New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-16
NUMBER 238.

| tary, engrossing clerk, door-keeper, seryeant
alarms, and messengers all colored, r. Al
Sawyer, of Charleston, collector of internal
revenue, resigned his seat as q delegate.
The reason assigned Is the pressure of on
cial duties, which would prevent his attend
ance in convention. Recess until eight to-
night.
General Scott, commissioner of the freed
mems bureau, issues a circular letter to-
morrow announcing that the government
has again devolyed upon him the duty Of
distributing food among the destitute people
ing suffering and preventing q recurrence
OF like destitution. Relief will be granted
to the full extent allowed by the govern
ment, but only to the extremely destitute
ana those VINO are about to plant sufficient
area in cereals to insure their provisions for
next year and who have reasonable pros
poets OF being able to repay to the govern
ment the cost of the provisions advanced,
No assistance win be given to parties en-
gagged wholly or to an undue extent in the
cultivation of cotton.
North CaroIlnn ConveatIon.
RALEIGH, January l5.-The convention o-
ganlzed to-day. G. j. CoWies, ESQ.,, Of
Wilkes, was elected president; J. r. Burns
OF Cumberland, principal clerk; J. H Boz.
ner, or Forsyth, assistant; j. H. Jones
negro. Of Wake, principal doorkeepef az
john u. Ball, white, assistant-all radicH
The principal doorkeeper, Jones, Originally
free negro, was Jefferson Davis bod
servant during the war, and was capturei
with him.
Virginia RecOnsiruction Convention.
RICHMOND, January I5.-Charg$ were
preferred by Conservative members against
President Underwood-th he cut OF de-
bate, and refused an appeal from his de-
cision.
Yesterday when resolutions OF invitation
TO General RutlnV O4farnd tho NJ
tion refused to receive them by IA to 80. 1t
appears from the journal that the motion
to reconsider the Butler invitation had been
withdrawn before he entered the house.
The Conservatives denied this; and q mo-
tion to amend the journal to that effect was
lost.
The second article Of the constitution
being amended so as to prohibit justices of
the peace to be also members of the legisla-
ture, was adopted.
A resolution Of thanks to the senate for
reinstatiDg Secretary Stanton was offered
by colored member-tabled. Adjourned.
In the supreme court Of appeals to-day the
habeas corpus case Of pardoned convict,
whose release was refused by tie superin-
tendent Of the state prison on the ground
that Pierpont had no power to pardon, his
term of office as governor having expired
January l, the court unanimously decided
That Plerpont held over until his successor
was qualified, and the convict was released.
From St Louis.
ST, LOUIS, January 15.-Governor Fletcher
in the name of the state took possession Of
the Iron Mountain railroad to-day.
From Southwest Pass.
SOUTHWEST Pass, January 16, P. NJ
Barometer 30:50. Wind northeast.
| Notwithstanding Kensington, Hedge,
master, to Creevy, Nickerson & Co.; British
! bark Arbutus, Knowles, master.
Sailed-Brigs ThibodO and Recurso; barks
Eva, Annie Kimball, L. NJ. Long, and Addie
! Decker.
River Intelligence.
PITTsBURG, January I5.--Eavigation con-
tinues suspended to all points. Weather
cloudy and cold.
LOUISVILLE, January 15.-River falling
fast; nine feet in the canal by the mark.
Weather clear. Thermometer So.
VIcKsBURG, January l5.-Passed up: En-
terprise at II A. NJ, Westmoreland at P.
NJ. River rising.
From Europe.
FLORENCE, January l5.- The Italian
Catholics who refused hitherto to vote will
| take part in the Eext parliament elections.