New Orleans Republican., 1871-03-07
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
TUESDAY MOANING March :. 1871.

.TrFspAY MORNING, March :, 1871. :
WEATHER. BUSINESS, ErC-1e>terdav
and the preceding day were warm. bright
and pleasant. Spring has fully succeeded
winter. and the days are becoming longer
and more pleasant. Business was brisk or
tine landing. the arrivals being rather
numerous and with excellent trips.
The Kellogg and barges, from 81. Louis.
came i'll with large tow of freight. IN
Guiding 1928 barrels of -four, 1887 sacks OF
corn. l / ,344 bushels of bulk corn. 1000 nales
Of hay. GOO barrels of pork. 45i sacks OF
oats. $50 sacks of bran. and about 1000
packages of sundries. The Kellogg came
down from Memphis in the short time OF
less than three days. The Robert l.. Lee
brought in over 1000 bales of cotton The
Post Boy had over 1900 bales of cotton
from the Ouachita river. The other arr
walls had fair trips. and Il full report OF their
c2G.goes will be found i'll the regular mari ne
column.
The departures were the Glencoe TO Louis
vile, with fine trip oi freight and numerous
peop,e: Wade Hampton to Fort Adams
with usual amount OF freight. Monday Is
always dull day in departures and ye>ter-
day paoved 10 exception To the general
rule.
The river ut this point continues TO rise.
though very slowly. Rates OF freight are
firm and unchanged at last weeks ti-t.reS.
The Red and Ouachita rivers continus III
good stage. and business improving slightly.
Passenger travel northward has now set in
and the up trips of the steamers are i'm
proving in this respect. Railroad iron con
fnueS to move northward i'll large quanIl-
ties. and every steamer that leaves Tor >t.
Louis and the Ohio river takes more or less
of the commodity.
The following special dispatches were re
ceived Yesterday by the different steamboat
agents:
TRENTON. La . March 6.-To Sinnott 4
Adams: Will arrive Wednesday morning
and leave Thursday evening.
E. $. AUSTIN. steamer Trenton.
CAMDEN. March G-To Sinnott & Adams:
Leave here at T. VI. Eight hundred bales
cotton X. SlNNoll.
Steamer Governor Allen.
To c. g. Wayne: Belle Lee will arrive
Tuesday with 1900 bales cotton. Advertise
for Thursday. j. +. HICKS. Captain.
MONROE, La. March TO j. Feunimore:
Leave here tonight; be in Tuesday, ard
leave tor Camden Wednesday positively.
NJ \. WOOD.
Master steamer L.. Belle
CtIao. March TO Sinnott 4 adams:
Will arrive Friday morning: leave >&1ur-
dav morning. the eleventh instant.
c. q. SCHULTZ. Steamer Virginia
u
Adams: Belle Lee VII arrive Tuesday and
leave Thursday. j. +. HICKS,
MISCELLANEOUS IrENs-The Kellogg and
barges are announced for return tr.p 10 -
Louis, 10 leave to-day at Z. VI.
The Post Boy. for Ouachita river, leaves
for Camden on Friday next. Captain Lloyd
I. Belt SAYS IL Will make weekly tl!ps after
this.
The rev ron steamer john T. Moore
having discharged Icr cargo 1T the foot o1
Thalia street, on yesterday. dropped down
to the loot st Customhouse street 10 receive
her cargo 1Ol return trip to Shreveport and
Jefferson. l, is with pleasure that we can
inform uur readers OF the fact ,hu. tie
John T. Moore. on her maiden "trip. has
proven herself perfect success, and has
been received tv the people resident along
the banks OF the Red river. As we'll a. by
the merchants Of this city. with such Hat
tering marks OF approval as most assureGlv
places her in tie foremost rank of the popu-
lar Red river packets. Her commander,
Captain w. T. Boardman, should Ieel proud
OF the reception his enterprise has met with,
and we hope that he viii continue the good
work lie has begun. The John T. Moore
will leave this evening, at five o'clock,
punctuaty. with Captain Boardman il
command AMI Mr.. Lowd Walden IL .he
office.
The new and splendid steamer Katie,
whose appearance at the wharf has been
anXiouslv looked for during the past few
days arrived late last evening with a tre-
mendous trip OF freight and people. He
will give tull description OF this piece oi
beauty in tOmorrows issue of the RkrJB-
LICAN.
The Republic Went over TO the iron pile
on Sunday and took OH t26G bars OF railroad
iron for st. Louis
"
fulfilled their contract with our fircIuen,
left last evening or the Glencoe for their
homes in Evansville. They discoursed swee-
music during the day on board the Glencoe.
Alfred ID. Arms trong has taken charge OF
the office o. the ST Louis ami Ouachita
packet Mary Mcdonald.
Captain J. c. Mason. WHO has cle-ked
the Henry 1aeger from Pitt>burg 20 New
Orleans and ST. Louis. resigns and goes to
Pittsburg to push forward u boat now
building for him, similar to tie Iaeger but
smaller. He says that to lose money with
the laegeT is almost an imposSibi,ity, and
he now tancies that style OF boat altogether.
He knows what the laeger can do.
The upper Mississippi is opening earlier
than for many years past. The water is so
high that bridge building everywhere is
interrupted.
The Louisville Daily Ledgcr of the
fourth, says: The Shannon. from New
Orleans to Pittsburg only forty->ix days ont
to this port, was at New Albany discharging
freight Yesterday. She was built at Iron
ton The next slowest time on record is
that of the Alice V, forty-two days"
The towboat Lookout is en- route from
Louisville to New Orleans with toy, one
barge OF which contains 5000 barrels of
lime.
The st. Louis Reppblican of the fourth
says:
Captain Adam Jacobs. of Pittsburg, is in
this city. Captain James Mellon has taken
command of the new steamer Exchange,
now loading at Pittsburg for this port
The Pittsburg Commercial says:
The new owboat Tom Doddsworth. Cap
tain Blackmores last production, has proved
herself one of the best tOwboats ahoat. If
the st. Louis folks ever get sight of her, they
will be pretty sure to capture her for their
own use. Captain Yates has command OF
the steamer A. l.. Gregoire at Dubuque. He
has been in command for fifteen years OF
the same boat. Captain S. j. Bachelor has
gone clerk on the Potomac. Captain Ian
Brvson has gone up to Cincinnati.
For ST. LoUIs.-The unrivaled steamer
Great Republic, having full cargo on
board, will leave for the above and
way points this evening at five o'clock
The Republic was rapidly filling up with
cabin passengers yesterday. and she VIII
no doubt leave here with the best passen-
ger trip of the season. The Republic Is one
of the largest and most elegant steamers
ever built, and she is Otficered by an eX-
perienced crew of gentlemen. Captain
William B. Donaldson commands, and
Messrs. Atkinson and Floyd are clerks