The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-14
Change,
Above low c
.BeJow higb water mark of 1874.

'Below high water MARI Ssf # ~ eonom,
Sergeant Signal Service. u. s. A.
Arrivals.
Err No. TO- Gov. Allen. J. II. Hanna. Golden
CITY. Ella Hughes, Warner and batges, Isabel
Departures.
Alvin Martha, Era No. 10, Henry Tete Frank
To Arrive.
Era No 10, Blue Wing No. 3. upper coast Eva
Alvin. Martha lower coast: H9nry Tete, Don
aldsonvle; Big sunfiower, Opeiotisas Natelez
Yieksbufg Col. A. 7. kotns, Red rivers Willie,
Atakapas
Weather clear and warm yesterday.
sSalRm deo #Faih eas new light draft steamer
Alexandria was to have left Madison .Wedngs-
day Although not heard from, there is hardly
u doubt but that she started.
Capt. Delahoussaye left Tor Franklin yester-
The steamer Isabel O'Pry master from the
lower coast. arrived last evening wi fair
THh THoMrsoN DEAN-Eotwittstand the
bad weather, the work Of repairing. refurnish-
ing and painting. this renowned steamer is
1sf OF October she will be ready to enter The
lists as regular weekly New Orleans Vicks-
bufg and bends packet under the command of
Gait. Frank Beck, Jr.. and Val Entriken The
Dean A. has aaways ranked high with the people
giant passenger accommodations, and her
friends and admirers can rest assured that
when she spreads her coors to the breeze they
will wave over as complete cotton carrier and
well officered a. boat as ever turned her prov ~
stream. The day selected for the departure Of
the H., Dean will be named in due time. 500,
The Big suntiower. one of the lightest dra #
and best boats ever in the trade, will be the enly
departure for the Atehafaaya to morrow.
The Red river packet building fer Capt. Mat
Sepyell will be called the 'Bryarlg"
The Acme, Capt. j. b. Cryer, leaves to-mor-
row at + U. m. for Monroe aud Trenton direct,
and will 60 through, as she draws only j. inches
light. She will remain up the Ouachita and
connect each trip at the head Of navigation dur
ing low water, with the Bastrup thus insuring
the prompt delivery Of shipments and at the
lowest rates.
The INatehez. from vicksburg, will be found
roy, as usual, Tor vieksbure.
The o. H. Durfee for Alexandria and Grand
Ecore. and the Dawn, for Shreveport, leave To-
:, The Ouaehita Belle. for the coast and Bayou
Sara on Wednesday and Saturday. will wheel
int into line as soon as her repairs are finished
:. The La Belle Is also being got ready for the
Bayou Sara trade, to Leave also on Wednesdays
and Saturdays, running In connection with the
[Seleeted for the N. o. Democrat,l
Evans III s gGa5'faa e q and M a ran iyer
water By order Of The Board 81 Health Of fo Phila
delphia, machine for cleansing docks. Il con
engine on board to work the machinery to raise
mud into mt Hats This was fine OPPORTUNITY to
sn as sa ss and e3qs a
do It; when. the work was. done. | put wheels
under H. with wooden axles With this small
schuylkill with ease. and when 1t was launched
into the water ! fixed q paddle wheel
Ne stern e a 9n nIsvs areve It d ts The
ware to the city, leaving all vessels going Id
behind NE at least half way. Some wise men
peling this great weight on land, because the
motion was too slow 70 be useful. sienced
them by Offering to bet $4,000, that could make
rpt1II rttI1 "A ,,,r a lpt.,,1
road against the swifteE horse they could pro-
duce. was then % confident az | am now that
am still willing TO make q steam carriage that
will run fifteen miles III hour On good level
roadways n condition that | shall have double
price for 1t. II II runs with that velocity and
nothing for 1T If 1t does not What can inventor
do more than insure the performance of his in
Vention.
In 1912, Evans writes: feel 1t lust to declare
That with Mr. Larahe, | myself did believe
that with the ponlerous and feeble. engines
useful in competition with sail boats, or TO as
cend the Mississippi asteeming the current
with him have been mistaken. for / have lived
to see boats. Succeed well with those engines
Ujoulton y Watts, and still hope to see them so
completely exceled and outrun BY using my
engines. .bs to induce the proprietors to ex-
change the old for the new and more powerful
ptinciple. -iO!ver Evans Journal.
Evans engines did come into general usn
upon the Western waters. and the same princi-
pie of highzpressure engines is used at this
The Warner aud barges from st. Louis ar
The Isabel. jas II. 0Pry master. Oliver Dan
tom Jr, clerk leaves to-day at 1890 a. m for the
lower coast to the Quarantine station.
The Era No. TO- IN place, Of the Mary Ida,
will arrive this evening and leave Tomorrow at
10 q, m for the upper coast
The Martha leaves to- morrow at .. m. for
the lower coast to Port Eads
The tri- weekly coast, Donaldsonyille and la
fourche packet Henry tIete will arrive this even
ing and return to morrow az usual.
The lower coast United States mail packet
Eva, John Taylor master, John o. valiette clerk.
leaves to-day at 10 q. m. for the coast. through
to Port Eads.
packet Gov. Allen, John J. Brown master, s. s.
str Tsl ! clerk LEI (, leaves to-day Ct pm pm.
McElroy in command, leaves to-day at u m. in
place Of the vt, John for the coast ard Bayou
sara Eara Messts. J. q Berseron and Ferd v
The lower coast packet Alvin w r gcovell
master. Henry kouns clerk will arrive this
evening and return tomorrow, as usual, at
The Blue Wing No 3, J. A. Cofnsfoek master.
Geo Wood and Charles Dean clerks, leaves TO-
The liz Re"k vFr Ha
J. b. sehmit clerk, leaves to- morrow at n. m
for, the Atchafalaya. through to Washington.
mand u. Nicolle clerk leaves to-morroyy nj r |
q. m. for the coast and DonaldsonviIle, con |
meeting with lighters for points on the La
\ The q. II. Durfee. Richard Sinnott master.
John G. McChesney clerk, leaves tomorrow af |
g p. m. without fail, for Alexandria and Grand |
Eeore.
The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
ton Company steamer Dawn. G. 7. Truslow
master, G. w. Drown clerk, leaves o-morrow at |
p. m.
From the War Department Chronicle: During
the past week Rcd river has risen feet ut
Shreveport. The Missouri has fallen slightly
mt Yankton and Omaha and IA inches at Leaven-
worth. The Mississippi has fallen inches at
81. Paul. 9 inches at Lacrosse. inch ut Du-
buaue. 2 inches at Davenport. 16 inches at Keo-
kuk and inches at Memphis. but risen inches |
at st. Louis and inches at Cairo at Vicksburg
the river has receded from the gauge in eonse- !
auenee of the cutoff. The Cumberland has |
risen 16 inches Mt Nashville and the Ohio u |
inches at Pttsburg and inches at Cincinnati |
hut fallen inches at Louisville.
tBy Telegraph
Bayou SARA, Sent 13.-lo Hitc n Carlin: Tho |
steamer Big Sunhower will arrive tonight and |
leave Saturday as usual, for Opelousas
j. b. SCH NIT, Clerk. |
HENRY kLUNG,