The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-24
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. l
Monday. June a. 1878.
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OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
| Monday. June "a, 1878.
Arrivals.
Eva. Isabel. Mary Ida, Robt, E. Lee. Belle q
Shreveport. Wild Gazelle, Gov. Allen, Henri
| Tete.
To Arrive.
.Ouachita Belle, Bayou Sara: ASSUMPTION 81
mary Mary Lafourche; ALVIN, lower coast; Slfve
| City, Red river; Golden Crown, Cincinnati
Bertha. Opelousas; John Wilson. Ouachita
| Belle upper coHst.
steamer Cbas. Morgan. Of the Cincinnati. Louis
| vile and New Orleans Packet Line, leaves 10
DAY without fail at : .. N. for Memphis Cairo
| LOUISVILLE and Cincinnati. For safety speet
and comfort the Morgan has made Il Reputation
enjoyed by few boats. Capt. Albert Stein com
mands. the office being presided over By tha
genial clerk and gentleman. Mr.. Harry w, Stein
The fleet Ouaehita belle, John @. Libapo mas
Ter. leaves Wednesday. as usual. for Bayou
The beautiful Golden Crown. w. p, Walka,
master. Eug. Shinkle clerk, will arrive day
and leave Wedne, day at p. m. for the Ohio.
The Red River TRANSPORTATION Company will
Wood, Wednesday, and the Bonnie Lee Capt
| Noah Scoyell. Saturday. both to Shreveport.
The, IT. Francis Belle leaves daily ut 1880 o. m
from Bienville street for Westwego. running 10
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
| Railroad to Donald, onville.
Inc Belle. In place of the Blue Wing No. 8
leaves tnls 10 q. IN. Tor he upper coast to Ash
land plan'atlon, j. A. Comstock In command
Messrs. Wood and Deans clerk.
The feet daylight trl.weekly lower coast
packet wild Gazelle, j. Hamilton master Geo
hoppel clerk, leaves to-day at II q. m. for Mag.
The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov, Allen. j. j. Brown master, 8 Il. Streck
clerk. leaves to-day At .. m. for Bayou Sara
The Henry, Tete, J. B. Aueoin master. M. H
Landry Glerk; leaves to-day at 5 D. m. for the
coast, Donaldsonvile and the Lafourche
through TO Thibodaux.
The very, regular and reliable Bayou La
Tom Knee aud M f. Landry elgTks leaves s'e ta.
day al 8 D. m.
The regular tri..weekly upper coast packet
Mary Ida. j. A. Ruiz master. Edward Ncolle
for the Ben Tureaud plantation. The Mary Ida
returns on alternate days. and does all her bust
The. Bertha, in place of the Fahchop. for
Atchafalaya. through to Washington. leaves to-
n MIRO orroY ct ?. m'' +. FL Broad in comm md,
des Glaizes freight. reshipping at Simmsport,
:, The, Robert E. Lee will leave tomorrow for
GGleks99 Gg AID all way landings, Capt. William
Campbell In command A. McVay In the office
:, The st., Mary. Joe Daferes in command. T..
Nicolle clerk, leaves Tomorrow at D. m. for the
coast and Lafourche. through to Lockport.
will arrive to leave as usual Wednesday at - IN.
for the Lafourche, through to Loekport
Exchange Clippings, June FL.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Capt, a. J, Schenck yesterday closed con-
length cabin on the steamer U. P. Schenck The
work OF reconstruct" IN will be commenced inn
mediately and completed in about sixty days
Ihe change Will be q profitable one to her
owners, Capt. J. Lawrence Carter will com
mand the new steamer, and Mr.. Richard Burns
will be- her chief clerk. The new cabin will be-
very handsome one and equal In every re-
speet to any boat Of her class in the New Or
leans trade.
Mr. ThOs. L. Jones. the inventor of the Jones
ppIfIpy ~ Ipaf bArl (fnnhnuaar Id NJ Pr otf
House. He Is here to place his condenser on
Capt. ]. j. Browne new Bayou Sara and Baton
Rouge packet Ed. }. Gay. the same as is now in
successful use on the famous Natchez and City
of Helena
COurier-Journal:
Work on the J. M. White progresses rapidly.
Mound City GILL journal, June 8:
The pafience of steamboatmen, under the
wrong. inflicted upon them by Congress, is
something wonderful. We're they railroad men
Instead. they woul d soon have an organizati n
for their relief and protection. and committee
at Washington at work in their interest; and,
furthermore, would soon have their wrongs
The steamboat is legitimate picking for all
sorts OF pirates from the time she leaves the
ways until she finds rest In the boneyard The
government inspectors first tackle her and her
officers. making O plethoric purse necessary to
meet their exacifons In fees, and there is no
end to patent steam gauges, governors, fire an
nihilat0rs, lffeboats, life Dreservets, etc. that
must be I'm sight. being required by law, 10
enable Spectators in patents and their friends
ties exacted las though men who had their cap
ital invested In steamboats, would be prone to
risk their properly and their regulations In the
hands OF incompetent officers, or by not pro-
viding all necessary precautions against acct
dents; as though the general public has deep
er interest in the protection Of q river mans
property and reputation than he has himselfl
How preposterousl
But this is not the end Of his troubles; 1t is
only the 20 commencement; Every time he lands.
official PUSHES aboard his boat and demands
dollars for landing the pretext being that the
money Is for the purpose OF keeping the wharf
In good condition. AS though our city landings
were anything but public streets, indispensable
to the ci les but not to the bnatsi They are the
most important Of q city's thoroughfares!, and
them in good condition, though the boats did
not pay farthing toward Il.
The worst bleeding Of all comes in. however,
under the law which enables any person to tie
up boat, and put 1t to great and
expense by pretending to have a claim against
it. A fraudulent claim if not too large is about
and pay the heavy United States Court costs
and the lawyers fee. for the ,shyster who has
much m och greater loss By delay and failure to make
regular trips beside the direct loss in the boats
current expenses while delayed, and In lawyers
fees, etc. Amy roustabout or other person can
thus bleed a boat, and such bleeding is done
every day on the Western rivers We have q
case In mind that illustrates this liability to i'm
on a boat bound up the river from Memphis
proved a natural villain and assaulted the
chamber maid, knocking her down, after
which he seized carylng-knife and pro-
posed to cut her up. The officers ofthe boat had
much trouble in securing MIN and preventing
him from doing. further mischief ON the boat.
he being reckless desperado. To get rid Of
him they landed and put him ashore. the only
way apparently. they could be relieved of the
demoraiizing rawlings he Dersistently
INDUCED in. He watched his opportunity and
mad the boat SEIZED by the United States mar
shall, laying claim against her for three times
the amount Of wages due him. What was due
him. and such court costs as ne had incurred,
the boat was quite willing to pay: but the negro
would be satisfied with nothing short the full Of
amount Of his fraudulent claim, the court fees
and bis attorneys fees besides. To delay the
boat until the trial would ruin seasons pro-
gram me for business; to put in an appearance
at the trial at future day would undoubtedly
the boat for business for period as
It would deprive the boat of its officers for |
time. and compel 1t to incur considerable ex-
Dense In sending them from distant point to |
he place Of trial. What was to be- done under |
me circumstanees2 1t was cheapest to satisfy |
The fraudulent demand in full at once and thus |
be rid Of 1t; hence it was thus disposed If as is