New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-26
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN, /


WEATHER. BUSINESS. ETC.-Yesterday the
sky was covered with heavy clouds during
the day, obsculing the sun, and with
light breeze we had made it very pleasant
and cool and exhilarating to those who
had much outdoor business to attend to.
Toward evening we had slight sprinkling
of rain, and from appearances looked as if
it might continue during the night.
Business ON the levee was confined prin-
cipally to the Red river steamers, Thir-
teenth Era and Southwestern, both of
which seemed to be doing very well; the
balance seemed to have light trips. and no
doubt some of them would lay over until
to-day, in hope to better their prospects.
The river by the marks now indicates
eleven feet eleven inches below the gauge
of 1862
The freight tariff still hangs as per our
report of Sunday morning, and from all
appearances not much hope of its going up.
Some of the boats made the attempt to
raise it, but the shippers having had their
way so long it is hard struggle 70 break
them into the new traces. 1t is a losing
business to the boats at the present stage of
water TO carry freight at such low rates, and
we know some of them are beginning to
feel it very sensbly.
The arrivals yesterday were the ID. L.
Tally. from Shreveport: Ruth, from Ope-
lousas Bertha from Ouachita river, and
st. John, from Baton Rouge.
The departure were the Bismarck, for
St. Louis; Governor Allen, fer Vicksburg;
Jennie Howell for Camden: Southwestern
for Shreveport; Thirteenth Era, for Jeffer
son, and Frolic, for the upper coast.
The ID. L. Tally, Captain w. c. Harrison,
not finding weekly trips as profitable as he
expected will run hereafter promiscuously.
and has laid over until Thursday. July y,
when she will leave at ) P. NJ, for Shreve-
port
Telegram
VICKsBURG, July -. 1871.
To A. A. Woods:
The Dexter will arrive Wednesday after
noon, and leave Saturday. %. for st. Louis.
j. H. JONES, Captain.
The Tidal Wave was due last night from
Jefferson, and will no doubt be found al the
landing this morning receiving for her re-
turn trip to Jefferson, on Thursday, twenty
seventh instant.
The Henry c. Yaeger, Captain J. c. Van
Hook, will be found at the landing this
morning, and after discharging her i'm
mense cargo of produce brought out from
st. Louis, will commence receiving for her
return trip, and will leave on Thursday,
July q. at 5 P. NJ, for Cairo, st. Louis and
all way points.
Captain j. F. Baker, President of the
Merchants Southern Line, after a short but
very pleasant visit among us, left yesterday
by the Mobile and Chattanooga railroad for
St. Louis via Memphis. We wish Captain
Baker safe and agreeable trip home, and
should be pleased to have him make us an
other visit and stay longer.
Telegram
SHREVEPORT, July q.
R. F. Britton:
Leave tonight: arrive Thursday. Leave
Saturday, positively, for Jefferson. Lakes,
bayous and rivers all falling-onlv thirty
inches in Potato Bend. j. A. AIKEN.
Master c. H. Durfee.
The Bismarck, Captain Spane went out
last evening for st. Louis, with fine trip
of passengers and freight. One item of her
cargo was 300l bars railroad iron.
We perceive by the St. Louis papers of
the twenty-third, that the rates of freight
have advanced to forty-five cents per barrel
for -four, and twenty-five cents per hundred
in the New Orleans trade. and that the
supply is very liberal.
The Cincinnati Gazette, of July p, says:
The day before the Louisville and Port
land canal was closed, General Weitzel
gave written notice to the contractors that
one-thlrd OF their contracts must be COM
pleted at the end of each thirty days. in
accordance with the terms of the contracts,
and that failure of performance would not
only work a forfeiture of contract, but
would compel first contractors to pay extra
compensation to those he might select to
complete their work. He tells the contrac-
tors that he will enforce all the terms of
their agreements.
The Shreveport Southwestern, of July %,
says:
The Jefferson people seem determined to
have channel in their bayou, if they have
to knock the bottom out of it. They have
dredgeboat hard at work now, attempting
to accomplish that object. The question is,
if they do knock the bottom out, will it
STAY out! We Opine not. The next rise
will deposit sediment in the channel again,
so that when the bayou gets low, they will
have to repeat the digging out operation
again. We would advise the jefferson folks
to move their town down here, where we
have good navigation the entire year.
The Times md Republican, Of the TWEEN
tieth, says:
The bayou in front of this place had fallen,
In the twenty-four hours ending yesterday
evening at flve o'clock, one and three-quar
ter inches, and is now ten feet eight and
three-quarter inches below the highest water
of the season.
We said yesterday that it would be safe
to bet on the upper river being as low as it
generally gets TO be in the vicinity of Lanes
port, Fulton and other points on upper Red
river, but letter from Captain C. w.
Tandy to Mr. Murphy forces us to change
our opinion. The letter is dated at Fulton, |
Arkansas, July IL, and was received here |
yesterday. 1t states that the river had !
risen five feet at that point and was rising |
slowly at the time of writing. We will |
never see any of that rise here The falling |
lake will drink it up at one swallow, and |
there will be none of it left to tell from |
whence it came or whittier it hath gone.
Business on the levee was very dull. Not |
boat lay at the landing to make a shadow |