New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-07
TERMSi SIG 90 PER ANNUM.
WHOLE NUMBER 1854.

the Grand Opera Theatre. whichhad been
! transferred to NiblO's, was burned. entailing
| a loss of $25.OO0. The building was owned
| by Mr.. A. T. Stewart.
The different actors and actresses lose
| from $400 to $1,000 worth of property each.
A meeting of the dramatic profession will
| be held tomorrow to adopt measures for
the reliet of the sufferers. The various
| theatres in the city have already rendered
benefits.
The damage to the Metropolitan Hotel,
which was entirely by water, will amount
to about $5OOO0. The adjoining building,
owned by H. BeadeIl, was damaged to the
amount of $1,000
Several Masonic, and other lodges of
secret orders, lose heavily by the destruc-
tiOn of the hall over the theatre.
The Manhattan market, at the foot OF
West Thirty-fOurth street, caught fire this
afternoon, and it is feared that it will be
destroyed. The building is a new one.
Arrived Out-Steamships Ohio, City OF
Pans, Westphalia and Adriatic.
Money active at 607 per cent on call
loans, closing stringent; prime discounts
70I0. Sterling 916 0935 Gold 1879 ia
Governments advanced l5 a Ac. New fves
1ll5s; skies of 1881 1885; fve-twenties OF
1862 I131s; 1864, Il318 1865. 11345, new
lisa; 1867, ll5B; 1868, ll6; tenfOrties
11OB. State bonds dull and heavy
lenu6sS6es, OIu, 90; new oSj flIglnlasJ
DID, 4S; new 50; LOuisianas, old, So; new
So; levee skies &c, eights 76; Alabama
eights 80, fives 60; Georgia skies 7O sevens
49,; North Carolinas, old, &c. new 90;
South CarOlinas old, so, new 81 y.
Sub-TreasuTy balance-gOld, S65, 06O,O77;
currency, S7,396,697
The wOrkmen on East River bridge
caisson have struck for three dollars Tor
four hours labor. They now get two dol
lars and fOrty-three cents for four and
half hours labor.
The painters strike to-day was successful.
Most of the employers conceded the al
vance asked.
Miss Couch, an alleged blackmailer of
the Rev. DR.. Carter, was admitted to bail
to-day in $4,000.
At a special meeting Of the Chamber of
Commerce to-day, Mr.. Samuel B. Ruggles
presented a report on coinage. He offered
a resolution requesting Congress to make
the gold dollar the unit of value; that the
silver dollar be legal tender only for
amounts not exceeding five dollars, thus
putting an end to the double standard for
legal money, and that the silver dollar be
made to weigh 4l2l2 grains, instead of
$50 40 grains, in OrdP" to correspond with
certain French, Belgian, Swiss, Grecian,
Spanish and Austrian coins.
Judge BlatchfOrd has denied the motion
for a new trial in a case in which the jury
found a verdict for the government con
demning about 100000 worth of tobacco,
ETC., seized on the premises of G. H. Lilien-
thai for irregularities, causing loss in in
ternal revenue.
fire in Manhatten Market to-day was
soon extinguished. Loss only S3000
In the case of Michael Hays, for the al
legged murder of O'DOnnell, in 1857, which
came up to-day, the counsel for defendant
characterized Rochester, the plaintiff, as q
blackmailer, and asked that he be confined
in the house of detention. The case was
postponed until Monday, when it will be
dismissed, if Rochester does not appear.