New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-24

| tuu W BdlaIV as Tue
swful Governor of Louisiana from the
second day OF June, 1861, to the time Of
Inducing into office Ii. G. Warmotb, Gov
ernor OF the state under the present Con-
stltution."
He further alleges that by law his larry
is to be drawn on his own warrant anu
audited by the auditor; that he has drawn
bis warrants, am bunting to $8,622,20, but
that SAID auditor has refused to do his duty
u lder the law and draw bis warrants"
He therefore pFays a writ of mandamus
against G IN. Wiokliffe. auditor of Louisl-
ana, compelling him to draw his warrant or
warrants on the treasurer of the State to
the amount aforesaid, Ss,622,2O.
| Messrs. Hyman, Wallace and Handlin,
and A. Cazabat, for relator.
The judge orders that Wickliffe show
cause, next Thursday at 10 A. NJ, why be
should not comply with the prayer OF ex-
Governor Wells.
PARTICULARS OF THE Loss OF THE GEN
ERAL QUITNAN.-The Picqytne contains
| additional details of the loss of this
steamer furnished by Captain Leathers:
The Qnltman had rounded to at New
Texas landing about III o'clock, on Thurs
day morning, to take on board freight and
| passengers. As is usual, the boats stern
was run in the mud-which at this point is
blue and OF most tenacious CHARACTER
and gang plank was run out to the bank.
| The wind and current swept the steamers
stern down stream, and the Captain saws
he felt the slight shock as the vessels
Prov was borne against the fatal snag,
which as it turned out must have en-
tered her side at that time. Every
thing being on board, the Captain ordered
the pilot to back the steamer, but
with the first revolution of the wheels a
cracking, tearing noise was heard, and The
mate called to the captain to stop her, say
ing he heard the water rushing in below,
The wheels were instantly stopped and Capt
Leathers ran down to ascertain the cause of
the trouble. He found on onening the hatch
forward that an immense volume of water
was bursting through the hole made by the
snag, and knew that the vessel would sink
before anything could be done to stop the
leak. Going on the boiler deck, he ordered
about twenty freedmen, who were passen-
gers, to get ashore at once, which they pre-
ceeded to do without regard to the order of
their going literally rolling down stairs. TIE
captain then walked quietly back into the
ladies'cabin, and in calm manner told them
to collect their valuables, luggage, etc., and
go ashore as soon as possible, as the vessel
WIS sinking. There were some eighty
cabin passengers on board, many of them
ladies, and two of them brides on bridal
trip; and it is somewhat remarkable that
every one was saved, together with every
piece of baggage. To use the Captains
expression. he marched them ashore as
quietly and orderly as funeral" The
baggage was piled up on the bank and
placed under guard, and the steamer made
fast by chains and hawsers to stumps, etc.
In five minutes from the time the Quitman
man landed at the levee, she sunk, so that
some idea may be had of the rapidity with
which everything was done. AS has been
stated before, the passengers and crew ar
rived here yesterday on the steamer Celeste,
which boat passed the wreck two hours
after the disaster
The steamer National went up to the
Quitman yesterday to assist in saving her
cargo.
THE PAscAGoULA SHIP CANAL.-We find
the following card from Captain G. Delpit,
of tie Gamer c. Castro, in the Times.
General Brown, formerly of the REPUB-
LIcAN, and DR.. Noyes, now Chief of the Blu
reau Of Immigration, are among those who
are stigmatized as "carpet-baggers" This
is only one of their enterprises from which
the whole public will derive a benefit.
Captain, Delpit says:
6 As wish to bring before the commu-
nifty in prominent manner a great and
public-spsrited enterprise, desire to pub
lish and circulate the following:
"On Sunday, September ID, took the
steamer @. Castro up the Pascagoula river,
through the Old Channel, light. l loaded
her with ninety-six thousand feet of lum-
Der, drawing seven and half feet'of water.
Arriving at the mouth of the river (the
tide being very low determined to try
the new canal, now nearly in complete
order, opened under the auspices of Gen.
eral S. L. Brown and DR.. J. o. Moves.
placed her in the hands of Captain N. B.
Merrill, who carried her through ccessful-
ly and to my great satisfaction. Captain
Merrill is the superintendent OF the gentle
men abOvenamed, and when once this en-
terprise Is completed, the benefit attending
vessels frequenting the waters of Pascagou-
la river will be incalculable. Too much
praise and encouragement can not be
meted out to the gentlemen who, at very
great expense, are digging this canal
YoUNG LADY KNOCKED DowN AND
RoBBED.-The Picdyune reports a most
daring outrage last Thursday evening,
about seven o'clock: Miss Josephine
Clark, the daughter of John H. Clark,
ESD, residing on Annuncat on street, was
passing through Annunciation Square on
her way home from visiting lady friend.
Sac had also been shopping and carried on
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the gate of the square the gaslight revealed
she went along they followed her, and when
about the centre of the square one
of them snatched at her purse. She
other struck her on the temple with his
fist, knocking her down, and for the mo-
ment rendering her insensible. As soon as
she could she struggled to her feet and
made her way home. The Williams made
their escape with her pocketbook, which
only contained few dollars. That such
a daring outrage should be perpetrated in
so public a place as Annunciation Square
argues degree of boldness in the robbers
unheard of before
SAILOR STABBED.-Last night about 8
o'clock sailor named Ross, alias Panch. of
the ship St. James, was stabbed in several
places and slightly wounded by another
sailor, said to be John Arson. The affair
occurred at the corner of Gallatin and
Barracks streets. The wounded man was
taken to the drug store at the corner OF
Dumain and Charities streets, where his
injuries were dressed. He is badly cut in
the face and around the neck.
Arson was arrested and locked up in the