New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-19

Ab,cnasliug ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fight
at Prisidia isiand-ROsecrans Sailed for
Mexico-Tuxpan Railroad- Obtaining
Money Under False Prrtcnses-Roiicr
Explosion.
MEMPHIS, March iS-Dr Goshom. post
master at Dversbur@. Tennessee, has alb
sCouded with ) 1900 of government funds
Samuel Russell, son of the proprietor of
the hotel at Paris, Tennessee, accidentally
killed himself Saturday while hunting.
A desperate fight occurred yesterday at
PrisidiO Island. IA few miles below this city.
! Deputy Sheriff +. Rodegon, went there for
the purpose of arrestin. q negro named
John White, who. for some time, has been
the terror OF the negroes living there.
Rodegon was met by large body OF armed
negroes who proposed TO assist IN the arrest.
but they stated that White had barricaded
his cabin and would make a desperate fight.
Rodegon approached his cabin and de-
manded him to surrender. White refused,
| saving he would be murdered by the ne
| groes if he did. After some further parley
| ing, one negro approached the cabin and
| was shot dead by White. who rushed out
| aud secured his gun. In a few moments
he shot another negro and secured his gun.
| but was wounded as he retreated to his
cabin. White then opened a sharp fire,
| wounding four others.
Rodegon seeing it was impossible to dis
| loge White sent to the city for assistance.
| Deputy Sheriff Mike Pyne summoned o
| posse, and went over and proceeded to take
measures to burn Whites cabin. White
! then surrendered. After his arrest it was
| with great difficulty the negroes were kept
from shooting him; they even threatened
| to shoot the officers it the prisoner was not
delivered to them. White was brought to
| the city and lodged in jail. The prisoner
| has served a regular term in the Third cav
| airy. and it is said has killed several men
| before.
san FRANCISCO. March iS.-General Rose
Grams. General Palmer, Colonel Dacosta,
and Richard Y lork, civil engineer, left for
Mexico via Panama. The steamer will land
| at MazanillO and follow the route OF
| Seward's party across the continent,
making a preliminary railroad survey
| They expect to commence active operations
! for the construction of the Tuxpan railroad
and its connections Immediately.
BALTIMORE, March lS.-Joseph Albilson
| has been arrested on a charge OF obtaining
$3.50, 900 on false pretenses.
CINc1SNATI. March lS-The boiler OF
Jones & Cornapan's soap and candle fac
| tory. near Central, on Second avenue, ex-
p!oded, killing James Asthrop and George
Herl;nrer. A piece of the boiler sixteen
feet lone was blown a distance of nearly
half a mile and killed three chlidren-Cora
| Cole, Alice Thornton and Ella Forbes.
| Cause of explosion unknown.
! Wenther Report.
WAR DEPARraBsy
Office Chief Signal OtHcer !
Washington March l9 1872 4.35 P. II.
PROBABILITIES.
The lowest barometer over Northern
Lake Michigan will move eastwardly into
Canada, with diminishing pressure and ris-
ing temperature, thence southeastward 20
the Atlantic coast. Increased clcudiness
will prevail over the middle New England
States tonight with threatening weather.
Rain or snow along the lower lake region,
which may possibly extend to the middle
and east Atlantic coasts by and on Tuesday
morning. Pleasant weather will prevail on
Tuesday over the Southern States, with
southwestery winds gradually veering to
northwesterly. Rising barometer, north
westerly winds and clearing weather will
prevail over the upper lake region by Tues
day morning and extend over the Ohio val
ley and the lower lake region Tuesday eve
ming. Dangerous winds are not antc-
pated for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
River lntelliGence.
SOUTHWEST PASS. March l8. 6 P. M-Ba
rometer 80 50. Wind east-northeast, light.
Arrived-Schooner M. A. Rich, Bonden,
(CpNTINUED ON EIGHTH PAaE.I