New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-11
WHOLE NUMBER 1888.

German legation, recalled from Washing
ton, will be succeeded by Count Bernstortf.
| Rev. Samuel Seabury, grandson of the
first Episcopal bishop in the United States.
| and formerly editor of the Ch2treima2t, died
| to day, aged seventy-two.
j. 3. Purdy, has been held to bail on the
charge of violating the law of the United
States by shipping explosive materials,
falsely marked, on the steamer Henry
| Chauucy, for Aspinwau.
The government bought United States
| bonds yesterday.
An unsuccessful conference was held last
night between representatives of Tammany
and of the Committee of Seventy, to unite
on may0ralty candidate.
Tweed said at an interview yesterday. "L
have not been ten miles from the city in o
year, except to Greenwich and New Ca
naan. am not going to leave, and shall
stay, perhaps longer than some one would
like to have me-"
The fourth anniversary of Cuban indie
pendence was celebrated this morning.
Among the notabiities were Secretary Ces-
pedes and General Agent Monygrager, A
salute of 100 guns was fired.
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer this
morning the case of the people against
Thomas C. Fields came up for argument.
John Graham, counsel for the accused, Sc
cured postponement of the trial
There was fair attendance at the races
at Jerome Park to-day.
FIRST RGce-FOr three year olds. Purse
$780, mile and a quarter. The following
named horses started McDaniePs Sue
Ryder, Tully's Buckden. Witzers Mimi
and Babeock's Hattie O'Neil, Sue Ryder
was the favorite in the pools, and Buckden
second choice. Won by Sue Ryder, Mimi
second. Time-2l4.
Second Race-Purse 500; two miles and
one-eighth. The following horses started:
Arizona, Frank Hampton, Cadence and
Gao. Arizona was the favorite in the pools.
Won by Frank Hampton, Arizona second,
Gao distanced. Time-3:57.
Third Race-Handicap stakes for gentle
men riders, members of the club, mile and
Lord Byron won easily in 20S1A.
Fourth RGce-Purse 5000; mile and three
quarters. The following horses started:
Mary Louise, Albuera, Wheatly and Harry
Bassett. Won easily by Harry Bassett;
Albuera second. Time-3:l4lh.
Fifth Race-Purse $500, seeking race.
Ninei started. Hampton, Winesop, Frank
Swift, Fadladeen, Climax, Brenness, San
ford, Henrietta, Eastern Star, Sanford won.
Time 20l.
The trial of William NJ. Tweed is set
down for Monday next.
The Tammany County Convention have
agreed on Oswald Ottendorfer for mayor,
ing, should he consent to become a canSii-
date. A committee has been appointed to
wait upon him to obtain his consent or
declination.
Arrived--Calnbria and Caledonia
Arrived at Boston-Olympus.
Money lent as low as P cent this after
noon for brokers' balances; rate at bank
sharp Z, and best mercantile is quoted at 10
0l2 y cent. Exchange strong at lO324.
Gold closed at lI27R a lI3
Skies of 1881, ll6A; five-twenties of 1862,
ll513; 1864, 1855; 1865, ti578 new 1l43s.
Tennessee skies y, new 7234; Vir-
gnia skies a, new 48, consolidated 5O1k,
deferred Is; Louisiana SKIES So, new 43.
levee SKIES so, eights 60; Alabama eights
80, fyes so; Georgia skies 76 geyens Sc:
North Carolinas 3d. new IS, special tax IL:
South Carolinas As, new 2359, April and Oc-
tober 25.
Flve-twenties of 1867 l14I3 1868 lI4as;
new fves ll0A.
There wero fifteen bids for gold to-day.
amounting to to about S4,694,000, at from liz
0ll285. The amount for sale was ST..
100000 Awards of bonds today were
$1,000OO0 at 1921 01I2.85.
Tbs Jersey City police captured O set of
burgar tools last night in wagon, con
cead gRGef efended Lgfs to of bsD bsDBss which
ba1k robbery, They are the most numet-
oIss and valuable suit captured in this city.
Base ball-Bostons 8, Athletics II.
In the case of Fields an adjournment was
requested on the ground of the absence of
Controller Connolly, witness. William A.
Beach, counsel for Connolly, made an .ath-
davit that ConnoIly's whereabouts is un
known to him, deponent or his family.
The fire in Sing Sing last night destroyed
twenty-seyen places of business. The loss
can not be less than $25O00). The fire was
the work of an incendiary.
At fire in a tenement house on Eliza
beth street this morning, Antonio Fora, an
Italian, was burned to death.
Judge James Buckley, of Brooklyn, who
was recently indicted for drunkenness
while on the bench, died suddenly last
Edmund Scott and James Galena, en-
ployes of the city gas works, were smoth-
cred to death this morning by failing@int
gas drip after being overpowered by gas.