New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-29
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 49, 1876

from 800 to 44oo, he proceeds to sw,ndle
his landlord out Of his board bill and shake
the dust of Warrington off Of his feet.
His testimony, - . general thing, is huge
series of contradiction, can not bear the
scrutiny of . cross.examination, and tho
witness. while under tho fire of Republican
almost convinces the spectator
that he is pe'jured villain.
Hundreds Of women, tho widows and
daughters Of Union soldiers, are appealing
to tho stony hearted majority in the House
day after day to grant the appropriation
for the bureau of engraving and printing,
in order that the work of replacing the
worn out currency and greenbacks 90 sadly
needed may be resumed, and these poor and
suffering people for the actual necessaries
of life may once again earn the small pit
tance that will enable them to keep soul
and body together. As well appeal to rocks
OF sdamant - to attempt to enlist the SYM
pathies of these ex-rebels. If they bore with
fortitude the glimpses they had Of the tor
lures inflicted on the brave loyal heroes Of
the Union army, yea, even gloated with joy
over the sufferings of these men in the mis-
cradle Southern prison pens, they can cor
tainly read without . shudder the fact
published in all the papers of Washington
tho other day that "Miss Annie Freeman,
. former employe of the bureau of en-
craving and printing had, since her dis
charge, barely secured enough to keep lite
in her body, and finally succombing to
weakness and . sick bed, actually starved
to death, unkno wn and unattended"
Cases almoet parallel to this one are made
known every day by these people about the
capital, who are striving, with IN earnest
ness bordering on frensy, to secure work in
the bureau from which they were dis
charged. The work is required by every
public interest. There is NO valid reason
yet given, and none will be gwen Why this
work should not 60 on. A. soon - the
former employees got starved out, or got
out of Warrington, the appropriation will
be granted at once, on condition that the
bureau be filed with women upon the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
House Of Representatives.
An observer of Heister Clymer's manner
in conducting the investigation now on foot
by the Committee on Expenditures in the
War Department readily perceives the fact
that since Pendleton and Robbins, the shin
ing lights of the Democracy, have been
drawn into corrupt transactions. Heistez
has appeared fearfully demoralized in mind
He squirms and riggles in his revolving
chair, addresses correspondent by the I'M
common name of Smith a. "Mr. Marsh
state what you know about the publication
of the aforesaid article;" and then again
addressing the same party, "Mr. Wight, you
are the correspondent of 90 and so, sre
youa" When the weeping Heister is about
to swear . witness by the name of Jones
he asks, "Mr. Blackburn (nsme of one o.
the committee, just entering the room), dt
you swear by the book or uplifted handP
He has addressed other witnesses a. Mr.
Blackburn on repeated occasions until thil
gentleman told him the other morning thai
it would be well to have him .BlaCkburn
subpenaed q: once if ell the witnesses
were to be addressed - Blackburn. The
implication Of prominent Democrats il
outrageous frauds has certainly fell Ike q
thunderbolt on these Congressional investi
gators and taken the backbone out of theil
energy and efforts completely. In the
meantime nothing il being done to restore
tho paralyzed industrial interests Of the
country. Tho Democrats are widely di
vergent in their views ON the currency
question. They have commenced to tinker
with tho tariff and make NO progress what
ever - = what line Of policy they vii
adopt upon this question, 90 that it woult
| be better for all concerned il they had MOI
meddled with the tariff Ut al. Members
| of tho committee have from time to tim'
consulted with the Secretary of the Treas
ury on tho subject Of the Secretary'
Recommendation for specific instead O
| I'd valorem duties, and have giveE
the Secretary to understand that they
| indorse his views ON this point, but q
| vet the committee has not taken any step
| in that direction in its brief consideration
| of q change in tariff duties. In fact, tn
| Democrats in the House have no unanimit.
ON this or any other important subject
Most of their shining lights are in com
mittee rooms absorbed in the work Of at
tempting to unearth the guilt of thei
political neighbors and finding their owl
household stained with guilty actions Of it
members. To review the entire action
and proceedings Of this. Democratic Hous'
it has, in the language of Mr.. Holman. on
of their chief leaders, uttered after thei
organization, "made hi of rebel mes
out of the House." d. D. G.
Engllsh Drama In New Orleans.
An article in the Times of yesterday eve
ming says:
The old St. Charles Theatre, which occu
pied the site of the present structure, q
though nearly twice it's size. was erected ii
the year 1885, and opened November 30
that year by Mr.. J. d. Caldwell, who cam
to New Orleans IN 1921 with . strollin