The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-18
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT.
Thursday. April IL. 1878.
Arr1vmta

OFFICE NEW ORbEANS DEMOCRAT.
Thursday. April IL. 1878.
= Arrivals.
Eva Isabel. Katie. Henry Tete.
Departures.
Isabelle, Wild Gazelle, Belle. Assumption
Ouachta Belle, Go d Dust, Texas. W. J. Poite-
vent. Clarksvlle. Chas. Morgan.
y" Arrive.
Gov. Allen. Ouaehita Belle Bayou Sara st.
MARY, As,sumption, Lafonrche; Isabel, Wild
Gazelle. Marthg. Lower Coast; Fl. g; Jaeger.
J. A; scudder. ST; Louis Mary Ida. Belle. Up
Able, Red river Robert Mitchell. Cincinnati
Natchez Vicksburg
over to AlRters yesterday
The weather " sterday was cloudy ana WINDY,
with every appearance OF rain.
Van Hook In com pand. will be found ct the
landing this morning receiving TO leave satur-
The chmneys Of the y. stein have boon
heightened and her appearance considerably
Japi. Charlie 1ruslow left yesterday ON the
The sale of the shannons machinery takes
D' The frank Pargoud was brought to the land
Ing Tuesday evening, aid viii leave to-day for
having been laid up. Since her LIST trip to to
Greenvlle the Frank Pargoud has been thor
oughly repaired and painted. and looks to.day
q as well as ever. She is truly remark able boat
and will live In tue history Of steamboating
long after she has become a thing Of the past. rs
one OF the post built, most successful graceful
and mos elegant steamers that ever hoated on
Including engagements on the coast, the
sGhares Morgan mad 100 passengers; her freight
The Gold Dust had 1l5 sacks coffee. 2o5 bbls
rice, 11s bbls moasses and 1ot hhds sugar.
The Bart Able will arrive to leave Saturday.
as usual, for Grand Ecore.
The. peer less Nachez will arrive to night
from Wick sburg. and return Saturday as usual
IeHynG ltHfDt1rphG
The NJ 0 Il II. X. T. Co.'S steamer G. II. Dur
fee is receiving to leave Saturday for Shreve-
Capt. Tom Taylor has deferred the departure
Of the Era No. 10 to Bpuf river until Saturday.
when che VII sSre 4 leave lsays po,or,
Mitchell. Dan Moore mas,'er,. will arrive this
afternoon and leave Saturday for the Ohio. :,
Monday, lands ct Carrollton; also on the down
trip Sunday. The fare each way is only ten
cents. the proceeds to be devoted to the orphan
fhe Tensss viii be on berth to leave for the
Tensas and Macon Saturday. May 4.
from Bienv le street for Westw CO. running mi in
conneotion with the New Orleans and Texas
tRailroah to Donaldsonville.
upper coast packet Mary Ida. j. A. Ruiz mast r.
Edw Si son CLERK aaYes his 10 r.
Is . daylight boat both ways.
The splendid passenger and United States
mail steamer Frank Pargoud, J M White mas
N, II, I'll
for. Vioksburg. Greenvile and mail landings
only through packet to B,y2n Bartholp,Inew,
ali points on the 6uachtita to 6uachi f CITY IT,.
Capt, William Wenzel in command. J. M. Tin
The Henry Tete making semi weekly tri CO to
Bayou Lafourcbe through to Thib rdaux will
be ut the landing this morning and will leave
The feet Wild Gaz" lie will arrive to leave to-
morrow, hs usual. at II Il. IN. for the lower
The United States mail and passenger racket
Gov. Allen, John J. Brown master, r. i. Streck
clerk. leaves tomorrow at D. III. for Bayou
Sara.
by Telegraph
CINCINNATI. April 17-Weatber clear. calm
hnd and hne kYeF e fs
came up this morning from Louisville. and
says the Fannie Tatum will arr We at midnight
Roberts and tow are duo from below. on route
to Huntington
Part of the crew of the steamer Mary Hous-
e; Shas: Miller, without psy Thsy shipSed ior
and return. Several of them have arrived here
and have sued the boat for wages for the round
ss The come no before the United
liable to the legal penalty for mutiny
Arrived: l.. l.. Davis. from, the Tennessee
from Louisville: Mary Houston. from New Or
leans. Leave to-day: Potomac Pomeroy and
United States. for Louisville, The Kate Stock
ST. LOUIS. April II. -Weather warm and pleas
ant kiver u feet . inches and rising Arrived:
Me- r. mHsss e qand No Tnm 2m
and went to bank at Stevens. Dyersburg.. The
Com q wealth for New Orleans G9den Eagle.
III. Rucker. for tho Yelows one, leave to-day.
Opt Davidson has given an idea Of fast time
TO Davenport on the present stage Of water. and
IA n I'm In md ln1I Lns
Capt Conrad left for the North to arrange
summer schedule.
Dave Asbury takes command of the Golden
Eagle to. day.
.P1rrsBuRe. April 17.-RIver feet 10 inches and
rising. Weather fair and mild.
BROWNSVILLE. Pa. April IT, Monongahela
feet and stationary. Weather clear. Thermo-
CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 17.-Kanawha g
feet inches. falling slowly. Weather clear
and pleasant.
Exchange Clippings.
Globe Democrat. April Is:
the big James Howard. paying $4,000 for her.
She VIII be turned over t. her neW owners upon
run In the New Orleans Anchor Line.
COMMODORE RoLLINGPIN's LAST YARN.
[St. Louis Timesl
Washer" doing hard steering for two weeks
before they found the rudder was jammed i'm
movaby. THAT'S easily explained: The boat
had been in the trade so long that she knew all
the turns IN tn, trail; 1t makes ne recall the
case of the Blue Goose" that dropped her
the loss until the boat trie TO round her to- nj
the Louisville wharf. A m, re- remark able event.
however. was that OF the Tinns MrGuinn's"
She sank In eighty feet of water at Big Bear"
the upper works floating off. the hull parting
from the cabin with so little noise and jar THAI
the. pilots chang d watches twice, exerting
their fullest skill and ringing bells and careful
movements during eleven and half hours, be
good a boat to lose" How she would marx
out" q narrow channel. Just as pr cso as
threading needle-and handle, Oh, myl'
and stern came in violent coutact. The most
serious loss she ever suffered was during low
water. A green hand was heaving the lead.
First cast, given with st. ntoriah voice: Plenty
good water herel" second plunge near shoals:
Better keep away right now!' Third. given as