The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-26
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AnR1vALs.--Isabel, John Howard, Katie, Bon.
ME Lee Martha, Assumption, st. John.
DEPARTURES. Isabel, EvE, Lesaie Taylor Lotus
No. 8, John Howard.
TO ,ARRIvr.- Ella Hughes, Robt. Young, La
fourehe; Isabel, Eva, lower coast: Chss. Morgan.
A. @. D0nnally, Cincinnati; b. O. btanard. St.
Louis Bart Able, Red River; Eureka, upper
coast; Henry Tete. Bayou Sara; Yazoo Valley.
Hicksburg.
The weather remains ugly with every one
wishing for a change.
Business fair yesterday. The Taylor. Lotus
snd Howard all having good trips, part OF the
Howard's freight was 1900 sacks salt.
The Mississippi flows on 40 majestically 40 ever
TO the Gulf, with the capacity OF carrying on Its
broad bosom the products Of the great West,
railroad strikes to the contrary notwithstanding.
The United States mail steamer Martha, from
Port Eads, arrived Yesterday evening.
That reliable and regular Bayou Lafourche
packet the Assumption arrived yesterday after
noon from Thibodaux.
The steamer st. John, with Capt. Bergeron in
command, arrived yesterday at her wharf from
Baton Rouge
The Robert Young, in place of the Eureka, wi
be the only departure to-day for the La
ifourche.
The daylight tri.weekly upper coast packet
Eureka in place Of the Blue Wing No. 8 will ar
rive this evening and return Saturday, as usual.
The Yazoo Valley in place Of the Natohez, will
be ct the landing Tomorrow receiving 10 leave
The Hily Collins leaves Saturday at a. M,
from the head of Haryey's Canal, for Grand Isle.
Zee the card Of the Painter No. q, in another
column. The Painter is fast and powerful boat,
and her captain Ia man who works fast, ana
strives powerful hard to fill his contracts.
Capt. Jas. Pepper, the able manager OF the in.
terests Of Messrs. Brown Jones, in this city, lie
ON the sick list.
Capt. Cooper left here by rail Tuesday even
ing for the scene Of the Golden Rule disaster.
The snagboat Wagner has gone to the Yazoo.
ntaHis II, hn All
for her to operate TO advantage.
The Bonnie Lee, Capt Noah Scovell's pretty
packet, arrived yesterday from Red river with q
very fine trip, aGd 10 receiving to return Satur-
for the Bonnie.
The La belle has been removed from the up
per landing.
The Era 10 IL still out on the Good Intent docks.
MIR. John Hanna the large grain merchant, in
formed us yesterday that be had received dis
patch from et. Louis, stating in effect that the
strike had extended to the steamboat landing,
and no boat would be allowed to depart from
there. We hope such may not be the case.
"REMINISCENCES.
In November, 1s47. the Tempest collided with
che Talieman, bound up, and was sunk five miles
below Cape Girardeau, drowning over one hun
dred people.
week after, the Phnnix burned on Lake
Erie, by which one hundred and seventy lives
were lost
In January, 1S4s, the Sea Bird, bound to st.
Louis, with one thousand kegs OF powder among
her freight, caught fire few miles below Cape
0irardeau. As soon as the fire was discovered
the boat was run into shore, and everybody on
board put for the woods as fast as their legs
could carry them. The boat was blown to atoms
and the shock was felt forty miles.
The Katie brought few passengers from the
Golden Rule, but no freight. Her officers re-
ported nothing further Of the disaster than WI
contained In the dispatch sent us from Mr.. Ed
Carroll, which was published In Tuesdays Demo-
crat.
The Eva, John Taylor master, running on alter.
nate days with the Martha, to Port Eads, carry
ing the United States mail, will arrive this eve-
ming and return tomorrow.
The elegant passenger and United States mail
steamer Martha, W. q. Bassett MASTER leaves to-
Port Eads.. Messrs. Legier and Barrels nave
charge OF the Office.
On her Saturday trip the Martha makes an ex.
curson through the jetties out into the Gulf. As
perfectly safe. but are exceedingly pleasant and
can be enjoyed for the very small sum OF IS.
The elegant side-wheel passenger steamer
A. O. Donnally, Henry Hart commander, will ar
rive tomorrow and leave Saturday, positively,
The famous Charles Morgan, en- route, leaves
here for the Ohio Wednesday next.
The Katie Tin place Of the Frank Pargoud), J.
NJ. White master, w. N. Gaines clerk, leaves
to-day at 8 p. m. for Vicksburg, Greenvlle, Ark.
spolis and all mail landings.
The steamer Robt. Young will leave this even
ing at o'clock for Thibodaux and way landings
on the Lafourche, and will also take freight for
coast landings to Donsldsonville. The Robt.
Young is in the Eureka 8 place. with Capt. U. d.
Terrebonne in command.
The semi-weekly coast and Baton Rouge packet
81. John, Frank Bergeron master, J. G. Bergeron
clerk, leaves tomorrow at IL m. punctually.
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Henry Tete, in place Of the Gov. Allen, J.
J. Brown master, g. S. streck clerk, leaves to-
morrow at 5 p. m.
LBy Telegraph
VrcKsBuRa, July 25.-To j. B. Woods b 90:
The steamer Belle of Shreveport will arrive Sat.
urday and leave for st. Louis on Monday, July |
30th. J. G. OOGHILL. master
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
ST. Louis Republican, July 49, Warsaw and |
Alexandria, opposite, are the highest points 10 |
which the so called Keokuk packets now co |
There they will do their coaling and transferring. |
80 also the packets going to and returning from,
st. Paul. On Saturday the mayor Of Keosuk is.
sued orders to have the captains and clerks Of
all boats refusing to pay wharfage arrested and !
the boats attached, but now the boats don't
touch there and consequently avoid all trouble.
What will Keokuk now do? Will her merchants
charter or purchase tonnage and run it to ST.
Louis in retaliation? An upper river paper saws |
this can be done. Certainly, it can; but let the |
merchants take notice that Com. Davidson ia the |
hardest man to fight they can pick out. let |
well.
The Keokuk Constitution of Friday saws
Mayor Irwin expresses it as his intention to
make the company play or pay and Davidson
swears by all that's good and bad that he will do
neither; that it was out of all question to think
that the company would pay wharfage, for if they
paid in Keokuk, it would cost them $3.50 per week
along the route. He did not propose to have the
boats tied up nor the officers imprisoned here:
would leave the town first"
Com. Davidson is now in Keokuk, and perhaps
the matter may be settled amicaby.
Capt. John Elwell has concluded not to go to
Bismarck to meet the Fannie Tatum.
Capt. Joseph LaBarge. of the J. M. Chambers,
has sued Capt. D. 81. Silver and Joseph Kinney,
United States Government transportation con.
tractors, for breach of contract at bismarck, Da-
kots Territory.
LouIsyILLE, July 2s.-The Robert Mitchell ar
rived OF West Louisville night before last on one
Wheel. teing eleven days out from New Orleans.
She will lay mp for the summer and undergo q
thorough repairing. She had bad luck on her
asst trap. she, she burned two boilers going down,
coming M and only used ono uhaaI