New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

GeOrgta Industrial observation-disclosures
Ella May-North Carolina Fair-Gal-
weston Opera House Proceeds for
Chicago Relief Chicago Chlldren-
Forest Fires In NIissouri-Sub Ku-
Klux Cea,mltftee-Suit Against Gem
eral Fsrrest-Rival Memphis Gas COM
panies-The Memphis Fair-Pursuit Of
American Fishernen.
SAVANNAH, March 1.-THE preparations
for the grand exposition of the Industrial
Association of Georgia, to be held here No.
vember Il, are nearly complete. The race
course is in fine order.
The steamer Ella May, from New York
for Mobile, put in here for coal. She lost
James Nagle, fireman, overheard, off Cape
HenlOpen, on the ninth instant
ATLANTA, October 1.-THE fair in this
city opened yesterday, and is q great sue
cess. The attendance is large and people
are pouring in from all quarters.
MACON, Ga, October 1.-THE buildings
here were opened yesterday for the recep-
tion of articles for exhibition at the coming
State fair. The entries are unusually large.
tiOn at the State fair in cattle, horses and
hogs is unsurpassed. The agricultural i'm
plement exhibition is complete. In addi-
ton to the racing programme, a purse of
$1,000 has been raised by the citizens, for
which the best horses in the county will
contest.
GALVESTON, October 1.-THE proceeds
at the fremont Opera House last night, for
the benefit of the Chicago sufferers,
amounted to $S49 50.
HALIFAX, October II Hon James McNab
is dead.
CINCINNATI, October l7-Eighty Catholic
children arrived here to-day from Chicago,
and were committed to the bishops care.
ST. LOUIS, October ia fire is raging in
Deer Creek and Harrison Creek valleys,
extending to Jefferson county, Nebraska.
The loss is estimated at $5OO,OOO.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, October 1.-THE sub
Ku-Klux committee, recently in session at
Knoxville, are here. They 90 hence to
Demopolis, and thence to Washington.
MEMpHIs, October H.-Captain Houston,-
of the steamboat Harper. has brought suit
against General Forrest and others, in the
Federal court here, for $4,000, for the
destruction of arms some years since, en-
route for Arkansas.
A suit between the rival gaslght compa
nies, involving 100000, is now on trial in
the federal court here.
Commodore Maury delivered an address
at the fair today. General Beauregard was
on the grounds.
NEW YORK, October IA special from
Gloucester says the schooner Horton was
taken from Guysboro Harbor, Nova Scotia,
u
The Horton is now due at Gloucester,
and it is stated that British gunbOat, sent
in pursuit of the schooner, is now off Cape
Ann with the intent of recapturing the
schooner.
An American gunboat has gone to pre-
vent Yecapture in American waters The
affair is believed to be of great gravity.
GLOUCESTER, October H.-An American
feet of four vessels is outside. Any attempt
to seize the Horton will meet with dis
astrOus defeat.
Vessels have arrived that spoke to the
Horton, but did not see the British gun
boats.
Weather Report.
WAR DRPAR. xRs1,
ONCE Chief Signal Officer,
Washington. october II, 1871. 7:30 r. A.1
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FOUR HOURS.
The barometer, after rising very generally
during Monday night, has now fallen from
Lake Michigan to Florida and eastward.
and to less extent in the Mississippi val
lev, where the pressure il now very uni
form. The temperature has fallen on the low
or lakes, and especially in the South Atlantic
States An area of cloudy weather, with
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