The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-02


TIE WEATHER-Ye Yesterday was clear and warn
| at this point For further particulars see
OLD PROPS.
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
Wednesday, March L. 1876. a. IN.
SYNOPSIS For THE PAST TwLETY-FoUR HOURS.
The barometer remains high over the LAX,
the latter, but cloudy over the Lakes,
The winds have veered TO- south and east IN
the southwest Ohio and Mississippi valleys
, with falling barometer and increasing cloud
ness. attending new storm centre in Kansas,
Clear weather continues with light winds In
the South Atlantic States.
| The barometer has risen on the Pacific coast
The rivers have risen at Davenport. Pittsbure
and Augusta. but fallen at Cincinnati and Cairo
| PRoDAB1IITIEs.
For Wednesday, in the South Atlantic States
rising followed by stationary barometer. colder
northsasterly winds and clear weather. For the
Gulf States. Tennessee and Ohio Valley. falling
barometer, warmer southeast winds, ncretls
ing coudiness. and possibly light rains. For
the Lower Misssssippi Valley falling baromee-
tending q storm centre. ana possibly followed d
by colder northwest winds and rising barome-
For the Upper Mississippi and Upper Lake
region. stationary or rising followed by falling
barometer. northwest winds. colder. cloudy
| For tho Lower Lakes. rising barometer north
and west winds, cloudy weather and stationary
For tho Middle and Eastern States. rlsin, or
4 stationary barometer and temperature, light
Il winds shifting to easterly. partly cloudy or clear
The Upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers will
rise slightly 3 NJ 'E
BUSINESS brisk on the landing yes,tcr-
day. and of the twenty boats that left port not
one oil them had losing trip. ts.
The Robert Young had her smoke stack, es-
cape pipes and hull painted red yesterday She
now looks like sine was in for war.
/ OBITUAHY.- I'VE were panied yesterday tOlearn
nots! % last S She died al in s2 fss city
the family burying grounds in the parish Of st
James for interment. We tender to the family
Of this most estimable lady our sincere condo
enco In this the hour of their sad bereavement
81 by Teiegraphl
| MEMPHIS. March L. ls76.--To J. b. Woods q
| Co, 1O4 Common street: Steamer James Howard
| wifi arrive Friday and leave for ST. Louis Mon,
NAroHEz, March To j. B. Woods L Co: The
| Glencoe will arrive Thursday. and leave for st.
LOUIS Saturday. JOHN I. MoOoRp. master
We had the pleasure Yesterday, evening of
verse, now located in Virginia City. Nevada.
from which we make the following extract. "On
the principal street in this city, for about The dis
lance on the levee from Canal street to Thaia
Keno and one church Al h HeS o except
the Ella, last mentiene G are making money
left port, YESTERDAY. Jno. A: Seudder for St
Louis, Chas., Morgan for Cincinnati John d.
y, Leo for Vieksbufg Col. Kouns for Jefferson
shannon for ONfchita river. Ouachita Belle for
0naehta City bertha for Opel2usss, Trenton
Laionrehe, B. I; Hodge and Hy. Tete for Upper
Coast, Ida fOrAttakapas, Wawenock j. f. Frazer
and Martha for Lower Coast.
river kilograms.
For list Of arrivals and manifests see marine
column.
We refer our readers to the advertisement Of
the Red River and New OIleans Transportation
Company. shippers can rely upon the packets
advertised therein leaving on time.
