The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-31

exeuraionisss. lett here with abous thirty pas
The Eureka has been Withdrawn from The At
| takspaa trade.
The Ella Hughes will not leave for Bayou Bar.
| thoomew to-day; all freight received by her will
be transferred to the Cotton Valley leaving this
| 8 .. m. The Hughes lays up for the purpose OF
receiving new aud larger boiler, which has been
| contracted for and IL about ready. As soon as
possible che will resume her trips 10 Bayou Bar
| thoomsw.
| Mr.. ]. l.. Robins, clerk OF the W. J. Poite-
| vent, IL In the city. He reports the Pointeyent
| laid up, waiting for water.
Capt. Thos. Shields, of the Commonwealth, is
| in the city, coming through by rail from Mem
phis, where he left his boat.
| Mr.. George Miltenberger, OF the Grand Repub.
| lie, who can do good many things at one and
| the same time, was kept pretty busy yesterday
registering passengers. That che will leave this
evening full is pretty certain. Therefore We adj
| wise those who failed to register yesterday TO
attend to 1t the first thing to-day. The Repnb.
lilo, on her return, will make all excursion TO the
| jetties. due announcement Of which will be made
in keeping with everything else about her. The
| trip will be grand one.
The regular tri.weekly daylight Upper Coast
packet Eva, Louis Ransom master. Norbert Ran
son sud Geo. q. Heno clerks, leaves this 10 q. M,
promptly, for the Ben Tureaud plantation.
The gilt edge Maria Louse leaves to-day
without fail at p. m. for Shreveport and all
way landings on Red River. Ell. J. Btinker in
clerks.
The Now Orleans and ouaohita Transportation
Company steamer John Howard. ?. U. Mont
gomery master, u. II. Perry and Val Entriken
clerks. leaves to-day for the Ouaoiiita through to
Camden.
The merchants and planters independent
Ouaohjta River packet Cotton Valley leaves at
8 D. m to-day for Camden, Joe carlton master,
Messrs airuth and Haskell clerks.
The Tom Parker, making regular trips to Bout
River through to roint Jefferson leaves to day at
p. m. and will take freight for all points on
Black River. Capt. L. Z. Delahoussaye Gem
mands.
The Natches, for vioksburg and all mail land
ngs, leaves to-day at 8 p. m. Capt. Thos.
Z. Leathers in command.
The Sandy No. q, for the Achafa1aya through
to Washington, leaves to-day at s p. m. A.
Z. Trousdale commands. j. b. Schmidt clerk.
! he fleet Bart Able leaves to-day at p. N.
for alexandria and Grand Eoore. Richard Bin
mott master, Geo. Hamilton clerk.
The regular Memphis aud Bend packet Ash.
clerk, leaves to-day at 8 p. m.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI. March 2s.-The Commonwealth re-
oeived 100 tons up the Wabash and 400 tons Mt
shawneetown Capt. Thomas Bolus, who acted
10 her pilot up the Wabash, says that Capt. 4 ON
Shields does not want any more Wabash River
in hisn.
Capt. Leonard Rudd, an old citizen of Patriot,
Indiana, whose father built the Henry Chotesu
and Mohawk at Cincinnati many years ago, died
ut Greenwood, Miles,, eight or nine months
since. Capt Leonard Rudd YVES an old st. Louis
and New Orleans pilot who retired from the
river at the close OF the war, aud died at Green
wood 10 STATED above. He WIS well known to all
old time boatmen.
s'pRrties interested in the Cincinnati and New
Orleans Pool Line might do vel to consider the
proprety OF loading all our steamers at New Or.
leans for st. Louis and the Ohio river, 30 long %
Sc. Louis and New Orleans Pool Line steamers
continue to come up the Ohio to get bualness. 1t
might not be considered by our steamboat own
ers az altogether wrong either II our Pool Line
boats should decline to take freight from certain
parties st Evansville and other points on the
lower Ohio
At nineteen points on the Upper Mississippi,
between Lansing and st. Paul, there il vi IDLE OF
grain DOG 600 against 2,24s, 0GO bushels year age
Capt. w. ID. Bateman, an old and welkuown
Oiucinba ian and for several years connected with
the shreveport Sou .hwestern Telegram, as book
keeper. has formed copartnerehip with Col.
W. ID. Wylie, for tho purpose Ct carrying on in
that city general real estate and land agencg
business, under the firm name of w. D. Wyle &
90. Capt. Batemsn Is one OF the pioneers in the
Red River trade, and has many friends In this
city who extend to him their best wishes for tho
success OF the new firm.
Three years ago yesterday the Cincinnati,
Portsmouth. Big Sandy and Pomeroy Packet
Company purchased the City Of Portsmouth.
Since that time she has made s04 trips in the
daily packet trade, travelling distance of 65 424
miles and lost 90 days, laying up for ice, aud
days painting and repairing, aud has carried
10,004 valuable packages, for which she has never
made any charge Capt. Morgan and Clerk Nor
ris have lost but one trip each, Capt. Morgan
stopping off one trip to attend the funeral of his
mother, and Morris one trip to spend Christmas
at home with his family.
Southwest Pass.
SOUTHWEST PASS, March co. 1877.
To Capt. 9. W. Howell, corps Of Engineers, y.
S.A.:
Depth of channel at moan low tide, 15 feet.
Least width for that depth, 100 feet. High tide
at $40 a. m.
Height above mean low tide IA feet.
Depth of channel at high tide. 1879 feet
Bottom soft.
@. ELWELL, Master "McAlister."