The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-20

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Tuesday. June 20 1879 IL M
1np undersigned, in assuming charge of the
.ivnr llpnarttnett uf the DAILY DEMOCRAT, re-
apes,f f..ll5 socits from his steamboat friends q
nbtiniiannp uf the pntronnge 90 lberally ex-
ended during hs cnilnection with the New Or
leans Cresrent ard bulletin, arn n,rSn.r
THE WFArBEp. -'Tis said. and truly,
that Tall signs fail In dry weather. the
sky has for tile past ten days shown TIN
mistakable signs OF rain, and yet none
has fallen. The weather during the
day is disagreeably warm to those hav-
ing to exercise outdoors and the dust
OH the landing Is becoming almost ufl-
BuslNFss Has improved since our last
report. This morning we noticed sew.
ersst large shipments OF bagging and
ties brought down to the landing.
MISCELLANEOUS. s.-Capt. John Kouns
has chartered the Carrie A. Thorn to
take the place Of the ill-fated Oriole
Ehe will continue In the trade until the
new Isabel IA completed.
The MollIt' Moore left Cairo yesterday
for this port
The river rose thirteen inches at Mem
phis yesterday
The Thompson Dean left Memphis
for this point on the 18th inst.
The Lotus No. 3 arrived ct Shreve.
The superb Frank Pargoud will be re-
ceiying al the head OF Canal street to-
morrow morning. for Argyle. Vicksburg
and wnv landings. She leaves every
Thursday ali y. m.
The "arunge packet" Robt. Young,
w, II. Daniel, master, j. Il. Schmidt,
clerk. Is receiving to leave at 3 p. m. to-
morrow for Washington, taking freight
and passengers for all landings on the
Coast, Atcliafalaya, and Bayons Des
glaizes and Bnuf. shippers will bear
IN mind tint the Young makes close
connection Rt Simmsport with steamer
Sailie.
ToR vtcEspuRa. The peerless Katie
tin place III the Robt. Il. Leel, VIM.
Campbell master, Messrs. A. MeVay, j..
Libaf,o and Ovid Bell, clerks, leaves for
the above ana all way landings at
o'clock this evening.
DEpARTusEs.- following named
steamers left port yesterday. ny. Tete
| far Ravo,i 1afourche, Gov. Allen for
Bayol Sara, and Wawenock, Carrie A.
| Thorn and j. r. Frazer for Lower Coast.
The line packet COL. A. z. kouns.
Mart Kouns, master, is receiving TO
leave at D o m. tomorrow for Jefferson,
Shreveport and all way landings.
Items Of news are scarce on the land
Ing at presents It's too warm to get uI
any kind III an excitement.
The lightning weekly Ouachita rivei
packet Willie. +. A. Blanks, master, Il
b. Trinidad, clerk, Is receiving to leave
ut 8 D. m. tomorrow, taking freight fol
all landings intermediate between thii
ritv.nnd (t1achitA City,
RicH. THE Memphis drdldnche, O
the 18th, says:
james Thompson clerk on the steamer
Phil. Allin, stopped off OF his boat a
Lacona, Ark, last trip, to stand tria
before d darkey magistrate Tor swim
ming in the river. Some colOred womer
played peep, and told how Indignant
| they felt hence the arrest Of Thompson
and several of his companions, inclid
ing Geo. Ii. Bell. ~
The Carondelet will be towed to thii
city by the Bee.
tShe ST. Louis Times sayes that the let
ters on the wheel-houses Of the John >
Scudder resemble striped stockings.
Work on the new Lower Coast packet
Isabel Is progressing rapidly.
The upper steamboat wharf is fas
going to wreck.
The "Wild Irishman" was busily en-
gaged yesterday. At least we think h
must have been. rs we could not fine
him on the landing.
Want or space precludes the possibil
ity Of our giving full extracts from ex
changes. From this date we will pub
lish daily q condensed report OF TIT
movements OF steamers at the principa
ports on the Mississippi and It's tribu
tAries.