New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-13
WHOLE NUMBER 1876.

HOLE NUMBER 1875.
eight days last year. As display every
body prOnOunces it immensely in advanc
Of it's predecessors, while in respect to quan
tity and value especially the latter is with
out parallel in the history of Cincinnati ex
positions.
There are sixteen departments, and
scarcely ono of them, experts say, have
ever been equaled in this country. In the
music pavilion three concerts are giveI
daily by the best bands in the city, who
have rehearsed for months for the occasion
The government signal service has an of
fee in the main building where reports are
received and printed daily. The stove dis
play is wonderful, far SURPRISING anything OF
| Power Hall has 273 machines moving, OF
which lao are propelled by steam, the
others BY hand. In addition to these are
| seventy-ive bulky machines lying idle,
making a total of 348 machines. The de-
partment of natural history is very full.
| Floral Hall was never surpassed in the per
lection, variety and rarity of the plants
exhibited. Art Hall contains 800 oil paint
| ings, 400 engravings, 100 water colors and
| twenty-five architectural drawings, twenty
one large Photographic views of Yosemite
valley, besides great number of other fine
photographs.
The oil paintings represent English,
French, Flemish and German schools. Two
OF Turner's picturts are in the collection,
both water colOrs. An installment of nine
pic pictures .n;s from Dusseldorf, sent especially
for this exposition, arrived this week, and
were put on the walls. The attendance
from abroad has been very large this week.
The Sarat0rn Races.
SARATOGA, September 12.-This was an
other fine day for racing. The attendance
was large. The first race for junior scull
shells, single, two miles, for a gold badge,
vas rowed by Heater, of the Harlem Club;
Graves, OF the Beaver Wicks; Girvin, of the
Beaver Wicks; Yates, of the Grand Haven,
and Sweeney, of the Friendship. of Cincln-
keater in sixteen minutes and twenty sec-
onds.. Graves SECOND, Girvin third, Yates
fourth.
The second race, two miles, double scull
shells, Lambe Brothers. of the Argonate
Club, of Toronto, and Wilson and Hills. of
Beaver Wicks, Of Albany. started. The
race was won handsomely by Lambe
Brothers in fourteen minutes and thirty-five
seconds. Beaver Wicks' time fourteen
minutes and fifty seconds.
In the third race, four-osred shells. for
the grand challenge cup and four goblets,
distance three miles, six boat, started, viz:
The Pope Barge, of Cincinnati; Duquesr Q,
of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania; Orga-
naute, of Bergen Point, New Jersey; Beaver
Wick, of Albany; Ballston, of Ballston,
New York; and the Potomac, of George
town.
At the start a foul occurred between the
Potomac crew and the Beaver Wicks,
which put them both back several lengths.
The race was pretty sharp, but was won by
Duguesne in 20:55. Organaute second,
Beaver Wick third. Pope Barge fourth and
BallstOp fifth. 1-----
Anniversary Of the Battle Of North Point.
BALTIMORE, September l2.-The ami
versary Of the battle of North Point was
ing their usual celebration at Browns
Pavilion.
Texas Press Association.
SHERMAN, Texas, September l2.-The
Texas Press Association finished their labors
last night. A large audience assembled at
the hall to hear the closing address. The
gathering has been a complete success.
The next annual meeting will be held at
Dallas. Hon. A. Is. Norton was selected to
deliver the annual address, and George A.
Cutler, of the Dennison Journal, and Miss
Fannie Sayer, of Dallas, the annual poems.
The excursion party left this morning.
They will be received by the citizens of
Dennison, will then visit Sedalia and Chi
cagO and return to st. Louis. The party
consists of fifty editors and number of
ladies.
Chinese Social Evil.
SAN FRANCISCO, September Eight
Chinese women were brought by the steamer
MacgregOr, who cay they were purchased
and brought here for base purposes. They
were sent to the Chinese Mission School for
protection.
Collector Harper's DefnlcatiOns.
CHICAGO, September l2-The Inter
Ocean this morning publishes an interview
with General j. B. Sweet, deputy commits
sioner of internal revenue, and d. w.
Mum, supervisor of internal revenue for
Illinois, who have been investigating the
recent defalcations of Collector Harper, of
the eighth district, and who are in this city
to look into Harper's alleged grain spec ala
tions.
1t appears from investigation that there
is implicated in Harper's fraud his deputy,
Smith. and three distilfers, David L. Thorn
son, Henry P. Westerman and John l..
Smith, representing the Pekin Distillery
Company, and John y. Mcintyre, Peoria
distiller. 1t seems that in the fall of 1871
the bonds of these Pekin distillers mysteri1
ously disappeared and could not se found /
1t is now believed by officers who are con1
Quoting the examination that bonds1
amounting to 100000, were stolen by1
Harper & Smith to facilitate the frauds !
that were then or about to be committed on|
the government.
The distillers' bonds having Disappeared
and their bOndsmen, apps emily securedx
did not hesitate at collusion with HarpeH
and when the latter to cover. his dehcia&
cies, alleged that the Pekin distillers wen
in arrears, they admitted it, and tht
correctness of transcript of amount said q
be owing by them, which case was given
the examining officer by Harper.
In the meantime Colonel Bridges, of I'll
city, the Western agent OF the intern
revenue bureau, who was investiga'ip
the loss Of missing bonds, found list 4
the bondsmen's names, which had not bed
destroyed, and commenced a suit agaig
them, which is now pending.
prominent firm Of lawyers at Spfi4
feld, Illinois, are severely blamed by -
government officials for their course in
matter, as it is said they had knowle1
of Harper's defalcations weeks ago. il
known that Harper was largely engagedY
grain speculations here, and the ottici
above named are here to investigate tho.
A Cricket Gnme. E
PHILADELPHIA, September r. "A cric1
game between the United, of ST. Louis,
the Young America0ccupied one hour
twenty minutes. The United in the secdn4
inning made forty eight runs 1t was ~
necessary for the Young Atherica to Flafi
the second inning, as they made l22 rum u
the first, beating their opponents by fOno
inning and twenty-five runs.
The Officers and Crew of the Deerh(
LONDON. September l2.-It is req
that Earl Granville has told the repre-
tives of Spain here that the British q
ment insists upon the liberation
officers and crew captured OIL boar
steam yacht Deerhound.