The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-26
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Friday. Aprjl 2g 1879.

Friday. April 40. 1878.
Arrivals.
Gov Allen, Mary Ida. Bart Able. Wild Gazelle.
Commonwealth Departures.
Martha. Mary Ida Eva. Frank Pargoud. A. G.
Donnally.
Ouachita Belle. Gov. Allen, Bayou sara: Eva
isabel. lower coast ,a Moe M"o, "a b. Louis
Texas. Red river: Golden Ohy, Golden hule.
(ineinnai; @. F. Ghoutaat Mernphis Natehez
Vi.ksburg. Mary ldi, upper coast. =,
The steamer Commonwealth. from ST. Louis,
arrived last ev' ming with fine tip, part OF
which was ssa bal .otton and a hhda tobacco,
The steamer A. g. ,unnlly. for cincinnati
had 100 tons sundr, frelght 5000 sacks salt. 1000
bbls .rosin and 10 bales cotton; also large
number Of passengers.
The weather Mt nues clear and pleasant.
fie.9t Eraak II M<.i4ll4- n, aates ~ HE steamer
peerlesa has been In the city for the last day or
two. and returned home last evening.
The Bart Able arrived Yesterday afternoon
Uapt jus. II Pepper went out last evening In
charge Of the Frank Pargoud. Mr.. W. N. Gaines
The Katie was brought to tho landing yeser-
day. Mr.. Curt Holme4 will have charge Of the
Katies otflre. n I'd after arrival ut Louisville will
go East on his annual summer visit
The John Howard has been laid up,
the Bastrop, Capt. Gus Hodge, will leave to-
The konntz Lue steamer Mollie Moore, j. J
Allen master, due last night from st. Louis, is
The q. i. and n o. Packet Line steamer
Golden Rule. o, Z .shlnkl., master, W. r. Shaw
clerk, will be found at the landing his morning
receiving to l+use to- morrow sure for Mehphi-
Cairo. Louisville aud Cincinnati. Ihe ,lden
Rule Ia one Of the best pas enger boats on the
river Is a great favotiti with the travelling pub
lic, ana is In every respect worthy Of the large
patronage extended to her. Capt. Shinkie tele-
graphs that he will defer her departure to- NOR
row evening until pftir the races.
The great iron steamer Chas I. Chouteau. W.
II, Thorwegan master, Geo Mi!tenbeIg,cr clerk.
will arrive to-day l. ON Hemphis, and leave to-
morrow sure Mt y. m, for st. Louis.
jim r. eontinn his r. minisc. nces Of odd
tins on Lake pon,charr1a' !p, as follows: os ~,
Lake Pontaha traiu steamboating." will com
mence with the Merchant she was low pres
sure, han an old fashioned gailpws framed @ n
CINE and n copper boiler, and ran several years
to and from Nj bile. During very. severe
o u ss driven s 7e easra s h1
Of Milneburg, with In about 400 yards Of the old
Arch Hgnse that for many y.ars stood at that
walk around her dry shod. Her owners dug a
canal around her and into the lake. and when
Che water rosa again lloaed Il her otf The Mer;
was lost during gale r. that coast Several
expeditions were fitted out to recover the COZ,
per OF the boiler. put l do not know If any of
them we're sue essiul.
The Caroline was pioneer in regard to hav-
Ing the waikiki beam, engine. and for those
days was considered fine b at
The old Creole. after many years service on
the lake, was. the craft that took the III fateh
4
of 1851. and after landing on the coast, some
where near Oardenas, WINS chased into. Key
West harbor BY the crack steamer o the Span-
sish navy. the Pizarro narrowly escaping cap
ture. She ran out of fuel and had to burn the
bunks. cabin bulkhsa 9 aud ever, thing come
satable to make steam while being chased by he
Pizarro, aud when she arrived in Key West
looked as II she had been striped for q race in
earnest The Cr.ols wa afterwards taken
North, rebuilt, and may be running yet. for
what the writer knows The Fashion. the crack
boat Of the s,uih IN her palmy days. was
and Hugh Fullerton, who after making money
on the Jake on the breaking out Of the war
With Mexico charter d tn, Fashion to the
United States government for a transport to
Il Point Isabel and other points on tho Texas
coast, at the rate Of s25 600 per trip. After max
Ing three trips and clearing s75 900 her owne 9
sold her to the government for s75 900 more and
retired to a large pl utation no TIE C bast. They
were whole -soulei men and very popular with
Another OF the old boats was the Montezuma
3 She WIS single engine, high, pressure boat;
them. She was owned by the Gilbert Bros. Of
Mobile, and used to make two trips per week
from the haks End of s1 Sw to
Pensacola. After several years Of successful
running and money; max Ing she wa. sold to
made a harbor job boat out Of her. Speak ng
OF the Montezuma put the writer In mind OF
being on her cne pand SEEING a lady asleep
sitting In the cabin. with one eye closed and the
The James e. Day $50 called after the captain
pany, composed Of the bro, hers j. and Il. ded-
des, JAS. IL. Day. Roger A. il arm, and believe
L. Reynolds S Wh2 c,mm sst her She .n was
P pas wss as soa @S vP G s s
government during the Mexican war. and
with troops cops etc. On one ST" Of her trips
down there she encountered ,esa severe gale 10
and ammunition was In great danger Of being
swamped. Capt. S b. Grifren ordered all the
cannon, horses, ammunition. etc. TO be hove
overheard to tighten her. which was done, and
she rode out the gaze successfully but losing u
part of her bulwarks and wheelhouse. with
some OF the officers state rooms and cook s
galley. The Gry was purchased by the govern
ment and lransforped into r4yenue cutter
some years after, Though she may have run in
District was q small low pressure boat that ran
to the watering places one summer: she had
no upper saloon. and when there were many
passengers on board sleeping ccommodati, ms
were at 2 premium On ono trio, of this writer
TO Biloxi on her the cabin h d to be givsn up to
the ladies and children Will the nudes spread
mattresses on the upper deck with no oher
covering than canvas awning. During the
night rain and wind storm drove every
mother son Of US below, and wo stood up the
rest Of the night. A Dutch lady friend of mine
P shr esy amy @e she S vs 90 %"
The Golden City J D. Heger, master will
arrive Sunday morning from the Ohio. and re-
The Charles Morgan leaves Cincinnati, and
the Gold Dust st. Ions, tt morrow.
The w, j. Poiteyent arrived from the TensaS
and Macon
The Tensas. Capt. H. v. Cooley announced to
leave Saturday, May 4, will be the next d.
parture for the fensas.
The feet and handsome Katie ]. M. White In
y command leaves next Monday. without fail for
Memphis, Cairo and Louisville See advertise
ment.
Lew Rice, June Dunbar. Billy Willis. and W.
A. McFarIiu will most probably leave Monday
for the Ohio on the kntie. Gait. Charlie Ar
thur will also get off in few days for Cincin-
natl,
The Henry Tete leaves this znorning for the
Lafourche and will go through to Tbibodaux.
The Natchez leaves to morrow for Nioksburg
as usual.
The Texas leaving tomorrow for Red River
takes Minden freight. reshipping ON the Frank
Willard.
The Bart Able leaves for Alexandria and
Grand Eeore tomorrow.
The Gov Allen leaving every Friday md