The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-09
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, |
Thursday. May ., 1878.


Arrivals.
Eva, Isabel. Belle, Frank Pargoud.
Departures.
Wild Gazelle, Isabel, Belle, opaohIta Belle
CHARLES Morgan, Gold Dust. ASSUMPTION, Kate
Kinney. J. ii. Hanna.
tn Arrive.
Gov Allen pwachita Belle Bayou Sara: ST.
Mary. Henry Tete, Lafourcha; Isabel Martha
per coast; G. D, Church, Cincinnati j. A. Scud-
Tdeai r, y st, LOUIS Bart Able Aed river Natehez
The weather yes erday was cloudy the greater
Part OF the Gay. with light shower at noon
The Morgan had fire trip of people, ninety
at the least Among them were the tie E, PH-
pf Mr. VIM. Fullwood The Morgan had also
three race horses.
Capt Frank Bergoron came down on the Eva
From Donaldsonvile. and returned on the AS
Geo Kennedy has charge of the Kate Kin
Jobr Boardman and John Cassidy pilot the
assumption: Dime Deyinney Is second clerk.
Capt. II. j. Brinker Is passenger on the Kin
little rippIe Of excitement was caused yes
erday By the fact that the Kinney and Assump
don were to leave together, and quite little
crowd were on the landing to see them off The
Assumption had the start by twenty eight
minutes, the Kinney having been detained that
length Of time taking aboard freight, Of which
she had large amount Her rival had Just
ae2ut enough b to trim In her
pretty lively to keep ahead Of the Kate.
The Silver City has been dropped down to
pdaux; Mr., YIN onictsal viii have eha-es Of
Brou was to command the Silver City Capt
Brou for the past year has been connected with
The Bne Wing Y ,gs, Line but gut i several days
coast as very clever and obi ging gentleman.
The New Orleans and Red River Transpor-
tation Oompanys steamer Danube is receiving
10 leave Saturday for Shrnypport
The Bart Able will arrive to leave Saturday.
as usual. for Grand Ecore.
The clipper Natchez will arrive this evening
from Viessburg and leave again Saturday, a.
'T The Gov. Allen leaving every Friday and
Monday lands Ct Carrollton,; also on the down
"trip Sunday. The fare each way is only ten
cents, the proceeds to be devoted to the orphan
The D. Stein, the only boat running through
to Bayou Bartholomew, is receiving to leave
[Tindell for all points through TO Portland
The Stein takes freight for all points on the
|Ouachita, as high as Ouachita City
The Golden Rule leaves Cincinnati to day
The Katie went to Louisville in less than 5ia
Capt A. J. Branch writes to 4. ] winburn.
agent, Ne. 81 Natchez street, from Cairo, under
date of the fifth, that The Sam kobars and
The It, Francis Belle leaves saves" daily Ia Iva a. 10 ~
from Bienville street for Westwego running In
eonnection with the New Orleans and Texas
The fleet, and unusually regular tri weekly |
upper coast packet Mary ida ]. A. Ruiz master. /
Edw. Nicolle clerk, leaves this 10 a. m PROMPTLY
Tor the Ben Tureaud plantation. The Mary Lila |
is q daylight boat both ways
The regular semi weekly Bayou Lafourohe |
packet Eva. U. ID. TtrrpbOnue master Thna
Knee and NJ. II. Landry clerks eav to-day at
p m, promptly going through to st. Mary's |
The elegant and fleet United States mail and
passenger steamer Frank Fargoud James H. |
Pepper master. w. n: Calmes clerk leaves to-
through to Greenyille.
The g k e, Line =, steamer J. B. NJ Kehlor,
day at .. m for Memphis. Cairo and St. st. Louis
!. The Henry. Tete, making semi weekly trips
| to Bayou Lafourche, through to Thibodaux
cq nm sd VII Esad[y slSTt III
to Magnolia Store.
Gov. Allen. John j. Brown master, s. s. StrIek t
|clerk, leaves tomorrow at .. m. for Bayou
tBy Telegraph
from Grafton; Golden Eagle from Keokuk
Anon, from ,! CRYSTAL City; Fannie Lewis, from
Ali stevens. from Dyers1ilie; h. q Elliot, from
Grand Tower: Calhoun. from Naples. De
Rartfd and ssyps n2 Golden for
Grand Tower, Whale, for Wheeling: james
Howard. for, New Orleans; J. D. Maude, for
Vtcksburg; Anon. for Chester; Spread Eagle
for Grafton. Weather cloudy. River ut II Il. H.,
81 feet inches and rising.
Exchange Clippings, Mayo.
Courier Journa:
1t is a remarkable fact that the newspapers
have done more for STEAMBOATS, than the steam
boats have ever done for the newspapers Had
itnot beer, for the bold stand taken by the river
editors OF the principal newspapers in the large
cities bordering upon the great rivers of the
West and South in behalf of the steamboatmen
years, steamboats, would no doubt be in the fix
that railroads are In to-day-busted and bank
srps In teyerEthpfg that pe1tained to The
tors have always come to the rescue. They
have defended them against abusive laws
and always ut, bled and died" when attacked
hy railroad monopolies, or any other powers
boating or steambOatmen. They have ever
to fault, spoken In terms of the highest praise
OF ell boats and Of their officers. and to great
by not speaking of them as they deserved to be
spoken of Lock at steamboats, today, and
compare the railroads with them, The one {
grand success, the other miserable failure,
River editors have In great measure spoiled
ste,amboatmen. If river editor calls a boat an
old tub or her captain a man unfit for his po-
ssition, the clerk Ia the office a intellectually
te the truthLhe is at once attacked as at
should be more fearless and independent. As
e class, they are clever, and want to do all they
can to aid . the increase of the great com I
West and South and it is time for the good of ]
Elll concerned that they let some of the b0atmen
dependent writer's, and not a set of damned |
good. natured fools" to pun everybody and his
boat for the honor Of IT, b
Memphis Avalanche. May:
Capt Henry Lo'urey, the owner of tho OK t
ploded Warmers barges has been in the city -
Eeveral days. He is figuring to get his barges /
but ofthe marshal's hands /
Major John ID. Adams showed that he was b
made OF game stuff. when he tackled MIR =
fmithee in Little Rock last Sunday The two t
PECAN firing on each other when twenty rods ;
Rpart then advanced until close together v
bullet grazed Major Adams hat band. and his \
received two bullets in his flesh 1
Neither of the men fiinched The Major had Il
the best Of the fight. Smithee smoked a cigar 4
|iuring the whole engagement |.
The Sam Roberts with three barges contain b
ng $500 tons and two save boats the latter out .
RI oreen river. is five days out from Evansville n
This evening I
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