The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-03
River NEW s.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Monday, September 9. ,tJ77.
Arrivals.
Eva. W. y. Behan. UP. Schenck, Henry Tete.
To Arrive.

Eva WI. Behan. U. Up. Schenck, Henry Tete
To Arrive.
Mary Ida and Blue Wing No. g. upper coast
Alvin, Martha, lower coast; Bonnie, Lee, Red
Rouge: Gov. Allen. Bayou Sara; Bertha, OpeIoaI-
sas; Bastrop. Ouaehita; Henry Tete, Ella
Hughes. Donadsonyillo..
The Robt. +. Lee, leaving Tuesday. connects
IT vicksbprg with the Anchor line for Memphis
Thoroughy repaired and looking az hand
some as ever. the Ouaahita Belle will be ready
very shortly to commence her semi weekly trips
to Bayou sera. The Belle is the avant courier
OF the new boat building for Capt. John w. Can
non for this trade, and lander the management
Of those two clever and experienced boatmen.
Capts. JohnC. Libano and John II. Mossop she
cannot fail to prove highly successful and pop
nlar.
Through special notice. in another column
the Wednesday and Saturday packets 70 the At
chafalaya. are offered unrsual inducements to
ship by thesehoats. Attention is called to it,
The w. J, Behan arrived yesterday from Red
Wilkinson, Of 1he Behan! reports very unfa.
River. He informed US that he found only
three feet for fully three-quarters of mile,
When he passed through it just two weeks ago
kinson does no think. that the Usage will ac-
complish much, # anything, She has worked
bhnd her than she found ahead cad Of her. From F9nl
all accounts 1t looks very much as II the trou-
bles of last fall and winter would have to be
bales cotton, and the Frank Wizards Ohio
river freight, reshlpped at the mouth. and
AMOUNTING to about 1400 packages.
The receipts Of cotton seed meal for the past
year by river amount to 1872 715 sacks In 1875 rs
the receipts amounted *, 1905 sacks. and in
attributable almost entirely to its value as fer.
tilizer and Its general use for that purpose the
past the cotton end and
mail and passenger packet Eva leaves to-day at
1eo'cl2ck. promptly; John Taylor in command
The tri-weekly coast. Donaldsonville ard
Ashland plantation steamer Blue Wing No. 3
leaves to-day at 70 ~ M J. A. Comstock in COM
The semi weekly coast and Baton Rouge
packet st. John. F. Bergeron master, j. C. Ber-
geron clerk. leaves to-day at pm.
The United States mail and passenger steamer
Gov. Allen. John J. Brown master, S. s. Streck
clerk s: leaves to-day at P. N. for Bayou Sara.
2. p schenek. J. L. Garter master. r. Burns
clerk. arrived yesterday. and leaves. to-day for
Mssmphis. Cairo. Loui,yille and Cincinnati.
Landry clerk leaves tomorrow at 10 a. m. the
Fourth trip, under the new schedule to the coast
et Mt Ct three trips week The
sending freight through without delay and
makes all coast landings up and down in day.
:. The Era No. 10, J. A. Ruiz master, P Cagno-
LatI clerk. leaves tomorrow at 10 a. M, in place
q the Mary Ida. The Mary Ida lays up to I'M
At, The Ella Hughes. Joe Dalferes. master. E.
Nicolle, clerk, leaves tomorrow at o. m for
the coast and DOnaldsonyille connecting with
HATS Tor points on the Lafou rche
The Robert L. Lee will leave Tomorrow for
hicksbufg and all mail landings Capt, VIM.
the Office. p -"
The United States mail steam err Bastrop lin
place of the John ii. HANNAH j. ". Blanks
master, ID. e. Cornwell, clerk, leaves Wednes,
day, at p. M. for Ouachita City.
The pretty and reliable Bertha leaves without
fail Wednesday for Opeousas H. H. Broad in
command Thee. John, clerk.
The steamer Henry Tete. from Donaldson
vile. arr Fed yesterday.
Exchange Clippings.
st. Louis Times. August 81: We published
statement yesterday in our river columns
which should furnish food for thought to all
who take an interest Ia river navigation. Our
correspondent gave list of the principal snags
between Commerce. Mo-. and Vicksburg He
enumerAtes over two hundred. but he does not |
undertake to count all there are, He specifies
several places on the river where they are TOO |
numerous to mention" and so dangerous that |
no boat can make its way through them at
night. This is a bad state of things. The in
eylfable consequences of it are that insurance
eats up the profits of the boating business,
and that river transportation declines from
year to year. Yet the remedy is simple. l