The Glencoe. Captain Calhoun. leaves Satur- |
and viii DO followed on Monday. 9Th inst A''''''
tlack with people, and YET the city Is still crowd
ed many staying overto see out gallant fire boys |
parade on Saturday night. -"
Will Hays, of the Louisville Co,rie,'-.Jomnal. |
Gsp ERE ss his s ass aKsae fear
they will be SO, seryiceable and practical that |
they will cause the channel to cut out so deep as |
then some souless railway corporation will |
will you be. steamboat felers2r
The same paper also has the following:
The Thomas Sherlock's cabin this trip is or
namontod with handsomely framed series of /
meeting OF Excelsior Lodge No. 800 f. and A. NJ, /
Of Cincinnati, expressive Of thanks to the Lou
siana Relief Lodge No I, Of New Orleans for
John r. Ferrard who was lost at nc y time Il the
Ferrard w msr e. # he NM NJ
cesior Lodge The resolutions are to he pre-
sented e the Louisiana Lodge on tho arrival of
the Sherlock mt New Orleans"
1t was awful dusty on the landing yesterday. |
gentle shower OF several hours duration or u
good hard rain for fifteen minutes, would be
very acceptable to all parties having business on
the river front.
The following description of the Ill fated Mary
Bell taken from the Cincinnati Commercial of
the 2Sth ult. will DO read. no doubt. with interest
by all:
The hull Of the Mary Boil was built at Metrop
,IyG nfN1a Inv (tttt, a,,I
u p. m. on the 10th of July. 1875, towed to st,
Louis, and there completed. She left st. Louis
for New Orleans on her first trip October l6. 1875.
from st. Louis, having been detained by ground
.nng on the bars between 81. Louis and Cairo. tho
enth trip to New Orleans from Memphis when
she burned at vicksburg yesterday. She left
Memphis last Wednesday with 1000 bales Of cot. !
She had increased her cargo to 5000 bales of cot
on on arriving at vicksburg, aud her cabin
1t s fortunate she did not burn under way in
he night. q the loss of life would have been de-
1lorable. The boat cargo, baggage and valua-
mount to over half a million dollars The in
aSsar on the cargo viii fall 1eayy on the
Tbere 3 no and Anew Orleans
dary Bell in Cincinnati Offices. The extreme :
ength Of the Mary Bells hull was sss feet, :
I'd! to this q sheer Of feet from amidships fore
md aft and a guard 10 feet all around. then (
ONE 1dea OF the proportions of this gigantic Z
essel may be formed. There are 800 floors in :
he boat, by II inches. one main keelson 10 bv i
inches two bilge keelsons s by IA inches. four
lamps, Tour pointers, and fourteen floor | 4
trcaks: The bottom and knuclle plank are y
I've inches thick. and from fifty TO seventy feet i
ong. In the construction Of this boat over n <
million feet Of water-seasoned oak Yves used. -
nd seventy five thousand feet Of Florida nine h
in laying the main deck besides | i
reat quantity Of other kinds of timber. +
For faSten1ngS, over one hundred tons of iron i
Tere used. thirteen thousand drift bolts driven a
esides nails innumerable Her tonnage is esti Z,
lated at $500 tons, storage capacity 10000 bales 9
cotton. Draft, aft, feet; forward 3 feet She -
ad battery OF eight steel boilers made in St w
'ouis, out OF Burgess stoe! Of Portsmouth, Ohio "
le steel having three times the tensile strength 10
| iron. thus assuring entire immunity from ex- ~
losion. Tho cylinders. out Of the Belle Lee. FL
ere 30 inches In diameter, with feet stroke L
he Mary Bell carried into New Orleans the HI
rgest cargo Of cotton and cotton seed on re- u
,rd-equivalentto over 1880 bales. She was "
amed after the estimable wife of Capt jesse K. "
ell. of New Orleans. The telegram from Vicks- N
lrg estimates the Mary Bells value at 500 900 y
ne cost over $125,OO0. There is only one "a
Gamer on the Mississippi that can f1ll the Mary -
elTs place-the big james Howard now pIvjn9 U,
tween st. Louis and New Orleans. At prn-
ut the Thompson Dean has the field to her n
IT, IT, W. w 40 "a
: STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY n
For OPELoUsAs-The elegant ST. Mary Fred 4,
'obst. master. j. B. Schmidt. clerk, having II
or laid In order to accommodate number Of "
! ppers. leaves at ?, m. to-day for Washing Sc
and all way landings and will return In II
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