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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-06

The Maryland Republicans.


FREDERICK, Md, May 5-The resolutions
speak of Grants administration as wise,
patriotic and prudent; pledge the vote of
the State to Blaine; instruct the delegates
to vote for him as long as there is hope.
Georgia Republican Convention.
ATLANTA, May The Republican State
convention adjourned last night at mid
night, after two days session.
The delegates at large to the Cincinnati
convention are H. Farrow, James At
kins, H. NJ. Turner, George Wallace. The
delegation. it is intimated, stande: Morton
5, Bristow 6, Conkling 3, Blaine 8. There
are thirteen white and nine colOred dele
gates.
The convention indorsed the administra-
ton of General Grant, and adjourned with
out nominating Governor or electoral
ticket. They recommended convention for
that purpose to assemble in Macon before
the first of August.
south Carolina Democratic Convention.
COLUMBIA, May 5-The Democratic State
convention, to-day, elected General John
Bratton, Hon. W. D. Porter, D. Wyatt
Aiken. and j. D. Kennedy as delegates at
large to the national convention. Ex Gov
ernor Perry is one of the district delegates.
The delegates are uninstructed and have
different preferences as to candidates, but
will vote in the convention for the candl-
date nost likely 20 win.
heated debate is gong on upon the
platform. pledging the Democratic party of
the State to accept the national Democratic
platform and 20 nominate straight Demo
cratic ticket with a prospect that it will be
adopted.
Governor Coke Elected senator from
Texas.
GALVESTON, May 5-Governor Richard
/. Coke was elected United States Senator
today.Over both Ireland and Hancock.
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WASHINGTON.
Charges Against Conkling.

WASHINGTON, May "a World special
says the agent of The Yale Lock Comp my
and Hall Safe Lock Company charges SEN
ator Roscoe Cenkling with having tool of
his appointed one of the board OF four ex-
aminers in the patent office, whose duty it
is to examine into the value OF all the
patents in the lock department; that this
tool kept Conkiing posted as to all that was
done, and it is said by the examiner that
Conkling argued the case of a client before
the examiners. and that the commissioner
decided IN favor of Cenkling's client, and
against all other lock companies. Post
master Jewell and Zach Chandler have de-
cided to lay the papers and the case before
the Cabinet tomorrow.
The. charges are also revived that COnk.
ling is nsing his influence in favor of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, an
other OF his clients.
Personal.
Mr.. Morton was in his seat to-day. Mr..
Bruce was at the White House today for
the first time since his announcement of
the President in executive session.
The Schenck Report.
Messrs. Swami, Hewitt and Packer are
the subcommittee on Foreign Affairs to
write the Schenck report.
South Americas Mails.
The steamer John Brandall leaves New
York on the sixteenth instant with the
South American mails.
Hope Deferred.
There were no Southern nominations or
contrmatiOns to-day.
The Proper Basis Of sugar Taxation.
The Secretary of the Treasury transmits to
the Committee of Ways and Means para
graph of letter from Professor Henry, as
follows: .Since high grade of sugar can
be made to assume the appearance OF a
low grade, by artificial coloring, the plan
adopted of rating the tariff by color ls de-
fective. A progressive rate OF duties cores
pOnding with the percentage OF crystallza-
BILE sugar is the proper basis tor taxation,
and the only one by which the frauds on
the government can be prevented.
Passed for West Point.
Cadets passing medical and academic
examination tor West Point: John b.
Mcdonald, OF Alabama; John Il. Byers,
Edgar Hubert and P. E. Tripp, of Georgia;
Joseph A. Cochrane and David L. Tate, of
Kentucky; r. w. Perron and Parker w.
West, of Louisiana; John C. Bachelor. of
North Carolina; W. T. Scott, of Texas; Ar
drew NJ. Brent and Lyme z. Thomas. of
Virginia; Edward s. Avis, of West Vir
ginia, and eleven at large.
The following were rejected by the
academic board, and the appointments are
vacant by the examinations: Second dis
trict, North Carolina; second and fonrth,
Arkansas second, mississippi; first, Ten
nessee; sixth and fourth, Virginia. Failed
to report, John w. Powell, of Mississippi.
The Declaratisp Of Independence Sent to
Philadelphia.
BY direction NJ. G. Bell, chief clerk of the
Interior Department, leaves tomorrow with
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THE BORDER.

