New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-12

and Citizens candidate, William Castor
was reelected mayor to-day. Party lines
were generally ignored in the election ootn
as regards the Mayor and both branches Of
the city council.
Grand Duke Alexis has remained quiet
to-day, suffering slightly from ague IN the
| face
This evening he gave a private banquet
| to some twenty-five gentlemen, including
| Governor CIatiin and Mayor Castor.
| George w. Palmer the weliknown
| electrical instrument maker, was killed this
morning by falling down stairs at his resi-
| dence.
The grand duke will not reach Canada
! till about Wednesday or Thursday. He is
| 10 be in Ottawa on Monday, the eighteenth
| instant.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Once Chief Signal Officer,
Washington December IL, 1871. 1870 P. n.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TWENTY -FOUR HOURS.
The area of the highest barometer con-
tInu"s central in Louisiana, having moved
hut little Sunday afternoon. Glear weather
and light winds have prevailed in the Gulf
and Southern States and nOrthWard to Iowa.
Clear weather has prevailed to-day on the
Pacific coast. The low pressure which was
Sunday afternoon in Canada, has continued
t. extend southeartward, and the barometer
has fallen most decidedly in Virginia and
New York S"uthwesterly winds have pre-
vailed in the Middle and Eastern States and
Oh the lower lakes, with snow at OswegO
and Buffalo. The winds on the lakes have
probably in no case been dangerous today.
PROBABILITIES.
The area of lowest barometer will prob
ably move eastward over Pennsy Ivania and
New England: that of highest barometer
Will move nOrtheastwar,l. with clear and
pleasant weather from Virginia to Illinois
and sonthward. Cloudy weather con
tnues. possibly with snow or rain, on Lake
Ontario. where brisk. but not necessarily
dangerous winds. are probable for to-mor-
row.
River lntellixence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, december 10, Is P. NJ
Barometer 3O:SO. Wind north and light
Arrived: American bark Patlnos. Nichols
master. sixty days from Liverpool, with
general cargo. to Ocean, Zerega 4 Co:
thorne, master, from lndianola, via Calves
ton. To Z. A. Whitney & Co.; Swedish bark
I. ID. W.. Ruden, master. forty-scven DAYS
from Rio JaneirO, with cargo of coffee to !
order. No departures.
NICKsEUEG. December Il-Passed down:
7. w. Strader. at A. NJ. Passed up: !
Belle Lee, 3 A. NJ; Potomac, II A. il. |
W tatntE cIedT ana cUol. klVcr falling.
EVANSVILLE. December ll.-Weather
lear and mild: mercury 46o at noon. The
aver has fallen three inches in the past
wenty-tuur hours. Passed down: Sabine
md Louisville. for New Orleans, at noon.
CINCINNATI. December ll-River five feet
'ix inches i'll the channel Weather clear
md cool.
PlTTsBURG, December Il.-Weather mod
rating, with indications of rain or snow.
Navigation still suspended.
Louisville, December 1.-THE river
las fallen three inches in the past twenty
our hours, with three feet six inches in the
anal, and tw" feet six inches in the chute.
arrived: Louisville from New Orleans.
N"ai her clear and cool
CAIRO, December ll-Arrived Mary
lice from New Orleans. at l. A. NJ: Kate
Kinney, from New Orleans. at 10 A. NJ. No
cpaltilrcS.
telegram from Hickman reports the
f'amcr Mahle City aground at Point Pleas
nf III" river has risen two inches in the
ast cntv-tOur hours
MEMPHIS. December li.-Weather clear
nj pleasant. River falling. Passed up
aines Howard, Great Republic. CITY of
Icksburg and Emm. Elliott. Passed down.
ele st. Louis and New Richmond Belle.