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CONFIAGllA'TION.
A Grent Fire In tho Small Town
or st. Johns, Near
Montreal.
A Space Bi1 Hundred Feet Wide and o
Mile Long Totally Devastated.

BosroN, june 18.-st. Johns, Quebcc,was v's.
tied to-lay by most disastrots connagsas!on.
A territory stx hundred feat wide and mile III
length, embracing the entire business portion OF
tho town, was burned. 6oscn hotels, nsno
churches, the Custom -uousc, Court.liousc, Post.
Ofllcc, United States Consulate, two banks,
docks, vessels In tho river, = portion OF tho
bridge over tho Rlcho|teu Htver, the st' Johns
woolcn mills, d stone chtnnwnrt room, and 80
stores and houses arc reduced to hshcs.
The fire broke ont this morning at Tho head Of
Rlcheltcu street, In Do.quct's steam snwnlill. a
stropr southwest winll cnuseA the fro to spEeatl
rapidjy, The aquctluct water lad been shut OF
to repair the engine, ncccssitat'nE tho f're-en-
gtncs to draw their supply from tho river, which
allod TO tina delay.
stca,1,crs arrived from Montreal Mt 1890 n.
m., aid engines nn1 hose-companics from ST.
Alhans at / o'clock, but tho drc llau already
swept tho entire length OF Echclicn street to
Tic locks and through the csoss.strccts OF 1T.
George, st. James, st.. Charles, st. puul, mud
Middle street to Champlan, burning NIL the
buildings On the cast and some OIL the west
side.
Occupants Of houses had barely limo to es-
capc with their lives.
st John Bank saved Its paper money and
everything clso in It's vaults.
Tile Merchants Bank left everything in its
vaults.
Miss Lar, mtll!ncr, cnacavoring to save
so1ne gools, was burned to death.
Mrs. Lynch, Il young man named Dorln,
Joseph Thomas, nnu Charles Arpann were
badly burned.
Sfayor Rosster, whose house and tanncry
Ecrc destroyed, waa severely burned.
Stonc.buif,ings with iron shutters, supposed
10 be lre.proof burned like tinder.
The Woo!cn! Company Ind $50, 900 worth of
aanncls burned.
The houses were mostly brick ar,1 stone.
Tho t0tul loss is estimated Is high as 81, ,500,-
300.
About 200 families aro homeless, most Of them
losing everything.
The st. johns Nces building burned II.
Francs Canadian Office was saved.
Property wus gcncrnliy we'll insuTcd, mostly
in Eiglisl, Offices. The 1Etna, Of l1nrtfort, is
the oHly American company known to hayc
tlsks.
a large number Of special police have been
appointed To preserve order tonight.
Arrangements haye been niadc to take care Of
sl,c destitute.
Business men say the town will be rebuilt at
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terwarda party Of frlcndly Atapn'lors secured
them hnd brought thr.n laek.
the soldiers were kept there, tho Officers moving
on In two ambulanccs, unc containing I've oi'l-
Gers anil the other two. While pnss!ng along
the road alone, and Jus. aftcr. passing Kciey's
and stolo twenty-five horses trnm The ranche.
ihc Colonrl and Ills party stolpvs over night
at Ma1wcll's, wh!cl, Is also On kcllcy's ilanvhc.
hare left the Rot Cloud l,cservatton, ito grsnter
majority Of which aro Cleycnncs. He'd Clond
himself claims that none Of bis yn1tng men have
gone away, but In this ho Is evidently mistaken,
as such Ia mt the cnsc.
Spotted Tall came M far NJ Cheyenne In al
vance Of tho Colonel and Is now there, Il is
estimated that there are now, Of all ktMl* nt
tribes ant natonalittes, s,0o0 Indians At the Rcd
excited over the pruspec. Of IN Indian war, and
arc liable themselves TO break out Into opcn
hostility At any time.
1t seems that murders along the road are now
60 common TINT they arc not looked upon US
anything of much Importance, and VIC will hero
rcpcat what NC hare said beftrc, that tho class
ol l5lack lltll 1nincrs now going and returning
straggtng olf from tic main party, Is is quite
frequently the Ease, they aru picked Oft by tic
lurking foo, aud who Is to aaccstain the name
81 this lueklcss adycntureE. who is, very 1lkely,
from tho Atlantic Biatce, aloncl
There Is no usc 10 disguise tho fact that tho
road Inns been tile accn1 of many murders OF
which VIC linyo ntycr learned the particulars or
tho hasnes OF tllc victims. Travel still enntiis-
xs qn r, f both Eoins to . n
the r9utc from Sidney to the guild region has
6cen hauled oiE, OH account of tte numerous
indian robbcrfcs aud murticrs ono lnail-rlart
N MiyHg g bssn h1sd ag tg am y 'osr t ,ns relsa a
the Indians killing llts horse. In mixing this
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LAST OF THE COVENANTERE,
Tho 1iccent Churc1, Untnn In Scotlansl--IIts
tortGnl "Reminiscences.

