The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-08
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, |
Wednesday. May 8. 1878.
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OFFlUb NEW OnLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Wednesday, May g. 1873 J
Arrivals.
Ouachta Belle. st. Mary, Martha J B. M.
kehlor J. II, Hanna. Danube Wild Gazelle
Departures.
Martha. Mary Ida, st. Mary r. T.. Lee Fan
ehon. U. I. Sohenck. Tensas.
To Arrive.
Gov Allen Bayou Sara; St. Mary. Henry 'Tete,
Eva. Lafourche: Isabel. Martha. lower coast :;
Belle Mary Ida, upper coast; g. H. Church, On
der st Louis.
Weather clear and very pleasant.
Business better than il was Monday.
The sugar and rice crops are mighty fine, but
q little more rain End warmer weather would
help them amazingly -
Mr.. John Mossop will stop off the Ouachita
Belle this trip and will ioaVe the latter part of
this week for Louisville.
The Gold Dust went up to the Elevator last
evening e take Gp 'o hn"s 3 wb angar 70
taken the 81. John to Louisville when here last
will tow her NJ on return. which will be In the
next ten or twelve days.
MIR. Archie Woods. formerly of the flrm Of
Woods Matthews. Of This city, has been placed
in charge Of the james Towards office.
See special notice to shippers by the Silver
City In another column.
Geo. Lord, herman, who; talks, but-l little,
Judge OF a mule race? Well, well well!
The Silver City gave NJ her trip to Rcd river
Yesterday. turning her freight over TO the Kate
Kinney and will 60 2 the Latournhe Friday,
Red river Saturday, as originally intended. The
Kate Kinney, under the command Of Cant. Joe
Dodd. will leave to-day. + r shreveport posi-
lively. She is one Of the best boats ii the com
pany as well az the fastest, and offers every at
traction both 10 passenger and shirper for u
pleasant, safe and quick trip.
Capt All. Stein is one Of the bast steamboat
men on the river and Harry. Stein one Of the
best of clerks. Put the two together and you
have the secret of the Morgans success and
The T. f. sehenck had lis bales rugs. 80 cedar
logs, 1860 barrels of rice, 50 barrels of molasses
and Is tons of sundry freight.
Jim Z. continues his interesting reminicon-
COS of Lake Pontchartrain. ~ follows:
THE Mobile and ST. Charles formed what was
called the BHsiu line to Mobile. They received
their freight Mt the lake end of the New basin
and passengers by the Pontehartrain Railroad
making two tfips each per week. Previous to
the building of the st. Charles. the Mobile ran
trips per week with ease. ami many tussle OF
speed did she have will the Da California and
Iroduois. generally showing them her heels
It was the custom in those days to place oppo-
sition boats in the lake coast trade. and among
the number that were taken from the river for
Iro1ilois, Express Mail Arkansas No. 4. St
james tthe inter blew up IN the lake in the
summer Of 1852 aud others. Some of them
stuck the season out hut generally lost money,
as the Mail line and Gilbert Bros Basin line
were too much for them. The most successful
opposition boat | famemh r in the Watering
place trade WIS the Chngarora and she was n
roverl; think |, was in the year 1850. She was
low pressure. New York built boat; without
York bayin daylight trips. Her engine of
the walking beam make, with tceice feet stroke
of cylinder, while The Oregon, nearly twice as
large boat. had but ten feet stroke.
The Chingarora was intended to be very fast
but never made the time it WIS claimed she
could make while on the lake We were on her
when she ran against the Oregon (the crack
boat. at that time, of the South from the Lake
End to Bay st Lodis. They started within q
minute and halt of Zach other, the Oregon in
the lead. which she kept until after passing
Fort Pike, when we ctept up to her and ran sile
by side until with II few miles OF tho Bay,
when we gave her the go-by. reachi z the first
wharf q few minutes ahead 1t was altogether
the prettiest and closest contest of speed the
of the Mobile racket Alabama was on the Chin
garora at the time she was on the lake, and we
ent worthy chief Of police how TO matte ,rdiI-
ing cane ddtce dlone I i. saw how II was done.
She, was afterwards burnt at the Lake End,
having caught fire one morn ng Just as the pas
sengers were going on hoard-many lost their
baggage and was cut adritt to save the v hart,
She burned to the waters edge and sank about
The Covipgton etc, trade was in those years
2 PROSPEROUS one, there being generally two
boats in that trade. The most prominent boats
Of that route were the Undine Corrine, Jenny
Lind. Olivia and Lenora. Cotton and cattle were
dians.
Pearl river ,also furnished quite trade in
those days What with the lumber and RATS of
timber brought TO the city by the elder Capt
Poitevent and others. and the herds of ca tie.
with some cotton. gave employment to many
Poitevent had his large saw mild aud Pearl
ington were lively places. We passed several
pleasant days in the former town with Col
Frazer and his estimable family Can't Poi,e-
vent had at different times the boats called the
Dial, Mary, Piney Moods and Little Belt. We
towing raft. and were forty Eight hours com
ing from the mouth of Pearl river to the Old
basin, Boats in that trade werewolf, to use a
forcible expression. they were id slow es-
pectally when towing RATS.
Covington in those days supplied tho sur
rounding country with groceries. etc, in return
for cattle and cotton. Vaudeville was the pop
ular stopping place for passengers as the Ash
Ing Ing, and bathing was fine. The Undine was
sold to the United States government and taken
to the Texas coast for towboat: the Olivia
afterwatd ran in the lower coast trade: the
Jenny Lind to Qpelousas, aud the Corrine was
= When left the lake there was running the
bile and Lenora. The Oregon and Florida t1i ran ran
until the war and were turned into transpor s
or, gunboats. The others had passed out OF
mind. JIM F.
Capt Charlie Truslow among other things
writes to US. under date of the third from Hot
Springs, that the weather there has been de-
of visitors there The Red River Transports
ton Company, sending out the Kate Kinney
today, offer unusual Inducements to persons
DESTROYS of visiting he Springs. for the route
by Red river is cheaper. quicker and poasanter
than any other.
The Silver City is announced ms a regula,
semi-weekly packet TO Bayou Lafourche See
advertisement In another column.
As advertised the Assumption will leave to-
has at q u Ill ltI shreveport HIS an Independent
packet, making ten-day trips, leaving here
every alternate Wednesday and Saturday Capt.
VIII. Gilen commands. T. A. Charlet and joe
Iagroue clerks. The Assumpti n has special
notice in another column. to which particular
attention Is called
capt. Sharlet Of the above steamer served
during the war in the Second Louisiana ON
airy. many Of whom wnre from tho Red river
country. lie anticipates considerable pleasure
regiment 80 - 'Nh'
The Katie was four days and eight hours to
Evansville 4 -
The Henry Tete will arrive tonight and e,ve
Friday for the Lafourcha m ~
The regular semi weekly Bayou Iafourcha
packet Eva. o. d Terreb0nne master. win Ia
found at the landing this morning receiving Ii
return TO- morrow as usual. extending her trip
to St Marys Church. Messrs Tom Knee ana
M n. Landry have charge of the Office -
The D. Stein. the only boat running through
to Bayou Bartholomew. is receiving to leave