New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-27
MISCELLANEOUS.


Repudiaiion in the Georgia Legislature
ATLANTA. February 26.-The Legislature
declared unconstitutional and void the sec
opd series of 100000 in bonds Endorsed by
The State in $50 issued TO the Macon and
Brunswick railroad said Endorsement hay
ing been declared valid and binding by the
Legislature OF 1872 The first series 9;
bonds, amounting to Sl95, eco. were declared
valid and binding on the State.
Ice Damage ut Cincinnati.
CIScISSATI, February 16.-Specials TO the
Cincinnati papers report the sinking OF the
steamer Argosv. laden with l2OU barrels OF
salt, az MicdlepOrt. Ohio this morning.
The river Was full of ice from the broken
gorge above. a heavy cake struck the
Argosy on the larboard side. jus: forward
of the cylinder: she was backed into the
shore and sank in six feet water but as the
river was rising rapidly the water at last
accounts was over the boiler deck.
No steamers III port having steam up but
little If the cargo could be saved. The
boat was old, valued al about 5000, owned
by Captain Moody and William Polsley.
and will be total loss. The kanawha
river is reported rising rapidly.
Los, mt Sea.
LONDON, February Ca steamship.
hence for Hong Kong, foundered in the
Indian Ocean. Nineteen persons were
saved. six were drowned ana eighteen are
missing.
Louisville, February 26.-Hon. Doughty
White. proprietor Of the Manchester, Ken
lucky. salt works, and father OF Hon. John
ID. White. who was recently elected as Re
publican Congressman from the ninth dis
trlct committed suicide a few days since
By drowning. Before throwing himself
into the water he tied himself so that he
could not escape. 1t is supposed be was in
q TT of temporary insanity. His brother, |
Hon. John White, once Speaker Of the |
United States House of Representatives, |
terminated his life by suicide.
Ice Breaking Up.
The ice in the harbor below the bridge. |
y which has laid an embargo on navigation |
since January 4, commenced moving very |
slowly this afternoon and by dark 1t mad all |
passed ont OF sight, without dollars !
worth of damage, SO far as known. to steam
ers or other Graf along the shores.
A dispatch from kimswick. twenty miles
below here, says ice passed there all the
afternoon, leading 10 hope that the river
is or will be tomorrow open TO Cairo. and
that nav CATION South will be resumed in
one or two days. The ice above the bridge
is breaking up te some extent TO night. and
ii the river continues rising there will be
general break up in very few days of all
upper rivers. Steamboats, and insurance
men congratulate each other iCht a. the
happy radiance Of ice without damage ant;
the heartiness of the congratulations may
he imagined when il is stated that almost
S1.OO0,0O0 worth OF property lies along the
shore between here and the arsenal. d dis
lance OF three miles.
Important Insurance Decision.
CHICAGO, February 26.-Judge Blodgatt.
of the United States Circuit Court, has |
decided mat life insurance company is
compe'rut TO restrict its liability in a case
of dea,h brought On by insanity of the
holder Of its policies, which contain a
elau-.- declaring the company not liable in
sucn c.ises. This decision is in oppositian
to many previous decisions on the subject,
a. II has generally been leld IN Law that
insanity is essentially disease. and that {
against II insurance companies could not he
protected.
Penalty for kidnapping.
PHILADELPHIA. February 26.-The maTnr
has proclaimed the Law OF $4,000 fine and
twenty-five years imprisonment for kid
mapping, and heavy penalty for those
hal boring stolen children.
The Gorge on the SchuyIkilI.
The gorge on the S,huylkill broke at
Manayunk. The gasworks were submerged.
employed thereby.
W olstons cotton mill burned. C
Railroads Washed Away
CHATTANOOGA, February 26.-The rail. D
'cads aTe washed away on every route I
The Nashville. Memphis and East Ten. y
lessee routes will be all right in a dav or +
.wo. The Atlanta and Alabama and Chat L
arooga routes will be longer in getting l
'epaited; there are five breaks in the latter 4
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Elected. y
RICHMOND. February .6.-Henrv i. \
vo @ I !
ace NItheIs, elected TO the United States S
senate. s.
streams Flooding. 8
Virginia streams are flooding. but no Sc =.
'.ous damage Is alprehenGed. A
inccndInry Fire in the Coal Hines. n
INDIANAPOLIS, February 2o-Tbe coal ~
hats OF jackson Coal Company. Smith, <,
ieed X Co. and Beach Hall & Co near
'raz!l were burned by iucendiaries last
lght. The miners were out On a strike and
al made frequent threats Of violence r..
the owners held out. Mr.. Jack Caa
on yesterday gave his miners a last Lo
pportuniiy 10 resume work, stating tha. NJ
Mess they Cld men would be brought in "a
, take their places. Ii was reported thar | pi.
number OF co.ured miners had already Sh
cached This city. on their way to supersede st.
re strikers and this p-eciptated the crime. VI
he less Is probably from $4,000 TO $4,000
= Is
I'd erstuod several insurance companies
al Cancelled their policies. authoritative vi
oubie.
Ice in the IunafR.
February .6-The ice in
e Junlata Is moving. Several bridges
we been swept away.
Ashore. va
VINEYARD HAVEN. February u The | ha
iih Hall. from Wilmington for Boston. on
tn naval stores, is ashore at East Chop. an,
Probabilities. lot
WAR DEPARTMENT | 10
OAce Chief Signal Oficer, | SIX
Washington February &c, ISIS, ASS P. ". T.
uriDg SATURDAY. il tie South Atlantic and Gulf gag
les falling baIol eter, warmer weather south not
winds with increasing cloudiness. oas
River and Marine News.
,CTExEsT Pass. February Is s P M.-Barometer -
9. WIND east L"rtheast, light. Arrived ~
eoner Benjamin b. Church, Kelly master | rren
lteen days from New York with q general rep
% TO George ". Hynsoa Co. Sailed-SteaAl- r pt
Alice. req
cAsBuhG, February :6-Up-Marv Alice and Feb
,es, ar fwelve o'clock !ast hight: Bismarck. al 49,.
n M,nmsile al four O'CLOCK. poh.r, -, | Tota
ven o,clock. Weather clear And Coal TIL, | Tota
: has fallen nine IL ches- Go
,nPHIs February 26.-River has fallen four | New
es Weather clear and pleasant. Departed a IL
of Helena for ST. Louis, Church for Ohio river. SUM
rcvx API February 26.-Riyer twenty one feet 5 COO
,eht aud risjug. Weather fair And mild Ar 010 a
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