The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-06

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Mr.. C. Born, of the Morgan Line and Texa
Railroad, has our thanks for favors
By o telegram from Shreveport, dated Nov
9Th, we learn with regret that Joseph W. War
rem died yesterday morning ct o'clock.
The cotton crop in the parish Of Nachito
ches, owing to the favorable weather, is turn
ing out much better than the planters antici
pated earlier in the season.
There is too much dry weather A grea
deal of rain is due the United States, and it i.
feared that the draft will be honored Gin 9
heap" some of these mornings.
Brooklyn Argus: There is good deal o.
sympathy felt for the Duke Of Edinburgh in
consequence of remark Of his Maria, that il
he had the heart of man in his bosom he
wouldn't expect her to sit up all nights alone
with colicky baby.
Parties who wish to purchase tickets for the
performance ut the Academy of Music, for the
benefit of the Crescent City Relief Fund,
should buy them from members Of the COM
mittee. By SO doing they will benefit the
association.
The Democratic majority in the city of Mo-
bile 10 977, and 1928 majority in the county
precincts thus giving 100 majority in the
county The citizens of Mobile had an i'm
promptu, though a grand, jolli6cation meet
ing on the evening of the 4th inst.
The picking up of the new direct Atlantic
telegraph cable, which was lost short time
since, from depth of II, 226 feet, may be ac-
counted one of the feats of modern science. If
not prevented by storm, successful landing
in New Hampshire will soon be effected.
MOBILE COTTON ExcHANGE.-At the annual
election for officers Of the Mobile Cotton Ex-
change, held on the 4th inst, the following
gentlemen were elected to serve the ensuing
year: A. J. Gillespie Presidential. ]. Inger-
soil, Vice President; L. G. Dorgan, Treasurer.
Directors: D. E. Huger, A. Proskauer, Jas. A.
McCaw, VIM. Lesser, W. H. Gardner, c.
Eglinger, John vidmer.
Our hard times have reached China. In
that country the demand for silkworm eggs is
80 much smaller than usual that there is great
distress throughout the country. So if ones
resources are shortened on this side of the
world his numerous daughters buy fewer silks
and the manufacturer makes fewer calls for
his raw material, and so it goes from point to
point, and the last ripple Of our panic is felt,
perhaps, in the middle of the Chinese Empire.
A New York iterateur who wrote book
about the devil, and who expounded some
what at length upon the nature and habits Of
his Satanic majesty, is dead. The probabili- |
ties are that he can now judge Of the merits |
Of his own work. Ben Butler mourns that |
Kernot was gone for in writing this book
about the devil, he only wished to nerve his
brain-power sufficiently to begin the history
IF the great war-horse of Essex.
The monument to be erected in honor of
me five Catholic priests who fell victims to
he yellow fever at Memphis last year, has
been contracted for, and will be ready for its
,lace next May. The names Of these self-sac.
i6cing heroes were Fathers Daley, Carey,
)Brien, Shelby and Leo. The monument is
lso destined to commemorate the devotion of
he Seven Sisters of st. Dominic and st.
francis, who persisted by the same scourge.
General Mcdowell, commanding the De-
'artment Of the South, has heard of the
White League. In his annual report, Just
he says: "The report made by
APT. Mills, that the White Deague organiza-
ion exists in Alabama, is confirmed by the
tatement made to me personally by promi-
ent and well-informed resident Of New Or
sans. that this organization not only extends
ato the country parts Of Louisiana, but into .
be State of Alabama as well.
ALMOST A CoHFLAaSATIoN-Lastn night about I
alf-past 8 o'clock there came very near being
disastrous conAagration, which would prob I,
bly, have been attended with loss of life had {
not been discovered in its incipiencv. The /,
arpenter Of the Academy of Music smelling ]
re In the rear Of that building, Immediately 9
opAn a search and fn,,rd c,,,oko .s,,;,,r, c-,,,,