The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-06
srrA ,frns LEAVING This DAY.

FsoR SHREVEPORT. The G. II. Duffee,
n L. lee. master, leaves at p. IN. for
the above and landings intermediate.
!. For ST.. LouIs.-lThe Commonwealth,
Capt. Vim. Thompson, leaves at p m.
for the above and way points.
For CINCINNATI. The new iron steamer
Carondelet leaves at 8 y. m. to-day Tor
the above and all way landings on her
maiden tip. She Is q home built boat
and we hope to see her well patronized.
Her officers are w. y. Love, master
engineer. and robert H. Kirkpatrick,
pilot. she Is receiving at the head OF
| drawer street, and is well worthy OF o
visit. Messrs Douglas Il Winburn, No.
So Natchez street, are her agents.
FoR LOWER COAST. The j. i; Frazer,
O. Canton. Jr., master, leaves daily at !
u. IN. for all landings down to the Bclair
plantation.
The Willie, Capt. II. y. Trinidad In
command, Tom Knee, clerk, will leave
for Point Pleasant and oil landings in
termedate on Bayou Bartholomew, ut
s u. m. to-day
Fon ST. LOUIS. Tho Commonwealth,
VIM. Thompson, master, leaves as
above Mt p. m. to-day.
The Kate Kinney arrived ut Camden
Yesterday morning
The Ouachita river was II feet and
rising at Camden yesterday.
News items were rather scarce on the
landing Yesterday.
The cotton seed men deserve credit
for the manner in which they have
cleared tho upper and lower landings
of seed yesterday and day before. Let
the good work go on.
The AttalSapas packet Ida Is good
boat Her hull Is staunch and her cabin
would be nrst-class, were there not quite
50 many JTaLcrs and Lions travelling
over the splendid carpet which graces
its floor.
The Clarksville, from St. Martinsvillc
and II. Il. Briarly, from Shreveport, are
among the boats due to-day.
The New Bart Able will arrive to-day
and leave Saturday at 5 p. M, as usual
for Grand Ecoro and all way landings,
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
u.oniavillo Courier Journal, gd.l
The river has fallen inches during the
past "a hours, and it was falling last
evening, with 81 fect inches in the
canal and 10 feet inches i'm the chute
on the falls. II will continue to fall
now for some time. Business moder-
ately good. The weather was clear and
pleasant through the day and evening
The Idlewild and Illinois, riva
packets in the Memphis and Chicot
City trade. INDUCED in a little race the
other day, and the Idlewild "cloanec
her out beautifully" The Memphis
run was had, however, both boats land
ing at Helena. where each cleaned out
furnaces aud built low fires for good
time below. The IdlewiId swung hel
stern up stream upon landing al
Helena, and the sight of these rival fleet
packets attracted hundreds Of citizens
TO the banks of the river. All was now
ready, and something was to come OF 1t
The Illinois, backing out, straighteneo
fifty yards in advance, when the Idle
wild cut loose and passed the former In
eight minutes before she reached Delta
reaching there, Friar's Point and Chicot
ahead Of her swift rival This was q
brilliant victory, and enthused the en-
tire crew of the Jdlewild, the negro
deck hands being SO much elated that
i thcy climbed the jaokstaff and Kissed
the negro figure head thereon, one ol
| them being anxious to engage in u Sc
ries Of gymnastics upon the dangerous
pole"
The beautiful Charles Morgan ar
rived from New Orleans yesterday
morning, and proceeded to Cincinnati
at noon.
from the st, Louis Republican. Jan 81
River will rise few inches more. AL
the upper rivers have risen. Western
Kansas IL flooded with extraordinary
rains. Weather pleasant, BUSINESS has
an animated prospect for this week.
A telegram from Shreveport says the
Sandy has been sold to Hamilton Il Go.
and left for Fulton, Capt. Ball in com
mand. On Saturday, Arkansas river al
Little Rock feet 3, and falling. The
Kittie Hegler went down ut 10 u. m. and
the Nellie Peck was ut Dardanelle. The
Kate Z, Kountz was at the Bluff on hel
way out.