New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-27
WHOLE NUMBER l494.
Detroit is here for John Hart, who is wanted
there, as well as at Chicago and New Or
leans, for forgeries.

leans, IOf 1OrSerles.
Weath0r Report.
WAR DEPAHrxlsY.
Office Chief Signal Oficer, s.
Washington. February 26. tS72. 1880 p. y.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FOUR HOURS
The area of lowest barometer has moved
since Sunday afternoon from Maine east
ward over Nova Scotia beyond our stations.
This pressure has risen rapidly throughout.
the Atlantic States and northward to Lake
Superior. The highest barometer has
moved from Manitoba southeastward to
weather has prevailed during Monday very
general v cast of the Mississippi river, with
high nor ~ est winds from Mary land and
New York and New England.
The winds have generally diminished,
backing to northeast and southeast from
Lake Erie to the South Atlantic States and
throughout the Mississippi valley. The low
barometer in Kansas has extended put
slightly into Missouri. The barometer has
risen at the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
stations. The temperature has risen, par
ticularly from Tennessee to Missouri. The
rivers have risen at LeavenwOrth, Cairo ana
Memphis, and fallen at Nashville and Gin
cinnat.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably con tinue to
rise on Tuesday, with clear weather and
northerly winds from Pennsylvania to
Maine, but remain stationary or falling,
with easterly winds and increasing clouds,
from the upper lakes to the Southern At
lantic and gulf coasts. The low barometer
in Kansas continues to extend east and
northeast, with threatening weather and
possibly rain from Arkansas to Illinois.
Southeast winds prevail on the gulf coast.
Dangerous winds are not anticipated for
Monday night other than northwest winds
in New England.
River lnteIllGence.
SOUTHWEST Pass, February &C. $50 P. M
Barometer 30:40. Wind east-southeasJ, light.
Arrived-Steamship Austin, at l:3O T. M,
Rathkamp. master. from lndianOla via Cal
weston, to C. A. Whitney Il CO.; steamship
Kon, Frank master, at $3.50 z. NJ, from
Bremen via Havre, Santander and Havana,
to E. f. Stockmeyer g. Co.; steamship ST.
Mary, Trip, master, at $50 p. M, from In
dianOla via Galveston, to G. A. Whitney &
Co. SaiIed-Ship Leone. bark Duchess OF
Lancaster and schooner Crown Point.
vIcKsBURG, February 26.-DOwn-Bis--
marck, at 10 A: NJ. Belle Lee, at4 r; NJ,
Katie at p. NJ. Dexter, at p. M. Up
H. c. Yaegcr, at 7 p NJ, Capitol City, at 4
PM Weather mild. River rising.
MEMPHIS, February 26-Weather clear
| and warm. River rising rapidly. business
active. Down-H. NJ. Shreve, Fl. S. Turner,
| Kate Kinney. Up-CommOnwealth and
| Belle st. Louis.
C1sCINNAr1, February 26-River fourteen
! feet eight inches and falling Weather cool.
PIrTsBURG, February 26.-Weather clear
| and pleasant. MonOngahela four feet three
| inches and falling. Navigation opened to
Brownville, but the Allegheny still closed.
LOUISVILLE. February 26.-The river ls
| stationary, with seven feet in the canal
| and five feet in the chute. Weather cloudy,
| damp and chilly. Business active. De-
parted - Mollie Ebert, Esperanza and Il.
| H. Durfee for Pittsburg, and Potomac for
| Cincinnati.
| The Dick Fulton struck one of her coal
! barges OH the wreck of the Leonidas, oppo-
| site New Albany, and sunk in twenty feee
| of water.
| The new canal was opened today, and -
now clear for the largest class OF boats.
CAIRO, FEBRUARY 6.-Arrived-Steamers
Edinburg and Warner, from Cincinnati,
| p. NJ: Julia, from ST. Louis, III A. M; City
| of Helena, City of Alton and Mollie Moore,
| from st. Louis, 10 A. NJ; Susie Silver, from
| St. Louis, , P. NJ; Oceanus, from st. Louis,
4 P. NJ Departed-Edinburg, for Ked
river, IL p NJ, last night; Warner, for New
| Orleans. A. NJ; Julia, for Vicksburg, City
of Alton and Mollie Moore, for New Or
leans, ! p NJ. The river has risen eight
inches in the past twenty-four hours. Mer-
curry $40.
| EVANSVILLE, February 26.-Weather
cloudy and cool River fallen six inches.
| Down-Thompson Dean, A. NJ. Up--Ar-
cosy and barges, s A. NJ. The thompson
| Dean left drawing ten feet. She takes 800
hocsheads of tobacco at Henderson.