New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-11

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be following splendid specimen of pro-
sy appeared in the Times Of July 10.
reads so prettily that we hasten to
w it from our Bag aad lay it before our
ders. It viii be observed that can
server desires the able editor Of the
sdiug journal Of the South" to "keep
estimate lie also desires the RErrp-
N to "copy." Well, we will copy; but
make no charge for presenting valuable
ter to our readers and shall therefore
no bill to "B. f. Butler, Washington,
h.
he Editor of the New Orleans Times:
Where was the "Society to Prevent
belty to Beasts when Seymour, in his
ress TO the Democratic Convention, was
nited TO use his broad scalpel on every
milling limb of Radicalism?
s Allow me to state two facts, and then re-
dapredic,ion which l ask you to pre-
he I'LL after the November election.
len Mr.. Polk and Mr.. Clay ran, the
her of this gave list of States to
Nd (Dr. Young, of Nashville), giving
len States to enough to elect
hand nine to Clay, the balance doubt
He was not mistaken in a single
When Scott ana Pierce ran, he made out
milar statement, giving Pierce twenty
States, and Scott three; balance doubt
Scot goI four. The only mistake he
iewas in giving New Jersey, his resi-
s, to Scott, which he did not get.
enOw makes the following prediction:
n9ur-New York, Pennsylvania, New
ne. Connecticut, New Hampshire Ohio,
ni, Illinois, Virginia, West Virginia,
Uuri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
saippi, Georgia, North Carolina. Mary
1, Delaware, Louisiana, Texas, Calilor,
0regon-23 States.
Ennt- Vermont, Rhode Island, Michi-
rs States.
Balance doubtful.
lease keep this estimate. The writer,
! ugh never a politician, was the first to
/ the result of the election in 1886 to
beral Jackson at the Presidential man
and las been an observer Of facts
RrsiucC.
have not yet met an anli-Rad or Rad
admits Seymour has male ulHce meat Of
leqlS and That he ,rW be eccted! Bring
yonr big guns, We are all "splittin'
EhOut Seymour and Blair.
IRgprBLcAN please copy, and send bill to
+. Butler, Washington, District Of Co.
Lbia. AN OBSERVER.
New Orleans, July 10, 1865.
y we were riding yesterday in a Pryta-
car, a nurse got in with boy child of
but two years. Such splendid child !
was f4ir-haired and blue-eyed, ruddy Of
ek and strong of limb, and he looked so
. eht and spoke his intantile French so
|lny and laushingly, that benevolent
could not but look with love upon
b bud of promise.
But then came the thought that thi7
pet boy must grow up and chew tobacco
& talk horse, and perhaps go to the Legis-
lre, Or even become a Democratic edi-
,and overcome by the dreadful thought
spulled The strap and fed the car.
Before the election Mr., L. S. Grant was
bounced as BOBBY and blockhead and
Onkey and so on, because he held his
Rgue. Now the sapient and highly yir-
BUS editors of the Democracy are praising
wise reticence,' and declaring that it
Rans unutterable woes for "Radicalism. :"
Ihis is a great country, containing "a
BAT deal of land 10 the acre and very few
8ups," and blessed, moreover, with a
'lsistent press, which is CLEVER
4 is rumored that Mr.. L. P. Blair, Jr,,
y accept position as Professor Of
lies Letires in a Western College.
His success in the matter Of the Brod.
ID epistle is said to have procured for
Athe offer of this post.
Another report is that he will shortly
|hove to Alaska, where, after dispensing
earpet-bag government which now OBJ
rs us that sunny cline, he will assume
empire himself, and appoint Montgom-
\ keeper of the great Seal.
Iihe following is some conversation held
i evening at that nice little tea-party
|nmonly known as the Board of Alder
en-:
PR OBrien presented communication
felVed by him as Chairman of the Fl,
snce Committee from the Property-hold-
4 Association, stating that the gentlemen
Fited by the Finance Committee to inves-
pate the financial affairs of the city were
f h one exception, not members of the
BAL Estate Owners Association.
Mr. O.Brien stated that be would like
w to have these gentlemen invited 10
Qne forward and help the Finance Com
Ratee to investigate the financial atf4irs oil
ae city, and advise with the committee.
Mr. Shields wanted to know whether the
Runcil was prepared to publicly acknowl'
&c themselves body Of incompetent
frsons, and surrender to outside parties
We find in our Bag new thing. 1t is
m, weightiug six pounds, raised in St
'hnmany parish by Captain j. II. Ingra
Am.
captain Ingraham raised four hundred
p twenty bushels OF such on one acre o
-
pa, and land, too, which last year belong
to the United States.
lie has done even more than make TIVE
AIDES of grass grow where but one grew
.elore.
i may surprise some people to learn tina
'lls enterplisiDg farmer belongs to tina
/ &c who never work, you know, unles
nder the gentle persuasion of the cart
Pip
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