New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-27

sailor BOardinghouse Keepers in Trouble
knives for the Indiaus-THe Trades
Unions-RecOrder Hackett Threatened
.-DefalcHtIon on Wall strcet-Italiau
Bark Notwithstanding tho Wreck 0e
the Atlantic.
New YORK, April 26-One hundred and
twenty-seven keepers of sailor boarding
houses were indicted tor violations of the
new shipping act. FiftytwO of them were
locked up for examination.
The purchasing committee of the Board of
Indian Commissioners has contracted for
1903 dozen butcher knives and l20 skinning
knives, among other articles to be furnished
tn Indians
Twenty seven delegates from the various
trades unions in the United States met il
secret session last evening, and after dis
cussion, resolved to postpone any attemls
to enforce the eight hour rule till 1874.
Most of the sailor boarding house keepers
have been released Oh $500 bail Recorder
Hackett has received more threatening
letters. He has been followed by suspicious
looking characters, and stones and filth
have been thrown against the front of MS
| house The police are on the alert.
Money easier. Call loans ranged from
! Lea to 6. Exchange dull and weak to day,
very limited business at S'-s. Gold opened
! III ~, sold up to 1l7as, declined again to
| ll73s. Loans were ! to for carrying
Wall street is intensely dull. The weeks
| imports amounted to SlO,N5,0OO, Including
| g. 900 900 of dry goods. Mercantile papeE
| 9a9I9. Money ey5easer, s to l-64 commission.
| Sterling, limited business at 8is. Gold
| ll14s. Governments dull and nominal
| State bonds very quiet; Tennessees slightly
| tirmer.
The bank statement shows a gain in re
| serve OF over S5u0,GOO; loans decreased
| $S7J, ,OGp; specie decreased SlaJ,OO9, legal
| +,,IorS inrraa GOD = OD1 tHW: 1epOsItS
| creased 5 100000
Arrived-Steamshlp George Washington.
from New Orleans
Wall street is excited over a 500 0G3 de
falcation by +. L. Tainter, cashier OF the
Atlantic National Bank. The bank did
business until three o'clock when the al
fairs went into the hands of the clearing
house.
| A band of river thieves boarded the
Italian bark Francalse knocked lis crt W
sense ess and stole 500, with other prop
erty. .
fainter has been arrested. The capital
| OF the Atlantic National Bank is impaired
To- the amount of abont half q million OL
dollars The bank Will DC able to pay nifty
cents On the dollar.
Halifax special says that yesterday
vas the first day for II week that he dtvera
were able to s.Xplore the Sceek OF the AL
lanti0.
| The divers report the bOdles }aunmCi
among the cargo in hideous ana moe
scribabe mass, and that they can not be
recovered until those ObstructlOns are re-.
moved The body of one man and u woman
were recovered yesterday.
Stray fragments OF luggage and treiGh'
are constantly coming ashore. Only two
persons remain awaiting recovery OF the
bodies of the relatives of Mr.. Dow, OF Yer
mont and Mr.. MilIington,. Of Boston. The
| Atlantic will be blown away to-day tSatur
day), when it may ne possible to recover
part, if not all, OF the two hundred bodice
| still there.
Judge Blatchford today denied the mo
ton for reduction of bail in tho case o
ex-senator Graham in Ludlow Street jail
awaiting trial on the charge of having
while president Of tho WAIKIKI, New YORK.
National Bank, embezzled part OF 1t
| funds