New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-05
NEW YORK.
Death of Vanderbilt.

NEW YORK, January 4-Commodore Van
aerbilt died this morning at nine minutes to
eleven o'clock.
For the last few days Commodore Van.
derbilps physicians have been hourly ex-
peeting his death. He died almost without
struggle. The change for the worst took
place in his condition about four O'Clock
this morning, and he expressed desire to
see Rev. DIR. Deems, his spiritual adviser.
The latter was soon present, and the Com
modore said to him: II think ! am nearly
gone, doctor" DIR. Deems prayed, and
members of the family, who were present,
sang hymn. His physicians were at the
dying mans bedside, and did all that med
zeal aid could suggest to make his last mo
ment's peaceful. The funeral will take
place Sunday morning.
Commodore Wander bilt was the owner of
securities having present market value of
100000, and Of this fully SIS 600, coo CON
sisted of stocks and bonds Of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad Com
panies. 1t is understood that the bulk of
this vast property is to be kept together,
and that provision has been made for rein
yesting the accruing interest on it in his
faYOrite securities.
Failed.
Vose, Denismore g. Co., dealers in rail
road supplies, have made an assignment.
Liabilities over 100000.
-. Another Railroad Accident.
A Cincinnati dispatch reports that early
yesterday morning q collision occurred be-
tween two freight trains on the Marietta
and Cincinnati railroad, forty miles esst of
Cincinnati. The trains were demolished,
900 feet of tFestle work burned to the
ground, and between 200 and 800 hogs were
killed and most of them burned. No loss
of human life.
Dishonest Bank Omcers.
A Harrisburg dispatch TO the Herald an
nounces that Samuel s Bigler, late presi-
dent of the City Bank of Harrisburg, which
suspended several me n hs ago, and his two
sOns, one the ex-cashier. have been ar.
rested on charges of conspiracy TO defraud,
OF embeZzlement and of obtaining money
under false pretenses. The bsnk failed with
liabilities aggregating $3.50 900 while the
assets will not reach more than 10000.
James Gordon Bennett Makes a LEGAL
Item.
The marriage of Mr.. James Gordon Ben
nett and Mics May did not take place yes.
terdAy, the engag, ment having been broken
of few days since by mutual consent and
at the solicitation OF the lsdy's father.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Bennett was as
aaulted in front of the Union Clubhouse,
corner of Twenty-first street and Fifth ave-
nue., BY q brother of Miss May, Mr. Fred
erick May, q native OF Washington, District
Of Columbia, and received some outs with
eoWhlde, when they were parted BY friends.
North Carolina Finances.
At . meeting of North Carolina bond
holders to-day a resolution was passed au-
thorizing the appointment of q committee
of arbiters between the State Of North Car
Olina and the holders of its bonds and
that they be authorized for and on behalf
Of the bondhOlders TO take such action rs
they may deem wise to secure If possible
q readjustment of the debt of the State Of
North Carolina upon the basis that shall
be equally considered just to the State and
the bOndholders.
The members of this committee have
agreed TO act as Rrbiters in the manner
prescribed Dy the resolution. Il was also
resolved that the chairman should appoint
q sub committee of six bOndbolders to con-
Ger with these arbiters as to the prelimina-
Ries and best mode Of adjusting the Obliga-
tons of the State. The chairman will ab-
point the subcommittee in g few days.
Coinage.
The Chamber Of Commerce today
adopted report from the committee on
coinage urging that silver coin be made the
standard legal tender throughout the
United States.
A resolution asking the chamber TO con
sur in the views of the memorial to Con.
Rress OF the le ding bankers an q merchants
On the presidential issue was presented,
but being objected to by several members
on the ground that it was foreign TO the
objects for which the chamber was created,
was laid On the table.