Oulntano Reoccupies New Laredo-An-
other Fisht tAnticipated-Revolu
Preparing to Attack Piedras Negras.
GALVESTON, May 5.-A Galveston Ne'es
special from San Antonio today says Col
onel Quintano. with 200 federals, occupied
Nueva Laredo. Colonel Fatmeyer, with
5000 revolutionists, is outside preparing tor
an attack. There is considerable excite
ment at Piedras Negras; the revolutionists,
with 800 men, are waiting outside for rein
forcements before attacking the place.
Most of the federal customhouee officials are
in Eagle Pass, Texas, for safety.
1t is reported that $50 men deserted from
Diaz at Mier, crossing into Texas at the
Alamo rancho, eight miles above Roma.
Tuesday night party OF fifteen armed
men crossed over from Mexico to this side.
near the Prietas rancho, about eight miles
above Brownsville, where they laid in am.
bush and killed ore man and wounded
another badly. They stole four horses be-
longing to Labarra that were at the rancho
to Craze.
IL ie said that this ambuscade was to sur
prise parties who are accused of crossing
from this side to cut the Mexican telegraph
wires from Matamoras to Mier. Whatever
the reason of this armed invasion it was an
outrage upon this country, and has caused
some excitement here. The invaders we're
undoubtedly Diaz men, and those killed
and wounded we're opposed to him. Diaz
left Mier yesterday toward Monterey, where
EscObede is with 5000 men.
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CONGRESS,
Ann0~.


WASHINGTON, May 5.-The Chair sub
mltted the reports of Lieutenant Colonel J.
A. Gilmore, corps of engineers. in regard to
the importance of improving the channel at
the entrance of Cumberland sound and
deepening the inside passage between
Cumberland sound and 81. Louis sound,
Georgia. Referred to the Conmittee on Com
erco
The Committee on Foreign Relations re-
ported favorably on the House bill author
izing the President to appoint two centen-
NAL commissioners in lieu of those acting
| from Texas. and asked for its present con-
| sideratiOn.
Mr.. Hamilton objected. He wished to
address the committee on the bill. Recon-
mitted.
The Senate adopted the House resolution
accepting the invitation to attend the open
| ing Of the centennial exhibition at Phila-
| delphia, and providing for an adjournment
| from Tuesday, the ninth instant, to Friady,
the twelfth.
| Impeachment-Mr. Carpenter eaid he
would endeavor to show: First-That ar
ticles of impeachment could not be enter
| tanned against private citizen in any case
whatever, Second-That whenever articles
| of impeachment were exhibited they must
set forth every fact essential to constitute a
crime impeachable.
| Mr.. Knott, of Kentucky. followed in be-
| halt OF the managers. He had not con
| cluded when the Senate went into executive
session. Adjourned
House.
A resolution was adopted appropria,ing 9
| $4500 for the better ventilation of lie
Horne.
Sixty-odd private bills passed.
The House passed joint resolution d.
recting that the delinquent tax list, which
was awarded to the Republican, be pub
| lished at the government printing office.
The naval approximation bill reported
| nearly SIS, 900 600. 1t contains provision
| looking to the sale of the naval hospitals
at Annapolis and Washington, and directs
! them TO be closed during the next fiscal
year. 1t also contains provision looking
to the sale OF the navy yards at Charles
town. Washington and Pensacola, and to
the recession of the naval station at New
London, and directs the establishment Of a
| naval rendezvous at Tibee island or at
Cocksom, Georgia. 1t orders the stopping
of enistments in the navy until the num-
Der of enlisted men is reduced to 1900.
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Amuaemenfa.

The two performances at the. Varieties
Theatre, this noon and night, will be for
the benefit of Mr.. Frank Mordaunt, an ac
complished gentleman and an actor who
won golden opinions in his position as lead
ing man of Mrs. Chanfrau's company
during the past season. For the matinee
the standard comedy OF ''S.ill Waters Run
Deep" will be presented, with an excellent
cast, including Mr.. Mordaunt as Nildmay,
Harry Pickles as Ha,chsley, with Messrs.
Hawkins, Chipman, Wright, Gray and
other professionals. In the evening will be
acted Fred Marsden's fine American comedy
of "Clouds," which will enlist the ser
vices of the beneficiary; also, Emma Mad
dern and Mss Carlotta, with Messrs.
Beanhaw, Pickles, Cowan and others, in
prominent characters. Mrs. Mordaunt will
also make her first appearance on the stage
in "Cloutisp ~
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COURT RECORD.
FRIDAY, MAY S, 1876.


