New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-06

hundred and nifty (S250) dollars to help fit
out the Steedman Guards, am instructed
by the General to send his compliments and
request you to furnish him with the name
of your informant.
am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
GEORGE BALDY,
Captain United States Army, Aid-de.Camp.
No 2.
THE Editor to General Buchanan. No
copy preserved; but stating that the name
of his informant was Mr.. Joseph T. Han
Ion, of the Louisiana Legislature.l
NO.3
[Brevet Major B. B. Keller, Captain Thir-
tyninth Infantry, Assistant Judge Advo-
cate, to the Editor.]
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF LOUISIANA
Judge AdvocRtes Office
New Orleans, Louisiana, September 5, 1868. y
Hon. A. l. Lee, Editor New Orleans Republican:
SIR am requested by General Buchanan
to acknowledge the receipt of your note of
the second instant in which you affirm that
Mr.. Hanlon, of the louisiana House of Rep
resentatives, made the statement upon
which the paragraph in your paper of the
first instant was based-said paragraph be.
ing to the effect that the General gave $3.50
to help tit out a political club, the Steed-
man Guards"
With reference thereto / enclose herewith
communication Just received from Mr..
Hanlon, which explains itself.
| have further the honor to invite your
attention to the enclosed paragraph cut
from a copy of the New Orleans Times, of
the third instant, in which the President of
the Steedman Guards declares that " they
have never for one moment thought of ask
ing the General for dollar, and never re.
ceived one
Trusting you will give the refutation lin.
GLIDING Mr.. Hanlon's letter. a publicity
equal to that of the paragraph in question,
lam, sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
B. 3. KELLER,
Brevet Major United States Army, Captain
Thirty-ninth Infantry, Assistant Judge
Advocate.
1.-THE Paragraph enclosed in No. 81
A statement having been circulated that
the Steedman Guards collected two hundred
and fifty dollars from Major General Bu-
chanaD, we are authorized By the President
of the Club to state that they have never for
one moment thought of asking the General
for dollar, and never received one.
No. 8.
From j. 7. Hanlon to Major B. B, Keller,
q. s. A.
NEW ORLEANS, September 8, 1868.
MAJOR b. b. Keller, U. 5. A:
SIR have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication of the
second instant, with Enclosure, and in reply
would state that the information alluded
to, as to General Buchanan's giving $3.50 to
the Steedman Guards, was not mentioned
by me to any one for the purpose of making
it the subject Of newspaper paragraph.
simply used it by way of banter with a
member of the House, who was railing me
about the scarcity of the finances Of my
party. The eXpression-"Oh, General
Buchanan gave $3.50 to the steedman
Guards" have no knowledge that such is
the fact, but heard it on the streets.
And in conclusion, Major, l would state
that, in common with the old residents of
this city, l have too much respect for Gen.
er4l Buchanan, both as a gentleman and a
soldier, to be Intentionally q party to any
rumor affecting his position as such. And
further, Major, there is no one who regrets
more than do the range this matter has
taken.
Hoping that this will be satisfactory to
the General, / remain very respectfully
your obedient servant,
j. T. HANLON.
No. Q.
Endorsement on the foregoing letter
NEW ORLEANS, La, September 8, 1868.
Hanlon, }. T., Member Louisiana House of Repre-.
sentGtives:
Acknowledges receipt of Major Keeler's
note of the second instant and replies he
stated by way of "bantern to q friend that
General Buchanan gave $3.50 TO the Steed.
man Guard; says he had no knowledge that
such was the fact; regrets the range the
matter has taken.
Headquarters Department of Louisiana,
Judge Advocates office, New Orleans, Sep
TENDER 5, 1868.
The question still remains shrouded in a
coy and modest mystery. Did General
Buchanan give $3.50 to the Steedman
Guards
Mr.. Hanlon says he has "no knowledge of
the fact, but heard it on the Streets
A paragraph from the Times says that its
writer is authorized by the president of the
club to state that they have never for one
moment thought of asking the General for
one dollar and never received one
But General Buchanan, who certainly is
not obliged to speak if he does not wish
to, says nothing.
The feelings of a conscientious Bag, who
reveres the truth of history, can easily be
imagined in view of this painful uncertain
ty. But we are inclined to believe from
the correspondence, as whole, and es.
pecially from the hints dropped through
Captain Badly and Major Keller, that the
General did not make the donation.