The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-08-22
Above low
Stations.

*Beow high wacr mark of 1874. Indicates
rise. Indicates fall.
Both warm aud dull yesterday.
Mr. Geo Fnits child died Tuesday evening
and was buried yesterday morning.
Mrs. Hodge though still very low, was % little
better yesterday, Cnpt, Hodge. worn out witt
anxiety and exhaustion. WIS sick also. We
sincorey houo both may be restored TO heat 2
The Yn5oo Valley. In ulncn Of tho Nhtnhnz.Wl
arrive this evening from Vi"ksburg and rotirt
The Bonnie Loo. in place of the Bart Able
will arrive to Ienvo Saturday for Alexandria and
We paid tho Edward J. Gny visit yesterday
and found a force of over fifty mon at work on
her. Tho machinery of tho Gov. Al|on has boon
transferred tho doctor Ia in place, and tho work
OF rais ing the engines into position vii com,
mence to-day. Tho breoching il ND and about
ready for the, chimnoyH. Capt, brown i9 por-
s,ulnted that she will be ready In three weeks
In building the Gay. Capt. Brown has hit tho
nail auunrn on the hond and wi II certainly have
Work on the Nntnhcz has been completed
even to tho pHintors, and both her and the grenI
Lee are reudy FOR business, looking as white as
the driven snow. Capt. Jont hers hlE bad new
indian and background painted on tho wheel
house oi tho Nntchnz and he looks. ns docs nlsC
the boat for that mHttor. rs If ho was not to be
trfcd with.
The work Of repairng tho Henry Tete is
progressing rmpdly. and she is about ready fol
Tho THOMPSON Dean is out of the dock. and
she is occupying her old quarters,
Tho John A. scudder was hard aground al
Brooks Point on the seventeenth.
The Rice Farmer. Chas. De Bouchel master
Sept. Toca clerk, leaves daily, Sunday excepted
for the upper coast to Kennerville at 10 a. m
The fleet -weeklyupper coast packet Willie
In place of the Mary Ida, ). A. Ruiz master, Ed
Nieolle clerk, leaves this 10 O. m, promptly foi
Ben Tureaud plantation. The Willie is day
light boat both ways.
The Emma Irvine. e. NJ. Valette master
leaves as usual to-day at .. m. sharp for the
lower coast, as far as the Greenwood planta-
tion.
The regular semi weekly Bayou Lafourche
packet Eva. y: u. Terrebonne master. Thomas
Knee and NJ. N. Landry clerks. leaves to-day al
5p. m: promptly going through to st. Mary's
Church.
The fleet Assumption, in place OF the Henry
Tete T. A. Charlet master. N. 2. Dupuis clerk.
leaves to- morrow ut 10 a. m for the coast and
Lafourche. through to Thibodaux.
The United StHtos mail aud passenger packet
1T. Mary, ID PLACE Of the Coy Allen. John J.
row at D. m. for Bayou Sara.
Cairo correspondent Cincinnati Commercial
August IT.:
was not examined by the quarantine physician
Cd hst the eoo hd e d9 beore
and two others were sick on board, bmt was not
they were afflicted with or not. These were the
only sick persons on board. She has fair trip
OF freight and people. and her, officers are nll
well. There is no fever reported in the city
Mounted police have been appointed to patrol
the banks, to see that no persons In skiffs cross
into the city. The last Southern train goes
through here tonight, after which no more
tickets will be sold to Northern points.
Capt Jake, on the Joseph H. Bigley, saw the
celebrated sea serpent above Commerce the
other day. He is satisfied that he got good
look at him, but is little wild In his descrip.
tions Of him: "He was more as a hoonart feet
long. and shtoot up tirty feet out water"