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Mexican Times of the hone to enter'lewt *a the Crescent,a very is- 1 lmv« the honor to be, very ra*ieo»fi,H„ nor, yonr obedient servant. ’ 7 r*Pclt;*'‘%,We find !u the 10 th February, saysteresting artiele from the pen of Governor ^uur ooecult;ffit servant,Alleen, entitled “the Romance of war.”- T W. Au.fv,The Governor says that after the capture / '' n^‘ ^en* S. A.of New Orleans a brigade of Federal troops -was sent up to Baton Rouge, and thence T1I6 Lost Records,to his excellency's plantation, Allendale, to . --quarter upon the country. Ho describes ^ e l)uW,6h l,|e following important Actthe colonel commanding this brigade as a rc^',lt!3' passed by the General Assembly good soldier, who controlled his troops as “°B,!i,8,,a ,or restoration of the re-~ well as volunteer troops could be control!- * 3 ^lc *ar*3h of Rapides destroyed*' ed, and pormitted no such acts as Butler y tlie con%ration of the Court House n encouraged to bo performed within his ju- ^ Jlands tho Federal army in the rlsdictiun. But tho Governor complains ‘ P”n? of 1864. The bill was drawn by that the Federal colonel, on leaving his Mr‘ E(,ward T. Lewis, one of the Repra* premises, took away with him a very fine 8*ntatives from Rapides, to whose eser-t. white saddle horse and a new English dou- *ions to *rocure its Passage the people are 1- ble barrel gun. Tho brigade was sent up for a measure which cannot faitJ- to assist in the attack ou Vicksburg, under *° Prevent mBch troublesome and expeu-“ the command of Gen. Williams. Failing sive IitiSatbn in the future. W’e under-d iQ thi8.it was sent back to Baton Rouge, *tand lhat w- I*eiris proposes towhere, a few weeks afterwards, it was en-1sit in chambers 00 stated days in order to gaijed in one of the bloodiest battles of the ^v? partiea opportunity to prove up? war—the battle of Baton Rouge, fought r title3' ,nortgages c., as provided forly August 5, 1863. General Williams was the Act. It will not do to delay these-0 killed here, and the chivalrous Alien pays nmtters to some ture iimc. The work is his memory a glowing tribute. The Gov- ehould be done while men's memories are ^ erijor must describe the colonel and the fres^’ w,len tJle task will be easy, and r0 wl^ite horse in his own words: should not be deferred until the death of0 during the fight we met this same colo- witnesses and other causes shall render its t- nel, commanding hia brigade, mounted on accomplishment impossible. Besides itd hi, (our) white Eone. will be observed that the time wiihinis \V e charged him with our command, cap- whfoh 1« . a • «• • ,•s tured his guns, and swept the field before C l be i,roved P 13 h™ted to•a us. We fell, unfortunately as we thought, a Per 688 “'an three years r is and aa both armies thought, mortally A?y ATTq wounded. Our brigade halteu with victory•a in their own hands and fell back without a T0 PROVWK roit supplying the toss op•e leader. This Federal officer saw it all, rail- THt'punuc Records and other papers,f ied his mon, and returned and carried off C0XSUMED BV bukning of tiik d his abandoned guns—Nim’s battery. IN TIIK PAWSH 0K Rapides5, A few weeks afterwards a kind friendvisited us several miles hack from Baton eikoh wblu, o- a oiSESZJSifSLe Rouge, where we were lingering between that purpose.j. life and death, and said that lie was going Section 1 lie it ennrt*A h„ n0 jh to New Orleans, and asked if he could House of ItcprcmWim of tho StaU of IxL*- serve us. YY e told him all wo wanted was Mam in General Assembly coevened Thatt. ajar of prunes and a little tea and loaf tlie appointment by Governor J. M. Veils,i- sugar. ot A. N. Ogden, jr., as a commissioner toy On his arrival in New Orleans he was rystorotho lost records of Rapides parish,. immediately surrounded bv Federal officers, ? ac*? ^ouo the said A. N. Ogden, X to learn the news from Baton Rouge, and lln 1 Hie authority conferred by tho is among other things they did us the honor , ernor, aw hereby ratified and approved, o of inquiring whether we could possibly live * ^Jt/wther enacted, etc., That thoe with both legs shot away. tuiietions ot the fiaid commissioner shallO Our friend told them that it was a very acfandthe oi.t.his,1 bad case, bnt that our surgeons had some ?o ostablth auv ,Wd “LP„Tf T'S d little hope for our recovery. Among tho judgment or any writing 'whafcS'3 party was the colonel, lie asked if he vrluch was of record, or deposited in any »f could serve us in any manner. Our friend office in said parish, and destroyed by tho if handed him our memorandum and told him burning of tho court house in May, 18640 that he was going then to fill