New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-31
NGISCELLANEOUs.

Benth OF q Nun-NTagno Races at Me.
bile-COid Weather in VcrrnOnt-TEveuB
ty-foHr Degrees Below ZerO-Hotef
Burne:ISteamer Ice. tcd-NlemphSs
Steamboat Ncws-Ece Gorge Thirty
Feet High -Flatboat and Seven Persons
Drawn Under and Lost.
RICHMOND, December 3O-Sister Mary
| Louise, OF the Nuns of the Visitation. died
last evening at Monte Maria, in this CITY, OF
pnuemonia, aged thirty-nino years. She
| was daughter of the late David William
son. OF Baltimore county, Maryland, and
had been reigieuse for nineteen years.
MOBILE, December 30.-The races over
the Magnolia course will commence on Mon
day, April II. and continue four DAYS, The
| Turf Congress stake four mile heats. will
| be run during the meeting.
First DispatchI
MEMPHIS, December 30-Steady rain fell
during last night, which has softened the
| ice, causing large quantities to slough off,
| Danger TO the boats in port is greatly les
sened. ltls nOtprobable that the ice in the
bend above them will all go at once The
river is rising steadily and the floating ice
diminishing rapidly.
The Legal Tender, from New Orleans, ar
rived last night, and the Belle Lee this
morning. The officers of the latter report
| having passed the following steamers,
| which were in safe quarters: The Cheek
at Helena, Phil Allin at Island No go, Bis
marck at Pope's Landing, Jennie Howell at
| Ashley's. The latter and the Bismarck
were preparing to come on up The Belle
Lee met a large number of Brown g. Jones'
coal boats, comparatively uninured. She
| also rescued Harvey, wife and children
| from the dredgebOat at the mouth of the
| St. Francis, where it had drifted from this
| city.
The residence of j. F. Mckinney. ON
| Lauderdale street, was burned last night
| with its contents. Loss $8000-no insgr-
| ance.
ISecond Dspatch.I
MEMPHIS, December 30.-'The ferrylg0at
Excelsior has sprung leak and is sinking
rapidly. She will prove total loss She
is valued at $500. She belongs to PattieOn
& Co,-uninsured.
Parties who left Randolph yesterday
morning say that the ice is gOrged there
thirty feet high; that a tatboat, with seven
persons, was drawn under it and all on
board were lost. This news causes great
excitement here among steamboatmen The
river is rising rapidly.
Third Dispatch.
MEMPHIS, December 30-About eight
o'clock tonight large portion of the les
above Jefferson street broke away, carry
ing off the cabin of the Belle Pike, and at
Monroe street struck the z. w Strader,
causing her to list so badly that it was
feared she would capBize; but the ice soon
has 1850 bales of cotton on board
At eleven o'clock the weather is clear
and mild. There is stiff breeze from the
southeast. But little ice running
Boston, December 30.-Tho extremely
cold weather continues. At White River
junction, Vermont, the mercury is 24o be-
low zero.
SHowHnGAN, Me, December 3O.-The
hotel was burned. Loss $4,000 There
was no water on account of the reservoirs
being frozen.
NEWCASTLE, Del, December 3O.-Tbe
steamer Pioneer, bound to Wilmington,
dritted away in the ice. A tug has been
sent to her assistance.
RICHMOND, Va, December 30-ColoneI
Edward Lorraine, chief engineer of the
James River and Kanawha canal, and re-
Gently in charge, under Colonel CraighiI,
of the United States government survey OF
the Central Water Line, is dead, aged fifty
five. He was a native of New Orleans.
PATE RSoN, N. j., December 30.-CharIes
Hummingway, of this city, and member of
the Legislature, while driving in a sleigh
this afte rnoon, was thrown under an Erie
freight train and fatally injured. The horse
was killed.
CHICAGO, December 30.-Edward A. Ey-
erett living in this city, was brought be-
fore police justice on Saturday, charged
by Miss Shortweu with robbing her of
100000 in bonds of the Selma and Gnlf
j L1lll OtLhs FdjNAEu bU Q-O5VUUy WHICH BilD BHU
been entrusted with to deliver to General
Roddy of Alabama. According to her
statement, she was introduced to Everett at
the Grand Central Hotel, New York, by d
clerk OF that house coming to Chicago in
Lveretts care, and that he secured possess
sion of her trunk long enough to rob it,
Everett was held in $75, 900 bail for trial
SALT LAKE CITY, December 30.-Eleven
men were buried BY the Cotton wood slide,
sOme of them being strangers from the
East. Three bodies have been recovered
reported. Three more slides occurred on
Sunday last. One man was carried down,
but rescued without injury.
The Tribune of to-day strongly adYo-
Gates the appointment of the senior mem
Der of the firm of Walker Brothers for
Governor Of Utah upon the principle that
the citizens of the Territories should hold
such official positions.
4 week OF snow and rain closed iasE
night.
CoECoRD. Y. H., December 30.-The 3:30
7. NJ. train from Montreal ran into the up.
train awaiting its arrival in the railroad
yard here The collision was caused by the
upright rod on a switch breaking, being full
of frost when the engine struck ths rail
Baggage car and the two cars following of
the Montreal train were badly smashed,
and the engine Of the stationary train de-
molished.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPAHTHEgT,
Office Chief Signal Officer
%ashngton, December 30, 1872 4:35 P m.
PROBABILITIES.
For New England easterly to southerly
winds and increasing cloudiness. For the
Middle States sOutheasterly to southwester-
ly winds and cloudy yeather, with rain
over the southern portion, but snow over
the northern portion, turning partly into
rain on Tuesday. For the South Atlantic
States southerly to eastery winds and in
creasing cloudness. For the Gulf
States southeasterly and southerly winds,
and cloudy and possibly threatening
weather. From Tennessee and Southern
Missouri to Southern Ohio cloudy weather,
rain and sGatheasterly to southwesterly
winds from the latter region northeastward.
Ger lover Michigan and Lake Erie cloudy
weather, snow and northwesterly to north
e. serly winds. For the Northwest increaa-
ing pressure, falling temperature, north
westerly to northeasterly winds and clear
ing but partly cloudy weather, and extend.
ing to Missouri, Illinois and Michigan O.
Tuesday. The temperatures continue rit
ing from the gulf to the lower lakes an.
eastward to the Atlantic
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, December 30, 6P.M.-
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