The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-27
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMO RAT. l
Thi,ts,iay, Dec 1T. ta77.

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Thursday. Dec. a. 1877.
Arrivals.
Houston ls MoiIie Moore, John wilson Yazoo
Valley, Silver City, james Howard.
Departures.
Martin lsabf T. he Nav MaEy 5R nn bSs , WRs
Delle, Kate Kinney, John Wilson. John Howard.
hooeft lounR' IN Arrive.
Assumption st. Mary, ". j pqitGyent, La,
GS fr f aoY na Asn o. obn Beos
Thomas Sherlock, Cincinnati; Dawn, Texas. Jo
Bryarly, hart Able. lied river; Frank parsoud'
GEeenville, Natehes, Vieksburg;
The weather continues beautiful
The iatldina il still overcrowded with freight
III many places the apron Of the wharf II coy
arntl with cotton aud seed; II is difficult mat
Tor e. find dsehargng room, and as eon,se-
,,at,eI extra labor The Ouaehita Belle put out
jier cotton at Girod street and had to drop down
II pq her hs fa anS baa e. and al Raa
street. and dropped down also Yesterday me
Yazeo Valley lays at Delord street ana % eon a1
n ALL to lay over until TO day The Thomp-
sen jean, at Cana! street lost the ereate1r part
Ct Yahg 9 'ha t9o was an mo eou an ng
where. and everybody was growing, but they
have To pay Wharfage. nevertb'eless. any there
\
tnerce will give 1t, by seeing that stuff is re-
anpyed without exception at The proper time,
hs r enys @ Psan fs for Mem 81 s' s
the bends, T., II. Pepper In command, Frank
Tse Yasop Valley. Capt. W. b. Phillips in COM
n,at,a had to lay over, and will leave this pm,
for. yicksbnrg and the YaSoo. ~, 4,
The Bertha arrived Yesterday from +, the A.
departure hereafter. The Big sunlowesr, on
low AND w ses s aas e the sS sf51
leaving regularly hereafter every Wednesday,
the Willie leaving every Monday az, advertised;
All three of these boats connect ut Simmsport
with the Minnie for Bayou des Glaizes. and al
Washington with line Of bargee for Bayou
Ths w, j. Behan has been laid up for the pre-
The Garrett has LOT Of sugar and molasses
OH one of her bafges. The other two are not
The Natohes will arrive TO- night from Vieks-
burg and return Haturday rs u5 ,uta;, p,,no 20
The ". j. Poitevent for the Lafourche TO
The Belle will leave for Bonnet Care here
saftef Saturday afternoons, instead Of Sunday
morning 90 heretofore, northumberland,
The g, IL, Peek enters the Ouaohita river trade
as an independent packet. under the command
81 CART Dave Haney, MIR. }. b. Keenan, clef k. TO
leave, Saturday at .. m going through to
Alcide Albert, the we'll known coast mate and
captain will quit the river on the first to take
managerial charge of a plantation on the upper
cenHt. Ii Capt Alcide excels as well in his new
departure az he has on the river, his employer
will have reason for congratulation.
The Cherokee got away yesterday for the
OHIO. Including her engagements on the coast
she had 600 tons.
morning from the Ohio with fine. freight and
% large number of passengers. and will return
ag at p m ae nousoa Il "ftsn
while her cabin and staterooms are a model of
beauty. neatness and comfort nothing. in fact
about the whole boat having been spared to
make her the most complete passenger and
freight steamer Of the day. Charlie Miller. as
n f aarly snGwn hsI and h1
their politeness, efficiency aud strict attention
60 their duties, in making the old Mary Houston
famous, that their presence ON the new boat
which i ] much finer one than the old. viii give
her q name .outEiyaling that Of her predecessor
there s not doubt, and that the new boat un-
way do to the pinnacle OF public favor there is
equally 90 little room for doubt, That she may
these two very deserving gentlemen.
The Alice Brown. with 1s boats coal consigned
tx, Brown Jones, arrived YESTERDAY :, - .
thur. clerk, is the New Orleans and Ouachita
TRANSPORTATION Oo'a., steamer to Camden to day
The John Howard left for Camden yesterday
The Fanchon will follow the shannon the last
of this week or the first Of next.
The Gold Dust, the only independent packet
to st. Louis, unable to leave yesterday, laid over
until this y. m. when she will positively go.
She ia most excellent boat TO travel on. being
st eas In eyeEy ana
Gould. Jr., clerk.
The Usage, with 22o bales cotton from the
wreck Of the Lotus, arrived yesterday.
OF the many attractions about the new Mary
Houston. her ehiefest, in our opinion, y her
hah and we'll ventilated cabin. Capt. Miller,
when he built her. had an eye. special TO the
comfort Of passengers. which will be surely ap-
The Red River Transportation Company de-
partures for the balance of this week will be as
follows: Maria Louise to-day TO Shreveport
river til the Dawn to day and The Jo Bryarly Sat
urday. Capt. Charlie Them alao teegraphs
that the Danube will be here to leave on Sat
.Tp he blue Wing line steamer Belle leaves to-
Say q he nnfnFh ; ef mat te annet
The SC. Francis Belle leaves daily at 7:45 a. m.
from Bienville street for Westwego, running in
1a fhe n E ne pacRet Mary Ida J. A Ruiz
master Leaves q Hsna e. 70 M Gr
n Edw. Nicolle has charge of the office
The regular eoas and Donaldson
M a. Landry clerk, leaves to day at u m, max
Ing all plantation landings in DAYLIGHT ,
Thependdr passenger and unitSd S Wbs
master Curt Holmes clerk. leaves to-day at
s D. m. for Vicksburg, Greenville and mail land
The sidewheel steamer W. J. Poitevent U. D.
Terrebonne master, Gabe Block clerk, leaves
to-day at p. N. for the Lafourche through to
Thibodaux.
packet Assumption, P. A. Charlet master. N. q.
F Outputs and Joe Lagroue clerks, leaves to-mor-
row at 10 a. IN. for Thibodaux.
The Gulf Transportation Companys steamer
Z Alvin, w. 7. Seovell master, leaves to-day at IA
m. for Port Eads.
The fine steamer John H. Hanna. Frank Ber-
Geron In command. leaves to- morrow at 10 a. M
for Baton Rouge and coast landings. Capt.
i n TrfpfInd a al n tho afftp
The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov. Allen John j. Brown master, s. s. Streck
clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. m. for Bayou
Sara.
The James Howard, b. r. Peeram in COM
mand r. II. Chassang clerk arrived yesterday
from Memphis with big trip, and will return
tomorrow positively at y. m.
Exchange Clippings.
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