The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-04-30
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warm Yesterday.
BUSINESS Has improved somewhat
since our last iseue We noticed con
siderable activity all day ycsterday
around the gangways OF the Grand Re
| public, Bart Able. g. II. Durfee. Tensas
and St. John; and they all left with
good trips.
The dust along our river front Is be
coming almost intolerable.
The New Orleans and Red River
| Transportation Company have leased
| for term Of years the upper ware
| house In the town Of Alexandria. known
as tho planters" IL will be managed
by Mr.. s. Cullen. in the interest Of the
merchants Of Alexandria aud the plant
ers of Rapides parish This Is II move
| in the right direction.
| IT between this aud Thursday even
| Ing sufficient number Of our citizens
apply to Mr. John Janney, No. 1T Com
mon street. and register themselves for
an excursion to the jetties. Capt. Tom
| Inathprs will make one next Friday
with the great Natchez.
The wet end man of the Pic. has been
presented with u watermelon and is Of
course happy.
Capt. Hy. G. Elliott. n well known
steamboat commander, died at his resi-
dcnco NJ Dayton. KY, on tho 23d inst,
L He hiSSlS5lVIlt tilttt III ITS Illbuldtls1
are falling slowly
We have no Improvement TO note as
regards rates Of freight to the West.
The Grand Republic for st. Louis,
Mary Houston for Louisville. Natchez
for Vicksblrg, Bart Able for Grand
Ecore, G. VI. Durfee for Shreveport, Era
No 10 for BUuf river. st. John for
Baton Rouge, Bastrop for Bayou Bar
tholomew and Tensas for Opelousas
made their departure yesterday.
The Lotus No. 3 is the nextline packet
for jefferson, Shreveport and all way
landings.
Tho Gov Allen will arrive tonight
and leave to- o-mofrow Mt s y. m for Bayou
Sara and all way landings.
We return our thanks to the ditor Of
the Alexandria Democrat for his compli-
mentary remarks in regard to the DEMO
GRAFT and its wet-end reporter.
tTeegram.l
MEMruls, April 2o.-J. u. Woods Il
Co, 1W Common street: Steamer Com
monwealth will arrive Tuesday and
leave for St Louis Thursday, May 1.
THos. w. SHIELDS. Master.
It's scarcely worth saying that the fol-
lowing Is from the Louisville Courier
.Iolgndl:
The bowling tycoon Of the Hiawathas-
Glasgow passed up yesterday with u
full load Of hoop-poles, pumpkins. pigs,
rally. Capt. Tom refined in "Old Sway
back, 3" and turned her loose mp the river,
singing.
Talk about your goose bites
Watch me till YOU die:
All aSk with this old boat
Is nihbie ut the pie.
She's come in the trado to stay.
She will do hpi best
Stand aside and wipe your chin
And then ''ptll down your vest
Our old friend Geo. Converse. who is
at present located in Virginia City, Ne
vada, was heard from by mutual
friend few days ago. In his letter he
says:
"Tell Duncan the only river we have
in this part Of the country is the Car
son, and he would play thunder making
his column interesting il he had 1t to
depend on for items. 1t rises, tho Lord
only knows where, and flows all round
these mountains until it gets tired, and
then skips the camp and runs into the
ground and there's the end of it. 1t Is
not more than three feet anywhere, and
in most places its "mdrk strapped', and
the current is five times us fast as 1t is
over the falls Mt Alexandria. ="
DEPARTURES The Grand Republic for
st. Louis, Natehez for Vicksburg, New
Bart Able for Grand Ecore, c. II. Dur
fee for Shreveport, Josephine for Ten
sas and Macon, Tensas for Opelousas,
st. John for Baton Rouge.
Want Of space prevents us from Civ
ing ut present our usual extracts from
exchanges.
The Willie, from Macon and Tensas,
and Katie, from Vicksburg, will arrive
today.