New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-16
A REMNANT OF THE Cs>NF EDERATE
STATES ARMY.
The Adventures of Colonel Glrake, Of
Georgia-His: especuIatiens asd Fascin-
a,ions in kentocky-A Little of Every
Mind Of Businssss-A Live Gea-gian.
iyrom the LQulsvilIe Comm .il--J

From the Louisville Comper ciC~~J
The name of Colonel A. Drake, late of
Georgia. and formerly of the Confederate
States Army, is a familiar one to5ilanE ~
our readers His lofty and impresgiye man
ner in his intercourse with our feIlSw-cltl-
zeus has been such as 10 convince aay one
that not to have known Colonel A. Drake
of the Confederate States army. i &c aaNe
lived in vain--actually IL vain.
About a year ago he came to Lor.aTiile
from Georgia, mpelled in his desire to lc-ve
that State by the insignificant occurrence Of
having killed couple of Ken III a political
discussion. To this tritlipg affair, which
should not have put any gentleman to ;.Ay
Inconvenience, Louisville is Indebted for the
refreshing appearance OF Coionel A. DRAKE.
We might here observe, that while he is \
Drake among business men, he is regarded
.ts duck among all ladies of good taste
When he came to this city he Joined the
firm of Hodoson s. Co, but his versatility
of character and resources being ef such a
peculiar nature, the senior member was de
lighted 10 get rid of A. Drake. liz July he
was employed by Wade, Gaines ~ Co.
Gueensware dealers, on Main street. be
tween Seventh and Eighth, as a travelling
salesman. He was such a valuable bird
that he was deemed too costly A. Drake for
this firm and they esteemed themselves IF
Inarkably fortunate in severing the conEe"-
ton between them in September
Since that time Colonel Drake has been
making a grand triumphal tour through the
State, collecting gratuitously old bills for
Wade, Gaines 4 Co., with The tHfing III
tOrmallty of keeping the full amounts i'll his
own Draconian pockets, instead of renting
them to their owners.
In his tour, with Il magnaninity unpar-
alleled, he stopped a, Eminence. where Il
new hotel is in course Of erection. and after
q conversation with the Droprietors- he con
eluded to rent the new hotel for five wears
paving a rental OF $500 yearly. lie pro
posed furnishing the hotel parlors AZ an cX-
pense OF $1,000 In fact, ne remarked that
the Gait House parlors would h. decidedly
thrown into the shade after he had furnished
his parors after mis- own designs. On the
strength Of his promises, he was Toasted for
week by the gullible proprietors. The
ladies in town were jnbilant. They had
needed lust such gentleman to make the
town lively, and Colonel A. Drake was ex-
actly the man. He was, indeed. He bled
the unhappy Eminence people, and then
left to attend to some important business III
some other place.
He appeared at Frankfort the seat Of
legislative stupidity and h-priccd board
g-houses. Envious rumor says he hired a
horse and carriage from a credulous livery
keeper, and forgot to return it. The mind
of Colonel 4. Drake could hardly be ex
pected to come down to trtling matter o.
horse and buggy.
His last transaction was in whisky. He
went to Lawrcnceburg, and az the agent OF
Wade. Gaines & Co., bought, on thirty
days time, ten barrels of whisky, which he
had shipped TO the firm, calculating on
reaching here and releasing the whisky and
selling il for cash before being discovered.
The whisky come tO hand-so did q letter
.ng I'VE have shipped to Your address ten
barrels whisky. bought by your agent.
Colonel A. Drake.
Waluc. Games q Co, dealing III queens
ware and the crockery trade exclusively.
and having no eXtravagant capacity fer
drinking whisky, couldn't reasonably need
the barrels. so they placed an officer at the
depot to watch for Colonel \. Drake. De
monstrating the old proverb that the old
gentleman down below exercises 1ortu-
nate supervision over the fortunes OF his
own elect. Colonel A. Drake heard OF the
reception awaiting him, and didn't come to
Louisville But he did something much bet
ter and more advantageous to Drake. He
drew on the Mechanics Bank, III this eiyy,
for 500, and the bank III Lawrcnceburg,
anxious to accommodate q gentleman with
such a dsting,tc air, honored his draft. his
transaction was perfectly regular. with the
tritiing exception that the assets OF the
Colonel at the Mechanics Bank were repre-
scented by O.
Colonel Drake is still traveing-p possibly
buying or renting hotels, drawing on coun-
try banks for his expenses, while he lends
his powerful energies to collecting old bills
for Waldo. Gaines & Co. We have nothing
but pity for any opponent that might pos
aibly, in temerity OF ignorance. cross his
path, for the colonel would no more hesitate
IN, ur1o
away" than he would to hire a horse, or
rent hotel. With the possibility that this
remnant OF the Confederate States Army
will receive the reward that awaits well
directed efforts TO live on other people, we
can only hope that Georgia viii receive back
70 her paternal bosom her erratic, errlng
son. and forgive the little ebullition OF TEN
per in which he thoughtlessly killed q couple
Or 20 Of men.
We might add, by way Of clincn.r, that
d largo number % good people here. who
have loaned money divers times t. the
colonel, are now anXiously wondering and
booking for A. Drake.