The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-13
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, |
Thursday. Juno 10, 1878.


Arrivals.
Eva, Belle. Frank Pargoud Henry Tete. City
of Alton, w. j. PotteFent.
Departures.
wild Gazslle Isabel, Belle. Assumption. Qua
chits Belle, Danube, A. @. Donnally. Common
wealth. John Wilson.
re Arrive.
Gov. Allen, 0uachita Belle, Bayou Sara; St.
Mary, Assumption, Lafourche; Isabel Alvln,
en- Ruls, Cincinnati; Belle, Mary Ida. upper
coast: John w. Cannon. Louisville; Gold Dust.
st. Louis; Natchez Vicksburg.
There was rain again yesterday, ana pienty
OF IT, Notwithstanding which very fair amount
Of business was done on the landing.
The Donnally had o fine trip OF people, ana
will Be pretty we'll flied by the time she reaches
Vicksburg. as she has passenger engagements
can't. Jaek Dc Hart left yesterday for Louis
The CITY Of Alton arrived yesterday and will
be the Anchor Line departure for Saturday. see
advertisement
The handsome and fast passenger steamer
Golden Rule o. 2. Shinkls master, will arrive
Tomorrow. and leave Saturday. positively, tor
Cincinnati.
The steamer Commonwealth for ST.. Louis.
left last evening with fair trip, part OF when
was $50 tons sundry merchandise: also 44Q ebls
rice, 25 bbls m0lasses. 10 hhds sugar 240 bales
bag stuff. t43 boxes wine. i26 boxes bltters, guy
feet lumber, 62 bales moss, 165 beer barrels and
The steamer A. G. Donnally, for Cincinnati.
left yesterday; her freight consisted In part OF
900 tons sundry freight and 60 bbls rice.
The clipper Natchez will arrive this evening
from Vicksburg and leave again Saturday, as
The Gov. Allen. leaving every Friday and
Monday, lands at Carrollton; also on the down
trip on Sunday. The fare each way is only ten
cents, the proceeds to be devoted to the orphan
asylums OF the city.
The New Orleans and BED River Iransporta-
ton Company's steamer Texas. Geo. W: Rea In
command. Ill O. Bowman clerk, Is receiving to
leave Saturday for Shreveport
The Bart Able will arrive this AFTERNOON ana
leave Saturday, as usual for Alexandria and
Capts. d. W. Tobln, J. w. Cannon. r. Fl. Wool
folk 81 M Brown, N NJ Jones, j. NJ White and
john Howard have formed Joint stock COM
panY, to be known as the New, Orleans and
Louisville as the principal peint for their bust
ness TRANSACTIONS. The articles uf ineorpora-
ton are published In the Courier-Journal OF
Says the st. Louis Republican of the 10th:
The late accounts of snow In the upper re-
gions. together with the present stage OF our
larger rivers North. and the late rains In this
vicinity, give promise Of fair stage In our
rivers above ana below i0e an t md RT4
OF the rlverl is open, the carpet bag element
South is matter of the past prosperity is
the steamboat fraternity have now right to
look upWardi the rail ts not SO popular and
organising az i w2 e. Greeley SAID a2 ,o
JOHN w. CANNON.
After examining the new. John w. Cannon
yesterday we stepped out forward upon the
ters trestle the veteran and successful com
mander for whom she was named and by whom
she was built. Approaching MIN we asked:
Capt. Cannon nave you any objection TO pc
About what2"
and a'''' '00i .'' 10 '''"A'oa.-,''n y,
"Get out your pencil and paper and I'll tell
you all can think of about myself. 1t might
stimulate some OF the young men Of the present
day to start out In life as did. and teach them
. lesson that man VINO Will try to get along III
You see my father moved from Maryland to
Louisville In lsis and lived down here in The
Pond settlement two years. He then moved
down to where Hawesville KY, now stands--i
was eornield then-and setl led two miles
OF land two miles back from the river, bull
house p la,s ~ crop + aud mo tb r 54cs
place. just before we moved back Of H4wesyilIe
was raised back there on the farm until was
fifteen year, . ana Xe months fe So oa aa ha es
and never saw the inside of q school house.
had brotheriin New Orleans In December, 1895
nay sister with me. We went, and took with us
as present fr2n my fa I. two fine COWS nnf
in the first boat that came along, which was tht
Mediterranean. the biggest boat on the river q
that time. So we got aboard my sister goinG
lake the care e"O Of be cows and the
1 met an old friend on deck, and w
messed together and was getting along frs
cabin to see my sister There / met Capt Jack
son. Poor old man had heart in him as big a
that tool chesB (pointing to one with his erutchl
i asked permission to 90 back and see my sis
my name. I told MIN John v. Cannon, and b
asked me II l was any kin TO Elijah Cannon
the city marshal OF New Orleans L told him
was his brother, and he called out to H L.
McRea. the pilot Of the boat, and told him VIII
! was. saying that Elijah was friend. Of his
He and McIiea went back into the cabin will
me, and introduced them to my sister. ID
gave me a state room in the cabin. and triet
to beg of. but 1t was no use for he said: Nc
sir can never repay your brother t ioT what
captain, pilot and mate of the boat got into
big fight in Orleans with lot of Irish. ant
nearly killed lot OF them; Elijah intereed,
with the Judge at their trial went their bonds
and the case was thrown out OF court and tn
officers set at liberty.
down and TACK Ny brother Elijah was terribt
put out when he found out that didn't know
my A . C's. I sta ed down there until March
school and learn something. n the fall m
sister. law and sister, bound for Orleans go
aboard the Rob Boy Ct Hawesyt 10, and stgpP 9
pilot-house on her i took hold of the wheel an,
went to steering for hin him. 60 that when
like q pilot could. I mads one trip o.
her. when she was sold, and McRae wen
pilot on the Mountaineer: but the captain OIL
her had no use for steersman; so that let M
out at Orleans. My brother was so opposed t.
me going on the river that he wouldn't hell
me. So / had to have clothes and little poke
change. ioafed about while. when In March
1888, got on board the Dina. She was com
manded by Capt. Frank Carter-he looked thel
as young as he does now-and came up L
Hawesvllle on her and on deck. When go
there went to school, and was getting alonl
pretty we'll, when my brother knowing had
piece of land wrote to me to cut load Of hoop
poles off it aud bring them to New Orleans
where could get good price for them.
didn't have enough money to buy an Ak +
cut eem with: so my father said IL
wanted to cut the poles and could get
boat to take EN- down in. he would give M
what he had. which was about s25. My brother
in-law went my sedu ity for $75. and got
boat and went to cutting hoop poles. while m
father hauled them othe boat at the river unit
the roads got so bad and the weather so coll
with Hawesville coal, and had a pilot. "
started south, but we had MT been out thirt
hours before that pilot stuck me on Three-mil
island nearly high and dry. But stuck to he
until the river raised and foated me off. 1 RAJ
into the mouth of Green river and waited Their
two months for the ice to run out of the Ohio
This was In 1g40. cut loose from there an
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