The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-17
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, /
Thursday, Jan. II. 1878.
Arrivals.

Departures.
Isabel. Rice Farmer. Rapid. Transit. Blue
Wing No. 3 Ass9mpgt do IT. Maary ST 1ehn
I'fH Taylor lot Era I No. 10, Belle. ' "
4 Isabel. David Hostetter. Martha, Rice Farmer
lower eSast Belle, Rapid T,an ns , Blue u wins
No. s. Mary Ida upper coast; 81 mary H halias
Gov. Allen, Bayou Sara J. H. Hanna. St John
Baton Rouge. Golden Citg, Cincinnati Bus
Frank Pafgoud, Greenville: Commonwealth, Ut
I,niiis. fIsrf Able. lied river Bertha. Willie
Atehatalaya. Natchez vioksburg Yazoo Valley
There was very heavy fog Tuesday night
Yesterday was elear and II very pleasant ,ooa
Business very fair. me wilson ~. hnd e2o o
left for he'd hiyer in weeks. The Golden Rule
had a trip nearly equal to her last she has goo
harrels molasses and so hogsbeads sugar on the
noast to tab o, and when that's aboard Will have
iung Ne J rattle Charles Morgan follows the Rule
irht Golden City will arrive Saturday.
The Ella Hughes did not leave Tuesday night
AS reported by us Yesterday. she turned over
her trip to the Jessie Taylot
Cart. Lew Rice, we are sorry TO learn, Is con-
fined to his I'D quite sick.
Uapi. Joe Homes is himself again, and went
IN on the Wilson yesterday.
The LESSEE Taylor left, on time. She took
some wOrkmen along, and the repairs to her
will be competed by her RETURN, -,
The John A. bcuddcr, unable to get dis
charged In time to leaye yesterday, will get off
to-day at { b. m. for Memphis and the bends
The Scudder hus excellent passenger accom-
boats Ia The T. AIDE. Capt, J. +. Hicks commands,
Mr. Chas. FL. Dix, a very clever clerk. has charge
The Unoteau did not leave yesterday, She
Joe Spears second clerk of the Choteau. was
, hsp pretty b nasY os o them here Who
really sorry that he had left us in the first place.
and are truly glad that he has returned. me
longer Joe lives the younger he seems TO grow.
The Natehez will arrive tonight from Vieks-
burg. and returp Saturday as usual.
The John IA. Hanna. for Baton Rouge to-mor-
The W. j. ioitevent for the Lafourche to-day
The Big Sunflower for Bayou des Glaizes to-
K he Tensas will be here to leave for the Ten
Ens and Macon Saturday.
The Danube leaves for Jefferson direct to-
iThe In Belle is the Saturday packet for
T'he Bart Able will arrive TO leave Saturday,
as usual, for Grand Ecore,
Capt. Burd Paris teleEraphs. from vicksburg
that his hn99 Valley y gf oa
The Yasoo and Tallahatchie.
Oiut. Cakes has shortened the trips OF the
hapd sasne r s for tba naa
hereafter every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day 1T 10 a, IN, returning on alternate days be-
The O., J., aud N. o. packet line steamer
Charles Morgan. one of tho most renowned
bouts OF the day, y receiving to leave to-day at
8 10 m. for Mem phis. Cairo, Louisville and Gin
cinnat. Albert Stein in command. Harry Stein
The Blue Wing line steamer Belle leaves
to-day at a, M Tor the upper coast to Bonnet
Care. The Belle Is daylight boat both ways.
Il, H. Harper commands, j. Il. Brou clerk
from B II. HEST street for Westwego running In
cpnnectfon with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donadsonvils
The M. /. line packet Mary Ida. }. A. Ruiz
master. leaves to-day. rs usual at 10 q; M, for
the upper coast to the Welnam plantation MIR.
Edward Nioolle has. charge of the office;
Hostetser, j, b. Griffith master. John Moss
clerk. leaves this 70 a. n. promptly, for the
lower coast to the Magnolia , store g.; .,.,a.
