The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-19

GEeenW0On plantablOn. Ihe Irvine leaves
regularly and promptly every day at the
The United States mall and passenger
packet ST. Mary, 10 place Of the Gov. Allen,
J. j. Brown master, s. s. streck clerk, leaves
| to-day at s .. IN. for Bayou Sara.
The fine and fast steamer Assumption, In
place Of the Henry Tete, P. A. Charlet in COM
mand, n. q. Dupuis clerk, leaves to-day at
D. m. for the Lafourehe.
The regular semi -weekly Bayou Lafourche
packet Eva, u. u. Terrebonne master, Thos.
Knee clerk, leaves to-day at p. m. promptly
for Thbodaux.
packet Willie, in place Of the Mary fda, j. A.
Ruiz master, Edward Nicolle clerk leaves to-
| morrow, promptly, at 10 g. N. for Ben Tu-
reaud plantation. The Willie returns on al
ternate days, and does all her business in day
light.
The J. W, Cannon In place Of the Robert
E. Lee, will leave tomorrow for Vicksburg
and all way landings. Capt VIM. Campbell
In command J. FL. Mossop in the Office.
The fleet United States mail packet Qua
chita Belle, In place of theJ w. Cannon, John
G. Libano master, leaves Wednesday, as usual,
| for Bayou Sara.
exchange Clippings, August 10.
! Cincinnati Commercial:
The toWboat john Porter passed UP yester-
| day at about II 80 2. M, after stopping in the
| long enough to change pilots and take on
board q health physician. She has nineteen
empty barges in tow. Her pilot, Mr.. John
Handlan, left the boat here in perfect health
| fever, and two of the deck crew are also down
with the disease. She will proceed to Pome-
roy, where she, will lay up, the water being
too Low Tor her , t2 proceed to Plttshurg The
| left for home In Middleport, Ohio. A health
physician from Cincinnati accompanied the
sick from Cincinnati.
Mr.. :yobn, Morlidge, who, with Col. James
i Dali r,ilTf nd fhn nj ;4c rrfth 4nn
new Edward j. Gay in tow, from Cairo to
| New Orleans, returned here yesterday morn
ing in good health, having left Col; Pell In
Lougyille He speaks in glowing terms Of
point Of speed she will come fully up to the
expectations of her owner. Her mammoth
engines perform perfectly and the boat In
every respect gives great satisfaction. With
the J. N. White made eighteen miles all hour
down stream in the Mississippi. Mr.. Moriuge
came through by rail from New Orleans to
Louisville, and, being quarantined at Grena-
Ga, had difficulty in procuring meals on the
route. The people were leaving the South in
all directions, owing to the fever.
Capt. A. j, Branch writes from Muscatine
that having purchased the Raven and barges,
he will run her in connection with the Sam
Roberts In the Evansville and New Orleans
| trade as soon as the season opens. Capt:
Branch is still In the show business, but will
start down the Mississippi In few days, and
will retire from the business about the TWEEN
tieth of September, at Columbus or Hickman.
Capt. Branch contemplates removing his fam
lily to Evansville.
Capt H. y. Hart has painted the Donnal-
lys chimneys red.
The Madison packet Virgie Lee is adver-
tised in the Commercial for sale or charter.
In 1910 the distance from Pittsburg to Cairo
by the Ohio river was 1883 miles. Col: T. ?.
Roberts survey for the government in 1869
makes the distance 967 miles, Or221 miles less
The distance from Pittsburg to the Falls in
1910 was 7O5 miles. Col, Roberts survey in
1869 makes the Same distance 598I miles, or
1863 miles less.
Yesterday evenings Star contains the fol-
lowing: "Capt. J. D. Hegler and the owners
of the Golden City sued the Cincinnati, Lou
isville and New Orleans Packet Company
The suit was brought up this morning before
Magistrate Johnson, who dismissed it, not
, The Golden City. was running under the
auspices of the aforesaid company, and tbs
company made arrangements st the begin
ming Of the season with the New Albany
WharfbOat Company to pay them SO muct
per ton for freight Capt. Hegler refused t
pay bill amounting to SIS, and the Wharf
boat Company forwarded it, to the Packet
Company's office here, and received the
amount. Capt. Hegler now sues for this aTt
Sal Is contingent fee, which was retained ny
the Packet Company for q fund to pay law
suits and other expenses which are apt tt
arise. Capt. Hegler announces his intention
of bringing the suit before the Common Pleas
Court
sT. LOU1s-Rates have been advanced az
follows: Flour to New Orleans 60 cents PEI
barrel, and pound freights 80 cents per 100
Way points 81 and 10 cents. The Centennia
will load at these figures. The Mary Mile
leaves for Cincinnati tomorrow with goot
trip. Capt. j. Fl. Dunlap left for Cairo this
evening, and goes from there East via Chicago
and the lakes. The A. J. Baker and barge:
passed Boonville en- route for st. Louis thi
, morning She has $4,000 bushels of corn II
bulk for cargo.