New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-15

| cited such deep interest in this community
and the entire Methodist Episcopal Church
| South for the past year or more, was con-
cluded to-day in the session the Baltimore
Annual Conference of the Methodist Episa
copal Church South.
Shortly after the meeting OF the confer
ence this morning, Bishop Dagget, presids
| ing, inquired if the committee in the case OF
the Rev. DR.. Huston was ready to report.
The chairman, Rev. DR.. Register, re-
sponded that they were, and handed the
| following, which was read by the secretary.
dated Baltimore, March a. 1878:
| The committee to whom was referred the
| case OF the Rev. l.. ID. Huston begs leave
| to report: We have come to the conclusion
| THAT the charge OF immortality is unanimous.
| ly sustained, and said l.. d. Huston has
| been expelled from the Methodist Episcopal
| Church South.
Bishop Dagget asked If any representa-.
tive of DR.. Huston appealed from the de-
clslon. DR.. Register said that DR.. Roselle,
as counsel for DR.. Huston, had intimated
me purpose to appeal to the next General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. All papers in the case
were then handed over to the secretay of
the Conference.
Bishop Dagget then remarked that aos
cordlng to the report of the committee, l..
ID. Huston is expelled from the Methodist
Episcopal Church South upon the charge
as reported.
LOUISVILLE, March l4-The whisky dis
tillery of M. l.. Wilber & Son was burned
today. Loss $4,000
PORT DEPOSIT, Md, March l4-River
fallen two feet. Channels opened on both
sides of the gorge.
SAN FRANCISCO. March l4.-The troops
are closing IN on Captain Jack. Some hope
he Will come to terms without a fight.
John ID. Page, of Vallejo, on bail for IL.
legally opening letters, shot himself and
wife dead.
The Governor and Lieutenant Governor
OF Nevada are fighting over the State
prison, the Lieutenant Governor being in
possession. The Governor has called out
sixty of the militia and one gun, to report
to-day. The Lieutenant Governor is deter.
mined to hold the prison until an appeal to
the courts can be made.
MEMPHIS, March 14.-Hiram w. johnson,
deputy United States collector of customs
for this port, has been missing since
Wednesday afternoon. Various rumors
are attoat as to his disappearance. Tho
customs officers are busily engaged in over
looking his accounts.
CHICAGO, March i4.-George Driver. who
killed his wife on the morning of the thir-
teenth of last November by shooting her
with pistol borrowed from his son, was
executed in the county Jail here this after
noon.
CINCINNATI, March l4.-A fire this morn.
ing injured H. G. Stewart q Co.'s furniture
| manufacturing company, ON Race street, to
the extent of $4,000. Partially insured.
Some sixty head of cattle belonging to
Smith & Fowler, of Lawrenceburg, In.
diana, were poisoned yesterday by some
person unknown. Forty nine are dead.
BANGOR, Me-, March 4.-Three small
children, son and daughter of Henry Plude
and son of Charles Blake, were drowned at
Orono yesterday by breaking through tho
ice while at play.
TRENTON, N. j.. March 1.-THE New Jer-
sey railroad bill passed by the House.
known as the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany's project to head off the National rail.
way bill which passed the House, having
been referred to the Committee on CorpO.
ratiOns, that committee made statement
to the House to-day that as no previous
notice Of this application had been pub.
lished, as required by law, they could not
report the bill without instructions from
the House. A resolution was introduced t0
indefinitely postpone, and strike the bill
from the calender, and discharge the COM
mitIee from consideration. Laid over until
Monday night by vote of 80 to q.
Weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT ,
Office Chief Signal Officer :
Washington, March IA, 1873 4:35 P. M.
PROBABILITIES.
For Saturday, in the Southwest, southeriy
Winds threatening and rainy weather. For
the east gulf and north Atlantic States,
southeast winds, falling barometer, rising
temperature, partly cloudy and possibly
threatening weather. For the Middle and
Eastern States falling barometer, south.
west winds and clear weather along the
coast. For the Ohio valley and lower
lakes, fresh to brisk southwest winds and
generally cloudy weather, with occasional
rain. The storm centre in the Northwest
will move over Iowa and Lake Michigan,
with northeast winds on Lake Superior,
and northwest winds in Minnesota and No
braska.
River Intelligence.
SOUTHWEST PASS, March Ii, 6P. M.-f,a-
rometer 30:40. Wind east and light. Ar
rived-Ship Guardian, Ames, master. forty
six days from Antwerp, in ballast to master.
No departures. On bar bound out-ShiD
Dilharree and bark Runer
The ship John Parker. Flynn, master.
cleared on the seventh instant, with .
cargo of Gotten, slaves and oil cake for Liv.
erpoOl, was discovered on fire at half past
eleven o'clock last night. The association
| towboats Equator, Wabash, Norman and
| Philip, went alongside of her as quick as
| possible, and commenced playing on tho
| fire with their pumps and ran her ashore,
where they continued their labofs, finally
| succeeding in getting the fire und Ter control.
| The ship will be pumped out and brought
| to the city by the above mentioned boats.
| The amount OF damage at present is uuo
| known.
MEMPHIS. March 14.-Weather clear 'and
| pleasant. River falling. Arrriy od-Potoo
| mac and John Parker from Cincinnati, and
Anna, from Arkansas river. Departed.
| Nick Longworth. for Cincinnati; C. b.
| Church, for New Orleans; Marble CITY, for
Vicksburg: Emma e. Elliott for St. Louis;
| Julia.
! CINCINNATI. March l4-Weather clear
and warm. River rising; sixteen feet six
| inches i'll the channel. Arrived-JOhn Kill
| gOur, from New Orleans. She leaves for
! New Orleans tomorrow.
| PITTsBURG, March l4-River seven feet
| three inches III the channel, and falling
slowly. About l,5OO,O bushels of coal
| left on this rise.
LOUISVILLE, March H.-River rising
| slowly; seven feet in the canal, five feet in
| the chute. Weather clear and pleasant.
Passed up-John Kilgour, from New Oyo
| leans, for Cincinnati.
EVANSVILLE, March l4.-Weather cloudv
| and warm. River risen one inch in the
J past twenty -four hours Passed down
City of Cairo at $3.50 2. NJ.
CAIRO, March IA. - Arrived 1ic8
| Brown, IRON New Orleans, S A. M; Mary
E. Poe, from s.. Louis, a p. NJ ; Susie Siio
yer, from New Orleans, 6 p M. Departed
Richmond, for Now Orleans, ) z. NJ Alice
Brown, for Pitt,burg, P. NJ River fallen
four inches in the past twenty four hours.
Weather clear and warm.
ST. LOUIS, March IA. -. Arrivri.-JoRN
Kyle. Continental and Atlantic and bargeso
from New Orleans. eparted-M0lli8
Moore, for New Orleans. River rising.
with mark twain water TO Ca and all
the upper streams swelling. Weather clears
| warm and windy