New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-08
FOREIGN.
The French Communists.


SAN FRANCISCO, June The steamship
City of Melbourne has arrived from Sydney.
Nine. RistOuls, wife of the French com
munist, has written letter saying her
husband and his companions escaped from
New Caledonia to show to the world the
manner in which the communist prisoners
were doomed to death by starvation in
New Caledonia.
The Mississippi Valley.
LONDON, June 7.-Messrs. Odger and
Wicks, delegates appointed by the Federal
examination of the Mississippi valley, for
the purpose of ascertaing its suitability for
the settlement OF emigrants, will leave for
the United States in two weeks.
The JEFF Borden Mutineers to be Sent
Homo.
Three members of the crew of the
American schooner Jefferson Borden, were
brought up at Bow street police court to
day. Mitller, the Russian, made state
ment in which he attacked the seamanship
Of the captain, and reiterated the charges
of cruel treatment of the crew by the Off
GERS. The magistrate ruled that sufficient
evidence had been adduced to send tho
prisoners to the United State, which will be
done at the expiration of fifteen days.
Dead.
Edward Welby Pugin, the English archi-
tect, is dead.
Earthquake.
At Lifu, Loyalty islands, on the night of
March 80. there was sharp shock OF al
earthquake followed by others next day,
and Oh the evening of the third fearful
buildings. 1t was followed by tidal
wave which swept away three villages,
causing immense destruction to lie and
property.
William F. Leslie, the absconding teller
of Duncan, Sherman & Co., of New York,
was arrested here to-day, and will be taken
back to New York.
SteeraGe Rates.
The Liverpool transatlantic steamship
companies have Professionally agreed that
rates tor steerage passage by fast lines shall
be five guineas, and by slow lines five per
cent less.
A meeting is to be held to-day to con
slider freight rates. which are also to be ad-
justed upon the ditferential basis.
A Duel and Suicide in Hayann.
HAVANA, June IA duel took place yes
terday between DIR. Algernon Sydney
Curtis, of New York, and Salvador Corte-
real, tobacco merchant of Havana and
New York. The combatants had been in
innate friends for many years and lived
together in New York.
DIR. Curtis arrived here two weeks ago,
and was stopping at Cortereals house
He states that yesterday morning he was
awakened by CortereaIs slapping his face
and accusing him of illicit connection with
his wife. This Curtis denied, and hot
words ensued, which resulted in a chal
lenge to fight and it's acceptance Both
men proceeded in carriage to Mariana,
without witnesses, and on arriving there
dismissed the carriage. Five shots were
fired by each contestant, beginning at a
distance of twenty feet, and firing as they
advanced.
At the fifth discharge DR.. Curtis was
seriously wounded in the hip, and fell to
the ground, fainting from pain and loss of
blood. Upon returning to consciousness he
says he saw Cortereal reload his revolver.
place it to his temple and fire, killing him
self.
Cortereal's body has been brought to
this city. 1t is thought he believed his
opponent dead when he killed himself. Dr.
Curtis is confined 10 his bed by the severity
OF his wound, and is under police surveiI.
lance.