government was re-estabIished
and became Secretary of the Treasury,
which you know will be on the fourth of
March next. He replied you bet! F"
winked three times and gave me the grip.
wound up my preparations by dropping
in on Joe Stockley, one of the best of
"Nature's Noblemen" OF the wholesale drug
house Of Ball, Lyons l. Co., Corner Of
Camp and Gravier streets. As / was going
into desperate country and would travel
lightly, feared that might be mistaken
for pet-Bagger, and so Joe put up
for me pound of asafetida to keep off the
sooyfsh Confederates., In addition he gave
me half gallon jug Of Castor oil, one box
seidlitz powders, one pound SIENNA and
mamma, one quart calomel and jallop. a bot
tie Rose hair oil and tooth brush. In
case of any attack, by the Aforesaid wolves,
I provided myself with three dozen citrate
of magnesia intending to fire the corks at
my assailants, and drink the liquid myself,
feeling sure that, like kicking gun, If it
did not kill at one end it would at the other.
I told Joe to charge these articles and he
replied charge Chester charge" I thought
Chester was good man to charge it to,
SO left him to call on our friend DR.. Drew,
President of the Hancock Club. The DR..
pronounced my equipments complete.
."Tell our friends in the country to or
game, (he said was leaving) and bring
in as many colored voters as possible, to
every auxiliary club, we will furnish free Of
cost, flag, badges and certificates for each
member If, they want any further infor-
nation, ask them to write to j. III. Halsey
Esq, Hancock Club, New Orleans"
promised to assist the Hancock boys
all could, in their endeavors to make the
organization of our party complete through
out the State. ''' st 3i
Feeling the importance of my mission
which it is needless to say, was to call upon
leaders Of the late Confederacy, and obtain
their views Of the sit, both for use in the
present campaign, and to run opposition to
the "Porkopohs Trader" 1 wished to
make haste rapidly and therefore took the
schooner "Lost Cause" at the New Basin
The "Lost Cause" rendered valuable ser
vice to the Rebels in the late war as al
oyster transport, and was now up for Blazes
vile, where she arrived in less than week
BIazesville, is a place round which tbt
lights of history will ever play (Keno ani
seven-up are the favorites now because
within its limits is situated the residenc,
of the celebrated Ex-H Hon. Blowhard Snob
kins, who served the late "So-C Called" will
self-sacrifcing devotion, in the trying ant
perilous position ola Cotton Agent. Tit
town is situated few miles from the elias
sic shores of lake Pontchartrain, and il
passing over the road after leaving tn,
schooner had splendid opportunity t.
admire the beautiful and symetrical ALI
gator and the melodious gallinipper 'whicl
do here abound On the road met
boy about fourteen years of age, chunkey
thickset youngster, with q round fat fac
and light bushey hair, he was evidently o
the German persuasion, 'Are there an,
Ku-Klux around here? I asked; as h
opened his sleepy eyes and looked at me
~" Men /" g5l s
| "Any X. w. C's?" -
"Nien!" -
How many miles to BIazesville?n
i Men 4" sa
u thought that nine must be o mystic
number in these parts, and if had ye
that distance to travel had better up an,
| git. In . few minutes, however, turne,
another bend (not the Grecian bend) ii
the road, and entered the peaceful town o
Blazeville, whose inhabitants have obeye,
the injunction of the Great Commander
the American Wellington" Let us hav
Peace for here you see the men AMIGA
bly, taking their pine-top, smoking an,
chewing the natural loaf and ;ndnio;p