The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-23
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Thursday. May %. 1878.
Arrivals

Eva, Isabel, Danube Frank Pargond, Belle.
Ida.
Wild GazelIe, Isabel Belle Ouachita Belle,
Commonwealth. Danube. John Wilson.
To Arrive.
Gov. Allen, 0uachita Belle Bayou Sara; st.
mry Martha WIG G bs saas Red
cincinnati t. 9. Yaeger, St. Louis; Belle, up
per coast Natchez Vieksburg
The weather yestei day was clear and warm.
Business not very active.
Memphis Tuesday, md viii leave "a here Tor St.
take fr 81 for White river. yin s TsrreIne
=, The Isabel brought five more bales Of the
bhannon's cargo Tuesday night.
left yesterday with q fair trio, part Of which
was l25 tons sundry freight: also 25 casks soda
ash 2s7 barrels an m2,aase1 2o3 barrels rice 800
The towboat Oak land. from Louisville with %
boats. arrived yesterday. The boats contained
The clipper Natchez will arrive this evening
from, Vicksburg. and leave again Saturday, as
/. The Gov. Allen. leaving every Friday and
Monday, lands at Carroton; also on the down
trip on Sunday. The fare each way Is only ten
cents the proceeds to DO devoted 10 tho orphan
:. fhe New Orleans and Red River Transporta-
on foG IS
to leave Saturday for Shreveport.
The I'D lndepssn,d i Req river packet AssumP
making weekly trips to Shreveport. is receiving
to Ieaye p saturd h,g at s;,not osto or
George Hamilton. also making lD weekly i trips St to
shreveport, is receiving to leave Saturday.
The New Mary Houston will arrive this eve
e1ling from the Ohio, and will return Saturday
The Thomas Sherlock WIS to have left Gin
einnau yesterday. and will arrive to leave here
Saturday, June1.
MEMORANDA STEAMER DANUBE.
The Danube left Shreveport Sunday May 49,
OIL 525 sacks oil cake and 200 bales cotton. Met
Texas at Cash's gin at 1880; made. landings.
Loggy Bayou Mt .. m. Time, from Shreve-
port ~ hours; dlstaInce 100 miles; how are
Grand BpoS Net IN s "boss
I Cofax; met Bart Able Mt Colfax. putting out
freight; the. Able made 10 landings and arrived
! m. We passed Red river. wbarfboat ut 1890 q.
m Tuesday. made landings. and arrived at
. Canal street May %, mt q. IN. CHECK.
4 MEMORANDA STEAMER ASSN MpT1oN - QUARTER
STRETCH RUN.
/ Left head of Canal street Saturday, May IS, at
Injun." Made the run TO Nine Mile Point in one
d hour; Bart Able m nutes ahead. Landed at
I watch at a. m opposite Bayou Gouia. Tied
up for Is minutes on account Of a heavy rain
e suuHll. LHUueu III rouge III 1'bb n. M,
and took two coal barges In tow the Bart Able
30 minutes ahead. Dropped one OF the barges
in Muatto Bend and the other at Port Hudson.
Passed Bayou. Sara at 12:25 p. m. the, James
Howard close in rear. Passed Red River
Wharibodat at 10 p n The officers are re, well
$500 : " = ~ ~ 49, = HARD TACK.
The U. P. Schenck leaves Cincinnati and the
{ Belle Of Shreveport St. Louis Saturday.
The famous Charles Morgan from the Ohio.
The Golden City, J. D. Hegler. master NJ L.
+ Virden. clerk. leaves positively to-day. at ..
M. for Cincinnati. The Golden Cily Is very
E fine steamer, has most excellent passenger ac-
commodations and is second to none in the line
3 The D. Stein, J. N. Tinde. master. is receiv-
ing to leave Saturday without fail, for the Qua
chita. through to Camden, taking freight also for
The st. Francis Belle leaves daily at 1880 a. m.
ggnv stree. Ss puanng II
/ Railroad to Donaldsonville
7 The fleet and unusually regular trI-weekly
upper coast packet Mary Ida, J. A. Ruiz master.
Edw. Nicolle clerk. leaves this 10 q. m. promptly
for the Ben Tureaud plantation. The Mary Ida
/ is Q daylight boat both ways.
The regular semi weekly Bayou Lafourche
packet Eva U. ID. Terrebonne master. Thomas
4 Knee and M. Fl. Landry clerks. leaves o.day at
I ZIP. m; promptly. going through to st. Mary's
The elegant and fleet United States mail and
i passenger steamer Frank Pargoud, James II.
1 day at .. m. for Vicksburg and the bends,
through to Greenve.
pa rh rsEg Sss cfy NJ W Bsy9n W
Qutcksall clerk. leaves tomorrow, as usual, at
to Bayou Lafourche. through to Thibodaux will
: be at the landing this morn ing. and will leave
tomorrow, at 10 a. m. j. H. Aucoin In command
TIE fleet Wild Gazelle will arrive to leave to-
morrow as usual, at II a. m. for the lower coast
TIE United States mall and passenger packet
Gov, Allen, John J. Brown master. 4. g. Streck
ieerk. leaves tomorrow at D. m. for Bayou
4 by Telegraph
\ BATON ROUGE. May 22-To J. B. Woods. No.
4 104 Common street: Anchor Line steamer City
Iof Alton will arrive Thursday morning and
fleave for y. Louis Saturday prGwPPtly oa.o
,vIcKspuRG. May 22-To @. G., Wayne: Steamer
CHAs. MILLER Master.
Exchange Clippings, May 20.
IMPORTANT TO sTEAMRoArMEN THE CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL IN COURT.
EPittsburg Dispatchl
T. An important trial took place in the United
Il States Court during the week, and although the
4 trial resulted In disagreement of the Jury for
the second time, Judge Ketcham laid down the
law In such plain manner that steamboatmen
need not err. The judges charge stated that
Ecolored passengers on steamboats, were entitled
10 Inc Same treatment tlS Wnlte people. out on
that account there WAS no necessity for the par
tiles to eat together at the same table or sleep
together In the same stateroom steamboat
icaptain had right to make rules and regula-
stions for the management of his own
5boat For instance, there should be two
tables, the fare and accommodations being
ssequa-one for the colored passengers the
other for those who did not choose to associate
3with them. In this way they would all be
treated with the same respect without any
chance for disagreement Suppose there were
ten coored passengers and ten white and all
entitled to state rooms. II is not necessary to
place black and white in the same room when
each color could have room to themselves. In
this way all trouble and dissatisfaction could
be avoided and all have equal treatment In
* some of the Western and Southern boats there
are two cabins, one fitted up especially for
Z colored passengers. Some years since case
q of this kind occurred. A colored passenger who