New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-06

road Company, st hall. past elgn' luls uiorn-
ing. The whole number ot excuralonlsts
were over tive hundred. me trains lett ,ne
main line of the roGd, visi ing Planet Fur
naoo and Star coal minos, the Western sron
Corlpany's works, Coalhro0k coal mines,
Lstayette Furnace Iron Company and tken
to the Brazil furnace, 3lC various other
t0al mines. There are I've furnaces and
twenty five block coal mines now IN opera
zion IN this country.
Albany, New York, April New forK
city election isnl and senator William II!
TWeed's charter have botn passed the sen
ate.
Fl1caxosp, Virginia. April 5.--The city
troubles will at las. 90 TO the United states
Supreme Court. The motion hy Etllson
and others to dissolve the Injunction will be
heard Oh Thursday II Washington by Cher
Justice Chase. The motion Is MADE, hfst, on
the want Of Jurisdiction. second, that there
is DO equity in the bill, and third, that
facts show that the injuEctl0D was lmproVl.
dentially awarded.
In the meantime affairs viii be peacefully
conducted here. writ OF ejsctmeut against
Mayor Ellison, doubt about the Legality OF
which ceased General Candy 20 decline ten
dering military aid 10 the MARSHAL, VIII be
referred 10 Attorney General Hoar for his
decision. The two Mayors 50 or as usual,
holding courts, with their police peacefully
all city olicials from paying or recognizing
Mayor Cahoou or his police or any OF The
officials Of the old city government.
MExzgsaIs Apri j.-phe contract for bnid-
ing the remainder of the Mississippi River
Railroad viii be iet in 3 few days, and the
work pushed forward to compilation.
Freights to New York have been reduced
sr. LOUIS. April 5.-The coiored citizens
OF jefferson City, Missouri, celebrated the
ratification Of the fifteenth amendment yes
terday with 3 procession, I2unic, firing can
non, exc. Among the speakers were GOV
ernor 5lcCIuug aud General shepherd, Ad-
infant General.
The State election heIe &c day is passing
of quietly.
Not wit!s.ardiug the denial from Chicago,
based unon private dispatches from this
city, that the Ciesring House here had
| tabled the memorial against the passage OF
the funding bill, the dispatch sent from
| here iast Saturday WAS true. phe associated
! banks or this city held a meeting On the
| thirtieth OF March, and tabled the said
memorial By vote Of 20 to9. subsequently
twenty-sevan of the thirty-six members OF
| the Clearing House sent dispatch to
Senator Drake, giving the action OF the
| Clearing House meeting, ard stating that
! they represented the majority OF the bank
| ing capital aud deposits Of the city. and
| were IN favor of the funding bill. These
| banks represent nearly tWo-Jnlrds OF the
banking capital here, and have about three
| fOurths Of the deposits. Two Of The MEM
bers Of the Clearing House, who voted
| against tablng the memorial, signed the
| telegram, to Senator Drake, 60 that the real
sentiment in favor Of the funding bill was
% to 7.
| PorrsYrI.LE. Pa, March 5.-The strike
! am ng tle schUylkiii miners is becoming
general. There are few small cOllieries At
work. The proprietor5 are very firm with
| the strikers. and viii continue SO unit! the
| miners yield.
CHICAGO. April 5.-Charles Dehn. Der
| man, perished in the f }mPs at the burning
| of the Pennsylvania House, at Davenport,
; Iowa, Yesterday morning. he vas employed
| il the house.
A little Child. name unknown, while play
! ing On the Chicago aod St. LOUIS railroad
! track, near the Union Rolling Mills, was
run over and cut in TWO.
| Members OF She committee Tor the recep'
| ton Of the remains OF General George II.
; Thomas, met at General Sherldah-s head
| quarters TO-DAY, aud headed by Generals
| Sheridan and Hancock, with their stats,
proceeded on foo. 10 tle Union Depot. The
| committee was quite large; each 1Lembe-
wearing badge Of mourning.
| At the depot speCilj train was II waiting
| 70 take them to Riverside. The train and
| locomotive were heavily drapped i'll mourn
/ ing.
| avenue. which i. overlo0ks. It was crowd
ed with q vast multitude more than mile
| long in carriages aud on foot. When the
| train reached the depot the streets III every
| direction were thronged with mourning peo
| pie.
The remains were placed in charge of the
| Ellsworth Z)uaVes as guard OF bOnor, ano
| at eight O'Clock were again taken IN charge
| by the committee, and conveyed to TIC
| depot of the Michigan Southern railroad
| and left at nine O'Clock under the escort OF q
| committee from Toledo, Ohio, headed by
| General Steadman. During the day there
were flags on all public buildings, newspaper
offices, hotels and many private buildings
| displayed at half.mast. Minute guns
were fired and bells were tolled during the
| time the remains were in the city.
| SAN Francisco, April 5.-The celebration
, of the colored people passed ofin fine style
about fifteen hundred in the procession
! Good order was Eaaiutsined throughout th'
| line Of march.
| Rfver Intelligence.
| SOUTHWEST PASS. April s. 6 P. N
| Barometer 30:lO. Wind east. very light.
| Arrived: Schooner Cecilia, Briggs master
| eight days from Ruatan. with iru!t K
! Joseph Machecs. No departures.
OUTSIDE. waiting for fair wind TO sail, shil
| Thomas Harvard.
On the bar bound out ship Baden.
| VICKsBURG, April Passed down: Wan
| nita at last night; Arkansas at :, Ames q
). MoNie Able at and kilgour st 10 A. d.
Republic at ] and Natchez at P. M. Up
Saliie at last night. River rising. Weather
clear and warm.
MEMPHIS, April j.-pasged up: Thomp
son Dean. Mollie Ebert, Belle Ferron
! Down: Esnton and Commonwealth. Rive
rising; IL is now within five feet of higf
water mark. Weather clear and pleasant.
P1TTsBURG, April 5.-The Monongahel'
river is thirteen and one-half feet, aud th'
Allegheny fourteen; at Greenboro six anC
one-half; st Brownsville seven and one-hait
Oil City eight and one.hait, and falling
all the above points. Business is increasing
| Weather stormy.
CINCINNATI, April River fallen nineteel
inches. 1t is now forty-fve feet elgh
inches in the channel. Weather clear.
The river has fallen eighteen inches with
in the last SIX hours, and is now forty NV
feet IN the channel aud fifty-seven fee
space under the bridge, which makes trelg h
rates extremely low 10 New Orleans. busI
ness very dull.
sr. Louis, April 5.-Arrived: Bismarck
from New Orleans; CiIy of Cairo. from
Memphis. Departed: Marble City, To-
| vicksburc. River rising. Missouri iallin!
slowly. Weather clear and warm.
LOUISVILLE, April ARRIVED: Kate Pit
nun. from New Orleans; Mary Houston
| from New Orleans. Departed: Ajax an
twenty barges of coal for New Orleans; Kat
| Putnam, for Pittsburg. River rising, wit
| tWarfv-fiye feet three inches in the channel