New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-16
River Intelligence.

OFFiCE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,, /
THURSDAY EvKNlvG, December Is. 1870. 5

anu tO-luOfFOW dTc tue UuSy usNS VI the
week. Business was not brisk, and ship
ments to the North were light
Among the arrivals were the Kate Kill
| ney, from Louisville, with full trip Of
freight and cabin crowded with people. The
Kinney brought down considerable live
stock. The w. S. Pike arrived from the
upper coast fully laden with sugar and mo-
lasses The Frank PargOud. from Vicksburg
had 2j6S bales of cotton, and 2l67 sacks Of
seed. The Lotus No. 3, from Red river,
brought in a fine cargo of cotton and big
trip Of passengers.
The departures were: The Susie Silver to
st. Louis, drawing about four feet Of water
and with considerable sugar and mOlasses
as cargo; Nora to Trinity river, with light
trip: Red Cloud to Red river, with fine
trip, and Julia A. Rudolph to Jefferson, with
moderate cargo and few passengers; Alex.
Mitchell to Shreveport, with a fair trip for
pioneer packet
The shipments to Louisville and st. Louis
have decreased alarmingly in the past few
days. and the steamers have hard work to
secure good cargoes. True there are many
boats leaving, and each receives a share.
Rates are firm and unchanged to all
points.
The river here is swelling slightly. No
change is reported in the upper rivers, and
cold. wet. snowy weather is reported ut st.
Louis. No ice has made an appearance in
the river at that point yet, though the sea-
son is far advanced.
MISCELLANEOUS IrEMs.-The pretty
steamer Ruth Captain Robert Burton's
new boat, has came to the lower landing,
and is receiving for Camden and all way
points ON the Ouachita river. The Ruth is
light draught and staunch steamer, and
well adapted to the trade. Her COM
mander, Captain Burton, is a man of ex-
perience and energy, and will rush his boat
through without delay. Shippers will find
in the Office Mr.. Oscar +. Haines, as chief
clerk. and, as he is attentive and Obliging,
we doubt not he will become a great
favOrite.
The steamer Kate Kinney arrived from
Louisville yesterday, with Captain Hicks
King in command. Captain King and others
have purchased the Kate Kinney from her
st. Louis owners. and have placed her in
the line of Louisville and New Orleans
steamers as regular packet. The Kate is
a large side-wheel steamer. with hand
somely furnished cabin, and good reputa-
ton as fast vessel. Captain King is well
known to our shippers. and We wish him
the greatest success with his new steamer.
He leaves this evening at ) Z. NJ. for Louis
vile and way landings.
The Mary Alice and bargcs, from ST.
Louis, probably arrived at the wharf during
the night. The following are leading items
of her cargo: 10,9Sl barrels -four; 5489 sacks
corn: 4i37 sacks oats; 1885 sacks bran: 1873
bales hay. Total cargo. 30.377 packages
She leaves on return trip to st. Louis to-
morrow, at p. NJ.
The Frank Pargoud is receiving new
chimncys.
Quite commotion was caused last eve
ming at the steamer Belle Lees landing, by
the antics of an enraged Texas steer The
animal was being led on board the boat,
when it suddenly turned, broke loose from
bondage, and charged ON the crowd with
lowered head and cleaning eyes. 1t NAV
safely be imagined that the crowd did not
wait TO observe the graceful attitude of the
animal, but fled with all possible haste.
The female vendors of peanuts and fruit,
the steamboat roustabOuts, as well as the
busy clerks were all tumbling, jumping,
and clambering for tall timber (other-
wise cotton bales1, as hastily as allowable.
We did not learn that any one was injured,
but many had narrow escapes. The last
seen Of the steer. he was going out Canal
street on a $40 gait.
The Mary Houston, from Louisville, was
due late last evening, and will doubtless be
found at the wharf this morning.
Moses Gibbs, Esq, late mate of the Con-
tinental, will assume the same position on
the Wild Wagner when she arrives this
trip Mr.. Gibbs has splendid reputation
Wagner.
The Atlantic and barges, William j.
Lewis and MOllie Able were advertised to
leave st. Louis for this port on the thir-
teenth. All are doubtless now under way.
The wssteamer Arkansas Belle has been
sold at Memphis recently. to Captain Dex-
ter, for the Cairo and Evansville trade.
She had a full trip on beard for Arkansas
river, when the sale was effected. She
transferred her trip, and left for her new
field of action. Price paid for her was $45,-
900.
The Liberty No. 4 and barges are loading
at Louisville for New Orleans.
The steamers comprising the Cincinnati
and New Orleans Packet Company's line
will leave Cincinnati in the following Or
der, every Wednesday and Saturday: First,
the Belle Vernon. leaving Wednesday of
this week, to be followed in turn by the
Emperor ArmadillO, Alaska, John H.
Groesbeck, Lorena, LeOnidas and Wau-
nita.
Pilot William Attepborough goes out on
the John. KilgOur, and Pilot Joe Purcell on
the II. S. Turner, plying between Louisville
and New Orleans. So says the Cincinnati
Gazette.
The Edinburg, Charles Bodman and
Belle Vernon, were all advertised to leave
Louisville for New Orleans, on the thir-
tcenth.
The st. Louis Democrat, of the thirteenth,
SAYS that the Henry Ames was launched
from the marine ways last Saturday morn
ing. Many who went down in the evening
to witness the spectacle were disappointed.
She draws only two feet toward, three feet
nine inches aft, three feet three inches under
her boilers. 1t is estimated that this great
steamer will cd at least 100 tons freight.
We presume she will leave this week.
Messrs. Wolff 4 Hynes, Of st. Louis,
have bought the bar Of the Ida StOckdale
for one year.
THE steamer 7. L. McGill, en- route to this
port from st. Louis, added 5000 sacks OF
corn to her cargo at New Madrid.
Edward Wider died on November 3d. in a
German village, sixty miles from Berlin. |
He was well known to our bOatmen, having !
been long connected with the boatstOre OF |
Lockwood & Pearson, and subsequently
the firm changed to Lockwood & Wider, in !
st. Louis. Deceased was much respected. |
His family are in Germany.
FROM OUR EXCHANGEs-Mo6tte.- hear |
that parties left here a few days since for |
New Orleans, prospecting for another stern
continued low stage Of the |
riyers. and the accumulation of cotton for
shipment consequent theretO-making in
1estments in that way just now, apparently, |
paving ones.-Irtbune, December A.
ST. L0uis.-The river has ceased to recede.
A rise of three inches came down yester
Law. We are not advised from what stream
t is coming, but presume it Is from the up
yer Mississippi. There. are now no boats
,lying in the Mississippi and we have no
means Of knowing what that stream is
rising or falling. Our in
diligence from the Ouachita river indicates
three feet rise in that stream, and in con-
equence of this intelligence the St. Louis
md Ouachita River Packet Company are
for active business. The Red