it. The col- nKhv have the same established by applying y onel very generously insisted on taking *° {)1C Judge of the district by petition s charge of this matter, and did not only Gotting forth the contentsand a description t send us the articles so much needed but at mortgage, judgment or, the same time sept us the following mes-’• , that I saw him lallat thebatt o party or parties in interest residingh oi waton Itouge while leading his brigade m the parish of Rapides; but if the e gallantly in the fight, and would have gone said party or parties in interest reside out i- to his assistance, but it was rather too hot (f the State, it shall be set forth by the th-. just then. Say to him that 1 took his tition oath, and tlm clerk of thei- horse from his plantation as a military ne- cou£fc K*ia^ appoint a curator ad hoi' for 3 cessity, but that as God is my judge, when sucl? l^pju or persons Bpon whom service . the war is over, I will return him his horse orftdtotto“ aml bo made.'i, or one equally as good. He it further enacted, etc., That tho» Governor Alien now address a letter to thethis officer, and asks him, if entirely con- as in other suits, bnt when the said party venient, to return the horse and gun; he answlt;;f he shall admit the petition, or,h, i„t i„ h.„« «doi- assucss?lars in the war, which he cheerfully offers JU(1£C Khall proceed to the trial without tho 5 UP ^ a sacrifice towards paying off the na- « 4^2?t Uural Ut‘UL mcnt establishing or not such deed, bond,1 The remainder of this letter is so viva- niT’tgago, judgment or other writing aa tho y clous and feeling, so characteristic of the ^vKlencc ^vea tohave listed.J noble lion-hearted Allen, that we give it, in extenso: allegations of liis petition, it shall bo; Wo „ Prima facia evidence of the existence of3 we poor Confederate exiles, are very suc|, deed, bond, mortgage, judgment or forgiving—we have long since forgiven ev- other writing, which may be rebutted by ery man in the United States of America, tho denial, under oath of the defendant, Horace Greeley and all, except Beast But- provided that tho only issue to be raised,1 ler, and since Grant lias killed him off, we shall be the existence or non-existence, are trying hard to forgive him, too. We r(*£ist,y °r non-registry and date of tlm fear we never will, for Tie is such a black- doculuent or instrument of writing in con-hearted cowardly villian. Now, Col., send trovorey and sought to be established, me the horse and gun ; I am not going to ®EC:5- Se U farther enacted, etc., That tho fight any body any more : my fighting days cost8 iu®urr®^in 3uit«to establish instru-. are put and goho glimmering and (you of writing by this act shall be paid» know the restl I have lo«*t all for y the P,aiutlft» 11110 opposition bo mode,now arc the bull-fighta. ’f hey are very cx- ,T'n . , , ~; hWit!‘t ^ the^ara’cost dne thethe bull. AY lien 1 get my little ranche it cicrk, sheriff, recorder or other office, theywill bo so pleasaut to ride my own horse shall be collected as in other cases, upon• that I once was accustomed to ride in for- tho clerk, sheriff’, recorder or other officer' mer days over my beautiful plantation, now making out a specific foe bill verified imdeff ruined and gone. As to the gun, I will oath.. promise yon that it shall never be used ex- Sec. 7. Tie U further enicted, etc., That the, cept against the parrots and the monkeys— recording in tlie proper book in the office [ the lions and the tigers that infest the of the parish recorder of u copy of any jungles near my liitle ranchc. judgment rendered under the provisions ofThe Emperor and Express have been thiH act» establishing any deed, bond mort-very kind to all Americans, whether from 8»«e, judgment or other writing, shall thn NnrtH cr QmtfK Tf nn.,ti,;nn *1.^ have tlie same force and effect as the re-Krth?r r • Jho cording of the original deed, bond, mort-Northern men have received tho prefer- Judgment or otlier writing, whichence for they have gotten all the fat con- was destroyedtracts, and many of them will make large gK, a Be UfmhncmM, etc., That the fortunes, the Confederates are setting registry in the murder's office of a certi-down on ranches and have gone to hard fied copy of any deed, bond, mortgage, work. Old men who ouce governed great judgment or other writing, the original of States, or commanded large armies, can be which has been destroyed by tire, shall daily seen clearing away the briers and the have the same force and* effect as the orig-brakes, preparing the land for the coffee, ^“1 had previous to its destruction. BUgarand tobacco plant3. Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That inSome of them who had an annual income all criminal prosecutions, when bills of iu-of thousands of dollars, are now working in dictment had been fouud and destroyed by this city at $D0 per month. And still Hor- t,lR burning of the court house of the parish ace Greeley abuses them I Colonel, don't ®f *»{£lt;''•?. aforesaid, the grand jury will you think this is unkind in Horace? be aiithonzed to imd n.nv lulls and substj-i’oor. demented old man 1 We never did ‘bem .a the place of those rteetoyed. him any harm. We have no desire to in- Sef: J1* ' ««. r.h.atjure him i.. uoy way whatever. Why, if t\VlfnCt the. par.j.1, of Bap.de*WUrQ ttx mem, «,;*u „ 11 i i ^ull have exclusive onginhl jurisdictionw I. „ f ,7 b'ack woman and iu aU Mito ,„,)Ufillt UIldel?tllB pJr0vi6ionB of become the father of a goodly number of this act; whether as against persons rod* black (no, yellow) children, wo would not ding in or out of tho parish, and that ho say one word against him—degastibus non shall have power to try the cases contem-est disputandum. plated by this act, in chambers.And now, colonel, adiou. We shall Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, etc., Thatnever meet again on this earth ; but we the provisions of this act shall not extend shall meet ill the courts above. When I beyond tho first day of January, eighteen reflect upon the great number of human be- hundred and sixty-nine; Provided, that this ings who were slain on both sides in the limitation shall not apply to application* late civil war, in which you and I took an made and not decided witliin tliat time-humble part—when I think of the privates Sec* Vi- Beit farther evaded, etc., That lying in their cold aud bloody graves by this act shall take effect from and after it» the bide of their commanders, all feelings Pa88age*ot haired and revenge die within me, and I (Signed) J. B- ELAM,involuntarily turn my thoughts to that Speaker pro tem, of the House ofgreat day wlieu wo shall appear before the Representatives.,Great Judge of the Universe. Let no (Signed) ALBERT VOORHII1,mortal man say who was right or who was Lieut.-Gov. aud President of the Senate,wrong. Bury that question forever, and Approved Feb. 28,18G6.leave it to God. There were great and (Signed) J. MADISON WELLS, good men engaged in that unfortunate Governor of the State ot'Louisiana,strife, the latchets of whose shoes neither a true copy: you nor I are worthy to unloose. j jj H\rdyIf ah exile, robbed of all his property ' ofHtato.and maimed terribly by Federal caunou could advise, he would say—bury foreveryour ancient quarrels—let there be mutual The Wife.—It needs no guilt to break aconcessions, mutual forbearance—the North husband’s heart; the absence of content,.and the South can never separate. It has the mutteriugs of spleea, tlie untidy dress, been effectually tried. Gease your bicker- cheerless home, forbidding scowl, without a ings. Let not the North look with suspi- crime among them, have harrowed to tho cion upon her conquered brethren Give quick the heart's core of many a man, and them back at once without reservation all planted there, beyond the reach, of cure, tlm their liberties, alltheir constitutional rights, germ of dark despair. Oh! may woman, and let both parties bury in tho deepest before the sight arrives, dwell on the recoU sea of oblivion all envy, ail hate, aU revenge, lections of her youth, and cherish the dear Dry the mourner's tears—bind up the bruis- idea of that tuneful time, awaken and keep ed hearts and assist each other ic repairing alive the promise she so kindly gave. Audtheir fortunes. In this noble and holy though eho may bo tho injnnwl one—tho A»r-work my heart will oe with you. and not gotten, not the forgetting wife—a happy al-only mine, hut tho heart of every Con fed e- lusion to the hour of peaceful love, a kindly rate who is now a wanderer in foreign welcome to a comfortable home, a smile of lands. love to banish hostile words, a kiss of neacqYours is a great country—the greatest to pardon nil the past, and the hardest heart on the earth. God grant that it may con- that ever locked it3elf within the breast of tinue to prosper. selfish man, will soften to her charms, atidAs for myself, I will say I have no favors bid her live as she had lived, he? years of to ask at the hands of mortal man. I will matchless biiss, loved, loving and context— never kneel to human power and beg for the source, of comfort and ths Hpriag ef pavdou. It is to ono Being alone, the love.
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The Louisiana Democrat
Alexandria, Louisiana, US
Wed, Mar 28, 1866
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