The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-25
Above low
water.

st. Louis ......... 9 10 0
Vioksburg ..;....;. IA 2or,
*Below high water mark OF 1874.
NELSON GOROM. Serg't. Sig. Ser. q. 8. A.
Arrivals.
Alvin, Blue Wing No. 8, Yazoo Valley, Trenton.
departures.
u Alvin, Eva, Robert Young, Henry Tete, Gov.
To Arrive.
Mary Ida, upper coast; Martha. Alvin, lower
coast; Texas, Bed river; Belle of Shreveport, st.
Louis; Robert Young, Henry Tete, Lafourche:
Willie, Attakapas.
Business not very active yesterday, and con-
fined principally to the coast packets.
Weather warm.
The w. J. Behan will be the only departure for
Red river to-day. the Texas being unable to get
here in time.
Tom Langdon goes on the Behan. Dime
Daniel Divinney waits for the Olarksville.
The Yazoo Valley, having been relieved by the
Natchez, will lay idle for the present.
At the special request OF Capt. Arthur Com
stock we state that the Blue Wing arrived on
time az usual and that she will wing her way to
Donaldsonville and the Ashland plantation this
10 a. M, promptly.
The price of coal has been advanced from forty
to fifty cents per box.
Roustabouts have also demanded and are re-
ceiving an advance of five dollars per month.
The Ashland has been chartered to the Keokuk
Northern Line.
terday.
The Thalia street wharf is being repaired and
extended out. A portion OF it will be set aside
for ships. a.
coast trade than the Martha, leaving this p. m.
She carries the mail goes through to Port Eads
each trip and on Saturdays makes an excursion
through the jetties out into the Gulf and around
to Southwest Pass. The tip is pleasant one.
The very light draft steamer Big Sunfower.
purchased expressly for the trade by Capt. Aeck
Trousdale, and, as far as the eye can Judge,
admirably adapted for it, leaves to-day, posi-
tlvely, at p. M. for the Atchafala1a. J. B.
Schmlt, q clever man, and very popular clerk,
has charge Of the Office.
Mr.. John Reichard, late the accomplished
clerk OF the Billy Collins, was placed in command
OF that boat yesterday. We tender our congratu-
lations TO this promising young captain, with the
hope that the lustre OF his guiding star may
never be dimmed.
The Cherokee has laid up at Paducah.
The Commercial says that the Cotton Valley
will make trip to Memphis in place of the JAS.
w. Gaff.
The st. Louis Times calls the New Orleans pa
pers t of croakers. It can't find any croaklng
in the columns of the DEMOCRAT.
The attraction Of to-day will be the departure
Of the Natchez for Vicksburg. Respondent in
beauty, strong and vigorous after q summers
rest, she turns her prov up stream once more to-
wards the people and the places that know her
so well, with future as bright as the past, and
any other steamboat. Thos. P. feathers, one Of
the most renowned captains Of the day, COM
1nands.
letter, dated Madison, August 20. was re-
ceived here yesterday from Mr.. Joe Dodd, in
which he stated that the hull of the new boat to
replace the Lotus No. would be let in the water
in week, and that Capt. Geo. w. Rea's new low
water packet Alexandria would be completed and
ready to leave by the 4th of September.
With the very fl STEERING prospects of closing
the break in Tones bayou and the keeping open
OF the channel near the mouth OF Old river,
things look brighter in Red river. The Red River
flood Of business that will follow the accomplish
snent OF these two. results, and will keep their
promise to the people of the Red river valley, to
give them better and larger line of transporta.
ton than ever travelled over the waters OF old Red
before. Capt. Joe Aiken, the president of this
company, is one of the most energetic boatmen
and Q ear-headed business men in this or any
other community. He has got his shoulder to
the wheel, and with him there is no such thing as
stopping. The W. J. Behan, OF this line. ana
one OF the lightest, leaves to-day at p. m, Geo.
Wilkinson in command, Frank .Ames clerk The
Behan will 60 through to Shreveport.
The Assumption is out on the Good Intent
Dock.
Not least among the at r actions on the Na.chez
ia the saloon OF Mr.. John Ku than, where can be
had refreshments for the inner man. In keeping
with everything else about the boat, the bar is
par excellence, and Mr.. Kuethan is q gentleman
and scholar.
HISTORY OF THE ENGINE.
In connection with the ske' ches published by
gis of the earlier stes mboats, II will be well for
to give sketch Of IL Q engines used on them.
In 1906 Robert Flu ton returned from England,
where he had been tor the purpose OF examining
the different engines then In use and also trying
to introduce his steamboat, but without success
He then interested Mr.. Livingston, OF New York
in his plans. They Immediately commenced the
building OF the first boat, the Olermont for the
II. .;x, ,so hoaf fcpo hprt hon
1870 feet long, 10 feet wide, feet deep. Her en-
CINE was built by Boulton g. Watts, on the rivel
Clyde, Scotland. The engine was single cylin
der, "a inches in diameter, feet stroke; boile
wheel was Is feet in diameter, foot planks,
foot dip, and she ran 31a miles an hour. Thu
engine was low pressure, with condenser, walk
ing.beam and fy-wheel. His second boat, thu
Orleans, had low pressure engine, by the sam
makers. She was stern.wheel boat, the power
to the wheel was applied by 1y-wheel attached
to the walking-beam.
THE FIRST HIGH PRESSURE ENGINE.
O. Evans of Philadelphia, WAS the inventor o
the first high pressure engine. He made the frs
practical experiment in 1906. 1t was done b.
APPLYING the engine to q dredging machine bull
on wheels driving it upon land and afterward
anon the water.-t American Cycopsdla
The Trenton leaves for the Atchafalaya to.da
st p. M, without tail.
The Blue Wing No. 3, J. A. Comstock master
10 s. m. for Donaldsonville and the Ashland plan
tation.
The lower coast United States mail and pas
senger steamer Martina, ". .. Bassett master
Messrs. Leger and Barrels clerks, will leave to
day at 5 p. m. for Port Eads.
The Big sunfower, Aleck Trousdale master, J
n. Schmit clerk, leaves to-day at p. m. TO
the Atchafalays through to Washington.
The semi-weekly coast and Bayou Lafourch
packet Ella Hughes Joe Dalferes master, leave
to-day at p. m. Capt. Dalferes has made al
rangements for reshpping by flats from tn
anouth; shippers can depend on their freigf
going through without delay.
Block clerk, leaves tomorrow at 5 p. NJ, pos
lively, for the Atchafalaya, through TO Washing
ton.
IBy Telegraph
BATON ROUGE, Aug. A.-To Lord & Mop eakt
Will alrive al 2 p. m. Good trip. Leave Satul
slay. as usull, JAMES L. ROBBINS,
Master Steamer Trenton.
Exchange Clippings.