The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-04-22
DaShes Here and There.

Our Caucasian friends are IN fino
trim and plight, despite the awful
weather, and have darted another par
THAN arrow from their we'll filled
culver right to the centre of the Jury
drawing, and we think somebody is
hurt; at least we must hallucinatipgly
imagine SO till the cigar box mystery is
removed and unravelled.
The appointment of our friend,
McGimpsey, to an Office which he can
but ably and houorably fill, although
we'll received by the people at large,
has created some editorial stir and all
the old musty books Of lawyerdom
have been searched in explanation Of
this modest Governors commission,
aud hard chopping seems the order OF
the vigilant quill drivers. We fancy
Nc. is unawares that he merits such
honorable notoriety.
Another question much mooted
and fbbcd about, still hangs fire, and
more than one shot has been fired in
explanation thereof, only to more and
more mystify the affair. Our friends,
Snellings and Osborn, the honorable
oustcd by Kellogg and some one else,
are still prominent on the stage of dis
cussion Of our fourth estate, and some
time between the present writing and
our next turkey carving may be
settled.
Blackstone, not him of great Com
mentatory and Legal fame, but an ex-
member of the receut Bayonet concern,
from our sister, old Natchitoches, has
come to his last grief, folded his tent,
drapery and all; and by a revolver's
bullet sent to the last home of all sim
ners here below. Alas! we knew him
not, but fame's true trumpet blast
sounded but few good notes in his fa-
vor, whilst he lived and ruled. The
Democrat place his departure hence
on record and thus announces partly
the deliverance Of our people from fur
Their evil on that train.
The Caucasian and our humble old
Journal, both working and struggling
in the same glorious cause, the vindi-
cation of the rights of our true people
have cause to rri,,ice ut the sunbeams,
which fasl, in their path to shed fur
Their light AHEAD. Two wings of our
colored folks # Rapidcs, have locked
horns OR some k'otted questions, and
had to turn to tie fourth estate for re-
dress and hearing before their con.
siituency, and to further these land
able aims have givcE their patronage
and the vintlication of their cause t.
thecolumns of the two democratic and
conservative Journals of our Town
This is no mean compliment to the
Caucasian and the Democrat, and
plainly shows where our colored peo-
pie have to turn when in trouble.
One of Colfax's lively and spirited
officials has broke on the dull monot-
ny of our little Alexandria Town, du-
ring our awfully dull siege of last
week, has caused many Of our
people to sec Colfax as we have
preached her on moro than one occa-
sion, and held her mirror up to nature,
and our second edition of McMickle
had chance to see himself as other
people SEQ him. Our hero reached
here on the Leslie Taylor on last
Wednesday morning, in charge of the
"gemman of COLOR" of whose deeds
special correspondent of ours will in
form our readers, and in due course of
exchange of courtesies with Sheriff De
Lacy, handed over his bird, who was
lodged in the Parish Hotel, until fur
Their orders. Colfax's official being
now freed of his sable brother, took to
himself while thus unburdened, to ell
10y the social convivialities for which
Alexandria isjustly noted, and made