The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-08
Hon. Anthony Wayne Faulkner.

Hon. Anthony Wayne Faulkner.
Among the things slumbering in the
Vastly deep of the past, upon which we
are accustomed to call at times, is a bit
Of paper torn from some old ledger, up
on which is legibly written an affidavit
taken in June, 1864, by our esteemed
friend, the Hon. Anthony Wayne
Faulkner, of Caldwell. We introduce
Capt. Faulkner to those of our readers
who do not know him - they are
doubtless few in number-as the in
fuential member from Caldwell in the
present legislature and a leading men,
Der Of the great party of moral ideas.
He is a gentleman of great versatility
of talent and has remarkable faculty
for adapting himself to any and every
situation.
In the days when the Lost Cause held
sway in Louisiana, Capt. Faulkner was
an ardent and Jealous rebel, so-called.
1t is related of him that during that
memorable epoch he was an active par
tisan ranger and most efficient fur
Tough agent, and did, financially, Il
flourishing business in that line. Upon
the collapse of the Confederacy, our
venerable friend went into business as
a Radical politician, where he has
found active and constant employment
it is supposed at remunerative pri-
ces-and in that business he is still
engaged, his present object and purpose
being to secure his return to the legis-
lature from the parish of Caldwell.
The scrap of paper to which we have
referred, is an official document, pre-
pared when the Confederate govern
ment was calling for conscripts between
the ages of II and 10 years and Is and
so years. Capt. Faulkner was suspect
cd of being member of the latter class
on the near side of fifty-and he fell
under the memorable decree which an
memorable conscript officer was enforc-
ing upon all such persons. In this
emergency, Capt. Faulkner thought Of
an avenue of escape, and this is the
avenue through which he escaped:
Judicial Dist. Court, Clerks office.
Before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came a. w. Faulkner who after
being sworn according to law, deposes that
according to the best dates and means OF in
| formation that he is in possession OF, that
he is and was over fifty years of age at the
present enrolment OF conscripts between
| the ages of II and Is and between the ages
of As and SO, and that therefore he il not la
BILE to military service under the recent Act
OF Congress, approved Feb. u, 1864
day of June, 1854.
JOHN F. WARNER, Clerk.
Our venerable friend of "over fifty
years Of age" cleared his skirts of con-
scription, and went his way rejoicing
Very many strange things are occur
ing daily for the wonderment and con-
fusion Of this generation, and men
ought to wonder very cautiously. But
our friend Faulkner has eclipsed in his
person the wonders of all nations
Mythology furnishes a case of pcrpet-
ual youth; old Joshua made the sun
halt in his course; but Capt. Anthony
Wayne Faulkner enjoys and monopo-
Lies the distinction Of conquering old
Time and reversing the revolutions of
his wheel long enough for him who was
over fifty years of age in 1864 to be re-
juvenated and come out u dashing
youth Of Al years in 1869!
The proof of this anomalous achieve
ment will be exacted at our hands
and we have it, absurd as it may appear
for US to make the assertion. In IL
volume which lies before us entitled,
Testimony taken by the Sub-Commit-
tee of Elections in Louisiana" we find
Capt. Faulkncr's printed testimony
part 1, p. I'D referring to the cleo
ton troubles of 1868. In his testimony
the old man, he being then over 50
years of age, as per affidavit above, tcs-
tilted that he is only Al! And here
is his sworn declaration, made on the
18th of June, 1869:
TO Nf,; Stevenson: I reside in Caldwell
Parish, Louisiana. l have lived there about
eighteen years. I moved into Louisiana
from mississippi. l born in Ohio.
have been in the South twenty-eight years.
l am about forty-seven years of age.
On page 713, Capt. Faulkner testi-
fies positively wide Question 13,5O8:)
I am torty-sevea gears Of ager'
No further proof, VIC imagine, will be
required at our hands; the caseis a clear
one and the proof positive, that Capt.
Faulkner has outwitted Old Time, and
is-what no other man ever was-seven