New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-14

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eeeseiat jovaMAt o. NEW ORLEANS
NEW 0RIEANs. NOyHMDER II. 1871.
Three and half inches Of rain fell dur
ing Sunday night, and six-tenths of an inch
yesterday. - = H.. !
Tho total receipts Of customs ut theport
of New Orleans for the week ending No
vember IL, 1871, were $lls.4l6 IS.
Mr. James H. Hummel, publisher Of the |
Howe Journal has returned to New Or |
leans from short trip to the North.
The receipts Of coin at the New Orleans
Customhouse, ON Saturday, were 81, 74O II.
The receipts ON November II, last year,
were &2O,0O9 25, difference Of S2730 81.
An unlucky chap replied, on being asked
what he cleared on a certain speculation,
Nothing but my pockets .{,.'.-
The convicts in the Washington Territory
penitentiary complain of the deprivation of
tobacco, and appeal to the legislachewer for
relief. M .ts rs,,s ,-
Some one describes o bore rs one who
keeps talking to you about himself, when
you are extremely anxious to talk to him
about yourself.
'.Widow Goldsmith's Daughter" of Hart
ford, will issue next week, through earle.
ton T. Co.. curious new juvenile book,
called Brazen Gates.
An Omaha paper advises the people not
to make such fuss about the shooting of
one constable, a. there are over forty candi I
dates for the position. .,
The literary event this season, for young
people, is the publication Of Miss Alcotts
holiday book, entitled Morning Glories,"
by the author of Little Women, etc.
Many man INDUCES in the belief that e
hispersonal freedom involves the right to g
dictate to his fellow-me1, ana make them =
walk in whatever path he may direct.
The weather predictions are that to-day !
there will be brisk northwesterly winds on t
the Louisiana coast. Csutionary signals e
were ordered last evening in New Orleans. D
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A Newfoundland dog SWAN out to a wreck
off tho English coast, seized a line thrown
by the captain, and swan back with it to G
the shore, and by this means saved the q
whole crew. -.',,ssI M t.
most excellent old lady in Connecticut
is much exercised in mind to know how it is Al
that Q little quicksilver in glass tube can tc
make such awful cold weather by just fall Il
ing an inch or two. a4<.f,Df...s,..
Robert Dale Owens last GROWING work
ON Spiritaalisna, entitled 1.-THE Debatable '"
Land Between this World and the Next" ~
as rapidly passing through the press, and Al
will soon be published, by G. w. Carleton F.
s. Co. .s l-t-sl ..'aa4E m
The sales Of tobacco at seven ware ~,
houses in Louisville during the year which -
has just closed foot up 4S,OO6 hogsheads, at ~
cash value Of q, 69l ,Oa6; last year, 4O,047 -
hogsheads; cash valae, $4,s23, 1870. IN
hi
The New Orleans Wrecking Company's go
steamer Travis Wright left last evening for an
the wreck sof Tho Wade Hampton, 10 take be
out . portion Of her cargo. The Wade .er
Hampton is a complete wreck. The water Tn
is now up to her. texas. ,yil-s.sa. s...sI a.
A night vehicle obstructed the track Of tel
the Rsmpart street lime Of the St. Charles mt
street railroad somewhere above jackson tn,
street, and detained car from half-past ten wi
to eleven o'clock, much to the discomfort of Ia;
passengers waiting on the road. ,1
The Natchitoches Times having given am
to what proves to be an erroneous tn
statement, made an honorable retraction ed
The article, in reference to the murder of ne,
Mr.. d. w. White, recorder of Grant parish, ha,
was copied into the REPUBLICAN of Sunday, thu
md by mistake credited to the Natchi- the
t0ches News ia-.a ~ NJ -
The trial Of Marshal Bazaine on the 10
charge Of surrendering Metz VIII soon take to-
,lace. The military commission appointed oul
% hear the case is mainly composed Of off, in
'ers unfriendly to the late empire, and in par
'ase Bazaine is convicted, his sentence, it is the
believed, will be severe. 4.t I,
Messrs Morey and Mckee, Of the Con- NM
levee committee, arrived here the
by the jackson railroad. Mr.. dor
Duke, another member Of the committee, Z
anne down the river from vicksburg, and mie
vas expected to arrive here last night. hel;
These gentlemen constitute quorum of h.,;
he committee They have taken rooms ut =,
he st. Charles Hotel =
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Oliver Clark, who was tried and convicted be
efore the Fourteenth Judicial District Orl'
'ourt Of the parish of Morehouse, of the
rhine Of shooting with intent to kill, and
entenced to one year imprisonment in the r
arish Jail, was yesterday pardoned by the -
Governor on the recommendation of the
istrict Judge and district attorney, and on q ~
he petition Of numerous citizens. nap
pres