The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-24

j provide for more that ware expscteds The Dean
Z star that never fsisto draw. -
Capt. DelahoussAye that he make an excursion to
the etties on the Ath Of July, with his high flyer
| Tom Parker. Capt. d. has the matter under
consideration. IL the Parker docs 20. there will
be moving OF pegs that will be hard for the fast
ones TO reach.
/ The Grand Republic leaves 81. Louis Saturday.
Capt. Geo. Fl. Kea, president Of the Mississippi
Valley Transportation Company. is in the city,
| having arrived Saturday. ~
The charter OF tho Stella Block having expired,
Capt. TAYLOR telegraphed to Capt. Jas. Hamilton
| TO have the Era No. 10 ready Id time 10 leave in
| the Blocks place for BRuf River tomorrow. The
Era will be at the landing this morning receiyip &
freight, and will be pretty sure TO go. The Block
The Blue Wing No. D leaves tomorrow at 10
q. m under the new arrangement of three trips
a week to the Ashland Plantation, Ascension
parish. Capt. Comstock makes this change for
tho benefit OF his patrons, and for their further
benefit, announces that he will land freight in
the ds, time. Having good boat and attentive
officers. he confidently relies upon continuance
! OF the liberal patronage receive d IN the past.
The punctual tri.weekly daylight Upper Coast
pack It Eva leaves tomorrow, ss usual at 10 .. m
The Frank Pargoud, from Arkopolis, will be at
the iandii tomorrow morning receiving to leave
Thursday as usual.
The Bismarck, Capt. John Spane, leaves to-day
for IT.. Louis.
The Assumption, Capt. Joe Dalferes, leaves
this p. m. for Dopaldsonvilie and the Lafourche
The superb and feet R0bt. e. Lee Vim. Camp
bell mastsr, Messrs. McVay and Mossop clerks,
leaves this p. M, as usual, for Baton Rouge,
Bayou Sara, Natohez. Vicksburg and oil mail
landings.
The fine side.wheel passenger packet City Of
Augusta, j. d. Elliott master, Joe Hliott clerk,
leaves to. day at s p. m. for the Arkansas River,
through TO Fort smith, taking freight for all
Bend landings.
The large. new and very fast freight steamer
U. r. Sohenek. J. l.. Garter master, Dick Burns
erk, leaves to day at p. M, for Memphis, Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati.
Tho tliweekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves Tomorrow at p. m. for Happy JACKIE;
Oliver Canton, Jr, master, J. j: Donovan clerk.
Ouaohita Transportation Company, leaves to-
morrow at 6 p. m. lin place OF the Ouschita
BELIEF, as regular weekly packet TO Onachita
City. Oapt.,J. W. Blanks commands. Capt. Joe
Holmes clerk.
The Sandy No. 2, III. II. Broad master, J. b.
Schmt clerk, leaves tomorrow for the Atcha
falaya and all coast landings.
The Col A. P. kouns, one OF the best stesm.
boats ever In Red river, leaves Tomorrow ut 8
p. m. for Shreveport and Jefferson. Isaac FL
konns in command, Messrs. shute and Quicksall
clerks.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
Pittaburg Commercial: ''Com. Koun'z has had
boats in the 5t. Louis and New Orleans trade
since 1888, period of nineteen ears, and he has
10 "
Gus fact that there s not company, firm or indi.
vidual, with the exception OF Com. Kountz, on.
gagged In the trade now. who were in IT nineteen
years ago; all have either died, gone into other
business or bankruptcy. The secret OF his sue
cess lies in his untiring energy and progressive
ness; he has constructed boats suited to she
times, hence he is able to grapple " til comE&ti.
ton, come from whence 1t may. While netfly
all the old.time steamboatmen have sold out
their steamboat stock and retired from business,
as.,oh 0khar Gann Knuntz hauI
more steamboat stock now than ever before"
CINCINNATI, April 2l.-Buslness was fair along
the levee yesterday. The rival New Orleans
steamers Thomas Sherlock and Golden Ruls
took freight at l21% cents per hundred for bscon,
SO cents for whisky and 40 Gems per barrel for
pork The Sherl ok received lou ions, and left
with 20 catin passengers.
The shinkle has four large plantation boilers,
built by Robt. Jones & De-, for Colonel Rivers, OF
the st. Charles III tel New Orleans.
Captain Burleigh received telegram from
Yankton Thursday night, announcing the burn |
ing OF the steamer Carroll at Hot Springs Land
ing. on the Upper Missouri. She had goo tons Of
boat left Pittsburg March 20, 1875, on her first
trip. She is valued at $4,000 and is not insured
The Charles Morgan left New Orleans Friday
evening" April ID for Cincinnati, with $50 tons OF
freight. Time to Baton Rouge, IL hours lost one
80 hours to vckshu &, laid over hour; days
and hours to Memphi, laid over 3 hours; 4
days and IL hours to Cal o, laid over hour. los
ing hours between Memphis and Cairo by
storm; days to shawneetown, lost half hour;
days and hours ts Evansville losing hour
days and hours to foot Of canal Qost from
o'clock Till half past in the morning by deten-
ton In the canal, putting off freight at the Louis
vile wharf and coalng); days to Cincinnati, ar.
irving Friday April 20. a $3.50 p. m. Had stormy
weather from Memphis to Louisville. and rising |
river from New Orleans 10 Cairo, did b z way |
business, and never stopped at Terre Haute or |
Salt river. Made 40 freight aud passenger land |
ngs. Running time from port to port less than |
6H days.
MEMPHIs, April 20.-The officers OF the Belle of |
Texas report the wreckers still at work on the |
Fannie Moore, with but little prospect Of raising |
her.
rhe vicksburg Herald says: "We learned from |
the steamer Nstchez that the towboat which ran |
into the Plymouth at Natchez last Sunday night, |
vas the John Dippold. The barges were sunk, |
loaded either with coal or stone."
The Natcnez Democrat says it will take $780, |
700 to save Vlcksburg from being an inland city.
MARINE NEWS. |