Lanapi Dang .yttcs, lfuy u.s. ~
An 9a a rsafknnie ssTt pr'fsssinE qrs
times hctn. defended With caurage all cud,Ir.
mice, s this ,lny to cease 10 exist, The IL.
formed Presbyterian Church In Scotland will *
merged with The Free churCl. of thut country
aud tile Synod of tIs uther. The fact
may seem almost trlyial, as under its official
,,u,i,r lIu Reformed Presbyterian Church is
not very widely famous: but tho casa
Ii atcruti when We remember TINT thu term IL
only u,,otcr title Tor thu Catleronans, that il4a
last Ut tie believers III the Covenant aru to loss
their identity, nI.d the great Covenant Itself "
pass away. There il nlWnys Bulltthtng mclat
eLuty aud romantic In the position Ut the lasi
udhrrunts to forlorn cAusc, auti 1t ID dilculs
to Ray why thu last Culncrotlans should 10 OBJ
jects VI !css Interest thu, thu lust Jacobtc6-
Tie history uf the Cuyenant utter 1878 fl tho
history Of nIi attempt ~ ltulio u popular nnd
spiritual impulse Into tho handspring Of
iultlc.t MECHANISM. The CUycnailt hA1 It's
army eMcalMpeu un Uuuse Till, each Scottish Earl
antl lia company turning to defend "Chrlss'l
Crown md Covenant" After that, US Mr.. Cas::
iylo nays, they never had any "noble natio'ai
political triumph! WINS thu signature Ut tbs
Covenant by the English Ilouso of Commons
IN lc43.. Tho vow WAS solemn enough, but II
was III, itrul IN u piece VI political bnrgain-1nak'
cd, hut this was 10 triumph. The sins VI LIS
luther an! tho iuoatry Of Ills mothur were be.
lleycd to weigh OIL lin, mud tho Coyclanters
brgaiI their eternal process of "purfying
themselves. by purifying Charles ont
IT thclr urmy altl thbIr councils.
Tho grotcsqus side ot earncstness was lnuds
very ltn,llfust On the tay when Charles H., ut
all people, When tho centre u public fasths
M,d humiliation A spirited poet llas reproaciaed
Charles With ingratlt,nlo to thu Scotch who
lnycd hin, but it must bc owned TINT tle
Corcnaliters disscmbicd their loyc With greae
sucress. From the day, Of the humiliation q
Churles, t!lc frtcnds OF the Covenant weEu split
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Ills Dignity.

4 ragged aud uncouth nlm1. asker fsays the III.
ttnle f'A 1re1s> Was begging Ut peuestriuns IN
M,c',fan avenue Yesterday. whsn u policeman
stssu MN why hg didn't 70 10 tie Count. lIuuss.
Msn.
why. yes. ltwoulu 10 much batter than beg.
gLug" e
~ You hsap away from mo, str:' g.owled the "a.
RFant. "A man Wh1 will deliberately advise A,v
70 degrade my character aud stan my houor IL IN
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SpOIs'I'ING.
SLOSSON,a 1,I0 1tUN.

