New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-17

and scattering, 4l9, which makes Cheney's
majority 33A7.
of which last year gave Cheney, Repub-
lican, 514; Roberts, Democrat, COZ, and
White, Temperance, 80.
The latest count shows the House stands:
Republicans, 2O7; Democrats, l78.
FOREIGN.
Failed.
LONDON, March 16-Mark Fisher e. Sons,
woolen cloth manufacturers at Hudders-
field, Yorkshire and Montreal, failed. Liza
The colonial Office has . telegram from
Singapore. stating that the chief who was
present when Burcb, the English resident,
was murdered near Perak, has been cap
tured.
Bristol Steeple Chase.
The Bristol steeple chase to-day was won
by Little Tom, leading the favorite and
three others.
Royalty Geisg ON an Excursion.
The Pail MaU Gasette,s Berlin dispatch
SAYS q private villa has been engaged for
Queen Victoria 1t Baden Baden during her
sojourn there. She will travel Incognito.
1t il stated she will assume the title of
Countess Rosels. after the late Prince
Consort's fsvorite residence in Thuringis.
The Empress Augusta wishes to meet the
| Princess of Germany will also meet her
there. Emperor William proposes to visit
| her in Baden Baden early in ADrii. The
| Queen particularly desires NO official recep-
ton anywhere on the journey. She will
leave on the twenty eighth.
| Ceal Barges Foundered.
1t is estimated that fully twenty coal
r = m
ing the gale Tuesday.
A Destructive Gale.
The weather has moderated. From all
parts of the country come details Of the
destruction by the gale. In London roofs,
skylights and chimneys we're blown about.
Telegrsphs were prostrated. At Twicken-
ham house was crushed by falling treee,
and at Chatham the military school was
partly destroyed. The rivers Cheerwel!,
Tone, and others, oveIf1owed tho country
Paris advices say Bercy, Neuilly, Courtz,
Vote, Asnieree, Point du Jour, Autreuil,
Sevree, St. Cloud and Surennes are all more
or less inundated, and the suffering is very
great. Marshal and Nine. MacMahon have
tributed relief personally. Mime. MacMa-
hon sent the prefect Of the Seine 5000 francs.
All the large streams between Paris and
! tho eastern frontier of France arc out Of
their banks. The country for miles around
10 flooded.
In Normandy the gale caused great dam
|. The barometer at Liege fell below the low
est point ON record. In all the towns parks
were ravsged, roofs torn off and factory
chimneys felled. At Aixla- Chappelle the
St. Nicholas Church was unr0ofed. In 0er-
many the storm was terrific, and generally
on the continent telegraph lines were dam
aged to an extent hitherto unparalleled.
The Seine has risen sixty centimetres
, higher than in 1872. 1t is thought that the
!. maximum is now reached. The Loire has
risen five and half metres, and several
J.. | manufactures on its banks are closed.
New Mail Arrangements.
J. In the House of Commons tonight the
Postmaster General stated it was intended
after the present year to make arrange
|. ments for the conveyance of the mails to
= America similar to those adopted by the
4 United States, viz: To make no contract,
\ but send the mails by vessels whose ef6-
!, ciency is proved, and pay according to
weight.
l. LIVERPOOL, March l6-The British ship
o Greta, Captain Macready, from San Fran
t cisco, November IS, arrived here to-day.
9 She brings . portion of the crew Of the
a British ship Great Britain. Captain Chill
0 cott, from Doboy, January %. for this port.
); abandoned at sea in sinking condition.
4 Eleven of the crew Of the Great Britain
! The Great Britain encountered terrible
q weather, and became water-logged. The
o captains two sons died of privatlon. The
3 captain and thirteen men took to . boat,
and soon suffered terribly from hunger.
0 Three of the men died, and the survivors
!. Their comrades, on the eleventh of March,
= were rescued in Q terrible state Of enact.
i alton.
a The steamer Siberia encountered tha
0 brig Osseo, from Mobile for Havre, on the
/ seventh instant. in latitude 40 north, long
titude $50 west. under jury mssts.
The bark Louisa, from Darien for Car
\ | diff, arrived at Falmouth, having lost her
t | sails.
: SOUTHAMPTON, March 16.-The United
States steamer Franklin, which sailed
Tuesday for Cherbourg, was obliged to put
J. into st. Helens Roads, Isle OF Wight, on
account of the continuously unfavorable
weather.
:, Vote of Confidence.
y ROME, March l6.-It is thought that afte,
the financial statement is presented today
Prime Minister Minghetti will demand {
vote of confidence, snd the Cabinet will re
sign if the vote is refused. Public opinion
is against the present government.
Italian Financial Condition,
10 Signor Minghetti to-day presented tn
7, financial statement in the Chamber q
1t Deputies. He said the deficit for 1878 vs
only % O0O, 900 lire instead OF Il, 900. 600. =
er was anticipated. The budget fer ia
r shows . surplus of 10000, 600 lire, and th.
u. for 1877 surplus Of IL, ,O00, 600.
~ The Battle in Abyssinia.
a ALEXANDRIA. Egypt, March l6-In th
Z. recent battle the Abyssinians numhars
+ 6O,eoO, and the Egyptians 10000.
Z In conseqnenee Of The kinea suine fo
IL ieosEnuao o. 5o0R11 RAos.I