The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-18
LETTER FROM CALCAsEEU.
To the Editor of the Democrat:

To tho Editor of the Democrat:
You can read in the Cincinnati Commercial of
the twelfth Of April, m extraordinary produc'
ton signed Ozias Midwinter. 1t gives q YER
sion of the log affairs at Calcasieu and q de-
scrp'ion of Marshal Jack Wharton.
1t is not difficult to Tx upon the writer. LOT OF
mendacious writer only Wharton and Carter
are honest men.
We, Of tho South have long been accustomed
marauding adventurous and other government
agents. In this instance If there is one spark
1 b2aa Of the feer oeo e9 In
VINO have aided and abetted Carter In his car
reer here as government agent and .oppres-
whilst reading these maliciously untruthful lies
heaped upon our hardy and INDUSTRIOUS
pioneers as we'll as the ruffianism according to
Ozias) necessary to mako ND Federal official
In the capacity of United States Marshal.
The foregoing remarks have Tor their OBJECT
6 n f afes masa Wharon au
a ati marshal in this our State Of Louisiana.
'WhartOn is q typical type of Texan; ne is
o thick, colossal man, Of almost incalculabie
he killed two or three desperadoes who at,
| In a physical encounter, and never undertaken
O difficult business that he did not shove
through by. main strength and ferocity when 5
cavalry colonel during the war. and although
now q Republican official enforces universal
respeG He s SO one Of t NJ men Who
ence. by that aspect Of prodigious oidity which
represents Saxon architec ure in the varieties
of human structure. His ordinary tone OF voice
| owns natural growl, and in gesturing he has
@ habit of plungiDg out his hand in q steady
line as though shooting somebody. Few mon
would attempt, after q good look at Wharton
to offer him 'consderation or to try whether
been M an aG e ee III
position, it could not have chosen more capa
I am not an admirer of Jack Wharton, yet
cannot agree with "Ozias." who would have
others believe Wharton murderer and bully
that amidst desperadoes he carried on bust
marshal was OF colossal structure: that by hif
manner be always indicated he was shooting
somebody. know very well the United State
government DO strange t thlngs against on on
illegal seizure at all hazards OF private prop
erty In Calcasieu. they selected an unscrupu
lous agent. yet had better opinion Of tn
iects of the government better than do.
l will admit the natural groWl," for the Mar
shaPs voice is not musical. AS an athlete. he il
of Apollol Belyidere Or an Adonis. nor doe
he present to view the human form divine"-
the man is we'll enough; as far as can renen1
Der. he has -natured lace. thlck.set pody
ders, The Marshal goes through the street
In the even tenor Of his way without exciting
the general admiration" Of the people, NOR !
he recognized as q ,ponderous, colossal. fere
cious man. selected by an all wise government
to carry out. by virtue Of brutal attributes. tn
interests Of the government in Louisiana, an
that at all hazards
i / have said. and say again without fear {
q colossal stature and not at all terrified b
II Rerocity, a..or the habituaI striking outof th
81 hand from accustomed shooting, that aI