New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-08

4 decrease in the total amount Of debt of
$1,000, 900 or S6,OO0,OOO.
Since the close Of the war, in the spring
OF 1856, the national government has paid
off $257 100000 of its debts.
The presidents claim to consistency is.
in some respects, well founded. He reeled
into the presidency, and he will stagger out
of it.
Cautious and conservative newspapers
in various parts ofthe country, upon calm
survey of the whole subject, are now ad
vOcating impeachment
The National batelligeacer, the johnson
organ at Washington, gives up the idea of
carrying New Hampshire this spring, but
hopes it may be done next fall
The jackson (Mississippi) journal says
the nominees of the Republican party fer
state officers in Louisiana are all in fair
way OF being triumphantly elected.
1t is doubtful if President johnson has
received quite so consolatory a letter as
Franklin Pierce wrots to JEFF Davis Just
before the breaking out of the rebellion.
The Philadelphis correspondent of the
London Times says that Mr.. Dickens will
have to pay s2e, 1000 of his receipts for read
ing in this country as an internal revenue
tax. -
New York has had nearly one hundred
days of fsleighing this winter, according to
one OF its journals. Three months of snow
before the close of February makes pretty
long winter.
The New Orleans correspondent of the
Louisville Courier estimates that there were
$4,000 people on the streets on the fourth
instant. Why not estimate 15e,OOO,for every
body wanted to see the decorated engines
The Internal revenue bureau has pub
lished statement that for the four months
ending with the year 1867 compared with
the corresponding period in 1866, there
was decrease Of nearly $4,0OO,OOO.
The Liberty (Texas) Gazette reports a
rumOr that Commodore Vanderbilt was to
take charge of the Texas and New Orleans
railroad on the first instant, and finish it all
the way through in a year. That weuld
unite the OpelOusas aud the Texas roads,
and afford an all rail route to Houston.
When General W. t. Sherman lately
passed through Cincinnati, talking about
the correspondence between General Grant
and President Johnson, he said, in an en-
phatic way, General Grant is right, sir;
General Grant is right in this matter.''
Jef Davis is said to be filled with appre-
hension lest the Republicans violate the
constitution. "Save the constitution to
which my lde has been devoted'' says
Davis. at willp' says Andy. Patriots
both! how earnestly they pull together.
Three ex-governOrs Of Connecticut have
written to Washington that they fully justi
fy the house in voting impeachment. The
Republican members all say that their let.
ters show unanimity among their constitu.
ents en- this subject.
johnson don't like the speeches of gal.
liant Dan. Sickles in New Hampshire. He
has, therefore, discovered way to spike
his guns. Sickles will be forthwith sent or
duty to louisiana That will do. But
Andy will find Sickles a thorn in his side
wherever he may be pleased to put him.
So says the Chicago Post.
That venerable Pennsylvania fossil
Jerry Black, repudiates the president, and
says:
The papers talk about me as the presi.
dents chief adviser. That's all humbug.
lie sends for me sometimes, but he rarely
follows my advice. If he did he wOuldn'l
make such fool Of himself SO often.
The New York Tribune says if Genera
Hancock keeps his word he should resign
General Hancock removed the mayor O
st. Martinsville because the city charter
required the election by the council in case
OF vacancy, but here all loyal members
of the city council have been dismissed
because under the city charter they elected
a recorder to fill vacancy.
The people of La Crosse must indeed bt
a lOng-suasring and tolerant community
The Chicago Post ventures to say that in
no other loyal city in this Union would the
Internal exhalations of the brainless scoun
drel and,flthy dog Brick Pomeroy be al
lowed to fad utterauce. More particularly
with the Mississippi running by the town
The New York Mdil publishes the follow
ing imaginary correspondence between Mr.
Johnson and " Old Ad Interim:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 81, 1868.
Kick. Al.
WAR DEPARTMENT, February %, 1868.
Sick. LIT.
The Republican senators have given fou
test votes on the impeachment question
To get them to turn their backs upon thei
own record, and endeavor to thwart tn
wishes Of their party and the people, is no
the thing to be easily accomplished by tn
use Of money or patronage, whatever tn
conservatives may predict to the contrary
The general feeling among business mel
at the North is that impeachment should
proceed to its logical result the IemoVa
of the president. They argue that the con
tinuanee of Andrew johnson in his presen
position can not fail of injuriug all the ma
terial interests of the coantry, inasmuch al
he is sure, with his hate of congress, to keel
up the war with the representatives Of th'