New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-02


Earthquake shock mt Buffnl0-Tele-
graph Office at Lexington, Virginia
Fall Republican Congressional Del
egation i'm south Caroiina-Virainia
State Fair-Brief Address Of Jeiier-
son Davis-Fair of the South Caro-.
lima Institute-Suits Against Rail-
roau-Accidents and Incidents on the
Thompson Dean-Three Men Drowned
and a Husbands skull Fractured
starch Factory Observation-Disclosures
inc Explosfon-FOur Men Blown TO
Afomrs-Sentence of COunterfeiters-
Coinage at San FranciscO-German
Steamship at Baltimore.
ST.. LOUIS, November 1.-The pugilists
Allen and Gallagher have been arrested,
which postpones the prize fight.
PICTON Ontario, November 1.-The
echoOner.Jessie is aground and is going to
nieces, Her cargo of wheat is washing
ashore. 1t is feared that all hands will he
lost. A man has been seen clinging to the
rigging, but the tremendous sea prevents any
assistance being rendered from any point.
BUFFALO, N. Y, November la short
/ sharp shock Of an earthquake was felt
here at five O'Clock this afternoon. Doors
and windows were shaken, but no damage
resulted therefrOm.
LEXINGTON. VA, November 1.-The
Western Union Telegraph Company COM
pleted their lines to this point to-day. This
Office is now open for business.
CHARLEsroN, S. c., November l.-Official
returns show full Republican Congress
siOnal delegation elected. DeLarge,
mulattO, beats Bowen. the present mem Der
from the Charleston district
PoRT COLBoRNE, Ontario, November L.
A vessel which is ashore, supposed to be the
Mary Ann, is fast breaking up. Three men
lost their lives in attempting to reach her.
no Dat RnStDn
went ashore during yesterdays gale. The
ship is total loss.
RICHMOND, November 1.-The State Fair
opened to-day. The President, Major w. 7.
Sutherlin, made short address. He con-
graduated the audience upon the presence
Of so many visitors from the North, and said
Virginia would welcome them as settlers
within her borders.
Jefferson Davis being present and loudly
called for, made a brief address. in which
he alluded to the fact that when he was last
on the ground it was a military camp. and
now it presented a very different scene.
He was always glad to meet the citizens OF
Richmond-a city bound to his memory by
many ties. He was pleased to have an OPP
pOrtunity of meeting the sons of Virginia
the sons who had made the State great, and
who themselves had contributed to its great
ness. He thought, however. that it would
be manifestly inappropriate for him to say
more than to thank them for their call upon
him, and to express his pleasure at meeting
them.
General Jubal A. Early and other Exon
ffderate generals were on the grounds.
The attendance and exhibition We're very
good.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. November 1.-The
Fair of the South Carolina Institute opened
to-day. The city is crowded with visitors,
and the display is very fine. Races will take
place every day during the continuance
Of the Fair, which lasts for the remainder
of the week.
ST.. LOUIS. November 1.-Fourteen suits
have been brought in the Circuit Court of
st. Clair county, Illinois; three for $4,000
each and eleven for $25 900 each, against
the ST. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute
Railroad Company. These suits are for
damages, based upon injuries received by
plaintiffs while engaged in the formanizing
process at the East st. Louis depot of the
defendant last summer. Three of their
comrades died from its poisoning effect and
the remainder are crippled for life.
While the steamboat. Thompson Dean
was at Cairo yesterday, two men were
wrestling in play One of them fell over
board and was Immediately drowned. The
other, while attempting to rescue him, also
fell overheard and was lost. Soon after
ward deckhand on the same boat COM
brother intertered, and a fight ensued, in
which the brother fractured the husbands
skull.
ST. LOUIS, November ,I.-Tom Allen was
arrested here to-day, and Gallagher was ar
rested at Carondelet, six miles below. 1t is
the intention Of the police to keep them in
custody twenty-four hours, notwithstanding
the strenuous efforts of their friends for
their release. The fight is, therefore, off for
the present, at least.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 1.-The great
starch factory of George Fox, at auckland,
ten miles north Of Cincinnati, caught fire
between five and six o'clock this morning,
and was totally destroyed. Loss about
$4,000; insured for $4,000 Sixty or eighty
operatives are thrown out of employment;
The health officers report shows 272
deaths in this city during the month of
October.
p CLEVELAND, Ohio, November AT half
past four. o'clock this afternoon. two maya
zines. containing one hundred and fifty
thousand pounds of nitrO-glycerine. eX-
ploded at Fairpoint, near gainesville. Ohio
Four persons were blown to atoms. Their
names are, Pat Scribner, two Malones
father and SOM and Ed. Duncan. The
buildings on the east side Of the river were
much damaged. The shock of the explosion
was felt for miles.
PIrTsBURG, November In the United
States Court to-day, Thomas NJ. Hale the
notorious cOunterfeiter who was convicted
and sentenced several years since but re-
leased on the application of the secret ser
vice bureau, in order to aid in securing
others, was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment, and to pay fine OF $1,000.
William Adams, formerly Mayor OF Al
iesheny CITY, was fined $1,000 and sentenced
to seven years imprisonment, and Simon
Levi, of Petroleum Centre, sentenced to two
years imprisonment. Both OF these latter
for passing counterfeit money.
san FRANCISCO, November 1.-The Next
can Consul here has City of Mexico advices
to October 18th. Juarez is recovering from
the recent stroke of apoplexy,
Steamship American sailed for China with
700 passengers and $3i5,0O0 treasure.
The mint here, coined in October 81 800,
600 gold and $75, 600 silver
BALTIMORE, November ARRIVED, North
German steamer Ohio from Bremen
ST. LOUIS, November Tom Allen was
released on writ of habeas corpus this
afternoon. and Immediately went to the
boat living at the -levee, but after waiting
for some time, and Gallagher not appearing.
he went homo Disguised, declaring he will
never again appear in the priz" ring
This evening several bummers got into a
row at saloon on Fourth street over a dis
cussion of the affair." when two or three OF
them came to blows They were arrested,
and the Recorder will probably require
them to contribute few dollars to the city
treasury tomorrow.
CHICAGO, November LIN the game OF
base bali to-day, Chicago White Stockings
against the New York Mutuals, in the last
half Of the ninth innings, with the White