The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-08-28
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NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE.
New ORLEANS, August 22d, 1867.
Friend Democrat The returns from
the Registrars show grand total Of l27,-.
$50 registered voters 1855 american
citizens of African descent" and 44,732
miscellaneous white men. General Sheri-
dan has ordered an election on the 9th,
and .2sth Of next month, at which the
aforesaid citizens are to decide whether a
Convention shall be held to frame Con-
stitution, and if SO, to elect thereto ninety
eight members, or one for about every 1900
voters. Think there should be one men,
Der for " the State at large for there's
luck In odd numbers" and In the absence
Of our friend, with long hair and command
ing form, your correspondent respectfully
offers to offsh-iate. I am everybodys
friend, and am in favor Of a new Bnro ;"
the Universal Subsistence Bureau, 80 that
everybody can live without working and
do just what they please. During the sit
ting of the Convention, and | would en-
deavor to prolong that peoples blessing as
much as possible, would favor weekly
excursion up Red River, TO inspect the
leyees and being in favor Of men who do.
their business promptly and thoroughly, we
would patronize Captain Dowty Of the
never-failing St. Nicholas, and should any
of the members get sea SICK, Racial,
whose services on the st. Nicholas have
made him deseryedly popular, could fill the
vacancy pro. tenn. As Journals to the
Convention would favor the Democrat,
the New Orleans Times and the New York
Tribune. I would go in for letting every
body emigrate that wanted to and those
who Gid not, might stay at home and mind
their own business. would illegal tender"
oil the money in the country, and get new
machines and extra workmen for our City
engraver, so that he could turn out city
money as fast as wanted, / would make
the Government grand banking house,
where every man who ahadn't nary green
could 90 and borrow a hat full, on mort
gage of his estate in the moon, or some
other seq port town. / would go for the
annexation of Canada, Cuba, Mexico and
adjacent countries, and extend to outside
barbarians, the light, cultivation, civiliza-
ton and unadulterated liberty, Of the "best
government. &C." If this platform is not
broad enough, / have got plenty oflumber
left and can saw out few more planks Of
the same sort.
The Lottery fever is quite general here
now and the new style of daily drawings,
with tickets varying in price from twenty.
FIVE cents to ten dollars is very popular. -
There are Is numbers to be drawn from,
and 10 prize numbers are drawn. The
purchaser can buy ticket with one, two,
three or four numbers on it, and choose bis
own numbers, paying whatever price he
likes. If his numbers are drawn he igets a
prize in proportion to the cost Of his ticket.
This is the same as the "policy business y
made so famous under the direction Of
Ben. Wood Of New York, and is some
thing like the old game Of betting ON the
high ball." Almost every osher segar
store you pass is a sub-of6ce for the new
lottery, and crowds may be seen in each Of
them daily, buying numbers or awaiting
returns. Several of my friends have visi.
ted the elephant aud have come to the
conclusion that "the more you puts down,
the less you taxes up.
The long talked Of Presidential order
relieving Major General Sheridan from the
command of this District, has been issued
under date Of the 10th inst, and Major
General Geo. Fl. Thomas, now in command
Of the Department Of the Cumberland, vii
come here. As I have said all along, thi,
chaags will in no wise benefit the peopl,
of our State, for the new commander is no
, only we'll known as an ultra Radical, bu
comes here under positive instructions ii
the following words: Major-General G
H. Thomas will continue to execute oil or
, ders he may find in force in the Fifth Mill
tary District at the time Of his assumih,
command oft, unless authorized by tn
General Of the army to annul. alter or mod
lily them" How are you Matty? Genera
Sheridan was merely the representative 9
7 the party now in power, and his successo
!, Is the same, "only more so' and in the n
) moval Of the former, the people hav
gained no additional liberties, protection
> or guarantees, but may be assailed by the
, adversaries as the cause Of their plans bein
3 disconnected even in this slight degree.
$ Our new Council have not yet restore
3 city notes to par. They are quoted to-da
at AZ per cent discount for ones, two
t and threes, per cent. on SIS, and IA pr
5 cent. on the los and 20's.
f Yours Truly,
: TIM. LINKINWATER.
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The Axe.
The New Orleans Times of the 21s
inst, contains the following:
Paragraph 10, Special Order 100. reat
thus.
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