New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-22

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| sulphur - BrOadstreet's Commercial
! Agency in COurt-Interesting Testi-
mOny-Cotton Mill Burned-Murderer's
Suicide-Death of Berg-JrG Davis
Card Denying Sleeping Car story.
| WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va. July 81 -
| Governor Randolph, Mr.. Davis, General
Breckenridge and General Beauregard have
engaged cottages for the season.
ST. LOUIS, July 2l-The case of Miller
VS.. Shepherd, manager of Bradsteets Com
mercial Agency, was before the Circuit
| Court yesterday, the hearing being on a
| motion of the defendant to dissolve the in
| junction granted few days ago, enioining
the circulation of the July number of Brad
streets Commercial Reports on the ground
OF a false and injurious rating of the
| plaintiff
Several witnesses testified to the sOlvency
of Miller, his business qualifications, integ-
rity, etc, also that he is doing large and
prosperous business. Mr. King, formerly
in the employ of the agency, testified to the
mode OF transacting with the business
| agency. He said most of the reports were
manufactured in the office. From the time
| Shepherd took charge reports were based on
| old reports. The city reports were all
copied into a letter book, and then for
warded to New York. A book called the
black book, was kept, in which all unfavor-
| able reports were copied Every one in the
He testified that the Bradstreet agency
was partial to subscribers, and that a gold
| headed cane would often raise a mans
| rating.
The plaintiff had been reduced from the
rating of c. c. ID. D., very high rating, to
ID. f., which meant that he was doing
business with capital of less than five
hundred dollars.
subscription to the agency generally
meant an increase of credit. The witness
further stated that he had manufactured
hundreds of reports himself.
HUDSON, N. Y, July 2I.-Abbott's cotton
mill at Valatic has been burned. Loss
100000.
AUBURN, N. Y. July 2l.-Robert Buffum,
who committed murder last winter, suicided
III the asylum for insane criminals.
New BRUNSWICK, n. j., July 21.-Rev.
DR.. Joseph F. Berg is dead.
MEMPHIS, July 2l.-The following will
appear in to-mOrrows AUdlanche:
MEMPHIS, July 2l, 1871.
Before and since my arrival in Memphis
this day my attention has been called to %
slanderOus article i'll certain Radical news
papers which attacks my private character
in connection with that of lady who it is
falsely stated was travelling under my
charge. 1t is due to myself, as well as to
my personal friends to state unequiyocally
and without delay that the story in whole
and in all its essential parts is Enthusiastically
the inshgatiOn of malice, and is hereby pro-
nounced utterly false.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2l.-The Democ-
racy, hitherto divided into four factions,
have agreed upon terms of peace, and
promise to become united for the coming
election.
Mrs Highly, who claimed that she had
been knocked down and her skull broken,
on account of the part she had taken in
behalf of Mrs. Fair, declines to see the
physician sent by the Chief of Police to
ascertain the character and extent of her
injuries She claims to have received q
threatening letter from Oregon. The de-
tectlves are satisfied that the affair is
nothing more than a cheap attempt to
create sympathy for Mrs. Fair, on the
ground that she is prosecuted woman.
The whole business portion of the city of
Iruckee, on the line of the Central Pacific
railroad and the great lumber depot of the
Sierra Nevada region, was burnt again yes
terday. The loss is immense.
Edward Smith, of the Baltimore, has
been arrested at Sacramento after success
tul career as a confidence operator. He was
in the habit of representing himself as a
brother of Mr.. Croker of the Central
Pacific railroad.
went overland yesterday.
PORTLAND, July 21.-The horse disease
has made its appearance in this city,
CHICAGO, July 2l.--A letter has been re-
ceived from Hon. E. b. Washburne. which
indicates beyond a question he will not
come home this year. He is suffering from
ague, and is about to visit Carlsbad for the
benefit of his health.
TORONTO, Canada, July 2l.-In the bill
hard tournament last night, Frank Dion
and Phelan played, Dion winning by 22l
points.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal officer
Washington. July 81 1871, 80 P. N.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FoUR HOURS.
The barometer has risen very generally
north of Kansas and the Ohio valley since
Thursday afternoon, and has risen still
more IN New England the area of lowest
pressure having moved eastward beyond
our stations. The barometer has varied
somewhat on the Gulf coast, where it is
lower than on Thursday. The temperature
remains quite low on the lower lakes
southward to the Gulf. and eastward to the
Atlantic. An area of cloud and rain has ex-
tended from the Ohio valley to Michigan.
and Lake Ontario, and has travelled east
ward during the day. Rain and threatening
weather is now reported from eastern North
Carolina to central New York Rain has
also fallen in northern Florida, and is now
reported III the Rocky mountain stations
Partially cloudy and clear weather with
cool northeast and northwestern winds,
prevails from Kentucky to Lake Erie, and
Minnesota.
PROBABILITIES.
A small area of cloud and rain will prob
ably pass northwestward from Maryland
Partially cloudy and clear weather is prob
able on Saturday from Lake Huron to
Virginia, and eastward TO the Atlantic. An
area of threatening weather will probably
extend toward Wisconsin, with easterly
winds on the upper lakes No important
jhange is indicated for the gulf coast. but
! storm is probably prevailing east of
Florida.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, July 81, 6 P. M
Barometer 80. Weather calm. Arrived.
Bark p. J. Carleton. Luce master, forty
zine days from Cardiff, with railroad iron to
Il; Louis Mountain Company. Sailed: Bark
Ifricaine.
PAss-A-L'OUTRE, July q, P. M
Veather calm. Arrived: At p. NJ, steam
hip Margaret, Felscher master, from Ha-
ana and Cedar Keys, to New Orleans,
florida and Havana Steamship Company.
20 departures.
QUARANTINE, July 81, 6P. M.-The brig
Dos de Mayo from Vera Cruz, has been re-
eased, and will go up in tow tonight.