New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-21

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MISCELLANEOU
The Presbyterian Assembly Mt FE1sa-
deIpaln - COngratulatory OispOsScs
From DR.. ElMOtt-Lubrfcatang 02
Warehouse Bu urned-Defau itfng GasH
Treasuror Committed In Defanst 81
Kail-His Embezzlement $40. .O01-
Arrassned for Illegal Renewal -
Distilled spSriss-HethOdist Csnfsv~-
ence at Memphis.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20.-1n the Presbyte-
rian assembly this morning, the moderator
read congra!ulatory dispatch addressed -
the assembly by the venerable DR.. Elliott,
who was moderator of the general q ssem-
bly of 1888, at which the memorable schiSm
occurred.
bonge of Freeman & Crumbs Lubricating
Oil Works was destroyed by fire last night
Loss estimatedN at $4,000; covered BY m
surance.
Sr. LOUIS, May 2O.-M. E. Susisky. tSar
late defaul,ing City Treasurer, falling n
give the twenty thousand dollarbonds Ts.-
ouired, was sent to Jail. The indietrent
against him is for embezzling one hxsR-
| dred and forty thousand dollars.
| The Mayor and City Council instructeE
the City Attorney to bring suit against atas
| Gas Company to compel them to sell ass
gas works to the city as provided for by eossa
| tract.
C1Nc1NNAT1, May 20.-Peter schwass
| Thomas Neegran, John A. Lundley, Gu
| Hamilton; Sigimunt Levy, OF CinclnnatiE
John Eberhardt and Caleb Dodsworths %
Cumminsville, William Duffy, HigginsPozfs
and @. s. D. Rockhlll, of Cincinnati. have
been before Commissioner Halliday chargeS
with removing five hundred barrels OF d1n-
titled spirits con Dtrary to the revenue laws, M s
April, 1868. The cases were continueG
until. the twenty-seventh instant and ans
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parties released on bail.
eral Conference occupied to-day in d@-
cussing the removal of the book concern
} from Nashville to Louisville. It was hnaalE
decided to let it remain.
SIDNEY, May 20.-Lieutenant Easss-
benburg's pickets. who were stationed eE
! the bluffs north of this station, were drives
J in at eight o'clock last night, by thirty
/ Indians. They came from the north Sas
retreated in a westerly direction.
CHICAGO, Illinois. May 20.-Further parss-
) culars of the fire at WiAona on the eighteenss
show it to have been more destructive tha4h
! at first reported. Almost the entire bus
ness portion of the town was dessroyes-
> Loss $4,000; insurance $25, 900, mostly an
J Hartfort (Connecticu) offices.
4 General Pope telegraphs that the Indian
raid on the line of the Kansas Pacific Ra4a-
road has ended.
t that steps have been taken to punish tsss
d Indians who made the raid.
y Copious rains thoughout central Iowa for
= the past three days have been OF gxeas
/, benefit to the crops, all of which are look ins
q fine.
J. ST. LOUIS. May 20.-The gas company has
It brought suit against the city for various
d sums alleged to be due for gas furnished tAs
e city for The past three years, aggregali iEs
n over S3Oo 600. This is regarded as an otases
to suit which the counsellor OF the CITY 70
r \ hahn OF -
:. pany.
is Three of the bondsmen of the defaultinE
d City Treasurer, Susisky, have notified MAyos
Cole of their readiness to pay their portieG
D. of his bonds; the other bondsmen vlz
probably pursue the same course.
y LoU1svILLE, May 2O.-The General AS
d sembly of the Presbyterian Church met az
Of nine o'clock this morning, and was engages
n all day in receiving reports, statistics
or papers, etc., and referring them to commHs-
le tees. Among the reports were the follc~
ing: Report of the executive committee es1
lg ministers-read by Rev. Dr.. wilson: Ae
e. ferred to special committee of one minisaIs
it from each Synod. The plan proposed, wasa
as some modification, is the same as that ia3'
sc before the last General Assembly.
Id The ninth annual report of the execnszF'
So committee on publications shows that tb
number of volumes printed during the yes:
n was IA 500, of which IL, 035 were unbound
st or at the bindery; catechisms, q, 500; boos
r. of church order, 10000; tracts OF varicH
1t. sizes, 1859 700: catalogues, 5000; annual re
n ports, 1900; church blanks: 525O; system ~.
benevolence envelopes. 1876, ,240; number
ry pages printed matter. II 900, 100.
ar Cotton Transactions-Reeeipt ana snsa
"a OF the Week-BtOck ON Hand.
City POINT, May 20.-Cotton: Receipts a
the week. 127 bales.
CHARLESTON, NAY 20.-Cotton: Stool
7lOl bales; net receipts of the week Zs4k
coastwise, 4; total, 1882. Exports to GTa1
~. y. Britain 1850 bales; coastwise, 3OS5. ssaA
-" 1850 bales.
MOBILE, May 2O.-Cotton: Stock Oh han
bales; reesipes ssp Of saas sne ave Meek
oil WILMINGTON, May 20-Cotton; ReceEpl
ing of week 800 bales; exports, coastwise, ~
Ing stock 500 bales.
old MEMPHIS, May 2O.-Cotton Receip
me 3S42; exports 4526; stock Is S9S bales.
er- BALTIMORE May 20.-Cotton-Net reCelq
'se; of the week. 955 bales; coastwise, 600; tosa
| I6A5. exports to Great Britain, l53; con.
oy, mental, 395; sales, 1880:
18th BosToN, May 2O.-Cotton-S Stock on han
'64, 5000 bales; net receipts OF the week,
4t; bales; coastwiee, 2o95; total, 26o5; sales, .
for Providence, r. l.. May 20.-Cotton I
un- ceipts of the week, "a bales.
7ir- GALVESTON, May 20-Cotton: Stock, 2
IS; 462 bales; receipts of the week, 53Sl; 2
So, ports to Great Britain, 4399 to France Id
1as, coastwise 2640; sales, 670 bales.
80; NORFOLK, May 20.--Cotton quiet: StoS
1858 bales; receipts Of the week. lS701 G
ports, coastwise, 1882: sales, l3O bales.
SAVANNAH, May 20.-CottOn: Stock 36 Z
up)ands. and 982 Sea Island; receipts OF
and week, 1892 bales; exports. to Great Efit.
Ma aka. tn Continent 2465; cOastwise s.
&c sales, 2750 bales.
rem YnHAn0wAuon-
orl. On ,r
SOUTHWEST PASS, May 20, 6 P. III
NJ Barometer 1885. Wind east southeast a
aos mo very light. Arrived: Ship Francis P. Ga
in Cronk, master, sixty-two days from Ne
> m m port, Wales, with railroad iron, to mas'
;anpp W Sailed: Steamship w. G. Hews.
1oeS The Francis P. Gage spoke ship Tans
nss lane off Salt Key Bank, from Philadelpa
'1''' for New Orleans.
oo PAss.A-LOUTRE, May 20.-Weather q
,he aud hazy. Arrived: Steamship Pc
VIC Gardner, master, at P. NJ. Apalachic
to f, w, Perkins & Co. Sailed: Brig D
garet, At anchor inside bound out:
Marie and schooner Ann Dale.
VICKsBUBG May 20 Passed MP: Tho
'nsn son Dean at and Dexter at 8 A. M. Do
ding Importer at last night. River fall
20 60 Weather clear and warm.
GAL PIrrsBURa, May 20.-Weather clear
and pleasant. Monongahela four feet
inches in the channel and falling.
alton parted: Belle Vernon, for New Oria
snish MvWvu,e Nav IN -Weather ciesr