West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-24

T. Madison's stars rained fortunes on INN.
He became politician, an asplraht lor
office. and ran on Banks reconstruction
ticket in 1864 forlieutenant governor, the
first place being assigned to Mlchnel
Hahn. OF course, he was elected NO
body but loyal people voted in Louisiana
in these days, or at least those whom
General Banks accounted loyal. Inc
next thing which came about was the
election of Hahn to the Senate; and then
J. Madison Wells, the whilomiockey, the
expert groom, the ingenious c'0"p'er 10
the Bird House faro-hell, leaped at one
qiuantic hound into the full-tiedGed gov
ernor-a political nondescsipt, as remark
able as Minerva when she sprang full
armored and panoplied for war from the
head of Jove. OF his Subsequent career
it is unnecessary to speak at length. IN
happily for Louisiana, it is already 1ah'-
liar to this country.
His white associate on the Returning
Board, General Thomas c. Anderson, Is less
widely known, although by nomeans less
deserving of special mention. lie IS
yirpinian by birth, and has been plant
or in st. Landry parish for forty years.
When politics were reputable anu White
men ruled in Louisiana General Anderson
was respectable. He held high rank III
the militia, and his courageous lnlrepidi'y
on muster days won him the distinction
of q brigadicr. An admircr OF the OLA
axiom to let we'll enough alone, he sur
rendered his military emolnmcnts Mt the
breaking out of tho war and generously
permitted his less distinguished conn
trv;ncn to seek "the bubble reputation at
the lannon's mouth Bnt If the
sword 10 longer fascinated the
OpcIomsas brigadier, he was not
insensible to the honors which
might be acquired in the Scnate-the
State Scnatc-and he met with the Leg
islature organized by William Henry
Alien, the great war governor OF Louis
lana, at Shreveport. When that body
adjourned Gen. Anderson returned t" lis
plantation, but came back into public
life with the advent of Warmoths adj
minist ration. In consi deration of pro-
mise by Warmoth to send him to the
Senate, he became his facile supporter ami
convenient Leachman. but "arinoth
was accHst omed to use such men without
rewariing them, and, when too late to
redress his grievance, Gen. Anderson DIS
covered that Il carpct-hagScrs promise
was full of guilt and deceit. Ncvcrthc-
| less he was permitted to engineer through
the Legislature 4 claim for $50, 900, found
ed on the disloyal service of provisions
supplied by q man named Nlel t" the
Southern army. Think OF. Il loyal lngis-
lature passing such Il claim. But Gen.
Anderson alleged that he had purchased
the voucher from We'll, giving him $1,000
rs equivalent, and his associates awarded
his patriotism by given him an order on
the treasury for the original sum of a
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIL OUsAND DOLLARS.
Thus supplied with the siuews of war
the general pushed his political career
into Kellogg's term, lured thereto by his
gorgeous dreams of the senatorial toGa,
which alas! the election of Pinchback
momentacily dispeIled; but which Kcl-
logg again revived by the promise Of
Vests place when his term should ex-
pre-
OF the colorcd gentlemen who complete
the political qnartette of the Louisiana
Returning Board, it is only necessary to
say few words.
Kenner is an octoroon, who up to 1871
was engaged as the usher and door keep
er of Il gambling-house on st Charles
street. His knowledge of political econ
omy was acquired in that school and
his practice is consistent with his profess
! sion.
! Casanave, the other colored member,
graduated from waiter in a lunch saloon
into Il prominent factor in Louisiana
politics, and is perhaps the most honor
able and virtuous of this entire board of
distinguished politicians.
-"Wells is political trickster and q