New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-16
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Cclauitt. president of the State Democratic
Convention, has called the Executive Com
mittee. to meet in Macon on the twenty-sev.
enth instant, to elect chairman in place OF
Mr.. Stephens.
The Republican Executive Committee
passed resolution calling con
vention of representatives from each
Congressional district, to meet on the
fifth of October to appoint members to the
State Executive Committee. who meet at
Atlanta October l8. to urge the Republicans
to organize forthwith and nominate candi-
dates for the General Assembly and county
officers, also to recommend the passage of q
law changing the election to n week before
christmas, which was approved by MI.
passed the election will occur on the eighth
Of November, the day named in the consti-
.bution.
Boston, September l5.-Arrived: Steam
ship Oriental.
KEY WEST. Fla, September l5-The brig
Maria Wheeler arrived here from Pensacola
Cor New York leaking very badly.
MONTREAL, September l5-The interna-
tional boat race came off to-day. The
weather was fine. Two crews started. The
TYNE crew were naked to the waist The
ST. Johns crew wore fancy shirts. After o
few sweeping strokes the Tynes led at a
hundred yards, and increased the lead Il
quarter of mile. The st. Johns are now
up; the Tynes put on tremendous spirit,
the boat jumping out of the water at every
stroke. At the half mile the Tyne crew
forward. On turning the buoy, the Tyne
was ahead three lengths. winning the race
by six clear lengths. Time, forty-one min
utes ten seconds.
The amount of money which changed
hands on the international boat race was
enormous. The Englishmen who had come
out to see the race bet their gold in every
direction, which was freely taken by Ameri-
cans and Nova Sc0tians. Both crews were
in splendid condition. The Tyne men
fOwed in the Dunstan on Tyne, about forty
feet six inches long, and seventeen and one
half inches wide, weighing ninety pounds
The St. Johns men rOwed in a shell named
after their leading hacker, James A. Hard
ing, forty-three feet long, eighteen
and threefourths inches wide, weigh
inS g. pounds radsi.r The r Iyn' stroke, %sn
coming well forward and going well back,
'feathering little high, and making an
average Of thirty-eight strokes to the
.minutts though they went for a minute or
so. The st. Johns men pulled more from
the arm, recovering the moment the oar was
abreast the body, with a low feather and
very rapid stroke, forty-two when steady
and with spirit forty-seven.
! BALTIMORE, September I5.-The Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association to-day
) closed an interesting session by electing
Richard II. Stabler, of Virginia .presi-
dent, and Fleming g. GruYe, Of Georgia,
first vice president.
~ River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, September 10, s p. NJ.
Barometer $3.50; wind northeast and light.
No arrivals or departures. "A heavy rain
squalH was experienced here at five o'clock
this afternoon. The general direction was
from the northwest to the southeast.
q MEMPHIS, September l5.-Weather clear.
fhermopeter So. River rising slowly. The
Arkansas is rising. and has four feet seven
inches to Little Rock.
VICKsBURG, September l5.-The steam
boat r. j. Lockwood passed up at four, and
the Susie.Silver at five o'clock this after
noon. The river is falling. Weather cloudy
and warm.
LOUISVILLE, September f5.-Departed:
Steamboat Bertha. for New Orleans. The
river is falling slowly, with twenty inches in
the chute, and four feet on Portland bar.
The weather is clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, September l5.--The river has
seven feet one inch Of water opposite this
city, and is falling. Thermometer 49,.
Weather clear tonight.
CAIRO, September 15.-The river rose two
Inches in the last twenty-four hours. Their
mometer $50. Departed: st. Mary, from
st. Louis, to New Orleans. at ) A. NJ, ami
the Armadillo, from Louisville. to New Or
leans Mt 9 p NJ