New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-20
NEW VORKe

PEiae G0ncer& SwindIer Arr
ship COnfscated for rSmuggling-StOkes'
Trial in observation-disclosures CoIIid-
ing-COuuterfeit Union Pacific Bonds
Half Million Losses by the Brooklyn
Fire-Seizure of Struggled GOOds-Ar-
rest of n RSmuggIer-Arrested for Arson
and Wanted in New Orleans for MuP-
der-French Communists in New York.
NEW YORK, November l9.-George Wood,
an alleged prize concert swindler, was ar
rested today.
Arrived-Steamer City of Havana. Ar
rived out-Parthia
The steamship Columbia, of the Havana
line, has been c0Discated by the United
States District Court on the charge of
smuggling cigars.
Stokes trial commences on the second of
December.
The schooners Belle r. Hull, from Rich
mond, and John X. Myers, hence for Rich
mOnd, cOllided near Barnegat The Myers
sunk; the crew were saved The Hulls
forward works were badly damaged The
Myers had rs tons railroad iron.
Counterfeit Union Pacific railroad bonds
are circulating. A Broad street firm paid
them on presentation.
Arri7ed-Oriental and Livingston. Ar
rived out-Spain and California
Gold closed at II3I4 1888. Money
gold to lB commission. Sterling lower, 8 q
8B. Governments closed firm at q traction
decline. States steady.
Skies of 1881, l1638; five-twenties of 1862,
1l21h; 1864, ll2I2; 1865, 1924, new ll4A;
1867, 1I54; 1868, 1I58; new fves, l09A;
ten-forties, l08A; Tennessee skies, 745s,
new 7434; Virginias, old as, new 50, CON
solidated 5543, deferred l5A; Louisiana
skies, old so, new 48, levee skies 60, eighbs
70; Alabama eights, IS, fYes 81; Georgia
skies 20, sevens Sc North Carolinas, old
35, new 81, special tax 1914; South Caro-
hnas, old SO, new 231R, April and October IS.
Money stringent on call, and the rates
ranged from ! gold to 15 per diem, with
large portion Of business at 6. Mercantile
paper is quoted at II to Is y cent. Ex-
change heavy and lower to-day, closing at s
to 81B. Demand for exchange is very limit
ed, and the market is still dragged down by
a pressure of borrowed bills as well as a
fair supply OF cotton and other commercial
sterling.
Gold opened at lI314 a ll34s, fell to Il3A,
rallied to Il344, and closed firm at ll3A ~
ll34s Loans were chiefly at 3 to Lie for
carrying, although early in the day l-64 was
paid for, the use of small lot. Govern
ments opened firm at IL advance on last
nights prices; on the second call were ad-
vanced slightly, aud closed hrm at lower
prices.
The losses by the Brooklyn fire will not
exceed $500, 900.
Lace shawIs valued at $4,000, belonging
to Henry w. Ducker and found in d Duane
street auction house, were seized yesterday
by the government on the ground that they
were smuggled goods Ducker, who has
been connected previously with smuggling
registered letters containing cut stones to
the value of $3l 600, was arrested yester-
day at the postoffce. Proceedings have
been commenced in each case to secure the
contiscation of the goods and punishment
OF the smugglers.
Michael Carraher, who has been arrested
in Brooklyn for arson, is said to be wanted
by the New Orleans police on the charge Of
murder.
About one hundred French communists
held meeting last night at which funds
were subscribed for the widows and or
phans of the communists who tell in the
late struggle in France: 1t was stated that
these widows and orphans were suffering
terribly at Paris and Belleville from hunger
and cold. The money subscribed with the
funds collected at a similar meeting in New