Show extensive fire the weather prospects of a state election in louisiana CHICAGO jan ad the extensive tobacco factory of bros at st louis was wag destroyed by file thursday with a largo large quantity of tobacco prepared for the market loss one hundred thousand dollars insured for sixty eight thousand I 1 tile heaviest and most extended snow storm known in tills this section of country mr for years commenced wednesday night and continued till mornier morning 0 dispatches represent it very severe as far south as springfield north to green bay west into iowa heavy drifts have completely blockaded all the railroads and no trains have arrived licie since thurida thursday morning the telegraph is also working badly we are in consequence deprived of the usual quantity of news preparations for a state election in louisiana are going goin actively forwald for waid A 1 late era says T the he friends of the free state movement are coming forwald very actively to register their names as voters under tinder the call of the governor they not only go forward themselves but urge their friends to do so meetings are held and discussions had almost nightly by means of the people are arc moving all this work is done quietly but publicly and already between thice and four thousand have put down their names as voters every day adds to their number it is probable that by the middle of january there will be eight to nine thousand names registered or the maximum cf the legal voters odthe of alie city when most populous lous i under ider the old system of registry thele fourteen thousand names during the progress pro giess of seven or eight years cars yet wo we do not recollect but one election under tinder that law at which more inore than votes polled Ite referring ferring to the presidents late proclamation the era says under this proclamation an all election can be called when the number of qualified voters are arc le equal to io one olic tenth berith of the vote of 1860 the alie vote of louisiana in 60 was about so that when abc reo registered 0 wo we be entitled to an all election this must inspire every free state man mail with hope and joy it assures us of a victory it promises a speedy restoration of our state under tinder a new constitution or it at any rate with the old constitution stripped of the hideous institution of dispatches ft horn oni louisville and st louis ie plesent th that at in consequence of the snow storm all the railroads raili oads leaving horn flom the latter city are arc blockaded teams and aid pedestrians have crossed on ice the mississippi large 0 numbers of cattle and ilos have been frozen to death on snowbound trains on oil the northern Noi them thern missouri road |