New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-09
+ River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN, !
TUESDAY MORNING, Mzy g. 1871

| TUESDAY MORNING, Mag g. 1871.
WEATHER, BUSINESS. ETC.-The merry
month of May has so far sustained its
wonted reputation by balny, bright DAYS
and luxuriously cool and moonlight nights
Business opened this week moderately
active, the arrivals Of Sunday and yester-
day helping much to give to the levee an
active busiRess-like appearance. Monday,
though dull in the number of the depart
| ures. usually is relieved from a perfect
stagnation of business by the arrivals of
the preceding day Sunday. Among the
boats that arrived were the City of Alton,
from st. Louis, well laden Robert Mitchell,
from Cincinnati. with a good. trip; Wade
| Hampton, from Eatchez, with fair freight
| list; Alaska, from Cincinnati, and Robert E.
| Lee, from Ficksburg, were moderately
/ laden.
The departures were the Wade Hamp-
| ton; with light trip, to Natchez; Common
wealth. with good trip, to St. Louis; Mary
| Alice and barges, with large freights, 10 st.
Louis; Henry Tele, to Bayou Lafourche,
| with her usual complement of freight.
The river here is receding to its usual
| limits, and 'crevassing" has passed into the
order of things that have been. The Ar
kansas river is at good stage, with twenty
one feet in the channel to Little Rock. Red
and Ouachita rivers maintain an unusually
line stage Of water for this season Of the
year. The upper Mississippi river, from
all accounts, has all the fluid necessary
to float the army of vessels that ply during
the summer and autumn seasons on its
crystalline waters. Rates are unchanged
as far as we learned.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs-Tbe New Or
leans REPUBLICAN of last Sunday contained
in its telegraphic columns the account OF the
sale in ST. Louis, by the United States mar
shall Of that district, of the famous and vet
magnificent steamer Great Republic. We
mentioned in our river column of the same
date the bets that we're made regarding the
probable amount of money that she would
sell for. From forty to forty-tive thousand
dollars was the standard of the bets and
dispatches state she sold for the sum of
$4,000. The purchasers are William II.
ThOrnegan, owner of the st. Louis Billiard |
Hall il St Lnuis, and II is rumnred- Can |
tain Ed +. Dix, late of the steamer Mollie |
Able. The latter gentleman will take com
mand, and we hope to see him and his |
packet at this port within q few weeks
The trial of William Marsh engineer, and |
Joseph Nixon, Waterman of the steamer
Belle of Alton, was called before Judge |
Weber yesterday st the Fourth DiStriCt Re |
cordeI's Court After the voluntary confess
sion of Nixon had been read, andn defense
offered, the judge committed the prisoner
to answer the charge of arson before the
First District Court Mr.. Marsh's case was
continued.
Captain B. r. Pegram telegraphs from
Cairo to the energetic agents of this city,
Messrs. Stevenson & Verlander. that the
cepaciOus steamer James Howard is coming
down with full trip. and will arrive here
in time for departure on Wednesday next
at Al. The Howard is an "A No.
boat" and will surely leave as announced.
The Bannock City, as usual, will be
promptly here to-day, TO leave as usual to-
morrow at II NJ. for the landings on the
lower coast. Captain Bassett has command.
and Mr. Bryant is the chief clerk
The following dispatches will no doubt
prove important to our shippers:
VICKsBURG, May 8, 1871,
To " c. Dental, Picayune office:
Will arrive at New Orleans Tuesday. at 3
P. NJ, and will leave, positively, for Mem
phis, Cairo and Louisville on Thursday,
eleventh instant. II. H. WALKER,
Clerk steamer Mary Houston.
CAMDEN, Arkansas, May 8, 1871.
70 sinnott & Adams:
The Ouachita Belle left at eight o'clock
morning with four hundred bales
lotion, and will arrive on Tuesday.
B. TTTCOMB, Agent.
The new packet Grey Eagle, for the Hen
iersOn Packet Company, was launched at
last Friday.
|
# the John Kngour at Louisville last ,
Thursday: According to advertisement the
steamer John KilgOur was sold at auction
at Portland The attendance
vas not large, although quite a number of
Gentlemen were on hand to note the sale
The bidding commenced about one o'clock
md the first bid was $4,000, and then $4,000 !
vas bid. after which the bids were for 500 !
nd $500, until $4,000 was reached; then |
lr. c. e. Gore, of Cincinnati, bid Sl6I00, | I
;aptain Voolfolk $1,000, AR. Gore bid $l6,- I
81, and the ownership of the kilgour :
assed into his hands. The terms were
ne-third cash, balance in six and twelve
months, paper negotiable in bank, and
earring six per cent interest The sale was
onducted by Mr.. S. T. Moore: The Kill
our was built by Messrs. Bell & Oglesby, | t
nd is about six years old. She came over 6
he falls after the sale and went on to Gin ! !
innati. a
Tho Louisville Ledger reports the follow
IL as the tow of coal coming out of the
'hio river for the Southern ports on the
resent rise: "The coal going out on this t.
Use for points below will amount, it is esti-
lated to 100000 bushels. John w. N
owser, Esq, sends out tow by the
5eamer John A. Wood-sixteen boats and
ght barges, containing about 100000 n
ushels-for New Orleans. Messrs. John U
=. Dougherty and Daniel Tate will preside
the wheel OF the Wood. The Grand
axe will take out for Miller, Nichols &
o. ten boats, containing about 100000
lshels. Other tows are being made I'D.
nd there are lively times in this depart
lrtment of business" v
The II. s. Turner has abandoned the Mis-
uri river trade and is loading at ST. Louis %
r the Ohio river. fn
We are pleased to announce to our dc
ippers and passengers that the steamer M
zzie Hopkins has determined to enter the pa
amden and New Orleans trade as a regu- Ii
r packet She will be commanded by al
aptain +. A Blanks, with our much es- sh
emed and truly gentlemanly friend Col f fn
el G. p. Work in the Office de-
The large and staunch H. C. Yaeger will tn
ave for st. Louis this evening at five hi
lock, positively. Captain j. c. Van
ok has command and Mr. Mellon is the
ief clerk. =
Since the tenth of last month a Young
ly in South Haven, Long Island, has been