The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-30
Above low

sBelow high water mark OF 1878.
NELSON aOROM. Berg't. big. Der. u. q. A.
Arrivals.
Alvin, Eva. Bastrop. Frank Pargoud, Texas,
Henry Tete.
Alvin, Eva, Blue Wing No. 0, Bastrop, Bertha.
To Arrive.
Blue Wing No. 0, Mary Ida, upper oeast; Alvin,
Eva, Martha, lower coast: Col. A. Z. KoHns.
Dawn, He'd river. II. O. Stanard, Centennial, Bt.
Louis Bt John, Baton Rouge; Gov. Allen,
bayou Bara. Frank willard, Cincinnati; Garrett
and barges, Cairo. Stella Block. Donaldsonville,
Big Bunhower, Trenton. 0pelousas: Natchek.
weather clear and pleasant yesterday.
Business anything but dull. though it liz the
iast Of the month";
The Home reshipped at vieksburg on the
Considerable forwarding freight was received
by the Pargoud yesterday for Baton Rouge, Port
Hudaop, bayou Sara and other places.
MIR. CURT Holmes, Of the PatgDud, has return.
ed from his summer visit TO the east.
Capt, ]. L. Robbins regular Saturday Atehafa'
laya packet Trenton will arrive tonight and leave
on time.
ternate days with the Martha 10 Port Eaas, car.
rying the United States mail, will arrive this
evening aud return tomorrow
The peerless Nstehes will arrive from vicks-
burg tonight and return Saturday.
has put the Ella Hughes in He'd river for bust
meas. and that be will keep her there during low
water, notwithstanding reports to the contrary.
The Atlantic, from 81. Louis. was due list
night with bargeH. Part OF her cargo is 4b,VsI
Bushels corn ip bulk.
Nee apeeial notice Of Capt Dick Hinnott. Capt.
Binnott don't intend that his patrous shall suffer
on account Of low water. II IL 10 possible TO pre-
vent it, ~
The Chas II. Durfee and the Dawn are this
weeks packets to Alexandria and Grand Ecore.
The Durfee, laying over from yesterday, leaves
to-day, Dick binBott In command. aud takes
freight for Shreveport, and the Dawn, Chas.
Truslow in command, leaves Saturday
The Texas lays Mp.
The COL A. +. kouns ID receiving to leave Sat-
urday for Shreveport and Jefferson.
The Frank Willard, due to arrive. will go TO
Red river and run In connection with the Jimmie
Baker aud the four new barges. thus insuribg
uninterrupted communication with He'd river
and New Orleans, no matter how lew the water
gets. The New Orleans and Red River Transport
tatien Company have special notice in another
part OF the DEMOCRAT. TO which attention is
called.
This Ia the day for tho ''dsndys Frank Pargoud
10 leave.
The Cairo correspondent of the Commercial
under date OF the 2Bth, says:
1.-The u. r, bohenck cleared for New Orleans,
drawing ak and half feet. The Golden City
will load to lesvs Saturday evening
The Memphis correspondent of the same paper,
under the same date says:
"Capt. Frank Hicks has contracted to carry
10000 bales Of cotton from Helena next season at
81 per bale, 10 be taken off once each week. The
Carondest and such other boats III he may des-
ignate are TO carry the cotton. lie slso agrees to
take all the cotton. seed cake at 90 30 per ton"
The Big suehower. from the Atohsfalays, will
arrive TO leave Saturday, her regular day.
The gentleman OF the DEMOCRAT III informed
we have not INDUCED In any generalities; that
We tired OF his Tn ldozng style, aud 10 settle
the dispute we will bet him fine hat that the
flea of tho Bulletin for the months OF October,
November and December, 1876, and January,
1876, Of the dates he published In the DEMOCRAT,
of last Friday. will not exhibit count up Of 42B
steamboat advertisements, ~ alleged by him,
and will leave the same to be decided by his
friend Capt. Geo. Il. Lord, or Dan Devinney.
We are tired OF this continual pickering about
nothing, and were not the cause of IL, having
claimed no honor in the matter Of our publication
about advertisements, but merely ans sered
wrong statement made by the 81 Louis Times
IN. o. Times, August %.
In compliance with the suggestion made in tho
New Orleans Times OF this date. aud to ssttle the
depute between the river editor Of that paper,
aud MIR. Bryant, river editor OF the New Orleans
d, mocrat, we called at the Democrat Office this
morning, and find. after due and careful exam
nation that there were s25 steamboat ADVERTISE
ments on the dates mentioned, and rs claimed
GEO. II. LORD.
WM. A DEvINNEY.
Democrat Office, August 40, 1877.
II 10 now In order for MIR. James Kerr, Jr., 10
make the amende honorable through the COL
umus of his paper. Will he do it2 In this same
connection We think IL not out OF place to add,
that with al MIR. Kerr's experience in the news
paper business, there Ia one thing he seems not
TO have learned, or, having learned II, forgotten
IL. That 10, that everything he writes is subject
to criticism when II is not In accordance with
Lindley Murray or the facts. II he does not like
criticism, he should not lay himself liable; failing
in that he should bear 1t good natutedly. Ugly
and pettish replies are not calculated to make his
position any stronger or that OF his assaiiant
weaker.
The ouachita Belle will certainly start at an
early day q semi-weekly packet to Bayou sara.
See advertisement.
THE FIRST BOAT ssovE THE RED RIVER RAFT.
The Enterprise passed around the famous raft
OF Red river on the 18th OF June, 1881, and was
the first ulat that assembled the upper part
Of that river. The trip was very difficult and
dangerous one.
II is stated that navigation around or through
this raft viii soon be opened, in pursuance OF An
act OF Congress appropratng money for that
purpose The work will be done under the direc-
tion Of Lieut.. Sewell, U. s. Engineers. The canal
which be dug is the one connecting Red bayou
with Black bayou-l Niles Register, 1881.
This WAS previous to opening the raft by Capt
III. NJ. jShreve. The first navigation around the
raft was through Loggy bayou into Lake Biste.
ncauf up Willow chute into Red chute crossing
the Fiver into Twelve Mile bayou, from there into
soda lake, thence to Black and Red bayous This
was in the days Of keel boats.-[ED. DEMOCRAT
THE FIRST STEAMSHIPS TO NEW YORK.
Tine New Orleans Bulletin Of 1885 says:
steamer has been put on to run between Charles
tom and st. Augustine, Fla, and arrangements
have been made to continue the line to Havana
there to connect with the Connecticut to New
Orleans, thus making complete line between
New York and New Orleans.
New Orleans, May rs, 1888. The following dis
A,essing account Of the loss Of the Lionees, Capt
VI L. Cockrell, was brought by the Huron this
~ ming: The Lioness took fire forty miles above
IN .andria, and was blown to pieces. The cause
Ifo, is terrible explosion was large amount OF
In, er stored in the hold. large number o.
Una 'assengers and crew were killed. Isaac
It, one of the pilots, was badly wounded
the Register.
Wright is still living. II Ed. DEMOCRAT.
49,, passenger and United States mail steamer
HoNA q, W. S. Bassett master, leaves to-day at II