The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-08

enworth the Mississippi has fallen IL inches ut
Davenport, / foot at Keokuk and Nes Orleans, 3
| feet Of Cairo and Memphis, and 6L inches ct
| vicksburg, but remains frozen ut bt. Paul; the
Ohio has fallen IL inches ut Cincinnati and 7
inches ut Louisville; the Cumberland has fallen
| inches at Nashville"
The fine Ohio River passenger steamer Chero-
kee Geo. Wolf master A. Byers clerk leaves
| The New Orleans and Ouacbita TRANSPORTS
| ton Company q steamer Bastrop, Gus Hodge mas.
ter, J. P. Mohr, clerk, leaves tomorrow ut p. m.
The regular Coast and Bayou Lafourche packet
to-day Of 5 D. M, for Thibodaux. U. d. Terre-
bonnie In command, dabe Block clerk.
! The regular through Bayou Bartholomew and
| Black River packet IL Ia Hughes, Law Rioe In
command, leaves to-day at pm.
The spi ndid passenger and United States mail
| steamer Frank Pargoud leaves to-day at B p. IN.
| for Ycksburg. Greenvlle and the Bends, J. M.
! White, master, Curt Holmes and W. N. Gaines,
clerks.
The New Orleans and Red River Ira nsports.
ton Company's steamer Uol. A. P. Kouns, Mart
Kouns, master, Isaac Kouns, clerk, leav Oh to-day
| at p. m. for Shreveport and Jefferson.
The tri.weekly Lower Coast packet Emma
leaves tomorrow at i p. M, for the Franklin
Rice Mills. Oliver Canton, Jr., master, J. J.
Donovan, clerk.
The SENT weekly Coast and Baton Ro uge pack
ct ut. John, Frank Bergeron, master, j. q. Ber.
geron, clerk, leaves tomorrow at 10 m. pune
tually.
The Coast aud Bayou Sara United 81 ates msil
plcRet Gov. Allen, j. y. Brown, ma ster, 8. h.
Streok, clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. m.
The steamer 81 John, from Baton Rouge ard
the steamer Henry Tets from Donald sonyille, ar.
rived last evening.
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS.
| PfTTsBURG, March 4.-The c1al men we're busy
all night and to-day, and forwarded tho follow.
lew, II, r;,,nft Tabn Ne Jabp
Penny, Panther, Tom Do isworth, Sam CLARK, ]! Q
| Walton, George Roberts, N. 3. Bigley No. q, "My
Choice" J. A. Stone and Goal Valley, with l27
packages, containing 1888 900 bushels coal. For
Josh Cook, John Dppnld, Lioness No. 9, Hornet
No. 2, Baltic, Tom Rees No. Q, Bengal Tiger,
Boaz, Samson No. 2, Diamond, Enterprise, George
Lysle, Simpson, Horner and Sam Brown, with 227
packsgss, containing 24.9.000 bushels coal, and
other boats will follow, provided they Gun pro-
cure tows before tho water falls.
CINCINNATI, Mare1 White River has shoal-
cd to 30 inches below J.cksonport, and 81 feet
below Augusta.
Slant J. Bachelor, for some time river editor
of the Pittsburg E1eaing 7eteJrdph has been
appointed t. d clerkship in the Pitts burg post
ofioe.
Arkansas river has but 3% feet soant from the
mouth to Pine Bluff aud an uncertai in depth
above the latter port. ..
PORTSMOUTH. 6larch 4.--Capt. W. W. Little re-
oeived telegram stating that the CABIN Of the
GAYLORD was destroyed by fire at Ashland LAST
night. Her cabin WAS destroyed by fire at this
port four weeks ago Tonight
LOUISVILLE, March 7.--Capt. Tom Boluse, an
old Wabash river eamboatInau, VIII is not IN
known TO fame on the Ohio and To nnessee rivers,
speaking Of the recent improvements made In
Wabash river, says: eff Maj ,r Smith would pur.
chase about dozen OF bill 0rundy's China
rooters and send to the Little Ohian, they would
90 through TO Mount Vernoa In twenty-four
nours. Why. tell you Thorn hogs were won
der. Bill Grundy was Tennessee steamboat
man, but left the river and purchased farm be-
low Florence, where he raised one crop Of cotton
shich paid very vel. The next season he raised
oorn. Having heard OF the China rooters, Bill
purchased twelve CT them. They were recon-
mended % just the thing for joles, being six
inches longer from the snout TO the ears than
from the cara TO the tail, and told best ON the
coast. Bill drove them home and put them in
his pen. In the morning no went to find them,
but they had rooted out aud were scattered over
the country. He gathered them up, however,
and the mex night shut them up in the stable
On al Using next morning he found his stable
rooted down and his fine COW and oalf
killed. Then Bill swore being terribly
hogs, you bet lie ihon made pen out Of
heavy logs and drove stakes FIVE feet deep. When
he went 10 70 ID them next morning he could not
find the p n. they had rooted it clean under and
were again sea tered. Then Bill swore he would
ship the hogs fouth, as 'joles were selling we'll
on the coast. He built pen down by the river.
whence he was to ship them. He drove stakes six
feet deep and ten feet high, and drove the hog
in. he built fire on the bank and waited for
the boat. Bill fell asleep and forgot his hogs.
The boat came along, and Bill hailed her, saying
he wanted to ship his hogs. As the boat round
cd to Bill went to open his pen, but fund nary q
hog there They had rooted down under the
stakes, sni the ground being 80 hard, it WAS
three days before they came up. ] he ground
was seen shaking where the big spring j. now at
Tuscumbia, and presently up came Bills hogs. |
This is aid to DO the origin Of the spring. Bill
never went for his hogs, but wac credibiy inform
I'd afterward that they had rooted through to |
China"
EVANSVILLE, March "A violent snow storm
prevailed last night from 10 O lock till afer mid
light with Driving wind. The Means brought
me loaded barge and one nearly empty, which
he will load in part here with 1900 barrels flour
md grits, from Raukin Il Co with other freight,
,he will get away tomorrow at noon. The mail
inc wharfboat loaded The barge Halliday with
1870 dry barrels, $40 pkgs box LUMBER, 1869 bbls
,ork, 6 900 10 boxed meat tcs and 20 half bbls
nd 80 kegs lard and 450 pkgs furniture. The
jackets hgd moderate tiips. The Thos. Sherlock
vas aground on Henderson bar all night, and got
IF this forenoon. The Donnally was aground
or all hour or two just above the city last night,
,etting too close to shore. The Whale and Tow
we're aground below Greensboro. The Means
will relieve the freight blockade here.
MARINE NEWS.