New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-21
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Races Great Floods I'm Maiue =
Freshet on the Merrimac and hnd'
.cn-Defeat Of female Suffrage In Mas
.achusests- Desperate Pursuit of Safe
R.bbers In Iudiann-Fire In OhIO-suit
Sov manages and Fal.e imprisonment
Duv,D9 the War-strfke Of Coal
pasners-FIood In PennsyivAnia-Kim-
n,erly Il, oshers' Case a gainst Butler
P~stpoued - Fifteenth Amendment
Oe,ebrar,on In RichmOnd-Kecess OF
Georgia Legislature.
MEMPHIS, April 20-Thomas Downward. an
engineer of the submarine Eckert, was
RilIed at the levee this afternoon by the
ehaft striking him on the head. he was
resident of Covington, Kentucky.
The spring races promise to be very good.
SAco. Maine, April 20-The greatest
Hood since 1852 now prevails: There Is
FORTY acres OF logs which is held by one
boom, and which, by breaking, Will sweep
away bridges, mills and many houses. Inc
storm continues, and the river ID SUI
rising.
lowell, Mass, April 2o.-The Merrjmac
riper is higher at present than at any time
aimee 1852 Many booms have been broken
and much lumber lost. The baokwater IS in
RosToN. April 2O.-The Massachusetts
House of Representatives defeated the
female suffrage bill by vote of one hundred
and .hity three to sixty eight.
ALBANY, N. Y, April 2O.-The freshet IS
increasing, with the water over space
from Hudson to South Ferry streets.
The entire lumber district is food.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 20.-Sixteen
Thousand dollars of the money stolen from
che Office of the treasurer of Rermllion
county has been recovered. A farmer NV
irg near Clinton saw two suspicious LOOKING
men last evening, and called to them to
stop: upon this they ran, and the farmer
rave chase, and a large gang of railroad Ia
6orers Joined him in the pursuit. The fugi.
4iyes fed to the Wabash river, pulled OF
most of their clothing, jumped in and swan
toward the opposite shore. One OF them
threw from his possession a package to
enable him TO swim faster. when some OF
the pursuing party swan out and secured
the package, and found it to contain
SIG 600 of the missing money. When the
thieves reached shore a man tried to
stop them, aud succeeded in knocking one
of them down with rail; the other drew
revolver aud drove their antagonists oil
vhereupon the two robbers took to the
bush with no clothing on excepting shirts
and drawers. The whole country is stirred
up, Hundreds of men are after the robbers.
and in their present condition they Can
hardly escape capture.
ST.. LOUIS, April 20.-The case OF Joseph
against General Began, Montgomery and
others. for $4,000 damages, tor false i'm
prisopment and the destruction Of the plain
ziff's newspaper office in 1866, by the State
militia, for alleged disloyai publications, was
decided yesterday in the United States CIR
cult Court. The jury returned verdict
against Monte hmery, assessing fifty dollars
damages, and finding the other defendants
not guilty.
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio, April 20--At FIVE
O'clock this morning a fire was discovered
in the large two-story brick building oc-
cupied by Weaver and Briton, grocers, Ii. c.
Tuft book store. and the entire second
story by the Democratic Banner printing
Office. The stock of Weaver was entirely
consumed; loss covered by insurance.
$4,000 OF the stock of Britton and Tuft was
removed in damaged condition.
The type of the Banner Office was melted
and dropped into the cellar; the presses,
three in number, one large power press,
were so warped by the heat as will REQUIRE
all to be sent to Cincinnati and Boston for
repairs. large lot of printing paper was
destroyed; the subscription books were
saved The loss " ill be five thousand dol
lars, covered by an insurance OF two thou.
sand dollars. The building is insured for
Eve thousand dollars, which will cover the
loss.
NAucH CHUNK, Pa, April 20.-The coal
miners have struck for three dollars per
day:
11oated four million feet of logs. Bridges
are destroyed, trains delayed, and many
Hand slides have occurred. The miners still
refuse to allow coal cars, on the Reading
Railroad, to be loaded.
BALTIMORE, April 2O.-The case of Kim
berly Brothers, against General Butler, for
rent of property at Fortress Monroe, has
been postponed until November.
RICHMOND, Virginia, April 20-The col
ored people to-day celebrated the ratitica-
tion Of the fifteenth amendment with great
enthusiasm. A procession of forty societies,
ever mile in length. marched through the
principal streets of the city, accompanied
BY bands of music and banners flying. About
2 p. NJ. the procession reached City Springs,
where addresses were delivered by John
Seela Martin, the colored editor of the Wash
ington Ne,1 Era, John NJ. Langston, col
ored, and others. Letters were read from Sen
ators Edmunds. Wilson. Sumner andiLeWis,
and Representative Mckenzie and others ex-
pressive of regret at their inability to be
present. After The adoption ofresolutions Of
congratulations, thanks to Congress and
President Grant, and in respect 10 the mem
CRY of John Brown, the meeting dispersed.
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 20-'rhe Senate
and House adjourned until Monday.
A member of the House stated that Gen
eral Terry opposed any legislation while
the Georgia bill was pending before Con-
gress, and that the House was opposed to
holding any session until Congress acted.
CHICAGO, April 20.-Three colored men
served on a jury here to-day.
Henry Billings, of Alton, member of
the Illinois Constitutional Convention, died
yesterday, he being the fourth member de-
ceased.
Pekin, Illinois, has elected Democratic
Mayor.
At Dubuque the river is now four inches
above extreme high water mark and still