New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-09
steeple chase. Il Was won By the favorite,
Shifnsl, beating six others.


He Accepts.
CINCINNATI. March 8.-Judge Taft ha
telegrsphed III President Accepting th,
secretaryship Of war.
The 1xcursisDists % be Received.
ATLANTA. March IA meeting of citixenl
70 night made preparations to receive thu
great excursion from the North western
States on the fifteenth.
Frauds il the lndias Bureau.
ST. LOUIS, March 8.-General Pope ID
now en- route from Fort L~esvenworth ia
Washington to testify 90 to frauds alleged
to have been perpetrsted by Major Ingslls,
late agent for the Five Nations, Indian
Territory.
Suicide Of . Bank Cashier.
P.J. Schenck, cashier of the Iron Noun.
to day. His wife killed herself in the same
manner q few days ago.
Unrequfted Love.
Isabel Hall. an English ballet girl of the
Theatre Comique, was shot in one of the
retreshment rooms of the theatre BY Edgar
n. Moore, who then shot himself in the
mead. The girl was shot in the left temple,
n will probably die. Moore is in q critical
condition. Cause. u~nrequited love.
Ashore.
WEST CREEK, N. j., March ga ship
q with cotton, name unknown, proba-
bly, the ship Ontario, of London, is ashore
on Long Beach, near Little Egg HarbOr In
let. Two of her boats with the crew have
landed safely. A third boat still remains
outside heavily loaded. The ship lies
nearly opposite Life station No. %. A boat
has gone to her assistance.
Norman Wiard's Experiments.
SAN Francisco, March S.-Norman
Wizard, now in this city, denies the state
ment intimating fraud in conducting ord
nance experiments. The amount of money
he received from the government for carry /
ing out the experiments was $4,000,
vouchers for which had all been satiefac- |
torily audited. The total amount expended |
by him was about <228, 600. the balance
coming from his " pocket. for which he |
never bad made, ard never contemplated
making. any claim on the government. If
he should receive any intinati0n that his
was wanted he should get nearer
Washington quicker Than he should 60 fur
away.
Base Ball Amateurs.
PHILADELPHIA, Narch 8.-The National
Amateur Base Ball Association met TO-DAY.
The annual report shows the memberships
comprises s~eventy-;wO clubs. The rules of
he professional league we're adopted. with
N amendment which debars all persons
with amateur associations from
with professional clubs, under Den.
lty OF expulsion.
Probabilities.
WAA Ds~PARfnHx4,l
Once Chief Signal O@cer.
Warrington, March 8, t876. go P. NJ
For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio vsl.
warmer, partly cloudy weather, easterly to
outheiiS WINDS. and during Thursday falling J
and possibly rain north Of the Texas
past and in the central Mississippi valley.
River md Marine Na-
SOUTHWEST Pass. March 8. 6 P. M.-Barometar
20; " nd east northeast. light. westher cloudy ]
ID hazy; A~lrived-ltalian bark Emma, Coztanso, .
nlgi, Monaztln. master, fifty six days from Mes
la, to Cochran l. Cazerfs; Ita,ian park Aha, :
,anlsh big Maria ISABEL, Mcresca. master i've :
'ys from Havana, to Avendano Brothers; Mexican
1g hsperanzs. Basso, master, ten days from A. b
ughes, master, from Liverpool 10 Ocean, Zerega q
&c; .s sai,e LED. New York bark Laura n
viGkssURG. March S.-TIe Toll. passed sS GOWN At y
aa,PHls; March s.-River fell fourteen inches. 5
e., h.r clear and pleasant. Departed-Augusta, q
White liver; Turner. Keys one and Atlantic. a
tn TOW last night, for New Orleans. - 8
CINCINNATI. March 8:-River sevente en- feet eight Sc
ohes and falling. Weather fair and pl Assault. m
rived kchsDck AID Cta:les Morgan, from New
leana. DEPARTED Susie silver, for New OEle ami. I;
d rising. kained Lee ry all night; weather Cloudy
q colder odsy. Seven feet six inches at , il
y acd J Using.
'ouisvILIE. March s.-River falling; eight fet
int inches in the canal Weather vain ard b.
a.. Down- Mary Houston, from Cincinusti, to b,
orleans. r.
.vASsvILLs. March 8.-River fourteen let three di
hes and swelling. Weather cloudy End threat Of
nx. Dvwn- Charles B. Chu,ch at seven O'Clock an
night. A,
March 8.-No arrivals. Depifted- "
sgeI, for New Orleans. at 5A. N. River nine.
n Il ct three inches and falling. Wealth. r fair;
rcury 56o. In
r. Lows, March 8.-Arrive6-City of vicksburR, Lo
% Wick burg Departed-Bee and barges, for Or
Orlt ans. The river has risen three inches st,
swelling rather rapidly. Weather clear, part Go
Loudly an0 warm. Sta