The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
NEW YORK ITEMS.

| New YORK. Nov. 5-Several Deputy Mar
shals, after being driven off once, succeeded
in capturing an illicit sill in full blast in
Brooklyn.
Judge Benedict decided the motion to
ouash the criminal indictments against FL. B.
Claflin & Co, in the silk smuggling frauds.
! He stated the opinion that the indictmen
contains four counts.
l. That of conc-aling struggled goods.
g. Facilitating their transportation.
B. Facilitating their sale.
4. The count of the indictment makes gen.
eral allegations of violation of law. This was
vague, and can not be sustained, and there
fore the motion as 10 this count was granted,
but as to the other three counts the motion to
uuash was denied, and the indictment sus-
tanned.
A meeting was held of the members Of Ply
mouth Church on the cases of Francis ID.
Moulton and Deacon West, who had been
notified by thu Elk mining Committee of the
intention to drop tbs Ii from membership for
non-attendance.
Deacon West was not present. Mrs. Moul-
ton was present with her attorney Gen.
Pryor. xty members OF thes church were
present, half OF whom were ladies. Pryor
read the answer, written and signed by Mrs
Moulton, concluding as follows:
VI
caused by the crime of adultery, committed
by Henry Ward Beecher, pastor of this
church, with one of his parishioners, which
| know to be fact, through Mr.. Beecher's
confessions to me, and through the confes.
sions of Mrs. Tilton, and through conclusive
evidence OF the crime from other sources l
appear before this church in loyal obedience
10 the summons which have received, and l
hereby declare my disposition and desire to
discharge all the duties devolving on me as q
member, that are consistent with my knowl-
edge of the adultry of the pastor, and his
false swearing in r. gard to it. silent vote
was taken, and the hame Of Mrs. Moulton
was dropped from the Plymouth roll of men,
bership.
l. is stated that there has been committee
appointed by the Congregational Association
of New York and Brooklyn to inquire on the
cart of the society into the truth or falsity of
the charges against Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er. The com nittee, il is said, will enter
upon the discharge of their duties on West.
New York, Nov. Ut is announced that
the Spanish Government has forwarded to
their agents in this city orders to buy up and
ship at once provisions and ammunition to
the amount of $500 000 Money for this pur
pose was contributed in Havana, on the ooh
ult., upon receipt Of kilograms from Madrid
to the effect that American Intervention was
feared, and that all that could be done to de-
ter it was advisable.
New YORK, Nov. 5-A movement is on foot
here among lrishmen for the observance on
November Odd of the seventh anniversary of
the execution of tho Fenians Allen Larken
and o Briep, in Manchester, England.
New York, Nov. 5-The stockholders of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
held en- adjourned meeting, with J. Van
Setback, presiding. Half of the entire CAPT.
tai was represented.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted re-
questing the present Board Of Dir ctors to
resign.
committee was appointed to procure the
resignation of the directors and to name
their successors.
The committee were instructed to cooperate
with the county of ST. Louis in getting an
assignee in bankruptcy. if it becomes neces-
sarv. in order to get the lease to the Atlantic
AID Pacific Ra lroad Cancelled.