New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-21
NEW YORK.

inconsistency AEluts
NEW YORK, June 20. Arrived out -
Steamers Britain and Spain.
Money 466 per cent on call loans, closing
frmer. Sterling l09l9 1l099s. Gold ll3Ih
01l3ss. Governments closed quiet, with
| trihing fluctuations. New fVes ll21R; skies
of 1881, ll9lk; fve-twenties of 1862 1929;
| 1864, 1l3@; 1865, Il4as; 1867, ll79s;
1858, III; new issues 1853; ten-forties
| liza Tennessees, old 734, new "a;
| Virginias, old "A, new As; Louisianas, old 60,
new 50; levee skies go, eights 7S; Alabama
| eights 81, fives go; Georgia skies "a. sevens
| IS; North Carolinas, old 3215, new q; South
| Carolinas, old 52l9. new 80.
At a conference of political reformers,
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day,
Jacob ID. Cox was chosen president, and
| w. G. Bryant and General Dix vice presi-
dents. At four o'clock the conference ad-
| iOurned until seven this evening.
| The following delegates were present at
| the Fifth Avenue Hotel convention: Sen
| ators Sehurz and Trumbuli, General Cox.
| of Ohio; General III. Hill and J. G. Hillyer,
| Of Georgia; j. H. Bromley, of the Hartford
| Post; Horace White, of the Chicago Trib-
! at7ee; Ex-Governor Randolph, Of New Jersey;
j. B. Grinneil, of Iowa; Atkinson, of Massa-
| chusetts; David A. Wells, William Cullen
| Bryant Waterson, Of the Louisville CoHrier-
| journal; Hiram Barney, of New York;
4 Senator Rice, of Arkansas; William NJ
| GrOsvenor, Theodore Tilton, an outside
delegate; Governor Walker, of Virginia,
and Senator Stockton, Of New Jersey.
General Cox was called 20 the chair, and
stated that the object Of the conference
| was to bring about fusion of the elements
| opposed to Grant
| Senator Trumbull then rose. He said
! while not fully indOTsing the nominations
| of the Cincinnati convention, they the
Liberal Republicans had gone so far that
| retreat was impossible, If q man of ae-
| lxnowledged reputation could be brought
| into the field, he, Trumbull, would support
| him; but under the existing state of affairs
he saw no option but TO support Greeley.
| Brief remarks were made by several
| others, and the conference adjourned at six,
! to meet again in the evening.
The night session Of the conference began
! at eight o'clock. About seventy delegates
/ were present. Oswald OltendOrfer, Will
| liam CRllen Bryant Carl Schurz and Gen
eral Cex, of Ohio, played leading parts.
| The principal speakers were Messrs. At
| kinsOn, of Massachusetts, Parke, Goodwin
| and DOEscheimeF, of Buffalo. The speeches of
| the first two were strongly against Greeley
| in tone, while that of the last named was
| vehemently in his favor. The proceedings
were very stormy and inharmOniOus, and
were continued until long after midnight.
The annual regatta of the New York
Yacht Club to-day was sailed in light
| breezes and without any excitement. Some
fifteen yachts cOntended. The Graciej
which led the slOOps throughout, won the
prize for her class, while the schooner prizes
were taken by Ianthe for being the first to
reach the home stake boat, and the Peerless
for the best time with allowances.
Ianthe's time, five hours forty-One min
utes; Gracie's, five hours fOrty-six minutes
forty-seven seconds. Vixen took the second
slOOp prize by time allowance.
In the two-mile heats trOt Of Prospect
Park to-day, Mystery beat Hiram Howe's
gelding no name, in five minutes twenty
| nine seconds and five minutes twenty-fOur
and half seconds.
The jury in the case Of DIR. Gyles, charged
with causing the death Of Mrs Lawden by
surgical malpractice, at ten o'clock tonight
returned verdict of not guilty, and Gyles
was discharged.
The weather is excessively warm, eight
cases of sunstrOke being reported to-day.
In the suit Of Jay Gould against Lord
Gordon, his lOrdship Unexpectedly APP
peared as a witness to-day. The counsel
for Jay Gould cOntended that the witness
could not be arrested under the attach
ment which had been issued against him
until the conclusion Of his examination
He was arrested eonstructiVely until his
bond of $1,000 was completed, after which
he drove to his hotel.
L nc bbElhlAE WOEhluGiAlHu are All QulBb To-
day, and it is said that 28,000 wOrkingmen
are now employed on the eight hour plan.
Some 5000 sugar retiners are on the strike
out of 1000 employed.
The pianofOrte makers propose to march
on Steinway's factory at 5 A. N. tomorrow,
with a hope of inducing the men at work to
join them.
The workers in iron, in South Brooklyn,
Joined the strikers ranks yesterday after
noon.
There are now about 5000 men in Brook
lyn on the strike. 1t is apparent, however.
that the men begin to lose confidence in
themselves The fOremen In various shOps
have been waited on by the men, who state
that they are ready and anxious to work If
protection from violence Is given them.
The probabilities are that by Monday eve
ming next, large body Of strikers will re-
sumo work.
The Eight Hour League is arranging
monster mass meeting for tomorrow night.
They appointed a committee TO wait on the
police commissioners, and present the affi-
dayits Of men who had been clubbed.
The InternatiOnals Of Brooklyn are en-
deavoring to form unions with the trades
societies, but seem likely to meet with poor
success.
Charles Marxen was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for six months to-day for SNUG
Cling.
The case Of Tilden against General But
ler wal abruptly concluded to-day by tbs
withdrawal of the plaintiff
Two additional jurors have been obtained
in the Stokes case.
A Geneva special says the result Of Wed
nesday's sitting Of the board Of arbitrators
is one Of the most favorable character, and
1t is confidently believed that when the
tribunal meets again on the twenty-sixth
success will be assured. 1t is believed that
considerable prOgi es5 has been made ia so
luton Of the question.
The mechanics and labOrers Of Long Is
land City struck yesterday for the eight
hour system, and an increase Of wages Of
six TO ten cents an hour.
1t is now denied that the Erie employees
IN Jersey City have struck.
Considerable excitement prevails at Mid
dletown, Orange county, New York, over
the death Of a young lady Miss Butler,
from smallpox. She contracted the dis
ease while attending a patient afflicted
with it, and was forced to remove 70
ruined building in the outskirts Of the town,
where it seems she died without receiving
any attendance whatever.
She was left to die, and her body was
mutilated by animals, which had free in
gress 10 the building. 1t is said the authOri-
ties paid man to attend the girl, but it is
not known whether he did 30 or not.
An immense number of seventeen year
lOcusts have appeared on Long Island.