The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-24
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Tnr WEATHER Clear and pleasant
this morning. the elements threatened
u heavy rain yesterday. but they failed
in their attempt.
BUSINESS. Continues dali and will be
SO for the next sixty or ninety days.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FoH OpELousAs IN Piace of The 81.
MarU - The tins low water passenger
steamer Hobt. Young, w. II. Daniels.
master. j. b. Schmidt, clerk, leaves at 5
p. m for Washington. taking freight
and passengers for all landings on the
Atchafalaya and Bayous Dc4<Ilaizes,
Courtnbleau and Buuf.
/ FoR Bayou MACON AND TENsAs. The
fine sidewheel passenger packet w. J.
poitevent, Jerry u. Sullivan. master,
Messrs. Boyle and Robbins. clerks.
leaves as above at s y. m. She will at,
tend to all Of Capt. Sam Blocks con
tracts on Black river.
Fon RED RIVER. The line packet Col.
a. l.. kouns. Mart Kouns master, |. II.
kouns clerk, leaves ut Il y. nf. for Jcifer-
son. Shreveport and all way landings
She Il u safe. comfortable steamef. and
her commender. Capt. Mart Kouns, has
but few equals In the business.
Fon OuAculTA RIVER. The pretty
Lessie Taylor lin place Of the Ounchita
Belle1. J. w. Blanks master, Joe Holmes
clerk, leaves Mt 5p. m. for Ouachita
City. and NIL landings intermediate on
Onachita and Black rivers
FoR GINcINNArt.-~Th Chas Morgan.
ut s y. m
Fon Orr1ousAs The Bertha, at s y.
m.
LOWER COAST j. L. Frazer. q. Can
ton, master, at 3 p. IN.
MISCELLANEOUS. One Of the clerks OF
u Bayou Macon and Tensas packet is
engaged at present training his hair so
that he ean part it in the middle.
DEPARTURES YESTERDAY. kate for
Vieksburg, Belle of Shreveport for st. |
Louis. r. +. SehenelS for Cincinnati,
Stella Block fdf Bayou Lafourchc, Mary
Ida for Upper Coast, and Waloon and
j. i. Frazer for Lower Coast.
FoR VickaBund AND THE BENDS The
superb Frank Pargoud, J. NJ White,
master, Is receiving at the head Of Canal
street. to leave as above at p. IN. to-
morrow.
The G. II. Durfee Is the next line
packet after the Col. Kouns, leaving
this EVENING" for Red River She leaves
Saturday. 9th inst, at y. m.
The st. John left ut noon to-day for
Baton Rouge withn n fine trip.
For list OF arrivals see marine column. |
The easiest way to get to the Hot |
Springs Is via Shreveport All neces-
sary information can be obtained by |
calling at the office OF the New Orleans |
and Red River Transportation Com
pany, No. III Gravier street.
THE RIvER.-For full particulars OF
the stage Of water in the Mississippi /
and its tributaries, we refer our readers
to the report from the United States
rfr nt hn Il |
of this column.
The Martha and Texas will be sold on
Saturday, 9th instant, at IL o'clock, by
the United States Marshal, ut the Canal
street entrance to the Customhouse.
Capt. VIM. Smith, Of the towboat Oak
land, has challenged the Captain of the
Fred Wilson for Il race from New Or
leans to Louisville.
Capt. Jim White, OF the Frank Par
youd, is going to ta ke a rest for u week
,r two. He is not, however, going to
he Centennial.
One item of the cargo brought In to-
lay by the Atlantic and barges was
4 900 feet OF lumber, which will be used
o complete Capt. O'Pry's new Lower :,
Joast packet, the Isabel
Up to the hour OF closing our report
he Grand Republic had not put in her
appearance.
Lhe Atlantlc brought In one barge 4
30,G33 bushels of corn in
,ulk.
The w. J. Poiteyent will leave to-day i
or Bayou Macon and Tensas, with, by
ar. the best trip that has gone from
his port for those tributaries this
eaSon.
The Billy Collins will run as regular
acket, during the summer, between ;,
bis city and Grand Isle via Harvey's 4
anal. Il
As we close our report 12 m.) the n
respect for a heavy fall Of rain is good. o
FROM OUR EXCHANGES. II
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 21st
lys: 7
''The recent explosion of the Pat Gle 1
urne brings to mind the fact that every II
named after Confederate Gene :, r.
lis, or places in the South made famous q,
Y the war, and built since the war n
lded, have been unfortunate, finan-
ally or otherwise, save one, the excep- Z
on being the Robert e. Lee, which
)at proved success in every particu-
r. Nearly all the boats owned and
,ed by the United States Government
lring the war, and subsequently sold
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