New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-02
River Intelligence.


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!; OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
THURSDAY EVENING, December i. 1870.
WEATHER, BUSINESS, ETC.-The wcathe
has been much cooler than during the fore
part of the week, and Is nov at about tn,
right Temperature to be pleasant. Judging
by the crowds who thrOng our thorough
fares daily, there must be majority Of the
public OF the same opinion.
Business yesterday was dull and confined
almost exclusively to the local packets.
The Frank Pargoud arrived from Vicks
burg with 3435 bales Of cotton, 2S5 sacks
cotton seed, and large trip of people; the
Belle Of Alton from CMshatta brought in
49, bales of cotton, a lot Of stock and good
list of passengers; the Lotus No. 3 from
Red river had 7S9 bales of cotton and mis-
cellaneOus freight.
Among the departures we notice the Belle
Lee, to Memphis, with good trip of freight
and considerable people; the Frank Par
goud, to Vicksburg, with her usual compile
kment of freight; Nick Lsngworth, to Louis
vile, with about seven hundred tons of
barges, to st. Louis, with large cargo; Red
Cloud, to Jefferson, with fine trip Of
freight and people, and the Julia A. Ru-
dOlph, to Jefferson, with a moderate cargo.
Cotton is coming in now in large Quanti-
ties, and sugar and molasses receipts are in.
creasing very rapidly. If the present fine
weather continues few weeks more the
receipts will be almost double. The scarcity
of labor on the levee, and the high wages
demanded, are still great drawbacks to the
| steamers.
Rates have undergone no change since
our last report. The river here is still fall
ing. Advices from Cairo report the upper
Mississippi rising between there and ST.
Louis, and the Ohio river is also rising
frv.. Il al II
| terday, from Shreveport reports the Red
| river at that point az falling slowly.
Onachita river is still al a low stage. Ar
kansas river has good stage of water for all
boating purposes.
MISCELLANEOUS IrEMs.-The steamer Era
No. 10 telegraphs to Captain George Kouns
from Shreveport that she viii arrive here on
Saturday.
The Thompson Dean is due here tonight,
and will leave on Saturday for return trip
to st. Louis.
The steamer Belle Of Aton, which arrived
yesterday, has changed Ter day of leaving
this port for COushatta and Grand EcOre,
from Friday to Tuesday She will leave
next Tuesday. at five O'Clock, p. NJ, pune
tually.
The J. G. Blackford, nov lying across the
river, will leave for Mobile in a few DAYS. to
enter trade from that pGnt.
The Gladiola. Captain Il. L. Lee, master,
will leave for Red river. III Saturday next,
at ) p. NJ
The damages which thestcamer Post Boy
received by striking a wreck, below Mem
phis, on her down trip, may cause her to be
locked for repairs.
Captain Lloyd T. Belt arrived yesterday
from St Louis to take charge of the steamer
Post Boy. We suppose she will be turned
over to his tender graces his week.
NaZoo river is UefripO IA he Uraor n
point of attraction for light steamboats, as
Red FLYER has been for tie past two years.
The Belle YaZOO is running from New Or
leans up that stream. Tn Marcella is run
ming in the same trade. The Lucy KERN
and Suntiower are running from Vicksburg |
up Iazoo. Then there aie several boats |
running from Memphis AID ST. Louis, and |
now the Lizzie is announced to leave Gin |
cinnati for that stream.
The owners of the DextT find themselves |
obliged to purchase an entire new outfit for
the cabin of that steamer, the old furniture
having been stored III a building which was
destroyed by fire at St. Ltais last Friday.
At Memphis, on Saturday, the Silver Bow
took fire in the hold. Amid ringing of bells
and intense excitement heL crowd of passen-
gers OF both sexes scamperd ashore in great
confusion. The fire was eTinguished with
out injury to the boat or cargo.
Wise Il Co, 1ronton, Ohio, have the <6n-
tract for building large sIie-wheel steamer
for Captain U. b. Scott.
The Emile LaBarge, Dexter and Cont
mental are loading at St Louis for New
Orleans.
One-fourth Of the steame, Mollie Able has
been sold at st. Louis BY Lavid X. Powers
to Edmond +. Dix for the slm of SlI,750
The Mobile Tribune of the thirtieth. I'M
der the head OF .'Cotten and Steamboats,"
says Those three wheelhrses, OBannon,
Finnegan and Gunnison iase before beauty.
brought in yesterday on the Swan. Nyanza
and Emma. an aggregate of nearly three
thousand bales of Gotten, and we learn that
there was as much more toship, which they
might have brought could hey have carried
it. This proves what we limited at some
time since, a scarcity Of transportation.
fact which we learn Captains Gunnison and
have also tah.n to heart, for
they both left yesterday for New Orleans,
via mail line, Tor the purpose of bringing
over here another boat, theJ. G. BlacktOrd,
for which they had already made arrange
neDts. The BlacktOrd is sad to be sumner,
not only as regards speed and capacity. but
in the way OF fancy fixtures in the cabin.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES-tincjss,
river rose three inches in the twenty-fOur
hours ending at six o'clock last evening,
there was eight feet one inch water in
the channel by the metal marks at the
WaterwOrks.
The Nora took On. about fifty tons more
freight here yesterday, ard proceeded to
Texas. The Nora will run up Trinity river
the coming season as far as she can go
probably 200 miles above Cincinnati land
ng-and will bring ont cotton, for which
she has capacity for 300 bales. She is also
capable of accommodating twenty-five or
thirty cabin passengers, and as many. if not
more, deckers. She is commanded by Cap
tain +. p Ransom, formerly Of the John IL.
Groesbeck, in the New ORLEANS trade. Her
chief clerk will be Mr. II. NJ. MARQUIS
Gazette, Nogen,ber %.
For JEFFERSON AND SHaEvErORT.-The |
popular and feet steamer Thirteenth Era,
departs to-day at 5 P. NJ. fer the above and
ali way landings or Red river This steamer
IS one of the regular Rel RIVER Packet
COmpany's packets, and she will therefore
cave on punctual time. Captain /. II.
kouns commands her, and Mr.. j. W. Ong |
s chief clerk. Merchants should patronize
his steamer, as she belongs to the regular
inc.
For FORT ADAMs.-The elegant steamer
Wade Hampton will resume her regular
rip to Fort Adams to-day, leaving at 2.
VI. sharp. Captain John G. Libano COM
hands this famous steamer, and all recOg-
lize him as popular and attentive gentle
nan.
4 milkman IN Massachusetts was sur
,rised, on the morning after election, by the
payment of small bill held by him against
me of his customers. The good woman eX-
,lained to him that her husband "had got
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