New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-08

his followers expressing the coufidenee
that his cause will event1ally triumph,
| Defeat Of Cariists.
| A body Of Carlists were defeated in Va
lencis yesterday and forty Of their number
| MISCELLAANEOUS.
| Tho Steamer lndiasa, for LivsrDesa.
| RaILADsLPHLA, May The stsamship
Indiana, Of the American line, sailed this
afternoon for Liverpool, with -sixty cabin
| and 200 other passengers. Tho cargo In
eludes 8, 600 bushels Of corn.
I Relief Of Leuisiana.
/ The contributions to tho Louisiaua suf.
| fsrers reach total Of over $4,000.
] Verdict In . Life IasaEa.ee Case.
/ The verdict in the ease OF Snyder V. the
| New York Mutual Lite Insurance Company,
son, Lewis n. snyder, 81, ,SO6, in Ill Ssi..
800, the amount of the policies with in
| terest.
Ssathern Baptigt 'Ceaventien.
JEFFERsoN, Texas Nay THE Southern
Baptist Convention organised today; about
300 delegaass present yxmss r. B0ycA u.
D.. OF Louisville, preaided; Drs. Burrows,
Of Richmond, Jones, Of Nashville, Crane, Of
GsD %s..,s snsss q ssS Soe pre-
L sA8OV9&4e
i taries. The reports of the f6rei9n and
domestic mission boards were presented.
Dissxess In Arkansas. 80
MxNrHIs. Nay 7.-Lyeufgus JoAuson,
planter from Chicot county, Arkansas, who
arrived here this morning, brian rdistress-
ing acC0unte Of entering anon oAe:labor-
ers and their families in that vicinity,
many Of whom, he says, have subsisted for
several days uPon tho carcasses Ut cattle
that have died from starvation or been
drowned in the overflow.
- $40 Ce0panlmfs.
Tho citizens complain OF tho action Of the
New Orleans relief committee in not send
l ing supplies outside the State of Louisiana,
but this doubtless arises from the scarcity
Of supplies and the great amount of desti-
tuition nearer New Orleans. The relief
4 1ectin9 supplies to relieve the immediste
wants of these people. Further trouble is
approhended from rise in the st. Francis
Chickasaw Jockey Club Races.
> This has been gala day for the club.
More people were in attendance than ever
seen upon the ccnrse. The grand stand
was completely filled with ladies. There
was hardly standing room. Two of our
most distinguished citizens were seen hob
nObbing about the quarter stretch. The
day was bright and clear, and the track in
good order. The Programme was unusually
attractive.
all ages, for Q club purse of 500. The
entries were Quartermaster, Limestone,
Edwin Adams, Surrey and Captain
Hutchinson. In the pools Quartermaster
was tho fav0Eite, selling for 500, Edwin
Adams $50, Limestone SOS, the field $50
The start was bsd. When the drum tapped
Limestone was fully eight yards in front Of
} Surrey third, Quartermaster fourth, and
Edwin Adams behind. Limestone con-
tinued the lead until near the finish, when
: Quartermaster came with Q rush and won
by short head. Limestone second, Edwin
Adams good third. the others not placed.
The second race, two mile heats, was the
carnival event Of the day, Is 1t brought
out A. n. Burton's Jack Frost, George HI.
| Rice's Stampede, William jennings Silent
Friend and A. B. Lewis e Co.'S Bessie Lee.
Every horse had lis friends, and ct one
time it was hard to say what horse was the
favorite. The following wa was IT., the closing
i. $50, Stampede $65, Bessie Lee $50. In the
first heat Stampede and Jack Frost set ont
D in earnest, Frost in the lead. The frst mile
| was run in l:531s, Frost leading by one
length On entering the second mile the
pace made Vas faster. Frost maintaine ed
MS IoeO until tn0 unlens altnOuGn nor0
pushed by Stampede. Frost won the heat
by neck, Stampede second, Bessie Lee ten
lengths behind, Tapped by Silent Friend.
Time 3:4lA. ahn
This is the best heat ever run over the
course, c0nsidering that the track Ia not
|; fast. After the heat, Frost was the favor
iSe 500 to $75 over the field. When the
She led for three quarters Of q milo. jack
Frost then came to the front, aud passed
the stand two lengths ahead of Stampede,
in 1:57A. Up the back stretch. Jack Frost
and Stampede were ct their earnest from
> the head Of the homo stretch to the finish.
1t was the most exciting contest ever
looked upon. The crowd ON the stand
shouted "Stampedew a. she gained on
! Frost at every stride; but no use, old Frost
{ stuck, and won tho heat and race by the
shortest Of heads, Stampede second, Silent
| Friend six lengths behind, three leDgths in
. front of Bessie Lee. This closed the best
days racing ever seen in this part Of the
country. Time, 3:46A.
a large number Of the horses hero 60 to
. Nashville to the spring meeting over that
- The Fair At Mobile.
NOBLE, May The opening of the
Agricultural Fair was grand beyond ex-
pectations. Visitors from ell parts OF the
country arc in the city: Thousands visit
I Colonel C. c. Langdon, president of the
|. association, delivers an address. It In
thought 10000 persons will be on the
grounds Weather beautiful.
On,oe Chief signal Oficsr,
WasAingtop, NAY T. Is4. as P. n.
! For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and
| thence n0rthward to the Ohio valley, generally
. clear weather. southeast to southwest Winds and