New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-17
River Intelligence.
OYFICR OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,, I
TrKsDAY MoRElHs. January II. Ig.'.

| burllicSS is very Gull us yet. ana inc pros
| poets for better timea il lot encouraging.
! In the Red river trade the daily packets re-
| ceive pretty fair cs,rgoes, but the number Of
! boats loading outside is small. To the
| upper Mississippi there, is not much ship
! ping. and the regular packets are delayed
! io- soE!c time IN reeeivin. tull cargoes.
| The receipts of produce from the North are
| not as large ~ they were Some weeks ago.
( Gotten also co,nes ia slowly.
Among the arrivals yesterday were the
| Wade Hampton, from Fort Adams. witt. u
| good ri p of cotton and sugar; Glaaiola,
| from Midcn, with - fine trip o. cotton.
The departures were few. and consisted
! "f the Potomac, to Louisville, with Il big
| trip o. sugar and mulisses and Il circus and
,nenageric troupe: she also had a geod num-
her of passengers: Carrie Converse. with
full trip Of people and freight, to Jefferson:
Myrtle. 70 uppr, coast: William 5. Pike. to
Hermitage; Wade Adams. t. For: Adams,
and Pretender. 10 Atfakapas.
Rates OF irciGh: and prices Of fuel are
unchanged.
Dispatches from Nuach:ta river announ..,
Ms, III that stream. Ee'! river j. ais"
swelling.
Ad,ices from .:rka,.s,.s river r-;,or: that
river in good boating condition.
Dispatches from the Ohio river rtpo..
TIA. stream rising. weather warm and river
nearly eica. of ice between Cincinnati and
Louisville. This il good news t" our boat
,ueii 1t this port. a. the coal fleet can row
come through With n fab supply q: black
diamonds and relieve the present scarcity.
IN another column VIII BE- found the report
ri 'hc Il",-tin. .. merchants and steamboat
nl"n rhicli tool, place las. evening at the
tl.a!nhcr of Commerce. w" are glad ;ii..:
there Is All ..H keninS at last in regard :u the
falling off III the old river trade. and VIC
sincerely hop. th.: the spirit cviIced u; last
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not BE allowed !" die cH.. - has 0eeH the
case heretofore.
MISCELLANEOUS ITE:s.-in another col
rnln will he Ioult ,U,i ..c-coln: of tie loss
o. life by the destruction ~! tie steamer I.
J.. AcGill, AZ Shoe Fly bar. on the nigh,
of the fifteenth Il is truly d'plo!.hie that
tbs accI'lent should follow 80 soon "n the
heels o! the LAT. ;'arahoa. losses. When
the news reached here. and il was known
THAT Captain William Youplins. IL. and
hi. chief clerk. Mr. W ". MeEarian.
we," among tie ius:, the c1.eF was profound
Captain William T",nIA.ns was mach re-
specteI and believed il. this conllri,ity he
E..>in: dul';n,. III" many years OF his career
as y S;ra'lho:tran. Won The admiration and
i"v. Of al with whnin be r;in.r IN contact.
lie had just taken command al: he tict:iii
on !lsr last TRIP from. this port. h;.yin. LEI,
The steamer Belle ri Alto: ~ 20 on hey.
The clerk. MIR. Mcra-i;.no, was .uuCi.
though. 81, both here and along IL. Mis-
Souri, river He was resident OF St L.uis
and .eavo. = vie and two children in t!,a:
ely. Captain lompli:ls also leaves II wifi,
;!nc: family inst. Louis. The McGiM was
"bolt SIX y",tIs ole. and was owned b;
Co,one! Ihomi. VI. Shields and Captain y.
II. Silver She VIA valued at abou; 5000
ana was Doubtless insured
The Mary Alice and harccs ere announced
to leave in the rrguiar Mississippi Valley
Trans ortatio:l Liue for St. Louis to-:nor-
row, 1T T.. NJ. james T. Tucker. Esq, &c
Carondcl~t street, VIII hlgn bills of .aiing
for freight shipped on her, over III" Illinois
Central Railroad
Captain James p. Mckinney will arrive
to-day from st. Louis, whittier lie has been
On business.
jce Dillon has gone OF. I'll. W. Il. Arthur.
a. mate.
