New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-03
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General Longstreet, of the Confederate
army, was Paymaster of the United States,
and enlisted in the rebellion. But before
doing this he squared all his accounts, and
didn't owe Uncle Sam dollar.
Lady Adelaide Talbot, daughter of the
late Earl of Shrewsbury, was married to
Earl Brownlow ut the bedside of her dying
father, who expired few hours after the
ceremony had taken place.
An English pedestrian recently ran forty
miles in five hours, lacking seven minutes,
without exhibiting any distress, This re-
markable feat was accomplished for the
very moderate compensation of EGO.
Fanny Ellsler is now ifty-seVen years old,
having been born In Vienna in 1911. She is
said TO have acquired a superfluousness of
vulgar flesh, and limbs very unlike those
with which she promoted herself into the
affections and the pockets of the public.
General Grants powers of smoking are
giving trouble to the Democratic journals
The same papers were similarly Troubled
with the smoke this Republican chieftain
and bis Republican soldiers made at Fort
D0nelson, iYicksburg, Murfreesboro. Chick
amauga, and along the Appomattox.
3 General stoneman has addressed letter
70 army headquarters, saying That an appr0-
priation Of S7bQ,ooo win be necessary to
complete the work Of recQnstruction in
Virginia. s- y
80 Something new under the Sum- The
latest illustration Of this time honored
quotation Is afforded by the establishment
Of the Nav York branch OF the La Crosse
Democrat in the offices Immediately under
those occupied BY the editorial department
OF the Sun. sE
II Is reported that q Congressional in-
.Testigatihg committee has unearthed a
fraud which shows that clerk in. the Sec
ond Anditof's office has, in defiance Of law,
paid out nearly million dollars 10 parties
claiming 70 represent negroes mustered into
the service--said partiesg generally being the
owners Of SAID negroes II the. time they
were mustered.
A copperhead paper Of this city says that
s'the negro has never taken a step toward
civilization that was NOT followed by three
steps toward deeper barbaFism.n This, We
suppose, FigeR5 The Democracy hope that
he viii seon be In their party - Chicago
Posi-
Probabilities now are that several very
moderate Republicans. who names are be-
fore the Senate for various Offices, will be
confirmed on the ground that unless the
Senate accepts them the President will i'm
uediately, upon the Adjournment Of, Con-
gress, al the places with stu more objee
1lonAble men.
The Galveston Republican (Radica9 gives
lhe following 10 defense OF the carpet bag
gers. tfhey dnd fault with fhe carpet-bag-
gers, said q colared man the other day in
our hearing We like them very well. Il
was the carpet basgers who freed Us; they
carried their carpet bags on their backs and
gum On 1selF shoulders.
A huge Indinpiau in England being pro
lqsely thanked for having rescued . lady
1faln the attack Of feroeious dog. which
Ae4eI11d b. tie tbroA1 and throttied. said
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