New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-13
A BOHEMIAN IN NEW ORLEANS.

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was sent to the Parish Prison without bail.
A BOHEMIAN IN NEW ORLEANS,
| His Visit to Governor Kellogg, and What
Came of 1.-THE Governor has an OF.
| Gce-He has n HOuse-BOth Described
| bohemian Surprised to Find the Gov.
ernOr can Talk in the English Ian.
Guage - Samples Given of What He
| Heard.
| We copy the following letter from the
| New York Tribune of the ninth instant:
! New ORLEANS. June 81 went around to
Mechanics Institute, on Saturday. to call
on Mr.. Kellogg. passed through a group
! Of cOlored men, who were lounging about
the entrance listening to an old, gray
headed black man fighting over again the
battles of his youth and boasting Of the
| right dar," ( heard him say: II wasn't
afraid to go fur anybody fur knowed she
wouldn't split Entering the first ante
room. found it filthy corner room facing
on Dryades street, with table in the cen
! tre and few dilspidated chairs
There were coDgregated in this room q
! dozen or twenty men, mostly black, who
| were smoking ard splitting tobacco juice
about in IA way that was fearful to. behold.
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audience with the Governor, but the most
of them appeared to be there because they
| had nothing else to do. A sign upon a door
! leading from this room announced that the
| Governors parlors'' were beyond. and so.
! approaching the aged negro who sat by the
door, l asked him it he would take my
card in. He took it, looked at it. asked me
if the Governor knew me. and, on receiving
| an affirmative answer. disappeared inside
| On his return he let me into the second
room and said that the Governor would see
| NE soon.
| THE APARTMENT OF STATE.
! waited here long enough to make few
observations. l had rot ye. got into the
Governors office, but only into a second
! ante-room. where the more fortunate ones
were allowed to await the Governors 8
| leisure. The room was aboU. the same size
| az the first. and was separated into two
! parts by a railing. behind which were some
! desks and three or four men writing. At
! each end of the room there was an old
| painting OF some civil or military hero. but
! they were done in such dark colors. of which
| age had deepened the shade. that | could
| not determine tLelr subject in the dim lish.
| of the room.
At one side OF the room, wa. a packing.
| box. the cover of which was partly Oft, dis
| closing that It was I'll tad with cavalry belts
| which the Goverro. afterwards informed
| me had arrived that day. About fifteen
| men were sitting and standing about the
| room, all of whom, with the exception OF
| two or three Metropolitan policemen, who
seemed to be fixtures there. and a planta-
tlon darkey who sat near the door OF the
Governors private office. with his chair
tipped back, turning over the leaves of Mr.
kelloggs last address. were apparently
! awaiting an audience. The rner door WAS
locked within. bat now and .hen bright
looking young mulatto issued forth and ad-
mitted some one OF those who were waiting
and behind whom the Dol. was always
turned.
MY time came at last. and after the Gus
tOmary salutatiOns, seeing that Mr.. Kei-
logg's business was pressing. and desiring
more time for conversation than we could
possibly have there. suggested that he
make an appointment with NE, which he
cheertully did. at his house. OF course. l
was careful to keep it. Mr.. Kellogg lives
in an unpretentious. though very comfort.
able, house on Prytania street. 1t stands
back rod or two from the street. and has
a high. ornamental iron fence in front.
the gate was locked. and, on ringing the
bell. servant came out with the key and
admitted me. l was shown into study.
plainly furnished and opening upon cool
gallery at the rear of the house. At desk
in the corner well dressed man, to whom
l was Introduced, but whose name ( have
forgotten, was cleaning and oillng pair of
Smith a. Wesson's revolvers. He remarked
that he was putting the armory in good
order, that being a very necessary adjunct
Of the government: in New Orleans. Mr..
Kellogg talked with me for about two
hours with very little reserve. and l shall
repeat, as nearly as I can remember. the
substance Of the conversation.
IMPROVED CONDITION OF THE STATE FL
SANCES.
We spoke first of the finances Of the
State. and Mr.. Kellogg said he had passed
through the most trying times in regard to
the collection of money. "tOr the first two
ov three months he said, x couldn't get
any money at all. l: was a part of the
plan OF Warmoth and his gang to leave hi.
successor with none of the meaus OF carry
ing on the government. He alb solutely took
out of the ship of state every foot of ma
chinery before turning it over 20 us. This
was done by means of what was known as
act No. 81. That provided that all war
rants and certificates of Indebtedness light
be registered. and that all delIn. uent taxes,
as they were paid, should be set aside as a
fund from which to lluidate them in the or.
der OF their registration. By another law
all taxes became delinquent on the first of
cduuEiy. w druOtu UltI uOC eInu luIS dct
and publish it until he and hi. friends were
ready. They bought these warrants and
certificates at great discount. for some
they did not pay more than thirty cents on
a dollar. and when it was announced that
the bill! was signed they had about $90O,O00
worth of this paper. The State owed its
Fiscal Agen. about $4,000 tor money ad-
vanced to pay interest: the new taxes were
not due. and these fellows were gobbling
every cent of the old taxes as fast as they
came in. Some OF our people were in it,
TOO. Ray had some of the warrants or GER
tifcates, and Pinchback had some. ! did
not discover it at once. but when did l
pus stop to it Immediately. / took
the ground that the act was unconstitu-
tional, part Of that money having been
already appropriated and pledged by the
Legislature for the payment of interest on
the State bonds. They attempted to get
out mandamus, but the case has not yet
been decided. Meantime we have had the
use of the money for legitimate purposes,
and with the new taxes that have been paid
within the past month we have been able
to pay our current expenses. return to our