New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-13

Alumni of University of Aiabama-Invita
ton to Meet at Tuscaloosa-Arrival o
Steamer China at Hong KOng-Fifteel
Japanese Students-A Chinese Junl
Picked Up-Eleven Persons Starved {.
Death-Fisk,s Opera B0uffe COmpan,
at CINCINNATI.
SELMA, June 12-The State Superin
'tendent of Public Education invites the
alumni of the University of Alabama tt
meet at Tuscaloosa June 81.
SAN Francisco, June l2.-The steamer
China has arrived from Hong Kong and
.Jeddo. She brings fifteen Japanese stu
dents. The China picked up junk which
had been driven off the coast of Japan
Five persons were rescued. Eleven had
starved to death.
CINCINNATI June l2-Pike's Opera House
was inaugurated tonight by Jim Fisk's
grand opera bOuffe company in the presence
of very large audience. In some respects
this house is superior to the one destroyed
by fire.
VIcKsBURG, June l2.-Antonio Genella,
for thirty years past merchant in this
city, died last night.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-Two boys,
charged with the murder of a Chinaman
here, were held for murder in the second
degree and assault and battery. The bail
was fixed at $4,000 and $1,000. Judge Saw
yer refuses to admit the testimony of Chi
.neSe witnesses TO the murder.
The steamship China brings 1894 packages
of tea, I'LL bags of rice, $50 hogsheads of
sugar and 462l packages of sundries to San
Francisco. The bishop of Victoria is among
her passengers. The China had about one
thousand and forty Chinese passengers. Of
the Japanese passengers by her two are
treasury officials and eight are bankers sent
abroad to study our financial system, and
seven are students.
IL.
by the steamer China saws great uneasiness
is felt at Pekin. The air is filed with
strange mutterings, though danger to for
.eign residents is not supposed immediate.
Captain Pease. an American, charged
with piracy at kingsmill Islands, on the
Pacific, has been arrested by the Spanish
authorities, and sent with witnesses to
Shanghai for trial by the American Consul
General, but having no jurisdiction, the
Consul General will send him to San Fran
cisco by the next steamer for trial
Admiral Rogers, with the United States
flagship Colorado and the United States
steamers Monocacy and Palos, left Woosang
to join the Benicia and Alaska at Nagasaki.
Thence they will sail to Corea
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, June IL, 6 P. M.-Ba-
,rometer 30:05; wind west and fresh.
Arrived: Steamship Morgan, at 1925 P.
Galveston, to c. A. Whitney 81 Co.; steam
ship Clinton, at $3.50 P. NJ, Beckett, master,
from Indianola, via Galveston, to C.. A.
Whitney & Co. No departures.
On the bar, bound out: Steamship West
eern Metropolis.
Inside, bound out: Ships Rival, Record
and Wyoming.
VICKsBURG, June 12.-Down: Ouachita
Belle, p. NJ. Up: City of Cairo, P. NJ;
Katie, P. NJ. Weather warm and clear.
River falling.
PITTsBURG, June 12.-Weather cloudy.
with appearance of rain. Monongahela
stationary.
MEMPHIS, June l2.-Weather clear and
pleasant River falling slowly. Up yes-
terday: James Howard. To-day: Sallie,
Belle Memphis, Virginia. Down: Shan
non, Lady Lee Columbia, COmmonwe
Natchez, Atlantic and barges.
CINCINNATI, June l2.-River eight feet
in the channel, having risen nine inches in
cUlae past twenty-fOur hours. Arrived:
Samuel j. Hale, from Memphis. Weather
clear and pleasant.
ST. LOUIS, June l2-Arrived: H. C. Yae-
ger, from New Orleans; Belle ST. Louis,
from Vicksburg. Departed: City of Ches-
ter. for Memphis River stationary.
Weather clear and cool.
LOUISVILLE, June 12.-River falling
slowly, with two feet two inches ia the
Weather clear and fine. Shipments very
scarce. Arrived: Anna, from Cincinnati.
Departed: Anna, for st. Louis; Potomac,
for New Orleans.
The locomotives and tenders were loaded
on a barge to-day and will be tOwed by the
Falls pilot as far as White river. They are
for the Forth Smith and Little Rock railway.