New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-27
River Intelligence.


warm Tor comfort. IL may NO sAhs 'AC
warmth was more particularly ieit on ac-
weather during the week past has been. on
the average, extremely pleasant.
Business, yesterday, as usual on saturday;
was very lively, and large number OF
steamers left we'll laden. The arrivals were
numerous, and with good trips. The Wade
Hampton, from Fort Adams, came IN late
ON Friday night, with big trip She had
1906 bales cotton; 196sacks seed cotton, and
81 hogsheads OF sugar. She had, also, q
Louisville, was laden with produce. She
had, inclusive, in her cargo, 2S45 barrels OF
apples. Altogether, she brought down 1900
packages of freight. The Wild Wagner
had 1000 bales Of cotton, and IS barrels OF
molasses. besides dyher freight. The Ruth.
from Wheeling, was deeply laden:
I The departures were: The Natchez, good
trip, to Vicksburg; Wade Hampton, with a
fine trip, to Fort Adams. Importer, with
about BIS tons to Little Rock and Fort
Smith; Seminole, moderately laden, to
White river: II. s. Turner, to Louisville,
with splendid trip of freight and people;
Tidal Wave to Red river, with good trip
of freight and people; ID. Il. Tally to Shreve-
port, with fair trip, and the Belle YazoO
to y azoo river. with light receipts. All OF
the regular Saturday packets left on time.
Business has increased considerably during
the past week, and We look for busy week
to come. There is a large number OF boats
on route to this port, and several of them
should arrive to-day and to morrow.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs.-CaptaIn Bur
deau, of the Mississippi Valley Transports
ten Company. received a dispatch yester-
day, from Vicksburg, stating that the tow
boat Shark and four barges passed there on
tho twenty-fourth, bound to this port. They
will arrive to-day, and the Shark will leave
on return trip tomorrow at S p. NJ. He
also received q dispatch dated the twenty
fifth, stating that the Kellogg and barges
had passed Memphis, bound down. that day.
The schooner Matte A. Franklin. from
Bath, Maine, with 7I2 tons of granite for
the St. Louis Bridge Company, arrived
at the mouth of the river on last Friday
This is the first arrival Of granite for some
time, the two preceding schooners loaded
with the material having been wrecked and
their cargoes lost. The stone will be for
warded as rapidly as possible by the Missis-
sippi Valley Transportation Company's
barge line.
The Seminole was towed to the salt pie
last evening, to receive salt for White river.
She will leave there probably to-day.
The Red Cloud has been tOwed to the
Red river landing, and is receiving for all
points on that stream.
The Era No. 9, Captain NJ. H. Kouns.
leaves on Tuesday. November %, and
the Thirteenth Era, Captain Isaac IL.
Kouns, on Thursday, December !, for Jeffer-
son, Shreveport, and all way landings On
Red river.
The Mollie Able follows the Bismarck to
st. Louis in the regular line.
THE RUTH-This new steamer, built at
Wheeling expressly for the upper Red river
IL .,ol hor rac<nr.lov daanIv vodan
We paid her a visit and were rewarded by
the sight of as handsome and perfect a piece
Of steamboat architecture as it has ever been
our lot to see. She is a sternwheeler, one
hundred and forty feet long. thirty-two feet
beam, four feet hold, and has a capacity for
slowing about fourteen hundred bales Of
cotton. Her cabin is neat and rOomy. and
capable Of accommodating comfortably a
number of passengers.
She has in the rear of the cabin a Freed
mems Bureau" or cOlored peoples cabin.
1t contains well furnished stateroOms and a
dining hall. This latter feature is becoming
much in vogue on our Red river packets,
and is decidedly an improvement on the
former principle. The Ruth has two boilers,
with engines fourteen inches in diameter,
four feet stroke, driving a wheel eighteen
feet in diameter, twenty feet buckets. The
engines are of the balance slide valve make.
and are q perfect success. Captain Robert
b. Berton, the owner and commander of
this fine craft, is well known to our New
Orleans folks as an experienced and
thorough steamboatnan. Mr.. Oscar Haines,
chief clerk, is also well known here, he hav
ing ran sometime on our New Orleans and
st. Louis packets. The Ruth will leave this
week for Red river.
The Olive Branch was still hard aground
at Liberty Island the night Of the twenty
fourth: six feet four inches water in the
channel.
Captain Lloyd T. Belt will take command
of the Post Boy on her arrival at this port
from st. Louis. We suppose that Captain
Belt will Immediately place the Post Boy in
steamer COrnelia, recently dcstroyedi by
fire. We hope SO, at least, for Captain Belt
is popular man in that trade.
Stuart g. Co., of Louisville, have COM
menced putting up the frame of a new boat
at Madison. She is to be 235 feet long, 40
feet beam and S feet hold and supplied with
engines of the best pattern, 22-inch cylin-
ders, and three feet stroke. The cabin is to
be plain, but of the best raft pine, and fin
ished in substantial manner.
CAPITA n NJ. G. Wells, an old-time steamboat
man, is in the steamboat agency at Fort
Smith, Arkansas.
Captain Grammer cOntemplatcs buildings
new boat to take the place of the City of
Evansville in the Evansville and Memphis
trade. He thinks that one OF the Evans
ville's eng nes will be of service for the new
boat, which will be twenty-five feet longer
than the City Of Evansville.
Captain Carrot Bell has taken command
of the new steamer May Lowrie, loading at
Pittsburg for Red river.
The sternwheel steamers Bertha and Deer
7 Cd, Il a1a
Thomas Morrison 81 Co. have the sale of
them.
The Belle Vernon and Lorena will load
atLogisyille for New Orleans.
The Kate Kinney and st. Mary's will
have to await higher water in the Ohio
river.
The Roma Wheeler has been sold at
Vicksburg to a circus company.
Captain +. w. Gould, of st. Louis, has
contracted with Messrs. McLaren, Bell &
Co. for the building of a new boat for the
st. Louis and Red river trade. The hull Of
this boat will be two hundred and forty feet
long and forty rect beam. The wheel is to
be twenty-eight feet in diameter, with
twelve feet buckets. She will have thirty
the texas will be fOrty-five feet
long, and is to be provided with all con
veniences for the comfort and accommodate
ton of the officers. The boat will be fin
ished during the month of February.
From OUR ExCIIANGEs.-The Mary z.
Forsyth, Captain Synms, will receive
freight for Red river this week, having
conc from retirement to the Carter line
She will leave on Saturday.
Sam Bowen goes as one of the pilots on the
Mary Z. Forsyth.
The shaft Of the L. L. McGill, made to
replace the broken one, is about ready and
will be placed in order on board very soon,
and that steamer will again load tor New
Orleans-DemOcrat, Norember "a.
Ci,,einnai.-Lights snow yesterday after
noon, followed by rain for. an hour, and
then steady and violent snow the remainder