New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

MxSCEAAAN EOUS.
The Houston Quarantine scandal-Th'
Blackmailing Alderman Exposed.
GALVESTON, September 20.-The PROPOSE
ton of one of Houston's aldermen to
raise the quarantine against Galveston fol
the sum of $4,000 has been the cause of con
siderable excitement and newspaper CORE
spOndence, and has been sifted down to the
naming of the alderman who made the
proposition, as will be seen by the foil wing
correspondence:
Houston, Texas, September 49,
WHEREAS, 1t has been publicly asserted
the statement of one William Campbell,
that a proposition was made by one of the
aldermen of Houston to raise the quaran
tine for the sum of $1,000, we,, the under
signed, aldermen of the city of Houston,
hereby assert individually that if this as
sertion was intended to apply to either of
us, any man making or circulating the said
assertion ia a liar and a scoundrel.
r. Block, s1- 2 w. ID. Alexander,
III. ID. johnson, ID. G. Smith.
Isaac Coleman, John Trenton,
Henry Henricks. A. Fitzgerald
The purport of the card was telegraphed
by Mr.. Lubbock to Mr.. Cam pbell, accompa.
MED by the following dispatch
To William Campbell: ",..r
Every white alderman has signed the de-
Inand for the name. You are certainly re-
leased from your obligation. Answer.
tfqaT. U. LUBBOCK, for citizens.
sa GALVESTON, September 10, 1873.
T. U. Lubbock, Houston:
Your point has some merit, as all the
&!Hldermen signed that demand. l regret
ESply the necessity which compels me to
HQ he the person. 1t was Alderman Henry
Henricks. do 80 after mature delibera-
hyia off HAT frin I hoI
hoped could have avoided this unpleasant |
disclosure, but now perceive there is no |
other alternative left me-
WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
The Credit Mobilier Case.
HARTFORD, September 20.-In the Credit |
MObiler case, Attorney General Williams |
said the Union Pacific Railroad Company
were not only agents OF the government,
which had provided money for public |
good, but their road was q highway, and |
the trust assumed by the company had
been violated. 4
He said he looked for decision that
would do more good in railroad matters
than all legislative enactments.
lie was followed by Judge Curtis, for the
defendants, who held that the bill was too
multiiarious to be brought IN.
Organization of the State Grange.
READING, Pa, September 20.-The State
Grange Patrons of Husbandy organized to-
day. Twenty-Five delegates were present,
representing twenty-five oranges.
A Heavy Frost Damages the Tobacco
Crop.
ST.. Louis, September 20-The heavy
frost in Western Missouri Wednesday LIGHT
did great damage to the tobacco crop. In
Livingston and Charleston counties alone |
the injury is estimated at $250,000.
The Texas Excursionists.
CINCINNATI, September 20-The Texas
excursionists were this morning received on
Change and by the board of trade. This
evening they visited the exposition.
The MI Oven,ent Against Senate Car penter.
WASHINGTON, September 2O.-A Dispatch
letter, received here to day from Wisconsin,
says that the members of the State Legis-
lature are very generally signing q paper
seat in the Senate, alleging that he no u
longer represents the Republican party of /
Wisconsin, either practically or morally. Z
Senators who have recently been in this b
city speak confidently about the Repub- g
lcan senatorial caucus in December, say | S
ing that SenatOr Anthony, of Rhode Island | n
will be elected President of the Senate pro t.
tenn. in place Of Carpenter
The Coming Prize Fight.
ST.. Louis, September 2O-Joe Coburn. | f;
Barney Aaron, Butt Reilly and other sports V
from different parts of the country arrived a
here last night, TO attend the mill between | N
Allen and McCoole next Tuesday ri
Probabilities. o,
WAR DrpARrxxyr., | oil
Once Chief Signal Officer | ia
Washington. September 20. IS.3. AS P III. r
On Sunday in the Middle and Eastern States in | n
he morHng. frost, and during the day generally | n
lear weather with northwest winda u
For the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States | h
lortherly winds veerng to northeast and partly Il
LOUDLY weather. | l.
For the lower lakes and the Ohio valley frost | -
Turing the night, and during Sunday clear. dry y
Weather. followed on Sunday evening in the Ohio "
alley by northeast and southeast winds and IN | OF
reasing cloudiness. | NJ
For the upper lakes and the Northwest falling =,
increasing southerly winds, ri ing :"
emPerature and cloudy threatening weather. III
River intelligence. "
SOUTHWEST Pass, September 20 $50 P. M-Baro- %
leter 1880. Wind east-nOrtheast aud fresh. Ar. IL
Challenger, Josephs, master, N
leven days from Grand Cayman, In ballast to Ed. bt
ard Pillsbury. Enthusiastically Sherman at -,
20 p. NJ; schooner Gertrude Hswes. III
Pass A-LOUTRE, September 20, Noon.-Wind | OF
ortheast fresh No arrivals. Sailed-Steamships | De
!. G. Rewes and Tappahannock and schooner Kx liz
,lsior. .f7 -,
assed up-Co0rado at eleven last night; Pargoud to
IL H. and O. b Church ut p. NJ to day. Wee tn
or pleasant and clear. River falling l tn
CINCINNATI, September 2o.-Riyer four feet ten | y
ches and a.ling. Weather clear ard cool ~
LOUISVILLE, 6eptember 29-kiveg falling, ecaut pu