New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-14
GENERAL NEWS.

Among the passengers on board the
steamer Colon, which arrived at New York
on the eleventh from Aspinwall, are ex-
President Lerdo, of Mexico, General Esco.
bedo, Manuel Romero Rubio, and others of
Mexican fame.
J.R.G. Pitkin was confirmed by the SEN
ate as United States marshal of Louisiana
on Tuesday.
Three rear admirals of the navy have
died within a week, and now another, Rear
Admiral L. NJ. Goldsborough, is reported
dangerously i'll.
By direction of the President, Colonel g.
w. Getty, of the Third Artillery, is ordered
to relieve Colonel Barry, Second Artillery,
of command ct Fort Monroe, Virginia, and
the artillery school at that point. Colonel
Barry, on being relieved, will return to his
regiment.
Spotted Tail, the chief of the Sioux, with
q body guard of 200 warriors, started from
| Camp Robinson, on the tenth, on selfim-
| posed mission to obtain an interview with
| chiefs of hostiles now reported to be
massed near the forks of Tongue river,
and counsel them to accept the terms Of
tered by the gOvernDent-the surrender OF
| their arms and ponies. Spotted Tail expects
/ to be absent more than month, but Will
| communicate with Crook as soon as he
reaches the hostile camp. The indiana
think there il a strong probability that this
movement will be successful in terminating
the war.
The requisition of the War Department
in favor Of Captain Esds for 100000 in
bonds was honored Monday by the Treas
ury Department.
The Secretary of the Treasury has called
$l0,000,000 fve-twenty bonds of the act Of
March 3, 1865, dated November, 1865. In
terest ceases the twelfth of March, 1877.
Nnk;Io nnno,nI To,,aIl ,raz o,,v y.;nf.4au 10
Russia he visited the tanneries of that coun.
try and found out the secret of the Russia
leather, beloved of book devotees. The
secret is the result of the use of birch bark
tar with which the skins are dressed In
place of tallOw and grease, the latter sub
stances being so largely used as food among
the lower classes. This tar, which lie care
fully saved as it exudes from the wood when
burned, was first used as q substitute fol
wheel grease in Russia, as it is to this day
and then for the filling and dressing o.
skins. By system of careful inquiry, and
literally following his nose during his visits
to some of the great Russian tanneries and
curriers' shops, MIR. Jewell found this com
pound in a great kettle ready for use, anC
thus the mystery was solved. 1t is not ex
pensive, costing about $40 barrel, and be
Immediately ordered ten barrels and SEM
them to various leading leather msnufac
turers in this country with instructions
and the tesul6 is that genuine Russia leather
goods are new made in America, and doubt
less will soon be sold at nearly fifty pei
cent below former prices.
Lieutenant McIntyre, of the Second In
fantry, was killed in Fog mountains BY
thirty illicit distillers, who attacked thu
government forces under cover of night
A dispatch to the Commissioner of Interna
Revenue, from Agent Chamberlain, dated
Gainesville, Georgia, reports raid in thu
northern portion of that State. Thirty
three stills were destroyed and eighty-fou
arrests made.