New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-20

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100000, lying between the bridge piers, but
approximations of danger have very much
lessened since the ice in the harbor was
broken up. Efforts are being made with
powerful towboats to open the river to
Cairo. Weather favorable River rising
above.
GALVESTON, February l9.-The Lydia
Thompson troupe commenced an engage
ment at the fremont Opera House tonight
to the largest audience ever assembled
there.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 19-The first
class passengers and mails ON eight trains,
recently blockaded on the Union Pacific
railroad, arrived here this morning. Many
of the passengers are very bitter against
that road.
Mike Madgin, alias Curley, one of the
rioters at Los Angeles, who shot many
times into Chinese houses, has been con-
victed of manslaughter. 1t is thought there
will be several similar convictions.
A committee Of the City Council Of Los
Angeles, to whom was referred the petition
Of Chinese asking compensation for the de-
struction of property, have reported against
allowing their claims.
CHICAGO, February l9.-At Horse Bluff,
Wisconsin, yesterday morning, a man named
Murphy killed a man named Krantz. Muir
phv mistOok Krantz for a man with whom
he had had difficulty. All the liquor sa-
looms in town were destroyed by the muir
dcred mans friends, and threats of lynch
ing Murphy are made.
TOPEKA, Kansas, February l9-The
House, in committee Of the whole, agreed
to Senate bill providing that nobody be
hanged for murder until one year after con-
victiOn, and not then unless the Governor
issues warrant for the execution. pro-
test, signed by twenty-six members, was
entered on the journal to-day against the
passage OF the apportionment bill. Meets
Wednesday.
BosroN, February l9.-The Board of
Trade have approved the principle of the
plan proposed by Senator Sumner, for the
gradual withdrawal of greenbacks and the
substitution of compound interest notes in
monthly issues of $5,0OO,O00 bearing inte-
rest of not less than four per cent, and
passed resolution that the notes shoIld
be made payable at maturity, in coin or
bonds, at the option of the government.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARrkAnz,i
Office Chief Signal officer,
Washington, February 10, 1877. 1870 P. NY
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FoUR HoURs.
The very uniform distribution of pressure
which existed Sunday afternoon continued
during Sunday, but areas of low barometer
have now developed near the Florida Pc
ninsula, and also from Dakotah southwark |
to Texas. Clear weather has continued in
New England and New York, and in the |
Gulf States west of Georgia. Cloudy |
weather continues over Kentucky and Ohio. |
Fresh north and east winds are generally |
repOr ted from the Atlantic and Gulf States, |
and increasing southeast winds from the
upper lakes and the valley of the lower
Missouri. The rivers have fallen at Cincin-
natl and Nashville, and risen at Cairo,
Ficksburg and Louisville.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably fall on
Tuesday throughout the Mississippi valley.
with increasing sOutheIly winds and threat
ening weather, the lowest pressure moving
toward Illinois. The highest
barometer remain over the Middle and
Eastern States, with partially cloudy and
pleasant weather. The low barometer in
Florida will move northeast. keeping some
distance off the South Atlantic coast, with
Increasing northeast winds; easterly winds
'unning to southwest, with pleasant weather
prevailing on the west gulf coast. Danger
JUS winds are not anticipated for Monday
|
AXE Superior
River lntcIIiaence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, February l9, M
Barometer 30:50; wind east, northeast, light |
Henrietta. Nickerson,
master, eight days from Ruatan, with fruit,
. New Orleans and Bay Island Fruit Com
ANY. Sailed-Schooner j. &. Whipple.
PAss-A-L'OUTRE, February 19, 6. 7. M
Wind east, light Acknowledgements bark
Sratoe, Nelson, master, twelve days from
Kingston, Jamaica. in ballast, to order. No
departures.
VIcKsBURG, February l9-Passed down
;apitol City, 2. NJ; Belle Lee, 2. NJ.
river rising Weather pleasant.
MEMPHIS, February l9.-Departed-Alce.
or Cairo; Allen, for Arkansas river. River
Using. Weather clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, February l9.-River twenty
Get in the channel. Ice floating Eaviga-
ion fully resumed. The hull of the Annie
.aurie, which was receiving freight from
he sunken steamer Nashville, went down :
arly this morning,
LOUISVILLE, February l9.-The river has
isen rapidly-an inch per hour-since noon
esterday. There is now seven feet six
lches i'll the canal, and five feet six inches
l the chute. Weather cloudy and mild
Dean and J. W. Garrett and
argos for New Orleans. The Warner and !
argos and Robert Mitchell will leave to-
borrow for New Orleans. !
CAIRO, February l9.-Arriyed - Emile {
.abarge, from New Orleans, at 10 p. M.
ist night; Liberty No. 4, from Pittsburg,
{ p. M. to-day. DepaIted-Labarge, for ;
t. Louis, at A. M. The Bismarck will :
ave tomorrow, and the Dexter Wednes- ;
az, for New Orleans. The gorge above {
irand Tower is said to have broken to-day. :
Weather clear aud pleasant Mercury 46o.
PTrTsBURG, February l9-The weather
mild; snow disappearing fast. Mononga-
Ella five feet nine inches in the channel and !
illing.
ST. Louis, February l9.-The river is ]
bout stationary tonight but rising at AL |
On and above. The gorge at Boonville, in
he Missouri, broke to-day, and the river is
sing there. The towbOat Fisher and the $
az Crueling started for Carondelet this af- 6
srnoon, where there is about mile of open
,ater, and at dusk the Fisher had plowed 6
trough the ice to point below the bend,
18th apparently good prospect of getting
trough. Ifshe succeeds in reaching Caron- t
elet she will probably push on and meet 7
ne Petre! coming up. The apprehension of G
anger to boats is very much lessened since 8
ne ice in the harbor has been SO badly J
roken. t
EVANSVILLE, February l9.-Weather par /,
ally clear and mild. The river has risen c
,ur inches in the past twenty four hours. c
assed up-Groesbeck at ! A. M Peytona 4
5 P. NJ. Passed down-Mary Houston at {
Up. NJ. The Louisville goes back from s