The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-11
leaves o-dav Mt |, y. m. for all landings

leaves to-day at D y. IN. 1OT all landings |
on Black and BHuf rivers.
The Assumption will retire from the
coast and Tafourche trade for few
weeks, during which time the lily. Tete
will attend to her business.
The lightning Willie, J. 3. Sullivan,
master, leaves positively at p. m. to-
day for all landings on Bayou Macon,
Tensas and those intermediate on Black
River.
The Ouachita Belle, J. w. Blanks,
master, leaves MS usual at p. IN. to-
morrow for Ouchita City. Trenton, Mon
roe and oil way landings.
The St John is receiving to leave Tor
Baton Rouge at noon to morrow.
Tho regular Wednesday Opelousas
packet st. Mary is receiving, to leave to-
morrow rs usual.
Items of news are rather scarce on
the landing nowadays.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
From the Louisville Courer-Journal. April
and 81
The agony is over and the five chosen
ones to DO the plotting over tho falls are
Pink Varble. Jim Doughcrty, Chris.
Damon, Fred Littcrell and Capt. Lock,
hart. We congratulate the successful
five. and tender our sympathy to the
unsuccessful thirty. The five named
above are good pilots and clever men.
The United States Senator from Ten,
nessee who will probably succeed
Andrew Johnson is Gen. W. u. Bate,
prominent lawyer, a distlngulshe1
soldier and good steamboat clerk OF
the oden time! He began his nautical
career as clerk Of the Saladin, in 1916,
when she was owned by Hon. John Bell,
Of Tennessee. =,
Capt. Lammes' new boat will be
launched from the ways at Barmore s
shp-yard, in Jacksonville, at o'clock
this morning After the launch she Will
be brought over to this side OF tho river,
whore Ainslie, Cochran ~ Co Will put IN
her new machinery. We congratu'a,Ie
Barmore upon his success at boat-buiid-
ing during the winter. The publlc IRE
invited to go over and launch upon inc
new boat.
The G. b. Church got nice lot OF
! freight here yesterday
The Tom Sherlock will pass up to-
| morrow from New Orleans. ,,
Bristow's here Oh! Lordy. Thou
cans't not say did it. ="
A new towboat is being punt at
Grafton, Ill.
Capt. Combs, the oldest steamboat
captain living is ut Hot Springs.
Memphis Avalanche, April 81
The new Grand Republic, the largest
and finest boat that ever Heated, Is an
nounccd to leave st. Louis next oatur-
day. 49,
The Tolle. now on her way down the
river, has $50 bales OF cotton, shipped
frc m ST. Louis on through bill to llV,
orpool. and there are 1900 bales more OF
the same sort ready to go.
From the yicksburg Herald. April 81
The City of Alton, on her recent run
made the round trip from st. LOUIS &c
| New Orleans and return in twelve days
and three hours, which may be sci
down as pretty fair time.
The Anchor Line have Withdrawn
their Memphis boats. and now send only
three boats u week South. all coming
through to Vicksburg. This is done or
account of high water and the dullnesS
OF business.
1t is proposed to give the Bob Lee
good send-olf when she comes up mex
Friday morning on her way to st
Louis to be dismantled.
I'VE thought she was going to Louis
viile-at least that's the way she is al
vertised at this place. REP, DEMOCRAT.
Memphis Avalanche. April 9thl
Capt. Jake Sedan will be in the oftic
of the new Grand Republic, which
leaves st. Louis on her first trip mex
Saturday. The iron steamer Caronde
let has been taken possession OF at st
Louis by the United Strtes Marshal
md will be sold to pay her debts. Capt
Dick Love and associates lose all the
put in her. and the venture to them ha
proven very disastrous. Rates iron
st. Louis to New Orleans are 25c 10
.. flour and 12bc per 100 lbs. Freight
from Cincinnati to New Orleans ar
firm at 20c for bacon, 25c for butter
cheese and other pound lots. SOC 10
! | l. Il fnr ,.hi clr
special TO the Cincinnati Enquirer iron
Pittsburg, on the 9Th says: Samue
Walker, Esq. builder Of over 800 crafts
including the famous j. M, White, is Sc
riously i'll and not expected to recover
Coal shipment to Cincinnati, January
to April /, 1876, 7,48f 900 bushels: sam
time 1873, Gas, 600 bushels.
Capt. Dunlaps towboat Iron Noun
, tain was expected from above. Sh
leaves three barges Of cotton ties here
and has barge Of fire brick for Bayo
Sara also two barges OF railroad iro
for New Orleans. Two bargeS contain
ing 1000 tons Of iron were left near Cair
for the Mississippi Central Road. Th
Robert Mitchell was four days out fror
New Orleans last night, and has tW
hundred tons, forty deck and sixty cabi
people. The Ashland, with one hui
bred and fifty tons and twenty-five pee
pie, was also four days out last night.
The lowlands Of the Alabama rive
below Selma, have been covered b
water, the channel of the river bein
fifty feet deep, and the country is suffe
ing from its effects. There was thirty
: five feet in the Tombigbee at Columbu
+ last week, and all the western bank
overlooked.
STEAMERS LEAVING THIS DAY.
For VICKsBURG.-The peerless Katie
VIM Campbell, master, A. McVa.
clerk, leaves as above at p. m. tO-da,
! in place Of the II. Il. Lee, and will col
e tinue to leave every Tuesday until tn
: new Lee arrives.
a For MACON AND TENsAs. fin
: steamer Willie, J. 3. Sullivan maste
Messrs. James l.. Rollins and Roge
Boyle, clerks, leaves as above at 5 p. n
For BEUF RIVER. The popular packt
: Stella Block, 0. b. Crooks, master, Gal
Block, clerk, leaves as above at 5 p. n
For MACON AND TENsAs. The favorit
w. j. Poitevent, Sam Block, maste
VIM. Guss, clerk, is off positively at 5
m. to-day.