New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-08
MISCELLANEOU8.

Investigations in NIississippi-Paducah
and Memphis Railroad Contract
Signed-Passenger Cars Wrecked
SuffOcated by Coal Gas-Virginia
LegisIature-Sugar Laden Schooner
in TOw-MeihOdist Episcopal Church
COnfereDce-SnOw in Nova Scotia
Cotton Burned-Alex:s at Mntanzas-
Foreign COnsuls Ignored-Validating
Act in SOutl, Carolina.
JACKSON, Miss, March All the State
departments are to be Overhauled by a
committee of the Legislature-the Gov
ernor, Auditor and all. Some light NAV, by
this means. be thrown on the disposition of
the $4,000 secret service fund, of which
the Governor was never to give an ac-
count. The report is that it has nearly all
been expended.
The Legislature seems to be working
earnestly-getting through business at %
rapid rate. Matters considered to-day were
of a local character.
The Jury in the Meridian Ku-Klux case
will not retire to consider verdict until
next week.
MEMPHIS, March THE residence of DR..
Silas Gilbert, ON jackson street. was
burned this morning. Loss, $4,000: in
sured in local companies.
Judge Thomas X. Smith a leading men,
Der of the bar, died here to-day of pneumo-
MIA.
A contract for the completion of the Padu-
cab and Memphis railroad by the first of
October was signed to-day.
LOUISVILLE, March 7.-Beniamin, John
and Spencer Prewett, who We're arrested at
Seymour, Indiana, were brought here and
jailed to-day, to await requisition from
the Governor of Georgia They are charged
with numbering an old man named James
II. Morris, at Morgantown, Georgia, Janu-
ary, 1871.
BUFFALO, March Three passenger
cars hence for New York this morning were
wrecked. Twelve persons hurt; no South
erners among them.
Boston, March -Four men sleeping in
basement were sutfocated by coal gas
One dead, the others in a critical condition
RICHMOND, March 7.-The Senate to-day
passed the bill repeating the receivability
for taxes of coupons under the funding act
over the Governors veto. The House hav-
ing previously taken similar action, the bill
is now a law.
A bill has passed both houses providing
for the payment of four per cent interest
for the present year on the whole funded,
and on twO-thirds of the uniunded debt of the
State, conditioned on the non receivabiity
of coupons Ill payment of taxes.
NORFOLK, March 7.-Captain Blakelan
of the steamship Isaac Bell, reports that OF
Wednesday forenoon he fell in with the
schooner II. B. McCauley, from Trinidad
for Philadelphia, with a cargo of sugar
Her sails had been blown away, and she
was i'll distress, her cOlOrs set union down.
The Bell took the schooner in tow, and
anchored her in the Delaware break water
at half-past two O'Clock in the afternoon the
same day.
WARRENTON, Va. March IA conference
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church South
convened here today, Bishop Paine of
Mississippi, presiding. The main business
OF the day was the examination of the
character of ministers. The name of DR..
Huston was not called. DIR. Huston ar
rived here and visited the conference. His
case comes up tomorrow. Since his ar
rival here he has withdrawn his resignation
from the ministry.
HALIFAX March 7.-The storm continued
throughout the night. The snow is fifteen
inches deep.
CHICAGO, March Six inches Of snow
have fallen since morning.
BOsToN, March The storehouse of H.
w. Pettes & Co., with quantity of cotton,
was burned.
KEY WEST, March All the foreign
consuls were ignored at Matanzas during
the Alexis festivities. The American consul
alone hoisted flag, though he was treated
with the same disrespect. -
There are strong rumors from the interior
of Cuba that Maxine Gomez succeeds Ces-
pedes as president. The Venezuelan Gen
erals GarridO and Modesto favor Gomez.
CHARLESTON, March Tho validating
act has passed the House. and it is consid-
cred certain it will pass the Senate. 1t de-
clares all State bonds and obligations set
forth in the Treasurer's report of October
81, 1871, amounting to sl5.S5l 327, to be
legal and valid bonds, for the payment of
which the faith and credit and funds of the
State are pledged.
The Auditor is required TO levy tax, in
addition to all other taxes, sufficient to pay
the interest on the foregoing bonds All
bonds already or hereafter to be issued to
be made uniform in description and stvle.
Ali State bonds and stocks are required to
be registered at the Commercial Warehouse
Company, New York city, or at the Caro-
lima National Bank of Columbia, South
Carolina, which shall publish quarterly
statements of registration. No interest will
be paid on any bonds or stocks until regis
tered.
DETROIT, Michigan, March AT a spe
cial election in MacOmb county Yesterday.
for State Senator, Seymour Brownell. n