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

The Brighton Gun.
LONDON, August 5-Ma lie 5 uart won the
Brighton cup, Louise Victoria second and
Kaiser third.
The Turks.
A Berlin special saws tie Turks are col
lecting large force to crush Herzegovina
With ono blow.
SeranGers In dublin.
Ten thousand strangers arrived in Dublin
yesterday to attend the O'COnnell centen
airy.
Che faraday.
The Faraday cleared for St. Johns, New.
fOundland, to-day.
The Foreise Sufferers by che Suspension.
Negotiations for the redemption of Dun
can, Sherman L. Co.'s letters of credit in the
hands OF travellers, by the Union Bank, have
been pending since the failure, but have not
been completed, aud the longer they are
postponed the less probability there is of
successful results. Letters received here
from Americans in Paris say that over
1000 holders OF the suspended firm 8
letters Of credit have been heard from
in Germany. Many of them are ut
terly destitute of funds and have been
compelled to apply the the local au
thOrities or to tho American cOnsuls for
relief. One lady, teacher from Massa-
chusetts, had but thirty francs in money
WuoU ou0 UoAIU VI LILO I0HuIOs <AW0IlG I'll
and English people in the house where she
was staying subscribed sufficient funds to
pay her expenses to Hamburg. from which
place che took steerage passage home. Ap-
peals for aid from persons holding these
letters came from all directions. A dOcu
ment stating these facts and .denouncing
the house Of Duncan, Sherman H. Co. is
preparing for publication.
Tho Death Of Andersen.
COPENHAGEN, August 5-Hans Andersen
died of cancer. There is universal mo urn
from various parts of this country and else
where in Europe will attend his funeral.
Centeunial.
PARIS, August 5.-At the meeting OF the
committee t. promot, the represent alton Of
France ut the centennial exhibition Ut
Philadelphia, yett .rday, q commune, ton
was received from tie General Transst an
tic Steamship Company, promising t, re-
duce the tariffs for freight and passengers
des tined Tor the exhib. ton. The list of
exhibitors will close on the ffteenta i'll
slant.
CALCUTTA, August 5-Floods in the north
western provinces. Many dwellings swept
away. Gre at loss of life o f fe ared.
High Mass for O'Copnell.
ROME, August "a p onuitical high mass
was celebrated to-day in the church Of the
Irish College as mark of sympathy with
the O'COnnell festival.
The O'Connell Centennial.
DUBLIN, August 5.-The celebration of
the one hundredth birthday of Daniel
OConnell commenced to-day and will coa-
tinue thcee days. This morning a solemn
religious ceremony was held in the Cathe-
dral Cardinal Manning officiated. This
afternoon the oratorio OF Elijah will be
sung in the Exhibition Palace.
In the evening there will be concert of
Irish music in the same place, when the
centenary ode will be recited.
The houses are decorated with banners,
garlands. notices, and great display of
green.
The following members of Parliament
were present as representatives of the Cath
olic Union: Messrs. Edmund Dease, john
George Mccarthy. Arthur John Moore,
Keyes O'Ciery, Miles William O'Reiiley
and Patrick James SDythe.
The distinguished guests who have ar
rived to participate in the celebration arc
of Basle and Nantes, Pence
Edward Kadziwill, Of Posen; Dr. L;neen,
member of the German Parliament: R.v..
Rinaldi and Vautry, of Rome; Dr. Beck.
the Pope's chamberlain, and NJ Faletti, a
member of the Swiss Parliament
Illness in the family of Lord O'Hagen,
may prevent him from delivering the cen
tenary Grafton tomorrow in Sackvnle |
street, in which case it will be published |
and distributed.
DR.. Crockett, the new archbishop of !
Cassel, preached q sermon at the religious |
in the cathedral, this morning,
IN "O'Conneli, t Ie Libera.or" Four arch. |
bishops, fu'tJ bishops and 500 priests par
licipste ted III the ceremonies, which were
very lmpressite The cathedral was dens-ly
provided. The music arranged for the oc-
casion was magnificent.
The centenary concerto were given in the |
Exhibition Palace this afternoon and even
ing, and were attended by vast numbers Of |
people. Right Rev. DR.. Croke, in the course
3f his sermon at the Cathedral this m0rn- |
ing, said the Irish people were being edu-
,ated under State system, which, if not |
Ill they cOald desire, was in many respects |
useful. The foreign church, he added, has
been humbied; the rights of the occupiers
of the soil have to some extent been recog |
nized, and No arc fast working ourselves
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