New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-28
River Intelligence.
oFFICB OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, June 20, 1871.

WEATHER, BUSINESS, ETC.-Yesterday
was repetition of the previous day-very
hot and sultry, until about noon, when we
had a slight breeze to break the monotony
of things, and finally the sky became over
cast with heavy clouds, and it made an
abortiye attempt to rain, but could only
| get drizzle, and finally gave it up as bad
| job, leaving heavy clouds still flying, and,
we hope, before morning it will get up a
| good rain and give US a cooler and
| tresher air.
Business on the landing had got screwed
| down to fine point, nothing of any cOnse-
| quence doing either in loading or unload
ing, and the boats that departed last eve
ming all had sickly looking trips.
The only boat that seemed to be doing
anything either in freigh. or passengers was
the Texas, for Jefferson, and she had moth
ing to brag Of Flv-time is on us, sure
| enough.
The only arrivals were the st. John, from
Baton Rouge Bannock City, from the lower
coast; Frolic and Flicker. from the upper
coast.
The departures were the r. E. Lee, for
Vicksburg; Frolic, for DonaldsOnville, and
Texas, for Jefferson.
The Lizzie Hopkins, for Ouachita river,
not getting enough business to justify her
starting, has laid over until this evening
The next steamer to leave in the Red
River Packet Company line is the C. H.
Durfee, Captain Joseph A. Aiken, with our
amiable and, dear friend, C. w. Drown, in
the office. She leaves Thursday, twenty
ninth, at P. NJ, for Jefferson.
The river at this point is now six feet be-
low high water mark gauge of 1862, and fall
ing very rapidly.
The Talequah has laid up temporarily to
undergo some repairs. In the meantime the
Henry Tete will attend her business.
There is host of boats at the landing,
awaiting, like Micawber, for some thing to
turn up for their benefit and we think it
will be wait, unless times improve very
soon, OF which there is but little prospect at
present. -
We announce the arrival among us again
of Captain w. C. Newton, of Gallipolis He
comes to look after his steamboat interests.
The captain looks much improved since his
last visit.
We are sorry to chronicle fatal accident
on the steamer H. @. Yaeger, by which
James Carlin, the second clerk of the boat.
lost his life. 1t seems that OH Monday
night, about ten o'clock, he was sitting on
the hurricane deck, with his back to the
shore, talking to some of the crew, when, in
showing his chair around, he lost his balance
and fell back over on to the wharf, his head
striking the curling and MASKING it to
jelly. Captain Van Hook had physicians
summoned immediately, and all was done
that could be done, but he only survived
the accident an hour. He leaves several
children to mourn his untlmely end and the
loss OF their only protector. His remains
where placed in Cypress Grove Cemetery
to await the call of his friends from Pitts |
burg. The flags of the steamer were at |
half mast out of respect to his memory.
We were permitted to read letter from |
st. Louis, by which we CLEAN that business |
Is very stagnant there, as the owners of |
several of the fine New Orleans packets
talk of laying them up to await better
times, as they are all losing money at the
present scarcity of freights and the ruinons
low rates they are carried at. Some of the
steamers are going to give Fourth of July
excursions to try and earn an honest dollar
The New Orleans Packet Company at St.
Louis have advanced their rates of freight
TO thirty-fve cents p barrel for -four, and
thirty cents 2 hundred on pound freights.
The departures for this evening will be
.he mammoth stern-wheeler III. c. Jaeger,
Captain j. C. Van Hook James Mellon.
,lerk, for St. Louis and way points, at
2. NJ; the Lizzie. Hopkins, Captain j. w.
Blanks, Captain G.. p. Work, clerk. for
Camden at 2. NJ; the Selma, Captain C..
:. Pickett. for Opelousas; the Bannock
lily, w. 5. Bassett, master, j. w. Bryant,
Jerk, for lower coast at p. NJ.