New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-15
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY, JUNE l5 1871.
River Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
THURSDAY MORNING, June Is, 1871. }

| THURSDAY MORNING. June Is 1871
WEATHER, BUSINESS. ETC.-It was really &
warm, close and uncomfortable day yester
day, the heat being very oppressive, and
portending more rain soon. Business OIL
the levee was rather dull, but few of the
boats getting much freight, and the passen
ger travel duller than ever known at this
season of the year.
| The arrivals included the Henry Tete
with slim trip, and the Bradish johnson
with fair trip.
The departures were the City of Alton
with good trip of freight and passengers
| to st. Louis; Frank Pargoud, to Ficksburg
with a fair trip; the Maytiower, to Ouachita
with fair trip; the Carrie Converse, to Red
river, with the best trip of the week, and
the Selma, to Opelousas, with apoOr chance
to make any money.
| NATCHEZ AGRoUND.-This steamer, hence
| to New Orleans, loaded to nine and halt
| feet found less water in the channel. We
| learn from the Chester, arrived yesterday,
| the following: At $3.50 A. NJ. Saturday
| came up to the Natchez hard aground at
the second crossing below Wizards, at Ham
burg. Stopped two hours and tried to
shove her off, but did no good. George
RObirds. her pilot, came up to Grand Tower
to procure two coal flats with which TO
tighten the Natchez. She was in the chan
mel, drawing more water than there is in the
river. She will probably have to take a
lighter out to Cairo.
General Belknap, the new Supervising
Inspector at Washington, is thoroughly
practical engineer, and was at one time
foreman of the Novelty machine works in
New York. He built the machinery of
some of the best steamers that land at New
York, and as a successful mechanic and
engineer has no superior. 1t will be graft
IN eft m IN
have an inspector who has served an ap-
premiership, and understands his business.
Commodore William j. kountz arrived
yesterday morning from Pittsburg, and WIS.,
tied Change. He will remain here to see
the lOw-pressure propeller Henry Yaeger.
ST Louis Democrat, 18Th.
Captain John A. Bruner had arrived safe
at St. Louis and taken charge of his packet
Schuyler in the Alton trade.
The Jefferson Times and Republican, of
the sixth instant, SAYS:
1.-THE bayou is still falling, but not very
rapidly. From Saturday up to last eve
ming the decline was only six inches We
now have some fear of back rise. If we
have, look out for high water sure enough"
Captain McLarey of the steamer Hamil-
ton, writes from Fulton, May 81, as fol
lows:
'The river is bank full and rising fast.
Most of the farms are under water The
river is full of drift. | will write when l
get back and give you all the news"
This is sad news indeed. The cotton
crop on the upper river may be considered
pretty well ruined.
Butler county, Missouri. has appropriated
$4,000 to improve Black river, from the Ar
kansas line to Poplar Bluff. They have
been trying to improve Black river for
about twenty years. and haven't done much
Sfafa
$4,000 in 1870 for the same purpose, and
Captain Williams, a well known river
man, had fifty Thousand dollar contract to
clear Black river of Instructions in 1867
PiHsbuYg Gazette.
The st. Louis Republican of the eleventh
says:
The river at this port is stationary Pros
poets for rise are now good. The Missouri
is coming down with heavy rise. Reports
from the upper portion of that stream say
that one OF the greatest floods ever seen in
that quarter is rolling toward the Missis-
sippi. 1t will not materially affect the
river here-that is to say, no apprehension
of an inundation need be entertained The
weather yesterday was excessively hot
The mercury indicated lightweight de-
grees in our Office at half-past six Yesterday.
The landing presented an animated aspect
There were many departures, all OF which
cdrrleu out large cdrgOeS SOutnWaru. food
trips north and west. The upper Mssis-
sippi packets have good passenger trips all
the time. There is not much doing in
freights from the South, especially from
points this side of New Orleans. The levee
was very quiet locality at dark last night.
The wharfage tax question at Memphis
has at last been settled by reducing the tax
to six cents per ton on regular packets
making trip per week, and half that
amount to packets making more than one
trip per week. Transient steamers have
also been considerably reduced.
A telegram from Louisville, of the 8th.
says work was commenced on the canal
this morning by Roach & Bro at the new
locks, just above the mouth. Preparations
for vigorous prosecution of the work this
season are actively going on. The channel
will be closed against the passage of boats
On the 25th of next month.