GUO0fI0I Ut8t1lCb C0UEte
State ex rel. Thomas J. Durant vs. Board
of Liquidation.-Relstor alleges that he
holds three free school fund bonds of $1,000
each. Nos IS. Sc and 81 under act of MARCH,
l9, 1857, and also interest coupons of $500;
that defendants have refused to fund them
under the act Of January "a. 1874; that they
are classed as doubtful under act No. ii of
1875; that they were purchased at Q sale
under Section six of act No. 81 of 1872, and
asks that they be ordered funded. Alter
native writ OF mandamus issued tor May l6.
State OK rel. Attorney General Field vs.
Alfred Shaw and w. H. Hire.-Relator.
joined by S. c. Russell and George w.
Lewis, members of the Board Of Health,
asks that defendants be restrained from in
terferring with them or intruding into their
Offices, and that j. F. Finney, Y. r. LIE
MOnnier and f. B. Gaudet, defendants, be
enjoned from attempting to interfere with
relatnrs or from recognizing Messrs. Shaw
or Hire as meMbers of the Board of
Health.
superior Criminal Court.
w. r. Whitaker, Esq, presiding.
MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIAL.
Embezzlement - Ramon Amorosa, con-
victed April II.
Robbery-John Valcour, convicted April
Il. Taken under advisement.
Hon. Hiram K. Steele, Judge.
CONVICTED.
Embezzlement-Octav Levaux of en-
bezzling $50 on the seventeenth January,
1876 from Marceite Sam.
ACQUITTED.
Embezzlement - Jesse Smith. charged
with embezzling sl5 from john Barrett on
the twenty fth December, 1873.
NOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
Attempting to set fire-Christian Hecker,
alias Hagedor, convicted March 4, 1876.
TRUE BILLS.
Forgery, etc-J Gardner, charged with
attempting to obtain two pairs of shoes on
the fourth of June, 1879, from A. Lahanier,
upon an order Of John D. Suhren, whose
name he forged.
Periury-J. Gardner, who swore on the
seventeenth of May, 1875, before Judge
Evans, when qualifying as bondsman for
Ed. johnson, alias Washington, that he was
the owner of certain real estate, worth $500.
Embezzlement-A. X. johnson, embez-
zling $50, coo State funds.
NoLLE PRosEoU1.
Carrying concesled weapons-William
McCloskev.
NFoRMATIoNs.
Petty larceny-Tony Bonner.
second District Court.
Mrs. Frances Holden, wife of John
Schneider, asks to be authorized to sue.
Fourth District Court.
Celestiue Constant VS.. John Berthin ct
al.-Judgment for $1,000 for plaintiff.
Mrs. NJ. Kennedy vs.. Patrick Kennedy
Judgment for $3i5S for plaintiff.
Fifth District Court.
w. p. Koch VS.. F. A. Zarister.-Judg.
ment for $500 for plaintiff
Charles Leighton va. Mrs. Cora A. Sln.
comb.-Judg gment for sl963 so for plaintiff,
and for defendant $ll25 on conventional
demand.
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move, at the earliest opportunity. resolu-
ton equivalent 10 vote of censure, 70 the
effect that the royar titles psoclsuatio
does not fulfill the pledges given oy the
government during the debate on the bill,
and, therefore, the vote on the bill was
taken under q misconception.
Mr Disreali accepted the motion, not
only as vote of censure. but also as v ote
OF want OF confidence, and fixed discussion
10r Thursday next. This action of Mr..
nlsreah was responded to by cheers and
counter cheers.
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Conserve
tive member for Christ Church, announced
that he would ask Mr.. Bourke, Under
Secretary of the Foreign Department,
whether the United States government had
given notice of the abrogation of the OK ira
dition clause of the AshburtOn treaty.
Mr.. Lowe made full and comprehensive
apology for the statement in his speech at
the liberal meeting at Retford. that the
Queen asked two previous premiers to in
trodpce the bill changing the royal title.
The trial of members of the crew Of the
ship Lennie, on the charges of mutiny and
murder, was continued to-day, the jury
finding four of the prisoners guilty, as fol-
lows: George Kaida, Pascalis Glands, GiO-
vsnni Cacaris and Mateo Cargalis. Sentence
OF death was passed upon them in tie usual
form: The remainder of the prisoners were
acquitted.
Rouher's Letter.
A dispatch from Paris to the Daily Nep s
says it is stated that the government,
yielding to the representations OF many
Senators and Deputies, will ask the Cham
bers for leave to prosecute Mr.. Rouher for
his letter to the electors Of Ajaccio.
Andrsssy's Mission.
BERLIN, May Sit is reported that
Count Andrassy comes to Berlin at the
special request of Russia, who is anxious to
preserve the agreement with Austria on
the Eastern question.
Another Armistice Agreed To.
The Carlsanter Zeitung says the Porte, at
the instance OF the powers, consents to re-
new the armistice, but has intimated de-
terminaton, should the insurgents refuse,
to listen to no further mediation, but crush
the rebellion by force.
Gone to Jamaica.
HAVANA, May 5.-Senor Gonzales, ex
President Of San Domingo, has left Santiago
de Cuba for Jamaica.
More Projects to be Disposed of.
PARIS, May 5.-Further prefectora
changes will be gazetted for Monday next.
These include the compulsory retirement Of
several projects and the dismissal Of forty
ub-prefects and sectarians general.
Aifonso's Assurances to the Pope.
ROME, May liking Alfonso has written
another letter assuring the Pope that Spain
is Catholic, consequently the Catholics need
apprehend nothing from the application of
the clause in the new constitution upon re-
ligious liberty. Moreover, the clause in
question does not contravene the spirit Of
the concordat Of 1851.
federation to be Clothed with Ambiguity.
MADRID, May 5-In Congress, Senior
Romero Ortez moved an amendment to ar
ticle eleven of the constitution in faver of
the extension of federation. All objections
and attempts to alter the article, however,
are. fruitless, and it will pass exactly as it
stands, Notwithstanding the vagueness of
the wording.
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queeted te send delegates to represent
them in the convention.
g That bills against cotton shipped by
steamer be drawn at thirty days.
8. The adoption Of form Of bill of
lading which will pledge the proceeds of
cotton to the payment of the bills drawn
against the same, whether the bill Of lading
be attached to the bill or not.
4. The adoption Of uniform standards OF
classification to be used in all markets.
Types to be made up in Liverpool for both
uplands and Gulf cotsone.
5. Board OF arbitration in accordance
with recOmmepd dati0D of the National Ex-
change OF the United States of America.
6. The adoption Of rules needful to insure
uniform system Of sampling in Europe to
guard against pilfering in warehouses, and
to hold ships responsible for delivery of cot.
ton in like good order and condition to that
in which it lie received in America.
7. A more reliable statement of stock in
Liverpool and other foreign markets.
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SHREVEPORT, La, May S, 1876.
Six masked men entered the Charity
Hospital last night, and while one held the
guard covered with pistol, the remainder
opened fire on r. F. Moore, who was lying
on his couch prostrate from sickness, and
riddled him with bullets.
About twenty shots we're fred, six enter.
ing the body of the unfortunate man.
Moore is the man who killed D. H. Adams,
at Spring Ridge, a short time since. His
bond was fixed at $4,000, which he failed to
give, and was in the hospital tor treatment,
carefully guarded and unable to rise from
his bed.
After shooting, the maskers retired and
have not yet been caught.
Six balls were extracted to-day, and the
recovery of the wounded m IA is extremely
doubtful.
The community is shocked and out-spoken
in condemnation of the affair.
No further news from Coushatta. Y.
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Marine Items,

