New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-13
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killed two other men, named sutton ana
Slaughter, and then made their escape.
These men were all connected with the par
ties of desperadOes that are making thlngs
60 lively in De Witt county oil late. ne
murdered men were supposed to be making
an effort to get away Oh the steamer, nav
sng been warned that they were followed.
Indians RaIding on the Border'
a special to the Nctrs, from San Antonio.
dated the twelfth, says: Indians are raldlng
into towns below FL Paso On the eleventh
they stole eleven horses and killed several
men near San Elezario 1t IS believed they
come from Fort Stanton.
Funeral Of Ex-President Fillmore,
BUFFALO, March 12.--Shortly after two
O'clock the doors Of the Cathedral were
opened to admit the United States senate
risl and House committees, the members "f
Governor Dix's military staff the mayor
city authorities, etc. AT quarter past two
O'clock, the family having entered the Ca
tbe1ral, six sergeants, detailed from the
First United States Infantry. stationed vt
Fort Porter, bore the caskst from she yes
eibule into the Cathedral. beaded by the
Rev. DR.. Shelton and the Episcopal clergy
of Buffalo, and followed bv William A.
Bird. Noah p. Sprague, T.. X Jswett 81.
ii. Marshall, o. G. Steele. JSdge GeOrge
W. Clinton, Herr, Martin and Warren
Bryant, pail bearers. elghtofthc oldest and
most influential citizens and ssieads 81 she
deceased.
The casket was deposited IN front .! Che
ebancel. The ceremonies in che Cathedral
were of a solemn and impressive character
including brief resume OF .hs life OF the
illustrious deceased by she Rev. Dr. Shell
ton, the venerable rector of st. PauVs and
q lifelong friend of MIlard Fillmore. The
singing of the full choir OF St Pauvs WAS
grand and splenddly rendered. The caeket
was then borne to the hearse, and che pro
eession moved ia the foloWin order: Major
General G. X. Howard and Brigadier
General Rodgers and stats; Company ID.
Buffalo City Guards; Sixty-iitth end Ses-
nty-fourth Regiments National Guards;
Companies and G., First United States
Infantry, under Colonel Jse Russey. as =
guard OF honor.
The hearse was decorated with sati.Aaa
and funeral emblems, and followed by
long line of carriages and a vast crowd of
people to Forest Lawn Cemetery, where,
after the final services Of the Episcopal
Church, the remains were deposited in the
stone grave in the family lot.
Thus ends all that was mortal Of Willard
Fillmore, as good and virtuous man %
ever lived.
The Billiard TournamenGs
BosToN, March l2.-The players .yeste4'-
day Afternoon were Joseph Dion and N.
Obassy. Dion won the game by forty four
points.
In the evening The contest was between
albert GaInier and d. Ubassy. and was
very close and excitings Garnies won by
Ave points.
Simmons took possession Of the custom.
SiOuse to-day.
Tho GuiIIotine ne Work.
Collector Simmons made several changes
On the CustOmhouse to-day, but only one
removal-that of Colonel w. w. NcKim,
brother-in law of Hon. A. II. Rice.
Boston in Mourning for sumnet
Both branches of the city government OF
Boston met to-day for tho purpose of taking
measures with reference TO the death OF Mr..
Sumner.
Addresses eulogistic of the deceased were
made by Mayor Cobb and other gentlemen.
and q series of appropriate resolutions
were read and adopted. Among the reso
buttons were the following: That his honor |
the mayor, be requested, at an early day.
to call a meeting of citizens at Faneuil Hall |
to take such notice of the event as may be |
appropriate in view of the deplorable less
which the people of Massachusetts, and I
particularly of Boston, have sustained; !
that joint special committee of the city !
council be appointed to act in corporation !
with the mayor and State and national au- !
thorities i'll making arrangements for the |
CcEtLOulcb duu euCu OLneT tuhenS
OF respect as are due to the purity OF his
character and greatness of his public ser
vices.
Candidates for shc Vacant Sent.
Among the names most prominently men
toned as Summers probable successor are
thoseof Hon. Henry l., Dawes, ex Governor
A. Ii. Bullock, Hon, f. Il. Hoar, ex Gov
ernor John II. Clifford. Governor Wash
burne, General Banks. General Butler. and
Speaker. Sanford. The election will proha-
bly, take place on the twenty-sixth instant.
Town Legislature Adopt Women Suffrage.
DEsMOINEs, March l2.-The Senate to-
day, after a long debate, adopted House
joint resolution for constitutional amend !
ment giving women righs Of suffrage. by !
q to ].
New Phnse OF the Religious Wap.
WLLIAMsPoRT, Pa, March l2-The min.
ssters OF the conference Ill this place, speak (
ing for the Evangelical churches, have is
sued another document in relation 10 the /
Stack OHara controversy. They say il in- |
wolves a vast and vital interest for every I
citizen of America, inasmuch as il tends TO
break down the present arbitrary power of |
Roman bishops, which is inconsistent wi h
the liberties of tho country. Then they |
Father Stacks movement to
general app rotation and support.
I
WAR DRpARrHEss, |
Office Chief Signal Officer. :
Washington March IL, 1874, 4:33 r. NJ. |
fof the Southern States east of the Mississippi s
cry generally clear W ather and fresh To DC. {
asonally brisk winds, mostly from ths Aertk
N west.
The ohio and Cumberland rivers Wiz continue I
allng.
River and Marine News. H.
sourHwssT Pass. March II. 6 p. M-Sarom.ter
DO. Wind north nor beast. fresh Arrived sud | Y
acd for Pensacola Bark Nathaniei Sailed
ark srna; schooner w. lrury
pAss AL urRs, March II. Noon.-TinA north. 4
as., fresh, Weather clear ard cool survived and / /
allied FOR Pensacols-Bara Ma rseilies Glib master, | i
fty wo dan ~ IRON Clyde | n
vIcKsBuKG, March II -Ip-Capitoi City 1t 6P s
l.; Il. Is. Lee at ?. H.; Robert Mitchell ut p a. y
own-treseent City and barges at l a. NJ: Joe I
,nney at 7 P NJ. Weather clear and PHEASANT | B
aver is rising; is now forty feet eiesel inches | A.
bove low wai,r marx e 1851 a
MEMPHIS March l2.-Wea,her clear an pleasant
rom the overflow. Departed Alton Che ster for | 3
+ Louis; Belle Lee and Thompson Dean. Tor sew
rleans: Baum, for Gu cnnat; Helena for Iicks- | "
urg. n
CisorSNArI. March IL River thirty fee, and =
slling. Weather colder and windy. q
f,TT'nuss, March l2-River seven Sect sis 81
LOUISVILLE, March IL River falling; eleven feet ~
our IN ches in be canal. feet Jour inches in w
BIZ chute. weath cold and blus ering a.
EVANSVILLE, March k.-W-atE.r clear, cold and | "
cry windy. River has risen Two three Inches; | IL
CAIRO. Msrchi2 observation-disclosures from vick.- a
nrg, a. 4: ". departed Colorado. for ST. Louis Il
A. M River has fallen six inches. Mercury $40 | p,
ST LorIs, March l2-N- arrivals or departures | q
Iver falling slowly. Weather clear. cold and | :
indy mercury below the freezing point a
MARKETS.. 81
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Denesltc Markets. ] =
Fsv YORK. March II. EverinG.-Cot,or closed X
Bsrr; mlddlins uplanus l6a G; orleans l6tc; net |
sc,ipts 1918 bsles; gross 1913; sales ii7T. III