The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-01
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Monday, April /. 1878.
AFrIvAIs.

sS@s Monday, April l. 1878. J
Arrivals.
Eva. Alvin. Wild ,gazelle. Col; A. P;,Koupys
Henry Tete. Robt. Il. Lee.
To Arrive.
Ouachita Belle. Bayou Sara; st. Mary. AS
sumption. Lafcurche Ma5tba lover M M2asf
Moore. St Louis; vt. John. Baton Rouge; MARIA ar,
Louise. Red river: John n Hanna. Y Ro5l1 WI W.
The New Orleans and He'd River Transportta to
ton Company ANNOUNCES he f1i9yKRe eu ne-
Eap Mart oi Koa 1 ssR 'nesdsy and the Maria
Louise, Capt. II. J. Brinker. Saturday, both to
Is 1t was reported on the landing yesterday that
MT. Landry, second engineer, OF the steamer
Assumption. had fallen overboardi and was
" rhs i st my j. Sharp Mcdonald, with tow
OF coal barges. passed down yesterday for the
I'll The United States mail packet Robt. Z. Lee.
from vicksburg. arrived last evening on time
cotton, s11 SACKS cotton seed. 728 sacks Oil cake
The Clara s. VIM: Wenzsl in command June .
ooinis on the Ouachita.
ss The rely nf 81 he G. L.
Packet Line. II, U. Hart master, Ed. Donnally
clerk, leaves tomorrow. sure. at p m. for
packet Tensas, L. Y. Cooley master Il. Moiai
son clerk. leaves Wednesday at p. IN. without
The receipts OF cotton by river for, the month
Just. passed amounted to lo1,59s bales, cotton
The Globe Democrat of the goth says:
ION more than one occasion the CINCINNATI
4 Commercial has palmed off items forty eight
hours old taken from the Globe Democrat as
special telegrams from st. Louis. No wonder
the Commercial has such an extended column
Of river kilograms" 49,
The same paper was so much pleased with
j notice we wrote short time ago OF the Charles
Morgan that 1t used 1t entire In one OF Its
notices Of the same. teamer. a. original matter
the same being copied al,9rWards n g one OF our
RI e., and credited to the
Walt, the Cairo correspondent Of the CONNER
cial under date of tn. 2sth says: The new St
composed Of the following boats: Common
wealth, Centennial. Susie Silver, City OF Alton.
Belle shreveport. James Howard, John 4; Scud:,
der, Thompson Dean textra), and the City OF
yicksburg. City of Helena and Grand Tower, II
these are required to make the line tri-weekly.
night and leave for the Wabash this morning.
The vt. Francis Belle leaves daily at 80 a. m
from Benyille street fer Westwego. running , Ing In
Railroad to Denald sonyille.
The Belle: in place of the Blue Win Wing No 3.
snd pansation 10ass
Nessrs. Wood and Dean clerks.
The heet daylight weekly lower . coast g
III Holmes clerk. leaves to day at IL a. m. for
The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov. Alien. John J. Brown, master =. s. Streck,
Tie Henry Tete, j. =. 'Aucoin master NJ. H.
coast. DonaidsonviIle and the Lafourche.
through to Thibodaux.,
The regular hriweeky S2ast packet
Ben. Tureaud plantation. Tie Mary y Ida re- re-.
turns on alternate days, and does all her bust
The Fanchon. for Atchafalaya. through to
Washington leaves to.morrow at p m FL: u.
Fanchon takes Bayou DIES Glaizes freight. re-
shipping at Simmsuort,
I mGs and Ls v w anGnfs Sa1 w 1
Campbell in command. A McVay In the Office
The st. Mary. Joe Dalferes in command. e.
Nicolle clerk, leaves tomorrow at p. m. for
the coast and Lafourche. through to Laurel VAL
The St. John leaves Wednesday at p. m. for
for. the coast and Lafourche. through the Thi-
IS. The Ouachita, Belle, Capt. John G. Libano,
leaves Wednesday, as usna for Bayou Sara.
Ths regular Black and Bnuf river 7, packet Era
clerk. leaves Wednesday sure at D. m.
Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Commercial. March 30:
They expect In st. Louis. as soon az Eads gets
screw fatboats drawing 81 feet from the jetties
The big, good -natured, manly Capt. Jack De
Harts Of the lost Shannon, circulated on Change
taIts u Building an IRON boat for The ouachita
+ and fine steamer for the Cincinnati. Louisville
and New Orleans trade. He left for Louisville
on the Houston, and will return here next Tues
day. On Change he met Capt Hercules Carrel.
who knew his father In Olden times, and re-
counted numer Gus Incidents of their early life
inf Hart ook @
boat down the river. at which time the formers
father was commander Of the famous steamer
De Harris father, was an early commander on
the. river. o relative Of ex.secretary Robson.
md at one time steamboat inspector at Louis
INTERESTING RIVER REMINIsCENcE.
In order to decide dispute between Pilot
Ben Shively and a friend. the former referred
the matter to the old boatman. Capt. J. G. Swon.
who answered In the following letter and set
ST.. LOUIS, August, %, 1871
Dear 6ir-In 1889 | sold Capt. Converse the
steamer st. Louis. He an her two seasons and
Elizabethtown. Pa had her lowed round to st.
moved to the j. M White. He ran her one one sea- ca
son and sank her on the Grand Oh ain in the
winter Of 1929 He then "a, went to Pittsburg and
her quick trip in May-time three days, % hours
and minutes. After running her two seasons
I purchased her and ran her two seasons, and
then sold her to Capt. Goslee He put her en-
Gines In the Autocrat and sold the hull and
used as wharf. boat until she was burned. The
first J. NJ. White was sunk in the winter of
1842-43, and the quick trip was made in May,
1914. Respectfully J.CSWON
PTrTsBuRa. March 2s-Dr. W. A. Burleieh
owner of the new steamer Gen. Terry, and
Capt Mcmillan are having hitch in regard to
Capstan INFRINGEMENT. The capstan on the
Terry is the same that was on the Carroll. and
! DR.. Burlegh claims that as a license was taken
out when the capstan was placed on the Car
roll, a second payment for it cannot be legally
made. Some years ago. when Dr. W. A. Bur-
leigh built the Carroll here. he took out a cap
note for the balance. The same year he was
appointed agent by Capt. Mcmillan to look after
capstan infringers on the Upper Missouri. with