New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-14
NUMBER 236.

sa,~Nn
oIuSLee a certified copy of the resolution
70 De sent to the president. Grant ana
Stanton. "i"N'' "u"
senator Thayer will introduce a bill to-
~nloIIoM ~ 70 reduce the number of major
generals to four and of bripadier ganeraIs fo
nine, the op)ect of which is to legisIate ont
oi commission Major General Hancock and
Brigadier General Rousseau.
From RIehmond.
hICHAoND, january l3.-General Butler
blacks met him at the depot. A nrocession
composed OF deputetions from coiored soci-
etles ana large number of prominent Re-
puollcans In coaches escorted him 10 the
hotel. He speaks tonight.
n the reconstruction convention a reso-
iutlon was introduced to appoint a commit
Tee to inquire into the proprfety of releasing
virginia from her debt Incurred prior to
ana during the war, and laid over.
Tue amendment embodying the recogI
non @ oI the Deity in the bill Of rights v :
An article declaring that Virginia shaii 7
ever remain one of the United States. ana
substitute to the effect that the government
oil the United States can only be dissolved
Dy the consent Of the majority or armed
revolution. Both offered by Republicans
They were discussed until the COMMITTEE
rose.
resolution declaring secession mil Hand
the citizens of the Southern states stli3 citi.
sens Vi the united States, was ordered to be
printed. Adjourned.
MIssIssIPPI Convention.
JACKSON, January ia resolution was
adopted to appoint a committee Of three TO
inquire into the validity of the charter of
the jackson gas light company, with power
to send for persons and papers.
resolution was offered by colored
member, but not finally acted upon, for the
appointment of committee of seven to in
qulre into the charges preferred against a
portion OF the people of this state as pro-
mulgated in the recent proclamation by B.
6; humphreys, provisional governor of
The president having announced the
receipt Of l6O copies of the Alabama consti
| tuition from the executive committee of the
national Union Republican party
Mr.. Cunningham moved a vote of thanks.
MIR. Watson objected; hoped the conven-
tion would contine itself to the special
duties for which it had assembled; did not
understand whyso many thanks were neces-C
sary in that or any other direction.
On motion OF Mr.. Fields the resolution
was amended, returning thanks to the COM
mittee for what they had already done and
| for what 1t intended doing in future and so
amended was adopted.
The following was made the special order
for to morrow at twelve o'clock That COM
mlttee OF ave be appointed by the chair
whose duty it shall be to ascertain whether
any member OF this convention has in any
way identified himself against the recon
structlon acts Of congress and has declared
> the assemblage Of the convention unconsti-
tutlOna1, and who does not regard the ordi-
nances or acts of this convention as valid,
) and to report the same as soon as possible.
The majority report of the committee on
compensation recommended twenty dollars
, per day for the president and ten for each
member, reporter fifteen, secretary fifteen,
each assistant ten, sergeant-at-arms ten;
| mileage each way twenty cents
MIR. Fields moved to recommit with in
structions to bring in a report reducing the
fees enumerated at least sixty per cent.
= Mr.. Compton submitted as a minority
report, preamble and resolutions declaring
the convention unconstitutionally con-
vened-not competent to make amendments
, to the constitution of Mississippi; therefore,
u the officers and members were not entitled
S to compensation for any services they may
propose to render in such capacity to the
people OF Mississippi or the people of the
. United state, and concluding: "Be it further
;. RESOLVED, That this assembly do now ad-
6 journ sine die" There was much discus
both reports.
If Mr.. Clarke offered a resolution which
n was adopted, providing that no motion to
e adjourn sine die should be entertained un
less i've days previous notice be given.
IS Thereupon Mr.. Townsend gave notice tha
Is he would, on Saturday, the 18th instant
le make a motion that the convention so ad
1t journ. Adjourned.
II The Angola Victims.
BUFFALO, January l3.-The unrecognizeI
of bodies of the victims of the late railroad
"a disaster at Angola, seventeen in all, were
-, buried at Forrest Town cemetery this morn
IL ing in separate graves. A large lot wa
rt purchased by the Buffalo and Erie railreaC
for this purpose, and they intend to erect {
as monument upon it.
From Southwest Pass.
lie SOUTHWEST Pass, January 13, p. NJ
Barometer 30:4O. Wind east, strong.
Inc snip mongolia, hlelcner, master, II
turned in distress, with loss of spars an
d. sails.
IN Arrived: American brig Marietta, Lipair
"a master; cargo of wines to Blanchin 4 Gi
raud. Brig Music, Klein, master, cargo c
or coffee to j, L. Phipps & Co.
n No departures.
lr- Kiver Intelligence.
~ YIoKsBuRG, January l3.-Passed up las
sn night: Kilgore at p. NJ; passed down
40 Ezra Porter at =. NJ, Virginia at l P. n
II, River rising.
II II From Ohio.
n. COLUMBUS, January 49, Governor Hay
-a was inaugurated this afternoon.
IN. Financial Matters in New York.
Id NEW York, January l3.--Gold closet
". Money in more active demand but tn
su. market closed easy at sac for call loans
he Exchange weak at 9s83 Gold active an
nd excited, moving up to l4l, but closed a
l40t. Stocks active and strong with an NJ
ward tendency.
Sub treasury business to-day-reeeipt
ma So 500 900; payments S2,5oO 900; balanc
i5le ile S9s, 10000
le- Governments closed strong; 5-2Os of IsG
with coupons l09!; of 1864, 1871; of 1856
ss, 20 los; Of 1867, 1861; l0-40s, 1929; 1905 los
aa ns Tennessee 6's, g.; new 81; Missouri 6's, 99
From Europe.
m VIENNA, January ll.-Dispatches frol
the south indicate a more liberal policy O
o. the part of the sultan. decree has bee
issued suspending tithes for two years, an
i'll granting equal rights in Gambia.
is Domestic Markets.
NEW York, January l3.-CottOn 10l
er better; closing quiet uplands 16i0l7C
Ill Flour-Slate s. 600I0 80; Southern 800
l5. Wheat dull. Corn firm; mixed Wester
We 81 80; white Southern 81 30C11 81. Oat
as 1c. higher. Pork and lard unchanged. Gre
nd ceries dull. Turpentine 33@34e. Rosil
It 81 9097 90. Freights firm. Cotton by sal
or a@7l6; by steam a@2.
Foreign Markets
ne LONDON, January l3.-COnsols 923 bend
es LIyERPooI., January I3.-Ootton firm
ca sales Is, 900 bales; uplands It'd; Orleans 75d.
on common Wilmington rosin has advanced (