The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-21
The following will

be formed:
Ways and Means. Morrison, chair
man; Appropriation, Randall Banking
and Currency, Cox; Foreign Affairs,
Swami: Commerce.. Hearford: Judiei-
AIRY. knott; Elections. Harris; Pacific
Railroads, Lamar.
Carter q Eaton, attorneys. have filed
In involuntary bankruptcy. petition
against Duncan, Sherman Il Co.. signed
by 2O5 creditors whose debts amount to
$2. 100000, The alleged acts of bank
ruptcy were failures 10 pay dcpositor
and forty days suspension Of coinmer-
cial paper. The firm were adiudicated
bankrupts on Saturday.
The thermometer this morning indi-
c,tted 6 degrees above zero.
CONCORD, N. H.. Dee. 81. Weather
this morning very severe. Thermolne-
ter ut a. IN. indicated Is degrees below
zero.
NEWARK, N. J.. Dec. 2O.--Capt. Peter
Sanford, an extensive contractor and
builder, died here last night after q
brief illness.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2O-Thc steamer
Alaska, from Hong Kong. arrived here
yesterday with soeO packages OF tea and
GAG packages Of silk.
The American war vessel Ashcroft and
German gunboat Cyclopc are now at
Nankin, on account Of the difficulty
there between the natives and mission.
aries.
BREMEN Dec. 20It is now learned
that the real name Of the owner Of the
case Of dynamite. which exploded on
the wharf ut Brelncrhaven, was VIM. X.
Alexander and not Thompson as first
reported. He was. II IL stated. well
connected in New York.
BosroN, Dec. 2O.-Ibe weather here
is intensely cold. with Thermometers at
midnight degrees below zero.
MANCHESTER, N. H., Dee. 2O.(The
weather this morning was the coolest Of
the season. at sunrise the thermometer
stood 35 degrees below zero. Reports
from the northern part of the State
say that the thermometer ranges from
% to 81 degrees below zero.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2O.-The White
Star Adriatic. from New York. Dec II.
arrived off Crookhaven at II .. ID. yes
tcrday.
The French Transatlantic Company
steamer L'Amerigue, which arrived
here on Saturday afternoon ut o. clock,
made GOO miles tow by the steamer Vile
lie Brest, of the same line All well on
board.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 90. Hon. Richard
Smith, Ben Egleston. Thos. Whcclock
and Sam Y. Reid have been appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce ~ com
mittee to 80 to Washington to assist IN
securing branch mint Ut Cincinnati
q. s. Chumtch was attacked by two
trainps ut Elyria, who attempted to rob
him. He resisted, and in the struggle
he was thrown under u passing train.
His arm was cut off and he was
otherwise injured. The tramps escaped
New YORK, Dec 2O.-The report OF the
the condition OF the mind Of jacob
Standcrman. the condemned murderer
of Louisa Siedenwald. has not yet been
made public, but il IS stated that they
have found that Standerman Is insane.
and will 80 report TO Coy. Tilden, who
will, therefore. commute the death sen
tcnce to imprisonment for life in the
State L,tnatic Asylum for Insane Con
victs.
The libel suit of Henry @. Bowon
against the Brooklyn Eagle and Thos.
kinsolla, being an action for 100000
damages. in what is known rs the Capt.
Kidd salvage case. came up in Brooklyn
City Court to-day, on motion for stay Of
proceedings until the January term Of
court because Of absence Of material
witnesses for defense After long ar
gument, Judge Reynolds denied the
motion of defense for stay, and ordered
the case to proceed. The work Of i'm
the jury was then begun.
The case will occupy two or three days.
The Coroner's inquest in the case OF
Sarah Alexander, the murdered Polish
Jewess, was commenced at Brooklyn
Morgue this afternoon. The case was
also before the Brooklyn Grand Jury to-
day and several witnesses examined.
It is expected that an indictment will
bc found against Rubenstein for murder
in the first degree. The friends Of Ru-
benstein expect to be able to prove an
alibi, to show that he was in the Jewish
Synagogue Of this city, when other wit
nesses swear he was In the Broadway
car, in Brooklyn. The police say it has
been boasted by the Hebrews that they
will spend million dollars to save him
from the gallows, as no Jew has ever
been executed in New York, nor do they
intend there shall be If they e,ln pre-
vent it. The near relatives of the mur-
dercd girl express their belief in Ruben
stems S innocence, and appear to have
the utmost respect for him.
SAN Francisco, Dec 20.-The troubles
Oh the Southern border are attracting
Tho attention Of the military authori-
ties here. A special messenger from
San Diego having laid the matter before
Gen. Schofleld, it is evident that the
turbulent Mexicans on the border in
Tend making raid probably on the city
81 San Diego.
The Mcxicans along the stage road
openly boast that war cannot come