New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-10
River Intelligence.
OPFICR OF THB DAILY REPUBLICAN,
TURspAY MoRNING. January 10, l8Tl.- J

WEATHER, BUSINESS, EIC.-I ue ulIu,
pleasant weather continues, and the pros
meets are good for delightful days the bal
ance of the week. Business has not i'm
proved, nor are the chances of better times
much more encouraging. Among the arrl-
walls Yesterday, we note several steamers
with good cargoes of sugar and moldsses.
The departures were the Alice to st.
Louis, with fine cargo; the Charles Bod
mann to Cincinnati, with a splendid freight
trip aud considerable people, aud the regu-
lar Tuesday packets, with all they desired.
The tributaries continues in good condl-
tioH, with prospects of a further rise lmml-
nent.
Rates to all points are firm Coal contiu-
ues at eXorbitant rates.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs.-Captain John G.
Weaver on yesterday brought over to this
port the steamer John Kyle, in good repair.
The KYLE, under the supervision of Captain
Weaver, has been thoroughly repaired, and
is to-day one of the staunchest and best
conditioned vessels ahoat. Her unfortunate
accident has not in the least damaged her.
and she will pass as formerly-"A No L.
She leaves to-day for st. Louis and way
landings.
The Potomac has made her appearance at
the wharf, and looks none the worse of her
collision with the Robert +. Lee.
BY special telegram from Captain j.
W Blanks to Messrs. SinnOtt q Adams, we
learn that the new steamer Ouachita Belle
did not get higher up Ouachita river than
EldoradO, where she received nine hundred
bales of cotton, and is now on her way
down. The same telegram also states that
the Ouachita is falling rapidly.
The Lizzie Hopkins will leave on an
nounced time to-day, for Tensas Lake and
Bayou Macon. Captain Il. q. Rawlings
commands, and Mr.. Work is in charge of
the Office.
Colonel E. NJ Joel, of the Ereniag Dis
patch, in st. Louis, is lobbying Jefferson
City.
Captain John S. Patterson. of the steamer
c. b. Church, is in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati freight of the John How
ard, recently destroyed at this wharf, will
be saved in tOlerable fair condition.
The Northern line between st. Louis and
st. Paul, has been in operation thirteen
years, and in that time has lost but three
boats, the Denmark. sunk at Atlas Island,
by striking a log; the Eortherner, while
lying at the st. Louis levee, was burned,
the fire being communicated from another
boat; the Burlington, at Wabashaw,
was sunk by striking crib put in by the
ferryman to work the terryboat In winter,
and not removed.
The following boats are tied up at the
bank at Cincinnati on account OF ice: Below
Main street-United States, General Buell.,
st. James, j. G. Crossey. City wharf
Telegraph, Samuel j. Hale, Bermuda, Rob
ert Burns, Silver Moon, Brill, Kate Putnam,
Alaska Above Neutrality-suspicious. AndeT-
son, John II. Groesbeck, Lorena, Miriam
Altoona, Samuel Roberts ltowboat), Fleet
wood, Cincinnati Belle tferryboat).
The Nicksburg Times, of the seventh in
slant says that on the last down trip of the
Ouachita packet Governor Allen, Captain
r. SinnOtt of that steamer, was the reel
pient of a silver casket, two gOblets aud a
salver, which were veted for at the late fair
for the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
held at Monroe, Louisiana. Votes were
given for the various packets in the Ouach-
ita trade. and the Governor Allen was
chosen by large majority.
The river is closed ut Wheeling and
| gorged at Marietta.
George Wolff is TO return to St Louis in
| February
The Emile LaBsrge was to leave Cairo
on the fifth for New Orleans. She has 800
tons and 300 head of stock on board and
| engaged 5000 bags O&cOrn in the bend be-
| low Cairo.
The Celeste has gone on the Memphis
| decks.
| Greed Walker and James Thomas are
clerks of the Memphis and Arkansas river
packet Pat Cleburne
The steamer General Lytle is aground at
/
The river is blocked at Madison.
The st. Louis Republican and the Cincin-
natl Gazette come regularly to our table and
are warmly welcomed, as both are replete
with river news.
Fox COUsHATTA AND GRAND ECoRE.-
The unequaled steamer Belle of Alton will
leave this evening at five o'clock for all
landings on the Red river as far as the
above named points. We have mentioned
already the superior advantages that the
steamer Belle of Alton possesses and We
now reiterate most positively that she is by
far one of the most elegant steamers in the
trade. She is commanded by Captain John
A. Bruner, with Mr. George c. Hamilton al
chief clerk.
FROM OUR EXCHAHGEs.-The Louisville
Courier Journal Of the sixth says:
The river has fallen one inch since las
report; now in the pass down the Indian
chute twenty inches, and three feet eigh
inches in the canal. The river being gorget
at two or three points above, there wa
little or no floating ice Yesterday. Thu
opening of navigation depends altOgethe
upon rain, as the river is now altogether to-
low for any but the smallest boats to run
The weather yesterday was cloudy, with
high wind blowing from the southwest al
day, making It quite disagreeable to thOs
whose business called them out doors. A
times the dust was flying so thick that ON
could see but q lew steps IN advance. Ih
mercury at ~ III. indicated forty-eight d.
grees, and at 6 r. H. fity-two. The pros
peet last Right was quite hattering for raj
soon, and it was predicted by the weather
J wise that when rain should set in, it woul
continue for several days
Steam was raised on Captain pegram
mammoth steamer, James Howard, yeste
day, and her machinery thoroughly testet
every portion of which worked as smooth
as though she had been running six month
! AS soon as there is sufficient water she wi
leave for New Orleans direct. The jam,
Howard is pronounced by all judges
I | murine architecture TO be the most col
I pIete and substantial boat ever built ct th
: or any other port for tho Southern
Western waters. We will. in a short tim
give a fall description Of this magniice
Z vessel
The Cincinnati Gazette of the sixth says:
! The weather was cold all day yesterda
hut in the evening it had moderated. '
looked for sn0ys-Or rain. Little busine
done on the wharf. No departures. 7
: | river fell six inches Tuesday night but 70
= three inches yesterday. with seven feet Il
!, inches water IN the channel.