New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-26
STEAMER H. M. SHREVE BURNED
THE BELLE SHREVEPORT sNAGGED
Revenue Fraud Suit Compromised
WASHINGTON.

Mcdowell succeeds Meade - Hancock.
New Command - Paymnster Hodge
| PardOned = StGte of Rgr. Greeley,
Mind-Suprefne Court Decision in 4
Louisiana Case-DelanO vs.. Merchunts
1gatual Insurance C0mDany-Decisior
of lower Court Reversed.
| WASHINGTON, November 2j.-General Nc
| Dowell succeeds General Meade as Major
| General, and viii be assigned TO the com
! mand OF the Department of the SOuthe witI
headquarters at Louisville.
General Hancock will command the At
| lanaic division, vacated by General Meade
| death.
| General Terry succeeds General Hancock
! in command of the Department of Dakota
Mr. Phillips qualified as solicitCy general
today.
All the Cabinet officers are here.
Paymastey Hodge, convicted Lr Cougt
MARTA! Of embezzGng nearly $500, 900. and
| sentenced to ten years in Il lo ltenti ~,
has been pardoned. Facts seem to show
that he was trapped into defalcarion.
The reports chat Mr.. Greeley's mind is
affected are not corroborated by his friends.
J They have not authorized the statements
In the Supreme Court of the United
States the case OF Delano against the Mer-
chants Mutual In :urdnce Company, frornthe
Supreme Court OF Louisiana, the question
was upon tie authority of the constitution
of Louisiana to render a contract void be-
cause twas based upon Confederate money
as its consideration. The court below found
that Delano had the prior claim to a certain
fund, but as the consideration which es-
tabIi5hed his claim was Confederate money,
il failed, and the insurance company.
whose claim was suUsequeuto but based
on q valid consideration was eon-
titled TO the fund. This cOurt says
IN substance that if the Judgment
below had decided the contract underlying
Delano'a claim was voido tronP the public
n0liEg EXISTING at the time, there would haze
been no question for revision here, but as
Hhe judgment 70 based upon a provision OF
th@ constitution o. the State, framed after
Hhe contract Hyas SnaQeo which declares that
al. contracts ohalL be adjudged null and
void which a%e founded upon Considerations
.,t Confederate money! it will have to be re
versed az 1avlng sustained law repugDant
go that clause Ut Che federal COuStitu-
zion prohibiting the States from making
an: Jaw which shall impair the obligation
0t conty3 CO
Important recommendations concerning
the efficiency OF the navy Will be made IN
Che forthcoming report of Secretary Robe
s0no 1t is rgedicattd il part upon 9he re
ports of Thr clIiele OF bureaus OF that de
partmento 1t has been found that mere
nair Of o,If y,ss.a1s rs o,1fLnrizaG Nv 90
6~n-s t!,or 1-n1,s3 sar,r- !, 10 oe+rI,+;
of new onea @G greater strength ana Of
improved model and appurtenances. As
an instance, she Pensacola cost S345050,
anG the rar.aira moro tI3or +uoiaa as T,,,,,l
uamelyo S1G4,0 900. As to the other vessels
0g the nav. inrjndjng tho C2TnT1iar. Ea.
cod. low. aUG baDGnTolil+ eo NM +ht,r1 i,
phoT.1o3ir ,raoG .oIliit;, TJ,oii,IS ranI'tI..
aTno7,nt ;p,, 5,faI
rosq TIair q:rnhars .,ra 1,t7,,.L dolS7,-oG
the shins hgtVirrr hpan bniI+ Of Ilnseasnnad
sT.ki+.o d,al- ,r|I T,acne,itias Of IVA .i+1,,
einT,. boJra,-ar have eaonj,nd av,nan,;irI,ag
nnon them 10 n,apo e1Iar,ranr;aa rritr,nrt
Dermanenq benefits. ConGTess, M +I,e Ia+e
session. aurfnr:znd tho Sacrn+9r,r o.r tba
esavr tS, snIl rro7n ont y-aest}s e,Ii aIso ,Isn
iesn ,na.aei',ls 1T tGe eay,oral 17a,,1- ,se,r1e
n il known +l[a,e are errb oraITT,f,l -
gbere- wq,icl, nri,rinollv COST millions or
ioIiars a~j 1rl,5>,h Tf3.ra 2, +La ,,.,,,t
1a,,+ s,aT.r an,,l;ad tn ,,ron+;no1 1,T,-
.,@ses- S.rorai Of tba ypnIn C;,t I,osseie
.,rn s0oo - ~ en1I ~ anctinn and o4l.erS
of IiI,a, charar.ar yin fa afrnryDsrd ,ttarn5
20 ybr biTIps. Iiffare mo orinio7 n ~
[-ai officars "a s,,.ra. al,,,,fd ha a, iaoa+ 800
tV GOOD. active steam yeaeris aIvate in con-
Ii +7o- - Ia i,,,,,a1I,, 49, ,aI ~ 49, -
,teaT. aoo v6an tbern VS. s,,cL o., "vcf+o'
men+ al FIav4na aa inInan1 +7n C~T.II
General at tF,a+ citr+n toIaCrrayI o,,7, ,ll,,,.
ernrnan+ tn sand rteSseIs tT;tf7ar tn, +Ia 7,ro.
tartinn of S,"cio, :. =,
find vessels sIitabhp for snrh an eo7orgnncv.
ar1T ~, Saol+ I, 10 tIa,t1 fl-, ~ -
Gisnatcb ari; IRAN clad from Kew V,esF t06eth.
or VII fnnr Other [,pssaig rnt nj forT9;,TahIn
,,ro7,orrio7rs tn that IacaIi+v Snain at tho
time 10 which reference is made. had TWEEN
t,+hrea vesanrs in the Gulf and ,-irfr+v nf
Ia is1and If (,nLa 01r rossais o-,.ing ~