New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-14
MISCEILANEOus.
Bostou,s Muuificeuce,


Boston, May l3 The Louisiana Relief
has reached, altogether, $4450O.
The Connecticut senatorshfp.
New HAVEN. May l3.-The Democratic
caucus unanimously nominated William M.
Eaton Senator, which is tantamOunt to an
election.
A Broken Levee.
MEMPHIS, May l3-About daylight yes
terday morning the levee broke at Apper-.
sons plantation, opposite Friar's Point. At
last accounts the crevasse was one hundred
and fifty yards wide, and the water spread
ing over the plantation, one of the finest in
The crevasse at Miller's, On the Missis-
sippi side, is now 800 yards wide, and
water in the streets at Friar's Point three
feet deep.
Families are moving out, and merchants
are busily engaged in removing their
goods. The whole country in the rear is
rapidly being inundated.
Of the water rushing through this crevasse
by its tearing up huge cottonwood tress
two and half feet in diameter aud scat
tering them over the neighboring plantas
tiOns. The steamers now all come through
Council Bend cutoff.
A Brutal Steamboat Captain.
Henry Power, captain of the steamer
Clarksville, was held to answer in the sum
OF $1,000 for hanging up S. Berman, a young
Hebrew passenger, to make him confess to
having robbed fellow passenger, and then
putting him ashore with his hands tied be-
hind him
The New CustOmhOuse.
The commissioners appointed to select a
site for custOmhOuse together with A. b.
Mullet, supervising architect, have selected
lot on the bluff in front of Madison street
as the location, and the general council, at
q called session this afternoon, donated the
ground, 365 by 300 feet. As the apprOpria-
ton made by the government was only
$40, 900, one-fifth Of the value of the lot the
city donates it,
Fifteen Thousand Dollars for Two Fins
j. A. Haggerty has brought suit in the
First Circuit Court against the Memphis
and Paducah railroad for $4,000 damages
for the loss of two fingers in the recent aca
cident.
Memphis Declines Charity.
The Cotton Exchange in Cincinnati tele-
graphs the relief committee to draw on
them for $3.50, for the relief of the sufferers
in Southern Arkansas. but the committee
declines to draw at present thinking they
can relieve all pressing wants in that sec
tOn.
BALTIMORE, May l3.-Admiral Buchanan,
of the Confederate navy, is dead, aged
seventy-four years.
Later Advices from Fort Sill.
GALVESTON, May l3.-A special to the
Ne,os from San Antonio says advices from
Fort Sill, Indian Territory, state that on
the second instant the camp occupied BY
United States soldiers, near Red river, was
fired into by party of twelve Indians,
who, after having been closely pursued
through the deep sands along Red river,
abandoned one pony and several blankets.
the latter of which were stained with blood
Georgia knights Tempiar.
SAVANNAH, May I3.-The Grand Com
mandery Knights Templar of Georgia met
this morning in annual conclave. Owing
to the inclemency of the weather there was
no public display.
The Lexington Races.
LEXINGTON, May l3-The weather con-
tinues fine and the track is in good condi-
ton. Attendance large.
First. Rdce-Sweepstakes for three year
Olds which have never won a race, mile
heats. Eleven entries. Six started. Pool
| betting stood: Dudley. $55; Megibben's en-
| try, $50; Gill & LoRan's, $32; the field, Viii
| lisms f. Owines', $50. The race was we'll
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