The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-21
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NELSON GOROM. SerKt. Zig. Ser. q. q. A.
ARRIVALS Isabel, Willie. Katie, Mary Ida, st.
John, Henry Tete, Eureka.
DRpARTuREs-Issbel, Era No. 10, Blue Wing,
Robt. Young, Lesse Taylor. Dawn, Tom Parker,
WI. Poitevent, Chas. Morgan, J. Hanna, Geo.
Spangler.
TO AnRrvE-Ella Hughes, Assumption, La
fourche; Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara; Thos. Bher-
lock, Cincinnati; FL. O. Yaeger, 81. Louis Era
No. 10, Lower Coast; Blue Wing No. 8, Robt.
Bart Able, Red river.
II rained heavily yesterday.
Business was quite active on the landing.
Capt. Hodge has laid the Bastrop up for few
Capt. Kenison went out In command of the
TAYLOR, Capt. Broad having left on the Morgan.
The Morgan had light freight. but fine pas
eenger list.
Capt John Elliott, Of the City Of Augusta, left
yesterday by rail for Memphis.
The attention Of shippers to Bayou Lsfourohe
is called to the fact that the Eureka is the only
departure to day for the bayou. She leaves reg
The Billy Collins leaves Saturday at 3 q. M, by
way OF Harvey's Canal for Grand Isle.
The daylight tri.weekly upper coast packet
Blue Wing No. will arrive this evening and re-
The Yazoo Valley, in place of the Natehez, will
be ut the landing Tomorrow receiving to leave
Saturday.
The Bart Able, leaving every Saturday for Red
halls between here and the mouth of Red river,
either on her up or down trips. See advertise
ment.
The Era No. 10, making semi weekly trips to
the lower coast, In psce OF the Martha, will ar
rive tomorrow and leave Saturday at 8 p. m.
Capt. Tom Taylor commands.
Capt. Dick Sinnott was out yesterday, looking
none the worse for his illness.
The renowned Thos. Sherlock will be at the
landing to-day, reesiving to leave Saturday for
the Ohio.
The Gov. Allen, leaving tomorrow at s .. M.
will land passengers at Oarrollton, charging ten
cents for fare, the proceeds to be donated TO the
orphan ssylums.
Death visited The household of Capt. John
Heinz yesterday. taking from him his beloved
wife. a most estisnsble lady. Her funeral takes
The New Orlesns and Red River Transports
ton Oompany's steamer @. H. Durfee, w. H,
McOhesney master, John MoOhesney clerk, leaves
Saturday for Shreveport.
Tom MePeake made the round trip on the
Durfee, and was accompanied back 10y Capt.
Thornton Jacoke. We heard that Tom tried 30
capture dog and was in turn very nearly cap
tured by the owner.
the city, returned Tuesday evening.
:, Among the Hanna's passengers yesterday was
Mrs. Spears, wife Of our friend Joe Spears, the
wsE known Memphis and vicksburg clerk.
Roger Bayle went out on the Poitevent yester-
day. in place OF Andy Rowland. sick.
The Katie lin place of the Frank Pargoudl, j.
M. White master, w. N. Gaines clerk. leaves
to-day ct p m. for Vicksburg. Greenville end
The semi-weekly coast and Bayou Lafourche
packet Eureka leaves to-day at 8 p. m. for Loek-
port q: d. Terrebonne commands, I. A. Ear
ling &c clerk. a.,,. r ;,
Bayou Lafourehe packet Henry Tete, J. F. Au-
coin master, M. II. Landry clerk, leaves to-mor-
row at 10 q. m.
The semi.wee1y coast and Baton Rouge padaket
VpNtp Eensrt~ naypn ~ De-
clerk, leaves tomorrow at II m, punctually.
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Allep, j. J. Brown master, &. &.
Streck clenk, leaves tomorrow at 8 p. m.
The steamers Henry Tete and Eureka, fsom
Bayou Lafourche, arrived last evening.
The Willie is receiving to leave Saturday for
the Bayou Teche.
tBy Telegraph
vrcEsnuRe, June 2O.-To Wayne 4 Williams,
106 Gravier street, The Thomas Sherlock will
arrive Thursday and leave Saturday.
NArcHEz, June 2O.-To Douglas L Winburn.
Agents, 30 Natchez street: Steamer e. M. Nor
ton and barges will arrive Thursday noon.
A. Y. Russ, Master.
ExoHANaE cLIpHNas Il
ET. LOUIS June 1s--The river is steadily fail |
ing at this point and is expected to 20 down 80 i
rapidly that within two weeks boats may be Il
sticking on the bars between St Louis and Cairo /
The st. Louis and New Orleans Pool line has 1
made general reduction in rates from the fig-
ures prevailing until near the close Of last week
The rates to Vicksburg and New Orleans were |
twenty cents per 100 pounds, an6 forty cents for |
flour; now they are fifteen and thirty cents, with
q corresponding reduction to all way points, in |
cludiDg Memphis.
The Carondelet is nearly ready TO begin taking
In cargo for New Orleans.
The James Howard loads for New Orleans this
week.
Owing to the breaking of machinery in one of
mil tla IN hchk voou
ing for freight, her departure is postponed and
she will leave at this evening.
The John l.. Rhoads, which sunk on the falls
at wave Rock. was bound from pittsburg to st. |
Louis, with ful cargo. The dispatch says fhe |
lies straight and can be raised. The Rhoads is |
owned by Capt. Vandergriff and others in Pitts |
burg, and is an excellent business steamer, and |
has been verv successful
MEMPHIS, June 16.-Sergt McElroy in charge |
OF this signal station, reports the actual rainfall
within the forty-eight hours at 1852. and also
tn the rain fell only twenty three hours out Of
the forty-eight However unreasonable his re-
port may seem to those who would be surprised
ct q morning dew that would float steamboat,
II is bs cked up by the practical observation OF
thousands OF citizens, who say they never wit
messed such an outpournk of the clouds since
that every Shanghai chicken that attempted to
pick up a grain Of corn during the rain was
strangied to DEATH The centre Of the streets is
ten inches or foot higher than at the eurbstonee
water, running in torrents FROM one side to the
other. Bridges that were built over Bayou
Gayoso. three feet above the highest water ever
known, were covered three and half feet under
water. Skffs were sunk in the river by the
water that fell into them. The coal men kent
their tugs busily engaged pumping the water
ont Of their coal fats, and besides had hundreds
of hands at work with hand pumps. Localities
on Nonconnah Creek, where water had never
been seen before, we're covered 4 or feet deep
by the overflow OF the creek. Nearly every
bridge in the county-and they are many-was
washed away by the flood. Houses we're carri d
away from localities hitherto considered safe
from the encroachments OF the highest rises of
the flood.
Little Rock Gazette. June 1871
The gauge last evening showed &c Cloths feet
of water IN the channel q fall of but 4-10ths OF a
foot in "a hours. The Maumele and Inspector
we're the boats in port yesterday. The former
boat discovered and passed through new cutoff
about nine miles below the city, into which the
,tficers OF the boat are of opinion the main chan
mel OF the river will be diverted. The new cutoff