The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-15

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DEPARTURES Waoou. Emma, Isabel, Anna T.
Mary ida. Blue Wing No, D. Eva, Henry Iete
Tesaa, D. ii. Durfee, ouashita Belle. EraNe. o.
itha, Eureka, Claiksvie.
10 AHaiyb=john II. Hams, Cotton Valley,
onsehita. Gov Allen, Batoa tatn. Grand Re"
public, Memphis. y. T. schenok, Mary Houston.
hbio. Frank pargoud, Greenville. Stella Block,
Bpuf rivef Florence Myer, Arkansas ~; john,
Baton Rouge. Matches, Niohabnfg. Hobt. Yenng,
Sandy No a, Lessie rayler Atohsfslsye, Bar
Able, Seminole, Red River. Waloon. Emma, lsa'
bel, Anu f., Lower Coast; Assumption Henry
Tete. Larourohe, Mary Ida, Blue Wing No. U,
Bvs, Upper Coast.
The weather was cloudy aud cold.
Hntneaa waa not brick aa waa expected,
although the Lee. Ouaehtth Belle aud Ezra No
had tine Hips cut All Of the departures aer
more OF lesa crowded with pasaengers, and viii
be the balance OF thie week.
Tho Diam rek, Tor ~. Louis. besides othe'
freight had 4hD hhdu, sugar. The Church. fo'
the Ohio, had ~ passengers aud 300 tonH Freight
Part OF her freight waa 400 tohs railroad iron te'
New Albany,
70 accommodate thrpefu en- passengefe The
Era NJ. 10 laid over, aud will leave to day POSI-
lively. al f. m, FOR the A ohat4ltya. through u
Warrington, Jam Hamilton in command, j.
II, HebnIt. clerk.
The Tleatgn. u. u. Terreb5sue. master, dabe
Duek. clerk having changed her daYa from Tueas
day aud Saturday TO Monday Hpd Thursday.
leaves this =. M for the Coast and bayou LA
foufGhe.
Tho Trenton Ia In place Of the W. j. roiIcv mt
aud will attend 10 all oI her business,
Iha MaHa lIpuse, Il. ]. biinker master. and
Che w j Bphan Goo. H., wilkinson master. both
belonging TO tho New O,laans and ned Rive,
Transportation o., are beh receiving TO leave
saturday, the l. use for Shreveport aid Jeifer.
aon. aed The nehsn Ter Minden.
The Matches IL uu tp night from Viekshurg
and will return, ~ nsus Saturday.
Tho Dart Able l,aves Saturday, ~ usual, foI
Alexander aud Grand Eopfes
The Florence Myer Capt. James Nichols mas
tor, will arrive to-day from the Arkansas hwer.
and wilt return Saturday. The Myen Ia an on.
utely new boat and was built expressly FOR Tia.
trade.
The splendid new pteamer John ii. Hanna,
Capt Joseph II limos, caves Saturday poHi'ivel.
aud promptly Al & y m, for Oaaohita CITY. Al
tenttan ID called to tho advertisement In another
column.
Tho Jotn Howard. belonging TO Tho same linz
~ tho Hanna. ia receiving 10 leave saturday fe
Camden aud sl iu,etmelttte points on the Qua.
ehita, 7. q. Montg 'mery master, II. II. PERI.
clerk,
Capt. joe Cations regular through Camden
packet Cotton Valley. duo last aight, Ia receiving
To-day 10 lmvc Saturday without fail. The or.
ders brought by the City If Augusta ave been
turned over to the Cotton Valley.
The city or Augusta Coca to tho Arkansas,
ioavtng to-day at . p. M. J, D. Ei lott meeer
Joe Elliott clerk. The Augusta ID large aide
wheel steamer hts fine accommodations and hri
pEaeore arc well known throughout that eeetiou
The Frank rargoHa, ]. NJ. White msster, Our
Holmes eierg, leaves to-day NJ p. III. for Vchs
burg, areehvtlle aud all bend laudinge.
