The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-28
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water. Rise. ia
Feet. Inches. Innhas. Innhe

Memphis ..tts..... 8 o o
sNew Ofleans..... IL 3 0
Pittsbufg O Q 0
Shreveport ........ B 3 o
81 Louis st.s.ts... 8
*Below high water mark Of 1874.
Sergeant Signal Service. u s. A.
Arrivals.
:, Era No. TO- Gov. Allen, J. II. Hanna. Henri,
800 -''' Departures.
n Era No TO- Alvin. Martha Henry Tete, Frank
To Arrive.
Era No 10. Blue Wing No 81 upper coast; Iza-
bel. Martha, Alvin, Eva, lower coast; g, RI Dur.
Zee, Red rirer; Susie Silver, ST. Louis; U. ?
Sahenck Cairo: Big Sunilower, Opelousas
r NfIisshe1' vleks1ars' Henry rete' Donaldson
Clear and pleasant yesterday.
The Era arrived yesterday afternoon with
1917 sacks rice and is bhds sugar and was &c
have left again last night. The Era was aground
at the Fashion plantation.
The Danube arrived yesterday from Cincin-
natl. and wa the centre of attraction during the
afternoon Numerous friends of Charlie Thorn
the genial commander and owner Of the Dan.
mbe, visited her, and the opinion was general
that she L The neatest finest pretiest and best
y built to last and to make money. May both of
these .g eSpectations be realized is our wish
tion Company steamer Dawn. Chas. 2. Tru is
low master O. w. Drown clerk, leaves tomor-
row Tor Shreveport at p. m,
at the landing TO- day receiving to leave to-mor-
row. as usiial, for vieksburg
=, The 9. III Durfee, for Alexandria and Grand
Ecore. and the Dawn, for Shreveport, leave to-
The Era No. 10 in place of the Mary Ida will
arrive = this evening and leave tomorrow at 10
!, The Martha leaves tomorrow at + D. m. for
the gl Lower coast to Port Eads. ,..,n.,
rorche packet Henry ete viii arrive thi 's even
Ing and return Tomorrow as usual.
IN Mr = A. Darling clerk Of the Robt Young,
will be absent ten days.
And, Roland has returned from Virginia.
The Bee. with five barges, s due to arrive
from " Louis, Part Of her cargo is 15,i17 bush
The ST. John, thoroughly repaired. painted
Baton Rouge and coast trade on the 10th De-
tobef, leaving, every Wednesday and saturday.
the John I'll. Hanna keeping Mondays and Fri
days as her days of departure.
Capts Libano and Mossop are doing a large
amount Of work on their Bayou Sara and coast
packet the heet and handsome 0uaehita Belle
and will have her at the wharf In q few days
re,dy for business, See her advertisement.
:, OH1MNEYs FoR SALE-See advertisement of
Brown Jones ia another part of the Demo
erat.
:, The City Of Alton leaves to-day for st. Louis.
For rates of passage. which have been reduced.
see advertisement OF j. b. Woods & 90. agents,
In another column.
See the Gov. Alien and La Belle advertise
:, The line steamer John II. Hanna, James T.
MeElroy in command, leaves to-day at Il m
ior the coast and Bayou Sara. Messrs. J.. @.
Bergeron and Ferd. " Uellos, are her attentive
clerks. ~
n The lower coast United States mail packet
Eva. John Taylor master, N. Barrois and Er-
nest Heinhardt clerks. leaves to-day promptly
at 10 a. m.
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov Allen John ]. Brown master s. s.
sstrn,ck clerk. leaves to-day at y. IN.
Inc lower coast packet ALVIN, w. T. Scovell
master, Henry kouns clerk. will arrive this
evening and return tomorrow, as usual. Mt
, The BIae Wing No. 3. j. A. comstock master.
row at ~ q. ~. for the upper coast.
]. b. Schmidt clerk. leaves TO morrow at ., m.
!. The g. II. Durfee, Richard Sinnott master |
Geo. G. Hamilton clerk, leaves tomorrow nj i |
=. M, without fail. for Alexandria and Grand |
Exchange Clippings.
sc. Louis Republican. Sept as:
Port Eads Leaves at daylight Four harges |
and 10000 bushels corn.
! The Noble Moore was loaded to the water and
ILLS up below. George Miller aud Jim Smith
pilots. She leaves the elevator at daylight.
hrse arge for New orean 1se at The
with q, 900 bushels bulk corn. This tow will |
Charles d. Dix Esq, will continue In the DO
sition Of clerk OF the beautiful packet John A.
Scudder, and will return with her to 1t. Louis
9 tn the spring ,h &c Cant A. J. Carter will also re-
Allsslsstppi pilot Capt. Carter has no superior.
The time Of the Port Eads from New Orleans
Q this port, towing five barges. was 10 days and
cleaning boilers. This is hard to beat. The
act IL. the, Port fads is doing her work az well
y any OF the boosted coal towboats of Pittsburg
Capt. Coils fine towboat Future City, which
axes tow out for New Orleans on Saturday
getting wider buckets placed in her wheel. |
Commodore VIM. j. Kountz, proprietor of the
iquntz Line Of steamers. arrived from Penn
yiya n Yesterday. We learn from the commo
q course Of construction. will be completed and
eady for BUSINESS by january She will carry
INSTRUCTED on the compound principle, but
!,aaving only, two cylinders instead Of four,
, n steam is taken into, the small cylinder,
'hich is also, supplied with an air vacuum
Jump, worked by the main engine. The cylin-
and In IN the eener Ct the boat and
Inc, they work independently. each having
eparate piston and separate connection with
whe ar or wheSs1 (, for she has tWo The
hould one OF the shafts break the coupling can |
e removed and the boat proceed on one wheel
he whole, is an invention of Commodore J
,ountz, and is the result of much thought. That !
le new boat will be com plet success, no one
with Commodore Kountz will for a '
loment doubt His past history shows him to 4
Q man OF rare mechanical genius. especially d
4 the construction of steamboats, adapted to 9
le WauUS Oh times. commodore kouutZ g
,aves for New Orleans tomorrow n
Cincinnati Commercial. Sept 25: c
Capt, VIII. H. Kyle will enter the Ashland in L
he Helena and New Orleans cotton trade this g
eason She Is now at keokuk and will go :
outh from that point as soon as she can pass
trough the keokuk canal, which was under I
Ding repairs at last accounts. c
Capt. Alex Perry launched Capt. VIM. Went l
us new Bayou Bartholomew packet Clara S. 8
ON Mack ship-yard Yesterday morning at 10 4
clock. She was towed down to the foot of y
ludlow street whee, g her machinery will be J
laced on board. When launched she drew I
bout eleven inches forward and seven inches +
e The Clara 5. is named for the estimable b
life of Ben Silbernagel, Esq, prominent mer- J
,snt and planter of Bayou Bartholomew. S
Sspt Perry Is at work on another boat for v
aptsNnl Vented for the same trade. which =
III be l25 feet long and % feet beam She is to p
completed by the middle of November.
The New Orleans Pool Line held meeting '
ssterday morning, at viii h the articles of as .
ciatfon were signed by all present. Another Il
Getting will be held at loa. M. to-day to elect s
ficers. 1t is requested that all interested be g
resent II
Capt. c. G. Pearce's one-sixth interest in the n
homas Sherlock was sold on Saturday at auc- d