New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-16

George West. Time, 5:37la.
! Movements ef the Senate Committee
NEW YORK, October Ex-senator Nor
wood arrived in the city this morning frOu
Washington, TO attend the meeting of tb'
| Senate Committee on Transportation. Or
| leaving New York the committee will pas
| over the route of the James river ant
kanawha canal. and will examine the pro
| posed Atlantic and Great Western cana
through Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee
| The sanitary condition of the South permit
ting, the committee will also visit and in
spect the various internal improvements
and go thence to st. Louis
Tammany Nominations.
! The Tammanv Hall county convention
! this afternoon nominated w. 6. Connor fol
sheriff. and William Walsh for county
cle.k.
Euilty Of Arson.
In the general session today Emma Or
lok, . German girl, was found guilty of ar
son. and sentenced TO the State prison tol
life.
The Yacht Enchnntress.
The yacht Enchastress is now sailing
over the course from Sandy Hook to the
| Cape May Gghtship and return for the
Cape May challenge cup. The cup is now
in the possession OF the Dreadnaught, which
vessel was unable to accept the challen ge
OF the Enchantress, having been disabled
III the recent ocean race.
Bank Robbery.
The First National Bank of Athens, Penn
sylvania, was robbed last Monday by five
men, who seized and bound the cashier.
Twenty thousand dollars was taken, mostly
special deposits. While the cashier was
working at his desk about 1890 p. NJ. five
men came in and gagged and handcuffed
him. The vault doors and inner safe being
open, the robbers secured everything that
was therein and escaped. The cashier was
found on the floor, in the back office, at six
o'clock the next morning, not hurt but in a
state OF exhaustion.
Imposing Religious Ceremonies.
Imposing religious ceremonies at the
Catholic Cathedral occurred this morning,
on the occasion of the conservation of the
diocese Of Philadelphia to the sacred heart
OF Jesus. There were about $50 priests
present and 200 women Of various religious
orders IN the diocese were in their own pri-
vate chapel..
Solemn pontifica! mass was read by
Bishop O'Hara, of Scranton, in consequence
OF the ill-health of Bishop Wood.
Tho dedication succeeded, and was fol-
lowed by sermon delivered by Rev. Ber-
nard Mcclure, OF Washington.
The music was the finest ever heard in
the cathedral.
Banking House Resumed.
The banking firm of Brown, Wadsworth
Il Co. have resumed business, they having
notified the etoek Exchange to that effect.
Petition in Bnhkruptcy.
George Bird, Grinnell & Co. have TO-
day filed petition to be adiudicated bank
rupts. This proceeding supercedes and
tpA ba frn Suot
tuted in voluntary bankruptcy by Henry
Myers.
Free Religious Association.
The Free Religious Association reas.
sembled this morning at ten o'clock In the
large hall OF the Cooper Institute. About
300 people were present, many of them
ladies. The first speaker was William j.
}. Potter. who read . very able paper en-.
titled The Evangelical Foes OF Free Re-
EgiOn." He said the recent CONVEX held
IN this city shows that one step from sec
tarianism has been made by tho different
denominations. The Evangelical Alliance
ignored and forgot for the time their diff
terences and met together in brotherly
friendship for the purpose of Strengthening
the foundation upon which they stand. not
10, the purpose OF asserting 20 the estab-
lishment of q sectarian platform Potter
was followed by William E. Black ord who
spoke tor some time ON the subect of
Christianity. He went over the most of
the ground covered by the previous speaker
and was followed by +. Z. Abbott, who
read paper en- the foreign missionary
system. He gave some statistics Of
missionary work; gave the missionaries
credit tor honesty, out was sorry to see
them SO unprofitably employed. At the
rate converts are being made in proportion
TO the unbelieving population, it would take
27S,2l2 years and cost $I3il per head to
evangelze che world. He spoke for three
quarters of an hour, and at the conclusion
of his address letters we're read from Gerrit
Smith, Judge Hoadley, of Cincinnati, Ohio,
and Charles Bradlaugh, the English repub-
Hcan, expressing their sympathy with the
association. and regretting their inability
to attend.
Religions Convention.
The Free Relgionists were addressed TO-
night IN Cooper Institute by Mr.. Parton,
who inveighed against the church and min
isters being exempt from taxation, saying
they constituted an American paradise of
deadheads.
+. E. Abbott made remarks against naval
chaplains. reading the Bible in schools.
national thanksglvings, and Oaths in courts.
At the opening of the meeting a man de.
sired the speaker to refrain from using the
word Sod as at the previous meeting SO
many gods were alluded to, il was difficult
70 understand the speaker