New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-05

detention and when a sufficiency of coal reaches
this port those steamers that are now compeiIedto
hunt the Quietude OF the bank Will again reappear
at our wharf, ready to transact their legitimate
business. The river here continues to rise, ana the
present rate of increase it vii! be over the wharf
before Monday. News from THE trloItar1es report
them rising. The Ohio river IL rlsinG SO ~ the
upper Mississippi Rates Ut freight are hrih ana
The wharf has again become crowded with
freight and arriving steamers arc seriously non
plussed as to where they will find room to dis
charge their car,soes The Great Republic yest-r
day, in discharsing a lot of hay she hat on board
was compelled to pile it on the apron of the wharf
The harbor master objected tn this ana It was ony
after considerable argument on tine part OF Captain
Donaldson and a promise to remove inc nay miner
up on the wharf Is soon IA possible that the Cap
tain was allowed to discharge his cargo
Ii We rememIer Alright, it WAS only a FEW weeks
ago that ordinance was passed reducing Eie
llot ed time foy tr. glt to remain on the evee 10
twenty four hours. Ill place OF forty As iar
as We can perceive, the ordinance is not fuihllcd
and hucksters still continue I" make leta
market of the most Nalua Ole space on th'. "haiL
lirokers still continue TO ply trailc III produce on
the wharf and many lot OF freight changes ltiis
a number OF times before us 'i. s,e"ioo:'e
assuredly pay enough tax 10 the city to receive
benefit. and think our harbcr master
should display h;tlc more energy III ms manage
ment of the wharf.
Captain Tom s. Calhoon feels dcscrveiir proud
OF his fine steamer Glencoe. Sh" Is OIL" OF the
most perfect and best steamers. we have ever seen.
and statln"h and trim looking as COULD be de-
sired. She Is receiving freight tor the OHIO river,
is III charge of he Office.
The famous De. Nter is the Tuesday packet III the
regular line for ST. Louis. Captain Isaac H. Jones
commands and Owen q. ,Iates aud Steve COclEau'.
Eso., has chan &c of the ONCE -
The repair, to the Seminole vii! be completed
this week.
The John KYLE is OF the -. Louis do. AS IN good
order. She is loading IoI thIr po,t
Tn Emile LtDaI.r is iOadiug at 81 LOUIS Loo
OuachiIa river.
Captain GI-:thou,r will cause lis fine packet ~.
John TO back at 10 4. NJ. foI Az iaaailSs
on the coast.
Captain Ed. Rowland wi! resign the command "f
the steamer DaI'!anclc aztec the prc>cn; t2i'. I"
take charge OF the metropolitan House at Little
Rock, he having purchased an interest III the pro
p"rty. ANY that can run steamboat >" sue
c,--sti!lly Captain NoWlaud WI he ;Lh'o to keep
il hotel III proper style.
Captain Wolf has command OF the SilH'r Bow M
the absence of Captain ". R,a. Captain Harry
Trip is III Temporary command OF IL" Arkansas
river steamer S.ic. ". ". Little ana other, OF
Portsmouth, have purchased the towboa Viola iri
the of s 1910. Captain William Strong - hunt
in a boat ior the P.uucah and Nasd'ii" trade.
The Cincinnati! Gazette OF the w'ntv-~'soHh
SAYS that business i not active. departure
steamer for New Orleans yesterday got twenty-five
cents per hundred wight bacon iIty cents Oh
light freight dollar per barrel on whisky on"
dollar and fifty OH. seventy !iv, cent? yer
barrel potatoes onions and apples, eight dollars
mules and ten dollar. GA horses. Passage
twenty i've dollars.
The river rose three feet Yesterday. Las even
inc there WAS twenty i"tt %! water IN tnr cid!iit'
and ci.htytwo feet space under tine hIld.r.