New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-19

ton of wages will DO made by the corpora
ti0ns Of this place, to average five per cent,
commencing February !.
An Extradition Case.
TORONTO, January l8-Prince Albert
Wilcox, formerly employed in Andersons
mercantile house. is held for extraditiOn,
charged with forgery and embezzlement OF
$780,
Guilty.
PHILADELPHIA, January ls-Samuel Hill
Ter, for killing his wife few weeks ago,
was found guilty Of voluntary granddaughter.
The Centennial.
The customs officers to-day took charge OF
the ground fenced off on the centennial
ground for that department., and COM
menced their labors. A large collection OF
exhibits is being received at the Enclosure
in sealed cars.
Mysterious Disa ppearance.
ST. LOUIS, January l8.-Robest E. W.
Sayres, senior partner Of Sayres. Shaw &
Co., merchants, has disappeared. 1t is
thought he has committed suicide.
Wooden Mills Burned.
NORTH HoOsIc, N. Y, January IS
Carpenter g. Co.'s wooden mills burned.
Loss $4,000. Two hundred hands are
Ousted.
The Tredegar Works.
RICHMOND, January lS.-The liabilities
of the Tredegar iron works are 81 300, 600.
A receiver has been appointed, and opera
tons will be resumed at once.
Loss by Fire.
ALBANY. N. Y, January 1S.-The loss of
CARPENTER e. Co.'s wooden mill amounts TO
$4,000. Insurance 100000.
Probabilities.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office Chief Signal Officer, :
Washington, January 10. 1876. $50 ?. NJ
For the South Atlantic States, continued
warm, partly cloudy weather. with sOuther-
ly to westerly winds, areas Of rain, and fall
ing, followed by rising barometer.
For the East Gulf States, light rains, fol-
lowed by clearing and cooler weather
during Wednesday, southerly winds, shift
ing to westerly or nOrtherly, and rising
barometer.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST PASS, January ls, 6P.M.-Ba
rometer 80. Wind south, fresh. Weather
thick and cloudy. Arrived-French bark
Paulista, Provert, master, from st. Thomas:
barken.ine Ellen Holt, Prevern, master, ten
days from Guadalupe; British ship City Of
Richmond, Starkie, master, thirty mine days
from LiverpOol; bark Daniel Draper, Pat
terson, master, seventeen days from Boston;
bark Reunion, Emerson, master, four days
from Havana. Sailed-Schooner William
NJ. Jones.
MEMPHIS. January 49, = River falling
slowly. Weather clear and spring like.
Arrived-Belle of Texas, from Arkansas
river; Augusta, from White river; Thomr-
con Dean, from New Orleans. and Baum.
from Cincinnati. Departed-Susie Silver.
for New Orleans; Belle of Memphis and
Carondelet. for ST. Louis Illinois, tor Vicks.
burg. and Long. for Cairo.
CINCINNATI, January 18-River twenty
six feet and rising fact. Heavy rain por-
ton of last night and all this forenoon;
clear and warm tonight. Arrived-Thomas
Sherlock, Cherokee and II. s. Turner, from
New Orleans.
PITTsBURG. January lS.-River seven feet
and rising. Weather cloudy and mild. De-
for New Orleans.
LOUISVILLE, January lS.-Rver rising
witl eleven feet in the canal. Weather
cloudy and mild.
EVANSVILLE, January lS.-River nineteen
feet six inches and rising. Weather clear
and warm to nigbt: heavy rainfall last night
CAIRO, January lS-Arriyed = Louis
vile, from Cincinnati, at s A. NJ Glencoe
from St. Louis, at noon. Departed-Glen-
coe, for New Orleans, at 6 p NJ. River
twenty-five feet four inches and rising.
Rained hard all night. Weather clear and
mild now. Mercury $50.
ST. LOUIS. January lS-No arrivals. De-
Of Alton, tor New Orleans.
River fallen ten inches Weather cloudy
and warm; heavy rain this morning.