The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-08-20
THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.
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The undersigned. on returning to his place Of
business after brief absence on the 10th inst.
was informed that u representative Of the Now
/ Orleans bulletin had been mt the Office. and
| after waiting a while. stated that the object OF
his visit was to solicit an advertisement for in
sertion in said paper whereupon he was as
sured by n confidential clerk to whom he
addressed himself and whose answer We indorse
| that in his opinion II was useless TO wait il that
was his object The reason being demanded.
| he W told that the TACT that the Bulletin was
used In the interest Of the Louisiana State Lot
terry a was supposed to belong to Mr.. Howard.
was one reason. and the unwarrantable attack
on Rev. n. y. Mallard because he had q cliued 10
allow the paper to be continued ut his residence
free of charge was another reason why he
thought the insertion would he withheld from.
h paper. Put little more was thought about
the matter until. on the nth. the attention of
the writer was directed &, an article cont ined
10 said paper. which. rom the boldness and
audacty OF its misstatements might misead
some who are unaeauainted with the party ut
whom the attack is aimed, or ignorant of the
animus OF the paper. The article liz headed
Purely Religious aud Benevolent" and after a
flourish about "our tax-ridden people," the
writer says: " 1t appears that the proprietor is
agent Of what Is known to the initiated rs the
New Orleans Methodist Depository" etc. This
statement Is false. Said corporation has no
ageit. and needs none: 1t is true hat egisla-
tive act OF exemption was passed in behalf OF
that corporation. and that the undersigned Is a
tenant Of their building but the statement that
these large stores are released from the gen.
eral burden OF taxation" as applied 10 the I'M
dersigned. is utterly false. his tax receipts on
file up TO the current year will show any state
n
signed owns or represents. by power Of aitor-
ney. in his said capacity agent. any property
or stock in trade exempted from taxation, is |
false and without fou ndation.
The statement that they the trustees) have
purchased lately No. ITO Camp street. next door |
to their former religious concern Ia false; that
building does not and never did belong to them |
nor did they ever propose buying IT, |
Attention has been directed to another article |
appearing In the same paper Of this the 10th |
inst, in which the writer, after flourish OF |
choice billingsgate. says:
There are some Others too, who received the
intel igence we give with something more than
surprise AID who. altho 9h directly Interested,
II seems were entirely ignorant OF the way the
Harp Of a thousand business strings was. syren-
refer to Messrs. Ellis and Gresham who. sinRu-
lar to say nevrr understood how the purely
religious concern managed to undsrss them
much Indignation and our booksellers have
considerably moderated their high opinion OF
hat thrifty instrument-the Harp.
We have called on the gentlemen alluded to
md find that they have not been interviewed
rave seen no one from the Bulletin Office. so
he statement about them is purely gratutous.
The undersigned feels assured that the reader,
lfter reading the above statement. which can be
,acked by the documents. will not expect any
License against the foul aspersion OF his per-
onal character.
au2O ROBT. j. HARP.