The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-12-03
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. !
Monday. Dec. 3. 1877. J
Arrivals.

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOOHAT, !
Monday. Dec. 3. 1877.
Arrivals.
Warner, My Choice w. j. poitevent, Trenton,
Departures.
Belle. Ny Choice.
To Arrive.
Martha. Danube lower coast Mary Ida
Blue. Wing No ., Henry ,Tete, upper. coast
Bt Mary. Assumption. Lafourche; g. 7. Chou
81. Louis: Ouachlta Belle, Coy, Allen. Bayou
Sara: Hobt. Mitchell, CINCINNATI; W. ]. Behan.
s Vss1 veg acbs bBasr0 S04n Lee wson Ysgs Ssss H9tgn
Memphisi 1t. John, John II. Hanna. Baton
The Robert u. Lee, leaving tomorrow cen
pects at Vicksburg with the Anchor line for
E Memphis and ST. Louis.
trips to bayou Sara will arrive this evening and
return "Wednesday at p, m.
/. The Katis leaves to-day for Vicksburg and
The following dispatch was received yestter, est :,
wreck on bar opposite Hermitage;, crew down ,,,
+ sbs new G boat snad on h9F II sa g Tneh
pf her cnss that ever entered Rcd river, and
her loss is o serious one. not only TO her own,
4 ars, Capt Dave Dannals and Mr.. joe Dodd but
to The Red River Transportation. Company, in
4 whose service she was engaged. We could learn
Eothing yesterday az to the Insurance nee, on the
hpat, or her cargo t16To balesl. but will in to-
morruw's DEMoCRAT give full PARTICULARS, The
0qmpany will have boat to leave "Wednesday Ia
place Of the Lotus. most probably the Danube.
The chief attraction at the landing to-day will
be- the Chas. T. .Ohouteau. Many will go TO zee her
because she is new boat. but many others ,1 will
t ned Tor te narp9fe OF bextenong s e3 oap
nnd ID wish them success with their boat We
Wish IL with all our heart. and hope she may
speedily recover n, to her captain oil he lost by
arrived yesterday The latter left soon after on
The Gold II Dust ,ls and il. 0. stanard were both
due last evening from BIT. Louis The Gold Dust
Ths aeamer ieelf'WW Warner and barges from St.
part Of which was 50 4ae bushels of corn In bulk,
ind $4,000 bushels Of rye In bulk
The Hanna has changed her hour Of leaving
N Frf1ay from IL m, to 10 d. m:
The 81. Francis Belle leayss daily at 1880 q. M
eonnecticn With the New Orleans and Texas
The blue Wing line steamer Belle leaves TO-,
Uarre The Belle Is "a daylight Iesf boat both ways.
"A n Harpeg &, commands, 20 J. O. Bron clerk, ..
pls Wing Wing line T leaves ave. G this 10 a. m . for the p @
per coast to the Ashland plantation. J. A. Com
stock In command, Geo. Woods clerk.
The Hide-wheel passenger steamer W. J. Pote-
+ vent, q. ID. Terrebonne master. I. A.. Darling
clerk. lenyeg. to-day at 1n a, m. for the coast.
ans nssn e ,s through n to
Tho New Orleans and Gulf TRANSPORTATION
Qompany's steamer Alvin, w. Il. Scovell mas
fsr leaves to-day. at q m... and the Martha,
& w. 3. BasHett master. Tuesday at IL m. both
bouts go through 70 Port Eads and carry tho
The Assumption leaves to-day at 6 p. m. for
the. coast and Lafourche. through to Thibodaux
Il. a. uharlet commands. N. r. Dupuis and Joe
The John II. Hanna leaves to-day at E D.
". for plauuemine,, Baton Rouge and al
scaSt ME an,dlngss 7, III D. Bergeron in command d.
The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov Allen. J. J. Brown master. q. i. Streck
Inc Katie ]. W robin II master, W " n Gaines
and All Grissom clerks, Ieayes to-day at ,.
M.. for .Vicksburg and all bend landings to
The Nj. /. daily line steamer Mary Ida, J. A.
HufK In command, leaves tomorrow at 10 n.
e. promptly for the upper coast to Ben Tu-
The Henry Tete, J, +. Aucoin master. NJ, H.
The Robert .. Lee will leave Tomorrow. for
sssshnrg u i and oil mail anvdings Cart Wm
Hhe 81 hpg oe bsres X nH ode
Nfc0lle clerk, leaves tomorrow at g. y. m. for
the. coast and Lafourche through to Laurel
The Tensas and Macon packet , Tensas. Wv
I1Qfrey ut .. M, positively taking freight for
rho NeW orleans yh a and fS Red Riverirransporta
H9n oompany steqmer ~ & II. Duriee. ohas W:
to-morr2w at .. m. for Minden and way land
fSs BsssSa I, Il Broad m master % Thee Is J, yqeln J;
Tho 6hes +. Qhoteau. W.. H.. Thorwegan mas
al Al ociocf for Memphis and the bends. ''''"
BssS1 Rouge, !. :. MeEirey IN Command. 49, W.
"ffSheeYssso ~ yaiss Phillips master will
jeaye Wednesday for the Yazoo
robert Mitchell Dan Moore Ga master, @ ''fr Frank
Stein clerk, will be at the landing to-day. and
vii leave Wednesday for Cincinnati;
The fine passenger steamer John A. Scudder.
J, II. Hicks master, Chas. A, Dix clerk will ar
rive to leave Wednesday. without tail. for Mem
phis end the bends.
Exchange Clippings.
& Cincinnati Commercial, Nov. 80: The first
anew and the codest weather of the season yes
terday. In 1876. December .. navigation was
suspended at Cincinnati by Ice and closed over
six weeks We hope there will not be repe-
Tbe MI wnGr q rSr afs IS frozen over at St.
Paul, for the fret time this season. Fearing ice
In the Mississippi. between Cairo and st. Louis.
the Laura u. Davis Will remain quiet Tor the
d Steam will be raised on the new Mary Hous-
tpn at Louisville the early part OF next week.
she VIII be one OF the handSomeSt boats In the
Cincinnati. Louis vile and New Orleans line.
Capt Charley Miller, OF the new Mary Hous-
ton, has been presented with amagntflcent solid
silver water set by few personal friends,
They could have honored a moro appreciative
aud clever gentleman.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
& ST. Paul Pioneer:
At meeting of the executive committee ap-
pointed by the River improvement Convention.
M was decided to make Gen. Humphreys re-
port the basis Of facts from which to make all
estimates. as the committee could not collect
such an array OF facts for $4,000 Ii also de-
cided to ask of Congress an appropriation of
st 900 to be expended on the river from st.
Paul TO New Orleans, divided as follows: $6i7.
to the mouth Of the Illinois river, $3.50 900; from
the mouth of the Illinois to the mouth of the
Ohio, $500, 900: from that point to New Orleans,
$50o,0o0. Then the question came up as to how
this shouldhe brought about. The general idea
appeared to be that the best way would be to
sent delegates to Washington and there procure
and establish the haa IN rta