The billiard tournament In Irving IIhll, which
closed last night, was succession Ut surprlecs.
lsudolphc, tho pIaycr whose skill was least es.
tccmed by the betting men, won tic frst prze
BY series OF general play md average that has
not Lccn elualcd In my Go1point game.
Sexton, whose Sudden rise ,culmltmtcd III ftlrh
brill!ans p!ny In Philadelphia rs to bc regarded
as tho prodgy Of billiards, achieved only SECOND
pincc. Inst night sosson matlc a run that
throws eyen Scxton's wonderful 2S1 Into the
second place, and then lost the garnu by play AS
ncrvclcss and weak as tho run was pluchy nul
skiilful.
GArnier won the lead, and scored t0for m oncn-
Ing, freezing at TINT point and missing the spot
shot. Neither Ut the players did muell until
the fourth Inning; then Oarsicr, after milking
a very psutty sttn of n, missed an easy draw.
Sloss0n's three previous innings had ncttch hin,
only points; hut, finding tic balls In MI easy
position, hs began what froII thu sccona sflot
nrns!ltseii II ]ong rlIls, liz wus Interrupted by
frceze as ~. lie counted, but he never gnt the
balls well in hntfd ngnsl until Ills sepro Ind
rracIlcd ~. AT e. the tyurirs wcse where he
wanted Them, In tic right upper rorncr. lie
had coaxcd them to the left corner aud turned
marker cAicd w. At lOt they wcro still
within tuot VI the lett upper cDrller.
They wore still making tic transit Of
tie left rail when he hah achieved
l50 poiuts-scorctl by the delicate strokes which
,lrycr parted thu balls more than 2 Or 5 inches.
lie turned the lover corner At lG', nnl the sprc
tators were almost brcatlless less c ahuI1d full
tu exceed tho run Of III made by acxtnn, hilh-
rrtu the largest of the tournament. lie made
arrived VI tue right loyer CORNER; N moro were
gathered In around TINT spot, ind as he 1Icared
Srxtun's great run nln,ost every sl1ot was
grcetcl with applause. This alook the player .
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fGhuYIuu.

"Graeo f'recnwood," now III Europe, II a'r
tloTity fur tllc statement that thu terrible -,
ports of tbs eruption VI Mount Vesuyius ~
canasls got W for The De,cnt u slIrewl Italian
Iiru4tgiollsly, liku tlir uruul Turk " PIrsiden.
liruAt, a,IA now and then seemed about to WI
IRE, gtrcuk VI dull red appeuriug In thp sos W
ulaus of white auL gtay hut Ill lis threAtcnlna5
calle to nauEht, though everybody, espoean9! u!
lltue4t,
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tcFeatlng railroad news, nsrl II kept up in thts
manner cannot full to he n nutscss.
Mr., Henry q. Wentworth, General Ticket and
Passenger Agent of tho Michigan Crntsal Rail.
rnaa. who has Just been aplmlntc'l General
Agent Of the road, hns .'H,vctt Into the nilee
formerly occupiea by tho Gcncral su,ertntcnl-
Cht,
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a GAUGElt'S TRIAL.

Special nspdteh to The Tribune.
srh1NGP1ELp, ILL.,, Junc 1S.-rho trial Of
jacob Luras, tho plous peAn 0auger charged
with crookedncss, COMES up tomorrow In tie
United States Court, Col. Il. e. Iugcrsoll aud
HoY. PalulEr defending,
, 1876-06-19
THE TURF,

CisclHHArI, june lS.-Entrcs for tho trot-
ting meeting ut Chester l'ark, with the exception
Il tho 1rcefor-Al an the 1:20 cluss, layc closed
with large number IT entries, sulna Of tic
lnrst stuck In the country. Tho two classes
mentioned abovc not filling will bo kept open
until Juy3.
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1hetusch T., te,s 1'ort JEtr,,tI
c..p nv f,nnsp Cnrnx' .1,'nc 1i.-.rh5s 1,,1v
=, trnoro 1,,d mnrr1,r5 1tn mi1rs cr,,secn+irn1v
m Junn = whcu Tonr,,c I,ivrr VIVA REACHED. anf
mon thrv rest,d t,,rrc ,nra 11ntl, linn m I'M.
e,untvo,,i s,,,ns ~ rn,ii,ra hol l".c,, sncn
nlt,r,,rh ,ntpa n, amolfr r,,sc arvc ,ic a, st,rn
u',.'' =. .,a. at'.".,s $780,, w. ..s,. ~,
uoF7'"' ia't u 'neso f'sn"s WET" 'NAuc " y
party OF miners from Montana, who were ex-
amin!ug gulclcs In scarch Of gold near Pumpkin
Buttc. and removing toward tl4o Hack Hills,
T,''s. ~ .',. ,,.,sr ,...,,,,.,. ,n.s.. ,..s'.'.,
a,els ,seei'. sa'..nus suu''as % "sso .ounu,
~heFo they Aad efeetsd redouots for de1enae
had sklsn,!slcs.
Or tlo mjclt Of our n,r]ya, ot Conpcr MIR
"" .nu sns ~ NV '.,1',.,, ~. ~ So"seI ou'
camp was a'onssu u l. oeloch W Ioau cSela-
nation delivered W a so'nbsc hguro walking OIL
Tho tup Of tho bluiIa OIL the north hank, pn1}1,-
BIlo Gen Crooks hcaduuartcts, Other ,Il.urcs
fr,,n, t,nc T., tI,ne onn,Trrd ol 1,ora,,,rnd s,,
oat..a,., ,,,,u,,.- ~, te,,s ..,.. ..'.,
cessivc'y turing IN i!ouf. as nearly Us could
be cosnprehcndcd tliey announcct the dcstruc-
ttou OF tic invading force II not withdrawn. aud
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CANADIAN PACIFIC HALLWAY.
Ann lDrk Num-

