The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-09-24
: RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. /
Tuesday. September "a. 1878.
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OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Tuesday. September "a. 1878.
Arrivals.
Emma Irvine. Ut. Mary, Belle. Mary Ida. J. w.
AIyin. Rice Farmer. Belle, Eva. Assumption,
St. Mary.
Isabel Alvin. lower coast; st. Mary. Bayou
Ouachitg. Fanchon,. Opelonsas:. Belle, upper
coast; Eva. Assumption, Laf ,tlrche.
he weather was cloudy and very warm yes-
terday.
Business moderately active. the st. Mary In
pahtlcular. haying, very line tripa
weekly. trips to Bayou sara, and yin leave. o.
.. M. CARRYING the United States mail.
Mr.. Nat Pepper was out yesterday attending
Tue BIN Sun1ower has gone to Old River to
be used us d lighter for the Tanchon and Ber-
Cha.
For yesterdays proceedings of the Steam
boatmen's Relief Association see our local col
VIZ have been requested to state that appl-
cants for relief who are unable to find the office
of the association ran make known tnelr needs
toaa n Y mmpedsa Gepodet aenton WS H give oil S0n "pp'a
The remains Of Capt. Taylor were not brought
10 this city Sunday evening as was expected.
Louis. Ii was reported yesterday that Capt.
Taylors wifs and, his son, Harry were down
with the feyer such is not the case. Bey9nd the
fatigue and grief consequent upon his sickness
and death. they were both in good health when
tho train left there yesterday morning. H..
be ops t1aa on mYh hi av to 1ouisve and from there
The John W. Cannon arrived yesterday with
1904 bales and sal sacks. For the corresponding
trlp last year the Lee brought 1877 bales and 0oa
sacks. ,., So, -, - -,
take tee tbe Tned States mail for all points
through 10 VicRsburRs -
Besides 72o bales Of cotton, the st. Mary
Raa Rfomghtb tb sTH rst 81 the season The t syr4p
received last year arrived on the trst OF octo-
o0h' The st. john Cosnirg.
Iov1svrb1E. Sept. 23To IT, Conery 4 Son;
Steamer ST. John will leave for New Orleans
lo's m'rhlhk' "A'u !" e0'' i. u. q. HfELANCoN.
The Rice Farmer, Charles De, ,Bouchel master.
5ept. Ioen clerk, leaves daily. SUNDAY, ex-
geDted. for the upper coast to hehhefV''ie' aS
y The II e. reguiar weekly upror coast packet
Mary Ida, j. A. Ruiz master, e. NtcholIe clerk
leaves to- day promptly at 10 q, H. Tor Ben Iu-
The Emma Irvine. E. NJ. vallette master,
leaves this 3 .. m. for the lower coast 70 the
Greenwood plantation me Irvine leaves reg
l1larly and promptly every day at the above
The J. W. Cannon, in place Of the Robert o.
dharge i1e Of he Office, eayes this D. N. for
Vj0ksburg and Ill way landings.
The regular trl. weekly, I, upper coast daylight ~
turn to- o-morrow as usual at IL q. III.
Tho Tancbon, FL. H. Broad master. Eugene
Quatrevaux e,erk. leaves as usual to-day at
The fleet United States mail packet ou9chit9
Belle. In place Of the J. W. Cannon. John 9
Mi coast landings through to Bayou sara.
Exchange Clippings, september Fl.
Cincinnati Commercial;
Capt Norwood al mcoea@nd @ @ Pas reeeilved river 81 o.
sineer t54% TohR lVins a New Rcbmonf viii REQUEST
that it be added to the, Steamboatmen's fupc
for tho benefit of tho yellow fever sufferers. !,
4lme mapr AZ Fulton. h where the pGolden Rule Is af
up. He has had the hold nf the steamer
thoroughly eeansed and purified, her eabt1
iurniture and uuholsterng systematlcall}
overhauled. the interior and OK erioF repainted
ant the bnat generally put in hrst-class order
for the approaehng @ e9aoP pot Th9 paape
board, will be reissued when the boat resumes
hor place n the New Il, Orleans trade Charles
Ross Jrt will fdt the Pilot laodt.tarn,o+as hr,noi,,
orit the Paris G. Brown, and picking UP trip tt
Pittsburg. and thence to 81 Louis.
Can't. HarperB new steamer Whisper vii
leave for New Orleans next "Wednesday, Henri!
Miller. clerk on the wharfboat at Vickshurg
died Of yellow fever Tuesday Coulter Y so1
steam Steamer Ed ]. Gay. 70 Kew Orleans. on th
b. John leaylrE ca ths snd eddehnhen ha nsnes
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dnll. River falling. with six feet water to Cairo
The upper streams conlinne to decline. and ar
becoming almost unnayigable. The Hard Cash
which is advertised 10 leave here for q potn
above Memphis this evening, Is detained at th
quarantine. and will not be permitted to eom'
i1p 10 tho city. Her engineer has died OF tn
yellow fever, md another Of her crew Is sicl;
The Katie r Kountz left for New Orleans will
ali she wanted. The Port Eads and barges fol
low Saturday The Belle of Shreveport is, t.
receive new shaft and pair Of larger cyltn
ders, The latter are out of the Arlington ant
are seven feet stroke by twenty-five inches IL
diameter.
Shreveport Times: ...
Yesterday was cloar. calm and very pleasant
EARLY In tho moring it Was quite cool, which j
very desirable at this season of the year; It Il
lust the right kind OF wea her for gathering
the staple which is opening and maturin
finely and tho planters are not slow In takin
advantage of it. All that IL necessary to satist
the most exacting is n rain sufficient to lay th
dust and then a heavt f. obt to alay all doubt L
tho minds Of the most credulous OF o visit fror
Bronze John. The former we may have In
day or two but the latter we will have to wal
for until about the tenth Of next month.
The Oornie Brandon has been laid up for IN
present Tho 10 BryarlN goes out IN her plac
this morning at 10 o'clock for Grand Ecore.
. MARINE NEWS.