New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-09
River Intelligence.


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! and though it has threatened rain for sew
| eral days past, none has fallen. Business
yesterday was as brisk ~ is usual on Satur
day.
The arrivals, though few, had good trips,
and the departures were numerous. Among
| the arrivals were the Jennie Howell, from
Little Rock Governor Allen. from Cam.
den, With fair trip; Frank Pargoud, from
Grand Gulf. with q most Encouraging light
cargo, 100 bales of cotton, some cattle and
| few sundries. The departures were: The
Richmond, to St. Louis, with 500 tons of
railroad iron, besides considerable miscel-
laneous freight. She also had fair pas
senger list. Henry Ames, to st. Louis, with
1000 bars of iron, and considerable miscel-
laneous freight. She had ON board twenty
cabin passengers, and number on deck.
fine cargo, and a splendid trip Of
people. The Natchez had about her usual
compliment of freight. The Nick Long
worth had moderate trip. The La Belle
and Ouachita Belle for Camden were both
rather light in receipts. There is scarcely
enough freight offering for that stream to
divide and load we'll two large steamers
such as the two We have just mentioned.
The Chas. H. Durfee of the regular Red
Bayou Bartholomew packet Ruth received
a very handsome trip. The Little Fleta, for
Saline river, had q pretty fair receipt. The
B. L. Hodge No. departed with a good
trip of passengers and considerable freight.
Altogether yesterday was the busiest day
Of the week, and when the above depart
ures had left the wharf, the landing looked
quite lonesome and deserted.
The river here is still swelling slowly,
and is now uncOmfortably high for steam
boats. 1t il nearly to the level of the upper
nf ta uni nvf md q o
present rate6f increase it will soon be play
ing havoc with freight piles; prospects are
good, however, that it has now reached it's
highest point for this season, and that it
will begin to recede within the next forty
eight hours, though dispatches announce a
slowly rising river at Vicksburg, and Mem
phis dispatches announce the river at that
point steadily falling. The Ohio river is
stationary at Louisville. At St. Louis the
reported rising rapidly.
Rates Of freight are unchanged and firm.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs.-The Richmond,
which arrived at this port on Friday night
last with . cargo of 1900 tons of freight,
discharged her entire cargo, crossed the
river and took ON full five hundred tons of
railroad iron and Scotch pig metal; and was
back at the whaIf early yesterday morning
receiving big trip for St. Louis. How is
The large, feet steamer John Kyle is the
next packet in the Merchants Southern
Line to st. Louis. She leaves tomorrow at
5 p. NJ. Captain John B. Weaver is in
command and William Chopper, ESQ, in
the office.
The Florence probably arrived last eve
ming from Bayou Macon, and will leave ON
her return trip on Wednesday at 5P. NJ.
James Doyle, partner in the steamboat
a.
elected on Tuesday last as harbOrmaster of
st. Louis. He will make an excellent officer.
The Carrie v. kOuntz is loading at St.
Louis for Omaha.
The Virginia, en- route to New Orleans
from Louisville, added 800 barrels of pork
and 500 barrels Of lime to her cargo at JEFF
fersonville.
Captain H. H. Brown having resigned the
command Of the Alice Dean, Captain w.
NJ. Metcalfe has been appointed his success
sOr.
The Cincinnati Gazette, Of the sixth instant.
has the impudence to grOwl because the
boats that land at Evansville happen to be
charged more wharfage on the goods they
land at that point, than the price of freight
they receive for the same amounts to, We
would like to know what steamboats, are
built for, but to plumber. You ought to be
ashamed of yourselves for mentioning such
b IuluS. we WOulO ike to know how the
wharf master, and other city officials could
afford to pay for their diamonds, ETC. if the
steamboats, did not9 But here is the item:
ION the last trip Of the Nightingale sbe
put off two bales of cotton at Eyansyille.
and paid six dollars and fftv cents for
wharfage privilege. The freight on the cot.
ton amounted to six dollars She and other
Cincinnati boats frequently refuse passen-
gers and freight for Evansville, and do not
land there going down, because they do not
know whether they will get sufficient bust
ness for that point tojustify them in making
the landing. The fare from Cincinnati
to Evansville is seven dollars. If q boat
had but one passenger for that point, she
would get but fifty cents for TRANSPORTATION
and board. The Evansville Journal has
been ftrying to get the authorities to
right this great public wrong. and may sue
ceed."
Captain Gus Dcscouchet, who has been II,
Cincinnati for several days, contemplated
building q new boat for the Armaeia's
and cabin. The contract will
probably be let to parties at Louisville. Jaf.
or New Albany.
w. 7. Reynolds has been appointed Hull
INSPECTOR at Louisville