The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-17

OFFICE NEw ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Thursduv Morning. February II, 1876

River News.
OFFICE New ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. | |
Thursday Morning. February H. 1876.
THO undersigned In assuming charge OF tho
River Department Of tho DAILY DEMOCRAT, re- |
speetfully solicits from his steamboat friends
continuance Of the patronage SO libernlly OK |
tended during his connection with tho New Dr.
loans Crescent and bulletin. 49,, ,,,,rc.u
N B.-Any communicable s relating, to steam. |
boat matters loft at tho DEMOCRAT office, No. "a
Commercial Place. will meet with prompt aAen-
ton from tho river reporter.
THE WEATHER Yesterday was rs pleasant ms
could be desired ut this point For other places
we refer our readers to
"Obp PRoBs.'
WASHINGTON Feb. ie 1876. l n. IN.
SYNOPSIS ron THE PAST TWENTY -roun HOURS.
The barometer IL very low over Northern
New England and the st. Lawrence Valley.
Brisk and high westerly winds are prevailing
In the Middle States. New England ana Lower
Lake region. with light SHOWS IN last district -,
Clear weather in the remaining districts. with
The rivers have continued falling ut Pittsburg
md Cairo rising 1t Cincinnati. Louisville. Nash
yjjjo and H. Louis; nearly stationary mt Mem
phis. Vicksburg and New Orleans
PROBABILITIES
In The South Atlantic. Now England. Middle
States and South Atlantic States. rising baron
eter. falling temperature. northery to westerly
winds, diminishing IN force. decidedly, cold and
generally e,ear Teatnor w r preE" except
l. In the Gulf Statos, rising or stationary bnrpnl-
c,er, southerly winds. shifting to cold northerly
1 oyoba ah9 ' rsng n on tho coast
In Tonnessoo and Tho Ohio. Upper Mississippi
aud Lower Missouri valleys. rising nnn hi9n
| barometer, cold northery winds. genornlly clonr
| weather and possibly succeeded IN Nepr!ska
| and Dakota by falling barometer. sou'hoastor'y
winds. md slowly rising enpsraInrG n, pi,s
burg, Cairo and Memphis IL. rising Ut Cinc,nnah
and louisville aud nearly stationary ut Vicks-
u uausionary signals continue ut Newport.
Woods Hole, Boston. Thatchor's Island Port
land and Eastport.
| BUSINESS Improved u little Yesterday. ana
several Of tho packets advertised to leave got OIL
with iino trips. amongst thom we noticed par
iicularly the Ouacha Belle ST. Mary and Belle
| Rowland.
DEPARTURES Tho John y. T9e for 81. Louis,
| G n, Church for Cincinnati John Il. Maude and
Inasie Taylor for Grand Ecore. Belle Rowland
| for Mindon .Ouncbitn Belle for Trenton and Mon
roo, st. Mary and Flcta for 0p,.lous,.s, st. John
| for Bayou L,.iourcho and J. r. Frazer for Lower
Coast wore the departures yesterday.
PINE BLUFF, ARK. Feb: i5.-To Hits 4 Carlin .,
n morn;ny an ni daylight. viii arrive Monday
morning and leave Tuesday. 22l ins'ant. Tor al
landings on Arknsns ryer Sp Il yH Will
NAToHEz. Feb ib.-ToJ y. Woods Co los
| Com,non street: Steamer Susie Silver will mr.
rive Thursday and cavs '2r Cincinnati EN- 'na srr
day. ~ ". oliver "its'o''
L. A certain well known steamboat agent, whose
figure is attractive, and who. though he Is on tho
WAYNENe side Of Forty or Ivy sumner n v w"s
down pair Of stairs quicker than ovor ne went
| up one. .a.,ou. T., ,ho advertisement, IF
the independent Bayou Dos Glaizos packet
Frank Willard. which appears IN another
column She will, from and after Saturday next;
make regular weekly trips hctwoen this city ana
| all landings on Bayou dos tilniTrS,
ANOTHER Bro TGIr,-Tho iavorto Mary Belle,
Frank Hicks master nrr'ynm Yesterday con on
sisting principally Of SOFA bsfles cotton. CABS sacks
cotton seed. 2o,2 sucks cotton seed moal, 1916
Still. ANoTmrR.-Tho La Belle. M. N. Wood
| master arrived yesterday from Shreveport with
the NIUE RIBBON trip of the season from Red
River. Her cargo consisted Of 1852 bales cotton.
515 sncks oil cake 100 bbls oil. $50 sacks cotton
seed ie4 head catle and 50 packages sundries.
The regular Bayou Des Glain,s packet Tren,
ton arrived Yesterday with splendid trip, and
is receiving 10 leave on her return trip to-day mt
FOR late river kilograms see first page.
| For arrivals and manifest see marine column.
Red River shippers attention Is called to the
line advertisement
The Ida. r. H.. Mvggah. master. Fred Buck.
clerk leaves for Attakapas and all landings on
the Atcliafalaya, nj y. IN. today.
SINKING OF THE Cry or QUINCY-F1M Inrticu-
lors-From Memphis Ara,nnche. February Is:
The accident occurred about O'Clock Sunday
ahsh rvy Sh nga q" gS sa N.Y. a nit
where the Idewild was lying. and rs before
stated about seventy miles below this city. The
hulllof the City of Quincy WIS badly broken by u
.og or hidden obstruction. and sunk to the bottom
in less than Ave minutes.
The steam whistle of the Quincy was blown in
distress until the fires in the furnaces were
drowned out and there was no more steam. The
passengers and crew swung lanterns vigorously
from all parts Of the sink ing boat and cried pite-
ously for aid. Finally tho wind Gained SO that
the crew Of the Idlewid extric;ttedtlcir steamer.
,ubnr ordered
alongside Of the sunkcn City Of Quincy. to find
that she had swung, around crossways OF the
forward end IA feet ut the stern. and little
bumped amidships, Had she not hung on the
obstruction and settledin the shoal water when
she struck. the chances are that the wreck woult;
have drifted into deep PLACID AND won't out Of
sight. In such event the loss Of life would dsubt-
less have boon great.
THE oUIHcY's cARGo-oTHER FACTS.
From Captain Burke who commanded the
Quincy and who came TO this city on the Idle
wild, the information is obtained that the Quincy
left New Orleans for 81. Louis on Tuesday Of
chiefly for st. Louis. AT the time OF the acct
dent she was LITTLE more lhan ilye days out and
On her nnegeRth day yd frgm st iG2if NJ JAS
was his associate pilot. The passengers, some
thirty In number. Of whom seven were in the
cabin came UP on the Idlewild and went North
esst so%s 20 eh' 81 s sRa L hhs Q,
were also 20 hhds Of sugar for Cairo. %
do. for Chicago and Is hhds cocoanuts for tn @
latter place. The Idlewld took lo5 sacks Of cof-
deck OF the Quincy and landed it here unnurt
Capt. Burke entered protest in Tho city yttst6r-
day. and returned to the Quincy by pne Of our
I. Eckhert Capt. Dugan. was teegraphed to at
Cairo. and is doubtless we'll on her way to the
, scene Of accident. with every prospect favorable
, to getting hGr af,oat within few days The City
, of Quincy Is owned at st. Louis by the David
sons and others. and is about six years old.
THE IDLEwILD's DAMAGES.