New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-11
NEW YORK.

A Telegraph Cashier Dead-The Louisville
Convention nDelegates-The Soldiers and
Sailors Conventional Letter from
Grant-Strnight-OUt Nominations at
| BrGOkIyn-FOrrester,t the Nathan MUIR
derer.
New YORK, September 10-Mr. John
! HOrner, for many years cashier of the West
ern Union and old American Telegraph
| Companies, died this afternoon.
Several delegates from the Louisville
convention arrived in this city yesterday
and to-day, with a view to waiting on
| Charles OConor relative to the Louisville
nomination, but up to noon 10 interview
mad taken place. A reporter who waited
upon Mr.. O'COn0r was informed by that
gentleman that he knew nothing of the
above deputation.
The following letter in relation to the ap-
| preaching soldiers and sailors convention
at Pittsburg was received this morning:
LONG BRANCH, N. j., September 9.
Colonel L. F. Dudley, Secretary Veteran National
Com4ulttee;
| DEAR SIR-I am in receipt of your letter
| of the fourth instant, extending to me- by
! your committee, a pressing invitation to at
| tend grand mass convention of veteran
| soldiers, to be held in the city of Pittsburg
on the seventeenth instant. Ny desire to
| attend, and meet again so many old com
| panlons in arms, ) very great, but my iudg-
| ment tells me to leave the celebration en-
| tirely to those whose motives can not be
misunderstood. know of no class of citi-
| zens better entitled to meet in convention
and to have weight accorded to their views
| than the veteran soldiers who risked
| their lives for the honor and perpetuity
of their country. | am sure your councils
| will be marked by wisdOm and patriotism
and that the meeting of so many comrades
will be joyous and advantageous one. |
rCft fC1ar aryr1I oil hot
meeting OF the seventeenth instant, and
only regret that can not be with you on
that occasion. With great respect your
Obedient servant, IT, S. GRANT
Arriyed-Steamers Denmark, ST. Olaf and
Westphalia. Arrived out-Parthia, Spain,
Nemesis and DOnau.
Money easy at 405. Exchange heavy;
l07A. Gold 1873. Skies of 1881 ISIS; five
twentles of 1862, with coupons II358; 1865
1884; new ll215. Tennessee skies, old
7219, new y; Virginias old "A, new 81,
consolidated 81, deferred l512; Louisiana
SKIES, old so, new IS, leyee skies 60, eights 20;
Alabama eights SO, tves So; Georgia SKIES
70, sevens IS; North Carolina old 4315,
rev 20, special tax -; South Carolinas old
So, new 25, April and October %; 1867, II258;
1868, 1l224 new ives HOS; ten-torties lO75s.
What is known as the old National Demo
cratic General Committee of Brooklyn, now
antiGreeley, has been revived, and last
nlghG they made the following congress
sional nominations: Second district, John
+. Henry, Republican; third district, A. w.
Ienney, Republican; fourth district George
w. Baker Democrat. The ticket will be
completed at future meeting.
Arrived-Steamer Cuba, from Liverpool
Forester, the alleged murderer Of
Nathan, will be brought before Judge
DOwIng tomorrow morning. If he is not |
discharged, fT.is the intention of his counsel
to make an application for a writ of habeas
corpus in the Supreme Court.
Billy Forester, the alleged murderer of
Nathan, arrived from Washington at Jer-
sey City, by train at 10 P NJ. He was met
at the depot by Captain. James Irving and
was taken to prison.
A singular explosion occurred on the |
Communipaw ferrybOat Central this morn
ing. 1t was lying at the repair docks, some
workmen being engaged in cleaning paint |
from the inside of the cylinder; they were
working with benzine, and had a pail of
that fluid en- the bottom of the cylinder |
Suddenly small streak of fame started
from under the hands of the workman near
est the pail, and the next instant an expIo- !
sion occurred, scattering the burning fluid |
over the men. Martin Sweeney, Charles |
Maloy and John Hays were seriously |
burned. The explosion can not be ac-
counted for.