The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-22

leaves to- hy at 10 q. m. ]. a. Oomstock In COM
m And. Mle,ssrs; Wood and Dean clerks. :. .
landings. J. ?. McElroy in command L. T.
Desahoussaye clerk.
r, The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov; Allen. J. J. Brown master, s. s. Streck
'gT FIX Rasie 1oHay nj p M Tor Bay9p sat
and All Grissom clerks, leaves to-day ut 8 y.
m: for Vieksburg and all bend landings to Arka-
The M. /. line steamer Mary Ida is receiving
to leave tomorrow at 10 u. III. for the coast
mand.
The Henry Tote, J. T. Aucoin master. M. II.
the coast and Dona dsonville.
The new steamer Alvin. W. II. scove master,
leaves tomorrow at 10 80 o. IN. promptly for the
lower coast to the Quarantine Station.
=, Tho lower coast United States mail packet
Martha. W : Bassett master, leaves tomorrow
The Robert T.. Lee will leave to- morrow for
vicksburg and oil mail landings, Capt. Wm.
Campbell In command. A. Mcyny In the office.
ton Company's steamer Willie u. A. Blanks in
command. leaves tomorrow at & .. III. for the
Blaek and Qna"hita rivers through to Ouaehita
City. The Willie has Just been put in fine repair
The Big Sunflower. A. p. Trousdale master.
j. b. Schmit clerk, leaves to morrow. positively,
at p. M. for the Atchafalaya through to Wash
Exchange Clippings.
ISt Louis Republican, October 49,
The river rose three inches yesterday, Tho
rain continued nj most constantly for thirty six
hours. Heavy rain fell also along all the upper
rivers. AMI steamers now reach st. Paul with
cargOeS.
- Business is still quiet here. but shipments to
New Orleans should increase, as rail rates to
New York have been advanced.
Capt Keary. of Vicksburg. proposes to build
dykes or je'tea. extending from the Louis aua
shore beginning the first one Mt II point about
900 fe bel Nv Grants CANA, and running 1t di.
agonally out into he river 400 yards the second
viii b. some distance below, and have length
yards long, BY this means it is thought the
current will pc thrown up towards the city and
commence work at once and if the jettles don't
prove to be u success, says he will not charge II
cent for his labors.
pronounced the Atlantic a loss. Later. r. W.
Dugan telegraphed 1t was hard work, but he
was bqlkheadng her again and would 'aEain
pump her yesterday afternoon. This inspired
the wrecking compnnys secretary. who re-
marked with cleaning eye and upiifted hand:
While the lamp holds on to burn.
The worst sunk steamer may return.
Material to assist in raising the Atlantic was
sent down on the L lott. Capt Jas. Good also
BOUND SOUTH FROM THE LAKEs.-The pleas-
IRE steamer Annie. OF Muskegon. left South
Haven for the Mississippi river on Monday
also the sloops Natehez and Alice w Will Leave
South Haven for Florida next week. They will
take load of provisions each,
W.
zell's second new boat has been launched from
Mack's yard, and was yesterday towed down to
the, foot OF Ludlow street, whore hermachinery
and the material to complete her cabin will be
put on. Capt. WenzelI intends taking the little
boat in tow with the Clara s. and take a force of
workmen along to complete the new rs she goes
down.
The new Lotus left for New Orleans last night
with thirty cabin passengers and 200 tons of
freight She was drawing two feet nine inches.
lighter out OF the Ohio. Ben Frazier and Geo.
Malana were, her pilots. Henry Lopez, mates
her down. We wish Capts. Dannals and podds
success with their new boat. as both are clever
gentle nen, and made many friends during their
EVANSVILLE, Oct. 1s-The great event of the
floating palace, the Golden Grown. which came
down to the dyke at =. m. Wash; FINLEY, one
Of her pilots went through IL the gay and
other pilot. brought the boat through without a
hobble. The. trip Of the Golden Crown to this
point is a triumph in steamboating. and her
two barges and u big trip was drawing about ga
feet. and came through without wett,ng spar.
and with scarcely any detention. The Golden
beautiful storm wheel steamers that has ever
been built, and has been QUILTED without re-
RISING SUN.-The Recorder, Of the 18TH fur
nishes tho following fatboat and produce
items
VIM. scoopmier and Chas and Henry Siege
miller will buy fatboat and run their own po-
tatoes $500 bbls. to the Southern market. Thos
u. Johnson. of Hamilton. has two fatboats 1870
feet long, "a wide, TX nigh each capable of hold
Ing $1,000 bushels Of potatoes. One boat is ut
Rabbit Hash, the other at Harris, Kentucky. It
will require twenty six men to run these two
boats. Harry and G. W. Baker. of Hamilton.
are fitting up two boats for the coasting trade |
Dibble and Vawters of Patriot, will load a
,oasting f1atboat for the South, Business is
brisk now at our llnding; potatoes are coming
n--price SOC to $50. The plowboat of Brdgood
X Pearce. the store and produce boat of Bed
good the coaster of Daily Jones. are all out
and gone. Daily Il Jones took u few potatoes
here. aad will fiji out below. Bedgood took in q
few potatoes and some onions and -four, and
potatoes. and wi take o por ion of his grocery
store. and Gil out below. The Hempeii boys
are takig in a full load Of potatoes. and will be
Aurora, have three potato boats one each at |
nillersburg. North's Landing and Patriot. Paie
X Gleason are expecting coaster tonight |
Joseph Cruger has contracted for boat at Gov
ngtOn. III. s. ESpey & Son are recei wing hero