The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-04-04
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. |
Thursday, April 4, 1873

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Thursday. April 4. 1878. !
h Arrivals.
/ Isabel. Belle Maria Louise. Belle of shreve-
port Katie. Eva D.,,,r,u...
Isabel. Wild .Gazelle. Belle, Assumption oua
chita Belle Tensas, Era No. 10. John I'll.
Hanna.
Gov. Allen Ouachita Belle, Bayou Sara; at.
AMdanpton Ma Henry T Naw mnf
Houston, Golden City. Cincinnati; Common
wealth. 81. Louis: Dawn Bart Able Red river;
Rouge: Ris IN Ma chez, dr VHh" Vieksbnrg. .''
II The ,weather yesterday was delightful.
The st John has been laid up and her freight
was turned over yesterday to tn. OuaGhita Belle.
which boat hereafter will attend to all her COAST
Capt. MeElroy is making this trip on the Qua
Cant. ii. r.. Harper left yesterday for. Madison.
Ind where he intends TO contract for new
boat for the coast trade,
" The Charlie Mcdonald returned from the jet
ties yesterday. aud will leave this a. IN. for the
Bud Bud Win burn. after an illn' ss OF d week, was
II The ns'Ss Belle Of Shreveport arrived Tuesday
night from ST. Louis
evening to take on alot of old iron. and will be
I'll The Future City. with six bnrges from st.
l5s 1872 bushels bulk grain.
|, We we're handed Yesterday, n copy Of the
ss aodsn ne fa'sf The
Fl complete printi & Office and do frst-class job
WORK, Of all kinds, The paper is iberally and
largely distributed and Is a good medium Tor
advertising With lively ne wspaper on board
with complete and we'll selected ,, library i me
string ban aoe % as W,a and eyery fe
and last, but not least: attentive and polite OIL
GERS. The Rule is certainly an attractive boat to
The Bertha, M. Kenison master. Eug. Quatre
yaux clerk, will arrive to leave Saturday for the
AB%tt1Ab The Ba1t Able will arrive to leave Saturday
The peerless Natchez viii arrive to- night from
Vteksburg, and return Saturday. as usual.
The Eva leaves to-day for the Lafourche
4 The fleet Katie leaves to day sor all town and
mail landings to Gre dretny,ile; t,n ,oross tho r,vor
The New Orleans and Rod River Transporta-
ton Company's steamer M .ria Louise. a. j.
Brinker master, Eug. Barrow clerk, arrived
Tuesday night from Shreveport. and returns
The Maria Louise brought a barge contain
molasses. from the La belle wreck. We learn
that here are yet zoo bales In + the wreck e.: ~
Hegler master. NJ. L. Virden clerk, will bs at
the landing to-day. receiving to leave Saturday
The new Mary Houston will arrive Saturday
Ths CLARA S reseiyins S NJ f for al! points on the
sse ass W" !s% ssssFasW ss1fsay
Golden Rule. o. p shinkIe master. W. r shaw
anS dnY # m II H. k"e Is
first-class steamer-none better-and her Off
GERS are as clever a. they make them. Capt. ..
h p. Ehinkle in particular, who is most favorably
known for his MAN. fine traits of ch ,racter.
The e. Francis Belle leaves , daily at $50 a: m.
q connection with the New Orleans and Texas
kairOad to DpnaldsOnvlle
The fleet and unusually regular ,ri;weekly
I ter. Edw. Nieolle clerk. leaves this. 10 a. m.
X promptly for the Ben Tnreaud plantation. The
Ida is a daylight boat both ways.
mail steamer Katie. j. NJ White master Curt Curt
I Holmes clerk leaves to- day at 5 D. m for Vicks-
The feet wild Gazelle will arrive to leave to-
morrow. as usual. at II a. m for the lower coast
to Magnolia Store. The Gazelle is very pune
\ The Henry Tete, making semi weekly trips
I tn Bayou Lafourche. through to Thibodaux,
/ leave to- morrow at 10 a. m. j. F. Aueoin in
command. Fl. NJ. Landry clerk.
the Hnted sas R and
clerk. leaves tomorrow at y. m. for Bayou
4 The Cincinnati Commercial. of the first in
4 stant, publishes the following interesting
/ sketch Of our worthy fellow citizen Capt. Cliff
! CINCINNATI March 29.-It is sometimes inter-
estin9 to look over the history of an old steam
4 boatman. particularly one who. to advance his
tence. disrobes himself Of selhshness and at
his own expense furnishes to the world the tri-
umphs OF art and science Among number of
retired steamb oatmen. whose history conforms
Clifford g: Wayne, the well known steamboat
terested In steamb boat stock early a. 1919 did
not go on to he river until 1884, but during the
period named hs % built an and owned many fine
Capt Wayne is now Ia his siXty-third year, and
native OF Georgia. where he was born Decem
ber 8, 1916 His father was well-to- do planter.
and sent the captain when quite young. to New
Jersey. where he OBJ aimed liberal education.
A. A. the age Of fifteen years having completed
goods house Of Spencer. strong & Batchley. His
tracted the attention Of Avery 1.S Ahearn. who
nnsaaoen whish semDle cassidy CO the last
offered better situation accepted it, and en-
tered the employ e I' Of # Avery & Athearn: subse,
Mr. Athearn when the style of tn the ir rm nv was
changed to Avery. WAYNE Co. and during its
fn'9yd greatSr prosperity than
steamer, the Thomas Jefferson, at the Cincin-
natl Marine Ways; and placed Capt. G P. Sedan
between Cincinnati d and New Orleans. and sunk
the same year near Vicksburg proving a total
James n and TIRE OF fs In with
Inomas CorWin. which Capt ia. Bugher COM
mand % d until she sunk soon after at Plum
Point total loss. In 1850 Capt. Wayne and his
RartnIer RssIr sod fhelr boat store to Leidy Baird
Harry G. McComas in the coma ission business
On sycamore the style of the firm being Nc
Comas d Wayne: but the next year Capt Wayne
separated from McComas to engage ia the rec
tifying Of liquors with Thompson Dean ESQ.
lnow ct New York;. This firm was known as
Dean Capt Wayne built the New NJ mphis and
4 the Chickasaw for the Memphis trade. At this
period tue cap. ain WAS running four boats in the
partnership with Mr.. Dean, purchased the first
Memphis and ~ Cloud. Capt. VIM. G Mann was
commanded the ST. Cloud. The second Mem. Men.
phis was dismantled and her machinery used
IA the new boat of the same name While the
New Memphis was being built Capt Wayne
and others purchased the United States, Gin