The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-02

due tomorrow from Opelousas. She
leaves on Wednesday.
II Th he sidewheei packet w. >. Polite
vent, Joe Walker, master, dabe Block
clerk. leaves at D b. IN. Monday for oil
landings on Teusas river and Bayou
Macon. Messrs. Hfte q Carlin and Lord
II MePeake are her agents.
THE New GOLDEN RutE. The Old
Golden Rule was hard to keep amongst
almost all classes Of mankind, but we
tr,,st That we shall never have an occa-
sion to report any steamboatfnen
breaking the new one for she 10 rs pref.
ty as n pink and no mistake. We paid
her visit on her arrival, and can truly
say that there Is nothing wanting about
her TINT goes to make up n perfect
steamboat. From an extended notice
in the Cincinnati Gazette OF Dec. ID, we
make the following extract In regard to
this new candidate for public favor
built by the Marine Hallway and Dry
Dock Company, and Is such " piece OF
work Us only that company Is in the
hnIjt ri turning out. Tho machinery
il by 6. r. Dumont, and Is I'll new, md
believcd to be perfect. The boilers
were made by Mcilvaino Il bpeigel. The
blacksmithiDg was done ut tho shops OF
J. White ~ Go. Tho cabin was built ny
Elias Ehler, ind Is supplied with furnl..
ture by Mcader u 90. with carpets ana
notwithstanding by John Shillito ~ 90.
The paipting throughout Is artistic. and
was done by u. j. Williams. Table
ware was supplied by Tice Il Hunt
inptop. and tinware by h. q. VanDuzen.
Hrhjs steamer, sidewhoel In every
thing. except that the wheel Is behind,
will be thrown open TO the public to-
morrow. As visitors pass through hor
tasteful cabin TO tho rear. their eyes
win read tho motto from which she
takes her name: Whatsoever ye would
that men should do to YOU. do yo oven
SO to them.
''Wo here subjoin tho names Of the
officers Commander, Capt. Oliver L.
Shinkle. clerks, WIN. Shaw md Albert
Shjnkle. steward, Pat. Gary. mate.
Greene Bundorant pilots, Bryson Pur-
cell and Marion Purcell; engineers,
Ervin Fox and David Peak. Willis Nc
Culloeh prcsides Mt tho bar
At p. m. Monday, the 3d inst, siic
backs out on her maiden voyage up tho
river. and we trust that she may be Us
well patropized MS she deserves.
FROM DUN EXCHANGES.
The Louisville ConriT-JoWnai OF
Dec. 30, says:
Tho &. u. Church leaves here next
Sunday for New Orleans.
CAPT. Billy Brown has bought the Joe
Bigley NJ Pittsburg.
The Mary Miller. Mipneola, now the
Fort Gibson all sunk. Nextl
Tho time is almost ut hand when q
man will write ''ts7b," say damn 1t,
rub out tho ''5" with his fOreflner, suck
his finger clean, tear up tho sheet, do 1t
all over again, kick the cat out OF the
office, tramp In the wrste basket, upset
the stool. turn over the inkstand, get u
fresh sheet, and do the same thing over
again. \, :.
preacher, of Portage, Wis, has pur-
chased steamboat, in which he travels
up and down the Wisconsin river, hold
ing revival meetings vt every landing.
Tho Tom Sherlock leaves Tor New Or
leans at 10 o'clock this morning.
The General Morrielles, Ben Lyle on
the roof, will leave for Cincinnati ut .
o'clock to-day
From the ST. Louis Republican OF Dec.
30:
The Grand Lake leaves for New Or.
leans Mt daylight with . bargcs ana u
lighter Jake Cox and 10. Bryan, pilots.
The st. Joseph was loaded TO 8 feet.
Lem. Gray and Mike Kelly, pilots.
The favorite New Orleans packet Jno.
A. Scudder. will leave tomorrow even.
ing. Capt. s. A. Toms. OF the Grand
Lake, was married last evening to Miss
Lizzie Constance, of Carondelet. The
happy pair will make the bridal trip TO
New Orleans on the captains last ana
fine tow-boat. The ceremony was per.
formed In Carondelet in the presence OF
n number of friends.
The lost Minneola was built ut Par
kersbtru, Va, December, 1864. and ut
the time OF the accident WIS bound to
Memphis. Her dimensions were {:
Length 156 feet; beam, 37l feet: depth
Of hold Cd feet; and u carrying capacity
OF 600 tons. Her machinery was new
with the boat, and consisted Of two
boilers 46 inches in diameter, and % feet
stroke. Her original owners were Jos.
Gould q Bros. and II. Logan, Of Par.
kersburg. Her ownership was invested
at the time of tho disaster In the names
OF Capt. JAS =. Wise, onc-half; Capt.
Jno. N. Skunk and Tiff. Strider, one
quarter each. Capt. Skunk was her
master and Strider chief clerk. She
is insured for $4,000; $1,000 each In tho
Eureka, Farmers and Enterprise Of
Cincinnati and Globe OF Chicago.
A writer I'm the Cincinnati Times says
that the Livingston, built at the mouth.
Of Smithland In 1926, was the first stern
wheel steamboat ever built.
The river fell inch in "a hours Fair
stage Of water to Cairo for partially
loaded Now Orleans packets, and chan
mel improving after tho usual manner.
Good water IN the Illinois and Missouri
and to Keokuk. Big water ut every
point in the Ohio. The rise In the Ar
kansas stopped short too suddenly for
the necessities Of the planters, shippers
and others along It's banks. Weather
here pleasant, and river business Is but
a ghost Of what II will be In spring.