The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-16
RIVER NEWS.
OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT. !
Monday. September is. 1873. J
Arrivals.
Eva, Emma Irvine.
Departures.
Emma Irvine.

Emma Irvine.
lie, Upper coast: st. Mary. Bayou Sara: ]. B. II.
Bastrop. opachita; Fanchon, opelousas; AS
For yesterdays proceedings Of the Steam
boatmen's Relief Association see our local col
umn.
Mr.. John Graham died Saturday night and
was buried yesterday. Mr.. Graham was by
profession an engineer, but for the past TWO
shaules. & Furguson,, steamboat blacksmiths.
AT the time he was taken sick he was ON the
coast superintending some work on a planta-
Louis. the partner Of David Campbell Of that
city, and started the shop now owned by Shaules
& Furguson.
Don't forget that the dandy Frank Pargoud
leaves Thursday for Vicksbu g, Greenville and
the bends. She will be at the wharf Wednesday
Mr. Nat Pepper wife and child are all down
with the fever. Mr.. Pepper is son OF Capt j.
r fep g. Mary leaving to-day attends to the
Lao lou oh Business s' Of Capt. Joe Daieres
The Rice Farmer Charles DeBouche master,
IR eek eaHeg 1po 5nH
| The Belle leaves to: day at II q. N. for the
upper coast to the Ashland plantation. J. A.
Comstock In command. Messrs. Wood and Dean
The United States mail and passenger packet
| st. Mary. In place of the Gov. Allen, j. }. Brown
| master, s. =. Streck clerk, leaves to-day at
| D. m. for Bayou Sara,
The fine and fast steamer ASSUMPTION, In
Place Ct f HENRI Tee a. GhsE9 n CON-
ii The Eo semi Weekly Bayou Lafourche packet
| Eva. y. ID. Terrebonne master. Thomas Knee
clerk. leaves to-day at Z. M. promptly. for
The regular and feet tri.weekly upper coast
kui zso master. Edward Nioolle clerk leaves to-
plantation; The Willie returns On alternate
oS Tbe ai Emma unes Irvine Inc T. NJ vaette master
| leaves tomorrow at .. NJ for the lower coast
| to the Greenwood plantation.
Lee, will leave to. morrow for Vicksburg and all
way landings. Capt. VIM. Campbell in COM
Pd d M9s9P sta IN B9 1c9 nacke ouachta
Belle In place of the J. W. Cannon, John 9.
Libano master, leaves Wednesday. as usual.
| for Bayou Sara.
Exchange Clippings, September I3.
| Cincinnati Commercials:
| The New Orleans steamboat owners and cap
| tains meet again this morning for reGrgan1za-
| ton for the forthcoming season. Able com;
soon be effected on substantial basis. All the
| New Orleans steamers are in splendid order
apd the 9e y be by s saden
now being completed ON tho Cincinnati Marine
paid over to Capt Norwood Mcolelland $50 sub
w1ich will be forwarde led 70 the steamboatmen's
benefit of the yellow, fever sufferers.
Capt Fir INK Hicks new cotton steamer Henry
Frank will be completed and ready to start
The cylinder timbers for the mammoth new
Katie. being built by the ,Howards, were brought
and raroad Ths mbers
measuring seventy five feet in length and near
ly five feet in diameter. It required six cars to
to $s6. The timbers were cut from the Guern-
sey farm. near Memphis.
PITTsBURG Sept lit has been raining g very, very
been general, a rise is confidently looked for
within the next twenty, four hours, Dispatches
former stream rising. There is no rise here as
yet but it is looked for tonight. Heavy rains ia
| in the next forty eight hours is not improbable.
| MARIETTA. Sept 12-Raining hard for the last
twenty hours. and no prospect OF stopping: al
PoMERoy, Sept. 12-River rising. Incessant
rain since O'Clock this morning and no pros
CHARLEsToN. Sept 12-Kanawha feet 8
inches. andj rising slowly. Steady rain night
HUNTINGTON. Sept. 12.-Cool. with steady rain
here and up New river all day. River 81 feet
GALI1pol1s, Sept. 12-Cloudy. Steady, cold
IRoNToN, Sept. 12-Cloudy and cool. It has
been. raining for "a hours steadily. and still
continues.
| PORTSMOUTH. Sept, 12,-Has rained contin-
uously for the last tWenty-four hours and still
continues.
| Courier-Journal:
The Whisper will load at Cincinnati for Or
| leans direct
| Capt. McElroys beautiful new steamer St.
John will make trial trip Saturday and load
| for New Orleans next week.. She's o beauty.
Capt Joe Holmes OF the John Wilson, was in
the city yesterday, hale and hearty.
Capt. Noah Scovell will be here in day or
| two.
| Capt. Frank Beck improves.
WI. Walker, river reporter of the Memphis
Herald, died at 1T. Louis Monday Of yellow
| fever.
| We suggest q meeting of the river men and
steamboat captains be held at an early day, at
| the Louisville Hotel, for the purpose Of aiding
| tn g Steamboatmen's Relief Association at New
Orleans. Gentlemen. they need your sympathy
and mid I.at1 nc IN nYtan Il both