4teto lark Sun.
The Canadian GoYrrninent has iBsncl an nd
vcrtisencnt saying that It expects to bn ablr, On
OF before Ja,uary, 1o777, to invite tenders for
building and working the sectsuns Of the Cana
dian ruetIe Railway bctwecn Lake Superior and
the pacIfc Ocean. This advertisement ls pull
l'sl1eu In Canada aud England, Its object bclslg
to fn'luce contractors who may bb deslrouB uf
building to Iuake such examinations into Lhe
character u the country along tho line Of the
projected road IS may enable them TO inte1lt-
gently frame their proposals. Thc ayt ut 1874,
under which bIls aru invited, provides that
contractors for the construction and working
Ut the roud shall rccciyu lnads, ur tho pro-
ceeas Ut lands, ut the rat0 of 20,000 ncrrs,
aud casl, ut tho ratu of $lUUD0 for
cach mile Of railway constructed, together
with per cent bonds, to rtlu Twenty-Five years
fr'm tie completion of tho wurk, On nny fur
tllcr sl.in which may be stipulated n the con-
trnct. This announcements however, does not
Indicate any purp>ke oi tho Canadian Huvcra-
lnrut to push tilc work to Immediate compile
t[in, RS the tGrilB of the advertisement would
naturally ltad one tu ln[cr, fur our ncghbors In
the Dominion l,lye urgent objections to being
taxed euurmDusly to Gui,l I'LL unp1oluctlye rail-
roal for the t,ltAt uf contractors and political
johbrrs. THUR present Government 4aa deter
M!ncd npon The pulley VI building tho propuse.l
roa1 only 70 fast u thu rcsouIccs VI thu country
will permit, but. IN thu construction Of suen
scct!ons as arc undertaken, to keep In vlcw !hs
feasibility ot making1 them ultimately avuisa-
project should ever be, carried through,
Thu Ca1!adla1s, " wcn As our. own
rsople, hare had experlcncs Of the
c1osc connection between Pacific railroutl
schemes uni legislative corruption, ul1 they
watcl' Thu proceedings Ut tho 00ycsntnest upon
this subject with careful eyr. It ls now the
purpose of tue Dominion authorities u, open iu
iHitiiitFHtlH i trnlfiu FeJfiElJ extending
, 1876-06-19
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER.
WARRINGTON. u. e., junc l8,-For Upper
Luka rrgt"n 1ntng buroInetrr, southwest IL
northwest winds, cuoler, cluuly, aad possibly
rutny wcathcr.
LOCAL 6hskHyATsG9a.
EfftNAHo june III
, 1876-06-19

DASE-l!AI.I..
ST. Lou1s, Mr., June S,-rhilndclphtas, o.
Rcd Stockings, O.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04
SHERIFES SALES.
Berry Russell ". AFthur l.. Freree ct

