New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-09
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Locai Discrimination Against e:cani
Tonnage


Error REPUBLICAN,
More. saac !. yeas aga t.:e r:::ee had
husiaess With ..ole o: :..e Oldest and bast,"
WHO was then a memoe: 81 tle Committee
@: Seventy. now promInan: as eve the
people. After eransac..nS My business
knowing tina: this sen:!.ulal was largely
Interested .n Gomine:ce-l renta-ed 10 ask
him his opinion Of the commercial condition
o: cur State. lie answered very shortly
:na. we should never hare healthy com.
mecc:ai Stat: 50 :ouS 81 !: Va: ruled by
Republicans.
Now VII. :crr ~ .e:en: paso 0. facts.
wherein :h:s Democratic gentleman has
been Largely :ate-es:eG. when le mas CAIN.
" sa: IL MS chair s. the tune Ot $4,000 a
year anC witnessed the hea:iest blow
a,a!s. the commerce o: tbs pos: OF New or.
Jeans sha: was eve: struck e an eniIghr.
eaei community, wit10u: even raising his
Yo:ce, CIR lending AS influence n 5ehai! of
those who within few years have invested
LARGELY III steamships and raa! estate to
make popular tine between this poc. and
Liverpool. write .: the Mississippi! and
Dom:nlon steamship line. ana Che steam.
sa:p Mississippi which, Il WI! De remem.
be:ei, va, recently gc:ot :colH tue Florida
ree:a.
The aeen: Q: .hs Mississippi. Captain
S:ias Weeks. being a p.act,ca. seaman as
wei. as an efficient agent. :el: II his duty 10
20 20 Florida and use every snGeavor IN
connection with the wyecAe;s 10 get MS
steaine. a.loat: anu before gc!ng he had AZ
interview with the manager ot the Ealette
Dry Dock Comnauv-the only dock ii, New
U1:san: that can ya:5e a ship ot so large a
tonnage. The matter was perfectly under.
s.oo; shat should the Mississippi: ever reach
here she should have the dock a: oa!e:.
After three month. of dangerous and naru
labor putting in q temporary false bottom,
the ship was pumped Out and taken to hey
Wes:, and the manager Of the dry dock
here notified: also. again upon her arr!ya!
at the Sourhwes: Pass: BIZ: apo. reaching
the city !: vas found tha. the steamboat
Creole had previously been docaed. but
would ae out ii Gay or TIVE. No COM.
plain: was made il :ega:G - that, as tne
dock was not expected to lie :d,e for the
reception Of the Mississippi. which ship
might never coma OFT the reefs. But as the
time drew near 20 launch the Creole the
agent o: tie Mississippi was uotitied<hat
the tOwboat Lone Star. the property of
Mr.. Peter Marcy. hac a prior right to the
dock, and would be hauled out aad eXten.
s!veiv overhaIied before the Mississippi.
This. indeed, was bitter. cruel. may
say. wicked transaction. after the desire
shown and expressed by the steamship
agent to prove to lis people across the
ocean :hat they were as capable az this end
OF she route they had chosen, Of repairing
iron h,ilis as quickly and as effectively as at
the other. Besides. he had teiegraphed
the day and date that their ship would be
iocked. and even made an estimate az TO
when they could expect her TO be in order
and atioat, ready for service.
What was to be done: Nothing 0us 20
try and compromise witt. M. Marcy. Bat
al; to no purpose. Three thousand dollars
was offered hin; 20 pu: the Lone Star in
either Of the other docks. buc 10. 1t would
only take eight days to repair her and she
must GO =, and in she went, is there yet,
ard three weeks at least viii: have passed
before she :s ready for launching. and after
she is launched she will doubtless lie Idle
month. In the meantime she steamship
Miss:ssi?p: has lain in the Fourth District
in distress since the eleventh OF last month.
leaking badly. and pumping almost to her
flli pumping capacity. The Leak ,s !laoie
to increase at any time: in fact. the snip
has been unsafe in every pars s.ei1ar SINCE
her acriva! at this port.
For the correctness Of che aScve state.
MEN: al: any one has 20 do IS 20 interview
the captain o: the Mississippi. who can be
seen hourly pacing his quarterback. ana
cursing the tate that turned she prov OF
his ship south instead Of north. and this
80 ouS w AAdut NGS-S Ab"b HNRtS~
every year. and are known to almost every
underwater. ship broker and merchant in
the, city Of New Orleans who claim to have
the Interest of commerce a: heart. ANA
many who claim to Sa ''We. eh: People
are largely interested n the Ialette Dry
Docks and do not even use the:s personal
influence to correct so grave an error.
The Mississippi: is now damaged 70 the
extent OF from 100000 to Sl50,ooo.
! large amount Of which money will ind its
way Snto the homes Of our mechanics anu
! iaborins men in this. our duIlest season: bu;
they need thank none of the Oldest and BEST
Fors were it not on the eve of the hurricane
! MONTHS and great danger Of changing port,
| this steamer would be sent to the banks OF
the Delaware tor repairs, where the enter
! prising man is extended the right hand OF
fellowship. regardless Of race coloe or pre-
\ yIous condition.
In conclusion. would state that IN this
disgracefuls unmerited and unnecessary
orleanso no one that 1--WE. the people
would style carpet-baggers, niggers or re
| p1blicans are in any way responsible Oh
| connected with it.
On the other hand was shown on bcard
| the Mississippi. in wrecking garb, q stal
wart cOiOred man, whom Captain weeks
! informed me was-to use his own words-
the man that saved the ship and CARGO al
valued a: least at $3O0,00O.
IMPROVED REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION Bl
THE SnERIFP.-Ve are requested to cal
| attention to the sales at auction to be made
this day at noon at the Merchants and Auc
tioneers' Exchange, Royal streets by TN
ehoy;r cS <bo no arsI, &c HrIoopr of two lot