New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Memphis Chamber of C0mmerce-New
President Elected-Letter from HeTis
Passenger-Death Blow in the Prize
Ring-Surviving Principal and seconds

| memphis Chamber of COmmerce-New
President EIected-Letter from a MeLis
PassenRer-Death Blow in the Prize
RinR-Surviving Principal and seconds
! Arrested.
/ MEMPHIS Sentember 23.-Napoleon Hill,
OF the firm OF Hill, Fontaine q Co, was
to-day elected president Of the Memphis
| Chamber of Commerce.
BOsToN, September 23-A bottle was
| picked up last Friday near Woods Hole,
containing a letter dated August %, IN
which the writer says he was passenger
Of the steamer Metis, wrecked on that
morning, aud was then on a raft alUnes had
| a wife and two children; was a native Of
newcastle, Pennsylvania, ana lis name
was Charles II. PANE.
PHILADELPHIA, September 23,-CorneIius
| DriscoIl, aged twenty four years, about
| week ago had fight with one Howard
Price. They were to contend in a prize
fight but this was declared off by the stake
holder, as Price did not come to time. The
parties met privately the same day, and
from blow received, it is alleged death
was caused to Driscoll, who died Saturday.
Price and his seconds in the prize fight have
been taken into custody.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Office Chief Signal officer.
Washington, September %, 1872, f:35 P. NJ }
PROBABILITIES.
For New England, on Tuesday s0utherIy
winds and partly cloudy weather for the
Middle States; southeasterly to southwest
erly winds. with increasing cloudiness and
with areas Of rain over northwestern New
York and Pennsylvania for the South At
Iantic and gulf States east Of the Mississip-
pi, easterly to souJherly winds, cloudy
weather and rain areas. The pr Ssure con
tinut3 diminishing from Tennessee to the
}nlps yuir thap1yy IN Gra NJ
" iuds, and with probably cloudy weather
from southern Mr+gouri > southern Ohio
End southwark Tennessee, but with
cloudy weather aud rain nor5h of the latter
region. AN area of quite low barometer is |
apparently advancing eastward toward |
Iowa and Minnesota, and brisk and very |
brisk southerlv to easterly winds are prob /
able for lakes Michigan aud Superior Tues
~ morning.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, September g, 6 P. NJ
light. No arrivals. SaiIed-Bark Frank
Marion.
yIcKsBURG, September 23-Passed down
Dexter and Jennie Howell at eleven o'clock
last pighr. Up-City Of vi .sburg at 10
z. NJ. River falling, Weather warm and
dear.
MEMPHIS, September 23.-Weather clear
81 A1AN q UCOIIlAlliS5' DC tSNl-
Belle Memphis, for st. Louis; Nashville,
Tor Evansville; La Belle for Cairo
CINCINNATI, September 23.-Weather pr
ially cloudy and very warm. River five
eet eight inches in the channel and falling.
LOUISVILLE, September 23.-1tiver eight
,en inches IN the chute and forty inches on
Cortland bar, Pilots report an improv
nent in the depth of water to Cairo
Weather warm-a alternately clear and
Loudly.
Delegates to the steamboatmen' con 1
ention at Cleveland Ii We here to night
EVANSVILLE, September 23.-Weatber
lear and warm. The river has risen two |
.ches in the past .wentv-four hours. +
CAIRO, September 23-Arrived-W. J. \
ewjs, from Vicksburg, at A. NJ; Mary ,
iller. fro n New Orleans, at 3 P. NJ. Do I
City, for Vicksburg, at n
st night; H. S. Turner, for New OrIeanr,
A. NJ; w. j. Lewis, for St. Louis, at 10
. NJ. The Charles BcdmG "a is aground at
overs island; the Dict i IT has gone with a
barge } tighten her. The river has fallen
e inch iu the past twenty-four hours v
leather clear and warm. r
ST. LOUIS, September 23-No arrivals or o
7par, ures except packets. River falling t.
Owly. Weather clear and warm.
PITTsBURG, September 23.-The Monon-
lheia is stationary with about thirty
ches in the channel. il