New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-07
NEW YORK.
Legal Tend q ra in Rouk L.


New YORK, November 6.-The associated
banks hold S2l 900 600 in legal tenders.
| Gold Received.
| The foreign gold received at the Assay
| Office since October 6 amounts to nearly
| e2,000,000.
| Action Of the Chamber of Commerce.
| At meeting Of the Chamber of Com
! merce this afternoon a number of tabul ar
| statements, ehowirg the amounts of the
| different products Of all the United States,
and the neeessit y of increased facilities for
! their transportation, were presented bv
Samuel Ruggles. The tables were ordered
| to be printed and copies transmitted to the
| Senatorial Committee on Transportation.
| A paper on the late financial crisis and
the present stringency and want OF con-
1 tdence N financial circles was presented
by Mr.. A. A. Low. He recommended that.
| n view OF the present situation and what
may follow the chamber would respect
| fully ask Congress, when it next cOnvenes,
| if need be, TO cause the purchase of United
| States bonds to be stopped and to apply
| the gold reserve to the redemption of treas
ury notes, reserving the power Of reissue.
Bad Juror.
James D. Contre, the eighth juror in the
Stokes case, was to-day convicted of con-
tempt OF court in visiting disreput able
drinking places and conversing about the
trial during lts progress. He was sentenced
to thirty days Imprisonment and fined $780,
and to be confined until the fine is paid.
sub.Treasury Disbursements.
The sub-treasurer paid out to-day S59.-
0G0 for called bonds and $240,0OO on ac-
count of November interest.
The assay office received $4,000. max
ing total of 81 ,90l ,S75.
Gold closed at 1861.
Shot Himself.
Ebenezer H. Brown, a real estate broker.
fatally shot himself in the breast this morn
ing while laboring under temporary tit of
insanity.
Attempt to Escape from Jaii.
DR.. Bolts, convicted of sending obscene
matter through the mails, and sentenced to
one year IN the penitentiary, made an un-
successful attempt to escape from the Lud-
low street jail in womens clothes
The Stokes Jury Tampered With.
The Commercial says it is reported that
the grand jury have been investigating and
will make revelations in regard to the
affairs connected with the Stokes trial and
the conduct of the under sheIiffs that will
create some excitement. 1t is understood
that parties have been before the grand
jury with evidence, showing that two or
more of the Stokes Jurors were tampered
with, and that officers of the law were the
corrupting parties.
Other witnesses have been examined con-
corning the loose manner in which jurors
on capital cases are permitted to roam about
the city.
Church Dedicated.
The Church of the Beloved Disciple,
built by Miss Caroline Sallman, and pre-
sented to the society by her, was dedicated
to-day by Bishop Potter, Drs. Dix, Osgood.
and others.
The Teachers Want to Whip.
The committee on teachers of the public
schools have submitted to the board of edu.
cation long report in favor of restoring
corporeal punishment in the schools.
Cust0mhOnse Case.
In the case of Ulman against ex-Collector
Murphy, to recover alleged excessive du-
ties, Judge Woodruff, of the United States
District Court, has decided that under the
act OF 1864 prospective protests regarding
the payment of duties on imported goods
are void and useless.
The Bricklnyers.
The boss masons who have charge of |
work not to be completed within a limited |
time seem determined not to paw more
than S3 DO per day to bricklayers. The |
men recently employed on the Tribune |
building net to-day and refuse to resume |
work except at 81 per day. Only about |
ttty bricklayers out of 2300 are on a strike |
The executive committee reports there was
not a single man belonging to the union |
working at reduced rates. About 1000 |
llaboFers are on a strike, but their places |
have been filed by other men.
An Italian Kills a Countryman.
BalciO Bartolomeo stabbed Giovanni At
tiso fatally during a quarrel. Bartolomeo
was committed to the Tombs.
Shot.
A man named Force went to the house Of |
. Mr.. Miller, at Dover, New jersey, and |
high words ensued. During the conversa-
tion Force shot Miller through the forehead.
killing him. Force was sent to jail.
Confessed Murderer.
Patrick Gilligan has confessed to the |
killing OF Philip Reid Howard in Jamaica. |