New Orleans Republican., 1873-04-11
NEW YORK.

The Rio Gxande-Ansaraace ON Horace
Greeley's Life-Indictmenrs Probable
under the Usury Laws-The City Char
ter Bill Passed-R obbins a Church
The Strikers-The Heraid's CsbaH Css.
respondent.
New YORK, April l0.-A San Antonio
letter states that seven regiments are now
on the Rio Grande border. Secretary Bel
knap, General She ridan and other military
officers there are in constant consultation.
The leading belief is that some important
military movement is on foot.
4 German seeking employment at the
New York Gas Company's Works was
stabbed by the strikers.
Five of the crew of the bark Peter c.
Warwic. from Rio JanierO, arrived at
the New York quarantine down with the
yellow fever. They were Immediately
taken to the West Bank Hospital. where
one of them has since died.
The insurance on Horace Greelev's life,
amounting to $1,000 has been collected.
The policy was the largest paid within the
the last decade.
1t is stated the grand jury is investigating
the course of several banks in the recent
lookup of money, with the view of ascer-
tanning their liability to Indictment under
the usury laws.
The banks and leading banking houses
will be open tomorrow, but the Gold,
Stock and Produce Exchanges will be
closed.
The new city charter for New York
passed the State Senate to-day. 1t retains
| Controller Green in office.
| The Chm Il of St. Mary, Forty fifth
street, was ROBBED by burglars last night of
I many valuable altar articles, but the thieves
| failed to find the communion service.
! There being no strike of the men at the
| Manhattan Gas Works to-day, as reported,
the leaders of the strike pretend they have
| information from men at work there that
| there will be a combined strike of all the
| gas men in the city before the week is out.
| Per contra, a meeting OF the men now
| at work to day called on the superlntend-
ent of the Manhattan Works and stated no
strike was contemplated by them.
| Two arrests were made of strikers who
| assaulted men going to work this morning.
Later.-By general consent the strike OF
| the gas men is failure. Yesterday a
| number of gas men from other cities
arrived at the New York C0mpany'a
| Works by steamer. and more Italians were
relieved from duty, to their great joy
| Gasometers are falling, and before the
end of the week the officers say everything
will be going on with the old time regu
larity. The police are still on guard, and
| this morning arrested two strikers for as
| sauting workmen. The strike in the build
| ing trades last year caused a decrease il
| building from the previous year of $4,000,
900. The present agitation, it is believed
will have an in uTious effect on the curren
year.
Mrs. Meyers still remains in prison, moi
| having vet furnished surety for her appear
ance as witness in the Goodrich murder
case. The inqurst will be resumed to-mor
row evening, when verdict Will probably
| be reached.
The remains of j. II. Price, one of the vic
tins of the Atlantic disaster. arrived here
to-day.
The New York Gas company turned OF
gas in full this evening, and state plenti
ful supply will be issued.
United States Marshal Harlow to-day at
tached the steamer City of Mexico under
penalty of 5000 due the United States for
violation of the revenue law.
| Carl Voght, the alleged murderer of tn
Chevalier DeBanco, was arrested to-day ol
the complaint OF the German consul, ant
commi ted for examination, by Unite'
States Commissioner White, on Saturday
The car drivers on the Belt line, VIII
were to have struck to-day for 81 70 pc
day, have been offered s. SO by the com
pany, and will meet tonight to conside
the company's proposition.
| AU-mOfrOW, "OOu CTIubN, Will 10 w
served as a partial holiday among bushes
men, in financial circles, in the Stock ant
Gold Exchanges and in commercial circles
The Produce, Cotton and other Exchange
will be closed. The day is not legal holi
day, and therefore the treasury, banks anC
bankers offices will be open for the pay
ment of drafts and other business.
| The monetary situation was marked b,
increased ease early in the day, when cal
4
at the ra to of l-;}2 per diem. In the even
ing when it was announced that sixt,
brokers had been subpGned before thu
grand jury on the usury question, none,
became scarce and dear, rising to " a !
per diem.
Exchange strong and higher, although
business was ON moderate scale and close,
very light Gold opened at Il8, fell to III u
but soon rallied to 1889, the price fluctu
ating from Il8ls to 1883 all day. Loan
from fat to Z, coin, for carrying Govern
meuts dull and steady during the forenoon
but during the evening were firm at sligh
! advance.
A dispatch from Albany yesterday stating
| that the new high dam across the Osweg
river Ut ar this city, had been carried away
is incorrect. The only material damag
that has been done, 80 far, is the loss of th
crib protection to the lock embankment
The volume of water passing down tn
river is probably greater than ever before.
A forfeit Of $3.50 per side has been de
posted in billiard championship game bt
tween Dion and Maurice DAILY, to be playe
| MAY To-
J'm's G. King, awaiting trial on an il
dict'lrnt for the willful murder of Anthon
F. o'N!el, ID i'll an advanced stage OF col
sumption. and is liable 10 an early death.
! Ire HerGLds Havana special says ths
me Captain General has ordered O'Kell
:" b.. sent to Santiago for trial notwitt
.tantin the inttrcession or United State
I'n,Ui General T,rbOt, wnO at the prisol
err request, asked that be be brought
Havana.
= an engagement between the SpaniarC
and 200 insurgents near ManzanlllO, t1
Cubans and twelve Spaniards were kille'
: The schooner Maria Jane, from Virgini
| 20 New York, with pine wood, vent asho