New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS,
Union Banking Company Resumed,

MISCELLANEOUS.
Union Banking Company Resumed.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2s-The Union
| Banking Company has resumed.
Receiver Appointed.
James Mason has been appointed re
eeiver in the Jay Cooke & Co. bankruptcy
case.
Poisoned.
| MONTREAL, November 2S.-Of a party of
eight meD, who drank from a bottle which
| was supposed to contain whisky, five are
dead and three dangerously i'll.
A Murderer Commits Suicide.
ATLANTA, November 25-Malone, SEN
fenced to be hung to-day, died from the
| effects of morphine taken last night.
Malone died defiant and unrepentant
He wrote a letter giving his views of re-
lgion, expressing no belief in the Bible or
hell. To the iailOr, he gloated over the fool
| ing Of the judge and prosecutors.
Stnte Grange in Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, N November 2S.-The Patrons
of Husbapdry have organized a State
| grange The convention is very large, and
every part of the State is represented.
The Suuken Schooner.
NORFOLK November 2S.-The schooner
reported sunk ten miles below Cape Henry
| proves to be the St. Marys, from Philadel-
phia for Richmond, with coal. Appear
ances indicate that she was run into while
at anchor. All hands We're undoubtedly
lost, The body Of the cook was washed
ashore.
North Carolina Finances.
RALEIGH, n. c., November 2S-The in
junction motion on the part of special tax
DOn1holders against the State Treasurer
! opened today before Judges Brooks and
Bond, and was argued by Walter j. Budd,
Of Baltimore, for the plaintiffs, and George
! NJ. Strong, of Raleigh, for the defendant
| The case will be continued until tomorrow.
! The Hon. Reverdy johnson, for the plain
tifs, will speak tomorrow, or or Monday.
The case eXcites considerable interest
Death of Ex-senator Yates.
ST. LOUIS, November q. - EX United
States Senator Richard Yates, Of Illinois,
died suddenly at Barnums Hotel, here, at
nine o'clock tonight. Mr.. Yates had been
to alton, Arkansas, as United States com
missioner, to examine the lower end of the
Cairo aud Fulton railroad, and returned
here last Sunday, since when he has been
quite feeble ana yesterday was very sick.
| He revived to-day, however, and this
evening, while busying himself with pre-
parations for starting home tomorrow morn
ing he suddenly fell backwards and died in
five minutes. His family have been ad-
vised and are expected here tomorrow.
Executions Postponed.
The execution of John Tetee and George
Williams, which was to have taken place
| at Pinckneyville Illinois, to morrow, for
the murder of William Watson last Sep
tember, has been indefinitely postponed
Another Challenge.
Tom Allen, the pueilist, will publish a
card tomorrow, offering to match Jack
Madden against Ben Hogan for $1,000 a side.
to fight IN Canada, fifty miles from Detroit,
in ten weeks from the signing of articles; or
he, Allen, will fight Hogan any where in
Canada for $1,000 to $1,000, in from two days
to ten weeks, each party to be accompanied
| only by i've persons to prevent magisterial
| interference
Demand for Work,
PATERSON, N. j., November 2S-A mass
meeting of the wOrkingmen of this city has
| been called TO meet at the Falls tomorrow,
to make formal demand on the city for
work
| Fall River Manufacturers Going 10 Work.
BosToN, November 2S-The Fall River
| manufacturers have decided to commence
| on the three-quarters plan, eight hours per
day on five days, and seven hours on Sat
urdays, making in all forty-seven hours per
| week. Should the times continue to i'm
| prove as they have done for the past three
| weeks, it Is believed that by the month of
! January all the mills will be running on
| full tine.
Fire in Brownsville, Tennessee
MEMPHIS, November 2S.-An Agalalache
| special says that the fire in Brownsville,
| Tennessee, on Thursday morning burned
| the entire block on the north side of the
! square, except Felsenthal's store and the
| Lee block in the rear of the above, though
! both were much damaged. Six stores were
| destroyed. though most of the goods were
| saved. Loss $4,000. Insurance small,
mostly in the Mississippi Valley and Plant
ers' companies of Memphis.
The Credit MObilier Suit.
HARTFORD, Conn, November 2S-The
| important Credit MObilier suit which was
| tried in this city last October has been de-
| cided by United States Judges Hunt and
| Shipman, and the opinion was filed in the
United States district court in this city to-
day. The motion of defendants counsel
to dismiss the bill involving the question of
jurisdiction was decided in favor of the
government. On the second pOint.the court
sustained the demurrer and diamisses the
bill as to the parties who demurred.
The ground of the demurrer Is chat the
damage to the government by the Credit
MOblher frauds is too remote to be reached
by the process pursued or by any other,
and that the government has at present no
pecuniary interest to be reached by bill.
The court takes the view that there ia no
trust anywhere raised in behalf of the gov
ernment TO be protected. The motion to
dissolve the injunction was granted.
Jail Delivery Frustrated by PIucky Cit.-
zens.
LITTLE Rock. November 2S.-On Tues
day last the prisoners in the Clarksville Jail
overpowered the guards and captured their
arms. The alarm was given before they
got out and citizens of the town surrounded
the Jail.
One of the prisoners, Sid Wallace, SEN
fenced TO be hung on the twenty-third of
next month, fired double barrelad shotgun
at two citizens IN the street, severely if not
fatally wounding both citizens. Ths eiti-
zens then took possession of the first floor
Of the jail, put tye kegs of powder iu it,
laid train tor some distance and notified
the prisoners that unless they surrendered
10 thirty minutes they would blow up the
building.
After short parleY they surrendered
throwing their weapons our 0ftLe Wludo Ss.
As one OF the guns struck the ground it ex-
plodea, the charge slightly wOunding three
persons. Wallace and another prisoner
was brought here last night and lodged in
the penitentiary. He will he hanged next
loONTINUED on FOURTH PAaR.l