New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-31

RAILROAD Accident in North Carolina -
Charleston Democrats IndOrsing MIR.
Gzreeley-BOnd Thief Arrested for For
gery-Jef Davis No Letter Written
Endorsing GreeIey-A Wife Murderer
Observation-Disclosures and Pacific Railroad
Meeting Georgia Democracy AIIi-
ance Favored : Strike of German
TailOrs.
WILMINGTON, May 30.-The aecOmmoda-
ton train on the Wilmington, Columbia
aad Augusta railroad ran off the track
near Grests station. Three cars were
wrecked and seven persons wounded.
G. FL. Rickstraw. of Cheraw. South Caro-
Ina. and Morris BischOf, of Terre Haute,
Indiana, were seriously hurt.
All the wounded were brought to this
city and placed in the City Hospital, and it
Is hoped none Of their injuries will result
fatally.
The Charleston county Democratic con-
veution held to-day, adopted resolutions in
dorsing the Cincinnati platform and candi-
dates in strong terms, and instructed their
delegates to the State convention to use all
efforts to shape its action so that the whole
influence of South Carolina at Baltimore
shall be directed to prevent any nomination
-oeher than Greeley and Brown.
RICHMOND, Va, May 30.-Samuel Perry
alias Perrin was arrested upon his arrival
Macon, Georgia, charged with forgery. He
gnrOved to be the party who stole bonds to
the amount of S50,600 in Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, some months since. Perry was
disguised as an old farmer when arrested.
He viii be held for requisitiOn from Massa-
-chusetts or Georgia.
MEMPHIS, May 30.-The statement tele-
rraphed from Nashville that Jefferson Da-
vis has written letter to Wade Hampton
EavOring the election of Mr.. Greeley, and
saying the Democrats would act wisely in
making no nominations at Baltimore, is I'M
true. Mr.. Davis states that he has eK-
pressed no opinion in the matter.
SPARTA, KY, May 30-John Braugham,
who killed his wife yesterday, was taken
from the Jail by the people and hanged.
TORONTO, May 30.-JOhn Sanfeld Nc
Donald, late premier Of Ontario, is hope
tsssly i'll.
BosToN, May 3O.-At the annual meeting
of stockholders Of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company the following directors
were chosen for the ensuing year: Francis
b. Hayes, Trial Croker, Jacob Sleeper,
Charles j. Morrill,, George S. Curtis, of
Boston Andrew V. Sloat, William Coffin,
Joseph Seligman, of New York; Frederick
Billings, of Woodstock, Vermont; Andrew
Pierce, Jr., Joseph Brown, of St. Louis
Oliver Ames, of North Easton, Massachu-
sets; o. Bailey, of Kansas.
vention is large and enthusiastic. The
New York delegation reported the eight
hour strike in their city almost a complete
success, and urged a strike here; that work
Eng long days was crushing to the intelh-
renee of the people, and they thought that
Che working men should join temperance so
.GetIes, save money, and fight the question.
AUGUSTA, May 30.-A large meeting of
the Democrats Of Union county, held yes
1suday, unanimously adopted resolutions
ZEEyOring an alliance with any party which
viii secure local self-gOvernment; subOrdi-
nation of the military to the civil authority;
the preservation Untmpaired of the habeas
corpus, and the checking of the centralizing
tendencies Of the federal government.
That all other subjects of political con-
tsutiOn are insignificant in comparison with
these, and that no dictate Of principle or
Eonor forblds an alliance of the Democratic
party with other assailants of the common
enemy, or requires the Democratic party to
prefer certain defeat to partial victory.
This is the first important Democratic
meeting held in Georgia since the Cincin-
matt convention, and is regarded as an in
,deE of popular opinion in the State
CINCINNATI, May 30-The German TaiIOrs'
Union, composed of 100 boss tailOrs. who
employ 1900 women AID girls and take
work from large clothing houses, struck to-
sfay for twenty-five per cent increase in
and Covington, Kentucky, employing 400
girls, will strike tomorrow 1t is reported
that the other bosses not in the union will
f9in the strike.
DETROIT, Mich, May 3O.-The Presby-
terrain General Assembly resolved to meet
next year at Baltimore.
ST. LOUIS, May 30.-Mail accounts from
the freshet few days ago IN Southwest
Missouri, say whole farms in the valleys Of
Spring river, Centre creek and other
streams, were completely washed away,
leaving nothing but rocks and gravel. Live
stock OF all kinds was drowned in large
numbers, and hundreds of yards of the At
Aantic and Pacific railroad track was swept
from Its bed into adjacent fields. A wall of
water five feet high rolled down Spring
river valley, leaving only devastation and
Ezin behind it.
READING, Pa, May 30.-The committee
CT permanent officers reported for presi-
dent, Hester Clymer, of BePks county, and
he returned thanks in q short speech The
committee on resolutions reported that they
would not be ready to report until to-mOr-
row. A large number of names have been
put in nomination for Governor. The con-
ventiOE proceeded to ballot, the seventh
resulting;
George W. Cass, of Allegheny unty.......,.,...+5
o. q. Buckalew, Of Columbia.
4 q Moves, OF CInJon comfy. ....'...'.'''..H
A. 3. MeCalmont OF VenangO cOunty.............
william Mcclellan, Of Lawrence cOunty....,....
"a. Wright OF Luzerne county. )
Sixty-seven votes were necessary to a
choice Votes were changed, and the bal
Eot, as announced, gave Buckalew seventy
four. and his nomination was made unani-
Mous.
Hon. James Thompson was nominated
E1r Judge of the Supreme Court.
Adjourned until 10 A. M. tomorrow.
Weather Report
WAR DEPARTNuEF.
once Chief Signal OhAesr
Washington, May 80, lS72, 435 P. b. J
PROBABILITIES.
Rising barometer, northerly to westerly
winds and clearing weather will prevail on