New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-10

NEW SwISDLE on ST. CHARLEs'STREEr-
The Lee .NonuA.eNt .sfd General Hood.-Ne
copy the following fanciful but true sketch
from the Times Of last evening:
Those artiul n,asGucradcrs of st. Charles
street. the sports. have recently been enact
| ing quite Il charming little comedy. III whlch
! several gentlemen from the rural districts
| have been indicted to the tune of several
, hundreds Some one OF their number has
recently been brevcted Il full general OF the
| late Confederate States army, and he keeps
| a little game for the sole purpose, AS Is al
| legged OF erecting Il monument to General
, X. T.. Lee. For several days General }. Il.
| Hood has learned from merchants ana
! others that some one on st. Charles strcct
! had bec,i imperSonat!nI him, and lnHltlnS
; parties who were brought to place repre-
| sentel as his office to play at a lottery es-
! tahlished for the benefit OF IL Lee ln"ni-
| mental association. He discovered ycster-
| day that it had grown into a regular bust
ness, and that number of persons had
| lost money. under the impression that they
| were contributing to the fund.
| A Mr.. Baxter, of Mobile who came t" the
ci,ya short time ago, lost Sol. The Gen-
ertl, hopin. that the public. and especially
! those from tie country. may be warned
| AGAINST the ilnposture. related to oUi
! rcnorter all he had heard conrclnln. the
| matter.
One gentleman. prominent planter, gave
! us a history OF his experience. and We pre-
| sent il in his own words. At his request
we withhold his name, but he has expressed
himself as perfectly willing 10 point out
| the parties should occasion require it. Tho
! following is his statement:
! On Tuesday morning was on st. Charles
street. opposite the hotel. at the corner OF
Common street. when was approached 10y
a Young man, who asked me il l was not
from Adams county, AS he thought he knew
me. | told him no: that never had
lived in Natchcz He told me his father
| had 4 lot of stock that he wished to take TO
| Lamar county. Texas. and asked me where
! the land office was. | told him | did not
know that he could do anything with the
! land office here when the land lay in Texas
! He then introduced me to a man whom he
| called his tather-a man about the medium
| height. with gray hair and gray WHISPERS.
| After the introduction he commenced talk
ing about farming. processing. to be a
| farmer, asking me my views, and giving his
| opinions.
! The Young man remarked. when the queS
! ton of labor was started, that at a certain
| labor office. on the other side of the street
| We could see some Chinese We went TO
an office on st. Charles street, opposite the
| hotel. Ii was Il large room. with no desk
| in it, but | noticed table with some glasseS
| aud Il bottle. We waited there for about
! twenty minutes or half an hour. but the
! Cinnamon did not come. nor any one else
except a colored boy. Wien they asked for
| the Cinnamon. which they did several times
he would reply. They'll be down i'll a
| minute" He protrsSed being tired of wait
| ing. and concluded u leave. 1t was then
suggested by the Young man that We would
all 20 over to Generil Hoods office and
! take Il drink of old Kentucky Bourbon.
| asked what General Hood that was. He
F., said it was the one that commanded orr
! army in the Confederate war. We
| thea went to No. - 81. Charles
| street. and went up stairs to the second
| floor Inquiries were Immediately made for
! General Hood. There was man in the
| office that said the general WIS out on some
! business. and asked liz to take seats and
! wait a few minutes. that he would he i'll.
| The man then Went on to explain that Cen
| cral Hood had started IA lottery. for the pur
| pose of building a monument to General
! Robert T.. Lee. He explained il. THROWN.
, out an oilcloth with some figures on it and
| some dice. The young man put down :.
| dollar and lost. The man told him that WAS
! one dollar donated toward the monument TO
! Robert T.. Lee. \ fellow then walked in
! and told this story: Il have Il ticket here i'll
the lottery" and handed i: to him to
| what it was worth. Tie man looked AZ il.
! and told him II was worth thrtv-ilNt
! dollar. in gold. This young man
! bought ticket, threw. and won twenty
| dollars in gold. After that we all com
mcnccn throwing. and throwed numbers
! that the man told us we We're compelled to
! iOuhlc. until the entrance was about two
, hundred and sixteen dollars. when we threw
! !! blank. The Young man lad Il check for
| $500. ny Il paper resembling one. with
| which he paid his part and that II his
| father. gave "a sight draft on Me>SrS.
Penn. Pace n Simmons for :i"e. We then
| came ont, aud called 1T the office o., my
, merchants TO prevent the draft being paid.
, Went back TO hunt up the two men who
| We're with me. and found the old man at
! the same cOiner-St. Charles and Common.
| told him tha, had been regularly
cheated by Il den Of thieves. He said he
| believed So TOO. asked him where his son
! was and that if could see him | would
! report the matter I" the police and have
some parties arrested. He told me his son
| Was right there. but he was nowhere iii
sight. The old man started Off saying he'd
hunt him up. rcnarking that his son would
have his money back or there would be some
shooting up there. He then told me to go
to the St Charles. and as soon he found
his son he would he there, which would be
within twenty minutes. l have not seen or
heard of either OF them since. That eve
hours. until dark
BRIEF MENTION.-Elias Gibson, driver Of
cotton float, was arrested on North Mar
ket street for running into and badly daru
aging dray.
+. &. REYNOLDS was arrested on st.