New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-20
"JNTIuIDATION" IN NEH-ORLEANS.

. r-,IoS SAILORS TESTIMONY OF HIS KIND TREAT
MENr by sOUTHERNERs DURING TWO YEARS OF
BUSINESS LuE-DIsHONEsT NORTHERNERs THE
ONLY MEN SOCIALLY 0sTRACIzED.
To the BditOr Of The Trt6uns
SIR: served during our late alteration
in the navy OF Uncle Sam la that service cohthued
until 1872 at which date resigned and began business
in this city was ordered to Orleans In 1870, ana
Judging by the reputation given to the native residents
OF this section by Radical press OF the North e1
pected to be snubbed account OF my buttons and 10
the cold shoulder because OF my shouderstraps
On the contrary however became intima lately as
sociated with many men with whom but o few years
before could have couverscd only under mag OF truce
and among these to-day count many or my "afmest
friends. Within few months after my afrival' ara
while still on duty officer was elected manager
IN two Of the prominent benevolent ORGANIZATIONS OF
this CITY, where several Of my coaborers we're gentle
men whose names have been prominent In the OPP
positon to the Kellogg usurpaton In all these relation
,bps as we'll as in my church connection In this city,
have uniformly received the most cordial greeting aud
have az yet failed discover any signs OF osraeism
In recent interview "P s." is reported to have said
that many Northern in this section dare not testify
upon this subject for fear OF stu further commercial
loss For one however. having for few weeks breathed
tss Same air with the Lieutenant General a." too,
am not afraid" and can draw from my own experiences
attn further proof Of the slanderous nature OF the
stories with which that warrior has been startling the
country Having left the navy formed copartner-
ship with gentleman Who during the war, in the
employ Of the Confederate Navy Department
"Csp such things be-
And like a Summer cloud
without special wonderT
Here Greek met Greek and surely the tug OF war"
was TO be expected The facts IN the case however
briefly these: Located 10 the commercial center OF the
city, within a stones throw OF the Cotton Exchange.
and starting with q very small circle OF customers
business has steadily increased, having more than
doubled in two years while to-day the majority Of our
patrons among the principal cotton factors
aud commission merchanis OF this city. Such
epitome Of e1Yankee officers four years experience
say testimony the Lieuten ant General who. hating
here for weeks CD route to Cuba, gathers about
him "a company of sycophanuc politicians AMI decrepit
Garnet bagRere. When O boy L used TO OstraciZe ~
there CHANGED TO be no better weapon than oyster
shells at handl the blood suckers that fastened
on my legs when In bathing, and such according
to my very constant and studious observation OF the
progress OF social reconstruction In LOUISIANA has been
The ostracsD practcod toward the Northern immi
grants 10 this State. Here and there be found
veteran OF the Confederate Home Guards that swOre
never TO leave his home except In oase OF an Invasion.
who (" caut bear the sight OF Yankee" but among
those whore ardor the Confederate cause was OF the
bellRerent type, have as yet TAILED 10 ma anything
but the most cordial and courteous welcome Niue Is
nor An isolated case but It's counterpart can be found In
vet ga in i'm portant particulars is peculiarly
direct refutaton of fasehoods by which the KEEL
logg Government 10 sought TO pc perpetuaed' cannot
forbear though the expense OF seeming egotstics
thus briefly sketching It. a. H. NJ
Eeu. Orieans Jan. IL. 1879