The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-13

day for the Atchafalaya. broke her shaft Thurs
rsr ana the
ing last evening. The Sunflower will be ready
for business again in few days. and will leave
dazes NJ I'M n b f@i afn in e ecm@and t Capt A.
P. Trousdale in charge of the office.
See special notice to Atchafalaya and Bayou
des Glaizes shippers.
The LESSEE Taylor will be ready to leave
Wednesday for the Atchafalaya.
The Lee has 377 bales of cotton, 1884 sacks seed
and 20 bags ed cotton belonging to the cargo
Of the Yazoo Valley and reported on her mani
fest total.
The T. O. Stanard leaves Tuesday for st.
The St. Francis Belle Ieayes daily at TAB n m.
from Bienville street for Westwego, running in
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Hallroad to Donaldsonville.
The Blue Wing line steamer Belle. e. E.
Harper master. }. e. Brou clerk, leaves to- NOR
row at q. m. tor the upper coast to Bonnet
:. The Blue Wing No. 3. J. A. Comstock master.
Messrs. Wood and Dean clerks, leaves to- NOR
row at 10 Q. M for Donadsonvile and the Ash
The regular semi weekly Bayou Lafourche
packet W, !. Poitevent. U. D. Terrebonne in
at 10 a. m, promptly, for Thibodaux.
Capt. Frank Oakes backs out his fleet passen-
ger steamer Rapid Transit to morrow, prompt
ings. Mr.. L. e. Generally has charge of the
office. Particular attenti n Is called to the ad-
vemr,isement, as It speaks plainly l for Itself
Company's. steamer, Rice Farmer, in place Of
ros A i o and f he Marhs Basse
Port Eads. and carry the United States mails
The Gov. Allen will leave tomorrow at ..
n ~. for Bayou Sara. j. j. Brown master, s. D.
The John Fl. Hanna leaves to morrow at 5 p.
IIaandio , f. Bergeron in command, E. B. Trim
The Katie, J. W Tobin master, W. N Gaines
and ALI Grissom clerks, leaves tomorrow at
?. n. for Vcksburg and all bend landings to
The semi-weekly Bayou Lafourche packet
assumption, z. A. Chariot master, N. H. Dupuis
clerk. leaves tomorrow at .. IN. for Laurel
The Henry Tete, J. f. Aucoin master. M. H,
Landry clerk. will arrive this evening and
leave leave Tuesday, at 10 a. m. Tor the coast and
The M. |. daily line steamer Mary Ida. J. A.
Ruiz In command, leaves Tue day ct 10 q. M,
master, Messrs McVay and Cannon clerks.
leaves Tuesday, as usual. for Vicksburg.
The St, Mary. Joe Dalferes in command, II.
Nicolle clerk, leaves Tuesday at D. m. for the
coast and Iafourche.
The David Hostetter, J.. G. Griffith master,
regular tri-weekly packet to the Magnolia
Store. See advertisement.
The regular Black river. .Tensas and Macon
Robbins clerk, leaves tomorrow. without fail.
at p. m.
The John A., scudder. Capt. J, Frank Hicks,
The Sam Roberts and barges, Capt A. J. Ross,
detained yesterday on account OF the bad
weather. leaves tomorrow at p. m: for Pitts
burg and all intermediate points on the Ohio.
The steamer Danube, from Jefferson via
Cane river, arrived yes erday, and had as cargo
1166 bales OF cotton and 1891 sacks OF cotton
seed.
The steamer David Hostetter on her yester-
days trip met with slight accident about two
miles below the city. She stripped one of her
had to return to the landing for repairs. She
WILL however, be ready TO leave on Tuesday
t,her regular day. for Pointe-a- la Hache and
all lower coast landings.
by Telegraph
1o4 Common street Steamer Centennial will
arrive Monday and leave for st. Louis Wednes-
day. T. l.. DAVIDSON Master.
Exchange Clippings.
st. Louis Republican, January 10:
CoURTEsIEs EXCHANGED.
On Change yesterday there was one OF those
little episodes which frequently occur,
Prominent merchant to wealthy retired boat
sagn ma hi I've t Just seen
about omr boats that we're ruined. tell You.
ruined"
Wealthy retired boatman. warmly: IT'S
your fault. and the fault OF other merchants,
Do you want to know how 1t is f? I'll tell you.
II an old tnb comes here and offers to take
freight IL tlbD6 CIl6dpSI. you IL lOhu nGT tb0u]Sb
our own boats go to the devil
The merchant did as he has often done be-
fore-walked silently away
BULK AND PACKAGE FREIGHT TO NEW ORLEANS.
No bulk grain delivered by the elevators to
river craft on the 9Th or 9th On the 9Th the NY
Choice barges received 1.7s0 bbls Of -four; on
the 18th the John Means barges received 445s
sacks of corn and 63s sacks Of bran. This is
noteworthy and furnishes another argument to
boat owners to show why New Orleans steam
boats are not reliable In time and frequency Of
departure. etc Now. these shipments. If
would have enabled her to back out one or two
days sooner than she did. But no; the elevator
men are getting into the habit more and more,
same rate rs steam boa 8 ask, and barge owners.
not content with 5000 or 1000 tons Of grain in
e he sefaps es
ton may be addressed to the st. Louis and New
9r l.. rs boat What are you going to
Down at Orleans they call Capt. B. r. Pegram
Capt. B. Rush Pegram"
Memphis Avalanche, January II:
The Charles Morgan has ninety people on
board. including, six bridal couples. on her
present ssage down the river. Among them
are John p. steep, and wife, formerly Miss
Clara B. Vail. ofIndianaDols, Ind Her Cargo
is heavy and all taken 10 the Ohio
M. " r. barge No. 49, loaded at the elevator
with 5e66 sacks oil cake, will go south to day in
Eads
so ba'es of cotton and % pkgs sundries She
proceeds to st. Louis this evening. Her pilots
report a big snag drifted down and fast directly
in the channel at the foot Of Moons towhead.
The towboat My Choice. with five barges, con-
tanning 5000 tons. including a barge load of
ship timber from Metropolis, Ill. of 10000 feet.
arrived here in crippled condition early yes
terday morning, having left her tow at Fulton.
60 mi es up the river. The part disabled was a
pitman strap, and 1t was repaired here without
difficulty. The My Choice was to return to
Fulton last night after her tow. She will add
barge loaded with oil cake at this port
Fine dentistry executed By DR.. J. +. Walker.