New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-21
its operations against tho revolutsoais6 h
GuerrOna. ~
MISCELLANEOUS.

Tho NoYsh. Cayollna lmDeaehDeoe RDo.
aranmo-AbsaFd Report ef sAs O..
fessieu Of . Dylng Mas-Jehn LeosnseS
Besser-Ship0ent Of PFiseDors and
Fleur from Riehmoad-SeuateE1al WDeos
don In Pcnnsy1vanSa.
Ramon. n. c., December @.-TOd day ~
eleven O'Clock the board of managerB ep-
pointed by tho House to conduct tho I'M
peachment Of the Governor, attended By ~
Speaker of the House Of Representatives,
proceeded to the bar Of the Senate and 1b9-
mally submitted the articles Of impooch-
ment. 80.
After the conclusion Of the ceremonies
tho Lieutenant Governor vacated his eoet
as President Of the Senate, and shortly af-
terward took charge Of the executive Once.
Governor Holden made no opposition =
surrenderinE the Office.
Tho court of impeachment win convene
as soon as Chief Justice Pearson can ar
rive in the city.
By the confession Of dying negro, 10 has
been ascertained that all barn burning and
other depredations committed in this and
adjoining counties for the past year weHo
the result Of o planned conspiracy on the
part of the negroes of the Union League.
Forty names are In possession Of the SUI
thoritiee. Some arrests have been made,
and officers are In hot pursuit of othors.
ernor Letcher 10 much better, and, il 10
thought, out Of danger.
RrCHnoNp, Va, December 0.-The
steamer for New York this evening carried
five prisoners for the Albany Pcnitentiafy,
to serve terms varying between ono and
five years, for mail robbery, c0uAterfeting,
and violating the internal revenue laws; !.
A shipment of three thousand barrcls of
-four was made from here to-day, for Rio
Janeiro.
PHILADELPHIA, Decembef co.-The elee-
ton to-day in tho First Senatorial District
resulted in q majority Of l343 for Draheft,
Democrat In October the Republicans had
ono Thousand majority in this district.
OMAHA, December 2O.-TranscontanentA
travel was somewhat interrupted hero -
day BY the ice in the Missouri river. Tho
weather in Wyoming and New Aoxico has
been extremely cold, the thermometer b.
ing reported below sero. It was reported
26p below zero at Greeley. Colorado, to-day.
River InselllGenee.
SOUTHWEST Pass, Decombef, 20, 2. NJ
Barometer 3O:30 Wind west northwest,
and blowing strong.
Arrived: Bark Bina, Wilson, MASTER
thirty-seven days from Rio Jeneiro. With
bark Agnes, Hirdes, master, forty-Ave dsyt
from Liverpool, with cargo ofsalt, TO Mummy,
| Schredor 4 Co.; schooner A. ID. Henderson.
| Henderson, master, twenty days from
| ThomastOn, Maine, with cargo Of lime, to
| master; schooner Lizzie Major, WallaoA
master. eight days from Pensacola, with
cargo of lumber, TO master-sho lost mo
most of her sails and is leaking badly.
| Sailed: Steamship Tobasco.
| PAss-A-L'OUYRE, December 90, p. NJ
| Wind west northwest, fresh. No arrivals.
| Sailed: Schooner Sky Lark.
MRMPHIs, December 20.-Weathef cloudy.
| Thermometer $50 at noon. River rising.
| Passed up: Susie Silver, Continental, City
| of Cairo and Mollie Moore. Down: M0ihB
| Able, Alice and Belle Lee.
VIcKsBuRo, December 2O-Passed down:
! Mohawk and barges at 3; Matches at r.
n. Up: Kate Kinney at last night.
| River rising. Weather clear and cool
LOUISVILLE, December 9.-Arrived: City
| of Quincy from New Orleans. Charles
Bodmann safely descended the falls, but
had not left Portland at 6 p. NJ.
River rising slowly, with 1--WE feet and tvs
inches in the chute, and seven feet and two
| inches in the canal.
Parties having coal barges to 90 belov
| telegraphed to send NO barges through the
| canal. as the amount of snow and rain that
| had fallen would give sufficient water on
| the falls for tho entire coal feet 10 pass
| down soon.
| Snow fell all the morning, melting
"a fast as it fell. At noon the wind shifted
| to the north. Thermometer go at noon.
| CINCINNATI, December 20.-The liver haa
sixteen feet and ten inches in the channel.
| A number of tows with coal passed down
to-day. A eight snow during tho AFTER
noon. Weather clear; therm ometer 260