Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-21
The Cnereystue Tournanaent.

INC SUeSscICLCtc 1OWTIt0Mcn
: The word Tournament natural
: suggests its concommitant, ciiivalry
and to speak of chivalry ii these day
OF deeentIacy and deniOfaIjzatiol
would be apt to provoke cynica
smile; nevertheless it still exists an,
though Southern Chivalry is a tern
used by our northern and wexter.
friends in rather a contemptuous OF
sarcastic sense, they express truly q
quality or feeling more general m thai
section than In any other part'of thu
known world, although in some instan-
ces il may be misguided or rh,$iitct'
ed. II takes some time tor7the breed
of men as we'll ~ cattle and horses tn
run out, and the blood OF the Southern
Bayards OF the revolution and war ut
1872 is red and warm in the veins of
their descendants, and in no place or
neighborbood in the whole South
could this proposition be more strong
~ aud forcibly demonstrated than In
the one Of which We are writing
1t is true that the principal attrac.
ton To the dangerous jousts of old,
will be wanting in the peaceful games
of our time, and only rings will be
carried of on the points of bloodless
iances. instead OF mailed knights be-
ING hurled crushed and bleeding from
their saddles to weller or groyel in the
i"'es' .gis---s. Jgff EzH ~ - sglkty Il
7i1 Two however Of the ancient attri-
butes and accomplishments of chiyal-
ry stih survive and will be exhibited
and displayed on the ensuing oeca-
sion; devotion to the fair. sex. and
dextrous craftsmanship, 6br it requires
az mucil expertEess in the latter to
carry Oh the ring, AZ to strike fairly
onstl1e helm or shiver the lance in the
centre OF the shield |; and then comes
the cOnqueror's reward in the selection
OF the fairest in his eye, and the Queen
Of Love and Beauty for the day. 20 /
Frivolous as such amusements may |
appear to astoo s0ber.sided view of |
The case, they serve a most desirable
eini particularly In the present state of /
society where therezis so little of, that
social intercourse, = and neighborly
feeling which was one of the siistin.
gushing traits of the sOuthefs people
in the good old days. That every
hing will be- done towards making
start TO the revival of those hap.
,y days, BY the managers Jfthe Che
aey vtl,e Fete no one lio knows them
.an have any possible doubt. The
most extensive and exhaustive pre,,ar-
'tions have been mace, and only the
most unforseen and improbable acct.
lent can prevent the occurrence oil
'uch gala day IS has rot been seen
II Rapides for many q long year. Hsz
VERY PossIBLE.-Col Geo. w. Car
er OF Confederate and Custom House
memory, has lately been making a
peech in st. Louis, il, the course of
vhich, he asserted, that at the election
n this State in November next, ten
thousand colored men, would either
lot vote at all, or vote the democratic
icket. If-the Colonel bad contenteil
imself with the first part of his pre-;
iction, we might have set him down
not q prophet OF the son of q prophet,
I least as pretty Well posted, as from :,
resent appearances taking Rapides
8 = sample OF how registration will be I
onducted all over the State, there is
fair ground for apprehension, that
many legal voters, or voters who have
he right to register, viii not have an ,
Of doing so.l AS to the lat I
rr part Of the same assertion, OF rata {
r the alternative that ten thousand
olored voters win support the demo.
ratio ticket, *e think it much more
- 'h'
REGTsTRATION.-We had Intended {
$ We intimsted last week, persi,ing ,
be SUBJECT OF registration farther in
ne present number, aud showing how 8
Teat an injnstice had been done tn