New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-16
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obstructed By aOaiing ice.
Mrs, swissheIm has recovered sixty thou
sand dollars in real estate near Pittsburq.
fromsher divorced husband, who made ex-
elusive claim toit
Mfr. Henry P. Fsrron, lawyer of At
lanta, and now an extreme radical in poll
tics, is one of the most prominent candi-
dates for governor Of Georgia, under the
new constitution.
The United States senate was occupied
on Wednesday in discussing a resolution
providing for an inquiry into the clrcum-
stances attending the election of colored
woman from tue cars Of the Washington
! and Alexandria rallread.
The first election 10 New York subsequent
to the nomination by the Syracuse conven-
tion Of Grant and Fenton, was the charter
election of Palmyra, where the Repub
licans carried the day for the first time in
ten years.
Johnson has filed all stations, from al
derman TO president; but there remains
one station he has never flled which an
exchange thinks he is eninently deserving
Of, and that is police station.
John Weldon publishes card in the
Mobile Register, explaining that he voted
for the constitution because he was tired
of seven years war, and because he
thought it was the shortest way to get into
the Union. @
Arkansas win hold its election on the
ratification of the constitution, and for
officers under it, including representatives
to congress, on the 1SEh Of March. Thus,
Arkansas will be ahead Of Louisiana as
reconstructed state.
The obstructives Of Montgomery propose
not 10 trade with or employ Republicans,
whereupon the Sentinel reiOins by advising
Union men of that city, whose trade sums
up over two million dolIars a year, not to
trade with the cbstructivess
John N. Langston, the colored orator,
on his way North from New Orleans made
speech at his birthplace in Virginia, dur
! ing which he stated that he was the son Of
one of the most influential and beloved of
the cid arisiOcraey, "who now sleeps by
the side of my slave mother in the village
graveyard
General Grants leveeg, since the pub
lication OF the eorrespOndenoeb between him
and the president, are more thrOnged than
ever From eight O'Clock in the evening
until long after midnight, at late levee,
an immense multitude, living stream,
popfed through the mansien in at one door
and out at the other. go
| 1t is expected that resolution will pass
the house of representatives against pay
ments to Southern railroads of heavy
claims for services and damages during the
war. Should the resolution pass, they will
have to pay whatever they owe the govern
ment, or else be confiscated instead of re.
ceiving any pay for claims.
A letter from General sewell, Of the
freedmen's bureau in Georgia, says things
in that state are Improving. There is q
good demand for labor, and fair wages are
generally paid 70 colored men. There il
corn enough to last TIL the new crops are
made, and the government need issut
rationS only TO old men and women.
The Kentucky Democratic papers arr
taking the ground that the aprOoess of abol
ishing slavery has been revolutionary,
and that the whole matter viii be reOOnsid
cred when military power shall be with
drawn. This shows the programme. I
slavery can not be restored, the Southerl
, Democrats intend 70 demand payment fS
their slaves. 49,
The New York HeraId's staF is reduced
, and is worked muck harder than it used I,
; be-. It's circulation haa fallen of, while til
circulation Of the Rord is increasing
solely for the reason that the latter is su
: psrior as newspaper. There is no polit
, cal significance in this. Herprlse that th
World should 60 up while the Herald
, going down is an injustice to the readin
public, who may certainly be expected I
discern which is the better of two newsps
+ pets as quickly as in the case Of any Othe
; things they pay for, and who are droppin
the Herdld aud buying the World accord
! ingly. The daily Journal, no matter whit
/. its political character may be, that exec
as newspaper and merits success, is ce
tain to secure it, The REPuBnroAN will wi
: its way into public favor As the best new
E paper in New Orleans. This is no id
+ boast.
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