The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-06
River News.
OFFICE New ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Qundau Mornin0 february 6. 1876.

| OFFICE New ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Sunday Morning, February 9. 1876.
The undersigned. in assuming charge OF tne
River Department OF the DAILY pEMo sna re- q
continuance OF tho patronage SO HbeTally 6 ex-
tended during his connection with the New Dr.
leans o,s'0'''' anu :. 1'""'' GEO. J. DUNCAN.
THE WEATHER-Ye Yesterday was all that even
the most fastidious could have desired 1t was
good for shippers and also for those OF our river
friends who attend the matinees
| WASHINGTON. Feb. g.
SYNOPSIS FOR THE PAST TWENTY HOURS.
The diminished pressure last night. in the
| lower lake region has disappeared over the duif
| If 81. lawrence; that on the Central Gulf coast,
aSsyDna d t Eo aa a rsn ou MSaGa
snow thence to the lower lakes and New Eng
land. o,o, =
weather is now prevailing, except falling barom-
eter. rising temperature south 70 east wlnus
and Increasing IN M and
| The Mississippi river has risen four inches at
vicksburg. five inches at Memphis and twenty
| seven at Davenport.
In the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States.
eoS and Clear or partly cloudy
weather will prevail with high followed by fai-
| ing barometer.
Lake region. falling barometer. eastcrly to
southerly Winds rising temperature, and clear
or partly cloudy weather. with occasional snow
I'm the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys. low barometer. east to south Winds. RS,
| ing temperature and increasing cloud1ness ana
| snow, turning into rain In the southern por-
| tons.
barometer, northwesterly winds shifting TO cas-
| terly and southerly, colder and clear or partly
cloudy weather. succeeded In the first section by
The Mississppi will continue slowly rising at
Memphis and vicksbdrg where it is approach
| ing the danger line.
| T. If the present weather continues 1t will be
satisfactory to all concerned.s
g. II the Ca4onieus stays, where she IS at
present the United States will be liable Tor dam
j. There will be war next week. or we are mis-
taken in the specks which at present are visible
| on the horizon.
"The Cannon Cuss" is the way steamboat
men pronounce the name OF the monitor now
| anchored in front OF the CITY,
| BUsINEss-Was brisk on the landing yester-
day. particularly on the lower landing All the
packets advertised in tho DEMOCRAT left with
| good trips; one or two who ignored the exist
ence Of this paper were not so well OIL.
| The last we saw of the Fanny Tatum she was
going over the river in tow Of tugboat.
| ATTENTrON.-The police authorities should
have those gambling dens and barrel houses on
Canal street. between Front and Wells streets.
Closed lmmcHlaLcly. CupttbIu LOttIl, mere ID IL
chance for you to distinguish yourself.
For list Of arrivals and manifests see marine
| column.
| Late Vicksburg kilograms will be found on our
| first page.
DEPARTURES following named steamers
| left port yesterday: Natchez for vicksburg.
| Grand Ecore. St. John for Lafourche, .Lessie
| Taylor for Ouachita City,. Assumption for La
fourche, 7; +. Frazer and Martha for Lower
| for Shreveport Fanchon for Camden and ThoS.
Sherlock for Cincinnati.
by Telegraph
SHREVEPORT, Feb. 4, 1876.
Lotus s left got nothing here. Bonnie Lee will
go through with her upper river trig ,
v1cKsBuEa. Feb. 5. 1876.
J. =. Woods & Co., 1O4 Common street:
Steamer james Howard will arrive Monday
morning, and leave for st. Louis Wednesday
evening b. IL. PEGRAM, Master.
To THE PoLIcE.-Let those negro bunko dens
and drinking booths on the walk leading to the
Canal street ferry landing be suppressed at once.
or their fate will be determined by parties most
Interested.
This reporter yesterday saw an honest, hard
working white man refused the privilege OF saw
ing for fifty cents a half cord of wood and the
contract was given to negro for the same price.
This is not exactly river news. but as 1t made
aquatic.
From the vicksburg Herald. Feb. 81
When Professor Paul Boynton was swimming
around in the river. he was accompanied lat
portcrs of the Future City, and now the country
begins to wonder why Paul and the w. Els
have done a service to the country by ali going
down to the bottom together. as the sayin' is. to
sink no more.
We have no wish to precipitate an exodus of
young men from Vicksburg. but our duty as
Journalist makes 1t imperative that we should
publish the news and here is piece Of it: In
India IT is customary for parents to pay men to
marry their daughters"
Wonder if the Delta people, who are trying to
nitrogycerine explosions. know. that they are
guilty Of felOniOus conduct. for which they can,
# convicted. be made to suffer very heavily? Not
that we care straw whether the cutoff makes
or not. but we hate to see people place them
selves in such box by trying to force the thing.
We understand that when Joe Stack makes his
promised voyage In balloon made Of cotton
seed sacks collection will be taken up from the
crowd to assist in defraying the expenses;
siderably. and the inhabitants OF De Soto are
preparing to emigrate.
STEAMERS LEAVING MONDAY.
Fon THE gESpsmThe peerless Katie under
and all town and plantation landings intermodi-
@ in the ade and I'd has ong
been u favorite with both shippers and passen-
gers,
Fon LOWER CoAsr-The J. +. Frazer. o. Can
ton, Jr., master, leaves daily ut 3 D. m. for all
landings down to the Belair plantation.
For LoBDEIL's STORE AND BATON RoUaE.-The
elegant B. L. Hodge. J. p. McElroy master
leaves for the above and all coast and plantation
landings intermediate every Monday at D. m.
and Friday at - q. M. Mr. Z. o. Melancon. No.
80 Cont street. is heragent.
THE RED RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
The packets Of this line will leave this week as
follows: G. II. Durfee for Shreveport. Friday;
Lotus No. 8 for Jefferson. Thursday; and Maria
Louise for Shreveport on Saturday, Shippers
can rely upon the steamers OF this line leaving
as advertised.
MA DINE NEXAIS