New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-28
NEW YORK.

The Gases Rgainse Tweed. &IaIg ant
! Others-Thc Ring PriaIs-F0rrestel
ESOing West-Fighf oR B Railroad
eSreeiey's Reception POstpOned-R Con
! gidence MaR Brreste4t-The Bienville
! Investigations
| New YORK, September 27.-The cases O.
Tweed Mayor Hall, Nathaniel Sands and
others, charged with defrauding the city
came up before Recorder Hackett in the
court OF General Sessions today. The dis
trict attorney moved that the cases be trans-
terred 90 the court of Oyer and Terminer.
! After consultations argument on this motion
was postponed until next Friday
Arrived @" Steamers gesuyius, Mai1H.
Leo, and Craigforthe from Annoy, China. via
! she Suez eanalo
Arrived 0ut--8ngfia.
! FORESTER left toy the illinois 9enitenSiary
in irons.
Michael Guorfng killed his wife and shen
cut his own throato
Two companies Of Hhe third regiment
had a fierce fight on the Harlem railroad
| this morning. Two were killed and twenty.
! five wounded. They were on theig way 10
drill and drank too much
! 4 dispatch from GIr. Greefey's party was
received this morning stating that Mr..
! Greeley would not be able to reach this
| city until Sunday night or Monday morn
! ings The reception IL was intended to have
| been given him to-!uorvow night is, theye.
| fore. postponed.
In a Brooklyn eour1 To-Day ~. J. Tomp-
KinS pleaded guilty to an assault on his
daughter last June with intent to kill, and
was sentenced to sevez years iB the State
prisono
A man giving his 4a'ne as II. g. HeHlar
Of Woodville, but known 20 the detectives
as Major Ward. Of Louisville, Kentucky, aro
| rived this afternoon, charged with swim
ding several wholesale houses by buying
goods and paying SoS them with bogus
checks.
Contro2ies Grees ehin afternoon appro.
Priated 100000 to the department ot chari.
ties and corrections.
The BieaTilIe investigation was cesI,med
today Henry Author, q cabin passenger,
cestities TO perfect destruction of the ship.
and 90 the abilities OF Captain Maury, and
states that buI fOr Captain MauCyS instruc.
rionS being frustrated by tie eareiessness of
one man on one of the fite-bOats. all Of the
passengers mlghG haSe landed eaieIyo
G. II. Dayton. superintendent OF freight
was next examined. He handed in q list of
articles OF freight shipped on the BienYilIe
Among them were 92o eases of oil. Inspector
Hall asked the witness il he was familiar
With the law TelatinS 20 steamships He
responded he ?lai copy 0f the law he was
aware thaS certain articles were forbidden
shipment on passenger steamers. subject to-
certain conditions: he said the oil was
Pratt" Ass:a! oil, o" kerosene put up in
Ganso
test marked on it,? Answered. do not
Witness stated that the kerosene ~as
stored in the forehold in the place set apart
for oil and articles of thas nature; special
precautions were taken to guard the place
against fires but witness could not positive
~ testify ON this point; witness gave SINH
lar testimony relative to 1856 packages of
cartridges, and twenty-eight packages Of
matches; didn't Know where the cartridges |
were slowed, the stowage of all such articles |
is left to the stevedore and officers of the |
ship; knew Of no designated place on the ship |
Cor the stowage of gunpowder; did not
know whether the invoice of 1922 cases of |
drugs included nitro-gIyeerine, camphene,
naptha og other explosiyely cumbusUble !
articles.
William Foulks testified to being the
builder Of the BienvilIe, and as to her |
strength, etc, witness testified that the |
BienyilIe was as well prepared against fire |
as any ship he ever saw, and her bulkheads |
were very strong.
Adjourned till tomorrow. /