The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-07
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, /
Friday, June 7, 1873.


y OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, !
Friday, June 7, 1873
Arrivals.
GOV. Allen Bart Able. James Howard, Wild
azee.
Mary Ida, y. P. Sohenck, Frank Pargoud. Eva.
4vln.
Ouachita Belle, Bayou Sara; Eva, st. Mary
5sumption. Lafourcha; Isabel, Alvin, lower
past; RObt. Mitchell, Cincinnati; Bonnie Lee,
sd river; Belle, Mary Ida, upper coast; Com
onwealth. St Louis: Natchez. Vicksburg.
No change In the weather..
business fair,
The steamer q. P. Schenck. for Cincinnati
1t yesterday with fair trio, part Of which was
70 tons sundry freight. 538 barrels rostn, GOO
ser kegs, 1000 sacks salt, 100 barrels sand, 90
Ales rags Sc bales hay. 100 barrels new UOta-
SOS, 1852 barrels rice, Is barrels mOlasSes. IA
Jgsheads sugar and bales cotton.
The Alvin left Yesterday for the lower coast
stead of the Martha
The James Howard arrived yesterday from
orTow T We o %R Is one %f the Ancb0r
inc steamers and offers extra Inducements to
gvelnrs for points on tho upper Mississippi.
ttention Is called to the advertisement in an
her column,
The Natche2 leaves to- morrow for Vicksburg
usual.
n the Lafourche to-day.
The fleet ASSUMPTION. Capt ?. A. Charot will
efOund ut the landing this morn ing receiving
} leave tomorrow ut =. IN. for tho LHfOurChe
trough to LOckpOrt
Capt. J. M Tinde brought the D. S'ein to tho
lnding yesterday morning, and she is receiving
. leave tomorrow without fail at =. m for all
indlngs on the Gu 'hita TO Onachita City, and
iayou Bartho ,omew through to Portland
The splendid passenger steamer Robert
1itchell, of the Cincinnati, Louisville and New
orleans Packet Line, D IN Moore in command
rank Stein clerk, will be found at the landing
ais morning receiving to leave tO-morroW at 8
DpaftypIv for Nam Dhia Cairo I,puia-
lille and Cincinnati.
"REMINISCENCES PREPARED BY d. s. b.
The navigation and trade with the parishes
nd interior posts in the year 1916 We're carried
n upon the Mississippi mostly In what were
hen called coasting bouts, but for moro distant
egiOns. as the NatrhtOChes, OpeOu- as and the
)uaehita stations, ,barRes were the usual con
seyance. These barges were built on the
upper Mississippi and were brought
Town by their crews, who were Cana
lians. These fat-bottomcd boats. or barges,
we're constructed with the view of entering the
narrow and very crooked bayOus that were
Branches OF Red river, and the numerous and
Intricate water courses which led in n season
of high floods from the M ssissippi to the At
3hafalaya, Opelousas and Attakap1s setle-
ments. These long boats were partly covered
1ver with raw cOwhide, which was bent or
wound around q franc work of wood, and
presented the appearance Of n tunnel which
would shelter the freight, which would often
each above the board, and undOr this covering
the passengers and crew would take their meals
or rest. The traversiDg of the river f. ON point
20 point was the most difficult part Of river
navigation, and was effected by sometimes max
ing use Of square rugged Ill. and ut other
lines, when q point was to he doubled, the crew
would be landed and a long hauling rope was
brought into use. At evening, when wearied
and tired out, they would tie the boat up
for the night. and after dlspOsing of n supper
prepared aboard would stretch themselves TO
che windward Of fire. so that the smoke would
irive away the mosquitoes attempting to dis
turb their slumbets., This mode of navigation
In keel barRes was the most usual one, although
long pirogues, manned by dozen athletic black
boatmen, were used by the United States gov
eminent for the purpose of conveying the mails
from the city to the Baliza. These ptrogues
would start every twenty four hours, and by
dint OF strong rowing on the part Of the crew
would glide through the water with tho swift
would invariably accompany their labor with
their characteristic boat songs. in which they
would make use of no other tongue than their
own COngO.-CalabHsh.
The st. Francis Belle leaves daily at 80 o. m
from Bienville street for WestwegO. running Ia
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to DOnaldsOnville.
The coast DonaldsonviIle and Lafourche
packet Henry Tetp, j. +. Aucoin master. M. II.
Landry clerk, leaves to- day at 10 a. m. for Thib
odaux.
The feet lower coast packet Wild Gazelle. J.
Hamilton master, Geo. KOppel clerk. leaves to-
day promptly at i q. m from the head of Cont
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Allen. John J. Brown maser. S. S.
Streck clerk, leaves to-day at .. m.
The Belle in place of tho Blue Wing No, 3 J.
A. COmstOck master. Messrs. Wood and Dean
clerksr4 caves tomorrow at 10 u. m. for the up
per coast.
Capt. Joe Da feres' Bayou Lafourche packet
st. Mary Is receiving to leave tomorrow at 10
a. m. for Laurel Valley;
Mary Ida J. A, Ruiz master will arrive this
evening from Ben Tureaud's and return to-
morrow. as usual at 10 a m. The Mary Ida has
always clerk on the landing, head of Cont
The feet Natchcz 7 P. Leathers in command,
j. F. Muse in the office, leaves. rs usual to-
The Ouachita Bell, John G. Libano in com
mand, will arrive this evening, and leave to-
morrow. as usual. for BAYOU Sara.
The New Bart Able Richard SinnOtt master,
George Hamilton clerk, is receiving this morn
ing to leave to- morrow at .. m. promptly, for
Alexandria and Grand Ecore
The New Orleans and Red River TranBporta-
ton Companys steamer Bonnie Lee, Noah SEQ
veil in command VIM. Dillon clerk is receiving
to leave tomorrow at D. m for Shreveport.
Exchange Clippings, June 4.
Cincinnati Commerce al:
Capt. J; j. Brown. Of the new lower coast
Ways. and Capt. Thos. p. Leathers. Of the IA
nous Natcht2. are in the city. CApt. Brown is
more than pleased with the prOgres s o. his new
and beautiful steamer. They are at the Burnet
House.
Capt. James Nichols has the Florence Meyer
out on the Marine Ways. Vance is building a
Capt. Charlie Miler's large and elegant New
Mary Houston follows the Golden Rule. and
will leave for New Orleans on next Saturday
The Golden Grown was tOwed uD to the foot
of Ludlow street by the Champion. where she
will receive her new shaft from Dum0nt She
will load next week for New Orleans.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Capt J. D. Hegler will lay the Golden City up
for the present. She will receive a new shaft
new cylinders two feet longer than the present
ones, and an additional boiler. The Golden City
has made seventeen trips to New Orleans since
she was completed, and so proved herself q
most complete steamer in every respect With
the Improvements cOntem plated, Capt. Hegler
thinks she will be the fastest boat of her class
af0at il will take about fifty days to put the
Golden City in repair.
by telegraph
ST. LOUIS. June 6.-Arrived: Spread Eagle,
Grafton; War Eagle. KeOkuk; Kate Kinney.
New Orleans; Lake Superior, Hannibal; Matte
Belle. Portland; Gold Dust. New Orleans; All.
Stevens. DyersvilIe. Departed: War Eag g.
Keokuk; John i. NJ ,ude, Vicksburg: Spread
Eagle, Grafton; Matte Belle Portland.
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