New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-23
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,, I
SUNDAY NoRNINa, April p, i871.

WEATHER, BUSINESS, ErC.-A more lovely
day than yesterday would be hard to ex-
perience. 1t was bright and warm. cool
and breezy, without too much of the latter
to disturb the dust, which is again ac-
cumulating in large quantities on the shell
day is the proverbial business day in almost
every city. On that day the business orders
Of the week are generally filed and shipped,
and moreover it is the last day allotted to
the delayed departures Of the regular
steamers. No matter, whether a steamer
has full or paying trip, when Saturday
evening arrives, and her departure is an.
nOunced fbr that time, she generally leaves,
for the reason that Sunday and Monday
are the dullest Of all days. and shore ex-
penses are almost rs heavy as when the
steamer ia under way.
Among the arrivals yesterday were the
Mayhower, from Camden, with good trip;
Continental, from ST. Louis, fully laden;
James Howard, from St. Louis, without her
usually heavy cargo, but yet with fl fine
| trip OF freight and some passengers. The
Mohawk and barges came in during the eve
ming, late, with a large consignment Of pro-
duce from the West and North.
The departures were the Bannock City,
with good trip, to lower coast; Mary Hous
ton, with one OF the best passenger trips Of
the season, and also with a good freight
list entirely exclusive Ut railroad iron, to
Louisville; John 4. Moore to Shreveport,
with cabin full of people aud fine freight;
Natclez and Frank PargOud to Vicksburg,
with light trips. Kate Kinney returned from
| iron pile to the wharf with three hundred
| tons of iron and enough miscellaneous
freight to aggregate about five hundred and
fifty tons; she left late in the evening The
Bismarck, for st. Louis, took ON $3.50 bars of
| railroad iron, and'ha besides one OF the
| sr1,t
| season inclusive OF $500 boxes Of oranges;
she also had a number Of passengers. The
Osachita Belle was moderately laden.
| The c. II. Durfee had rather fair trip. B.
l.. Hodge No. 2 had considerable freight.
Taking the rather early dizziness of the
season, and the unusual height Of water In
the river, yesterday vas busy day. Re
| ceipts Of cotton improved somewhat
during the past week, in comparison with
the receipts Of the week preceding. The
river here is receding slowly. Dispatches
from Vicksburg announce d rise ut that
point. Pittsburg dispatches also announce
rise in the Ohio river. The upper
Mississippi and Missouri rivers are falling
Cloudy weather seems. to be prevailing all
along the line Of the OHIO and upper
Mississippi rivers, and rain in abundance
seems to be forctokened. From lower coast
packets We learn that the levees below are
in immediate and terrible danger OF giving
way to the rush of waters, and that planters
are hastily preparing for general inunGa-
ton.
Should the river here continue to fall as
slowly as at pretent, and the threatening
rises above descend soon enough to swell
the volume of the already raging river,
there is. no telling the damage that may
departed yesterday for the lower coast,
ports having met with almost gulf winds
and seas on her up trip. Her officers state
that the current and winds together render
it anything but pleasant for lower coast
navigation.
Rates in Red river continue tremulous on
account of the desire on the part Of the ''Red
entire trade of the stream, by forcing the
independent packets to enter the "ring," or
by low tariff rates compel their withdra wal.
Opposition is the life 0f all trades, whether
professional or manual. We should think
that our New Orleans merchants by this
time had fully understood that. their only
chance for the redemptiODOf their trade OF
the Red river lays in the ,lowness of rates
from this port, in Comparison with those
from St. Louis to Red river landings.
monopoly never is beneficial, but, on the
contrary, is ruinous to any city that allowa
it. A cheerful support and just patronage
of an independent opposition line will al
ways bring just and generous tariff.
The fallacy which seems to have led the
regular line Of New Orleans and Red river
packets ON to their doom needs no better
illustration than the record of the steamers
seized, and now in charge of the United
States Marshal Of this district. New Orleans
has always in o measure been insufferably
selfish as regards the Red river trade. The
seltishness Of their classification as to what
and which class of steamers SHOULD navigate
this river was the first and primitive incerl-
tive to drive the trade to st. Louis, and the
result of this policy has shown itself fully
during the past season by the bankruptcy
of several Of the most prominent men Of the
New Orleans and Red river trade. Our
merchants must look to this fact, and by
full patronage of all and each independent
steamer in the Red river trade regain what
they have lost.
The New Iberia Planters Banner of the
nineteenth has the following interesting
items:
The steamer Iberia, Captain Trinidad's
new boat, lately made the trip between
Brashear and New Iberia, a distance of
seventy-twO miles, in ten hours and twenty
minutes, nearly thirty minutes better time
than the best ever made by the Warren
Belle. Captsin Castillo, Of the Warren
Belle, has left the deer horns at Swaim's
Warehouse, to be placed ON the Iberia, as
tHS CUSlOAu AlHOAS SIcduDOdISIBeu Is 10
place the hOJns on the fastest boat.
The United States mail steamer Warren
Belle will he taken up the Mississippi and
Ohio in few weeks to Louisville by Cap
tain Castillo, to be worked over and re-
juvenized.F The present arrangements will
be so charged as to leave Captain Castillo
to run the Iberia, and send Captain Trini-
dad to Louisville ON the Warren Belle.
Small jObbing steamers are multiplying
ON the Teche as the towing, jObbing and
lumber season opens. These steamers will
snake enough RATS of cypress logs up the
Teche this season to weatherbOard and
floor township, and the saw mills will
turn out sawed lumber in vast quantities
The Importer, the peoples favorite,"
was detained from departure last evening,
hut will ON Wednesday next depart posi-
lively for all landings on Arkansas river. !
Captain john Williams is in command, and
Mr.. John Bird has charge of che office. A
more reliable. more popular OF better class |
OF steamer never piled in the Arkansas
river trade.
The elegant sidewheel steamer May
flower, having been detained by some
necessary repairs, will leave for Camden on |
Thursday next, at Z. NJ, punctually. This |
popular steamer is the independent packet. |
and as such, il reliable in departure and |
comfort. Captain ]. w. Carlton commands, |
and Mr.. j. H. Rice, the attentive and gentle |
manly CLERK, has charge Of the Office.
The Atlantic and barges leave tomorrow