Mr. J. II. Carter, late RIVER Editor of the /,
ST. Louis Evening GI-ibuse, came down DC |
tie w. L. Arthur. from st. Louis. MIR. Car |
ter Is d writer OF no small merit. and many !
OF his productions have appeared over his |
non, dc litnar, " Commodore Ruiing,ln."
Captain 5. s Entrik,u has taken charge |
Of the steamer Nile, al st. Louis.
The new steamer Bowling Green made a |
trial trip yesterday, Il! Louisville
The United States mail c:ea:uer Ben |
Franklin is reported high and dry, in the |!
Loss o" THE i'ETRc.IA This steamer, |
RECENTLY purchased aul pu: into the Black |
and uppr: Whit: :iver trade. recently |
struck a snag in Bacl. rive; ,rd sunk has
proved total loss. TX" Fort Smith vii. |
probably take :lr p!a"e 81 The los: st.;.n,ci |
The George ". Check received $3.50 on |
her last 'lil, :" Shoe Fly bar: $50 Wa re-
cciv.d from Ii. =. l.. Mcl:i.!, and $loU from
Il barge.
FOH ST. Lor!s,--T.o large and caia,uo-
dions Steamer w. Il. Arthur, leave, this
evening ut five o'clock in me regular line
for 81. Lo,liS. Tho Arthur il one of the
finest no;sts or the river. and is a safe and |
speedy vessel. Napt..in Harry Broln SIX; |
commands, and Mr.. John Bow man /, chief
clerk.
F". C.NoEN.-Iho Inc steamer NAV
flower will leave TO day at ) =. NJ. for all
landings on cuachita river. This steamer
was built expressly for the trade, and is one
OF the most elegant and comfortable vessels
a!:oat. She is commanded by Captain j.
W. Cotton. with Mr.. j. II. Rice chief
clerk.
FoR NISDEN.--Cap'ain II. J.. Lees goo!
steamer Glldiol. Will leave to-day at 5P
NJ, for Mindcn and way landings. Ed |
Grooves, ESP, is chefc!erk of this paol,e3.
Fox JEFFERSON AND SHREvEPOET.-Tho |
Red River Packet Company viii send cut
to-day 1T p. NJ, the fec: and popular
sttdIiltT IthT<', ". W. Ctlliu, lnH I
limo carries the United States mail, and |
leaves promptly on announced time.
For ST. Louisville regular Merchants
Line packet Susie Silver is an.
nounccd to leave for Louisville and way |
landings to-day at 5 Z. ii. The Susie in u
beautiful boat, and is new, staunch and well |
protected in case of fire. She is under the
command Of the popular Captain Thomas
w. Shields, with Green Shields, Esq, in tho
office.
For TENsas,-Thc regular Tensas packet
Lizzie Hopkins, telegraphs to William Surls
her agent, that she would arrive last night,
and Leave again Oh return trip at ) T. Nj. |
Captain w. G. Rawlings is making pop1,-
lar beat OF the Lizzie. and she is getting |
famous for reliability. Captain Work is her
chief clerk.
The louisville Commercial! ct the tlIir-
teentli instant says:
The river has risen about eight inches
here since our last report, and there Is no'y
two feet nine inches III the pass down the
Indiana chute, four feet nine inche, i'll the
canal, and six feet six inches Gil Portland |
bar The weather is clear ansi Sirm, with |
q slight wind from the south. The al. rcury
was up to sixty degrees at noon There Is
little or no ice floating here, although some
report the gOrges opened above. Captain
X. II. Voolfolk received u dispatch ,ye-ter-
day from the steamer Rose Hite, ut nawes-
vile, saying that one gorge between there
and Blue river had broken lOoa1'. anai the !
Mollie Moore departed for LouiS,u Ne IIs
very fact Of tho river rising hers 10 ira. -