New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-02
TSunday's DISPATCHES

| SUNDAY Dspatcues.l
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-The Assistant
! Treasurer at New York has been instructed
to sell one million of gold on each Wednes-
day during the month Of August, and to
purchase one million bonds on each alter
nate Thursday during the month, commenc-
ing August 4, and two millions Oh each alter
nate Thursday, commencing August IL. The
| sales of gold during the month will thus
amount to five millions, and the amount of
bonds purchased will be six millions.
! Alexander j. Atocha is dead. He was a
| grated to Louisiana, became a citizen and
| married. Went thence to Mexico, from
! whence he was expelled for political causes.
| He was friend and associate of Santa
Anna and Alm0nte, and was prominent in
| negotiating the treaty whereby the United
| acquired California.
New YORK, July 31.-Cotton movement
| for the week light; receipts from all ports
were 66l2 bales. against 7447 last week,
| 9l74 the previous week, and S565 three
| weeks since Receipts since September !,
1869, reach 2,S49, 096 bales, against 2,lll ITO
for same period for the previous cotton year.
Exports from all ports, 96l3 bales, against
l2,7l2 last week, and 92l this week last year.
Total exports since September l, 1869,
5l2 RI bales, against ,426, $50 last year.
Stock at all sea ports IL, !65 bales against
Sc, ID this date last year. Stock at interior
towns, "a 1876 bales, against q ,09l last week,
and 1868 this week last year. Stock Of cot
ton at Liverpool, 589, 900 bales, against 3l5,-
600 last year. Amount of American cotton
afloat for Great Britain, So, 900 bales, against
$4,000 last year Amount Of Indian cotton
afoat for Europe, 100000 bales, against
$4,000 last year.
Cotton market at this point irregular dur
ing the week-lower at the close. The chief
Goo Of ,nr1n
spectators. who put large amount of con-
tracts for July delivery. These spectators
for decline discovered the folly of deliver
ing that which they did not own and have
emerged from the fiery ordeal morally
stronger and financially weaker.
Advertisements George Cromwell and
United States.
A cable special to the Herald is as follows:
PARIS, July 3O.-Fighting between French
den. Four Prussian army corps are on the
Rhine The enemy have mined the banks
of the river. Families are leaving Baden
for Switzerland. A German banker residing
in Paris has been arrested. Three Prussian
spies have also been captured here by the
police. Prince Napoleon will soon leave for
the Baltic. At the government arsenals i'll
France thirty thousand chassepots were
turned out each week of July, and in Au-
cocoa per week will he manufactured. Aus
tria has given her sanction to taking posses
sion of Rome by Italy.
ST. LOUIS, July 3I.-A project is on foot
here to build an immense structure to EN-
brace under its roof the Grand Union Rail
road depot, the CustomhOuse, Merchants
Exchange, a hotel, railroad Office, and
other places OF business. The building is to
occupy three entire blocks. from Fifth Ito
Eighth street, and from Washington ave
nue. to Green street. This includes the site
of the burned Lindell Hotel. From the
bridge now building trains will pass
through the tunnel, under Washington
avenue, to the passenger depot. which will
be twenty-five feet below the surface of the
ground, thence westward to Great Union
freight depot, to he erected on the ground
FORMERLY covered by Chouteau's pond.
and through which the Missouri Pacific
Railroad runs. The building is expected
to cost S3,000.000.
Monsieur Passan, of the Humanitarian
Society of France, passed through here a
day or two ago for Southwest Missouri, in
search Of location for two thousand French
families.
July 3o.-A terrific storm passed over this
city to-day. Houses were unrOOted,
trees uprooted, and goods in stores dam
aged by water. -Four steamboats, We're sunk
or driven ashore. The dry dock was forced
from its moOrings and driven about eight
miles up river. Total damage about
SSO0,0O0 No lives lost so far as known.
GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
July 30.-There are seven hundred visitors
here. Hon. jefferson Davis, Governor Gill
Flournoy arrived here to-day. Mr.. Davis
came privately, and avoided publicity.
Visitors here are sleeping under blankets.
MOBILE, July 3l.-On the eastern divi-
sion, Mobile to PascagOula, Of the New
Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad.
the last rail was laid last night, and it will
be opened for traffic this week. and the en-
tire line to New Orleans will be running
early in September. The great bridge
at the Rigolettes is nearly finished. This
road, though encOuntering great engineer
ing difficulties, is constructed most
thoroughly of any road in the South. Its
equipment in every detail is tirst-class. The
road will be very fast, besides greatly facili-
tating commerce between Mobile and New
Orleans, and will shorten the New York and
New Orleans line several hours.
CAIRO, July 31.-Tlie fine steamer Dan
Able, running between Cairo and Column
bus, to connect with the Illinois Central
and Mobile and Ohio Railroads, was totally
destroyed by fire at Columbus last night.
The fire originated in the cook room, and
spread SO rapidly that nothing could be
done to save the boat; in fact, few, II any,
of the employees of the boat saved anything
but the clothes they wore. The boat had
steam up, and the levers of the eng ines were
suspended by ropes, with steam escaping
through the cylinders. when she was cut
adrift to save the wharfboat AS soon as
the ropes burned off, the wheels began re-
volving, and there was presented the novel
spectacle of steamer proceeding up stream
without human guidance. She had pro-
ceeded but few hundred feet when the
steam pipe burned, and the wreck t1oated
to Wolf island, where it burned to the
waters edge. Although there We're several
narrow escapes, no lives We're lost. The
boat was valued at about 100000; insurance
unknown. Another boat viii he secured in
place of the Able tomorrow. There will be
no detention ~ passengers.
BERLIN July 3l.-The An-igcr publishes
a circular as addressed by Count Bismarck
on the twenty-ninth instant to the represent
tatiyes of Prussia at the courts of neutral
mowers. The document gives the following
expose of the secret negotiations between
France and Prussia before the Danish war.
Saws Count Bismarck: "The French lega-
ton at Berlin urged an alliance between
France and Prussia for purposes OF mutual
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. France anticipating war
with Austria as consequence OF the DANISH