New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-27
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN, I
Sa r1rRnAY MAMMA Nov q 1871

WEATHER, BUSINESS. ETC. - Yesterday
proved a beautiful day, though much too
warm for comfort during the mereing. In
the afternoon it became very cloudy, and
about p. NJ. fine shower of rain fell,
and continued to fall until late in the
evening. Business ON the landing was, as
usual on a Friday, rather dull. The ar
rivals were not numerous, but several
packets came in with fine trips. The John
L Moore, from Shreveport, came in with
fine showing of cotton. The City of
Alton, from st. Louis, brought down a fine
trip. The Tahlequah, from Lockport, came
in moderately laden. Among the de-
partures were the Henry Ames, to st. Louis,
with 2l00 bars of railroad iron, and 263
hOgsheads and 400 boxes of sugar; Wade
Hampton, to Natchez, with fair trip The
river here continues to recede, and there is
no prospect of an immediate rise in the
upper rivers. The tributaries remain at
good stage. Rates of freight are I'M
changed.
The famous steamer Katie, Captain J. NJ
White, has concluded to make four fourteen
day trips to st. Louis, commencing on June
10, at p. NJ. The Katie will no doubt be
eagerly welcomed at the port of st. Louis,
for the generous welcome extended to all
new and deserving steamers is proverbial
of that city.
The Frank Pargoud is the Wednesday
packet weekly, from this port henceforth,
until further notice
Val Entriken has taken position as second
clerk of the steamer Fontenelle.
John Clark owned the bar of the w A.
Caldwell when she sunk He paid $3.50 in
August 1869, for one years running time.
The boat ran six months and then laid up
for the next ten. After that she started
out and sunk on her second trip. John has
entered suit for $500, because the boat
didn't keep from sinking until his time ex-
pired.
The following important sales of steam
boat stock took place in st. Louis on the
twenty-third instant:
Steamer Atlantic and barges Hettie Es-
telle and Mary, sold by H. C. Haarstick
and George II. Rea, each one-half, to the
Mississippi Valley Transportation Company
for $40, 000-S25, 900 for the steamer and
$4,000 each for the barges.
Josiah c. Chandler sold one-third of the
steamer MoOnstone and barges General
sherman and Euola to C. S. Ebaugh for
$4,000
The New Orleans and Arkansas river
sternwheeler building at Snousetown for
John A. Williams and James Rees, will be
huge affair, greater in capacity than the
Church or Wicks. Total cost OF steamer,
$4,000; hull alone, $4,000 Length of
boat. two hundred and seventeen feet;
breadth of beam, forty eight feet; hold,
seven feet in depth. She will be seventeen
feet between decks. Machinery new; cylin-
ders, twenty-five inches diameter, seven
feet stroke. She will carry four thousand
bales of cotton under shelter She will
have fine and full length cabin. 1t is
plain from this that Captain Williams has
done well this season with the Importer in
the New Orleans and Arkansas trade
With larger boat (such one as that now
under constructlon) his independent for
tune will be much more speedily attained.
Bill Patterson will continue his majestic
tread on the lower deck of the Great Re
public, and is the only one of the old crew
remaining on the boat.
Six years s ago ot the continental e made