The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-04-05
EN-SPEAkER CARTIER.

Ell CHEcKERED CAREER OF A M1N1srE,
SOLDIER AND Po11T1c1AS-PREAc1
ING AND DuEL1Sa AS FINE, ARTS
I FIFTEEN CHALLENGES IN lively
! MONTHS.
s We copy this morning an 'artic;
from the pen Of the Washingto,
correspondent of the Cincinnati Can,
: merc'a2, purporting to be the repo1,
OF an interview with ex-Speake,
Carter, in Washington. Of this re-
} port an interviewing writer for thu
Plooyu''e makes Colonel Carter say
He lodged the interviewers, but
after all his efforts to maintain an
unootrusive modesty, the coYrespn-
Gent OF the Clncinnats Commercial,
one Ra'nsdale, or Ramshorn. Or
some other sort Of q RAM" by Clint
OF the most persistent, pertinent and
lmpeItlnent questions, succeeded in
obtaining the raw materials out Of
which, by drawing upon his imagiaa-
ton TOR three-fourths Of his facts, for
manufacturing quite sensational
article on " New Orleans and her
remarkable Characters taking Col
onel Garter as an example OF what
he (tho correspondent was pleased
to call Ga very bad class" Colonel
Garter had no objections to being
made.'' to point q moral or adorp q
tale, but was unwilling to father
the statement of Ramshorn" as o. |
biogsapher, especially in his rather
COARSE and vulgar portraiture Of
Governor Warmoth, wherein lie SAWS
That Colonel Carter said he WAS 81
thief, traitor and Liar, and had
stolen himself millions of dollars.
Ihls is the Commercial interview
RS report |,
l was sitting besi;.e Boardmaa
'mlth, who was a member of the
ogtessional committee to investigate i
ne recent Legislative troubles in l.
Jew Orleans, and we were talking i
bout the inquiry and the ,nisch;ey- t
us complications that had been en-
endered in that city.
" By the way" said he suddenly.
Carter is here, and I want you to =;
'e him. He is q remarkable man. r,
e stands against the door there" =
1 looked in the direction he iudi- y,
ted, and saw the profile of ~ face ~
at seemed to be without cultivation
refinement !; it was, indeed, rather ~
arse. I answered that J. did not - -
49, =. Sc
re to meet him but after O. few ~
Carter came Over to Mr..
al5ils seat, and we We're introduce
AS soon us / obtained u full Iii
w OF his face I could sec that he w
S something more than an ordina- 't'
man. He is about five feet ten 20,
eleven inches high, light complex ni'
, handsome brown hair, which is ~
her long, an auburn ,nustache, 4'ss
ends falling down over the cor 'o'
S OF q rather sensual mouth. His 'he
ahead is rather low, but full above
eyes. His head is large and his
y is observation-disclosures slightly LAY
t. Ills eyes and the expression 1 n
lis face are mild, but there is
,ethlns that tells people he is not Yer
be triaed with. He does not hac
IS quite as we'll as an ex-Speaher sho
ne Louisiana Legislature should rlflf
IS, especially one VINO has SO late it "
licked up such an awful row. He how
on q dark military coat and ed,
?, flaming green necktie and a +"
that was a trihe soiled. He goo
a brown SLOUGH hat in one hand wor
a massive gold cane i'll the other, ever
he wrestlea' big chew of past
eco IN bis mouth. Although his leng
as before stated, Indicated that som
7as 6 man not to be trihed with, and
Mr.. Smith and the writer, be- In n
N us, succeeded in getting a is o
deal of personal history out of will
He said his age was nearly oppe
that he had been thi+y-eight pe1it
he past two years. I asked him have