New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-20

Railroad Decision in Mississippi Supreme
Court-COftOn Burning DecisiOn-Fire
at Tredegar Iron WOrks-HOtel Burned
at Iowa City-NarrOw Escape of Ole
Bull-What sumner Said About FGrney

Court-COttOn Burning DecisiOn-Firf
ut Tredegar Iron WOrks-HOtel Burned
at Iowa City-NarrOw Escape of Ole
Bull-What sumner Said About FGrney
and Wilson.
JACKSON, Miss, March l9.-Legislative
business unimportant.
The Supreme Court Yesterday rendered a
decision that railroads that during the war
paid their State Indebtedness in confederate
and Mississippi cotton money are entitled
to no credit for said payments, and that all
such so-called payments must be renewed
IN legal currency.
The court also decided that citizen
burning cotton by order of the military au
thorities during the war can not be held for
damages by the owner of said cotton.
RICHMOND, Va, March ia fire at the
Tredegar iron works this morning burned
the cooper shop and stable, together with
nine horses and mules. Loss $4,000: in
surcd.
Iowa CITY, Iowa. March l9-Clinton
Hotel burned to-day. Ole Bull escaped in
his night clothes, and with that fiddle I'M
der his arm.
PHILADELPHIA March l9.-The Wash
ington correspondent of Forney's Press, in
cOntradicting the IiTbune correspondent as
to what he reported Senator Sumner to
have asserted, that no men had done more
to cause the disruption of the party than
Forney and Wilson, says: Now. what did
say is. that had it not been for Forney and
Wilson, nothing could have prevented com
5inati0ns inside of the Republican party
that would have defeated Grant for re-
nomination. Nothing was said about For
ney and Wilson disrupting the party.
Weather Report.
WAR DgPAsrus-7,
Office Chief Signal officer
W shington, March 10, 1872, i:55 P u.
PROBABILITIES.
Rising barometer, Hortheastcrly winds
and generally clear weather will prevail on
Wednesday from the Northeast to Florida.
and eastward to the Atlantic. A decided
fall in the temperature will extend during
tonight sonthcastward over the valley anu
lower lakes TO the South Atlantic States,
and over the Middle and New England
States. The brisk and light northwesterly
winds over the Middle and New England
States will probably diminish in force dur
ing might and on Wednesday. Danger
Gus winds are not Anticipated for the At
lantic and Gulf coasts.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, March 10, 6 p. M-Ba-
romet ter 80 90 Wind east, light. Arrived
Ship William NJ. Reed Stinson, master.
eighty-four days from Liverpool, with a.
general cargo. to Meeker. Knox 81 Co.: Nor
wegian bark LyEct, Olsen, master, sky
three days from Cardiff, with railroad iron.
TO order: schooner Hannah Coomer, King,
master, from Port Antonio, Jamaica with
fruit; British bark Lothian, Leslie, master,
ninety six days from Cardiff with a cargo
OF railroad iron, to order; she reports en-
countering heavy southwest and south
southwest gales for thirty-fiye DAYS after
leaving Judd " island: British bark Panama,
Mcleod, master. fourteen days from Aspin-
wall, in ballast, to master. Sailed-Ship l..
l.. Sturges and bark 1duD.
PAssA-LOUTRE, March I9,-6 p. NJ
Wind northeast, light. Arrived-Steam-
ship Margaret, McBaker. master, from
Havana via Florida ports.
CINCINNATI. March l9.-The river has
twenty feet six inches i'll the channel. De
parted-Mitchell for New Orleans. Weather
clear and mild.
PIrrsBURG. March i9.-W'cather changea-
BILE and raw. Monongahela tour ,,i feet and
nine inches in the channel and falling.
- EVANSVILLE, March l9.-Passed up
Edin bursh, at 1920 A. NJ. Dcwn--Louis
Vile. at Ii A. NJ Weather cloudy and
mild. River has fallen three inches.
Sr. Louis, March Observation-Disclosures
and Arkansas. from New Orleans. De
narted-Atlantic and Thomas Dean, for
New Orleans. River still falling. Weather
cloudy and clustering: Freights VIII be
raised tomorrow 10 %i pei ooi' P
freights SOC.
VIcKsBuRG, March l9-Down-yennle
Howell, P. NJ; Great Republic, 3 T. NJ;
pargoud 4 P. NJ; Ii. NJ. Shreve, r. NJ:
Natchez. p NJ; Kate Kinney, q Z. M.:
Bismarck, Pm. Up-Nick Longworth..
nine o'clock last night Pauline Carroll, !
A. NJ: Mary Mcdonald, 3 P. NJ; Colorado,
SPIN. River rising. Weather mild.
MEMPHIS, March l9,-Weather warm and
cloudy. River rising fast. Arriyed-C. Is.
Church. from Cincinnati. Departed-James
Howard, Glencoe and Wicks, for st. Louis
John KYLE, for New Orleans.
CAIRO. March 9-Arriyed-Belfast from
New Orleans at 9 p. NJ Belle st. Louis
from St. Louis; Dexter from st. Louis at
II: Potomac from New Orleans at T. NJ.
for st. Louis at ~ T. NJ;
BeIle St. Louis for Vicksburg at } A. NJ;
Mohawk for New Orleans at 4; Mary For
svth for New Orleans at II; Warner ior
New Orleans at ?. NJ. River risen SIX
inches. Weather cloudy. Mercury Az.
LOUISVILLE, March l9.-River risen eIght
inches: nine feet in the canal and seven
feet in the chute. Weather cool, clear ana
windy. Plenty of Southern freight: out no
boats.