New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-24

| disasters h almost cause Of rejoicing,
From tho latest dispatches we have seen,
and from all appearances tho Robert 3. Lee
Is total loss. We have private informa-
ton that her hull is terribly broken, and
that tho rising river almost exclude all
possibilities Of raising her. The Grand
Era and q bellboat left for the wreck on
Thursday evening. The Potomac should
have arrived last night, and doubtless will
bring full particulars. The Nick Wall is q
total loss.
The Kate Robinson Will ue locked and
repaired.
The Mohawk and barges will not return
to this port again this season.
The Magenta has laid up until after the
holidays.
The Mary Mcdonald las entered the
Vicksburg trade.
The Olive Branch, Oceanus, Pauline Car
roll, Kellogg and barges were advertised to
leave st. Louis for New Orleans on the
tventy-first.
Captain Nat Green. of the low-pressure
steamer Richmond, seriously AYERS that
froJh the time he left New Orleans until he
arrived at Cairo with his boat, an average
of ono steamer per minute was met; and
further, that the vast amount of steam ex-
pended in signaling them caused him to lose
ono day on the trip. The Richmond will
remain quiet during the holidays. for the
benefit Of her officers, crew and owners.
On the night of the twenty second of Feb
ruary last the Champion sunk coal barge
near tho mouth of Mill creek, which be-
longed to John C0chnower, and for which
the owners of the Champion had to pay.
Pilot Jonas Myers was at the wheel. Last
Friday. John A. Williamson and others,
owners of the Champion, brought suit in
the Superior Court against Jonas Myers for
the amount of the assessed loss-$l30O and
interest. The case will fix the liability of
pilots regularly licensed by the govern
ment, and for that reason will possess much
interest.
FROM Our ExCHANGEs-G. Louis
Weather cold; hard freezing spell yester-
day, with the first floating ice of the season
in the shape of cakes hugging the, Illinois
Shore and increasing in quantity az the day
was drawing to a close. Heavy ice was
floating past Alton. The Illinois is frozen
Over-yfrom the mouth to LaSalle. This con-
ditiOn Of the weather has turned boating
topsy -turvy The Kcokuk and the LOuisi-
ana packets laid up yesterday. Tho presi-
dent of the Memphis line has ordered all
the boats below to lie up ut Nemphis or
Cairo. Two of their boats have been laid
up here, and two Missouri river boats leave
in their stead to-day, for Vioksburg and
Memphis. All this is done because naviga-
ton is likely to be interrupted by ice to-day
at this point, and may be interrupted for a
month or two The hard freezing weather
will also cause rapid decline in the river,
which is already pretty low. OF course,
freights are being hurried rapidly to boats
bound to the South. Rates of freight tend
upward.
The tine steamer Tom Jasper, having
completed all necessary arrangements, will
leave the Merchants Southern wharf at
five o'clock this evening for New Orleans.
She is commanded by Captain William
charge of the Office. The staunch and
roomy new steamer Oceanus, Captain NJ. A.
Cox, leaves the keOkuk wharfboat this
afternoon for New Orleans. A. Jacobs. Jr.,
has charge of the Office. Tho fast little
steamer st. Luke has been put in tho Mem
phis trade in place Of the Grand Tower.
She will leave this evening" Judd Cart
wright in command, Glenn. Manson, clerk.
She starts at P. NJ. The reliable steamer
Ida Stockdale, Captain William Massie,
Charles II. Seaman, clerk, will positively
depart at II N. to-day for all landings on
the Ouachita, to Camden and Monroe. The
beautiful Olive Branch having been I'M
avOidably detained, will Leave at 9 A. 81.
for New Orleans. Captain John McCord
commands. with Ed. Hawks in the Office.
Captain Rea is already loading the Silver
Bow for Shreveport and Red river.-Demo-
c,-at. December -.
all yesterday. Monday Is always a dull
day on the wharf, but the Indictment
weather made yesterday unusually SO, 80
far as shipments we're concerned.
The river rose six inches in the twenty
four hours ending at six O'clock last eve
ming, when it was nearly on q stand, with
seventeen feet three inches of water in the
hsnnel by the metal marks at the water
works.-GassNs. December 81.
LouisriAe-The new side-wheei steamer
Charles Bodman, arrived here Monday
morning, on her way TO New Orleans, and
had two lighters, the model barges Red
the falls yesterday, and landed at Portland
safely, leaving her two barges, with several
hundred tons Of miscellaneous freight in
them to be brought over by the towboat
Walker Morris, They started over about
4 =. NJ, and When fairly in the chute they
became uumanageable, in the high wind and
strong current, and it resulted in the tow
striking pier No. 10. ON the south side of the
Indiana chute. causing the barge Red
Stockings TO take water freely, and just be-
low the big eddy it sunk, and tho other one
grounded. The extent of damages, and
more minute particulars, we we're not able
to learn.--ConmerciGl, December %.
BOATS LEAVING To-DAY.-The regular
line steamer for st. Louis, to leave to-day,
is the Mollie Able. She is commanded by
Captain Ed. Dix. The MOiEo will leave
principally at L. NJ.
Fox CAaDgS.-The Post Boy, under COM
mand of Lloyd 7. Belt, leaves for Ouachita
river to-day at 5 P. NJ. We hope that ship
pers will remember this fact and give the
Post Boy good trip.