New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-23
NEW YORK.
To Be HANGED,

IV DC 1tHu8eOs
NEW YORK, October 22.-William Della
of the schooner Josephine, has been SEN
fenced to be hung December 10.
The Debt Of Mobile.
Commissioners represen ting the city of
Mobile are now here endeavoring to effect
an arrangement by which it's debt may be-
come less burdensome. From their state.
ment it appears the total debt, principal
and interest, to be paid in sixteen years,
will he $4,445,s9S, being twenty-five
per cent of the total assessed value
of the city. If held to this, the
commissioners say the city will become
hopeleesly insOlvent, and can never pay,
and to help toward the settlement of these
difficulties the Legislature of Alabama
passed an act giving the Governor of the
State authority to appoint three citizens of
Mobile rs cOmmiss' 'oners to settle the city
debt. This act provides for the issue of
$4,000. 600 of six per cent bonds, payable in
thirty years from May l, 1875, and creates
first lien on the real estate belonging to
the city, as well as on the revenues of the
city.
A nolle prosequi was entered in the case
of the people vs.. Francis d. Moulton, in
dcted for alleged libel of Henry Ward
Beecher Judge Nelson said: "The motion
is granted, and / think it proper to say,
recognizing that the questions involved
in such cases rest largely in the
judgement and discretion of the pros
ecutor representing the people, that in this
particular case, the views expressed and
the course proposed to be pursued by the
district attorney are proper and commend
themselves to our judgment as q fair and
just exercise of the discretion necessarily
vested in him. The clerk will make proper
entry" Mr.. Britton made like motions in
other indictments in case OF the people VS..
Moulton and the people vs. Tflton, which
were also granted
The Late Frederic Hudson.
The executive committee of the Associ-
ated Press to-day adopted resolutions of re-
gret at the death of Frederic Hudson, he
having been one of the founders of the asso-
citation, and for twenty years member of
the committee.
Modification of the Sugar Rebate.
The collector of the port, under instruc-
tons from the Secretary of the Treasury,
has modified the order regarding the sugar
rebate, so as to allow the expectation of
sugar at the old rate, in cases where valid
contracts can be shown previous to the re-
ductiOn Of the drawback.
Suspended.
Joseph W. Duryee, lumber merchant, sus.
pended yesterday. Liabilities unknown.
Sympathy for Cuba.
1t is stated that the natives of Porto Rico,
in this and neighboring cities, are forming
a committee after the manner of the Cuban
patriots, to cooperate with their fellow
cOuntrymen at home in an effort to cast off
the Spanish yoke, and that thoroughly Or
ganized conspiracy has existed in the island
of Porto Rico during the past two years,
the head OF the organization being stationed
at Kingston, Jamaica.
Sentenced.
Charles Callahan, charged with killing
his mother, was sentenced to seven years
imprisonment.
Failed.
The failures of Cum Derlsnd G. White,
Charles H. Ward, K. j. Fuller and Howard
Ivins, brokers, were announced to the Stock
Exchange to-day. These parties were all
short of stocke.