New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-01-03
NIISCELLANEOUS.
Loss of the steamer John Ii. Maude,


MEMPHIS, January IA special to the
Appeal from Helena, Arkansas, of this date,
says: ''The steamer John B. Maude struck
an old sunken barge last night about mid
night, while near or at what is known as
o Landing, forty miles above Helena.
and sunk in abont twelve feet water. No
lives lost. The Maude left this port last
evening about six o'clock, with 800 bales
OF cotton and good list of passengers. All
her passengers were brought back to this
point by the steamer Phil Allen. 1t is be-
ieved the boat and cargo will not prove a
total loss, but the river is rising so fast at
this point that she is in great danger unless
speedily raised
The following is the insurance on the
steamer John Il. Maude, sunk above Helena
Thursday night ftna, OF Hartford, and
Enterprise, OF Cincinnati, $4,000 each,
Farmers and National, of Cincinnati,
$1,000 each; Firemens of Cincinnati, Com
mercial. OF Cincinnati, American, of Gin
cinnati.'and Peabody, of Wheeling, $500
of Wheeling, $4,000; Old Dominion, Farm
ers, Merchants and Manufacturers, of Ohio,
$500 each: Total, S35, 900. The boat was
valued at So, 500.
Ashore.
NORFOLK, Va, January The steamer
San Marcos, from Galveston, is ashore
eighteen miles south of Cape Henry. A
a..
Drowned.
Augusta, Ga. J anuary DR. Cornelius
Adams, of this city, fell into the canal at
Granitevi!le, South Carolina, last evening,
and was drowned.
Celebration Prevented.
j freezing rain prevented the colored So
cietles and military from celebrating the
emancipation day.
A Negro Minstrel Dead.
PROVIDENCE, January 2.-Samuel Sharp
leys the negro minstrel, is dead.
Death of an Old Lawyer.
MONTGOMERY, January 2.-yudge Abram
Martin. the eldest lawyer at this bar, died
last night.
supreme Court of Aiabnmu.
The Supreme Court organized today,
with X. 6. Brickell as chief justice r. J.
Judge and A K. Manning, associates They
appointed Thomas G. Jones, reporter. lie
is the gentleman whose speech at last me
mortal day in this city was published all
over the North, and especially Y his tribute
to the valor of the federal soldiers.
The Trouble in the Indian Territory.
ST. LOUIS, January 2.-The Democrat has
a letter from Tahlequ uah Indian Territory,
giving the following version Of the affair
Cherokee Nation:
Jack DOubletOOth, who was one of the lead
ers in the late riot az Tahleguah, and
Thomas Cox, white man, brought % load
Of whisky into the Territory from Kansas.
and had proceeded as far as Pricer's creek.
when they were met by Deputy Sheriffs
kOus;ne and COston With q posse who had
gone to spill the whisky under the laws of
the Cherokee Nation. Doubletooth and
Cox resisted.
A fight ensued in which both were killed
and kOusine and C0lstOn wounded. The
latter, after being wounded, fled to the
brush, and kousine was taken homo by the
posse. Wash Mays, another Indian, who
had an old grudge against Colst0n gathered
party OF friends, pursued aud overlook
him and riddled the body with bullets.
Mays and party then fed to Choteau en-
trenched themselves in a log house. and de-
clared they would not be taken alive The
sheriff at Dist at last accounts was organiz-
ing force to capture them.
Later.
NESIrA, l. T., January 2-Everythinp
was quiet last night and until 3 T. NJ. to-
day, when news came that the mob were at
Pricer's Creek again last night aud killed
three men, supposed to be the persons they
yesterday If this is true trouble
probably will follow, as lIatchett, one OF
the men captured, is q Senator from this
district and will undoubtedly be avenged.
Major Robinson has been request ted to
cOluo nero " prevent ii liguL II possible.
An Artists Funeral.
BALTIMORE, January 2-The funeral of
William III. Rinehart, the distinguished
sculptor. a native Of Maryland who recently
died in Rome, Italy, took place this evening
at the Westminster PRESBYTERIAN Church
in this city. Notwithstanding the rain and
aleet a very large congregation was present
/ he remains were inferred III Green Mount
Cemetery.
Coal for New Orleans.
PTTsEURG, January 2-The aggregate
coal shipments on the rise in the rlver Was
about 3,50O,Coo bushels. ot which 06J 900
bushels were for New Orleans.
PrObabiiities.
u WAR DsPARTMEsr,}
Office Chief s gnal Officer !
Washington, January 2. 1878, ABS P. NJ
Duung Sunday in the South Atlantic and Gu
States hi gh barometer lower tenn pei ature north
west to northeast winds and clear aud partl
cloudy we a therwill pleyal.
River and Marine News.
SouTHwEsr Pass, January 2 7:3oP M-Barometer