New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-30
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SHREVEPORT, April aa.
At the present writing and &r - days
past we have experienced c3ns1nt sue
cessiOn of cold. heavy rains, very 6ch to
the annoyance of almost everyday, espe-
cially those doing business on tE4ending
and connected with steamboats,. The river,
as matter Of course, has been sfsealing at
this point steadily, for three d ), TIVE or
three inches per day. Last accot IA By the
Flavilla from upper Red river std 5 il was
rising; Cypress bayou is falling sicily, with
good navigation to Jefferson. Ba3mess for
week past has been rather bettd than we
reported before. The receipts of estton run
up to 3271 bales; yesterdays rtseipts by
rail, 47O bales-the largest nuEker ever
shipped in one day from Long view, the
terminus in Texas of the Southern Pacific
railroad; the total receipts here this season
are 79,149 bales. The rates of freight yes
terday were one dollar per bale; cattle four
dollars per head, and passage twenty dol
lars to New Orleans. To-day, a. dhe indie
pendent iron steamer john T. Moore is in
port, with colors flying for your city, hav-
ing arrived from there last evening, with
the largest trip Of the season, rates are fifty
cents per bale and passage five ddlars on
the line packet" The Moore lenves pune.
tually at twelve NJ, rain or slime, every
Wednesday,. As it is now pouring down NO
cotton can be shipped, and she may not
have over four hundred bales this Trip, and
but few passengers, as with No hacks or
cabs here it is almost impossible for ladies
to get across the landing owing ttt t1.e mud;
the men wade ankle deep. But this is no
evidence, under the circumstances, that the
Moore is not popular here; Captain Board
man is perfectly right to go. -
He is following the advice we gave the
Red River Packet Company in . former
letter, which, by the by, we are glad to see
has been copied here and elseNhere, and
indOrsed as "gOod advice" to steamboat
men, that is, ''be punctual in departing"
and of course, excepting fog, etc., you will
be punctual in arriving at all your way
landings, where Oftentimes exposed to bad
weather at night, sick and aged people are
waiting ON the river bank for the long ex-
pected and long overdue boat. Such boats
as the Moore, commanded by such punctual
and reliable men as Captain BOar,lman, are
bound to he popular along any river, and
they can not he very easily run oft by cut
ting under in rates Of freight and passage
by opposition boats of uncertain time Of
arrival and departure, upon whom no one
can depend. sSse I
The telegraph has not been working since
Monday, much to the vexatiOn Of cotton
buyers, until to day, when the first news
that comes is Of great interest to Shreve-
port, viz: a dispatch stating 'the terms
agreed upon by the committee on railroads
sent from here to New Orleans to treat
with the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad Company, donating
S5O0, 900 in bonds of this city to help build
said road. if it came direct tO this point
from Baton Rouge, and was completed
within three years, already approved by
the board Of trustees OF Shreveport, has
been ratified by the company, with slight
There is another dispatch we
wish would come from GOverne- War
moth before next Saturday, or Sunday ut
latest, that is that he las signed the bill
the charter Of this city, and ap-
pointed mayor and board of adeinistra-
tors then the trouble and useless expense
OF holding an election next Monday for |
mayor and trustees would be Obvistcd, and |
I'll parties satisfied if the Governor appoint |
ed good men, conservative, live rhenof en-
terprise and intelligence, who would accept !
1t once, but never apply, such as k1'. kich- |
ard Sale or John G. Elstner, Esq.
Last Saturday the NOnfh h3ceSfe,I, the lead. |
ng paper here, came out in a very severe |
article against the postmaster here, Mr.. |
Charles w. Keeting, attacking not enly his |
public and official character, but private |
slsO. With the merits as to the latter, we
Know nothing, but as the said article has |
,aused considerable stir here, We have |
to say for the benefit Of the pub
ic respecting the postal facilities afforded
he people in this section. This office being |
distributing" office, comes in for q large
hare Of the blame for the present irregu-
arities. Being first to do justice TO MIR.
keeting, let us state that, i'll u public card
he next day, he most Indignantly and man
ully denied the charges made, cOurted ex-
mination into his conduct and claimed
redit for his good management Of the post
flee, etc. The chief cause of complaint
ere and elsewhere, is the delay.in receiv-
1g letters and papers, especially the latter.
y I
very other publisher Of a paper, for no
ian is willing to subscribe for q paper when
e knows well, by sad experience, that he
ill not get it promptly, and perhaps, at
est, only at rare intervals. We might cite
umerous cases within our personal 'knOwl-
lge Of papers being three or four weeks
oming from New Orleans to Lopgview,
[arshall, jefferson, etc. One subscriber to !
New Orleans weekly at Longview has
Of he, |
lree or four months. Another had oE the
his latest paper from New Or
ans dated the first, whereas your cor
,spondent handed him paper of the
veutieth, brought by a boat outside Of the
ail bags. Indeed, the entire population
ere and at Jefferson, where the boats run.
epend entirely upon them for all their New
rleans papers, and it is folly to ask man to |
,bscribe to New Orleans paper under pres
1T mail movements. Some Of these would
, pOstmasters, or their deputies, have the
ceipt OF papers to say you New Orleans
don't send them," that you, in [
ain language, have dishonest mail clerks, ,
i'd are aware Of it, and don't correct ,
etc.
We would earnestly advise all your mer-
lants doing business with this section, in
der to prevent dissatisfaction and COM
amt from their customers here, as we Y
,ar daily, by the non-receipt Of invoices !
ith the goods sent them, to require their
erks to make oNt the invoices and put
em in the pOstOtfice at New Orleans, and
It on the boat, loose lying around; or, if a
ch is not practicable in all gases, then the g
erks Of all boats, mail and others, should
It expose to be taken by any one from a
BILE in the cabin, valuable letters Of in :
ices, ETC., the loss of which, or delayseven :
come to hand, causes Ofrentimes very 7