Berry Russell W. Arthur l.. Freree OF A.
ClxTB DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH or
- Orleans, No. 623l.-By virtue OF a writ OF ne
faciss to me directed by the honorable the oiAtn
the above entitled cause, will proceed
to sell at public auction, at the NE. Met
chants and Auctioneers Exchange Royal s.rt ths
Second District Of this city, on SATURDAY, Feo
ruary rs, 1876 at twelve o'clock NJ, the following
oe XII TaR RiGHf iirLE AND INTEREST Of Ar
thur L. Freret Gustav J. Freret and Z. Y. treret.
a. heirs at law in the successlon OF tneir ia!s
succession consisting OF ole UNDIVIDED twenty
sixth pslt to each Of them in and to the property
nTRTAia PckroS or GROUND in the
First District of this cit, in the square bounded
by St. James, Tchoupitoulss, Religious and Market
CITY survey or, on the nineteenth Of August 1853;
said portion of OuDd nae asuIes two hundred ana
tfty.hve fet line inches Two hnss nont on 81 !.
from the other portion Of the square, and one
hundred and if whine feet ten inches three lines
respectively. The improve ments comprise two
one.story brick wsrehou SEES, slate roof leased Is
tobacco warehouse until October !. 1916, at Two
n3 >. C CERTAIN sR,I PoRTioN OF GROUND in the
Sixth District OF this city, IN the square bounded
bv Louisiana avenue. Toledano, Prytania and st;
Charles streets and ia composed of the whole OF
lots numbers fourteen 10 nineteen inclusive ana
portions OF lots numbers one to seven inclusive,
ment of one hundred and eleven feet ten inches
fl ont on LOui LANA avenue, and running through
the square, has to- al depth OF three hundred
and twenty feet, between parallel lines, and
front on TOedanO street Of one hundred and eleven
feet ten inches; togtt Their with all the improve
ments thereon, comprising a one,story ana attic
frame cottage, raised on brick basement, OUT
houses, stabling, etc.
8. A CERTAIN PORTION OF GROUND, ia the
same dist rict and square as the foregoing formed
of the larger portion of the lots numbers one, two
and three, 10 ming the corner of Pry tania and
Toedano streets. measuring ninety feet front on
Prytania street. by one hundred ana twenty feet
in depth and front on Toedano street, together
with all the improvements thereon, comprising 9
two.story frame dwelling. shinge root, leased
until the first of October, 1876 at seventy five dol
lars per month.
a. 4 THIRD MORTGAGE NOTE on the Willow
Grove P. AM alton, parish of st. John the Baptist
Louisiana, for seven thousand five hundred dol
lars, dated the fifteenth OF May, 1872. ayabe one
year after date. and besliog interest of eight per
cent per annun from maturity until final pay ment
5. SCNDRY BILLS RECEIVABLE, etc amount
ing to twenty hundred and eighty seven dollars
and ninety. seven cents. as per inventory on die.
Seized in the above suit.
Telms-Cash on the spot
EUGENE WAGGAMAN
ia25 fe5 Is rs Civil Sheriff of the Parish OF Orleans
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04
LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1876.

JOINT RESOLUTION
Asking for an appropriation by the Con
gress OF the United States for the purpose
Of constructing levees on the Mississippi
river in Louisiana, and for the general
government to assume control of all the
levees in Louisiana.
SECTION /, Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That the Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress from Louisiana be and
are hereby requested to urge upon the Con-
sress of the United States the passage of a
bill making 40 appropriation for the re-
building of all the levees on the Mississippi
river in Louisiana which are in need of re-
construction, and which our State. for want
means, is utterly unable to rebuild, and
also to secure, if possible, the pass age of a
law providing for the assumption by the
general government of the entire and ex-
elusive control of the levee systems of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries IN lower
Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louis
lana.
SEC. 9 Be it further resolved, etc. That
the Governor of the State be instructed to
transmit certified copy of these resolu
tions to each of our Senators and Repre-
setauives in Congress at the earliest possible
moment, ana to transmit Herewith all
needed statistical data and information re-
duired for. or which will facilitate full.
and proper presentation of the subject mat
ter to Congress.
(Signed) z. d. ESTILETTE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
tSigned) G. c. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February 3. 1876.
fSigned) WILLIAM p. KELLOGG.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
p G. DEsLONDE,
Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04
CITY ORDINANCES--OFFICIAL.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

