The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-25
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Thursday. April as. 1878.
Arrivals.

Departures.
Wild gazelle, Isabel. Assumption. Ouachita
Belle; ~; J. e Hanna. James Howard, Silver
tn Arrlvs.
Ouachita Belle Gov Allen. Bayou Sara; As
SUMPTION npp &c. MARY Lefourche: wild Gsze ,I
Moore. s.. Louis; Texas. Bart Able Red river !;
Golden Kule Cincinnati. c. F. Chouteau Mem
phis; Natchez. vi ksburg.
The weather yesterday was clear and very
pleasant.
Business fair.
The Kountz Line steamer Molie Moore, L. J
Allen master. Is advertised to leave to morrow
at 5 .. m. for St Louis
The James Howard besides a fair passenger
list. had 664 hogsbeads II sugar.
The Bart Able will arrive to leave Saturday
az usual. for Grand Fcore
Ths Fyr tor s ssa mGuF Tssss is
receiving to Lave saturday for Shreveport.
The clipper Natch"z will arrive this evening
from, vicksburg and leave again Saturday. as
The truly elegant snd iu tly famous ylcks-
burg and bend racket Frank Pargoud. J. VI.
day, as usual, promp ly at 5 .. IN. tor all mail
landings thr ugh TO Greenvle
hs % p"oTs w ss w be nnab I'd
leave Yesterday morning. She il receiving to
leave Tomorrow a. 10 a; m, positively for the
Belle Ia mn unusually regular and r. liable boat,
and 1t Is very rare that she out If tme-a fact
that her numerous patrons on The coast know
Cant Mart K,uns. who went up on the
Eckert. returned on the Silver City. Capt.
Nouns informed us that the idea OF raising
the Col unS, which vas on ertained when
the Eckert left here. had been abandoned. md
that her machinery VIII be taken out. The
out Of the hold. Capt. Kouns also reports that
the Usage was about through at the La Belle.
and would r. tur" here shortly,
Donnally. II. U Hart master. Ed. Donnally
clerk. leaves to-day Mt 5 2; m without fail for
TSe a r s"a ba apa
gers by her can rest assured of clan and COM
Portable berths. the best Of fare and every atten-
corps Of officers as Is to be- found on the river.
The fleet aud II ulv elegant pa senqer steamer
Katie leaves next Monday for Louisville. The
and n lot Of racing stock. and will go through
on quick time Benhs can be secured in ad-
vance at the Office OF Messrs. Janney Work.
The hanirona Golden Rule 0. r. shipkle in
com nand. will arrive tn D. m. from Cincinnati
The Gov Allen leav,ng every Friday and
Monday. lands q Carrollton: also on tie down
trip SUNDAY. T - fare each way is only ten
at Tbs Te 81 wiz be on berth to leave for the
TpnsAs ard Macon on Saturday Maya
The It. Francis Belle pav~s daily at 80 a. M
from Bienvf lie .treet Tor Weatw go. running in
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donaldsonvile
The fleet and unusually regular tri-weeklv
upper coast acket Mary Ida J A. Ruiz master,
Edw; NIcolle clerk. leaves tn 8 10 m. promptly
for the Ben TureHud plan alton. The Mary Ida
Is q daylight boat both ways
The Henry Tetea. making seni weekly trips
will be 1T the landing this morning and will
leave to- morrow 1T 10 n. m J. I. Aucoin in
Thg s Ma d hn1ry with Sr arrvs leave
morrow. as usual Mt II n. H., for The lower
coast to Magn liza store.
:, The United States mail and passenger packet
j Brown
clerk. leaves Tomorrow at .. m for Bayou
Sara
by Telegraph
= yrcKsBuRe. April 24-,To, G, G. Wayne, New
Orleans: Steamer Golden Rule will arrive on
tse esnns aPt
Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Enquirer, April az:
PARTICULARS OF THE FINDING OF THE BODY OF
HENRY Lopez.
Capt Lew Hates r,ceived the following letter
yesterday givin g the following particulars as to
the finding Of Capt. Henry Lopers body who
was lost on the Lotus
Capt. Lew Hates. Cincinnati, Ohio:
that day be- ween Waterloo and Hermitage. It
is evident that it came to the surface only on
had been making his morning abluton in the
river and was asonished by seeing the body
rise in front of him. 1t was taken in charge by
buried. His watch. money and OF her valuables
are now In possession Of a responsible person
for. Should you desire 10 have any steps taken
t before you come here. telegraph and will at
Yours respectfully. JOHN +. IRVINE.
T. S.-His hands were the ONLY places that
were badly decomposed. as part of the fingers
REVIVAL OF THE RIVER TRADE.
Pttsburg Dispatch:
Whether Harry hite was actuated by poiti-
cal or other motives to attend the Apollo meet
Conemauah and Kiskimlneta-. ne struck a cord
IN his speech we'll worthy tho OBJ ervation of
Western Pl,nnsylvania. une Of the principal
OF the State has been the eccentricity of railroad
MANAGEMENT. Discrimination against US IL
one day By da7 We a1s
sought relief by agitation through the press at
public e. n etIngs ind from the legislators at
methods has yet brought efficient result $, The
experiment OF a peting line. the Lake Erie.
~ Is n"pes Wi com Wht much good but IN
river arnhd " g. Saie
but avail themselves of it And. most truly,
events are daily shaping themselves toward
since the war has there been such a marked and
noticeable revival of b tn freight and passenger
tratiic on the Ohio as has taken place this year:
4
freight have en- shipped from the Pittsburg
wharves, by river-an Unprecedented trade
within the period stated So, too passenger
traffic has grown wonderfully. For the first
time In twenty years we have this spring a reg
9lar packet line TO Cincinnati, sending boats
pect before long the departures will be daily
instead Of tri-weeky. There are many other
facts and figures we might mention to show
that our river trade is pulling up splendidly
Our merchants and manufacturers are be-
ginning to see that wherever they can
use water transportation it is to their al.
vantage to do so q pont of cost and this will
hold good until the railroads, give better terms
to PittsburR than they have thus far been OK
tending. As for The Improvement # the Allie
Gheny and its tribu aries. we urge. that the
project be taken up at once and heartily pushed
through. Gen White is correct In sayi3g that
smp2Gdesty in demanding an appropriation at
country are asking and getting millions. is but
an atiectaiion of a vittne which is Just now. at
beast unreasonable. If Wet I'm PENNSYLVANIA
iags behind in respect to facilities for transact
ing the immense business which ought to come