New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-12
MISCELLANEOUs.
No Election in Minuesotn.

No Election in minnesota.
ST. PAUL, February u.-No progress
made in the Senatorial election.
| Closed by the Ice.
| BELFAST, Me-, February ll-All the har-
bors are closed by the ice. The PenObscot
bay is frozen over for the first time in
twenty five years.
PHILADELPHIA, February Il.-Returned
Pioneer, hence, for Wilmington, North Car
| Olina, with the loss Of her headgear and
foretopmast. She collided with the Junia-
ia, which has arrived.
| Dry Dock Sunk.
| The large dry dock was sunk to take on
the Pennsylvania for repairs. The ice float.
ed under the dock and overturned it; con-
| siderable damage done; she lies on her side.
and several days will elapse before she il
| righted: one workman is missing. This
being the only dock on the Delaware. the
| Pennsylvania will probably be towed to
New York for repairs.
Democratic Senator Elected from Florida .
TALLAHASSEE, February ll.-C w. Jones,
Democrat, was elected United States Sena-
tor to day on the twenty fourth ballot. The
result was received with great demonstra-
tiOns of rejoicing, which would have been
uprOariOus had not the president used the
gavel. Mr.. Jones is a lawyer, and stands
in the front rank of his profession in this
State.
Loss of the Steamer Emile.
NORFOLK, February 1.-The steamer
Emile. from New York, bound for Norfolk,
went ashore on Watch Aprigue shoals, on
Thursday night, February 4, and is total
loss. One deck hand, John Mahar, was
drowned. The captain ard remainder of
the crew arrived here to-day. The Emile
formerly belonged to the Jersey City Yacht
Club, and was valued at $4,000. She was
uninsured.
Stove Manufacturers Convention.
CHICAGO, February 1.-THE nationa
convention Of stove manufacturers. in ses-
sion here, denOunces free trade with
Canada. and the reciprocity treaty.
A Serious Railroad Accident.
ST. LOUIS, February l0.-As q passenger
train on the Rockford, Rock Island aud ST.
ing, was passing Edwardsville Cro--iug,
about twenty miles from st. Louis, tD~ .wo
rear passenger cars ran on sida track.
owing to break in the cross bar Of the
switch, and collided with freight train
standing there.
The coaches were badly wrecked and the
locomotive of the freight train badly dam.
aged. Mary ,Swigert, of Jacksonport. Ar
kansas, was badly cut and bruised about
the face and head. George NJ. Bishop, Of
Indianapolis. was severely hurt in the right
thigh. Marcus Beal, express messenger,
and w. I. Harding, of Bellville, Illinois,
were slightly injured. No other casualties.
Coasting Accident.
CINCINNATI February lO.-Three boys.
while cOasting on Smith street, below
Fourth, tonight, ran into heavily laden
express wagon at Third street crossing, and
Barney johnson, aged fourteen, was dashed
o. OF fbn rryhn
killed. The two others on the sled were con.
siderably, though not dangerously injured
Meeting Of Colored People in Cincinnati.
The colored people held meeting at
Zi0n's Baptist Church tonight, to consider
the condition Of the colored people in the
South. Able speeches were made by Peter
II. Clark, Colonel Robert Harlan, ID. w,
Bell and others. A preamble and resolu.
tions were adopted, reciting that q condi.
ton OF lawlessness and violence exists in
Louisiana and other parts of the South
which seems to spring chiefly from preiu.
dice against freedmen, and is calculated
to do great injury to the whole country.
and it continued may involve the nation
in a civil war; approving all lawful efforts
to maintain peace and preserve the lives.
property and rights of the people: calling
upon all good citizens North and South to
assist IN the maintenance of peace and
order, and Offering sympathy to their suffer-
ing fellow-citizens in the South, exhorting
them to endure even unto death, abstaining
from violence or any vindictive retaliation,
relying on the right and Justice of the
American people, which, though tardy. is
sure.
The National Grange.
CHARLESTON, February II The National
Grange yesterday authorized the executive
committee to select location for the offices
OF the body. and to lease the necessary
buildings.
The action with reference to a loan of
money By the National Grange to State
oranges was so amended as to make the
loon free of interest.
Two additional members of the execu-
tive committee were elected. viz: D.
T. Chase. of New Hampshire, and
John It. Jones. Of Arkansas, for three
years each. d. w. Aiken, of South Caro-
lima, was reelected for three years, and
William Landers, of Washington, and f..
B. Shankland, of Iowa, held over, making
committee of five in all. An appropria,
ton was made today for the oranges Of
Kansas and Arkansas
fr0'"S'iitiea
washington, February II, 1875 4:35 P. M
During Friday, in the South Atlantic and Gu
States rlsing barometer, colder and partly cIOudy
weather, with northeast to northwest winds pos
siDly shifting to southeast on the Texas coast.
River and Marine News.
81: Sour1wHsr Pass February Ii, 6 P. M-Barometer
3o4o Wind northwest light. acknowledgements
bark Saga. Larsen master, seventeen days ffon
st. Lucia No departures.
HAss.A.Eou1Rs. February II. Noon.-wind north.