New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13

loss will not exceed half of their surplus OF
81, ,0O0,0 600. An excellent feeling prevails
JOHN j. KNOX,
Controller of Currency.
al quiet tonight. a strong military
: patrol guards all the approaches to the
burnt district. The city is still IN darkness
the gas not having been let on. Weather
thick and rain falling.
! The only bank that failed to settle at the
! clearing house to-day was the FreelAan's s.
Ahe bombs, gold ana money of this bank
were found in the safe all right, but the
notes were destroyed. This caused tempo
rary suspension. The bank resumed busi-
ness at noon too day.
There is NO feeling of dependency in this
city but disposition is everywhere mani
tested by business men to meet their re
| verses manfuIIy and confront them
At meeting of the Shoe and Leather
association to-day, John Cummings pre-
sided. & committee was appointed to
secure from the city government the Fort
Hlll property, now vacant of buildings, on
| which TO erect warehouses and resume
| business.
At meeting of the Board of Relief
! Governor Parham OF Maine was present,
and rendered the sympathy of that State,
| with offers OF assistance from the citizens.
| Numerous other cheering seports were
! made
Naylor & Co of Liverpool sens in q
check for $1,000 through their Boston house.
Jordan, Marsh & Co, donated $4,000
! through Chief DamerelL for the benefit of
| the tiremen.
! 1t is understood that Postmaster Burt is
| endeavOrlng to make some arrangement
! with the trustees of the old South Church
! TO allow it to be temporarily used as post
! office until the office on DevonshIre street
is completed Many dry goods houses that
burned out have already opened in new
| quarters.
The Boston mutual insurance companies
will all pay in full, and the average pay
ments will reach fifty per cent as previously
| announced.
A considerable quantity of rain fell last
| night and to-day
The night passed off quietly, and the the
atres were all closed. Strong military
| patrols were continued today.
Fears are entertained that six persons
| lost their lives by the falling walls OF Weeks
| q P0tter's drug store, Sunday morning,
| four of them being fremen. Assistant Fore
| man William Terry and d. G. COchrane, Of
| Hook and Ladder Company No. 4 are be-
| lieved to be two of the number, as they
| have been missing since. Search will be
! made for the bodies to day
The fact that incendiaues are about is
manifested by an attempt made last night
TO fire the stable of North & Fisher, on
Dudley street, Boston Highlands. The slabs
were taken off in the rear of the stable and
hay stuffed between them and the ceiling
set on fire. Fortunately the fire was dis
covered before it made much headWay, and
was eXtinguished.
Another incendiarv fired the rear of
dwelling house on Conant street. 1t was
also put out with little damage.
Last evening several men and boys were
discovered piling wood against wooden
house IN Heirce street. and had kindled a
fire vii, n the police arrived and arrested sew
eral OF The rutfans. Two-thirds of the num-
Der au, the ring leaders escaped, but they
are vel known to the police.
At L N to-day all the barrOoms were
closed by order of the mayor, and the mill |
tary guard is forming a Gordon about the |
burnt district and 20 person is allowed to |
pass without q military permit. The mill |
tary rule is precautionary measure, by re- |
quest of the may r,
The work of upening passages through |
the streets Of the hurntdistrict, was renewed |
with yig0r to-day. At least 1000 laborers |
have been engaged; nearly all the fire en- |
gines have been withdrawn, except those |
employed in cUrling the ruins, beneath
which iron safes are buried which are be
ing dug OUT, all over the region swept by
the flames. The sstGco of the Hope Insurance |
Company and heirs OF Simmons estate, have |
good condition.
Exploring PARTIES are at work in various
localities clearing away the ruins and
searching for bodies of missing fremen.
The members of Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. are looking for the body of their
assistant foreman, who disappeared Sun
day morning, and gang otmen are also at
work among the ruins Of Weeks & Potter's
store, in search of bodies supposed to be
there.
The insurance companies, at a meeting
to-day, appointed a committee to wait on
the Governor and request him to call an ex-
ira session of the Legislature, with view
of preserving their charters and keeping |
the business at home.
A meeting of the citizens of Boston at
fremont Temple is called for noon to-
Tables relating to insurance give the
number of companies doing business in
Boston at ninety-fve. The total capital Of
these companies is $38 ,025, 900. The com
panies having small amounts at risk and
last admitted will pay their policies in full.
The Boston companies will pay twenty to
100 per cent, or an average Of fifty per cent
of the amount of their risks.
Boston, November II, Midnight-Steam
engines are busy tonight playing on the
debris. All the streets leading thereto are
dark and gloomy, there being no gas, large
crowds hover in the vicinity of the ruins.
NEW YORK, November I2.-Papers here
take more cheerful view as to the result,
and otherwise, of the Boston
fire. In the shoe and leather trade there is
a prevailing impression that no harmful re- |
'ults to the trade can follow, as prices were
1T a very low point before the fire. Several
Boston men are already here, who have
bought new Stocks and will rebuild imme-
lately,
In the wool trade it is stated none Of fha
New York houses are disastrously affected.
The actual sufferers will be the public at
arge, as all kinds OF woolen goods will be
advanced in price, it is expected, from !
hirty to forty per cent. Several New York
lrms are congratulating themselves upon
he necessary DETECTION of the wool Grade
rom Boston to New York.
Several New York detectives nave gone
0 Boston to aid the authorities there in ar :
esting New York thieves. I
The Bulletin says of the wool market, | :
hat dealers here recently sold heavily to E
Boston merchants, but the wool is still
lOstly held here, or is in transit thus eseaD- G
lg destruction. /
Only small amount of BostOf paper on
ccOunt of wool transactions is held here, I y
nd no fears are entertained that other than 7
n extension of time will be necessary on !
laturing bills 4 partial suspension of the h
'OOI trade fer week is expected until in r
lrance balances are perfected, when the +
larkGt will be more active than before the
rec In the dry goods trade, the same paper y
sys, there is much confusion and unCer- Z
alnty, owing to the non-reception of letters q
'om Boston, bue no great uneasiness ia | :
anifested In the hide and leather trade e