The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-18
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NELSON GOROM. serg't. Sig. Ser. U. g. A.
ARRIVALS Isabel, John f. Hanna.
DEPARTuREs.-Isabel, Mary Ida II. Il. Lee,
james Howard, Willie Hobt. Mitchell.
TO ARR1vE.-Emma, Isabel, Lower Coast; John
Means AMI barges, A. O. Donnally, Ohio; Evs,
Mary Ida, Upper Coast; Henry Tete, Eureka,
Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara; Sandy No. 2, Opelousas,
W. J. Behan, Texas, Red River; Frank Pargoud,
Arkopolts.
The weather yesterday was cloudy and threat
ening; an easterly wind blowing throughout the
greater part OF the day made the landing dusty
place to visit.
Business fair The Willie had a splendid trip
| to the Teche; the Mitchell had q light freight
| and about thirty passengers; the Howard Jared
better and lad q very fair passenger and freight
list.
The G. B. Church laid over and will leave TO-
day at p. M for Memphis, Cairo, Louisville and
Cincinnati. J. 8. Patterson commands, John
Hambleton clerk.
The Cincinnati Commercial, Of the 18th, says:
1.-THE Tho mpson Dean, for New Orleans, has
fac trip OF cabin passengers, including Robert
Dane, W. II. Burlington, Fl. O. Kimble, I. 9.
Shepherd, Miss Duncan, Miss Ford, Miss Archer,
Mrs g. NJ. Copover, Mrs.. Green and child, Mr..
Lee and wife, Mrs. Fl. Treebler, Mrs. K. Birch.
John II. Dane and wife, A. Carver and wife, o.
D. Vaughn and wife, Mrs. Stevens, Mr.. Storms,
DIR. A. M. Brown and wife, Mrs. Moss Sam Bry
| ant and wife,"
The Dean will be here to leave next Tuesday.
See advertisement in another column.
Capt. Cannon went up on the Lee last evening
and will make the round trip.
Don't forget the Lower Coast packet Emma.
This \ her day for leaving, and she is sure
to go.
Capt. Sam Block, now located at Trinity, is in
the city.
The Trenton has been taken over the river.
The Myrtle is carrying the mail regularly
twice week to the lower coast, and is delivering
it earlier than at any time since the days Of the
Iberia.
from the Ohio, closely followed by the U. p.
Schenck.
The Golden City to-day, and the Thos. sher-
lock tomorrow, are advertised to leave CIncin-
natl.
The Golden Rule was to have left yesterday
The Texas, Capt. Geo. w. Rea, leaves for
Shreveport Saturday, and the Carrie A. Thorn,
Capt Charley Thorn, on the same day for Min
den.
The War Department Chronicle says:
'During the past week the Red river has risen
3 feet at Shreveport. The Missouri has fallen
from "a to feet between Ysnkton and Platts-
mouth, but has risen from is uches to ~. feet
between Leavenworth and Boonville. The Mis-
sissippi has risen inches at st. Paul, 8 at La
Crosse, from ~ to 6 feet between st. Louis and
Vicksburg, and Is inches at New Orleans, but
has fallen from ID inches to 3l% feet between Du-
buque and keokuk. The Ohio has fallen some
what at all stations. except Paducah, where it
has risen feet. The Cumberland and Tennes-
see are both high, but falling.
The Upper Coast packet Eva, Louis Ransom
master, N. Ransom clerk, leaves to-day promptly
at 10 a. IN. for the Ben Tnreaud plantation. The
Eva is tri.weeky packet, and makes the run
each way in daylight.
The well known Coast and Plaquemine packet
Blue Wing No. 3. J. Arthur Comstock master,
Geo. Woods and Charlie Dean clerks leaves to-
day at II NJ. The Blue Wing is a regular packet,
and such can be depended upon.
The tri-weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves to-day at p. m. for Happy Jack. Oliver
Canton, Jr., master, J. J. Donovan clerk.
The John H. Hanna OF the New Orleans and
Ouachita Transportation Company, leaves to-day
at D. M. lin place of the Ouacbia Bele) for
Ouacbita City. Capt: J. W. Blanks commands,
Capt. Joe Holmes clerk.
The Lotus No. 8, Dave Dannals clerk Mr.. Joe
Dodd clerk, leaves to-day at 5 p. M, without fall
for Shreveport and Jefferson.
The Sandy No. 2, III. II. Broad master, J. B.
Schmt clerk, leaves to-day at 5 p m. for Wash
ington and all landings the coast and the At
chafalaya.
The splendid passenger and United States mail
steamer Frank Pargoud, J. M. White master,
CURT Holmes and W. N. Gaines clerks, is rsceiv
ing to-day to leave tomorrow at 3 p. m. for
Vicksburg, Greenville Arkopolis and all Bend
landings.
The New Orleans and Ouachta Transportation
Company's light draft steamer Bastrop, Gus
row at 5 p. m. for Camden.
Capt. U. ID. Terrebonnes regular Coast and
Lafourche through to Thibodaux packet Eureka, |
running in the Trenton's place, leaves tomorrow
at p. m. MIR. Fl. d. Terrebonne has charge Of
the Office. clerk il on the landing receiving
freight.
by Telegraph
BATON ROUGE, April Ito Britton Eppler,
SO Gravier street: The Sandy Nc. will arrive to-
night, and leave tomorrow, Wednesday, posi- |
j. B. sCHMIT, Clerk.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI, April 15.-The U. P. Schenck re- |
fused to take 1000 bbls OF cement yesterday. |
Shippers will find out after awhile that boats |
can't run On "wind" il they do on water
The indications from later dispatches are that |
the Fannie Moore will be saved. Nearly all her |
cargo has been saved by the Maumelle, in dam
aged condition.
possls for quarrying and loading in barges stone
for Eads jetties at Rose Claire and other points
on the Lower Ohio river.
LoUIsvILLE.--The steamer Nashville is q regular
Cincinnati and Tennessee river packet. Capt:
Jack Sleeth is an honorable, hard working good
man. He has brought our merchants many
orders for goods and they have "gone back on
him" by shipping by rail. On the last trip out Of
Tennessee river he brought number of our
merchants orders for goods, with instructions to
send the goods back on Capt. sleeth's boat. Hs
arrived here yesterday from Cincinnati on his way
back, and instead OF the merchants he brought
the orders 20 giving him the freight, they told
him they had shipped by rail to cave insurance.
Capt Jack is done. He says che has no further
use for Louisville and her merchants. He will
carry all his orders to Cincinnati and he will take
freight from there for 20 cents per 100 pounds,
but he will not take a pound of freight from this
city for less than 40 cents per 100 pounds, which
is the railroad rate" We glory in Capt Jacks
spunk. He has been treated badly by our mer-