The steamship Memphis, which came up to
the bar at Southwest Pass some days ago
and got out of the channel, got safely Oft.
came over the bar at half-past six yester-
day morning and is now at her wharf.
The New York steamship Knickerbocker
crossed the bar at Southwest Pass at about
three O'Clock yesterday morning. A rumor
has been circulated that this vessel was
coming in through the jetties on this trip,
and good deal of interest was excited as
to the result. 1t appears that the project
was abandoned, although the vessel drew
considerably less water than Mr.. Eads
claimed there was on the bar at South Pase.
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WHOLE NUMBER 279S


the original declaration of independence,
and will deliver it to Colonel Frank Etting
at Philadelphia, for exhibition in Indepen-
dence Hall during the entire centennial.
General James Mcbride lett for Pbiladel-
pbia to make the military preparation for
the reception of the declaration.
Navy Appropriations.
The naval appropriation bill was pre-.
pared and reported by Nr. Biount' OF
Georgia. The estimates from which ne
made the reduction Of $8,0OO,o0O were
nearly $2l 100000.
The Report on Emma Mine.
From the composition OF the subscom'
mittee and the tenor of the private confer
ence, it is inferred their report will acquit
Schenck Of fraud, but will declare that hie
Emma mine operation were entirely incom-
petible with his position as American MIN
lister,
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relegraphic Cheap Labor.

