New Orleans Republican., 1872-06-04
MIsCELLANEOUs.

Rain Storm in Central IIlfnOis-Crop
Greatly Damuged-Severe F TORN fl
Alabama-MOrfaIIy Wounded by ,
Failing TFee-CrOps and Timber Dam
aged-Greeley in Aissouri-BOfIer Ex
pIOsiOn-Defaulting Bank Teller.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3.-The Nationa
Republican Committee today selected Nor
ton McMichael as temporary chairman 0
the Republican convention. Large nun
| bers Of delegates have arrived to-day. TIL.
| Southern delegates are very much divided
on the Vice Presidency Cameron. Fo1nev
and Governor Hawley, of Connecticut. are
all named, but the friends of Colfax still
believe his nomination certain on the sec
ond ballot. The statement that ex-GOv
| ernor Dennlson of Ohio, has written a let
ter substantially Withdrawing his name az
candidate for Vice President, is denied by
authority.
! CHICAGO, June "a tremendous rain.
| storm over portion of central Illinois on
Saturday greatly damages crops.
MEMPHIS, June IA severe storm passed
over the country adjacent to COurtland,
Alabama, last Thursday, doing great dam
aged to crops, timber and outhOuses.
A Mr.. Davis was mOrtally wounded by a
tree falling on his house, and three per-
sons of the Queen City circus, exhibiting
! at Courtland, were severely injured.
| ST. Louis, June 3.-The primary Demo
| cratic elections to the Baltimore convention
| show largely for Greeley.
| CINCINNATI, June 3.-Late last evening
| at PortsmOth, Ohio, Councilman Scott, of
| that place, with his son and four or five
others, went out boating on the Ohio river
in a small steamer provided with a tubular
boiler, which exploded, tearing the boat to
pieces, and wOunding nearly all of the
party. ScOtt's injuries will probably prove
fatal; his son had a leg broken.
The clothiers here have yielded to the
strikers. The men will resume work to-
morrow.
William LLOYD Garrison writes letter TO
Mr.. Sumner expressing the conviction that
the latter's arraignment of the President is
so lll5judged, ill-tiIned and extravagant in
It's charges as to neutralize whatever of Just
criticism can be found in it.
SAN Francisco, June 3-The Democratic
convention at Los Angeles declared for
Greeley for President.
PHILADELPHIA, June 3. The Athletic
Base Ball Club beat the Nationals, of
Washington, by a score of Is to 3
BOSTON, June 3.-W H. Wadleigh, teller
of the Merchants National Bank, has been
arrested, charged with defalcation of $37,-
600. The teller appears to have hoaxed the
examiners by bringing bonds to them from
the vault in parcels, and bringing the same
parcels twice.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTnREFl
ONCE Chief Signal Officer J
Washington, June 3, 1871. ABS p. d.
PROBABILITIES
The area of lew barometer will extend.
Monday night, over Lake Ontario, and east
over the Southern, New England and Mid
die States, with fresh southwesterly to
sOutheasterly winds, threatening weather
raiu in
cloudy and clearing weather in the South
Atlantic and Gulf States, and light south
westerly winds /; clearing and clear weather |
Tuesday on the Northwestern and on the |
upper lakes and upper Mississippi; south |
westerly winds and clear weather in Ohio /
and the lower Mississippi Valley. No dan
gerous winds are expected.
River InteIIlRenco.
SOUTHWEST Pass June 8, p Ma
rOmeter 1915. Wind southwest, light. No
arrivals. Sailed-Ship Athena.
VICKsBURG, June 3.-Passed dOwn-Ladv
Lee at II last night, and Ajax at 10 A. NJ.
Passed upAExpOrter at A. NJ, and XII
gOur at IL A. M. River rising.
CINCINNATI, June 3.-River stationary,
with nine feet three inches in the channel.
PITTsBURG, June 3.-Weather cloudy.
Monongahela scant three feet in the chan
lel, and falling.
CAIRO, June 3.-Arrived-Jul1a, from st.
Louis, P. NJ; Robert Mitchell, from Gin
3innati, 9 A. NJ; Colorado, from Vicksburg,
J 2. NJ; Mary Alice, from New Orleans, 6
Z. NJ Departed-Julia, for Vicksburg, 10
2. M. Colorado, for st. Louis, P. NJ. The
Mitchell reports the James Howard hard
aground near Caseyville. She had about
800 tons on of freight, and is being light
red on. Weather warm. River seven
nches lower. Fine shower this afternoon.
MEMPHIS, June 3.-Weather clear and
lot River falling steadily. Arrived-Tow
,oat Condor, from the OHIO river, and Phil.
Allen, from Little Rock. Departed-F. w.
jurtls, Belle Memphis, Thompson Dean
nd Pauline Carroll, for st. Louis; Julia,
or Vicksburg.
ST. LOUIS, June 3.-Arrived-City of
1elena, from Vicksbnrg. Departed-City
I Alton, for New Orleans. The river has
isen twenty inches in the past twenty-fOur
ours. Weather cloudy.
The Northwestern, of the st. Paul line,
truck rock on the lower rapids Sunday
l0rning, and sunk to the main deck The
assengers and deck freight were taken off.
he boat will be raised.
LOUISVILLE, June 3.-The river has risen !
We inches in the past twenty-four hours,
nd Is still rising, with FIVE feet and three
lches in the canal and three feet three
ches in the chute ArIived-Grand Lake,
?hn A. Ward, Nick Longworth and Alice
can, from New Orleans. Departed-Alice
can and LOngwOrth, for Cincinnati.
'eather-Heavy ram and thunder storm y
le greater part of last night and again this !
7enlng Prospects of more rain tonight. <
Ow close and sultry.