New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-03

Tobacco Stamps.
New YORK, March 2.-Edwards whipped
Collyer, to-day, in forty-tiye minutes.
Collyer was knocked out of time in the for.
ty-frst round.
JACKSON, MISS, March 2.-The examina
ton In the Yerger case wac waived with
the view Of applying Immediately fora writ
of habeas corpus. There appears to be no
doubt that Mr. 1erger will be bailed. The
case will probably be tried tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.-The following
particulars have been received of the
wreck OF the steamer Golden City: She
left here on the eighteenth ultimO with 400
passengers for Panama, and a valuable
cargo, including a quantity of tea. She
went ashore near Point LaZaro, Lower Cali
fornia. The locality where the party were
landed is barren and desolate, and before
they were taken off there was some distress
experienced Aom hunger and thirst.
RALEIGH, n. c., March 2.-The bill repeal.
ing all acts of the Legislature authorizing
special tax bonds, or requiring taxes to be
levied to pay the interest Oh these bonds,
has passed by large majorities. The House
OF Representatives, by "a large majority, has
refused to provide for the payment of any
interest on either the old or the new bonds.
COLUMBIA, S. c., March 2.-The Legisla.
ture adjourned last night. The bill author.
bonds becomes a law. Appropriations were
also made to pay the interest on the State
debt in gold.
RICHMOND, Va, March John L. Marye,
Jr., has been elected Lieutenant Governor,
and W. H. Ruffiner, Superintendent of Pub
lie Education. The Republicans declared
the vote in the case Of the Lieutenant Gov
ernor unconstitutional.
Thomas ". Roche, convicted of dealing in
tnhDnnn hnan
fenced to the Albany penitentiary for one
year.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, March 2, P. NJ
Barometer 3O:10. Wind northeast and fresh.
Arrived: Steamship Concordia at P. H.,
Hedge, master, from Boston, to William
CreeVy; brig N. E. Rowland. Rowland,
master, twenty-nine days from Baltimore,
with a cargo of fertilizer consigned to
master; she experienced heavy gales during
the entire passage; bark Hamlngjs. Birke-
land, tlirtv-nine gays from Bordeaux, with
general cargo, to G. Cavaroc; ship st.
Louis, Hubbard, master, forty-two days
from Liverpool, with salt to Meeker, Knox
& Co. Sailed: Brig Lola, schooner Martha
Maria and steamship Clinton.
PAss-A-L'OUTRE, March ., P. M.-A--
rived: Ship Baden, Nelson master, forty-on
days from Havre. to Leisy & LOrber; brig
Josie, Pettygrew master sixty days from
Cette, to master; ship Ann Gray, Captain
Baxter, from Mobile, i'll ballast. Wind
northeast and fresh.
VICKsBURG, March Passed down ::
Salhe at II last night, Carrie V. Kounz at 8.
Liberty No. 4 { I'd barges at IL A. NJ. River
rising slowly. Weather clear and pleasant.
MEMPHIS, March Passed up: McGill
and Grand Era. Down: Mollie Ebert and
Magenta. with 500 bales of cotton. River
falling slowly. Weather clear and pleasant.
CAIRO. March Passed down: Indiana,
Simpson, Hoover. Charles Darfee, Henry
Ames and City of Alton. Up: Commonwealth
and Leonidas. The river has fallen seven
inches since last report.
LOUISVILLE, March 2.-River rising, with
nine feet nine inches in the canal
ST. LOUIS, March 2.-River about sta
tiOnary-