The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-25
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Tuesday. June 26, 1878.
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Bertha.
Wild Gazee Isabel, Belle Eva Henry Tate.
Gov. Allen, Charles Morgan.
re- Arrive.
0uachlta Belle, Gov, Allen Bayou Sara Eva,
Henry Tete, Lafourehe; Wild dasee, Isabel,
lock. Cincinnati; John wilson Ottaehta: Belle
upper coast; Frank Pargoud Gresnvile.
The weather yesterday was cloudy. but not
business for Monday fair.
Mr.. Harry Stein, OF the Morgan, was on the
sick list Yesterday and was Unable to attend to
Among the passengers by the Morgan was
the family OF Cant. II. j. Brinker, Of the Maria
The great Robert e. Lee. after a remarkable
season Of business and good luck, lays up, and
cent John w. Gam m, which steamer viii be
found ut the wharf this morning receiving to
leays ths M p VIII VIII Gampbel 9 Il
Bell clerks.
BIe SEASONS WORK.
During the season the Lee has made forty
three trips and brought TO this city 1874 0Bl bales
and ZIG bags cotton ,G19 sacks cotton seed
4 ,77g sacks oil cake, 9s4l sacks cotton seed meal
$500 barrels cot on seed oil, % bales moss 400
barrels Gour, bt3 do. apples, do. whisky, ~ do
molasses gg do. potatoes, 40 do. peas. 67 head
In eEse au II wc n NJ ar ana
record, No steamboa ever brought as much
cotton before Ia season.
Mr.. MeVay, the chief clerk Of the Lee, will
enjoy vacation. and We trust wherever he goes
he may find recreation and pleasure.
Capts Aiken and Joyce returned from their
visit to Texas Sunday evening.
Capt, Andy Swain was In the city yesterday
Capt, Swain y frustrating at Tangipahoa. and
says he is having fine time.
Nat Joyce. having retnrneo, Wallace McChes-
and particular benefit Of George Lord, to be
held vt some point on the lake shore shortly,
No make the conversion possible tthough not
very pTobablel. he j. trying to obtain the pres
enee Of Bhreyeports Moody and Sankev.
The Frank Pargoqd ig due tonight from
9Teenyille and the bends. and will return
The Belle Of Shreveport, of the Anchor Line.
Ia at the landing receiving to leave to-day for
st, Louis. beo tho Anchor Line card la another
column,
The Fanchon is out OF the dock
Grown, W. T. Walker master. EuR. hhinkle
clerk, arrived yesterday morning from Cincin-
walker and M sbnke are botb e X
and obliging officers. aud through their Htten-
ton to the wants OF passeDgers make trip on
the Grown very desirable pleasure.
The Thomas Sherlock passed Memphis yes
terday and will be the, next arrival from the
Ohio. leaving here Saturday.
In q letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, re-
counting o visit made to the Canonicus the
writer, b. II. Oakes. In reference TO the Shan.
non disaSter, says she burned and sunk, Mr.,
Cakes ia mistaken; she did not burn.
CAPT. Boa,dman. who Is enjoying bis holiday
across the Lake, was In the city yesterday
Capt ID. designed aud is ihs principal owner OF
the, yacht demini, entered In the regatta yes
The st. Francis Belle leaves daily at 80 n. m.
from Bienvile street for Westwego. running In
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
hai.road TO Donald, onyllle.
The regular fri.we ky upper cpaat packet
Mary 100, J. A. Ruiz master. Edw NisolleS clerk.
leaves to-day promptly at 10 a. m. for the Ben
The John W Cannon VIM Campbell master
Mr. John Mossop in charge of the office. leaves
this evening for Vioksburg and all malt land.
The st. Mary, Joe Dalferes IN command. e.
coast and Lafourche through 10 Lsurei Valley
The Berthe, In place nf the Fanchon, for At
chafaaya. thr ugh to Washington, leaves, TO-
John clerk. Tue Bertha takes Bayou dies
GlaiSes freight. reshippng at Simmsport
packet Belle will arrive this afternoon and re-
turn tomorrow. as usual. at 10 a. N.
the neet lower coast packet Wild Gazaie
leaves tomorrow. rs usual. ut II u. m. for the
lower coast 20 Magnolia store.
The regular semi. weekly Bayou Lsfourche
packet Assumption. p A. Charet master. N. q.
Dupuis clerk leaves tomorrow at IL M, going
through to Lockport,
Bayou Sara, will leave again tomorrow at
y m. John O. Libano commands, J. Ii. Mossop
The New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
ton Company's United States mail steamer
Silver City. M. N. Wood master. VIM. Quicksali
clerk, leaves Tomorrow at .. m. without fail
for Shreveport.
Exchange Clippings, June 2Z.
Cincinnati Commercial:
Diver John Gwyre having succeeded in turn
Ing over the hull of the suuken Calumet at Mad
ison, 1t Is now out on the W rs Mt that place I'M
dergoing an inspection to see what can be done
Col Frank Baker late of the Times has re-
turned to the CITY. and declares his intention Is
to again settle with us permanently.
PITTsBuRG- Capt. kountz is still In New York
on the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone ia 4
gentleman just back from v aEhinGton, where
he spent some time looking after II saws the
steamboat bill. In his opinion, WIS killed for the
season through the manipulation OF Senator
CAIRo-The james Howard was about four
hfths loaded when she arrived. and made adolf
before reaching Memphis If the grocery bust
ness has not lost its virtue Capt O'Neil,s faith
the freight business G has kept np ths sason
Perhaps there has not been such traffic Ia
May and june since the war. There ware brisk
sales of tobacco yesterday at the Planters
Wsrehouse. and the prices ranged so much
higher than usual as to surprise eyer body, and
confirm the report, that peace in Europe Is
probable. Tnbacco has been dull sale lately, and
old tobacco dealers say that he figures 1t com
manded were lower than at any time for many
years before tn war;
st. Louis Times:
There, will be a lively competition on the
Lower Mississippi next season, and among
other questions to be solved is whether excIu-
siye freight boats or fine passenger packets
day. Give us the fine boats every time. it is
best to always encourage the beautiful and we
do; whether stea' b ,at or a woman.
In the Republican. He states that previous to
1910 there were no steamboats, that carried over
1900 bales of cotton.
The fret Mohiean, built by Hugh Fjndren in
1923, carried 1900 bales into New Orleans several
times during the years 1929 to 1885, when she
was taken for towb at at New Orleans and was
lost at sea about 1s4e. s e had light double
fiued boilers. and drew loaded twelve feet of
water. and was built for the Tennessee river
trade.
Second, the first Mohawk was also built by
Capt Findren in 1882 for the same trade car
hni fnrc md 1pav lnuA nd
thirteen and one half feet and carried 5000 bales
of cotton.
Third, the Ben Sherwood. built in 1896 at
Albany for the same trade, an commanded the
flrstseason by John Russell and afterward by
Chris Castleman, under whose command she
was VIXEN destroyed by fire In juno Of 1887 She
also carried over 5000 Dales of cotton andin adj
dition it should he recollected that bales in
those days were at least one-fourth neaviertaan
at present. PILOT
Memphis Avalanche:
.CaptJSwivel, formerly of tae steamer John B.