New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-02
NEW ORLEANS TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1872.

/ Dit1S. faEHHie IN tltF bdEh notes SIN
| months after tie termination of the present
war is to assure the public that they will
| ultimately be redeemed at par with gold
| and silver, which will assured,y be done as
| soon as the banks generally resume specie
| payments, and TO gnard against scarcity
| of other small notes which may arise from
the banks refusing to issue small notes.
JACOB BARKER.
HOME PLANTATION, Mag Is. 1862.
Jacob Barker ESQ:
DEAR SIR-This will introduce to your
favorable notice Mr.. Edward POche, tie
overseer of this place, who visits the city
away last ght. Any assistance you can
render him viii be reciprocated with pleas
ure. should an opportunity otfe..
Yours, respectfully,
w L. ADAMS.
NEW ORLEANS, May II, 1862.
W. l. Adams, Esq, at the Hope Plantation
Dean SIR-ln reply to your letter of the
fifteenth instant, have to inform You that
Mr.. Poche leaves this day with pass from
the military authorities on his return with
two of your hoys. The other he could no. find
advanced him On your account atty dollars
TO pay expenses, which YOU viii. when CON
venieut. return. The freedom with which
passports are granted must convince all of
dear sir te solicit for those dciuded boys
Your cleiuency. Kindness viii have much
better effect on the whole human race than
severity. very respectfully. your obedient
servant. JACOB BARKER.
lis NEwsFAFEa SURPRISED.
\ Union journal published the following
remarks on Barker's political position:
&" MIR. Jacob Barkers rebel and pro-slaverv
organ, the -idrocute. has been suppressed.
On tie thirteenth instant the banker and
trader gave lis an article of seventeen lines
on ! he Baiiot-Box.' Ii was written in the
rumb.ing. mumbliug- brng!ing lyle of the
dls.oyal old editor, but i Was al seces-
sionist c0uld ask in the way Of defiance
Speaking oi the recent elections in New
York, OAIo and Icnnsv v.vania, tiT Barker
SAID:
- Il these reports he confirmed an arInis-
tee VII. >o0E follow. Negotiations once
commenced. there will not he any more
lighting. Whether an armiStice results from
the Democratic success or from foreign in
teryentiun. VIC shall hail i as peace mea
sure 10 be welcomed by all parties.
Jacob Barker subsequently, published his
remarkable letter on the subject of cotton
and gold. and the relative relations OF the
TWO equivalents.
Pale Dca.l. has beaten a. Lis door.
The cHce ou>y brain ut Jacob Barker Is at
Ttet.
From lie N W Iolk WuIG.l
Ih.s eminent tinancicr whose death is an
nuuncea IL morning, was q native Of Swan
Island. kerreGec cUunt~. Maine, and was
III his ninetv-thlra wear. He caape. as lie
ottcn proudly told. on lis mothers side
from the ~ame stock as Or. Franklin. She
was a Quakcress, of Nantucket. 4. sixteen
wears o: age he came 10 New Ior}l and was
employed IL the commission house OF Isaac
Hicks. Beginning business Oh Lie own ac-
corlt, lie owned. before he was -Herty-one
wears Of age. toUr ships and III :. A. an
illustration ct his scli-pos>essio' ), is said
that Al ms wedding breakfast a letter an
nouncing the commercial rUin o. himself
and his friend was handed to Linn. He read
the letter. gave i 70 his friend. ana asked
him To take vine. confirming Tho celebration
WI. mont any eign OF perturbation. He re
cc.yed tie consignment ot tie 1.'st steam
cu ne u>cl III the North river. IL the war
OF Isl9 ne took the Democratic side in poll |
tics, and engaged 70 raise S.r0.uoJ for the !
government. He was on. of tie .uund- /
els oi Tammauy Hall. and tooi. rart !
in the tI~- meeting there. l. became !
Senator oi the state o! New York and on |
an inpoI tGEt Insurance case de. cred an |
o'saIon n opposition to Chancellor Kent.
and was sustained III il by the court. IN /
the JHio,t newspaper he advocated the
election OF Clinton. In lsiJ Ae went !
wholly into the business o: speculation.
the Exchange Bank n Wall
street. and aiming at The powcF o, regu-
latng the markets OF the country. The
Exchange Bank failed in 1870. bat through
barking connections in various parts OF
the country be still maintained renUta-
ton fer wealth. Having sent q challenge
20 Mr. Rogers. lie was indicted by the
grand Jury, and. notwithstanding his bril-
liant defense. he was sentenced % he dis
tranchised. From this Ee was relieved by
Governor Clinton. He was indicted Subse-
!uentlv fer fraud in insurance trans
actions. but after billiant defense in
which he was opposed by the most emi
lent lawyers. he was acquitted.
In 1881 he returned to New Orleans. and
'ontinued in business there uu;i Il few
years since when lis bank failed. causing
ntch iureuveuieucr III New r"leeIS He
!as since lived il retirement