New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-03
BY TELEG RA.PH.
Yesterday Afternoons Dispatches. ]
No.. NM =,

From w aahinRtons
WASHINGTON, January 1.-The presidents
levee was attended as usual to-day by q
large crowd, including foreign ministers in
full court dress, and nearly every prominent
official army and navy officer. tas
This evenings Express says it is not the
least among the many creditable things
done by General Howard, thathe has issued
an order dismissing from tbe employ of the
freedmen's bureau those subordinates who
have permitted themselves to be nominated
for political Office.
Judge Busteed's family have received
dispatches from Mobile pronouncing his
recovery hopeless. .. g..
Representatives Washburne and Cullum,
Of Illinois, visit Richmond tomorrow to
counsel the convention
The report of Revenue Commissioner
Wells will urge the substitution of specific
for ad valorem duties in all possible cases.
General O'Neil, recently elected vice.
president of the Fenian brotherhood, has
by the resignation of President Roberts
become head of the brotherhood.
The Fenian senate has issued an address
disclaiming completely with the late out
RACES in England.
The towp treasurer of Spencer, Massa-
chusetts, has vamOOsed with $4,000 cor
poration funds.
Dispatches to-day report five cases of
drowning of persons skating.
immigration of 1867 exceeds that of 1866
by nearly ten thousand. fra.
Statistics of causalties on Western and
Southwestern rivers for the past year show
one hundred aud eighty-two accidents,
eighty-two resulting in the total loss of
vessels.
Loss involved S645,OO Insurance
$4,000. Loss Of life approximates
ninety-seven.
Lloyd Waddell has been appointed reve-
nue. assessor of first district, Georgia, vice
Charles II. Hopkins, removed.
WASHINGTON, January 2.--Cable.-The
emperor of China has selected Arson Bur-
lingame, American minister at Pekin, as
special envoy to revise treaties with Eu-
ropean powers. Burlingame accepts.
HAVANA, December 81 .-Lersundi's al
dress urges strict discipline on the part
of the troops and strict loyalty on the part
of the people as the only means Of restor-
ing happier days. Abiding to the slave
trade, he says public opinion is over
whelmingly against it, ant that DEGREES
against it, and the penalties attached, have
killed the traffic.
Pauskof Tarento, Maximilian's servant,
and the bearer of his last words 10 Carlotta,
died of yomito at St. Thomas
A decree from Madrid authorizes the con-
tinuance of mail service by regular lines
between Cuba and the United States.
b LONDON, January 1.-Two head centres
and FIVE captains OF the Fenian organization
have been arrested at Methyr, South Wales.
The government is determined to proceed
against Mr.. Sullivan, of the Dublin Nation,
and other persons who have taken eOnspic-
uous part in the recent funeral professions
in honor of the Fenians executed at Man
chester.
1t is reported that the men who stormed
the Martello tower, near Cork, and broke
into the gunshop, came from the United
States. l. Vii
LIVERPOOL, December 81, Evening"
Cotton closed firm, with an advancing ten
dency. Transactions comparatively heavy
sales reaching fully Is, 900 bales; middling
uplands q to ID. in port, I'd. to arrive !;
middling Orleans, "a to I'D. .o
LIVERPOOL, January 2, Noon.--Cotton
market closed quiet. Breadstnffs buoyant.
All articles advanced.
San FRANCISCO, January News by
steamer from China states that the imperial
forces met with a severe repulse at Way
chung, losing many lives and much prop
erty. The vicerOy's palace was blown in,
to the air.
The United States consul had made
treaty with the Formosa savages by which
wrecked seamen are to beprOtected.
Commodore Watkins died on the steamer
Costa Rica. nl. an
Yeddo and a new port on the island of
Sado will be opened on the first of April.
The tycoon of Japan has resigned his
power to the mikadO
LONDON, January 2, Afternoon.-Consols
90; bonds 721. 1ae 3sa
FRANKFORT, January 2.-Bonds 76A.
LIVERPOOL, January 2, Afternoon.--No
regular cotton market to-day. In private
circles prices are firmer, and may be quoted
as follows: Uplands I'D; Orleans 7ad
Milwaukee red wheat Id. Others I'm
changed. ae4s
LONDON, January 2, Evening. -Oonsols
95F. Bonds 721. r1
LIvERPooL, January 2, Evening. Bread
stuffs, provisions, and produce unchanged.
No cotton market. s1 oi an. 81
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