Companys United States mail steamer Martha,
W. y. Bassett master. leaves this II M, prompt
fhe splendid passenger and United States
mail steamer Frank Pargoud, J. M: White mas
ter, Curt Holmes clerk, leaves to: day at .. m.
i0 Tha siaeWhsel steamer W Poteven e. D.
Terrebonne master. dabe Block clerk. leaves
10 day ut p. m, for the Lafourehe. Through to
The New Orleans and Ouachta Transporta.
ton Compauy's steamer Cotton Valley, j., W;
Carton master. Messrs., dilruth and Haskell
clerks leaves to-day for Camden and all inter
mediate points. The Valley lays ut the head of
The Biz Sunfower, NJ Nj. Dufour master, A.
y u
The new. handsome and fast passenger
steamer Danube, of the New Orleans and Red
River Transportation Company Charlie Thorn
muster. Geo. A. D.tton clerk leaves to-day at 8
B. m. sure for Jefferson direct.
The Gulf IRA sportation Company'S steamer
Rice Farmer. John Taylor. master, leaves to-
morrow at IL m. for Port Eads.
The fine steamer John. III. Hanna, Frank Ber-
varon in command, leaves to morrow at 10 a. IN.
Tor Baton Rouge and coast landings. Capt Il.
b. Trinidad has charge of the office
The Henry Tete.. now, making semi weekly
trips to Bayou Lafourche, through to Thibo,
daux. will be- ut the landing this morning and
will leave te.mgrrow at 10 =. m. ). Il. Aucoin in
command. NJ H. Landry clerk.
The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov. Allen. John j. Brown master, :; {. Streck
clerk, leaves tomorrow at y. IN. for Bayou
The regular weekly Atchafalaya packet Ber-
tina. III. II Broad master Theo. JOHN clerk.
eiyes Saturday at y; m.
! The steamer w. j. Poiteyent. from Bayou La
fourche, arrived last evening with good trip
say 1a7 hhds sugar, $50 ibis molasses and 1o2
saeks rough rice. , =,
rived at her wharf yesterday aud had q good
cargo part of which was 1901 bales cotton. 799
SACHS cotton seed, 2sI sacks OIL cake. 272 head
cattle ana Il lot OF sundry merchandise.
Especial to the Democratic
BAYOU SARA, Jan 10 The Tensas will arrive
THURSDAY morning and leave Saturday for the
: s's"s ''AN ~ H. MoLATsON. Clerk.
Common street. Steamer Commonwealth will
arrive Friday morning. and leave positively on
'@'4' 'a' THOMAS W. SHIELDS. Master.
BAYOU SARA. Jan. 16.-Jos. A. Aiken. New Or
leans Steamer La Belle will arrive at p. M,
and leave for Shreveport saturday,
NJ. N. WOOD Master.
Exchange Clippings.
81. Louis Republican, January Ia:
THE LONGEST RIVERS IN THE WORLD.
The following are the largest rivers. with
their extent: The Amazon, in South America
falls from tha Andes through a course of 1900
miles the Missis sippi. from the Stony noun
tain s. runs 26go miles: La Plata from the Andes,
2215 mil s Hoangho in China. from the Tar
tarean chain of mountains. Ia 1860 miles: the
Yangtse- Kiang runs from the same mondtains,
and is 1850 miles; the Nile. from the ihel Komri
from Arnrat is 1920 miles long; the Voga, from
the valdais. is 2l00 miles long the Danube.
from the Alps, is 1T9o miles in length :the Indus
from the Himalayas. ITO miles; the Ganges
runs from the same source, and is 1850 miles
long: the Orinoco. from the Andes, is 100 miles
ia length the Niger, or Wharra, Is 1900 miles
long; the Don, the Dneiper and the Senegal
are each over 1000 miles In length; the Rhine
and the Gambia are sss miles in extent.
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