The Lotus No. 8. OF the New Orleans and Red
River Transportation Company, leaves to-day Al
9 p. M, Tor Shreveport and Jenerson. ID, d
nannalE. master. Mr.. Joe Dodd clerk
The hDr, large aud fsst passenger eteame,
Thee. Sherlock, Lew ketes, master, NJ l.. NtrdeD,
clerk, leaves today Mt y. m, for Memphis
Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Grand Republic. reported aground tn
,f,Yf Ia ,ff
DAY and will be found Mt the landing this nom
iuE. She leaves tomorrow, positively. for Mem
phis, with accommodations unsurpassed. She
will be the eentre OF attraction with travellers to"
morrow, aud We would advise those who want D
choice of rooms 10 make All early vieit TO Mr..
George Miltenberger, her gontem .nly clerk:
Capt, W. H. Thorwegan commands.
Tho Planters fetora line steamer Fannie Ia
tun, Thornton jacobs, master, Capt. John W
Elwell, clerk. il At the lower landing. and will
leave to-day At D p. III. for Shreveport and JET.
ferson.
Tho popular passenger steamer Mary Houston,
and the large freight steamer U. i. sohenek,
will both leave for Louisville and Cincinnati Sat
urday.
Tho tri,woekly Upper Coast daylight picket
Eva, Louis Ransom, msster, leaves tomorrow
10 q. m, for the Ben ruresud Plantation.
The Lower Coast packet Waloop, T. Il. Barry
master, Il. +. Barry clerk leaves TO morrow at II
n. M. for tho Lee Plantation.
Tire ui-weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
tVANet nv w. Als lbt ttio NiVs
Mills. Oliver Canton, Jr. master, j. j. Donovan
clerk.
The semi weekly Coast and Baton Rouge pack.
ct ST. John, Frank Btrgeron. master, J. o. Der
geroa, clerk, leaves tomorrow at IL m. pune'
tually,
The Coast aud Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Alloo, John j. Brown, master, 4. 4,
streok, clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. IN.
by Telegraph
BATON RoroE. Feb. lA-To j, T. Burdeaa
Grand Republic will arrive tonight and VIII
". Il. rHoRwEaAN, Master.
BATON RouoE, Feb. i4.-To Brookett Il Garter,
agents, 3S Magazine street: The steamer Grand
Republic will arrive tonight and leave for Mem
phis and all way landings on Friday. 10th iAst.,
positively. u. Il. THORWEGAN,
vloKspuRa, Feb. l3.--To Wayne & Williams:
The schenek will arrive Thursday morning.
]. l.. GARTER. Master.
v1cKsBuRa, Fob. 1S.-The steamer Mary Hous.
ION viii arrive Thursday, and leave Saturday.
CHAs. MILLER Master.
EXCHANGE cL1rpNas.
PrTspuR0. Feb. lo.-The st .te Legisla ure
the other day defeated the bill ceding jurisdio-
ton to the National Government for the pur- |
pose or improving the Ohio, Monongahela and
Ionghiogheny rivers by the system Of locks and |
dams. AT meeting of the Chamber OF Com |
merce to-day resolutions were adopted favoring |
the passing of the bill, and a committee was ap-
pointed to aid tie members of the Legislature |
from this county in securing its reconsider alton
The opposition comes mainly from the cosl in
terl ST. John i. bravo, Gen. Morehead, Hon. |
Thomas NJ Howe, and others. addressed the |
meeting and favored the proposed Improvement |
An incident in the hi tory of Shadrach Penn's |
lie, which some of the old citizens Of Louisville |
may yet remember, and which doubtless AFT yrded
them hearty laugh, occurred about forty years
ago. between the years 1885 and 1910. whom Geo |
d. Prentice, at the head of the Louisville Jour.
s,dt and Penn, as editor and publisher OF the |
AdUertiSer, were running what was called in |
those carly days of American Journalism lively |
opposition. About year previous to the occur
renee q horrible murder or some great calsmlty |
had occurred in the South, not far from New Or
leans. 1t happened that Prentice had saved q
copy Of this paper which had not been clipped
or cut. His natural wit struck upon good expe |