The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-05
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,
Friday. April s. 1878.

Mary. Ida, Eva. Katie. Martha. Golden Rule.
Belle OF Shreveport.
To Arrive.
ouachita Belle Bayou Sara: Ct. Mary. A.
sumption, Eva, Lafourche; Isabel. Marina,
Wild GAzele, Lower Coast New Mary Houston.
Cincinnati Oommonwea,h. st. J honi M,, Belle
Mary Ida. Upper Coast; No chez, V1ckspurg'
| Weather cool and very windy.
Bus ness not very active A..
Capt W. =. Miller. who arrived mere on th
Thompson Dean. was a passenger up on the
Golden Rule y s'erdav. u raL,o n
The KouDtz line steamer J. b. M hehior u
n. m. To-day mt which hour she leaves. posi-
lively, for Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis.
Capt. W. II. Thorwegan was Ia 81 Louis Iues-
The Gold Dust has entered the Missouri river
The Henry Tete leaves THE morning for the
Lafourche and will go through to Thibodaux.
The Natchez leaves to-morro" for fieksburg,
The Maria Louise. leaving tomorrow for Red
river, tak.s Mind II freight reshipping on the
The Bart Able leaves for Alexandria and
GRIND Ecor to morrow.
The Clara leaves to- morrow for Bayou Bar
| the 0uachita t. the mouth Of The bayou.
| ATTENTION. TRAyELERs.-The splendid Ohio
river passenger steamer Golden City arrived
yesterday morning and will leave tomorrow.
The New Mary Houston W II arrive to morrow
morning from the Ohio and return Tuesday.
| burning ut the Dawn-NO Lives Lost.
| tlon Oompany's steamer Dawn on her way
down from Shreveport with cargo I ABB bales
cotton, "a head OF cattle, 307 sheep and u hogs,
was discovered t, be on fire forward. in the cot
ton by the derricks. eeterday morning Mt
o'clock. thirty, two IN les NIB We this city. oppo-
site the. Whitehead plantation In the middle
Of the river ut he time. she was quickly landed
and made fast but strong wind blowing at the
i was 70 ba har e r
(seven in nut berD and crew barely ESCAPED with
their lives. losing every pie,e OF their clothing
Of her cargo W 10 saved. and all Of her books
were lost Efforts were twice made to scuttle
the boat. but nnsucee.sfully ana The fire made
between Upper r d river and Shreveport. and
in the river. She was two years old. was owned
by Capt .. 2. Trus'ow and d. ner clerk Charlie
T b It aga s
| noon, brought her passengers and crew to the
city. Her manifest will be found in another
Besides the new boats for Capts Lee and
Sweeney. mentioned by Us day or two ago,
Capt Rea intends 10 bld "a new boat 19 T and
! Blanks. Arthur and several others also contem-
. plate building. Capts. Truslow and Drown will
replace the Dawn also 50 that it will be seen
from the hblve the TONNAGE of our tributaries
will be lare ely increased by next foil.
The Golden Rule besides large lot of pass
engers had % bales cotton. IS barrels molasses.
$50 sacks coffee. and $50 tons railroad iron.
The, Belle of Shreveport had 1870 hogsheads
$50 hogsheads Of Havana sugar, 900 barrels OF
rice, SO sacks coffee. and lot OF miscellaneous
The it. Francis Belle leaves daily at 80 a. M
from Bienville street for Wpstwego. running in
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donaldsonvllle.
The coast, Donaldsonvie and Lafourche
packet Henry Tee, J. F. Aucoin master. M. II.
Landry clerk. leaves to-day at 10 a. m. for Th-
The feet lower coast packet Wild Gazelle.
John Hamilton master e. Holmes clerk aa
OF CONT street Tor Magnolia store.
The coast and Bayou Sara United States mail
packet Gov. Alien. John j. Brown master. 3. y.
The Belle, In place of the Blue Wing No. 8. J.
A. Comstoek master. Messrs. Wood and Dean
clerks. leaves to morrow at 10 a. m. for the up
Capt. Joe Daferes Bayou Lafourche packet
St Mary is receiving to leave to morrow at 10 a.
The regular tri. weekly upper coast packet
Mary La j. a.; kHz master era Will arrive this
at o e. Te Mary a
always clerk on the landing. head of Cont
| street. to receive freight.
The feet Nachez. T: P. Leathers In command
X J. T. Muse in the office. leaves. as usual. to-
\ The Bart Able. Richard sinnott master. Geo
] G. Hamilton clerk. leaves tomorrow at .. m
y without fail, for Alexandria and Grand Ecore
The Ouachita Belle. John G. Libano in com
morrow. as usual for Bayou Sara.
The coast. Donaldsonvlle and Lafourche
packet Assumption will arrive this evening and
return to- morrow ut D. m.
The Bertha M Kenlson master, Eug. Qua
treyaux clerk, leaves to- morrow at p. IN. for the
freight forr Bayou des Glaizes. reshipping on
The New Orleans and Red River Transperta
ton Company's steamer Maria Louise. Fl. j
Brinker master. Eug. Barrow clerk leaves to-
morrow at .. m. for Shreveport; :,
Packet Line aeaeq aSden SeT hese
master, M. l.. Virden clerk. leaves to- morrow a
p; m. for Shreveport, -
through Bayou bartholomew packet Clara y, w
Wenze master, June Dunbar clerk leaves to
morrow. without fail at .. m.
Exchange Clippings.
Cincinnati Commercial. March 81:
CINCINNATI, March 29-The lives OF many O
our early steamboatmen are replete with suct
gems OF great practical experience, that com
reading matter. These Biographies. properl
and useful h,nts. obtained through dearly
bought experiences, that might be needed b!
the ,; eomng a genera ION Of steamboatmen with
cess to many career. The steamboatmel
OF the past were not only efficient, sea
through the manipulaions Of the entire pro
ducts Of the North and South. which they han
died extensively on their own account. 1t II
not necessary to go back farther than twent,
years. when fifty per cent of the cargoes o
Southern steamers were the products of tn
Onl0 Nailey, when the commanders OF the yes
sells had purchased on their own account. to sci
again. and 1t was q rare instance when they
made a losing speculation. This custom of trad
ing perhaps originated wi, the early navga
tion Of the rivers. by 1latboatmen and trad
ing boats. which,. In the early history o
the Western and Southern country were tn
only resources through which supplies wer
obtained. Upon the successful introduction O
steam on inland W tiers for propelling YES
sells. floating, trade boats nearly disappeare
from the river. and not until nearly a half cen
fury had passed did the second era of tradin
boats revive, then with redoubled energy. Blu
IT was during this interval that faiboating wa
almost entirely superseded by steam, and ths
boatmen became SPECTATORS: as late as 1859 an
1860 boats have left here with full cargoes 70