New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-03

Bill Forbiddinx Employment OF Chinese
Labor i'm New YOrll-An Escaped Con.
Wet Arresled-An Escaped Jail Bird
His alia. in New acknowledgements
nncc Of a Commission Merchant.
ALBANY, n. u, February "A bill was
introduced in the Senate, to-day, forbidding
the employment of Chinese coolie labor.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. February John Pean.
a notorious negro, who lately escaped from
the Mississippi pcnitentiary after nearly
numbering one of the guards. WAS arrested
here to-day, after being shot twice by the
Sheriff.
Dr. }. 3. Russell, alias Richard S. Hewitt.
alias DR.. Beck who has been figuring here.
and in New Orleans aud Baltimore under
various aliases. WAS exposed yesterday by
his brotherln-law an escaped lau bIrtt
from New Jersey, and has decamped.
Il. IL. Withers. lately Il commission mer-
chant here. has disappeared. leaving numcr
Gus creditors.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS. February >. II NJ
Barometer 1925. Wind north northwest.
fresh. Arrived: Bark Trafalgar, Hall.
master. titty-six days from Rio de Janeiro.
with coffee to L. d. Morgan bark Tippoo
Saib. Dunn, master. four days from Ha
vana, in ballast to master Sailed: Steam
ships Liberty, Thomas helso and llutchin-
son: ships Guardian kooria Moora and c.
II. Southland; bark Sylvia w. Swasey.
PASCAL OUTRE, February >. p. NJ
Wind north, light.
Arrived: Schooner David Babcock. Col
cord. master, fifteen days from New York.
with general cargo to &. A. Fosdck Il Co.
Schooner Il. w. Godfrey Garwood master
sixteen days from Philadelphia. with cargo
of coal to c. A. Whitney 4 Co. No depart
ureS.
NICK>BTRG, February Passed down:
William J. Lewis. Z. NJ. River rising.
Weather clear and pleasant.
SOUTHWEST Pass. February ,. & p. NJ
Barometer 302j. Wind north light Ar
rived: Schooner L. L. Davis. Lathrop, mas
ter, four days from Sabine Pass. with cargo
81 cotton to order; brig Ruatan, Webster.
master. seven days from Ruatan. with fruit
to }. Machica; steamship st. Mary, lIaw-
thorne. master, from Indianola Via Calves
ton to G. A. Whitney * Co.
Sailed: Ship Ivanhoe. brigs William and
Anthony. and S. L. Kennedy.
LOUISVILLE, February 1.-The river is
still rising slowly. The weather is colder,
alternately clear and cloudy: mercury b.
Embellishments, Allegheny Belle and
barges, Nightingale. from Cincinnati
Departed Nightingale. for Arkansa.
river: Minneola, for Memphis: Allegheny
Belle and barges, Susie Silver. for New Or
leans.
PIrTsBURG, February 2.-Weather grow
ing colder. The Monongahela has fallen
eighteen inches since . 4. NJ: now twelve
feet six inches in the channel.
The total shipments of coal by this rise
will be about $500 900 bushels
CINCINNATI. February THE river has
twenty three feet six inches in the channel:
risen twelve inches in twenty-four hours:
sew Aty-eight feet six inches under the
bridge. Arrived Farragut and Kate Rob
inson from St. Louis, John III. Greesbecb |
from Portland. Departed: Lorcna for New
Orleans. Weather clear: temperature %
MEMPHIS, February 2.-Passed down
Mollie Moore, Pauline Carroll Longworth. |
James Howard. Biyley and barges. The |
Howard added ED bales of cotton here.
River rising. Weather clear and pleasant
Foreign Markets.
LoNroN, February ,. lI:30 A. M-Con |
soils 81 i. Bonds 90i4.
LIVERPOOL, February ,. 100 A. NJ
Cotton fiat and irregular. Middlin. up
lands "a. Orleans 8. Sales estimated at
5000 bales.
LONDON. February @ 100 F. M-Cousols
81 Is for money and ol7s a % on account
American securities and stocks quiet and
unchanged.
LIVERPOOL, February ,. I:30 y. M
Breadstutfs dull. Bacon 59s Gd for short
rib and middles.