The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-01
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Pittsburg ......... 10
Shreveport. % y
| 81. Louis ....... VI
| ut. Paul. .........
| VIeksburg ......... Al
| *Below high water mark Of 1874.
NELSON GOROM. serg't. Zig. Ser. U. 8. A.
| ARRIVALS -Eva, r. .. Lee, Carrie A. Thorn, st.
john, Geo. spangIer, Bastrop.
| DEPARTURES -Isabel, Emma, Blue Wing No. 8,
Eureka, Henry Tete, st. John. Gov Allen, Robt
| Young.
70 Aenrvn; Assumption, Henry Tete, Eureka
| Coast st. John, Baton Rouge; Gov Allen, Bayou
SARA Sandy No. 2, Opelousss; J. II. Hanna,
Ouacbita; Texss, Red River Chas. Morgan
Mary Houston, Robt Mitchell, Usrondelet, Ohio !:
| Belle OF Shreveport, ST. Louis Frank Pargoud,
Greenville Isabel, Emma, Lo yer Coast.
| The shy yesterday was as clear as crystal. and
| gentle breeze blowing most of the day made ii
very pleasant.
went out pretty light. MIR. Morris, always on
| hand. was receiving for the Bastrop and made q
good showing. The Bastrop arrived last .even-
| lug.
Minden. Her next movement was undevel-
| oped yesterday.
The DEMOCRAT has in thorough operation one
Of the most complete job offices In the Southern
| country We solicit orders for steamboat work
| promising that it will be done in the neatest
manner and at he lowest price.
| Nor Down In THE BILbs.--fwo ladies, one Of
them Mrs. Miller. took passage on the Gov. Allen
| for this city. On the way, Mrs Miller gave birth
| 10 fine boy. The event created considerable
| commotion on the Allen, and everything possible
was done 10 make the mother comfortable. The
youngster will be known to posterity as Allen
Dugas Miller.
Capt. Joe Dalfsres having taken command of
the Trenton, Capt. Z. A. Oharlet, late chief clerk
| of the Henry Tete, takes charge OF the Assump-
| ton, and will bacK her out at O'Clock this even
ing for The Lsfourche; Everybody in that sec
| 4;,,t, L,nw 1ant Inn lat un6o Node hpr ru
that the Assumption ia good steamboas, and
| that all business done with her will be properly
| done. MIR. N Y, Dupuis, who has been on the
| Assumption since she made her first trip, will
| remain In charge OF the Office. Mr.. M. IL. Lam
dry took charge yesterday Of the Tete's office.
Capt. Lew Rice will have the Ella Hughes At
| the landing tomorrow receiving to leave Satur-
day without fail, for all landings on the Black
and Ouschia rivers through to Camden, giving
| through bills OF lading to the Sabine river and
Bayous Bartholomew and DArbonne.
Mr.. dsbe Block went up on tho Eureka last
evening t. the Lafourohe. MIR. Block wi take
the Poitevent at Donaldsonvills and go on her az
far as Trinity, and will be absent several weeks.
The receipts OF cotton by the river for April
were as follows: From Red River, 1896 bale;
vicksburg and Bends, s495 bales; Ouachlta, 1888
bales: Atchafalays, 1853 bales; Arkansas, 14l9
| bales: Memphis, 1156 bales: Coast 65l bales;
Yazoo, Ill bales; by Ohio river steamers, 1868
bales, and by Ut. Louis steamers 1479. In the
same time the receipts of cotton seed, sugar and
|
| and 4470 bbls. For the same time last year the
receipts were, 4s, 1879 bales cotton, 1861 sacks
cotton seed, 2lO9 hhds sugar and 1850 bbls mo.
| lssses.
| Houston, in tho order named, will be the next
arrivals from the Ohio--the first named from
| the Wabash.
The Atlantic and barges and Belle of shreve.
| port will the next arrivals from st. Louis.
The Eva il for charter, and will be chartered
| low.
MIR. M. Oharlet, the well-known Coast and La
| fourche clerk, has taken new departure; he /,
| the levee agent for the steamers Robt. Young
and Trenton, and 10 occupying the little building
on the landing, head Of Cont street, where he
will be found at all hours during the day, ready
to receivb freight and answer questions.
The Frank Pargoud will be on hand tomorrow,
| as usual, from Greenville.
The John A. Scudder leaves for st. Louis to.
morrow.
The renowned passenger steamer Thos. Sher-
lock, Lew. Hates master. M. L. vinden clerk,
leaves to-day at s p. m. for Memphis, Cairo,
Louisville and Cincinnati.
| The Assumption, Capt Joe Dalferes. leaves
this D. M. fo1 Donaldsonville and the Lafourche
che superb and fleet Robt. e. Lee, VIM. Camp
| beal master, Messrs. McVay and Mossop clerks,
leaves this 5 p. m, as usual, for Baton Rouge
Bayou Sara, Natchez, Vicksburg and oil mail
| landings.
Golden Rule, 0. p. Shinkle in command, w. r.
shaw clerk, leaves to-day at p. m. for Gin
cnnat.
The Robt. Young, in place of the Eva, from
Donaldsonyille. and the Blue Wing No. 8. from
the Ashland Plantation, Ascension parish, will
both arrive this evening and return tomorrow at
10 q. m.
The tri.weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves tomorrow at l p. m. for Happy Jacks.
Oliver Canton, Jr;, master, ~. Donovan clerk.
The John Ii Hanna, OF the New Orleans and
Ouachita Transportation Company, leaves to-
morrow at p IN. lin place Of the Ouachita
BELIEF, as q regular weekly packet to Ouachita
City. Capt, J. ". Blanks commands, Capt. Joe
The steamer Bastrop, from Camden, arrived
yesterday with fair trip.
The Sandy No. 2, II. Fl. Broad master, J. B.
schmit clerk. leaves to morrow for the Atoha
falaya and all Coast landings.
Capt. Dave Dannals' New Orleans and Red
River Transportation Company steamer Lotus
No. is receiving to leave tomorrow without fail
for Shreveport aud Jefferson MIR. Jos Dodd has
charge Of the office.
The regular through Black and Bmuf river
packet Era No. 10, Tom Taylor master, is receiy-
ing to leave tomorrow for Point Jefferson.
Capt. Jerry Sullivan's Tensas and Macon packet
w. J. Poitevant leaves tomorrow Messrs J. l.,
Robbins and Andy Roland have charge of the
Office
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
CINCINNATI, April 2S-The G. B. Church ar
rived from New Orleans midnight Thursday with
$50 tons and 20 passengers, Her time from port
TO port was q Gays ana hours, lncluolng III
landings and 20 hours actual DIS Of time, not in
cluding Is hours that were consumed in attend
ing to her regular business. II she had not been
irregularly detained her time from port to port
would not have exceeded much over days. che
was only AZ hours out from New Orleans to
Vicksburg, and made several coast landings; 8
days aud % hours to Memphis, and made the
run from Island IS to the latter point in daylight
She from Memphis 10 Cairo in ~ hours; Cairo
to Evansville in 40 hours. She was only Is hours
coming from Louisville here, and landed at Mad
ison and Rising Sun
The United states Supreme Court has just de-
cided, in case appealed from Iowa, that the |
right OF riparian owners extends to the high |
water mark. but between that and low water |
mark the title is in the city, and that the city had
right to widen aud improve, to any extent, by |
filling in below high water, and building wharves
and ievees for public use; and that the titles to
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