The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-05


smoke stacks, and putting the escape pipes In
their place.
The Frank pargoud arrived on time yesterday
morning from Arkopolis. and returns to-day. she
Ia an elegant steamer, very last, and 10 as regu-
lar ~ q railroad train.
The Trenton. leaving to-day for Lafourohe.
goes through to Tbibodaux, and takes freight Ne
low 10 any boat In the trade.
The shannon. John De Hart in command,
leaves Saturday for Camden, and Is receiving ut
the head Of Crossman street.
The ri-weekly Upper Coast packet Eva will
arrive this evening and return Saturday as usual
The Eva goes as high ~ Ben T1reauds.
The Sandy No. q leaves Saturday for the ope-
lousas.
The Natchez IL due tonight from vicksburg,
and will return rs usual Saturday.
The Bart Able leaves Saturday as usual Tor
Alexandria aud Grand Ecore.
The Texas, Geo. W. Hes master, III. @. Boazman
clerk, arrived Tuesday night from Shreveport,
and i'd receiving to return Saturday. The lsxas
Ia one OF the New Orleans and Ouaebita Trans
por, alton Company's fleet, snd can be depended
upon TO leave rs above.
See advertisement of the plaquemine aud
Coast independent packet Blue Wing No. 3.
The Stella Block, Tom Taylor MASTER i re.
ceiying to leave Saturday for Blaok and Bmuf
rivers. through TO Point Jefferson. The Block is
in place of the Era No. 10, and 10 regular
packet. knaeah
John Layett was up to eyes In business yester-
day; he received q large freight for the Emma.
The Glencoe will be the next departure for St.
Louis.
Tho Cherokee, from the Ohio, will arrive to-day
and leave Saturday for Cincinnati; Geo. Wolf in
command, A. Byers clerk.
The Thos. Sherlock is due Saturday, and will
leave Tuesday for the Ohio
The Fanchon, r. @. Sweeney master, is adver-
tissd TO ut. Louis for the Yellowstone to-day, and
the Kate Kinney, Capt. Joe Kinney. for Fort
Benton.
From the War Department Chronicle:
During the past week the Red River has fallen
10 inches at Shreveport. The Missouri has risen
from to 10 inches between Yankton and Leayen-
worth. The Mississippi has fallen 3 inches at
Memphis but has risen ID inches ut Davenport
10 at Keokuk. 8 feet ut St. Louis and VI at Vioks
burg, 1t remains frozen Mt Ut. Paul. The Ohio
has ,isen t2s feet Mt Cincinnati and d at Louis
vile, but is now falling at Pittsburg. The Cum
berland lie now rising Mt Nashville.
The Frank Pargoud, j. M. White master,
Messrs. Holmes and Gaines clerks, leaves to-day
| at p. N. for vicksburg, Greenvile. Arkopolis
| and all Bend landings.
The regular Coast and Bayou Lafourche packet
Trenton, 10 place Of the W. ]. Poitevent, leaves
| to-day at s y. IN. for Thibodaux. u. ID. Terre-
bonnie master, dsbe Block clerk.
The Golden Rule. o. p. Bhinke master. w. r.
Shaw clerk, leaves to-day at D. M, sure, for the
Ohio river through to Cincinnati. The Golden
Rule has large and finely furnished statsrooms
sets fine table, and is one OF the best OF boats to
| travel on.
The tri-weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
| leaves tomorrow at p. m. for the Franklin
| Rice Mills. Oliver Canton. Jr, master, j. J.
Donovan clerk.
The semi. weekly Coast and Baton Rouge packet
| 81. John. Frank Bergeron master, j. O. Bergeron
clerk, leaves tomorrow Mt Ia m. punotuaily.
Tho Coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Allen, J. J. Brown master, 3. 81.
btreok clerE. leaves tomorrow at p. IN.
The well-known and fayorite Ouachita river and
Bayou Bartholomew PACKET Bastrop. Gus Hodge
master, J. p. Mohr clerk, leaves tomorrow ut 5
.. m, cure.
[By Telegraph
SOUTHWEST PASS. April 3. 1877.
To Capt. G. W. Howell, corps of Engineers, u
g. A.:
Depth Of channel at mean low tide, 1s feet.
Least width for that depth, 100 feet. High tide
at 10 q. IN.
Depth of channel at high tide 10 feet and .
inches.
Bottom soft.
Depth Of channel, If referred TO The plane Of
average food tide, 20 foot and Is 100 of y foot.
o. Fl. ELWELL. Master "MeAlster.'
MEMPHIS, April 3.-To Wayne d Williams. New
tHtnrday and leave for Louisville aud Cincinnati
LEW KATIE, Master.
v1oKsBunG, April 3.-To Wayne 81 Williams,
Thursday and leave for Louisville and Cincinnati
GEORGE WOLF. Master.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
MADISON, April Capt. James Goods now
towboat Egypt. for the Mississippi Valley Trans
portaton Company, will be launched from the
Marine Ways on Tuesday next.
Br. LOUIS, April 2.--The Mississippi river OPP
posite Memphis is $500 feet wide, and il Ia re-
markable fact that instead OF getting wider IL
grows narrower as 1t proceeds to the gulf. From
the mouth Of the Ohio TO the mouth OF the
Arkansas, the average width is 4470 feet; from
the latter point to the mouth OF the Red river,
1880 feet from the Bed river to Bayou Lafonrohe,
5000 feet: and from there to the head of the
passes, 270 feet. At the same time the average
depth increases from 81 TO 100 feet. Grand
View Reach, about forty-fve miles above New
Orleans, is the deepest place n It, soundngs
there show the bottom to be 100 feet from the
surface OF the water.
The curious mud Jumps near and about the
mouth of tho Mississippi river have long been
study They were lifted from the bottom to tho
ses, but how, ia mystery. Some have risen or
subsidized in single day, and the gas coming
from them n few feet below the surface keeps up
q continual turmoil OF the water above, while
from oil Of them the gases which raised them
escape through small but apparently bottomless
craters. In some OF these springs the water
that shoots up s several degrees colder than ii g
In the surrounding sea; and the crater Of one Of
them, on Osgoods Island has % mineral flavor,
and is sold in New Orleans drug stores az q spe-
cifc for rheumatism. These islands never rise in
channels OF navigation, but always on their
greater number are bare. On one near the
Southeast Pass, brick fort, constructed by tho
Bpaniards over century ago, is slowly sinking
into the sea. On Gordon's Island still grow
grove OF fig trees century cid; and near them
graveyard, in which are beadstones bearing
Spanish names and dates one and two centuries
ago. Some twenty years ago ship called the
So. Patrick stuck on one OF these Jumps while
crossing the bar on her way to sea. After laying
several weeks, five powerful towboatt managed
TO drag her into deep water.
To aid in the process lot OF building material,
brick and other freight, were cast overheard to
tighten the ship. Not long after the mud lump
protruded above the water and many OF the brick
were gathered by fishermen and used 10 build
ehimneys for their huts in the marsh near by.
As the delta strip, work seaward, they keep an
equal distance in advance; and thus Elsewhere
formerly was deep water, and often bring up
fragments OF wrecks lost more than hundred
years ago.
An excursion party OF over one hundred per-
SONS from IndianapoIis, Terra Hante and other