TeIcgraph1C Cne0p L4OOTs
Considerable amusement has been caused
here by the publication of an Associated
Press dispatch dated New Orleans, May 3,
announcing that an election had been held
in this city. at which the Democrats we're
successful for the first time in ten years.
The thing became particularly funny when
exchanges began to come in from the dark.
est part of Georgia. Speaking of the de-
livery of New Orleans "from the thrsldom
of the wretched thieves and sdventurers
who have been stripping her to the bone for
decsde," and saying of the newly elected
that 'every department Of the city govern
ment comes into their possession plundered
and sacked"
None can appreciate the joke better
than the stalwart Democrats who have
held the City Hall for four years past,
without interruption save on the fourteenth
of September, 1874, when an over-zealous
White League captain turned 'out the
Mayor who promises to be the next Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Louisiana.
1t is justice 10 Mr.. Mcdaniel, the truly
efficient agent Of the Associated Press in
this city, and Mr.. Barnes, the eminently
correct superintendent Of the Western
Union office here, to state that the dis
patch in question left this city dated Mon.
roe, Louisiana. The error occurred, prob
ably, through the telegraphic cheap labor
system at Cincinnati, the distributing
point, where, under Mr.. Orton's recent re-
duction programme. all the cardinal vir-
tues essential to telegraph operat Or can
hardly be obtained for the mere pittance
now paid by the Western Union Company.
In this connection We will call the readers
attention to dispatch from Indianapolis. in
Thursday mornings paper, stating that in
the municipal election the day before the
Democrats carried that city by 1000 ma
jority, and elected eleven out of thirteen
councilmen. From the papers that arrived
yesterday it was learned that the majority
was about as stated, but the election was
carried by the Republicans. This is, of
course, trifing error, and probably may
be accounted for in the same way; but if
the Western Union management cut down
salaries much lower, newspapers requiring
truthful and correct news will be compelled
to wait for the mails altogether
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THE WHISKY CASES.
Drawing a New Pane

OIaW1 u A~C" "AASss
There was no session Of the grand jury
yesterday.
The court was occupied till P. M, in
going through the list of jurors already
drawn to form panel to recommence the
case of the United States vs.. Fehrenbach.
District Attorney Beckwith has determined
to finish this case before CONNIE ncing
any other. On the opening of court he
moved that all jurors be required to take
or refuse the test or iron-clad oath under
section 82l Of the United States Revised
Statutes ithe same that caused the dis
charge Of several grand jurors), that time
might be saved.
The hundred or go jurors present in court
were'soon exhausted and 200 more names
ordered for Monday. the court adiour ming
till that time.
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Leaves of Absence.

Colonel William Wright State registrar
of voters, has received leave Of absence for
twenty days.
j. L. Herw1g, ESQ.,, State assessor, has
leave for sixty days.
Colonel William F. Loan, Superintendent
of Police, has permission to absent himself
for twenty days.
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FOREIGN.
Parliament Procee dings.

tonight. Lord Derby, replying to a ques-
tion Of Earl Granville in regard to Wins
slow. said the government has sent dis
patch to the United States government
which could hardly have reached Washing
ton yet, and until the result OF pending
negotiations we're known it would be lacon-
venient to put all the papers before the
House.
In the House of Commons Sir Henry
James lLiberal) gave notice that he would
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A Mississippi Office Vacated.

The Aberdeen Examiner prints the fol
lowing as special from Tupelc, April 49,
H. II. Smith, sheriff Of Lee county, was
killed here at about five o'clock Friday at
ternoon, by w. J. Loughbridge, one Of the
publishers OF the Tupelo Journal. Each of
the parties fired six shots. LOughbridge
was not hurt; Smith was struck five times,
and either one of three shots received
by him would have resulted fatally. He
died in fifteen or twenty minutes after the
shooting was over. The difficulty grew out
Of an old feud, and everybody here regrets
the fatal result of the affray, but it seems
that it could not have been avoided or pre-
vented.
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THE TURF.
The Nashville Races.

NASHVILLE, Nav Pluto won the mile
heats Time-l45, l:4619. Vanderbilt won
the mile and one-eightn dash in 2:02l9.
Gray Steel won the mile and halt dash in
2:43.
National Trotting Association.
CLEVELAND. May 5.-The board of ap-
peas of the National Trotting Association
heard yesterday all the cases on the docket
that were represented by parties concerned
or their attorney.
The most important case was thas of
Goldsmith Maid against the Southern Ohio
Fair Association. which was decided against
the Maid the board holding that trottirg
for purse for exhibition of speed does not
cons titute a race.
The jackson Michigan Trotting Club
against the trotting of such horses as have
been declared not TO win, was denied, the
DO ard holding that the spirit as well as the
letter of the law was against the jackson
Club, and that the racing law requires the
best horse to win.
The board will probably finish its busi-
ness to-day.