New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-03
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN. I

account of the observance of Yesterday as
holiday All the stores closed after II NJ.
and the steamers received Sut little fret ghr
after that hour. Even if it had not been 4
| holiday. the chances are that 1t would have
been duh anyhow. There are large num-
Der OF steamers lying at the landing doing
nothing. and the dearth of business is par
,icularlv noticeable at the Red River land
ing.
Among the arrivals we notice the steamer
Natchez. from Nieksburg. with r"usiny
trip. She brought in 1879 bales of cotton
and 100 tons Of miscellaneous freight. She
also had Il large list of passengers. The
Ron Roy. from AttakapaS, had 3ol hogs
| heads of sugar and 80! barrels Of moasses.
besides considerable other freight The 81.
John, Bart ADJ. and Henry Tetc all had
good trips OF sugar and molasses.
! The departures were confined 10 the
! Ouachita Belle. with a magnificent trip to
. Camden. and the Tidal Wave, with ID fair
| triISto Red River.
HIGH prices OF fuel still continue, and Ia
! Dor Is becoming more plentiful since the
! boats began laying up. Rates of freight
| have increased i'll nearly AL the trades.
| The river here l. falling. Red. Ouacilita
! and Arkansas rivers arc falling.
MI,CELL ANGUS lrEMS.--In another col
,llun will be found the full particulars of the
disastrous conagra;ion among our steam
va, rather Il bad beginning for the New
Year. and no doubt was Il bitter pill 10 some
Of the insurance companies. The hui oi
the Grand Era will lie lowed across tie
river TO-DAY, am! will he wrecked. Tie ma
chirery will bt saved in pretty good condi-
lion. Tie uWnors %: one of the tugs. We
understand. presented d bill to the steamer
! " illiam j. Lewis for $1,000 for salvage.
the ing claiming to have pulled the Lewis
destruction. Captain Whitledgc, not having
suci !. small a,uounJ as ten thousand dol
lars handy III Tho moment. very properly III
; formed the collector 10 git up and ut.
Tie Alice cane across the river yesterday,
from retirement. and viii load tn- tie bllo
river. We understand.
We paid Il visit yesterday TO Mr. Mos"
Gibbs. al the Parish Prison. and tound hin.
/ i'll good health and cheerful spirits. He says
that his preliminary trial will take place o.
next Wednesday. and is hopeful OF being
then released. - the evidence VIII prove
that the shooting was in pure sclt-detcus"
l. will be remembered by our readers that
Ny. Gibbs y Ihe mate who shot and killed a
colored man on he steamer Wild Wagner,
! last week.
/ The prrt,v steamer Ruth has lloisted he,
colors ard VIII load iln'neii"tely Tor
! ouachita river. She leaves this evening ~
| five o'clock, with Captain burton i'll COM
| ManG aud Oscar Hi;iitS. Esq, i'll the office
f. NJ joel, III the St. Louis Dispa'ch. and
! kyiand. OF the IcMocrGt. are having q
! nice little fight through their respective
| river columns. Go III boys Happy New
| Year 10 vou bu,n.
| Harry Converse ESD. of St. Louis. :: Well
! known steamboat clerk, has received the
appointment OF freight clerk in the depot Of
| 1he.Mofile and Chattanooga railroad i'll this
! city. Harry is energetic and understands
! dis duties thoroughly.
There is 10 truth in the report being cir
cula,cd that Captain John Scott has been
| Amounted TO command the United States
mail line steamer General Lytle.
| An Evansville exchange reports that Cap
tain George Moore has presented to Captain
| Tom Shields OF the Susie Silver, "a beau
| tjful piece OF statuary.' As the paper for
| GOT 10 mention what the statuary consisted
of. we will torbcar sa, ing. more until we are
| better posted.
4 telegram from Memphis to st. Louis,
| dated twenty-eighth ultimn says: The =.
| {. Ieager came il ut noon. three days out
from Cairo drawing eight teet. She re-
! ported having encountered great trouble on
! tire downward passage from ice. The
| Carrie v kountz has laid up ut the foot OF
| Island Eighteen. and the Minnie. With lett
! here last SUNDAY. with her protested cargo.
! reported 70 YOU some time since has i;ild w
at Haic's Point. The ida Stockdale, tor
Ouachita and Emperor, for New Orleans,
came down III company with the leaEer.
/! Tie latter had sixty tons for here. There
! are nine feet III the channel from Cairo
down. The Great Republic, Lcoiii,ias ana
sam Parker viii not attempt to go higher
. for tire present. The K. j. Lockwood
passed NJ, from Jefferson, Texas, with &
| CARGO uf beet, hides and cattle for ~.
Louis. She IN, of q hundred head Of cattie
/ here Our supply of coal Is neariJ eN-
laustcd. and there is now less than oof, neo
| bushels lt4oHr below TIE Ohio falls. lhc
| Painter. with 6G.O00 bushels Tor this market.
is at Cairo. The Bigby and Grand Lake
with 400,0 900 bushels, arc somewhere above
| The ST. Luke left here early this morning
| with 7G5 bales Of cotton destined for Care
She will hardly gct throughlbe q thaw
| The Longworth added l1l bales OF cotton
here Tie Sallie came in from Arkansas
river with III bales Of cotton. She lays u
here. The Ida Stockdaie put oft 100 ton,
and left, out six days from st. Louis. foi
! Ouachita river. The st. Luke returned
from the head of Plum Point. where she
found the ice to. heavy. The Lockwood
decided not too start. The Great Republi.
is loading 2O0D bales OF cotton for above
and the Sam Parker has 1000. The follow
ing steamers are now here: st. Luke
Great Republic, Sam. Parker, Leonidas
l Hr2ndclS, SalIe- lIOchNoou, Sdul. I'lo"i
and Exchange"
The Glendale will prove q total loss. TIL,
wrecking boat Aid is removing her ma
chinery.
Twenty-eight steamboats, of total o
| 1853 tons; fifteen barges and nine cana
boats were built during the year 1870, Il
Cincinnati and vicinity.
FROM Our ExCHANGEs.-The Louisville
| Commercial of December 80, says: Thu
river commenced falling yesterday morn
ing. and during the day it fell two inches
Now in the channel down the falls three
| feet four inches, and five feet four inches il
the canal by the: marks. The weather wa
bright and pleasant all day, though 4 mod
Grated but little. The ice-running wa
equally heavy, and more obstinate thai
any day previous. The ferries made bu
few trips, and were detained on each sid
unusually long in making the landings. TIL
Mail Line Company are receiving large lot
of cotton from the Nashville railroad. The
, have now on the wharf several thousan
, bales and are still adding to it. Most of tn
transient steamboatmen get tired Of wait
ing for the river to open, and have g0n
home and left their boats tied and froze
up. The Sam j. Hale left Evansville O
, | Wednesday morning for this port, and ha
. | not put in her appearance as yet, and tn
probabilities are she viii not until the rive
, opens. She might have come as far as tn
! mouth of Green river and laid mp, rs it is
| good harbor. Captain Dan Richards fiji
irhAa building 1F|66h ss:s around the 5srs
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