New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-19
NEW YORK.
Reports OF n Gale.

ASCpOAts VI IL Wilt
New YORK, October 13.-All the Euro
pean steamers arriving within the pa ct
rwenty-four hours report terrible gales
from the sixth to the tenth instant.
Passengers who have often crossed the
ocean say the storms are the most severe
they ever encountered.
shipment of silver.
One-ei2hth of million in silver was
shipped to Europe to-day.
No Bank Statement.
No bank statement to-day.
Burned and Killed.
Hanks IL Camps hay baling establish
ment burned. Loss 5000. One man was
killed and one hurt by falling walls.
Action of the Stock Exchange.
At meeting of the governing committee
of the Stock Exchange for the purpose of
considering a proposition to clear stocks
after the plan of the London Stock Ex-
change, viz: to have two ticket days and
two sitting days semi-monthly, a conference
committee was appointed, with instructions
10 report at the next regular meeting of the
governing committee.
Jerome Park Rnces.
Peronice won the one and one-eighth
mile race. Time, 2:03ls.
Maccaroon won the three-quarter mile
race Time, I:l73.
Shvlock won the one and fve-eighths mile
race. Time, 2:56La.
True Blue won the two and three-quarter
mile race. Time, 5:l0A.
Quits won the one and one-eighth mile
handicap. Time, 2:0l.
Lochiel won the hurdle race.
Cheering Comm ercial Prospects.
The general outlook in commercial circles
is cheering, and the decided improvement
toward final and full recovery of conf
dence which has been made during the
week is, therefore, encouraging.
Governor Seymour Nominated for the
Legislature. .'
Hon. HOratio Seymour was to-day made
candidate for the first Assembly district by
the Democrats of Oneida county.
Bunk Robbery.
The cashier of the Athens, Pennsylvaaia,
bank says the loss to the bank by the rob-
berry on Tuesday night is only $4,000 in cur
rency; to special depositors. $2l00 in United
States bonds, $4,000 in Ithca railroad bonds
and articles of jewelry.
Committee on Transportation Ready to
Come South.
The Senate Committee on TRANSPORTATION
leave tonight for Washington, and thence
for the Southern States At the session
here to-day the committee listened to sug-
gestions concerning therminal facilities for
grain for foreign ports and the construction
of canal from the Ohio to James river,
to be of sufficient capacity to pass wide fat
boats, such as could navigate the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries, 30 that shipments
at Western depOts could be carried to the
Atlantic without rehandling; these water
ways to be constructed by the government
The committee brought their labors to
close in this city by a trip down the bay
and an inspection OF the harbor.
Western Union Stock.
Five thousand one hundred shares of the
capital stock of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company were sold to day at auc
ton at from ffty-five and one-eighth to
ffty-6ve and three-eighths.
Assassination of the Bishop of 1t. Pierre. |
Private advices received in this city from |
the French settlement of st. Pierre give |
information of the ASA assination of N. De |
We're, the first bishop of that diocese. The |!
bishop was murdered in the sacristy of the |
stabbed in the heart while at prayer. One |
Emile Pelletier, a cousin of the bishop, was |
charged with the crime and arrested. It is |
said the crime was melted by the fact that |
Bishop De We're inherited all the fortune of |
Pelletier's father, a wealthy Frenchman.
nIrs. Benton and the Stokes Case.
Some surprise has been caused by the
failure of the prosecution in the Stokes case |
to call the new witness, Mrs. Benton, of |
whom go much has been said and written. |
Assistant District Attorney Allen said this |
morning that the prosecution never In
tended to call Mrs. Benton; he said che |
was ignorant or feig.ed ignorance in GER
tain matters with which she was supposed |
to be fsmiliar, and that, moreover, her