New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-12
He was in bed. and though covered with

| debris was only slightly bruised.
| Later.-1he steamer Grand Tower, just
arrived, reports the first engineer, mate, and
thirty other persons on the Belle St. Louis.
| The second engineer was saved from the
| wreck. but died of injuries received.
| ST. LOUIS, April 1l.-In the Fore murder
| trial to-day number of dispositions OF per
sons living in Kentucky were read. all OF
which deposed to the fact that several men,
bers of the Fore family had been insane.
| An uncle had been incapable OF managing
| his business: Augustus Fore, now living, is
insane; George b. Fore was insane and COM
mltted suicide: the father OF the prisoner
was Of a morbid, melancholy disposition,
| mOrose. silent and Indifferent he was
hostile and dangerous without reasonable
| cause, and many of his acts were not ra-
| t;onaI. The defendant had temporary at
| tack in 1865, and again in 1866 and 1867.
| Tomorrow the defense will offer the tes-
! timony of medical experts, after which the
prosecution will bring forward rebutting
| testimony.
The interest in the trial is on the in
| crease, and the courtroom hasbeen densely
crowded.
Boston, April 1.-THE locomotive Atlas,
attached to q freight train on the Boston
and Albany railroad, exploded this morn
ing at Granville, scalding fatally Michael
Manners, brakeman, and J. w. StOngton,
fireman, who have since died. Frank Bar
nard, engineer, was badly injured.
A wealthy lady resident of Beacon street
was garroted last evening while leaving
watch.
WAR DRpARrnHy1,,
Once Chief Signal OHicer,
Washington. April IL, 1872. 4:35 p. NJ
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will fall Friday from the
lakes to the Gulf and the Atlantic, and the
very low barometer over Southeastern
Dakota and Northwestern Iowa will move
east of Lake Michigan and as very severe
storm over the lake region and the Ohio
valley, with cloudy weather and rain, which
latter will extend over the Southern and
Middle States very generally on Friday,
with increasing southerly to easterly winds.
Rising barometer, brisk and high north
westerly winds and clearing weather will
extend east over the Northwest tonight,
and to Lake Michigan and over the lower
Mississippi valley by Friday morning. eau
tiOnary signals continue at Milwaukee. Chi
cago and Grand Haven. and are ordered
for Detroit, Toledo. Cleveland and Buffalo.
River lnteIIIseuce.
VICKsBURG, April ll.-Passed up-Pauline
Carroll at A. NJ, James Howard at IL A.
NJ, Mary Houston at P. NJ. City of Helena
at p. NJ. Passed dOwn-Emile La Barge
at ii last night, Bismark at 5 P. NJ. The
river is rising fast. Weather cloudy anu
warm.
MEMPHIS, April u.-Passed up-City of
Cairo, Ca itol City, City of Chester.
Passed down-Colorado. River rising fast.
Weather cloudy and stormy.
CINCINNATI. April ll.-Weather clear and
warm. River forty-One feet in the chan
mel and rising about half an inch per
hour.
PIrTsBURG. April ll.-Weather clear and |
pleasant. Monongahela seventeen feet six |
inches in the channel and falling fast.
Mohawk and Belfast from New Orleans. |
Departed-Dexter for New Orleans; City
of Vicksburg for vicksburg. Weather clear
aud sultry, with very high wind.
EVANSVILLE. April ll.-Weather clear
and warm until this evening; it is now
clouding up, with signs of rain. River has
risen i've feet in the past twenty-four hours.
Passed up-Alice Dean at | P. NJ. Passed
lown-RObert Mitchell at ) P. NJ Low
bottoms overtiowed.
LOUISVILLE, April 1.-THE river is sta
tionary, with eighteen feet in the canal ard
sixteen feet in the chute. Departed-C.
B. Church, Falls Pilot and barges for New
Orleans.
CAIRO. April l.-Arrived-Indiana from
New Orleans, at 5 +. Nj: John Kyle, from
st. Louie, at IL P. NJ; Oceanus. from Red
liver at midnight; Belle of St. Louis, from
I-icksburg. at , A. NJ: John f. Tolle, from
New Orleans. at P. NJ; H. NJ Shreve, from
st. Louis, at 3 P. NJ; Potomac, from New
Orleans at 5 P. NJ: Richmond, from st.
louis. at P. NJ. Departed-Colorado, for
iicksburg. at 10 P. NJ; j. II. Groesbeck. for
New Orleans, at 10 P. NJ: Oceanus. for st.
louis. 2 A. NJ: John Kyle, for New Orleans,
It 5 A. NJ: Belle of St. Louis, for st. Louis,
It ) A. NJ; John F. Tolle, for St. Louis, at 5
?. NJ; Fl. NJ. Shreve, for Red river, at P.
IT,. and Potomac, for Cincinnati, at P. NJ.
river risen four feet nine inches during the
'ast twenty-four hours. Weather cloudy
nd warm