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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
l.ekInInriva CorurnIrtaes.

The following gentlemen have been
appointed a committee on inspection,
licenses and port charges:
E. From the Cotton Exchange-Henry
Renshaw, John Chafee, Adolphe schrei-
Der.
From the Senate-F. G. Zachsrie, A. ].
Dumont
From the House of Representatives-C
]. Berry, Aristide Dejoie, ]. A. shak-
speare.
The first three named were appointed
by Governor Nichols under section of
an act of the Legislature which required
the appointment to be made from the
Chamber of Commerce. The committee
is very important one, and the presence
thereon of Messrs. Zacharie and Dumont
indicates thorough investigation and an
interesting report.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

A dispatch from Havana, dated May z.
says:
The Gaceta publishes an important de-
cree, dated May 5. II declares that all
persons banished from the island for po-
itical reasons are pardoned without re-
serve. The embargoes are raised on the
property of insurgents who have surren-
dered or shall surrender before the end Of
the war, except insurgent chiefs and
those who, having already received par
dons, relapse into rebellion. The persons
thus excepted are to await the disposition
of the government The embargoes on
the property Of deceased insurgents are
also raised, the property being restored
to the heirs II the heirs remain faithful TO
Spain. When the embargoss arc raised
the owners can not sell the property re-
turned to them until two years after the
official announcement Of the total paei6-
cation Of the island. No feclama tfonE
will be allowed for damages 10 property
while tho embargo lasted. RrupeIt9 adA
justed % the Sata By iudieiai ssnienoas
will remain IN suspense, subject io sAo
deposition Of the Spanish r61efnnaat.
1nsu1gehts actually under iodsaas lpE0a
ceedings viii suns No 1sIAf Ia flIetrfa7
ana decision Of their cases
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
The nIarphr nIoxemenr.

Ohio and Pennsylvania are awakened
by what's called "the Murphy movement"
for total abstinence. Murphy is a re-
formed drunkard. and as an agitator he
takes the line followed by Moody and
other religious revivalists. His meetings
are usually held in churches, but in Phila-
delphia large hall was used. He espe-
cially exhorts Christians to abiure intoxi-
eating drink. In New England, excise
laws are receiving the attention of those
interested for or against the liquor traffic.
No licenses are granted IN Lowell, and
most of the saloons are closed. The fee
in Worcester has been made $3.50, which
has had the effect of closing small saloons
and increasing the business of the large
ones. Fall River has decided to grant no
licenses. In Vermont a woman's move
ment has gained considerable headway.
A column has been secured in every news
paper in several counties, in which total
abstinence news and arguments are
printed. Vergennes women prosecuted o
dealer three times, who then reformed and
Joined church. The druggists of Mid
dlebury have been imprisoned on charges
of selling liquor as beverage. In Mary
land, under a recent law, several counties
have voted to have no hquor selling, ex-
cept for medical purposes and on the pee
scription of physician. In Michigan,
DIR. H. A.. Reynolds Is the leader of
thorough agitation. "Dare-to-do Right"
societies are formed, and the pledge con-
tains the words, ''With the help of Al
mighty God" Fifty thousand converts
are said to have been made. -Ne1 YorE;
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
Death Of an Eminent Confederate Omcsr

Death of an Eminent Confederate Omcer
We copy the following from the Houston
Age. The deceased was wen known and
had many friends in New Orleans:
General James P Major, a distinguished
officer in the Confederate army, departed
this life at Austin on the night Of the
seventh instant. General Major was a
Missourian by birth, graduated at West
Point, and was assigned to duty with rank
of lieutenant in Albert Sidney Johnson's
regiment, the famous Second United
States Cavalry. In Van Dorn's great
fight with the Indians in the Wichita
mountains in 1860, Lieutenant Major was
conspicuous for his daring and GOODNESS,
and received two severe wounds in hand
to hand encounter with Kiowa chief
After his recovery be married Miss Chal-
mers, of Austin, This good woman has
been dead number of years. At the
breaking out of the war, along with the
flower and chivalry of the Second Cavalry,
Lieutenant Major resigned his commission
and rendered his services to the Southern
Confederacy. He was commissioned q
colonel Of cavalry, but very soon after
ward rose to rank of brigadier general,
serving with gallsntry in this department
under Wharton. Taylor and Tom Green:
In the ''forty-fve days in the saddle
campaign, following Banks defeat at
Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, General Ma
jors' command borea conspicuous part,
continually harrassing and crippling the
retreating enemy. For this and other
gallant service he was often complimented
in department and field orders. He had
many friends in the army and out Of it
who will mourn his loss.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
An Item for Blaine.

