The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-11
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. |
Wednesday. September IL, 1873.
ErYEyaas.

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. !
Wednesday, September IL, 1873. !
Arrivals.
Departures.
Isabel. Emma irvine. Willie Rice Farmer, J,
VT, Cannon. Fanchon.
To Arrive.
Alvin. Isabel, Emma Irvine, lower coast;
Belle Willie 9opsr coast; St MARI Bayou sara aTa
Lafourche: Yazoo Valley, Nicksburg; Bonnie
Lee, Red River.
The weather vas aa pgIite pleasant yesterday
For yesterdays proceedings of the Steam
boatmen's Relief Association, see our local col
The Courier-Journal says:
1T Is a somewhat noted fact that as general
thing, river men and steanboaTmse eng gen3eraily
there being comparatively faw deaths and
very little sickness among them"
We are sorry to say that our friend Will
HAYS is mistaken, SO far as this city is con-
cerned at least. There is great deal OF sick
ness prevailing among the steamboat fraternity
and we are still more sorry to say, that quite a
number of them have been stricken down by
the cruel and merciiess hand OF death.
The Frank Pargoud vii resume ner frlps N
the ninteenth.
The Rice Farmer Chas. De Bouchel master
Sept, Toca clerk, leaves daily, Sunday excepted
The Beile. A. J. Oomstoek, master. leaves this
a. 4fs
the Ashland plantation, Ascension parish
Messrs. Wood and Dean clerks;
The Emma Irvine, +. NJ Nal,ette master pas 4h
lower coast as far as the Greenwood planta'
non.
In place of the J, ". Cannon. John c. Libanc
master, leaves to-day promptly at p, m. fol
Bayou Sara, Baton Rouge and all coast land
The Willie. in place Of the Mary Ida will b
on hand TO leave to- nnorrow as usual at 10 a. m
tor the upper coast to Ben Tureaud's
The regular SeTni-weAkly Bayou IatOuTch'
packet Eva, e. D. Terrebonne master, will b.
found at the landing this morning receiving Il
return to-nnorrow. as usual Tom Knee ha
The Assumption in place of the Henry Tete
p A. Charlet in. command. \, z. Dnpuis clerk
is receiving to-day to leave Friday at 10 a. 70
the Lafourche through TO ThibodauN.
Exchange Clippings.
Courier-Jourpal:
We trust our friends and all others who ma,
feel friendly to the noble cause OF aIding suffer
ceipts upon the occasion of our lecture at Pub
lie Library Hall tomorrow afternoon. Ne vii
do our best to entertain ali who may honor III
with their presence. We make this appeal no
through any spirit Of vanity on our part, but Il
ryand do all We can to aid the, poor, plague
stricken people OF the South who cry for on
Cart. Frank Beck is convalescent and leave
tn Th hes 6t7 s o} Ydksbures officers and crev
contributed to the, yellow fever sufferers a
Efcksburg 5000 Noble fellows
ST. IorTs. Sept CLEAR and pleasant, Rive
falling. with 10 feet by the gauge and feet on
to Cairo. The Mollie n ore left for New Orlean
with full load. and Fl. @. Wager follows mex
Saturday L. r. Williams went out in command
OF the Moore
CATRo.-The towboat Petrol, while towing tn
Belle Shreveport picked IN snag, at Booth
Point that broke two relief hog chain braces
went up through her cook-house and fremen.
room and raised Cain generally, and picked Il
another at Chalk Banks that ran over her pis
ton-rod. under the camrods, up through tn
boiler deck, and back to the splash boards. ]
cut the hull down TO within five inches OF tn
T1afAr's edge