New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-31
NEW YORK.

Sentence of stokes.
New YORK, October 30.-In the Stokes
case verdict of manslaughter in the third
degree was rendered, and he has been SEN
fenced to four years hard labor.
Judge Davis said '.In rendering this YER
Wet, Stokes, the Jury have exhausted, and
more than exhausted all mercy in your
case. No appeal to this court can diminish
the sentence for the highest penalty affixed
by the statute in the degree in which you
are convicted. and that is too light and ap
parently tr1t1ing as compared with the
great crime you nave committed" Stokes
was surrounded and embraced by many OF
his relatives ana friends and hurried 20 :he
Tombs.
Suspensions.
Williamson, Schmidt q Co.. produce ey.
porters, and Hoyt. SDrague II Co. have
suspended.
Theodore TiItOn Expelled from Plymouth
Church.
Theodore Tilton has been expelled from
Plymouth Church for refusing to testify in
the Beecher scandal case.
Failure of fToyt. Sprague 4 Co.
The failure of Uoyt, Sprague s Co.
caused heavy decline IN values on stock
exchange and depression outside. The re-
storation of confidence previously going on
has received check by this event. which
can only be looked upon as public ealam-
ity in the present condition of affairs.
Decline in Gold and Foreign Exchange.
The failure of the Bank of England di-
rectors to advance their rate of discounts
to-day caused decline here in boti. gold
and foreig exchange.
Unchanged.
There Is no change in the MONETARY sieua-
ton, cali .oans still being done ut per cent
TO I.'!.
legal Tenders.
TIE a.soc:a,r"t be aks tc-'iay gained s'.l22,.
900 o: legal tei.de-s
The Markets.
There Is fair activity in railroad bonds. at
lower prices. The stock market opened
steady. but soon became weak. and CON
tinued to Decline until the one O'Clock
board, when an upward reaction set in
The decline ranged from two to four per
cent throughout .he list. amt the recovery
az two o'clock from q haif teone and three
quarters per cent. Since then che market
weakened again.
Another Suspension.
Lloyd, Hamilton 6, Co. have suspended.
They have a large interest in the Pennsyl-
vania.
Interesting Suit.
The suit of w. Z. Britton against Renja-
min +. Butler to recover ST., 600, the amount
of two drafts seized by General Butler in
1862. while he was military governor of
New Orleans, came up for hearing before
Judge Woodruff, III the United States Cir
cult Court to-day. General Butler was
present and advised the United States dis
trict attorney, who defended the action on
behalf of the government
The counsel for Mr. Britton stated that
in 1862, man bearing two drafts drawn by
the firm of which Britton was a partner.
doing business in Natchez, Mississippi, was
arrested while attempting to cross from the
Confederate lines into New Orleans. The
drafts were there valuless, but General
Butler compelled Mills, Jndson q Co., who
were the agents in New Orleans tor Britton
g. Co., to indorse them, and then got them
cashed. He claims that Britton was not an
enemy of the United States, and that his
property could not therefore be confiscated
by an agent OF that government. The case
is still on trial.
General Butler testified that he seized the
drafts as rebel property: made proper re-
turn of the facts OF the seizure ~ the gov
eminent through the Provost Marshal Gen
erals department and devoted the amount
obtained ON the drafts Cor public purposes,
such as feeding the sick in New Orleans.
Strengthening the Mississippi river fortitics-
tions. and detray1ng she expenses .! III. se.
cret service force.
Tne case wa. heard by Judge :'.,,irrti
without a Jury. and he i. 30 de.iI. OF: :l-
Law p0in!s involved.
Blast Furnaces Suspended ttsris.
a dispatch from Pitts burg says she b'ast
furnaces Of Morehead 81 Co. on the MOn0n-
gahela river, have suspended, and the said
suspension foreshadows the closing up Of
the remainder of such furnaces in this city
and Mohaning and Chenango valleys. There
are eight of these furnaces employing about
10000 men.
Judge Davis Charge.
Judge Davis, addressing the grand jury.
directed them to investigate the complaints
against lottery and policy dealers.
Donaldson Up in Another BaIlscn.
Donaldson, the aer0naur, made an ascent
from New York yesterday in the balloon
Margaret, and came down on. the Brooklyn
Central and Jamaica railroad, on Long
Island. The basket was dashed violently
against a farm house, and Donaldson re-
eeived a severe wound on the jaws. Tho
balloon nearly struck a passing train:
Produce House Suspended.
Mollman, Sehmid e. Co., No. 81 Water
street. an extensive produce commission
house have suspended this morning. Schmid
says he received . telegram from his part
ners in Europe on Monday, stating that