The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-04-26

loaded with lumber and with ice, barges IL
all,
The W. j. poitevent, the old reliable Of The
Tehsas aud Macon trade, is receiving for re-
turn trip.
The John A. Bcudder will be the next arrival
/ from 81. Iouie.
Ihe belle of shreveport leaves 81 Louis Hatur.
day, the Grand Hepub1c having changed her
day OF departure 10 Thursday, May 3D..
We mentioned sunday last that Mr.. George
Woods, Of the Blue Wing, would leave for Louis
Hsno would have charge Of the Office Ia his ab-
sence. Mr.. Woods leaves Friday, and Capt. Heno
started ID yesterday. There 10 no better known
clerk in the coast trade than Capt. Heno, and
mined to do everything to please. have made a
| good selection. The Blue Wing will return to-
day, and leavs Saturday At 10 .. m. for the Ash
land plantation, Ascension parish.
| The receipts OF cotton yesterday. FOR this sea-
son Of the ear, were heavy. The Willie had 10
bales, Poitevent 10, Dawn T5e, Durfee 1,7sl, Par
goud 4Bl, and Maria Louise l,433; total 4, ,45p
| bales.
They advertise New Orleans boats at ,Uinoln-
natl; "Now by et Paul, the work goes bravely
on. Still ahead. Alwsvs independent Pool or
no pool Here we are" etc., eic.
The Dawn, after an absence Of three mouths
during which time she has been running above
Shreveport, arrived yesterday, and will go into
The dandy Frank pargoud arrived on time
from A,kopolis, and will return Tomorrow, AZ
usual. She is 4 splendid steambgat-no finer
afloat.
The Henry Tete, called by her friends the
bouquet boat, leaves Tomorrow at 10 o. IN. for
the lafourche. through to ThihodaHx.
The tri-weekly Upper Coast packet Eva will
arrive this evening, and return Saturday as usual.
The Eva will 20 a. high as Ben Iufeauds. '>'''''
The Natehes s due tonight from Vieksbnrg,
and will return as usual Saturday.
The Bart Able leaves Saturday az usual for
Alexandria and Grand Ecore.
Tltu nar tba nil ~ ts.rx xs.,lt L.
ehafalsys, and will return Saturday.
The Frank Pargoud, J. NJ. White MASTER
Messrs. Holmes aud Oalmes clerks. leaves to-day
at 8 p. N. for vieksburg. GreenvilIe, Afkop III
and sll Bend landings.
The semi-weekly Coast and Bayou Lafoursbe
packet Eureka, In plao of the Trenton leaves
to-day at p. m. for Thbodaux; q. d. Terre-
bonnie commands, II. D. Terrebonne clerk.
The fine side-whee passenger scket City OF
Augusta, J. d. Elliott master, Joe Elliott olerl.
leaves to-day at 8. M. for the Ark ,nsas rive,
through TO Fort smith. taking freight for oil
Bend lsndings.
The light draught steamer shannon, John De.
Hart master, @. II. Arthur clerk. leaves to day a,
o p. m. for Fort Smith and all way landings on
the Arkansas.
The tri.weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves tomorrow at p. M for the Franklin Rice
Mill Oliver Canton, Jr.. master. J, J. Donovan
clerk.
The semi weekly Coast aud Baton Rouee
packet 81. John, Frank Dergeron master, j. q, |
Bergeron clerk. leaves tomorrow at Ia m. puno.
tually.
The Coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Allen, J. J. Brown master, s.. 4, |
Streck clerk, leaves tomorrow at 8 b. IN.
The regular Merchants aud Planters Inde-
pendent 0nachita River packet Cetton Valley |
joe Carlton MASTER leaves Saturday. her regular |
day. for Camden, She lays at the head of Cross.
man street,
The Maria Louise, H. J. Brinker master. Eug,
Barrow clerk. leaves Saturday, sure. for bhreve-
port.
The @. Fl. Dutfee, Capt Wallace MoChesney.
Clerk John MoOhesney. leaves, just as surely,
Saturday for Minden.
TBy Telegraph
ALEXANDRIA, April 25.-To r. w, Adams.
agent, No. 81 Commercial Place Steamer Bart
Abe leaves here at l p. m; will go through Cane
biver on next trip leaving Saturday as usual.
II. e1NNoTT, Master.
SOUTHWEST PASS, April "a. 1877.
70 Capt. g. W. Howell, corps Of Engineers. u.
3. A.:
Depth OF channel ut mean low tide II feet.
Least width for that depth, 80 feet.
High tide at p, m.
Height above mean low tide. feet.
Depth of channel at high tide 10 feet,
Depth Of channel, IL referred TO tho plane of
'verage flood tide, 10 Is 100 feet.
Bottom hard.
q. II. ELWELt,, Master MoAlster.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI, April 23.~The widow of A. j. A.
Tray. who was pilot on the steamer Judge Tor.
ence during sbe late war. wants the address, of ,
ny OF the officers of said vessel at the time of |
he battle OF Arkansas Post. Any rersop know. i
ng where any of said officers ere will confer
,reat favor upon her by addressing Mrs. b. u. !
iray Xenia, Ohio.
ST. LOUIS, April 25.-Capt. j. b. Davis, of In :
)rosse. who, with Capt. Davidson, has secured :
he contract for transporting freight on the Vel +
owstone, purchased on Monday, from the Dia.
nond 10 Packet Company. the steamers Arkan- {
as aud Tidal Wave, together with four new
argeas This will make fifteen steamers that the 3
,eokuk Northern Line will have in commission
II the Missouri and Yellowstone. a
There ia now at Bismarck, awaiting transpor- ,
alton, about twenty thousand tons of freight. D
loetly material for the construction of forts, T
bout the Lat of May when the boats commence il
nnnng there Will be upwards Of eighteen thou. !
and tons at Bismarck. The four barges pur- I
hased in this city will be the frat craft of that
ind that have ever been introduced in that far )
q, country, and Captain Davis proposes to show q
40 natives and 'croakers that these valuable ac-
uisitons to steamboats, can be proftahly used NJ
. these rivers. Tho government agents will
40 take with them, when the freight la moved
X hundred mechanics TO aid IN the construction
Uuited States forts, bridges, etc. q
The new steamer Gen. Custer, built by Com
odore kountz, draws Is inches light. With $50 Ii
ms OF freight, her draught Of water 10 feet
obes. IL
The coal trade about Pittsburg, Pa, is colos.
j enterprise, and ss the larger share OF the fuel
,ed In the cities along the Mississippi valley, as
ell as steamers plying in Southwestern waters o'
ID the Mexican Gulf, sdrawn from that vicinity, +,
information regard ng ttis industry will doubt. ~
ss be interesting to many. During the first four In
en- days Of April shipments Of coal down the
bio river were s $50 bushels, the moet of 1t being
r Cincinnati and Louisville. During March
ere was loaded and shipped southwark by river &C
ON Pittsburg 11,80s, ,20i bushels, and during
,bruary sS69,950 bushels. There was also m
tipped over the Baltimore and Ohio iail.
ad to Pttsburg from the mines along the m
onongahela river during March 9,372 tons, =.
ID by the same road East 9,606 tons; Is, 1888 VI
ms In all. The N. and g. road carried ~
lshel of coal loaded in pool No. is cents, in
'ol No. 2 it is cents and in pool No. about 2 ~
nts. A general move s made to reduce mining N
cents per bushel, which will be resisted by
% miners, and at present not half the works are