New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-26
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN, /
=. SATrRoAY MORNING. Aucust q. lei.


WEATHER, BUSINESS, ETC.-The weather
yesterday had come down fully TO It's work,
and made it fearfully unpleasant for out
Door exercise, and had brought nearly
every body to growing point, complain
ing, ''Oh, how hot it is" s-
Business on the lever levee looked more
promising than it has done for several days
past, and the loading steamers will GER
tainly get all they can carry on the water
On the upper landing, shipments TO the
West are very scarce, and almost exclu-
sively confined to railroad iron. The usual
activity is still discernable there in the dis
charging Of steamers loaded with Western
produce.
The river still continues to recede gradu-
ally, and last evening the mark exhibited
thirteen feet nine inches below high water
gauge of 1862.
Freight tariff to Red river has again taken
another sudden fall in Shreveport freights
to new card rates. Jefferson freights re-
main firm at old card rates, and all others
are unchanged.
The arrivals yesterday were the F'leta
from Jefferson, w. ). Pike from Vicksburg,
C. b. Church and Atlantic and harges from
st. Louis. Belle Ida from lower coast, and
Rapidesfrom Grand Ecore.
The departures were the Tidal Wave to
Red river, and Frank Pargoud to Natchez.
We had the pleasure Of meeting Captain
W. Gillen on the streets Yesterday He
Will await the arrival of bis two barges,
which will arrive to-day in tow of the Sher-
man. The barges will be towed by the
Morgan line OF steamships over to Calves
ton next week, whtre Captain Gillen has a
contract for paving the streets with shells.
Yhe Charles B. Church arrived yesterday
from st. Louis with fine load; also had a
barge in tow loaded with -four and Western
produce of all kinds.
We had the pleasure of greeting CaptaiR
A. A. Barnes back here again with his light
draught steamer Fleta. He has been doing
good business with her between Shreve-
port and Jefferson, but the water getting
rather thin for short trips, he concluded to
come down and try through trip. We wish
him success.
One of our steamboatmen has again
called our attention to the manner in which
some of our merchants are attempting to
impose on themein all manners of ways, and
IN this instance the merchant had lot of
apples and onions Consigned to him; he
agreed to receive and pay freight on the
latter article, but the former he refused to
have anything to do WITH because they
were more or less decayed This Is all
wrong, for boats are not accountable for
perishable articles, and merchants should,
in justice, take all such freight off the boats'
hands, and not allow them to be the losers
in such transactions. That is business, and
nothing shorter.
Telegram
SHREVEPORT, August "a.
Leave tonight. Arrive Sunday. Leave
New Orleans Tuesday, positively.
NJ. H. KOUNS,
Captain Steamer Era No 10.
For CAIRO AND ST. LoUIS.-The magnifi-
cent passenger steamer Susie Silver, Captain
Il. W. Shields, Clerk ALT d. Armstrong.
will take her departure this evening at five
o'clock for Memphis, Cairo, St. Louis and
ali way landings: The accommodations of
the Silver are unsurpassed by any boat in
the trade, and her officers are careful and
reliable
For SHREVEPORT AND JEFFBRsoN.-The
light draft steamer C. H. Durfee, Captain
Joseph A. Aiken, Clerk Charles w. Drown,
leaves here this evening at five o'clock for
Shreveport, Jefferson and all way landings
on Red river. The Durfee is Differed By
men who have been well tried and never
found wanting, and her accommodations are
first class.
FoR ST. LoUIs.-The G. B. Church, Cap
tain John ). Patterson, will get under way
again this day, at 5 P. NJ, for Cairo, st.
Louis, and all way landings.
For CAIRO AND ST. LoUIs,-The great
iron steamer John T. Moore viii leave this
day positively, at 5 p M, for Memphis,
Cairo and st. Louis, and will take passen-
gers and freight fer ell wav landings.
Captain w. T. Boardman il in command.
with Walden and Quicksale as clerks. which
IS sufficient guarantee that all viii 90
along smoothly and pleasantly.
For VIcKsBURG.-The w. s. Pike. Can
tain j. j. Brown, clerks the Pvland
brothers, will leave this day, ats P. M., for
vicksburg and the Bends.