New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-15
fflCIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
THE CARPET-BAG.

q ha We stepped on the stage of the "Old
I mos onnyn last evening, with our Bag and UNI
/ any nun sa, and made few clear remarks to the
waited copies aud saw the succeeding fun:
favin% Those pictures are good; but it's little
II 5eT vugh to impose on the credulity of untra-
|q az n eled chivalry by substituting country
Female seminary for the ''Capitol at Wash
|mips. Hpgton." The ''Customhouse at Venice" is
n mae ~ head of ours, ferit has roof on it and
nsVs mall bath-house in front; but how about
view of New Orleans
T. WIN If the people submit to have that picture
|oEgaak any average river town passed off as the
|befof Nsritable Crescent they may expect next
Ivy am mi eek to see cuts from the PIRATES Own
ours and Blair's.
Bethly-hem, the birthplace of Christ, evil
ID Antly pleased the audience; but they
L eered vociferously representations of our
se IG% y syor crucifed.
Il mi funny taste, surely; and is vor popuH
ateys3 ways vor Del?
nd N IA gimlet knife.
| Y :, fGrim reader, did you ever see gimlet
ESsoA ife?
ouhcsN In Paris, it is said, there occasionally
n 1a ~ smes mania for suicide. Somebody
AAImpq Ri Arows himself from some 'tower in some
bowns blace;" and then somebody else does SO;
|4S6h b presently all the towers in all the
+ man man places" become the stages on which are
FseinsN syed the last act of that queer drama
[nd q lied life.
BHR4 Or some poor grisette tries the fumes o.
[hs "a Indy charcoal, and her quieted griefs
bis 81 ckon other grisettes to more charcoal and
|0RD5 final rest till that becomes mania and
Prev ns its CHASTITY course.
RDAY Andin this half French city of ours ece
centI lave a mania running its terrible course
"a soi nst now and it lis the GIMLET KNIFE MAMA
eTEta,t is liable to attack any one, but unlike
It's II elbow fever, its readest victims are those
Bill: lost thoroughly acclimated. resident
gent Glow Canal street seldom escapes it !;
= hgo or sicilian never.
Ginalet Knife is an instrument with
~~~~7SG ndle like an ordinary gimlet, about four
Ches long. Midway, in the handle, like
EER 04 4n oi tan,na,od hl"Sa ohon+ S
ches long. This weapon is carried in the
hnd, the blade protruding between the
ana bond and third fingers, and only slight
rust is needed to pass this thin blade
Ito the vitals of q human being.
rect HSo keen is this blade that man may be
arden hbbed repeatedly and feel no pain or in-
ayenience till he drops exhausted from
u Ihg is of blood, or his vital functions cease
- sr work from an attack of which he is
NJ rdlv sensible.
During the past month have been sold in
Feet; bis quiet, lamblike and inviting city, as
r inquiring Bag is informed, more than
jy9 he thousand Of these pleasant instruments
death.
,A pistol is a weapon used in legitimate
gfare; it is a weapon of legitimate de.
|ITUE Anse.
h. ETC. 4 bowie knife or a dagger NAV be the
me
|adHN But pimlet knife can be used for no other
RuDose than secret violence or assassina-
M
or.>oH NJ a fair and candid BAG it seems that
ma, ov,nin,, carrying mr. sel,inp sucb
u nstnmerts ia little better than an assassin.
Ina We are in n community where abound
I, lOusands OF sucn men
FANS Van we not c''ecS tne giinies Aiiiie nahla
- II i nleasant to know. as we do know,
M. the Rannh,;can demonstration. much
EER OAhlkea of hv incena;arv Bohemians and
PslS bncb dreaded nv the dear timid neon1e is
h shOA ri, - - 49, ,i.., I. ro+ hrrn.5 M,
L Sn' yer, and That the city Is not burned, mol
BE horrors of an often quoted st. Domin
sts,sk II massacre re-enacted on this choice suot
-
Tue ueita'
The negroes, this reassurlng Bag ls de
lighted to state, were quite peaceable-
An;ta so
'e s1' ,.,,. ,.
let. one hurrylng oehnquent, hastehlng &c
FlcorSin his club in the early twilight, rar
kainst the horny fists of three or four white
.na ~ ba ak, ;ni,re6 ~ he s,,ro
AVE- anu 90 80. 49, ~ LII. sS nS, ~.
Ene' passing aions .no Won " uPHin'
reet' thoughtlessiy shouted the names o
HATf nTNd TI7Fi q rnE