The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-06

days and Stature ay. and the John fl Hanna on
l On dft We mention that Capt Il r. Delahoqs-
sage. who Is as much O. home IN he office as i,s
is on the r.of. will take charge Of the Hanna,s
| to his duties as Secretary Of the New Orleans
and Ouaehita Transportation Company, i.
Tho Grand Lake and o. y. Stanard leave St
Louis to-day and the James Howard, Cairo on
The K. ), Baker. bound hence, from st. Louis
as a tfSh9 on The I'd W"
Capt. Albert is giving tho Robert Younga
touching up, and viii have her ready TO leave IN
latest
Tho ouachlta Belle, purchased to represent
the mageitieent new steamer building by Capt.
John W. Cannon, expressly for. the Bayou Sara
and coast trade, leaves to-day ut ) D, IN and will
continue in the trade. leaving every Wednesday
and Saturday until the now boat Is here. The
Belle is noted for her iced md fine passenger
accommodations, has just been placed In the
hest of order, and shippers and passengers
both Gun denend that under the management Of
John 9. Libano, her commander, AM chief
clerk, John H. Mossop they win receive the
selected for the ". o. Democrat.
FhoEI tist1rigat sketch Of tn III, E 81 e e!era
oaEy agar fs. and Hardie's Histories. ,.u.,
explored the, great lakes as far. west as Michi-
gan. Troy had heard from he Indians Of q
outlet to the sea they determined then to make
Y hey e9pf NJ and se tWo a
canoes, each padding his own and gllded
Ty sst snsfsa h Wsss f Sss d By sIs
Journey Of seven days ON tho nth If June. 1873,
they happily Riiied into the great river stretch
known sea, and e We Il the name OF Conception,
| After several Days they passed the mouth ofthe
MIS- missouri ,pr IT rushing like soe ugtamed moaster
few DAYS more the mouth OF the OHIO. Continu-
Ing Ing, on they descended 10 the 3st decree, and
they were wel received by tie ndians, and
learned from tham that III mouth Of the Mis-
s as,a BY wa bat ten days sail from this VI
iribsss: After con-ultalio9 they concluded that
leo, between Floridl and Fam ptco. Two Span
ish provinces They might by proceeding fall
They reso we'd to return homo, and started
July II. They eatsred the Illinois river: meet.
to Lake Micht an. ling along the lake, they
the he qnIsr penpsu OF Green Bay and
four. months after their departure from it. Thus
had the mission ries achieved their long pro-
jge aod YORK *. Tie triumph Of the age was com
| mississippi, which threw open to France the
richest and most iett e territ ry i the world.
made by Robt Cavleier dc a Sale in 1853. fas,aie
was in command Of Fort Frontenac where JoI-
iiets,epped. As. he pass down Lake Ontario.
i
| ploraton4, and determined then to obtain from
the French government the exclusiye rightto
| trade with the Indians along the Mi ssissippi.
N 1882 h began voyage. leaving the XXI rem
| ity of Lake Michigan and eptoring the Chicago
river he followed the Cd line Of Marquettes
! the expedition of thrs large boats or canoes
91ond9ueted by La Sale and two, lieu'euants. and
| great river, to which they gave he name Of Col
BERT They passed the Missouri and reached the
Preceding on, they were alarmed on the sd
| Of March by the war eres and the rafting
drums Of an Arkanssas village. They, had
VOYAGE. Hencaforth La Sale was TO be the flrst
| French explorer. Warliks as the greeting was
La Sale. soon entered into friendly relations
| with the Indians, ans several days were spent
| in their vil!aga. Here G. oss was planted with
the arms Of the French king; On the 17tn. In
reached the populou3 tribe Of the Tensag, who
| in great ceremony visited the ENJOYS. Pursu-
ing their eli, course they next came to the Natehez
trib9. where another cross was planted Com
Delta on the 9th Of April. La Sale and his lieu
vanced full Of hoe, The brackish water grow
| ing more sa'tyas they proceefed-a sure index
OF the sea. which they reached al last on the 9th
OF April. sixty-tTo days after entering the Mis-
sisSppi.
:, La sale now planted cross with the arms Of
Thanksgiving. and, in the name Of King Louis
XIV took Do se.session of the river and its all
tri6ata les and the territory watered BY them.
and t. n0ta drew up an authentic act which
they all signed. and eaden plate. with the
arms Of Franc eng aved on i, with The names
kerry. deDos ted in the earth. La Sale now
assembled he. river to Illinois and dispatched
Father len9bins to France TO lay an account Of
from Quebec. and the cours OF the Mississipni
wa known in France before the close Of 1862.
| The next year La Sale reached France and
set out by sea to reach the mouth of the river,
which he never eve, again beheld; his vessel and
uncer Andew de- q Pes gezas
the mouth soon aft.r: but on the 2d of March.
1899. the Canadian 1berville., more fortunate
than La Sale. entered it with Father Anasta-
sius Douay. missionaries from Canada soon
came 80 greet him, and La suer assembled the
fM,stslsHSi d to r. P-ters river end built log
lNoTE.-The name Colbert, Given the river by
Ia Sale w4s IN hon ~, q c9lbert, the Prime
The G. Fl. Duff.e for h xandria and Grand
Ecoro, and the, W. J. Behan. for Shreveport,
CAPT j. T b. aa the feet and
fnl Katie out next Monday as q regular Vfeks-
bMH r dseeIP "I: hrkopois ard Bend pecket
Capt joe Daiferes' popular Donaldsonville
and Bayou Lafourche packet Ella Hughes
eaxeS 0 9d a R}ofttiyty e. o. M taking
The lower coast packet Alvin w. r: scovell
leaves hs h2 oso aha D1an hs2p p t
:, The Blue Wing n. 8, IA, comstoek uast5r,
plantation.
The regular tri-weekly coast and Donaldss,r~
II. Landry clerk. leaves to-day nj ~ M, making
all plantation landings IN daylight.
The lower coast United States mail and pas
senger steamer Martin. W.. =. Bassett master,
hessrs Legier and Shattuck clerks, will leave
to-day at Up m. for Port Eads.
The Big Sunfower, Aleck Trousdale MASTER
J. b: Schmidt clerk, leaves to-day at D. ~
for he Atcnafalaya through to Washington.
The Natchez, T. ?. feathers master, j. r..
| Muse clerk, leaves to-day at ) n. m for Vjcks-
burg and all mail landings
The O. Fl: Durfee ktchard Sinnott master
George G. Hamilton clerk, leaves to-day at Is
2; M. without fail, for Alexandria and Grand
Ecore.
The New Orleans and Ped River Transport
alton COmpang's steamer w, J. Behan George
| WifkinSOn master, ia recavnu to leaue fo.dau