MAYORALrYO or NRw ORLEANS, !
City Hall, February 3. 1870.
mo. 3382-Administratlon Series.
An ordinance providing for the payment OF
the several accounts therein named.
Be it ordained, That the following appro-
priatiOns be and are hereby made for
the month of November, 1873, and that the
Administrator of Public Accounts warrant
on the Administrator of Finance in pay.
ment of the same, whenever there shall be
money in the city treasury to the credit Of
the appropriate fund for each account, aud
not otherwise appropriated.
Firemen's Charitable Association of New
Orleans, for services rendered IN the mouth
Of November, 1875, as per contract.
$l1 500 &C.
Firemen's Charitable Association of the
Fifth District, for services rendered in the
month of November, 1875. $500.
Firemen's Charitable Association OF the
Sixth District, for services rendered in the
month of November. 1875, $3.50.
Firelnen's Charitable Association of the
Seventh District, for services rendered in
the month OF November, 1875 $4l6 81.
New Orleans Gaslight Company, for
lighting city in the month OF November,
1875, "a per contract, 1890 76.
Jefferson City Gaslight Company, for
lighting the Sixth District in the month of
November, 1873. as per contract, $2bSp 50.
Thomas Pickles, for lighting the city with
oil in the month of November, 1879. as per
contract $1,000 50: less ten per cent re-
tanned, $500 Is, $2702 25
j. Davidson Hill & Co.. agents. for rent
of premises on CarOndelet street, known as
Dsvidson's court and used for police pur'
poses for the month of November, 1873, as
per lease. $3.50.
C.. E. Girardey & Co.. for rent of the First
District Court building, on Orleans street,
for the month of November, 1875, as per
Lease, $3.50.
Edward Pilsbury, Administrator OF FL
nance, for cash advanced for La charges,
etc., as per vouchers. 1927 50.
Grand total, 81, $50 10.
Adopted by the Council Of the city OF
New Orleans, December 7, 1875.
Yeae-Bertoli, Brown, Bouny, Burke.
Landry, Mccarthy. Pisbury.
CHARLES j. LEEDS, Mayor.
A true copy:
j. H. HARDY. Secretary.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04
Affairs In Cuba.

Mr.. Williams, Uuited States vice consul
general at Havana, says the present deficit
IL the treasury, which is Independent OF the
public debt already contracted-whichi s
, upward of $4,000 00O-amounts to at least
between $4,000 600 and $50, coo, 000 il bein G
caused principally by arrears Of four or five
months pay to the army, naval and civil
departments, as well as those of Justice,
police and all the minor branches of gov
eminent, and interest on bonds and
other debts Minister Cushing, in a
letter to the Secretary of State, dated
November last, says: IL have called
your attention in previous dispatches
to the two great evils Of equal mag
nitude which, by the unanimous voice
of the Spaniards, impede the pacification of
Cuba, namely, the insurrection and the cor
-uption of administration. Discovery is
now made here of another evil in Cuba, as
great. it is said, as the other two, namely,
elandestine understanding of the insurgents
with sympathizers residing in all the cities
and also in the towns Of less importance, as
veil a. on the plantations, by means Of
Cbich the insurgents obtain and communi:
cata Information - to the movements of
troops. and even obtain supplies OF pro-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-04
A. R0chereau Il Co. vs.. Marianne Gessner
widow OF Raymond FariAs, aud Others

A. Rochereau Il Co. vs.. Mariana Gessner
widow OF Raymond FariAs aud Others.
CIxTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF
- Orleans No. a3s7:-By virtue of a writ of seiz.
and sale to me directed by the honorable the
sixth District Court for the parish of Orleans in
public auction, at the Merchants and Auctioneers'
exchange, Royal street between Canal and Gus.
in the SECOND ste t OF TINS
o'clock H., the following described property, to
and singular the buildings and improvements
thereon, and the appurtenances Their. Of situated.
in the First District Of this city, in the square
bounded by Hevia, st. Paul OF Liberty, GirOnde or
Howard, and Perilst streets, and designated as
lot number three, on plan drawn by T. a. Hedin,
late surveyor dated third of December, 1882, and
deposited as plan number two hundred al hirtv-
three in the office OF Theodore GuyOl. notary pub
lie in this city. said lot having American measure,
by one hundred and eight feet four inches
two lines in depth. and being part OF larger pOr-
ii. OF gro nd, dee' grated by the letter A, on
plan drawn by c. F. Z.mpel. late surveyor, on the
sixth CT September, 1884, and deposited as plan
number ty.two the office OF F. Grima. notary
public, in this city.
tt aforesaid described property belongs to the
defendant herein by purchase made by Mre.
Raymond Farias from Mrs. Catharne Dillon, wife
Shannon, late notary public in this city. on the
thirteenth of September, 1860 and by act passed
the fourteenth OF March, 1872, the said Mrs.
Widow Ra1 mOnd Fariss sold and transferred unto
Misses Caroline Farias, Charlotte Farias and
Mariana Faras, 10 full settlement and satisfac-
ton OF all their rig ITS aud claims against their
mother and tutrix as the heirs of their late de.
ceased father, Raymond Farias. the one undi
vlded third in crest unity or the one undivided
ninth interest to each Of them in and to the above
dsscr. b. property registered in the convey ance
office of this city. in book one hundred and one,
foio one hundred and seventy-four
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot
jas fe5 Is rs Civil Sheriff the Parish OF Orleans