New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-12


College opened to-day, President McCosh
delivering the address. Some two hundred
students have entered, many OF NhOm are
from the Southern States.
HOboken Banks
The directors of the Hoboken Bank haze
voted to make good the recent defalcation
and to Jesume business On the first of
October.
The frnosatlanfis 0aIlo0A.
The balloon party have made arrange
ments with an experienced aerOnaut to take
personal charge of the initiation. The de-
parture is expected to take place so-mor-
row.
Wise complains that che Aanagsre e1i-
tirely: disregarded his advice with regard to
the material for the balloon. and employed
an incompetent superintendent. He (Wise)
doubts their ability TO repais the balloon.
Blood.
4 sGseafcH Aom WashingeoA says duel
is imminent 10 consequence OF disagree
ments between Horschel =. johnson and
Governor Smith, of Georgia TheH tyalds
ore sSging an amicable settlsnslso
Dean OF CanterbrSs
4he Dean of Canterbury has arrived here
60 attend the Evangelical Alliance
Two unknown men weys SslAS o. she
Rarlem vaJroad to-day.
a0ttone
2lp cotton crop for the seas 60 flag che
first instant amounted to 3,93s,50S bales;
exports same time 2.679, ,9S6 bales; stock in
! the United States 60 9S9 bales. Kotal pro
duct received at Atlantic and shipping
ports 1851 ,346, against :, 49,, ,2S6 bales last
year. Shipments from the interior districts
| to manufacturers South 1877 ,662 bales. aid
| $685. bales were shipped to Great
| Britain from all points. Among the cities,
taA aSt q
| San Francisco 324 bales.
The following are the receipts at North
| ern ports by rail; New York 1866 bales,
! Boston 26S05, Baltimore 1868, Phladel-
| phia 81 ,209, Portland, Maine, 1861. All this
cotton came across the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, being taken by railroads at various
I points where they touch these rivers. In
addition to this the large amount already
stated was shipped from Southern points
| direct to Northern mills without handling
| or any record being taken at either New
| York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia or
| Portland. The statement shows the shipment
North by rail from Mobile and New Or
leans, during The year, of %, ,483 bales Of
| the total product Louisiana is credited
| with 240, ,3S4 bales. Ala bama 49,, ,457. Texa
343, $50, Florida l4,06S, Georgia 6l4,O39,
South Carolina 374,476, North Carolina
| 6l,576, Virginia 433 5S3, Tennessee 37S,Sl3.
| The shipments from Tennessee to New Or
leans, Norfolk and Charleston are included
| in Louisiana, Virginia and South Carolina
| crops, and amount to 3S2, $50 bales. The
| total crop of sea island cotton in the United
| States amounted to 26 2S9 bales, against
| l6,S43 last year.
The manufactures by Southern mills dur
ing the year show an increase OF 1900
! bales over the previous.
| Cheap Transportatione
The United States Committee on Trans
| portation met this morning. All the MEM
bers were present, and several prominent
railroad officials were in attendance. Sen
| ator Window was appointed chairman of
! the meeting, and on opening 1t he stated its
object at considerable length, saying that
| it was for the purpose of procuring cheaper
rates of transportation than those at
present existing. Some of the committee
| expressed the wish that the railroad officials
| present would make statement regarding
| the matter.
Mr.. Hayes, of the Blue line freight line
| was then examined at considerable length,
| and detailed the whole manner in which
the rates were regulated.
Warehouse and Security Company.
At the meeting of the creditors of the
| New York Warehouse and Security Com
pany today committee was appointed to
consider the expediency Of giving the com
| pany an extension of time to extricate them
selves from their present embarrassment
stekes' Trial Fixed.
Now that the desired witness, Mrs. Ben
ton, has been secured, the third trial O.