Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-02
1CORRESPONDENtE.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. oath, 1872.
Publisher Of Rapides Gazette:
DEAR SIR 1t womb dsdnbt to
most persons seem 70 b an ssy hing
and to one accustomed fpitle enfloy-
men t, 20 write 4 'la,g snd sn1ertsh hing
ler. nd ~ great bits, tbe focus
" bAsshess and amdAemeuss, for
the South at large, land the great head
centre of-the political excitement, now
prevailing throughout the State of
whichiit isahe Capitol, and yet when
one sits down to the task, he finds it
not so easy as it appearsS for though
tteFeisPienty TO write st0ut, sH15ects
hat.wonld interest the readsrs Of the
Gazette, are not by anyymeans 80 read.
iiy seieeted.iz sIOm o bGDof | .9no
q business generally appears to be
dull, though our great staple il still
arriving freely, and is Commanding .
good and constantly increasing price,
and from the loads which the,t boats
take up in every sdiDeotiou, it wOud
seem that planters found not much
difficulty ia getting their aeosssary
supplies, but in trying the thing your
seif, you, wilbfnd that in this, at beast
Appearances are very deceptive. jll,Ir
81 TlIeOday before yesterday there was
atrial Iisrelbetore u. 8. Commissioner,
Weller, OF u number of citizens 0f RAJ
pl,les, living OH Bayou Beuf, for q
violations OF the Civil Rights Bull or
kn Kiiix Laws i send you the report
of the case, and the decision of the
Commissioner.
Not having great deal else to do,
aud too unwell to move about much, 1
have spent most of my -foreno0ns in
the Senate Chamber having had the
,eatre secured to me, not only by the
courtesy'ef our own Senator, Mr.. Kelso,
but also BY my friend, the Senator
from st. Landry, General Anderson,
who in spite of the abuse heapeti upon
him by a portion of the New Orleans
press, and the Central Democratic
Committee. / find t., be one of the most
influential men in the General Assem-.
bly, and to one who knows him init
mately as the. writer does, this is no
wonder, for as have remarked before
he is not only a man Of singularly wen
balanced mind, calm aud unparalleled
Judgment, and great political foresight,
but is also one of the most ,urbane and
agreeable gentlemen in the State, aud
in his district where his universal hos
pitality and Kindness are well known,
he is the most popular man in it. Dir.
KeIso, ,oir own Senator, without being
much Of a speaker. appears to hold a
very respectable rank in the Senate,
being Chairman aud member of some
of the most important committees
This is the first time since the snrren.
der, that I have had any good oppor
tnnity OF Witnessing legislation under
the new order of things, and really
lnust say, without prejudice or bias-o1
any kind, that l find the new regim.
in many things very far behind the old
and this l say with regret and mGtia
cation, for being honestly and from
conviction a Republican it is exces
siyely disagreeable. to me, to be con
PEELED to acknowledge, that the tw.
houses of the General Assembly bow
SO far from being the decsrous not I.
say dignified bodies, which I renem
Der in days of yere, might be tral!,
called bear gardens, from the noise
confusion and utter want Of decent re
spect manifested in them, not only be
fore but after the sessions hare beel
opened. ff..,.
have only been in the House o
Representative two or three times, ant
I actually was bewildered, and how
the Speaker ever evolved order out Q
such a chaos of movement aud sound
cannot at all conceive. In the Sen
ate Chamber, before the opening Of tn
session at II M. the scene a good des
resembles t ,e play ground of = school
during recess. The pages ind Othe
employees, numbering I should thinl
fifteen or twenty, all boys or young
men of Color, and having with then
acquaintance from the outside, keel
up constant commotion, and cutting
all sorts of shines except playing a
marbles or ball. All the attaches o