The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-30
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Excuse me, Madam, but would Ike TO ask
you Why you look at NE SO savagely'" ~
beg pardon, sir, took you for my husband +
Neal Dow, though in prison in Richmond, has
seen ono Of bis reforms pGI in operation there
Tae rebel Legislature has passed an act 10 sea
up every grogshop in Richmond and perhaps N
Virginia, on the FIRST day OF Mag. General Lee
asked for the law. and il vas conceded HIM
Think Of the change in Virgins which has been
sSle to produce such result. The Enquirer
comes out with severe attack upon the "ram-
pant Purtanism that has invaded the Legsla-
ture, ard charges that those who favored the
bill were given to " crook;ng the elbow
This Maine Lavish in the South is a new tea
ture, and one not introduced By the var. A
few years ago the chivalry were loud voiced
in their riiicue OF everything of the sort At the
North
AL Eugiisaman proposes serial railway io>o-
motion, or, in other words, balloons htied up Tor
passengers, which are to be drasn through tie
air from station 10 ststion by ropes worked aud
drawn by stationary steam engines. No grading,
no rails, no iron, no earthly expense TO bee incur
red but for the stations ard the balloons
The people of Louisiana have paid 81 ,00o,-
coo in revenue taxes under The United States
excise laws Ia nine months s695 900 vas paid
to the former collector, and the present collector
has received tgeO. 900 in three moaths. During
the year. $s2 900 OF revenue stamps have been
sold. That portion Of the State that is within
our linss SCENE, therefore, 10 be doing something
for sac Union
The rebels are not destitute Of gratitude
They recognize the service Of their Northern
allies. recent number of the MssiuippiGi'
SAYS:
Have our neighboFs read the Chicago Times
New York Express, Montpelier Record Cincin
nail Enquirer and various o;her papers Of tie
North which are eIponents Of the opposition tt
Lncoln Have they read the speeches O
Bright, Voorhees,, Aerrick and various others
Have they ever found in any of these papers OF
speeches a syllable that did not breathe tn,
most orthodox States rights doctrine, AMI IN
} compromising opposition 10 cOorcion' Thes'
are the men We Nish TO encourge, and these ar'
he men whose success will bring peace
At complimentary dinner, given ia Boston
last Saturday, to the Congressional Naval Com
mittes, Hon. Edward Everett alluded ironicall,
70 the British tsunt against the navy because d
had not caught the Alabama. Napoleon Bous
! parte sailed from Toulon with 400 ships Of va
and Transports, yet Lord Nelson, with the fee
with which he gained the battle OF the Nile
could not catch him, although hc chased him 81
roaua the Mediterranean. lie didn't catch hin
the next year, although Napoleon stopped Il
take Malta and visit his relations. In 1915 Mel
son didn't catch Napoleon as he sailed from Eba
The Mediterranean, compared with the Atlantis
and Indian Seas where the Alabama rosms a
large is but mill pond.
The unos;entatous style in which LieutenAn
Gene Al Grant travels M ghi be initiated to al
vantage BY great nany officers who have occa
sion TO 90 sbou. the country. II an idle Brga
der is summoned TO move days journey Il
look in upon a coat martial case, the chance
are that he will call upon a special train, and th
public are advised through the local columns are
kilograms Of near aud remote journals, that Gen
eral -- and staff yesterday took a specia
train for --. This is supposed to give Gen
E era - great consequence. But Geners
Grant finds no difficulty in getting about on th
regular trains and We have not heard that b.
has lost 10 dignity By putting up with the troub
les Of ordinary mortsls.-CiH. Commercial.