The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-26
s1rAMrRs Leaving rms p4y.
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NELSON GDllpM
Sergeant Signal Hnrvi"r. y. y. 4

Sergeant Signal Hervioe. u. y. A.
STEAMERS Leaving rms pay.
Fou BAYOU SAuA IN Pinre If the ".
81 Fihe. The elegant passenger steam.
cr Coy. Allen. j j Brown master.
Mesars Htreck aud Grecn clerks. leaves
for the above aud all wav landinEs ut +
D. N. every Monday and Friday.
FoH Sr. Iorls. Tho Grand Republic
W II. Thorwesnn master, leaves for the
above and way landings ut 1 y. IN.
I,owEH toAsr j. l.. Frazer. q. Cnn-
ton, jr.. master. leaves daily mt , p. m.
STEAMERS LEAVING SATURDAY. NAY ~
Fon GnANp EoonE IIcchiV PdcLht
Tho elegant passenger packet Batt
Able, Dick Siunott. master. Goo. &.
Hamilton. rlert. leaves every Saturday
MT =. m. for Grand Eoore. Alexandria
aud nll way landings.
FoH VtoKspUnG. Every Saturday ut +
D. m. Capt. Tom Leathers backs out his
superior passenger packet. tho great
Naiohe2, for tho above and intermedi
atc landings
Fon Rrp RIVER Lime racket. The
iipo passenger packet 9. II. Durree, w.
Il. Boardman. muster, w. VI. McChos-
ney. clerk, leaves Mt 3 y. m for Jetfer-
son, Shreveport and oil landings inter-
mediate.
Fon BATON RouaE The s. John. +.
Horgcron muster. j. &. BergerOn.
clerk. leaves ut y. IN.
FuH OpEIousAs The Tensas, Eugene
QuntrevoauS, master. leaves as above
every Saturday MT b.p. m.
FoR CAMDEN. Tho Bnstrop. Gus
Hodge. leaves as above every alternate
Saturday.
| The WEATHER rn-Tho fine rainfall Of
yesterday has cooled tho atmosphere,
| laid tho dust. cleaned the CUTTERS. filled
our cisterns and been of great service to
city gardens.
! BUSINESS Promises to be pretty good
during tho rcst Of the week
DEATH or GAIT. BEDFORD. 1t becomes
our painful duty to record the demise Of
this well known md most estimnble
gentleman. which sad event occurred mt
his late residence, No. 100 Euterpe
street, at 3 80 n. m. yesterday. The dc
ceased was prior to the war connected
with the steamboat interest. and filled
humorous POSITIONS Of honor and profit
At tho close OF tho war he entered tho
employ OF Mcssrs. Sinnott 81 Adams.
and remained with the firm until IT, was
dissolved by the death OF its senior
partner. He then engaged in the sta
tionery business In connection with our
lato lnmented friend. Mr.. Duncan
Postlewaithe In November last no
took charge Of tho River department OF
the PicdUn,c. and filled the position
with satisfaction to the Office and It's
river patrons and credit TO himself. His
funeral will take place this evening Mt
o'clock
DEPARTURES The following namod
steamers left port Yesterday. Frank
Pargoud for Grecnville Mary Ida for
Upper Coast and J. Il. Frazer for Lower
Coast.
Capt. Jim White having obtained a
furlough will spend it at his "Old Ken
lucky home" Capt. Burdett Paris will
command the Pargoud during The ab-
senco OF Capt. White.
The easiest way to get TO the Hot
Springs is via Shreveport. All neces-
sary Information can be obtained by |
and Rcd River Transportation Com
pany, No. III Gravier street.
For late arrivals see marine column.
The Martha and Texas will be sold on
9th instant, at IL o'clock, by
tho United States Marshal, mt the Canal
street entrance to the Castomhouse.
The flags OF all the steamers in port
were displayed at half-mast this morn
ing, as u token Of respect to the memory
of Capt Bedford.
We are indebted to the officers OF the
popular Grand Ecore packet Bart Able
for favors.
As we close our report "Old Sol" is
making the steamboat landing rather
warm for the boys.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
A small sized ship came up the river
yesterday and landed below the Ele-
vator She is the property OF Alderman
and Is to be used us n sail boat
hn In ly1, oh. h.,, - t,,I |
proper trim. She's daisy
Freight rates from st. Louis to New
Orleans and Vicksburg are 80 cents per
barrel for flour, and l75 cents per cwt.
'or pound freight. Il Vicksburg Herald,
sd inst
If the Fred Wilson and Oakland run
hat race between here and Pittsburg,
Thursday, we advise people and things
llong. shore to look out for them All {
he Fred wants Is u straight piece Of
liver and clean track
,laying base ball? When they make
: n good catch and are "out on the !
iy." They pull back SO tight that when |
hey are caught out" they make "a
short stop" "a home run" and get
scored
The challenge Of Capt William Smith, q
# the towboat Oakland, to Capt Wash.
'ray or the towbOat Fred. Wilson No 2, !
o test the speed Of their boats, has been :
accepted by the latter, and the race set 9
or the 29th Of May, from Louisville to
cincinnati, for $4,000. The race. II it 5
axes place, comes off next Monday
Already some interest has been awaken c
q here in the proposed run. Bets are g
reely offered on the Oakland by some, +,
With few takers but on the other hand.
here are others who will wager that tho 2
ace will never take place. i
Boys, here's chance for you to make :
ircus money. Hook a eat and take it s.
own to the Glasgow tomorrow and ask d
Or Tom Bolus. He wants.a hundred, =
nd pays quarter piece. He is going 5
> start fiddle-string factory at Tell n
ity. Bring on your cats and get your Il
uarters. Louisville Courier Journal, 8 :
ith inst. :
SOUTHWEST PASS. May "a. 1876. u
o Captain G. W. Howell. Corps Of Engineers. il
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