The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-21
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, /
Sunday. April 81. 1878.
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Arrivals.
ouachita Belle Martha. G. H. Durfee. Wild
Gazelle.
Departures.
Martha. Mary. Ida, Bale. Ouachita Belle,
hse buTae g. sls S Eaa ss 10 Bar
sumption, st. Mary.
Ouaehita Belle. Gov. All IN. Bayou Sara: As
gumption, -. Mary. Eva Henry Tete9, La-
Howard Mollie Moote. s.. Louis; Joe Bryarly.
Silver City. Red river: Il. T. Lee. Vickeburg !:
Jo d1nH a; Hanna John Howard u ~; n, :
Gh0n. Opelousas: Mary Ida. Belle. upper coast !:
g. +. Chouteau. Memphis.
The weather yesterday was cloudy but pleas
Business fair.
Keep to the windward Of the huge pile of
s sees TIsy 4. aT
stencil from tlem is very st,ong.,
!, The @. Ii. Durfee arrived Friday night from
She brought a barge load d with 46 bales Of the
La Bellies cotton and miscellaneous lot OF
freight recovered from the K"uus..
time past on the La Belle and Col. koun has
finished. and is on ter wav back to the city She
has aboard a. lot Of the Koun's freight. The
machinery o. the La Belle cannot BIO got out
The 4. T. Eckert left Yesterday for Red river
for the purpose Of taking. out the Col. K"uns
Capt. Geo. Wilkinson and wife left on the
DnIfee on their way to Hot Hprings.,
The boilers. engines, doctor and II lot Of cop
per pipe from the Dawn were sold yesterday at
The Rapid Transit was sold Mt marsha,'s sale
yesterday to M Val 7. Col Ing. Of tn" Coyi g
ton Dry Dock Company. who built her hull for
1900 She will be towed to the Ohio. and Mr..
Collins was trying to got the Liberty to take her
The Liberty was to have # last night. Capt.
burnside In command
Capt; T ,s emains here for the present.
ing to take on a lot OF G dar logs.
The Yaeeer laws over for cargo OF sugar.
The John Wilson and u RI s. both 10 d over.
The Clara 8 has relieved the Trenton in the
Attakapas trade
The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
ton Compaanys Uniteed States mail packet Sill
yer City, M. N. Wood master Billy QuicksAlI
clerk, leaves Wednesday for Shrevep 1T
Z. The Assumption will extend her trips to
LockpoIt, on Bayou Lnfourche, from and after
The A. G. DonDally. Capt Henry Hart In COM
n mand. VII arrive TO leave Thursday for the
John Heat, a former we'll known Red river
), The John 4. scndder. for st. Louis, had $40
hogsheads Of sugar. 500 sacks coffee and 3e7 bar
rels rice, and fair passenger list.
I The Robt. Mi cbel. tor The Ohio, was full If
people. and had as freight 10000 feet lumber.
cotton. 10 hog heads sugar. and rs tons scrap
+. The Gov. Allen, on her way down this even
ing. will land at Carroion for passengers
bringing them to the city for ten cents; the
proceeds to be devoted TO the various orphan
Capt. Joe Dalieres of the st. Mary. requests
Us to state, In regard to the ruinor current in
the city and on the Laiourche hat the St Mary
10 to be laid up that there j. no word # ruth
In the rumor HIS wishes it st ted, u 30, that he
intends to run the st. Mary as long MS the water
Will permit all reports TO the contrary. Capt.
Joe means business.
The Tanaaa will ba IN hartb 70 1o,,,o To-, -,
Tensas and Macon, Ia urday. May.
There WIS no boat advertised 10 Ien,ve In the
City Of Alton is to leave Wednesd S '. N'''' : 10
The james Howard will arrive tomorrow
The Kountz Line steamer Fl. @. Wager, unable
M. for Memphis, Cali 0 and st. |, uis / c. Van
Heck 9bs X m eomm md. Mr. n B. Fowler 81 r.
due to arrive from st. Louis. is announced to
The feet and superb pa senger 8 Gamer Katie.
]. M. White In commant. i. ayes next Nj ,nday,
the twenty-ninth. for Louisville. See advertise
ment.
The Courier Journal Of the 18th says:
The Stefling White, In command of Capt
John White, leaves the city wharf Saturday for
Nsy Orleans and Red river dir Ct.
1 Iae e. L. and e , " O. Packet Line steamer
kle CLERK, leayes Tuesday at D. m. for Menu
phis, Cairo. Louisville aud Cin"inunti The
Holden s Gr9wn Is one ct the finest boats on
those who travel by her can rest assured the
attenti?n and good treatment for which the
OHIO river bOaS are renowned
/. The vt. Francis Belle leaw daily at 7 30 a. m.
from BienviIle street for Weatw, go running In
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donaldsonylle
The Belle, in place Of the Blue Wing No. 3. J.
A. Comstock master. Messrs Wood and Dean
clerks, leaves Tomorrow at 10 q. m. for Donald
sonville and the Ashland plan ation.
The United States mail IT amer Gov. Allan
will leave o-morrow at .. m for Bayou Sara
j. y: Brown master. y. 5 STR elk ce'k.
The regular lower coast packet Wild Gazele
John Hamilton master. @. +. Holmps clerk
leayes tomorrow as usual at II a. m for Mag-
! The regular coast Donaldsonville and Bayou
Laiourche packet, Henry Tete. J. F. Aucoin
master. M. H. Landry clerk leaves tomorrow
The regular and fleet 'ri-weekly upper coast
packet Mary Ida. j. A. Ruiz master, Fdw Nj.
cole clerk. leaves Tuesday at 10 a. m for Ben
Tnreaud plantation.
The regular weekly Opelousas racket Fan.
c.hon. IL II. Broad master. Theo John clerk.
leaves, leave Tuesday at D. m. goiug through to
;, The st. Mary, Joe Dalferes in command. E.
Nicolle clerk, leaves Tuesday at s o. M. tor the
coast and Lafourche.
The superb Robt- E. Lee. VIM Campbell, mas
ter, Messrs Mcyay and Cannon clerks. leaves
tuesday,. as usual, for icks burg
The semi weekly Bayou Latourohe racket
assumption, + a. Chariot. master, N. Il. Dupuis
clerk leaves Wednesday al 70 m.
The Ouachita Bell. making semi weekly
ir1ps 10 Bayou Sara, will leave Wednesday at s
D. m.
From the st. Louis Times. of the 18th:
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
Editor Of the Times-When Senator Cockrell
Drought In the bill to appoint a commission to |
examine and report on the rest method of i'm
proving our rivers, and also what streams |
should be- improved, al thoughtful mon that |
Hoped to see The river improved. +. joiced at it.
10 move In the right direction but were sur
Dr1sed to see prominent st, Louis men lobby |
ng against 1t, or what is the same thing
striving to have the committee mainly com.
posed of United States engine.rs
we would ask every thinking man to exam |
ne the past history of our rivers and then t. II |
IS what is to be gained by appointing United /
states engineers on such a commit &C.
Ii the future e to be judg. by he pnst such I
committee OF United States engineers would
simply amount to a whiewashing conmitteeto
ghitewash their predecessors. Experience |
clearly proves that the United States engi GERS |
ire unable to grn pole successfully with the river
problem. and when Senator Cockrell shows us /
! clear road out of our difficulty. those that OPP |
pose him show conclusively that they are not /
rfeUHS of tha river intarpst Tha tj,,a n.