The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-08

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considerable damage was done. Th'
Pennsylvania company has now fou
disabled engines on the ground NJ
lighting is likely to take place now
The militia will remain there until {
settlement of the difficulty Is made be
tween the two companies, and laborint
men turned out with old muskets
pitchforks and scythes for miles arount
to assist in protecting the new road
Great credit Is due to Sheriff Lount fol
his prompt action he took In being SC
curly on tho ground and preventing q
collision between the two parties, until
the militia, under Col. Angel, arrived.
MILFORD, NJ H., Jan 7.--Jimmie Blan
chard, alias Charley Ross, arrived here
this morning from st. Adams. A large
crowd Of citizens gathered to see him
on his arrival. His mother struggled
through the crowd and embraced her
boy. affectionately kissing him and
promising that she would not whip him.
He shed few tears, but i'm moment
was smiling. He was driven home by
his parents.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 7.--Church & Co..
commission merchants at Remington,
Indiana, have failed. Assets, $4,000
liabilities, $4,000.
BELL MoRE, ONT, Jan. Nv. G. Will
hanson, proprietor OF the California
Stave Works. ono of the largest estab-
lishments OF tho kind In tho country,
who obtained $4,000 from @ bank ut
Lima, Ohio, has fled TO Canada.
FALL RIVER, MASS, Jan. .-Easton Il
Milne, the largest banking house in
this place, suspended this morning.
GALVESTON, Jan. THE Convention
renominated Richard Coke, for Gov
ernor, and II. u. Hubbard, Lieutenant
Governor; II. d. Boone, Attorney Cen
eral; A. J. Dorm, State Treasurer: s. II.
Derden. Comptroller; o. M. Roberts,
Chief Justice; w. s. Herndon, +. B.
Sexton, w. NJ. Walton and Geo. Clarke,
Delegates at Large to National Conven-
tion; d. G. Giddings and d. Fl. Epper-
son, Presidential Electors at Large.
VtoKsBURa, Jan. To tho N. o.
Democrat Passed down: Utah. Katie,
Leo and Mollie Moore. Up: Ashland.
River rising fast.
A negro named Jno. Cassidy was mur-
dcred In his own house at Luna, above
for his money. Tho assas-
sin, colorod, is known, but escaped
Cassidy had made q good deal of money
in planting.
FOREIGN.
LONDON, Jan. IA meeting of the
in tho Emma mine was
held here to-day, when the present con.
lition Of the company's affairs was dis
cussed A proposition was made TO
prosecute the original directors. The
adjourned TO allow n commit
Ieo to consider and report upon the pro-
posaI.
Charles Suffers, u cotton spinner at
Oldham. Lancashire, has failed for a
million dollars.
Lord Henry Thyme. Conservative,
was reelected 10 Parliament to-day
rom South Wiltshire.
Lord Thyme was recently appointed
% the Office Of Treasurer Of Her Majes
,y's household. and by accepting IL va
,ated his seat as u member Of Parla-
neut.
The American schooner Jefferson
Borden. last from Booth Bay, about
November /, for Gloucester, England.
las been towed into Aberdeen. Scot
and, disabled. She had been sixty
even days on tho passage, and the crew
we're furnishing and otherwise unfit for
luty. The water ration was one tea
poonful each per day.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7.--The Wyoming, |
rom New York for Liverpool, arrived |
It this port to-day and proceeded. The
tcamship Baltic, Of the White Star
,ine, sailed from Liverpool for New
FORK ut 10 u. IN. to-day.
CoNsTANTINopLE, Jan. THE Austrian
ambassador to this court has semi
communicated to the Grand
rizier Count Androssy's scheme for
eform in tho Turkish provinces. The
'rand Vizicr in reply Is represented to
ave rejected the idea of foreign media
ion, and has said the Sublime Porte
,ould give the people Of the provinces
II necessary guarantees for reform.
WEATHER REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. For the South
.tlantic and Gulf States, clear or fair
1eathcr, stationary or rising temporal
1re, easterly to southerly winds and
illing barometer during Saturday. For
lew England and the Middle States,
artly cloudy weather and % slight rise
] the temperature, southeast to south
'est winds and slowly falling ba-
Dmeter.
MARINE.
SOUTHWEST PASS, Jan. z, r. m.-Ba-
ometer 30 80. Wind east, fresh. Wealth
r hazy. Arrived: Norwegian bark
Tercator, Wug, master, As days from
'arrow, Eng, i'm ballast, to master;
.merican schooner M. w. Atwood,
Tewcombe, master, II days from Marti-
ique, in ballast, to Norton Il Bell
ritish ship Rutland, jameson, master,
days from Montevideo, in ballast, to
chultz Il Co.; British bark Granville
ellie, Purdy, master, 4S days from Bris-
il, IN ballast, to master. Sailed-Ship
ohm Potter, schooners Grace Baker
nd Rebecca Shepherd.
SOUTHWEST Pass, Jan. 7, 6 p. m.--Ba-
)meter 80 80. Wind northeast by east,
ght. Weather hazy. Arrived Steam
alp Hudson, at p. m, eager, master,
ON Now York tn Moujfon Snau