New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-02

say they know several Of the parties, and
it IL hoped they will all be arrested and
punished. 1t Is only by strong assurances
from the citizens Of protection, that the
Hirsches were induced to stay in the place
The citizens of Somerville held anothe,
meeting to-day. and passed resolutions Ne
questing Governor Porter to offer suitable
robbed the Hirschlbrothers Thursday morn
ing.
Taxation Of Church Property.
Boston, April 1.-The House rejected the
bill taxing church property by large ma
jority.
Suicide Of q Clergyman's Wife.
ALBANY, April 1.-The wife of Rev. De.
forest Stafford, pastor of the Baptist Church,
drowned hereelf.
Bad Weather and High Water.
MEMPHIS, April lit has been raining
almost continuously for the past twenty.
inches above the danger line and rising
steadily, little damage 10 reported - yet.
The river ID now five inches higher than on
the fifteenth of last August, and within
fourteen inches Of the extreme high water
of 1867.
Assassi.atlea Of q Prison Keeper.
CINCINNATI, April This morning
Martin South, son Of the keeper of the Ken.
lucky penltentiary, was assassinated 1t his
stall in the Frankfort, Kentucky, market.
The ASSASSIN shot him through : crack in
the building. Mr.. South died in five min
utes. Walter Stephens, . prominent butch.
er, was arrested on suspicion.
City Omcers Indicted.
ST Louis, April l.-Several members of
the city council, and other officers, have
been indicted for bribery and perjury.
Proposed Insurance Legislation.
COLUMBUS, O., April Ia bill has been
introduced in the Senate to revoke the Ii
censes of life insurance companies which
assess taxes upon policy holders.
Trains Delayed.
OMAHA, April l.-Trains are delayed BY
ten inches of snow.
Probabilities.
war DlpAI4upSY.
Once Chief Signal Ofloer,
Warrington. April l, ts76. go r. II.
For the Eastern Gulf States. falling barometer,
oppoeiDg northerly and southerly winds. cloudy
winds and partly cloudy weather.
For the Western Gulf states, falling followed BY
rising barometer: northerly winds. partly cloudy
weather and stationary temperature.
River and Nlarise News.
% s q ss PA. April ls Ma;Barometsr
and foggy. Arrived-Steamer Hudson, eager, mes.
ter, at $50 A. NJ, from Few York, to A. Moulton;
schooner William Fisher, Loring, master seven
days from Jamaica 6ailed-Steamship Knicker.
booker.
6RR.vRPoRr, April Lone and quarter inches
OF rain fell last night Weather clear and pleasant
to-day. The riy or ~ risen three inches Depart.
ed-Maria Louise, for New Orleans. fall Of two
feet At Fulton dissipates al approximations Of an
vIcEsBgKs. April l.-Passed up-Howsrd, 1t 8
r Friday; Alton. 1t 10 A. n. to day; Pargoud ct
LIN. Down.Mitchell. 1t 3 4. N.
MEMPHIS, April l.-Riyer rose three inches; now
thirty -four feet i've inches. Rainy. Mercury $50.
fer White river ldleWi lid, for 0ainea, LANDING.
Grand Tower, for st. Louis; Helena for Wick shnrS.
Bismarck, for New Orleans
koUmvzlIn, April L-Westher cool and clear.
River sixteen feet six inches in the CANAL
CAIRO, April l.-Arrived-Yaeger iron a.. Lonis
10 4. NJ City of VicksburG, from Vicksbure noon.
Mary Houston from Cincinnati / p. HI: Nnsis
Silver, from New Orleans, P. n. Deperted-OaE.
land, for New Orleans, 4. NJ; vicksbur9 for al.
Louis, p NJ; Atlantic. for New Orleans Up. NJ.
Houston. for New Orleans P. NJ; Susie Silver for
Cincinnati, P. n; Jaeger. for New Orleans, sP.
T. River forty.fve feet eleven inches and rising.
Weather cloudy and cool
PIfTsBuRG, April l.-Rtver eight feet two inches
Md falling. Weather clear and pleasant.
ST. Louis, April l-Arrived-Glencoe and Grand /
TOR vicksbuIg River risen two inches Cloudy l
md mild weather.
ClNcINNAr1 April l.-DepArted-Cherles Morgan /
md John Means and berees, for New Orleans. /
Weather clear and cool River fallen four inchea |