The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-25
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Monday, March rs. 1878.
Arrivals.
Eva, Henry Tete. Alvin. Kate Kinney.
To Arrive.

Ouachita Belle. Coy. Allen. Bayou Sara; AS
SUMPTION st Mary hsnnn
Vicksburg;G P. Chouteau, J. A; scudder. Mem
RRn oaee merg ida Bee Upper COAST "
The splendid Ohio river passenger steamer
clerk, is receiving to leave to-morrow at p a..
sure, for Memphis. Cairo. Louisville and Gin
'' The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
lures for this week: Kate Kinney. Capt. Joe
Dodd, Wednesday, and the 9: a. 4: . pnrfee. Capt
The Il S Tensas, L, '. Cooley master r. Moason
clerk. is on berth to leave on Wednesday for
ING Sa nens Usare Arthar is in Mobiles he left
NJ Alex. Perry the Cincinnati boat builder,
The renowned Cincinnati. Louisville and New
Orleans PASSENGER steamer Chari s, Mo nlsan
Albert Stein master. Harry y, st f,i CLERK
ne A. sendaer Due to arys from Mem
phis, viii leave Thursday for ST. Louis;
The Enterprise left her mooring Saturday
and has gone to other waters. ,,
a barge from the wreck Of the La Belle loaded
with no bales cotton and a barrels oh;; ,aax,
the Mary Houston Thursday, and the Thomas
Sherlock SATURDAY..
lot II cotton from the Shannon was brought
IL
The st. Francis Belle leaves daily at 1880 a. M
from Benville street for Westwego. running In
eonnecticn With TIE N .,9, Orleans ana Ie&as
The Ba II paee u the Blue Wing No.
leaves this 70 q. m. for the upper coast to Ash 81
Mes Mes y.' Wood and Dean clerks.
The fleet daylight tri-weekly lower coast
packet Wild Gazee, John Hamilton master; O.
Y. Holmes clerk. leaves to-day at II a. M ior
The Eva. in place Of the W. J. Poitevent. U. D.
Terrebonne master, Tom Knee clerk, leaves to-
day at E P. Pm N. for the Lafourche through TO
- The United States mail and passenger packet
Gov. Allen. John, ]. Brown mastep. =. .; Streck
The Henry Tete. J. +. Aucoin master, NJ. H.
Landry clerk. leaves to-day. at s p. M. for the
coast, Dona,dsonville and the Lafourche'
Mary Ida. a 4. Ruiz master Edw Neoile eiefk
sayes promptly at 10 E. M f Tor the
turns on alternate days. and does all her bust
TRe Fanehon. for the Atchafalaya, through to
Broad in command, Theo, John clerk. The
Fanchon takes Bayou des Glaizes freight, re-
The Robert b. Lee will leave to morrow for
Campbell in command. 4. Mcyay in the Office,
The st. Mary Joe Daferes in 70
the coast and Lafourche. through to Laurel VAL
The st. John leaves Wednesday at 5 D. m. for
Baton Rouge J. P. McElroy in command.
The Assumption leaves Wednesday at 70 q.
m. for the coast and Lafourche. through to hi
The !ouachita Belle. Capt. John G. Iibano.
leaves Wednesday, as usual for Bayou Sara.
The New Orleans and Onachita Transporta-
John II. Hanna F. A. Blanks master. will leave
Wednesday for Ouachia City.
The regular Memphis l., and bend packet C has
Miltenberger clerk. will arrive to leave We'd
nesday at .. m.
Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Enquirer, March %:
night With n0 fair frei Git an and pa ist
ing names: John Heath. Theodore, Cauden.
and an wife vie Capt. Gus ponnaiiy ally and LADY, M,
Lewis Donnally. of Cincinnati; Mrs., W. T.
Egiehart Of Delaware. Ohio; Mrs. Black, J. r.
lis; Lewis Skinner and lady. of Marietta; B. o.
Carr. wife, mother in-law and two daughters,
Of Louisville She has freight engagements at
Sun, Indiana, and Madison, potatoes at Client
and vevay. and 5000 sacks of corn at Evansville.
Frank Carroll and Wheeler Collier we're her
The Commercial Gazette has the following:
The St. Louis and New Orleans Steamboat and
Barge line I9ol vas dissolved Monday last,
chants who are always croaking about low
freights, but will most certainly be very dam
psr Te Of aed
greatly upon uniform rates Of freight and at
remunerative prices to the carrier. requiring
are free to say that it would be very damaging
for commercial city like st. Louis to fall into
the hands of a monopoly in trans portatlon. yet
it is for the interest OF that city to support faT
competition at remunerative prices. Now. we
have noticed great deal said by newspapers
for and against the pooling system: while we
dam P,,1l lane toy,H fhn
that any system that will regulate business and
prevent both cruel ana extort1oDate rates Is q
good one and every fait =
connected with It. We see published IN the St.
Louis papers an advice to merehantsto patron
please, that merchants would be governed by
such stupid advice, they would have, no rail
reads to p an as ne fanb TO %
line from ST. Louis to New Orleans, en- fur
nnd 9 20 ba he boas
nished by st. Louis. Now the argument OF sup
porting home institutions and crushing out
eoHs sA Who write in that should spend
their time in studying the best method OF
" raising geese without & water pond"
Rates on bulk grain from st: Louis to New
Orleans by river will soon be atbedrock figures;
Two weeks ago the Chicago papers, i Ed1 6
Louis to New Orleans for 15c per 100 pounds.
but what they will say when they find that the
regular tariff. of the packets and barges Is now
one-third less, being openly advertised at 1oc
per 100. remains to be seen: But even that Is
a contract which the Republican proposes to
make a public secret, by which his grain is
taken at 1c, per bushel less than the rates
charged by the barge companies. Under this
contract grain has been shipped this week for
at least sc per bushel and possibly for even less
The predicted sc rate cannot be very far OIL
by Telegraph
croWn pased here at oaaed fiat and
full OF people. Will be down "Wednesday even
ing. E. L. SHINKLE
MARINE NEWS.