The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-05

heavily for. the benefits they receive
and II the "Harbor" ia to be made sub
ordinate to the First Precinct, then they |
will have paid In vain. Cut your ex-
penscs somewhere else, Messrs. Com
missioners, but spare the Harbor.
Business is, we are compelled to say,
still extremely dull on the river front.
For late river kilograms see first page.
List OF arrivals will be found In our
marine column.
THE II. q. LEE.-Last evening this
Inc steamer left on her last trip as q
regular New Orleans and Vicksburg
packet. She leaves on Wednesday next,
18th inst, for Louisville, where she will
be dismantled and her powerful 40 inch
cylinders transferred to the splendid new
steamer now building by the Messrs.
Towards of New Albany, Ind. Fare
we'll TO the Robert, and may her success
sor, which will bear the same historic
name, prove herself worthy or the
honors laid aside by her predecessor.
The II. ". Lee leaves for Louisville on
Wednesday. April IL, at p. m.
The peerless Katie. with the Lees
officers in charge, will leave on Tuesday,
April II, ut 5 p. m, for Vicksburg and
all landings intermediate, and every
Tuesday thereafter until the new II. Il.
Lee arrives from Louisville.
L ~.
Ashland for Cincinnati, Assumption for
Bayou Lafourcbe.
by Telegraph
vIcKsBunG, April 4, 1876. To j. 3.
Woods Il Co.. 1Ol Common street:
Steamer II. G. Yeager will arrive Thurs
day evening and leave for st. Louis
Saturday the Sth.
J. G. VAN Hook, Master.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
FoR BATON RouoF. The fine side
wheel passenger packet st. John, +.
Bergeron master, J. G. Bergeron clerk,
leaves for the above and all way land
ings at noon.
FoR OpELoUsAs.-Th elegant passen-
ger packet st. Mary, Fred Probst mas
ter, J. u. Schmidt, clerk, leaves for
Washington and all landings interme
date on the Atchafalaya, Bayous Bnuf
and Courtableau Mt y. IN.
For OUAcHrTA Cry. The elegant Qua
chita Belle, Jack Blanks, master, Joe
Holmes, clerk, leaves for the above and
all landings intermediate on Black and
Ouachita rivers Mt p: m.
| For BEuF RIvER-The Stella Block,
O. Il. Crooks, master, and our genial
friend Gabe Block, clerk. leaves at 5
?; m. to-day for all landings on the
| FOX MAtDN AND IENSAS. - tlS NIL
! con and Tensas packet w. !. Poitevent,
Sam Block, master, VIM. Guss, clerk.
is receiving to leave Wednesday at 5
p. IN. on her return trip.
For RED RIvER.-The line packet G. II.
Durfee, Billy Boardman master, is re-
eeiving to leave for jefferson, Shreve-
port and all way landings ut 5 p m. to-
day.
MISCELLANEOUS. Items scarce on the
river front.
Barrel houses on Canal street still in
full blast.
Every Cincinnati packet brings in
large consignments of coal oil.
When, oh when, shall we be able to
get to the Canal street ferry landing
without being forced to shove our way
through hundred or two greasy loafers
white and black
Won't some charitable person have the
banquet on Canal street, between Front
and Wells, repaired or creased with
mercurial ointment. One or the other
should be done at once.
The favorite Grange packet st. Mary
Fred Probst master. J. b. Schmidt clerk
leaves at p. m. every Wednesday fol
Washington, taking freight for all land
ings on the Atchafalaya and Bayous
BGuf and OeS GlaiZes.
We heard one of our river friends
quarreling with Chinaman who does
his washing. and after exbausting his
vocabulary of oaths, wound up by call
ing All Sin d-n Celestial thief.
This was more than the Acknowledged
citizen could bear. and he departed with
an air of injured innocence and boot
in close proximity to the end Of his
queue.
In consequence of the failure of the
Western mail we are without our usua
extracts from exchanges this morning.
The gilt-edged Maria Louise arrived
yesterday and will leave on Saturday
next for Shreveport and all way land
ings.
Gone where the woodbine twineth-
our river business.
Andy Swain still holds the Maria
Louise down.