New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-05

monstrate the uselessness of the loan for
Cuba. He ceBsured dispatching OF On ex.
cessive naval force to Cuba to conquer 5OOO
insurgents; admitted the difficulty OF ex-
terminating insurgents on account OF tnelr
| mode of warfare, and recommended that
| thew be isola.ad in the woods and kept
there.
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs retorted
| that Marshal COnchs had not fulfilled,
while in Cuba, any Of the promises he
made VIXEN he was appointed commander
in-chief of the island.
Resignation Of the French Mioistry.
! PARIS, December The O6icicl Journal
| announces that the French ministers have
| rendered their designations, and that Presi.
dent MacMahOn has requested them TO re-
main in Office until he has arrived at de.
cision on the subject
President MacMahon accepted the resig-
nations of the ministers, ard merely re-
quested them TO iemain in office pending
| the appointment OF their successors. The
crisis is considered serious, as 1t ia thought
impossible that the Chamber of Deputies
| will accept any but an extreme radical. or
tha Senate any but reactionary Cabinet.
Various new ministerial combinations are
suggested. Vague rumOrs are current to
the effect that MacMshcn may possibly re
sort to unconstitutional in reference; it ls 40
reports, tho RepubHq,te Franchise, Gam
betta's organ. advocates decidedly moder-
ate course, and fevOrs the maintenance OF
the present ministry under the leadership
of M LEON Say, and without L. Dafaure or
D'Generll Berlhoiet. 1t objects TO the
entry into the ministry of either Jules
Simon or Charles Dul. as giving too
great change.
Turkey Progressing Toward Reform.
CONsTANTINOPLE December The Porte
has telegrsphed To it's representatives
abroad. denying that dissensiOns prevail in
the ministry. The telegram says the elabOra-
tion of reforms is almost complete.
News by Way Of Calcutta.
NEW YORK, December IA dispatch
from Calcutta to the Times says:
The loss OF life from the cy clone was I'M
derestimated. Ninety per cent of the pillow
cattle were lost. Sickness prevails, aud
fears of destitu'inn ara renewed.
The tone of Europesn correspondents is
wsrlike
The Shields freight steamer Prince foun-
dered with fourteen persons on board. All
hands lost.
Probabilities.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Office Chief Signal Officer :
Washington. december 4, lS16-4:3O P. NJ.
For the South Atlantic STATES, partly cloudy or
clear weather and northeast to northwest winds
slowly rising barometer and slight changes in tenn
For The Gulf States, rising, followed by falling
barometer, northeast TO southeast and sOutheIly
wird., partly cloudy weather and during Tues
day rlsing temperature. with local rains in the
For tennessee and the Ohio valley. partly cloudy
and slightly warmer WI atber during Tuesday,
winds ehiftir to westerly and southerly. ard u.s.
ing. followed by falling barome Nr
or IA EfRfnA mi n eat
winds, rising barometer. no decided change in
temperature, and clear or fair weather
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST Pass. December 4.-Wind north.north
east. Ar1ived-Spahish steamship Gui ermo. at
PIN, ForwoOd L Co.. steamship Algiers Hawthorn
master, at 4 A. M from New York, TO Charles A.
lii 10
wegian bark Chrissane, UlricksoD master, fifty.
nina DAYS fiom Marseies, to master; French bark |
from Havre. to master; Austrian bark Lao. BGs.
sanich master, eixty four days from London. to
master; German bark Astron0m Klapper seventy |
DAYS from Bremen, to master. SAiled-Bsrk An |
tOnetta
PoRr EADs, December 4-wind northwest Ar.
rived December 3-Swedi. bark Kronprince,
Cullberg, master seventy fl days Fl om Gutten.
berg, In ballast, to master. Arrived to-day British
from Aberoeen in ballast. to A. K Miller Co., for
orders: Norwegian bark Molsnd. seventy aays |
from Lon don, IN ballast, to Ocean, Zerega & Co.;
t aeniy days from Pro violence, with cargo of |
empty bal rels. to Union Oil Company.
VlCKsBURG, December 4-Weai her cold and fair
Tower. at s A. NJ; Natchez, at s |
r. NJ.
MEMPHIS. December 4.-River rising slowly
Weather clear and cold. Arrived Night Hawk. /
Chicago, illinois. vicksburg and James Howard, /
from New Orleans. Departed-RObert Mitchell, /
for Cincinnati Future Ctv al barges, Schenck, |
Church and Houston, for New Orleans; Alton and |
Belle Memphis. for s.. Louis
ClNcISNATI, December River twelve feet four
inches ard falitg. Weather cisudy and cold.
from New Orleans.
PiTTsBURe. December River three feet two |
inches and falling. Weather cloudy.
EVANSVILLE December 4.-River ten +, ct two
inches and falling. Weather cl ar and cold, but |
moderStipg.
ST. Louis, December 4.-1ce moving heavily past
the city. The Utah is lying at CarOndelet. 1t is
thought the City of Helena will be Dated off Horse
Tail bv to morrow; she is in no danger. River
ro.e fifteen inches, supposed TO be back water. 1
Weather moderatins, with indie cations of a thaw.
LOUISVILLE, December 4.-River six feet eli ht |
inches in the canal. Weather cool.