New Orleans Republican., 1871-03-26
River Intelligence.


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SUNDAY MonxIus. March q. ls7l.
WEATHER. BUSINESS. Yesterday was
cloudy, sultry. miserable day. 1t
seemed as though rain wanted to fell, but
was prevented from 60 doing, by some
coonter-current of atmospherical influence.
Business ON the landing is in the same con-
tien w last reported Il, dull and even more
20. There is nov plenty Of levee loom,
and NO trouble 10 experienced by steamers
in finding space to discharge cargo.
The arrivals were few. The u. L. Tally
from Red river came in with q good trip.
The Bradish johnson was we'll laden. The
fully less every day. The coast packets
still continue to bring large cargoes of
sugar and mOlasses.
The departures were, the Mayfower, well
laden. to Camden; NJ. J. Wicks, with a big
cargo Of railroad iron to St. Louis; Ruth, to
the Bayou Das Glaize; Clarksville, to Ar
kansas river, with a trip Of railroad iron;
Natchez, to vicksburg with her usual cargo:
Charles H. Durfee, B. L. Hodges and Les
sic Taylor all left.
The river continues to recede. e = & 4
SHREVEPORT, March 24.-TO John T.
Moore & Co.: Leave here tonight with
good freight and full Of people. Leave New
Orleans, Wednesday, twenty-ninth instant.
w. T. BOARDMAN,
Captain Steapcr John T. Moore.
The steamer Tom Jasper en- route from St.
Louis to New Orleans, has ON board large
and perfect built model Of the steamer X. E.
Lee. We think that John Hawkins, the
famous saloon proprietor, will purchase the
rooms for ornament. The model of the
Natchez, built by the same man, will also
arrive in a few days.
Mr.. G. d. Ficks, river editor of the Pitts
burg Chronicle, left Pittsburg for New
Orleans last Saturday, on the Boar.
Captain Hare is loading the Comet at
Pittsburg for st. Louis.
The Forty y-first Congress appropriated
90, 900 for the improvement of Cumberland
complete the survey. This, with the el2, 600
expended last year, makes 0,O0O. The
positions Of the steamboat inspectors were
also made second class, instead Of third,
and salaries raised from $500 per annum to
$500 .s-snsl
The new steamer Lady Lee leaves Pitts
bure on the twenty-ffth for Red river di-
rect. So says w. X. Carter, president Of
the St. Louis and Red River Packet Line,
in telegram to Shreveport.
Captain James Duffee, well known in St.
Louis, and late commander of the Belle
Ida, left last evening on the NJ. j. Wicks
and the United States Marshal has placed
her in his new line.
The jury OF the common pleas court at
Louisville, on Wednesday, rendered a YER
dict against the Cincinnati Mail Company
for $4,000 in favor of c. H. Billings, of Madi-
son. In January Billings took passage on
the Ben Franklin, became involved in a
quarrel with the clerk, Williams, losing one
eye in the melee. Williams was discharged,
onA Ri!liprc I'M o1 emit n m u Une
against the company.
Commodore William F. Davidson is in
Cincinnati looking after his packet, the LIS.
Merrill.
The John H. 0roesbeck is en- route to this
port with full trip. When she left Gin
cinnati she had 800 tons Of freight.
The Trader, q nice craft, was sold at
vicksburg, the other day. TO Captain John
Creek.
The Memphis Aratanche Of the twenty.
second says that .'below this city the small
streams are full and back water fills gullies,
sloughs and bayOus, SO that hauling and
plantation work is much interrupted, and
freight shipments retarded. Cotton can
not be sent into landings, and boats have f0r
the last ten days been bringing light trips
to port owing to this fact. At Helena and
below !ne nver Is reported nearly nve Ieet
below high water mark. The discrepancy
is accounted for by the fact that White
river is within it's banks again, and Arkan.
sas is running out fast with an eight to ten
foot bank all the way above back water,
which extends some seventy five miles
above its mouth. An immense volume Of
water Is also pouring over the banks on the
west side of the river above here, across intc
the st. Francis basin, which is rapidly filing
up. That river is said to have riseA ten
inches in a single night during last week
This has naturally drained off q large part
Of the food from the valleys below here
H Had the White and Arkansas kept up theil
recent great floods during the last few days
incalculable damage would have been done
to the entire valley Of the Mississippi: As i
il, We hear Of NO broken levees OF import
ance this side of the Arkansas river.
The Atlantic and barges Of the regular
Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
pany's line, leaves At S r. n. for St. Louis