The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-01

Gov, Alien. J. J, Brown master, 8. s. Streck
clerk. leaves to-day . Ct p m for Bayou Sara
Landry clerk, leaves to-day at y: m. for the
coast, Donaidsonville and the Lafourche,
The very regular and reliable Bayou La
fourche packet Eva. Y. d. Terrebonne master,
Tom Knee and NJ. Fl. Landry clerks. leaves to-
the regular tri-weekly upper coast packet
Mary Ida. j. A. Ruiz master. Edward Nicolle
CLERK, leaves TO- morrow promptly a. 10 a. n n
returns on alternate days. and does all her busi-
less in daylight.
Atchafalaya, through tn WASHINGTON, leaves to-
morrow at .. M, FL. II. Broad In command
Theo. John clerk. The Fanchon takes Bayou
des Glaizes freight. reshipping at Simmsport.
The ]. W. Cannon. In place. Of the Robt. =.
Lee, will Lave to- morrow for Vicksburg and all
way landings. Capt. VIM. Ga, Campbell In com
office.
The st. Mary, Joe Dalferes in command, E.
Sleo9 4eFs deay9s To- "a aE p H. tor '
The Assumption. 2. A. Charlet in command.
will arrive to leave as usual Wednesday at II
m. for the Lafourche, through to Loekpert.
The fleet Onachita Belle John o. Lbano mas
tor. leaves Wednesday, us usual. for Bayou
Sara.
Exchange Clippings, june IS.
Cincinnati Commercial:
The new Edward J. Gay, being built for Capt. J.
J. Brow by the Marine Hallway and Dry Dock
Company, under the supervision ( [ Capt Perry
ito the water on Thursday of next week. I'm
mediately after the keel of Capt. W. B. Miller's
new sideWheel steamer will be laid, and work
en- the later pushed vigorously forward. Capt,
Miller's new steamer will be completed by No
vember l.. Capt, Wash. Williamson and Capt j.
". .dilruth. builders and late owners If the
Cotton Valley, have contracted at Portsmouth
fora Lew steamer. to be built by s. O. Herbert
forthwith. for the cotton carrying trade, VIZ:
IT'S feet In length, 81 feet beam and feet hold.
She Will have the Shamroeks machinery and
pair OF steel boilers.
Courier-Journal:
Capt. Harper's new steamer, Whisper, was
lowed oyer to the city wharf last evening"
The Matte Hays took the hull of the old Blue
Wing down to Troy to be used as wharfboat.
length. and very much like that Of the Paris
let BY 81 feet IN sse She wv il be- Se stragRtened
on the docks and calked before the cabin is
put on.
The J. NJ. White laid all night above Flint
island. and came from greensboro here. forty
milesa in two hours and twenty-five minutes,
running under slow bells over French Island,
Little hurricane Scufflstown and Three-mile.
She only carried 80 to 100 pounds of steam, ex-
ing at the rate of nearly thirty miles an hour.
She eOaled here. and laid two hours, during
which thousands OF citizens visited her. All
pronounce her simply magnificent, the greatest
achievement of the world, G. Jas. l.. Drill,
formerly steward Of the Tarascon, is fitting out
her cabin, which will surpass anything else on
the Western waters.
There was a meeting of wharf boat proprie-
tors held here yesterday. composed of repre-
sentatives from all along the river. Among
those present We're Capts f. s. Triplett. Of
Owensboro; Theo. Steyer. Of GolcOnda: Encch
Thongs, Mount Vernon; Thomas ~; Dyer. Ca
Eitzabethtown; Sam, Lamping, Grandview;
John Banmgartner. Tell CITY; ". E. Merrithew
Rockport, and Capt. Norwood. OF Newburg
The object of the meeting was to consider the
propriety of fixing some system regulating
shipments by steamers, including a discrimina-
ton between freight tak ken from wharf boats
and that taken from the bank. No definite con-
clnsion was reached.
Globe Democrat:
A suit In admiralty was filed yesterday in the
through Given Campbell, proctor against the
steamboat r. ". Dugan The !ibelant asks for
the sale of the boat and an adjudgment to file
his claim on the following alleged facts: He
| owns One-third interest in the steamer. Jos. b,
Kinney owning the other two-thirds. Up to the
seventh of November the boat was run from ST..
Louis to Portland. Mo-, in Joint interest. After
| that date Mr.. Kinney assumed entire control of
| the boat. took 1t where he pleased despite the
protestations of libelant, and refused to render
any account OF the bust mess transacted. Het2ok
| her to New Orleans and engaged in the New Or
| leans and Red river trade, in which he lost
money. He then brought her to st. Louis, but
| instead of filling her with @ cargo, he tOWed
her up by one of his other steamboats,. at an eX-
| pense of $500, which he charged against the r.
| twenty second of May 1878. Mr.. Kinney traded
| up the Yellowstone, using the r. w, Dugan as a
| tender to his other steamer. For unnecessary
| repairs he expended $4,000. He, up to date as
| sumes entire control of the boat and refuses to
give any account to libelant or to recognize his
him out. The value of the steamboat is set at
$S000