The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-04

Changes.
*Relow high water mark OF 1874.
MELLON aORQM. serg't. Big. ser. y. 8. A.

| ARRIVALS laADel, NATE hlnnPY, Ann
DEPARTURES Isabel, Mary Ida, Blue Wing
No. g. Eva, Assumption, Natches, Grand Rs-
public, Golden City, Commonwealth Sandy No.
9, LESSEE Taylor. iasoo Valley, Bart Able, Got on
Valley, john Howard, Maria Louise, Tom Parker,
ann i Teosas, Martha. Geo. sp.ngler.
TO AnR1vE- Henry Tete. Trenton, Assumption,
| Latourohe; JHrrie 4. Thorn. Col. A, 2. Kouns,
Red River. Ella Hughes. john II Hams, Bas-
troR Willie, ouschi'a; Isabel, Emma. Lower
Bertha, , rs No. ID, opelousas; Katie, v,ols.
burg; Eva, Mary Ida, blue Wing No. ., Upper
Coast; Gov. Alien, Bayou sara 81. John, Baton
Rouge.
weather clear and very pleasant yesterday.
Business much better than IL has been for
many days past The John Howard, Maria
Louiae aud Bart Able had unusually fine trips
out, the Fart Able being almost guards Ia the
water
On account OF the low water In Bout River,
Capt. Taylor did not care 10 venture out for the
present. and will hold the stella Block ready TO
leave On the hrst water. Her freight was turned
over - tho Tom Parker.
Capt. Jerry Sullivan laid the w.. j. Poitevent
un, No water in the Tepsas. The Capt. Sullivan
will keep her ready TO leave on the frat rise.
Capt. LIwell took the Fannie rstum over tho
river yesterday. The Tatum will receive some
few repairs. u coat OF paint, aud will be brought
nto eerv Ce again very shortly.
The Kate Kinney arrived yesterday from Red
River with 1857 sacks oil cake 500 sacks seed
meal, 1884 sacks seed and 274 bales cotton. Her
officers report that had II not been for rains they
would have got more cotton and brought In all
she could carry.
Attention is called in another column to the
new adv, risement of the Planters Heform LiUs
The Kate Kinney leaves Tuesday ext instead OF
Saturday. as previously advertised, and will be
under the command Of Capt. Thornton Jacobs,
late OF the Fannie Tatum. The Il. W. Dugan
leaves Saturday. the 10Th inst, the well known
Andy Swan in command The boats can turey
be depended upon to leave al above, aud will
hny asti inn nil nanH
The New Orleans and Red River Transports
ton Company send out, Tuesday. the Seminole,
ohss. ". stinde. IN lister. j. NJ. Lyle, clerk the
Dol. A. Z. Nouns, Matt. L ,uns, M tHter, Isaae Ii.
kouus, clerk and IN Saturday the ba Belle, NJ.
N. Wood, master Roger Boyle, clerk -- all to
Shreveport aud Jefferson.
One OF the stsupche.t, at, moot regular
and popular boats that ever ran to the
Lower Coast " Capt. Oliver Oantous steamer
Emma. She ia also the fastest and leaves every
Monday, Wednesday and Frtday. at l p. m.
promptly, going ss far az the FrankIin Rice
Mills.
The new. teot and handsome New Orleans and
Ouaohta transportation Company's steamer John
Fl. Hanna, J. W. Blanks, master, Joe HoImes,
clerk, leaves Wednesday, as usual, for Ouachita
City. zoe her advertisement in another column.
From d tfsrent points there were nineteen arri-
walls Friday; the departures yesterday amounted
to twenty-one.
The regular tri.weehly Daylight Upper Coast
packet Eva, Louis Ransom, master, N. Ramon
and Geo. Q. Heno, clerks, leaves TO morrow at 10
a. m. for the Ben Tueeaud plantation.
The regular tr weekly Lower Coast packet
Emma, o. Canton, Jr., master, J. J. Donovan,
clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. N. promptly.
The semi-wetkly Coast ard Baton Rouge
packet st. John, f. Bergeron, master, J. q. Ber-
geroD clerk, leaves to. morrow at B p, m.
The Gov. Allen will leave to morrow at p. m.
for Bayou Ssra and all mail landings J. J. brown,
master, &. s. Streck, clerk.
The regular Bayou Lafourcbe and Coast packet
Trenton, 10 place Of the W. J. Poitevent, leaves
tomorrow ut s p. m. U. ID. Terrebonne, master
Gsbe Block, clerk.
The superb Katie, in place Of the Robert E.
Lee leaves on Tuesday at p. M. for Vlcksbnrg
and all mail landings. Wa. Campbell in COM
man !. A McVay clerk.
The strictly Independent Ohio river passenger
steamer Robert Mitchell, James Paul master,
Frank Stein clerk, leaves Tuesday for Louisville
and Cincinnati. The Mitchell ranks among the
foremost in speed, safety and comfort, and in-
sures to all who travel on her pleasant trip.
On the same day the Golden Rule, said to be
the best and most successful sternwheel boat
ever built, leaves for Memphis, Cairo, Louisville
aud Cincinnau o. P. shinkle commands, W. r.
Shaw Gle X, two gentlemen most favorably
known for their urbanity, skill, experience and
close attention to business.
, The Bertha due to arrive, will leave Wedues-
day as ueual, for the Atchafalaya through to
Washington. Fl. Il. Broad, master, Theo. John
clerk.
The Era No. u, Capt James Hamilton, Mr.. J.
B. Schmidt clerk, due also to arrive. lie yes We'd
nesday for the A.ohafalays.
[By telegraph
VIcKsBuRa, March 3.-ro Wayne & Williams,
New Orleans: Stea mer Golden Bale will arrive on
Sunday and leave Tuesday, March 6.
o. P. SHINKLE, Master.
VICKsBuRG. March 2.-To Brockett 4 Carter,
IS Magazine str, ct: The steamer Robert Mitchell
will arrive Sunday, wi b full trip, and leave
Tuesday, 9th inst, for Cincinnati.
JAMES PAUL, Master.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI, March 1.-The Lower River pilots
are complaining very much about the absence of
beacon lights. Many Of the long, difficult eross-
iugs are without any, and others are almost in as
bad fix by having the lights in the wrong
place, The pilots of the John T. Tolle reported
lO1s feet at Bulletin, or Plumb Point rather.
The channel is lower down than was ever before
known, and fully half mile below where the
Commonwealth was aground.
Captain Silver is getting bids for lengthening
the hull Of the Susie Silver thirty-two feet from
about the bow forward.