New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-18
River intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,,

WEATHER.. Brslykss, FTC.-To describe the
weather of Yesterday : Amos, an utter iiLiossi-
hility, and We a"r almost certain thai the clerk OF
the weather niiIsc.f would ttud II Il dlficult TASK:
In the morning L was as loVrly and pf!gltt as roAid
De wished. and Judging Ivy tine crowded c"ndltlol
O: :ht tlolua.it altS II e beautiful morning WAS ap-
p,,tia-rd. Alas for the .lIlabiiity OF iiuniau I'll
jovments, for a: noon a Wild and ugh wind sr:ans
up. -
strongly .e.t. and Is toe breeze was blowing IL
shore. HE boats thHt were STRIVING 10 .ttrc tie
wharf and those attempting 10 make =. landing
We're al on. t.lnc Ill a pea ll"ns position. Inc Lessee
IayIor, VIII a bg trip of cotton, arrived when The
W nd was al Is height, and she was blown dow
lie river Iutl! AZ one tine II was thought she
would collide with the sf pp!uG below. she slG-
naieU .or a tag, however, and With the ad Of one
Of them she mac, . safe lahding. Tie San NicholIs
also came near collliug with the shipping below
bat she also ha.rt. a .Lg and got safely 4.rGed.
The Fiolic and B..rGock City, TOR the coast, hacked
out tol their destinations after ii severe oattlc.
Late II tie evening it cloIded up and some ram
ttl. business WAS. OF coarse. retarded by the cor
dtiou o. the weather, yet tie wharf presented al
active scene.
The virginia. rem Louisville, came III w!.h I"
good trip. The NItvhrl and GoNcrnor Alien no;n
arrived with tiur cotton trips. Til" Bradien .caL-
soIl lad ii tine ..Igo CT sugar auo Inoias.ts.
Among the departures wcr" u" Barn">k tty
to Grand View Reach. with :" moderate r.:G"
Wade Hampton, 20 Fort Adams, w.th Z li@ut tTlp;
freight: T:ual Wave l-tt tor Jefferson ard >nrev,-
port viii Il MI i.cl@nt As: ant :. is.se L.4ii.Ltr If
TO d., beng the last Of tie weeh. We suppose
W Il I've !. busy ore GA :hc wharf.
The reduction III the Ei."'> O. ro"'. and II" good
stage o. water III tine tributary :-vcIs > !c-
allowing steam UatInta} 1. Ciiai.t" q TX -tt.F
steamers " Ia some show o. lront.
.A.vlceS rom the Tributaries o. IL ono !!vCr
nl.uuncca general / ;. q; ".tel. Red, N-.tIit.
and Arkansas rivers -! Keep AZ @"o- s-"Ee; AIS
Louis The rvtr Is ta''in@. and "~c'-ler cd.
N>,rGA~Eur. l:s*>.-IAe following uspa:CG
tAxpE>. F,rra.iy. 5 ~.
PLe-ys. McCu!ioch L Co. New Orleans.
!cAve his morning with on, tilo-sauG Da.o,
cotton, arrive ca Monday, and ielve "Wednesday
@. It.l-.r tine. ). 'AShi'H.
Captain steamer NARROWER.
MOSES Gibbs, NATE OF tie MID MaEoN,i. Aa-
gwen bonds o: ten Thousand Go..,.Is 20 answer
charges preferred against nm II connection it'll
tAe " L. Arthur atalT. lie viii retain iH> position
on the Wagner.
Boa.du.l. S famous iron steamer John T. M"ore
viii arrive hele from Cincinnati! On Monday neat.
and WI! leave Tor Red river On next "Wednesday.
Her .rg!r,.. ; loo,led t"r with much Interest. as She
i al Object OF much curiosity.
Captain Henry q. Carson. ot the Noliie Able. is
living sick i'll -. Louis with typhoid fever. Captain
anti Captain C..r-ons recovery.
The Northwestern Union Packet Company cleared
I is N) or II" coa} they sent down the OHIO i'll
barge, besides having as much as tlle!r boats
wanted COR their OWL usc. the coal was delivered
III their own boats al eight cents per bishcl. ami a
pant at.rrv"rl sold n points below Memphis at
renuueTa:l,c lllces. They have 4 barge at Mem
phis from wt eA tier steamers are supplied. The
.]cuuie Baldwin took f.om this barge over two
Thousand bushels tt her trIp to White river.
captain k-, 3 lIitehari has resigned command of
The Pit. Cleburne, and creed Walker has assumed
co!umaLd,
Commodore Hou.:z has eight boats in the
Kountz trad. advertised at St. Louis TO receive
freight 1T New Orleans and pittsburs Tor the
mountain district.
The II. Charles has not vet been raised, but srv-
eral ~towboats alc busy engaged i'll pumping her
out, and it IS hoped tHat size viii soon be atio"t
again.
beam, : feet hold, full cabin, l3-inch cylinders. and