The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-02
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| NELSON GOROM. sergt. Sig Ser. q. 8. A.
ARRrvA1s--Isabel, John H. Hanna, Assump-
tion. Blue Wing No. 8, Sandy No. 2, Texas.
DEPARTURES Isabel, Mary Ida,. Assumption,
Trenton, II. l.. Lee, John A. Boudder, Thomas
Sherlock.
Eureka, Latourche; Robt. Young, Mary Ida. Up
per Coast; st. John, Baton Rouge Coy; Allen,
bayou Sara. Bart Able, Red River, Ohas. Morgan,
Mary Houston, Robt Mitchell, Carondelet, Ohio !:
John r. Tolle, Bells of shreveport. ST. Louis /;
Frank Pargoud, Greenville Isabel Emma, Lower
Coast.
! Clear and warm yesterday; business dull.
The Carrie A. Thorn has been laid up.
Mr.. John M. Lyle, late clerk OF the Seminole,
left for st. Louis yesterday.
The Future City and John ]. Tolle left st.
| Louis Saturday. Part of the Future Oity's cargo
| 10 los. 90 bushels corn in bulk.
/ The DEMOCRAT has in thorough operation one
Of the most complete JOB Offices 10 the Southern
country We solicit orders for steamboat work,
promising that 1t will be done in the neatest
manner and at The lowest price.
| The Cherokee leaves @ ncinnati to-day.
| The Carondelet cd led 1000 sacks cotton seed
meal al Memphis, and left there Saturday fiat IN
the water.
win HAYS etnbellishes the steamboat adver
tisements in the Courier-Journal with: eve still
i've look out below here we come; held the
fort wait for u.s. 60.
| The fine steamer Texas, Geo. w. Rea master
| leaves Saturday for Shreveport.
| The Sandy No. q arrived yesterday morning
| from the Atchafsiaya with splendid trip. She
was fiat in the water. The Sandy returns to-day,
as usual, aud will be followed Saturday by the
1 Bertha.
| Mr.. M. Cbsrlet represents the Robert Young
| and Trenton ON the land ng, and can be found in
the building at the edge OF the wharf, head Of
Cont street, at all hours Of the day.
/ The most popular packet in the Lower Coast
trade leaves to-day at p. M or course every
body Knows we mean the Emma.
The Frank Psrgoud, leaving tomorrow, goes
only as far as Greenville, having disoon-
tinued her trips to Arkopolis.
The Ella Hughes, Capt. Lew Rice, leaves Sat
urday for the Ouaohits. While receiving her new
boilers Capt. Rice has made all necessary re-
pairs to the Hughes, and painted her all over.
making her every whit as good az new, an asser-
ton borne out by the fact that her hull is only
seventeen months old. See the advertisement.
Capt. Will Gilman, of the Jimmie Baker, came
down on the Bastrop. and will remain in the city
for few days.
Ouachta river packet Bastrop. leaves Saturday
without fail, for Camden. Mr.. J. z. Mohr has
charge OF the Office.
Capt. Sullivan means business to-day. He says
the w. j. Poitevent will leave this 5 D. m. posi-
lively. Therefore, shippers to the Tensas and
| Maoon had better send their freight down.
| Owing to portions OF the track being under
water, Mr.. W. u. Brookett, agent OF the Y. 8. d
r. 1tailroad. will send through bills lsding via
the vicksburg boats to Tallulah only. To Delhi
and all stations west, he will sign through bills
ading via the New Orleans and Ouachita Trans
portation Compsnt's boats.
The Thos. Sherlock, leaving yesterday for the
| Ohio. had 60 passengers, 30 deokers, and q fair
sundry freight, among which was 2O6 bales
cotton.
The Golden Rule laid over to 5 p. m. tomor-
row. when she leaves without fail for Cincinnati.
Capt. Shinkle has q fine trip of both passengers
and freight in sight, and we are glad OF it, for he
ia q clever man, and has good boat. Mr.. W. Il.
Shaw has charge of the office.
| The famous Charles Morgan will be here to
leave Saturday for the Ohio.
