New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-21
NEW YORK.
Che steamer City of Panama.

SEw YoRE, January 20.-The Pacific 9
Mail Steamship Company say the City os
Panama iS one Dt the new fleet of ION
steamers huilt'by John Roach s. Sous. She
was delivered at our .io~k hy ,h. hui!nefs
on The tenth instant. but was not fully .onls
plete.t IN the matter ot.her outfit. and Eoacss
has had fifty men at work upon mex si:lCA
her arrival. and sSill not withdraw :keyS
until tonight,
No ~rew ha. evey beesI on :,sa,t; .: i-s
osner than shoss employed by Eoacls. "a
engineers, sail6fs 8, coal passer..
It was not intended 60 take pasSensees
sn this her first "trip, as the managers .ls-
sired 20 make . trial trip of her machinery
before sending her to the Pacific coast.
There was no mail on board, and the posse
, office department was notified on Thursday
last that che ship would sail on Tuesdays
she twentieth instant, at twelve o'clock M.
/ Death of the eiamese Twins.
4 dispatch from Richmond. Virginia, sayS
dispatch from Greensboro, North Carolis
na, gives the announcement of the sudden
death of the Samese twins on Saturday
morning Last. at their residence at Moane
Airy. Surry county, North Carolina.
There are no details further than the fac9
that Chang was paralyzed last fall, since
which time he;has been iretful, very mucb
| debilitated. and strongly addicted to drinks
ing !i9uoy 80 . mSalls q: ailevating his ....
terings.
He had Seen quite feeble tor several
GayR indeed, SO much ass 20 s6nfine both
brothers to bed, but the illness was not SO
great as 90 cause any anticipation OF the
catastrophe that was to follow.
On Friday night they retired to bed az
usual, but during the night Chang became
worsse and expired suddenly about four
O'Clock. Saturday morning AS soon as is
/ was discovered that he was dead, Eng be-
came Ste terribly shocked that he raved
wildly Tor awhile, at times exhibiting sign.
Of great mental alteration
This attack y as followed by what ssemef
." be deadly stupor. In &wo hours, il i.
supposed, from the death OF Chang, :.n.s
bsa,hed GJs Iasss
4 Hcr@R sneeial from the City os Ne. css
says the grant ." fh0 Me2ican Railroad
Company has been approved by Congress.
The grant 20 the Yehuantepec Company :.ss
been suspended for a year.
Ali MeSisrs ie in peace.
The Arapiless
The S,an;sif man ot-war Arapiies goo. oss
the dry dock again to repair the damage
eausei hs striking ii reef in the East river.
The Hoboken Savings Bank has resumed
Navy Yard Matterss
a large number of men were discharged
from the navy yard last night, and more
viii! be- discharged by Saturday. The
work OF repairing the Florida and Mime"
sofa will be discontinued. The monitor
Dictator is lying at the main dock taking
in coal; she will not leave the yard until
| next Thursday. The Roanoke will 20
down the bay in couple of days. The
sloop war Frolic sailed for Key West to-
day. carrying out draft Of sailors sol' sin
sguadrou.
k nen1.
The servan. siri who was shocaingsy nc
ured by jumping from the window OF Mrc
Stiner's house, during the fire last weeke
has since died.
Important Decision.
Judge Blatchford to-day decideS - q
case where certain banks claimed to be cone
sidered special creditors that the bankrupt
laws of the Cnite5 States did away with all
claims of banking institutions as prior to
those OF other creditors, and that baIk0
should be ranked among general creditoreo
= Tug Mt Secretary RichardsOns
AZ a meeting oi steamboat and tug s,grso
ere To-day committee was appointe.. to
confer with asecsstayy s!Hbsrdstsa Soy ..l.2
R".IS aSess