New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-06
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN. !
TUESDAY MORNING, June 6. 1871, I

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WEATHER. BUSINESS. ETC.-Yesterday was
quite a pleasant day, though excessively
warm, and very cloudy. Business On the
landing was moderately active yesterday,
the arrivals proving heavily laden, and the
departures, though few, had fair cargoes.
Among those that arrived were the James
Howard, from st. Louis, with a fine trip,
amounting in all TO 81 ,258 packages of mis-
cellaneOus freight; Kellogg and barges, with
24,20O packages of Western produce; Robert
+. Lee, with a moderate trip; G. H.. Durfee,
moderately laden; Frank Pargoud, with a
light cargo; Bradish johnson, rather light.
The departures were the Olive Branch, to
st. Louis, well laden with freight, and with
numerous passengers; the Oceanus, for st.
Louis, rather light; the Clarksville, fer Ar
kansas, probably filed out well. She had
considerable railroad iron.
Inc rlver here is receding slowly. Red
river is rising. Arkansas river is becoming
very low. Rates are unchanged and firm.
MISCELLANEOUS lTEMs.-The Tom Jasper
telegraphs she will arrive here to morrow
and leave next Wednesday for st. Louis.
A deck passenger, named Gus Ehrhardt,
was drowned off the steamer Thomas Allen
at Memphis recently.
The following are Shreveport rates to New
Orleans: Down freights-Cottcn, 81 so per
bale; cattle, S. for mixed lots; passage, $40.
The Shreveport Southwestern, of June l,
says:
The river at this point rose four inches
during the twenty-four hours ending at six
o'clock Yesterday evening, and was seven
feet four inches below high water of this
year. 1t is still rising at a fair rate. We
noticed a good deal of fine drift floating
past yesterday which would indicate that
the upper river rise was about reaching us.
"We learn from the officers of the steam
or II 1l1rfnn -lIah nv, ~ con-~ A.
son yesterday, that the bayou at that point
was rising when they left. The lakes this
side OF there are also rising. They report
very little cotton coming into Jefferson ON
account Of high creeks and overfiowed
swamps.
"We have no later news of a reliable ma
ture from upper Red river. We heard ru-
mors yesterday that Long Prairle was under
water, but could not trace the rumor to a
satisfactory source"
The bellboat Usage has succeeded in re-
moving the boilers of the burned steamer
Julia A. Rudolph.
The fine large side-wheel steamer Glen
coe, Captain Thomas Calhoun, master, j.
Q. A. Parr, clerk, will leave this evening at
five o'clock, punctually, for all landing on
the Ohio river TO Louisville. A more com
mOdious steamboat would be hard to find.
She Is perfect in every respect.
The Bannock City, Captain w s. Bassett,
master, j. w. Bryant, clerk, leaves to-
morrow at II NJ. for all landings on the
lower coast. This regular packet runs with
most praiseworthy reliability, no matter
whether it rains or shines. She is immensely
popular, and well deserves to be so.
The commodious and elegant steamer
Pauline Carroll leaves tomorrow at ) P.
M, in the New Orleans and St. Louis
packet line, for ST. Louis and all interme-
date points. Captain James Yore com
mands, and Mr.. Miltenberger is chief clerk.
The Olive Branch went across the river
yesterday to take on $40 tons of sugar for
st. Louis.
The Merchants Southern Line packet,
John Kyle, departs tomorrow at ) I. NJ.
for st. Louis and way landings. Captain
William Thompson has command, and Mr..
William Brown is chief clerk. The Kyle is
a new and fine steamer.