Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-27

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM A
IE1PaIAE-We make the following extract
from a private letter from a frisnd who lstely
LEFT Ienpnis to take up his home in Texas. H9
| write under date Of The l4th inst, one mills
nom Alexandra, stuck Ia the mud"
. While In Il ~ Orleans I visited
the Senate and House OF Representatives {1od
save TIA MARK Of the Lszls14turs OF tie State
o. louisiana In the language Of d sddy Rice,
~~uCn e get ing 4 sJztrs you never DID see. such
a c;Giug down stairs loud pity me-" 1 first
wslE5d INTO tas chamner where the kepress--
tdlve- mis-legls!S g, and the sws t scented Al
rlcans mel my gzZe- IL was niEgsrs here, mig
gers ther and nigge-s over youdsr. Among
t1s blscS multitude CT Of mis- legislators there
we're sea e. ia br0tharly, IraternsI companion
ship, 3 few hi-ck-scsntsd lantern jaEed, knock
Eneed carpst-baEg5Ts. Like the visits ofsngels,
they were few aud far between. The bill before
the HOus- zed the increase Of salary OF
the Po ic men TO Sl.gO per annCm-they re-
&c We Low Sle5U. Gf course the handful OF
ID mOcr-tic representatives Indignantly pro-
ts ted ag-iu tine Increase, affirming that their
present CONDENSATION " $ sum lelT, and that
tn CITIZENS OF New Orieacs, who were already
ground Ucwn with Oppressive. onsrous
t9x&tiOD, would net submit TO this
Cd ttloaaI, unc tlled for imp sitlon. Inc
: eakeT. IN q radical un1s-hSnGs1 manner
peculiar 10 tlCse OF his lk and tribe.
!. Ct ie out OF order. The bll OF course.
passed. aud 1 dou55 not by this time has be-
come a law. w lRt can you eKpec. Of a pig
but q g-UuJ7" Therefore the few w1iEs audi
witDas inX this brilliant scalazaG coup d Stat.
w1lch, b he way was voc1erouEly spplsudea
~ Tee QusSy ASCENDING, (tTO-Enircg OF the
police a-e Americans OF African descent ) I de-
sesuded to he Senate chamber; IN the center,
elevate So)ve Jns white rsnsgadss and multi
colpreo Apes, was seated HIS hxcsilsncy, the
sabls hued President OF the Senate, Lieut.. Gov.
Dunn on the les OF the presiding officer. no.
tcsd the 1Aua'ical savag~, Brute Pinchbeck, he
who G Glazed with great gustO hat ten thou
sand o.ch8s should lay sew Orleans in ashes -
! also observed " Isabelle" another ebony fire.
eater, COM huniug with base hearted Wretchss
OF the geaUss aisEvaG- Disgustsd with the pro-
c~7e3ings, Ilsd, glad sgsin 60 inhsle the pare
God gwen az unit sinIsd b ths foul. impure
IN the l8th inst. 1 5sie adieu to my friends,
lone OF whom wish TO particularize, SIR. A.
| Fnedlaader, an aIiabie, tntelitgent aud high
toned gentisRlan,S aud al one tine a resident OF
Memphis aud took passage on board the low
command. Precisely at ave O'Clock D %. we
| Aidsd into tbs Mississippi. and New Orleans.
! with It's Stately edihcss, its toweTirg steepleS
and beautiful streets, soon passed from view.
] Our Tip thus far has beea sxceedingly cuiat
+ md m-OnolOnous. ROW and then We gel
/ anguifed in mud. With these si.ght exceptions
I We MAINTAIN the even tenor OF DOR wavD
l We have jas. raised the falls ore Inile above
! Alexandra, after eight hours tagging, putting
and o'oUtnE, and are now fairly on our way TO
| SkxayspOrL- who're crOoOdiIss and alItOafors
7 viii net modest us, ard where gentle, amiabls
/ Texans greet sou cordially, with a bowie k-ife
/ IA one hand and Z brace OF pistols in the other.
] We rave s~vsrsi aides on board, In whose
I company we &hls away our time. Oae OF
] them, Mics Alice HirsGheid, vho formeriy re.
| sided IN Memphis, though not affected with
| the 0re0ISn bend" Is Notwithstanding an
| smIab.e, gifted aGd accomplished yourg LADY.
| For fear l huuld sarfe I your readers with an
| oYerdose. 1 close /" fexaswara the star OF en-
ple takes II way III