Governor Packard, on the eighteenth
instant, telegraphed the following dis
patch to Senator Blaine:
The overthrow of the lawful State gov
ernment was appropriately celebrated to-
day. Detachments Of the amy and navy
of the United States participated with the
White League of Alabama and Louisiana
in this celebration of Democratic success.
Did poetic justice require that the honors
of this achievement should be thus equal.
ly divided in the absence of the commits
sion? The gray accorded the post OF
honor to the blue and asked no apology.
The customhouse and poatofice closed in
admiration of the event. It is probable
that United States interference will not be
required hereafter.
s. B. PACKARD.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16


M; day morning telegram received
8 P. NJ. f0rleans told that the Emma, low
ID StTg eeTIis packet, had sunk about twenty
co SOnSit sdv. les below the city, at the Stella
INVITING Oh. She had left the city Friday
9 routes, but half a load.
in Canton states that after leav-
# Ta Louis Kernochan plantation he noticed
ils'ant ng was the matter and supposed
D. n. bit had become displaced. Ex-
the syphon he found the boat
Y TaA king water. He ordered her
or the shore, and reaching it, the
ETSENT TiasS1 S swung out. She then gave a
hiO Apr port, and two women and two
! pbsGsas Ss ysca, were swept into the river. He
: ,Sad on the leave her till her lights went un-
deTs, for then drifted a mile before he
mt Of Tex THE shore. He thinks she must
.Sseopv iS,s tck some obstruction.
apy Othe' those known to be lost are Ed
i oT KsSsss .lS@ clerk, Mr.. Michero, a German
= drtfn' her child and several others,
ANsPoRTl ames were not known. Those
the tsTm! saved got on a raft; the captain
way, OF d plank by swimming.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

A Washington special, May ., to the
Graphic says:
Private information from South Caro-
lima gives some additional points of in
terest connected with the refusal of the
State Senate to participate in the election
of Chief Justice. The Democrats who
cou0ted on controlling the Senate through
the casting vote of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, relied upon the support of John
Cochran, who was elected as an independ-
ent Republican from Anderson county,
and whose vote, cast with the Democrats,
would make the Senate tie. 1t seems
that this reliance is not well placed, Coch-
ran sometimes voting with the Democrats,
but as often against them. He is repre-
sented as a man of violent preiHdices,
whose course can not be calculated upon.
Last winter, during the exciting times at
Columbia, he became engaged IN q bar
room alteration with the sonUf the sheriff
of Richland county and killed him. He
is native of South Carolina, was in the
Confederate army, claims that he is Re-
publican, and has mortal hatred for all
carpet-baggers. He has personal an
tipathy to Associate Justice Willard, and
his vote against going into convention vas
doubtless to prevent the election of Will
lard to the Chief Justiceship. Opposition
to Justice Willard also comes from Gene
raj NJ. w. Gary, who is member of the
Senate, and who is looked upon as a lead
er of the 'tlast ditchers." He has been
violent opponent of the pacifcation pol
icy, and has declined to indorse President
Hayes, with The rest of the South Carolina
Democrats. General Gary is also am-
bilious to become United States Sen
ator, and ever since the meeting of the
Legislature he and his friends have sought
to force another election on the ground
that Buffers election was illegal. Gov
ernor Hampton has told Gary that he
shonld support Butler, and in case of
new election for Senator should decline
to give a certificate to any person but
Butler. The dead lock in the Legislature
is no doubt due in some respects to the
dissatisfaction of Gary and his friends,
who do not, however, appear openly in it.
The opinion is that Governor Hampton
will have rough sailing in South Carolina.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
DInz PresidcnI Of pIexIco.

