The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-20
TIL MEMPHIS IDIOTS TWO or A
lind.

/ Nnmphla Inns demos one utnat ihua4 IN her
/ tiwa tthn Inns Tuiniabed moro nnd wo1Re
vnilow fnyot 10 tl.n n,Itlnra Inch than my city
| In hN United NtntoR ahn has tho most ,Ii4itnll
eal attNoin aud III tho most hnpoIoasly In
| solvent corporation on record aud 4td not
| natia'ied with hor da5aIng nmInonco IN all
thnan rnapNeia. ahn now camnp Onward with a
| claim I" lhn rhampInnshtplot ihtafe Il clnIm
which Nv nrn roalv ~ eorlrNtIn without nnc
au9ln rnan Walton Tho FIRST pr thnaa l,liuta
III Captain Iohn Gowtlnn. tho aeoond t. thu
editor &C tho Menphts tpatanfl,,. md we
havo no hesitation In an Wing that two morn
blooming and inspired lun1tlta mover ,yrncnd
tho outside nf an aaylun,
Tho ohtor IT Tho Nemphta irdtm,tc IL y
person renrarn MIN. whom wo.eh,rtsha thamv
l}y slow daGrnaa, rolus'anIv. ynt utliat
atto4a of overwhelming ovlnuer. We rvs,
como 70 I'll oanau Ion tAat IL muAt htvn
hal IN III III, Or yatnw foyorin tgia. tha' fhta
att,,I, mus hlvn haon followed bya rol4psn
taking 4 typhoid form, and THAT tho pattnnf r.
now tarT,tInE und"r tao r,mhluad lllaor an
Nnrnrhlel MIND anu an tllmNd Imagination
Wn may hn wrong In tlda W. dayoutIy hopA
IL mav ~ ar. hHt thn RtylN in which the
Arfttnthr tallSss about Nav Drleana. 6trllyinz,
the Notorious fact ~ our havinE dnop hmm
mel thralg, thn jatles. altnta Or no uther
charitable explanation. va repent WI may
IL ,ntstnlN yet II Il ,Ironif,lt to snppo5e IL
hna haea stild III thts always.
~ ter Captain John GpwInn. who seems
u be moro complicated asa thn tho ia pvo
\ snr. Vi. rrnas hoi wnen n scientific tWpa4tor
and a Wabash rai'liman. n Dynamic tramp,
u Hydraulic Muuahausm, II per2ton with VIA
ter on the brain aud nothing but bad whisky
In his stomach, with the Instincts of u traud
and thn manners # prisa ~ rs fol Cup
tain Gnv,Ion. we aav. he deaery,s moro *
tandai notice Captain C5wdon appeared
upon tho puhle stage some four 81 tve years
n}ynas annpp mont of th" jNttc, ana thoalyo-
eateo III a#llttc scheme 81 Ills own, involving
tlr> ol4 az ana Il ME-, little sack Of plumber
IN impressed people AT that time as
ii toDl for want OF 4euaN not n delih-
erato fool. you know bat II fool
because hn couldn't hnlp hlnlsaIf IIa has
probably benn cook on IL small stotnwheel
rtN ,hnrg boat aud might hlve grown
gloomy from eating his own preparations. Or
acquired lumpy liver through uurequtted
affection M thu chamharmaid. FHeen how
rvcr wrte moro eoHieptures. lha only pos
Hive fart WA That II Gaptlin Jotn CpH,!on M
4 tir"so.nr ana ridiculous tlia. whom New
Orleans arotaeand 10 shed with all the eXpedl-
ton pDssshlc since that limo he has h"eu
about among tho upper river
towns occurring for 4 luuFh 81 hlaekgnarding
this city in the interest Of tho Cincinnati
6an5mtrn1,i. until at last he found per
marcIt abiding plaae AMI congenial So
cirty ~ the sanrtum Of the Memphis ita
iGn9ht FheTe from time t. timr, he has
been irng or his drtveI against this
port, With the Memphis editor to pat him on
the sack the while Nobody has paid much
we have done 50 had we not received, ~ day
or two ago a copy Of the .trettmctc contain
ing one of Cowdons most frantic outbursts,
with one Of the editors worst
while upon the magin of the
paper was written, with red pencil:
MAJOR Burke. Will you please give those facts
r. your people. Vt have you. ka thu lttfteS ana
ftalytRla SOLD out to the daEnd thieves
J. CowD1N.
This episode removed any lingering doubts
as 70 Capt iii Cowdon's right to a notice. OF
course, II Cowdon knows anything which is
questionable he knows that the present man
agement of the DEMOCRAT was not in control
until after TIL ietty measure had passed Con-
gress, aud when the jat.y success had shown
the world what an illtnitable ass Cowdon is.
His alIusion, therefore, to the DEMOCRATS