New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-01
NEW YORK

The New Year Holiday-Steamer C0sgf
Rica Disabled-Bremen Bark Arrived
| AnnihilatiOn of the Wicked-NIors
SnOw-Raining and Freezing--Ths
| Greeley Will Case-Centre Street Fire
Funerai-Chan;ber of Commerce or
| Emigration Bilis-Arrivals at New
York for the Eear 1872.
New YORK, December 3l.-The Stock Ex.
change, Produce Exchange, customhouse
banks and stores throughout the city will
| close tomorrow. No evening papers in this
| city will be issued tomorrow.
1t is reported the steamer Costa Rica had
| her propeller broken December 20, in the
| Gulf of Mexico.
The bark Columbus, from Bremen, after
seventy-tour days rough passage, arrived
this morning. She has 367 passengers had
two births and twenty-five deaths on the
passage.
The New York Methodist preachers. at
their meeting yesterday, had warm dis
cusSion on the doctrine of the annihilation
OF the wicked. Many deprecated the in
PRODUCTION OF such topics for discussion.
stating they were not il accordance with
the doctrines of the Methodist Church
A committee was appointed to settle sub
jects for future discussion.
The pigeon match between Paine and
Parks resulted, eighty seven each. They
IL,
Paine won by three birds.
Two inches of snow fell last night
HEAVY fog lEterferes with the ferries The
ice at He'll Gate is very heavy, and steam
ers have difficulty in working through il.
The ice n North river above the city has
en- irely -topped navigation.
The wrecked brig Cyclone has gone to
pieces.
1t Las lren raining since ten o'clock. 1t
freezes as !; falls. Icdestrianism is shock
ingly bad.
Another phase of the Greeley will case
came up before the Surrogate yesterday, by
which contestants served notice upon Miss
Greeley 70 show cause why Mr. Greeleys
will of lS1 should not be admitted to pro
bate. Evidence will be offered in support
Of that will on the thirteenth. fourteenth
and fifteenth of January.
The surrogate has appointed j. E. VIII
iams and w. NJ. Skinner appraisers of the
personal estate in the case, in which j. p.
Cleveland was previously appointed admin
istrator, pending litigation, and Mr. Skin
ner is also appointed special guardian OF
Miss Gabrielle Greeley under the will of
1871.
The funeral of Jane Stewart, burned in
the Centre street fire on the twenty fourth
instant, took place to-day from ST. Johns
Episcopal Church. Laborers continue dig
ging in the ruins for the remains of other
missing girls. The brother of one Jane
McGrath is diligently working in the ruins
The Chamber of Commerce, at their
meeting Thursday, will take action on the
bills pending in Congress in reference to
emigration. The commissioners of emi
grafton will memOrialize Congress in Oppo-
sitiOn to the bills in the House to promote
emigration to the United States
Evening. active and stringent
during the earlier hours of the day, and
call loans ranged from "a to "a per diem,
but later in the afterI ,on money was loaned
at 7, gold; closing days of this year were
almost a repetition of those of the previous
change dull at ga; the quotations of closing
day lasS year were ga. Gold steady at
20ll2l8 all day. During the year it sold |
up to 1853 and down to 1882. Loans were |
coin to for carrying,
SKIES Of 1881 lis; hve-twenties of 1862 !
1928: 1864, 1925; 1868, 1925; new
ll6as 1867 liz 3s; 1868, III "A new fves liz;
ten -forties l0934. Tennessee skies 79a4, new |
70; Virginia skies 40, new so, consolidated |
SO, deferred IS; Louisiana skies 50, new |
80, levee SKIES so, eights 20; Alabama eights |
30, fives 81; Georgia skies 20. sevens 8S; |
North Carolinas 33l3, new 10, special tax |
IL; South Car0linas So new p April |
and October 24B. 4
During 1872 the arrivals OF vessels at this |
port, of all classes, were 1923, of which |
2076, including 848 schooners, were Ameri- !
can, and 2lIS, including 800 schooners, were
British.
Arrived-Steamer Cuba. Arrived out
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