New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-22
RIOT IN FRANKFORT
COMMISSIONERS AT SAN ANTONIO
& FREIGHT TRAIN ROBBED
ARktaSAs CONSTITUTION AMENDED
NEW YORK.

Suit-Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pnny-The Mcdonald Frnuds-SlOIen
Bonds Recovered-ElectiOn in the Tam
many %0ciety-Erie Railroad Earnir gs.
NEW YORK. April 2l.-The Wall street
markets are free Of excitement. and all ap-
prehensiOn of trouble seems to have passed
away. The week opens with general i'm
provement. Sales of Southern bonds $780,
900. Improved demand !Ur prime CONNER
cial paper.
Thomas Barclay. a keep per nf faro bank
in the Bowery, was 20 day arrested on the
charge of fatally beating !ierschel Meudie.
taum last week.
The ship Sunbeam, from Doboy, for Eiv-
erpool. was spoken April - by brig S.
Y, Nichols. She was apparently unman-
ageable and !eak,; returned no answer to
the inquiry if she wanted assistance.
Most Of the striking gasInen are working
a. other occupations. few 6eiGg about the
The Bulls Head Bark resumes business
on Wednesday,
The liabilities q. Barron & Allen afnsunt
90 $500, 900; assets considerable.
The week opens with & marked improve
ment in finances and a more cheerful feel
ing pe-vades mercantile and financial cir
eles The two extremes for money Oh call
were S-}J Der diem and per cent per an
tie business on -,};, Gut nearly all renewals
OF loans on the Stock Exchange were at
I-3 20 I per cen: gold. and late dealings on
the -treet were at the same figures. The
amy of money Is rapidly increasing,
and he maximum rate OF interpsc bid fair
20 be fixed 9: per cen: in che early future.
Exchange decidedly stronger. bankers
advancing ia.e : q .. Gold opened at
il77s declined 20 llI3s. closed az il1iR
Wa . n al
and one lot ut -: for use. Governments
opened firm and were very strong all day
and closed Il N az = :" 70 in advance of the
opening. fr.ight- 80 Liverpool lower:
steam. grain. 81. dt!@h.
The suit ~ George B. Davis against the
New York Times to recover $4,000 !OE al
! lepe6 libel was tried to-day. Davi. was
put on the stand. when :he counsel for the
defendant objected 10 Ms testitying on the
ground that he was convicted fslOn, and
the Judge sustained tLr objection. thus
ending the trial.
There will be "a meeting OF the beard of
| directors and stock uvlders OF the Northern
| Pacific Railroad Company on Wednesday
! at No. % Fifth avenue. report will be
then made of the survey W the vast tract
Of ;and granted by Con- rsss 90 the com.
pany, and of the progres% made in the con-
| struction Of The road. The chist officer S
and controllers Of other railroad corpora.
| tions interested in the Northern Pacific road
! are expected in New York.
The recovery Of nearly $2j0.000 in United
| States bonds, which had been obtained by
| Mcdonald and associates in the late Bank
! OF England forgegie-. was made To-day. the
facts concerning which are as follows:
! On the fifth OF Iaich last trunk. said
20 contain wearing apparel. was delivered
at the Office of ,be North AtlaDti. Express
! Company by = person calling himself G.
| Losing. OF TUnhr.!gr Wells. and al.
| dressed 20 Major George Matthews. New
| York. to he kent in bunt AZ the express of.
! ice, No. II Broadway New York. until
called for. The 'gInk was driy forwarded
| by the express company and reached New
| York hv the steamship, tl,ba on March ~,
| and was KEEP, by I'll. company. as
per Instructions. ants Saturday last.
when woman calling herself Mrs. George
| Matthews prtse.:et. an order for its de
| livery at the express riGce. daily signed ny
| George Matthews. N She meantime thc
cpunse! tor The Bank OF England mad r.
! ceiyed some information n regard - !hc
| trunk which Ie,; 20 - detention by the
company unit. ;.-iav. wher :: was taken
| passpssion OF under az order from the Su-
| preme Court bv Nathanlc! .jarNi-. receiver
| in the Bank 81 England forgery "aa". and
| on being opene,. aud examined was found
! to contain a quantity Of wearing appare;
| two gold wat"hc-. seV1ia! In!.celian"cu.
articles and three packages of United States
| fve-twentv an! ten-.OItv bonds rolled up
in soiled linen. amounting in all 20 S!2c.9J0
| The bonds were found TO be .dentIca. N
class. amounts and Numbers with those ad
vertised by tie Bank q: England 10 have
been obtained Ivy the bjdwell tor@elies. an!
in the trunks were found cards an!
card plate. with :ie name ot George
| Bidwell, a variety OF me1norand:. bills. etc,
showing conc.usively J. had been shipped
by and belonged 20 him. Out Of $3O0.oaG
obtained from the Bank OF England by these
forgeries. al! but abnU. :'t.0o" La. nov
, been recovered
| The TammaGv Society o1;ght elected
, the following sachems for tie ensuing year:
J John Kelley. John w. Chandler. Samue. J.
! Tilden. John Fcx. Thomas Dudley. Nathan
| iei Jarvis, Jr.. ! BRAN :. Hewitt Abraham
| r Lawrence. William {. Conner. Miles 4
| Andrus. Edward =. Donnei!y. Jane. T.
| Nicholson and William y. WIckhan,.
). l.. NJ Barlow. az hI- own request. :cs'
| fed that the earnings o: the Erie road asst:
| fed the dividend Of .ebruary last. wh!ch
| was paid ont Of the surplus earnings. and
! that no part c: the iega! .. other curgen:
| expense. was charge. 20 construction. SO
| count.