Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16
The Louisiana Legislature.

We gave in letter from New Or
leans two weeks ago some of our i'm
pressions of the General Assembly of
this State-and since thcniswe have
come across the following racy. sketch
from "a correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, which lays our Ihumble at
tempt completely in the shade. OF the
widow Observation-Disclosures. we may per
,haps have some thing further to say,
though as regards the ace full and
flush seqnence, WE are Ofiithe opinion
that some Vt 'ourpreaders. ara already
'sufiicientlyIposted. N .tiea ~ VISA
IAN ILLUSTRATIVE SCENE IN THE
i;rlii SIS u t.s9 HOUsE.n0 JislB sni
aeAs might beexpected, Ia.seene in the
LpAislaiia, Legii nature. ois somewhat
Picturesque aud noteworthy to a. pill
Gin fr0m the fey and puritaincal
4 North. Pie sessi6Hs'of this body, and
most of the Executive and Legislative
Offices, are in the bsildlng known as
the Mechanics, Institute, ON Dryades
street, for which the State pays 3d.
600 d year rent. The Hall of the
House OF Representatives. is a large
square affair, vithonti galleries, tand
'but indiifeI eutly, adapted, to its .pur-
pose. To. it YOUR correspondent re
paired today, for the purpose Of see
ing the show. - s ~ath b
- 1t was il O'clock, and the Solons
were assembled in full force. Having
4 the representative wisdom of the
State before me in black and white
Joke, eorrfd not refise 10 recognize
1T ass legal. The blacks seemed tn pre-
dominate oser the whites in numbers.
and the deliberations sbo ed that they
were not much behind in intellect
So far AZ intelligence goes, the facial
Indications OF the beds were not very
prepossessing. i have seen Northern
/ Legislatures with which it would more
4 tavorably compare, so far as moral
1 character is concerned,
lbW eoh i5EG : saj go ist
OPENING TIE, BALL. ,,..,
The roll was called. a eo,ored
(. brother, in velveteen coat and butter
\ nut brooches, addressed the Throne of
4 Grace, evincing "A most implicit trust
in the Omnipotence of the Deity; for
nothing but .emnipetenoe could hear
a word which the Reverend Chaplain
uttered, amid the general Babel. !. A
member (who is also a Parish Judge
and United States official Of high
standing) stopped discussing with a
! fellow member the relative merits of
an ace-fnll and sequence-fush (lcgal
technicalities of which the reader
knows nothing) long enough to assure
7 nae that it was very able prayer,
and that the velveteen Chaplain un-
derstood his business. Ia this the
members appeared to have had entire
{ confidence, for they allowed him to
have it all to himself M
f. RELIEVING THE WIDOWS.
The House then wont into Commit.
tee OF the Whole for the accommoia
ton of a Widow Barlow, who had a
relief bill pending. 1t was announced
by the Chief Clerk-a keen, fat fellow.
who Ranks as "a celored NAN, but
!,
of Ethiopian blood--as :. House bill
one hundred and forty foe" " This bill
was 7'put through the -Oommittee
though not without greatg eentnsion,
under the generalship of ,Gartskamp,
, "a small German with goatee, who
keeps himself dashed into a perfect fu
ny. ef leglslativef momentum all. the
session through. aud whose zeal for the
Widow Barlow ;(whos was present IL
her weeds, lobbying) was only equaled
! lty his belligerency and aggressiveness
|, in sprifging points of order upon hi:
fellow members. e g ss.{ &;
a small ,mulatt0 with,a small head
IA la &c diamond pin, and long gold
; chain, rises aud vocifefstes to the
/. Chair. So do eigh: others; but thu
small mulatto is recognized, and has
his say upon the Widow Barlow's
clafni- What is worse, he opposes it
with. some colalnohpEaces about spend
| ing the peoples money. Alas! car
suth ungallaht feeling ratlkle beneath
such a diamond breastpiili The mo
zion is to be put. Twosiozen member!
call for the ayes and noes, unmindfii
OF the rules, which do not allow aye.
aud Il .es in Committee OF the Whole
Tile coininittee rises, reports the Wild
ow BarIow's claim fayofabty, and til.
formal session recolnrfiences. Up I,
D this time two thirds Of the member.
: had been standing III the aisles ant
a yoclterating to the Chair. g '
: After the Resumption Of the reglila