New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-07

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second vice president, Robert Seaton: thru
vice president, John Victor; fourth vice
president Eli Davis; secretary, John
Evans; assistant secretary, Charles Smith
treasurer. ID. l.. Depassan; grand marehal
John Hawkins; assistant marshal. King
william; sergeant alarms, Edward Erwin;
assistant serSeant-at-arms, Frank Jones.
ROWING CLUB The Charles T. Howard
Rowing Club will hold their regular month.
~ meeting this evening at the boat house,
at four o'clock, sharp. Punctual attend.
ance is earnestly desired as important bust.
ness will be tranacted.
A FUGITIVE FROM JUs1ICe.-Such is the
snarge written opposite the name OF Mar.
snal DAVIS. whose aga ia put down a twenty.
TOUR years and his State Mississippi. but
that is all that the detective who arrested
MIN deemed proper to offer at police head.
quarters.
FALSE ALARMs.-The two fire alarms
sounded late Friday night, from boxes Nos.
ana 10, were frauds.
ATTACKING A PoL1cEMAN.-Between two
and three O'clock yesterday morning as OH.
Ger Sherman was on St. Louis, near Irene
street, three men, he says attacked and
attempted to garrOte him. Being possessed
of tolerably healthy body he managed to
free himself of their villainous embraces,
and ratreated, at the same time drawing
his revolver and sending two or three
ieaden messengers after his assailants. He
thinks that at least one bullet went home
bat as the rascals fled in double quick time
there is NJ telling what the result was
A TENNESSEE BULGLAR RETURNED Last
October the jewelry store of Mr.. II Rus
sell, COllerville, Tennessee, was despoiled
of about $500 worth of goods, for which
crime r.. Mccoy was arrested in Memphis,
and portion of the booty found On him.
He was sent to the Shelby county prison,
bnt managed to escape, as did nine others
Mccoy was wounded in one of his arms,
but succeeded i'll getting away. He was
arrested IN this city several days ago
by our police. and beld. Sheriff E. l.. Nc,
Gown, of Shelby county, was informed, and
has taken his prisoner home.
THERE WAS No STRENGTH IN THEIR
WEAKNEss.-On the fourth instant special
notice appeared in the Bulletin, signed
MANY Conservatives" calling on the Con.
servativss Of the twelveth, thirteenth and
fourteenth wards to meet in the Council
Hall, but there was no why or wherefore
given as = reason why such call should be
made However it leaked out that the call
d
or adjustment. At the hour for assembling
the man ipulators were on hand with cut
and dried resolutions. all prepared for pro.
mitigation and Il Bulletin reporter was there
with 4 dozen flaming head lines intending
70 announce that the Sixth District was
everlastingly opposed to adjustment. I'm
fortunately for the moving spirits there
were altogether too "many Conservatives
in attendance who do not believe in longer
= ,b,,, lost hiatt &c a q pnnSlUpraOl2
tilibustering and the discoptented discover
ed that they had reckOned without host
of Conservatives There were motions ana
speeches and speeches and motions, Dut
the non compromise resolutions did not
reach the surface; therefore the Bulletin
failed to secure ssnsatiOn yesterday lnorh-
ipg. and the minority did not rule the ma
jority. Too bad that there are so many
Conservatives" in the Sixth District VINO
did not sga that nalneless call Inc real
object of the meeting was TO arraigh
Democratic member OF the House because
he had chosen TO vote for compromise ou1
tho minority again reckoned without nav
ing considered their own stand ing. 30 lar
from being chided the member was APP
2iauded.
ORANGE BLOSSOMS This fragrant hover
is whitening the verdure OF trees anu hi'ins
the air with rich perfume.
Almost all other kinds OF trees nave
budded or already put forth thelr FaveS1,,
sss Gt giving nu promise of an early spring
Garden vegetables, ,s s"e and a. the like are |
s shnnSp prPpe'S' 'o""'
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AuosG THE DEAD BEATs.-Scarcey
night passes that there is not terrible
howl ii heard from some foolish fellow sa who n;o
,rss s;ih rhe denizsns of Dryades be-
tween i c Sasn ms street aud Poydras MARKET:
One Of the last victims rushed frantieally
into police headquarters and shriek Ma ' na
h;s vail Int he told too much. Had ne
iikeir that somebody would have believed
him. and =. he declared he would not pros
aa ou' a ma nr nothing was done.
s :op and 'dG his on moHsy soon part.
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TIE RIsEE tn HI naint is about ten feet
s nches n ai r1 high water mark but will
,oon swell considerably, as several trleu,