The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-18

To travel on, ana mas d corps OF officers than
whom none know better how to do the agreeable.
All Stein commands, Harry Stein clerk.
The tri.weekly coast, Donsldeonville and Ash
land plantation, Ascension parish, side-wheel
steamer Blue Wing No. leaves, to-day promptly
81 10 .. M, ]. A. Comstook In command, Messrs.
Woods, Heno and Dean clerks.
The semi.weekly coast and Baton Rouge
packet 81. John, Frank Bergeron master, J. O.
Bergeron clerk, leaves to-day at 8 p. m.
The Gov. Allen will leave to-day at 3 2. N. for
Bayou Sara and all mail landings. J. j. Brown
master, 9. 9. streck clerk.
The Eureka leaves for the Lafourche to-day at
. p. M, going through to Lockport Capt. y.
ID. Terrebonne commands, Il. A: Darling clerk.
The semi-weskly Bayou Lafourche packet
Henry Tete, J. +. Auccin master, NJ. Fl. Landry
clerk, leaves to-day at 8 p. m.
The Robert Il. Lee will leave tomorrow for
yicksburg and Ill mail landings: Capt VIM.
Campbell In command, Mr.. A. McyAy in the
office. assisted by Capt. John Mossop.
fourcbe packet Assumption, p. A. Oharlet mas
ter. N. u Dupuis and Joe Lagroue clerks, leaves
tomorrow at p. m.
Capt. Joe Dalfares's light draft steamer Ella
ioas sass i through hoelpor Mr. r. Aba
has charge OF The Mice.
The Billy ColitA. M. McSweeney master, ].
Wise clerk, leaves morrow at q. m. from the
head Of Hsrveys nal, for Grand 1ele. return.
The magnificent Grand Republic, W. II. Thor
wegan master, George Mtenberger clerk, leaves
tomorrow for Memphis, Cairo and st. Loui'.
The New Orleans and OuachitA Transportation
flompapys United States mail steamer John Il.
Hanna, j. w. Blanks master, Joe Holmes clerk.
leaves Wednesday, rs usual, for Ouaohi City.
The Lessie Taylor, In place Of the randy No. 2,
II. Il. Broad master, Eug. Qustrevaux clerk,
leaves Wednesday for the Atchsfalsya.
Bmuf River ten day packet Tom Parker. will be
found at the landing this morning receiving, to
leave Wednesday, without fail, Tor Point Jetier-
son and Easons Ferry.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI, June 4-Yellowstone River, Mon.
tans, May 29.-For the information of friends
write you = few lines as local news. The Fam
chon was the first boat of the Davis Il David
son line TO no to the mouth of Tongue river on
the Yellowstone, $50 miles above Fort Buford.
We carried up good cargo and f-ur companies OF
The first 7. :. Infantry, Dol. Lszele commanding.
The Yellowstone has very many swift places In il,
with large rocks, what they call rapids here.
The Fanchon went through them easily. The
current is swift most all the way and re-
quires good power on q steamer TO navigate.
creeks; In one place. one vein Of "a feet on
Custer Creek, the ,osl is said TO be similar
TO Pittsburg GOAL. ! have never seen II, but
did open a mine OF ten feet Of good 'Iignite
coal, which use on the Fanchon. II makes q
very hot FIRE, with not much flame, and burns to
white ashee; no sulphur in it. In this ten-foot
vein there IL twelve inches Of pure camel coal.
This mine s at the waters edge: we dig IL easily
and shovel 10 on the guards. "There will be
millions in IL In time" Last season boats did
not use the coal, they said II was not good but
this boat can burn Il successfully. will locate
this mine II eau. We met the Florence Meyer
yesterday, full OF troops and freight route for
Big Horn river, with q $4,000 trip on her. II
she gets through, We are all right IL the river
keeps up FOR three months 10 say four feet, We
can climb The rapids IL any boat can. We went
up last trip carrying ITO pounds average, at no
time over 135, as there IL nothing but green
cottonwood and driftwood (all cotton)
which we have 70 gather as we can. We
steamed every one Of these rapids without the
aid Of q line, with from 90 to 10 pounds less
steam than the boats that ran In here last sea- |
son: $50 to 200 pounds was common steam last
year, go steamboatmen tell me. I have Msjor |
Dorsey clerk. William Eccles engineer, Tho mas
wheeling men, aud none OF us got any letters |
from home since the I'd OF May. Perhaps our |
friends may read the Commercial and know we |
are now on our second trip to Tongue river with |
all We can carry on the water, drawing 31s feet,
with four feet in the channel, IL no rise, to 10 on
this trip; we will have all we can manage. Capt |
Nichols was much pleased with the river when |
we met him, and will make IL pay we'll, II |
he remains and the river is not too much for him
There is about 16, 600 tons to 20 up the Yellow
stone and Big Horn this season, and none OF the
soate can carry over 400 10 250 tons We have |
just 200 tons on this trip. II will take fast work
to move 30 much freight In three months, as nav
August. we can't run at night, and the river il
new to nsvigstors. I. q. SWEENEY.
LITTLE Il, OK, June l4.--weather cloudy, with |
OF rain. River on stand all day. 1t |
10 generally considered that two-thirds OF the |
,rops along the Arkansas are destroyed.