New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-08
MIsCELLANEOUs.

TOWboaf Sunk-TW0 Lives Losf-De~
structive Hail in Wisconsin-Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
Damages-First New Cotton al Savan-
nah-FI0uring NIiil Explosion.
CINCINNATI, August "A small towboat
struck hidden object below here, and
sunk, drowning the mate and chamber
maid.
SAVANNAH, August The first bale of
new cotton was to-day sold for thirty cents
a pound.
CHICAGO, August Two and a half
inches of hail fell over Albion, Wisconsin,
today, infiicting damages to the amount of
ST. LoUIs, August The Yaeger Touring
mill exploded to-day, killing two persons.
SAvANNAH, August AN excursion party
on the Savannah, Seaboard and Skidaway
railroad took possession of the cars. After
cutting loose two of the cars, near Sandfy
station, they commenced fighting among
Themselves One man is reported killed.
The remaining cars, with a large number of
ladies on board, came on to the city. The
excursionists have possession of the road.
The sheriff will go out tonight to arrest
the rioters.
Sr. GATHERINGS, August IL have Just
read what correspondent in Havana says
to the New York Times on the Amazons of
free Cuba. Iwish to send through the free
my brave and enthusiastic countrymen.
While they live my country will IveA
Hnrrah for the Amaz0ns of fr g Cuba.
EMILIA VILLARANDE.
MONTREAL, August The city papers
have come to the conclusion that Cuban
affairs are made too much of. Noone has
enlisted or had any intention to leave Cam
ada for Cuba.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal Officer, ,
Washington, August z, 1871, s:30 P. NJ
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FoUR HOURS.
The thermometer has fallen slightly since
Sunday evening at the Rocky mountain
stations, and very considerably from Ohio
to Kansas and northward. The pressure
has increased rapidly from New Jersey TO
Alabama, where it is now falling, but the
highest pressure still remains on the South
Atlantic coast. Southeasterly winds are
now reported from Chesapeake Bay to Mas
sachusetts,I but southeasterly winds prevail
very generally in the Southern and Gulf
States Partially cloudy and clear weather
and westward to Lake Michigan, but cloudy
and threatening weather las Increased from
Tennessee northeastward into Ohio. Rain
is reported from the Gulf coast.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably fall very
generally east of the Mississippi The
lowest pressure remains north and west of
illinois, The conditions will remain favor
able for local storms from Missouri to Lake :
Superior and east of Louisiana. Threatening
weather will probably very generally pre-
vail during the night from Tennessee and
North Car,lina to Lake Ontario, and cloudy
weather, with few local storms, probably
extend over New England on Tuesday after
noon
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, August Z, 2 M
Barometer 30:15 Wind south, southwest,
fresh: Arrived Steamship Morgan, at 5
p. M, Lockwood, master. from Indianola
via Galveston, to C. A. Whitney g. Co. No
departures.
VIcKsBURa. August Passed MP: John
T. Moore, at p. M. Weather warm and
clear. River falling.
MEMPHIS, August Weather clear.
Mercury ninety-two degrees.A River falling.
No port list.
ST. LOUIS, August 7.--Arrived: Mohawk
from upper Mississippi, and Julia from
Vicksburg. Departed: Bismarck and Mo-
hawk for New Orleans. River falling
again. Weather clear and very warm.
LOUISVILLE, August - The river is
falling slowly, with ten inches in the chute,
four feet on Portland bar, and twenty-six
inches at French Island. There was slight
rain this morning. The Shannon will leave
for New Orleans tomorrow. The Ella
Hughes arrived from Paducah, and has en-
tered the Louisville and Cairo trade.
PITTsBURG, August z - Weather sultry
with indications Of rain. The Monongahela
is rising slowly.
CINCINNATI, August z. - River falling.
Weather rainy and warm.