New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

killed-Mississippi Legislature-Fres
Schools in Tennessee-Railroad Con-
solidatiOn Raiifed-EarthquRke in New
Hampshire and Quebec.
ATLANTA, January I0.-The Legislature
met to-day.
The Governor elect has resigned his posi-
| ton, and the Speaker of the House, Hon. j. b.
| Cumming, has been elected to ill the va
cancy. The acting Governor announced he
would send in his message tomorrow.
PROVIDENCE, January lO.-Samuel Read,
a conductor on freight train on the Proyi-
dence and Worcester railroad, was run
over this afternoon and Immediately killed.
| JACKSON, January 10.-In the House the
| day was occupied in the discussion of the
| contested election case from Newton cOun-
| ty. The committee reported in favor of
seating the Democratic claimant, but the
report has not yet been adopted.
In the Senate, the resolution introduced
yesterday to invite the Grand Duke Alexis
to visit Mississippi was referred to the CON-
mittee on federal relations.
A bill is prepared and will be introduced
at an early day, funding the debt of the
| State-about $1,000, 0OO-at six per cent,
! payable in installments of 100000 per an
| NUN, and in case of failure, to collect all
| taxes in United States currency. The
proposition meets with general favor.
A bill was introduced to prevent any un-
| .1uSU Observation-Disclosures UctWttu clLlZtuS OF
| Mississippi travelling on railroads of the
| State.
| The per diem bill allowing seven dollars
per day and twenty cents mileage was
| passed.
NASHVILLE, January 10-Dr. Sears, the
| custodian of the Peabody fund, has apprO-
| priated $500 to pay an agent to travel over
| Tennessee and arouse the people to the inl-
portance of establishing free schools.
/ Inn Dhn orr yhol1
of the Mississippi River and Paducah and
Gulf railroads have ratified, by unanimous
| vote. the consolidation of these roads under
| the name of Memphis and Paducah Rail
| road. Contracts for the construction of the
road will be let by the first of February.
| 1t is expected they Will have cars running
through this year.
LANCASTER, N. H., January l0.--A slight
| earthquake shock was felt last evening.
| QUEBEC January lO.-A heavy earth
| quake shock, lasting ten seconds, was felt
last night. 1t was felt in other places in
this vicinity. People rushed from houses.
but no serious damage done.
Wenthte Report.
| WAR DRPARTMESY
| Office Chief Signal officer, ,
Washington. January TO- 1872. $50 P. u.
SYNOPSIS OF THE PAST TwENTY-FOUR HoURe.
The high barometer remains stationary
| III tennessee duu ACkdlSdS, VIII UlIululSueu
pressure. The barometer has fallen and
| risen again in New England and has fallen
decidedly from the Missouri valley to the
upper lakes. Light winds, with clear
weather. are reported from the Southern
and Gulf States; northwest winds in the
Middle and Eastern States, with cloudy
weather in New York and New England.
Southwest winds from the Ohio valley
north and westward The temperature has
risen decidedly in the Mississippi valley.
| Rain is reported from Utah. and threatening
weather from Montana and California. The
rivers have risen at Memphis and Vicks-
burg, and fallen at Nashville, and, to less
extent, at Pittsburg.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably continue
highest ON Thursday, with pleasant
weather, in the Southern and Gulf States,
except in Florida where northeast winds
and rain may be experienced. The pressure
continues to fall northwest of the Ohio
valley, developing into au area of low ba-
rometer, with rain, from Minnesota to
Michigan. Southwest winds and cloudy
weather continue on the lower lakes. Dan
gerous winds are not anticipated for the
Atlantic and gulf coast tonight.
River lntoilfxence.
| SOUTHWEST PASS, January 10, P. NJ
Barometer 30:S0 Wind north-northeast,
light.
No arrivals or departures.
ST.. LOUIS, January lO.-Arrived-W. II.
Brown and Robert Burns from Cairo. De-
parted-Brown for Cairo.
The river is falling slowly, but the thaw,
which has been quite rapid today, Will
soon cause a rise, and navigation will be re-
sumed. There is plenty OF freight here for
the South.
| EVANSVILLE, January TO- - Weather
| cloudy and cold; mercury twenty-nin to
thirty-six degrees. The river has risen
eight inches. Passed up-H. s. Turner, at
4 A. M. Passed down-Allegheny Belle
and barges, at 7. nj.
CAIRO, January l0.-Weather clear; mer
| curry $40. The river is stationary. Ar
rived-Belfast, from New Orleans.
| CINCINNATI, January l0.-Weather cloudy
and moderate. The river has fallen
eighteen inches in the past twenty four
h"drs; there is now twenty feet and nine
inches in the channel Arrived-Kate Put
nam and C. B. Church, from New Orleans.
| PITTsBURG, January l0.-Weather cloudy
and freezing. The Monongahela is falling,
with five feet in the channel.
| LOUISVILLE, January l0.-Weatber clondy
and cold. The river is falling, with nine
feet two inches in the canal. Arrived
Groesheck, from New Orleans. Departed
N. J. Bgley, for New Orleans.
| VICKsBURG, January l0.-Weather clear
and cool The river is rising. Passed
down-Kate Kinney at 4 A. NJ, Annie at 10
a NJ. Mary Houston at12 IL. Passed up
Ediubnrg at III A. Nj.
MEMpHls January l0.-The weather clear
ana pleasant. The river has risen foot.
| Passth duwn-Richmond and Ouachlta