New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-14


II Thanks and a Thousand Dollars.
At meeting of the board of directors o.
the American steamship line yesterday
resolutions sympathizing with the families
of the officers and seamsn lost from the
| steamship Pennsylvania, were adopted
| Also the following: "The sincere thanks OF
this board are hereby rendered to Captain
Brady for assuming command Of the ship
under circumstances so trying, and the
| president is requested to write him letter
expressive of our thanks, and begging him
to accept the sum of $1,000 in appreciation
of bis noble services
A Wicked Striker Begging Mercy.
CINCINNATI, March l3-Daniel Harvey,
who participated in the recent strike of en-
gineers on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
ST. Louis railroad, today pleaded guilty to
putting the bolt of iron i'll the frog at Pendle-
ton to throw the train off the track, and
begged clemency of the court.
| Canal Bills Wanted.
The Chamber of Commerce passed reso'
lutions urging Congress to pass the Louis
vile and Portland canal bills.
Fatal Accident on the Baltimore and Ohio
| Road.
| At Mansfield to-day a switch engine of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad cOllided
with a locomotive of the eastward bound
| freight train of the Atlantic and Great
Western railroad as the latter was entering
| the bridge. near Main street, throwing the
latter locomotive into the creek, totally
wrecking the bridge, locomotive and ten
der, and killing the engineer, James Myers.
The fireman saved himself by jumping.
William Armstrong, engineer of the Balti-
more and Ohio engine, has been arrested.
he says he was trying the gauge cocks and
didn't see the approaching train.
Sudden Death of n Member Of the Ohio
Constitutional Convention.
Hon. Edmund Smith, of Sidney, a men,
Der of the Constitutional Convention from
Shelby county, fell dead ut his boarding
house this evening. He was in his seat in
the convention all day. This is the second
death Of members of the convention since
New Years day. The supposed cause of
Mr.. Smiths death was apOplexy.
Licenses Refused.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. March l3-The county
commissioners to-day rejected eight more
applications for licenses to sell liquor,
making total of seventeen rejected, being
tha whole humber of applications The
salson men are much exaggerated, and
swear vengeance at the next election.
Violent snow storm.
SAN FRANCISCO, March I2-Dspatches
tonight state that snow is falling again ia |
the Sierras with great violence. An emf |
grant train, snow pillow and five engines are |
OFT the track. No trains are expected to |
get through to night.
The Billiard Tournament.
BosroN. March l3-The game yesterday |
afternoon between GARNER and DAILY was |
won by the latter by eighty-six points. In
the evening Cyrille Dion beat Uoassy, win
ming by only two points.
Action Of tho Massachusetts Historical
Society.
AT a meeting of the Massachusetts His.
torical Society Robert C.. Winthrop an
nounced tho death of ex-President Fill
more, an honorary member, and Charles
sumner, a resident member, and paid ap-
propriate and eloquent tributes to their
memories. A resolution in relation to the |
death of Nr. Sumner was then offered by
Charles Francis Adams, which was adopted.
after some remarks from ex Governor Cliff
ord, Judge Thomas Russell, Edward
quincy and Rev. Mr.. Waterto1.
Action Against the Strikers.
The employing morocco dressers of Linn
ave adopted the following: ;
That we will not employ any fnisher ,
Who IL known to pay money into any Or !
anlzation that furnishes aid and support I
D men now on strike.
The strikers show equal determination to
old out. There have been no threats or
loleDce used, but, as matter of precau- t
on, extra policemen are EMPLOYED to | II
uard the factories at night.
An idea of the Importance Of the morocco ! '
interest Of Lynne may be Il
al from the fact that during the last wear !
O00,OOO skins were turned out, represent
e in value$2. SOC, 900. II
nmner's Remnants Borne North on n Spe. Y
cial Trnin.
BALTIMORE, March l3.-The special train Ii
'nveying the remains Of Senator Sumner. :,
charge of a congressional delegation. r
rived ut the Union depot, Baltimore and p
otomac road, at 4:lO p. NJ. and proceeded | B
orth Immediately No demonstration was q
ade, 1t beng unknown at what hour the | Ia
ain would arrive. d
The Races mt Augusta. :,
AUGUSTA. Ga, March I3.-The second | IS
races came off to-day. The weather j
az clear and bracing, and the attendance 10
'od. 10 10
First Race-Dash of one mile and half.
r four.yesr-oIds-Purse, 5000; $3.50 to first fr
rise, $50 to second and So to third. !,
, .a entered Tabitha; Bacon entered G
ranger; Weldon entered Midnight. p
ranger beat. Time. 2:52a4 Tabitha 90
cOnd, Midnight third. III
Second RGcc.-Mile dash; purse $500: first "
rise $3.50, second horse $50 Bacon en-.
red Flower Girl. Hitchcock entered Lu. Is
tia Flower Girl won easily. Time-l:5lla. 81
Sharpe. tho Rifle Man. Dead. &C
HARTFORD, Conn, March l3-Christian "
arpe, invent0r of the famous Sharpe rifle. Or
ID suddenly at his residence in Vernon cle
urt, last night, of hemorrhage of the 'n
1gs, aged slxty-three.
'vernor Kemper's Veto Denounced bv M
the Democratic Newspapers-It Is Pc
Sustained. an
RICHMOND, March l3.-That branch of bu
General Assembly in which the bill mi
,vldlng new charter for Petersburg -
ginated. By vote of IS to 10 sustained
vernon hemper's veto. The debate was
at heated and exciting, the speeches of e
friends of the bill. being de- ha
nciatory in the extreme of the Governors G.,
ion, while other Conservatives as warmly W
tanned him. The Petersburg papers Of wh
lay ldevote several columns to severe sea
.icisms and invectives. der
he Landmark and Viryinian. of Norfolk. 40,
D have severe editorials against the Gov.
or. The Wing and Enquirer, of this city, the
'recate the veto. while the Richmond lad
patch sustains the Governor. If the | tes
rter had gone into effect the municipal
eminent Of Petersburg would have been 'A"
fually transferred from Republicans to n
lservatives.
ne vote a. to whether the bill should Ne'
:, despite the Governors objections, il Mil
'Nnod as follows: Yeas, - Conserve NO,
= nays, 10 CONSERVATIVES and 9 Repub- A.,