Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-21
The ssnie ofS Affairs in New Or-

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Al The New Orleans correspondent of the
Boston Advertiser, wrote the following to
that Journal, Itpresents happy, cheering
stateo of affairs, IN that city;
II l4gi New ORLEANS, Oct. 2S, 1865.
New Orleans is delightful just now; not
merely because we are In the midst of such
an Indian summer as Is never seen as lar
north as New York, with bananas ripening,
oranges already golden, and our dried crop
of FIGS on the trees, but because, without
any factitious enthusiasm on the subject,
any counterfeiting OF remorse tor past hos
tility or divergence OF opinion on the ma
ture of the Union, the amicable relations
between the people of North and South
who meet here are fully restored.
speak of course of the substantial peo-
ple-ot those who are either merchants Oh
mechanics, planters or farmers, lawyers and
doctors who are not empiries, and practical
practitioners in all useful callings. Let me
give you one instaneelo OF this. During the
war an immense iron store on our great
Canal Street, the property of Cuthbert IL.
Slocomb, was "cOnfiscated," which, In the
nomenclature of the day, meant seized and
occupied. Its owner, whose father was q
hardware meychant before him here, and
whose respected mother has lately become
widely known abroad by the special cour-
tesies towards her of Gen. Butler, was Cap
tain OF the fifth company of Washington Ar
tillery, and servetfall through the war un-
der Johnston and Hood.
I ,Itis well knowD that these houses, when
taken into the possession OF the officers OF
the Government, were rented at very low
rates to such persons, few In number, as
would enter them, for to live or Keep store
in a contiscated house, was very great re-
pr0ach Into the store of Slocomb went
Wallace & Co., aNorthern house, dealing in
dry goods. They made grand display,
overlaid Slocomb's iron signs with their
more gaudy painted ones, and filled up the
vast area which extends entirely through
a wide square with their bales and boxes oil
goods.
Inthe meantime the war epded and Cap
tairfSlocomb returned, but needed pardon,
for he was SO bad a rebel as to be worth
quite q number Of f|twenty Thousand dollars.
He saw, the property of poorer men, no bet
ter by nature but worse by practice than
himself restored on taking the amnesty
oath, but he was beyond the reach OF the
coyenanted mercies of the President, so he
wendell, his way 'northward in search OF
pardon, which he finally obtained and re-
turned with it.
You would suppose that with an order
for the restoration of his property In his
pocket he would have treated Wallace d
Co. as.Bob Short did Gen. Banks some time
ago, and turned them with all their iinery
and gew gaws, silks and satins, neck and
heels out of his handsome palace; but not
so. On the contrary, as it would be very
inconvenient for them to move, and he at
present,doesi not need much room, he isctt-
ting up In the second story an office for
himself, while Wallace & Co. still continue
in the use OF his store, paying him rent of
course, but no more than he could get from
hundreds of others! 'V
Nor is this singular case. Everywhere
| see the most harmonious relations exist
ing between the returning rebels and the
new corners whom they found here on their
return, not perhaps in ''contiscated' houses,
but doing the business which had before
belonged to themselves alone. In many
instances the former have found employ
ment with the latter, and numerous are the
copartnerships formed between them. L
may mention one case where an old citizen,
who had become radical Republican, and
had been most prominent in the advocacy
OF extreme views, has gone into partner
ship with a returned Captain in the rebel
army. must admit that both seem to
have retired altogether from political Lille,
and that the colOred friends of the former
complain that he has ceased to frequent
their meetings. "ft rsfrr