The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-05-18

Glow high water mnrk Of 1871. -.
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Shreveport.......,t.... ~ Il.
St Louis............... ~ II
+Below high water mark q ,s74n,,
Sergeant Signal Service. Z. s. A.
THE WEATutR-Co Continues warm, clear
and dusty on the river front.
BUSINESS = Continues unchanged
there is one consolation II cannot get
much worse than it is ut present.
II is hot work in weather like this to
hunt up items on the front
IN backing out last evening the LESSEE
Taylor fouled with the Jno. A. Scudder
and knocked off several knees from her
larboard side. -,
FoR VIcEsBuRG AND THE BENDS. The
White. master, Curt Holmes, clerk,
leaves for Greenville, Vicksburg and
all way landings at 5 p. m. to-day.
THE Gov. ALLEN-This fine coast
packet is receiving Mt the head OF Gus
tomhouse street She leaves for Bayou
Sara and all way landings at 5 =. IN. to-
morrow.
DEPARTURES. St. John, for Baton
Rouge Geo Spangler, for Attakapas
Frazer. for Lower Coast. Bertha ana
Robt. Young. for Opelousas: Lessie
TAYLOR. for Ouachita Lotus No. 9, for
Red River; J. L. Tolle. for St Louis
and Robert Mitchell, for Cincinnati, left
port yesterday.
The lightning Willie, Captain f. b.
Trinidad, leaves at p. IN. to-day Tor
Camden and all way landings.
Andy Swain is father. It's boy,
and weighs II pounds.
The st. Mary. Fred. Probst, master,
is the next Line packet for Red River.
She is receiving to leave Saturday, goth
inst, at 5 =. m.
4 d., I GnII ~
master. is receiving to leave this even
ing at o'clock for all landings on
Bayou Macon and Tensas.
Capt. O. B. Crooks has chartered the
Josephine and will run her. in place OF
the Stella Block, from this city to BRuf
River.
The Carondelet was sold on the 14th
inst, at st. Louis, for $4,000. The pur-
chaser was Mr.. Jones, OF the coal firm
of Brown 81 Jones. She will be brought
to this city, and used to coal vessels out
side the bar at the mouth OF the river,
also to tighten them over the bar.
The easiest way to get to the Hot
Springs is via Shreveport. All necessary
information can be obtained by calling
at the office OF the New Orleans and
Red River Transportation Company,
No. III Gravier street.
THE RIvER.-For full particulars OF
the stage of water in the Mississippi
and it's tributaries, we refer our readers
to the report ffom the United States
Signal Service Department, at the head
Of this column.
For list of arrivals see marine column
The dust is almost suffocating along
the river front.
The elegant Frank Pargoud is receiv-
Viscksburg and the Bends above.
The Courier journal of the 18th inst
says:
We understand some Of the steam
boat agents here don't like what we sale
about them yesterday. We don care
; whether they like it or not; we are look
ing after the interests OF steamboats,
not agents If agents do things to hur
the interests of steamboats,, well en-
| deavor to stand by the boats. We say
! again, that this unbusiness like manner
. of taking freights for graveyard figures
less than fiatboat rates-merely be
cause rival boats won't hire 'em TO
$ agents. is "cut- throat" game, 'set up
5 to starve boat to death to satisfy ;
, spirit of jealousy and hate. There i
D dignity and character in all kinds o
: business, steamboat agencies as well a
| any other, and, il we "squeaP' about il
!. "let no guilty man escape" We can
De bought uol bluiiou ihoo Shoh'o y
t secrecy.
e The Memphis Ardlanche Of the 1Gt]
] says:
I The Arkansas and White are both yer
u high. but neither are out OF their bank
: and no injury has been reported alOn
). their valleys The planting communit
in the Mississippi bottom below tn
mouth of Arkansas are all natural
uneasy. and fearful that they are t
: stand another flood. The Arkansas an
u White river rise added to that Of tn
. main river places them in great jeC
Q pardv, but whether or not it will b
:, damaging is yet uncertain. 1t is be
lieved, however, that all plantation
= now submerged or any portion OF theI
!, that may be under, will not be cultivate
8 this wear. Business among the steamer
T. has been picking up considerably latel
}, and but for the threatening condition {
;, the water would be quite brisk.
q The Grand Republic made a couple {
y excursions at st. Louis on Sunday las
:, She laid over to await the arrival fror
u Philadelphia of Dom Pedro d 'Alcantart
II a sort Of a South American Empero
e who. lust now, is going about in an oil
: drab hat instead of crown, and Houl
}. ishes bingham umbrella instead OF
u sceptre. Dom is generally reported q
! a trump.
!, The Bart Able from Grand EcOre, an
!, Natchez from Vicksburg, will be n
- ceiving to-morning morning to leave o
y return trips Saturday at 5p. IN.
4 A Portrait of OHenbach
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