A dispatch from BrOwsville May I2,
says: ..
On Wednesday, May 2, Congress, with
1872 members present, counted the presi-
dental votes and declared General Por-
frio Diaz President. On Friday, the
fourth, Diaz went to the gates of the city
and was presented to the army as the
President-elect, and by 1t escorted to the
Palace, were the troops passed in review.
At nine o'clock yesterday he was inau-
.gurated with much solemnity and enthu-
siasm. After taking the oath of office he
solemnly declared that he would occupy
the Presidency for one term only. The
diplomatic corps, with the exception of
the United States minister, was present
A civil procession, followed by TIE militia
y, then escorted the President to the ma
honal palace. s1t -
The term Of the present Congress will
not expire until September. An election
for Senators and members Of the Supreme
Court has been ordered.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
Loss Of the sandy No. 2.

No WACO sday night, the Sandy No. 9, a
he wharf q boat in the Opelousas trade,
"h' Ain' ut four miles above Baton Rouge.
ION ROUt wing is the Associated Press ac-
a. to Te1hd
on anyd
G,ssai eieet apy salner, coming down, struck a
i've miles above here last night,
2 5traeI 5a,9eI.it block, and soon after commenced
ing fllli4 The alarm was at once given,
c eSndtion.h g passengers rushed to the upper
a appiicatd 1me saved themselves on cotton
quartsrn he yawl was launched and most
oari. rt N men and children placed there
opOssl, landed safely. The boat was
,poItaIoS ,p,adaIsIll ID by seed cotton, and foated
TX j. PE river with water two feet in the
termaster hen passing here skiffs went out
ID succeeded in saving the bal
ms VH be passengers and crew. 1t is
rHlET OF that three of the crew were lost.
. malcn NJ areened, turned over, and now
rstes SS" Of n upward Eve miles below here.
!: md most of her cargo, consist
aid up to ton, cotton seed, sugar, and
aid up t, 81 le, will be a total loss. The
lost everything. The boats
~ ~ poks, money, and everything in
1877, intg vent down with the boat.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
An Ohio Onininn.

A Columbus letter in the Cincinnati
Times says:
called on General John Beatty, one
of the most active members of the Re-
publican State Executive Committee, and
a warm personal friend of the President,
and this was what he had to say on this
business:
'Do 1 like the Presidents Southern
policy? No, sir, do not. I did not be-
heve in it last fall when it was Mr.. Til
den's policy, and have no more faith in it
now. We must either assume that the
President has made cruel blunder, or
admit that the Republican party is
fraud, its professions false, its statements
lies, its leaders hypocrites, and its follow
ing fools. If the Presidents own expert
ence in the party teaches him this, 1t is
yell that he should make public confess
sion and turn over new leaf. Mine does
not. l do not want a new party. The
old one will be good enough for me when
men like Matthews and Foster get out of
it. Men who have not the pluck to stand
by their friends will be found not to have
the courage stand by principle, and the
sooner they get into a new party, or go
over to the Democratic party, the better.
"The arguments used to sustain the
Presidents Southern policy are very'fa-
miliar. They have been urged by Demo-
Gratis for ten years, but no amount of con-
stituional hair-splitting can satisfy me
that an aimed and organized minority
should be permitted to override and crush
out the uuamed and unorganized ma
jority.
''As to the feeling AMONG Republicans,
think it fair to say that those holding
Office and expecting Office do their best to
sustain the President. Half the others
are ashamed to confess that they have
been disappointed, deceived and betrayed,
and say nothing, while the other half can
not talk on the subject without swearing,
and therefore prefer not to talk at ali.
Ohio will not iudorse the Presidents
Southern policy"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
rbe AuditorInl Investlgation.

