The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-29

| Wnut TbteS SnOuld be charged Tor carry
ing live stock from the West to the
East. A long discussion took place
without any definite result being ar
rived at The Vermont Central and
Grand Trunk railroads are TO be shut
out OF the new combination, but both
of these roads claim to be perfectly in
dependent Of any action the Western,
roads may take.
The liabilities Of the suspended firm
Of Capperly Il Collins, hat dealers.
Broadway, is estimated Mt $tJO.OO0 to
5000. 900 assets uncertain.
BROOKLYN.
BROOKLYN, Dec. ~. Frank Moulton
yesterday instituted, through his coun-
sci, Gen. Roger A. Pryor, civil suit in
the Supreme Court OF Brooklyn for $50,
600 damages against Rev. Henry Ward
Bcechcr. The papers were served on
Bcecher personally at his residence last
night. The complaint sets forth the
cause for action rs malicious persecu-
tion Of Moulton by Beecber, the speci.
iicaiions being that on October 3. 1874.
he procured Moulton's Indictment on
the charge Of criminal libel. and pressed
the suit SO far as 10 have him arrested
and held 10 bail. The specification fur
! ther shows that on October ~, 1876. the
District Attorney entered u nOhs prose-
yni in the case against Moulton. with
the expressed wish that the suit was in
tended to fully clear up the scandal,
aud only ono question to be the issue.
viz: the truth or falsity OF Moulton s
allegation that Bcecher had committed
adultery with Mrs. Tilton.
n IL expected that Gen. b. r. Butler
will be Moulton's senior counsel. Mrs
'Tilton will certainly be called on as u
witness. as we'll as u number of others
wlIose testimony was excluded on the
great trial. Among other witnesses
there will be Theo. Tilton. Frank Car
penter, Mrs. Martha Bradshaw, Joe
Richardson and wife. Mrs. Laura Our
tis Bullard, Miss Susan B. Anthony and
II. q. Bowen. IT aquestion Of Mrs. Til
ton . character Is not involved, much OF
the testimony produced ut Tilton aud
Beecher's trial will not be competent.
II IL expected that the suit. which will
be urged for trial at once, will not occu-
by over three weeks.
Sloop-or-w war Delaware was sold 10.
day at auction, at the navy yard. to
Capt. Buhlcr, for $2o3.2OO She is In
bad condition. She was launched in
1866. and has never been In an naval en-
gagement.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MONTPELIER. Vt. Dec. 2s-An acci-
dent occurred on the Vermont Central
Railroad at Middlesex this morning.
The train while running thirty miles an
hour was thrown from the track by a
broken rail. Two Pullman and another
passenger ear went over u twenty-foot
embanlsnent. A number Of passengers
were injured, including G. Dion. Of
dom. Of West Brooktleld, Mass, hurt
Internally; John Allen. Of Three Riv-
ers. hurt In the head: Mrs. Hickey, of
Springfield. hurt IN head. face and In
ternally: Miss Mary Hickey. cut IN the
face John Hickey. bruised; l.. b. Ken
nison, OF Boston, leg hurt; +. II. Mar
shall, OF Boston, leg hurt Full list not
yet received.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 2s.-The danger Of
another Ohio river Hood IL now passed
through the river and Is still very high.
J. w. Bane, roadmastcr, and Robert
Allen and Jno. Thompson, section men.
were instantly killed by falling of a
heavy rock while repairing a tunnel on
the eastern Kentucky railroad, near
RevingtoD, Kentucky. Considerable
damage to the railroads an'l bridges In
central Ohio by heavy rains recently is
reported.
Yesterday morning West Virginia
miner named Lee WAS wounded twenty
three times with knives in the hands Of
two comrades named Esth and Dawson,
u few miles from Charleston, West Vir
ginia. Five of the cuts were In the head.
any one of which would have been fatal.
The perpetrators were arrested last
night.
SCHENECTADY. NJ Y. Dec. 2s. Nor
man Kicks.of Albany. y brakesman on
the East bound freight train on New
York Central and Hudson River Rail
road, was run over and instantly killed
In this city about 8 u. IN. to-day, by the
train on which he was employed; his
body was literally cut to pieces. He was
passing along the tops Of cars to reach
the engine. and as he endeavored to
step from last car to engine. he fell
between the two and three cars passed
over him before the train could be stop
ped.
HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 2s. An Eng
lishman named Grinald, living mt New
Britain, took lodging i'm a boarding
house kept by one Wragg, on Elm
street, in this city. last night. and this
morning was found dead, having fallen
down stairs in the night and broke his
neck.
MOBILE, Dec 2S.--A tailor named
Strange. living on Conception street.
committed suicide Saturday night by
opening the arteries in his arm and
hanging himself to his bed post.
MOBILE. Dec. IS. Steamship Bolivia,
from New York for Glasgow. arrived at
this port at . a. IN. and proceeded on