National Republican (Washington City

New Orleans Incendiaries.

NEW ORLEANS, May 29.—A. Shaughnessy, the coffee-house keeper who was arrested as an accessory in the Iron Cross arson case, in his statement corroborating the testimony of Melia and others as to Johnson's management of the job, says that Johnson, in his presence, offered Melia $250 to fire the cargo. He was present when Melia made an effort after the fire to collect money from Johnson. He was also present when both Melia and Symonds demanded their money from Johnson, who, however, only paid small sums to Melia, fearing, if he paid the whole amount agreed upon, that Melia and Symonds would run away and not swear in favor of the tug boat Ella Wood. It is stated that there is also some evidence in the hands of the detectives that the Iron Cross affair was not the first job of the kind managed by Johnson. The trial is fixed for Thursday, and it is believed that the state has sufficient evidence to convict all the accused.