New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-22
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
WEDNESDAY MORNING. March y, 1871.

WEATHER. BUSINESS. ETC.-Ihc weather
continues warm and clear. Yesterday was
not 50 hot As the preceding day, Vet light
clothing was III demand, and the shady side
OF the street WAS the preferred side. 1t i
astonishing to see how business has >lackc
of on the !evee within Il few days. A short
time ago there WAS scarcity ot room for
freight. but now ii is iust the reverse. much
room aud little freight
The regular packets 10 NickSOuVr and
Memphis do not bring i'll their usual large
trips. and some of them will withdraw and
enter other trades very shortly. The Belle
Lee Withdrew Yesterday: It couple OF Red
river steamers also took i'll their shingles,
and concluded To lay low ana say nothing
for Il while. II IS not only ut this port that
the dcarth OF business Is apparent. but We
see by our exchanges that other cities are
experiencing the >;Iluc lack
This is OF course the busy season with
planters. who are busy preparing. the
ground tor the next seasons rrnIe They
begin blowing i'll February. and from then
until June they are too bu>ilv employed to
attend to any shipments. They lay III sup
plies enough to last until then. and Of
course travel and trade suffer until the
period Of the planters relaxation from the
cares u1 getting his clop III the ground
High water la, also it, effect this season.
a many plantations are compelled to use
their labor on the lrrecs t" prevent ere
vases and "A consequent overflow. The
season has been brisk one, and We have
every hone that the next viii be- more So
Frci.hts to St Louis are growing scarce
bat boats manage to secure enough OF rail
road iron to give them good start on the
trip. Ohio liver trcight> are moderately
plentiful, and passenger travel l. rapid,
increasing.
h.. ,-ll. ,lY,- L..
City of Quincy. from Evansville. with a full
cargo OF produce and few Passengers;
Dexter. from st. Louis. fully laden with an
immense trip, including nearly 5000 sacks
OF corn and 5000 barrels of flour. besides
other large lots; Belle Lee, from Memphis.
with 1913 bales OF cotton and some other
freight. The departures were: john Kyle.
to Louisville. with an excellent trip of pas
sen.ers and large amount OF railroad
iron; X. +. lee. to Nirksbur.; Garryowen,
to Camden: Tahlequah, to Bayou Latourchc;
Frolic, to upper coast, and Tidal Wave, to
Red river.
The river here continues to rise SLOWLY,
but reports from abov" lead to a hope OF
its shortly reccding,
Rates unchanged and firm.
The United States Marshal for this dis
trict is at present forming IA line of steamers
which he @onttmplatcs making II fast line
with lines to the bank the uppusite side
of the river. The Dora entered the line
this week. and from present rumors and
prospects we think several more will ioin
the organization, The time of sale, etc of
the steamers i'll charge of the marshal will
be found in the Maislai's sales column III
this mornings REruBLICAN.
The Mary +. Forsyth has entered the st.
Louis and Omaha trade, i'll the 90 " line.
Captain Frank Hicks has Withdrawn
his splendid steamer Bciic Lee from lie
regular Memphis and New Orleans trade.
and has entered the regular New Orleans
and st. Louis line. She viii leave; to-day
on her first trip. under the new arrange
mcnt. w" can say with much truthful
ness That no matter What trade she enters,
her beauty and merits. together with the
character and worth of her officers Will
ever make her a popuiar packet. Captain
rank Hicks Is Il thorough ~teamb0atIntn
and "A pheasant gentleman. and his ASST
clate, Nj John Sullivan, ri,ict clerk. i. all
that could be desired ii that capacity.
The Frank P#Ig, ud Nil arrive to day
with about $1,000 bales OF cotton
The relatives of the late John Bowman
have become satisfied. on examining the
relics brought up from Memphis bv Captain
Stillwell, that the body from which they
were taken was not his.
The st. Lons wharfage last year amounted
to $4,000. and WAS collected at a cost of
Sl2.oOO. The Memphis wharfage WAS SJu,oo0,
and was collected at :. cost of $1,000, out Of
which the whart-lnaster had to pay an as
sistant.
The Wade HamptOn's wharf-boat ut Skip
withs has been carried 10y the overflow far
out on to a plantation. where it now re
IN lins.
The new and handsome steamer City of
Quincy has her sign up for St Louis, and
st. Paul. Minnesota. She will leave to-
morrow at ) Z. NJ. on her SANITY" trip.
Passengers for the Northern cities had bet
ter secure their through tickets on her, aS ii
will save then the change of boats AT st.
Louis; and. at the same time, give them
the most comfortable OF accommodations on
IA thorough trstclass steamboat. Captain
Judd 7. West and Mr.. William NJ. Brown
will be happy to receive passengers, and
shippers to-day.
On the last up trip to Louisville the Emma
Floyd sunk her barge Harry in thirty feet
Of water. at Grandview Bend. 1t had aboard
l25 tons pig iron and iron ore and SGD bags
corn. The barge was insured at Cincinnati.
The wrecking boat, Thomas +. Eckcrt, will
probably raise it.
Captain John A. RobinSon's new towboat,
Dad Combs, built by Captain Dan Richards,
tor the Green and Barren rivers trade. will
ralte steam next Wednesday.
"Dcvlls Neck is Yazoo river stopping
place. 1t has Il sign Exchange.
We hope some steamers will run into
that place and break the neck OF the
devil. or break the neck of TIE man who
gave it the name
The LIZZIE Hopkins was detained from
last evening to Camden but to-
day she VIII leave positively at 5 I. NJ. for
all landings on Ouachita River Captain
Frank Keeling. ono of the oldest and most
popular steamboatmcn on Ouachta river.
will command her, and Mr.. = A y "rk will |
continue his work in the office as chief clerk. ,
The Lizzie is q reliable staunch steamer