The Blue Wing No. 0, Capt Arthur Comstook.
Messrs. Geo. Woods, u. Heno and Ohas. Dean
clerks, leaves this 10 a. m. for the Coast. Donald
sonville and the Ashland plantation, Ascension
parish The Blue Wing does all her business in
daylight; returns down the Coast tomorrow and
leaves again Saturday at 10 am.
The tri-weekly Upper Coast packet Robt.
Young, in place Of the Eva, leaves to-day at 10 ..
M, for the Ben Tureaud plantation and Donald-
sonville Louis Ransom commands, Norbert Ran
son and A. Generally clerks.
The tri-weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves to-day at p. m. for Happy Jack; Oliver
Canton, Jr.. master, J. J. Donovan clerk.
The John II. Hanna, Of the New Orleans and
Ouschita Transportation Company. leaves to-day
at 5 p. m. lin place Of the Ouachits Belle) for
Ouachita City. Capt. J. W. Blanks commands.
Capt. Joe Holmes clerk
The Sandy No. 2, Fl. e. Broad master, J. B.
schmit clerk, leaves to-day at 5p m. for Wash
ington and al landings on the Coast and the At
hafalaya.
Capt. Dave Dannals New Orleans and Red
River Transportation Company steamer Lotus
No. leaves to-day at p IN. without fail for
Shreveport and jefferson. MIR. Jos. Todd has
charge OF the Office
The regular through Black and Bout river
packet Era No Is, Tom Taylor master, leaves TO-
| day at .. M, for Point Jefferson.
Capt. Jerry Sullivan's Tensas and Macon
packet W. J. Poitevant leaves to-day ut 5p. m.
Messrs. ]. l. Robbins and Andy Boland have
charge Of the Office.
CAPT. q. D. Terrebonne's regular Coast and
Lafourche through to Thibodanx packet Eureka
leaves tomorrow at p. m. MIR. Ii. d, Terre-
bonnie has charge of the Office. A clerk is on the
landing receiving freight.
The splendid passenger and United States mail
steamer Frank Pargoud, j. ID. White master,
Curt Holmes and W. n Gaines clerks, is reosiv-
ing to-day to leave tomorrow at p. m. for Yicks-
burg, areenvlle and all Bend landings.
! The steamer Texas, from Shreveport, arrived
last evening with good trip, part Of which was
62s bales cotton, al sacks cotton seed l4o4 sacks
cotton seed meal, 800 sacks oil cake, 100 bbls oil
| and 145 head cattle.
| EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
! CrsctsNArt. April 2g.-Capt. Mart Kouns aEd ".
| r. Bcoyll, noted Red river and New Orleans boat.
men. arrived from New Orleans yesterday. ana
left for Capt. Kouns old home on me bostohs
| last evening to spend few days. Ihey stoppeo
at Louisville long enough to CO. tract Tor new
boat with D: Borman for the New Orleans and
Lower Coast trade of AS feet in lengtn 40 leet
beam and feet hold Ainslee Co., OF !. ouis-
vile, will build the machinery, which viii ~
| 15-inch cylinders and feet stroke. She will have
3 boilers Al inches in diameter and 26 feet long,
with ten Finch lap-weld tiues. The now boat
will be ready for business by the lst of August.
Capt Jack Blanks, who is prospecting for bids
for new Ouachita packet, stopped at Madison
yesterday to interview Capt. d. Fl. Martin.
Capt. Williams has filed his claim before Judge
Ballard United States District Court, Louisville,
for possession of tho steamer Alex. Kendall,
bought by him at Marshal's sale few days ago.
The action Of the Marshal in reopening the sale
sfter the boat had been regularly sold to one
party is considered unprecedented.
LOUISVILLE, April 29.-Let our merchants,
manufacturers aud bushes men generally. read
the following blast" from the Cincinnati Times
Of Friday, and they will see what the high rates
of wharfage are doing toward crippling our ma
rine and commercial interests generally. 1t is
terrible shot at our CITY, and "means business"
"There is q project on foot to keep all boats
from landing at either Louisville or New Albany
rba ~Fo 10 tad 10