The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-08
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THE WEATHER.-I rained yesterday.
Umbrellas and boots were at q premium.
Tho back streets were nayigablo for
light draft boats last night.
More wetness in store for to-day.
BUSINESS. Couldn't find any yester-
day, but hope to see an improvement to
day
The river rose five inches at Memphis
yesterday.
The prospects are gloomy for planters
in the lowlands Of the Mississippi
Valley.
The New Orleans Pacific Railroad is
not popular among our steamboat
friends.
Those miserable filthy dens still dis
grace the principal crossing leading to
the steamboat landing.
Get your arks ready.
Steamboat stock ought, with such
weather as we had yesterday, to be at a
premium.
For late river kilograms see first page.
For list Of arrivals see marine col
umn.
The Bart Able leaves positively every
Saturday for Grand Ecore.
The Gov. Allen, for Bayou Sara, and
} Hy Tete, for Lafourche, were the only
departures yesterday
The river editor Of the Vicksburg
HeraM has got 'em bad. Ia his report
Of tho 9Th inst he says
George Duncan, Of the New Orleans
DEMOCRAT, is making q humorist Of
himself Better stop it, George There
are too many funny men in the country
already.
And on the following day he speaks
thusly Of the weather:
''Tho weather continues fair and joyous
as maiden's dream, and not a cloudlet
llecks the azure sky Tho golden sun
beams gliSten on the broad bosom Of the
, tranquil Mississippi, and lures from his
abode in its sombre depths tho pensive
terrapin to take his place on a fayorte
log or gambol in the glistening sands
along the shore. and drink the golden
splendor Of the springtime sun. The
, carrOling bullfrog leaps from pond to
pond, and perching gaily on some favor
, ing stump, pours forth in notes of hoars-
, est melody his tribute to the fierce and
glaring sun. At eve, when Luna's sill
, yer rays usurp the day gods reign,
the music Of the roaring waters rushing
DER tho point" is mingled with tad
| poles merry shouts, and all nature
) seems tounite to sing in gladstone tones
, the return Of spring."
Sullivan, we arc sorry for you. that
Memphis trip has certainly had q bad
effect on your brain. Better leave the
weather to Old Probs, Tee, Will Hays
and ''the like Of them"
The Memphis Ardldnche Of the 9Th
instant, speaking Of the 1st Of April
Jokes, gotten off by the press Of this
city, says:
1.-THE New Orleans Bulletin also fooled
the ST Louis RepubHCna man very
neatly by noticing that three steamers
had been chartered to carry excursion
lists free down to South Pass jetties. -
This was one Of our own Jokes and
never appeared in the Bulletin.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For GRAND EcoRE. The splendid new
Bart Able, Dick Sinnott, master, George
G. Hamilton, clerk, the pride Of the Red
River Valley, is receiving this morning
to leave at 5 p. m. to-day, as usual, for
Grand Ecore, Alexandria and all land
ings intermediate.
For V1CKsBURG-TH NATCHEz. This
magnificent floating palace, nnder com
mand Of Capt. Thos. feathers, with that
favorite Vicksburg clerk, Mr. James
Muse, in the office, is receiving at the
head Of Canal street and will leave, rain
vi SIlJf, iO-tldy dJ , -. III. IOT NlCKSDlrp
and landings intermediate.
For OPELoUsAs.-Th Tensas, from
Opelousas, is receiving to leave on re-
turn trip to-day at 5p. m. Capt w.
Burton commands, and Mr. Eugene
I Quatreveaux has the office under his
! supervision.
For BATON ROUGE. The elegant pas
senger packet st. John, T. Bergeron,
master,-J. G. Bergeron, clerk, leaves for
the above and all way landings at 5 D.
m. to-day.
fast passenger packet Assumption, Capt
Joe Dalferes, leaves for all landings on
the above streams and those interme-
date on the coast at 5 p. m. to-day.
For BEUF RIvER.-The Stella Block,
O. b. Crooks, master, Gabe Block, clerk,
leaves positively at p. m. to-day for all
landings on the above stream and those
intermediate on Black river.
For SHREVEPORT - The gilt-edged
Maria Louise, II. J. Brinker, master,
Dolph Grivot, clerk, is the line packet
to-day. leaving at 5 p. m. for the above
and all landings intermediate.
For Macon AND TENsAs. The reliable
packet w. J. Poitevent, Sam Block.
master, VIM. GuSs, clerk, leaves for all
landings on the above streams and Black
For ST. LoUIs-The Hy. G. Yeager.
|. G. Van Hook, master, leaves as above
at 5 p. m.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
TVicksburg Herald, April 81
Very dull on the river front yesterday. /
The Independence was the first steam |
boat to make voyage from Cincinnati /
to New Orleans, consuming eight |
months in her downward and upward /
trips. She was furnished with rudelv I
constructed engine, and was pressed /
into service by Gen. Jackson, comman
der Of the American forces, to assist in
the battle Of New Orleans.
The Chas. Morgan for New Orleans
will pass down to-day.
The river lacks about two feet of being
as high as it was last fall.
Some people think when the river
goes through it will carry Delta with If
From the Memphis Aralanche, April
5th:
The rates from Cincinnati to New Or
leans are 20a25 cents for bacon and pound
ots, IS cents for whisky and so cents for
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