W YoA Legislative committee on the books
- counts of the Auditor, on Tuesday,
rrr the evidence of Messrs. L. II.
~. 49, er, P. j. Cockburn, j. M. Wey-
IAII.. and James Graham.
5raham had made an examination
DEpA otber committee, while Mr.. Clinton
prl ID ,:lov ua oo,,ld not sov vvbakb er
IvBD uoiVOi' ~ N-N4 NV soy
partn CLERK Sholtz had carried books
3 maj Tth him or not; had not seen him
ia 10 IL &, me months, The books he had
dePar badly kept, the appropriation book
Isle, ADy being unreliable, and contain
ice a ny erasures.
Der 80 Cockburn stated that the books
ri5aS tsy S IDLY kept. In 1873, the settlements
|, Va 4, Ak collectors were irregular; one
$500, 900 of the general fund was
third operly accounted for; the settle
nth, m we're made on the advice of the
at and " General; there was an irregu-
=, $4,000 under the Graham ad-
-. alton; there was no regular system
''e Ba! keeping.
@ses' @ Weymouth testified as to the action
.,pv committee and Mr.. Clinton. His
Pm ~, was a partial one, and that OF
Bend, Phelps and Gardner one in rebut-
v at books were very irregularly kept,
y a. n two of them would balance. Of
7. NJ, n; asurer's books, as far as he had ex-
/ o.l and they were correct Mr.. Clinton
cash for warrants, and also
Z { day d. 5, warrants;l he turned the latter,
b1 at ! p : endorsement, into the treasury
., $500. be bought s4OO,O00 at fifty cents.
ort he made was suppressed; on it
): az a. ents we're found; these, after At
: NJ Il NJ General Field's' death, were re-
is, s loa . Carrollton and dismissed.
and bad Hraham stated he had taken an in
= at I A when he turned over to Mr.. Gin
dsy IA y Al j also one for Mr.. Jumel. He be-
4 + q; aoo0 be transfer book was missing,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
MANN I'D Cnnrnin Rnr, ANA.

The announcement of the death of
Captain Barton Able, although not entire
ly unexpected, was received by his many
friends throughout the city with feelings
of the most intense sadness. In April,
1875, he was attacked with paralysis, and
although he apparently recovered, his
health since that time has been such that
he has attended to business with the ut
most difficulty. On Thursday last he
was again stricken with paralysis and
gradually sank, until on Sunday, about
noon, death put an end to his sufferings.
He was born at Trinity, Alexander coun-
ty, Illinois, July 81, 1928, and was at the
time of his death fifty-four years of age.
He was of Irish parentage and came to
st. Louis in 1845. He was actively en-
gagged for many years in the navigation of
the Mississippi, between st. Louis and
New Orleans, and during the war was Q
staunch Union man. He interested him
self considerably in local politics, but
was never bitter partisan. During his
residence In this city he held many i'm
portant Offices of trust and won o host
of warm personal friends by his genial,
upright conduct, who will follow his re-
mains to their last resting place with feel
ings of more than mere sadness. He was
a man of noble, generous impulses aud
one of whom it may justly be said, "He
had not an enemy in the world. st Louis
Journal
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
STATE NEWS.

From the Mansfield Reporter, May s:
Yesterday about twelve o'clock Captain
John f. Durham killed Mr. r. j. Wilcox
in personal rencontre. Mr.. Wilcox was
shot with double-barreled shotgun, sew
eral shots of which would have proved
fatal, and died in about one hour. Cap
tain Durham is generally acquitted, as
justitiable, by public sentiment, but as
no judicial investigation has taken place,
we do not consider ourself as justifable
in further comments upon the unfortunate
affair
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
Ten Days from ocean TO Ocean.


