New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-22
NEW YORK.
All About DIR. HOward-GrRnd Lodge
Proceedings - Money Steady - New
Steamship Line Projected.

Proceedings - Money Steady - New
Steamship Line Projected.
| New YORK, August 2I-Arrived out
! steamers City Of New York and Deutsch-
! land.
| Dr. Howard, lately imprisoned at Madrid.
| arrived here yesterday i'll the steamer Alex
| andra.
Dr. Howard attributes his release to the
! efforts Of the American press to which he
returns the warmest thanks. He thinks
| that Secretary Fish might have acted more
promptly, and that the government, with
| all the proofs before it that he was an
! American citizen, might have abbreviated
| or, at least, alleviated his sufferings.
DR.. Howard will go to Washington and
| present his claim, which is for a pretty
round sum, including loss of medical bust
ness at CienfuegOs and property. He will
not return to Cuba.
The Stadt Theatre was sold to-day to
William Martin for Sl22, COO
DR.. William Gould, of Buffalo, was
elected Grand Patriarch of the Grand En-
cam yment of Odd Fellows in this State.
Tie Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the
State to day rejected the constitutional
amendment to admit members who have
been expelled, for period longer than two
years, as beneficial members.
A new steamship line is projected be-
tween New York and Glasgow, stopping at
Dublin and Belfast.
No new cases of yellow fever reported.
Evening-MOney closed steady at 3 a 4 on
call, exceptions at 3I9. Exchange dull at
8z8. Gold Il4ls. Loans 505ls for use.
State bonds steady and transactions few.
Tennessees, old "a, new 7334; Virginias old
46, new 5049, consolidated 500; deferred Is;
LOuisianas SKIES, old As, new As; Ievee skies
co. eights 70; Alabama eights 81, fves Sc;
Georgia skies 73, seveDs IS; North CarOlinas
old 3312, new 20, special tax l3; South Caro-
linas, old So; new y, April and October %
Government bOnds-sixea of 1881, II712;
iYe-twenties of 1862, 1853; 1864 II5aR;
1865, 1853; new lI4I9.
There were seventeen offers for bonds to-
day, amounting to about 81, ,236, $50, at from
1850 to lI4.jO. Amount advertised for
purchase was $2,00O,000 If the Secretary
takes 1879 as the price Of gold he will only
take 1900, but if he taFes 1879 as his
price he will take $939 81. There were
offers to take 100000 below ia. The
Secretary takes only $34 300 bonds.
George kingslanG, book keeper of the
Hudson County Bank of Jersey City, has
decamped to Europe, being a defaulter for
$2O,OUO. Cause, wine and women.
notwithstanding Crescent City, from
Havana.
In the Utica convention to day among
the candidates for nomination for Gov |
ernOr were proposed John &. Robinson,
William II. Robertson, Martin J. Townsend, |
Freeman Clarke and Alexander S. DiVen.
The latter was nominated by George w.
Clark as a substitute for ThurIOw Weed |
as one who would draw to his support a
large number of honest Democrats of the
State, and his nomination would increase
the Republican majority to 100000. IRE
newed applause and three cheers
This nomination was seconded by +. Del |
aield Smith, who said: I'VE are about to
meet a powerful coalition, and we must
meet it with all our strength. Greeley will |
secure Republican votes, and we must offset
these with votes Of honest Democrats"
This speech produced a profound sensation.
The nomination of General Dix was also
urged by II. K. James, of st. Lawrence,
Henry Clews, 5. D. butcher and others.
George Bruce moved that this nOmipatiOn
be made unanimous by acclamatiOn. As
there were few voices in the negative. the
chair said the motion was not carried The
names Of the other candidates were sue
cessiVely withdrawn, whereupon the mo-
ton was renewed and carried amid enthu-
siastic cheering, and the chair announced
General Dix as the nominee for Governors
Protection Of the police was asked to-day
by several Brooklyn companies who re-
Gently resisted the demands of the long
shoTemen. This evening a crowd of long
shoremen got on the deck of the elevator
Manhattan, at the Wall street ferry, aud as
the non-sOciety men were leaving by the
ferry for New York, sought to cross over
with them, but were dispersed by vigorous
from the police. A woman was
seriously injured by a club, which few out
OF polcemans hand in the melee.