The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-26

has always y cisrk sn t6e landing, held q
The The fleet Natches T p Leathers In command
J. r. Muse n The office, leaves, as usual, TO-
'" The reB Bart Able richard sinnott master. Geo
@. Hamilton Jerk. leaves to-morrov at s p. m
without fall, for Alexandria end Grand Ecore.
The onschlta Bes John g Lb ban ,d tn com
morrow. rs usual. for Bayou Sara.
The coast. Donaldsonvi!le and Latourebe
packet Assumption will arrive this evening and
The New Orleans t and bad River Transports
tion Uompany's steamer Texas Is receiving, to
leave to- morrow for Shreveport. Geo. W. Rea
commands; II. G. Boazman clerk.
by Telegraph
!, GRAND aulTgs Apri 2..-T9 CAPT. I; T: Bur j.! !,
j.. J. ALLEN, Master.
vrcKspuRa April 25.-To Brockett & arer,
NJ. 80 Magazine street The steamer Chas. z
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j. d. HEdLER.
Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Enquirer. April 80:
osS rap Hicks Tss y bs for on
bale steamer Tor the souths, trade
Capt. I. G. Sweeney arrived from PIttsburg
yes'rrday and W was visitor on Chanse He
Fla, is announced. Capt He'ner was about 80
9t age s. and m
known to all of our Oldest steambontmen. For
several years past be has been out Of active ser
and 1t is presumed he was in Florida for the
improvemt mt Of his health. His first expe.,
rience on the river ,antedates the knowle ge It
come Of our. Oldest r,avigators. Capt. Josiah
Bnrkpr'S first remembrance OF him Is In 1884,
when he was engineer on the Samson. He had
improved his oppoitun tiles and learned the
river. at times running the engines, turning the
wheel aud commanding some steamer. e. ls'o
he commanded the Gen. Wayne IN the uincin-
Ss ana New 9f Hen d in
breaking out OF the war he secure ed q position
10 connection With The navy and was staton"h
com petent pilots Tor the nboat service. At
the close Of the war he was placed In charge Of
the Eunboats and other government property
vices there he retired to hil sons farm IN Mis-
souri,. His son is wsl! known Missouri
river pIlol. He was good speaker and fire.
striking resemblance to Andrew Jackson, and
In his political work was frequently mistaken
for that. great statesman. We are, sorry, to be
tull of stirring Incidents as that OF David
Hener's must hayee been. ;, He was fnvorab
kn,wn to all the old timers" on Western rivers
More new boats will be built this year than
have been during any year since the war. And
1t is Just as wa predicted years ago While Iail.
road. all over the country are bankrupt and
robbtng each other by cutting rates the great
rivers Of the West and Sc, tn continue to flow
onward. bearing upon their mighty bosoms
magnificent and monster steamboats,, and room
plenty and, business crying for more The
river will live and boats run. and more be bull
when railroads will rust. and locomotives be
sold for scrapi iron. IT beats only Ind the
chances that railroads have. and enjoy now the
privileges they do. what good time steamboats,
would have, For insanc q railroad can owe
$500 600, and trains run on time. as usual. T. ON
one years end to another: but drunken negro
rouster. or n backmaling deck hand, can tie y
steamboat up In forty NJ inntes for ST. aud put
her to more trouble In ten hours than com
mon railroad In this country is actually worth