The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-03

communication with Wells. but tho naturs of th,
negotiations going on between them was not sur
missed. Maddox learned that detectives were on
bis track, aud be succeeded In connecting ihil
with pcketts letter. He Immediately returned
10 Washington, and there, IL appears, persuaded
Pickett that his operations were intended not Il
injufe Tilden, but 10 negotiate for sale and pnr
chase OF the electoral vote Of Louisiana. On
this explanation was based the mysterious tele.
gram from Pickett TO Col. zaoharie "A double
game, but II we'll informed, might trust person
wrote about" After this Maddox came back tt
New Orleans to prosecute his schemes, With The
result that the Democratic Committee declined
TO make the prop purchase.
Whilst Maddox was In New Orleans the city
was also graoed and honored by The presence os
THE REPUBLICAN, ''v1sfTtrs STATESMEN"
These "sminsnt citizens" devoted much time
and attention to the solution oil The difficult probs
lem of Carrying for Hayes . State which had
voted for Tilden, and were laudably assiduous in
their labors 10 fslsify the facts OF the election.
This patriotic duty took up so much Of their time
that they had little opportunity for the amenities
Of social intercourse. Nevertheless they could
not forget that they were gentlemen. distin-
guished in social rank, as well Ia political posi-
tiop, and they naturally missed the cheering 30
oisty Of the softer sex and the gentle dalancs TO
which they had been accustomed In the perfnmed
saloons Of Washington.
1t is sad to tell IL, but, nevertheless, we are
forced to admit 1t ss truth, that
THESE oURIED pARtdNas or SOCIETY
were not regarded 40 valuable acquisitions in the
social circles OF New Orleans. People did not
shower invitations upon them 10 dinner, to
balls, TO sotress, to soupers. The omission may
have been owing to the fact that they came here
without the kay which unlooks The doors Of
private society in all civilized communities
proper letters OF introduction, or personal ac-
quantanee with thoae who have the ettfee--or IL
may be that the purpose for which they came
TO assure dishonest count OF votes
not actually shst--did not commend
them to favor 80 persons TO be fstea and CO..
ressed.
Lot ihis DO as IL will, the Republican visiting
statesmen" and eminent citizens were used
:, spend their evenings smoking unlimited
cigars, and quafIing infinite cocktails and talk
ing indefinite twaddle In their rooms In the st.
Charles Hotel. And Of this at last they wearied.
Even the Republican twisting statesman will
tire OF the perennial society OF his brother
=" visiting statesman and yearns for the con.
trast Afforded by "sLohs or SATIN AND aL1ntMEH
OF PEARLS" OF this condition OF affairs the saga
cious Maddox became aware. He pitied the
Republican Statesmen He SYM mfathized
with them. lie would do something TO dispel
the gloom which shrouded the evening
hours Of tho magisteriai Garfield, and which
threatened to convert the blooming, blithesome
Kelley into cynical misantbrope. Maddox was
acquainted with New Orleans soesty-at least
with that phase OF New Orleans society which
furnishes
THE AsPAsfAs, THE LAIs, AND THE PrRYNEs
Of graceful and voluptuous form and modified
oompls xion. To his pretty landlady claudine he
impaired his plan. and she entered into ID with
becoming appreciation and spirit. Nothing was
easier than for her TO assemble togethtr the most
charming and The most attractive Of the quad
room and octoroon beauties Of New Oritans--
beauties who, TO the piguancy and grace OF
Haidee, and the enticibg contour OF Dudu,
added the polish OF this recherche society. and
the enticng ways Of women
ACCUSTOMED no DE wooEp AND NOR UNUSED TO
BEING woF.
The night was fixed and The invitations not
written upon gilt.edged paper, with peat
little orow-quill slight and new," but done up IN
the latest fashion Of tiated envelope, scented
with ntiheHsur, vera duly dispatched TO the
bored and weary statesmen. II is needless TO
say that they were accepted with alacrity.
GEN. GARFIELD AHgAYEp HIMSELF
in his most exquisite ten,e Representative Kel
ly, dismissing from his mind the iron interest
and the elastic bond theory, and the Pinkston
case, TO which he had been compelled TO turn for
recreation, got himself pp in his most faseina-
ting style. The ether statesmen followed this
example, and together the party proceeded to
tbose "halls OF dazzling light" those gilded
and tapestriod saloons which were TO be
THE PARADISE or THE HOUR,
and where they were TO gaze upon the
houris upon whose faeile charms their fancy
had 30 often dwelt. Here, amid tho smiles Of
beauty, they would pass the happy moments. as
Perioles with Aspasia. or Demosthenes at the
feet of Lais. But, more fortunate thaa their
arecian prototypes, TO whom sparkling vintage
was unknown, and for whom the stately quad
rifle, the voluptuous waltz. or the lively galop
had not been invented, the "visiting. statesmen
could chase the golden. footed hours through the
wsvy surges Of the Boston, or could drink sweet
est inspiration from the amber-tinted goblet oi
champagne which had gained more than lie own
exhilsration from
THE AMoRous TOUCH OF BEAuTY's THIRSTY LIP.
Clapdine had done no disoredit to her promise
or TO the occasion, and Maddox bad supplied an
abundant supper and unstiuted wine. The ladies
were dressed with elegance and taste. Most OF
them wore white dresses-a style which is very
becoming TO the creamy and peaoh.tinted COM
plexion of tho octoroon. As the Jonknses OF
Northern cities are apt to say when they find The
attempt ct description too much for them,
"where ali were beautiful and lovely and charm
ng IL would be inviaious TO particularize." can
not, however, resist the temptation to tell that
THE YOUTHFUL KELLEY,
through whose veins courses the warm blood
OF only sixty-6ve summers, was forced
to surrender nj kind of d,acretion To the chnrme