The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-15
Above low Change.
*Below high water mark Of 1874.
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*Below high water mark Tkf 9f LIZ 49, aopou
Sergeant Signal Service. U. =. A.
Alvin Blue Wing No. 3. Maria Louise, Dan |
ube, Yazoo Valley. Little Bob b.
Departures.
Isabel, Alvin, Blue Wing No 3. Assumption. |
st. John, Ouachita Belle. Yazoo Valley John |
Wilson. Thompson Dean. Maria Louise. Clara
s.. d. Stein.
Martha. Alvin, lower, coast; Blue Wing
5 Shannon, Ohio river; GOV: Alien Bayou
river; James Howard Memphis J. H. Hanna.
st. John, Baton Rouge: St. Mary, Assumption:
Lafour1che; Frank Pargoud; Greenville; City OF
The weather RENAL us unsettled. 1t tri ed seve-
raj times to rain yesterday, but beyond light
sprinkle failed
Business was without a change worthy of
John Mcclellan. formerly carpenter on the
day. after an illness of over nine months.
Capt: Jack Blanks, 15eo7inch sidewheel Qua
ehita river packet Little BOP b. arrived d yester
at the head of Lafayette street. The Little Bob
attracted as large a crowd of visitors as much
done. Everybody was glad to see Capt. Jack
again. and greeted him with hearty shake of
The Clara S. and the D, Stein got off yester-
day. The Stein was to have gone at Il M, but
had to replace her safety valve with another,
which detained her till evening.
The John Howard will arrive to-day from the
Quachita and leave for Camden direct satur-
The Jimmie Baker was let off the ways yes
The next move of Charlie Thornes Danube
had not been developed at this. writing.
The Natchez will arrive tonight from Vicks-
burg and return Saturday as usual.
Ia Rp
The 6. q. Dggrfee. ". 7 Boardman in COM
The Bertha will arrive to leave Saturday as
usual. for the Opelousas.
The Fanchon and Cherokee, bound down,
passed Evansville Sunday
The Belle, with two barges. and U. P. Schenck
both left Memphis with all the freight they
could carry The Belle, after arriyal, VIII make
Mr. J. c. Bergeron stopped off the st. John
Including the DonnaIly, Cotton Valley, due
last night fourteen steamers, the most of them
with lows are en- route from the Ohio to this
city-an unusually large number.
The A. G: Donnally. r. U. Hart master, Ed.
DOnnally clerk leaves Saturday for the Ohio to
hn The Donnay besides being ye6 Fry
palm to none in attention to their duties and to
the wants OF passe gers; ,,.-, ,ou
The City of Alton, FL. E. Bixby captain leaves
Saturday for st. Louis.
The Susie Silver follows the Alton. and is due
| about Saturday. For rates of passage by the
| Alton and Silver see the advertisement of J. B.
The Red River Transportation Company is
II ha 1s o t To-
| All of their boats thirteen in number. are in
service but three, and freights are not allowed
| The Texas and c. FL. Durfee.. both belonging to
| this com pany, leave Saturday, the former for
Shreveport. the latter for Minden.
| The James Howard, great as a cotton carrier
! and great as passenger steamer, Will be at the
! landing this morning receiving TO leave To- NOR
WITHOUT fall for Memphis and thu the bends
| Dlished J. H. ChaSSaing in the Office:
The Assumption and St. Mary win return to
! leave Saturday again for the Lafourche.
The St. Francis Belle leaves daily at 7:so a. m
| from Bienville street for Westwego, running in
connection with the NeY Orleans and Texas
The NJ. 1. line steamer Mary Ida. J. A. Ruiz
master, leaves to-day. as usual, at 10 o'clock, for
the upper coast to Ben Tureaud:. =,
| The splendid passenger and Y nlted States mall
steamer Frank Pargoud. J. NJ. White master.
Curt Holmes clerk, leave to-day at s D. M, for
The New Orleans and Gulf Transportation
Company. steamer Martha, ". ). Bassett mas
ter carrying the United States mail, leaves to-
The Alvin, W. T. Scovel master. also OF the
above company. leaves tomorrow at II M.
vile 30 packet Henry Tete ]. F. Aucoin master.
NJ. H. Landry clerk, leaves to-day at u NJ.
making all plantation landings IL nd dayshF
| Inc lluo StedueF JOHN II.
Bergeron in command. leaves tomorrow at 70
NJ. for Baton Rouge and coast landings. Capt.
L. P Delahoussaye has charge OF the office,
The United States mail packet Coy. Allen.
John J. Brown MASTER S. 8. streck clerk. leaves
tomorrow at 5 p. M for Bayou Sara.
by Telegraph
TRENTON Nov; 1$:-To Capt 7. A. Blanks, Nj
| Canal corner Delta street: The Howard will
arrive Thursday night, and leave Saturday for
Camden. Seven hundred bales. No cotton
above. Ten feet of water at Camden and fall
ing fast E. r. PERRY.
Exchange Clippings.
A PLAUSIBLE THEORY OF STEAM BOILER EXPLo-
From the New York Tribune's Report OF the
| Meeting Of the National Academy OF Sclences.I
An apparatus was also shown at work which
| proved that stedf might be decnmp0sed by
simple heat into the constituent, gases OF water
oxygen and hydrogen. The heat employed
was little over ordinary redness, but. did moi
reach whiteness. This experiment is OF the
highest value, as illustrating possible cause q
boiler explosions. The apparatus was beauti
fully simDle-a flask in which water was heated
a tube conveying the steam into CLOSED