New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-24
River Intelligence.
OFFICB OF THB DAILY REPUBLICAN, |
"WEDNESDAY MORNING. NAV "a 1871,

| WEATHER, BUSINESS, ETC.-The present
portion of the beautiful month of May seems
to be given much to changeableness in
weather. For the past few days it has been
alternate clouds and sunshine. Yesterday,
TO approve of the preceding days mean
ness, opened in clear balmy, delightful
morning, then it changed to intense bright.
and intense, heated sunshine which lasted
until afternoon, when again the change took
| place, and clouds and rain succeeded the
| previous changes, to again in turn be sue
ceeded by a glorious and remarkably beau
tiful sunset. Business on the levee needs no
| weather to influence its general appearance
for It is so far gone in the summer dullness''
that nothing but miracle would improve
| it before the coming fall season.
The arrivals yesterday were the Robert
| Mitchell, from Cincinnati, with full cargo
of miscellaneous freight; Indiana, from
Louisville, with full trip of produce, etc;
Dexter, from st. Louis, with an excellent
| cargo; Carrie Converse, from Shreveport,
with 1850 bales of cotton; BannOck CITY,
from lower coast, well laden. Among the
departures we notice the Bismarck with
large trip of general freight: c. H. Durfee
for Red river, with a fair trip, there being
no opposition boat against her. The Robert
+. Lee left as usual, with considerable
coast business and fair trip to Eicksburg
The river here recedes, on a fair average
about three inches per day. The upper
rivers are in good condition. as will be seen
by referring to our regular river kilograms
in another column. Rates of freight are as
last reported.
Captain James Kerr, Jr.. has returned TO
this city from his northern journey, looking
refreshed in health and spirits He will
soon, as we learn from private sources be in
the office of fine packet. The merchants
and travelling public hope so at least
Captain j. H. Jones will to-day back out
the famous steamer Dexter, for St. Louis,
This boat bears as her emblem speed. safety
and comfort, and she fully deserves all. She
Is an elegant steamer, and worthy of pat
ronage Mr. Owen G.. Gates is chief clerk.
and the packet will back out at p. NJ,
punctually .F.I
Captain j. Slut Neal. once commander
and part owner of the famous steamer
Richmond, arrived by rail yesterday. in
advance of the steamer Indiana.
The steamer LeOnidas looks better than
new since her repairs. 1t will be remem-
bered that she was almost dismantled
some time IN the early part of this month |
by storm, which compelled her to return |
here for repairs; and she now leaves this |
port even handsomer looking than when she
first arrived.
William ii. Brown, of the firm of Brown
d Murphy, of Cincinnati, and known as the
| the
course OF construction two tOwboats, one
iron propeller and six model barges. The
first boat is building at Freedom, and is
200 feet long, "a feet beam and feet hold,
with engines of 26-inch cylinders She
will have six 40-inch boilers % feet lone.
and wheels each q feet in diameter and
% feet buckets. The second, building at
The same place, will have a length Of 1875
feet, beam 81 feet, hold feet, and enpines
Zl-lnrh nd a.,
stroke, and wheels 30 feet in diameter and
% feet length of bucket. The propeller
VIII be 81 feet long, II feet beam and 10
eet hold. The dimensions of each BARGE
ire: Length ,lSO feet; BEAM SO feet. and
lold feet. This looks like business.
The John Lumsden, sunk in the Cumber
and, was insured in Cincinnati for about
en- thousand dollars Captain Rees Dugan
EFT for the scene of the disaster Thursday
light. The L. +. Eckert has been tele-
raphed for. The Nashville Union saws
he Lumsden left that port with one of the
est packet trips of the season. She had
wo hundred and twenty-five hogsheads
obacco Tor New Orleans, large quantity
cedar for st. Louis, and sundries. besides ,
CABIN 1uil OF passengers.
dispatch from Memphis saws: "John ID t
cams, president of the Memphis and Ar a
ausas River Packet Company. will publish
cara tomorrow morning announcing that
II boats of that line are for sale y =
deck hand named Donnell fell over Y
GARD and was drowned, from the steamer
rkanSas, near Ozark Island, while on her
ay, up the river day or two since, He +
esided at New Orleans, where he leaves =
life and three children.
The Shreveport Southwestern of no
Tentieth says: INC
yesterday was very warm day NOT v
outstanding it was partially cloudy with q Nj
treshing breeze from the southeast Had s.
not been for the clouds and breeze the 81
.at would have compared very favorable m
18th the torrid zone, or probably we wonId
more correct in saying it would have
me credit to the sultriness experienced by u
e inhabitants of an equatorial latitude %
About five o'clock in the evening if he
me cloudy all over and shut out the SIM pc
INT. much to the qualification of those
10 had to run about and transact outdoor
slness. In the meantime the southeast -
eeZe grew sitter, and the dav lost
Ich OF its Oppressiveness.
he river at this point has declined three :,
mes during the twenty four hours ending IA
SIX O'Clock yesterday evening, and is
pping down its banks at rapid rate. 1t lie
now eight feet six inches below the
'hest water of the season.