The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-19
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Friday. April 10. 1878.
.-. APP1vala

T.
Friday. April 10. 1878.
Arrivals.
Gov. Allen. Martha. Fl. @. Yaager, Mary Id
Wild Gazele Robert Mitchell Bait Able. "
Departures.
Martha. Mary Ida Eva. Frank Pareoud.
To Arrive.
Ouachfta Belle, Bayou Sara; Eva. st. Mar,
Coast; James Howard, j. A. scuidder. st. Louis
Mary Ida, Belle. Upper Coast Joe Bryarly, {
H. HI. Diunrfee. Red river: Golden Crown. Cincin
natl; Natchez Vicksburg.
weather continues cloudy and warm.
business only IN ,derately active
xn, Lne machinery and wreck OF the shannon
which was to have been sold ut auction yester
Schwartz Il Bro.
be esrs and In B. f. Mo 9 vii
street.
Capt Charlie Arthur has returned from No
bile.
Capt Ross. Of The ~ LiRSrty gaze bonds for his
appearances, and lett Wednesday evening fol
Capt. Ross embezzl enc .t--are very serious
and as no investiga ion of them will be had un
I'll his return L. we deem i not to ash
can Of late date The writer Of it se seen u't tc
such hoa's as the Natchez. Princess. Charmer
equals Of any boats in the st. Louis ' or Me1 Louis
Princess has never been made by any boat run
ming to either OF those cities. The history OF
strengthening will show that the boats engaged
peers. OF those Of any other. and without a
question the superior in point of speed. st.
Louis will accomplish wonders when she
new John Cannon spD It IS ea i"e will
eclipse the Robert E. Lee. both In speed and
snaS really seems strange that
Orleans and vicksburg trade. and not to St.
Louis: twenty years ago the finest and fastest
cleaners ats ran to st. Louis and LOUISVILLE. These
patronage. and so divided the business that It
vas difficult matter for the vicksbug and
to ma tss1 mhey aud
Western RIVALS. much less excel them as they
have been doing for the past decade. But it's
Of things will be revived. and St. Louis will be
the western terminus OF the great steamboat
line OF the Mississippi and the lower river
landings and towns become way stations"
Inc elegant passenger steamer r bert Mitch
ell q the O.. Z. and N. o. packet line. is receiv-
a 10 tnis morning to leave to- morrow, positively
and MT. Frank Stein. who so ably presidt,a over
Client .off1cers. and, our word Tor It. know how how
t9 make trip on their fine steamer exceedingly
The following sketch of old time" steamboat
Ing on Lake Pontchartrain was handed to US
yesterday We always have space In our column
for such matter. and hope it may be followed By
steamboating on and about Lake Poptchar-
train was in its prime some twenty five to thirty
years ,g ago. Among thu boats that ran from 1912
Fashion, Jas. L Day. b." ufort District. Oregon
California. Roger Williams. Chngarora aud
bo obida ahese were al low Of the
DIupre. southernsr, Walker Bourbon Louis
RPhiilIpps Edna Warrior Yazoq Belle # Red
IOWgOn. An
Olivia. Montezuma, Arkansas No. 4, Mobile st.
snnpy nd R9
nsmes do not remember. The prominent , ZAP cap
n thofe a aays were TgR 4 Hearn
s y, A. G. Marianeaux, w. @. Sutton. ii. &.
Nixon sI1n Joe Walker Charles walker T. p EG-
The Hard Times was one Of the first double
,higi I boats that ever ran on the lake, her en-
slnes were placed side by side amidship In
present. The Hard Times was Q Mississippi
sa by the then mail
eason coming from Mobile one ,' trip the the
blot. j. r., dropped asleep while at the wheel,
tanding. She ran bow on up in the marsh on on
me side OF the middle ground near the Rigolets,
nd 4, there she stuck for several days (hunting
M from Biloxi on the Westwood. Capt. Holton,
md We tried to pull the Hard Times off, but it
vas no 60. so she transferred her passengers
no mail to the Westwood. and she brought
E 2sny sfy this morning I'M idr the
The Natchez leaves tosm orrow for Vicksburs.
The Silver City, leaving tomorrow for Rcd
llver, tak AXE. Minden freight. reshipping On the
.s Bart 1al Able leaves for Alexandria and
frand Ecore to; morrow:
LAW It'll
Ionday lands ct Carr oilton; also on the down
rip Sunday. The fare each way is only ten
eni's me proceeds to be devoted to the orphan
'snsas and Macon Saturday. May l. ''i '0
peo noe q cap H zsnar If bs to the
d sPeaIks for itself.
The D. Stein lays over until o. m. to-mor
o o9n when al che Leaves positively; she is the
gachita City, Capt J. n TindeI commands.
The Bertha Is out Of, the Good Intent dock.
Inc maria Louise has been towed to laying
The Kountz line steamer Fl. O. Jaeger l. G.
az Hook in command. arrived Wednesday
l9nt. anG Is receiving to leave to. morrow at 5
70. for Menu his, Cairo and st Louis.
me Katie has made this season twenty seven
i FPS IN u. bend trade: and has brought So 47s
!
The river editors along the Iine'' are anus
g themselves highly Just now. the Kountz :
ners forming the subject. The result is that
om Kountz is receiving great deal of $
ATS advertising and his boats. OF which it is Il
,itner claimed that they are fast nor pretty, are
lrsutnR the even tenor of their way. Look S
i, boys he laughs best who laughs last" b
The It Francis Belle leayts daily at 1880 a. m.
ON Bienviile street for Westwt 90. running in
injection with the New Orleans and Texas h
abroad to DonaldsonviIle o>"e n
The coast. Donaldsonville and Lafourche n
leket H.nry Tete. j. F.. Aucoin master, M. Fl.
andry clerk. leaves to-day at 10a M. for Thi
ldaux. !
The fleet lower coast packet Wild Gazelle :,
'hn Hamilton master, @. L. Holmes clerk. o.
ayes to. day promptly at II a. M from the head
Cont street for Magnolia store. q
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
cket Gov. Allen John J. Brown master, s. i.
T re- CLERK, leaves to-day at p. m:
The Belle, In place Of the Blue Wing No. g. J. b
Comstock master. Messrs. Wood aud Dem B
II coast. B
Capt Joe Dalferes' Bayou Lafourche packet G
Mary is receiving to leave tomorrow at 10 b