The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-19


| from the Atchafalaya Hat In the wster. On &C
count OF her late arrival, and to give her patrons
more time TO fill their orders, Capt. Broad DO
| ferrsd her departure to II m. to-day, at which
| hour she PROMPTLY leaves, returning In time t
| leave next Wednesday, her regular day. Mr.. j
| b. Rohmit has charge OF the Office. !.
The tri-weekly Upper Coast packet Eva vii
arrive this evening, and return 5a urdsy as usual
The Eva will go as high as Ben Tureauds.
The Natobez IL due tonight from vicksburg
and will return az usual Saturday.
| The Bart Able leaves Saturday ne usual for al
exandra and Grand Eoore.
The Texas, Geo. W. Rea master, II. O. Boaz
port with very fine trip, and will return satur
Capt. Charlie Thorn's Carrie A. Thorn leave,
Saturday, sure, for Minden.
| The Bertha will arrive tonight from the Atcha
falaya, and will return Saturday.
| The Frank Pargoud. J. NJ. White master
| Messrs. Holmes and Gaines olerks, leaves to-day
at 3 p. m. for Vlcksburg, areenvilIe, Arkopoli,
| and oil Bend landings.
The New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation
| CompaDy's light draft steamer Bastrop, Gu,
Hodge master, ]. r. Mohr clerk, leaves to-day al
3 p. m. for Camden.
The semi weekly Coast aud Bayou Lafourehe
packet Eureka, in place OF the Trenton, leavet
bonnie commands, FL. D. Terrebonne clerk.
The tri-weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves tome at p. IN. for the Franklin Rice
Mill. Oliver Canton. Jr., master, J. J. Donovan
clerk.
The semi. weekly Coast and Baton Rouge
packet st. John, Frank Bergeron master, J. o.
Bergeron clerk, leaves tomorrow at IL M
punotuslly.
The Coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Allen, j. j. Brown master, b. II.
Btreck clerk, leaves to morrow at p. m.
The well knewn Coast and bayou Lafourche
steamer Henry Tete, j. T.. Aucoin master, 2. A.
Chsrlet clerk, leaves tomorrow at 10 q. m. for
ThibodRux.
The steamer Keystone, from Evansville. with
three barges. arrived Yesterday, and had as
cargo 1866 bales hay IL $50 sacks corn, consigned
to the House Of y. II. Farohild, con b 90.
The steamer Henry Tete arrived yesterday
from Ihibodanx.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI April lG.-While Captain Phil An
ahutz, of the Loaf Calumet, was passing along
East Front street, on saturday evening, for the
purpose of taking the 1886 D. m. train for Wheel
ing, he was assaulted by several men while paes-
ing under the Newport Bridge, who knocked him
down and robbed him Of q package containing
1880 He had received his share of the insur-
aBce on he Calumet during the day and had the
proceeds on his person. The police are the
alert. but 40 yet have not succeeded in arresting
the parties who knocked him down and com
mitted tho robbery. Captain Anshulig Is at the
Crawford House, and shows the marks of the
robbers In backened eyes aud swollen ntek
from being choksd
The ST. Paul Pioneer says: "Oapt. Hugh Men
augh IL entitled to the horns. He has made the
best time that has ever been ooaxed ont of either
OF Q fast packets, with his tiery, untamed bird,
the War Eagle. The Captain backed his boat
out from st. Louis at o'clock Tuesday evening,
and OF ten minutes past IL Wednesday morning
she was made fast TO the ehore at keokuk. She
made all stops and transacted her usual bust
meas"
The sales of corn ut Baltimore, Frdsy, it ia
said, amounted TO 500 900 bushels, the largest by
100000 ever effected in that market be ore 10 one
day. War rumors from London were, per hapa,
partly the cauee.
Sr. ouIs, April 16-Col. J. Ham Davidson,
and Capt. Lon Bryson, Agent Keokuk Northern
Line, have been interviewing the aldermen of
Davidson made the TO lowing propositions, says
the Gazette of the 18th: "lf the city will lease
200 feet front Of the wharf to our company for a
period Of years, to be used exclusively by the
eompsD boats, we will pay the city m annual
rental Of 81 80 per front foot this sum to be in
lieu ofaIl dmsnds for wharfage against steam
boats and barges run by the company, and we to
main ain aud keep said leased part of the
wharf in good order ut the expense of the COM
pany, the lease money to be paid-one- half July
l, and one-half January of each year"
Attorney Davidson addressed the Council. He
stated that an nndersta nding between the com
pany and the city would remove the trouble. II
was formerly the custom for cities to charge
devoted by the ordinance TO improving aud main
tanning the wharf. The fee was paid by the COM
pany FOR tho reason that II was then making
money and could afford to- But within the last
ten years the various railroads built parallel with
the river from st. Louis to st. Paul had so re-
duced the prices thu, the business OF steamboat
ing WAS conducted without profit Attorney Da-
wilson then traced the history of the packet com.
panies which have done business on the river.
showing that within the last few years steamboat
wars had well nigh snnhilated the business. He
related how the X. N Company started business
on the ruins OF Che old companies in 1873.
In 1873 and 1874, under President MoCune's
the line barely paid expenses. In
1876 business was better and some money WAS
made. The aggregate of last seasons business
was a loss, and this without hard competition.
The fee for wharfage at single town was triAing,
but the aggregate of for,y-eight landings be
tween st. Louis aud bt. Paul was heavier bur-
den than the company could bear. The discrimi-
nation in favor of railroads and against steam
boats was cited, and the statement made that
&c. 0t0 600 to $S,OU0,0J0 had been donated to rail-
road corporations by towns between st. Paul and
s.. Louis. During the last three seasons over
$50, 900 had been paid out for wharfage fees by
the company under protest. The prospect for
the present seasons business was exceedingly
II was favorably received, and no
doubt will be accepted.