New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-29
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ROAD
A NAVAL EXPEDITION
| CONDITION OF VICE PRESIDENT WILSON
American Moving Machines at Vienna
NEWS OF THE CROPS
MYSTERIOUS Murder in Memphis
THREATENED REVOLUTION III MEXICO
RACING INTELLIGENCE
AFFAIRS IN SPAIN
CLOUDS OF GRAsSH0PPERs IN IOWA
TIE COMING ROYAL MESSAGE
PARLIAMENT ASKED TO PROVIDE
CLOUDS Of sRassHoppERs IN IOWA
THE COMING ROYAL MESSAGE
PARLIAMENT ASKED TO PROVIDE
WASHINGTON.

Papdsns Of Ku.Klun-Life.savin STA.
tiOns-COllecti0ns Of Taxes in LOHisi.
ana-senator Harris Statement Of the
Progress Of the Southern Pacific
Road-Dispateh from Rear Admiral
Cancellation Claims COmnissio1.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Pardon has been
recommended for the following Ku Klux:
Felix Dover, Stephen Spawn, Evans Muir
ply and William Scruggs, convicted in
North and South Carolina.
Five bidders for life saving stations be-
tween Capes Henlopen and Hat:eras range
from $4,000 to $4,000.
A dispatch from Governor Kellogg to At
torney General Williams says they collected
in June from the city Of New Orleans alone
81 100000.
1t is learned from ex-senator Harris, of
Louisiana, who has just returned from San
Diego and is connected with the Texas and
Pacific railroad, that work is going on rap
idly. Five hundred miles will be completed
in Texas by the close of this year. The ten
miles required by their charter to be built
from the western terminus this year 1s
all contracted for.
The Northern route from San Diego, via
San Gorgonia Pass has been decided upon,
crossing the Colorado at Fort Yuma and
the Rio Grande at FL Paso. The grades
have been found very favorable and the
road will be built at less expense than was
supposed, and the distance from the Pacific
ocean to New Orleans by this route will
Only be about 1900 miles and to ports on
the gulf in Texas about 1900 miles. They
expect to have the road completed IN 1876.
Ex-Governor Hamilton and State Senator
SaylOr, Of Texas, arrived here tonight on
private business.
Mr.. Wadsworth, United States commits
sioner under the Mexican aud United
States claims commission, met the new
Mexican commissioners to-day. They had
a long conversation concerning the pending
cases. The selection of an umpire in place
Of the late DR.. Lieber will be preliminary
step to the formal resumption Of business
before the commission.
The following dispatch from Rear Ad
miral Case, commanding the European sta
ton, was received at tho Navy depart
Hent to-day:
UNITED STATES STEAMER WABASH,
Trieste, July 9, 1873. :
SIR have the honor to report the ar
rival of this ship at this place on the sixth
| instant, having visited on the way the ports
of Genoa, Palermo, Messina and Syracuse
at all of which, as well as here, the ueua
courtesies and civilities were and have beer
interchanged with the authorities. ] have
reports fl ON the other vessels Of tho sta
| ton as follows:
The Shenandoah, Captain T. Mills, ha!
visited the ports of Barcelona, Tarogana
Valencia, Carthagena and Malaga, at all O
which he interchanged the usual courtesies
and found euietness and good order pre-
vail'ng, though there were some disturo o
ances between the Cariists and republican,
| outside.
The Congress has visited Gibraltar ant
Sou champion, and at the last report from
the vessel, of the sixth instant, was abou
leaving the latter place for Galway.
The Wachuset has visited Gibraltar
| Cadiz, port in the Balaeric Islands, and
| Marseilles, where she was at last date, the
twenty eighth ultimo, and after leaving
| that place she is to stop At Aiaccio ant
Messjna. am now expecting her arrival
here hourly.
ehall remain here until the twenty-frs
| instant, and leave on that day for Corfu
! though may stop at some Of the ports IL
Dalmatia on my way there.