Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-08-30
PROFESSIONALLY Astonished.

Hon. Charles Gayarre, tho eminent histo-
rian of Louisiana, and the present reporter
1.-THE Supreme Court is as il appears to us
a gentleman liable to be very easily and
very unreasonably astonished. Like many
other salaried officers of the State, he has
experienced some difficulty in getting his
pay, and conceivlng that Auditor Clinton
had not acted exactly as gentleman, a
scholar or public officer should act, he
gets up pamphlet for limited circulation
among his (the reporters) friends, to paint
the Auditor Treasurer or the Treasurer Au
ditor, in his true light as he saw him. An
extract from the pamphlet may be found
in the New Orleans Herald of the 2lst Au-
gust, which the editor of that paper says
will give an excellent idea of the whole,
and one sentence which we give of that ex-
tract will give an excellent idea of it:
Now, sir, it being incontestable that You
lied to me and to Judge Cotton, am forced
to the conclusion that, being liar, you
are logically q scoundrel, always in your
official capacity, be it understood. There
are not two words in the English language
which harmoHize with more exquisite fell
city Webster, in his dictiona Y, defines q
scoundrel to be "a mean, worthless fellow
and a rascal" and if you turn to the same
authority for the definition of the word
rascal" you will find that rascal signifies
scoundrei, or mean, worthless fellow, and
therefore liar.
This spicy production Judge Gayarre dis
tributed among his friends, or ten OF doz-
en- of them with the understanding that it
was Gas he says> strictly confidential, and
then left the city for twelve days, and
when he returned was Mortified and aston.
ished to find his brochure, or the bitterest
portion of it made public, as if dozen
men more than o dozen women could
keep secret. Astonished and very indig.
nant, however, he claims to be, and in proof
sends the subjoined letter to the Repxblioam,
which looks very much like locking the
stable after the steed has been stolen,
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:
! have seen this morning with extreme
ooOuiSuHicut yOuT duuSlOu TO u pampnlel
said to have been published by me against
Auditor Clinton. published no such
pamphlet. had twenty copies printed at
the Caxton Press by Mr.. Keefe, with the
strict injunction that they should be seer
by nobody, which he promised in the most
explicit manner. / handed ten of these
copies to friends who were requested to
give me their opinion on the subject, stat.
ing to them that the printing had been
done, not for publication, but merely to en-.
able them to read with more care the docu.
menl to which called their attention. II
was strictly confidential, and, with the ex.
ception of four, all had, at my request, re.
turned to me the copies with which they
had been entrusted. There the matter wa,
intended to rest forever. The other foul
remaining copies would have been again in
my hands if / had not absented myself
twelve days ago, and came back only yes
terday. hasten to give you this informa.
ton, and will lose no time in obtaining
from the editor of the Herald the name OF
the person who communicated 20 him what
has given rise to your comments in tO-day's
paper.
Respectfully, ETC.,
CHARLES GAYARRE.