The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-25

tended during his connection with the New Or
leans Crescent and Bulletin.
THE WEATHER. -The indications are
favorable for rain between this and
morning. In his weather report this
morning "Old Probs' says: The rivers
have risen 6 inches at st. Louis and .
inches ut 81. Joseph, but have elsewhere
remained stationary or fallen.
BUSINESS Was pretty fair along the
river front to-day, and promises TO in
crease before the close Of the day
The Lessie Taylor, having taken the
place Of the Ouachita Belle. viii leave
every Wednesday ut 3 =. m. Tor OuachlM
City. Trenton. Monroe and all landings
on Ouachita and Black rivers.
Ho FOR THE JETTiEs. Our READERS
should not fail to remember that the
Grand Republic leaves Mt u. N. to
morrow for Port Eads; The fare for tho
round trip will be only $40. which in
cludes meals and staterooms. A fine
brass band will be on board
The GRAND KEpuBLIc At 10 O'Clock
yesterday morning this magnificent
specimen OF marine architecture arrived
ut our levee and landed ~ the head Of
POydrGs street. where. from that hour
up to dark, she was visited by thousands
OF our citizens.
The Grand Republic WAS built ut
Mound City, Mo, under the personal
supervision Of her commander, Capt.
w. H. Thorwegan; H. by far the larg ast
and finest steamer ever built to navigate
tho Western waters. The following are
her dimensions. Length of hull $50
feet, breadth Of beam Sc feet inches.
floor 81 feet inches, depth Of hold in
the clear 10 feet 9 inches The cabin OF
this floating palace will have to be seen
to be appreciated. Words would fail to
convey even q faint idea OF its magpill
cence. 1t Is go feet long, 30 feet wide,
and Is feet high Her texas is large and
roomy. She will Accommodate between
300 and 400 cabin passengers, and could
conveniently carry n brigade on decb.
Her state rooms are furnished in stump
tuous style, and the two bridal cham
bers are perfect gems of beauty.
Tho motive power ia seven double
ilued steel boilers, ~ feet long, AZ inches
in diameter, working a pair OF Hartupee
compound engines. which consist Of two
large cylinders, Sc inches in diameter.
and two smaller ones. rs inches in diam
eter. 10 feet stroke.
Her arrangements to subdue fire
should one accidentally occur on board.
are simply perfection itself. From q
dozen parts OF tho boat n number Of
electric wires connect In the engine
room with m instrumcnt-or rather in
dicator put up by tho American Dis
triet Telegraph Company, by which the
engineer on watch can tell Immediately
where the danger lies, and with her inn
menso pumps. which supply pipes lead
ing to all portions Of tho boat, the
threatened spot can tn u minute $ time
be deluged with water. In addition to
this she has mounted on wheels Bah
cock fire extinguishcr, which will bold
over 100 gallons Of acid and has attached
to 1t 600 feet Of hose
Her chimneys are stately and hand
some, being e feet from the hurricane
deck to their tops and ll3 feet from the
water They measure "a inches in di-
ametcr.
The officers are VIM. II. Thorwegan.
master, J. Philo Young, Capt. J. Sedan
and Robt Hall, clerks; Mike Hynes,
first mate, and w. IArkin, second mate !,
J. Douglas and M. Durham, pilots !;
J. w. Hartupee. first engineer. and
James Heard, second engineer; Pat
Carlin, steward; q. Bosse. carpenter.
The Republic brought in fully 5000
tons OF freight and had room for more
It Is calculated that she will store with
ease 5000 bales OF cotton.
Tomorrow this splendid steamer
leaves at a. m. for Port Eads on an ex-
oursion trip, and we expect to see her
leave crowded with passengers. On her
return she will commence receiving for
a return trip to st. Louis.
PERSONAL the passengers by
the Grand Republic were Mr.. O. V.
Shearer OF the Vicksburg Herald, Mr.
Jno. Knapp OF the St. Louis RepubH-
can. Mr.. Jno. II. Carter OF the st. Louis
Times, better known by his nom De
plume Of Commodore Rollingpin. I"
Messrs. Knapp and Garter are accom-
panied by their families.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
VIM. Campbell, master, A. McVay,
ings intermediate at p. m.
INTERCHANGEABLE Robt. Young lin
place Of the st. Nary Is receiving to
leave at p. m. tomorrow for Opelousas
The line packet Col. A. =. Kouns,
Mart Kouns, master, leaves at o'clock
tomorrow evening for Jefferson, Shreve-
port and all way landings.
The regular New Orleans and Baton
Rouge packet st. John is off at noon to-
morrow.
THE RIvER.-As will be seen from the
Geographic reports furnished us by the
Signal Service bureau, the rivers above
rising two DAYS ago, a decline set In
again yesterday, and at Memphis, where
rise was expected two days ago, the
river is stationary, with no probability OF
its rising again soon. Here the river fell
one inch, and has fallen altogethet six
inches within the past week. The Ohio
il falling its entire length; the Cumber-
land, Tennessee, Arkansas and other
streams are low and falling, and there is
no high water to come from any direc-
ton except the Illinois and Missouri,
which will not be felt in the lower Mis-
sissippi especially as the river is falling
at st. Louis and Cairo. From late re-
ports from the Sunflower, Yazoo and
Deer Creek country, we learn that all
reports about foundations in that coun-
try are mere sensations, as no places
along those streams are under water.
Says the Carrollton Conservative:
Eve had the pleasure OF taking trip