New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-28
NEW YORK.
Specie Shipmeuts.

Specie Shipments.
NEW YORK, August 27.-Shipments OF
specie to Europe to-day $2l7 900, of which
Sl50,O00 was in gold coin.
Death of Veteran.
Otis Dyer. veteran of the war Of 1912,
died in this city yesterday, aged eighty
seven. He formerly lived IL Montgomery,
Alabama.
The City of Pekin.
The City of Pekin arrived from her trial
trip at one o'clock tbs morning which was
satisfactory.
Professor Blot, culinary artist, is dead.
Another Phase of the Case.
Bowen has commenced proceedings for
100000 against the Brooklyn Eagle and
$4,000 against the reporter who furnished
the alleged false interview. The reporter
was bailed in $4,000.
Wicked Fun.
John Schattleburg to-day was committed
for trial for placing a log on the Canarse
railroad yesterday for tun, by which the
locomotive went down an embankment, the
engineer being badly bruised, and two pas
senger cars full of excursionists narrowly
escaped demolition.
The Erie Directors.
Inc LTlt OlEcCtOFS IdJ!ucu lu6
abolition of ticket agencies, and the in
creased tariff OF freight and passengers
fare.
Another Suit.
Bowen also sued Demas Barnes for libel
for printing in the argus the alleged inter-
view of one of their reporters with II. NJ.
Smith.
Isaac Halliday, a prominent -four mar-
chant of this city, died suddenly at Sara
toga to-day.
The Spanish.C Cuban Duel.
A dispatch received to-day by the editor
of Ell Cronista from Senior DeCarlo, who
had duel with the Cuban Rosada says:
81 have satisfied my country's honor and
my own. The duel was according to the
code, and have been wounded slightly"
No date is given to the dispatch, but sup
posed to be Paris.
FlOgged to Death.
Joseph Van bricks, an Italian boy who
was an iumato of the Five Points House Of
Industry, died Monday night after severe
beating by C. H. Barnard, the superinten-
dent of the institution. Barnard was
arrested by order of the coroner.
The inquest on the body of the boy that
was whipped to death at the Five Points
llOMO LIDS OCCA COuAucuCCu. AClluS 0uUcE-
intendent Barnard is held without bail to
await the verdict of the jury.
Prize Fight.
A prize fight is being arranged here be-
tween Barney Aaron and Sam Collyer for
$1,000 side.
Mark Smith Dend.
Intelligence reaches this city that Mark
Smith, well known American, died in
Paris on the eleventh of August.
The Beecher Committee.
The Beecher committee investigation held
several informal consultations to-day and
proceeded with the reviewing OF their report
They met in secret session in the afternoon,
lasting two hours. during the course OF
which no witnesses appeared before them,
but the ssssion was devoted entirely To
iovni..- a.s- the rero-t and making mojifi-
cations in it, This was their iinai meeting
and at its CONCLUSION they aSnounced that
their labors were finished so far as their re-
port was concerned and that IL was ready
to be submitted at Plymouth Church meet
ing tomorrow evening.
Mr. Sherman arm yed home in the evenin z
from his visit 10 Mr. Beecher at the White
mountains, and states that the pastor of
Plymouth Church was in the enjoyment cf
excellent health. Shearman stated he had
not vet received Beecher's answer 10 the
summons and complaint brought against
him by Theodore Titon, but expects to do
so in a few days.