New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-21

The Swim mers,

| Morris aud Harris, the ringleaders in tn
contemplated insurrecti0n, are still .
large. 1t is believed that there will be n,
further trouble. The negroes have dis
persed and returned to their homes.
A dispatch from Sandersville, Washing
| ton county, reports the arrest of Harris
one of the leaders in the plot. He has mad,
| q confession duplicating Prince Rivers, o
| the South Carolina militia Rivers EN-
phatically denies the charge. There ar,
| seventy negroes in Jail at Sandereville. Gov
ernor Smith is expected there tonight.
Large shipmeat Of Petroleum.
BALTIMORE. August 20.-The British shil
Norseman clealod with nearly half . mil
lion gallons of refined petroleum for Ant
werp, the largest shipment ever made from
this port.
Twenty-Five thousand five hundred boxes
of peaches were received at the Light stree,
wharf yesterday.
DENVER, Col. August 20.-John H. White
of Missouri su:cided. Cause, intemperance
and disturbed finances.
Burued to Death.
QUEBEC, August 2O-Three children
aged one, two and four years, burned to
death, the mother having looked them in
the house while working outside.
The CeIored Convention in Virginia.
RICHMOND, August 20:-Nothiug of i'm.
pOrtance has yet been done BY the conven.
tiOn Of colOred people in session here. Any
amount Of wrangling over trifliDg things is
indulged in, the chair meantime vainly at
tempting to keep order. Committees were
organization, on labor, on an address. ON
rules, on temperance, on resolutions and on
finance.
A delegate attempted to read long series
of resolutions, which, from the tone of the
first few lines, were violent and denun-
ciatory in the extreme. He was interrupted
with motions for their reference to COM
mittee and points of order amid much con-
fusion, during which some OF the members
referred. Recess then took place until 5
P. NJ.
The evening session was taken up in the
reception OF committee reports. The COM
mittee on resolutions recommended that NO
person be indorsed for Office. Adopted.
The committee also reported declaring that
this convention looks with anxiety and
alarm at the condition Of dis0rganizati0n
and dissatisfaction existing in the party in
numbers of federal Office holders all
over the State, many being prominent
Democrats, who would blush were
Republican sentiments imputed to them,
and of others who are an incubus to the
party, and who are preparing for percept-
ible desertion to the Democratic lines in
case the late lamented Confederacy should
succeed in establishing its power again in
1876. The resolutions were discussed at
length, and finally sent to the committee
ON federal relations.
roaO1u<iOu y>afifiOninn thu 1 1o<
against the proposed amendment to the
constitution which disfranchises Q person
convicted of petty larceny and requires q
man to pay his poll tax before he can vote.
The rest Of the session was spent in argu-
ing, with no particular features of interest.
Tho River Fallen-Cre Damage.
MEMPHIS, August 20-The rapid decline
in the river has dlepelled all fears of fur
ther damage to crops, but 80 great is the
diversity of opinion in regard to the injury
to the cotton crop in this district, it is i'm
possible to estimate it. The amount varies
from 20, 900 to 10000 bales. but there is NO
precedent by which the effect Of the over
flow on cotton at this season of the year can
be approximated. The number of acres of
corn ruined by the food is largely in excess
of cotton.
Arlning.
Williamson county, Illinois, are organizing
armed companies for the suppression Of
Outlawry.
Rain Freak at Ameskeag.
MANCHESTER, N. H, August 2O.-Owing
to the heauy rain, water flowed into the
boiler houses OF the Amoskeag manufac.
tory, put out out the free and made steam
which badly scalded four men. The crops
have been much damaged by the rain.
Base Ball.
New YORK, August 20.-Hartfords 2, At
PHILADELPHIA, August l9.-Hartfords l,
Philadelphias 5.
sT. LOUIS, August le.-Bostous.2 Browns
Utica Park Races.
. UTICA, August 2O.-There was a large at-
tendance at the Utica Park races today,
The weather was cool and the track in good
condition. The 2:22 race was won by
Lucilla Golddust. Sensation second, John
H. third. Time-2:2OA, 2::23, 2::24.
The 2::3l race was won by Orient, Honest
Harry second and Lswinski third. Time
2:25, 2:28&, 2:25, 2:26. Honest Harry took
the first neat.
Railroad Collision
SARATOGA, August 2O-A collision
occurred At about two O'Clock this after
noon near Mechanicsville, between an en-
gine running "wild cat" from White Hall
and the up train due at Saratoga at 2:25
P. N. The special was running slow. Both
engineers saw that collision was inevi-
table, and, reversing their engines, jumped
of and were not injured. The iocomo-
tives we're both smashedup; but nobody
injured. The cause of the accident il re-
ported to be Misunderstanding about the
time.
Counterfeit Money.
INDIANAPOLIS, August GOV. j. Martin
and j. G. White were arrested here TO- night
for passing counterfeit meney. Six hundred
dollars in counterfeit tens on the Richmond
(Indiana) National Bank were found in
Whites possession.
A Double Disaster.
BosToN, August 20-The workmen en-
plOyed on the new insane asylum 1T Dan
vers were ast0unded this afternoon BY the
descent of athunderbolt among them, which
instantly killed q man named Sullivan and
Frustrated John Farquhar.
MIR. Ewell, foreman of the laborers, sprsng
upon his horse to ride for physician. On
turning the corner Of the building at full
speed he ran into Q number of Workmen
Who were hurrying to the scene of the &C.
cident. Mr.. Collins, of Salem, was Knocked
down BY the horse and tIampled mon. re-
'eiving injuries which will prove fatal: "A
-.se..ss..- DFoko Jan.
CnacngnA1I, August 2o.-Au the plieoar
no IN ths WyaaAotss sssast ~, - USpGF1
hsoko out Se-niGht. Tho ess6oe
Wss ehseted By saving ont the baEs. There