New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-08


Nv Heart and Mozart, latter winner; Girl OF
NV Heart dstanccd.
Third race; mile heat; entries. Frank
Hampton aud Prusslan.
Frank Hampton. ..............'....'''.'.. ''''..
Time-f5412, l:53.
Race very close. Heats won by half
lengths. Attendance good.
BosTON February The schooner Ed
win Pu,,d. from Baltimore to Boston with
coal coIhded with an unknown steamer
rhis evening She was abandoned. Her
crew arc all safe ,
The subsequent inves tigation by the
Credit Mobiier committee shows proht
on Ames contract, so far as 1t appeared on
tho boOks divided, was ~, ,814,9hO 10 on
stocI, and uands at par, and that on Davis
contract vas S., 1902 I35 As in same material.
The public library is to remain open by
order of the common council on Sunday.
Vote forty-seyen TO ten.
BALTIMORE, February To-day being
4he anniversary OF the death of the late
Most Reverend Archbishop SpauldinT.
suass Was celebrated at the cathedral with
smposing ceremonies, a large number OF
0riests, deacons and seminarians assisting.
An immense cOngre CATION was present.
PHILADELPHIA February T.--The City
Council appropriated half a million of dol
lars to aid the centennial cause. and bill
for a million more is pending debate in the
Pennsylvania Legislature.
EAsToN Pa, February 1-James II. Cot-
in. professor of mathematics IN Lafayette
College is dead.
HARRIsBURG, Pa, February THE bill
authorizing the Pennsylvania Central Rail
road Company to increase the capital stock
30 an unlimited extent passed both houses
unanimously.
LITTLE Rock, February THE Senate
to-day passed the civil rights bill abolishing
distinctions on account of color in public
schools, and attaching heavy penalties to
iun keepers railroad and steamboat com
nauies, etc, for refusing colored men any
privileges enjoyed by whites.
SALT LAKE CITY, February T."-Consider-
able excitement was created here This
evening by Il dispatch from Chicago. stat
ing that the President has determined. as 3.
matter Of policy, to remove all the troops
from the Southern States, ana station them
within reasonable contignity to Utah. The
Mormons affect disbelief in the Eepoyts but
are much disturbed.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal OftCeT
Washington February !. 1875. 1:35 p NJ
PROBABILITIES.
For the Northwest and extending east.
ward of the upper lake region and south
east over Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
fresh and brisk nOrtherly to Westeri ' winds.
falling temperature and clear. clearing
weather. For the Southern States east III
the Mississippi. westerly 10 northerly winds
and generally clear weather. For the Mid
die States. winds shifting to westerly and
uorthwcsteTly, and weather generally clear
On Saturday, except probably, partly
cloudy Weather for the lower lake region.
For New England, cloudy and rain. except,
probably snow for the northeastern pOr.
zion. and brisk and high easterly TO north
erly winds along the coast the latter winds
GRADUALLY shifting to northwesterly and
sOuthwesterly during Saturday, with clear.
ing weather Cautlonary signals at Cape
Nav. New York, New London, Boston. and
ordered for Portland, Maine.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS FEBRUARY 1.-Baromeser
30:3u. Weather calm and haZr. No ar
rivals. Sail,d-Ship Florence Nightingale.
PASS ssALOCrRE, February - Wind
northwest and light. Weather hay. No
arrivals. ~ailpd-S .hooner t. r. Emory.
YICKsBURG, February Passed down
Crescent City, with barges, at II A. NJ.
Mary E Forsyth at p. NJ. Il. f. Lee at 2
Z. M. Passed up-Juha at s 2. NJ. Weather
cool and clear. River stationary.
MEMPHIS, February 7.-Weather clear
sud warm River falling steadily. De-
partcd-Sam j. Hale for New Orleans.
CINCINNATI, February River twenty
six feet ght inches and rising. Arrived
H. {. Yeager, from New Orleans. Weather
clear and pleasant.
PrTrsBuRG, February River nine
feet nine inches and falling. Mercury 40.
Weather cool Shipments on the present
rise will not be very heavy, as the river IS
falling rapidly.
LoUIsvILLE, February River has risen
eight inches; nine feet one inch IN the
canal Weather cloudy and mild. Ar
rived Mary Houston. y. Thompson Dean,
Commonwealth and Mary Miller, from New
Orleans; Liberty No. 4 and barges. from
Cincinnati. Departed-Liberty and barge,
Dexter and Mary Ann, for New Orleans;
Thompson Dean and Commonwealth, TOR
Cincinnati.
EVANSVILLE. February Weather Gle ar
and pleasant during the day and growing
colder at night. The river has risen twenty
inches. Up-DictatOr, at 10 p NJ; Alaska.
at = A. nj. Down-C. b. Church. at ! A.
M Iron Mountain, at , A. NJ. The latter
5 taking on freight here.
CAIRO, February 7.-Arrived-Molle
Moore, from New Orleans, 10 P. NJ: MEX
Iongworth, from Now Orleans. Ii p. NJ;
Desmet, from Red river, midnight; Mary
Alice. from New Orleans, 10 4. NJ; Glen
coe, from New Orleans, 7. NJ: City OF
Wick sburg, from Nicksburg, p. N. De.
parted-Molle Moore, for Cincinnati, !. A.
ii. Nick Lopgworth, for Cincinnati.
A. NJ; james Howard, for New Orleans. II
q. Nj Continental, tvr st. Louis. J. VI.
Mercury SO,
ST. LOUIS, February NO arrivals.
Departed Lady Lee, for Red river; W. }.
Lewis, for Ouaclita river. River rising
slowly. Channel to Cairo somewhat in
proved by cutting ont. All boats that
cleared here yesterday got over HorSe'ail
bar. and were getting along finely ut i4St
accounts. Weather clear and warm.