The New Orleans crescent., 1869-01-17

before we can take itu
Then send clerk with me and III get ident
ned % rs me Aforesaid smyth. !" said 8.
The clerk took the check and started. Snyt
took the clerk to another and well known broker,
do you know me Mr.. Van s.! If SO, what
my pane "
"Mr. Smyth.n
DO you guarantee Mr.. Smyth's signature, sir !,
:, never saw Mr.. Smyth's signature in my life
and so could not guarantee that; but | will guar
antee that's Mr.. Smyth."
Mr.. Cleik was not satisfied with this, and s.
Smytn nao 10 take him 10 first class merchant i
Broad street. Appearing in the merchants Office
| the same question was asked
=" know you to be Mr.. Smyth, yes.'
Mr. A. b. c. Smyth"
" But ,od you guarantee That siqnatureu re
pested the clerk.
I" have not Mr.. SIS signature to compare. sir
and did not see him write that one T; but if b,
says he put that signature on the back Of tina
check, believe he did Let me see it why 1
is spelt with y, and your family spet their nam,
with an i how's that?"
That is because there was another A. B
Smith who got my letters; so, to prevent that,
have spelled my name with y instead of an /
for years. The letter or y, sir, is of no conse
quence, as long as the name on the back CORES
| ponds with the name in the body of the check
and you recognize me as Mr.. Smyth."
And still Mr.. Clerk was not satisfied, but re-
!
No matter about guaranteeing that signature .
| said Smyth, 1--WE will 60 direct to B. Bros, who
issued the check, and see what they say"
Ae;cordingiy the twain went there, and the
." Is that your check ~ asked Smyth.
es," said the cashier.
Do you remember making that out for me al
my suggestion, here in your house, day before
yesterday"
al do.n
Smyth passed the check over to the clerk who
bad accompanied him, satisfied that there was no
farther anything to be said. Bot what was his
astonishment when the brilliant minded clerk ex.
tended the check to the cashier. and demanded to
know If he would guarantee that signature %
mo" said the cashier, "for did not see him
wIte 1t; If had would guarantee it. do not
even know, posittCely, that this is Mr.. A. B. G.
Smyth; but he introduced himself as such to us
and gave us satisfactory references and issued
that check to him. Now you say that you have
been with Mr.. Smyth to those parties and they
recognized him as Mr.. A. B. G. Smyth?"
." Yes, said the clerk.
"Then you know more about the gentleman
than we co." said the cashier. "Now, as you
have bad Mr.. Smyth identified, let him write his
name again on that check in our presence and
then we both shall have identified the signature"
Still, Mr.. Conglomerated Clerk demurred.
Perhaps you doubt the house by whom the
check is drawn" said the cashier, little con-
temptuousy.
20. no, no, not for moment"
Noil, lncH, gOu HOlu tndL CHECK moment
Mr.. Symth, step this way, sir; please TO write
your signature on that piece of paper"
Smyth did so, the cashier took il back to the
clerk, they compared the two, when the cashier
said to him, There, sir, those signatures are as
near alike as a man ever writes his name twice.
II you amt satisfied with that you are more par
ticular than this house, that's ALL"
Without word, the clerk took the check to his
house, Messrs. ketchum, Holden i Co., and then
refused TO accent the check Their only excuse
W ~ nof cd hat ho
ture had been identified" " Smyth thought so too
(bad) and with wet feet and wiser head got as
quickly as possible out of street, where they
are constantly playing " faro bank" using stocks
and credit for chips" and where there is so
much "sbrewdness,h vulgarly called rascaIity
among themselves that they do not believe that
honesty is to be found anywhere else than in the
dictionary. Some Of their own profession have
did our friend Smyth with a y-Ketchum. for in.
stance But with the above recital of facts, we
will leave city hard up for money aud people
who 1--we within their means, and HE US to
WASHINGTON,
A nice town-to ledUe! I was glad TO bouqh
myself out OF it. 1t seems as If the " root OF all
evil " had full possession Of the city. There are
few sdp-heads F" there to " bark up the wrong
tree :" But while there are many who keep
themselves looking spruce, there are mary who
ptne for something in tie way of spoils"
While there took drink of whisky, and strange
TO say, i am alive TO tell of it l also had
PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH GEN. GRANT,
In which he unbosomed himself to me in full.
Here is his bosom: He said that his future policy
would be the same as that marked out in his past
speeches. He should take for his motto, Sc Be
just and fear moi" and should be just the man the
people need not fear. He said he did not intend
to wash anybody's dirty linen, but he should hang
bis clothes out to dry his line If it took all
summer. That he was radically conservative, and |
should surround himself only with those men |
whom he appointed to surround him. He said |
that the recent reported opinions of public men,
Is represented in the New York World to have
been expressed by him in private conversation, |
we're false in every particular, as he had never |
leld any private conversation with anybody. He |
aid bis policy was $40, 600, which he had assigned
70 his wife. In regard to the South, he was will. |
ng the levees should extend out over the Missis-
ippi if the people wanted; that the bar at the
mouth OF the river might be removed if they had |
nything down here to move it with that the ne.
'roes should be allowed to vote as long as they |
ave the ballot-box ; that'the people should have
II the privileges incident to our government in
luding life, liberty and the pursuit of taxes. His
sbinet will be as follows:
Secretary of war-Brick Pomeroy.
Secretary Of Indian affsrs-Gen. Sheridan.
Secretary CT the interior-Mark Twain.
Secretary of State-Fernando Wood if He
'Ould.
Postmaster genersl-Harriet Beecher's Toe.
1
Minister 10 Salt Lake City-A. Head.
Consul to st. Domingo-Gen. Banks.
Consul to Hades-G Gen. B. F. Butler.
Mr.. Grant was very outsDoken in what he said,
ut be didn't say much. His policy however is
erfectly clear-as he paid up the last assess nent
D it the other day.
IN CINCINNATI
saw "the Fat Contributor" who said that his
theirs name was Grswold. We passed the |
'eniDg together, and he related how that he had
1norama of the "oil regions,n while Artemus
ard had his of Salt Lake City; and how they
ct ct Erie, Penn, and joining in for one evening
gether, be commenced by delivering his lecture |
J the oil regions over the paintings Of Brigham !
oung's Salt Lake City. Ward following with his
ormon lecture on the oil region paintings Of the ,
Fat Contributor. :" At first the audience did not
e the point, but when they did -
The Fat Contributor" ia an ordinary man,
yStcday, ard leans toward fun and the Iudi'
ous. He never drinks, aud seldom eats any
ing. he is very regular in his habits-in both.
AT LOUISVILLE
fpent quiet hour with &C. Washington !
icks." who never has any in his hat, and is one
the anDoiDted. His maiden name was John E.
Itcher, on bis mothers side, aud be is one of
Fau xHf ffo hn h.. |