New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-30
NEW YORK.
The Condition of Howes & Macy.

Ine SOnOltlOn OF 1OweS ~ Macy
New York, November 29.-The state
ment of the committee of creditors of
Howes & Macy. bankers, shows their
liabilities to be S250,000 in excess of the
assets, including sl,00g000 worth of peg
sonal effects of the partners.
Suit Against tho TribuDre
4 Brooklyn city judge has commensgs&
suit against the 3i'il,tNs to% a 100000.
The liverpool Steamship sIissouriv
Captain c. E. Pearson, lase of the Lvere
pool steamer Missouri, arrived in New York
yesterday from Nassau One hundred and
sixty OF the passengers were rescued by
the British ship Cherub and sent to New
Orleans via Key West.
The captain and crew were examined be-
rOre marine court at Nassau, and he 1.-THE
captain) was exonerated from all blame.
He attributes the loss of his steamer to the
strong southerly current.
A Monitor in Tow.
The James Adger, from Charleston, re-
ports that she passed a vessel with a moni-
tor in tow, twelve miles south of Hatteras.
Tweed Gone to Blacl8welI's Island.
William NJ Tweed was taken to Black
wells Island to-day, accompanied by his
son and son-inlaw. A large crowd wit
messed the departure.
Fined for COnte mpt.
Judge Davis day fined Messrs. Graham.
Fullerton and w. o. Bartlett, senior mem
bers OF the counsel for Tweed in the late
trial, $3.50 each, after subecting them to a
sharp lecture for breach Of good morals
In passing him paper giving the reasons
why he should not preside at the trial. The
junior members OF the counsel were let of
with reprimand.
Another of stokes Jurors Come to Grief
Roberts Porter, another Juror in tha
Stokes case, has been sentenced to two
months Imprisonment ana 500 fine He
visited disreputable resorts during the trial.
A Defaulting Cashier Sent Up for Seven
Years.
Frank S. Trantor. the defaulting cashier
OF the Atlantic National Bank was to-day
sentenced to seven years imprisonment in
the Albany penitentiary.
Cana! Bont sunk and Children Drowned,
4 canal boat sunk in the Delaware river.
by which three children were drowned.
The captain and his wife escaped.
The Bank Statement.
The bank statement sho VS. loans decrease
$l25000: specie increase s., SOC. 000s Legal
tenders increase S4500.000: depo sits in
crease $6,oOO,000. The statement of the
Bank OF Commerce is omitted.
The Detection OF Bishop Cnmn,inr.
This afternoon meeting of certain Pro
testant Episcopal bishops of diOceses in this
immediate vicinity was held in the vestry
room of Grace Church to take in to CON
sideration the matter of the withd rawal of
Bishop Cummins from the Episcopal fold.
The bishops participating were summoned
by telegraph, as the emergency was deemed
serious
The deliberations of the meeting were
conducted in profound secresyo 1t is under
stood the prelates summoned to the confer
hry Ivuhl .,I
presiding bishop, were Bishop Potter, of
New York; Lttlejohn, of Long Island; Old
enheimer, OF New Jersey Stevens, of Penn
sylvana and one other. The main uues-
ton to be brought up was that OF formal
deposition of Bishop Cummins, who, until
such action is taken, is 'ic jure a bishop
still, and qualified to consecrate other
bishops,
1t is said in clerical quarters that certain
bishops favor deposing DR.. Cummins with
Dut according him the six months notice
which the canon requires, trusting that the o
House OF Bishops at the next general con-
'ention, will Justify this action.
Relief tor Memphis.
The amount collected at the various poll
NJ places on election day for the sufferers
It Memphis was SJ4l0.
Customs Receipts.
Customs receipts for the week sls500,000
A Charitable Movement.
At the meeting of the representa-
ives of the various religious and charitable
ocieties throughout the city tonight, it
las resolved to establish a central bureau,
there information can be received and
iven to the poor as to the places where re-
ef might be administered to them during
ne coming winter. also that the cornission
re- of emigration and charities and correc.
ons be requested TO cooperate. A com
littee was appointed to take the matter in
and at once and complete all arrange
rents necessary.
M1SCELLA