New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-03
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,,
FRIDAY EVENING, December 2. 1870.

FRIDAY EVENING, december 1911. }
WEATHER, BUSINESS, ETC.-The genial
weather continues, and bright sun and
balmy breeze renders outdoor business pc
culiarly pleasant. We are in great hopes
that the present weather will continue long
enough to allow the planters to CLEAN their
crops; if so, it will be an undisguised bless
ing surely. Business continues at an aver
age activity, and the receipts yesterday
were pretty large.
The Belle Yazoo, from Yazoo, brought
in very pretty trip of freight and people.
She had 1888 bales of cotton and lot of
miscellaneous freight. The Wade Hampton
brought in $50 bales of cotton, SO barrels of
molasses, and cabin full of people. The
C. Il. Church, from st. Louis, had full
cargo Of Western produce and her state
rooms filed with people. The Texas, from
up Red river, brought in good trip of cot
ton and other freight The Wild Wagner,
Selma and Bart Able had fair trips.
The departures were the Wade Hampton
to Fort Adams, Thirteenth Era to Jefferson
with a large list of passengers and good
freight; w. s. Pike to Hermitage, Henry
Tete to DonaldsOnyille, Mystic to upper
coast, Bart able to Bayou Sara and San Mic
olas to lower coast. Nearly all the depart
ures were only partly laden. Rates to all
points are unchanged. The river here con-
tinues to decline. Red river is falling from
the headwatcrs down. In the upper Missis-
sppi, between Cairo and st. Louis, there is
six and halt feet of water; from Cairo to
Memphis and Helena about nine feet. The
Ohio river is rising with nine feet water in
the channel at Cincinnati.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs.-By the following
dispatch it will be seen that the Thompson
Dean will not be able to leave this port as
advertised, but will be delayed until next
Tuesday:
by Telegraph
VICKsBURG, December 2, 1870.
To Captain J. L. Woods, No. l04 Common street:
The Thompson Dean will arrive Oh Satur-
dry evening.
JAMES II. PEPPER, Master.
The steamer Southwestern telegraphs
from Shreveport that she will arrive here on
Tuesday next.
CAPTAIN John A. Bruner arrived yester-
day by rail from ST. Louis. Captain Brllncr
is one of the owners of our famous Red
river packet Belle of Alton, and he comes
hither to take a look at his pet and con-
graduate Captain James Z. Mckinney on
the manner in which he is pushing her
through in the Coushatta trade. Captain
Bruner will make trip up Red river with
Captain Mckinney.
The Post Boy was yesterday towed to
the docks for repairs. She will be caulked
and otherwise repaired, and will come off
the docks in fine order next Monday.
The steamer C.. y. Church, which arrived
from st. Louis Yesterday, has been much
improved since her last visit to this port.
She has extended her cabins by. adding
twenty new stateroOms, and beautifled 1t by
a complete new furnishing. Her Brussels
carpet and neat furniture make the cabins
look as easy as could be desired. The
staterooms are very large, and well supplied
with every convenience necessary to the
comfort OF passenger: She has also had
her name painted in full, and she will here
after be known as the Charles b. Church.
Captain Henry l.. Patterson may congratu-
late himself on the improved looks OF his
steamer, and Mr.. NJ. NJ. Deem can now with
an easy conscience assign passenger to
good convenient room. The Church leaves
to-day at p. NJ. for Cincinnati and all way
landings on the Ohio river.
The Mary Alice and barges, Belfast and
Dexter were advertised to leave st. Louis
Tor New Orleaus on last Thursday.
The Continental left st. Louis for port this
on the twenty-ninth.
The Tiber and Imperial, with their barges,
are offered for sale at st. Louis.
A letter from Captain T. f. Eckert, who
is at Hot Springs, Arkansas, says his health
is improving.
Peoria, Illinois, has built second boat
for the United States government a
dredge boat thirty.-two feet wide by seven
ty-five long, was launched some time, since.
The boat is built upon an improved model,
and is furnished with a powerful lredge,
known. as the clam-shell dredge: The
dredge holds about two wagon loads of dirt,
and when the soil is most favorable, from
1900 to 2400 yards per day can be removed.
As a general thing, however, much less
than the above numbers OF yards is days
work.
Along the Illinois river the work has to be
done in very shallow water, and it neces-
sarily goes on slowly For this reason,
also, ali the boats are built very wide and OF
as Ii ght draft as possible. The contractors
will build four scows in addition to the
dredging boats. Each of these will be about
twenty-five feet wide and seyenty-feet long.
The first of these was launched on Saturday,
and the second is now in process Of construc-
ton. The scOws are constructed on an ex-
plan. An upper deck or box is
in such way that when the
support is removed at the proper time, the
load is dumped from the top, and tho force