The recent feat of the southern lines in
running a tea train from San Francisco to
New York in ten days and nine hours has
Just been eclipsed by an achievement that
illustrates the possibilities of rapid transit
between oceans. A train of nineteen
freight cars, loaded with tea and silks,
the total value of which was stated to be
$50, 900, left San Francisco on April 26,
at six o'clock in the evening. The train
arrived at Council Bluffs, at the east end
of the Union Pacific, on last Thursday at
sos A. NJ, and was twenty-three hours
and fifty minutes in transit over the Chi
eago and Northwestern railway, the
Michigan Central taking it from that line
at five o'clock Friday morning, The
Michigan Central delivered it to the
Great Western, and that road landed it at
Suspension bridge last Saturday at 6:35
2. NJ. The New York Central completed
the transit by delivering it in New York
on Sunday at l1:35 P. M. The train
made the journey from Frisco to New
York in nine days, twenty hours and
twenty minutes, including over 100 stop
pages. The time made over the Chicago
and NorthH estern was at the rate OF
about twenty and one-half miles per hour,
and the trip from ocean to ocean might
have been made in nine days, and per-
haps few hours over, had this rate of
transit been maintained on the Pacific
roads and the New York Central. But it
is substantial victory, nevertheless, for
the northern lines, for they have beaten
the time made by the fast freight train
via the southern lines nearly day, and
haven't Dragged over 1t, either, There
was no understanding or concert between
the different lines over which this train
passed as to the speed it should make,
and hence the time actually made can not
be regarded as the result of a particular
effort to eclipse the southern railroads.
-Chtcdqo Times.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial furnishes US this
interesting news item: "Rumor has it
that filibustering expedition is quietly
organizing in the vicinity of New Orleans,
having for its object the capture of q
part of Northern Mexico. The ex.Con-
federate soldiers who are out of employ
ment are to form the rank and file of the
invading force, which is to have at its
head a number Of the best fighters among
the Confederate Generals. Unless ap-
pearances are altogether deceptive, the or
ganization of the force is already far adj
vanced, and it will probably be heard of
definitely at an early day"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
Clubs will win prizes!
Clubs will win prizesi
Clubs VIII win prizes!
Clubs will win prizes
Clubs will win prizesl
Clubs will win prizesl
Clubs will win prizesi
Clubs will win priest
Otabs will win prizssl
Clubs will win prizesl

J.. H Maddox, David Dudley Fields
famous witness who testified about the al,
legged attempted brihery Of the Louisiana
Returning Board, asks that bis services to
The Democratic party be recognized BY an
election &c doorkseper Of the next House
Of Representatives
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

Mrs. Jane English, mother of the late
Lucille and Helen Western, Is in destitute
circumstances at Maiden, Massachusetts,,
and members Of the theatrical profession
are forwarding subscriptions in her be-
half '''''' 7'''i
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

The official report Of the surrender OF
Crazy Horse puts the whole number OF
surrendering indians at $50, Of whom 2l7
were men. Two thousand ponies were
also given up and III stand of arms.
Other firearms are known to be in their
Possession.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

m PRIcEs OF SEWING Ma
seference to our advertising
y be seen that the Wheeler
sing Machine Company fur
lebrated machine upon as
as as any in the market. The
ne is q guaranty for honor
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

elarts continues his practice
eties of regular payments of
/ Webster when he was Sec
and Of en- annuity Of
Marshall o. Roberts and
New Xorkers paid toward
household expenses while
J Of State. aa r.i,s
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

DR.. RossValley, who was converted from
the Jewish telgion to Christianity some
fifteen months Rgo,,is engaged in build
ing Christian synagogue in New York
city,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

Ex.Governor Stoekdale, of Texas, is
soon TO maEryt he daughter Of Represent
ative Schleieher, Of that State. He is
sixty-siK, she is seventeen, and the gossips
are buzzing eboutit
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

Ayanac, Diamond and Nc
appointed a COMMITTEES to
The Board of Health in the
aangeurs.
oil appropriated s56Ss for the
minal Court.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16

aux, R. w. Simmons, z. A.
liles 7. Howard, Joseph r.
3 A. Morris, 1. e. Glenny, T.
Y. b. Krumbhaar, Atwood
D. Wallace, Joseph Herman
lason, Harrison Watts, j. w.
M. Bickham, T. @. Hern-
aarAtnond, w. @. Lipscomb,
.R E. Rivers.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-16
.Eaaa loekeE Club.

iana Jockey Club has se-
SLOWING board of directors
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City CouncII.

Oity Council yesterday the fol.
iYs, Ice appropriation was made in
z. EseNnn the certificates issued by Ed
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