The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-18
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. |
Saturday. May 10. 1873.


Arrivals.
st. Mary. lsabel; ,As,ssumptton,. John Means an
bargees, JOS. b. Williams ttowboatl, John vii
Departures
Wild ,GaHelle' Isabel, Silver City. Henry Tete
To Arrive
Gov. Allen Bayou Sara: Eva. Silver City
Henry Tete. Lnfourcha Isabel Martha Wild
Gazelle. lower coast: Kate Kinney, Red river
Golden Rule. Cincinnati; Commonwealth st
Louis,
The weather yesterday was rainy; In fact. It
rained nearly the whole day.
There was but little doing In the way of ship
ment.
The James Howard was away from the land
Ing during the afternoon taking on sugar.
:. Ho.. FoR sHREvEPoRr. Capt. Dick Sinnott''s
New Bart Able. the Big Injun' of Red river. is
announced as weekly packet to Shreveport
leaving here every Saturday, commencing to-
day. The Able is known to every man. woman
and child along the banks Of the old Red as a
reiliable and lever gentlemen. Capt George
Hamilton presides in the Office as usual
The towboat John Means, with four barees
from st. Louis, arrived yesterday Her cargo
consisted of $4,000 bushels corn In bulk and 1900
bales hay
arrived last evening with eight coal boats She
left the balance OF her tow at Red River Land
ing and Bayou Sara.
The Bonnie Lee leaves also to day for shreve-
The Bart Able will attend to the business of
her trade to Grand Ecofe the same as usual
Capt John pofr. whose death at Anna, H.. on
tne fourteenth was announced Ing Yesterdays
DEMOCRAT. was a well known Red river mate.
pilot and captain and commanded the Elnura,
Eleanor, Cuba, Fleta and Little Fieta. The last
two boats he butt, and the last named was the
last boat he ran there Capt Poff hal many
friends In this section. who will be panied to
Capt; n. n Wood has assumed the command
The Natchez arrived on time from vicksbnre,
and Will return to-day, az usual.
!, The Ouaehita Belle for the coast to Bayou
The Wild Gazele will return from the lower
coast, coast this evening. and leave Monday, as
Don't forget that the Belle leaves this morn
Ing, as usual. for the upper coast
Ihe following run Of the Assumption is from
Shreveport paper Of the twelfth:
sos y. M. landed at Nine Mile Point for pas
sengers. haying made the run to this point In
one hour. Steamers Ohas. Morgan, Gold Dust
], e. Hanna and Kate Kinney close in the rear
The Morgan came alongside at Thirty nine
visible; she passed us In the q osspe at Bonnet
Carre, but did not seem to leave US very fast
Landed Of Donaldsonville at 2lo a. N. Thurs
freight Stopped several times during the night
TO back drift out of our balance rudders
Landed at Baton Rouge at 7;45 a. N. No smoke
taking on coal. Met the steamer Natchez at
Phophit's. Island. Passed Port Hudson at II a.
H. rg,.o and nd Bayou Sara at 22o 2 n Passed Red
twenty three hours and Ten minutes against m
unusually strong current and rising river.
except the Morgan. Passed Black river :3g n,
m. Changed watch ut Normaus at 10 mid
night light; Wooded in Time Bend: changed watch
at Palo Alto at a. m. Friday tenth took eighty
four cords pine knots. at Cannon's: met
steamer Texas at Pineville; landed at Alexan-
dria at GAS a. m; landed at Culfax at ii 40 a ~
at Coushatta u m. passed Loggy bayou at s a.
M Saturday eleventh Magnolia plantation 10 a.
m. wooded at River Dale at / 80 u. m. lande
at Shreveport at y. III. The quickest time Of
the season
The Assumption arrived Thursday night and
will leave to-day for Shreveport at D. m. posi-
lively making hereafter weekly trips to Shreve-
port Leaving every SATURDAY. VIM. Gillen In
clerks. The Assumption lays at the head Of
For the benefit of our Red river friends we
gram. published in yesterdays Democrat.
Capt Aiken, by his active and untirlng interest
in their behalf e placing the people 81 the Red
which they will not be slow to discharge. "1'
"WAsHrNsTor, May 10. Capt. Aiken has con-
the winter months, and a semi weekly mail for
the balance of the year. Prospects are good Tor
the Red river appropriation.
The Kountz Line steamer e. o. Stanard, not
being ready to Leave yesterday: lai over to. this
p M a when she G, leaveg positively. for Mem
mands. ]. M. Hare clerk.
The sidewheel passenger steamer A. G. DON
nally. H. Y. Hart master, Ed. Donnally clerk,
leaves to- day. wi bout fail at o. M, for Mem
phis. Cairo. Louisville and Cincinnati The
Donnally is one of the finest and best equipped
boats In the line, and every one who travels on
her leaves perfectly satisfied with the very
clever treatment they receive.
The Golden Rule due to-day will be the next
departure for the Ohio and Is announced TO
leave Tuesday.
The st. Francis Belle leaves daily at 1880 q. m.
connection with the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad to Donaldsonville..
The splendid steamer St Mary, Joe Dalferes
master, u. Nicolle clerk, leaves to-day at 10 a.
N. for the coast and Bayou Lafourche, through
g. leaves to-day at 10 o'clock a. M for the upper
coast to the Ashland plantat ion J. A. Comstock
In command, Geo NJ Woods clerk.
The reliable Mary Ida j. A. Ruiz In COM
mand, leaves this 10 a. M. promptly for the up
per coast to Ben Tureaud's plantation. Mr., Ed.
NI Tp has charge q the office.
). H. Mossop clerk. leaves to-day promptly at
.. N. for Bayou Sara, Baton Rouge, Plaauemine
The NatcheE I. r feathers master. ]. F. Muse
clerk, leaves to day at .. m. for Vicksbulg aud
The New Orleans and Red River Transports
Scovell In command William Dillon clerk
caves to-day at y. IN. for Shreveport.
Exchange Clippings, May IL.
Cincinnati Commercial:
Capt J. J. Brown arrived from New Orleans
On Monday. and visited his new steamer Ed
yard J. Gay, building by Capt. Perry harp on
he Marine Ways, and il pleased with the ex-
,ellent character OF the work and its progress
he is here to contract for a battery of new boil
srs. hre-fronts. chimneys and the sheet-iron
work for his new steamer. which will be towed .
o New Orleans when the hull and cabin are
completed. where the engines of the Gov. Allen
will be transferred to the new boat Cant.
Brown will spend the week here taking in the
Musical Festival and looking after the new Ed
ward ]. Gay
The new clipper John W. Cannon started on
trial trip ut o. m. to test her boilers and ma
'hinery, starting from the Jacksonville wharf |
She went rs far as Fourteen Mile Creek return
ng, and made the run in As minutes to the land
ng, a good run. The mailboat United States ,
eftthe Louisville wharf at the same time az the t
cannon left Jacksonville, running out of sight
n n minutes--a very quick run. The Cannon
vas % minutes going out Of sight from ,Ief1nr-
onvlle AT Twelve Mile Island she slackened
team, allowing the States t. come alongside
Whey then had brush To- Fourtenn Mile Greek ,